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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959.

Three Chinks Of Light Creep Into The Gloom Of England's Sporting Scene

By DENNIS HART

London.

Three chinks of light have crept into the gloom of Eng- land's sporting scene. They come this week within 24 hours and were provided in turn by Mr Cooper from Bellingham, Mr Baker of Edinburgh and an assortment of cricketing gentlemen gathered at Lord's. Henry Cooper gave the best display by a British heavyweight since Tommy Farr's days in retaining his title against Joe Erskine. Joe Baker finally brought life and victory to England's footballers. From Lord's came news that more activity may be brought into the white-flannelled boredom that is so often Test cricket.

So far so good. But the chinks has an eye for an opening, the

of light will have to be expand-feat to make use of it and the ed before they light up the British porting horizon

The way for Henry Cooper to expand

box jk to

with two hands. The demolition of Erskin was achieved virtually unt-handed.

spirit to drive him for the full

G minutes.

Alas, such adventurous spirit evident in was nal generally England's victory over ireland. Only the Onal two minutes, after Ireland had snatched an England bear down

It was a searing left hook equaliser, did that unally put Erskine downfall vry. and I was with the left- straight, booking and Jabbing that Cooper Madl firmi softened him up.

I No

Must Lot Go

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should havr any doubts about the power of Co- oper's left, But world cham-

And I pions have right hands.

cannot see Comper bringing a world le to Britain if he con- thues to keep his right rocked, ready to throw, but remaining full of menace rather than full of destruction.

To beat the likes of Ingemar Johannson. Cooper must let go with all he's got. For the rough, tough business of world heavy weight championship boxing is u malter of hit or be hit,

Joe Baker, the Englishman with the Scottish accent, han at 10 already made his mark In laternationst soocer, In hie first game for England he scored the first goal and on the accent.

met this week, comes a move

to brighten up Test cricket. With

terrible comes two

adrianlook,

The move they have made is to restrict log-side fielders to ave, with no more than two be

KİL, n condition hit the

prevails

English Which Cualy Cricket.

What they had carller

The move they have not made lacked in

England is to accept the suggestion of *pirit,

Africa, next year's wilt did not make up in skill. South With inside right Haynes cricketing vikitors to England, to to four having a quiet game on his strict Test matches

the need says, with the anth day held

Rover in obe of bad weather.

return to the side,

for

widespread more was all the more apparent,

More Training

Given concentrated training facilities such 4N Continental

South American teams i employ this English team might

together into

and

cr

2

TH

South Africa's idea wat that with less time available leams would have 10 speed WAS # progress, But

matches thought that shorter would make It eister for team to play for a draw,

up

Isn't Cricket

unified, purposeful combination. As they 1 impossible und

So

Thr There you have it. set-up the the present league

way to try to get better man must be made of the only material and conditions to hard, cricket, to curb restrictive prac- side cannot flees such as negative leg the tenn Even though

together often. un bowling, is to legislate for it by gather

training session law. If you leave I up to the csional would help develop ideas.

teams by saying "there's Jess But these ideas can be built time available so go on and get anly if the basic arts of control on with it," the response is like- and movement with the ball ly to be a negative one. are perfected. It is up to

The second admission, implicat dividuni clubs and players to but not stated, was that a ve-

day match, do their bit hore.

no matter dreary, can be a bigger money ì spinner than the four-day game where television

[!

From the hallowed portals-especially

of Lord's, where the Advisory receipts are conccined. fald

Cricket Committee County

This does not establish him as a wonder player. But he is a young man of great promise. He

THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER SCOOPS A POOL

By PAUL TANFIELD

Sensation

Castlé.

London.

at Arundel Lady

Anne Fitzalan-Howard, 21-year- old eldest daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, home the other

camo

day and announced she had become an agent wookly football

a

for competition.

Her father, a great rechorse modest bob lover, invested a

in Ludy Anne's pool. So did the Duchess, other members of the Norfolk family, their friends, and tenants.

