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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1957.

BUSBY KNOCKERS GET WARNING

For Weeks These Charming Sports Diary

Characters Have Been At Their Mischief

by ALAN HOBY

The knockers are at their old, stupid game agait. This time their target is Manchester United, top team of these charming English football. For weeks now characters have been at their mischief,

The Champions-they say League programme when the →ore no longer the towering force heat has been really on with way games at Wolves and West Bromwich Albion.

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of last season when they wound up League Champlons, Cup Finaliste, and European Cup semi-finalists.

and Injuries only Then

robbed liem of the ataleness. greatest-ever treble in the long history of British Soccer.

Frustrated?

The famous Babes-they say ----although 31111 winning

matches, have lost their former

The

"But now, you watch. boys wlin realis Warm up. Later in the season these clubs will have to come up here and meet United on our ground. Then I will be a vastly different kettle of fish."

Now let me cum up, Manchester are NOT allding, slipping,, or slitheringa

silky smoothness. They aren'ting-up or whining cikcking as bolore.

The United reserves they ty -are a bunch of frustrated youngsters tired of waiting for The brst team place that never comes.

In shorl they say-trouble with an outsize Tis casting long shadow over Old Trafford's £200,000 super stadium, The of Matt honey-sweet smell Busby's long run of success is beginning, at last, to turn sour.

Well, what are, the facts behind this

growing gusher of criticism?

Are these attacks on Man- chester false or rue? That's what the average Jan is Asking.

First, laten to Busby himself European -the man with the

outlook, the football chlet who sleeps. and breathies, esls, dreams Manchester United....

in u straight warning to the

Busby knockers he says:-

"I'm not worried Aboul United's position. You can't have roses all the way, but United will definitely be there at the end at the top."

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The reserves are NOT crack- about their secondary role as stand-Ins such stars as Duncan Edwards, John Berry, Taylor, Tommy Billy Whelan, or David Pegg.

In fact, the Manchester United second string are TOP of the Central League with 01 goals in 15 matches.

So much, then, for all those stories about Old Trafford rulles and shenaniganal

Nor is there any complacency among the front-liners.

Still Majestic

All this past week skipper Roger Byrne and his boys have stepped-up training.

From goalkeeper to centre forward. every acroballe mon- Jack of thean is certain that their star, far from setting, Es going to shine even more brightly before the season 18

over.

So my forecast is: WATCH MANCHESTER UNITED and ignore their "false" start.

They are stil playing majo~ suc, Busby-styled football. They are still passing and intercepting from tuil-baek to forward with

Now listen to Matt's second-quick, thoughtful grace. in-commond, that smart seer ol BXXver, Welshman Jimny Murphy.

Twice As Tough "Every League match this season," says Jimmy, has been twice as tough as last season,

four "Lengue teams play times go well against us as they scem to do agclst other sides.

"There's

mad, Cup-tic atmosphere every time we play away. The crowd get it first And then transmit it to the players.

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Other teams have got it in for Manchester. Mind you, 's not in a dirty way, They almply roll their sleeves up higher and tackle quicker.

United

"I'm not making excuses-a club e Manchester which has carried the

banner

of British toolball high across Europe doesn't need alibis, but the ball simply hasn't been running for us.

"We have also been getting over the toughest part of our

Transyaal Still Needs 132 Runs Against Aussies

Johannesburg, Nov. 11.

A seventh wicket stand.of 170 In 195 minutes, which began -on Saturday, between Bob Simpson (103) and Alanz Davidson (100), put the Aus fralian touring cricketers In a well nigh unassailable posi- Hon today agalest Transvaal. It paved, the way for a total of 449, n lend of 208, and Trans- vaal, who had been dismissect for 241, lost three second inn- ings wickets for TT before Uie cload,

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With one day remaining

Transvaal still need 132 runs to save an innings defent,

The Partial collapse of the home side after Ica was due to

a spell by Lindsay Kline, whose spinners claimed the wickets of Russel Endean and Ken Funston, both leg before, In the space of four deliveries.

