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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1958.

SPECIAL TROPHY FOR COLONY'S BEST

Hongkong Should Not Be Outclassed In Friday's Athletics Match

By "RECORDER” ·

ROUND THE STABLES

TRAINER ALEC HEAD HAS PLENTY TO PULL OUT OF THE HAT

By PETER SCOTT

London.

A special trophy for Hongkong's outstanding athlete in the match against the United States Far Eastern Air Forces on Friday night is being presented by Lt.-Colonel Joseph it is a safe bet that Alee Head will have more English R. Riley, Officer Commanding the United States Fifth Air Force party currently in Hongkong for this match. This trophy will be presented not so much for the best performance by a member of the Hongkong team as for the performance surpassing by the best margin the previous best in any event achieved by any mem- ber of the local team.

Jim Bull,

The trophy this my go not second quarter-miter, will rung tainty that the Colony's repre- in the winner of any event but in the 1,500 Metres.

sentatives will win any of these to a runner-up who does much

bu! Stor turns in the maleh as events,

the

of chanega better than be hus ever done i far as the Fifth Air Force is Goddard ond Barnes in the 800 before.

will be converneri

and 1,500 Metres mul a the The Fifth Air Fore lean 74.3-second Wil hurdler, Stephen Xavier in the 100 and hove naked for the inclusion of | David! Neville, 47.G second 200 Metres the 400 Metres and the 1.600 | quarter-miler, and Oscar John-fancled, Metres Relays and the cutting | Jon, 6-frant 3-inch high jumper, down of the longest distance who will all be competing in rave From 5,000 to 3,000 Metres. I their specialties.

Many of the main hopes of

the team were found in Maniku not to be as f as I had been hoped and there has

been cocalderable reshuffle of Che Fifth Air Forte team for the match against Hongkong.

Their star half-miles. Edwin

Not Outclassed

be oul-

and

Hongkong will not

its this

matchi clased events that the Colony Is Ukety te win are the 100 Metres, 200 Metres, BOD Meires, 1,500

3,000 Metres,

Metres, 400 Metres Relay, Long Jump

Step and Hop,

Jump And Deus Throw.

These are events Hongkong 15 Marsden, 49-likely to win, There is no ver-

McGuirk, former Fordham Universily runner, hua't pick- ed up enough speed to touch his best of 1 minute 53 secun.15 for the half mile and will be Tuning instead in the 3,000 Metres, LeRoy

Nicholas Nickleby Best Backed For The Lincolnshire

London, Mar. 10.

The callover on the "Spring Double," the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National Steeple chase, was held at the Victoria Club here tonight.

strongly

runners during 1958 than any other French trainer, As prizes on the Paris tracks steadily Increase other leading owners may decide to cut down their English ventures, but Head's chief patrons-Aly Khan and M. Pierre Wertheimer-enjoy racing here and will continue to do so.

Jean Massard remains con- tract rider for Aly Khan and it is hoped that Lester Piggott will be free to accept an occasional

mount.

It

Fulham Backroom Boss Plots Cup Miracle Again

By ALAN HOBY

London.

was his proudest moment. He had just steered his team to

a great Cup win at Wembley.

In four incredible months he had worked a near-miracle, trans- forming them from a jittery, unhappy side into a jaunty, ultra-confident eleven, -

Yet, exactly four days after the Cup Final, the brilliant manager who had helped to make victory possible was told that team selection had been taken out of his hands,

Several months later, after Frank Osborne brainwave-from, Haynes for £50,000, 100.000, saying. "I have been driven inside-forward to right-half hasur £200,000.

addled years to his playing life. out," he resigned--in disgust............

"He's part of Fulham and one That was back in 1935 when Roy also helps 18-year-old day he will be manager here. Newcastle United beat Manches locul boy George Cohen, a right You know, I get angry

when ter City 3-1. And the name of back who, when he Improves people call Johnny Haynes a the manger who took them to his kicking, will be one of the "big head." He in the grandest Wembley?

best in the game.

persun I have met in football, Iristian Robin Lawler at Honest, Ukeable, and 'modest, LIVING-left-half, England "B" left-back "Of course, it Big Heud incans Jim Langley, and Tony Macedo perfectionist, then Haynes is a later, of the cal-reflexes in goal have big-head. Re connot sufler made the defence fur footbull foolishness lightly and tighter.

when he boils over be speaks his mind. Yet, as captain, he Is harder on himself than on any player around him."

