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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1958.

IT'S

ALL GRAB

AND NO

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Patch over eye to ansung he see Only ONE team

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"COLOURS 'AT SUGĦITY. EXTRA COST)

DESMOND HACKETT'S COLUMN IN BRITISH BOXING

Hidegkuti Plans 'Come-back' To Learn Soccer

Nandor Hidegkuti let it be known he would like

a job as a football coach,

If you do not readily recull the name Hidegkuti consider yourself blameless. England Soccer chiefs have been Trying to forget his name for years to be precise, four years,

Nandor Hidegkun Hungar

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The

with scored a part- fully recalled hat-trick when on November 26, 1953, at Wembley Stadin Hungary beat England

The Hungarians, despite the way they have whipped us 6-3 bert

and

NOT A WORLD TITLE HOPE IN CUPBOARD

By GEORGE WHITING

You play games? Hero is an old one got up to look as good as now. All you have to do in to name ONE British professional boxer likely to win a World Championship during '1958, and be reminded that we have won nothing at all in 1957, which puts us exactly lovel with 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953 and 1952.

A

year ago, this doleful department forecast that the current year would see British boxing beset by petrol rationing, entertainment tax, cushy jobs, boxers who could count only up to 10 and managers who could count only up to 25 per cent, was about to face its legnest season of all time.

A lol

of people wrdte and Beard of Control forbade the in Budapest told me 7-1

I was an unparented bangs. before my pained eyes, persist pessimist, and they were half At least we got rid of in a childilice talth that England | right. 0-1 ant became the first-evere still the home of the Mosters the petrol squeeze und the Continental side to win a fool- et Football.

entertainment tax, tell match in England.

Now Hiderkuti, aged 35 and captam of Hungary, would like 10 loam the soccer trade, the rench, traer, course.

I do not wish to be unkind in this anticipated season of good will, but I am compelled to pose the question: What would learn here

Whipped

he

But t find that Handsome Mr Hidegkuti weuld Ice ed to succur schoot right here in England

A Possible Pro Career For Mervyn Rose?

Sydney, Jan. 0. Professional tennis promoter Jack Krather end today that he would wait until after the Wimbledon Championships thla year before closing a deal to, Lake Mervyn Rose on of the amateur ranks.

It Anyhow.

was nol an Englishman, but a Scol, Jimmy And 19587 Gambolling round

started that Hogan,

foot-the graveyard, we will now mix Betion bail

about the

the old the metaphor, lead with misters. It was Hogan, st chin, and suggest that prospects affectionately remembered as tre sill pretty grim for a sport in which there is too much Grab "Uncle Jimmy" who taught the

and too little Give. Hungarians the sweet science of

soccer.

I feet that Hidegkuti would be shocked as an old mold caught out under the mistletoe bough if he came to check up on our soccer drill,

TRAPPINGS OF WOE

>

On the amateur side we have too many armchair authorities | grabbing fat TV fees for moderate entertainment, and too many bokers listening to the

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the earren.

1s-this-a-record department. For the Arst time in several years, neither Turpin nor Finch announced his irrevocable retirement.

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. PAT MCATEER (champion)

2. Alex Buxton

3. Martin Hansen

4. Billy Ellaway

5. Phil Edwards

6. Freddie Cross

7. Les Allen

#. Terry Downes

1. Lew Lazar

10. Dennis Booly 11. Jimmy Lynas

11 quantity mean: quality.

the

manager

I

Scot.

up-and-comers, Of the would take Hill's fellow John O'Brien, winner of all his eight contests this year.

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. PETER plon)

KEENAN (cham-

2. Jimmy Carson

3. George Bowes

4. Dick Currie

5. Freddie Gilroy

6. Erle Brett

7. Billy Rafferty

8. Johnny Morrissey

Healthler here with Bonves (seven wins). Gilroy (eight wins), and Morrissey (six wins) shaping sharp, and with ox- nyweight champion Da! Dower Introducing himself this month against Brett (seven wins in 10

Smille appearances). John amilled-he is emigrating to Conada.

