1956-10-25 — Page 6

LONDON v. BUDAPEST MEET

THE CHINA" MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1956.

FOLLOW TOMMY'S WAY TO FAME

BRITAIN'S OLYMPIC SWIMMER

$3

London beat Budapest on October 10 in both the men's and women's events before a huge crowd at White City. There were several thrilling finishes, and this picture shows one of Britain's four-minate milers, Derek Ibbotson (left) just pipping L, Tubori to win the 1,500 Metres event in the time—for both, of 3 min. 49.2 secs-Central Press Photo.

Richardson To Take Second Step Toward Crack At World Title

London, Oct. 25.

Dick Richardson, the young Welsh-born heavyweight boxer now living in London, is to take the second step towards a possible crack at the World Heavyweight the giant Cuban, Nino Championship when he meets Valdes, over ten rounds at Harringay Arena here December 4.

on

Richardson has been one of Britain's most colourful heavyweights for many years and has been launched on a series of contests by his manager, Mr Wally Lesley and promoter Mr Jack Solomons which may make him logical contender for the world title by the end of 1967.

DYCT

In the Art of these Richard- | opportunity L enhance sun scored a most unsatisfactory growing repulation,

Ezzard Charles win

lo Britain American former holder of the world title, who was disquall- fed in the second round persistent holding. The

his

for

Valdes comes the second ume, In September last your he stopped Don Cockell, then British Champion, for

In three rounds Contest

at the White Clly Stadiu253,

did not provide Richardson with the Experience hoped for by his cap and he did not

100

the

Two Changes In India's Test Team

Madras, Oct. 24.

Indio, beaten by an innings and five runs in the first Test

Australia,

two mace against

the second changes for which begins in Bombay on Fri

day

Tent,

At 32 years of age the Cuban bas 15 years of professional experience behind him, Includ- ing a two-round win over high raakinu Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson

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HARMER CAN MAKE A FOOTBALL DO EVERYTHING BUT NAME ITS MAKER

Says BILLY WRIGHT

There is no short cut to Soccer success. You youngsters who think practice is a bore, heed the background to fame of two great players -Tommy Harmer, of Spurs, and Jackie Milburn, of Newcastle and England.

First let's take Tommy Harmer, the tiny inside forward whose artistry and complete ball control have been an important part of Spurs' great revival this season.

"Dink" Templeton Admits The Boys Are Going Stale

San Francisco, Oct. 24. American track and fold athletes are not in good condition for the Olympic Games and unless they show vast improvemont during the next three weeks, there will some astonishing upsets Melbourne, "Dink" Templeton said today.

be

Tempieton, famed track and Hold coach, eald that the mes and distances recorded at the last two meets

West Coast indicated that some of the boya had not trained all stunmer long.

on the

The tunca recorded in some of the

races in the Jam wo weeks wouldn't take our boys inst

in seand-finals

the Olympics," said Templeton,

"While there have been some

the

nt

The "Village"

Is Coming To Life

Melbourne, Oct. 24. instances of reported world re- Light-footed athletes are cord times, you must remember jogging beside heavy luni- right now the boys are only rim-bering trucks inside the high-wire man-proof fences Melbourne's Olympic

rting a heat at one meet.

Mel-of "Don't forge that at bourne they will have to run a Village. many as four hests in two days." Templeton said that the Quar- ter Mile

"not clockings were good" that the Half Mile clock ings were "not better than the quarter" and that the 1,500 metre times were “lousy."

"Looks like Charles Dumas in okay in the high jump and that Bob Richards will be okay in the pole vault," he added.

"But the 100-metre men must

and housemaids put Last Infruto

Tommy can make a football do everything but name marker,

he every sense controls and tames the bali. Natural ability you think? Not on your life. Tommy practised from a child....storting in the living-room at home with balloon

Lesson No. 1, youngsters, is tu match Tommy's enthusiasun- but don't blame THE If you occasionally smash one of your mother's oraments)

And που, Jackie Milburn, idol of Tyneside,

You would think he knew everything about Jackie remains the game, but humble.

He intends to remain in fuot ball when his playing dayə are over-and has taken FA couch- ing courses to instruei youngBiers at St. Jamce's Park,

"I love coaching," says Jackie, "for, as you

know, have always believed the only way to make progress at football is by hard work.”

WHY SURPRISED!

