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THE CHINA, MAIL: TUESDAY, MAY 1959..

I'LL MAKE 'EM EAT THEIR WORDS

Never Again Will I Be A Chump, Says

Derek Ibbotson

By CAPEL KIRBY

"I was a mug to fool around with my training as I did." There you have forthright Derek

· Ibbotson summing up himself after looking. back in anger on his champ-to-chump flop of last season .... which might well have been his

last season.

I can disclose that in recent evening afler racing Reed weeks the "Huddersfield Hustier" and Perkins over twenty fant Avaa within 25 seconds or so of 220'n when steeplechase ETAT retiring from the track. Every John Disley tppeared on the thing depended on how he track. shuped in the Brat two races of this season-the two miles ut Oxford, and the 5,600 metres at Hanover a fortnight ago.

If the aggregate times for these events had been 26 seconda slower and left him trailing be- hind the field Instead of being 001 in front end wianing Ibbotson would have accepted the fact that he is too far over the h to stage a comeback:

ke

He's Angry

Sald Derek: "Because John is as determined as I am to get back to top International form afler having to lay off through Achliles tendon trouble, I stayed on with him for a further daren 220's."

Worth Whilo

Ibbotson is fortunate that his comeback campaign • hús coincided with his posting South at the vital stage of, the reason. What winter training he had in Huddersield and district was confined to a main rond with lampposts as bandicap maths for the lads who helped him......

There's no two ways about it. I would have packed it in if I hadn't won," says Decck, the angry young man now driving) himself Zalopek fashion to erase On this problem bolaon" has from memory thore headlines quite a lot to say, "I un-

"Jbbo's Washed Up." fortunate

sett

nevertheless ง "Derek's Shot HR Bolt," "Filer fact, that an athlete cannot or Flup."

enjoy facitilles and competition WILL MAKE THE unless he makes bis quarters In CRITICS EAT THEIR WORDS. London. I think it is all wrong ... INCLUDING YOU," SAID and something should be done DEREK, WHO ADDED "AND about it.” IX DON'T SUCCEED NO- BODY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCUSE ME OF FOOLING OF

דיי

INSTEAD

AHOUND TRAINING."

Nolther will anybody have an opportunity of charging him with

Derek Ibbotson (11), seen here in one of his recent races the Sward Invitation mile event at Chiswick on May 8. Ibbotson came out first in this event. Second was J. Winch (8). In the lead is M. Berisford (No, 9). - Central Express Photo.

krtown meetings in small, glerb Elliott and

fitting Northern towns some youngalera | back at us critics, have taken an active interest Rome is a tali order, but in the sport."

besting Herb Elliott is not be- yond him.

Look out then for the

new-

bbolten had several scrapes look Ibbotson who has put 1in. with officlaldon during his peak on his chest measurement and most of them were is prepared to run himself into brought about by his insistence the ground in an effort to climb that the provinces should beback to the top.

years and

given an opportunity to see the 3lors who, except in a few

as many

Distinctions

went to Harlow to

advise

burning unself out through | isolated cases, are the monopoly running here, there and every- | of London. where to oblige all end sundry. He was Bayed for running in | him to gel out, but as we drove

"After running in Hanover

by four meetings

floodlight back to Leyton for a last week I was invited to pay week, Eul is he told me "My | meeting I realised that he could

relurn visit next Sunday, and

suffered I prove me so wrong is to score form

may have turned it down because it would don't subscribe to that view-a bull on three world size targets interfere with my prepnation." but I feel it was worth while | →tle 5,000

Olumide he told me.

if by appearing:

How thoroughly he is prepar- Ing to thrust those headlines down critics' throats WOS evident when he outlined his weekly schedule during a two- hour confab we had at Harlow New Town, Essex, where he is with an electrical firm for three months before becoming a sales representative covering York- shire, Northumberland and South-East Scotland,

ill schedule, based on tha "run until it hurla" kind of training which made world champions of Emil Zalopek. Herb Elflott and. Vladimir Kuts, includes visits to Tool- ing Involving 180 miles travel. an evening's plod locally, and another at the nearby Woodford Green club track.

It's No Good

It may be asked why he should And it necessary to travel £0 lar each week for a few hours' training. The answer is that by going to Tooting he can get good, hard competitive teork-outs in the company of International trackstern ke Laurie Reed and Alan Perkins.

