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TOUGHEST BERTH TO WIN

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19-Year-Old Ron Clarke Hopes To Run His Way Into The Olympic Games

By RICHARD VOUMARD

Melbourne.

In the Army, he was Lance-Corporal Clarke, and his exercise was strielly on the parade ground. But when the Army released Ron Clarke on July 30, he swapped his heavy field boots for running spikes and set out on an ambitious-but not impossible—plan to run himself into the Australian Olympic team,

At 19, Clarke is one of Australia's top prospects for the 1,500 Metres, Quiet John Landy, who's not given to brash statements, took time off during a training He doesn't know how good run to point Clarke out; "There's a future champion, he's going to be."

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WAS out. Clarke, who had started with sk time of 419 for the Mrie, Jeupt chatics into prominence with conveu-| trifide five runs of 4:07 8 and 4.06:3

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BITTER BLOW

The foll was .. bitter blow to the 19-year-old, and the end of his hopes for a faster time that reason Fans wend wit when Landy Jurned in another 3586 shortly befon leaving inhas Califosi tour

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Nottingham Keep Record Intact

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THE "CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31; 1956.

SPORTING, SAM

OLYMPIC GAMES

By Reg. Wootton

FORTEMEL

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Lancs Score Forty For Two

CITY

In Reply To Surrey's

Russians To Bring Out At Least One First Class Chef, Possibly Two

By MAURICE CUTLER

Melbourne, Australia,

Two years of intensive research were spent to satisfy the gastronomical whims of the 6,000 Olympic athletes and officials who will spend three weeks here next November.

"You tell us what you like, and no matter what it is, we will get it for you." says Brigadier Cyril Elliot, Director of Olympic Housing and Catering. He promised that international visitors from more than 75 nations will get the utmost in culinary

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quality and fidelity. Of others who will be running a truly black day for me, not the Mile

the Australian

and Kone urlo the preparation Heidelberg Olymple, breads; curds and pickles; the of my fall, but Olympic trials in October, Ron Village, now almost ready omy

fur suckling plg with sour cream for ¦ menus and other catering weitig doli stop when he bind | Henderson has clocked 4:03.8

rungements. The first move of The Russians. The vuntors who will start ar- much good han of breakinK

this

John Murray 4:00.0 year

The

international the Housung and Catering divi- truly John Phanmer 4:08.2 ring early in November,

"flavour of this great occasion sion of the Olympic Organising The work record

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Committee was to seck advice be accentuated by the of the Flummer, though the slowest of separate Kicheres will be super- was the choux

these three im his test tune, has vised by 200 chefs drawn from will

disley of Thousands hundreds

the

in Aus- from foreigners lying all over the world. and 1 Chik overstrain ;*****

Aralia, International cook boot of thisferen unternational dishes various menus. following the Nation's tied under 4 10 more often than The other and he 1 contattig

"EX were consulted, Samples: Seaweed soup. will come from the kitchens to my che, at doing any better

what

When

delegations From satisfy any craving for home leaves marinated Dish. goulash, Sull, knocking 12 seconds off to run under 410 in

various compelling nationS Chilean stows and olies, French

arrived to in one sesson isn't now the Australian winter

Clarke.

Melbourne the hus however,

Ger- will tusve 1 thank 11 really ge

The athletes

casserules, Italian pastas,

arrange- advantage of youth and he was dining rooms at the village.

man

sauerkraut, Polish sausages, and make preliminary fastest ever junior the world's

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Norwegian beer bread, Swedishments, they made additions and I Miler. The fact that the different kinks of curries for the smorgasbrod, Belgian hotchpolch, alterations to the big bis

After

The sifting Through any nation Indhans, Istrongest opposition

of elaborately Dutch groates, Japanese steak. in the world van produce in any mixed dishes for the Chinese; | Greek

On the shortbreads.

various information collected from different sources. long lists' A19- arbe event does not stop

rown turkey and cranberry satice | British-American menus.

of dishes tralle's own kangaroo tall soup.

were prepared--one from trying to show that he isn't for the Americans: kosher meat

for each of the visiting nations lacking in Killer spirit. He will for the Jews

inix- vegmindens; i

--and PAINSTAKING RESEARCH

sent overseas need this for only three men cúntures for Lie

* Flavourings Two years of painstaking re-approval.

