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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1958.

WHAT IS IT THAT WINS THE WORLD CUP?

Sports Diary

TODAY

Noscer

International Barlow: Common-

West'v China, HKFC, 8.20 p.m.

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Hockey International; India

19KP) a pan,

TOMORKOW

Hockey

V Ireland

Holland Cup: Ármỹ "A" y Recrolo (SKP) 4p.m..

RACIDE

Entries Close for 13th Race Mott.

ir. Noon.

Dave Charnley's Next Fight

London. Apr. 29.

Davo Charnley, British Lightweight Boxing Champion, has boon matched with joey Lopes of California, the world's fifth ranking lightweight, ovor ton rounds at White City Stadium hero on Juno 3.

ta

the

It will be a supporting bout Empire tho Brush and heavyweight tille contest between Joo Erskine and Brian 1.ondon

Charnley has been promised that if he wins he will be given a world title chatre against the winner of next month's World Championship contest between Toe Brown, the holder, and Ralph Dupos.

HOPE FOR THE HEARTS

Champions Of Scotland

And Now For The European Cup!

By TOMMY WALKER ·

(Manager of new Scottish League Champions Hearts)

London.

Champions of Scotland. Yes, it is a proud title, and we of

SPORTRAIT

"Reminds me, did i ever tell you how 1 took nine wickets with nine

consecutive balls?

London Espress Sarrion

Hearts are naturally proud that it belongs to us again at Sheppard Not long last,

But now we have reached the target it becomes clear that that target

itself is only one more stepping stone; that there are other challenges :| to be met; greater heights to climb-if we are capable.

We are now conscious that next season we must stand up for Scotland

against the best teams in Europe.

Johnny Harvey McLeod. Nobody

Available For Tests

London, Apr, 28.

The Final Victory May Go To The Team With The Shrewdest Manager

Says CHARLES STEPHEN

London.

In sport, as in other things of life, history, sometimes repeats

itself or at least, gives a guide to future events. One of the biggest events in the immediate soccer future is the sixth World Cup to be played in Sweden in Juno. What, judging by happenings in the provious, five, is the likely outcome?

We take as our book of reference, "World Cup," a comprehensive history of the tournament by Brian Glanville and Jerry Weinstein (Robert Hale: 16s.). A study of it suggests that final victory in Sweden may well go to the team with the shrewdest manager.

outwit

disperse

As a result, Brazil alt! Uruguay have never since taken part in World Cup series in which the other has competed.

Concluding their account of this first tournament. Glanville and Weinstein write: "The Ars! chapter of the World Cup was closed.

There could be no mistaking the omena, The Work Cup was a battle of prestige, of national honour. Its destiny was now inevitable."

The sender was James Morris, the only journalist to accompany Sir John Hunt's expedition, The

office was

that of newspaper The Times, Morris' employere, who had helped to Bnance the assault on Everest.

Had The Right

Take the current champlona, in Buenos Aires, and only the greatest newspaper story of the Germany. They came to the intervention of the police, who Century: "Summit of Everest 1954 tournament as

to rank out-cpened fire

the reached on May 29 by Hillery aldors. The brilliant Hungarians, crowds, prevented more serious and Tenzing." under the masterful direction of disturbances. Gustav Sches, were expected to walk away with the fle.

The Germans could not match Hungary in soccer skills, but in The Reverend David Shop-innager Sepp Herberger they pard. 29-year-old England produced a planner to For we shall most

and certainly us. And here I would like to

Donald opening batsman, today an- Sebes. outside the nounced that he will not be accept the challenge offered by say a personol thank you to the

Tynecastle "team" and that club can know just how much available for either the Test Shrewd Move the European Cup.

includes everybody.

these two have done. But 1 will scrles against New Zealand directors say that our record goal-scoring this suminer or the touring encourage of this season

duo very leạm going to Austraile at the Was

end of the year. They are always alive to new Sheppard, who bas "family," | ideas. They have Introduced "capped" 12 times for England, family- many new techniques-and there is chaplain to a welfare organk-

The

qualifying complicated staff. office techniques, I know, have done aj sation In London's East End

Do you want to know any- workers, trainers, players. It is great deol to help the players, and feels he must give

full prosedure.

This allowed attention to his work.

that a team thing about golf? Do you want code method which he describes not empty words to suy all of often unconsciously.

of its two to know EVERYTHING about in Coronation Everest" (Fabor them have mode their contribu-

and Faber: 10s.) as "eplerdid He has told his county, Sussex, could lose one that he will be available for through to the quarter-Anais by

qualifying games but get golf?