Lady Anne's clients numbered 300. Eoch received three teams. The prize would go the "investor" whose 33 footballers produced the

highest tally of goals. There were red faces at the castle checked. when results were The winning chance and there was no doubt about St- was held by Lady Burah, Lady Anne's 18-year-old sister. She promptly collected £72,

WORSE TO COME

There

worse to come

and it was frightfully embar- rasping for the duchess-be- cause the discovered she was to share the second prize. Her wirings: 118.

The pool is promoted by the Sussex branch of the Erilish Red Cross Society of which the Duchess is president, And they were decidedly

unen-

thusiastic when they told me about it recently.

"Jolly good that she won?" echoed a spokesman. "No, it in't! Sull it has caused a sensation locally and now it seems everyone wants to join in.

"It's within the law--and it lạ

Red

a tremendously worthwhile project. Profit to the Croes is around £100 a week, end the pool is growing fast,"

So far this racing, season, the Duke and Duchem of Nor folk'a horses have won them, a hide under 218,000. Ah, well. They say money koel

to money.

It just art cricket.

FOUR D. JONES.

COULD YOU AND 1

ARRANGE A MOON

MANOBUVÉE, MAN? ;

4

FERDINAND

NANCY

WHY DO THEY PUT CHAINS

ON THEIR PENS?

POST OFFICE

LINY DE "THE

U'L DARLIN'

BE GLAD

So PEOPLE WON'T WALK OFF

WITH 'EM

BRICK BRADFORD

QUSTLY THE CAPSULE DROPS NIO THE

EXITH ATLANTIL

WERE

DOWN

BRİCK!

YLL PUMP THE CHUTE PAM!

IZACE, MAN. GIVE ME A DATED Wa CAN GET US READY

how

FOR CUR ROCKET TAKE

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO

WALK OFF WITH ANY GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

WERE OKAY PAM! I THINK WERLIN: FOR A STORM, BUT WE CAN RIDE

'IT OUT!

SORRY LOT OF

Dave Thomas

Knocked Out In

82 Seconds

London, Nov. 23. British amateur heavyweight champion Dave Thomas, finalist in the European amateur box- ing championships at Berne this in 82 year, was knocked out

golden seconds by American

| gloves champion Danny Lewis at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, to-

right.

Lewis, an aviator at Miden- hall camp, was very cautious in the first minule of the fight. Then he blasted Thomas, street cleaner, with a powerful left.-AFP.

DATE & LOHLER.. WHY NOT, I COULD -KILL TWO BIRDS

WITH ONE MOON

•LET ME LOOK

OUT BRICK!

CHALLENGER

This is how Joe Erskine finished up in his fight against Henry Cooper for the British and Empire titles 21 heavyweight Earls Court, London, last week. The referee stop- ped the fight when Erskine, after taking WBA heavy punishment, Hent

the smashing to

in

12th the ropes round and lay helplessly across them.

By retaining his titles, Cooper now is conceded

a good chance of getting a world title fight against the winner of the Johansson-Patterson re- turn boul.Central Press photo.

by MADDOCKS

YOG HERE WE

ARE, I'LL DRIVE THE EARTH TO THE MOON BY CHRISTMAS,

CHRISTMAS, BUri THAT'S THE DATE THE RUSPÁNG ASKED FOR! YOU CAN'T DO THAT,

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

POST OFFICE

CH, BRICK, IT'S BEAUTIFUL THE EARTH, OUR EARTH, ITS OCEAN AND SKY DARK AND GLOOMY, BUT THAT WILL PASS, AND WE WE'LL HAVE BUNLIGHT!

I HOPE I DON'T GET ARRESTED

By Paul Norris

GIVE JOE BAKER

THE TIME TEST

Says STAN CULLIS, Manager of Wolvas

EMBLEY showed

some Improvement in

W England's Soccer team but there is a long way to

go before a World Cup side looks ready for the "off.”

The forward line moved mare fuently than the one against Sweden, but I did not create sufficient gasl-#roring chances la suggest we have found the right blend.

