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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1958.

WAS WARDLE'S CAPTAIN LETTERS TO

This Is The Other Side Of The Story

By NORMAN YARDLEY

(Former Yorkshire and England Captain)

Dirty linen is never a pretty sight. When it is washed in public it can be nauseating. That is how many people must feet about the wrangling that has gone on in print since Johnny Wardle was told by Yorkshire that his services would not be required after the end of this season.

Furious about the whole business, Wardle has flayed the club with every accusation he could put his tongue to. Apparently everybody in Yorkshire is out of step except Johnny.

The committee is inadequate, englain unsuitable, ไป colleagues stay out late and the whole club needs a through re- organising. Simply because the committee derided that York- shine rould best re-build a win- og sice WITHOUT HIS TEM- PERAMENTAL SERVICES.

I think we should get our feet firmly en the flour on the whole of the subdert. First of all we have to remember that Wardle must have here well paid for his "revelations, **

YORKSHIRE

SHOCKED THE CRICKETING WORLD WHEN THEY SACKED SPIN BOWLER JOHNNY WARDLE, ALREADY SELECTED BY THE MCC TO TOUR AUSTRALIA THIS WINTER. WARDLE DROPPED OUT OF THE AUGUST MATCH WITH BANK HOLIDAY "ROSES"

WANTED TO BECAUSE HE LANCASHIRE WRITE PRESS ARTICLES TELLING WHY HE WAS SACKED AND CRITICISING THE CLUB'S COMMITTEE. HERE, NORMAN YARDLEY.

OF ENGLAND AND MEMBER OF THE CLUB'S COMMITTEE. DIS- CUSSES WARDLE'S ALLEGATIONS.

CAPTAIN

FORMER I have heard the for rumoured at 2000 Aller The first article appeared I heard The Tee had been stepped up to Your figures.

It'

protend 10 know

A

size

and Tour He st3 doulist-Test tyor in Britain. exactly what the mount was; Yorkshire's chief wicket-taker: though he was--just had to go.

I am desperately sorry it had come to that point-and particularly so close to his selec- tion for Australia-for 1 regard Wardle as a fine bowler and a great choracler of the game,

- bat it must have been considerand certainly the present limited

Quile obvinusty for that Yorkshire side could do with histo sort of fee lively copy was playing ability. pected, and expert writing duly saw to 11 that it was supplied

demands more Bul a team From Wardie's point of view I

than sheer ability from any of Suppre

members. one must accept that its

Ald especially this fair enough."

from its seniors-particularly its senior professional-It demands lilles that (1) help the cap- ain, (2) help to bring on the (3) But I think the public should youngsters the right way. have a balanced picture and help to build the keenness and and off the field suggest that they reflect on one happiness on or two things before they make that produces that so difficult to a martyr out of this very as define essential "team spirit," England bowler,

Balance The Picture

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they

First of all.... bonestly think that a club com-

Individualist

No Alternative

But I can't see what else the No club committee could do. can allow any one man to get away with a constant challenge to the authority they have set up; no captain can be expected to put up wih open criticism of his methods and taeties from senior professional,

Further, I say that every club MUST RESERVE THE RIGHT DISCIPLINE

To put it briefly, in the opinion mitter of experienced playetd | of the Yorkshire committee,TO INSIST ON at admistrator and that is Wardle, the individualist, could

AND LOYALTY WITHIN ITS

what the Yorkshire conunile not command those qualities. BANGE EVEN IF TF MEANS

player

I will suck íl Wardle's ability without good cause anterl very careful sideration?

As a ber

In ny years as captain I never con- found him easy to handle, but we

never had major difficulties.

ne

A

of that com- He was a great trier mitter i can assure them it was bowler. But I always felt ha

Wardle is na de fightly.

was trying for Agures rather the opposition out still the best spl bowler of his than to get

the quickest way. He rarely setmed to bowl at his opponents with tint intensive aggressive- pess Tony lack always seems to produce.

English Soccer Team To Tour

American Continent

London, Aug. 10. The English football team will play a series of four matches la the American continent May, the Football Association. divulged today.

next

The Engilsh eleven will meet Brazil at Rio De Janiero on May 13, Peru at Lima on May 17, Mexico at Mexico City on May 20 and the United States at Los Angeles or Sus Francisco on May 24.