Simpson's century, which in- cluded eight fours, took eight minutes over ve hours while Davidson weht to three figures: in three hours 34 minutes, and hit ten fours.

Streaky Strokes

They seidon locked 110 being separated, although Simp- sonhad one or two streaky

stroke, particularly when, fac- log te offspin of Hugh Tay- field

Simpson had given An easy chance when 10 on Saturday but today never offered a catch until the one which dismisNCİ bint

Nell Adcock and Peter Helne, the South African pace bowlers. were unimpressive and the tall-onders played them con- Adently.

even

Hugh Tayfield had a remark- able record of 13 overs for 439 ruas, bowling 20 overs between the third and fourth wickets.

There was good news for the Australiaha today when they heard that Nall Harvey,

Colin McDonald and Jim Burke, who, have been injured, will do it lo play in the next game at Pretoria-Beutor.

But now they are really going to toughen up and adri that crocodile bite that has been lacking.

"For."

Jimmy say's little Murphy grimly, "our greatest ambition is to win the Cham- pionship three years running and so equal the record set up by Arsenal and Huddersfield,

can't "Anyone who says we do it is mad,"

-London Express Service).

MATT BUSBY-- Bobes are getting back the "bite.”

1 Welsh boxer

2 Triumph 3 Blow

4 Nol mittens

5 Such a weight

TODAY

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Junior Mixed Doubles: CCF 'Green' LHC: 9 Atephen's y Recreio CYMCA V CCC "Yellow': KCOV Cung Cha

Golf

Railway & Iowa Cupa semi-snala,

TOMORROW Racing

Entries Close for Fourth Race Meeting, noon,

"Meeting

ID Amateur Bwimuning Associa. tion, Council Meeting at Club, Lusi Land 8.30 p.m..

Soccer

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Division: Bing Tao v Polle (08) at 4 p.ni.

Inter-Provincial Cricket Match Ends In A Draw

Pro

in a

Capetown, Nov. 11.

cricket The inter-Provincial match between Western vince and Natal ended draw here today when rain prevented play.

Western Final. scores: Province 304 for nine declared and 138 for one; Natal 233. - Reuter

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Tommy Kono Wins

World Middleweight Weightlifting Title

Teheran, Nov. 11.

Tommy. Kono (United States) today won the Middle- weight title at the World Weightlifting Champion- ships here although his total lift of 420 kilogrammes (925% pounds) was the same as that of Fedor Bog- danovski (USSR), the Olympic Gold medallist at this weight.

But

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the Olymple Gold medal in the Division, Light Heavyweight

for the reduced to challenge

Middleweight title and kilogromnes (103.8 pounds) to the Russian's 74.9 (105.1 pounds), won the honour,

Worter body weight, 74.3

and 1522, with a total of 385 kilogrammes (870.8 pounds).

Pete George, of the United States, Bliver medallist behind Bogdanoski in Melbourne, did in the Middle- weight division today, owing to

llness.

not compete

Trofim Lomakin (Russia) the Light-Heavyweight Kono's lifts in

kilogrammes won for Press, Snotch and Jerk, title with a world record total kilogrammes (091% wero 135, 1221 and 1621 res-lift or 450

lbs). pectively, while Bogdanovski had 132. 12716 and 160.

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This beat the record of 447.8 Third place went to Jon kilogrammes (980 lbs) sel by

(US) In Bochenek (Poland), 126, 117 Tommy Kono

at Melbourne Olympic Games Jast year.

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Urto for the were Press, Snatch, and Jerk 142.5 kg. (314 ibs.), 132.5 kg. (292 lbs), and 175 kg. 1385* ibs).

James

(US) George second with a total of 422.5 kg. (931 lbs)130 kg. (200 16s), 132.6 kg. (202 lbs), and 160 kg. (3251⁄2 lbs).

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Singles Title For Drobny

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