One of Head's outslanding fents last year was to saddle first and second in our 1,000 Guineas, His probable challenger this May Is Aly Khu's American-bred Last year was another great Shut Up, on attractive daughter one for Alee Head. His stable of the 1942 Kentucky Derby topped the list for slakes won winner Shut Out, in France and easily surpassed must be

Shut Up won an important other overseas challengers In race of Deauville. first time nat prizes brought back from Eng-last August, Quite a few of the Colony's

with the future best athletes are on the injured land and Ireland.

Grand Criferlum winner Bella f1st. British Army 100 Yards We shall miss many of 15 Paola behind her, and she was Champlon David Necham is a

1937 stars. Itose Royale 11 Sled a little unlucky when falling rugby casualty and will be a non- In December of aw internal iwice later. Her two-year-old

tarter Doubliai starters in- abress, Toro, successful in the

form was much superior to that Now, three yours elude Stephen Xivier, Archie French 1000 Guineas and Cor-

of Rose Royale 11.

"Duggie" Livingstone, the blue-all Lin and Alan Morris, a in-onation Stokes at Ascot, is belug

Migoli's bay daughter Yis eyed Scot who comes from the jured but not unlikely to re- mated with Ribot this spring, will probably attempt to emulate | small town of Alexandria, cover time.

That good but unlucky cult

Toro In the French 1,000 the fuot of Loch Lomond-we Prined. Taj, is now raeng in the

Guineas. Slowly away at Royal used to play foolball in our bare United States.

Ascot last year,

showed feet," he says, "you were con- she plenty of class on French tracks sidered a bit of a cissie If you have run for the wore shoes"-is news ugin. Big and would

but for Cheveley Park Stakes

News. developing a temperature.

Uncertain

Visitors' Team

minute

The Fifth Air Force teum for the oflent programme-though there

be last RY changes-is as follows:

100 Metres Tash: Charles Adams, Thomas Fuller, Wemer Stoes.

"

100 Horses But there will be worthy successors from many lightly or raced three-year-olds in this 100-horse stable.

200 Metres Danh: Charles Dutch Swimmer

Ademns, WBliura Denagity, Isane

Threte.

480 Melrex Run:...... E. A.

Crudup, David Nevlite.

800 Metres Non- David Ramsay.

1,500 Metres Run:- LeRoy

| Marrden.

3,000 Metres Run Wallace Jordan, Edwin McGuirk.

Breaks World

Record

Johannesburg, Mor. 10.

With so

much lightly-tried stable

to choose from.

plans for the English and French Derby and Oaks are

It was DUGALD STONE. ...

For today he is sale selector and chief backroom tactician for Fulbom-the Jast London club left in the Cup.

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Behind him stands the England centre-forward, general manager Frank Osborné--but it

naturally uncertain. Alec Head. Is Dugald, the canny Seet from

ikken good conjurer, has plenty to pull out of the hat-and they will not he rabbits!

Loch Lomondside, who runs the team.

Make a note of five of Aly Already under ha* leadership Khan's Epsom Derby entries Second Division Fulkam have

Johnny Stays

And Johnny Haynes? "ile's really grafting. curbing

He's those mannerisms. He's a great young footballer," declares Livingstone.

Cone in Frank Osborne. Says Frank: "Whether or nut reach Wembley we wouldn't sell

we

And that's Fulhom-the club which has dropped from 100 to 10-1 in the betting.

They may not win the Cup, but they're going to burst their seams trying.

-(London Erprese Sarvico).

(COPYRIGHT)

FIRST PRINCIPLES

By HENRY LONGHURST

During un international swim-Telemaque, Diablerets II. Assiut, stolen the glamour from the I often think that one's attitude to the game of golf is ning gala ut Durban during the Toro's half-brother Compeition.matule hulls of Arsenal and the week-end,

swimmer and Dandinue, a full-brother to bohemian precincts of Chelsea.

Dutch

| Lenie de Nijs beat the women's | Dinbleretta. The first four are

400 Metres Relay: From world record for the 4 x 110 unraged. Danilome has run

J:m

Charles: Adams,

Ball, William Dobby, Thomas Fuller, Wenier Slors and isone

Threte

1.000 Metres Bela Frain Charles Adams, David Bernal, E. A. Crudup, LeRoy. Marsden, David Neville and David

Stewart Leads say.

Abbot's In South African

Prices were: Lincolnshire! 100-8 Copenhagen, 100-7 Sage- bush 100-0 Diplomatic Bag and Nicholas Nickleby, 20-3 Dutton, Langton Heath, Magic Moment,

· Master Nicks', and Bench, 25-1

Barker, Chief

Colours, Amber Glass, Babur, Just Verdlet, Lord Barker, Per suader and River Line, 33-1 Mc- Grand Reject, Corinthian, lody Fair, Naval Fighter, Opera Score, Retain, and Rwandus; 40-1 Jackie's Kudu.