"Half-hearted jogging along is no good to anybody in these days of highly. specialised running. That is what I was doing fast year with the result --------that, when a strong Anishing kick was called for it just was not there," explained Derek.

The other week Iobotson was thinking of packing up for the

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TODAY

Soccer

V

1st Division: RAF Sai Wan Tung Wah (Club). Pulce v KMB (35) both matches at 8.41 p.m.

Tennis Men's "D" Division: SCAA, Recreio (2) v RAF, KITC HCSA 111, Recreio (1) KTICA (1), Recreio (3) V CHE, KTOCA (12 v KCCSA (2).

V

Lavins Divisions LRC (2)

V Recielo, BCAA V LIC (1).

TU-MORNOW

Lawn Bowls

1st Division: IRC "B" V IRC "A"; FC v KDC

Finale

Men's "C": CNC (2) V HRCC: ccc vect (z): staa (1) VSRC: Urban CV, SCAA (2); KTGCA v C, Hee v vône, LRC V CRC (1).

Mixed "A": KCC v LAC; CRC v SCAA.

Soccer

Final of Caldbeck Cup compet!- tien: RE Cumbined Lanesshire

legt. at Sookunpoo, 430 pm.

Meetings

Water Polo Committer, UKASA, at Shell Club, Central Bldg. 5.30

D.m

Macap Race Commifce, at Gilman. Motors, 30 p.m.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

Solution No. 8815; 1 K+K?! |||| wins at least a rook.

metres

at the lesser-utte in Rome next year, beat-

FOUR D. JONES

LOOK ON YONDER HILL-NORMAN GOLDER, ARMED TO "THEIR GOLD TEETH, PRE PARING

| FOR AN ATTACK ON SHERWOOD FOREST

AND THEY

AIN'T LOOKIN

FOR FIRE WYCOO

FERDINAND

NANCY

BRICK BRADFORD

BLOWLY THE BREAT GATELLITE SPACE- SHIP RIADS FROM THE AROUND THEN ITS MOTION ICREASES TO AN INCREDIBLE

VELOCITY.

As for the third target, 1 am aheavy feeling the Brst twinges of verbal indigestion.

Whether he succeeds, quick- afriding, big-hourled Ibbotson still hes four distinctions. He is Britain's fastest miter. He was

Arst four-minute the world's miller the dead four minules, I mean and only recently he received two plaques from the Duke of Edinburgh, One was for his world record mile of 3 min. 57.2 sec. and the other for his part in the British 4 x

one mile world relay rescrd.

ENERE GONNA CHOP OLD WONESY OF IN SHERWOOD FOREST AND IT ¿ENT BYEN MEANT AS A SURPRISE♣

OKAY, ROCKY

MY OLD COCKY

-MATE

NANCY IS SO SENSITIVE ABOUT

HER WEIGHT

-ERNILS BUSHMILL

„THE QUEEN RECEVER THE NEWS OF THE

EBCARE ABOARD A SPACESHIP THAT HAS RESCUED HORS

- WHAT! SHOOT IT

DOWN WITH GUIDED

MISSILES YOU IDIOTS!

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Worst Golf

Moments

HE THOUGHT

American Baseball Review EVERYONE IS ASKING WHAT'S WRONG WITH SPECTATOR

THE YANKEES?

By BUCK CANEL

New York, May 18. What's wrong with the Yankees? That's the question on everyone's lips

these days.

easy to say "The Yankees aren't hitting" that answer is obvious. Bob Grim, one of their own castoffs, shut them out on Sunday with two hits, as the Athletics and the erstwhile "bombers" split a double- header at the Stadium with the Yanks winning the first one 3-2 and then as the nightcap 10-0.

man

7

WAS DEAD

By JOHN INGHAM

Britain's world Senior golf champion, Norman Sut- ton, hooked a ahat towards a group of spec- tators. When he arrived on the scene, he found a woman on the ground and his ball lying beside her. First-old men from a nearby tent quickly put the woman on H stretcher, said I looked serious, apd hustled away through the crowds.

Poor Sutton.

WAS SHE DEAD?

