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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1960.

Strange things happen Football news

By REX LOPEZ

Strange things happen at the Cup Final. Like the day a "train load of City worker found themselves reluctantly watching the first Wembley final in 1923.

The men returning home from work had been caught in the greatest crush In history,

Outside Wembley Station they had walked into the main flow of arriving fans. Helplessly bottled in they were swept Into the ground.

That year more than a quarter of a million people had poured into the 100,000 capacity stadium Just before kick off. Gates had been broken down, barriers twisted.

at

the Cup Final

How did he do it?

Sometimes he bounded over the turnstiles and darted Into the stadium, leaving the vigilant attendants open mouthed. Some times he donned his best suit, sported a fresh coruallon on Ule strode in with lapel and

Some directors and officials. times be

parsed himself as a newspaperruan, or disguised himself as a fent-aider.

But Sugarman's unbroken, run of gatecrashing came to an end

last year when his wife and son time he look decided it was them to see the Cup Final,

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PLEASANT SURPRISE

In 1938 when Bolton bent Manchester United 2-0, a lucky Westfan made off with the ball.

King George V, there to see Bolton Wanderers play Ham, was advised to leave. But he refused.

As the number of injured post- ed the 1,000 mark, Wembley of cials sent an urgent appeal to

Scotland Yard for menis.

reinforce-

NEAR MIRACLE

And then a near miraele hap- pened.

A policeman on a white horse rude unto the hallowed turf. Unruffed amid the confusion and roaring chacs he bucked the Into the crowd while charger until the pitch was cleared,

The game started 40 minutes late. Holton beat West Ham 2-0. But the ground was

Fested that at half time the teams changed sides without taking a break for fear they might never get back if they left the field.

Now,

every year, F.A. Secretary Sir Stanley Rows gets demands for Cup Final tickets from t least a dozen people who claim they rode the white horse

prevented what theat might have been the worst dia-

aster in football history,

The man who did ride that horse, Polloe-constable George B. Scorey, Bow 77, lives hap- pily in retirement in his com- fortable bungalow in Kent. A Luke's

of white horses couldn't drag him to Wembley ardain

There is no end to the length some people will go to get Cup finni tickets.

One Tyneside fan gave a ton of coal for a ticket to ste the Bani between Nowcastje United and Blackpool in 1951. A Blackpool supporter who offered a new set of car tyres found no takers.

There

the WGS

cate Thomas Etherington who 1948, after trying all possible means to obtain a ticket, luned up at Wembley and in des pertilion matched one from William Barker just as he was about to enter the stadium.

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A policeman saw the incident and arrested Etherington. `In couri, Etherington pleaded guilty but fold the magistrate that he intended paying the owner the ticket's face value. It cost him a £5 fine.

One man who completely con- quered the ticket problem was Harry Sugarman, a £30-a-week Tottenham salesman.

Prince of the Gatecrashers Sugarman went to Wembley every year from 1047 to 1958 -naver onoo buying a ticket. And what's mors, In 1950, 1957 and 1030 he got himself photographed with the winning team.

Bolton's captain Nat Loft-

house, who scored the winning goals, made a public appeal for the return of the priceless so12- venir. He offered à pint of beer 1 week for life at his hotel in Bolton to whoever recovered the

ball for him.

He got it back within 24 hours.

When Portsmouth brought off one of the biggest upsets in Cup history by beating Wolves | 4-1 in 1938, i was agreed they should hold the trophy for the duration of the war.

It was stored in a bank vaul for safety. But the bank got a direct hit during the blitz

Fans and officials find Al- ready given up the Cap for lost, when Portsmouth mana- ker Jack Tian turned up buy- sing the trophy,

Acting on a premonition he had taken the Cup from the konk the night before the biltz and so with it beneath the stairs of his home.

It had come from a Uttle boy, tying dangerously ill in hospital. is one great wish was to see the Cup.

Allison didn't hesitate for Decoră,

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He emptied the remains of the oriebrallan champagne, had the trophy pollshed—and made off to the hospital with the Cup.

A few days later a hosptial sister phoned him to say the Cup had proved the Amest

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the boy could hove had. Hir had brightened up enormously. Not long afterwards the boy recovered,

Толь

During the broadcast of the Later the Cup was loaned for Cup Final in 1938, Commander

Woodroofe an exhibition at Havant

BBC dar eports edmmentator, bit oft more to ruire funds for

than he could chew. taken to the local police station hospital. T.2020 nkschut

for safe keeping,

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Park local

The man who had asked the

police

to look after the Cup thoughtfully Alled

up with beer. It took cleven pints.