Open Golf

110 Metres High Hurdles;--- Robert Allen, Jim Ball.

400 Metres Low Hurdles:- David Berant.

High Jump:-Osear Jolinson, Pole Vault--Robert Allen, Manny Scruggs.

Long Jump-David Bernal, Arthur Stewart, last year's Monte Walters, South African Amateur Ch

Hop, Step

Bloemfontein, Mar. 10.

& Jumpu-Monte

. Amundsen,

in

yards medley

relay minutes 49.1 seconds.

The former record was held by the American, Sylvia Ruska, with a time of five minutes 49.5

seconds.----France-Presso.

Optimism

at

five once, with promise.

M. Werthelmer, too, hns an Already, too, their Cup-crazy unraced three-year-old in

Our supporters are saying that what Derby and St Leger who could "Duggie" do blg things. A powerful bay, Newcastle

Livingstone did

he can now do for his name is Noe II. Remember Fulham. it. Noe II is by Fast Fox and the first foul of Epsom Oaks

German Suffers First Defeat Of His Career

third Nucml.

has

subconsciously conditioned for a lifetime by the circumstances in which one is first introduced to it. Those of us who ace it first in its most elementary, primitive form, knocking a ball along with one club, or perhaps even two or three, cheerfully encountering all manner of unorthodox hazards on the way until eventually we get it into the hole, seem to me to have captured à basic outlook on the game which can never later be revealed to those who travelled first class from the start.

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Nor is such optimism entirely the result of feverish farey,... The Bles promise equally For not only are Fulham the well. Apart from Shut Up and must underrated sido left irt

beginnings were except the osphalt greens, which Ya, I noted particularly Prin- the Cup; their team boss has a primitive In the extreme. I was are rolled by supercilious cess Lora (half-sister to Chief, reputation as a football miracle introduced to the game before camel they

entertained III). Amante (winner of two worker which is nothing short breakfast one morning on the most kindly and, in the course good races)

common at Yelverton, and the uniracedol fantastic,

Devon, of presenting me with a tankard New Smyrna (full-sister to Hafiz In 1998 Dugald was, in his by two other small boys whose to commemorate Live

visit, I). All belong to Aly Khan and

"traiter, own words,

conch, parents were taking holiday in observed deferentially that it are Oaks entries.

father and mother, masseur, and the same holci. They had *wasn't quite like the Old Paris, Mar. 10.

M. Wertheimer

fine genere nursemaid to the Shef-devised a triangular course of course at St Andrews." Yet only European Middleweight.

which just three holes-no tees, flags, fair-

a moment

before I had been Champion Charles Huntz of Grey half-sister to Midget II's field United leant

sire Djebe, named Catalyse. She

any France handed West Germany's is in the Nassau Stakes

missed being promoted to the ways

ollier such remarking to the captain of the at First Division on goal average.

nonsense, of course-and with club that it was. Gustav Scholz the first defeat of

Goodwood,

Manchester United pipped us."

luck we could get in two rounds

This is not to be Els career tonight by winning

taken as Most successful of the older

before breakfast.

suggesting that the Old course In 1939 Sheffield, with the Al Mabsoot, uncompromising help of Living-

resembles a patch of Band Gregory in their 10-round non-lile bout | Cmmeyad and the recent amivals

stone, won promotion.

knows some at the Palais des Sports here.

-With-a-team ́costing just £70

things have Loen The West German middle-

£40 of that was

None of us. for Alex

therefore, were maid about It In recent years Charles Kleinpeter, Gregory weight titleholder had been un-

Forbes, now with Fulham baptised in the faith that, if we but merely to indicate that the beaten in 08 professional fights Pandiloff.

two places had in common not on to the fairway, we won the first drove There will be no Hammer up to tonight's battle before a

were entitled to a "fairway le,"

only the accents of Fife but the sill-out-crowds

championship estimated Throw

by mutual consint.

111,000 Though the match begins offi-

cheering fan—United Fress. clally at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, the Pole Vault will stort ut 7

Itudulph Mour,

pion, broke the course record | Walters.

Shut Put:-G. Grand National: 16-1 Wynd-with a five-under-per 00 to Jeuri burgh, 100-6 Jarl Royal, 20-1 after the first round in the Hudolph Houg. Gregory Pan- Glorious Twelfth, Goosander, South African Open Golf Cham-o Mr What, College Master and plonships here today..

