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SENIOR JOCKEY CLUB STEWARD SAYS

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1956,

THREE YEARS BETWEEN

No More Night Racing In The Midlands If Attendances

Continue To

Fall

By VERNON MORGAN

London, July 29.

The fature of night racing, which has been a feature of the 1966 fat racing season with more meetings than ever before, appears to be in the balance.

There is a divergence of oplaton as to its success. Headlines in the sporting press range from "night racing is, success" to "late racing fails test."

Supporting the latter is Lord Willoughby de Broke, senior Jockey Club steward, who after a meeting at Birmingham declared: "If attendances continue to fall like this there will be no more night racing in the Midlands."

that

of Their evening You 1 la Midlands corres-, “ball", and expenses all round screening

It they ald this wrote the Art are higher. Thim they must get | meetings. pict who

in the would mouredly He tells his readers; a bigger attendance

prove the cadline. "Ignore the

evening than in the afternoch to | knock-out and settle any doubts Kuggestion

in people's mindh na to whether eviting racing is in jeopardy" offset this.

evening meelings were going to there are and goes on to say

INCREASED PROFITS

|be continued, unlikely to be any changes.

Some who have thought Some interesung

racing WAB proving figures have emerged from

of the in- discussion. One is that a single Accessful because

ereused attendances have per- that evening meeting seems to payaupa fafled to appreciate ite way better than a two-stage the extra cost to the executive though fixture. h may be that

be made up this way.

104 | IncomÉS, nights in one area is loo much Increased altendances do not

2+1/

This vening

twust

necessarily

and stay clüzens have neither the wish, time nor money to go profts. on consecutive eveninge.

going to

micah increased

racegoer

Much munt depend on the weather, and of course after- Some executives are said tutive attractions. Only the be considering the iden of having most hard-bitten one afternoon of racing and one evening. Probably a meeting on Friday pay night for indst followed by an alternoon pro- gramine on the Saturday would surt most people best and attract the target attendance.

Night meing costs the execil- lives more to run than a day meeting. They pay £5 sterling

cach runner

Au

owner's

for

and

Two sections of the racing world who are not pleased with the evening programmes are the the bookmakers, Jockeys and

for both they are a menne of supplementing their

Jockeys have tough enough time of it already and they get tower evenings to themselves than they would wish.

A GREAT STRAIN

meetings in

It the cold

strain on places a great wet after a hard day's them to be up at dawn to take work. If it is warm and sunny part in training gallops, off to meeting and he can relax comfortably ride at an afternoon between races, it is a different (sometimes 200 miles away),

then

11x- flying to an evening ture for more rides, then back bed To home by road or at midnight and

carly next up morning at the gallops. It is a and no jockey pace that killa can keep it up

matter.

executives have. Racecourse far the most part, been sumible about their attitude to television

Fot consented

as and

have

COUNTY CRICKET

Of

Peter May & Statham Most Successful

Test 12 In Action

London, July 23.

to

Peter May, the England Captain, and fast bowler

Brian Statham were the most successful of those of

England's Test twelve who were in action in today's county cricket programme.

May scored 68 of Surrey's total of 157. Lancashire's Statham, the man omitted from the England twelve in the Third Test against Australia, touched his peak form after Gloucestershire had gained the satisfactory score of 212 for four.

ky

they The two batsmen

Half

hour laber were all out for 228, Statham huving contributed to their rapid downfall with a spell of three wickets for seven runs,

Muy, though pinned down to

brought

back to the Test twelve, filoucestershire's Tom Gravenzy and the Reverend David Shep- pard, of Sussex, falled today Graveney made only eight defence at times by Yorkshire's against Lancashire and Shep

in which T'est port! had the misfortune to be

hotile attack,

bowler Trueman was one of the out without scoring against

to play, treated Kent,

most imcult most

the crowd to flashes of spark-

ling stroke play,

But Surrey

fored badly, and at the close Yorkshire, with eight wickets standing, were within 07 runs of

victory.

PENNSYLVANIA TENNIS

HIS HIGHEST SCORE

for very long

without suffering physical and

On the left is. the 1951 Cockel-"he looked a lean, lithe world-beater.” On the right, Don in 1954.