Jim

st

For the tune being Keeran is very definitely the king-pin,

FLYWEIGHT

In Hungary the trainer Is the blandishments of professional bous. He disciplings his players | comg-hither merchants before our middleweights could with the ruthlwe whip-in-hand | they knów the difference places. And it Button could command of those circus ebaps between a left-hook and a halt-ight here as well as he does un who make lions jump "through | Nglaon.

Cantinen! hcop.

Wicks would be rich.

20 or no 20. Talk purse-19.03 None of your England-style

11011- Champion McAteer can so Peter-and you've got years Folling up in cars checking up commercial crop. Hightweight supply polish when his ile self a performer.

witness his race form, a few physical jerks, Dick McTaggart has shown signs threatened -- as the inevitable lapping session. of wubbling off that Olymple boxing against Hansen-but was and home chaps, and don't epare Gold-medal perch, leaving only palpably of insuffelent fibre for

Daye Store. Baltersea's light-such the hate power.

a robust Frenchman as welter and Dave Thomas. Charles Humez. Polytechnic's heavyweight, exponents who might CDI- Terry Downes scuffle, scowl, ceivably measure up to interna- fancy pants and all-scored' len tional standards. Does anybody wins in 12 fghts, and may yet want to bet that they will both prove the best of the younger squads. Especially if he learns still be amateurs this year?

to taler: (a) his time: and (b) no notice of the lick-spittlers.

And in the Hungarian soccer is scheme of things night life out--but strictly out.

Try to tuck up your English chaps un their beds at 10 o'clock before a match, let alone after Wards, and see how far you will Rel

You couldn't open the office door for transfer demands,

Big Wolcomo

would

most

|

as

As to our contemporary pro- fessionals, let us now don the trappings of woe and seek some semblance of order and prefer-- erice among the thinning ranks of our hard-hil pugs. And I do mean hard hit,

With no hesitation whatso- those apologies to who feel affronted I offer the following 1958 ranking lists of boxers eligible for native British Initles:

HEAVYWEIGHT

WELTERWEIGHT

1. PETER

(champion)

1. FRANKIE JONES (cham-

plon)

2. Terry Spinks

3. Ivan McCready. 4. George McDade 5. Len Reece

With everybody crossing their years to Angers, and with two

go before he can challenge for the title, pink little Spinks (11 fights, 11 wins) has been named by the Boxing Writers' Club as

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Boxing gloves

So knuckles are

not skinned when] taking a swipe at opposition

Throat lozenges!

Stout hob railed, bools with metal

toe caps for treading in the

fallen

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Pariol trained to shout "You too" at anybody what answins back

Roselle With}

clisps for Battle

Honours

Portable ladder To avoid doing

Oneself

ammo mischief by

yaulting barrier to invade pitch. Bag of orange. peel and apple cores all ready

for chucking

SUGGESTED UNIFORM FOR SOCCER SPECTATORS INSPIRED

BY A VISIT TO BELFAST

RMÜLLYETT

Bryn Curvis Has The Making Of Another Champion

If He

Turns Professional

By ARCHIE QUICK

Once upon a time Cliff Curvis was king of all Great Britain's lightweight fighters and pride of the South Wales valleys. Now he is back working in Swansea's dockland, and the mantle of this boxing family has fallon on the broad shoulders of brother Bryn.

WATERMAN the year's top you what Real name Nancurvis, this scion of old Dai's plentiful brood is a

2. Tommy Molloy

3. Jimmy Newman

Short list-but that

is the way It is if you remember that ex-lightweight champion Frank Johnson has been inactive since May, and that Ulster's Paddy Graham hes only Just joined

Kramer and Rose discussed a possible pro career for the Aussie left-hander but agreed Wim- to wait until after the bledon meeting next July. Hidegkuli Kramer said, "It Rose wins at certainly be assured of Б Wimbledon and my terms are flattering welcome to England. Iever, with satisfactory, I muy possibly start feel there would be queues up a second troupe which will requesting his attendance at the spend a lot of time in Europe," various football academies

these sporting isles, Kramer, who left lay for Maybe Hidegkuti would not Adelaide with his troupe, denied learn

very much. But I feel that he would drop Ken Rose- | football sure that we would. wall. He said he would exercise i Hidegku hopes to be la Eng- the option in February guaran-land early next season. He says te-cing Itosewall US$23,000, that he does not think he will play but that he would put Rosewall in the World Cup finals Into the second-class pro Stockholm in June. ebeult where earnings

