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152 Runs Victory Sports Diary By Howard's XI

Bombay, Jan, 0.

A century by Polly Umrigar, India's Test captain, failed to Bave the Cricket Club of Indla President's X1 from defcat⚫ by Mr C. G. Howard's XI of county players, today.

Dismissing the President's XI in their second innings for 300, of which Umrlgur made 100, Howard's XI won by 163 runa.

Umrigor's fast, punishing cen. fury was reored in 150 minutes and Included 13 fours. He was helped in a fifth wicket stand-of 05 rung in 48 minutes by M. S. Hardikar, und another young player, I.. Nadkarni, scored 35 in a scuna defensive innings. Bouler.

TESTIMONIAL MATCH

TOMORROW

Boxing

FARELS Individual Boxing Cham- Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, 2.30 plonship (Preliminary Round)

p.m. p.m.

| hidey Skoot Entrier close for the Colony Biley Championships, 5 pm.

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FRIDAY

Athletics

Tak Yan School Annual Athletics Meet,

Ground, Boundary Street, 10 am.

Boxing FARELT Individual poring Clami- pionship (Bemi-finals) Queen Kizabeth Youth Centre, pa

Draw for Second Round Inter-Hong Pairs Lawn Bowls

THE CHINA. MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1957.

Pagó, 7

MISTLETOE NOVICES' STEEPLECHASE

SALUTE THE MAESTRO!

BUT I STILL THINK

STANLEY MATTHEWS

DESERVES

MORE

Says DESMOND HACKETT

Congratulations, Mr Stanley Matthews, Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

But oh, how sorry and disappointed am I that I cannot greet you: "Good morning, good Knight."

It would be ungallant to do anything but applaud this honour awarded, as the citation says: "For services to Association Football.”

A

modest citation for supremely modest, man. A modest citation for 25 years of glorious. football.

the

Following is the drow for the Second Round of the Inter-Hong Pairs Lawn Bowls Competition.

All matches have been fixed to be played at the KBGC on Sunday, January 13, at 2,30 p.m.

W. C. Higgs, A. W. Hircock And I think the honour is (Prions) y C. A. Coefio. W. Baker equally modest. Frankly, too Telford, modest. (Shewan Tomes); 5. 5. Sydney, Jan. 8. A. G. Coler (Kin. Dock) v E, M, Ray Lindwall's XI led Neil beiro, F. h. Soute (H.K. Bank); Stanley Maithews Is Harvey's XI by 163 runs with Vary R. Baptista. Lopes (Stan beloved legend in his own

Vat) v D. F. Leo (Lane | five st cond Innings wickets, Crawford); O. R. Sadick, A. IL. splendid lifetime. starting at the close of play on

Seemin_(Union Ina.) v in. S. Silva, C. A. Danenberg (Chartered Bank); the third day of the McCabe-. S. Gourlay W. Gaffney, Kin O'Reilly testimonial match to- Dock) y V. Thomas, E. Lidoeli 1.K. Telephone); A. J. Ilusain, 3. A. Dendall (Rédiffusion) vĄ. K. Omar, A, M. Omar (Urban Services); B. Dougia, N. Fraser (Taikoo Dock v. J. C. Fonseca, W Hong Sling (Shewan Topes): A. D. Duty, R. Hastie (Inland Rev.) W. Davidson W. L. Rliey (Kin. Dock).

daindwail's XI led by nine

runs on the first innings, Scorey were: Lindwall's XI 428 ind 156 for five, Harvey's XI 419. China Moil Special.

Stanley Matthews has fired more youngsters all over the world with a burning to take

other! part in sport than any half-dozen sportsmen. WHAT NOBLER CAN A MAN RENDER SPORT?

Quile bluntly I say Matthews | Just send your telegrams to was not knighted because of Stanley, Matthews, CBE, Blick- the snob attllude to pro-pool. fessional football, because far 1 have already sent my too many people regard the humble tribute to the Old professional as someone, well, Maestro. not quite the type, old boy, My congratulations, Donald These men I despise.

Campbell, on your CBE. You I ask, no, 1 challenge: Have brought glory to Britain when Sir Jack

Hobbs, Sir Donald you beat the world water-speed Bradman, Dr Sir Leonard records. And diced with Hutton enriched the sporting death to win that distinction scene with greater glory than for Britain, has Stanley Matthews?

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My congratulations, Strickland, on your MBE.

Shirley You

won the 30 Metres Hurdles in Olymple record time SERVICE

Now A New Revie Plan

For

TO

Putting British Soccer Back On The Map

By DON REVIE

Nothing can hide the fact that England's national game needs a shot in the arm to put it back on top in this New Year of 1957.