Denis Compton Hits 61 Against Aussies For Middlesex

London, July 23.

DON COCKELL HAS FOUGHT HIS LAST FIGHT

-AND HE'S

RIGHT

Says HARRY CARPENTER

Don Cockell, the one time blacksmith from the smoky back streets of London's Battersea, who became the first British boger In nearly 20 years to fight for the World Heavyweight title, has retired from the ring. Voluntarily. He quite, he tells me, because of the weight trouble that has plagued him for five of his 10 years in the professional ring,

But always in my mind is the memory of what happened to Cockell on the finest night of his career the cool May evening 14 months ago, when in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium he defied World Champion Rocky Marcinho to keep him off the floor and had to be saved by the referee from being bludgeoned into reeling Insensibility in the ninth round.

No

ond

same

of

Britain's most heavyweight stablo

100

ever low, Only then was the extent of weeks except perhaps Cockelt-and he his troubly revealed. To make successful is not the sort who would tell weight for that fight he had since the war.

what that fight cost him in suffered agonica of thirst, den

GARDNER TOO? physical well-being.

priving himself of the liquids Suffice to say that in his two which put pounds on him.

Cockell's next challenger was subsequent contests he was a His wife admitted later that to have been big Jack Gardner, fighter with practically no reafter the beating by Turpin the former Champion, under the sistance to th big

punch.

Cockel's weight had shot up in

He management, First there was the three- three weeks from 1256, 706, to

to be out of the game round retirement agalust Nino 10st.

because emergency stewards of Valles and then the second- But Cockell refused to quit,the Board recently recommend round knock-out at the swing-He curved a new career in the ed that his licence be with ing hands of Kltione Lave In Heavyweight class, despite drawn and that decision April this year,

jeers from crowds at his short, k The Lave disaster prompted rolypoly figure. the Board of Control to deprive But Cockell had the inst Cockell of his Empire title, It

taugh. He fought ten contosis drøve 27-year-old. Cocieli, at the urgent request of his wife, en, which led him to his

world title chance. Irene, to the doctor's consulting

I my Cockell had the last

did he? Hip laugh....But

The complex situation in the purse from the Marciano fight heavyweight division is now res

not

The tile can now be one by inter- | solved. to big national heavyweight standards. fought for by the man Cockell And the more I think about it, took it from, Johnny Williams,

and his young the more fateful that night in

opponent, Joe the Francisco

аррепка.

Erskine

brilliant Welsh For

there, before a meagre prospect. 18,000 crowd, I believe we saw They were due to meet this the last courageous stand of the summer in a final eliminator. real Don Cockell,

There is now nothing to prevent His retirement AUSKIS the it becoming a Championship complete collapse within a few combest.

TOOMS.

Mr J, Onslow Fane, president of the Board, invited Cockell to his home in Hampshire a few weeks ago and advised retire. ment.

that get the impression Cockell has fought a stubborn mental battle with himself ever since,

wisdom has pre-

Denis Compton continued his remarkable re-valled. turn to first class cricket by hitting 61 against the Even the bookmakers who Australians for Middlesex at Lord's here today..

mental exhaustion.

on their office

and

HEALTH FIRST

sag

Sun

Hikely to be confirmed soon, when Cockell was also to have met the Board.

The manager of Cockell, and Gardiner, Mr John Simpson, re- cently retired for

I know that right up to the have to keep

of decision Cockcil staffs or remain late at a meet. With his former Test colleague Bill Edrich, who mument

cherished the Iden of carning RYDER CUP PLAYING PROCEDURE Lag

if they are betting on the

batted stubbornly for five hours twenty minutes for 84. himself another pay the 10% said

kay with urse, are

to be finding

Compton helped Middlesex score 108 in reply to the Aus- the British Heavyweight title would rather have rest

tralians' first innings of 207. With a day left for play he still hold, than money. Moreover favourites

But health before

wealth Australia were 34 for no wicket in their second Innings. seem to do better in the even-

should be the maxim of every ing than during the day. There

one who While the Is a moral in this somewhere.-

other Middlesex two hours twenty minutes for Aghter particularly

declined

Don so rapidly es balaman struggled

the seventh wicket, China Mail Special.

