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THE CHINA_MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

NEW EUROPEAN SOCCER COMPETITION ON LEAGUE LINES PROPOSED

London, Feb. 4.-

The proposal of a new European Soccer competition, probably to be run on League lines and under floodlights, has been hailed In British soccer circles as the greatest incentivé yet to bring back the missing millions of spectators.

But the English soccer bosses, who are planning the competition, are criticised by many for not putting forward the iden sooner,

reduction

the

matches

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Less than a year ago the France, Belgium, Spain, Italy. proliminary

basis. The Football League called for a Scotia, Ireland and Wales to regional League

number of "discuss In the

of matches would be played during possibility matches outside the League matches a competition being mid-week. Championship. But the slump in arranged for selected clubs of

The problem facing } the rates continued. So the League the countries concerned." Several

organisers arc immenso, AL vital the Football Association other countries may be included.

present mast English clubs, realised that something stirring und dramatic

Details of how the compelf-with League, Cup and friendly was needed to

Ilon would be run have still to games, already play at least 48 slop it.

bu worked out. But it is almost fixtures in the 35-week They now plan as April meel-eerlain to be in the form of an average of almost three a

chiefs from floodlit cup competition ing of the soccer

GRAND NATIONAL

fortnight, with

Ten Pounds More May Not Stop E.S.B. From Winning Next March

London, Feb, 5.

Mrs Leonard Carver's ESB, lucky winner of last year's Grand National, has been reasonably enough

CURRENT LEADERS

Reason

Manchester United, the Eng- Ish League Champions and current leaders, are taxed to the full with the occasional European

matches. cup

tho now ecompetition is fulro- duced, is likely to have for more Axtures than the catablish- ed one.

Obviously seme cluba are going to be disappointed at not taiting part. They could easily sabotage the plan for England by voting against it at the meeting of the League's 92 cluba here la Morch.

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Such powerful soccer niterests West Bromwich Albion,

weighted for this year's event to suggest that he might Everton, Liverpool, Aston Villa become the first dual winner since Reynoldstown in 1935 and Charlton cannot be expected

and 1936.

the to enthuse over

schemo which mus of necessity leave Perhaps the money from the gates in England could be distributed among those left out in an Inducement to provide floodlights.

He has been given 11st 13 lb in this year's steeple-them out. chasing Blue Riband, to be run over Aintree's tough four miles, 856 yards course on March 29. This is only ten pounds more than he carried to success inst year.

No doubt handicapper Mr Dan Sheppard has made allowance for the manner of RSB's victory Last March he scored the most sensationally lucky win in the history of the race. Fifty yards from the winning post, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Devon Loch had the race "in his pocket" then spreadeagled the fat run, leaving ESB to come from well behind and take the laurels,

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ESB, now an 11-year-old, has been running well enough this season to suggest that ten pounds anre may not stop hun from winning next March without the Jccessity for such a stroke of luck. This time, at any event, he will have no Devon Loch to cope with the Royal chaser had to be scratched from recently all engagements because of a recurrence of an old tendon in Jury.

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There may also be protesta from the players union. While

and Mirabile, tional. He

smari reven-year-old, are both

chasers, but they appear to have been given a fair share of the rest of the soccer world was awarding its players rich incen- weight,

tiven, the Longue recently em- phasised that the English players pald more than should not be

laid the bonus

down-three pounds sterling for a win, two pounds for a draw and nothing for losing.

and

most

SUCCER BOSSES

1957.

TOUGH CONTEST AHEAD Dave Charnley-Once

Seen in training in his home town is Joe Erskine, the British Heavyweight Champion from Card!IY, who on February 19 meets the tough American, Nino Valdes, of Cuba, conqueror of Don Cockell in 1955, and the other Welsh Heavyweight "hope" Dick Richardson, last December. -- Central Press Photo.

A Fighter Always. A Fighter

By ERIC NICHOLLS

But unless

The paper industry used to be Dartford's only thriving trade. things take a decided turn for the worse in this Kent town, I see kech competition. looming up from the local coach hire firms.

