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Polish Athloto Will Compete For Australia

Sydney, Mar. 25.

The t'olishi uthlete, Anna Pazern, will

com-

pete for Australia at the Empire Games at Cardiff in July.

She Way declared eligible today. by the British Empire Games Committee,

Anna arrived in Aus- tralia with the Polish Olympic team in 1956, but did not compete at the Melbourne Games, Later she married a Pole who was

a naturalised Australian.

Anna had her naturali- hurried sation papers through to allow her to win the Australian wo- men's Javelin title at the Sports Ground on Thurs- day.

The Australian Empire Games Association secre- tary, Mr Jim Eve, imme- diately cabled England, requesting a ruling on her

residential qualifications, and the reply received to day approved them.

"Anna is a naturalised subject and has been resi dent long enough in Aus- tralia to gain recogni- tion," Mr Eve Bald.-- China Mail Special.

Sports Diary

TODAY

--Golf

Presenta Uon of Prizes

Water Bay Clubtoure.

Minden

AuBelice

At

Deep

fload School Sports. Transit Cams, Chatham Road. 3.15 pon.

Носсет Aston Games Trial Match: Hung. kung Probabica v Hongkong Poselbies, Dundury Street, 6 pm.

Tenni

Colony Open Charaplonshipa: Singles Matches at RKCC, 2.30 pan. TOMORROW

Tennis Colony

Championship: Open Bingles Matches al RKCC, 8:30 pm. Athletics Inter-College (Northcote-Gizonthan); annual sports meeting, Caroline H 1.34 1.0.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1958.

"HUMAN DYNAMO" HAS RUN DOWN AT LAST

Nominate YOUR

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 account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is:

of the

No Weight Trouble For Robinson

Chicago, Mar. 25. Challenger 'Sugar Ray Robin- pon was four ounces inside the 1 stone 6 pounds jimit at the weigh-in today for his title fight here tonight against Champion Carmen Busillo.

Wearing only socks, Robinson weighed 11 stone 594 lbs com- paced with Basilio's 10 mone 13 pounds.-Reuter,

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Club.

WALES-FRANCE RUGBY MATCH

French:

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL REPLAY

Difficult To Assess

Chances With Any Degree

Of Confidence

London, Mar, 25.

Tomorrow afternoon, at the Arsenal Stadium, Manchester United and Fulham face each other again for the right to meet Bolton Wanderers at Wembley on May 3.

This replay of the FA Cup semi-final has aroused nation. wide interest, even more so than is usually the case for a big game. Manchester's great Cup efforts since the Munich air crash have created tremendous enthusiasm: Fulham, with plenty of experience and playing ability in their side, showed themselves worthy rivals in the 2-2 draw at Villa Park on Saturday,

fidence.

The first game was fought at nouncing their line-up. It is a fast, exciting pace and was expected to be unchanged, but So evenly poised that once two additional players travelled again It is difficult to assess the to London today, Bobby Harrop, chances with any degree of con- who was at left half in the side which knocked out West Bromwich, and Seamus Brennan, who scored two goals on his debut in Sheffield Wednesday.

The

the

tie

Have We Really Seen The

Last Of Emil Zatopek?

Asks DEREK JOHN

London.

So the world's most famous “human dynamo” has run down at last. At the age of 35, Emil Zatopok, the floot-footed colonel of the Czechoslovakian Army, has announced his retirement from athletics.

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different

But have we really seen the last of this almost superhuman runner, who drilled his body to take terrific punishment and developed reserves of strength and speed denied to all his rivals over long distances? Zatopek has announced his would never be bettered-the tour-a tour in which Weekes brilliant best retirement before. But he could record set up in 1015 by the woo not at his not stay away from the track American N.S. Taber.

owing to a virus infection which Will he be able to Zatopek revolutionised dis-affected his vision. for long.

An inept first innings batting resist the temptation to run in tance running in ht European Marathon

Championship way. He pioneered really tough at Stockholm

training which, display saw West Indies shot out in and intensive August?

until then, had been considered for 127; then England replied with 424. West Indles' hopes, At 35, however, there can be damaging to an athlete, little doubt that he is past his Zatopek turned himself into capoeially when they lost three prime. And the time has come

the world's greatest long-quick second innings when he must be regarded, as distance runner without any ex-seemed to be shattered a great runner of the past rather pert

He did i by

But Weekes was not finished. sheer guts and determination. On hostile wicket, and against than the present.

