1958-02-14 — Page 6

SPORTSWRITER SAYS

BAD STRATEGY IS TO BLAME FOR THE SPRINGBOK DEFEAT

Johannesburg, Feb. 13.

Bad strategy is to blame for the Springbok defeat yesterday against Australia wrote Ray Robinson in the Johannesburg evening “Star”, loday.

He added: "The Australians have won the Test rubber, two up and one to play, by their ability to turn an - an essential advantageous position into a victory

in the four Tests not grasped by South Africa played."

Robinson continued:

*There

has been little between the two sides, yet the Australian quality has inade the results look lopsided.

"Contrust the Australians' play, once they glimpsed victory in the distance, with the Spring- held boks strateny when they

the upper hand".

The South African batting then "showed no sign of aware- ness of the urgency of digging | In the spurs to make sure of result in the Ave-day Lime #nil, the article stated.

Robion pointed out that! "the try meats when strateg went off the Fail: are cosity Identitled,

Last Innings

"South Afra led by 349 the tea tervad on the fourth slay of the first Test, yet teok Nearly three and a half hat longer to get the. Australiang in for their last innings and jer: their bowlers only four ! half hours to get them

"In the third Test, the Spin. Loks had Australia out 46 141 before the second day was baf an hour old," wrote Hobson, "Yet they took 13 hours u get a lead of 221, again leaving the bowlers hisuffelent, fine in get Australia but

Suspensions On

THE... CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1958,

REFEREES SHOULD ENJOY THE GAME

Some Advice From Mervyn Griffiths To

To The

Man In The Middle

By CHARLES STEVENS

London.

The most important man in a game of soccer is the reforce--- the chap in the middle who blows his whistle and gets shouted at.

He can make or mar a game. If he is not strict enough, a lively match can get out of hand. If he is too strict, he can kill interest by continually stopping the game for potty

reasons.

Three Hungarian None of this happens when a certain Welsh schoolmaster is in charge.

Soccer Stars Reduced

Zurich, Feb. 13, The suspensions on threo Hungarian international footballers who hovo offered their services to Manchester United were the reduced today by Executive Committee of the International Football Association (FIFA).

Puskas and

Zoltan

The ban on Sandor Kocsin Is to be lifted next Saturday and Ferenc Czibor will be free to play on August 15 ils year, the FIFA

souncement cald.

All three were suspended to re- when they decided not

ur: to Hungary after the up- rising at the end of 1958. The longest of the suspensions was to end until October not due this year,

forbidden The players were

play fr

non-Hungarian tpr

Hungary since leans - Dartstic Hobinson concluded: "As all were considered stilt to be different captain was in churgender the jurisdiction of the

Eveme to such time, the finger

17ungarian Football Federation. polit

South

Ilungarian Three Alican headquarters.

ollar players. Istvan Szolnok, Gustav armory and Gyula Szabo, failure of the stonewalling will also have the ban on them strategy,

which ended

inted on Saturday. defeat by ten wickets yesterday,

tu

zmistaken

"If the lessons of the third

For Mervyn Griffiths doesn't see himself as someone outside a game, but as a part of it. So he wants to enjoy it as much as the players and spectators.

"Enjoy every came in which you officlate, and don't be afraid to show you are enjoying it," says Grims in "The Man in The Middle" (Stanley. Paul; 10s 3d.)

"I made up my mind early in my career that no player was going to spoil my pleasure during the 10 minutes or so I was in determination charge, and this has reaped dividends.

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Sports Diary

TODAY

Athletics

DBS annual sports day. grounds, li am

school

Colonse saah championally at Victoria Barracks.

HISTA

Alerting

Management Committes

Meeting, Sports Road, 6.30 pm.

TOMORROW

Cricket

lat Division: Scorpions v Andy 'South', Polic VECC. KCC Y Beerdió, IAF V INC. Anay North's Navy,

'Bouth' v and Division: Army XCC "Hornete, KOC WAV Polico, IRC KCV, Dockyard V RAF. DUE, Univeralty Army

HAJ Navy (Ka) Tuk) 3 pm Club Police (Has Tak) 4 Clab v 1 Ehat Lanes (11) 4.30 p.m.: 1 Greer, Howards v Hloyed Navy "B" (DS) 1.30 p.m.

Rugby

Wokingham Town Sharply Penalised For Using An Ex-Professional Player

London, Feb. 13. Wokingham Town amateur footballers woke to a severe shock today when they found themselves sharply penalised for having played an ex-professional soccer player in the matches which brought them proudly into the quarter-finals of the English Amateur Foot. ball Cup.

