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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER - PARKER IN ACTION

Victories Over Hungarians -Too High A Price

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British Athletes?

By ARCHIE QUICK

Tragedy befel the British athletic world at the London-Budapest floodlight. meeting at the White City, London. The victories which the home men and women gained over their rivals from Hungary cost too high a price - Injuries lo steeple chaser Eric Shirley and sprinter John Young.

between a 20,000 'gate' and en sald benchelary 8,000

one,"

was with Jimny Bain, who Brentford for twenty-seven years until his recent retirement,

Shirley had a real chance of a gold, silver or bronze medal at Melbourne; he may still win one, but, psychologically, the leg hurt he sustained when he "pecked" a hurdle and the damage it has dono physically must affect that Olympic chance. As for John Young, eighteen- your-old schoolboy who created a sensation when he won the National 100 Yards

ille, his pulled

an Was Teg muscle ominous sign. He was told quite team frankly

Engilsh by

that manager Jack Crump man not lutally 100 per cent 1 could not be sent to Australia.

Yet it is Mr Crump's Amateur Athletic Association who must shoulder a load of responsibilty for the Birmingham youngster' condition. Since he won the AAA short sprint in July he has been called upon to race all over

1 Scotland England, Northern

helend, und behind

and

How right he was! Young that he thought he tuld mo bad Averaged about two hard races a week since he won his Championship and that of In 1 too ridiculous. course,

Ho joined the Club from Man- I would have been alright for chester United and was caplain seasoned campaigners like Eric

Eric in their promotion years from Sandstrom or Brian

Shenton the Third Division to the First, whose muscles have

becomo during

which they went through used to the wear end tear of season 1029-1030 without drop- racing over the years, but for pinga singio home point-stiil

been a League record. Young it has obviously

poison and dynamite both combined

At the match I met Dugalo Livingstone, team manager of Not for a moment do I think Fulham, and he told me that as young John would have a chance the result of the injury Bed-

ford Jezzard sustained OVT to reach the Olympic sprint final

on the alx like Alastair McQuorodale Football Association's ill-fated

he tour

hog find and Macdonald Balley did be- South African The Iron Curtain, whic after fort him, but the experience of written-off the International all those exhausting efforts, I going to Australia would have centre-forward for The N should have thought running about the White City on a cold been invaluable to him for four mainder of this season

cars hence. His coach Filby October evening was the worst is pessimistic, but the noxi fort-

training possible

for sunty night will seal John's fate. Melbourne. How Pirie must be

But it was not all tragedy for laughing, tucked up in his eory Britain at

White City. Sande, Ibbotson and Johnson showed the Hungarians are not unbeatable in their favourite 5,000, 1,300 and 800 Metres dia- tances.

Victorian bedi

TOO MANY RACES Wisest of athletic Journalists Joe Bloks was diting next to 2013: L the White City when Young pulled up limping after leading all the way of the 40

the

Terry Medwin, John Charles, 40 Trevor

Allchurch, Ford, ivor

yarks from the gun Remember, CT Jones. That is the forward | fe fell flat on his face with 18ine Wales has chosen for the trouble in Budapest 10 days International against Scotland before. "They are killing that and it could not be intered by kid," he said, "He has had too

any of the four home countries. three races in the last

Never been used to What is more every one of the five of them his played in the Army's zenlor representative eleven; in fact, Cliff Jones in

Hus that sort of thing before. muscles and lex tendon are not nearly mature and they have been subjected to too much strade."

Zatopek Feels "Perfect"

Emil Zalopek, alovalcia's triple Gold winner

the current side.

Matt Busby, Manchester Usled mantger, told me that the small number of first class players from whom Wales could choose their national aides is their great strength, it makes for a closer knit team thon Englund's where the changes to constantly rung on a large number of players.

Shown here in action is F. J. Parker (South Lon- don Harriers) who, with P. B. Hildreth (Polytechnic) will represent Britain in the 110 Metres Hurdles at the Olympic Games opening in Melbourne, Australin, next month. Originally a sprinter, Parker switched to

hurdling in 1949.—Reuterphoto,

The JACK WARDROP STORY as told by PAT

BESFORD

'Gutless' They Said

And I

"It's told

impossible, people Jack 21-year-old

and his twin Wardrop brother Bert when they set U.S. in 1952 Out for the with only 12 dollars in their pockets.