organisation

The ultimate 10 assure

11 [selection. as many as 20 entrees | were included in the lists, "Are these suitable for your athletes," the Housing and Catering Directorate asked. "If they are nol, please tell us." "You can have anything you wish "'

Iton broke with family trudi don when iự look up running. His PRIST brother, Jack, is u

1 iss Aus fa fotballer in tralian Rules clubs bere fully have always been avid followers of the game, which pucks Melbuumes sports ovats lo capnelly each Saturday after-

noon,

and is regarded inost with the frvous of a religion.

"1 wnstet at wil interested in athletes unti, about two years | ago

Before Qual t was - 1 Australian Rules But ways somehow, The running bug bit me and I decided to concentratz on the Mile he reels

"Couching by Austrian Pranz Stamff bas puide a terrific alf-

He's fought me just. Tene about all I know about running. besided setting me on the right path abo djet -

member

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THE STRANGE

search and

CASE

OF JIMMY GAULD

By ERIC NICHOLLS

Now the Valley isn't happy

have

any

Down in The Valley something stirred. more. Gonl-chasing Scotsman Jimmy Gould declares: “I don't fit here. I want to Gordon Jago, a former Kent schoolboy skipper and Reserve centre-half KO."

team

centre-forward the season as reserve England youth international, arts "Transfer, please." says Jago.

What goes on? What has happened to Charlton, once the club with the most contented set of players in the game?

the surface,

will not The

The hundred per cent records. Melbourne firm, Clarke begged Jugo's case is sumple Prevent-¦ simmered beneath

the eve of this 1956-57 of Swansea Town and Notting-two weeks off following his re-cd from matting more than the until

season, when hy

Chuk marchej hum Forest in Division Two, lease from the Army, and will celd first team appearance

do 14 days' intensive training. the consistency of Kent wickel- into manager Seed's office to de-

Ufton, and now mand a move. "I have to catch up again," keeper Derek

"I hope he changes his mind. held following his retum io pushed further into the depths Twoj and

Three civilian life, didn't get much of obscurily by the signing of But if not Chariton

Trish centre-half Gerry Meland in his

was way," for athletic trum- oppertunity ing in the Army, but feel it, Carthy, Jago feels he would do Seed's comment.

He is 23. im botter elsewhere.

Gould did nol change his only needs a couple of weeks

as before mind. So, true to form, and to doing nothing else but training footballing future

policy. Charlton placed this un- to bring me right back to peak

on the transfor happy player list-but with a fee of £25,000 on his head.

four malehes only Shefeld Unlied (Division Brentford (Division South) have points

gained maxim

form

1ad werk Swanzen won at Barnsley 3-2 but the score was TOVEJSNĚ at Swansea tonight when Arthur Kaye scored the wining

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Batnsley for Ja mittata).

The other unexpected result was Nottingham Fres[ hre{ng held to a home draw by Bristol

" off then sellie down egan with the Olymple squad, and prepare for the Olymple trials In October "-United Press

WHAT IT MEANS

Ron Clarke is, indeed, an Chy. Forest won 5-1 at Bristol last week but tonight they were optimist, for the Olymple berth

outplayed Bubby

tom

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But the case of Jimmy Gould goes a tle deeper.

Waterford, Signed from Irish club, last year to replace 49 nster die Firmani, who for

aftentions his

Manchester City 2 Spurs 2

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To

All Out Total Of 96

London, Aug. 30.

Surrey took a step nearer their fifth successive County Championship victory when a saturated' pitch and more rain at the Oval prevented any play | on-the second day of the vital match against Lancashire.

Lancashire, requiring a win over Surrey to keep them in the rumming for the championship, had noored" forty for two in reply to Surrey's all out total of 96 on the first day.

If there is much more ruin, | clinched the match today but further play may be prevented for a fighting eighth wicket tomorrow and Surrey who have stand of 06 by James-Hilton Two matches yet la play would bad Dennis Sĺk, the former then be 1980 champions. They Cambridge captain. are 20 points ahead of Lun- enshire, who have one ixture

left.

