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SPORTS VIEWPOINT
ENGLAND MUST PLAN TO AVOID THESE SOCCER FLOPS
By ERIC NICHOLLS
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH
Nominate YOUR
Another England failure, this time by the Under 23s who could only draw 1-1 with a hotch-potch Scottish side, and, inevitably, the critics, who predicted a storming win, have got to work in condemning the side. They talk of dark days ahend for England's soccer selectors,
On the match itself, they are of course justified. It was a miserable display hy eleven talented youngsters, who seemed to have forgotten how to fight, and who tho imagined they could stroll through the match without exerting themselves in slightest.
a last- But before we criticise these which on paper is much more present state of fighting
than just promising fade right ditch stand to avoid relegation. eleven young Englishmen, in-
sill to discover am sorrier cluding two full cap-Clayton out after a quarter of an hour's
Blame the FA Cup if that two of their most talented and Haynes-let us have second efforts.
Jack thoughts, and in particular on you Bee Birmingham's Trevor players, Phil Gunter and the reasons for this sorry show-South and Manchester United's Mansell, should consider a move
Dayly Pegg obviously had their to be of benefit to them.
club's forth- ideas behind the team *Te
minds on their
Portsmouth turned down the Blame the transfer requests, but selection, few though they were, com
coming Cup battles.
although good. They
for stinking weather, the bumpy the players concerned emphasise But their requests had nothing to do Clayton Haymes to father pitch, the bouncing ball,
you have to go much deeper 10 with the fact that neither are at the less experienced players as a first step towards grooming And the real reason.
present able to command them for full international duly.
place in the League side, It does Claytom was to be the general,
rather sound a case of putting Haynes the muster-planner of
Doe's calf before one's club. the attack.
were
were
It didn't come off. Why did it nop? Why should a team
Amateurs Versus Professionals Soon Inevitable
New York, Mar, 5 Tony
Trobert, former men- ber of the American Davis Cup
turned
team, fension!
who later
and recently
Par
Guit
Just
BUDDING PLAYERS
one short
What pre-match planning was there? Literally none, What pre-match training was done? work-oul
Is the day before the match, that the way to build a soccer team? Is that the way to help players blossom into buckling internationals? No, a thousand times not
Football is a team game in every respeel. Not only must a side play as a train on the field, they must train
team, be
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Gunter, who
A
in
basosition Raining
defensive every except
Roal
since un England 'B' cap at right back in 1952, wants to settle down la one posillon, preferably right back, Mansell says he has gone stale, and cannot work up any enthustasin for Portsmouth.
Portsmouth may be at the wrong end of the table. But they are not down and out by any prepared as a team, and be lac-means. With the help of player tically advised as a team. Then like Gunter and Mansell they and only then will they be the car climb out of the danger compact and flowing pected of an international side,
This out-dated system uf eleven individuals for
matches, bring
tennis to go into business, saldive
lody
be inevitable.
who Trabert,
Kefl Jack Kramer's tenziía temiz to go into business with William Talbers, former cuplain of the Americag Davla Crip
team, Saddl the amateur letinis situation was so bail that
open competitions would be accepted in practice in Jegs than Bye yOLTA,
unit ex-zanų,
that matches between ing them together a couple of amateur and professional tels days before the gaine, and then players would sooner or Inter shooting them on to the pitch to do their best has had it. Con you blame the
players thesi selves, if under the circumstances their best isn't good enough,
It seems obvious that Eng- land's soccer bosses aren't pre- pared to
sente organise large
pre-matchi ord comprehensive training sessions,
seek the co-operation of the clubs in this respect So It seems whe destined to a life-time of hotch pulch English teams, and hotch potch organisation,
is
A renalsuance of tennis taking place in Europe and in a few years British, Italian and French players will be able to break the American-Australian monopoly on the Davis Cup Trabert declared.
or
the only
--(London Express Service).
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Sweden Wins World & European Ice Hockey Titles
Hongkong Footballer Of The Year
Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current
season.
It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination "coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.
The two qualifications for nomination are: (1) Footballing prowess
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, 'China Mail,
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into regard his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is
of the
Club.
