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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1960.

Is this cricket's death?

A GAY SPORT HAS NOW BECOME DULL BUSINESS

By JOHN COTTRELL

On August 29, 1882, Australia defeated the full strength of English cricket on English soil for the first time and the death of English cricket was lamented in an

obituary notice in the Sporting Times.

On April 4, 1960, England's tour of the West Indies will be completed, and I suggest that the occasion should be marked with an obituary notice lamenting the death of the game of cricket itself.

Cricket. as our grandfathers knew it, is dead at least us far as Test matches are concerned. It is no longer a game, but a bitter relentless struggle survival.

for

The players are spurred on not by thirst for victory but by fear of defeat. Adventure

sun they might as well pack up the game and go fishing.

The time factor outweighs the concern with getting runs. Four days should be ample What is wrong with cricket?

a Test match, finish In the West Indies the pitches time

blame. provided of course that players, have been chiefly to

in and especially captains, arc They are much too blased

to

the bateman's favour. The spin-willing to tackle the task in the The task always nere have beert almost useless: right spirit.

speed merchants have been en-being to bowl for wickets and has been replaced by caution:couraged to use bumpers us the play strokes for runs. AERY sport has become dull builner,

A

Biggest bugbear England skipper Peter May put his finger on the sad state of the game

a few days ago when he said: "Cricket has changed so much in recent years -there is much more strain." This is the so-called age stress. But if cricketers can no longer enjoy a little fun in the

of

Negative tactics make the chiet offensive weapon.

These wickels, which seem in- 'whole operation purposeless. evitable, are peculiar to the

Curibbean. In cricket generally, 1 believe the biggest bugbear is the 30 hours of playing time: whether spread over five days

ur six.

These matches are too long,

makes IL

cricket Into endurance Test and from tho encouraged stari players are

to stay in as long as vossible whatever the rate of scoring..

OXFORD TO WIN

TODAY'S VARSITY

BOAT RACE

By DEREK JOHN

London, Apr. 2.

There are strong hopes for a thrilling finish and a very fast time in today's 106th Boat Race between Dark and Light Blue oarsmen over the four-and-a-half miles from Putney to Mortlake.

crews have shown ex- Both cellent form in training and while a comparison of practice times can be deceptive, Oxford (Dark Blue) must stand a great chance of winning the race for the second year in succession. They have not done this since 1938.

Experimental rules

I am glad to Ece that the forthcoming England versus South Africa Test will be play- ed under the experimental rules which include limitation of the leg-side field to five men, and cutting out time-wasting and drag.

In particular I welcome time-wast- measures against ing. We want no repetition of the go-slow bowling seen in the Caribbean Testa, where the boweling rate sometimes fell to less than 14 overa an hour.

But no experimental rules can guarantee brighter cricket and unfortunately it will be five-dny Tests as usual. So the onus in- evitably falls on the players themselves.

If they cannot play cricket in the true spirit, "then English cricket-lovers have the answer. They can stay away and watch some of the counties who man- nge to play first-class, sparkling cricket and get results-in three daya.

Carlos Ortiz to defend world title

Do you mind!

Pardon me, I'm sure, if I'm in the way." Black- burn's right-back Bray may not have had such senti ments as he appears to get a hand-off from Finney, of Sheffield Wednesday. The incident took place in the English FA Cup semi-inal last Saturday when Blackburn won 2-1. Actually, Finney was unaware Bray was only an arm's length away.

World chess win for. Botvinnik

Moscow, Apr. 1. Mikhail Botvinnik, Saviet World choss champion, defosted 23- year old challanger Mikhail Tahl in the oighth game at their tile match today.

Was Botvinnik's first win, and ho now stood three points to five behind Tahl.- AFP.

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Japanese swimmers prepare

strong challenge for Australians in Rome

Tokyo, Apr. 2.

Japan is not prepared to concede that Australians will dominate the swimming events at the Olympic Games opening in Rome on August 25.

In March, the country's leading swimmers began training pro

grammes which will bring them to their peak by August.

On one typical day at the metres freestyle (2 minutes 09.5, at present much slower in the Takyo University pool recently, seconds) and 400 metres, (4 1,500 metres than Konrads' new two leading breaststroke swim- minutes 38.5 seconds).

world time of 17 minutes 11 merz, Kiyoshi Nakagawa and ·O. Tatsuo Fujimoto (2 seconds, but Mr Koyanagi be-. Takehiko Osaki, paced each minules 04.9 Reconds) and Heves that Konrods will not be other in two lanes. In the next Makoto Fukui (2 minutes 06.8 able to repent this time in Rome. lane to them, Haruo Yoshimuta, seconds) for the 200 metres The result of the race there, a butterfly swimmer, worked out freestyle.

he ways, cannot be predicted over 400 metres,, while in still

Kelji Hase for the 100 from previous times. He expects another lane. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Japan's main hope seen backstroke (1 minute 05.1 for a gold medal, swam with ● Junya Nasu for the 200 bout Japan's second-ranking freestyle metres butterfly (2 minutes 178

swimmer, Toshizo Umemoto, seconds).