Association Was the

pad that The player in question

share Mike Ashford," for the last Wokingham's

of "pool" year a star of the Wokingham benedia within the Cup schemo amateur team which will have to be paid to the clubs Town

the which their team bent in earlier boat West Auckland in

the rounds. eighth Anals. Somebody on

Football opposing side spotted him as ok-

Association and recouulsed that

Wokingham

that 1st Division; RAFV Club (Club). United professional footballer Town did not Tung Wah v Jardines (CH), CAA V

Ashford was really South Caina (35) All matches at Ray Hancox, playing for "fun" "amateur"

under an assumed name.

ex-professional Han oox. Herve Division: CAA Squib Hancox was today suspended France-Presse

• p.m.

4 p.m.

RASC

V

Rocter

Chian (85) 2.30 pm.

vby

Association. the Football 2nd Division: Caroline 1111

play their Telephone (Club) 250 p.m. South Woldingham must

West Auckland Griffiths recalls one game In A leading sports writer of the China RA Bal Wan (CH) 30 match against

PREME Y St Joseph's which, when a goal was scored, day said: "A disgusting ex-30 p.in.: Taikoo v Alterati v again, ofter beating them by a Football What is more, the we defenders, both interna- bluition of this nature, absurdly 4p; CSV RAMC (UV) 4pm: goal.

U 3rd Division: 5 & 8 Temor Association has ruled that pro- out of hope designated The Grand National, Navy v Prisons (Navy) 4 pm.

"Oit-Steeple Chase' has just taken Mercantile (Navy) 430 pm.: tienals, appealed rather than convletion. side, Mr Grilliths?"" querled one, place. Eight horses out of thir- University v Watson (HV) 230 pm; Ats from the Arst match must Yan Godown v RIL (UV) 2.13 pm go to football charities run by

Valley (IV) Rediffusion Happy while the other chipped in with teen fell." a tentative, "Hand-ball?"

"You straighten it out between take the ball to the you while centro replied Crimine, and they all enjoyed a good laugh..

Spectators are often accused af being Ignorant of the rule, Griffithe agrees with this. But he declares that "the ignorance of many professionals about the laws of the game is colossal."

occasions he has On many

Indirect free lick

Another writer described the asean, Tathy, steeplechasers

abused, sunken-eyed, woe-begone, iron- marked. desperately

all the lively bruted, Incking energy that characterises the of the up-to-the- movements mark hunter,"

Steeplechasing. says Miso was at that ilme both Ellot, cruel and dishonest'a kind of roulette whorl for using up on the only to be sited by the attack-horses that had failed in side whether they can scordat. And all this because thera from it. And Griffith says it

was no governing body to cen- is amazing how many players trof the sport as a whole" forget much basic points of soccer And Gridiths, schoolmaster law as not being able to be ult the ugh

treat side from a throw-in. he is does not players 18e schoolboys, even if they sometimes act that way. He dock not indulge in dramatic lev- tuting and finger waving.

"I an Arm believer in the fact that a reterce's attitude to- wards his gaule infectious."

Certably rithths' grin bas proved infections from Manches ter to Moscow. It tells players that if this pleasant chap tells you off you must deserve it.

awarded an

advice players and spectators: "Get the Referers Chart. You'll enjoy your game all the more."

Complete Guide

~(London Express Service).

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HOME SOCCER FIXTURES

zt

Boundary

Athletics Athletics Streal, 2 D.m.

Hockey Ladies League: fcerelo "AY KGV (KP) 250 p.m.; Gremlins v Victorians (TV) 230 pan

French Indoor Lawn Tennis Tourney

Paris, Feb. 18.

Chairler

Madame Susan

filed

mecl

No More Air Travel For These Soccer Players

MUNICH DISASTER

British MPs Sign Motion Deploring Press Conduct

London, Feb. 19.

More than 20 Membors

of

Parliament bed tonight sigend a motion deploring the con- duct of a pasion of the British prese in the handling of the Munich air disaster, the. Manchester The Yugoslav Football As-ball Club,

Belgrade, Feb., 13,

sociation has informally decide:

involving United Foot-

They assert that a number of

that in future Yugoslav foot- newspapers violated the privacy hindered the train of the victims, tallers will travel by

and exploited instead of by air, sports sources hospital staf

sensation by publishing photo- sald here today.