Well, what do you look forward to most in 1957? I'll tell you what targets I should like to see reached this year.

A new approach to the problem of the missing millions. As the old year went out, it was plain to see that falling attendances mean that many clubs will be in the red by the end of this season. How can we bring back these stay-at-home spectators who prefer watching television by the fireside to spending chill afternoons on the terraces?

I say:

Jet the

were

is lucky, 15 years playing time (1) We should halt football in then he must find a fresh job. inid-winter. It

An old debat- So boost the wages to. £20 a ing point, I know, but better to work-and make the lads play try some felons than

for their pay! So many foot- game drift along. 1 think if ballers look for the "perks" we halted Soccer-say, right outside football. How much ofter Christmas until the better It would be if they were beginning of March we could able wo rely solely on their continue through the summer.

mer, earnings from the gume itself. playing evening matches. That And thought £20 a week may would mean fair-weather foot- ball, fine evenings; good condi- tions, and with the late kick-offs cricket attendances would not be affected.

emn lot to many workers, the fact remains that the foot- baller's life is a short one-and he needs to save a lot of that £20 for possible rainy days

(2) A - fair deal for spectators | ahead, by starting a central fund devoted to the task of providing cover on all sides of football grounds Whether we

Better conditions for munngers. The manager of a football club occuples in always foot- hot sent, He is the man who ballers like it or net, it is a fact

Jack must try to please directors, that in these modern times all

Whatever players and publie.. sports and entertainments, must provide muxhnu

patrons.

the

sure he has

has

Lots of luck and happy days for 1057

SWEEPSTAKE SCHEME

PAID PERFORMERS And all three distinguished and great sportsmen were pald performers.

Owner-rider Mr P. Transom goes sprawling as his mount, Percy Piggott, falls at the last fence in the Mistletoe Novices' steeplechase at Kempton Park

meeting on December 27.-Reuterphoto,

Moan 'Soccer

They Moan

'Soccer Slump

But It's The Old Story

Christmas attendances slump, following the general trend of 1950, And so the shout goes up once more; "Soccer interest is

medallist a gold

the You at

never

or

'a

dying."

13

You helped to frame that now world record with Has the youth of the world Australian relay team. in general and Britain in were particular been inspired to sport Helsink!. And there by the many winners ridden by

Was ¤ more modest sir Gordon Richards? I merely more friendly winner.

My Through the years, through good friend Poter 25 unforgettable years

pose the question.

congratulations

Malinews has remained a hera your MBE

At for schoolboy worship.

to Thomson on

a

GOLFING IMMORTAL Only four months ago. Sir You became

golfing Stanley Ruus, world's No 1 immortal by winning the Open football legislator, Tose before

Championship three times

same

in

of

for our

a company who had come to 1954, 1955, and 1050, and you saluto Stanley Matthews on

Jils pro

still the

amlable Soccer Silver Jublice, a com-

which took in the

the Debrett Young man I met in 1951. pany of nobility, a rugality of sport-have a personal joy in this

because it Was Ing kings, nancial

part barons, Thomson's tradition to ask me to great clowns and leaders of the play escort to his wife in every stage, who

heard Sir Stanley final round of his championship Rous say: "In 25 years, no triumphs. linesman

or refereo had to

at all Nothing rebuke him in even the mildest Olympians of Britain. fashion."

Nothing for the great McTaggart, who won a boxing

Sea medal and was voted the most stylish amateur boxer in the world.

Nothing

for the cherub, Terry Spinks. Nothing clouting for

Christopher Brasher, Gillian Shoen, Major Frank Weldon.or Judy Grinliam,

Ah, well! They may all bo the gold medals content with they won for Britain.

London Express Service).

(COPYRIGHT)

It was a tribute which merely underlines the one Ute with which Stanley Matthews is welt content: FIRST GENTLEMAN

OF WORLD FOOTBALL.

that

I feel, and feel more strongly than 4

1 can express in a family newspaper,

lodiny WC I was interested to hear that should be honouring SIR

move is being made for Stanley Matthews. sweepstakes to be officially or- Perhaps yott....and you,

anised by football clubs, Atand you....who have thrilled the moment, these are generally at the feats of the master run by hard-working supporters' { would like to send your tribute. clubs.

