1960-05-13 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1960.

S. Africans barred from Britain taught the world

Norway tennis tourney

Oslo, May 12. ·

Two South African tennis players have been bor- red from playing in the Norwegian International Championships because of a Norwegian anti-apartheid - boycott of all South African activities.

Alan Rodney Mandelstan and John “Cookie”. Hammell, both 18; ware invited late last year to play in the championships scheduled to start at the Mod- serud, courts here on May 27, but the organisers--- Oslo Tennisklubb-later told the two players that the invitation had to be cancelled for the time being. -AP.

Why can't England field a better

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football team?

London, May 12.

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HENRY LONGHURST on GOLF

how to play Rugby- PLAYING BADLY WELL

but are now left behind

By JOHN COTTRELL

Rugby football, was introduced into New Zealand in 1870 by Charles John, Munroe, who had learned the game at Sherborne School in England. Today New Zealand leads Britain in Tests by 12 wins to two.

It was a delight to wander round in the spring sunshine at Moor Park, where a considerable number of the clans had come out of hiberna- tion for the Spalding Professional Golf Tournament.

The central figure soon became, and remained to the end, Harry Weetman "looking bronzed and fit I thought," as the social columnists say, after

his trip to America.

He hoped this would harden bim up for the coming season,

and it certainly seemed to have be the principal man to beat throughout the year.

done so. I prophesy that he will

Whenever I set eyes, on him in the closing slages, he seemed to be holing 'putts. These in-

cluded one for a two at the 72ad

Nevertheless, I belleve that Rosburg's method may indeed be new, at any rate when used on purpose. We have all need li only too often by mis- take.

Theory

Hagen hit the most frightful shots at times he expected about four per round -- but they seemed to inspire him to get away with them. When he won at Sandwich, he was six times bunkered boside the green in three, yet never look a six

Similarly when Locke won at

aborter the backswing and the shorter the follow-through, the

His theory is briedy: The Troon, he managed somehow to

Rugby football was introduced to South Africa in 1875 by

squeze down to 12 a round of British soldiers stationed in Cape Town. Today the Spring-hole-a pleasing, if unneces

which scarcely anyone in the sary, sensation since he won by less margin for error. So for the field could have made less than boks lead Britain by 11 victories to 10.

five shots.

holing-out putts, which are the 76 or 77. It kept him in the hunt ones that count, he stands rigidly and he sailed home with a TO Nevertheless, he seemed acule-still, takes the club back three and a 60.- ly dissatisfied. "Nothing like or four inches at the most, and good enough," he kept saying gives the ball a short, sharp tap, "Nothing like good enough."

hitting it clean, as Locke does. without touching the grass,

The first game of rugby in Since then they have won the years, have forwards of the right France was played in 1877 International Championship out-calibre. But they have not yet between clubs formed by Bri- right for the first time in their mastered the new techniques of tish residents in the Paris area. history and have beaten all the the Frenchmen Today Frenchmen are the self- home countries except England, they have twice drawn 3-3.

A Yugoslavian has come up with a thought that's styled champions of the world. with whom

been puzzling British soccer fans for years why can't England turn out a better team?

South Africa's double century scorer

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"Considering England is great arsenal of good fool ballers, they should have much better team," commented Yugoslavian soccer selector Alex Timmanic yesterday.

England has four

League

As in soccer, so in rugby. Britain has taught the world how to play both codes of foolball and has been left be- hind in the development of both games.

True, the British Lions play their Tests only on foreign soll, But then they have the ad- vantage of drawing their

divisions with a total of about strength from four countries 2,000 professional footballers England, Scotland, Ireland, and alming for places.

Wales.

Tirnanic made the renterk after England and Yugoslavia had tied 3-3 before ʼn crowd of 60,000 Lans at London's Wembley Stadium.

their

Even the British fans were fed up with the miserable showing of Booing, whistle

low- and handelapping was their way of showing disapproval.

Suggestion

Out-of-date

Until now British rugby did not seem to lag very far behind The recent other countries. triumphs of France, however, have made it painfully clear that Rugby Union as taught and practised in Britain is very much out-of-date.

But back to Tirnanie. This is athletic what he said:

Wittiest

Now France and England share the title, but there is no doubt that France would bé strong favourites if a deciding match could be arranged.

They are the fastest and ship and their strength has re- wittiest team in the champlon- mained despite many team changes. Every man has im- pressed in the last two Inter- nationals, though of course it is always the French forwards who are outstanding.

While most British rugby is based on a series of set-piece moves, the Frenchmen are prepared to follow the ball and attack whenever they are in possession.

And attack means front and For years the French players have appeared much more second row forwards handling and now they have and side-stepping as skilfully as allied skill and craft to their threequarters and the back row "The draw was really a stic-speed and strength to make men, Moncla, Celaya and Crau- themselves the strongest team in ste, combining brilliantly with the International Championship the half backs. and quite possibly in the world.

cess for us,"

Then the Yugoslavian mug- gested it was time. England started moving with the soccer times.

