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rait,

OERSCHLER : IT TAKES YEANS,

European boxing champion invited

TEL·L

to tour PI

Helsinki, Supt. 29.

THE CHINA MAIL

Pirie speaks: What drew me

back here to

the maestro

Freiburg.

At Freiburg, on the edge of the Black Forest, there stands à monument to the German adage that if a job is worth doing, do it fanatically.

The Olympic sports stadium, all white concrete and antiseptic tiles, manicured grass, and carefully brushed cinders, hugs the side of the foothills.

German newspaper.

1

on out-

by Michael Parkinson

Sports Diary

'TOUAY Bwimuning

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1960,

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BOOKS AND SPORT

CRICKET'S COLOSSUS

By CHARLES STEPHEN

question

Agures read-39,768 KELEB (averago 30.80) and 4,184 wickets (16-18)

Who is the arealest cricketer ofį shire all-rounder whose ozreer

tine? That's which automatically, propis the super: W. C. Grape, the batshy-bearded clant of

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Gloucestershire who scored $1,800 runs for an average of 30.55 and claimed 2.80% wickets for an average of 17.00.

A fantastio record. Apd

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Gage Bir Donald Bradman: "lj

estus obviong that Greg W2 beller “bätsman”

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than

Rhodes, and equally obvious that Rhodes was a better

bowler than; Grupe.......... No other cricketer in history cạn approach Wifred's record,"

more fantastig when one con- sider that tila Brai-clam orlo-The Don gives his opinion ket extended over Ilie In- ́i øredible period of 44 years.

nus Inter-Ilouse swimming gals Yet, on the evidence of drures at Vieleria Park Pont, 2 pm.

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The Finnish European fiy- weight boxing champion Risto

Today, as the early morning everything from "Inhuman" to. Luukone has been invited to!

was mist clings to the wooded "unsuccessful" And at present tour the Phillipines, it

slopes, a pencli-slim lonely he is smarting from learned here today.

The 20-year old Finn might pun thrashes himself lap after spoken attack on his ideas in

Pone Kingpetch, they around the track.

This is Gordon Orient lyweight champion, and Humy Sison. It was understoot akhonu left Finland last Tuesday for a one-week to Venezuela, accompanied by is mager Ells Ask. Informed circles here did not expect Mini to give a delinite reply to the invitation until he had checked

visit

Fondition while in Venezuela.-AFP)

Drawn match

Rome, Sept. 29. The Japanese national fool- bail team and the "evare" Xt of Renie drew 1-1 in a friendly match at the Flaminio Stadium here today.

At half-time, the Italian team was leading --AFP,

But Piric, who remains Pirie's way.

faithful in defeat as he did in of blowing a public raspberry

"People ask me to those who wrote him off success, suys: ofer Rome,

If my training lost me my „races

Bus more than that, Esclat Rome, The answer is that 1 came back here, I would not Jap la apabila reiteration of

dono i Gerschler had his faith in himself and bis have

He 13 German

great coach, Professor been wrong.

couch, He is not appreciated Waldemar Gerschler,

because his methods are too lough and there are few who would stand up to them.

'Inhuman'

For Pirie has returned to the training prescribed by Professor Gierschter. The same remorse less training which failed to win him an Olympic medal.

'Gerschler has been called Pirie's Maestro. His relation- ship with the athlete has been show likened to a marionette

Gerschler with

pulling the strings.

His inethods have been called

WEEKEND SOFTBALL

SEMINOLES, CHEYENNES CLASH IN FIRST BIG GAME OF THE SEASON

By OLLY VAS

The spotlight this week falls on two old rivals in softball, Ed Carvalho's Seminoles and Bertie. Gosano's Cheyennes. They meet in a Senior match this Sunday at 2 pm at King's Park in the season's first 'crucial' game. There are five other games on the schedule, two Little League baseball matches and three in the Junior Softball League.

"My trouble at Rome was a combination of bad plenning

and the weather."

Gordon Piric propped

his legs on a table, thought a bit;

"You know, when then said: all is said and done, an Olympic medal is not so important.

to think that "People seem not getting one has been the greatest disappointment of my curver. Well, they are wrong

"My philosophy on running is (not to be either elated at sue- cess or disappointed at failure

"Each race is as important as the next to me. It is the public who build these races up, not me."