How can

into

It's impossible to work your way through college. youngsters like you breakt world swimming all on

your own. Especially you, Jack, with your long history of asthma?

But, says Juck:

I have a tremendous admira- lion for the people at the top. Impossible only hardened our determination

Torgau, West Germany,

Oct 22

Czecho

It is true that apart from the

Allchurch Modal younger

of Swon- at the 1952 Helsinki and Roy Clarke of Man To be told

City, the Welsh Olympics, said in Torgau to- chester night after an easy win over Selectors have not many other

distinction German opponents in u 23 Kujo- forwards metres ence that he fell in "per-whem to call. The defence too although almosi plekts itself, fect form."

Mel Charles and Roy Paul ure Bolchic absenters,

for Zatopek's training

the Melbourne Olymples was held up after he underwent a hernia

of

BENEFTT MATCH

1

All

tes have a go

It was

When we arrived in America, swimming luid to take a very law place in our lives. Study- ing came first to win scholar- ships to Michigan State Univer- sily. If we didn't get those we couldn't stay.

years Next, was money, to live and now neat. And Bert and have big

Wasn't Fit

The Wardrop twins (Jack

on

right) packing for America in 1952.

Each winter there is n big | university swimming league pro- gramme. The scamis are deadly keen to win their matches, and as most of America's swimming champions

university stų- denis the standard is high. World and American records Bre frequently beaten at these meetings.

WHAT DOCTOR SAID

Because of what happened in one of these matches I gave up swimming lost winter. I had been in hospital a couple of times with 'flu that turned into bronchitis. I am always scared of illness to do with my chest, because of my asthma as a child

Then

Sir Stanley Rous Speaks For Soccer Youth

Here are the replies by Sir Stanley Rous, secretary of the Football Asso ciation, to Roy Peskett's questions about a New Deal for Soccer Sir Stanley was invited to enlarge on suggestions he has made in the current FA Year Book.

Q. : Do you think professional players need a new form of contract?

This is not so much a matter for the FA as it is for the Leagues and clubs who employ the players, but in particular I think the youngsters should be given greater protection. I am thinking of the talented young player who, shortly after he leaves school, signs for one of the senior clubs, only to regret it a year or two later:

make

over-hasty decisions. The solution, I suggest,

an

Those who don't make the A moro ambitious plan--and playera inke their training grade as professionals er who, one I have often thought about, seriously enough, How many of after a year or so, decide to take would be to run a national|them really become athletes in up some other trade, should not succer league at all levels based the demanding modern use of be forced 10 give up their on the Football League competi- the word?

Next time you watch a first- amateur status. They should be tion, but duplicated so that you

feguarded against, having to would also have a national re-rate foreign team take the floid,

serve league,

movements, a national youth study the players' league, and perhaps, others. 19

See how seriously they limber Q: What opportunities some kind

of provisional con-

ste up: how graceful and energetle tract embodying

"escape" open to the professional when ere their actions. You never see clause which would operate for his playing days are over? them amble up to the goal for a his first year as a professional Nowadays the professional has spell of tapping a ball into the between his 17th and 18th birth-every chance of fitting himself goalkeeper's hands, which, un days.

for another job-provided he is fortunately, 19 atli typical of During this Bist year he prepared to put in some hard many of our teams before should be classed as a "proba-work. The Football League runs whistle goes, tipner" and at the end of it he is own schemo of Vocational should be allowed to regain his training through which a player amateur statuta,

can, free of charge and subject During the probationary year to the consent of his club, study the player would, of course, be almost anything he wishes.

led to the one club, and of the

TAKEN DEGREES end of it if he wished to be- come a "full" professional, the With the help of this scheine club would have first claim on players have taken university him.

degrees. Others have become

HARDEST-TRAINING

the

Some of our players must be prepared to make more sacri- lices. They should cut out those extra

study their cigarettes, diets. They must, to some ex- learn to load dedleated

The

most athletic

It would be only fair to the chartered accountants, borough club, however, that, should he surveyors-and there has been hardest-trained players revert to being on amateur, at least one solicitor. Ted Ditch-

burn, the Spurs' goalkeeper, took As Mr Stanley Cullis, the the player would be bound not to sign professional forms with course in salesmanship; others

havo

studiod journalism, any other club inside a period licensing trade, and even under- of, say, three or five years,

taking.

and I have come across ore the Russians.