(Signed)
Joe Erskine Was A Bundle Of Nerves In His Fight Against Nino Valdes
By ARCHIE QUICK
British boxing is right back to the days when the Americans put the "horizontal" tag on
1957.
AROUND HOLLYWOOD
[ Page
FILM CAST AND CREW MEMBERS SPENT UNEASY WEEK IN PRISON
By RON BURTON:
Hollywood.
A film cast and crew of 70 persons from Hollywood spent an interesting if
slightly uneasy week at California's San Quentin Prison. They learned about quite
a few things such as rules which prohibit visitors who have prison records from entering the actual prison.
い
Before the group-headed by actor Jack Palanoo-left Hollywood' for' scenes for "The House of Numbers," they were mugged, so to speak, by the FBI, which then provided them with clearance.
Crew members followed
They concluded that anyone Dalt Mourir". (He Who Must | a crowd of refugees from an with a criminal record is, not] Die).
other vliego' rangaciak by, the welcome Inside the prision-
Turis. The refugees are driven which already has some 4,100 Essentially a re-enactment of away by part of the villagers Inmates.
the Passion Play in modern who refuse, to share their poor Almen, the movie has just been lodgings and meagre food with a complated: at the Joinvillea horde of strangers, suggestion of Warden Harley | Studion. Director Jules Dassin
and O. Teets
wore business and his actors finished at
up
In the ensuing conflict over suits instead of their usual blue Joinville after spending 70 days the homeless, the villagers' un- denims, Otherwise there was in the rocky, batren interior of wittingly begin to play in reality always a chance that an MGM the island of Crete where an the parla for which they had electriclan, for example, might be confused temporarily with in inmate. The suits served to set studio workers apart from the convlets.
NO LEADING LADY
entire village was used as back-been cast in the Passion Play ground for the drama. Filming The dramatic climax is reached took place in most primitive with the stabbing or shepherd conditions without the aid of Manoutis who plays Christ. Ho the paraphernella Hollywood dies at the hand, of cobbler carries on Its movie sa foris. Panayotos who plays Judas as Turkish soldiers called in by Dassin, whose recent "RU" Panayotros change the crowd. A careful cheek was instituted has been acclaimed by cities to make
Dassin choso Crote for res DONA someone didn't the world over, had spent two Bure
his years working on the peript and of expediency but carefully allp out and thus shorten required residence, The cast and half a year scouting Tocations, matched the backgrounds with crew worked until 6 pm, every
Based on the novel, "The Greek those in Asia Minon where the Passion"
The even more day, the time inmates are re-
by Nikos Kazantzaki, story unfolds. turned to their cells, No MGM the story is set in a Greek vill carefully selected cest, includos
before World French, Grook go in Turkey permitted
German personnel were
.and ícave
Wor 1.
actors. PlerrO Vaneck is until all inmates
had
Manoulis, young Greek actress been accounted
This
PASSION PLAY
Merlina Mercouri is Katherina. uncasiness
the Mary Magdalen of the of
During the preparation for village play, Rene Lefevre the armuat village Passion Play | Peter. Roger Hanin the village is suddenly presented | Panayotros, the Judas, United with the problem of caring for Press.
Phil Scott. Champion Joe Erskine's ignominious prompted a certain defeat by Nino Valdes ensured that,
where
for.
to
the
10
#
Ales and
sure
among some members MGM group. It took the giant. Cuban negro exactly 123 seconds
"Suppose some joker Who's to flatten the previously unbeaten titleholder, and even-tired of the pince decides his numerous and fervid followers who had made the hide out, just for kicka pilgrimage from the valleys of South Wales, vociferous crew member said. "We could In song as they always are, were stunned into silence, stay here indefinitely."
There was another delicate problem-hacksaws, other tools toted by studio workmen. Just to make none of them would unwitting- ly give a prismer a free pass to some place beyond his usual director Russell environment,
list Rouse had all technicians the contents of their tool boxes inside the box lids. The were used as a daily check
that
metal-cutting gadgets had vanished.
