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Bilbao Beaten 3-0 In European Cup

Quarter-Final

Soccer

Manchester, Feb. 6.

Manchester United, the English League Champlons, entered the semi-finals of the European Football Cup when they beat Bilbao, of Spain, 8-0 in the second leg of their quarter-final tie here tonight,

Manchester werd beaten 5-3 in the first leg at Bilbao, but won the te on aggregate 6-5. Thus they took another step towards the ambitious treble English Lenne Championship, English Football Arnociation Cup and the European Cup.

Moving with speed and pre- cirion in the heavy mud, Mon- chester United, who led 1-0 at intfume, hammered away at the magnificent Spanish defence fur inost of the game. But it was not until five minutes be-

the

that and

Hongkong FA

Soccer Fixtures For Feb. 16-17

The following Hongkong Foot- ball Association matches have been arranged for the week ending February 16-17: FEBRUARY 10 winger Senior Shield Semi-final--- Johmy Berry scored the 2901 | KMB v. RAF, Boundhry St, 3,45 which took them into the semi-p.m. Hef. F. J. Kirkham; Lines, finals.

R. Webb/J, D. Jones.

Junior Shieta Semi-Onal:- RAF Sal Wan Gymnastle, Boundary

ury St 2 p.m. Ref. R. H

hon attacked only occu~ tinually and were never rally dangerous, bul their detreate

looked like earning ledn

Denis Viollet scored

first gool

Knu

hoftime, tid Tummy Taylor.

mbler beitre

centre-forward who www ut- standing among the home far- worde, restted the second after j 21 minutes.-Reuter.

Koci Cables World Boxing Commission For An Enquiry

V.

Lane; Lines. A. A. James/F R. Pallett.

1st Divi-Navy v. Police (PP from 14.10.56), Navy 4 pm. Ref. S. P. Bradley; Lines, S. U.

Sanders, Woo/W

2nd Div-Telephone v. Tai- kou, Navy 2.30 p.m Ref. J. Moore; Lines, D. P. Lai/Wong Yuk chung.

HAMC v. Jardine, H.V. 4.30 pm. Ret. Lat Shiu-wing: Lines. S. Y. Kwok/Yu Loong-kin.

Solicitors v. Prisons, li. V. 4,30 Ref. Trang King-hong Lines, Liu Ting-kai/Yau Wah- hing.

Buenos Aires, Feb. 0. Isaro Koel, manager 17| World Flyweight Boxing Cham- pion, Pascual Perez ur the Lines. Argentine, said today could

inace for

of

that he not reply to the mor world te ! between Porcz nnel Hihi Minako

The Japan und Workt Boxing Commission and National Boxing Association had taken position on accusations made against Koci,

The accusations were matle by Rancho Rosales,

manager of McTo

Diez, Mexico's axond world ranking flyweight, after he returned to Mexico on Sun Joy.

3rd Div:-Dodwell v. Univer- sity. H.V. 2 p.m. Ret. George Jur; LANCE, Lice Kan-chi/LI Fook-on.

Rediffmion v. CMB, H.V. a p.m. Ref. S E. Matthews; Live Tok-kee/A Mc- Intosh.

C&W v. Aircraft, H.V. 3 am. Her, Lau Kim-ming; Lines, Luk Tot-sun/Ng Chun-wing

HIL. v. Hollandla, H.V. 4.30

H. Lau Lines, pin. Ret. W. Mak Hin-tang/Y. C. Mak.

FEBRUARY 17

THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

1957.

TENSE MOMENT FOR NEWCASTLE

Millwall inside-right Shepherd (No. 8) watches from inside the Newcastle United goal as goalkeeper Simpson is beaten by the bull during the FA Cup Fourth Round match at the Den, New Cross, London on January 26. The ball was safely cleared by the Newcastle defenders. Millwall won 2-1-Reuterphoto,

There

RUGGER PREVIEW

Will Be No Easy Victory For England. When They

Meet Ireland

By DUGAL SMITH

JOE LOUIS TELLS WHAT HE

COULDN'T SAY BEFORE

THE BIG LIE ABOUT

TOMMY FARR

By HAROLD

MAYES

"He was nice--it's a shame he's getting old." The soft southern drawl of the young Negro waitress in the dimly lit restaurant on. Chicago's South Side brought me out of my day-dreams as I looked at the life-size photograph of Joe Louis un the wall just above me,

