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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1956. \

Jimmy Meadows Not Expected To Play Football Again

Says ARCHIE QUICK

"Spare a thought for Jimmy Meadows, of Manchester City, the unluckiest if he had player in football. He would have been Englund's right-back for years

Who said that? Jeff Hall, of Bir- not broken his log in the Cup Final last year." mingham City England's right-back. A most sporting remark from a man who won his place in the national side through Meadows' misfortune and who has kept it on merit.

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Meadows, in addition to suffering the injury which indirectly led to his side's Cup Final defeat against Newcastle United in May, 1955, is not expected to play soccer again. This ex-Army player was all set for the Football Association's Con-

His future seemed assured. tinental tour tou

Juck stop y Another bad Dereic

The Charlton Ufton's Atlete rentre-half, who ployest for England against the test of Europe at Wembley in 1954 and as als Godfrey Evans' deputy us played Kent wicketkeeper, was

United specially against Leeds

at left-half to mark the mighty John Charles operating at nide-right hon had not play edo gume of football prevasSty

tham NOTE 401 minutes after the start he went

turkir with Charles pus writhing

+

fell W

left shoulder, but this tune

ww

for

NO

for to let and s one of the reasoJTTA team manager's refusal

10,000 Metres man, devag away the long suffering star Vladimir Kuts, make the day spectators. There are exceptioms who try to keep on the altark p to Brighton No sen air for him for fear of catching cold in all the time--Portsmouth,

WAS instance, bul, Craysl that instal environment

"Much as the reason why Kuts stayed in rightly points out London,

that style of play the Rustan's admire where

in Ai1A

honours sny in lydenever mam joy is walking Park rather than seeing the restLeague or Cup. The same

bowlers win cricket maniches 20 the nights.

defenders win Soever games. the other team does not score

Thant 13 ut you carmot lose economic but lamentable fuet."

COMPLETE ROUTINE

of drain-

Virve Roolzul went through the ground. He complete rositzne

It does not I though wine and I have seen nolling so Pas long played with

strenuous fem

as the Arsenal are going to do much physical framing

buying. despite the big quary which she indulged She kept there

Vre Groves EN against half futus then ging, non-stop,

hot, and she was throwing 3#?132s, Instead of javelins, « distance That would not have disgraced any county cricketers,

W.27% Wis

the right shoulder which 1 have badly damaged

in Heater never seen a player agry. Ixetory How frown when you speak of 11fton's futame looks very much like the aid the url for this likable, ant still young player

NOT REALLY FIT

Manager Jumy Seed

af self-condemnation Over

Dog

10

an

The Russian manager hud so been to England in the summer as an observer at the Wimbie- ton I w Tennis Champlon- lipstops I asked him through The

it Russia world be | interpreter has competing next year and

"No I don't him without practice." significant reply

Bizik

m tw so perhaps like three years we have reached a tandard by which we think we

Cean win "

affair "I siki

played

he trici m

At to free

really but he was only pleased 40 help. Nevertheless. should have known better at my time of life – Derek

abeolves "Be admired or red." That Charles from o4 blume, it was as the stringent tag new Arsenal "} was fate team boss Jack Crayston has iny fault." he sud with my tackle, unbalanced unpinned on himself. tell awkwardly

"

In

The story < Walsall Football Club as worth the telling, the Midlanets it is habibal Ar football fans to refer Le that Black Country side a terme of laeristen or as a vehicle for their own particular team to gamer in some chean popits and bonus

[1 L truc that most yenus Waisull have to go cup-mn-hand to the League and apply for re- electron. Indeed, lust

season wDA

they

In noluble occasion when

the ordeal. But were spared there is another side to it all. refer to the tremendous fight the Walsall Board of Directors

He has a have put up over the post-war to live up to tactical years, and the great loyalty of

of the most famous their supporters. manager nefotball prove

club in the world—— club which has identified itself with a policy of no big spend

were

RI

The match ¢#5{

pret thing though, needed: that John Charles is the greatest all-road Toubalter Great Britala Even in the First Division, for the Best time, be is above the close of opposition He strolled through be meets

al- the Charon game, yer was

#gure, the dominating ways scored his side's two goals and curse within a lonch of a tniek

Virve Rooland.