BACKING THE FEW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MANY.

The main tragedy of all this,

of course, is that Johnny rushed into print with such bitter words. The whole thing has be- me a national problem instead of domestic one,

Maybe Yorkshire would have plain make a been wiser

statement of straightforwardi Their reasons when they told Wardle he would not be require

That would have

next year.

His batting. 100, was converted a heap of trouble.

But they didn't do that, simply pletely that of the individualist. He had the talent to be a sound to try to save him embarrass- Batsman who could do the doublement and the washing of dirty every year.

linen in pubile. Now, however

they may be compelled to coun-

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MCC Next?

Bu! Johnny liked his tug as ter the blows Wardle has thrown the "Clown Prince" and regard-around. less very often of the needs of his side he tried his big-hitting- vim-comedy set to win the cheers of the crowd possible.

wherever

Resented Captain

This

plainly

Look out here comes a six!

It's a six... the Queen ducks and her party scatter as the ball whizzes over their heads during a cricket match at Highclere, Hampshire, recently.

Soon afterwards Prince Philip went in and scored 33 brisk runs to help his side beat a team captained by Lord Porchester by two wickets.

New 1,500

Metres Relay

Record

Warsaw, Aug. 10. An East German team broke the world record for the four times 1,500 metros relay by clocking 15 min 11.4 secs in Poznan yesterday, ac- cording to the Polish Nows Agency P.A.P.

The runners-Hans Hermann, Klaus Rich'. txunhain, Siegfried Va- lantin and Reinnagel

Halfried knocked

3.4 seci off the world mark set by a Honved (Budapest) squad in Bu- depost in 1955.-Reu-

ter.

The 12-a-side game was in aid of the National Playing Fields Association. Prince Philip was dropped before he had scored, and swapped hats with Denis Compton.

to

Then he held up the match run into the pavilion for his own favourite bat. After that he hit six boundaries,

American League Baseball

BRAVES UNLEASH SAVAGE

33-HIT ATTACK TO WALLOP PHILLIES 8-7 AND 14-3 IN DOUBLE-HEADER

New York, Aug. 10.

The Milwaukee Braves unleashed a savage 33-hit attack good for 59 total bases to wallop the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-7 and 14-3, at Philadelphia today and stretch their National League lead to 6%1⁄2 games. Mathews rmatted seven pinch-runner Dick Schofield to

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THE EDITOR

Surprising Statements

Bir-Some of the statements made by Archic Quick in the Chinu Mall, August 5, 1950 are surprising

The Marquees of Exeter, sure. 17, was famous primarily as • quarter mile hurdier, not D high kurdler, and Don Finlay was not a low hurdler but probably the finest high hurdler Who has over competed 10: Great Britain.

Apart fromI Burghley and Finlay, atid possibly Gaby one must doubt whether the hurdlers named in your article would have succeeded in the better present day competion. A glance at the records shows how few countries participated In International athletics In thet: days,

of

It Is, further, dimoult in reconcile the alleged "dis- appearance" hi hurdlere With the fact that Britain has won this event more times than any other event in international matches over the last five years.

JACK PARKER

U.S.-GREECE ATHLETICS RESULTS

Athens, Aug. 10. Resulta in today's second day the United States-Greece athletics moet hera were—

01

400 lturdles

1. Glenn Davis (US) 51 sees. (New truck record),

2.

stes.

John Culbreath (US) 51.2

3. Kambadells (Greece) 53,5

secs.

L

800 Metres

Depastas (Greece) 1 min

It sees.

2. Tom Courtney (US) min 52.1 secu.

3. Michael Peak (US) min 52.8 secs.

200 Metres

1. Edward Collymore (US) 21 recs.

1

2. Ernest Shelby (US) 21,7

HOCS.

3. Georgopulos (Greece) 21.7

4. James Segrest (US) 21.7

secs,

3,000 Metres Sleeptochses 1. Papavassitiou

min. 53.4 secs. (New. Greek

record),

(Greece) 8

2. Phil Coleman

(US)

mins, 59.4 pecu.