Cockell. atst accurate bowling on 3 damp but drying pitch, Compton played all his farulllar atrokes with the ease and certainty of a man right on form.

Joe Louis Has

Heart A Damaged

Says Physician

Chicago, July 23. Joe Louls, former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, has a damaged heart, a physician for the Illinois Athletic Com- mission said today.

But the physician said he was

for

Tung

was

LAST THREE WICKETS The first public warning of Cockell's weight difficulties was Richie Benaud took the int given at Haringuy on Decem- three wickets without concodber 4, 1951, when he was shut- ing a run but Ray Lindwall, tered by American Negro, Stade inside four rounds,

Going in at 14 for three, he though never exerting himsel Jimany joined Edrich in a stand which | returned the best Agures of added 77 in on hour and three-four for 33. he before quarters,

Jim Burke enjoyed a "lite" brilliantly run out by Harvey who throw down the bowler's with only ten scored, Complot missing o chance 01 Escond wicket from extra cover.

Six wickets fell for 93 before John Murray stopped the collapse. He it a confident 35 and with Edrich put on 95 in

unable to say now whether the And Now, Crash

disability

permanent.

Was temporary or

The physician Dr Irving Slots Helmets A Must

in a report to the Commission, said an examination of Louls, 42, showed an "abnormal electro- cardiograph" and that the former should restrict his champion Detivities.

to

For Jockeys

London, July 23. An edict has gone forth from

that from tho the Jockey Club to

start of the Doncaster St Leger meeting in September, all jockeys riding under their rules must crash helmets, an order wear which Is already enforced by the National Hunt Committee.

Sheppard's Sussex team mate.

The Commission on Dr Slott's

declined 21-year-old Ian Thomson, com-recommendation pleted a ane all-round display approve Louis's application

Ave wrestle in Illinois. his wickels for 29

Dr Siott said: "It Is hoped runs in Kent's

72, his that the disability is of a do- first innings by hitting

porary nature, Time alone will highest score, in 10 minutes.

today, following up

EASY FIRST ROUND livened a stam bowler, en-be the determining factor,

some full

un-

Dir Slott recommended that

WIN FOR SEIXAS AfterNottinghamshire had wrestle for six months.

re-

enterprising Sussex batting, hit-

three sixes and five foura. Louis should not be permitted to "If at that Ume he still wistres struggled for nearly three and a Haverford, Pennsylvania, hals hours to reach 93 for six to wrestle he should be

July 23.

Cyril examined for re-evaluation re- Worcestershire, agnina Veteran Davis Cup player Vic Poole and Bruce Dooland put on garding further disposition," he Seixas doteabed James Schmid 139 in just over two hours for added. of Benumors, Texas 6-1, 6-4 | the seventh wicket and

Mr Frank Gilmer, Chairman today in the opening round of were enabled to declare at 277 of the Commission, said: "We the 67th Annual Pennsylvama | for eight.

will follow the reports of our physicians, Louis will not be State LawTE

in Illinois permitted to wrestle until he gets physical clear-

Tennis Champion-

slips.

Top-seeded Seixas experi- enced little dimculty in dis- posing of his fires opponent the Marion Cricket Club.

at

they

slip. In 40 minutes Burke and Colin McDonald hit 34 without being panted. A crowd of about 18,000 watched the match today in sunny weather,

At the close, the Australians were 34 for no wicket in their second innings.

Burke had scored 19 and

·McDonald 15,--Reuter,

HALL OF FAME

BASEBALL'S HIGHEST HONOUR

Cooperstown, New York, July 28.

in a fight that was supposed to lead Cockelt to a cocks at the world Light Heavyweight Ulle

In those

day's Cockell booked A itan, the worldTM Six months later he went beater at 12st, 7ib.

down in it rounds to Rario?ph

Light Empire Turpin to lose the British and Heavyweight titles.

GOLF

Jackie Burke Scores Dramatic Comeback To Enter PGA Final

Canton,

comebacias in

health

Not Likely To Be Changed To Suit The Whims

Of The Americans

Says LEONALD, BELSHAM

London, July 29, Foursome or fourball? That is the question, as Hamlet might have soliloquised, and as golfers in Americà have been suggesting.

