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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1960,

SATURDAY SPORTS

The changing attitude to sport in Britain

By I. M. MacTAVISH

(Writing from the UK.)

Controversy and slashing criticism are apparently part-and par- cel of modern international and domestic sport. Every big event seems to collect its talking point and judging by some recent happenings a lot of the talking has been very pointed indeed.

SPORTING SAM

That started it.

SPOT Moss wouldn't

have the game banned com- pletely.

by Reg. Wootton

London Express Service.

headed among them pointed For the second me in the

ous that they bad the law fight the referee was subjected Again the inspiration for the very much on their side, to the most unjustified abuse 'etop boxing campaign comes They pointed with real pur- by the partisan local crowd. from a group within the medi-pose to Rule 27 in so far as it All sorts of articles were cal profession. A, docter friend refers to ball at rest moved hurled into the ring. Strange tells me that this time the anti- and argued that the rule states In Hongkong we are often led into the belief that it is the confined paro-caths

were made and inaptexing movement as stronger very clearly that a ball moved thrown at the backing than ever before and by any outside agency shall be chial nature of our community that gives rise to a lot of the 'heat' in descriptions

'third man'....and the next that the documentary evidence replaced on

near as sporting matters but during these last few weeks I have had an un-morning members of the Stone which they are preparing ....

possible to the spot from which it was moved. usually close look at what goes on in Britain and I find the charac- camp were quoted as describing and have already prepared teristics are almost identical with our own... only more so.

In sport and in the appro- (Southern Area lightweight But as round followed round priate press a 'controversy is champion, and a veteran colour- we began to realise that Hughes fanned and flamed and, withed fghter from Cardiff named existed, television giving a vast audience 'Darky' Hughes. an intimate look at so many big events, the man in the street is developing an on-the-spot I- saw-it-with-my-own-eyes'

sort

of complex which was not pos-

late in the days gone by.

Good example

A particularly good example of this came my way the other day.

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Il was fight made for contrast. Slone, I bright young local boy with 2 ble punch and a glittering re- putation was faced by balding crafty family

Hughes who had not had a match for over a year,

man

Not only did he exist but to observant students of the fistic game it was obvious that it was the swarthy Welshman and not the popular young knockout specialist. who was dictating the progress and fashion fight.

of the

Object of abuse

the 'most

the decision diabolical etc....etc'. Debate The day after the contest I stopped for lunch at a little hotel in a remote part of the North of England and as I often do in such circumstances 1 dropped into the quiet drink,

'Bar' for a

'local'

This one had a real

is powerful stuff based purely on statistics gathered from boxing in Britain.

Hee

*

or as

Classic case

were muny

want son

(if he had one)

to become racing driver

London, June 17. Stirling Moss, inter- viewed on a TV pro- gramme, said he would retire if he were pass- ed on corner by someone driving a similar car to his.

"In other words, went laster than me and I felt that my car was just about right," he explained.

someone

Moss, who revealed that be: first decided to become a racing driver when he was 16, even- tually persuaded his father to let han be one, said if a son of his came to him in 16 or 171 years' time and wanted to be a racing driver he would stop him.

"Motor racing has brought me my great happiness and quite a lot of unhappiness," he said,

"But I would try to slop any son of mine becoming a racing driver because I am inclined to be selfish, What my mother and father have to go through must be absolute hell and I am selfish enough not to want that to happen to me."

The penalty for breach of It argument is healthy this is, of course, two strokes sign British sport has never which is the same us for an been is better shape but un-unplayable ball...and Hitch- fortunately with notable ex-cock's ball would certainly have ceptions Surtees, Pirie, boen unplayable but for the Black and a few others practice helpful gentleman who shinned pokes fun at principles. up the tree.

The officials, however, argued that If a golfer is saved from ouble through his ball hilting atmosphere and a tremendous Hongkong's very active a spectator he would get the debate was going on in one corner. It did not take me long

gosting community will benefit of the 'rub of the green' to realise that there were two know that popular Peter ruling...but there

MARRIAGE, BREAK-UP sides 'for' and 'agin' something Thomson, winner of the strong opponents of this point

of view and one of the most Discussing the break-up of ...and it did not take me much

South China Morning important golfing officials to the his marriage Mass sald he longer to realise that the merits of Messrs Stone and Hughes...

Post Cup for the past two United Kingdom, George Fol-thrught he was not fit to be and the sanity or otherwise of years,

the Daks kard, secretary of the English married while in active racing. Tournament of the referee, were under discus-

at Went-Golf Union, who could sion....to use

no precedent, suggested that it a conservative worth last weekend and

was a classic case for reference phrase.

added £1,000 to the Royal and Ancient rules (HK$16,000) to his bank committee. roll.

