1959-03-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1959.

Veteran Thomas Returns Lira May Lure Players To Italy

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To Welsh XV To Play Ireland On Saturday

London, March 8.

The "veteran" centre Malcolm Thomes, holder of 25 caps, returns to the Welsh side to play Ireland in the five nations rugby tournament next Saturday on the strength of one brilliant, performance.

This was in the Barbarians Two other changes are made Blackheath match last week by the Welsh selcetors in the when he scored three trics, one side beaten 0-8 by Scotland on of them amcgnificent solo February 7. effort when he ran from half- way line right through the Blackheath defence between the poste.

replaces

Hadyn Morgan

at wing-forward to score John Leleu

while Jan Ford makes way for new cap John Harris in the

Two Other Changes second row of the serum.

Thomas, who was not even picked for the Welsh trial matches, replaces Hidyn Davies.

DOUBLE CROSS

COUNTRY WIN

BY MIMOUN

Caen, March. 8.

Alain Mimoun, France's Mcl- Olympics marathon won his second big

bourne

\winner,

cross country oven!

in eight

daya when he won the Mezidon

20.

Ireland retains the side which at Scolland 6-3 on February,

The Teams

The teams are:

WALES Full-book: T.

(Llanelly).

Davico

Three-quarters: J. Collins (Aberavon), Malcolm Thomas (Newyort), P. Price (Ponty- 1001, D. Bebb (Carbothen Tecnical College, Swansen).

Ashton

Flyhall: C. (Aberavon).

Scrum-half: Lt. Williams

(Cardiff).

International near here today. Forwards: H. Morgan (Aber-

The wiry. Mimoun, with his tillery), J. Fnull

(Swansea),

END OF THE STORY

Bengal Scroll crashes and throws his lockey, C. Finnegan, after the second jump in the Cotswold Steeplechase at the Cheltenham- meeting - last Tuesday, Reuterphoto.

galt, captain), D. Harris (Pontypool), SITE FOR WORLD TITLE FIGHT

shuming economical sprinted past

the Moroccan,. Rhad, in the final metres of the 8 kilometres (Ave miles) race to win by two seconds In 20 mins 32 secs.

French runners filled the first five places followed by the Belgian Von Der Hooven."

Sunday's

· Mimoun wen last cross country race at Tremblay, near Paris-France-Presse.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Badminton

Colony Junior Badminton Chamfe pionship matches at Taikoo Club, 1.30 p.m.

TO-MORNOW Athletics

Green Howarde Inter-Company annual athletic meeting. Stanley, 2

p.m.

W. Williams (Linnelly

1. Main (London Welsh), Meredith (Newport), R. Prosser (Puntypool),

Henderson

IRELAND Full-back: N. (North of Ireland).

Three-quarters: A O'Reilly (Gal- (Lelcester). J. Dolley wegians), D. Hewitt (Belfant University), N. Brophy (Dublin University),

TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW

he

New York, March 8. American boxing promoter Bill Rosensulin confirmed here tonight that would announce on Tues. day the site of the World heavyweight boxing tille bout between holder Floyd Patterson and

If

Rosensohn said that the dale for the fight would depend on the site that was chosen, New York got the selection, the world championship bout would probably be held at the end of June this your, he sided.-France-Presse,

Sweden's champion In South American

gemar Johansson.

Fly-hair M. Engilsh (Lime- rick Bohemians).

Scrum-half: A. Mulligan (London Irish).

Forwards: IL Kavanagh (Wanderers), A. O'Sullivan (Galwegians),

Murphy (Cork Institution), W. Mulcahy (Dublin Univerity), G. Culli- ten

timore. (Wanderers). S. Miller (Ballymena), A. Dawson (Wan- derers,

captain), B. Wood (Garryowen)-France-Presse,

FOUR D. JONES

MEANWHILE... NOT SO VERY FAR AWAY, A FIGURE APPEARS...

N.

AND OUT OF THE HOOP OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION, BIG BROTHER STEPS BACK INTO -1984.

(TAKE IT EASY→ OKAY,

YOURE CLEARI THATSIT

Rosensohn, who is organising the boul, will chutes pinong New York, Los Angeles, Chleage, Minneapolis and Bal-

New York, Los Angeles, and Chleago are the favourites to staga the fight,

... AND THIS TIME, HE IS NOT ALONG

Soccer Result

Buenos Aires. Mar. 8.

Uruguay beat Bollvin 7-0 In

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

2

(No. 55/65)

Here is a problem by J. Har- the South American soccer tong (To Mak, 1954), White to champlarships here today.