A joint deputation of re-graphs of the injured and their

Turoslav relatives. (France) and Miss Anna presentatives of the

and Football Association

the Members object particularly Shilcock (Britain) today quali Red Star Football Club, which to a photograph taken of Mr

Mademoiselle

against Manchester Maut Busby, the Manchester

will Christlaho Mercelis (Belgium) played

leave Unlled here,

on United manager, while he was and Miss Pat Ward (Britain) Tuesday to attend the Manches- seriously ill in an oxygen tant in the finals of the women's

The motion is signed by mem ter funeral of the players and doubles of the French Indoor journalists filed in last week's bors of both parties. Tennis Championships.

One of the Munich alr crash-China Mail

Labour, Merceils

had a and Word

Maurico urged the Government in the walkover in the semi-finals over

of Commons today to Madame

House opponents,

time Ginette Bucaille (France) and

provide for a debate. Mrs Erica Vollmer (Cermany 1

Mr R A. Butler, Leader of when Mrs Vollmer scratched

the House, sald he could not from the championships after

provide Government time. But If Labour wished, the mollon oproining a log in the singles yesterday.

could be debated in the time alloted to the Opposition.

could be Alternatively, I raised by a private member.~- China Mail Special..

Following are the Home soccer their fixtures for tomorrow: FIA Division

On one occasion a well-known internatioant was guilty of using

"Not becoming At lasta drst-rate handbook bad language. an international, is it?" Grifiths which is a complete guide to the Mecca of all klers-the Swiss ebuked him quietly.

As the teams came out for the Alps. It is James Riddell scond half the player went up "The Ski Runs of Switzerland" lo Grimths and said, "Thanks Michael Joseph; 365)

Here is a book which will help Arena for the quietest but the most i effective telling-off I've ever every skier, beginner und expert Bundes Everter ha. are to be heeded, it

Pr. Kocsis and

I shall not be guilty of alike, to find the runs in Sandancheater C.

hasa't land mast siled to his taste and Nottingham rebuff to followers of the cult who are all Hving in

that offence again." who put their faith in blocklog formed without footwork instead of

"Mogicel Mayars" team which been, as far as Grimus knows ability Torrit playing the ball on

JOCK SLOAN PRESENTS

will be u

the nuelcas

Czibor, Vienna,

of the

won the Olymple title in 1952 with soundly made strokes." and beat England in 1953 France-Presse.

1954--Reuter.

and

China Mail's '1954

World Cup Matches Footballer Of The

Unlikely To Be Televised

Says DEREK JOHN

London.

It seems unlikely that the World Soccer Cup matches in Sweden in June will be televised. The fee offered by the TV companies is not big enough to offset the drop in gate money which the Swedish FA fear would result.

The expenses of the tournament are very high. Travelling will alone cost the 15 national teams going to Sweden a total of £75,000.

ute

Yet the preliminary rounds doe Erskine would be the ob

be proving lo

money-vious eholee) we inny meet an spinners. I estimate that al-American contender in London," Are you Come of it, Cus. together the gates for the quali-

viu ames, from the Arst coming to Brilsin, or aren't you? match in September, 1956, will reach about £2,500,000,

•

Despite Britain's Ryder Cup

Co- that

Two million tickets have been priated for the Cup matches in victory. Dave Themas, Britain's

thou- most promising and most sand spectators from Britain ahead young golfer, feels

Swexten,

and soverna

and Germany

have

al-America is the place to develop your game. So, just back froin ne tour of the United States,

ready booked accommodation, About 600 spectators are expect ed from Brazil and several hundred from the Argentine and Mexico.

Nearly 2,000 newspaper re- porters

to cover are expected

the tournament.

Fiory Manager

plans anolber and will be in America again in February.

"shall join the circuit al Houston, Texas, and follow it right the way through the oft 3in., 15-stone. Thongs tells

going to me. The idea of America is to sharpen hla game. For there

tunes us are three many top gollers in the States

Cus D'Amato, fiery manuger as thare" are in Britain. So to

of World Heavyweight Chain- make money you've just got:

plon Floyd Patterson, should to be good.

take care that he doesn't cam

the title of the world champion fight bore.

Week after week, month after month

D'Amato

Incessantly

publicises his promises that Put terton will dufend the world

Thomas will not return Britain until July 1959,

to

---(London Express Service);

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Wednesday

- v Cheleas style, beautifully illustrated with Sunderland Vlackpool

V Leeds map and photographs, I sWolves claimed to be the only book 1

Second Division which mountain heights are ac- Barnaley

Shemeid according Lo recent Bristol surveys, It also gives the al- Charlton

Derby titude sirop of every major sti lift und ski railway in the Alps, Fulham

Grumaby Hudders0eta Levinn fotherhain

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Middlesbrough

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Third

Bournemouth

No deli is too trivial for D.L. Rearley, who covers every pupert of horse-riding in "Riding Swances Made Easy" (Country Lite Ltd; 18). Hu even advises the ladies on the best foundation parraents Colony football fans will to wear while riding.