If you do (and what golfer old-fashioned journalism. only three matches with them wining & play-off against a doesn't), ther during this season.

This phrase also cums up the Thirty #hillings invested in the 1958 edition of Everest itself, a battle between book. Just as the climbing of side already beaten.

Germeny were due to play "The Goiter's Handbook Hungary, Rather than tire out published

elements, makɔı by

There is a stimulation about the thought that great teama From the top, our

have offered every like Real Madrid or Milan or so many others, will be meeting usment and have set an example largely to these two.

harmony folk in real jun

which has per- before our own

the whole competition; a different business, meated

WN {TC fee, from the Criendlies we Because have played before against Con- jelenners, ground Umental sides.

Of course, we haven't been

evident that ion. it is

in the European Cup will mean a greater strain on the players. Some

prople not think that a good may

thing.

In another White City rup-able to think deeply about porting bout, Yolande Pompey, yet. But of Trinidad, will meet Mike participation Holl, the South African, at the Light-heavyweight limit of 12 store 7 lbs (176 lbs) over ten rounds,

145 tret

Can Only Benefit

My

regardless

Promoter Jack Sulutauns is applying for the Oght to be re- cugnised

view is that eliminator fur the world title held by Archief the extra strain of the Moore.-China Mail Special. moment, Hearts can only benefit in the long run. Most of our players are young in the game, They must surely become wiser and more proficien! from close-runtnet study uf the methods and techniques of the top foreign troms.

SCRATCHED

London, Apr. 28. Persian Rase Was oMetally scratched

from

1,000 the Guineas. Reuter,

Team Achievement Because it has been a team achievement, 1 shall single out only one-player, and I am sure all his teammates would wish me to do that. He is our skip- (per, David ·Mackay,

David is a very young man to have had such responsibility thrust upon him. But he nes cepted 11 readily, and has given the team a lead and set on example to which they have all responded. He has had to miss our recent matches through injury, yet I am quite sure he has kicked every ball!

So much for the future. But I should also like to offer a

As an example of just how keen our two trainers are, let me tell you that both have gone voluntarily to the FA Coaching

several

classes in England for years in succession.

(COPYRIGHT) -(London Express Servior).

been

Many believe that Sheppard will never again play Test cric- kei-China Mall Special.

in

Herberger's scheming was one at the main factors Germany's sensational victory. His shrewdest move of all was

So The Times had the right to get the news first. But how this to be ensured? was Messages had to be relayed by runners and radio. During the two days it took the nows lo

be Intercepted.

to turn to his own advantage Everything On Golf get to London i might easily

The

American Girls Rugby Union strength his team would be able going on and what has gone on

Win In Tiflis

London, Apr, 28. The United States women's basketbol çem scored the first win of their tour of the Soviet Union when they beat a selected Georgla iram 42-37, o Tans Agency report from Tiflis said

the present happily is still with | special tribute to our brainers, 'tonight--Ünited PrepS,

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

NO

MAJOR

LUCKILY,

BUT QUITE A REPAIR JOBS -- AND

DAMAGE,Į HOW'LL WE MOVE HERT

NO MACHINERYON THIS ISLE-

FERDINAND

NANCY WOMANLAR

OH, AUNT

FRITZI---

YOU KNOW THAT

NAME YOU

ALWAYS CALL ME?

NOT FAR FROM SHORE --

A WEAK VOICE--

WELL--- NOW IT'S MY CHANCE TO SAY IT TO YOU

A NATIVE FISHERMAN CAUGHT BY THE BIG WAVE

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

HOT HEAD

FOR-24-

JOHNNY HAZARD

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, \ MR. KENDALL! YOU MEAN THE STATE DEPARTMENT WANTS ME TO INTERVIEW SOMEBODYT I THOUGHT YOU BOYS KNEW ALL THE

ANSWERS!

I DARESAY WE

PO QUITE WELL, IN OUR OWN WAY, MISS JAMISON! BUT THIS "PROSPECT" POses

SOME PROBLEMS.

IN FACT, I DOUBT THAT

WE CAN EVEN GET TO SEE HUAL AND IF WE COULD-HE STILL WOULDN'T

TALK TO US!

