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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1959.

England's New Soccer Idol HONGKONG WINS INTERPORT CRICKET

Has Genius-At 19

By

ALAN HOBY

London.

He is fresh-faced, soft-spoken, and slim as a whip. He looks more like a last-term schoolboy than the electrifying centre-forward who recently brought life to England's attack at Wembley.

His name is Joe Baker. He marked his England debut by scoring the

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first goal and laying on the second.

He is the most wanted player in British football. Scotsmen

rate this crew-cut, 19-year-old Hibernian leader as the best croire forward since Hughie Gollacher. I'm convinced that they are now far wrong.

Seldom has a youngster had such a rocket riže to glory as this second 10

Mrs

Elisabeth Baker, of Muir- house Crescent, Motherwell, He is Scotland's top iparksman he has sor this

Foured 20 goals.

It not easy to get Jne Baker the English boy with the broad Scots accent-to talk about.. Joe Baker.

Instinctively modest, he finds it far casier to let his vast talent on the football field speak on his behalf.

Unusual Story

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But, slowly and shyly, as we talked, there unfolded what Burely must be the most usual story in modern football- the story of a wonderful mother and her two brilliant Soccer- playing sons,

WHS

in

Joseph Baker

born Liverpool 18 years ago, the son of an English sailor, nuw dead, and a Scots mother.

JOE BAKER

"You know, it's a funny thing. but it was Gerry who_De taught me how to play football,

'Didn't Like It'

"When I was a small kid I didn't like the game. I wasn't interested. But Gerry-full name Gerald Austin-used < keep right after me.

"AL every opportunity would produce a ball and off we would go to the park and

I made me kick it around.

"He would never let up and as 1 grew older, I began, to it.

"And your mother

"But," he told me, "1 lived i said.

weeka. In Liverpool only six

the

My father was away on con- voy duty-later he was blown

and disabled-and up bombs were coming down, "So my mother returned Scotland to be near her mother. And Gerry and I went with her."

I said: "Gerry, of course. is your elder brother who plays centre forward for St Mirren.

cap for England, her partisan- ship is split strictly Mty-fifty.

One week she will watch Joe hammering in the goals for Hibs -he slammed 30 jäst season. The following Saturday she will be urging in Gerry as he leads St Mirten.

'Very Proud'

Recently, for instance, in the match between St Mirren and Hibs her sympathy was all with Joe, as he was carried off injured on a stretcher, after a form tough Lackle by the St | Mirren centre-half.

But by Sunday she had cool- ed off. "St Mirren were robbed,” she said.

Yes, a remarkable woman, this mother of football genius,

Every Sunday Joe, a Koman Catholle, roes to church. Then maybe he plays a round of rolf. But football is his life, and his fame is only be zinningħatag on i

I said to him: "You are thei first footballer, Joe, from the Scottish League to play for Eng- land. Yet you've been raised in Scotland, you talk like a Scot and everything about

you is

he

he

like

I

Scottish. Aren't you rorry, in a sense, that you will wear white shirt of England instead of the blue of Scotland?"

is

to be picked for England."

That was quite a speech

Baker Junior, Mr

"I owe an enormous amount

to her," said Scotland's centres

forward sensation soberly.

1 knew what he meant.

For Mrs Elizabeth Baker not only the mop-but the pride of her two sons.

"Och, no." emphatically.

Hongkong gained their first post, war interport cricket victory yesterday when they defeated the visiting Bangkok team by 10 wickets at the Hongkong Cricket Club ground. Photo shows T. A. Madar being caught out at silly mid-on by John Watts off the bowling of Bob Bell after scoring eight runs dur- ing Bangkok's second Innings, -- China Mail photo,

PEN SKETCHES OF

MCC TOURISTS

ALAN MOSS-HIS HIGH ACTION

ENABLES HIM TO

GET LIFE OUT OF ANY PITCH

".

the Much hard slogging is in prospect for England's fast bowlers in the West Indies. That is one good reason why the selectors, after 'lengthy de- liberation, chose 28-year-old Middlesex fast bowler Alan Moss to fill the remaining berth.

sail Ve Baker "I'm very proud

After the first 14 of the party many thought would sweep him to fir the boy had been named it was said that back into the England team. who, except for an accident. of one or two more birth, is as Scottish as porridge, would be added.

