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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1958.

FOR THE WORLD

Selectors' Favourite Is Still Stan Matthews

By TOM FINNEY

London.

What a busy week for fireside selectors! England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland look for international teams, England choose Under-23 sides, and all four countries comb thoir talent for 40 World Cup players.

I don't suppose that at any previous time in British soccer history have fans had such fun playing the old game: "Who would I pick?" Believe me, regardless of how many times you have played for your country, it is still encouraging to read letters to newspapers and see that Mr X of Southport or Mr Y of Southampton still has faith in

you.

CUP BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS

SEVENTH ROUND TKO WIN FOR RANDY TURPIN

Leicester, Apr. 21. Randolph Turpin, British Light-Heavyweight Cham- plon, boat Eddio, Wright, of London, in the seventh round of their 10-rounda contest at the Granby Halls here tonight. *

The referto utopped the fight after Wright, ́had been down for counts of five, three and nine in the seventh round.

Willio Pastrono, of the States, bent Joo United

former Bygraves, of Jamaica, British Empire Heavyweight Champion, on points over 16

foreign tours, earefully rooms: What's happened at rounds.

What has struck me in lock-ng ing through the public's idea of weighing up whether

the food Molineux? ·

- an International team is one will suit him, off to bed at his constantly recurring namy relf-stipulated hour, calculating minor things that friend and colleague Blanley a million

would

hardly TUSS another Matthews..

man's mind.

·

The Result

*This was Partrand's Third fight and third victory in Bri- tain in eight monthy.

As Billy Wright. B Stater and I played in the England Bygraves, at 14 stono 91⁄2 1b7.. team against a Scottish side had a weight advantage of 17% It isn't my Intention her to

speed At Blackpool these days it is which included my Preston col-s, but the American's discuss his or any other play-

our and unerny zatleipotion and er's personal claims to a place similar story. Stan doesn't leaqu Tammy Docherty. In England's World Cup trom. pound out his energy on train-two clubs, Preston and Wolves, the sharpness of his hooking and English Jabbing enabled him to get All I would say is that the pub-ing no longer suited to him, He clashed

Bygraves off balance frequently. le's tremendous loyalty to a concentrates

vital In u

Having dropped the points at value of short, sharp sprinting. Wolverhampton, we've had it.

The Crowd

on his own pro-League game. man now 43 is as justled as it grams, built largely round the ever was.. I have watched him twice this season, and I played Jimmy Hagan's with him in benefit match at Sheffield.

I'm not turning a blind eye to the fact that he no longer plays flat out for 90 minutes. But when Matthews decides to turn the heat on nagy game he is still on a par with any player in the world.

So here's my apology to Stan Cullis, Billy Wright and the The result is plain. A quar-boys at Wolves. I wrote earlier ier of a century after starting this reason that I didn't think out on soccer's most remarkable they had The staying power. career, Stan Matthews has a Well, congratulations! burst of speed to match anyone.

Ark Chelser. Stan (ook it infes his head to win a League match 41 Stamford Bridge a few weeks back. He did just that--and no Farman in the world could have

stopped him.

The fact that Blackpool are touring Amerlen and the

East at the end of this season with Matthews Da one of the main clauses in the contract- rather suggests that he may not be going to Sweden.

The Legend

But even 50, I find it hard to believe his name won't be con-

sidered when England's selectors

get down lo business.

How is it that this pheno- menni man bus become a long established legend long before his playing days are over? From time to time I've read plenty of explanationA.

One favourite is that he is the hardest trainer in the game. He is the most--discriminating trainer in football, but not tho hardcat.

No man has ever devoted his whole life to a cause ke Stan has to football. I've noticed him

New Zealanders Hard At Work At: Eastbourne

London, Apr. 31. The New Zealand cricket tourists were hard at work at Eastbourne jedro, coricent ating largely on Belding practice. They intend to spend at least um hour every day on this before going to the nets, sald their manager, M. J. H. Philipps.

On Thursby they will play a team raised by Colonel L, C. Stevens, President of Eastbourne cc.

Colonel Stevens' Eleven will include tour ot the New Zealanders J. A Hoyts, E Petrie, K. B. Cave and J. W. D'Arcy and two former Con bridge captains, J. G. Dowes and M. Bushby, together with D. R. W. Silk (Somoroot) and R. V. C. Robins (Midiflesex). The New Zealand team will bo; J. R. Reid (captain), B. Sutcliffe, N. Harford, Win. Playle, R. S. M. Miller, T. Heale, J. Ward A. R. Mac- Gibbon, J. C. Alabaster, J. T. Starling, H. W. M. Binir, A. M. Molr-France-Presse.