TK the Rate receipts would be far England may 1 pass on his own

have below Rosewall's earnings last words: "There is plenty oflooked Jess Kite bush but for

Nino Valdes did Kromer wild he has offer- | young talent and we should what ed Rosewall a fiat US$500 per have a good team for the decid. Erskine: what Whillle Pastrano wit: Newmansoon to be back

Bob Baker did nutch, similar to the rate pafting stages of the World Cup. 11 and

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aging artists

1. JOE ERSKINE (champion) 2. Dick Richardson

3. Henry Cooper

4. Brian London

In

5. Peter Bales

8. Mannie Burgo

of

trust might This beef

the class.

Waterman has wilted, but he can make those world-title claims look a little jess ridiculous if he tightens his defence and really trime Italy's Emilio Marconi for the Euro- pean championship next month

Molloy 30 bouts without 10 defeat, drew aine months ago

If anybody looks up

happened to previous selections.

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(Lerdon Express Service).

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Australian Title Holder Picked For

Thomas Cup Trials

Cup

Ipoh, Malaya, Jan, C.

of Kusla Onk Eng-hong

Aus- Lumpur, holder of the

been trallan singles title, has

by the Malayan invited to in business here after elx Badminton Association to take to pro stays Pancho Segura, there Is any need tur the Richardson; what Joe Bygraves months in Australia and New part in the next Thomas Tony Travert anti Frank Seds! | experience of older, footballers and Ingemar Johansson did. 10 Zealand, where he won twice, trials on January 25 and 20.

what leinz lost once. and they wish to take ane I will Cooper; and

Neuhaus did to London, Kimmer aid, "1 have Love very pleased." Hend and Pancho

I look forward to

On the credit side, Erskine I can't Hidegkull

Jooked again-or

handsome against under much

Loti painful Bygraves; Leser

Cooper and

Gonzales as ·

my top Graw-cards.

throw mong around. I think

meeting course,

my offer to Rosewall is pretty eircumstances than the Wake of Richardson pul .11 across fale under the rlrcumstances."- Wembley and the Black Day of

United Press,

West

Australian Tennis Tourney Results

Perth, Jan. 6. Neale Fraser of Australia. Busty Mackay of Dayton, Ohio, and Ron Holmberg of Brooklyn, New York, gained the Men's Singles quarter-anals today in the West Australian Tennis Championships,

Mackay beat Joba Blacklock of Australlur 6-4, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. Holmberg defeated Ken Hurtis of Perth, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

Budapest.

-London Expṭass_Sarolen),"

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Six Hours Of

Soccer Without A

Goal Scored

Paris, Jan, 0. Two French football teains have been playing each other for six hours in the 32nd Ansl of the French Football Cup without scoring a gool.

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. DAVE

(champion)

2. Ron Hinson

CHARNLEY

und

3. George Martin

4. Ernie Fossey

5. Johany Mant

Germany's Hans Kalbfell London topped off a profitable Ave-win sequence by outsmart- ing Americo's Howle Turner,

Peints for podants: I know that Burgo has had an unbeaten season, that Bates went the distance with Erskine before his waistline began to spread and that London (No. 4) "dealt ade- quately with Richardson (No. 2) in the days when they were lighting for military medals and weekend passes.

CRUISERWEIGHT

1. RANDOLPH

(champion)

2. Arthur Howard

3. Wille Arinsiyong

4. Albert Finch

5. Terence Murphy

TURPIN

is 29, Howard

and

Division Nances, the Second professional team and Chen, the amateur team net again yes- Turpin Fraser beat Geoff Sinng of terday for the fourth time to Armstrong 27, Finch 31-and Perth, 6-2, 0-1; 0-1. Mai Andeelde who would quality but that should knock for six any derson, the Aussie who holds bad weather stopped

8. Bully Kelly

7. Darkle Hugbes 8. Jimmy Brown 9. Al Sharpe

Crowded,

Bu

we? Aren't southpaw Charnley, having held of Hinson, has no great cause for worry about his little while he sweats out his National Service att with the Army. Hiuson tiplapped two good wins over Frenchiman Guy Gracia, and another over Irishman Marlin, who nevertheless retains The look of a prospect after bla performance against Armand Savole.

