1957-02-22 — Page 7

JIMMY GUTHRIE SPOTS

THE CHINA

FLAWS IN THE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND CONTRACTS, BUT NOTHING IS DONE

I elte the Football League Management Committee for not giving the League footballer a square deal,

I accuse the League Committee, currently led by Mr Arthur Oakley, with doing nothing in four years to obey findings of the impartial Ministry of Labour Investigation of 1961 into the conditions of the League footballer.

The League tried to gag me, The FA tried. And the Players' Union committeo played into their hands when they sacked me in Manchester recently,

But I refuse to be goutted. You football fans who are the feblood of the game should be put in possession of the facts which expose the League

the

Dut this fact which

have of his transfer fee. may escaped their learned notice: League ignored this suggestion.

Every

Investigation's approximately as well as the one-third

year

them are

of League players recommendation that a player are not retained by their clubs. should receive some remunera- They have lo Beck new tion when a fee is on his head. employers. Approximately one-

POINT 2.--The sixth of

prevented from getting new employers Investigation because of a fee on their heads,

These players get no weges ACTION REPORT-NIL after their contrnet expires on These are the points

June 30. And if no one buys to carry on by the Ministry's Investigation them they have

bosses.

raised

Miolatry's was un- sold it desirable that the entire benefi of a transfer fee should go to the selling club.

new

The investigation proposed a

under system

which transfers be limited to £19,009,

10 quit Lengue the e pay, or

be split equally the selling club, the Benevolent Fund, and

of 1951, points printed in alving and maintaining families Government White Paper in without 1 Toolbail

1952.

POINT 1-Thut the admit faults in the system.

League transfer

Would you, Mr Fan, care to work under such conditions? And the League had the nerve dissatis- Fuy there is no faction among the serforry, players,

What in the League's action to after four years? Nil

The Leagues, represented by Mr Arthur Drewry, now elevated to head of the FA. four

told years

(0

"We

between Players' the FA.

Ly

The lague threw this out. saying.

11 effect, that ridiculous for players to beneft i from The cush their ability! commgads. have 1 peat, the Longue done nothing about this system not withouth adibitting faults in dis- Why, Mr Oakley, why?

We suggested #T player on transfer not being bold" should et each week £2 per thousand

171

Investigators; belleve" there is general satisfaction among players."

What unadulteratesi bun- kum" I give the League bases

River

Price

Line's Is Sure To Shorten

By RICHARD BAERLEIN

I mentioned the other day that Tudor Jinks and Don Basilio two horses which played quite a prominent part In the ante-post market for last year's Lincoln-were again well forward in condition. Another horse who is sure to be a fighting factor again this year is River Line, second last year.

For

Line

Like mo:1 sons of

Martial he comes rendlly

hand but 11e cannot act การ

4

for

THE BRITISH WAY

POINT -The Investigation, in its cautious wording, said: "In view of the entertainment we lo not football provides think the maximum whge excessive," Which s the "British" way of saying that il as far too low!

An

Industrial

Disputes

| Tribunal forced the Léngue to the maximum wage the next year to £15 in the season, £12 1) the summer,

from £14 and £10,

That

WAS four years ngo.

hart't

Why

the footballer's wage kept bare with everybody else's?

POINT 4 The Investigation said I would be a denial of justice for players on charges in front of the League bosses or legal to be refused representation,

Union

TWO FOUND GUILTY

Yel in December Trevor Ford พระ refused

were

MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1957.

On top of the 100,000,000,000,000 Wed like you to accept the. Presidency, Idoz, oil wells, 2 private yachts, 60 Cadillacs, a string of racehorses along with 2 doz. mink coals

and these priceless jewels as a lille Something for

Your wife

CONTRACT

HEARING MICKEY MANTLE. HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT WORTH £21,425" TO PLAY A SEASON. WITH NEW YORK YANKEES, OUR, SPARROWE

DREAMS THEY BID FOR STAN MATTHEWS. Riven.