Time was when the athletic young figure portrayed there couldn't have set foot in the place without the whole of the local populace peering through the windows just to get a glimpse of him,

"We split the take. My wife kept hers--I gave my huli 10: the government,

With his two gloved fats and cerned in professional wrestling? the a dignified approach to life, the Why did his marriage to young man hath done more for beautiful Morvs Troller break the coloured race than any other up? How did he come to owe Individual, ilving or dead. And the United States Government | lum on Bist Street in Chicago,

as wo talked, a tall, broad figure | more in income filled the swing doors.

Twenty years had passed since the

photograph was taken, twenty years of memory, of joy, of heartaches. Twenty years in which a man, even one who had boon a household word in every land, still had many secrets.

all comers.

"Now I've opened a gym-

tax than he and before long we plan to run on Tuesday could ever pay in two itfetimes weekly shows Did he regret it, or would he nights." do it all over again?

Broké? Well, if Joe is broke I Those were the questions 1 know plenty of other people wanted answered. I got my who would not mind belog answers-and more.

broke.

BROKEN RIBS

And now he'll even talk about Dghts Like that never-to-be- * forgotten 13 rounds with a young and ambitious Welshman named Tommy Farr back In 1937.

might That was the

a Briton come nearer to winning. the World Heavyweight title than any man has done this century,

Farr and Loula got together again when Joe was In London in 1948 to box exhibitions.

saying then, neither has anyone But they never got around to and before or since, what Louls told me about that contest.

In case you do not remember all the details, Farr, who hadn't been given a chance, was there at the finish of 15 glorious rounds, the only man in the Louis reign never to have been who knocked out by the man was born in a cotton-plcker's shack in Alabama and carned more than 4,000,000 dollars with his fighting fists.

The mas who W36 "old" In the room where we talked didn't even glance up at the there wasn't a single memento picture of the man who was of the fighting days of one of once so young and athletle. A the greatest champions of all typical American greeting: "How me. A tall, gold figure of you bin," and we were on our golfer, a trophy indicative of his way. Joe Louis and I were 10-pastime sather than his business rether again---alone.

and a recently-delivered set of golf clubs, which he felt out Twenty-ve times Joe put with almost loving care, were the crown "on the line" against the only remainders that the Unlike some of his massive man in the grey flannel predecessors-and, indeed, some slacks and the blue woollen, of his successory-he never be

short-sleeved shirt from which littled

an upponent. He thought deeply in those days before he the biceps bulged had any con answered a question, because nection with sport at all, he never wished to say anything "Can't play golf at the mo- which he felt might reflect

inment," said Joc. "That's tough, any way against his own people, tocause 1 like it. But I shall be Now, in the solitude of his playing again soon. Got to wait apartment on a boulevard beside until February, when I get an

other check-up from the doctors Park, Washington

where in

on my heart, other days he had piled up he of roadwork,

that "Just goes to many miles was free to talk,

And he was wrestling is tougher than box- talking freely.

ing. 1 drained three or four Who worried him most of all hours nday to learn to take Who hit him falls and what happened? There

By the end of the sixth round his adversaries? the hardest? Did he regret I am wrestling in Ohio, and a that punishing left fab of Joe's The odds are even,

feasible was in the front row, It will be interesting to see making the comebackt which guy jumps on me. I wind up--he turned his hand corkscrew Ireland ure again is Rugby where

use the ended so disastrously when he with three broken ribs and prop George Hastings whether England will such And, after their 11-8 ha

a worrying

became a virtual sacrifice to a damaged heart, drubbing of France at Dublin,ng inst Wales'c brilliant

bull-dozing fighter the world win

"I'll still do it, though, conndent

power with the Courtney Meredith,

knew as Rocky Marciano?

I'm fit again, because how potential to bes; any team in

can you pick up four or is international competition.

thousand dollars in a piece? yo Another Irish advantage England have not won in Ireland Ret. Wong

since 1938. In ilve games at Lansdowne-road since the wor the tally stands al three Irish wine and two draws,

Senior Shield Semi-final- Kitchee v. South China, IIK Stadium 3.45 pm. Het. E. G. Dawson; Lines, D. G. Simpson/ R. P. Browning.