The only real regret express- of the blows that hit him keed by the inmates was that the fum's leading Indy, Barbara tornado
the
Roaring Lang, did not
appear at the scents. San
date are Bygraves I was more than just a de- of recent feat for Joe the Unrendy;
who itar Yolande Pompey, wa a knock-out blow from which triumphed in Dortmund British hrvyweight boxing with London failed....And Bygraves take years to recover no matter and Pompey are both West In what promotor Jack Solomons dianet
of what
I saw at the Earls may say about producing a world champlou
Court Baseo I would say that Johnny
Willums and Jack Cooper was overtrained, past his passed into the peak, stale. Ersidne, in the one shadows with their illusions flight that meant fame and for- shattered. Don Cockell was set tune to this boy from Cardiff's
pon the
path by the Tiger Bay district, was a bundle
whose seltsame Valdes,
next of nerves. He landed one ten-
belttative right to notch on his conqueror's
the jaw knew nothing about the badly overmatched Dick
rest Richardson.
Garner ho
upon
was
same
sce
no
Ulsts
to
Moscow, Mar. 5. Sweden won both the World and Europeans Ice Hockey titles here today with a total of 13 points oguinest 12 by Russia, the holders. If that is so, then
The teams drew 4-4 in the alternative from a national puin! Anal match of the champion of view is to pick the bulk of went through their sever-match
and though both sides Britain's No. 2, Henry Cooper,
has got himself beaten by Joe Forties. England's most fucetssful club went Australia's Lew Hoad, whose
undefeated, The Bygraves in an Empire title
Erskine, Cooper, Richardson, prison for any back is at present in a plaster to represent the country, and fill programme
with
fight, which makes a farce auch obvious Russianes had earlier dropped a
of London. They must all go back Quentin is not co-educational. east, is nearing the end of his the
his
Cham- and start from scratch. They because of his health, skipper Billy Wright, the ageless
Wolverhampton's point when Czechoslovakia also
held them to a draw.
plonished European
contest with Ingemar must ply ther trade only 45
Richard Arlen, a star of films Trabert said.
Eight countries competed, in-
Johannson, the Swedish holder, epprentices.
for 30 years, operates more or The world's best tennis player Stanley Matthews and on inside
Japan, who were
in Stockholm in March, Brian
icas like a baseball player as far at the moment is without doubt forward of the calibre of She- cluding
London has been to Germany | LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP as seasons are eligible for the world title only.
concerned--but America's Poncho Gonzales, who field
Canada and
und the United States
hiding in mund's Westphalla Halle. did not take part.
coreer
the gap cholen
ta
Wednesday's
Albert
at the age of 28 is in peak forth | Quixall, und will remain unbeatable for believe this is the best way another three er four years, Trabert asserted.
they
were
16
And to soccer success anyway.
Russia, winners of the world, right now Manchester United
Olymple and European tities Trubert left the Kramer team could i the bi
more than last Scazon, had been firm s crushing defeat by adequately. after
Lavourites at the start of the That would solve the problem championship, particularly Gonzales during the 100 games
which serics
the two pro for the present. What of the
host nation for the fessional stars played Jast year, future? That 19 another first time. He was replaced this year by
question. And one which the
The Russians Anished with Australia's Ken Rosewall, whom Football Association and the
avernge-77 for Gonzales has already beater in Football League would do well the best goal
and nine against, Sweden scored 18 out of 23 games they have to get together over.
62 and conceded 11, and Czecho. played.-France-Presse.
slovakia, who finished third, scored 60 and dropped nine,
BILL WATSON HITS 236
LAST DITCH STAND
I'm sorry to see Portsmouth, the club with sufficient courage to introduce football with a capita into the huurly burly
AT WELLINGTON |of League competition, in their
Wellington, Mur, 5. The Australian cricketers met wenk opposition here
today when they scored 424 runs and then dismissed Wairarapa for 60 runs on the first day or a two-day match at Masterton,
ROCHDALE BEAT HULL CITY
Rochdale, Mar, 5. Rochdale beat Hull City 4-3 Bu Watson, the Australlan
Lin a Division Three North match Tesl. batsmen, made 236, Favell scored 07 und Peter here this evening. Burge 44,
The teams were drawn 1-1
THE RESULTS
Today's results were:
Sweden 4, Russia 4 (Period scores 2-0, 0-4, 2-0), East Ger- many 3. Austria 1 (1-0, 0-1, 2-0). Finland 5, Japan 2 (0-1, 3-1 2-0). Czechoslovakia 12, Poland 3 (3-1, 0-1, 3-1).