When he returned to collect it next day the beer was un- touched.

When Manchester United won the Cup in 1940 they came in

Then 1953, when Natung- for a pleasant surprise. Maurice

Forest won the trophy, Kingsley, head of a Manchester ham

manager Billy Walker, textile firm, took them out for team a slap-up meal. Mr Kingaley immediately phoned Scotland could weil

arked afford It Yard

for police protection,

he had just won £20,000 in bels.

But what of the Cup-object of this yearly balties

Called the F.A. Challenge Cup, it cost about £50 when it was mude 49 years ago. Yet it ia treasured 张韶

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diamond-studded.

were

The club which wins it keeps it for a year. But the trophy is lost or destroyed, they must pay the F.A. for a

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new

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The Cup in use today is the third trophy since the competi tion was started in 1871-72,

The first was stolen from shop in Birmingham L 1805 while Aston holders.

Villa WENG Fixe

The second was presented to Land Kinnaird in 1911 on his rompleting 21 years as President of the F.A.

The present Cup made at Bradford in 1911 was won first by Bradford City.

Four D. Jones BY MADDOCKS

FERDINAND

and

He refused to budge an inch with the Cup-unless deteelive wont with him.

LOCKED AWAY

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The Cup was locked away in a safe at the Savoy Hotel, and

ICAL day was escorted by Scotland Yard detective to St Pancras Suition.

Had someone threatened to steal the precious trophy? "No", sald Walker. "It just makes me nervous.

He added: "I still remember the last time I had charge of the Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1953.

"I was 60 seared I kept under the bed all night with an Alsatian guarding it,”

Then, there was the moving message that reached Arsenal's manager George Allison as his team was celebrating its Cup victory in 1936.

ER, 'H' BOMBS. HE OWNS THE ENTIRE STOCK ULP... THIS IS A MATTER FOR THE MINISTER OF CHAOS..

I'LL PHONE HIM

game

from

other lands

By ARCHIE QUICK

A

Halden FC in Norway Lave acquired

"Back police Maria" van and when after a match the situation looks ugly the players bourd the car and are driven away in satoty bo hind barred windows of un- breakable glass pad with ffie, siren sounding

Argentinian Angelillo, who plays for Internazionate-Milan, discovered after a match Palerme that his car had been stolen.

with

Later he received a telephone call from the thief, who said he was a club supporter, and as Angelillo had been in good It had been A tight

form that day he had decided Preston

against Huddersfield. As the seconds beked towards to return the purloined vehicle.

And he did! the anal whistle to the score- less match, Woodroofe promised over the air; "If they score now I'll eat my hat," Preston did.

ATE HAT

And that night, in front of the televison cameras, Wood- route ate a hat made of sponge cake, sugar icing and pastry.

The most imposing feature of the Cup Final is perhaps community singing. Ond hu- dred thousand pooplu rendering "Abide with me.”

the

The Russian FA

have

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Pago 5

TOT OF 4ft. 10in. IS YOUNGEST WATER BABE

She's tops in high

society at

thirteen

By PAT BESFORD

London, May 1.

Margaret Austen, a little girl who is crazy about heights, has shot to the

top of her favourite sport, diving.

Margaret, who lives at Ken- board with a simple EwAllow ton, Middlesex, has been picked ; dive. Now she enn do the dif- to dive for Britain ugelast East cult 11⁄2 somersault with one Germany in Leipzig on June 11 twist and is busy learning a and 12.

new hard dive the half-twist- ing 11⁄2 back someruli. This 4ft 10in "tot" will com- pete from the ten-metre high She has been conched by board-seven times her own. John Wardley who is also the height. And abe is just two trainer of Empire months past her 18th birthday, Kleth Collin,

and which meana she is the youngest | champion Elizabeth Ferris, both to represent Britain in a swine of whom will be Margaret's ming or diving teamTI.

team mates in, Leipzig,

charaplori

national

Her father thought the might get into the team after her first brilliant performance in the re-

cent

International trial in | Cardiff. He told me: "I didn't breath a word-I didn't want to build up her hopes"

Brian Phelps, just 10, was a month and two days older than Margaret when he

Was selected for Britain,

Margaret, who once wanted to be a circus trapeze artist and Inter a parachutist has settled for diving, so long as it

pointed a panel of nine couchess off the high board. She won't to prepare the national side for look at the low springboard or

three-metre competitions, the 1802 World Cup games.

