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LEARN YOUR CRICKET

ATTACKING

field well you must learn not only how to stop the ball but to re- turn It n quickly and accurately as possible. By so doing the fielder makes run-getting difficult and sometimes can got a wicket by a run-out.

The chief principles In thin altacking technique are:

(1) Be on the move towards and watching the batsman

Ma

FIELDING

Gathering the ball.

This acts as a rudder and 13 must Important

for control of direction,

the ball is bowled. with your aiming. body balance slightly forward and ready to accelerate in any direction,

(2) Get on to the line of the ball as quickly as possible.

(3) Get down with your body sideways and with hands down Just in front of your right foot.

is on this foot All the weight Ard the left

fool is carried for natural

Blightly

2way

balance.

(1) Keep

(3) Keep your head as still as possible, with eyes xed on the target.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1958.7

Famous Sports Stars

I Have Met

JIMMY WILDE

By ARCHIE QUICK

The prosperous looking young man who had paid overal guincas for his ringside seat at The Dai Dower-Jake Tull fight scoffed in open disbelief when

told

the him that portly gentleman in the Press scats

and was the one

only Jimmy Wilde.

someone

He would have found it even harder to assimilate what WEB an undoubted fact if ho had seen the grent Welshman in his nclive days Then be made seven stone quite comfortably; now he is more than duuble the be

the wicket- (4) Alm keeper's head. never stumps.

in

WHEN THE CUP-TIE COMES AROUND..

EVERY PLAYER SECRETLY HOPES THIS YEAR IT'S

:

TURN FOR

WEMBLEY

Says DON REVIE

OUR

It seems only a few short weeks ago since I was walking out of the dark tunnel at Wembley into the glorious May sunshine along with my Manchester City team mates to do battle with Newcastle United for the Cup.

How quickly the months have flown since that sad Saturday for City fans, and now in the dull days of December, here we are again with the big brothers of football coming into the Cup competition.

the

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What a wonderful thrill

the

1 would put Wolves on the know a free klex er throw-in Cup is for

inns players,

and list as well, but for some strange might be taken before he is officiala, Just at the stage of the

they have nol been back In position and a goul season when the first hustle of viting results away from home. scored as a result but surely matches is over and the Longue Now watch for the usual Cup even in professional Soccer we Terror," becoming the long slow grind, upset to sunk all these theories! can have sportsmanship. Tylorstown

WILD Cup "The Ghost with a Hammer in thrills comes to cheer us

knockvui

Dinicult i know, which results The glamour of the Cup giveD milions

the thrill of a lifetime. count for so much but th (5) Follow through with your his Fists," were just two of the

up. which at the end of tags attached to the little miner

No matter how long a player My greatest Cup thrill was in payer who persistently wastes right arr. the throw should be pointing of the

has been in the gume he still 148 when Leloester City played time and doesn't co-operate with Rhonndu Valley, who,

should be warned; the last tensed feeling in the Luten. We led all the way like the referee head down down at the target, your

even when pounds Inside

stomach when Cup-tio timo Lis 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, and if he persists, then he and watch the ball right into [Taken from "Cricket-How Flyweight timit, had the temer-

comes round. Even Roy Paul, 4-3, 4-4 and then into extra should be sent offl your hands.

In play." produced for thoity to Lake on Bantamweight

Manchester City's Iron "Welsh-tume when Lulon led for the M.C.C.

and

published by stars of the magnude of World, Man

man, who has never turned first time 3-4. With 30 secs 'Educational Productions Lid.] Champlin Pete Herman, Thore

hair playing in internationals or go Mel Grifths wok a never been anyone like

Tough League matches was as and Jack Lee headed the nervous as a kitten before the equaliser to make it 6-5. semi-finals last season,

went on 10 beat Luton before lusing to Wolves in the Fal.

My saddest Cup memory.... when Jhomy

turned Meadows and two the igaments of his gt knee in the 29th minute of the last Cup Final. When e

Manchester VIK,

City went inpes of saving the game went with him,

the body is In this position naturally placed for the throw.

Good throwing

Is the spearhead

of attack in the field. For Inst und accurate

throwing yo ti should, from the attacking post- fion:

(1)

Carry your right arm, with wrist cock- ed, straight back until it in line with your right shoulder. at the

same time:

(2)

your

Throw

left hand

straight towards

We

which

wicket

by

you! are

Alming the throw.

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him.

All the money he made in the ring he lost outside of it through no fault of his own). He A-

vested it in South Wales enter- by prises, and was caught out the depression. Now he is the valued observer of the boxing national newspaper, scene fur

Yet he has a very contempt for must everything that modern 111 the listic world, Boxers,

promoters, nanagers, tramers-all of them are what they were in the old days" rolund Jimmy. He is shrewd of anything In his assessment

he sees clever

roped in the square; but generally he is bit- ingly critical.

"TOO SOFT"

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Wilde has often told me that present-day training methods ers are all wrong, and that boxers ure too

Jimmy's idea of soft," preparation is constant fighting, not sparring with headguards on. "Boxers have forgotten how to use their feet," he once told me. is the most important phase in boxing like it is in People used to say I cricket. knocked out my opponents by split-second timing rather than by heavy punching. Actually, it was because I got into the cor- rect position with my feel that I was able to land the so-called 'timed' blows with power."

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OUR TURNT You would be surprised if you could see

footballers on Cup draw day.

They prowl around the club offers waiting for news The fans are no more excited

than the players in that respect! Deep dewil,

player (particularly those in the First Livision}

secretly

hopes "this year it wul be our for Wembley"

every

Cont

We Answers To Sports Quiz |

AID THE REF

that

tura

The big talking past few

Yet wh

who un deny that

the

are al

point these days has been senior professionals and amateure they | Leip refertas as much as

could in the handling of a gume.