3. Charles Joncs (US) mins, 17.8 sOCA,

6

9

100 Metres Women's

1. Isabel Daniels (US) 110

(2nd game)

104 001 000-60 hits

in nine tries and Hankihird base for the decisive run St Lou

Chicago

002 000 000-—2—7—5 play in the eighth

Jackson-19-8) neid Green; fulkan. Aaron had five hits in nine on a force

of the second game, | Fall (8) and Thacker, Neeman tries during the doubleheader inning while Dol Crail bashed two Elroy Face, the Pirates' gritty (8) LP-tman (2-4). 1R-Bank

[34th) homers and knocked in four 155-pound relief stor, appeared sex Francisco 211.102 200-12-19-T 023 100 100 8~12—0 In both games and yielded aos Angeles TUIS fur the Braves in the

Giel, Manzant (3), Jones (8), Wor- one hit in 2-2/3

thington 7 and Setuniet. Thomas xend game. Mathews, Anton total of only

178 Williams, Herer DK.112.1 secs. and Crandall combined for 15 innings,

(2. Labine (8), Koutex 19). hits in 23 iries for a .632 uverage

Humberto Robinson

Aussie Swimmer during the day

Betters Own World Record

Indianapolis, Aug. 10. Murray Rose: Australia's Olympic champion, bettered his official world record for the 400 when he won metres freestyle

Many people are now asking it all this will cause MCC the United Slates outdoor swin- niny championship Úpr thle sack Wardle from the tour of

eveni here today, Australia as well. That is cur

But, at the lainly a possibility

Pittsburgh centre fielder Bill Virtion equalled A mujor League record by collecting two assists in one inning.

pitched 6-2/3 innings of two-hit rellet

Bobby Thomson druve in five to gain credit for the victory in

runs to lead the Chicago Cubs the first game and Carlton Wil- ley, one of the Braves pitchers to a 9-4 victory at Chicago but up from Wichita, ored his the St Louis Cardinals took seventh win in the nighteap.ndvantage of live errors to win Willey went 7-1/3 innings with the second game 0-2. Macellino the Inst 8-2/3 1st Solis pitched Juan Pizarro pitching the

win innings

the first game for the Cubs and Larry Jackson 1-2/3 frames.

pitched seven-hitter for the Cardinals in the second game.— U.P.I.

14-Hit Attack The Braves "wanned up" with 14-hit attack in the first game and then rocked Robin Roberts and three successors for 10 hits, doubles, three including seven

two Crandall's triples and homers in the second game.

Both the second-place San Francisco Giants and the third- place Pittsburgh Pirates won but (the lants lost a half-game to the front-running Braves because they played only a single geme ut Los Angeles with the Los

The Rosults

His time' of 4 mins. 24.5 secs, he all 100 moment, I doubt it,

was 3.5 secs. Inside is accepted siateshe bitterly The MCC committee are cer- world mark-but was still he resented the appointment of Rontainly going to discuss It on hind the time of 4:21.0 which Burnet as captain, and the two August 19. And it may well Australian wonder swimmer, Jon were all too often

Kline. Porterfield (7). a logger-be that they will take a serious Konrads, is awaiting ratification. hends.

view of yet another rushing into this kind of publicity which, they feel, brings discredit- to the game,

steady

cricketer-Reuter,

Some may feel that if Wardie Season's First Angeles Dodgers

These dales have not, how-

The This led to fares on the field ever, yet been confirmed. English have never yet met the and in the dressing room and the

of build-up Peruvians or the Mexicans, Eng-he land's last encounter with Brazil horoughly impossible position. was during the World Cup series And so, in the interests of the can take this step here he might in Sweden when the result was team of youngsters we are try- lake similar action in Australia

bulld up, the indivi-if he had a serious altercation! a goalless drage-France-Pressing to

Champion Boat Catches

Fire In Regatta

Seattle, Aug. 10.

boat in

brotten

Fe Gauze

lek.

ou there with Peter May

But, somehow, I feel that i would be wrong to assume that Wardle will be axed from the I imagine MCC will want tour. ali detalis of the row from the Yorkshire front-and from Wordle and that they will give

fair consideration.