:1

All in all, it was a miserable, trade Lalk 19 become One cannot forget that aftermon for the New Yorkers persistent, but it is dimeuil to like Mantic, Berra, Bauer, who scored, in only one of the say who would trade with Howard, Slebern, Skowron and 18 innings played." Thoy, scored them. I talked to managers some of the others are proven three limes in the minih inning Mo Higgins of Boston, Joo Major Leaguers-good hitters of the first game to pull away to | Cordon of Cleveland and and good players and that a 3-2 victory after having been | Coakla Lavagetio of Washing-they still have 125 gemos in he said, recalling the terrible shut out for sight' innings by ton, and feal suro there are no

which to come out of their incident which happened at Bud Daley, a Cleveland reject. trade possibilities in that collective slump.

Ailing

"I thought I had killed her,"

Sandwich during an Opro So, what's wrong with the championship. Yankdes? Again one must say, nothing that a few base

Sutton looked at his ball and his was conscious of people looking

ot him.

Things may pick up for this They made no' hones about it couldn't cure-AFP.

DOW

Yonkees

that

Moose Skowron is ready to assume his duties at first bose, but most experia aro agreed now that the team is really tiling.

direction.

All three were jubilant and

-Over Stengel's problems, As smiling Gordon put it: "Now they know how the poor people live."

Detroit and Konnas City seem to be the only trade pos- They lack the dash and freelbilities, but even though the anch above all the winning | Yankees were interested In punch of other days. They all young Roger Marie, the seem to have “died” at once and | Elugging outfielder, it some of the New York writers ported that Harry Crafl are expressing the hope that | naked_for_aye Yankee players they start fighting" even as a basis for doing business, only among themselves.

re-

had

A Miracle? time There was a

when the Yankees wor shutting out

The only other avenue left quite a feat. Now it is being for the Yanks along the trade done with monotous regularity, reutes seems to be the one that whitewashed leads to the National League. They have been four times this season, and one Some are hopeful they may be must remember the Yankeea onco went over 300 games without being shui, out,

Bosox Beaten 14-2 By Detroit Tigers

Boston, May 18.

Jim Bunning hit a home rup, a triple, and a pair of singles, good for ava runs baited in, and cheeked the Boston Red Sox on

seven hits today while his De troit Tiger mates racked up 14-2 victory.

#

The last-placed Tigers spray- ed Fenway Park and four

He felt sick, but played, on, hitting some pathelle shots and worrying all the time about the woman whose life he thought he had ended.

'NASTY, BUT

"When I got back to the club. house I asked how she was.

"The hospital authorities told me.

"They said epileptic fta were nasty things but people get over

them.

"Fantastic, but I never hit her at all and nobody in the crowd let me know."

London Express Sørview).

able to work the miracle again Boston huriers with 10 hits, in- A Catch With A

und pick up another "discard" eluding homers by Bunning. A as they did former years Kaline, Frank Bolling, and when they obtained men like Charlle Maxwell, Johnny Mize, Jim Konstanty or them

The Yanks, as a malier of record, have played 29 zames this year and have been held Eno3 Slaughter to holp

Tam Lut over the rough spots. But scoreless four times-by Brewer of Boston, Billy Pierce chances are slim for such

"miracle." Griggs

of of Chicago, Hol

Of course, the Grim ot Washington and

knap out of it yet. If Mickey Kansas City,

Mortle starts hifting and Skow With the Yonkees apparently iron can play every day, they unable to shake off the stump,

YOU GUYS FIND "AN UNPLEASANT PERGANT TO CHOP) LIP-ANT LEAVE JONES,

TO ME

by MADDOCKS

Yenks may

could start a winning drive.

Sheaffers

In addition, Detroit pounded out five doubles, two by' Erdle Yost, while scoring in every and inning except the fourth ninih.

RESULTS

Resulte of today's Homes WETE:

Detroit

Borton

Difference

West Indian Test Bataman "Collie" Smith was caught out by Bumley Football Club'a Al- bert Cocker when playing · for the Lancashira Burnley CC in League.

But this was a catch with a difference. Cocker was sitting in his cor at the time on the

AMERICAN LEAGUE

113-011-420---16--39-0 100-000-100-27-6 boundary, and grabbed the big Bunning (4-3) and Borberet: hit to save iris "windscreen. Pre- Sullivan, Deumann (2) Formietes vlously "Colle" had broken (7), Hawtileld (8) and Deleg. LP— window in the pavilion making 7. Sullivan (1-3). IRS--Dunning

during his second

08), Kaline (th). Bolling (2nd), six shot

Maxwell (7th), Ruddin (3rd)-UPI. century in two days for Burnley,

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