Du

eventual Cup winners

mwм invarily in The top half

Charlton, Sunderland,

man

3.

Heavy-

i, Rocky Marciano,

weight boxing Champion, 2. Don Cockell, the British

Champion.

Tonny T Trubert, Wimbledon

Men's Singles Champion.

4. Chris Chataway, Brian Hewson and Lazslo Tabori, who at London's White City were all under four minutes in a Mile raco.

M

6. Marilyn Bell, who swam the

English Channel, 6. Lindwall and Miller. 7. Tyson and Statham,

6. Brough and Du Pont.

P. Hobbs and Sutclide.

Bob Fitzsimmons, Tommy Burns, Primo Car nera and Max Schmeling.

My own view is that all Tool- of the Fast Division. Who do bullers could do enure to make you tuney this year? Wolves, easier for the with the 10. Diane and Rosalind Rowe.

Ports-whistle. From the playing point11. (8) Archery (b) Bowls, mouth, all have their supporters of view it has always been con- 12. BUI Ponsford. the chanting "iis year well win gidered sound tactics to get your 13. Four. the Cup."

defence covered up before a treo Personally I think the Cup

Kick con be taken. wili come north again. can

Yet often the methods um- give you two clubs who 1 think have

ployed great chance of being spectacle, it is unnecessary

spoll the

Д gamo as Wembley not May.

for Burnley and Bolton Wanderers. toutbeilers to kick the bail high tune Everyone knows that luck into the stands to waste plays a great part in reaching would

when a little dick into touch the Final. But Burnley must be wo

serve the purpose Braddock. fancied

VI candidates stopping an opposing attack.

It 1 unnecessary for players to stand over the ball instead

Al They are

among the because at the inoment they

compact

Division.

defence la the

14. Bobby Riggs completes the list of successive Wimbledon champions.

15. (a) Peter Thomson (b) Jackie McGlew (c) Chris Chataway.

10.

17.

Tunney Schmeling, Васг

(a) Jim Corbett (b) Jack Dempsey (c) Primo Carnera (d) Jess Willard,

Cricket

(b) Billiarda (e) Hockey (d) Squash, (a) Lawn Tennis (b) Horse- racing

(c) Baseball (d) Yachting.

(a)

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(a) New Zealand's Rugby Union team (b) New York Yankees Baseball team (c) Wolverhampton Wanderers

have conceded only 20 goals, and have, I would say, the most of moving the required ten yards 18.

First distance. And it is unnecessary zor goalkeepers to waste time in You generally tell you

find that the taking goal kleks. Wilde will always

best Cup fighting teams have a Results count in Soccer, and he would never have gone into

Arst-class defence and a 8001 the ring against Hermon at the

it can be argued that delaying 20. grabbing forward line. Burnley's tactics always were part of the old NSC if it had not been for the then Prince of Wales being Bantamweight forwards certain-guane, Yet have we not now when reached the stage where Soccer present, Herman, as if a World ily strike hard and fast Banlam title-holder did not they go for goal-that's why Invoas every spectator, and there and (d) Tottenham Hotspur, have sufficient advantage over think they are in for another are inany people fed up with both English First Division the wisp of Welshman, came good Cup run such or they had the amount of time wasted L

soccer teams. in sadly overweight. Hia eur- in 1947 when they lost in the League matches?

21. Arsenal. prise loss to Taney Lee he at- Final to Charlton,

One of the great features of 23. A wicket. tributes to influenza and the

good captains ake Joe Mercer, 23. A maiden over, Jommy Carey, Harry Johnston 24. A nasty lie. Wanderers (all of them now maungers) was 23. 40-love. His defeat by Pancho Villa Like Wolves they are among the way they helped wie referes for the World Flyweight Cham-he hardest clubs o beat on and kept a grip on their pionship came "after I was over their own ground. They have a men. Billy Weight continues this the top but needed the money good half back line; and with tradition. through business losses." His Nat Lofthouse bang on form,

And in the case of the Mos-

Dynamos hardest fight? Against Joe Conn they have an attack to be fear-cow

they sct Stamford Bridge. ΣΕ was ed. Again, clubs generally have example because the only man during

World War I and asa period when they are always they

allow to speak to purses were legal his reward threatening to win the Cup. reterce is their captain. This was "a bag of diamonds."

Didn't Blackpool and Newcastle eliminates the flurry of activity There was a greater bond be-United both get to Wembley we sometimes sco in Britain tween boxer and manager in three times in five years?

with protesting players clustered those days as you realise when Bolton were there in 1953. round the referee.

desire

down.

at

not to let the promoter

he speaks with election of the late Teddy Lewis, while the only real trainer he ever had was his wife, from boxing booth days

onwards.

It's A Funny Game

BOLTON THREAT Now for Bolton

And if they get a few home ties this time I wouldn't bo sur- prised to see them get to Wem- bley again.

DISCRETION

Own

KUTI

the

Of course ho can wave them all away-but why should he be On present form no one can bothered at all? The captain la ignore Malt Busby's Manchester the man to make the official United side as the most likely protest to the rat.

team

do that

double of Cup and League.

clusive

Referees have a great deal of power and discretion which they can use on the field. But it is always possible In Soccer-as in industry-to go slow.

David McParland, Partick area young fast side; always Thistle outside-left, is wonder-chasing the ball; momle is high is what next is going to hap- after recent successes; and with pen to him. He has just lost the shrewd brain of Matt Busby At the moment we are at the his first team place with Partick guiding them United must al-stage where a player is but has been chosen for Scot-ways come into the Cup reckon=|plauded if ho ruma and fetches land's "Under 23" cloven!

the ball for an opponent. Yes, I

bey

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