MAIN HONOURS Bowlers (ook the main honours in the matches in which play Wis

possible, Don Shepherd, Glamorgan's right- (ust medium bowler. claimed eight wickets for 40 at Cardiff to help dismiss

arm

Link

Sussex

sevet

At Bournemouth; Somerset 37 and 130 (Shackleton four for 42). Hampshire 119.

At Cardiff: Sussex 148 (Smith 87. Shepherd eight for 40). Glamorgan seven for no wicket. Bad light curtailed play.

Leicester: Leicestershire 230 and 93, for three. Worcester- shire 173 (Goodwin six for 50).

At Notingham: Nottingham- shire 197 (Stocits 69, Poole 57, Cook seven for 68). Gloucesters. shire 116 for six. Start delayed. -Reuter,

for 140 in little more than 3% hours after eight hours had been jest through rain yesterday and today.

Jeff Goodwin, Leicestershire fast-medium left-hander Look six for 56 against Worcester- sture, and Coll Cook of Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire with his leg arm spinners.

John McMahon, Australian- born slow lett-arm bowler, who joined Somerset six years after being capped by Surrey, reached 100 wickets for the first time City), Ronnie Burgess (Swansen Billy Lucas (Nowport

wickets for 08

And

Managers

Secretaries

Each of the

Welsh LesGUO

clubs is managed by Π Welsh-

Morris (Cardif

man-Trevor

In lus career why he claimed | Town), and Cliff Lloyd (Wrex-

3 for 37 in Hampshire's

totul innings

of 110

1 ມື້ຍານ ) . pam But not one of the Bul in spite of McMahon's League clubs in England has achievement, Somerset

were Welsh manager, Longest serving heading for defeat at the close secretary is Harry Beever,

Town, when they were all out for 130 Huddersfield

with after being dismissed yesterday years to his creilt. Next comes for only 37. Hampshire who | Waiter Crickmer, of Manchenter must bal again for 58 to United, who has filled the offica morrow would probably have since 1932.

But

of

30

for their

To assure complete authentie- ity in detail, Tom Carlyon, an Olympic offelal who owns Ü number of Melbourne Hotels, went abroad to recruit 100 chefs to mastermind the

operation. Arrangements were made with the Australian Immigration De- partment to provide tree trans- port to Australia on the under- standing that they would settle here after the Games.

Carlyon said the chefs would oo much to improve the stand- ard of foods and food prepara- and other tion in Melbourne cities throughout Austrailo where they might be employed, He said all the chels are

Danny Goes qualified and that half of them

Down-And Up

By HENRY ROSE

leida Meire

Two minutes after

are "top class."

or

In addition to all tis. Mel- bourne Invited competing motions to bring their own cooks "spicers" along to supervise the special natural dishes. The Rus- sians jumped at this opportunity and undertook to bring out at least one first-class chef, possibly

two.

Danny Blanchflower. the 'Spurs captain. WILN ประ best player on the Bowl inst Wednesday night. But for 40 minutes he was the un-

half-time he was involved in a give-away goal to the City. Let him ex- plain:

(the 'Spurs Ted Ditchburn goalkeeper) thought I was going one way. I thought he was go- Ing the other ant between when he threw it, we lost the ball, Clarke nipped in and put

10 City ahead for the second time

Cardiff, Swansea, Portsmouth and Everton had all Joined the queue, Cardiff Swansea, Poris-happlest. Italian football in retum substantial remuneration, Gauld mouth and Everton, said "Good had a season of mixed fortunes, night", and put down the phone

when told the price. At first he didn't seem to the

of English League Swan.co

Ronnie manager Burgess seemed to speak for them all when he said that the fee quoted was twice as much as his club was prepared

ворсет,

after is trying to win is just abou- untern moved the harde in the world. 10 forward bigin with he has to coelend with the world's two fastest Milers record- yeur-world

because of a thigh injury. Even of

$10

so he moored

forward, sayed

of

the

THE GOALS CAME

Then, with the aid of trainer

to

pay.