Last season. Swindon, Palace, faished Milkwali and Watlord

and that below them.

was the

fest Ume they had not been in

Vie Groves and Stan Charlton the last two for Ave years! But were the last expensive players the League

Highbury

have always

บ

the

in the transfer market.son has been an average "gale", bought

nu Mason after season. and they appear to be

of around With 20,000 and few Third Divisi hurry to speculate again,

refreshing candour quite nut Clubs can boast of that of character with soccer manu- gers Crayston says that he is well aware that Arsenal

moment is

organisation elected them. Why? Chiat rea-

ut the

Toriu. would surely win the good enough. "There are weak

"Queen Dat 12-14 tarik

competitions, dubbing

Spor

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and bathing belle

mstead u

"Heroines

Dhema

he suich

are

FINE SPORTSMANSHIP

The Board of Directors the gif strengin af

local rusiness men, optimists who dig deeply into their own ..1 Athleti Beauty spots to be plugged,"

"but it looks as though we shall pockets to pay for new players. if Rusan undulged

and the wages of them all to have todes it through our res

keep the club going. Surely, that I know what I want an serves.

is the sportsmanship. all these years of the fed after

Walsall directors

their LISAC (with the club, but it is going to :

be a tough job getting et."

private cars or pay their own Inside-railway fares to way gunes. To saying that After

appreciate Walsal's position fully you must realise that this little borough is almost of Birmingham, opposition bit of

shame

who

suburb

Tus Estolait clerk spends more time on the shores

Lake Peiptis than 131 AN forward Swallow is possible office would put any Hollywood England man of the future and in her poiss, that there is a great potentially gure and beauty, but in Hussia about wing-half Petts, Crayston she is just Nu 2 javelin thrower continues "but Pells is

of tiddler for a wing-half and on clubs, for not only ore West with only a slender chance making the Melbourne, trip for do not know if we have

Neverthe-

in the second team the Olympic Games.

Iplent

the

His in direct to four First Divi-

HAND IS FASTER

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Hand beats foot as Leeds United goalkeeper Wood takes the ball from right under the studs of Medwin, the Tottenham Hotspur outside-right. during the First Divison match at White Hart Lane, London, on August 25.-Reuterphoto,

Hornbeam Looks Best Each-Way Bet

For The St.

Leger

By RICHARD BAERLEIN

Lord Astor's Hornbeam ran a polished St Leger trini in the Voltigeur Sweepstakes, At the last callover he was a 10-1 chance and before that had been quoted at 109-8. Now he will join High Veldt and Talge as the best backed of the English-trained candidates.

It was unfortunate that a slight knee injury pre- vented Talgo taking on Hornbeam at York.

It would

PHYSICAL PROGRES8

be Lasy to over- time of the race was 20sec. estimate the value of Horn-outside the course record, beam's viewry if one took a line through those whom he defeated. I doubt if any of them were at their best

In racing it is very easy to accept the latest form as being the best but, as I have pointed out, this was hardly form at nil Prlace Mcx21, who trished

on the part of Hombeam. three-quarters of a length behindi

However, he did prove that Hornbeam ut Ascut

sppeared

made physical progress he has the quite unable to act in the gang rice he last ran, which was at and he never gave up last place

The even under the strengest pis-

Royal Ascot. He needed

race to tune him up and he will be a better horse than ever he

Paddock inspection revealed has been in the past when be that Athenien 11 was beginnisus) to feel the effeols of als recent i

him racey and he was certainly not the coll who set a record for

the Chester- Three-year-old in neld Cup at Goodwood less than Moreover the three weeks ago,

WORLD VOLLEYBALL

U.S. To

Star Match

arrives at Doncaster,

There had been a plan to run in the Doncaster Cup be- take so cause that ruce will

bul. this year little winning

fine victory following his York, His owner has no alter- native but to run

have

duce ila

best

on Walsall's Bromwich Albion doorstep, but the grounds of

Villa. Aston

Birmingham she was No 1 attraction bring out the best in Swallow." and Wolverhampton Wanderers With Russia In the short run-in

of Brighton The Mayor

With equal frankness Jack are only a bus ride away. welcomed the party of Russian

for Arsenal's alhletes in England to do battle made no excuses

when

City

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addition, the Reserve sides of clubs In the Central at the White City, and she was defeat at Birmingham after they these the only Russian

who had led 2-0 with a quarter of League are just as attractive us womun would consent to get into her an hour to go and then conceded Third Division football.

pose for the three gols in six minutes. "We Arack clothes and horde of press photographers.

to

d

at

ONE BIG DRAWBACK

Page

Watch Those Floodlights -They're Not Quite Good Enough

Says BERT TRAUTMANN

London.