The success Alricona who

them

of

Jack Wardrop, Scottish swimmer who holds three world records, and a member of the British Olympic team for Melbourne, goes through a 220 yd. Olympic trial at Birmingham, England, on October 15 in 2 min, 11.4 secs. - Express Photo,

DESMOND HACKETT'S

Jack

At

COLUMN

Wardrop Hits Out Sport Busybodies

London.

The Amateur Swimming Association Olympic Selection Committee appears to

be a one-man show by the name of Dick Hodgson.

Mr Hodgson's extensive offices include: Prealdent of the Amateur Swimming Public Relations Association....member of the Olympic Selection Committee Officer of the Amateur Swimming Association--for which duties he receives an honorarium of £500 a year.

havo

Busby

can

1

from

Manchester United chlor Matt coloured

Tids busy body. in the most Sixteen-year-olds are too young

tells me the club pre have entered

to complain."

Yes, Jack Wardrop, and, even putting all the money from this League football has been greeted industrious sense of the word,

European enterprise Into buying Swimming Association which

worse, too scared.

the nuest lights that money with enthusiams The Africans, appears to be boss man of the apart from being fine sporta i had допе quietly about its

Jack Wardrop speaks out for men, are also grand characters, business and has stayed com-

buy. Woll, at £40,000 they should be the best. heard complaints What puzzles mo, however, is placently beyond the disturbing many other amateur sports.

mudges of criticism

Did you

know that to raiso that 50 many people are

those who felt they have had a

club must surprised to And them such That is, of course, until the

raw deal, who considered ther that £40,000 the good footballers. Through play- Jack Wardrop scandal.

£100,000? It seems that pocket-money allowance abroad carn

United, the old un- Macmillan in South The first groups of athletes to

ing against

was downright mean.

beatables who are always in Mr Hodgson appears to have live in the village are doing

broen

damerud person in

But they dare not talk too top income tax form, quite a ability. their workouts as hundreds of Africa I can testify as to their

the affair. Whem Wardrop

cut from vicious carpenters,

WA loud or cise they would have their A largo percentage of the given permission bry British found themselves out. In this succes teams of football. technicians touches to the city where 6,000 outstanding ball players in team manager Alf Price Olymple

compettors Latin Garne

America have African withdraw from the match with land of the free, sport containa

meny a ruthless dictator. Hodgson Colourod | Hungary, It was' Mr will be housed,

blood in their veins.

the meeting that footballers now deserve to rank who called among the most artistic in the ended In Wardrop being sacked. world.

Whon Wardrop E easily standard P always recall, when with parsed the England team in Brazil time test in Motherwell last

World Cup week-end, during the 1050

Hodgson nais, watching a small negro not present. boy tapping an orange up and feat down his instep, a which caused a famous interna- tional to remark! "I wish could do that."

Organisers are racing to have the village in tip-top shape for the official opening ceremony.

the

the

be in very poor condition when As the five-ringed Olympic Leumon King can catch them fog Butters for the first time from behind and win going high above the multi-million

"miniature city" away. Al Berkeley, he was two pound

Austration behind at the end of 50 Chairman of yards yards and won by two yarda

Organising Committee, Mr W. S At Ontario, King was behind Kent Hughes, will proclaim; "f with 25 yards to go and won, declare Olympic Village open," That indicates that Bobby Morrow and the rest of the buys aren't in condition,"

admitted

on

I

The 1950 Olymple Anthem,

The Answer, again, was that played by military bands, will

these youngsters are prepared to echo across the fields and quiet work at football. In that they Templeton points victories

that roads of Heldelberg suburb, site uver Ezzari Churles and "host of the boys laid off after at the village, eight miles from bave a lesson for us all. Justies I. Purier. He has,

the close of the trials in June Melbourne city. in

that of the world's to fact, met mont

heavyweights and was, at i wouldn't top one time, ranked as high

Number Two.

RECENT DEFEAT

03

against

Since his appearance Cockell, however, Valdes cord shows four defente in Ave COFMENTS. Two of these against Michen

were

undefcated Eddie and another against highly-rated Bob Baker, but his recent defeat by almost Folley suggests unknown Zena that the Cuban has passed his peak

must Phadkar and J. M. Ghulam replace

b G Ghorpade Ahmed, who lg not available, and Kripal Singh -

This should strengthen India's batting and give variety to the bowling, though Ghulam Ahmed, thair best spin bowler, will be much missed. His official duties prevent him from playing.