But it does place directors and management at a disad vantage They are offeially respo responsible for the club, yet many Third and Second Division teams are kept atlout financially only through the efforts of these supporters, who atc not to the FA or any responsible other body,

The idea now is that the cash raised by these efforts should be by the clubs them- sponsored selves. At present, any director, committee member or official of a football club is deburred from being connected with this form of pools betting.

he does is wrong. If the side is confort for winning, he is wamed to make adequate reserve (3) A heating system. In all strength If the aide is losing, stands. Sounds like pampering he

public you say? Well, many is the hammer of criticismi, the team has a good run, he of our big stores now provide worries in case it should end. Quite rightly, in my opinion, overhead heating to make their If the team has a succession of the legislators of the game treat stores warm onit attractive,. defeats--he cannot sleep at | betting with care, In the old why not adopt a similar scheme nights for worrying! Unlike days there were many stories for soccer?

players, he

few of players "selling" a gume over chances of securing a transfer, which there had been a lot of So, in 1957, I would like to see betting. Whether these stories the managers of the game get are true or not, I don't know, the crepit they deserve and but the modern professional less of the brickbals.

wisely keeps well away from who wont a these characters MORE INNOVATIONS

flutter on a game. Here are a few more innova-

Many people think that-foot- tions I would like to see in the

directors are happy. would ballers, with their inside know New Year,

Better conditions for players, like to see them just as happy lexice of the game, should be the able to forecast expertly the Now don'

don't think this is the old when the team is down in the

dumps; above all, let them results of matches on the pools. story of players wanting to take

preserve the virtue of patience That's a laugh, everything out of the game and not putting anything back. But in hard times. There is

na ths- 10

don't surest this three- point plan is a certain cure for that drop in the attendance figures, But it would attract a good many people back to the turnsules'.

Happy days for directors is another wish for the New Year. When the club is on top, most

Footballers, like jockeys, are 15 attract the best men grace in losing a game, so long notoriously bad tipsters. In fact soccer the pay must be made as every man in the team has an old international as attractive as in other walks | BU

You cannot pulled his weight,

пч

of life. Before the War many give more than 100 per cent with his wife.

world-class footballers effort and I often wish football of our

Today, crities would realise that. camo from the mines, many pitworkers can earn more

than the avenge soccer player -and the miner

can to on collecting packet all his life, whereas the professional footballer has, if he

once told

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GIMCRACK ENTRY SYSTEM IS EASIER ON OWNERS

By RICHARD BAERLEIN

Many followers of racing may not know that even in these days there are still races for which horses must be entered before they are born. The Derby is not one of these and entries for the 1960 Derby do not have to be made until the autumn of 1958,

However, entries for the 1960 Column Produce Stakes, run at the Newmarket Craven meeting, for three- three-and-a-half year-olds, closed in December-nearly years before the race is run.

Three pounds more is due in October 1958 if the owner is all in an optimistle mood or hes

Floodlight matches are the

1st.com

By-

Billy Wright

Wolves and England

many of the monners will throw at you for this "slump." It's the samo slump I have been reading about every year since I can remember. under the

they say Soccar "dles"

BI Nicholson; other clubs have looking back at 1950, I think the managers

floodlights and yet, also full-time offcials, Many arc also qualified thing which has been of most coaches. valuo to the game

Is.... noodlighting)

What of my memories of 1950? I'll content myself with passing on just a few.

The cash customer provides the answer for those who say Soccer is a game for daylight and Saturday afternoons.

THAT SNAG

The supporters enjoy a late Idek-off. And those clubs who have played the closing stages lights agree that it has hoped of many matches under the

My greatest moment was Icad. ing the Exgland team to victory over the World Cup holders, Germany, in Berlin, I'll never forget the jubilation on the faces of the younger England players when the referee sound-

other great moment was when ed his waistle for Ume. An-

I played against John Charles, Of course there is always a the Leeds United and Welsh snag-in this case the danger of international all-rounder. John too many "glamour" matches has been called the "gentle in mid-weck.

glant."

two words that But if League clubs invite the sums 11n one of the grenLes! crack foreign teams to England footballers and anest fellows.

boost attendances,

bo

luss

for a moderato number of flood- | has over been my pleasure to light matches they will find oppose. John Charles was the their supporters enjoy the outstanding footballer I played novelty.

The supporters will against in 1950. encouraged to fecep interest

The outstanding team? That's in their team through the offen cagy: Manchester United.

glamorous League pro- Everyone knows what de lightful footballing combina- During 1950 several League flon Matt Busby has created. clubs have given youngsters As a defender I've always ap their bla chance, In every preciated this fact. instance trele boldness has been rewarded In 1957 I want to ser still inore clubs follow this policy

gramme

On this subject of youngsters I hope in 1957 to see more clubs appoint full-time coaches.

This past year, however, I've been still further impressed by the superb confidence of the Manchester United players. Now the whole of

their matches a following

top Conti-

We have one at Wolverhamp-nental sides, are full of praise ion in Harry Potts; Spurs have for the League Champions.