The ultimate decision about the tour, of course, may well be Two

coust left to Peter May. If he feels The defending champion ardmen, Bob Hutching and after all this that he can still

were treated for get along with Wardle on tour the Gold-Cupaperileini ents and brulers.

and I am sure he can because he Regatta caught flro, went |UPI

won't stand any messing about from anybody Johnny still stands a good chance of catching liant boat,

out of control and grazed

a coast guard cutter today

at the start of the third

heat in the annual race.

Firat reports indicated Monst three persons

were in- Jured. Both the boat, Thriftway, and the 32-foot const guard picket boat sank to the Bottom immediately after the thanh

Official sent up red flures to half the race.

SERIOUS INJURIES.

--

Final In Eastern

Tennis Tourney Laste 32 Hours

New Jersey, Aug. 10. Mal Anderson of Australia, won the Men's Singles e in the Buster arası court lawn tennis championships here to day, by beating America's Ham Richardson 0-3, 0-4, 6-8, 1-15, 6-4.

The match, which Insted three Recident, brought Mics Thrift and half hours, war the

OwECT, BIN Muncey, to

in tho 31-}- was taken by karest Anal battle

year history of the event.

Althen. Gibson of New York, the Wimbledon Champion, de-

A helicopter, hovering over the race course in cuso of Jan

way's

shore pad he

nambulance

to a hospital, A

Coast guardman slo

ported injured seriously.

Was It

At the hospital, Muncey' feated Sally Moore of Californin

condition was reported good, to win the Women's Singles

Ho was sufferring from minor title.

0163

beat

Data and betalase and a poenliɔle 9-7,-0-2-Reuter.

Miss Moore

TUE

Man To

In that single game, zvokie Jim Davenport hit two homers, a double and two singles to lend a 18-hi San Francisco attack or six Los Angeles pitchers. Hank

Swim Channel Souer, who hit two homers on

Saturday night, knocked in three runs to help the Giants' attack whlie Dover, England, Aug. 10.

Duke Snider and GI Thirty-four-year-old Brazilian Hodges homered for the Dodgers. Abillo Couto today become this The Giants have won 10 of 13 senson's first man to swim the games from the Dodgers this Channel,

yenr.

to

13 Victories

the

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(1st game)

(9 and Roseborn, WP-Jones (1-0) LP-Lobke. (5-4). HRS-O'Connell 13:01. Spencer (12th), Snider (10th),

lodges (15th).

6th and 7. Speake 13

AMERICAN LEAGUE

(lai game)

000 002000-2-12-4 Dellmore

Papus, Lehnini, (4) and Tran

and Courtney, tamos, Hyle (9) W-10 (12-301.

Pappas (7-d). Triandos (23rd).

(1st game)

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Herbert 111. Doyle (9). Craddock (5) and Sinth; Melish (12-6) and Nixon. LP-Urban (7-8).

(D), ills Day-1718) Power Skapson 15th and thi.

Wadlington 101 260 30x-6-12-0

(ist game)

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200 021 02x-71-0 New York ****

Brewer, Fornietes (5), Byerly ( and Herberet; Larsen, Duress (7). Shantz (1) Trucks (0) and Berta, WP-Trucks (1-1). L-Byerly (3-13. {

(1st gamo)

020 200 010-$5–10~0 Chicago Detroit

..... 000 000 000-03 Moore, Wynn (8) and lollar: Foy trek, Aguirre (4), Cleotie (7), Fischer WP- (8). Morgan (0) and LAU, Moon -3), LP-Foytack (8-10). HH-Hivers (7th).

(2nd game)

.... 000 002 400~8~11—0) Baltimore

000 002 000-1 3-0 Washington

Odell (10-10) and Triandos, Grig Homonosky (0), Clovenger (71, Con- sable (8) Albanese (2) and Kor- clock. LP-Criac (3-10),

Fees.

2. Margaret Matthews (US)

Shot Ful

1. O'Brien (US) 10.5 metres. (New stadium record).

2 Dallas Long (U8) 12.15 metres.

3 Takanikas (Greece), 10.04

metres.