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. CHARLIE

pion)

HILL (cham-

Shades of Jordan, Driscoll and Charlie Glasgow's the ideas you might harbour about Tarleton

champlonand

onc

of ten When the Kames. players were announced for the trials a fortnight ago, Ong was not among them. His selection was announced today.

The other trialists are Eddy Choong. David Choong, Johnny Heah, Tew Kew-san, Abdullah Piruz, Lai Foot-ying. Out Telk- hock, Ong Pob-lim, San Seong- kok, and Lim Say-hup.

Twenty-two-year-old Ong, who is a student at Melbourne

is University. spending his holidays with his family in Kuala Lumpur--Reuter,

Australian Fast

Bowler For Johannesburg

National Serviceman with the 4th Training "Battalion, RASC, at Blackdown, and the manner in which he outpointed such an experienced campaigner as Ted Batterham-himself a former Army title-holder-at the London ABA versus Army match indicated that there is the making of another Champion here when Bryn decides to turn professional-as he undoubtedly will.

Like Cliff, Bryn is a southpaw, un only goal in the last len rows up warming stories of from the Empire Club, Swansea, seconds, iter manager, Mr coutage in face of bleak' disaster. and he has most of the punches Jimmy Baldwin, told me that

Geoffrey Smedley

gimental game at

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In hip repertoire. Already I be sum of £800 weekly is National Serviceman in the can see father Dat fussing over collected in shilling units. That Royal Army Corps of Signals hiin in his corner and then, Is, 16,000 tickets are sold by when he broke his leg in a re- Catterick after his boy has won, hobnob- Supporters' Club whose parent

The bresk was; det, a bing with his cronies in the body attracts only an average Camp. meatest

bad break it was, but there hostelry and telling "gate" of 3,000

better than

nover them how much

seemed a likelihood of Chia Bryn is!

Out of that £600, about 100 Geoffrey again playing football, Laws in agents collecting fees After weeks in hospital and one shilling in the pound only months on crutches, his injured

London won by ning bouts

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exactly

That was

lo four, and the highlight of the and administrative expenses. evening

Seymour Hall, Of the balance £350 Is devoted and his good are formed a

iciler "D"

Doubly distressing Marylebone, was the one-punch to prize-money and prizes, and because Smedley had just de-

gets the residue of

with professional il victory of Heavyweight Charm- the club

This plus the "gates" come plon Dave Thomas over Gunner £350.

Middlesbrough FC. Two opera- salaries of the stations pays the

were performed, and a Ron Sanders froni Sheffold. The opening bell sounded, they players, rent and all other over liver plate inserted.

for

nine leads. In fact, this 3,000 s spurred

two years ago. made a small profit seconds, and then the Padding week club ton dustman whipped over a last neason! And travelling is when the boy could get back on right to the jaw and Sanders as for afield as Llanelly, Barry to his sect he trained assiduous- was counted out. There was and Merthyr in Wales, Bedford ly but hopelessly, and only he

Hastings some concern behind the scenes and

Twenty-one seemed not to know that his ac- after Sanders had reached his longlah journeys a season.

live days at Ayresame Park and He trained were over. dressing room, for this was only

teeth hjx Sanders third fight since he

trained, gritting Broke his jaw last season. After

against the pain when he lapped medical exandration, however,

the ground; no damage was reported.

A Big Surprise

The Same Story

rat up and down It was the same story with the terracos. for strengthening beaten Guildford. Manager exercises, and even a few times Tom Sneddon, just back from kicked a ball,

coaching

in Hongkong, relics upon the Supporters' Club for

Ai last Manager Bob Denni- the wherewithal, although it is con could stand it no longer, not on such a grand scale as and, although Smedley was kept Middle Peterborough, Hastings and on the club's books, he was sent

Year. Remember, too,

Just as big a surprise was the

hal announccnient weight Champlon Peter Burke

that back to his Nottingham home. determination of The Fisher Club, had failed Gravesend, with Jimmy Logle The youngster's

1 make the 11st. 11lbs, limit.

and a side which would not to get back into football nover In fact, he weighed as much or disgrace many a Third Division flagged, and he trained with

12 sts, 4 lbs. Mr Burke is going club, draws barely 3,000 specta- Notts County.