Emil Zatopek Is Preparing

To Retire

a

Paris, Jan. 8. Emil Zatopek, Czech triple gold medal winner at the 1932 Helsinid Olympic Games, said In Moscow today that he was The breeder enters the mare The Gimcrack will eventually preparing to retire from com

Czecht and names the sing by which she be the most valuable two-year-

politive athletics, the Celeka has been covered, If the foal old race of the year.

news agency reported. does not live a month there is

In the Sandown mace the pro-

Long distance runner Zatopek nothing to pay at all.

arrived in Moscow with other If the duce have to live a week before font lives the entry ice of £2 there is anything to pay. Then

members of the Czech team and El is debited to the breeder's

members of the Soviet has to be paid

team to the 1950 Melbourne account. The total cost of run-

Olymples,

The "Czech Locomo- nig in the race is £50.

who underwent The executive add one thou- tive

hernla not forgotten the original entry.the race in 1956, won by Milltary

sand sovereigns, The value of operation last year, competed

unsuccessfully at Melbourne. Law, was £0,721.

The Coteka agency also re-. ported that Richard Nejezchicb,

of Leader the Czech delegation to Melbourne, fold newspaper- men on his arrival in Moscow that reactionary circles" had attempted to spilt his team into several groups for the return Journey from Australia "in an attempt to retain certain athletes abroad."

Nejezchleb added, according to the Czech agency, that "no traitors could be found among us."-France-Presse,

WORTHWHILE?

Mrs

me of a little competition he had

A further £15 is due in the

The winner For six weeks she asked his week before running. It there

was owned by ndvice on how

he thought, fore costs the owner £20 in 31 natice she has entered 15 mares

Macdonald-Buchanan; Anil for the many long-League matches would end. years to get the horse to the for the 1850 event, su Tering fans my sincere wish Then she turned to hùn and

post

The executive only add

The Aga Khan for the future 1a bigger | suid: "You stick to playing, £500 to the prize and the sum Aly, who now race in partner- and his son national soccer stadium so that love, I can this pools game won by the 1060 winner, Chan-ship, have entered 42 for the they can all Let that Cup Final better myself.

telsey, was £1162 75.

1950 race and Slr Victor Sas- (COPYRIGHT) ticket

It hardly seems worth the soon's Eve stud has entered 24. trouble of waiting all that time, but there were more than 200 entries for the 1060 race,

However, it is in the two-year- old department where there is the largest number of races for horses which have not been born.

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· British Golfers May Not Be Represented In Canada Cup

London, Jan 1 Because of a clash of dates, the four countries of the British Isles may not be represented in the Canadá Cup profesional golf tournament in Tokyo in October."

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Sandown slages two such It can be readily seen, there- events-the National Breeders fore, how this type of race is Produce Stakes and the Sandown financed almost entirely by the Park Stud Produce Stakes.

large owner-breeder, who has Kempton has the Imperial to enter his horses regardless of Produce Stakes. Epsom hos two

cast in the hope or in case one of them turris such

out to be and Newmarket, champion two-year-old. races Chester, Birmingham and Donockis, however,

The heavily caster all row in with me,

against the owner.

Tho The two chief, races among

Glmerack Stakes for these are the National Breeders horses of the same ago, will not Produce Stakes at Bandown and

four months close u

before the Imperial Produce Stakes at practically a year and a half

the race in 1959-a difference of Kempton And both these

Tho Gimcrack, recos, to be tun in 1859, closed, while being of equal value, will

On October 4 and 5 Britain however

and America moet for the Ryder with nearly 700 entries cách

owner's

Cup at Lindrick, Yorkshire, and The National Brodertake far less out of the

all Britain's top players will be pockets, and the owner will not duce Stokes has always been, the

needed there.. most

valutblotwo-year-old nye to pay up-blindfold, as in

RCT. Commander the case of Bandown, ·, becaund

Roe, event of the year and it was no he will at least have some idea. Secretary of the Professional again in 1050.

* off the ability of his horse before Golfers Association,; sald: here However,

the

Glmernek Stakes,

lochy: "I do not woo how it at York, is gradually catch on Surely this is a prefemble could be possible for the best up. And the difference in value | rystem.Re

Drilah players to be in Tokyo between the two rocer last year.

(London

and ping in the : Ryder Cup was just over £1,000,

mates too,outer,

Kenres Bervice). (COPYRIGHT)

Bocause of their great efforiz the Busby Babes deserve a vole of thanks from every.... British

Soccer

follower. They have helped kill the sneers abroad that the British game is eccond- rate,

-(London Expigas Service),,

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