Mr

Speaker, Sir

by HENRY LONGHURST

Mr Som Smith, the President of the English Goit Union, is a splendidly forthright York- shire character who calls a spade

spade, knows what he wants, and Is prepared in do something about gelling it. In private life, though not, I am sure, on the golf course, he is a "topmaker

congratulations, Sam, you've

beaten the

his

game,

AROUND HOLLYWOOD®

* Page 1

WHEN BOB HOPE ACTS THE SETS ARE NEVER CLOSED TO VISITORS

By RON BURTON

Hollywood.

Many movie actors and actresses are bitten by the stage bug. The latest victim is Vera Miles, who probably wouldn't have developed stage ambitions If she tradn't co-starred opposite Bob, Hope.

Miss Miles found that Hope loves an audience. Tho result is that his seta are never closed to visitors at Paramount. For eight weeks of shooting "Beau James," the story of New York's Inte playboy Mayor, Jimmy Walker, Misa Miles found she also had an audience as she and Hope made scenes for the film.

I welcomed them, Acting

the nearest I've

with ever

a

After major studios, Later he formed "There were usually about 200 tinue to take lessons,

next picture From his own Independent company. persons watching us," she said., finish my "After a while I got over my Amongst the Dend'-I intend to

INS OWN STORY Initial nervousness about having take singing lessons. Maybe I'

'live' audience. Later I guess get a musical, then.

The company's first produc- "It I don't try to keep im-tion will be based on Apostolaf's Bob is the

own independence story. The a proving myself, I'll break come to berre

pledge I made when I gral cure Freedom"

film will be titled "Journey to real audience ming before

and generally, will "Anyhow, I sure got a lot of here, I look stock of myself and

follow his own thrilling experi- confidence from the experience, then said, 'Look-you can

ences in his battle for personal I know that it certainly would better, can't you?'

freedom and indepentience. make it much easier for me to each time I do something new, perform behind footlights. II ask it again, and each Ume I don't know how I'd do in a

answer to myself, I'll try.'" but I'd do much belter play, now than

I would have eight weeks ago."

LEARNED DANCING

*

And

do now

Stephen Apostolof, 20, is an independent film producer in the complete sense of the word. This youthful flm-maker was Kuoled in his native Bulgaria in

The personable young man's recipe for a good picture is solid simple-give the public entertainment, preferably some- thing with some newnics9 in subject matter, and present

some now faces,

"It's entirely unnecessary Was

1944 for activilles as a member have

to established box office

Paramount people don't think he been more than 16 years old.com public is really

and the plane in a night club untli he could reach France

Miss Miles actually has never set foot on a stage. She's been į in 10 motion pictures and started on her career after she entered the Miss America con of the anti-Russia underground. names in your casts when you The sentence was for 15 years have an unusual story," he said. test eight years ago ALS

and would have been death had "Top quality entertainment ja Kansas and placed third.

There would stili, if I am not | sho's

inter- Und risk for any type of Apostolof escaped after three ested in sound, Arm entertain- mistaken, be something left over theatrical venture. They point and one-half years and made ment. I think Journey to Free- for the Golf Foundation, the out that she danced very little his way to Istanbul where he dom will all the bill. It will Sports Turt Research establish in high school because she was

have plenty of so-called ment at Bingley and such other | worklog. However, she learned

knowns, too. We'll keep on the worthy causes as might present to dance for "Beau James," in 1940. There he apeut newness track with our next m

which she plays the part their claims.

# year during which he which will document the effect Belly Compton, and her in-successfully promoted Anone of mental hygiene on mental

iliness in our time.” structor any she can do intri Ing for a film,

completely cate routines in n

Apostolof next

to went

Apostolor's Independence is professional manner,

Canada and two years later all he could want, he thinks. entered the United States, ar- He's out of prison, has his own riving

In Hollywood late in company-and also sufficient 1953,

His Hollywood career financial independence, thanks to began with jobs in the produc- | local backers who think highly lion departments of several of him.