For the people of Dartford have found an interest'outside paper. They all want to see the explosive fists of Dave Charnley In action. In fact, nowadays, the coach firms relegate summer outings to second place on their schedule. Whenever this 21-year-old heir to the British Lightweight crown is fighting, they don't walt for bookings. It is a case of "stand by all crews”.

Young Mr Chartley, is Dart Lloyd came, within a couple of that cul eye, the first in his ford's herg. Yet, just two years | punches of further delaying career. and 22-Aights ago, Charnicy, as Charley's title hopes, In But when he is fit and well ABA Featherweight Champion, the sixth round, n belling again he'll be chasing Mr Lucy was swapping punches for fish on-points Lloyd

for opened

his British title. And if knives and tea services, and at- Darly

cut bove Charley's I know Churnley, Lucy is tending to the needs of boller- right eye, and provided 10r a rough time, making. He still make, bollers.

heartaches for Charnley's sup-

the end of the referee told

But from his first professional porters. At Oght at £20, southpaw Ch

Charn-ninth the ley has considerably added to Chamley that the state of his

to injured eye

night not permit

his earnings by graduating the £800-about class no him more than one more round. mean pickings for a 21-year- old, and hos In his 22 pro- fessional bouts won 19, drown one and lost only twice.

A TOUGH BOY *Chornicy. however,! la 4 bright as well as a tough boy. He boxed

his man until the Guy Gracin of France, who

when beginning of the twelth recently defeated Sammy Mche staged a grondstand fish, Carthy, and Willie Lloyd were interrupted by referee Williams Charnley's conquerors, and Lloyd also forced the draw,

In fact Walsh Champion Lloyd scams to have caused Mr. Charnley most trouble of

who indicated

that Charnley

had given and Lloyd had taken enough, after the Welshman had riven somewhat shaklly from count of eight.

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on the rocky road to fame. the other week's Albert Hall bout their third theeting

Ice Skating Brings Out

stincts.

The Finer Instincts?

By DEREK JOHN

-(London Express Servico).

(COPYRIGHT)

INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON

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Malayans Win Men's Doubles Title At Bombay

Bombay, Feb, 4:** Se Charnley has taken a step Ong Poh-lim and Ismali Bin nearer the first of his four alma | Marjan, the Malayan pair, won Ilfe, the Lightweight the Men's Doubles title in the Ciampionships of Britain, International Badminton Tour- Europe, the Empire and World.

the ment, organised by the Bombay

State

Badminton Association, which concluded hero today,

For his defeat of Lloyd leavea Charley standing alone as the official contender for Joe Lucy's British Utle.

An amazing climb to the top, you might think. But then

In one of the best matches of the tournament, they beat Tan Joo-hock Indonesia) Antt Manoj Guba (India) 13-10,

15-13, 15-11 in the final.

Tan Joe-hock won the Men's

Charnley is an amazing young Singles trophy when he best man. He might have made it Manoj Guha 15-1, 18-3. sooner, but for the little matter:

In the Doubles, Anal, Pon-lim

of a broken bone in his hand and Marjan led-13-4 in the first which kept

him out of action game but Tan, with terrific for a month.

smashes and superb retrieving Had he beaten Lloyd at their powers, levelled before winning There must be something about ice skating which brings out the finer in prst meeting, manager Arthur over the extra palata: Th with les Boggis had a lucrative trip to Malayans, playing

won the next two the United States Uned up.

game

did not play in the singles because he had not fully singica

When Jeannette Altwegg won the Olympic Figure Skating title in 1952 she turned down lucrative professional offers to work for the International Red Cross in Switzerland.

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Now Tenley Albright, the 20-year-old American girl who won the gold medal for Figure Skating at last year's Olympics, has spurned im and stuge offers to become a medical stü-

TOP FORM Virginius won over two miles, nt Limerick Into one furlong last year, but bud to be pulled up in the Thyestes 'chase over a mile longer at Gowran Park in Ireland next time out. He is a

With caly these immediate re- promising sort, however, still has n few months to rewards, Manchester United have battled on for the European Cup into tup form for Aintree.