25-1 Pippskin;

Tiberetta, Another South African Discus Throw:-G. B. Anunda hard-fought decision on points horses should be Athenian, Green Drill, Ren-amateur, Vernon Beuthin, shered sen, dezvous, Sydney Jones, ESB,second place with Johannesburg Paifiloft.

d Valiant Spark, 33-1 Bremen-professional Eric Moore on 60. fler, Engle Lodge, Brookling, Ken Housßeli, the British Liber Hill, Longenad,

Cup player, and Gary and Ryder Merry Throw; 40-1 Richards-Player, the South African pro- town, and Sam Brownthorpe;fessional, caune next on 70,

50-1 Sendna and Springsilver. Bobby Locke, four times Bri-

lish Open Champion, returned) 74.-Reuter..

Quiet Market

Nicholas Nickleby, ridden by A. Brealey, was the best-barked horse for the Lincolnshire Handicap in

Lo

be

B

quiet markel on the Spring Double.

HOME SOCCER RESULTS

Nicholas Nickleby had his price cut from 20-1 to 100-0,

London, Mar, 10. Results in tonight's English on the same mark as Diplomatic and Scottish football matches

Bag.

Lord Rosebery's Copenhagen remained favourite at 100-0, just ahoad of Mr J. Read's Sagebush.

were:-

LEAGUE THREE SOUTH Walsall 4, Coventry City 1. LEAGUE THREE NORTH Hull City 2, Darlington 1.

Mansfield Town 0. Workin-

There was a little support for ton 3. 20-1 chance Persuader who has; pleased in his workouts at New» market, and for Grand Reject,; quoted at 33-1.

Javelin Throw:-Al Cantello,

m

There will be two invitational les events--the 100 Metres Dash and Long Jump and it is the strongest to have hoped helds in these two events ever assembled in this Colony. There is a possibilty of the Colony Ladies 100 Metres record being new best below broken 'with o

13 seconds,

The Fifth Air Force team with the Champlonship of the United States Air Forces later in the year in mind, to not regarding the Hongkong visit as though SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE a mere pleasure trip Kilmarnock 3, Rungers 3.

they are trying out several team Hearts 3, Queen of the South members in new events in the (Both matches were post-hupe of achieving a belter Mr Walter Turry's four-year- poued from March 1.)-Reuter. balance on the track side. old Abbot's Bench came down

They are strongest in the 400 Metres and are trying out possible new talent at shorter and longer distances.

over,

1.

SCRATCHED

from 28-1 to 20-1. There were no notable changes in the prices of the Grand National tendere compared with last week's call-

They have been working out But College Master and

London, Mar. 10. at King's Park both yesterday Fippykin both had their odds Quare Times was officially und today will be at the South

scratched from the Grand Na- | China Athletic cut five points to 20-1,

Association Green Drill, Valiant Spark tional, to be run on March 29 Stadium for a full-scale workout und Bremontier were all well of Liverpool, at 0000 gmnt tomorrow morning trum 10.30 backedRouter.

today, Chizu Mail Special.

THE GAMBOLS

BUILD: DAZUNG

4.m.

at

Machen-Folley Heavyweight Bout Postponed

Chief III and Jithaka.

Narrow Defeat AL Mabrool,

nervous 1 traveller, lost condition after

Sheffield United North

Simple Creed

though Heaven pretty hard

regional his narrow defeat in the King just after the war, five points and that, if we did not get it, we supreme quality of forcing the George VI and Queen Elizabeth ahead Everton, who had had been robbed Ours was a golter to stop before every shot Stakes at Arcot last July. The Tommy Lawton and Joe Mercer ball where you found it. The was trying to do and how he simple creed, You played the | and think out precisely what he four-year-old's objective this in their side. Livingstone again only true disaster in golf was was going to do it. -

onc

on

summer is the £20,000 Grand was trainer.

when you could not find it, Prix de Saint-Cloud over

In both cases the reward of mile four and a half furlongs, Then Livingstone went off to

success

correspondingly During the last month, and greater. To manoeuvre the ball he coached the We should be seeing Irish St Eire where

especially during the long 36 Leger winner

in national toom to auch a Ommeyad

pitch hours which it took us

to the 11th green at St dy Androws, with a strong follow- England again. This handsome that they that the

Austrians, home from Aden. Uiese thoughts ing wind and the flag tucked by four-year-old by Hyperion then the wonder cleven of have been much in my mind. In away behind the bunker, is not has wintered exceptionally well Europe, 4-0.

