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SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

MID-WEEK FLOODLIGHT FRIENDLIES ARE - KILLING SATURDAY LEAGUE GATES

By W. CAPEL KIRBY

THE CHINA - MAIL,

"There's the reason for football's missing millions," remarked a prominent League club official gazing down on the floodlit Hillsborough scene of Sheffield Wednesday's humiliation by Vasas.

"Mid-week floodlight friendlies, internationals and representative matches are killing Saturday League gates. Mark my words, crowds will become even thinner as the earller kick-offs come along."

bat, Mike Stewari, must be the routine Why is that? I asked.

his wingers. only cricketer to play on "Because wage-packet bud-county ground all year round.

to their people up reting by necks la never-never payments does not stretch to two matches a week and

unes intractive.

I am happy to hear that the disturbing sunet's about Leon mid-werk Leuty's future these

are groundiesa. the more Latest bulletin-stili in hospital Dre proving

but on the mend. Notts County This could use his steadying influence "Morcover." he sald:

is bad Soccer kind of thing

Saturday window-dressing for shopping."

So now we know!

Quaintying for

title of Britain's

Just now.

Ron

checking on Angio

Arsenal's quest of an inside- forward and full-back has taken them to Sheffield and district, Could it be Jackie Sewell, the alongside grow up lad who

Lawton

Mendow Tommy Lane?

ot

•

*

•

or

"Shows promise," is George Hardwick's summing-up of Old boy Time Internationala now

Joe Mercer, who plays for them against his own team at Bromail Lane tomorrow week Another ja Halifax old timers' recruit Town pinger-manRRKET Wille

•

(22), Thompson Tommy Kinloch (26) could be Manchester City's

for reason

at matches attending recent Carlisle,

where average gates unwanted have soared to over 19,000 since unluckiest the return of Ivor Brondin.

young footballer in Alec Farroll

(Everton) Only 18.

has! "We haven't hit last season's just had a third itnee operation, form-yes. Look at the Second

Matt Gillies. centre back fronerly with Bulion, bringing along Leicester City's reserves, but quits football for

This ferealed of the end of commerce DENISHE Wase mak

OVAL-MINDED

Watson,

Charlton's South African con

next Division totale and you'll be sur-tingent will be incrensed half-prised that the speaker was Pat week by Peter Howser, 20-year- right halfback from Beasley. Bristol City manager, old

Johannesburg. He's a Sid O'Linn Everton RN- An England selector was in-recommendation.

in Howard Radford's nger Cluff Britton also awalis a goalkeeping for Bristol Rovers South African footballer's until informed 01 the lod's rival Welsh nationality, whereupon he promised to pass the dip off

As side-forward for Casual Corinthians.

Surrey's

VISTAVISION 1

opening

tu Wales. Hence recent talk

a cup for Radford

'TIE-UP!

maybe.

Coincidence.

ST-

GOOD DEED

of

but

op- By providing floodlight

to- position at North Shields week,

City Lincoln morrow help former player Ken Wal- the NE shaw, now managing club.

note how olubs fare after acting hoots for the Footballers' Golf Championship:

1951-62,

chester United

JUNT

(League plons): 52-53: Blackpool

53-641 Cup winners);

STEWART ALLYSON Strafegic Air Command

Oolor by TECHNICOLOR,

A Penn Picture

Man- Promotion Au Liverpool's cham-League side could be imminent (FA.for Jimmy Mella, 17-year-old Wolves English

· International youth (League champions), joint hosts reckoned to be in the Johnny were Wes Bromwich Albion Haynes class.

(FA Cup Winers); 54-55; Chei-

sca (Longue champions); 55-50: Leeda (7).

Next year it's Bristol turn.

Scullish FA's letter

of

City's

quiry to Laston doesn't necessar-

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TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1986. POMPEY BEATS CANADIAN"

Yolande Pompey, of Trinidad, wins by a KO in his contest with the Cana- dinn Cruiserweight Champion, Yvon Durelle, at Harringay on October 18, and so

earns a chance for a world title fight. - Central Press Photo,

I'm All For Using Pools

For The Betterment

Of Football

Says MAJOR BUCKLEY

POMPEY NOMINATED TO MEET ARCHIE MOORE FOR WORLD TITLE FIGHT

London, Oct. 24.

Few critics will deny Yolande Pompey his chance of meeting Archie Moore for the latter's World Light-Heavyweight boxing Championship in London next January.