ANOTHER NAME

of

"Now I learned dancing," she sakl, "and so I'm going to con-

Hungary To

The National Golf Fund, you Well, the panel-but it is in may say, does not exist. official capacity that we It does in effect, under another meet him this morning. He has

name, the International Amateur This was founded picked up his musket and is Golf Fund.

us by Lord Bruce of Melbourne pointing it at every one of us with a shilling or your life." and has the absolutely indispen- There are certain inescapable sable characteristle of being in- bene- expenses in golf, as in any other dependent of all the

If any

fielartes. kind of

It is administered by Meet Ireland On organised bodies are to prepare and ad- four trustees and pretty im

The ues-pressive they are. Just the rules and answer ques- pre

Speaker tions about them from all over of the House of Commons, the the world, to run championships Rt. Hon. W. S. Morrison; the great and small, to play inter- Master of the Rolls, Sir Raymond

Balfour national

Evershed; Lord both at home and overseas, to take our part Burleigh; and Sir Edward Paa- every five years in the great Commonwealth Tournament and a host of other things, some clearly essential, others ob- vlously desirable.

matches

the

cock.

of

April 25-27

Hungary

Budapest, Feb, 21.

and

Ireland will!

play their First Round European Zono Davis Cup tie in Budapest on April 26, 20 and 27, the They have power to incor-official Communist newspaper, would, I Nepszabadsug, reported hore porate others, and Imagine, though I do not today.

GOALLESS DRAW

representation. River Line has gone down however, has run 36 times Three years ago Wilf Mansion, bib in the weights and because date and has proved very of Middlesbrough and England, Don Basilio put up 3lb over paying proposition.

Wus retused It Both weight, River Ling will be When he ran In last year's found guilty by the Lengue... allowing him GIL for three Lincoln he looked very well, both without representation.

but he drew number three posi- icngths.

In this country where justive six-year-old River tion and that is the end of for the Individual is held so

presume to advise so eminent a Winners of the lie meet Bel- has had comparatively every horse.

preelour we allow mm who mic

MY BELIEF

body. ok once invite theglum, who have a bye Into the ittle racing, and has run only Whereas River Line has gone footballers without legal talo-

prealdents of the four unions (second round.--Reuter, 16 times to date.

down 5lb. in 1he weights'ing lo face alone men of proved

It is my

belief, and I have and the chairman of either the has Court Nicholas Nickleby

gone business ability.

been hammering away at it for Championship or Finance Com- down 121b. Even allowing the improved class of this year's the League have ignored

Incredible....but true. For approximately 20 years,

that mitee of the Royal and Ancient. this every

worthy of

to golfer

All we need is for somebody the arm ground. A dry March Beld, Nicholus Nickleby has

instruction 100.

name would wish these things beg Mr Speaker to call a con- would therefore prove against beas very fairly treated.

to go on, that he does not want

these lines, and, Turence on POINT 5.—The Investigation

to be troubled about them, but greatly caring, on the strength players' contracts should

Town played that you could "touch" him for of once having played golf with not be

altered

the half wlthout

him in his lovely constituency once a year by n a crown players being consulted.

of Cirencester, I hereby do so. adding it painlessly to his club

that

In the meantime, it you Yet the contract has been subscription, and interfered with-without the promised never to mention this thy musket, Sam, for a moment. he There's something much better players' consent, Their contract money business again, was cut by a month.

would part like a lamb.

Just round the comer. One cry has always been, that huve raised

It would

be "impossible collect. " This comes largely, and I don't blame them, from those who see a little work com ing their way in the callceting.

The same thing, you may re- was said about that

his chance, but 1 hueves 1347 doubt that several

who wort

won n

In his first race after the Lin- zaid

went up to for a big win оп River Linecola last year he

three- last year will be doing to again, Newcastle and

horse race from Sombrero and Mountain Music, He can meet Mountuk Musie at Lincoln on alb. better terms,

ATTACKING

His present price of 25-1 wil not last long once it is known that an attacking policy is to be purstad.