FINAL TABLE The final table was Sweden
Czechorlovakia..
Fast Germany.
Russia
The match, played under
| Finland
Poland Japan
from December 22.--Reuter,
John Drennan and J. Martin half time. each took three wickets for 11
rung fr
Wairarapa's first floodlights, had been postponed Austrin nings.----China Mail Speciai,
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ONE SURVIVOR So that brings us to the survivor of Mr Solomons' bundle Erskine. of fighting flesh, Joe
He has gone the way of the rest of them, so, dare I mention i the only two fighters who have come through with any honour
Colony Junior
Badminton Fixtures
Idle Rocks Well Backed In Big
Mile Race
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he doesn't have to worry about his legs giving out.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NINTH (ANNUAL) RACE MEETING Saturday 2nd, Wednesday 6th and Saturday 9th March, 1957.
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 30 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 11.30 am, and the First Rage run at 12.00 Noon each day.
The Tifin interval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 pan) each
day.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 10.00 am. each day.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting..
Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him..
Timas will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel 12811),
The 6th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladies wearing Lady's Brooches.
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard,
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE...
Arlen, in fact, still has a full head of dark hair, which helps to explain his continuing success. He does summer stock, and then the Gate," nima in the winter-and thus
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to lives a balanced year occupa-requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission. tionally.
The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable, et
་
pay
the
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the
SERVANTS
"I make movies in the winter RESTAURANT. these days," he said.
During
the warmer months the money Servants must remain in their employers' boxes except for in stock is just too tempting passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the to tum down, They pay nice,
It's
CASH SWEEPS
London, Mar, 5. Idle Rocks and Orthopaedic,
Lincolnshire two
Handicap entrics, were well backed with bookmakers here today for the big mile race on March 27.
Idle Rocks, winner of the rich two-year-old race, the Gim- crack Stakes, in 1995, did a good fat, four-igure weekly salaries Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures. gallop
his Tamworth now-and that ain't hay. (Staffordshire) training grounds big business and very lucrative,” today.
The four-year-old's trainer,
term Syd Mereos, sald today: summer stock" Isn't particu- The following are the Hong-consider that Idie Rocks has a kong Badminton Association Anst class chatice. My bet on Junior Championships fixtures: him is 10,000 sterling to 200
March 11 Ai Recreio
sterling." 7.30 p.m. Ladies Singles: Mrs Doreen MacGregor Miss Tsui Luen Chun.
8
pm. Mixed Double!: R. Yung and Miss F. Dhaber v R Rainger and Miss R. Drew.
Idle Rocks was 20 to one at yesterday's callover.
At
Orthopardic, trained Lewes. Sussex, by John Gosden, was supported at all rates from
40 to one to 25-1 today.
Precious Heather,
a stable. mate of Orthopaedic, is quoted 20-1 for the race-China
8.30 p.m. Ladies Doubles: Mrg Jenny Lung and Mrs Y.Y. Chung v Miss Wong Yin Yin & Miss F. Rumjahn or Miss Hat Iamall & Miss Fung Yulc Ngan. March 11 At JRO
7.30 pm. Ladies' Doubles Mrs Z. A. Abbas and Miss Ho Shooki Hing v Miss Winnie Chan and Miss Lillian Wu
8.00
PM.
Men's
Singles:
Bernard Brown v H. J. Xavier.
8.30 pm. Men's Singles: Lec Wing Foon or Ho Bing Nam v Chu Sai Wah or Ko Wal Kwoft.
V
0.00 pm. Men's Doubles: G. Yung Jr. and Fet Ta Lee Hin Wing and Dr S.