Pompey, Trinidad's 26-year-old coffee-coloured. "for- gotten man of boxing,” rocketed from semi obscurity, to headline nows in 15 sensational minutes at Harringay area last Tuesday, when he was nominated to meet. Moore,

Having just completed a Now he is on the verge of ne workmanliko demolition job on quiring a fortune.--China Mall the tough Canadian Champion, Special

Yvon Durelle, whom he knocked

out in the seventh round, the

quietly

spoken

London, Oct, 24. London boxing promoter. Mi

to sign up

well-muscled, Pompey settled down in 'n ring-Jack Solomons leaves here this for the United States side seat to watch the man who week

bo stood between him and a World whero

opos title fight, Randolph Turpin, Trinidad's Yolande Pompey as titie challenger to Archie Moore, America's World Light-Heavy."

British and Empire Champion

Turpin on a promise of a weight Champion. match

with Moore, faced a Canadian, virtually uninow

Mr Solomons who leaves for

Gordon Wallace, and in the eyes America on Thursday said today of the cattles Pompey was just be had as far as over from a Champion ship bout.

But 10 minutes later, in the fourth round, Turpin lay on the canvia in a crumpled pitiful heap and Pompey found himself on the threshold of a new and clatnorous phase in his distin- guished ring career.

As Turpin, who decided im- mediately to hang up his gloves, alips quietly into the oblivion of retirement, ao Pompey, who has been overshadowed for so long. emerges into the Umalight sur-

RANKING LISTS

When, recently I named my best-ever team with ten of the old-timers rounding a glittering prize, in it, many of you must have thought that I feel there is no good în the game today. On the contrary, football today, if not so enjoyable, nor played at the leisurely pace to encourage individual skill, has not gone back.

Just one thing I would like to see today: One move fewer; three moves tele- scoped into two, There is a bit too much over-carrying of the hall,

Yes, football can be improved. and here are some of my sug gested reforms:

No mit either way or a five- year contract. This would mean the stars being paid high, what they are worth, and the others low, according to their value.

And I would have a sliding scale on performance. and

bonuses. I

ΠΟ

Ήτανε

never Why agreed with the bonus. should you bribe a man to win? On a scale according to talent and value to a club, to be paid at the end of a playing career, and never to players who.com- stantly change clube.

POOLS

I am

for using pools betterment of money for the the game. They should be run by, or for, the Football Associa- tion Years ago, in effect, we handed over the Axtures to people who really have no right to them, and make no charge. Football gets nothing out of

Is the pools,

which absurd.

MAJOR BUCKLEY

of

nually to fulfil football engage ments, I would rescind the rule whereby League clubs cannot By to matches. Eventually, course, every club will own is hellcopter.

The programme is unwieldy, and outmoded fold-wshioned,

the plan of Sir Stanley Rous

for a Super even League, and would go further and help to form European League, with free and between the open competition' best teams the Continent.

with

in Britain and on

At any

we

the

Pompey has beaten some of the best Light-Heavyweights in the World to gain third place in the ranking lists, four

above Turpin. He took on all comers

But

prove his right to meet Turpin for the Empire crown. and consistently gave impressive performances, crowd-pleasing

managers producers and side-tracked him when it came to title bouts and this popular fightor, embittered and frust- rated, was on the point of re- turning home to Trinidad.

Then came the offer la fight Durelle and he and manager Jack Burns decided to have one more try and his patience was rewarded,

ok

Wallace, the man responsible for Pompey's quick turn fortune was given little chance of beating Turpin. In fact the issue appeared to be how

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A brooder, and more inter- national view of football must be taken in Britain. We are no longer isolated as the masters of the game; rather are

quickly Turpin would win. starting to become the pupils. Wa

Wallace showed nothing to rate We must equip ourselves inim tumong the World's leading such way that we can hold Cruiserweights but he is and defy competition from any tot

tough is teal and a looping right hand, though blatantly "belegrapheti," served to expose Turpin's inability to continue in big time boxing.

Pompey,

on the other hand, beat the man who has conquer- ed Wallace three times. The

has Trinidad against the odds all his life. parems died when These should be established and after being rechristened all over the country, a5 post-Yeland James Michael Sonny

Germany hos

proved Calus Pompey Rabathaly, went

iuftion possible, Scholastic

to a a Catholle orphanage. would, of course, be available

team in country world.