As a young soldier, he spent an England attack of Trueman, ull his spare time running many Statham and Bailey, he slammed miles every day

hilly 42 In his first hour at the wicket hob and, despite a painful blow on country-side often

90 nailed boots and with a pack on the hand, went on to score

la back. He became a barrack- scintillating run. won bine room joke.

coaching.

over

In

How great a runner was Emil Zatopek? I would rate him the greatest distance runner of this against Lcentury, though

many experts would doubtless give this honour Flying Finn, who to Puevo Jolumnes Nurmi, the Olympic gold medals between Curious Style 1920 and 1028 and became a They used to laugh at this legend in his own life-time.

The Big Men Two of the best goalkeepers Grey of Manchester United and in the British Isles, Harry

Tony Macedo, Fulham's rising star

from Gibraltar, Were among the big men at Birming- Probable Teams ham and both proved that it needs something exceptional to: best them.

Stadium is 66,000 and the entire gate limit at Arsenal match is being televised.

Manchester United;

Gregg Foulkes and Graves; Goodwin, At Inside left, too, the teams Cope, Crowther; Webelor, Taylor, have magnificent players who Dawson, Charlion and Pearson. Bre closely matched. Johnny! Fulham: Macedo; Cohen and Haynes, Fulham's captain, Langley; Bentley, Stapleton, whose passes are models of pre-Lawler; Dwight, Hill, Stevens, cision, and Bobby Charlton, Haynes and Chamberlain Manchester's trustful goal France-Presse. scorer, may well be together in England's World Cup foam this summer.

There was good news for Fulham. The left back, Jim

Langley, injured at Villa Paris and given little chance of appear- Ing in the replay, passed a severe Paris, Mar. 23. star

three-iness test. Now, according to rugby quarter Maurice Prat will be his manager, Dugald Livingstone, nut of the French team to meet "he is almost certain to play. Wales in Card on Saturday in pm walling until the morning the five-nation tournament." before making a definite decision in case there are any reactions,” Today the Fulham players saw a full-length BBC. film of the first game in Birmingham.

Manchester United also waita until the morning before an

Peat today informed the French Rugby Federation that he could not play because of an injury received in an carller match-France-Presse.

By Lee Faik and Phil Davis

I'M NO MAN........ BUT

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By Ernie Bushmiller

So you WERE SENT TO BED WITHOUT

YOUR SUPPER

AGAIN, EH?

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By Frank Robbins

WOMAN MAKES FALSEHOOR GENERAL!

WANT MY NAME IS" | "TROOP COMMANDER

KITTY HAZARDZI

IS KEPORT MALE PARACHUTIST LAND IN

DISTANT FIELD!

HOME SOCCER RESULTS

London, Mar. 25. Results in tonights footboll matches were:

LEAGUE THREE SOUTH

Watford 2, Crystal Palace 1. LEAGUE THREE NORTH

Hull City 1, Accrington Stan- ley D. (Postponed from March 85.-Reuter,

There's More than Magic

about CADBURY'S

"Mad" Czech" with the curious

style. But now thu

runner, who rolls his head as if in upcy and fogs himselt on with his right arm, is cheered wherever he goes,

Nurmi or Zatopek? It is a dilautt choice. Nurmi broke running 19 world records in eleven years racing. Zatopek set up 18 world records in the 17 eventful years of his athletic carcer,

His greatest performance? I But while Nurmil's records have since been broken, Zatopek would say it was his incredible still holds Ave for the 10 and hat-trick of gold medals at the 15 Miles, 20,000 and 25,000 1952 Olymples. Metres, and for one hour's run- ning (12 miles 810 yards).

World Records

No one belloved that one run- ner could beat the best athletes of the world over 5,000 Metres, 10,000 Metres, and the Marathon. But Zatopek did just that, set- course, are not ting a new Olympic record in

achieved distancea

Records, of everything. Nurmi, world records over

and his

ranging from a mile to 20,000 metres,

performances were so amazing at the time that they opened the eyes of coaches and athletes all over the world

to

each event--and all in one week.