After running in the

when

1

these urinis with the League time after time and with the Industrial Disputes

Nicholas Nickleby naturally drifted in the market last year Great when the draw became known Jubilee Handicap Jast year, and he started at 40-1. At the

he was unplaced to present time he is quoted al Tribunals. They just talk round Tudor Jinks at an aghual dif- only 20-1, ference of weights carried of only 4lb., River Line had a long lay off.

the

He did not appear again until end of September, when Aorangi ran away from him in a mile race at Ascot ju heavy ground. Then at Haydock, Babur also ran away from him in Dieavy going.

Un polni of handicapping River Line could not

have

It is not yet know whether

ob-

the issues, gefling nowhere.

"Jimmy,

meme

A well-known Queen's Coun-member, he will be seriously trained for sel told me last year:

the only way you will ever the race, but he has on

break the grip of these dictators vious chance on the handicap,

-(London Express Service).

is through a campaign to whip (COPYRIGHT)

up public indignation against the present conditions for foot- ballers.

AFTER A RECORD All goal scoring records in bees given much less weight, junior football in the Clitheroe and it only requires the engage (Lames) area are likely to by

lightweight broken

Lo

D

equally obvious and inevitable business, P.A.

.A.Y.E.-until bold Chancellor said "go ahead and do 1" So they did il-and don't we know it!

put down

Nottingham, Feb. 21.

and

Nottingham

Forest

д

Huddersfield goalless draw in their rearranged English Second Division League match here today.

The match was postponed last

of FA

Cup Saturday because ties. Reuter.

Royal H.K.

Force

Defence Orders

Serial No. 8. Orders by Brigadier L. T. Ride, CBE, ED, Commandant, Royal Hongkong Defence Force. Dated February 20, 1957.

FORCE ORDERS Obituary.—The Commandant re-

the grea RIMOUNCE

death of WO(1) M.F. de P. Baptista, MDE on February 20, 1957,

All that is needed is for the club secretary to send every "Unless, 'of

"Sir, 1 course, every

member the following:

5.15 p.a. (b) Dress Officers acting as footballer

am to advise you that the comm- single

In League

Untiers at Bro Armual Review wil Medals foolbalt refuses to re-sign the mitice have decided to raise the

wear No. 1 (Home) Dress. subscription by half a crown,

and gloves will not be worn. Ofleers present type of contract,"

attending as spectators should con- This sum will be contributed to

form to this Dress My QC friend could be 60 the National Golf Fund, detalls

Trade FORCE HEADQUARTERB

Training-Clerks PA- ment of a strong

this season by Lowright. But I cherish the hope of whose activities on your be Etecce

20-All Per- Saloon Thursday Febru-hursday February rider and soli ground on the Moor FC. Defeating Billington that one day the

League and hair and of golf in general are Ary 20. 1997-Practice Annual Review,sonnel HQ RIKDF-6.10 p.m. day to ensure a strong follow-10-0, they took their total to 141 FA bosses will wake up

Parade MPG B.15 p.m. for HQ Transport leaves HQ NHKDF al their posted on the club notice board. ↑ RIKOF. Drem: DD Blue Deret, 7.15 p.m. Police section Tuesday ing for this six-year-old.

goals In uly a venteen matches, own dictatorship and give the A banker's order, by which the Anklets, Beil, Frog, nie Sing

February 20-"A" Group-34 RAF } BAD DRAW

They still have the same num- footballer the

Police District, North Pont-0 p.m. new deat he committee have decided that all Light Troop.-Tuesday February Transport leaves MPG at 7.45 p.m. Another six-year-old who may ber of games to play, so their deserves.

subscriptions

shall in futuro be 20-Field Day-Rife and Bren Clase Equipment Section Tuesday Febru appear in the betting at a later Anal aggregate may be astrono-

