1959-11-03 — Page 7

on the

the ball

with Tom Finney

Can Wolves Keep Up

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1959.

Their

Amazing

Success

Story?

I watched the Wolves players run on to the field at Deepdale and suddenly I felt a little old. Wearing those famous gold shirts were youngsters I'd never seen before and only three of the "Old Guard" were left.. For this is the end of an era at Molineux and football followers the world

over are wondering what lies ahead.

Now that the last real links problem. It is important for the with his vintage side bave been j sake of British football that he severed can manager Stan Cullis should succeed for since the 1 continue the club's amazing war, Wolves have been one of success story?

our great prestige clubs.

In the list 15 seasons, Wolves have finished In the top three pince 10 times. They have sup- plied a steady stream of inter- national players and have, of course, been champions for the past two yetra.

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It is never easy to bridge the gap from one pinnacle to the next. The break-up of a greal team is so often prelude to disappointment.

Many of the best post-war nides seemed to grow old together....Joe Harvey's New- castle, Ronnie Burgess Spurs and Joe Mercer's Arsenal were outstanding examples. But once

the big names had gone, each club in turn drifted into the shadows for a while.

Will this happen to Wolves?!

Temptation

At first glance, this may seem strange question to ask about a slie that has rarely been metre than a point away from the top of the table this season. But sides do sometimes sweep on. inspired by the past, before taking the tumble from the top, So this is no guarantee of con- tinuing success.

No, far the most logical reason to expect fresh triumphs lies in

the wisdom of Stan Cullis,

It must have been very tempt- ing for him to bave continued with his famous line-up of Bert Willams (England); Edle Staari (South Africa); Bill Shorthouse: Bill: Slater (England): Billy Wright (England): Ron Flowers (England);

Hancocks Johnny (England) Peter Broadbent (England); Roy Swinbourne (England): Dennis Willshaw (England) and Jimmy Mullen (England).

Such a team could have stayed at the top for years without

making any changes,

But This was a lemplation he resisted. Even when these men were as their peak, he searching for young players to replace them.

Wa

It was the same policy, of course, that Manchester United's Matt Busby followed so success- fully during the days when

led

of Johnny Carey Britain's greatest ever club sides.

Scourge

one

Youngsters such US Duncap Edwards and Roger Byme were ulready being groomed For stardom end were gradually introduced into the side so that always a blend of there was youth and experience.

Part of the Sucess secret shared by these two managers is that they create competition for every position in the team

Meit has been slowly rebuild- ing his team ever since the Munich disaster and now it's Stor's turn to face the same

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TO-DAY

Badralnion

Men's " Doubles: CCC

creio, India Clubs v LRC: St Ste. Nav CYMCA, U phen's Bharat.

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money If I had to put my on 4 side for the European wouldn't hesitate to Cup, 1 back Real Madrid. After four consecutive triumphs. they are the obvious favourites.

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Under the Molineux lights, they have become thè resurge

They are fast becoming of European football. One by

world select team and, on their one the top Continent clubi have tumbled before them, day, doubt whether there's n And everything was climaxed side anywhere--International or In the downfall of mighty otherwise that could beat them.

Madrid. After beating

Molineux, Welves much like Wolves to prove me drew In Spain and that wrong.

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For is repson alone czono ignore their chances of

years European winuing this Cup. On home and

away* HO side will come to basis, Molineux ennfidently unless it already has at least a three goal cdvantage.

Madrid Favourites

With the exception of Man- chester United's semi-final up- have pearance, British clubs been disappointing in this com- petition.

Much will depend upon the

Wolves way in which

settle down in the weeks ahead. After playing against them the other day. I felt that they are not yet to be compared with their vint- age team.

But there is lot of

youthful promise in the ranks. The more I see of Ron Flowers the more I like him. He is a elegant wing-hott beautifully who makes football lonk asy.

Jus!

the same....I'd

very

OFF THE CUFF

I hear that Real Madrid with three great inside-for- wards en their books, FUSKAS, DIDI, and PELE, may wwitch Puskar to Wing-hall,

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** * Don't be surprised TONY MARCHI the former £45,000 Lanerruski (Italy) wing half eventually settles down at Spurs as a top-flight In- side-forward.