I phoned Margaret with the news of her actection. A tle voice said. “Oh!"

then Was & breathless hush,. "Oh--that's amashing!"

ONLY NINE

clubs there In Spain only three have no foreign players on their then books-Atletico Bilbao, Paro- plona Оваля and Sebastian Real Sociedad..

San

Bilbao go one step further and include only Basques,

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have nine

Some ure sickened by the spectacle, Others soo it as D moving demonstration of faith. foreigners cach,

To Marconi-Ekco it seemed like a good experiment.

They went to Wembley in 1930 with recording instru- mienta, Note куда their objective. To record it in phon units of sound.

the

the Throughout

game volume of noise was maintained at a steady 85 phons, shooting up to 105 when goals were scored.

The peak a deafening 112 phons was touched when a policeman tripped over another policeman while chasing the ball-London Express Service.

-(London Express Service).

...THAT'S WHAT HE SAD SIR.HE HAS THE LOT, YES SIR, YES SIR,

I'LL ARRANGE IT, IMMEDIATELY

The Bank of Spain has ex- the pressed its pleasure that Real Madrid club has returned from overseas tours in the last nine months with US$200,000.

The great Hungarian Inside- Feretic forward and captain, Puskas, has announced that when he retires he will found and open a Sporta University, with Internationals as coaches, la Southern Sweden.

THE CATIS OUT OF THE BAG... NOW WATCH:

EM FLAR MATE

By Mik

Her fother, Mr Leslie Austen, is secretary of the Mid- dlesex Diving Committee, but he has nothing to do with Margaret's diving. He reminded me that I was responsible for Margaret joining her first diy- ing club, the Metropolitan, ilve years ago.

A TRAPEZE

She was only nine when she first went off the ten-motra

Grand Prix

Sao Paulo, May 1. Farwell, a Brazil horse, won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to- day. Hyperlo was second Zuido third,—AP.

Sheaffer's

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Teo for Yes

THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN

and

Now another great effort in

Leipzig could book her a place Sho for the Olympic Games. would then be the youngest competitor in Rome-London Express Service.

New bantamweight

champion of 'PI

Manila, May 1.

Young Aquino last night |

won

a 12-round unani- mous decision over Al Asuncion to claim the bantamweight champion- ship of the Philippinos.

Aquino weighed 110 pounds, Asuncion 117.

The lone imocitdown of the fight' cune in the fith round when Aquino ezught the former bantamweight king with a lett

for book to the law

one- couni.

Hard-hitting Aquino had sub- stiluted for Vilieza Vaior nter the champion relinquished his title for rearons of "poor health."-AP.

She's just 13 --but Margaret Auston could be in Britain's team for the Olympics. See her (bofrw) complete... a for- wars pike dive and you get the idea of her talent,

CHESS by LEONARD BARBEN

Here Is a problem by 0. Mansfeld (Chess Life, 1952).

White to play and mate in two moves.

London Express Serplos.

Beats Olympic.

soccer team

Djakarta, May 1.

A Djaicato soccer league deam best an Indian Olympic eleven 2-1 in a friendly match at kada Stadium here yesterday. The Djakarta side led 1-0 half-time.

playing

two

The Indians. matches yesterday, beat Indo- nesia's Olymple team 2-0 and thus qualified for the forthcom- ing Rume Olympics-AP.

NANCY

AUNT FRITZI---

I WANT A GLASS OF WATER

WELL, GO GET 17

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NONSENSE

SPORTRAIT

BRICK BRADFORD

IT'S CAUGHT ON A KNOT

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SHAKE IT OFF) YOU JUST Putuka YOUR END OF

THE LINE STATI

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AB BADIE TRIES TO FREE THE

POWER PACK, A KNOT IN THE MAKE- SHIFT LAB OIVEE WAY...

By Ernie Bushmiller

SOMETIMES I'M TEMPTED TO GO

STRAIGHT

By Paul Norris

OH, NG BRICK!

IT HAS FALLEN INTO THE TAR BOS/NOW WHAT WILL WE DO?:

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