9.30 p.m. Men's Doubles: Z. A. Abbas and Yung Hung Chow v Cyell Chan and Manfred Kan,
MARCH 13 AT IRO,
....
7,30 p.m. Ladies Singles; Miss Winnie Chan y Miss Rose mary Drew or
Miss Connie Young
8 pm. Men's Singles: R. Yung
Mail Special.
Mario Dagata To Meet Halimi On April 1
Arien salt that the
larly accurate at this time.
Although Through Tickets cannot normally be purchased for cach day of a Meeting unless there is an interval of at least five days between each day an exception is being made for the Annual Race Meeting. Through Cash Sweep tickets, therefore, at $20 each per day or 360 for the three days of the Meeting, may be obtained "They call it that, but in from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road) stead of barns and dingy school 10.00 am, on each day of the Meetinal office hours and
and 6. D'Agullar Street during
auditoriums we play magnifi- cent concert halls and theatres most of the time," he said.
PLENTY OF HAY
been "Things have
turned topsy turvy. In the old days the theatre season was winter, That was the prime movie season, too. Today more people ACTOSS the country go to the theatre during the warm months. And, of course, summer is the movie
drive-in season.”
To those fans in their 30s and then some who remember Arlen's heroic screen feats, it might be well to report that he's SB doing fine physically. He had to be in good shape to climb assorted French Alps for "The Mountain.”
reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such Uckets Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be
will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets, for a particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the serica 1 to 3,000.
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00, a.. on Friday, 1st March, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.
Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively, but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder","
The Stewards reserve the right to refure any subscription also the right to remove any name from Subscription Lists without staling reasons for their petion.
Carb Sweep Tickcols on the last race of the Meeting at $2,00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Buliding (Chater Road), 5, D'Agullar Street and 382, Nathan Road during normal office hours and until 10.00 am, on the day of, the Race Meeting.
SPECIAL CASH SWEEP
TOTALISATOR
New York, Mar. 8. The Now York State Boxing
Chairman, Mr "Today most actors can't get Commission
to-along without holding their psy- Juttus Helfand, sald here night that his organisation was choanalysts' hands,” ho Bald.] := Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby, prepared to recognise as "Some of them won't accept a scheduled to be run on 11th May, 1987; at $2.00 each, may be worki title fight the April 1st rolo unies their astrologers ap- obtained from the Cash Sweep Ofices. clash in Paris between World prove. And some danger seenes Bantamweight Champion, Mario | have to be cleared by a num Dagata of Italy and French bers expert. Yeah, things have Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets
until after the "all clear" signal has been exhibited. volumes challenger Alphonse Halimi.
come to a pretty pars," Helfand said the New York
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS Commission would press for the Arien la Just as happy, now. as
MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE to he was in the old days. Winter ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN 8.30 p.m. Men's Doubles: Bwinner of the Paris flight
ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE K. L. Lai and Dr La Fo Hot v that he would next meet motion pictures and that lucra
Mexico's Raoul "Raton": Macias | tive · aumener stock do the
OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN, ENE S. Chatchaval and V. Xhingoy-with the title at stake.
warmer months.
PAYMENT ⠀⠀ WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN" OR v B. N. Hoyde and S.. Mincins is recognised by the American National 1:Boxing
"Sure I do maminer stock," he | DISFIGURED TICKETS. " Association of World Cham wald "I find I can make
"
hay ..... Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc. will not be permitted to operate. plon, and the NBA is now the while the run shines,"
within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club..
By Order of the Ste
y George Young Jr, or Young Hung Chow.
ing or B. N.
9 pm. Ladies' Singles: Mra Z. A Abbas, the Min Ho Shook Hing vs Lilian Wu or Milse
Wong Yin Yin,
onkable international boxing argutination to remain categori DIDASAR vally opposed to the Hallmi- |
9.30 pin. Mixed Doubles:
"W. «El and Mles Connie Yung v Ikgafas title fight project.
Cyril Chan and Mrs B, W., Chan,
one of the in
.
most exciling stories about new. Franch movies in the making is that concerne ing the Chasing of "Celul” Qui
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