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on the ball

with Tom Finney

THE CHINA MAIE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1960.

SPURS COULD GET THE DOUBLE

They have brains, character and ruthless determination

How great are Tottenham Hotspur? Can they achieve the clusive League-

Cup double in 1960? What is the secret of their success? After that 13-2 hammering of Fourth Division Crewe I went to Deepdale for our match against them fully prepared to be very favourably im- pressed. I left the fleld a little disappointed.

Admittedly, Spurs were not at full strengli when they drew with us 1-1, Perhaps they were fooling the effects of their mid- week Cup replay. But the side Hait le going to win the Lenque and Cup must expect to over come plenty of setbacks,

I to not rate the Spurs of 1960 so highly as the Spurs of the early 1950's, winners the Second and First Division cliampionships in

of

successive

Easier days Yet there is a tremendous Lassant or talent in the side and 1 still believe they might well become the first team in the 20th rentury to capture the Cup and the League 10e In

pinyers in reserve. The Spur ally than in the vaults of men are happy at White Hart bank. Lane.

Don't imagine that Bill is easy-going. He brings to the manager's chair the quality, that marked his wing-half play-

Nicholson quies determination. does not space his men, whether they cost £20 or £20,000.

not only Thus he command; their friendship but their respect. Is it a healthy thing that a club should buy almost a com- plete team as Spurs have done? Cun a club be caid to have made a contribution to the game when it does not develop its own stars?

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final thought: if Spurs don't achieve the double this season, then watch out for them next year. I think they will be even better then, since Are four firal-team players now in their Örst season with the club. By next season they de- can be expected to have veloped greater understanding. Most Important of all, Spters already have the ruthless single mindedness of purpose as illus- trated by that 18-2 Cup replay win.

Were they too cruel to Crewe? In this respect, present-day! Of course not. Spectators are team to Tottenham cannot be said to entitled to expect a

contribu- | give their utmost for 10 minutes, have made the same lion to British soccer as did the whatever the score, Belleve me,

Arthur Rowe it's difficult as well as undesir Treat side that

but they able to ease up after getting into bullt ten years ago, Provided, of course, that on the way to Wenibley they don't have still done a great deal for top gear,

club called the gume.

season.

rome up against a Preston.

the same

We have an extra specini reason at Deepdale for wanting to hold all-conquering Spurs. For it was Presión North End

the fir wher in 1889 became club to achieve the double a feat since quailit only by Astim Via in 1807.

Of course, it

So much was easier in those days, The 1888- 89 season was the first season of

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Were they cruel?

Spurs play football with a spirit of alventure. It shows in their general approach, with the wing-halves always giving the forwards fine supnori. The tricks they use with free-kicks and corners Indicates that the players arc. encouraged to think.

the new Football League und Preston had to play only matches and live Cup-ties on their way the double. When Villa achieved it, there were 18 clubs in the First Division. movements. Today there are twenty two,

Britain needs this lively proach. The game has been allowed to get into the doldrums, to become dominated by nega- live thinking and stereotyped

last week

I mentioned Some experts think flat belter facilities are

conditions make bring back spectatory. present-day the double Impossible. They better foulball.

that even mighty point out

who virtually ruled Arsenat

during the thirties, soccer could not win both honours.

Reserve strength

I disagree, Manchester United showed that it can be done, when they finished eight polits ahead of Spurs at the top of the League in 1957. They might well have done it if only goal- keeper Ray Wood had not been Injured in the ifth minute of

Final their Cup

with Aston Villa.

Why do I think Spurs can pull it off?

Is that One reason magnificent half-back line ut Danny

Maurice Blanchflower, Norman and Dave Mackay,

A strong half-back line is the lynch-pin in a great side. I rate this Spurs trio as equal to the famous halt-back lines such us. the Forbes, Compton, Mercer combination that served Arsenal su well after the war.

The club which is to achieve the double must have a large polnis Jend by the end of the Easter matches and five or more reserves of Arsi-team Quality. Injuries can so easily reduce n confident team 10 # se1 of airngglers.

Here again, Spurs score high marks. They are well placed in the League with 'a three- points lead-arid look at their reserve strength with Bich like Tony March, Mel Hop- kins, Terry Medwin and Dave Dunmore standing by.