"The England team needs more system and better facties," he said, "It would benefit from adopting a more ontinental style."—AP.

In 1953 France scored their initial victory over an over- seas touring team by beating New Zealand 3-0 in Paris. In 1938 they went to South Africa for the first time and beat the mighty Springboks.

Amused

I think the essence of it is that Resburg does it on purpose, whereas we give a short, sharp,

England's strength this season has been their great defensive qualities. But far more positive

That's the spirit though. I play by the forwards will be needed if England are to four-say it looked good enough

to me. Ish in the future.

His long game was much admired in Americs, and I was amused to read in one of their magasines some weeks aga his. "simple reply to * questioner who sought to always goes in. know how he managed to hit the ball so far, "I give li # good orack,” he said.

What else is wrong with Bri- tish rugby? After fast allacking forwards, the great need is for first-class centres. Scotland and Wales especially are lacking in talent here.

Indeed, Scotland's future la made even more dismal by the retirement next month of cap- tala Arthur Smith, easily the best winger to play for home countries this year.

Retiring

twitch by mistake.

An exception is when, having been conceded a short putt, we tend to tap it nonchalantly at the hole a la Rosburg. When you come to think of it, it nearly!

and the evergreen runner-up Dal At Moor Park both Weetman

Rees had troubles which might for lesser men have turned into disasters.

Weetman, for instance, was in the pond at the eighth in two: picked out, three: on in four guile a substantial shot and holed the putt for a five.

An art

At the ninth be was in the wood, out in two, on in three, and down in four. Then he boled I am not to be held respon- sible if experiments in this Fiet another putt for a two at the

10th one under direction have ruined the putting three holes where most would fours for

*Bit)+

As to Rees, he

came

#

It is difficult to putt against of half our readers by this even- the world's acknowledged ex-ing I only say that it works Like have been two over.

a charm for Rosburg and perts on different greens and in a different climate, but it does of the S. Andrews greens when play and no doubt by his not wait to see what he makes thoroughly dissatisfied with his apper that in America his he comes over, as I am delight- standards,

with justification. puting was far from what it led to see he intends to do, for "All over the place, and couldn't might have been.

get the putts in" the Open.

Playing with Bob Rosburg in the third round of the Masters tournament at Augusta, he took 41 putts to Rosburg's 27, yet only a stroke separated them at the

Smith is retiring at 27 after the South African tour because he has won a Harkness Fellow- ship which will mean 14 months studying and travelling In America. lose

Scotland could not more valuable player. end. Meanwhile, French rugby has Tids, particularly, interested never been so Impressive and me, as the amiable, Rosburg, who they now have a chance to prove is the first to admit that his themselves world

champions. swing could never be mistaken The visit New Zealand next year for that of say, Snead, is the the touring Springboks. and play another match against leading exponent of what is generally known 13 "ap puting

On

It is in forward play, above a13, that Britain lags behind France. For the most part their

reasonably firm going, glant forwards are too slow in this French team looks almost. The more one reads and writes the loose and their fast forwards unbeatable, but it remains to be of golf, the more too weak in the tight.

one reaitses seen how well their fast and that there is nothing new under Ireland, the only country to fery forwards will perform in the sun, and that all has been beat France in

the past two thick mud.

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Best 'bad' players Another strong impression left upon me at Moor Park was that you cannot succeed, in whatever class of golf you play, unless you have mastered the art of playing badly well

Perhaps the best "bad". players in the last 30 years have been Hagen and Locke.

NEW!

I am not pulling his leg when I say that to play badly well is an art in itself especially if the result is 10 under fours for four rounds.

I also believe, inchientally, that it is possible to play well badly, but that, as we used to say in the Army when we did not know the answer; comes in a later facture,

Advance styling with classical elegance

The first match of the South

Africans' English cricket tour · against Worcester recently -turned into & personal triumph for bataman Bor MoLean.

Going in with three wickets down for 28 against the pace bowhing of Flavell, McLean turned in a cavaller display that stamps him as one of the best stroke-players in the world.

He scored his century out of 138 in 110 minutes, and went on to 145 before retiring after a blow In the stomach following a missed hook. Two wicketa later he came back and went merrily on 207 before being caught off Coldwell. In all he scored 34 fours and one six. · Photo shows McLean in action during his double-century fan- ings-Loudon Express News.

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TO-DAY

GOLF

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Boccer

CAAF Cup: South China v Happy Valley, Caroline Hill, 8 pm.

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2nd Division: FC v PIC: KCC v

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3rd Division: KDC v FC; IKỨC • BC: PRC V HRC, CCC, v HKCC; KEGC USFC.

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