The

score was 3-0 at half-play and mate in two moves, lime-Reuter.

by MADDOCKS

MARVELLOUSI

BUT IT WILL NEVER REPLACE THE JOLLY OLD AEROPLANE

London Express Bervice.

Sheaffer's

WORLD SOCCER BALANCE OF POWER IN DANGER OF BEING ÜPSET

By TOM FINNÉY

(Of Preston North End and England)

The tall and elegant Prince Lanza lazily surveyed the too of his shoo and then said casually: "Play for Palermo for two seasons and I can promise you £10,000."

We were dining together at the banquet given for the Italian and English teams in Florence in 1952. For a moment, the room was a golden blur,

ad.

Then my senses returned and sting out of the Welsh attack. But even so don't think I told him: "I'll have to place No country, however strong, there will be anything approach- the offer in front of my dirtc-|can afford to lose its top-liners. ing a stampede to Italy. tors before making nny. Remember how Hungary fell decision,"

away from its soccer pinnacle The following week, the once Ferenc Puskas and his Preston Boerd refused to con- friends went into exile? sider placing me on the transfer list and so onded my chance of sampling the blamoney de- lights of the Italian League.

But` woon, I bollove, such offers to internaliquals the world over will become com monplace, for a revolution is taklur place in Kallan foot. ball which may have far- reaching results.

If the Tallan financiers have their way there could be a very real danger of the great Bra- zilian team being broken up. while the plans of many nations might receive serious set-backs.

How about Britain?

Fees Too High

I am sure that players such na Manchester United's Bobby Charlton, Fulham's Johnny Huddersfield's Haynes and Dennis Law would be high

tho sta

op

players.

I have discurased the vantages and disadvantages of playing abroad with many of our most famou players and found most of there re- Juctant to leave the security of our own much-maligned LATUD System.

Many of us remember Bogota and the comments of man like Charlie Mitten, Nell Franklin and George Mountford when they returned from the Colum- blan elty which had looked lice a footballer's idea of Heaven. Homesick

More recently we have studied of wanted the conflicting reporté of He In the Italian League which

The wealthy financiers who control the deštinies of many of the top clubs are trying to

weep away the law which says But I believe that Britain have Altered back from John that only one foreigner can would loso fewer real top- Charles, Tony Marchi and Eddie appear in

an Italian League | class players than most of the Firmani. side...

other, footballing nations.

Confident

The majority of Continental experts expect the ban to be ified within the next 12 months and the financiers are mure confident.

even

By world standards, our transfer fees have reached an inflated level, and I doubt

whether even the Italian finan- to compete diere would wish in the bidding for anything but the very best.

Big John has confessed to being homesick and only Eddie seems completely happy.

This isn't really surprising when you remember that these men have left their friends and family behind and partly isolated from their new team-

As Britain's International mates by the language barrier. prestige has fallen so, too, has

In some cases, top, one must It is no secret that they have

the demand for her players, expect to faco professional altency received detailed re-

Real Madrid, perhaps the jealousy, for the Italian-born on many of the more only truly cosmopolitan club in players must envy the riches of famous British players, and Europe, Includes Frenchmen, the foreign signings.

thet Juventus' dapper chief scout Gigt Peronace has been Watching Swansen's Charles:

Mel

Brazilians, Argentinians, Hun- garlans, Spaniards, and Swedes ....but no Brlusters,

Incentive

Ask yourself why Mr Peronace with his foreign quota ably

They have, I understand, Alled by John Charles should be interested in brother Mel and shown interest in only one foot- you begin to realice Just bow baller on this side of the Chan- nel during recent years, A near this threatened move may current English international ...but after discovering the probable fee they quickly made a bid for Pele of Brazil,

Players will have the in- centive of a large slice of the and many will probably

be

Alan Hardacre, secretary 'of the Football League, told me on his return from Italy thai the averago professional over there earn

tess very much than his counterpart in Bri- tain.

Cloud

Still, despite the snatts and the doubts, the cloud cast by the Italian financiers is still there on the horizon as large as over. Whether it's a black, forbid- ding cloud or one tinged with a liver lining depends largely upon one's nationallly.

Why is so important?

Because it is possible that the lure of Italian gold could skim the cream off the Jap foolballing nations and alfer'; fee the whole balance of power | welcome the opportunity. I Personally I would be pre-

in world football, Already the single signing of John Charles has taken the

the

still remember my own Impared to forgive a lot if a few mediate reaction at the mention Italian clubs can mirror of that £10,000,

magle of Madrid,

GRONT

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