Sydney, Jan. 0.. The 24-year-old West Austra- Jan fast bowler Ron Gaunt will

to have some trouble evidently leave Perth by 'air' for Johannes-

getling down to poundage burg next Wednesday to join the

before the time comes for lim Australian Test cricketers In

to defend his National title. the US Single crown, gained match after 20 minutes of piny. youth having its fling at the Hill, despite his great gallantry South Africa. the second round with a 6-1,

fight game. Turpin has been against Jimmy Brown and Ghunt was able to rush through

The other two ABA cham- 0-0, 6-0, victory over Krudy They will meet again for the regularly on the floor, but at Percy Lewis, is in my opinion a his fool arrangements today to

plans competing both won their filh Dotsogna of Parl.

time on January 12. cast

cuable him to Teave in two days' can boast

1057 moderate three

bouts on points with some esse Angela Mortimer of England Bellan holds the football victories over, alien hordes and who would be on the way out if time. entered the Women's quarter-marathon record. Leylon unda

collection of championship there were a really talented The touring side's fast bowlers.lightwolterweight Roy Warner and Cin Dave Stone of 10: finale by defeating Brenda ford took nine hours 40 points against Howard. Randy British featherweight around to Mecki, Drennan, and Davidson

REME Command Workshops of Perth, 0-0, 6-0.— minutes to decide who was the thought he could give a stone tu

are on the injured ist-Franco- Sayers

give him a shove. But, as of

Driver Ron Foot, 18th Training United Press.

winner.-France-Pres90,

Prosse. Winte Postrong-un!!! the row, there is no such animal.

Battalion, RASC, was, however, defcased on points by "Chalky" White, or Mitcham. It was severo octback to Foot's higher hopes.

THE GAMBOLS

IT'S A LETTER FROM MUSON AND FLIVVR52.

THEY'RE CÓMUNG TO STAY, MAITSE LIBI AEFORE THEY

GO BACK TO SCHOOL

By Barry AppReloc

WED" BETTER ØRT FRO

RADO

SWISS MADE

GETAINARE ATĂ

ALL MATCH DEALERS |

A Happy Boy

tors to their home matches, yet can afford to pay half a dozen ex-clars, And to a man, these formar lights-of the soccer

Then one day last March he world tell me that they are bet-

was walking along a Notting ter of Inancially and happler ham street with his mather under the dressing room than they when his leg crumbled ever were before their lives. him, "This lu the end, thought Ceoffrey an they took him back Beltind Yeovil's Inst-minute to hospital. All his efforts in win is the story of player- valu. The late had corroded manager Jimmy Baldwin who and the leg collapsed with it. turned out after a late fitness But it proved a bleadog in dis. test but still with a troublesome milse. The leg was re-sot, more bone grafting eg. "If that game had gone there were io extra time," he said, "opertions, and now he is having should have had to come off. rohabitation treatment. That would have been a inc

thing for a manager to do with Smedley is u happy boy, for Like so many county cricket his players fighting for their the surgeons have told him that hu will be able to play football clube, non-League football clubs, Cup existence wouldn't Ji?”

again, at the lack looks for is the majality," "rely on the

Yeovil are now at home to waid to the day what he will

Whelly swepstaken organited

by their Supporters Clubs, Bath City in the next round, so redoin tos "Maldõuesbrough club. Tycots of this method of fand-there is sure to be at least adelappe balore the end of this

rding are, undoubtedly Peter-non-League club in the "big goa.

It wis

Borough United" and fastings round. Remember,

United, but other clube who Yeovil

under Alec Stock's

who chat Inger on

the Football player-managarahip Association Cup competition, boat Bury and mighty Suider- like Bath City, Worcester City, Land "oh" their own somet Wabech Town and Yoovi slopes. Town, get along way nicoly in a

slightly" fopper Be

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Asoclalón Zootball can pro Take Yeovil. After they had vide" "diilling hatinees of cold disposed of Guildford City with

IKEA MEETING

aint speeting.

the long- Vinpolation