1959-06-06 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS

The Great Decline

Reached New Depths -Down Mexico Way

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The dismal failure of the England football team in South America has provided the sporting world with its meatiest morsel in many years. England's 'tour of torture' ~~~ as it has been called in one prominent British newspaper has given sportswriters in every corner of the globe an opportunity to blow off some steam.... and it is pro- bably significant that the loudest, and certainly the most vitriolic examples of this pastime have been found in Britain.

It is doubtful if ever in the history of the game a touring party has been lambasted as this England team has been and what is apparently much more important... the selectors and management on the spot, and the players seem to have deserved all that was coming to them.

It has often been said in is always dangeroits to | fom remote opinions, and Irevent yours that Britain Inught realise only too well the pitfalls the world have to play football" Involved in Mach a practice, but ...at is therefore sad to the big of the Briti read of the Englued teman sportswriters who accompanied South Amerden being referred |||| the team wodfil Indfleate very

10 as "Souver's Mr Chip*... clearly that all was far from "teacher grown old"... well.

Fimt of all it seems certain there was a red tack of tusental harmony among the players and the reninrks attributed to come

of them in the columns of the Betish pular press resected; Ittle credit on thore concertedì,

It Is equily sad to hear how British writers who travelled thousands of miles in cover the tour expressed their shume reshame and pay for the rockbuttum displays put up by the England team,

There is no doubt at all that,

football ing

produced by the elevens, there was

Out Of Date quite aport fram the disappoint-

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the tour, and chosen This aspect of the very much reported mis-strong school of thought which | nagement that went with it, idruled the selection of playera. are but ancillary factors to the long before the party left Eng- Inglorious performances

which land. The Lipsters were openly The term up. What every stating that England would not sportswriter who was present with a angle game in South Buw wants to know....is what Amerien....and of course they has caused this decline in Eng-didn't....though they loter laral' Atatus,....or alternative-did themselves a bit of question- ly....what has brought other able good by beating U.S.A. by 1 countries to a greater pitch of a big scure. suecer effetency.

One prominent sporta corn- mentator accused England of playing football that was fifty years out of date. Ho Held

that other countries had used

the basso atlls of the British

as a foundation on which to build their

GOTS

and

had

then gone on to examine and Investigate ways and

meani

of Improving their achieve. menta,

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That Is a valid point. Bish football

old whole fashioned although much of ita stolidness and solidness is born in the very nature of the high-powered domestic competi- tions in which the league clubs have to play every week for eight months of the year.

'Soccer's Mr Chips'

One he only to watch the Aims of Important international gomer to appreciate how the game los 'elianged and is stili changing in character. The big kick his disappeared completely ...and the Taet that it stit exists in Brlinin can be attri-

By-

formy

ure

SPORTING :SAM.

SPOT

by Reg. Wootton

藍藍壓

First seems they will call for a change In the present system whereby England teams chosen by a group of 'amateur selectors. They will call for the formation" of a football Advisory committee mnde

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and even our name, were good enough to carry us through...

London Express Service.

SOON

old fashioned that we are not good enough for today's new "We closed our eyes to the fact rastitoned football"

This bitter that soccer Comets had replaced In spite of all the good old reliablo Gloucestirades it seems that Everyone is ter Gladiators of the game.... xteed that British Lebgue and worst of all we allowed our football is still fak aru away players' bools to become filled bent to the work. This in Rreatest nomes in the game. with money Instead of talent the tact which has governed our These acknowledged masters of with the mall that nowadaya progress. It seems that the football arts would be far too many of them-white England will have to make Elven the job of watching, ad-still nothing more than novices bold decision ar to witc vising. and Even coaching-spend thele time calculating chould forgo the stimulant of promising players and they what they can get out of the International competiliun Would Anally have a full sny in

fane rather than what they can concentrate mi s own league the selection of the national put into it. Too many of theth and cop competitions or modify

are amateur financiers cleven.