And the future?

WEEKEND SOFTBALL

CHEYENNES EDGE OUT

SCAA IN DISAPPOINTING

MAIN MATCH

By OLLY

VAS

For a change there were two "tight" scores regis-

tered at King's Park over the werkend.

A fair number of spectators turned up to witness the main attraction, the Senior league en- counter between the Cheyennes and South China AA. Despite the score, 2-1 in favour of the former it turned out to be a somewhat disappointing match because the thrills were slow in coming.

In other league matches played off the Senior league Braves had to fight hard against the Saints before winning 12-6. This score included three home rims by the winners. Jock Col- Juro of the Braves had a beid day at bal, registering n 4 In effort. The

Torcros upset the Matadory 8-6 and in the Junior the league the Dodgers bent Giants 8-2 while Now Asia College put up a spirited agh before conceding defeat to the Indians 10-12. The Collegians impressed with their fielding.

Quick Inning

SCAA balted Brst and L. C. Poon got on base via a walk but fast throw by Cheyenne

to play some good softball. In the top of the fifth inning SCAA were back in the game with a chance.

P. K, Young worked Malig fur 3 baze

Then on balia

Thayer was called out for bat ting out of the box, on an

Actually attempted bunt,

It was A rather odd judgment because there was simply white line defining the boundary of the box! Anyway umpire Pang stuck to his decision and that was that.

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T. K. Yau was thrown out, Mallg to Remedios at first the L. C. Poon drove in a run with a neat single. Gosano at centre-feld was caught two trames of mind make

shoestring catch or take the ball on the bounce? He chose

catcher, Ribeiro beat Poon to the latter and Yeung scored. the bag and it was "outTM

at Bill Yee was thrown out on an second all the WAY Eddie infield play to close the innings. Yeung also walked Then Bill The score now was Chevennes

102, SCAA 1.

Yee swung at a fast ball to ztrike out. Douglas Murray singled to advance Yeung to around but "Goose" Wong did that not come through with vital hit,

The

had a

Chance Missed

The Cheyennes did not add to the score in the Bfth and in 100 Cheyennes

the top of the sixth SCAA had fiddle. accord

He play

tic up the game quick

a chance to inning. After Manuci went on tho Last

MXavier had worked "Goose" but ineffective hitung, with trip to the West Indies in

third runnera on second and Wong for a walk the latter bore fast bowlers Outshone Them All 1953-54. but played in only the down on

and only one out spelled their Onofre Souza

doom. Brst Test, in which his two Robert Remedios both of whom

struck

Out Tony Rodrigues lifted a pop Пty to second to close the inning,

his

The fact that only one was picked is an indi- cation of Moss's durability.

If Joe Baker maintains great promise he may well be England's centre forward in Other Aust bowlers, such as the World Cup in 1962. And it

discoverius

and

She has worked She used to riar every morning the bakehouse,

new

could be "reunion in Chile" for | Ithodes

hardest critic.

She has brought them up firmly hut kindly since they were kids. for them. extra early and work in "Yes, and he is second top She is their

the Baker brothers. For Gerry, achieved things In goal-scorer in

And although the

she is naturally who was born in America, is spectacular fashion during the League," sald Joe with a sudden; proud that lier youngest son Juel eligible to play for the United reason, So did Frank Tyson.

grin.

Scottish

FOUR D. JONES

by MADDOCKS

has been awarded his first full States.

SPLENDID

WE SHALL GET TO THE PADION AFTER ALL

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INSTRUCTIONS/

FERDINAND

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OH NO!