One of the biggest bogeys to Soccer attendances has been the early kick-off In the deep winter months,

With Soccer fighting so hard to recapture its missing millions it seemed the Football League had gone a long way to offsetting the menace of the early kick-off when they decided that this season League matches could be played under flood- lighting.

Many take

oluba will probably best in the world to play lineux myself last season, but I

of this new advantage

both on and off the field.

knew just what it was to take Afler watching the Man- ovor a position from a player rung during the coming winter to alarstardise

Unlied - their Saturday chester

Birmingham who was an established kick-of time at,

threo City game at Old Trafford 1} favourite with supporters,

མ o'clock, and

arrived at Maine Road when closing went along to the Birmingham play the atages of their games under the dressing-room for a chal with the mentory of the great Frank lights.

the Jads who were my Cup Swift was very much in the The League's ruling has rivals at Wembley in May.

minds of the crowd, everything to commend R. bul If I had scored the winning

But 1 WEB In practice I believe it is going good for them at Wembley 1 to have one big drawback--the couldn't have been more wel- George. lights themselves,

LOTTERY OR SKILL

baljeve floodlighting is on essentini part of Soccer pro- #ress, but there will have to be big all-round improvement lu the lights on many of our fool boll

grounds If League matches are not to become more of a loit:ry then a game of skill,

For i is one thing playing

under lights- friendly games

stake

On)

Come

luckier than At least Frank had wasn't hovering There was not one word retired-he about the bitter disappointment round with a broken neck itch- they

must have felt; all theying to get back in the game.

about whA concerned seemed

The Manchester City sup- when I would be able to play

porters have been wonderful to gain

ine-a)} I ask is that they give

I learned, too, that I was not

the only one who was injured George

break

at Wembley Peter Murphy. at whose legs I dived when I broke my neck, told me my neek had left a bruise on his knee which had only disap-

1

Thompson the Eamo I'm sure they will.

(COPYRIGHT)

FARELF RUGBY

COMPETITION

In which the result is of peared three weeks ago...which secondary importance and an- brought the comment; "Some other playing a League match Trautmann--some neck!" in which vital issues of pro

quite so happy was not motion or relegation may be at about the occasional pat on the

It is reported that at present back and the "Hurry up and

there is a dearth of entries for Bert, from several get back in gon, I have played

the FARELF Rugby Inter-Unit grounds in floodlit games and the odd Manchester City an

Competition, as one of them has the light following my club's 6-1 dorcat Knockout

Wolves.

well Although

thase intending to compete are to by ng been Bood coough

mount.

expedite fell it wa

their the

wus, by implica-requested eliminate

danger

reflection turfair

enirles an

Ledsham, Major clementary mistakes of judge!

Thompson.

Com- ment which would not be made succeeded me in the City goal, nittee.

who Secretary Army Rugby

R.A., H.Q.

before September 10, 1936 Entries Not only bud kicked seven forwarded later than this date

ut

llon. un George

in ordinary day-light.

Especially

at

Is The goalkeeper | the mercy of the

standard!

SEVEN GOALS

to 10

of the floodlighting. Frequently goals out of the net at Moll- will not be entertained. I have lost sight of a lofted centre, or have been dazzled by the glare of

This

the lumps when trying to follow a corner-kick

Another

the hazard facing goalkeeper is that the ball giyes the Illusion of travelling much

faster than it actually is. must affect

goalkeeper's timing in making a diving save you wonder, then, why I say that substandard lighting can lottery of League make

matches?

I would like to make fore- cast that in the early League games played under floodlight- ing we are going to see some queer results.

A team may have the match in the bag until the lights are switched on, then suddenly find of because itself struggling simple errors of judgment. But if floodlighting has come to stay what is the answer?

PERFECT

1 have not had the pleasure

him in the St. Loger to try and defeat the

of playing under the £20,000 French challenge.