rather these to enable suitable prepora- than professional footballers tion to be made for, meetings ....and of course England's an- with the powerful national sides tiquated rules of management have encouraged come and force of other countries, jed others to seek additional In-

come on the side."

that There is a feeling too Walter Winterbottom, who has

I. M. MACTAVISH

That victory, however, did not, held the reins of England's return to jefuire for so long. will have nilivate a brillant

It merely Incleated that to ga attd with him his ill- run up agains: } bevisng two-centreforward plan which has been irled for years without success,

had

kugland weak opposition,

best

'End Of An Era'

"Let us go back to the basle

Laughed At

I most Interesting to tuta from paper to paper and road what the Lop line willers in the world of sport have to pay about the South American ́tour and also about Lits present situation in Bri fish football

and I gdy 'British' in spite of Scotland's teetly but successful four in Europe.

This was how one упрет

Is strange how-in spite of modern evidence-the feel- ing that British methods are still best eriches to every community where Brilisi foll lay the game. Kri Australia the main conftici in the tanie arises from the differences of oplulon between the

'old fashioned' British roots and the newer concepts brought into the country by the large numbers of Euro- pean Immigrants `who have Now!- arrived down, undes, days it is the new ideas which are gaining supremacy. That is inevitable,

I have had the opportunity to read all the columns written Try of England's known football writers and I) have never read 10 much skills and start all over agale started its leading article Tempting Challenge Zeneral agreement as exists in suggests one ble name writer. Their opinion They have we cannot possibly lose any- been forthright and fearless in thing now, if only because we their comments and sees have nothing left to lose." errtain that the months

ahead they..... and many "We have come to the end of others like them..... willian cra" writes another column- start an organised campaign ist, "It has been an era of fool- ter a major reformation in ball feity in which we lived and England's International soccer played in the false, security of

The belief that our reputation

Affairs,

FRIGHTENED MEN OF

FOOTBALL CANNOT STAND CRITICISM

By DON HARDISTY

London.

The high-ups of Soccer are frightened of the Press. Never have they made this so obvious as in their outburst last weekend. In Los Angeles, at the end of the Eng- land tour, chairman of selectors Joe Mears stated that newspaper reports "almost without exception had been inaccurate, misleading, mischievous, and a great dis: service to English football and footballers.”

buted to the "get-rid-of-it boys In

who pack the grounds demand- 1 Ing success at any cost.

Footballers who have to tolerate such exhortations week after week cannot possibly develop the intricate style of football which has carried the

Hungarians and the Brazilians to the top of the football world.

** Answerg

Sports Quiz

London, at the annual meeting of the Football League on Saturday, president Joe Richards, talking of Press, radio, and television treatment of football, said: "We want some con- trol, and we are determined to have it.'

*

Also speaking on, a "gag the| The recent tour of thegress of the gume, all the way Press" proposal, Burnicy chair-Americas has shown the FA, in up from the price charged spec- man Bob Lord sald: "We must a bad fight, and there is nothing lators to the prestige of our

in saying O. Further International team.

sports pake on the morning after Mexico had rubbed England's nore in the dust. "How do you convince people that they have become old fashioned to the ex- Lent, that they are becoming the

of their pro latching stock fessional friends and opponents? Yesterday I saw the Mexican

age, laugh

Even hero in our own Colony there is evidence of the same sort of thing. The Chinese have developed a close passing tyle which in principle, is very close to the prevailing mode. To watch one of the bigger clubs like South China at tratu- to appreciate how for they have travelled along the road...yet only the "new"

contemporary other day In'a there was a Army players had been conched comment that the

In up-to-date" metlicde.

Ing at the efforts of England's s eloson best to play football, miver thought I would live to ee such a day and what made the situation even worse was the fact that I could not offer single legitimate excuse on behalf of the players or those In charge of them.

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"flow embarrassing it was to hear the Mexicans consoling us wilt platitudes. Poor oki England they would say and then asked quietly ir this was really cur hest side or were we saving our talent for the next World Cup series, 'Old Eng land was apt description, I duri't believe 1 would have been very surprised if they had

the trouped auto

neld Em bellished with sideboards, drooping moustaches, and long kuee breeches.