* * *

If you enjoy watching for the stars of tomorrow take a good look at Ful- ham's talented right-hair ALAN MULLERY,

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Runners from right countries last week competed in the 3rd International Clamical Marathon, rus over the #ZZ4 course that the legendary Millindes look to bring the news of the victory of Marathon to Athens, This was also the course used when the first modern Olympics were held in Greece in 1800. Two New Zealand runners, Julian and Baillie, made all the running in last week's race unifl they were passed near the end by the Fina Elso Oksanen, who was timed to the finishing tape in the Panathenian Stadium In 2 hours 26 minules 30 seconds. The countries which took part were: Italy, West Germany, New Zealand, Floland, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and Greece,

Austria,

Photo shows the runners passing the historie tomb of the warriors killed at Marathon, some 22 miles from Athena. Ilere Stoyanovio of Yugoslavia (who gave up shortly after) in leading, followed by Jullan, Oksanen, Kotida (Finland). Baillie and Jukka (Finland).-London Express Photo,

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HERE WE GO AGAIN

London, Nov. 1.

"Boac announce the departure of their Britannia service to New York, Flight-581." In a few hours I hope to be hearing the familiar call and if it ever conses to thrill I shall know that the time has come to call it a day.

was

It is indeed an agreeable prospect the thought of the California desert

and another Ryder Cup match, hard beside where the last one played in America four years ago. This time the scene is to be the Eldorado Club..

What extraordinary people the look forward, when not scooting, next week when the two parties Amelicans are! Only six weeks round the course in a small get together over the Americans' ngo a friend was welling from · elecine buggle-which is the suggestion to turn the Ryder Cup Eldoradɔ to say that, while the | way to watch, golf, it not to play | into a_three-day mnich by add- course had weathered the 1-to pleking up any hints and ing a day of fourballs, severest pari of the summer, the tips that may be useful for our clubhouse, which is to be "very own galt talévision at home. large, very unusual and, very expensive,

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Well In Keeping

This is well in keeping with the

spirit which carefree comes over the mosi

serioca of propie after a few days in the desert and is only one of the ressons for ita rapidly be- coming the playground Western America.

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It is not, in fact, desert at all the mos! extraordinarily fertile ground, once you can find i

water,

In-

The very thought carts a me- lancholy on the soul, since any match that went the I am determined also to

full 30 vestigate what is apparently nholes would undoubtedly taken new "Becret" of holing short nine hours. There is logic in the rarely putts, as perfected by the more iden, since Americans successful tournament profess-play anything other than four- axis in the United Sta.es, many balls, but I still hoph we may of whom are periodically attack-be spared. ed by the jřiters, just like the rest of us,

Having allowed patriotic optimism to errep into so many All you have to do, it seems, previous forecasts of matches in

I have is to keep the body motion- America,

cheerfully less, cock the wrist so as to prophesied for the last month take the putler back no more ; that on this occasion the Brie than three inches, and "pop" { Ush team will get nought in the foursomes and then, maintaining their form over the second day. get nought in the singles.

It

follow-through is de- This they discovered uberately

checked and the 500 underground a few years whole manoeuvre

goes agains! ago and since then golf courses, every hitherto accepted canon of complete with full-size imported putting. In fact, it seems that palm trees, have been springing what so many of us do because) up all over, the place.

we can't help it is the secret after all. I shall believe this when I see it,

I will quote for positively the last me the remark of the man I saw four years Ago watering the two-inch high grass in front

of his house, which he declared Open Champion Out

he had planted only a fortnight

before.

"Yes, Str." he said, "in these parts all you have to do is Row the seed, apply the water-and jump back."

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Is Billy Casper, the indeed a glorious victory and United States Open champion, revealed.a alght I never thought and the fact that we shall not be to sse, namely an entire team of seeing him in action underlines tournament-hardened American what to me has always been profersional disintegrating, rather unsatisfactory feature of dividually and collectively, the Hyder Cup match, namely

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more That match, for

than one, I cannot help feeling that the sons

left a slightly sational champion, and in our bitter Last-and revenge ig awn case the match-play cham- sweet. The time has come to plan, should automatically have deparı, California, Honolulu, a place in the team,

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