Here again I would sily the odehlors were not created Bei cause we used a ponderous type of interpasting which made you think you were watching a slow-motion film.

It was significant on the few occasions that we moved the

ball quickly in attack we looked likely, to score.

Another outstanding feature to nie was the mumber of Eng- lish passes that were Intereepied by the Irish players.

They Saw Them Coming

This was largely caused by a lack of guile ti the passing. I was so obvious at times thai, one could sense the frustration of the spectators who all too clearly could see the telegraphed paru before it was made.

Joe Baker, consid ring his youth, kari degárd his debut with rafisfaction. But he is far from being the Anished player.

The next two years will see whether Baker matures enough for the England selectora la reel they have bolved the centre for- ward problem, In any case he showed though in this game to say he was an improvement on recent England tendern.

I saw little in the two inalde forwards lo sûzzeki they were any Improvement on Bobby Charlton and Inime Greaves, who played against Sweden. At least Ray Parrý did wosée and have two or three very good shots at goal.

The selectors certainly were able to derive a lttle more satisfaction from this game than they had from the Swedish match. But what a pity there will not be socha tont can before England play again in April against Sydslasta.

MILESTONES OF SPORT

HAMPSHIRE HEROES

By ARCHIE QUICK

Mendi Only Dipper, of Gloucestershire. ever had a wider bat, and I can see 'Phil now, out in the middle of the Oval that summer day 38 years ago, defying the speed of Gregory and McDonald and the curling wiles of Malley, going through a set ritual before every ball he faced. He would

his bal with both hands and pull down the peak of his cap. Then he would place the bat in the crease and shufe three short steps up to jɛ. Not once in his long and illustrious career did be ever vary that performance.

Dour Captains

Indelible are the impressions of one's first. Test Match, especially when three heroes of your own county are in the England team. Inns Armstrong and Douglas that

With two such dour captains

delible impressions, and liable to be distorted Final Test at the Oval was fated to be left drawn, it seemed, and magnified by an awesome occasion seen before a ball was bowled. Eat- through youthful eyes.

land got a stolid 400 for eight declared, Australia replied with an equally grim 388 and Eng- nst cricket side I ever saw, and, Yet I am always prepared to

in the Finailand batted out time with 244 Uut the Australian as added spier, swear

at the Oval, England for two. Russell and Brown tourists of 1921 were the great-Test

paraded three Hampshire Hogs were the England openers, for -he Hon Lionel Tennyson, through lness, Jack Hobbs did Philip Mead and George Brown. not play at all that scorchingly

hot summer. Add to that galaxy of stars Jack Russell, Frank Woolley. Ernest Tyldesley Andy Sand-

Percy Fender, ham.

Johnny Douglas, Bút Hitch and Cecil Parkin what a feast this was for one who had never seen the full might of England assembled together.

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4 had watched the Aus- italians, for they had played at Portsmouth against Hampshire. and what a gallery of cricketing gods they were-the mighty War- wick Armstrong, Worren Bardsley, Herby Collins, Charlie Macartney, Tommy Andrews, Jack Taylor, Clarrie Pellew, Jack Gregory, Edgar McDonald, Bert Oldürld and Arthur Mailey. Why There was not even room for players of the calibre of wicket- keeper Carter, Hendry. Mayne and Ryder!

I remember how proud I was when that greatest of all de- Tensive left-hand bais Phil Mead, whom I hero-worshipped, scored 182, how rugged George Brown got a creditable opening 32-followed by 84 in the second Innings to ensue a draw-and how jovial Libnel Tennyson hit up 51 against one of the finert attacks of all time-one-handed! He actually swiped boundaries- with one arm useless after a fall. Tennyson. Indeed, inished the top of the series' batting averages, with Brown second. A Hampshire triumph.

soldier Tennyson, I was to with in the last War; Brown, and living in tough as ever Winchester, has become a firm friend of mine over the years; Mead, unfortunately, has passed on after years of total blind- ness!

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