I KNOW I'M A LIVIN' POLL-BUT WHAT MAKES YOU THINK TINS ELUSIVE GENT WOULD OPEN UP

FOR MET

HAPPENS TO BE AN017 FRIEND

1 OF YOURS!!

IGAW IT, IT

-FLIPPED

US-

By Mik

By Ernle Bushmiller

By Frank Robbins

London, Apr. 26. Resulta in tonight's Rugby Union matches were:

Barnstaple 22, United Hospi- tals 3.

Bridgewater 0, Cheltenham Maesteg 13, Newbridge 3. Pontypridd 5, Aberavon 11. Torquay 8, Gloucester 9. Weston 3, Bristoj 10.-Reuter.

There's Marathan Magic.in}, CADBURY'S

It is Perfection

Washing

BE HAPPY WITH

SWISSAIR

DAIRY BOX

BURY

with the wonderful centres

AUSTIN!

THE CAR

for your

HOME LEAVE.

METRO CARS (H.K.), LTD,

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So Morria decided to use the

warld

Isolation

from

the

of

the

Gelter's man and the his stor men, Herberber fielded Handbook, Edinburgh, will yield refreshing reading in this atomic a comparatively

uge, to does the story of how side, rich dividends. weake gambling on the feet that sí full Its 1,059 pages tell what is the news was got back to the

waiting

to account for Turkey.

in golf all over the world,aplendid Detalls of victories in tourna Himalayas. $ This is excelly what happen- monts from the Chinese ed. Germany were swamped 0-3 by Hungary, but qualled by beating Turkey 7-2 in the play-off. They, went on to bost Hungary in the final with up 116 pages.

toam that was a vastly different proposition from the one 30 heavily defested earlier in the

Amateur fo' the Cheshire Ladies events are all recorded. So are all the laws of the game, which, together with explanations, take

Women's Angle

For the woman's angle on the Himalayas I recommend Moun. tains and Memsahlbs" (Cons- table: 21). This is the exciting story of how four WWC- Mundane Message nursing sister, housewife, a research worker and "SNOW CONDITIONS BAD a field geologist-showed that In 1938, Italy, under the

ADVANCED BASE mountaineering is no masculine STOP Vittorio guidance of

Pozzo,

ABANDONED YESTERDAY preserve. became the only country

It la told by the women them- retain the World Cup they won MENT STOP ALL WELL."

STOP AWAITING IMPROVE-

selves, Joyce Dunsheath, Elleen four years cariler. In 1938, in

Gregory, Hilda Reid and The semi-final, they bust a

This W3S The Ecemingly Frances Delany, who sel loot Brazilian team which, man for cheeriors and mundane message where no man or woman had man, was the best in the world. received in a London newspaper ever trod...

office on the night of June 1, Benevolent Despot 1953. Decoded, it revealed the

to

Glanville and Weinstein des- cribe Porzo as "a stern though benevolent despot" His maxim was: "If I let the players make

lose mistakes, I would Authority,"

my

In 1950, when the World Cup was resumed after the war, the talented Brazilians were once agalo favourites. They got to within one match of anal victory,

But Uruguay, under manager Colonel Voipe," worked out a plan to contain Brazil's Brilliance and po regained the title they

in won

the first tourament la 1930,

In the 1958 World Cup is to be won by the tean with the best manager, past history also suggests That the tournament will not pass without a flare-up, on the field or off it.

We remember too well the "Battle of Borne" in 1051 whon the game that should have been the match of the century ended free fights between Hungarians and Brozlilons. Yet this was a mild scuffle compared with the "Battle of Bordeaux" in 1938, when Brazli Czechoslovakia.

played

Marching Orders

Weinstein As Glanville and recard: Three players were given marching orders by the

raterve. Hungarian

Hertzko Machedos and Zew of Brazli ond Czech Riba. Goalkeeper Plaincka and inside-left Nejedly

of Czechoslovakia finished up in hospital, the former with a broken eight arm, the latter with a fractured right leg. The Czech right-half, Kostakek, received a nasty stomach injury. and the Brazilians Peraclo and Leonidas limped off the field at the end.

Why should euch a splendid tournament as the

World Cup, aimed at fostering international sportsmanship, be solled by such disgusting scenes?

It's the old story of sport taking a back seat do national prestige and politics,

The lone was set at that first Work Cup in 1930, It' was an the whale a well-fought tourna ment with 'no' really grive In cidonia on the field, and the final between Uruguay and Argentine was no extremely sporting mate

But being good logors meant nothing to the Argentina, fane. On the eve of the match - thếy gathered in their thousands, chanting "Victory or Death," for: hours on end.

"Victory - depiod, them, ther siibed the 'Urugurun" "Consula fe

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