Junior sbleid Semi-final: South China V Army, HK Stallum 2 p.m. Ref, R. Mars- Cheung Yan-sing. den-White; Lines, Li Ping-pair

Rosales then alleged that Koci, In league with Argentine doc- tors, and invented fetitious ill-

2nd Div-Tramways v, B & S, nusses for Diez, so on to prevent | H. V. 4.30

j.m, the Mexican boxer from being King-chung Lines. F. W. able to fight against Perez for Bates/Chan Shiu-chuen, the world tile in Buenos Aires REME v. Tung Wah, H.V. recently

Ref. P Manson: J. O'Brien/Choy

4.30 p. Koel, in

the Lines, a telegram to Secretary-General of the World Wing-chuen, Boxing Commission, Edouard

3rd Div-Kin. Cloxlown v Rabret, called for an enquiry University, 11.V. 3 p.m. Ref. into Rosales "infamous accusa- Chan Man-chong; Lines Ng tions"

Yue-wal/H. N. Tam.

Kori said he would take no division concerning Perez's next fight for the world title until the World Commission had taken a stand on the Diez-Rosales offoir.-France-Presse,

Sandy Saddler May Come Out

CMB v. AFS, H.V. 3 p.m. Ref. Chan Ping-tak: Lines. Ting Nal-bun/J. J. Murphy.

Watsons v. Caroline Hill, H.V. 4.30 p.m. Ref. Digby Lee; Lines. Tso Hon-kit/Wong Wah- kay.

There should have been a notice on the training fields of the England Rugby Fifteen. A warning: "Take care. Beware of the Irish bull."

For there will be no repeat of last season's easy victory for England when They meet Ireland at Dublin on Saturday.

No weary, dispirited Irish pack crumbling under the battering of a superior eight and fast, crashing wings.

power.

A

England arr yo unproven, But for the injury to full back Allison the selectors would have kept the team that beat Wales so luckily on January 19. And the question remains; Are they a winning combination"

The penalty goal that brought the 3-0 victory over Wales did nol answer this

time

some manoeuvre.

My forecast: A nurrow for Ireland,

-(London Express Service).“

(COPYRIGHT)

But then Meredith has been described

Reassen, as one of the world's most formidable props,

To his credit, Hastings has a good record in loose play and the selectors undoubtedly had in mind his 1955 International successes when they gave him a second chance,

One thing i certain; England's front row-Hastings, Eric

Evans, Ron Jacobs.wil have had a thorough thrashing from their couch after their shaky showing against Wales's Courtney Meredith, Bryn Meredith and Ray Prosser,

1

Why had he even submitted to the indignity of being-con-

GRAINGER WILL PROBABLY

GO FOR SOMETHING

JUST UNDER £10,000

By JAMES CONNOLLY Story behind Rotherham United's shock decision to Most noticeable point about sell England Brightwinger Jack Grainger is a small Matches Postponed-2nd Div:

The game with Ireland wilt Gymnastle v. Dockyard. RAF hinge on the tight battle of the remarkable similarity of their club's struggle to keep faith with loyal long-service

Sai Wan v. CMB.

Fewer

Gold

Of Retirement Medals in Next

TIGHT BATTLE

front Tow.

the

Once the tough, clean-hooking Irish trio jork the ball through serum and Jackie Kyle's 6ft-plus, three-quarter line got going, I wouldn't give England's back line a snowball's chance

the tropics of stopping them.

the backs of both teams is the

strongholds. Both have a splendid pair of wings (so have Scotland, Franco and Wales), and if the ball comes from the serum quickly enough it should be good old-fashioned Rugby.

THE SWIFT BREAK

players.

prove

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when

else

Ave

"I'm supposed to be broke, you see, Well, I s'pose I am, really, when I owe so much to Uncle Sam, but he and I

Be along pretty good together, and he don't bother me too much!

Us the "Right now I owe Government something around 1,300,000 dollars But I've got An apartment in Chicago, BT other in New York, and a house in Long Island.