I had a close look at Medwin and Dunmore on Saturday and can certainly vouch for

talent.

Vieir

Commands respect

However, a collection of high- priced stars alone is not enough to make a championship team- es Sunderland found out to their cost.

A team must have character, and that means they must have a character builder. This Totten- ham have in the manager Bill Nicholson

person of

Since serving with Bill in the Middle East during the war, I have come to know him pretty well. He has tremendous thusiasm for the game and is so likeable that he gets on well with all his players.

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That's one reason why Tollen-

ham are able to keep such class

Sports Diary

10-DAY Tennie Colony tennis championship at 10CC. 0.10 p.m.

Entries for Ninth (Annual) Meat- ing close at

Colony

Squami Championship, Vietcets Darraghe Churts, 120 p.m.

Meeting IIK Life Guard Club Annust Mealing. Urban Council Chambers, 3.49 $3.47.

TO-MODROW Squash

Colour Beusah Championship, Victoria tracke Courte, 8.30 p.m. Teszig Colony reme Court grandi Chalde, Bichsup

WC, TR B..

that needed to So 1,5

these that Remember niso transfer fees stay in the game. The money does more good cir- culating around football gener-

OF THE CUFF

I hear that Manchester City goalkeeper Beri Trautmann will stay in Britain when his playing daya are over, fle was lo have returned to Germany lo become a coach.

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Arsenal have not

given up hope of signing Dennis Law, Huddersfield's "Boy Wonder" Scottish Inter- national inside-forward.

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plunge market

Sunderland may into the transfer agalo. Their search for a top-class rithi-winger may see Arsenal'a Danny Clap- ton of Birmingham's Harry Hooper

to MOVD

Roker Pork.

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UP THE WORKERS!

YEPI FOLLOWED

Wally Grout sets

cricket

world record

Brisbane, Feb. 15.

Queensland wicketkeeper Wally Crout, sat a world cricket record by catching eight 'batsmen in a single innings at Brisbane today.

He was playing for Queensland in the Sheffield Shiold Inter-state match against West Austrália,

The only previous case of eight catches by one, inan

th an innings was when G. Lock performed the foat for Surrey against Warwickshire at the Oval in 1957. But Lock was in the field, The previous bost by a wicketkeeper was soven, recorded several times, the last by J. Brown of Scotland against Ireland at Dublin in 1957.-

AP.

France names rugby XV for

England match

IOC AFFIRMS BELIEF IN FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Decision on two Chinas question postponed

San Francisco, Feb. 16.

The International Olympic Committee has affirmed its "belief in the free- dom of the press" in connection with the refusal of the U.S. State De partment to admit sports writers from East Germany to the Winter Olympic Games.

Avery Brundage of Chicago, President of the International Olympic Com- mittee, in announcing that the 100 had adopted a resolution to this effect, said:

"In my opinion all legitimate permitted to attend the Games." sports Journalists should po

He explained that as far as

Hungarians have instrument to measure footballers' abilities

Budapest, Feb. 15.

The backroom boys of Hungarian sport say they have built an instrument which measures the extent of a soccer player's ball sense and his elas- ticity of movement.

Paris, Feb. 15. The French team to meet

The tiny instrument, sirapped: England in the Rugby Union international here around the player's waist, trans- on his skill on February 27 may be inits Information the same as that which which is picked up on the side rate, blood

lines by a short-wave reconver defeated Soiland 13-11 at | and automatically translated Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Into tell-tale graphs. last month.

Because of fitness doubis, the

Inventor

The device was dreamed up selectors named two players for the left wing-threequarter posl. by the Hungarian Scientiflo Hon-Lucien Roge (Bezlers),

Research Institute for Sporis, who came on at the last minute

Headed by Dr Ferene Hrpp. jaguinst Scotland when Hebri

Dr Hepp explained that one Rancoule (Lourdes) ered off, aure-fire way to determino ball end Jean Dupuy, of Tarbes, sense was to note the way in who has also beça capped pre-which a player leaped to head a |viously.