What o nan!

The Bad news follows bad, announcement of Zalopek's re- tirement has been followed by had similar news concerning the 33-

which possibilities hitherto been unthought of. year-old West Indian batsman,

Everton Weckes, Ilis record as an Olympic Lod runner is second to none.

To all who have had the when he set up a world record pleasure of watching this enter- of 4 mins. 10.4. seca. for the taining Test cricketer, his re- Mile in 1923, he chopped 2.2 secs. Urement comes 19 u very sad off a time which many thought blow indeed The Everton

SHEK O GOLF

Barry Cup Draw & Starting Times

For Sunday

Weekes of this cricket age are all too rare, for here is a bats- man who has the strokes and is not afraid to play them.

Seldom cars a man have been more aptly named than Everlon De Courey Weckes, tho swash- buckling cavalier whose blade was not of steel but of willow.

Leading Scorer

wickels,

Weekes, who is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the current season, will be Fadly missed in these days of cautious cricket.

-(London Express Service).

(COPYRIGHT)

ASIAN GAMES

Pakistan-India To Meet In Hockey Final?

Karachi, Mar. 25.

The Pakistani field hockey team, to represent this country in the Arian Games to be hold in Tokyo in May, left Karachi today by air for Auckland on a six-wook tour of New Zealand.

The Pakistanis will play three "Test matches" against the New Zealand hockey team. After this tour the Paidistan hockey team will go straight to Tokyo, where they are due to arrive on May 14,

There have been five changes In the Pakistan, team which lost to Indin in the 1950 Mel- bourne Olymple Games. The Pakistan Hockey Federation Secretary, Mr Riažuddin, told sex Agence France-Presse cox- respondent today that he ex- pected India and Pakistan to meet in the Asian Games

Rung nowed, or rather Lor rented, from his bat. He is the West Indies leading scorer in The 'draw' and starting times Test cricket, followed by Clyde for the competition for The Barry Walcott and Frank Worrell, with anal

whom he formed the immortal cne of the "W" formation, Sunday, March 30, 36 holes greatest batting trios of all counters with India In the

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time. A.M. P.M.

The name of Everton Weekes betler 10.00 2.00 E. W. S, Mac-appeare often in the cricket re-added.

Gregor and C. card books; he is the only Asked about the standard of player ever to hit five consecu-hockey in Jupun, he said it was 10.05 2.05 R. P. Moodle and tive Test centuries. But records "fairly good".

A. M. Kennedy. úlone do not tell his story.

Besides Indla and Pakistan, 10.10 2.10 H. R. Cleland and Weekes has won a place in the

Japan, E G. Smith Wright, heart of all cricket lovers.

Melaya, Ceylon and Turville and { 10.15 2.15 0.

the One of his finest innings did Afghanistan E. Boycott.

not even produce a century. 1 countries expected to take part the Asian Games hockey 10.20 2,20 D. Smart and D. was the 90 he hit at Lord's last in

Indics' year during the West W. Skinner.

lounament-France-Fresso. 10.25 2.25 N. P. Fox and n.

Firkins. 10.30 2.30 F. de Jong and W.

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Robertson.

10:05 2.55 P. W. Coppen and

11 Sidbury. 11.00 3.00 H. D. Barton and

G. C. S. Turner. Pest entries in pairs will be accepted. At the finish of this approximately competition at

6 pm. the prizes for the various competitions held during the winter season will be presented; by Mrs H. D. Barton.

European Cup Floodlit Return

Match

Milan, Mar, 25.

The Italian football team "A. C. Milan" wilt meet thu "Borusia" club of Dortmund in a floodlit return match at the San Siro stadium here to- morrow night, in a game count- ing for the quarter-final, of the European Cup Championship.

In the away match at Dort- mand, the two beams drew one.

all

The Italian team, 1950-37 na tional champions, klart favouri- tea for tomorrow evening's match, which will decide Man- chester United's opponenta in the European Cup semi-finale- France-Presso,

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