-(London Express Service),

pald, is enclosed,"

fication at Peak Range. Parado MPG ary 20-A1 PersonnelIIKAAP (COPYRIGHT)

Transport leaver 8.15 am. for 10 RDF 8,30 a.m.Hangar- p.m. stage is Nicholas Nickleby. He, mical,

What

would and could the Droes: OC, Blue Beedriday B.D. Tuesday February 26All Per Pullover, Sallibury Road at 5.4 p.m. Clerks National Golf Fund do? First it Boots, Anklets, would

Hangar G underwrite all the ad-March 1. 1907-Rehearsal for Anitial some-HKAAR

Review ministrative expenses

Parade MPG 8.15 pm. for Transport leaves Salisbury Bond at of the no RKDF. Dress: Overalls, Berol, 8.43 p.m. AZ.G. Rection Tuesday Royal and Ancient (of an inter-Delt.

February 20-"n" Watch-Sek Kong THE HONGKONG REGIMENT

Tower_a.m. (Full Day). Transport national or national, as against

Salisbury Road at Ba.m. a purely "club," character) of Training UKR Flehearsal for leaves sharp.

Tuesday Nursing Section

Personnel-san all the four national Unions, and Annurt Review Wednesday Febru

February 20-A11 ary 27, 1007, The a/m rehearsal wil RAF Kat Tak- a.m. (Half Day) of the Joint Advisory Council, be held on Wednesday February 21 which

Transport leave Hallsbury Road zi is a kind

21 RHQ 320 p.m. All ranks KR 0.45 am. C &t section Thursday of TUC of ll attend this parade. Tpt leaves February 26--Fighter Plotters-SOC the four.

MPG 8.15 p.m. for 101. Dress: 5.30 p.m. " de "D" Watchs-IIQ It would underwrite the costs Belt, Boots Anklets Beret Bayonet of the Commonwealth Tourna-Tog & Tune Bing. Opis Day

Sunday ment (due in South Africa In recame ready sued. RV 8.30 1959), the Walker Cup, the

the am at HHQ, Dress: Battle Dress, Home Internationals, and others coy-raining for March

now cancelled, hp Coy-Pay parade such

as England 1.v. France on February 27, 1007, Regt Pro Sec (cried off more than oned Friday March 1-Driit as ordered by through lack of funds on our D.

RAM. IV 130 pum, at julQ. Dress:

Boots, Boret. Wille Belt & part; good heavens, what a Gaitere. Band & Corps of Drums como down!), Scotland

As ordered by Band President. Scandinavia, and any similar matches desired by Ireland and

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Flying Training-Thursday, Febru

25-Ail Pilots-MPG-0 Saturday March 2 & Sunday March 3 All Pilots # detalled by OC Flying Squadron.

Hong Kong Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Training-Friday March 1, 1987- Practice Drill for Annual Review. Parade. MPG 8,15. p.m.. for 19 HOME GUARD

RIKOF. Dress BD Ilouse, Shirt, TrainingThursday February 28, Diue Beret, Htockings, Brown Shoes

19gd.) G. 1. CALVERT, Annual 1997-Practice Parade for Review. Parade MPG 8.15 pm for Major, for Commandant, R.1.K.D.F.

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It could probably, according to the size of the kitty, from time to time underwrlia, the playing of the Open, Amateur and English Championships (thefe Beotion Te reminded that it i live Officer 19 Kor

other three countries have not,

AIR FORCE

Nominal Roll-Oficere and NCOs

Found One latch key on Kai Tak flanges during NHKUP Riffe Meeting. Owner please apply to Admistetra-

the responsibility to ensure that Cricket Sunday, March 3-BER V. I think, the same problems, but the nominal roll to submitted 10 WO Club de Recreio at Reciclo Kow if they have, they have only to bgiro c/o Jardine, biatheson & Co. on 1 pain. IKK Team Col say to) in places or historie Lid, Ineurance Dept, Hongkong, at Owen Hughes Capt M. 7.-11pesing

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