But the British Professional Golfers' Association have turned down any idea that the Ryder Cup match playing procedure should be changed, to suit the whims of the Americans, by substituting fourball games for the present singles and foursomes. *We wish to keep within the recognised rules of the game of two-ball foursomes," said Commander R. C. T. Roe, secretary, of the PGA, and one feels confident that he was speaking for the majority of golfers in Britain.

A

To those not hally conversant (four players to go out together, it might be as well to state the each playing his own round, in- difference, and to emphasise that stead of the waiting period if

played singles. in actual fact there is no such turned things as a fourball foursome, a

does not quite provide same term which has crept into the the

satisfaction, is a form of though it gels four players away Bamio. Foursome

in which four players com- together, because those con pelo with two players side cemed then only play half the hitting

one ball with alternate shots in a round,

match But when it comes to a

↑

even.

could,

- Massachusetts, July 23. The Masters Champlon, Jackie shots. Joe Cront and Hank Groen-

Burke, scored one of the most Fourbalt is where all four of the calibre of the Ryder Cup This rule which already ob- berg, two of baseball's brightest drumatic

the play their own ball, holing out the waiting question dons got tains in most of the leading stars during the Pre-war II the history of the PGA Golf Cham- with it and the best score counts, orise. What is more ons racing countries has been intro-

were formally inducted into the planship today when he came For instance it one man, takes it

fourbat

pley operated, Hall of Fame lodiny by Com from & down to beat El Furgol, four and his partner five, the visualise those four to five hours duced into Britain because of a number of head injuries sustain-missioner Ford Frick.

1 up on the 37th hole, and reach four is the figure which counts, rounds which characterised the ed by British jockeys on the nat

That is what is sometimes | 1900

recent Canada Cues tournament. A crowd of 2,500 gathered on the finale against Ted Kroll, One has been ki}-

it is the lawn in front of the base- Kroll, shooting for his first referred to as a fourbait better. Nobody wants that unless who do not

stem ball shrine to witness the un-major win in 10 years on the ball method of play. Sklil and the Americans who do

mănă “the "snáll-llied påce of such

1. golt Thot - berhaba, "is veiling of Hall of Fame plaques tour, used a new set of clube to team tactics enter into the four-

A fourbell round pro because it is the exception rather beat dark horse Bill Johnston of some, honouring Cronin and Greenberg.

duces scores which bear ho tela than the rule for more this one Cronin, 40, is General Manager Provo, Utait, 10 and 8,

Red Sox and

to the actini play: of the Boston

While the 37-year-old Kroll | tion

mound to be played in a day pushed

there. Groenberg, 45, fills the same job

battle all the way for Burke, from mind and forgotters, and

ritain there is bil In Britain for the Cleveland Indians.

They are the 80th and 81st The grim-faced Furgol, who won only the good ends Glored to doop love for what hun ben men chosen for the Hall of the US Open in 1934 despite a count

The Americans wanted futer med particularly by AmTORE= Fame, baseball's highest honour, withened left arm, stroked out a

cans, the old Stench foursome 6-up lead on the 14th hole, saw Ryder Cup matched to be decidet The diehard in tali bespeet will Exhibition Basobalf

it fade to a 2-up edge at 18, by fourball games, the most nofticknowledge furball and built it back to

to 3 up at 20-and popular forms of the game in the

Dooland's share of

was breezing. It was a bitter cffext the strokes afe- the was 61 and Poole partnership went on to score 70, including

ᎬᎨ

weigh

ed and two injured.

his season.

Generally the move has been including acclaimod

by the jockeys themselves, though an raised to objection has been the stipulation that as they are part of the jockey's equipment they will be regarded as part ance, ten fours.

A An Electrocardiograph is of the weight Derbyshire swing bowler Clift

machine which checks Gladwin claimed seven for 57 gularities at heart action.

The skull caps will Defending Champion Louis against Somerset, whose Innings Louts had plunged to wrestle between five and eight ounces, Brough blanked Pot Sullivan, Iwas saved by a fifth wicket in on. Illinois town last Friday which the heavier Jockeys who

Hail

Forte game

at then lost a last-ditch battle to Unifell, States, and to spread the would liv. (5) bed, Belmont,

Massachusetts, to stand of 103 by Maurice Trem- and to referee wrestling have to reduce to get off the core a 6-0, 6-0 opening round left (84) and Wright (71).

It to the match in another town

amallest fraction of weight, feel Cooperstown, New York. next

RHE little man from Texas. They say the

porinéesliipe changed ch is a bit unfair, triumph in the 50th annual

Wednesday.

10 15 2 He took up

11. 17 Furgold did not go quietly. Were this to happen the singles Ryder Cup wredling about helmets should not be put on (A) Detroit

the scales

(N) New York ...

at the 28th, he got would, of course, be killed, but stood the test of gulálická sin At Bournemouth: Leicester-six months ago to cam money

even on the altres 134 and 80 for three in the hope of paying off hugo

"the" 1920s," is a move, coption Champion

Brady, Masterson (0), Hoeft,

and rammed home the British newer to America's seven-toos, birdie puit to stay request

that has rightly been rejected. Feople may be say it is cling.. Ing riders who approve of the Littlefield (7), Wilhelm (10) even on the 30th.

WAITING PERIOD innovation. "I think it is an and Sorni, Mangan (4). WP- But Jackle whipped in a 12-

Iny to old traditions ban this is LP-Aber

Fourball, may be a useful for one to which it seems well worth overdue measure and I am in Wilhelm

HRS-foot birdie putt on the first extre full agreement with it," he said. Porter, Rhodes, 2, Hoeft.-United hole to send him down to defeat, of golf at clubs during crowded while clinging-nod na tight as

Chin Mall Special,

Press

week-ends, allowing as it does | pogáïble-Chiria Mall Special

Pennsylvania and Eastern States Women's Championships.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

22

Jockey Douglas

the

corching drive of the tough match over three

days with

his

Two

down

bir to

arrents of Federal income tax. Smith is among the many lesß- Aber (11) and Porter Ride/out of a trait hole, playedi) there is no 'fent:" of " that after § 2/68 and fous sommes sinó k

In another opening round Hampshire 193. match in the Men's tournament

At Blackpool: Lancashire 221-China Mati Special.

Johanh Kuperburger of South and 52 for one, Gloucestershire Africa beat Cari Eltzholtz, Los

(Milton

·09, :· Crapp 81, Angeles

6-7 Statham Ave for 70).

California

6-2, 5-4-United Press.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Tophis

Men's I Dont BANCO

220

As Hastings: Sussex 166 and Turkish Success

270 for nino déclared (Foreman

56, Thomson 72). Rent, 123

five for 29 and ex At Horse Show

fol. fiel

As Workester: Worcestershire

238 Daxi 37 for no wicket.

London, July 23, Captain, B. Boke, at fulcoy,

Thethwicked)

Nottinghamshire 277 for eight won the Metropolitan Stakes on declared (Podle 79, Dooland 11, the opening day of the inter

for 88)

national horse show at the White Berry five for

Surrey 128 and

(a) OCBRC Hoersio. HĶU ▼ HKOU, 187 blai : Forkshire 189City Stadium fiere.

CallCHO (SUDAN (C) VBCAA TOMORROW

(Wilson 62, Cleo not out 62 Riding Eskimo, he had a clear

and 30 for two) M

Al Port Vale: Northampton kdeiro 101 and 193 for ight Senior Losquer Chung and v 15b4' Glamorgan 103,90

THURSDAY

round £:59/4.5 secondes.

Second and third, also with faultless rounds, were Brimin's Dorck Kont on GayRoenance, Spain' Sentrita Falls

God

At Oslobeater: Dovey 258 for xirade on Cambulio kont four declared (Doxide 123 and went round the course in 00/3.5 120 for Ave), Warwickshire 192; Seconde and Senoria Bataldo, in

1962 mediuree (Hamer-66) Eritak

THE GAMBOLS

DON'T BOTHER TO GET ME

A BIG MEAL TO NIGHT. DEAR, I'M LUNCHING

WITH A CLIENTS/

AFTER LUNCH

-United Press.

Barry

YOU, BAVE, CESSFUL ERA WHAT DID You

FANCY