10,000 Metres

{ Glezos (Greece) 31 mins. 41.0 secs.

2. Gordon MeKenzie (US)

32 mins. 19.4 seca,

1.

METRES HURDLES

WOMEN'S

White 12.5CAS,

2. Doris McCaffrey (US) 12.1 secs.

3. Cassimati (Greece) recs.

LONG JUMP WOMEN'S

18.7

1. White (US) 6.02 metres.

2. Margaret Matthews (US) 5.70 molres,

Smith (US) 6.00 3. Annic metres.

Hop, Step and Jump

Kentdoorke (US)

metres.

15.80

2. Irc Davie (US), 14.97 netres,

14.06

3. Skifos metres,

(Greece)

Discus Women's

1. Earlene Brown (US 47.47 metres,

2. Curret (US) 42.73 motres, 3. Marjorie Lamy (UB) 41.68 metres.

(1st game)

(2nd game, 10 (unings) St. Louis

202 000 000 44

Kanso Chy.. 000 000 003 20 Chicago

201 100% 13 1

Cleveland

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Daley, Gorwar 10). Tomanek (0) Grant (10) McDaniel (0) and Landrili; ·Driggs.

and chiu; Woodeschick, Solix (1) and Neeman, Thacker 17.

and Nixon. Brown (10) Wr

4. Lerlou (Greece): 40,00 WP-Solla 13-21. Mabe

LP.Woodeschick Tomanek (000) TIRS-Thomson (1580). Danke (33rd). } (1-3),, HRS-Colavito

metros. (241), Marlu 159th).

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(2nd game)

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Newco Face 13) and Kravitz. Turley, Shantz (0), Mogro (0) and The Pirates made Ir. 33 vie-WP-Face (4-3). Li-Lawnner (6-10). Johnsen, England in 12 hours 45 minutes.

He waded into the water attorles in their

last 15 home-Mazoroak! (13th). gome when they beat

(2nd game)

320 030 150-14—10—0 - Chilesyn Cap Gris Nez at 0240 G.MT: and clambered onto the rocky cool- Cincinnati itedtegs, 3-2 and 4-3, Milwaukee

Pittsburgh. Dick Stuart Pepe 339 Detroit Willey,

(B) and Crandall; line cost of Dover a 1525 GM.Tat

He had previously made four 10th-inning sacrifice fly knocked Roberta Morencada.

attempts.-China | in the winning run in the leser (9) and Gawatici: ww

P. Roberts (12-10). unsuccessful Mall Special.

Bob Skinner singled Crandall (14th and 1581).

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opcher.

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THROW IT BACK

BUT IT MIGHT (BE SOME LITTLE) }FIGHE MOTHER'

(0)

9-

IR Runnels (405). (2nd game, 12 Innings)

002 000 100 000)—Jim Dan1' 100 100 028 001-12-i

(4) Shaw Launen.

Lawn (0) Maley (0), Wilson (1) and Battey; 181. Surce (2) and Fort, Mergem Wilson. WSvron (4-1). LP-WIN (2-D) B-Maxwell (8th.

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SWISS MADE

OSTARIABLE AP

"ALL WATCH, DEALERS

4 x 480 Relis

1. U.S.A- ming 18.1 sera.

2. Greece-3 mins 27 soCH,

4 x 169 Relay-Women's

1. U.S.A-51.1 sces,

3. Greece - 32.3 secs. (Now Greck record).

Pole Vault

1. Ronald Morris 4.05 metres · (New track record),

2. Roubanis (Greece)

metres.

3. James

molres.

4.80

Brewer (US) 4.20

4. Efstathladin

(Greece) 4

metres.-France-Pressa.

Courtney Beaten

In 800 Metres

Athens, Aug 10.

880 Tom Courtney, world yards rocort holder und Olympic champion, was beaten, over 500 metres by the Greer champion, E. Depastas, on the second day, of the athletics meeting be turcen Amorloan and Crock ethletes: here today,

Daspasies won in one mim

American (01 men, with the

mooood in 1:53:1--Retater.