Sniping

PIRIE has other philosophies

too. One deals with suc- cess. "It is always the same when you are nt the top-

It people start sniping at you. happened to me, it has happened to Professor Gerschler. Some- times I think that to be medio- tre, and therefore anonymous,

would be no bad thing."

Pirie's next move is to Dublin,

There is so

job. But he says he will not where he has been offered a settle there. I want to go back to New Zealand. much to do there. Poople in New do things all the Zenland

unlike Britain where ne

the things all people watch time.

"I feel new that I ought to

ning was the only thing in my

The weekend programme opens at 2.30 pm to do something besides running. morrow with the Giants, current Little Lea-I think I have matured. gue champions, coming up against the Cubs. always seemed balore that run- These fast and exciting baseball games are life, but there comes a ilme becoming increasingly popular with the fans when you begin to think what and there should be a good crowd to watch you have missed," the youngsters in action.

to gain while the Cubs are undefeated. It should be a close game.

The Giants are out their first victory

the

At 4.00 pm the highly-fancied Indian cross bats with

Junior dark hures of the

Alec division, the Pandas. Braga has some fine players in his side but Y. S. Liang can also rely on his leam of Chinese boys to give of their best. Since neither side has.been given the chance to show their mettle so from pre- fur 1 will refrain fudging the issue, for upsets are more the rule than the ex- ception in Junior softball.

Little League

On Sunday morning at 10 am, the Rebels and Llom will bo engaged in another Little League baseball game, This will be followed by a Junior Boftball match between the Army team, the Antelopes,

Dieting

the

busy

Then Gordon Pirie, simply in pitching form?" Malig IS the and like a child, sold: "Do you team, with his tremendous right know, I have never been pa

arm backed up by some of the holiday since 1940. Al heaviest hiers in the game to time I have been too day. He can depend on eatcher | trainkg. Georgie Ribeiro, bunters Manuel "I would love to go ski-ing, Xavive and Dicky Chaves, left-bul I have never dared to in handers Tony Rodrigues Robert case I indured myself. I have Remedios and Frickson Khan, after longed to sit down in a Onofre Souza and Danny Gosano good restaurant and eat just to supply the hitting power to What I felt like but I have had

opposing pitcher Lal send Dayaram to the showers early into watch my diei.

think

"Sometimes, when. I the game.

back on my career and realise I The Cheyennes have [* | have held five world "KI powerful team in both do wonder why I go on. I mean, fence and attack and

I have become what I Dayaram play his cards to be, a preity good runner. I right and merely losses slow wonder if it's worth going on." strikes to the long-ball hitters (~)

ho should Five his outfield

trio of Marciano Baptisin,

Maturity

Del out

This, insists Gordon Pirie, bul

brother Lionel and Kenneth in not disenchantment Aliban or whoever "Chief" "maturity." It is not that ho is Carvalho aclccle to do duty fed up with. running but behind the infeld, a fairly wise and old enough to see what easy time.

the sacrifice has meant In worldly terma,

*

managed by Cpl Mayfield and Contrast in styles But he will not say he is

the White Sox run by Jucy Wynikinson.

The Antelopes sprung a sur- prise by defeating the Austere Last week by 8-5 in their debut. I might say they even surprised the fans and those who write about the gamel

retiring and you wonder as you The Seminoles must rely on watch this slender Agure race "Tiger" Hussain, Peter d'Alma- round the track for Lo 20th da. Kinson Leung Guterres, Klondike Wong and maturity means,

Llonel time just what this new-found Gary Hame-not exactly a team carrying heavy bats but one which can play good defenalve softball when the occasion arises The Sox can depend on It should turn out to be an Demetrio Xavier, Patrick Ton-interesting contest as there is a nochy, Wally Lawrence, Jullo contrast in playing styles be-

dedication? Will it lead him to Will triumph over fanatical New Zealand and rejlrement, or Tokyo and another try for a gold medal?

One thing is clear. If Gor

Roza, Michael Figueiredo, Carly tween the teams, Closano believ-don Tirie at 29 settles, for Baptista and other experienced ing in batting power and Car-

Junior softballers while the valho in the hit-and-rum tactics the race track, both he and Antelopes are completely new to which won his Braves many the game. Let's hope the championships. Antelopes will continue to sur-

prio us.

The team that takes an, curly

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