None the legs, Valdes is big

enough and strong enough to provide a stern test for Richard- son who has had only 24 profes sional bouts. If the 22-year-old British boxer wins, Solomons

The inclusion of Phadkar, Indle's fastest bowler, was ex- pected since be missed the first Test only because the ship on wilch he was returning Iro England was diverted round the Cape of Good Hope at the time of the Suez crisis. He has been an automatic choice for many years, and is also a fine bat.

Ghorpade, who has pinyed for. India in several previous Tests, Mall Special, is a forcing bat, a fine fleld and

a leg spin bowfer.

Teams: P. R. "Umrigar (Capt). H. R. Adhikari (vice-Capt.), V. Manisad, P. Roy, V. Manjrekar, D. G. Phadkar, J. M. Ghor- pade, G. 3. Ramchand, N. Tamhane, S. P. Gupta, and J. Patel.

13th man R. G. Nadkarni Reuter.

EVEN THE FINNS ARE AMUSED

Press

make

Ko

they sure

state." United

Country Side Goes Down To MCC

Pearl, Cape Province, Oct. 24. The MCC cricketera won the opening match of their South African tour when they beat Boland and Southwestern die tricts here by an Innings and 127 runs on the second day of their two-day game.

6,000 BEDS

the

Olympic

Mr

CHILDISH TEST

to

was

#

And while the clubs do their best

their

the by

clients, pampered untaxed erleket clubs ride by in their carriage and polr.

to

NO PRIZES

Να prizes for naming the most envied club in these foot- bolling isles-they are top-of- The lights are due to go up United around the-League, top-of-the-world, for Manchester

time our at which Manchester United....the same February, Manchester United who cocked champlons should be playing in European quarter-finals if snook at the Football League the

their present

magnificent foot- European and joined in tho When on a Monday the wales-Champion of Champlons Flood ball survives. tors Insisted on carrying on with Longue when they didn't have

When the lights go up on this their childish test of Wardrop, a light.

International sporting occasion, cracked three world

to Manchester United who has

опс was only

The Foolball League, lament trust records, there

ing upon the

race Invite the Football League yardshing selector present.

of spectators, said this was not come along and see what it is You

right....the the time guessed

for venturing upon missing. Inevitable Hodgson. And he is Continental enterpriate. NEW PEST

Well played, Matt Busby and of етет chairman

United his bright babes. And to think But Manchester After the boo-boys and slow-Selectors' Committee,

week that once I wrole of Manchester And then this Mr Hodgson ventured, and this very handclap characters a new post

declared: "We had 75,698 paying guests when United: "They played the kind has suddenly appeared on some Pompously

the ground of of football that makes a man football grounds. Ho is the unanimously decided that it is they borrowed

proper that Manchester City, who have been stay home and dig his garden.” right and fellow with whistle

A

who only

But HIS t up for many a season,

BBC Before that was PROVED thinks it is great fun to give a HAVING

Busby Came. FITNESS TO OUR SATISFAC- blast upon it in the middle of a

TION, he should take his place soccer customers this season. It It was the peak collection of

-(London Express Service). match

the biggest-ever To him it is rather amusing in the team.”

(COPYRIGHT) to Beg players and officials The six missing selectors who crowd in England. It proved For my name the swimmers, the divers, just how much in the dark is puzzled and worried.

the water polo men for the Football League over this money it is one of the most un- hair-sportsmanlike sots

Melbourne are Alderman H. European Championship League. know. I

Fert,

chairman, I heard that

the опо от

Boott, the "whistlers" shooks everyone on Matveleff, A ground the other week-end. Brigadier

In the village 0,000 beds are already made. The chefs are in the kitchens. The gartien plots surrounding cach of the 840 flowers. flats are bright with Sign-posts in a variety of tan- guages point the way to venues and facilities,

There's even a women's dressing salon where athletes сап get up minute fashion styles.

women

to

wash.cer

of

not

and

The country side were all out/biggest "Monday of lines have proved the winning goal | ügain:

of

the

BEZAL

Mr

G.

Mr E

J.

With

floodlit

United Manchester G. de V. Welchman, looking the finest club team in

JUST SPEED, NOT TURNS

Melbourne, Oct. 24.

