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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1960.

East Europe dominates World Volleyball

Comment East

Of The RUSSIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Day

Let's chuck it

SI

altogether

months before the Australian cricket team touches down in England. the midst of a we are in

which

first-class

wפין

promised 10 exceed that

which accompanied

wood's bowling in

tralia a generatic ags,

LRY- Aus.

Our feeling is, if the mem- the Australian bers of Beard of Control and the MCC, plus a dozen cricket correspondents vant themselves akree among whether a ball is thrown of bowled, what is going to happen when the crowds into the grounds, and add their voices to the e- fusion?

Before we know where w: are, there is going to be an International incident on our hands with someone suggesting the whole thlag be referred to the United Nations,

R looking at it mát

Olive O much

bad feeling is going to be Lengendered that the tour belter he called off now, because the game is not worth it Which is a pity, Pricket after all, is still out national game. Cricket has becomes a synonym for fair play, "It is not cricket" is just the same as saying. " is not fair." But that is hardly the state of affairs today.

FIGHTING OUT FOR

MEN'S, WOMEN'S TITLES

Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 7.

The World Volleyball Championship seem- ed certain today to go to an Eastern European country again.

It was shaping into a battle, though, be- tween Russia and defending champion Czechoslovakia in the Men's Division and defending champion Russia and Czechoslovakia in the Women's Division.

Rumania, in a three-way de Brazil for the men's lad with the USA Russians and Czechs, shower sigre of weakening in its clash Jast night with the winles

IL took the United States.

team four strong Rumanion

off the game sets to knock

#-15, 10-0, 15-5, Americans, 15-0.

!

Crucial game

Results

#

Last night's results were:

MEN

Poland

beat 11-15, 15-8, 15-7.

Czechoslovakia

15-5, Japan

bent Brazil

15-13, 15-8, 15-8.

tackle

Rumania bent U.S.A. 15-6, 15-5, 15-0.

-15,

to-

The United Slates

Czechoslovaktla champion

whillo the Rumenians nigol take on winless Venezuela.

The Ruslans

will meet B

team in scrappy Polish crucial game. A. Polish victory could hand a big setback to a Russian team confident of taking the crown from the Czechs.

Russian and Czech ton in will pil the Friday

victories two 01

that may in a game mean the world title.

In the Women's Division, the Russians and Czechs held on 10

the their leads in

standings, ench with a 2-0 record No games are scheduled for to- night but the women Ho bilek

so tur.

The truth is, "pra" hasNext championships

been

of

dropped out "sportsmanship." To win by any theana is the kame. Sport is no longer a tussle between two teams ou the field.

men

It has now reached the pro-

k portions

twenty-two spotlighted in the cent of a pitch, sur- rounded by all the par- phernalia 19148 publi- vity.

A

ND hacking up the geme Are millions of Hup. porters inflamed to parti- sanship which, at its best, is a vent display of hooli ganism, and at its worst, a violent display of ruffianism that would have made a Roman Holiday look like a Sunday-school picnic.

The real trouble is, while Britain has taught the world the meaning of to sport, she has failed teach them apartamanship, a thing every little boy had to learn at his preparatory school when he was called upon to give three cheers to team that had just de- Tented him.

Rio De Janeiro,

Nov. 7.

The next World Volleyball Champion- ships will be held in 1962, it was announced today.

The men's competi tion will be in Moscow and the women's in Warsaw-UPI.

France beal Venezuels 15-13, 15-4, 17-15.

"

USSR beat Hungary 15-16, 10-15. 15-13, 15-7.

WOMEN

Czechoslovakin beat Poland 15-12, 15-12, 16-9.-AP.

Age beginning to tell?

World light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore staggers to the ropes in the final round as Guillo Rinaldi of Italy catches him in their non-title fight in Rome recently. Moore lost on points over 10 rounds.

· November Handicap Manchester November

the main feature

flat

on English

racing season's last day

By Claude B. Richardson

London, