1956-07-26 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1956.

I SHALL START MY OLYMPIC TRAINING NEXT MONTH, SAYS ZATOPEK

By J. L. MANNING

(In this hospital exclusive Interview)

In a military hospital in the Prague suburb of Stresovice Lieut.-Colonel Emil Zatopek is smiling for the first time for months.

Recently, after a hernia operation, he rose from his bed to try out the world's most athletic legs. And if two 20-yard laps around the ward were covered in 60 seconds, easing up, nevertheless the greatest runner of all time was preparing again for the Oympic Games in which he is the holder of firee titles,

It was with the help of The Czerluzdovak

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by Zalock every sportsman would like to Atletats Section of the State

Contrailere of Sport -That have asked him personally

Jo 25min. 2, and 2imul. 20ser

The Czech runner, normally rbounding with energy un the ive of speed, thin loy altos de rigid as tise tubular fran of the arrow hospital bei

thas like bale

the Dickens," he said with Impres- rive English idiom, "but I don't want to do anything to harm my recovery.'

Metres

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the principles

These were all right when I was on the way up. Now they ¦are Ixing improved on in many But I shall still train.

way: the Marathon the old way even though today for the 10,000 fit isn't fast enough

That is de veerande (Nele fter than the standard down for Brinch 10,000 Metres

posibles.")

i was to have run in the Czech Marathon Churupionship in August.

Then he described how for And I don'l fancy running a

Marathon trial in late Septen Baths he had been a different Zotopek

from the happy,ber or early Octobëj (specially

milling but face-pulling warrior Üttinand irucks that the いす work! has known for right years.

Vanished WHA thul bubbling Interelline

He had become kly and introspective, Night after night he had trained alone in deserted parts of the wormin at Houska, in the outskirts of the elly

SWIRL OF DOUBT

fading

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und a swirl of doubt and de- Was he, at the age piren kann. of 34, at the cng of his athlete curve"

Now all that in

My over questions found dite în gay and optimiste XXX

to try to beat 2hr. 25min. That would not give me enough time

to over for the Games at Melbourne tu Novemb′′r

So I shall probably try to beat the 10,088 Metres standard, If I die that 1 coRIE then FIN

the Marathon Melbourne as

did in Helsinki --without running over the dis- fazer beforehand.

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Well, we knew you have only alice run a Marathon and then you WOZI 1182 Olymple Goli 1 Medal But that's the sort of mur you mix WIB your love of running persuade you to corn-

in Melbouras

even al-'

twugh your prospects of vielory į

I hear now not so bright as they

were before the operation"

old Zatopek once more in spirit. Turning Ju maal to lens of

Trening

That is not easy to BUSWIT

!! huve never feared defeat.

When

dislikes being

port

His wife Duna, the Olymple | besten Javelin Champion,

that wher moring had serambled through her hour-keeping and fraining for Melbourne, hurried by car Le the hospital, to visit the ther member of the Olympic fatally.

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he should not be ina

STAY AT HOME

"Dan" said Faul accusingly, fo

"you've bewa Arling your Araining."

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So ented the interview

whether readers of T doubt

have ever British newspaper before been given such 1 alinuks picture of this Ane athlete And what do we see? Courage, patience and modesty --the Three attributes ut sportsmanship.

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EMIL ZATOPEK

John Young, At 18, Is Ready For Olympic Games

Says ERIC NICHOLLS

An 18-year-old modern languages student at Bishop Vesey's School, Sutton Goldfield, startles the athletics world with an astounding win in the 100 Yards, and BBC Television been asking all

is as good as booked for Melbourne. Chris Chalawny, 25-year-old commentator and reporter, answers the question most of us have season with a very satisfactory performance in the Three Miles.

thel

months

That is about all the AAA Championships at London's White City the other werk-end hul to tell us. Did we expect more? I don't in all honesty think so. In the case of the Olympic

For despite the rain and the| Se now the AAA know where And they know that Gordur Games, however, it is entirely different 1 should not be run- mud which put

veil of they stand. They know they| Pirie's results of recent

"great" in the End Zatopek camouflage over the true merits have a future

John speak for themselves. Aletle Club that

the

Young. performances; despite

They know

London Express Service) myself but for Czechoslovak in hewis of "we don't stand a

Anistre Chataway is far from

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Unless

Qoroughly itch nee, which reminded me of

that a reasonable chaice (a

bas

Just had its I wouht raiber bone removed from its dinner arvi give other while shirt-stay at home

person ex- plake, no Heeled

the way Blours, pleaded guilty

much in "Butunners a chance of going to

Olymple pointers

emerge wife today?" she

from this meeting.

thing,

our matt hope Gordon Melbourne,

Pirie. was having trouble with his leg

cid nol

Dana, bronzed by the sun atut and have

a healthy tan emphasised by a succeeding, green skirt and

rout I be a

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Yet the interview which followed

twice only have to flek the pages to find the word he wanted to use

These then. H Zatopek's muswers to these questions the world has been wanting to put since it arned he had had an esperation,

Australia

Remember. It's going to cost

of money to seam An awful lot fathletes

Melbourin, and, i don't see why our team should

anyone else, Camry The, or

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athletes them-

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elves, and what should be ab-

nut on holiday However, if I vious anyway, nun of the con

go there nt and well I shall ex- petitors with even an outside

to put tap

Parchi nee And if I am beater have

formances

I know it will be on merit.

Whether You run br not, whom clu you expect to see among the winners of the 1900 Me: When do you exjøret to Games? Do any of them write leave hospital?

Emil: On Wednesday, I hope, How long will you convalesce? hall have two weeks' rest. Probably I hall stay with iny parculs they live in a village in Moravia. sha? walk ús much as possible, then return to normal army duties 1 shal! start a lttle light running but

much how

depends on doctors.

the

to you for advice"

During the four years that have elapsed since Helsinki the world of athletics has not been stuming still

So far as the events in which

learn

UF

making th: renched peak finess foruts They dol' Whil to. Thele peak must coincide with the Olympic Games, and they are still months away,

WORTH NOTING

The two events which mean something however, are werth noting.

meant

chance.

AROUND HOLLYWOOD

A Fall From A

Running Horse

Cannot

Be Faked

Says RON BURTON

SCENES

80

of te

A fall from a running horse cannot be faked, Columbla found it would have to do some "The Guns of Fort Petticoat" the hard way.

And anyone who doesn't think it's hard way is free to Ask a half dozen of Hollywood's greatest stunt riders who appeared in the film.

now

For John Young, success one thing-playing for John may England at rugby. Given the right conditions, sull get his

He

Ваз we might see many sensational

England already represented

Two of the are riders are

In This is acting, of course, happenings in Melbourne

Buys, and has shown enough pro

Tap and Harry Joe fact, she says it took her *ix mlse at centre three-quarter la brothers,

wocks to gel up enough nerve second unit to conk him. have figured are concised, I suggest that he will. But right Canutt. Their father is Yakima

young Canull, now the signs are that

"I wouldn't hurt a flea, much think that, all being well with John-pardon the pun--will be director but for many years the

stunt rider in motion less a poor defenseless actor or two," she said. "So, of course, Do you intend to run in races sidered for victory in the 5,000 nying the twelve thousand miles greatest to Melbourne as a proud mem- pictures.

Charles have to make like a gun moll Dre others er of Britain's Olymple team.

Horvath,

Al Wyatt, Williard in The Pay-off,' which I did For John won the AAA 100 Horvath

Willinghom and Terry Wilson. the Ford Theater TV series, Yads Championship in the re-

Miss of these six are

Blair doesn't usually markable in the condillons Performances

of think of herself Ks A screen time of 9.0 secs, And the night expected to constitute some before the big mee, the odds the must spectacular and daring terror. were heavily stacked against his riding ever tried. competing at all. He dislocated

guin when

recovered?

Of course!

him, Gordon Pirie must be con-

you

have fully

Metres

After

u.

By mid-August I shall resume full trofring

He's a totally different runner hernin is nothing when the from the Pirie we suw in Hel- operation is performed by sinki, and he has the tremen- good surgeon.

dous speed which now counts so much at this distance--SVINC-

hawen't goti thing which How much interference has

Firle also must be taken into been caused. to your Olymple reckoning for the 10,000 Metres, training, and will you be able but I have a great fancy that to prepare for Melbourne with the out-funding runner will be out handicap?

Vladimir Kuls, of Rusglo,

NAGGING PAIN

1o our months I was ham- pered by ungging pain, and, us

a result, I could not put nearly much into it as I would have Ilked,

ns

Bre

ber

for

"In the space of 30 minutes 1 all For example:

six rolled

double-cross a gambling syn- from their horses while the diente which fixed an important a muscle at the base of his spine, remainder of a charging Indian boxing match, almost get my and rang his company director-bed father to tell him: "Dad, I don't and galloped around and over boy friend killed by a couple them. And, as if that weren't

of thugs and slug Howard with the bronze statue," enough, they did things such as

This all drag falls.

is a busy very "This clearly

hour of my life.

think I can run tomorrow."

to

"You've got to boy, and

is the

catches in

she

said. half

ONE SATISFACTION <

but "Maybe I'm squeamish,

£

Dave Stephens, of Australia,

the family are coming up to see tricky business of pretending to who broke my Six Miles world

you win, was Mr Young's re-be shot while riding and then It wasn't only the operation record, is a great runner and which interfered with my train-

It took me six weeks to get to Masseur Len Kilby saw to and being dragged when a foot

the point where I got enough ing for the Olympics. For three one who has the real advantage Ply, He was there, and he won, falling from the galloping horse

of competing for an Olymple that, Kilby, who is also trainer "accidentally" title in his home town and be-

nerve to do the job properly on stirrup. Hendon Football Club,

Howard. FULL DISTANCE

I'd get right up to fore his own people,

fait Nor must we forget Sandor worked overtime on that Friday

was supposed to Sometimes the drag part of a where i on Saturday thares of

Hungary, and Jerzy night and again

morting before declaring, drag fall lasts for more than 100 him. Then nothing. Finally Chronilk of Poland, better

feet. In The Guns of Fort figured that there, was no alter- "You're fit to go on, son." Now, I hope, when I have re-

known to the English people as

the riders were native, so I wound up and let wonders," said Petticoat" covered, I shall be able to get

遁 steeplechaser. Both

dragged the full distance on the him have it." back to training with a lot more

And so did John Young. On a rough desert surface of Southern zcat,

Arizona, track that resembled

are Falls from horses How for were your prepara- Tho outstanding Marathon between the Serpentine and a tions advanced? Had

dangerous even are the Russians, the runners begun- special

work in defence Finns, and maybe the Japanese,

farm yard after a thunderstorm stuntmen. Any slight error of your 10,000 Metres and

I mention the Japanese because | John splushed ahead and away judgment In the falls in the Marathon tities?

(Note: Zatopek already had they are not only great runners come one of the youngest lm, which stars World War 11 pression on her.

that he would not have the advantage of compel- but because, like Stephens, they 6,000 Metres, ing in season.

METHODS TOO SLOW

announced compete in the

you

which he also won in 1952).

erious about stepping up to tie worked

10,000 Metres.

all

ever.

cross

sidered

con-

in least one femme fatale./

Miss Blair likes this sort of role for Sergen Gems as change of pace stuff. She said she al- for ways has wanted to play at

Nellio made quite an Im-

"For a long time afterward," hero Audie Murphy, could re- champlono

And Chataway? Chris, after it in a broken arm or leg-she said, "whenever I'd got up audience I wasn't set for a Three MBs or woTHC.

[bofore an

sure whether I should was beaten into second victor

Perhaps the big trouble here quite by Derek Ibbotson, the is that all stunts in this motion sing, dance or give myself a

Champion picture must 23-year-old RAF

bo better

than sham switch to gun moil, aho

In her re- The Finns' are good, but I from Ruddersfield. Both clock-average. After all, the stuntmen

the Soviet runners freted 13 min. 32.0 secs.

are being directed member, it was never satisfac-put

by former said, there was at least one LONG LAY-OFF or enjoyable because of the because they are so thorough,

stuntman Canutt. And he can't smajl satisfaction that emerged པ་ ་

Chataway was botton, but be fooled.

from the strain of not being hernia trouble, and the depress- I think they'it produce some

after so long a lay-off because Janet Blair, who cllcked off oblto effect of nover being free thing sensational

commitments 1,207 consecutive

rola performances of the yout a high point right away-namely, It would not be true to say of his television from irritating pain. My inten

very, as Nellip Forbush the sailor's hitting Dun that many of the present-day,Chris Lakes his job

has Bolleve it or not, when that champions write to me for nacerlouely-his performance was delight of South Pacific,"

And Chataway, turned from shampooing her scene anally was over, he was After all, my training encouraging. v/100, methods are not secret, Any no boaster, leald he was com-own head to clobbering floward more of a wreek than Ishe said. "United Press. one who imowe pnything about plotely satisfied with his form. Dure head with a statue,

What I had done so for was merely the

Olympic preground to my

tory o

Sny

But

on all along was to train for the 10,000 Meirra at Mora- thon.