Wolve's manager put it:

fitness programme was rightening.. the "Spartak's

Everyone of them was as straight as a wand not an ounce of superfluous flesh anywhere."

CR-

Q: Do you think that today'ni But there are still too many young player ta adequately who leave the future to look catered for?

after itself. I would like to see He is certainly far better off the clubs doing more to

their players courage one of the courses. Plenty made #real time is always left for effort to bridge the gap between training, and too much idleness the school-leaving age and the

than he was before The FA has

the war. M

We must not be ashamed of the Cón- learning lessons from to take inentals. One of the first things

of

wo noticed when International Proper ixtures svere re-established

after the wor were the lightness

day a youngster is eligible to was never good for a player. take part

They may have their grouses, of the Continental kit and boots. in the senior game. but the professional player to Compared with a side like the The FA's coaching scheme,

Hungarians, whose kit was obi- get a

bad deal viously designed for real speed publications, and the whole new day does not

After all network

there are few Jobs of youth competitions

our own players play and comfort, which allow a man to and international events all play games most days of the week, were welched down with heav give him the chance to travel floppy clothes, pounds of co

ton wool padding. abroad, present him, on retire-

ankle-length boots. ment with a' nest-egg from a

their part.

NEED EXPERIENCE Nevertheless, Bruch needs to be done for the young player who is unlikely to be- come a star. Far too many get insufficent training and match experience.

and almost

more provident fund. and train him Nowadays, much thought and for another job free of charge, care is put into deciding the Q. Do you think that Brith England team's kit and oppear- players receive the righs kance

Next Article: Soccer round of training?

the world;

What these youngsters need la a national youth league, or, botter still, à series of regional youth leagues. These could pro- vide a useful supplement to the FA Youth Challenge Cup com- petition and enable youngsters to play more competitve tool- bail with people of their own

I was ill again on the day of age. the match. The doctor said I must return to hospital.

he after talking to my coach

could swim if I didn't push mysek.

Baid

I

the 220

yards I was due to meet Willy Woolsey, who is No. sprint swimmer for America

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In Melbourne next month. knew that in my condition on that day I couldn't beat him, By working all through the land I had to swim in two other vacations we managed to keep races anyway. ourselves and have good fun

operation earlier this year anu The Welsh captain is he was unable to compete in the Sherwood, for so many

National Championships. with Cardin City and Czech

Today, he won the Torgau 25 | Newport County player. BC- appetites! Kilometrey race in 1 hr. 23 mins.) hind his appearance for an All- got a regular job as a waiter

Stars Cleven! 42.8 ccs.

against Brentford at the Alpha Sorority House (o for former assistant "Locomotive" Czech The

manager girl students hostel) at Michi-

Bert worked atgan.

In the holds the world record for this Jim Boln's benent match at

Griffin

lics story of kitchens. We worked from 7 to Park distance with ume of 1 hr.

8.30 each morning, noon tiil one, vades sers.---France.

Dodgin met and 6.30 to 7 in the evening. Sherwood when he was playing In return got our meals. for Newport at Crystal Palace

ALL THE JOBS and asked if he could turn out

10 mins. 36.4 Presse.

Spain's Javelin

Thrower Fails In

too.

for the benefit game, Sherwood We have done this job every agreed to do so and in order to honour his promise he had to term for the four years we have alty. Only one in six make the have swum harder. I told him leave Cardiff at 3 p.m., play a been in America.

7.30 and then each the night

grade in sport.

WE HAD WORDS

I thought A sense of competition per-

the Michigan all living in America. No. 2 and I could get second on competition. jand third and keep the points And I thrive Do not run away with the Idea equal. That's what we did.

