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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1960.

THE YOUNGSTERS STEAL THE LIMELIGHT

WHEN THE OLD UNS LET THEM!

Archie Moore

Scoble Breasley

Henry Cotton

Doug Smuh

Never too old

at 407 Footballing at 507 Up the old 'uns, say I, and a supercilious curl of an aging lip to all those striplings who get spank- ed when they seek to compete elders.

FIGHTING

with their

When those two sharp- eyed nippers, motorcyclist John Surtees and sprinter jumper Mary Bignal, top ped the Daily Express sporting poll for 1959, we all clapped hands and voted it a jolly good show. We drank their health, we avowed that youth was wonderful thing and drink their health again.

a

we

Down five times

It was only when the heady Surtees-Bignal wine began to wear off that a few of us, no longer sound in wind,

Ilmb or

to

win

By GEORGE WHITING

would they plesise send him a duplicate?

Sald an official:

le still an extremely good ball player and lays on some lovely and His experience poates.

wonderful enthusiasm "We looked

assets."

back through our records to the beginning of the war, but could

not trace anyone that name, Frankly, we thought London felding Paper Mills must be un ineligible player.

The best

"Then we searched through the pre-war xa, and found that Harry Jackson had been #promit player since Septem- her 29, 1936. In fact, he has been playing for the one club for the past 23 years. mast surely be a record.”

|

That

know

Well, I would not about records, A 1 know is that lorry-driver Harry Jack- ason, 50 years old, and formerly of Blackburn Rovers and Mill- wall, now turbs out every inside-forward Saturday as an for a team whose average is 21.

ambition, stunk off into corner, sulked awhile, compared ages, and began discussing the finer points of the pensions scheme.

age

•

are

Never be misled by looks, 1 know a chap who is'ns bald as al 47. but he a badger

to be happens

the just

in thr world, golfer best bar none. Name of Bam Snead, good enough to captain America against us in the Ryder Cus last

10 month, and good enough to trim our Dave Thomas (age 24)

Lunc of the uncompromising six and five.

Dal Ares, rising 47, skippered the British team and is still to train with young enough football players and win PGA championship.

Endurance

the

Maestro Henry Colton, swing- hg an dor-tops at 33, can still scare the

oul of congdence

Henry opponents half his age. tood-off his first championship first shot in 1921. Next summer, Just

years Bay 30

later he will be crowd- secretary Brian Chaitenton, "He prominent among the

Then somebody mentioned Btanley Matthews, and in no "Harry is one time at all we were summoning selections

up the blood and assuring each other that while there's fe there's hope,

man

Samples? They are here for the king. Only recently a

nghting doddering old called Sugar Ray Robinson, 40 come next May. whipped the wits out of a fractious opponent named Bob Young, who, having picked himself off the floor five times in as many minutes, now knows better than to argue with the best middleweight in the world.

On the anme night, Joey Parks, announced as a rising young Ughtweight from Nebraska resumed ta match punches with an ancient bag of bones known as Joe Brown -- apparently with the notion that Joe might be feeling • Uttle juded after giving Britain's Dave Charnley 10 years and a beating just 12 days earlier.

Wisdom eventually came to Master Parks and they still cannot find anyone to beat Jac Brown, lightweight champion of the world.

Ever hear te of Arphic Moore? lio has been wound the rings of the universe since 1938, his mother Buys he is nearer 50 than 10, and no man alive up to 12st. 7lb, can hit him where it hurts.

Soccer, too

The last optimisi who tried to prove that Archie was too old to be cruiserweight champion of the world

Iron-jawed Canadian Asherman named Yvon

Durelle, Too bad he i forgot to duck.

was un

The Ageless Arch, labouring along under a 14-year handicap, took just &min. 52saca, to applùi correction, and to leave his adversary in en agonised heap, Master Durelle got the message -and has

retired from now there rough gamer.