HOME RUGBY RESULTS

London, Apr. 21.

Results in tonight's 'Rugby und League matches

Union

wete:

BUGBY UNION

Camborne 3, Cross Keys 5.

Coventry 8, Northampton 3.

Pontypool 11, donelly: 3.

Redruth 21, Bridgewater- und

Albion B..

Taunton 6, Bath 3,

RUGBY LEAGUE

Huddersfield 10, Barrow 23. Worldington Town 92, Swinton 3--Rauteri.

PENALTY RECORD?

We have played another Eng- innd v. Scotland International it Hampden Park. But I'm quite sure it wasn't quite the same to of Scots-because thousands Matthews wasn't there,

They're

ASIAN GAMES

Four Malayan Weightlifters For Tokyo

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 21. The Federation of Malaya Weightlifting Association today ♫ four-man team for

Tokyo.

patriotic, chose willy partisan crowd. But beneath it all they all have a place in their And as I hearts for Stanley,

there is wrote last week. more critical critic than a Scot at Hampden,

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At times Bygraver sank some wicked-looking left hooks into Pastrano's body. But Pastrono took them with ease, and his left hand rarely stopped Aleking at Bygraves face-Heater.

Asian Games Torch On Way To Tokyo

Manila, Apr. 22. The Aslan Games torch. begins ils long journey from Manila to Tokyo today in a solemn ceremony preceding the Inauguration of the Third Aslan Games on May 24.

Airport.

HM the Queen with the Duke of Beaufort in a happy mood as they stand with the Queen Mother. Just behind-during the second day of the Badminton Horse Trials on April 18. The Queen wears a short coat over her sult -- and a headscarf,

Keystone Photo.

Sports Diary

TODAY Meeting

HK Lawn Bowls Committee Meet ing, Club Lasitano, 6.30 p.m..

Tockey International: Tedia

V

Ireland,

to

Alec Bedser May Leave Hospital Soon

on

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NONCONFORMIST

By HENRY LONGHURST

I find myself halling Harry Bradshaw's victory in the PGA Close Champlonship with much pleasure and a wry smile. When Commonwealth pirnies like Lock, Thomson, Von Nida, Player and Wilkes so per- sistently snatchat?” the bread from the mouths of honest men who could not play golf quite so well, the PGA invented this tournament to ensure that the winner of at least one event should be a home product.

It seems, however, that indirectly over the tee box, and, order to rulino this laudable Kurthermore, was twice knowi ambition they will have to to break a club under the make their closp championship handle the course - of the closer still, for two out of the down swing before ever it had first four, including the winner, reached the ground. turned out to be rolders from the Republic of Eirat

Uniformity now the order of the day and, while no two men play precisely alike, I think

Most Individualistic it is fair to say that there is to- day, perhaps for the first time Be that as it may, to watch method at which all are alming, in history, a recognised "correct" Bradshaw winning anything. I am sure this is very worthy,

1 a anywhero

any

Lime,

|and all that, but it is stul

Bailsfying expericare. We are Individualist who provides always being told that we live colour and the fun.

today in a "conforming" society

- odious conceptice if

ever

All His Own

the

tho

What fun it was, for instance, there was onel—and it has long to see Ted Ray, with his felt hat struck me that this is becoming tumed up at the front and. his more and, more true of what pipo eglow, bashing at the ball should surely have remained the jas hard as mortal man could hit most individualistle of olt and gouging' the turf from gomen, namely, golf, Whatever the too where his heels “had else our Harry may do, he cer» twisted Or to watch Loo trinly does not conform. He in,Diegel, who put the verb.."to in fact, the completo non Diegel" into the golfing, laogų- conformist.

age of the 30s, putting with out- His grip almost defles analysis stretched elbows and the top of and is certainly unique in that the club pressing against the the first two fingers of his right|third button of his waistcoat. hand hung down like bananos and appear to play no part in the stroke at all. As for keep- ing the head still, I estimate, Abo Mitchell, quietiand, re- from delibente observation of served as he was, had a stylo all this point, that his head moves his own, whereby ho uchored batween 12 and 15 inches in the right foot square to the hole course of the stroke and that, at end gave the ball a tremendous mement of striking, the ball blow with his hand and' orras. moving was perhaps the simplest rapidly backwards. His swing style of all the great players', ance described as "agricultural" with the possible exception of and, despite outraged protests Gene Sarazen's-80 simple in from across the water on that fact that it ruined half a Com- occasion, I can find no bolter bridge team of my teje, till one day a couple of us set our wrists Harry Bradshaw's method has, beside him for comparison, however, one indisputable merit. They looked like matchsticks. It works. I shall noi readily