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Will you have to withdraw from either of these events

MEET THE SKIPPER-

Page

Roger Byrne Became A Star By Accident

By JAMES CONNOLLY

Røger Byrne, Manchester United's 26-year-old bachelor skipper, was one

crushing 7-13

the unhappy band of England players beaten and bewildered into defeat by the fantastic Hungarians in the 1954 Budapest catastrophe.

But that defeat gave him u driving ambition-that one day his own young Manchester United side would be able to match the superlative Soccer skill of the.. Hungarian masters.

*'”

Today Roger capped 22 | inside-forward, played left half þöm examination this year, and Umes for England, hoper that and on the wing before finding {cortainly Intende to stay in

football the "Busby Babes" con nehieve his niche. this near perfection in twe Fooling around in a practice In his third term as skipper, years.

genie, he dropped to full-back Roger has been seven seasons 'nt He made such a good job of it Old Trafford. Last season waa that the boys ribbed bijn about probably his best ever. his position.

forgot Roger

Still young as footballers gu. Roger is one of the older mem- bers of the Old Trafford wander

Icum

the

whole He joined them in the vint- | Incident and thought everyone uge 1948 Cup-winning season, jetse had done the same, unt) to when foresighted Matt Busby his

streamlining the

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amazement BOINIC weeks system later he was chosen at full-back which

to bring lasting fame to Manchester United.

was

As a boy at Burnage Grani- mar School, Roger was in the fest team, but didn't give any denite promise of the wonder- ful carcer ahead.

From school he joined the Ryder Brow youth team and was stred as a "possible" by Manchester United.

Old Trafford cild not B00 much of him in the next few yeurs, when ha was doing Service with the

Nationa!

RAF.

ex-

And the Service Sorcer perts did not rate hin any too highly

"He had to play Rugby be- cause he could not get a place in the slation Soccer sides.

Even when he returned 10 Old Trafford the future anything but bright, or so it seemed to the ambitious young

Byrne

COMPETITION

wus

There were lot of ng young players on the staff, and gainst this intense competition I didn' JEWEL to have mucli hope," he told me

There were times when 1 regretleg the move into profes- sloned football

"It was only when injuries that I even Topped

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the Ket into managed FEELVES, But, encouraged by my manager, Mr Busby, I whe pallent, and, just as he pro- mised, my change came."

England's first choice at left back for a couple of screens, Roger only became a full-back He started as an by accident.

Roger-Burur --an ambition

In the second texan. He was on the way to stardom

Possibly the only people who recognised the Byme potential in those early days wore Matt Busby and his shrewd assistant Junty Murphy

Crities of England's left back never tall to emphasis that his venturesome up-ield dashes nee | apt to leave gaps and throw a heavy burden on the wing half., Flet Hoger awer that one himself

.18 AMBITION "In Soccer iny greatest ambition was to be an inside- forward storing piles of goals Unfortunately was never good enough for that

"There are times, however, when un opening is created and

follow through into attack. But I make sure that I am al- ways able to get bock,

Looking ahend, Roger studies

He takes physiotherapy.

his

Old Trafford fans wilă - 62– ways remember the Blackpobi match last year-as his greatest moment,

United were a goal down to Mackpool in a match that could decide the First Division Cham- pionship.

Injured in a collision with a Blackpool

player,

"Captain

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Roger refused to go off the

feld even though he had nasty head wound,

He played through the match which United won 2-1, and while the fans were deliciously cheering the "new champions" Roger

having witches inserted in his wound.

-(London Express Service).

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Athletics

at

Children's Goit: Deep Water Bay, Medal Competition.

Summer Athletics Mccring South Chinn Stadium a p..

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Molchen Open Pal

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TOMORROW Aterling UKFA Interport Sub-Committee Mertog at Sports Road. 0.13 p.m.

Winter-polo Junlay League Amy North K Army South (Victoria Pool) 3 p.m. EYMCA V Eastern (EVAIL:A) 7 1.0.2 | RAF v Navy (RAF) 6.30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Bowls Division: IRC "Blue"

gelo. CCC IRC "Gold", KCC PC, TC KBGC.

2nd Divuton: KFC v Recreio, FC

.SRC. HKCC POC. KDC.

"Uluo

V KDC "White", PRC v

3rd Division: UKPBA v CCC, FC v HKPC, KBGC v HERC, PRC v KC

Ledic League: PRC v "Oren", KDC Y TC. KBGC v "Red" CCC "Yellow FC.

Yellow" ✓ USRC.

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