MIM Philip

Lamb's Sandy against their cash-inspired oppu- nents. The United will probably Jane 11, winner of Thyentes

collect about £40,000 sterling it chase, looks one of the

they reach the final. promising "national" light- weights on this form-she has

2 lb

at to entry only 10 st Aintree.

It is now obvious that the This more is a monument

bossts to English soccer

have the curative properties of goose noticed this fantastic floancial dent. Tenley conquered pollo grease. A

success and are now anxious to A year ago she was in

to become the first American an apparently desperate plight get on the money-making band-girl to win the World's Figure with inflamed feet, but a course | waggon.

Skating Championship. previous of goose grease applied to

the

The astonishing fact is that entries, "hot dogs" by trainer Paddy

have only just on her most of them with Murphy put her back won

realised that such an ambitious 11st in 1006 and now has top

floodlit competi- weight of 12 lbs, has been lald

Peter Cazalet, trainer of De- and thrilling

Iton would be a tremendous up by a setback in training.

von Loch, has Rose Park among Prince

Khan's toyal the highly-weighted contingent draw. Tan, who carried 11st 7b suc- | -the ten-year-old,” winner cessfully in 1954, and Early the King George VI chose Mist, winner under

1st 2 lb in Kempton Parks in December 1953-both now on the 1st 12 weighted with ESD on the Iba mark--em to have passed 13 1b mark.-China Mall Special. fheir best,

Certainly, ESB looks likely 10 do better this year than any

the other three of

winners among the Quero Times, who

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UNIQUE TREBLE These ree completed n unique winning treble for Vincent O'Brien, the enshel (County Tipperary) trainer, He all hins charge of Quare Times and Royal Tan, but Early Mist is now in the stable of Bryan Marshall at Upper Lambourn, Berkshire,

O'Brien appears to have bet- ter hopes this year In Sam Brownthorn (11

t 12 lb), Mirabile (1) st

by and Virginius (10 st 12 lb), owned

feet again.

SOCCER

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Indians To Play

Five Matches

In Malaya

Singapore, Feb. 4. by an American, Raymond R. Further negotiations have fix- Guest, and bred in the United ed five matches in Malaya and two in Singapore for the All- States.

nine-India touring soccer team. It Brownthorn, year-old, was freely whispered was announced here today.

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from

Last season they succeeded in scaring-off Chelsea entering the European Cup but they failed to do the same to | Manelicster United,

Sir Stanley Rous, the for secing, far-travelled secretory of tho Football Association, the long advocated more

regular Axtures with top

clubs

at

Problem for judges Malayan motor-cycle meeting. The star performer who scored three firsts and won an In- dividual Championship cup was a learner rider who should not have competed at all,

"Before I could even think of accepting the offer I would have to consult the firm for which I work, and my father," said Miss Crapp.

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Charnley atlli frowns at the memory of that fight.

But those who refer to him recovered from a back injury' og Britain's Midget Marplano, | het regelvéd "while playing in se rankings. Last year she

know what they are tolding Calcutta last week. Marjan was ranked No. 8.

about. For ever since young eliminated In preliminary The rankings show how David was bom to Scottish round. round. Japan is still further strengthen parents at Dertford, he has The Mixed Doubles title wor ing her grip on world table ten-been a fighter.

won by the Indian pair, A. nts. She now takes first place in both the men's and women's Ask the people of Mother-Dewan and Mrs S. Alhavale lists through Ogimura and well, where David. Went with who beat Tan and the Indian Miss T. Okawa and, in all, has his family when a bomb knock- Miss F. Baig 15-8, 9-16, 16-8- seven players in the rankings. ed over their Dartford home.

Ая a youngster young Charnley's favourite pastime was to stand in the shelter of a loss of grandma's doorway and chal-

lenge bigger boys to fight,

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Peter Roomer, who has been

referee of appointed

the England-Scotland soccer inter- national at Wembley on April 0

man who the

came back nafter years of torture and forced The Melbourne Olympics are

labour in German concentra- expected to show tlon camps.