I leave it to our golfing friends in Hongkong to argue it out and I leave them too with the interesting hypothesis put forward by Ronald eager, the golf reporter Express.

The fans...and some sections One man had no doubt af all of the press...had written about the relative merits of The previous evening, millions Hughes off before the first bell the two boxers. He was the of people up and down the Briand certainly, when he was referee and as the final bell Ush countryside bad-through dropped for a long count early rung he went without hesitation the medium of television in the fight, it looked as though to Hughes corner and raised watched

in a boxing match in the general confidence in Stone Hughes' band token London between Dave Stone, the was well placed.

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The advent of a stranger was 'manna' and soon I was roped in for a further opinion. Ques- lions

opinions. comTM ments insults.... praise

agreement....

disagree. ment... ridicule.... and ex- aggeration were all there. They were washed down, stimulated and coaxed by good old English ale until everyone was a friend in spirit and an opponent in principle.

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won

Thomson has been so much in the public eye in recent years, that it is quite a surprise to realise that this is his first bir prize in Britam since he won the Open in 1958.

Peter got the money but the man who got the publichy this time was little Jimmy Hitch- According to the gathering cock, We Cockney boy from Stone had won a mile'.... Ashford Manor. Hughes had not lost a single Hitchcock Inished equal. was second with Tom Haliburton was but quite apart from his excel-

1 golf he claimed the lime

round the referee right....the referee blind, prejudiced, useless....

I saw the fight impartially light through being involved in and I thought the referee was one of the most interesting in- tight both in his final decision cidents ever to happen on a golf and when he gave Sione a stern course...... even if not all his warning for a wicked right hand fellow-competitors for obvious punch which landed in Hughes nancial reasons-agreed with kidney area,

the official ruling which given

Temperamental stars

The important thing, however, is to realise the wide difference of strong opinion which nowa- days exists after every major sporting event....and also the bitter controversies which are all too common during important engagements,

Last weekend, for, example,

Was

The incident has been re- ferred to as the best talking point in years' and no doubt It will stimulate similar reac- tions from Shek-0 to Fanling vla Deep Water Bay. It happened like this.

Stayed on a tree

The scene was set at the short we sary temperamental out- 10th hole during Hitchcock's bursis from star athletes. In third round.

London three top-line hurdlers From the tee Hitchcock drove refused to take part in an im- his ball into a tree and miracle portant race against the wind of miracles it stayed there.... while in Glasgow three competi- even although some folks on the toes...including two champions spol doubted the evidence of │..........refused to participate in the their eyes.

steeplechase event because the A helpful spectator started to water-jump had inadvertantly climb up the tree to recover the been dug fourteen inches too ball but his movements shook wide.

the branches, the ball fell to the

No sport seems to escape ground and lay in a very play- the modern trend and the Bri-able position. Hitchcock played fish press....particularly the out for a par 3....but he also Scottish editions of national wisely took the precaution of dailies....are still giving playing out with a provisional heavy and almost provoca- ball as well

Live

coverage to the bitter When Hitchcock arrived at the and disastrous Scottish soccer end of the round he reported the tour of Austria, 'Hungary and incident to the officials who after Turkey. Quite apart from the prac- tical side of boxing which I have commented upon carlier

there is currently a greater issue at stake for the noble art. Once again a determined move has been started in Britain to

a brief consultation surprised the crowd and astonished the other professionals with this ruling.

No penalty, you get a three, It was a 'rub of the green'.

The golfing lawyers' · were furious...and the more level-

recall

of the Dally

Commenting on the 'rub of the green' ruling in the Ilitch- cock incident Ronald asked 'If a child or a lunatic had picked up Ilitchcock's ball and placed if In the cup would he have had a hole in one?"

Heager gave as his opinion that this would not have hap paned and that the ball would have to have been replaced... and by the same token he als

grees with the decision which was reached in the up-the-tree affair at Wentworth.

Argue on...and on...and on,

He said although his wife was not guilty of worrying while he was racing, there were, for married racing drivers, diff culties both for the wife ani the husband and if there wer children, which he wanted have, that also acted as a brenk.

tu

Moss, asked if he thought about death, replied: "Not when I am driving but I am frightened of death, If you are not frightened of an ac- cident then what is your Imitation?"

He said he did not have to restrain himself or to screw up his courage. Seeing other

disturbed ház people killed because nearly always it would

He said be someone he knew and that

he had all the superstitions and could be upsetting.

"I cannot see any remarked; disadvantage in being super- safticus. It is just part of life."

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