Ortiz has lost only two fights

San Francisco, Apr. 1. Lady

America's Margaret College men

world Junior

champlon IT their crew. The great welterweight boxing Cambridge crews of 1950 and Carlos Ortiz will defend his 1951 had respectively six and title against Italy's Duloi Lot at Ave Lady Margaret men. Cow Palace here on June 1 it Another omen: The Light Weg announced today.

bow, John include, Blucs

son of Dr Raymond Owen, Owen, the Cambridge coach. Oxford, who produced the And when Oxford won last year

crew style of rowing in their

included David "method"

son of the Oxford 1957 and the banans-shaped Edwards, boat in 1958, have now coach, H. R. A. Edwards. adopted spade-like oars with eight-inch wide blades.

Fast time

Oxford have again been

coached by Group Captain

"Jumbo" Edwards. He is pleased with the way training

and defented his victor time in their relum

AFP.

each

~ Leading swimmers.

Sports Diary

TO-DAY

Athletics

Junior Championships

is going and especially with

Colony these what he calls "the best boat Hongkong Stadium. 2 p.m.

ever built."

Gimmicks have not profited them in the past, but broad blades certainty seem to They sult the present crew, have covered the full course in 18 mins 18 secs-a time bettered only three times in the race by Cambridge in 1934, 1948, and 1958,

The record stands at 17 mins 50

Ligh! sees, set up by the Blues in 1948.

Last

month

Cambridge covered the full course in 18 mins 97 sees-and they not going full out

were

History teaches us never to underestimate the Light Blucs

The new "wander boat" is 12 ibs lighter than last year's, and 30 lbs lighter than standard. It cost £400.

Deciding factors

Gadgets. however, do not make a good crew and when the great day arrives It Is

skill, cohesion human

#ad big-match nerves that really decide the issue,

School

St Stephen's Preparatory sports day, Stanley. 3 p.m..

Cricket Land Forces Inter-Unit knock-out final, Bookunpoo,

BOCCI

occar Ta v South 1st Division: China (Club); KMB V Eastern (35) 5.30 p.m.

Reserva Division: Sing Tso v South China (Club); KMB v Eastern (BS) 14 p.m.

not be

seconds).

Mr Ohta considers that Japan's best chances of winning gold

400 metres, the men's 800-metre relay and with Nosu In the 200 metres butterfly.

'

Japanese swimmers willmedals lie with Yamanaka in the train unili August, The team which is to go to Rome will annabordă until July 24, on the final night of the three-day national Swimming Championships. which open here on July 22.

com-

nd Division: Talkoo v Gymnastic (C) 4.30 pm: RAF Sai Wan v AFS CH 630 pm: REME V RIL (Navy 4 p.m.; BÁT Kal Tak v Koon Win (Navy) 5:30 pm. Prisons v Caroline 2 minutes 01.5 seconds; 400 metres in 4 minutes 16.6 seconds: (Stanley 6.30 pan and Division: Five-One-Saven บ

The

World record

Ilsa

Japan set up a world re- bord time of B minuten) (18.7 The chairman of the

seconds for the 800 metres petition committee of the relay at Osaka last year. Japanese Amateur Swimming

Japan's women swimmers aro Federation, Mr Mitsuo Ohta, sald weak. There is no one to com- that leading Japanese swimmers pete against Australia's who may expect to be in the Conrads and Dawn Fraser. The leom for Rome include:

best prospect is Saloko. Tansko, Yamanaka for the free-who last year set up a new world style events. His best times, all record of 2 minutes 37.1 seconds national records, were 100 metres for the 200 metres backstroke, in 50.4 seconds; 200 metres in

The primary Interest for Japanese in the Olympic swim- ming events will be whether Reditusion (IV) 4 p.m.; Sik Vind 1,500 metres in 17 minutes 47.5, Yamanaka can beat the Austra-

Dodwell (EV) 4 p.m. 7. seconda.

itun, Jon Konrads, who already pm. HK Gas v Tramways (1) 520 n-m.: Kin

(2 minutes 41.5 holds seven of the ten freestylo Osaki St Joseph's

acconds). Nakagawa (2 minutes world records. Godown v C & W (HV) 0.50 p.m.; Universlty v Yuen Loog (HV) 0.30 44.1 seconds) and Isao Masuda Konrads in February broke D.m

(2 minutes 39.3 seconds) for the Yamanaka's world time of 4 Hockey Kowloon Cricket Club Mixed lioc 200 metres breaststroke.

minutes 14.0 seconds for the Umemoto key Festival, 1.30 pin.

200, 400 metres. Yamanaka set up his world record last July, break- ing the then existing record held by Konrads. Yamanaka holds the world record, for 200 metre 2 minutes 01.5 seconds. The two swimmers have

Fortunately. Oxford need not rely on their specially designed tools. They are craftsmen in who have won 28 out of 35 their own right and can be ex-v

sound Fast Races since 1913 and who pected to give a

perTM between the world wars chalk-formance.

ed up the record run of 13 The result? Precedent favours consecutive victories.

Cambridge but on current form

An ominous sign for Oxford the crews are well matched. I

Cambridge have live / take Oxford to win narrowly. la that

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In an Interview at the Tokyo University pool, Tsuyoshi (mean- Ing "strong") Yamanaka, who is 20 years of age, said that of the four freestylo events he was more optimistic about winning the 400 metres.

Yamanaka's early training pro- gramme included four kilomètres of roadwork each day to streng- then his heart. He began swim- ming on March over

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