£180,000. But no teard are shod in Austraila. The Roomer, now 34, used to play being

Games in Helsinki amateur football in his native 1952 Holland. But oll that ended nearly twice that amount: when he wOE taken away by the Germons during the war:--- He went to the dreaded Dachau camp And later was sent to work in Berchtesgaden, He was freed at the end of the

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For world lawn tennis Australia indefinitely. Even if Lew Hoad follows Ken Rose wall Into the professional zanks I can see nothing to upset the Australian monopoly of honours, For lo follow Rosewalt and

Australia

has the

brightest bunch of youngsters in the world In Ashley Cooper, Mal Anderson and Neal Fraser, America, so long the dominant force in world tennis, has nothing to touch that trio.

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Aggressive Dave Charnley, the lightweight with the Mar- clano touch, is being hailed by all Britain as a world

uitle prospect,

Yet America thinks that Brl- fain has an even better hope in amateur Dick McTaggart, gold metallist and votett best stylist at the Melbourne Olympics.

Nat Fleischer, editor of US

"If they said no, I posted lastem. It, they said yes, I ducked inaldo and slamined, the door,"

KNUCKLE FIGHT

And anyway, it's reckoned says Charley, that the salo of surplus material - sporta equipment, furniture and kitchenware will more

than cover that £100,000;

(London Express Service),

(COPYRIGHT)

TOM SNEDDON SAYS

There's Too Much

Soccer

His plan for a earner-league of Hond 10 English clubs In 1955 was quickly thrown uul, and the League has asked clubs to cut down on show-piece games like The Wolverhampton Wanderers Honved match this season. If the floodlit competition, as

The Americans, of course, are envisaged, is introduced then the

will famed for producing champions English lengue system almost certainly need revising out of the hat. Bob Falkenbury magazine "The Ring" and the

Savitt, and Dick

on Wimbledon accepted No. 1 authority China Mall Special.

in winners

1948 and 1051 world boxing, says that Me- "as good a light- respectively, were both ranked Taggart le No 7 in American when they weight as any in the profes-coach for the Hongkong Fool won the ilkie,

sional field today,"

had

Manchester U. 4-1. Favourite For FA Cup

as the best card in O'Brien's The team's Singapore repre pack last year until he had to be sentative, Mr S. R struck out when it was found announced the teams Axtures P. Naidu. that he was not qualified. Less than a fortnight after his en-after a reshuffle of dates forced ratching he won a race avoided the cancellation of the

him matches in Malaya.

güve

in Ireland which right of entry to the Grand Na-

Charles Humez Retains European Title

Jay

Lamlon. Feb. 4.

Manchester The Indians are expected in League Champlons,

United, English remained Singapore on Wednesday and favourites at 4-1. for the Foot are due to fly home to India on

ball Association Cup after to- Feb. 19.

night's callover at the Victorin Club here. Mr Naidu sald the fahms

Tottenham Hotspur were again fixtures were: Feb. 7 against second favourites at 11-2. Singaporo Selection in Singa-

The only change of note in the poro; Feb. 9 against Singapore prices of the leading fancies was Paris, Feb. 4. Singapore: Feb, 10 Against the shortening of the adds Charlos. Humez

State in Kuala Lumpur: against Arstual from 100-0 to (France)

Selangor retained he European Middie Feb. 10 against Penang in 10-1,China Mail Special. weight title here tonight when Penang, Feb. 14 agains Malayan the referee stopped his fight Chinese in Penang: against Pat Monter tria against Football Ansociation of In the eighth round. The fight Malaya XI in Kuala Lumpur; was scheduled for 15 rourids.

against President of Feb. 17 McAteer's left eye, which had Football Association of Malays been cut in the fourth round, XI in Kuala Lumpur,Reuter, constantly trickled with blbou and in the eighth round the TEISTUO' examined the cut and stappd the fight--Router.

Mickey Mantle Signs Contract

New York, Feb. 4.

SPEED SKATING

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Birmingham, Feb. 4. Aston Villa drew their arranged First Division Football League match with Manchester City at Villa Park here today, both teams scoring twice,

The match WEB originalis pustponed on December because of fog. China Mai

Helinski, Fet, 4. special.