The importance of training in this field has been appreciated by all the competing natitus, but none have gone to more troubiz than the Soviet Union to ensuKĖ their athletes get food not only to their taste and Hiking, but to their benet as athletes as well,

TOO FILLING

selected Many of the dishes One the goals holder John Landy who twice

for the earlier Australian

Hists and John Atyen, the England run the sisters in 3 minutes Jimmy Trotter, he speeded up

had

because. be discarded of The mystery deepens. Gould, | (2—1).

though they were thoroughly re- 58.6 ends this year and Jim The gouls came. But some Bailey, who beat Landy In Call-is team-mates felt that Jimmy apparently determined to try his With barely two minutes to presentative, they weren't ideal

for athletes. fornia in 3 minutes 58.7 was not doing his share of work

They were either Danny's great moment came.

too rich, too filling or too will take his care to the Fout-He sparked off an attack seconds,

in defence. Jimmy said his jobuck elsewhere, hints that Landy and Bailey MT only was to zcore goals, and that

ball League it Charlton do not his own goal which ended with in energy production qualities. two of the cutstanding Austra- in order to do so, he should

reduce the fee.

six of his own players taking It took several months to co- Ham Milers with whom Clarke spend as much time as possible

part in the movement--none of by a reperier City's touched it leaving new physical effort, so that an athlete Seed, asked in the vicinity of the opposing will have to contend in the Aus-

whether the high fee was to 1tralian Olympie trials. Melbourne | penalty box.

to put the University's Mery Lincoln, who The differences between Gauld

scare potential buyers off, said: by Terry Medwin colleagues "Yes, I suppose you could call

it that, Jimmy is a fhe ball player and I don't want to lose İyim."

point for Bristol with a goal four minutes

from the finish.

THE RESULTS

LEAGUE TWO

Swansea Town 3 Barndey

2 Bristol City Nottingham *.

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Another item was special re- quirements for national festivals undt fens clays November 22. for instance, the opening day of the Games, is America's Thanks- giving Day. Thus the US menu already has traditional Thanks- giving fare of turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.

CRUCIAL MOMENT Someone at Charlton bas other got a little tongue-tied at the crucial moment, or the club

Before then there's come has forsaken its declared polley of letting

dissatisfled players homework to do on the "keep your eye on the ball" principle.

counted

Australian turkeys and pump- offsides against A fee of £25,000 would be

kins will be used but the Mêl- is unforgivable right and proper by present day them and that

bourne bosts will get the cran- standardswhatever you think for paid footballers.

Their six-manned forward lineberry Jelly from the States. of the transfer Jacket-if the, piaver concerned was an inter-with Blanchflower in close at Though most of the food will tendance was sheer delight. They be local various things will have rolled the ball into the open to be imported smoked salmon, But that many green-backs spaces, were accurate with both seaweed soup, rice from Thai- Lor, let's face it, and with all short and ball. Clarke had given land and ghee, the unsalted,

lead in the sixth clarified butter used by the In an average City the respect to Gould, player, who given a wonderful minute, and it seemed 100-1 dions. Genuine maple leat service by that brillant contra against the 'Spurs equalising forward Stuart Leary, happened when it did come. to be in the right place on suffi-

national,

elent occasions to give himatharmer, always doing some

syrup will be brought out for

Canadians.

the

In all, 6,000 meals will be useful, alowly worked his served three times a day for 17 fair share of goals, is to my way over to the left.

days at the village. This will mind, ludicrous.

the Ho smoothed ball round mean 2,000 walters, cooks, gar- AZL

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the

For the record, this is what

er can, as he has intimated eco a white shirt for all the and accountants to keep the What can be done? The play face of the adul, You couldn't empre, domestle servants, guarda, engineers, carpentera, electricians appeal to the Football League blues, but you did see the ball village going Charlton could reduce, the fee in they not. The scorer" was

Either way I fool the club Johnny Brooks, who had mon- the visiting athletes will con- must act quickly, if they don't agod to boat everyone else to it, eume: 10 tons of buller, 6 tons

Manchester City. — Thompson; want to lose a lot of friends Lelves, Little: Dames, Ewing wat of cheese, 600,000 eggs, 80 tons over What can only bis des Johnstow, Haven, Reyes salad ingredients, 10,000 brend Hart, of frosh vegetables, 60, tons of Beribod de a rather našlý burl"› Clarke,

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