Lights on Sheffield Wednesday's There is no doubt that Horn-ground, but I am told they are unlimited sta- the best of any Longue ground beam posseWER mina but he is a colt who must Clash

in the

do know, country long run-in to pro- however, that it is possible to

form. It was res

reproduce perfect playing con- and nothing ditions under artificial light, else which caused his defeat at Arcot,

In another

he 100 yards would hove defeater Court Command

quite comfortably but in another quarter-mile,

have would

won by many lengths If the Derby had been instead of at run

Newmarket Epsom I think Hombeam would have been the winner.

He is a colt who will make special appeal to the Americans the two because he combines Division to Men's

British straira which

the morrow, the star maten will Americans most seck-Hyperion take place between the United and Nasrullah, States and Russia while Brazil

Paris, Sept. 4. The World Volleyball Cham- plotsteps with five different final the club round robins took a day off to- since day to enable the officials to for the re- prepare the charts maining nine days of competi-

Bill Love

"We estimate that it hus cost fell back on defence trying the Directors £20,000 of their hold what we had already goLown money to keep A male hurdler and a mate It was against my instructions

did the same and fatal. No team should con going in the ten seasons

"Wor." Mansger | the distance runner thing. But the remaining mem- centrate on defence when they

"When people talk of bers of the party could not be are leading by two gonis, quite told me. moved from a sixpence-in-the-apart from the fact that it has our being thrown out of

the never been the strategy of Ar-League surely that loyally football machine in Brighton Stadin Pavillon. The seal to do so," sixpences were generously pro- vided by reporters! coach

slot

the to

tion,

the

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In football should count for some- thing. Peterborough and

clubs these other non-League are moving heaven and earth to When get in. Let them try it, they are struggling they will wish they were comfortable out- side the League, Gillingham Workington and Colchester are

in: Wing-half Wills chimed The team

came back told me that solt fruits."Yes, the forwards

the to help us, and we did not want y ghourt and chicken are chlef items of diet, rather than them." meat, alibough the heavy feld men and 0 16-stone woman weight putter tackled steaks,

NEGATIVE FOOTBALL

since they

I am afraid that that sort of examples. They have had the negative football is being prac- nothing but worry Russians was emphasised by thetised by too many clubs today were elected."

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Hyperion is now 26 years old will play Cuba, Holland will and, even at his great age, s play North Korea and Portu- more strongly represented in the gal wifl be mulched with St Leger than any other sire, Isroet,

to Hornbeam. for in addition the Queen's colt, High Veld In the women's event Holland represento him. will play North Korea, Brazil Kwili play Cuba and Portqual will play Israel.

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WILL SUIT HIM. Every time. Hombeam has The system of competition is raced on a galloping course this season he has been successful so complicated that so for even the officials are unable to tell and for this reason Doncaster which team is in the best posi- will suit him ideally. Although

he is sure to come down tion to win the coveted utic-price, at next call-over, be still United Press.

makes more appeal than any other candidate in the St Leger as an each-way proposition.

Thero are no ita aid bute about this coll. He can made all the running OT

Pakistan Soccer

Team In

Singapore

come

from

behind. High

gh Veldt has not actually particular accomplished any fest this season and he is being Singapore, Sept. 4 backed on what he has done

running behind The Pakistan National soccer when toam arrived in Singapore horses, yesterday by air from Colombo to play four exhibition matches against local teams.

The Pakistanis led by Squadron Leader M. M. Sald will open their tour against the Indo-Malaya selection on

Wednesday.

und

The King George VI QueenTM Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot could prove a very decep- Live race on which to, esecas any harze form for hobody knows just how much Ribol had in hand.

For this I have the word of my good friend Stan Pearson, former England and Manchester United inside-icft, now giving such grand service to Bury. Stom was a member of Manchester Unlied touring team in America five years ago when several games were played under floodlights,

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He tells me the lighting WIS so good that it was not possible to cast a shadow on the pinying gitch, and that by comparison playing under the lights, here was like playing in semi-

Obviously, darkness.

*uch costly installations are going to be beyond the budgets of many of our clubs for some time, but Soccer is to keep pace with the rest of the entertainment world they must come high on the

Until priority ist.

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