that period I played on or San Francisco, Mar, 10. and is a Coronation Cup entry. From Eire Livingstone, former visited eight

merely to get on the green at courses, and on The 12-round heavyweight

Hard-pulling Chief III, very full-back with Glasgow Celtic, only one of them is a shot ever

the afort 11th," as it would be bout between

on most courses. It makes you Ekile Machen | effective over 10 furlongs, runs | Everton, Plymouth, Aberdeen, likely to be played off grass. and Zora Folley, due to be held | first In the Prix Ganay at Long- and Tranmere, was

wish that Vardon had been called to Yet in manly here on March 10, has been

case the there to see you do it. champ on Easter Monday. Belgium to take over postponed.

their challenge to the player seemed Expect him here during the national side.

more authentic, more like the Machen pulled shoulder summer.

n

And what happened? In 18 original game of golf, than what musele in training. A new ante

Jithaks, д big, strapping months Livingstone galvanised we has not been announced.

have come to expect chestnut. was fourth in the his Belgian part-timers from a the super-sophisticated coursea The fight was arranged as an.

Grand Prix de Paris of 1968 and bunch of soccer nobodies into ant. home. eliminator to determine thela entered for the Doncaster Cup.world-class team. No. 1 challenger for World Heavyweight, Champion Floyd Patterson. China Mall Special.

Boxing Contract

Both owners have two-year- olds of the highest promise. Of those belonging to Aly Khon my choice is: Shut Up's full-brother, Tole Toi, Saint Crespin, à son of Aureole and Tulyar's darn Nexeracy, and Sallymount. Los Angeles, Mar. 10.

Big things will be expected Hogan

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to Champion, and Ricardo Moreno brothers Midget II and (Mexico) today signed

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By Barry Appleby

KNEW YOU CAME HERE FOR YOUR COFFEE BREAK

50 | THOUGHT IT'D-SAVE ME MONEY IF HAD A EARLY, LUNCH

Time on your hands..

RADO

TORIEISE MADE -

Unquenchable

Loose Sand

To cause

a ball to carry an expanse of loose sand and pitch on a firm patch with just the

П

Os desert courses the shat is right trajectory to Tun up nlways "on." There is always through the gully and come to some way of stopping on the

rest on a small circle of fast- Finally,

stroke turning three shots running asphalt Livingstone

came green, or

Into two back 10 England-and

from Just of it, but every bit as worthy of the New-

master's approval. the way is not revealed, as it is castle.... Now, after passing

You cannot blame the youth- by merely asking. through every

FA coaching at home, school since they began, Dugald "What club is it?" Much craftyful would-be champions of to- Its best Involves Bowles mir- the unquenchable, is plotting yet thought must be devoted to the day if they imagine that golf at another miracle the miracle of problem, and every shot, as

Hedry Cotton has so well put it, waya, billiard table. must be "manufactured" Indeed, carefully raked bunkers-In caso "Dugold, what Iz your has often struck me that ho anyone were inconvenienced by Into them-70 formula?" I asked him. Or would be a past master at this having got have you exported some special form of golf, the machine-like worth of bag and clubs and a a total four-course lunch. A spoil in form of football magic from Hogan might well bo Scotland?"

desort would reveal that thero'aro but the deshpots of "There is no magic, no gim

Fulham.

micks, no fancy stuff," ho re

1088.

Remote Parts

the

greens,

golf. To be forced back occa- sionally to Arst principles doos

plied. "My formuln, as you call The reforming spirite who none of us any harm including it is based pa old-fashioned crusade dor Simpler Golt would your correspondent. principles guta, determination, find thale case strengthened in absolute fitness, and willingness these remote parts. Though the to learn."

vender of sophistication. has ..When Livingstone arst joined that some enthusiasts carry a Fulham the defence was slow full set of 11 glearning and ex- and wouldn't tackle. Now they pansive clube, the truth is soon tackle-like tigers,"

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crept outwards to such an extent Over To Refereeing

Just when he was on the

brought home that all you need, verge of International honours The team spirit, too, in batter, between the driver and the Wolves' centre forward: "Aby so is the training "carried out | gutter," 1 three- mover Swinbourne sustained an injury under the enthusiastic eyo. of | önner, a pusher-upper and a which has now put him out of Fulham's trainer-coach, the ex-getter-outer. For good value the active ide of the ane for England contro-forward Bedford you could perhaps add "that good. 9o Swinbourne hea turn- Jezzard," pany? favourite: clað - of our grands ed, to refereeing.. There is only

Another England star, Roy fathers, the aut-iron,

cae ex-profesional on the mout Bentley ka kay figure in this At Aden, whare süll·la sand; | ball tongue Jist, George MgCADA, New Fulham. Ítoy'a switcfi-a alternatoly draw and powdery--of-Shefeld":-