I have even known a fellow Scottish representative, Mr J. Y. the country, this was a chanco Ficcts of trucks are hauling with

whistle in the crowd to Coutta and Welsh representative to present an English show- hundreds of tons of food and

piece, rob England

almost Mr R, P. Green, household supplies into

And on the case of Britain's the contain goal. village and

Peter Heatly the laundry has just

By the twin towers of This was at Wembley in 1947 No. 1 diver been completed, one of

Swimming Wembley surely the Football Mr Kalch Carter was when

John Hemricks clipped two- woll voice L

se lis Hodgson is heard League would like to placed to score

Afthe of a second off his owin what might Association Every piece

"As far as I am con- | own pennant flying bravely world record for the 100 Motres to over the championship grounds Free Style in a long course pool do not intend Scotland. against

As Raich

of Europet was about to bear reopen the matter."

gool Wardrop the endured quito upon the Scottish the whistle sounded in the sufficient of this pelty offelal-

dom. crowd.

Carter quite naturally halted, thinking he was offside, and the Scots were able to cover up. in

the athletes will use in three weeks will go through the tubes will tools and blankets alone down more than 40,000..

hopes to bring ever Bob Baker shortly after lunch today for 149 history. as his next opponent.

in response to the MCC 385 for eight declared. Then, as in the Richardson has already had to

first inning pace bowler Frank turn down an offer to Bgth in

quickly broke Tyson

through the America because of previous opening pale with a spell of two

As dust swirled today from commitments in Britain, and a wickets for five runs, which be

gan clear-cut win over Valdes is cur a collapse in which the home rundmakers, carts and sweating talu to provido keon competl team lost their first five wickets stokers for the boilers, a team

of typists went into action tion for his services on both for 18. sides of the Atlantic. -China The tall-end batsmen offered the sprawling

better resistance but the innings | blocks. onded for 109 shortly before the clogg.

PUBLICISTS PRECEDE

Johnny Wardle, the Yorkshire left-arm alow bowler, who took four wickets for 48 in the first alco had

beat tho analyst in the second innings with four for 40.

Singapore, Oct. 24. Communist China's Olympic

WYNNE HITS 85 contingentle undergoing last minute training in a camp near

Some quality batting by Canton, Now

News forher Springbok Test player the Baland Agency correspondent said to Own WyDOR,

hit captain, who 10-year-old Loude

day.

The

China

and

· correspondant, Chen who stared for 90 minutes to Long, of the Heis Hula agency, scord. 18, held up the MOC in Helsinki, Oct. 24. said his country's "gold medal the first innings.

weighilifiers, Top Boland scorer in the

The "Spanish style" javelin hopes".

0.30A

throw is becoming the rage in swimmers and discus throwers, second innings wie 40-yonewoldi

Finlarid, despite the ban by the

with 29.0

He said the Chinese team, of } Arnold Kazadly, at fort

International Amateur, Athletio sathletes, including 10 385 for righe deblaand Oskan, Federation

women, is expected to 87,

25, Mar88), Pentti Saarikoalet this evening | through Singapore next week.

Wellington three for TEXT threw the javelin 99.82 meiten

Chen and four other new Boland (320 foot 6 inches) at Raumo,

Commmlet fest meines 149 (Wardle Tour Last Friday the Norwegian papermen from Javelin Champion, Fall Danel China are due to leave for Aus for 18) jah machache kring 100 este reached:"? 21.7 Istralia tomorrow to cover ihm (Wardia: four, de 183 Congton

Olympia Games,

cerned

DISGUST....

at

when he awom the dilatande, ira But, 88.1 seconds tonight in the new

of Olymple 59-metre pool

It is a proud banner. apparently not in the eyes the Football League, which

Henricks had set the previous prefers to keep its boys at recorit last year while winning home,

the Australian national title. His coach, Harry Gallagher, said BENEFIT FOR FANS he believes Henricks will botter the world record of 14.8, set by 'The fans, who are highly Dick Cleveland of the US, in a

Football 20-metre by the

in the final

He did not wait until he was To some people this whighling re-elected to express his anger administrative

problem may appear trival. and disgust.

players and officials However,

He took this blunt swing want to see the post ended as petty officialdom; "I don't want regarded quickly as possible. ......

to be forgotten. /League bossesor is it just Australian“: Omple trials·· There's a lack of Unison between their money they're after? Saturday night. The 65.1 time swimmers and officials. I want will benet by 'this' Manchester is two seconds batter than the

their way. United enterprise, swimmers to have

Olymple record,--United Press.

The sparkling asopping centre opened for irade.

The tiny ciẩy was ready for fis vital role in the Olympics, China Mall Special.

-London Express Service),

(COPYRIGHT)

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