"As director of the Inter national Boxing Club (the pro moling body controlled by Jim Novels,) I got 20,000 dollars year and all expenses.

give Rotherham are losing money and Millmoor gates have dipped to a mere 10,000.

benefits,

Manchester City come in os favourites In a straight cash deal.

Former World Featherweight Olympic Games? the black fust and often, both use profitably the alagaal benefits this year, and that it is the answer

Last season

New York, Feb. 6.

Boxing Champion, Sandy Sadiller, who retired from the ring last month because of on

eye injury, sald today he hoped to box again une clay, after a Jong treatment to his eye.

in

A

New York, Feb. 0.

the mud.

13

never

IN A BAD WAY

fashion at the moment of im- port with devastating effect--had opened no fewer than five cuts on the gallant Farr's face, three under the right eye und Iwo under the left.

In the seventh, Louis made as it to make it the last acssion. He piled into Fore with a ven- geance, and at the end of two minutes of battering most people In Yankee Stadium, New York, that night wondered how,

and why, Farr was sillt standing.

Just before the end of the round, the weaving and bobbing Farr bobbed the wrong way. and Jos crashed a right on to his jaw. Tommy's legs buckled. his knees, forward

momentarily, bent realising: the damage ho hud probably not caused, stepped back and as ho moved in again the bell sound-

100

ed for the end of the round,

Up. to the thirteenth Far continued to give almost as good me. a as he got, but, in that round.

Tommy was in a bad way. In the fourteenth, almost as it in viting Louis to do his worst, ite. stuck out his chin, and the champion secned powerless to do anything about it.

SPLIT THE PRIZE "And this year I'm hoping they're going to 5,000-dollar raise. The Govern- ment don't touch any of that, or anything from the milk busi pess of which I am ordirector In Chicago,

"Not so long ago my wife and I won 41,000 dollars on a tele- vision quiz.

Six Centuries Scored In WI Cricket Trial:

JOE'S ANSWER Tommy piled In In the last round to prove himself among the worthlest challengers ever 10 face the Brown, Bomber--- but ho lost,

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And many times skice it hos béon suggested that Xouls allów- ed the Welshmani to go the dis» tarice, You may even have, heard It said that Louis had been knocking over so many oppon

had to go the ents that Farr. distance to give the impression that the coloured man was not Invincible.

But Rotherham pride them- Now selves on always paying top An gales do not pro- vide

the necessary cash it murt come from selling players,

The Football League "Five players. are due

for wanted the European Cup yet To win, England must have Fly-halves Bartlett and Kyle

to dwindling mcons close on £4,000," mana- gates.

800,000 Fast because Ireland's backs kick-but there is a difference

watched the European Cup pre renowned for hope in their play. Where Kyle ger Andy Smailes told me.

games, The present competition Four years ago dashing rushes on a back line undisputed master of the swift A reported move to streamline that hasn't quite renched full break,

Rotherham will almost certainly double that the Olymple Games and cut

Bartlett--who survived turned down a £30,000 New-

Agure. stride. .fast because their | his international baptism castle bid for Grainger. Earlier More than 900,000 - have at- down the number of gold medals steel-light scrum has shown it against Walesis essentially, this stason they refused a blgtended the 21 games up to the drow a mixed reception today

link. "In the Liverpool offer. Saddler has had several days tive director of the US Olympic

can ground a dithering, slow-smooth-passing

quarter-nals. Now there are from Mr Lyna Bingham, execu- healing pack morellessly into back chain. of deinted medical examination

Now he will probably go for 3 "plum" games to go. Committee.

United's, home

Port of Spain), Manchester a New York hospital,

It is the first time for many something just under £10,000.

Trinidad, Feb. 8. specialist said after the examino-

He said: "We are not in favour

Other players offered for quarter-final with Bilbao is an Give the Irish boys just a Years that Ireland have had a

back line, tion that the new treatment that of restricting further the number split-second of

somewhat sale at

Six centuries have been scored same time as assured 75,000 sell-out The Indecision and good

two completed innings Saddler

two cariler home games against i after would untergo nad of participants--we оте вімся: watch their backs sear through. they have placed on their for-

refreshing ar the reliance Grainger were Frank Marshall

Anderlecht and

the West Indies final dozen down to the bone now. But we

and Ken Keyworth.