Competitorn from eight co- tries will take part in the Women's World Speed Skating Championships at Inistro, Southe dant Finland on February Brandál 10 the organisers annotince today

Mickey Mantle, voted they Aronican League's outstanding the countelee represented aro playms in 1050, formally signed Canutia, Czechoslovaktin, China, hir 1987 contract with the Now Boat Germany Finland, Poland Youde Yañlowe, tocháy, dor, à rei Humih niž žWADEDjwGoing Mal ported' £20,500 jaukinted Press,

ICE HOCKEY

Pulley, Scotland, FRU, 4, The United States amateur les hookory, trans were, beaten 6-3 ty Pakley Piran here tonight the firal game of their tourylite ve dep Backpackin European

||Period" scores (Piratón (first).

But with international tennis

MCC BOWLING

Politics

These

Thomas

Days

Singapore, Feb. 4. Sneddon, retiring

ball Association, said here today he would not be connected with. soccer coaching when he ro turned to England,

He said: "There is too much alle in soccer these days and

In its present highly organised Such le the strength of the state I don't think a champion MCC bowling in South Africa can bloom overnight. Bill Tal that skipper Peter May bert, head of the American

clares that he can make up all Davis Cup squad, and a man who really knows icanis, names sorts of permutations of match-

Glamanalva as Sammy

his brightest young hope. Cut malva ig the man recently routed by Mat Anderson,

winners.

Proof of this is to be found in the four records Up und the third Test the highest total against the tourists was 215. bowlers hád And all seven' averages of under 17.

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SCHOLARSHIP Lorraine Crapp, Australia's world swimming record holder

Gizi Fariche, refugeo after and dual gold medallist at the

hus been the recent Hunkarith uprising Olympic Games,

No. In the been listed offered a scholarship at Houston has

table current world

tennis University, Texus.

THE GAMBOLS

I'VE WRITTEN ID MURIEL WOULD YOU LIKE TO

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I dont like.

Mr Sneddon, who has com picted a three-year contract in Hongkong,

has

in

Reiter,

Pancho Gonzales Beaten

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Adelaide,” Australia, Feb. Ken Rosewal of Australia won for the third time in ten "matches"with" powerful Fancho Gonzales of the US as he beat His first introduction to the American tonight, 4-8, 4-0, Tetralised flatwork came when a 6-3, 0-7, 6-1, in their backer interfered in a khucitle fessional tennis tour-United fight

which 10-year-old Press. David was winning — and insisted that the differenceR between the two young gentle men should be settled with the: ald of boxing gloves.

david lost, but he did well

HOCKEY VISAS

enough to add, boxing to his ment has refused to grant viana

wicketkeeping and goalkeeping 10

on behalf of the Dartford East

Secondary School, He was the soven-stone Schoolboy Champion of Kent for two years, and at 14 was boxing for the Youth Champlonship of Great Britain

Paris, Feb. 4. The United States State Depart-

American hockey players tha who wore

to compete World and Europtän Ice Hockey Championships opening In Mos- cow Wednesday, the Soviet Tase. News Agency anitouneed fotlay

"American players thus will

France-Presse,

in the same: Albert Hall ring not compete, the agency sald he now... treads da a. pro- ferrional.

Charley's subsequent career as a senior Amateur Champion. and international with Fitzroy

pants to chood him

Holland opponents. from

and ming, France pire Games in Canada,

Ger-

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I watched Charnley when, Singapore on tuls way home, Ho marched through to the London a comparative novice of 17, he is expected to nyo England in G Low days time,

He said Hongkong was un-

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of the Indian Olympic Soccer TORMS AT

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A TOMORROW Kiraly Athletica _REME" Andoai Athielić Mosling'at

ABA Championsips, only to be pipped for honours, by the ex

Percy Lewis But perienced dergoing a soccer slump" at the following year. Charnley Boundary, Street, i pan. the moment. Gate collections had way back be ABA Champion Bervices, Code: "And since then, he has never Cpurse, ingy brea poor,

In 1947 Mr Brieddon coached looked back. the Czech Champions, S. F Now Charnley must rest fornnal. (Kowloon Braileinva ---Reuter,

six works, to recuperate from, a.m.

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