The game has now become international in every sense of the word, and we are in danger with our domestic

The old-fashionect attitude of on football grounds, especially of being left behind while we "I'll have nothing to do with the rumming of the pools singer on betting" does not now obtain.

Pools and betting have never tainted the game, nor are they likely to. The money should be turned back into the game for and those those who play it. who support it.

in the haruls of authorities.

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them by every possible means.

I see no reason

should

why

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HKFC. TEAM

The following have been selected to represent the Hong- Particularly should there bekeng Football Club in league and transport to get the soccer matches tomorrow adequate largest possible crowds to and Thursday.

First Division V CAA at Caro from the grounds.

line Hill tomorrow, kick off 6.25 D

Jones, Armstrong,

Sports Diary

TODAY Soccer

received an invitation Charlie

the dron

Johnston,

Champion's Light-Heavyweight

a fight be. manager to arrange tween the two boxers-France- Presse.

Interport Cricket Trial On Sunday

The following have been selooted to play in the flowt cricket Trial Interport match at the KCC ground

on Saturday next, October 30:

Civilian Team: B. CN. Carnell, B. Daber, 8. Fair- hall, R. H. Hughes, C. J. B. Leader, R. M. Macpherson, A. Myatt, T. A. Pearer, G. J. Shroff. r. Pritchard,

Stanton, G. Sonza, I. LA F. A. Weller, A. Zimmern.

Services

Major Team: Howard-Dobson (Capt.), Lt.

BOU,

Cdr. Wood. Cant, Richard- Withal, Capt

LA Lips combo. Lt. Bedson, 2/Lt. Carr. Flt. Lt. Lodile, 2/Lt. Morton, FI, Brt. Welch, Cpl. Birley, Srt. Taylor, SAC Ges, Cfn. Nash

Play will commenés at 11

Umpires: Capt. R. Hall and Sgt. Robinson.

The Selection Committee for the forthcoming Mala- yan visit are Messrs T. A. Pearce, B. E. Lec, D. W.

and Leach

Major P. J.

Chribb.

Kramer Off To

Australia To

Get Lew Hoad

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. Tennis promoter Jack Kramer left for Australia today for a "face to face" attempt to sign up Davis Cup star Lew Hood,, the brilliant Aussie netter who last week turned down Kramer's $48,000 professional contract offer,

Kramer's surprise trip came on the heels of Frank Sedg- man's refusal to join Kramer's world tennis tour. Sedgman, veteran professional from lat Division: Kwong Wali v RAF | Melbourne, "indicated yesterday (Club), 5.25 vm.

2nd Division: Police v Sing Too (33), Tung Wah v RAP (HV), 850 p.m.

Meeting

HKFA Interport Sub-Committee. Sports Road 3,40 p.m..

TOMORROW.

Boccet

THURSDAY

-Soccer

he was not Interested in joining He said he the Kremer tour. might form a group of his own within two years,

The Los Angeles promoter had npproached, Sedgmen, after ama- teurs Hoad and Ken Rosewell

· 1st Division:"""Army v Edern docided to stay in amateur ranks (club) 3.25 11. CAA V Club (CED)

acason for another

or two, 8.25 33.m.

2nd Division: Army v Eastern (HV) Kramer has already signed US at 320 p.m.

National Champion Tony Tra bent and expects to get profes- GROUNDS

sional Pancho Gonzales, Hoad, be won over, and Every

1st Division: South China y sesif he can piece of accommoda- Bishop, Planck. Phayer, Brad tion should be covered against bury, McCall, Dougins, Tomlin-

Sing Two (39), Bota Kramer himself, would complete matches at 025 pri

the 50 to 1 Tale of Two Cides, the weather,

many son, Pickering, Neal. Reserve: (CH): Police

na Division: Dy South Chin

foursome Kramer sald he felt a “face to Tudor Jinks,

Stenigot Top, seats us possible. There should Mackie,

Second Division V CAA at Kittheo v Jarding CAN

com-face meeting with Hood and Phlox II and Romany Minstrel, be adequate restaurants. Fons

mancs at 6.30, p.m. Police v KMB his family might do a lot of should be wooed back by com- Club ground on Thursday, kickclub). All three games will 60 to 1 Waystre, Butterscotch, fort, and, of course,

good. He said he believed Hoad attractive off at 5.30 pm: Franks, Mo-(39) at 3.40 p.m.

I still interested in joining the Kookaburra, Rejoicing, Marly football. They should be con- Lenn, Mackie, Kinloch, Kaye,

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