Dortmund here in already succeeded

do

cricket trial for this year's tour If the treaircut proved cases.

grossed roughly £15,000. feel we can reach a falrer One alteration in the Englaridwards, successful.

TRANSFER SPLASHI would Saddler

basis

of England. for be! medals."

evaluating gold team which would have seemed

If the Young scrum-half Mulligani

Busby team

I mentioned this suggestion to able to box again after a long

do- The Grainger boys might well through to the final the compell- proved his worth against France

Sollie Smith, was, the shelb Joe. And then, coolly and convalescence, the doctor said, Mr Bingham was commenting

them century maker with 102 in 122 liberately, put to him the ques- with a fast and straight service mtko a £30,000 transfer splash tion will have brought a report from Olympic

from

Clyda around £40,000.

Walcotts tion: And nippy next month...

minules for Saddler was injured in a road surces in West Germany that

Expect Charlton to sign team against an Everton Weck "Joe, did you 'carry! Farr?" accident last summer and has the International Olympic Com-

much

Shefeld United are ready to of

Harold Barber -24-year-old XI an the third day's play not boxed since. When he re-mitteo were considering a .com

his clusive quickness to this sell their England left-winger Hyde United wing half. The yesterday. The match ends to tired Jast month after a Arzt pleto reorganisation of the

Colfn Grainger-he is Jack's Choshice County League, side morrow. me:lical examination, D was Games at their meeting in In-

brother at £20,000-plus,

won't let him go under . £2,000. sald that if he boxted again, he sunne in June, might lose his sight completely. -France-Presse.

Only Eight Countries Enter

Ice Hockey

Ca

of

scrum.

International-owes

Jim Bailey Named Kyle-this will so his flat

Oregon's Best

Athlete Of 1956

service,

Emphasis in the Irish back

from

the

goca

...

Without a moment's hesitation. he replied: ................

"I didn't carry, Farr,. For any». Tip off from the North-East

Scores: Weeks XI 607 (Nyron one to sugest I did is doing Ites that Luton are ready to an Aguals and slammene than justice to a good litter. full-back Les Jones for Sunder both 106; Bruce Palrazideal never carried anyone. If they

Just had to go t exwinger Billy. Bingham.

(London Express Service),

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Sine wit probably again be on Sunklerland wanted him. the bamboozling diagonal kick Sheffield manager Joe Mareer

Kyle (passing was never wont to Hoker Park to see what land's Irish international right | 120) and 06 for one; Walcott could go in a-round, boy, they one of his greater achievements) | they had to offer in part outsize. wings. O'Reilly and change. When he returned, Brophy.

exchange deal was off.

of

to

and

Points, reported to be under consideration by the IOC were: reduction of the mumber of com pelitors by staging preliminary

Portland, Oregon, Feb. 0. competitions; elimination*

University Jim Bailey, cycling and soccer unless these Oregon distance runner sports

could come more in line Australian entry in the Olympic with amateur

Garies last autumu, was nomed regulations; renessinent of the gold medal

last night, as Oregon's outstand- aluation, cutting down the numing athlete of 1959.

Special

exercised.----China

ber given for individual gymnas. Final selection of Bailey came Mall from a field of 12 athletes who had been chosen earlier for their outstanding records during the year. The award we pro- sentot at the ninth annual BI Heyward Banquet of Cham plons, sponsored by the Oregon.- Sports Welders and Broadcasters Amociations.

Week-End Softball

Copenhagen, Feb. 0. Japan is one of only eight countries entered for the world. fee-hockey championships to be Hal ini Moscow from the work of this month, to the beginning of March, it was – learned · ́beco today, after a preliminary met» knit of "tho: Laternational Ice- Hokejs Fedoration's Executivo (01. Pang. It. Vianm: Low Drimærd), Carmenitted

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The other entries are: The Soviet · Union, Czechoslovaksin, Sedios, Finland, Eont Cherman,

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Bailey became the fret· runner to crack the four-minuta. milo barrier. in the United States when he beated tho. world record holder, John | Landy, 04 - in the Los Angeles, Coliseum last your Halley's time for the ràoo was 3:03.8am. United Premi

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