Ideal Ammunition

"I England had to qualify for the World Cup by playing in the South American Zone we would never reach the Anal pool. After this

Tradition des hard. One has only to watch the hard playing nerd sokilera in action against the better class Chinese opposition

to realise that the

acclaimed up-to-date British methods are really rather olu fashioned and that is true whether they are used by cur nailonal side in Mexka....p Commonwealth descendents in Australia....or even by our soldiers in Hongkong.

The future holds a tempting challenge for British football. Time alone will tell if we can make a successful change and reclaim our former prestige.... but to do so an entirely new school of thought and a new op-

proach 10 Whe necessary.

eye opening Bayer's a TONIC

tour we shall have to beware for the South Americùng ste strolie Case working against our back-door method of qualitying by means of our Own domestic International competition.

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have this worded properly or wrong these. Pressmen would do their down-this--column--1-shall-- show Every mollen proposed by the our present privileged position utmust with players and oments the minum meeting of the Management Committees and our own-players-have-lett single worth.... Tools Loaguo in a bad light. There is meekly, accepted. All but one us without

are trying to make a Jaughing nothing wrong with that clthier, if this proposed by clips were white counter-argent-Ta stock of football in this country. On Saturday Mr Richards rejected.

the Don't give them any further quoted three instances of material to play with."

sort of thing the League, wants to bnn. Alderman William McKean, 'He gave no

names, but the chairman of Newcastle United, artleles ho referred to were

1. Yes. But only for throw-added: "We are suffering frein Nottingham Forest manager ing the ball.

pus epidemie of Desmond Billy Walker'e attack on Ever- 2. Luis Ayaya (Chile) and Hackettitis und Jack Woody Ton as # "dirty team," · Man- Christine Truman (Great Bri-ousiness. But referring to the chester United player Albert tain).

the Quixall's allegations that there among Ports-

original

motion before

3. Steve Donoghue, Six win-meeting, he said: There has wus discontent

nery,

4. All have played football Spanish Inquisition. Let us not Leafe's

been nothing like it since the mouth players and reforce Reg criticism of Queen's

and cricket for England.

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5. Two: Rocky Morciano Roland La Sturza in 1933, and Marciano v Don Cockell in 1955.

6. Three-Joe Louis, Ezzort Charles and Rocky Marciano,

7. Jeatinetto Altwegg, for

leo-skating in the Winter Olym-

ples.

make the cure worse than the Park Rangers' supporters. disease."

Argument

A long and vehementi discus-

All three articles appeared under the names of men in the game-not newspapetman.

And Leufe's "articio did not

sion followed the withdrawal appear in a newspaper, but in

of the origiant motion which the programme

of n Longue

Mrs Fanny Blankers-Koen would have banned all players, club, Manchester City.

of Holland.

and officials from writing fer, The League wants to cat, off

(u) Ice hockey, (b) Chess, (0) Molor-racing.

and speaking

(b)

10. (a) St Andrews,

Lord's,

Sports Diary

TODAY bokla

Jet Divišjon; CCC

to, Preis, did the Press from all contact with and television.

men In the game. The F.A. At the end of it a substitute wants to protest to the Press motion which márely lett the Counell.

power to

League

the with reprimand, anyone who "over steppert the mark" was re- ferred back for re-wording.

Dictators

There are the actions of But the Intention of the frightened men, men afcald df Football League as well as the criticism. They wank np: voices Football Association is unmis-raised against them EVEN (12 takabla They want to quell WHAT THEY DO IS WRONG) the power and treedom of the Now to report another, most From

Du effectively oi they dangerous, tondmey, Thé have quelled the mure adven= League, fond of calling {locif the turous elettenis ́among, their greatest Soccer competition. In 3rd Dividion; ine v cee, intre y own clube, players and officials the world, must now quality as KDG, HERU V REGC, MO

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