THE TEAM

The team is:

·

Michel Vannier (Racing); Serge Merica (Agen), Arnaud Jac- Marquesuzas (Lourdes),

Declen

kle Bouquet (Vionne), Roge (Beziers) or Denn Dupuy (Tarbe): Roger

(Lourdes),

Beziers),

Pierre

Ald

De

Marline

Datics

Roques

Gregoriu (Cahors), Jean (Grenoble). Amedee Dometicchi

(Dar (Brive), Michel Celaya

Bernard Momincjat deaux),

Francois Monela (Cahors), (Pau, Captain), Michet Crauste +(Lourdes). Sylvain MyLT

(Perigueux),-Reuter.

AND AS THE WORD "WORK' ECHOES OVER THE PEASANTS'

HEADS, THERE IS A DEATHLY SILENCE

WHO DARES

TO MENTION THAT FIENDISH WORD?

YOUR ORDERS--

YOU SAID I SHOULD. SCRUB THE

FLOOR---

İF THOSE BCMTMEN

KAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE AS THE OTHER MARTIANG, WB MAY NEVER FIND HIM!

DON'T

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HOPE FAM! WE'LL USE THE X-RAY BCOPE ON THE - DARGES...

ball.

sense One with perfect ball he said, would make contaci with the ball precisely when he apex of his had reached the Icap.

It was impossible with the spot naked eye, he added, to such split second movements but the instrument could record them with absolute precision,

Lowest ebb period

Hepp said he is now working on an extension of the Instru- meni so that a player's pulse pressure, electro- -cardfograph curve and fre queney of breathing could be transmitted and recorded while | he was actually playing.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

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He said that at the same time

Here is a problem specially the springiness of footballer's contributed by II. W Massing-

could be bodily movements

ham (Manchester). White to measured by recording the ex-play and mate in two moves. tent and speed of any given up- ward leap.

GRINGO, YOU FOOLISH PEEG, YOU AVE SHATTERED THE PEOPLE TO A SHOCK

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Brie Ayenirs UNITEO PAPER COLTA

the refusal of the U.S. Stato Department to permit AR extra number of East Ger-

officials man Olympla concerned: "Everything seems to be in order,"

The combined German team fira 35 athletes from East Ger- any and 50 from West Ger- muny ant is entitled under Olympic rules to 20 officials,

These consist of 12 from West Germany and eight from Eest Germany.

"I'm informed the State De- Such un

I Instrument, Hèpp added, could also

Department admitted a few more strapped to a long-distance Tom East Germany," Brundage rupner to determine what sald. bappened to his system during cbb the Ko-called lowest period.

Two Chinas problem

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Hepp said his institute is also I working

Brundage Indiented the Con- on B device which would analyse sportsma's troversy over the admission of movements three-dimensionally Communist China and Nation-

-AP

alist China-both of which are now out of the Olympic Games

may be postponed.

crew

Cambridge for Boat Race

London, Feb. 15, Cambridge University retain three of their last year's boat race crew for the an- nual race against Oxford University, to be held on the River Thames on April 21.

They are Trinhy

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II. Brown Hall), the President: of the Cambridge

University

boat club, J. Beveridge (Jesus), and J. R. Owen (Lady Margaret).

The final seating positions

"We have only 25 members here, barely a quorum," he said. "We agreed in Munich that any controversial matter that could not be resolved with unanimity be posipared to the Rome nicating.

"The International Olympic Committee received a report from Innsbruck, Austria, where the 1964 Games will be held, stating construction will start and everything looks well the Games,

for

Tokyo, where the Summer Games will be held in 1064, reported that a chief problem is a date for the Games.

Recognition

have still to be determined but Brundage soid the Tokyo the others chosen are: P. W commitice is getting together Holmes (Lady Margaret), slotistics on the weather and E.T.C. Johnstone (Lady that October is being consider Margaret), J. Parker (Lady ed. Margaret), S.R.M. Price (1st and 3rd Trinity), F.P.T. Wiggins (Lady Margaret), and H.T. Weston (Belwyn),

Brundage said the IOC grant- ed recognitiun to the Internu- tional Federation of Jai Alai and also to the International Federn- B.M.P./Thompson-McCausland | tion of Bowling, which he ex-

(1 and 3rd Trinity), who plained did not represent the rowod No. 4 last year, has common bowling game of the bom dropped-Router.

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