However, you do not have to go to America or to boxing, to find scholarly oldsters keeping up with the kids,

One day last week, the Foot- ball Association began a routine search of their flies when a cor- tain Harry Jackson

told them

he had lost his permit 'to play for London Paper Mills

and

Sports Diary

TO-DAY

Entries close to Seventh Bar Meeting OON.

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Tại thái dài che thei

3.50 1.00

of our week." PLOTY

FOUR D. JONES]W),

by MADDOCKS

HAW

MỖÖN FOR THE SOVIE CH BOY

HAW HAW HAY CLAIM THE

HAW HE HEE HA

HAW HAW THNEK GUACER

FERDINAND

NANCY

GOSH, COMRADE

THIS EXPESAING LARK

IS HARD ON THE

TROTTERS

YEAH, AND

THAT TROLLEY MAN IS UP TO SOMETHING. MARK MY WORDS

HEY NO LOITERING

I'M NOT LOITERING

BRICK BRADFORD

- THE OAS GUNET ONLY SMOTHER THE | FLAMES FOR Á FEW

SECONDS...

YOU'RE RIGHT, KRIB! BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE $5CONDS! PAM, WHEN KRIB AND I KILL THE FLAMES, FIRE UP YAIR PARA FUN AND DIVE. THROUGH THE DOORS

"WAY}

A MAN

TOLD ME TO STAND

HERE

Sugar Ray Robinson

pulling personalities in centenary Open at St Andrew's,

The

Would you say that water- mabolup in a young man's sport? Then how come the London Rowing Club, looking round for an active captain, plek Philip Carpmacl?

the Boston

If Cambridge-Blue Carpmael sces 50 again he will most cer- taluly recognise the scenery, But that does not stop him rowing against his son, com- peting in every meeting be can find, puiling bis weight for London RC in the Head of the River roce or sculiing some 30 miles in that human endurance fust known Maralhon.

Who rode out the jockeys' championship this year? Lester Piggot, 23, did quite well for a youngster with 142 winners-but 41-year-old Doux Smith

mark, way ahead on the 157 with Scobie Breasley whipping reflexes 10 his 45-year-old second place at 150.

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พง

Finally, I give you Cirl Buyce, admilting 10 not a solitary gry Hair, and performing prodigles in the open professional lawa East- tennis tournament bourne. He was 82 in October. Get your skates on, granddad!

London Eapteri Servics).

A PEY BECONDS LATER.....PAM MAKES

HER WAY TREDUCÍA THE DOCH...

at

Manchester United a strong Cup contender despite League failure

London, Jan. 4.

Matt Busby moved into the new year with the title "Soccer's Manager Courageous” the Manager prepared to take any gamble to keep Manchester United among Britain's top_teams. Busby, always ready for a fight and prepared to back his own judgment against that of anybody

else, was worried by Manchester's slump toward the end of 1959.

I hope this ‘mutiny' will not spread

SAYS STANLEY MATTHEWS

Mutiny in the dressing-room la a new fashion. In Boccer ......but it's catching! Middlesbrough started it all when their players criticised captain Brian Clough Now Blackburn follow up with complaints against captain Ronnie Clayton.

I hope the epidémio will not rpread, I don't like the idea of players running to the mana- ter every time they disagree with their chosen leader.

I

am mil for free speech, and Boccer democracy is a great thing. But airing troubles in pubile can do more harm than good.

It only circulates rumours DT unrest and distorts the real factu

I don't envy the caplain of 207 football club. He has a tough if he takes his job seriously. There is a lot more to it than

leading the team

the en to feld and tossing for ends.

}

Thai is why I like to sco the captain given full powers on the field to change lactles or switch players,

Wilt

half-back were benched.

