1959-09-11 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1959.

£40,000 fiasco?

A £40,000 FIASCO. That is what some people are saying about Arsenal's big splash on Mel Charles, and SOME PEOPLE include club officials who were hopefully angling at the same time as Arsenal, but failed to land the catch. They say that--

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Charles, a kom footballer

bracketed 12 months ago

In the same world class as his

coletaled brother Jobu, has not yot hit the ligh spots at Thigh- bury.

That although Mcl Was originally acquired as a centre-hall Arsenal soon had to eat a large helping of humble pie by recalling 8 Dodgin Transfer-listest at £25,900 Jessi than they had to pay Swanson for Charles,

That it has led to Tommy Docherty being dropped and becoming unsettled after playing Trading vote in Arsenal's amazing revival last season.

Switch Him, Or..

How right are these pritics! Soccer personalities ዓሊ ። Bearce nowadays tini footbal! generally, let alone Amenal, can i afford to have the big Welsh international writion of as an expensive. flop,

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The Gossips 'Knock At'

Mel Charles

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By CAPEL

KIRBY

his wife settling in the North London aren!

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I'm assured there's nothing to justify Larry Baxter's Fam Furing boked with Sunderland, The spithily Torquay right winger is 28, and that doesn't Tie up with Alan Brown's youth

There is a danger of that happening unless Arsenal altch him into the forward He, or curb his goal-pro- policy at Roker. specting inclinations,

As an alfucking force Mel impresses е дя being near value for the colossal amount

*

Nether is there any cause for at Southampton, apprehension

• MEL CHARLES. Arsenal should switch him into the forwards, or curb his goal pro- specting inclinations.

dropped when Brighton signed

of lolly shelled out for him. When the clase season signing Bob McNicol trom Accrington.

but ax half-back intent on upfeld expeditiona

of Hoy Womack from - Derby - County his been misinterpreted

* among in some quarters

us a prelude the goals fe in too frequently

to the Saints wishing in ou 20- Boundering in year-old John Sydenham. caughi

Scottish Star man's land, leaving a wide

"I promotion we're after, Bradford manager Walter between him and the

so I'm unlikely to part wlih Galbraith's holiday habit may either of the two heat young | have given Scotland a budding wingers in the country,” says

international centre-forward.

When he manager Ted Bates, olher of cutie, Is Payne,

defence.

Hates Label

Is the £40,000 tab weighing.

bament

shoulders? Does he get on will

too heavily on

with the Test

Highbury?

of the lads at

Colleague B11 Murlon put these questions la Charles In Swmusen last week. This

wher he has to say:

"I hate this £40,000 label Whim I ran out on to the held for the first game this season was torfer. And then when played jittery gaine the bong- boys started.

flut I ran kouestty they don't trouble ine.

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the sooner prople forget hote

much manteg Arsenal

for me the better.

"There have been runWAIS

that I am not settling down well

at Highbury, but take no notice

of them. Perhaps I'm not

yel

as happy at Highbury as I was

ut Swansea, but then Swansea

is my home town."

Great Game

Charles admits he has no! been playing as well as he can So far this season, at least nul until last week.

some time 10

am taking but settle in. against Nottingham Forest 1 had a great game-although I say it mys."

The : Terry

Watching Tom

Hrmingham Wid a represania- live watching Brighton's reserve | loom at Portsmouth last week. was

Reason for the Journey Tom Hisset, the right back, who made 20 Logue team appear ince las

but

BURNO

HENRY LONGHURST on GOLF WE Best in Kowloon?

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BETTER AFTER LUNCH

HAVE just been enjoying, as is my custom when left alone at home to fend for myself, a splendid lunch consisting of seven different kinds

of vegetable, all of which were growing in the garden an hour or two before.

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As 1 rat ruminating diently after the war, when the old i on the excellence of the fale coloured waiter came up with and the pleasure it had given the exact words that some of $110 lo go and gather it in, I Ius “hiel memorised with affection began to reflect golf-club my years before and notul- lunches grent and mall, their gically quoted emce: "Swanne diversity and cost, their vast coup, cant'loupe or razz-berries." general Improvement in the past few years, and how, never aind the conditions of the green-bycolicellon of American country- (which I do not mean the "school cabbage" which is still regret tably "Furved up in some cube where they ought to know better - often the lunch that nukes or mars a day's golf.