The must

word.

appear

to be

forget the polite astonishment In the present climate there with which it was first viewed could hardly flourish another London, Apr. 21.

during

Hagen, the lost Ryder Cup Walter

the perhaps. Alce Bedser, the England and match to be played in America, supreme nonconformist of All Surrey cricketer, who was taken at Thunderbird, in Collieanla time. He too often described next month's Asian Games in The flome was lighted at 8.30

hospita

Saturday, Nothing ifko this, either In as a showman," which indoed a. by the sun's rays at the

when á They are Tan Kim-bee Rizal Memorial Track and Foot Bookungoo, 6 pan; Scotland v Por suffering from severe pneumo-technique or in his general ap- he was in the days

nia, was glated today to be proach to the game, had been showman reckoned to put on a (Middle-Heavy), who was sixth ball Stadium here sed relayed by al, Happy Valley. 6 p.m.

seen in those

before show, not merely get himself. parta in the

Ladles Section: RHKGC v Shek-o much better, Olympic [rine Filipino runners to the Melbourne

at Fanling.

unless perhaps, in the person of Involved In a row-but the event and a silver medalist at Manila International

Mr John Montague, the mantrulb is that his golfing style Incidentally, I can tell you the 1950 Empire Games; Kuan where representatives of the

who was muid to play to par was also, highly individualisile. (Light the first question that four of us King - lom

Heavy), Asian Games Organising Com-

and "They always said 1. startell my we got back Cheah Sek-tong (Feather) and mittce received it to be flown

with a boocbail bal, rake asked as soon

shots with a sway and ended to Japan-United Press.

shovel, Into the Hampden dressing Yap Meng-soon (Light).

Ambling geninily round, ever with a lunge," he wrote, "anch roodyto exchange a cheerful I guess they were about right.”

We could do with more of his. word with those who had come to watch, and hitting each shot kind to enliven the scend today.. before the average American Long live the swayers, lungers professional would have had time and bashers, I say! They put. to test the direction of a non-hope into the hearts of us all. existent wind, Bradshaw holed

Is this an all-time record? Brintabli Hall Youth Club; play-1. ing in the Oldbury League (Birmingham) missed alx penal- tles in one match, including a "restaka" against Lonadale FC! Even so, they won 4.0, In this Lesque Ken Satchwell, of Car- burettors FC, looks like becom Ing the first player aver lo soorÓ, 200, goals, in @-sensong," kis is on the 95 mark.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

NO-FISHYET MANDRAKE?,

CHEF'S WAITING!,

MANDRAKE

GESTURES

AND--

-HMAN == CANT-|-|-INPNOTICALLY.

BLAME THE FISH

- WHO WANTS TO

BITE A HOOK-?

FERDINAND

NANCY

I FEEL SO.

LAZY TODAY

COME UP

LITTLE FISH

WE'RE HUNGRY.

NANCY... PLEASE

WASH THESE

VEGETABLES

FOR DINNER

BUSHMI

JOHNNY HAZARD

THERE'S THE FRONTIER WELOW, KITTY! WE'RE HOME FREE, THANK'S TO HO CHUNS!

IT'S AMAZING,

JOHNNYZ WE TAKE IDIOWE RYSICS, ALMOST GET OURSELVES KILLEO MAKING THES

MOVIE.

JUST 50 A LOT OF

STARRY-EYED COUPLE #

CAN SIT IN THE BALCONY

LOCKS UKE HAZARD AND MISS

HAWKES ARE BACK-

| HOLPING HANDS AND WONG+, }---HOME TO ROOST,,

PERING WHAT ALL THE

SHOOTING'S ABOUT!

MR, LOGAME

He has had penicillin treat ment and it is hoped that he will be able to leave hospital in Army Major Unit Soccer League a few days' time-China Mail

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TOMORROW Boecki

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HAMPA--MAGIC

THOSE WEREN'T CAN HANDLE

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WE'RE STILL HUNGRY!

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Last Citadel

The thought comes to mo and I trust that no religious significance will attach to it that perhaps Elro is the last citadel of the nonconformists. Joe Carr, for instance, takes a Ano individuaüstik slash at tho ball, and when he reaches the

Japanese Boxer Announces His

Retirement

Tokyo, Apt. 21. Hitoshi Misako, seventh rank ing flyweight boxer in world ratings, tonight announced his green either straddles down, retirement from the ring. like a giraffe settling down to drink, and uses a putter which

He way once Usted secphd in rises little higher than his knee, world flyweight ratings. The or, having discarded it once 24-year-old boxer gave no again in disgust, putts with reason for his retirement. number three iron.

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