Afterwards the coach and I that all you have to do if you want to be a top-class swimmer had words. He told me I was a is to go to an American univer "guticss" swimmer and should You just have I wasn't at to do so, and thought to raise your sights. When you the best thing I could do was There was still a roof for our find that a 53sec. 100 yards to come out of the Michigan train back in order to be at his head of things; washing just have to do better. (Jack's he announced my suspension.

to be paid for. I worked won't get you in the final you team for good. Two days later port-time work at 8 am, Ho

It was only a personal matter" down cars and selling petrol, best is 60.1stc.) played brilliantly,

at football

between the coach and myself. Employing the discus style

So too did Eddie Lowe, Inta selling programmes

We got our scholarships to The dean, and staff at Michigan Javelin throw, Spain's Manuel

WE DIDN'T University have been wonderful Clavero failed in his attempt to England and Aston Villa and matches, and sweeping up after

GET

WE to me, could be so much paper,

THEM BECAUSE

and it was the biggest break the official world javelinow of Fulham who, meny had the games. I never knew there Michigan. BUT

thought, had finished his career.

WERE GOOD SWIMMERS. We event et my life to go there." record here today.

Walley Barnes, late of Wales and I sold Christmas trees, swept had to Clavero, who made a javelin Arsenal,

found

time from his up leaves, worked for the State examinations. And we have had Next Article: What is wrong throw of 90.3 metres in a price Television duties with the BBC Highways department, testing to keep above a "B" average with British swimming. tice discus style throw last Fri- to turn out again but there were samples for now roadways. day, was only able

to throw two big disappointments, one no 82.82 metres today.

Record Bid

Barcelona, Oct. 21.

work

and pass our

in cur studies ever since.

Once we had won our scholar-

Stanley Matthews and no goal. Olympic breast-stroke cham-ships we had more time to Poland's J. Sdio, holds the keeper Sam Bartram. Matthews plon John Davies (from Austr-

also but record with was ruled out by the Foothali lin,

鼈 student omcial world classic style Javelin throw of Association as a "current Inter Michigan) and I got 83.66 metres.-France-Presse. national". "It made the difference moving furniture,

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

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FIRST RACE MEETING

Saturday 20th and Saturday 27th October, 1956. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Clubj THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 22 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pan, and the First Race run at 2.00 p.ra. on the 1st Day.

2.00 px

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 12.00 Noon ahd Uddeholm FC, the Birming- ham Works League club, have the First Race run at 12.30 pm. The Tin interval of one hour in had 300 goals scored against after the Second Race (1.00 pm.), the Third Race will be run at them in their last 34 matches,

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at and not a single victory to their credit.

They

willing to 11.46 a.m. on the 1st Day and at 10,00 am, on the 2nd Day, are still on, but redundancy at the works, injuries, and four marri- ages made it necessary for them to tender, their resignation from The Secretary, the League. howover, unwilling to lose a fine throughout the meeting. set of sportsmen, has suspended

Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day aro obtainable from their fixtures for a month for the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, Chater Road, them to sort

their dim- only on the written Introduction of a Member, who will be culties.

responsibly for all visitors introduced by him.

out

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

Special Cash Sweep on the Kwonglung Handicap Saturday, 27th October, 1956

Over 2,200,000 tickets sold) to date.

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED, All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed

Admission Badges issued for the 18th and 15th October are valid for the 20th and 27th October-respectively.

Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House. If ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811),

NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard. -

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admisalon will be $8.00 each per day payable at the Gate A

will be reg Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.

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SERVANTS

Although all Kwangtùng

Servants must remain in their employers' boxes except for Handicap Sweep tickets issued will

15th passing through on their duties, They may on no account use the bear the dato October, 1966, they will be Beting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures. valid for and included in the

CASH SWEEPS draw for the Special Sweep on this race, which now takes place on the 27th October, 1956.

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The Sale of Cash Sweep Tickets on the above will now. close on 20th October, 1956 as Tollows

882, Nathan Road, Kowloon. at 4.00 pm.

D'Agullar" Street,

at-6.00 p.m. Queen's Buliding, Ground Floor, Chater Road," at 6.00 p.m.

The Draw, will now be held In the Pubile Botting Hall at es the Bace Course, at 10.00 am. on Saturday, 27th October,

1956

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Through Cash Sweep

ween Tickets excluding Kwangtung Handicap may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Ofices at Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours abd until 11.00 am. on the First Day and 10.00 nm. on the Second Day of the Raen Meeting, MI B

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SPECIAL CASH SWEEP

In view of the postponement of the First Race Meeting, the male of tickets has been revopened and tickets for the Special Csáh Sweep on the Kwangtung Handicap Ɛnow scheduled to be run on 27th October, 1956)|at: #2,00 each, may be obtained from the Cash Btweep

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