19,000 Lunches

I must not be led off into re-

club lunches where so often a

virit to the half-way home, after nine holes and twi andl út halť. hours, involves what we should an a complete read almost lunch, to be followed

Three hours later by the full treatmeti in the men's grill. It occurs to

me that if lunch were on at 12 and off at 2, it would alter the spoed, and Ürerefers the entire For myself, I have never charncler of American goff!

one for the DOWNL End" lunches

Shortage of staff han led to popular iz тапу London

one supreme Improvement in lubs,

lunches, golf-club though I sympathise

namely self-service.

heen

ChorMax

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with those who do like to do this well themselven, whether in their own club at week. ends or as members of some mid-week Vialling

Boolety enjoying a day cul.

One celebrated club a year or two age served no fower than 119,000 ich inches, which, while they may add a shilling or two to the cost of a day's golf,

bring

10 joy ertainly finance committee.

the

In tr

the

Liquid refreshment Also plays in part in the averago golfer's

day and though virtually a textotaller myself, I have noted that golfers an whole do their faiṛ, share towards providing” the Chan- eellor's iniquitous £700 mil- Hon year and keeping the club en R sound financial basis.

Hecords of the

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རྗཧཱུྃགyལཱ show that they played for,

ned each other, a couple of bottles

ot claret trppit hona menure of re- freshment not a Inger of t

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on the slightest pretext and, though we have come П Jong way since the days when they used to leave a bottle of whisky in the but at Formby marked 2d. the nall go, 4, the 1rge go" there are still many who require'a little dutch courage to convince themcgives that the nge old logan "betier after fimgh" will not be us false today as it proved yesterday.

It is the habit of golfers tex Come

Incuring round, and talk nonsense in the bar until such time as, suddenly and all at once, they want their lunch now, this moment I o few who would not rather "ceme and get it now than sit mudhs from a certai walt for the best service in the world.

A Pioneer

Gin And Kummel

From observations, and per- amount of

trial and error, I conclude that the after-lunch fortittention of the true golfer is Kuminel or, as come comtoist vuna prefer, gin- anel-kummel. Port is a stare

when

My own favourites are those i The West Sussex club nt Pal-and a delusion. I can remen-

her as though yesterday where they also pullying for Cambridge; Against heWorpleon, my opponent-to-be

which have a character of their borough, own and never change, At Rye jout the

drinks

on

if any hot dish appeared other | yourself basly, was a pioneer than scrambled

Hutchinson's

haize also,

you,

The rest of the story need not

? and, Ils connection arid any club in the singles saying "a glass of

Thank possibly, tousage, I suppose half that does not

have some of it, my buy?" the minbers would resign, and Geoffrey

I, feeling very much Diusir.

buge rightly. At Mildenhall 11 was Cheshire cheere to "cume and Die grown-up, ond n

beakir was brought, I started chair- was Averington | possched egɛ, ham and sausage, | get" should replace the

4442 and was three up thank- bors, Walter sent his breaks in followed by Mrs Willam's uppleman of the house committee.

ful at no varly an age to have the south of Scotland watching pit-the proper thing in a ple

dish with inverted egg cup, not Spectators' junches at tourne- ¦ discovered the secret of golf. "unknowns" bu junior Soccer,

And I was there that he one of those at, open affairs ments, often in the past ex- found Harvey McCreadic,

cruciatingly bad, you buy in shops and age aided by the 90-second infra-red be told, but if one or two under- 16-year-old boy who is keeping jugs of cream. Third Division centre-halves on their toes.

Hi fame's

'spreading too. Manchester Uniteri, Blackb Rovers and Burnley are just three big clubs keeping an eye on what could be a future Scot- tish centre-forward.

FOUR D. JONES

FOURD JONET WAT | ARRIVED IN GLYNA, JUNERE NË MBETE A CRINCE ENCRY |HAMED CHARLIE WHO ARRESTE JONES AND PUTS HIM TO WO IN THE PACOV FIELDS

HERE HE MEETS JO'GORMAN THE GIRISH EGERMAN

WHO FEEDS DAIRY GOWS DYRICE FOR $97KEN HOUTS |

The fact is Mel and wife Vera are Anding it very old hard to break with the Swanses Lies. THEY ARE HOMESICK.

bis

FERDINAND

Last week they exchanged their sedate family runabout fer a car that will vover the journey from London South Wales swiftly.

To

John Next

Why was Mel in Swansea, and not at Highbury? To be

near

his wife when she had her baby, which would be another goud reason why he has not pulling up any trees of late.

My verdict: Far from being

lop. Mel is going to be candidate for the "Footballer of the Year" title' when he gets to know the play of his Arsenal colleagues. As for home sickness that could be remedied in due course by big brother John and

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