The result is the most cum Crystal Palace have an opportunity of a

Instructional books Newpert briof reunion with the prehensive

you could wish for.. And It Norwich China Mail's "'1954 Hong- makes

too. Plymouth reading, Cusy

Aldershot

Brentford Colchester

Ewindon

Watford

Third

kang Footballer Of The Wherever possible, instruction is don Year" during "Sports Box" | riven by illustration; the text is Torquay on the Rediffusion Tele-kept to an absolute minimum. virion Service

Is rkling easy? It clearly takes tonight.

a great deal of practice and Earrow They will be able to 500 knowledge to become a com-Bradford Miko Granger playing

horseman plete

But there is Bury

Carille brilliantly in the York City une encouraging point. Kearles Crewe

talking "just Umestead goal against Bolton Wan-cays people ate derers in the Fourth Round plain unmitigated rot" when they Oldhaun

tell you that you cannot be a Re-play of the FA Cup.

horseman until you have had a Granger is

making fall. scen several of the typical daredevil zaves that endeared him to the Colony's football public and his performance will prove the wis dom of China Mail readers in

MIKE GRANGER

*Root- electing him our first ballor Of The Year"-an honour which has not gone to a Euro- pean player in the years since Granger won it.

"Sports Box" will be televis

title in Britain. But there is Never A Prizewinnered at 830 and will be intro-

at no sign of D'Amato or his olíamp.

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dused by Jock Sloan who in-

John Tarrant, on Buxincidentally was Manager of the rums in overy long distanco ruch

Army Tootball Team in Hong- is latest move is to announce that is held in the North or

kong while Granger was play- that he will confer with London Midlands of England, but ho

ing here. promoter Harry Levene, never wins a prize. Generally, Amato says: "Harry Lovene he is capable of the fastest time the race, but wants Patterson to defend lds of anyone in

"Viewers will also be able to see the European Cup match Red Bar of 'Belgrado which

le in London in May or June never a canteen of cutlery for between Manchester United and

the proposal.

Why? Johm la

at an indoor arena, Patterson him and I are seriously considering fessional. They call him The preceded the tragic Rir crash Ghost" for he just tags on al at Munich in which several of the back of the "old" for cx- the Manchester United players and "It Levons cappot, produce perience, stamina and general and melbls were killed

several more badly injure de an attractive British shallanget! training.

Scunthorpe

Southoort Wrexham York

Grand National Airdrie 4

Celtie

blackburn

Bristol C.

Went Ham Gilmahy Town

✓ tpawich

Division (Both)

Y Exeter

Southampton ✓ Shrewsbury

• Coventry

9 Northampton

v Brighton

y Walrati

v Queen's Pl.

Southend

Guinhar

✓ Reading

V Mwall

Division (North)

y Chester

Kanaleld Rochdale Hartlepooln

v Halifax

• Workington

• Accrington

v Hull

v Tranmere v Sinckport,

V Chesterfeld

Scottish League "A"

Dunder It will soon be time again for

welfare Falkirk the various animal societies to lodge protests about carts

Partick that most famous of all steeple-

Queen's Park chases, The Alatree

Grand Raith

St Air National, which is to be run on March 20, Almost every year there are complaints that the Alloa jumpa are too high, the courte teo long, the field too big-in short, the race too crtiel.

No sporting event arouses s much controversy, Yel the con- ditions of steeplechasing

arc

Ideal compared with what they

were once.

Brotab

Arbroath Herwick Brechin Danfer mélo HomЯ100

St Johnstone Stranraer

V Queen of So.

Third Lanark

บ

V

East Fife

V

Motherwell

v Hangers

V

Abordeen

v Klimarnock

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→ Kyde

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Leaguə “1”

FUTTAT

v Stenmuir

Y

Dumbarton

v Albion

v Cowdenbo@ilt

V

Montrose

v Stirling

V Earl Stirling

Y Morton

FA Cup (Fifth Roundy

viristol Rovers In her most attractively pre-Bristol City sented history of steeplechasing. Ben Verera v Stoke City

Cardiff City v Wacku Th Scunthorpe U. "Partrait of Sport" (Langmuns,

V Liverpool Green and Co; 453), Elizabeth Sheffield U. vW. D'wich

v Fulhan 19. that in the West Ham U. 1840s steeplechasing was "be-Wolves coming the recognised refuse of

Ellat reminds

Manchester

Chatrier and Shilcock. beat Medame Suzanne Le Besnerals (France) and Madame Buric Kormoczi (Hungary) in other semi-final. France- Presse.