So ho dropped £100,000 Farlier games see amateurs, worth of talent from the team; part-time professionals and stare like Irish International Third and Fourth Division teamma Harry Cregg, Eriglish inside- | fighting to make the third round. forward Bobby Charlton, The dal te next Man at winger Warren Bradley and | London's Wambley Stadlumm

Manchester United McGuirmega

in WD3 to Second Division Derby in the third round: Tottenham la pway to Second Division New- port: Burnley Is nway to Second Divišón Lincoln: West He brought in reserves like Bromwich is at home to Second malkeeper David Gaskell Division Plymouth and Wolver And the pbitions mehampton is away to Newcastle

Fighting ravival

paid off.

Manchester

turned

United

В ΕΠ

nghting revival, Last Batur day, however, the team erished 7-8 at Newcastle. Busby st is quite looty to keep an un- changed team for next Saluce day's Cup match.

The

The chance of Bushy and his I have played under some great boys winning the English Lëngue

captains in my time. men championship are remote. like Stanley

Cullis Johnston, Eddie Hapgood, and Joe Mercer.

I put Callls first because he was the finest skipper I have known.

Arsenal's task

-

Arsonal, once automatically rated as a favourite for tho Cup, now is a 22-1 abot. Lola of people think The famou London team will have a hard lask to gei past even the third round.

The Gunners-as the injury-

Rotherhan

Harry Manchester team is only midway plagued Arsenal is known-des

in Division One. But the bookies (drawn

away at still rate them a big danger for United. Rotherham's

Email the Cup,

ground in Industrial South Tottenham, Division One Yorkshire looks worth ‘a goal feeders, ore Cup favourites al start Rotherham

it-1. Arsenal has hit a bad patch ile had almost everything. Its betting odds of about

Burnley is second favourite at and is in the bottom half of was the absolute boss on the 12-1 and Manchester United

the Division One, Rotherham, feld. he thought out moves like ⭑

unfashionable team with bags of general, "and drove his in third phee at 11-1.

spirit, is chasing Aston men remorvelemiy.

Third round games in the Cup Villa for the championship of To him the end always justified

- the

glamorous tournament the Second Division. The bookies And bh play

that pulis ta more than a mi- make Rotherham a 06-1 shor always oozed confidence.

Hon fans for the early games against whning the Cup. Harry Johnsion, now the Read-

will be played next Saturday, manager, WAS another First and Second Division teams driving captain-and a help-

and exempt until that stage in ful and kindly players

man of the

the competition. field.

bc- Ihree

Driving force

of the fleld the captain is the

representative of the -the link between field and board-room-and it takes 2 psychologiak to keep 10 other men In a team happy and contented, On the field the captain must be the driving force that keeps the term-engine ticking over,

ryea when there are signs of a breakdow

lle must be able to get the very

last ounce out of his men, He must have personality plus.

master He also needs to be

thetician. able to siso tituation quickly and take the necessary action.

00

*

HOLD IT

DARLING YOU PELLAS

PUSH ON, THIS LIL OLD GIRL HAS HAD IT

SPLENDID? I'VE SEEN WAITING TO GET ROOF THAT

· FEMME WOMAN

---TILL

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

HE GOT HIS TOOLS

By Paul Norris

HOW, KRIS, GUIDE YOUR

SAS GUN UNDER THE FLAMES TO PAMI

}I SZL--BHELL

JUSE IT TO QUIÍÍCH THE FLAMES WHILE

I RIVE THROUGH!

GOOD ENOUGH13)

the

Mean.

ile was the power-house

tind Blackpool in our rims to the Cup Final, Joe Mercer too had the quali-

tles of fighting spirit and in- Apiring force. They helped him to play such a big part In Arsenal's revival after the

WIT.

Joe was full of fun off the neid,

but once he called his team together for A match he immediately settled down to

the serious business of win- ning H.

—(London Express Service).

SHEAFFER'S "SNORKEL

Champions prefer

SWISSAIR

THE AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND

ROWNTREE'S

AERO

THE

MILK CHOCOLATE THAT'S DIFFERENT!

As always

ILFORD

is Best

teom

Other betting odds on the Cup Include: Bollon, Preston, 16-1. Blackpool, Sheffield Wednesday, 18-1, Newcastle 20-1,-AP.

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