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But with his honest Moes outshone them

Lolling D to capture 26 wickets average of 18,44. And he re- covered from

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ALAN MOSS

In

wickets cost him 114 runs. all tour matches, however, he was second in the averages with 16 wickets at 27.3 pach.

In 1985 he went to Pakistan with the MCC "A" team. total of 173.3 over in the four representative games was ex- seeded only by spinner Tony Look. He took 15 wickets for an average of 22.40.

Took 8 Wickets

were

and

A

by the double play Cheyennes in the tep of the second laning saved the day for them.

With Fedson on socond and P. K. Young on first and none away Thayer bunted a waist- high pitch by Mallg. Georgie Ribeiro

made a nico diving catch and tossed the ball to frat but Remedios diopped

relay. He recovered in

the

Uime to pick

And to throw

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the ball up

to

scend

outch Fedson of 350

to exrpleto tho

double.

It was a fine bit of opportunism. T. K. Tau was a routine out, second, to first to end the SCAA inning.

Winning Runs

In their turn at bat the Cheyennes scored those two im- Danny Gosono portent rutis, blasted

Q double to Centre-

The Cheyennes elung on to their one-run

lead in the seventh and ran out worthy this form they winners. On

out all the will have to pull stops if they wish to beat the Drives next week's crucial game. There was good soft- ball by both sides but only in patches. Anyway the jang And, both teams scened per- felly, satisfied with the result.

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Sports Diary

TO-DAT

Cricket Combined Civilians v Mainya at Kowloon Cricket Club, 19.30 26.

Meeting Meeting of HKFA Counci at Sparta Road, # p.m.

TO-MOKKOW Cricket gidenta XI v Malaya at Indian Ra

Hongkong · Cricket League Pre-

creation Club, 10.30 a.m.

Badminton

Doubles: Recreto

Mon's "C"

right, Ribeiro's tricky By-bail, CCC. LRC v India Club, was

dropped by Murray at short stop and the stage was all set. Sonny Zzevedo wus, not on an infield pop-up and it was He visited Jamaica in 1956 left to Cheyennes plicher Dave with the Duke of Norfolk's team Malig to drive in the 'runs. and in ore match took eight He connected against one of wickets.

"Goose's" deliveries and the

His high action gets most out ball went over second base for

of any life in the pitch and he both Gosano and Ribeiro to is not afraid to move the ball score. Carlos Zzevedo and the away from the batsman rather Manuel Xavier were put out than rend down the safer but but the Cheyennes often negative inswinger.

ohead 2-0.

Though he is a hard worker, Moss does not believe in west-

Ing his energy and keeps the. botsman playing all the time by

SWISSAIR bowling at the stumps.

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CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN White's multiple queen sacri- Dice in the following game (Adams-Torre, New Orleans 1920) to reckoned the finest in the history of chess. 1 P-K4, P-K4; 7 Kt-KB3, P-03:0 PGPxPUXE GA

5 B-QHTS, BQ BBXkt BxB: 7 K-83, Kt-B3; 8 Castles, B-103; » Ke-Q5, BX K: 10 PXB, Casties: 11 B K, FB3: 13 P-84, FXP: 13 EXP. PQH4 (better R KU: 14 KRKI, R-K1: 13 R-K2 QR-B1; 10 QR-KI.

World! Bxkt BXB; 18

FORD

ILFORD

FILM

-KK14 (everything that now follows depends on the threat to Black's back _rank), QUEMEIQ-QBAL, Q-27; 20 Q=B71. G-KU; 21 P QRAI, QXRP: 22 R-K4, Q- RMP 2. QxKIP), Resigns, „Black's-queen-can no longer

defend the rook.

Solution No. 5730: 1 K-85. EXP ch; Kyk (threat 3 Q--. P-83; 1 Q-Ted on: while „Kti; Xtź mate, garli

kändan evvresi Esrated.

Were now

Before I could bai an eye- lash the third end fourth Innings were all over as both sides' defences mettled down

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