'Golden Gloves'

Aspirant Dies After Fight

the

Springfield, Mlinois, Feb. 13, Molvin

Young, 17-year-old therweight aspirant to

the

A

Special.

UIF Schmidt Slight Favourite To Beat Jose

Manila, Feb. 14. Sweden Uit Schmidt meets

Jose while Juen

Felicleimo Ampon clashes with defending champion Raymunde Deyra this afternoon in the semi-finals of

the Philippine National Tennis Singles Championship."

Edelries, Mr

ASIAN GAMES

Athletes 295

To Represent Japan

Tokyo, Feb. 15.

Schmidt, Sweden's second- ranked pinyer and the only foreign entry in this year's opch, is a slight favourite to beat Jose Derro is expected to wield his usual mastery over Ampon, who for the decade following Japan will cuter 206 athlates the war ruled Philippine tennis, in the Asian Games to be hald

In yesterday's men's doubles here from May 24 to June 1

Preparatory Committee decided today.

be 50 In addition thero will erials in the Japanese team,

The 20 countries taking part

-7.-France-Presso.

Ars

Buzme,

"Golden Gloves" American semi-inal the Schmidt-Ampon the Amateur title, died here follow-team beat the Jose brothers ng a knockout in the eilinina- Juan and Guillermo--1, 9-7, tion stage of the championship. The cause of death was broken blood vesset in the head. Young won his 4ght by a knockout last night and climbed into the ring again two hours later in a further stage of the contest. This time he was knock- ed out in the Brst round, his head striking the lower rope of the ring as he fell.

to hospital He was rushed where he died.-France-Presse.

Pakistan 320 For Nine Against Leeward Islands

St. John's, Antigua, Feb. 18. The Pakistan touring cricket team scored 320 for nine the first day of their three-day

against the match

DAL

Leeward

islands at Antigua today.

The Pakistan batsmen hit out

LAWN TENNIS EXHIBITION MATCHES

Swedish Uit Schmidt, the Davis Cup player, will play one-

Honmbodia,

Talwan, Iran,

India,

Istel,

Korea, North

the

Afghopiston, Ceylon, Indonesia,

Japan, South

Mulaya,

Nepal,

Borneo, Pakistan Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and South Vietnam- Router.

day exhibition matches ng Colony Man In

the Colony stars on Monday, February 17, at the Hongkong Cricket Club at 4 pm.

The following matches have been arranged:-

4 pm.: Ült Schmidt and Ho Choung-po vs Edwin Tapi and Michael L.

6 pm: Ult Schmidt ve İp Koon-hung.

NON-TITLE BOUT

World Cup Appeals Jury

Zurich, Feb. 18, The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Football

Associations (FIFA). which ended a two-day session here, announced the Appeals Jury for the World Cup Anals Naples, Fob, 19.

in Sweden this year as follows: Mario d'Agata (Italy), Euro

Mr A. Drawry (England), the реда

Bantamweight Boxing FIFA President, Dr M. AD-

In festival mood. Three socred Champion and former world drejovic (Yugoslavia), Mr A over of Saced Ahmad. (75)tle-holder, beat Michel Lamora Balem (Exypi), Mr E. Borrero Wallis Mathias (07) and ikram (France) in the fourth round (Colombia) and Mx 3, Skinner of a ten-round hon-title bout (Hongkong, representing Aali)

Albipfishi (54).

Wallis retired with a pulled thigh muscle.

v Darling bon

Y United

Shvetald

all outcasts, human and equine, Wednesday postponed until FebrŰ-

ary 10-Reuter, from the legitimate turf."

THE GAMBOLS

CHES A CAREER GIRL- VERY SUCCESSFUL TOO 10

OR?

Eustace Mathew, right arm Bitstunner, took seven for 113.

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here tonight,

The referee dight because of a had over Lamera's right eye. Mail Special

Barry Appleby

SET OUT TO BE A CAREER BUT DEORGE 'STORPEO ME GIRL

WHAT DID I DO?"

YOU MARRIED ME

The announcement added that the Mr Drewry bad/ugreed to ac- outcept re-election as President of China the International Federation.

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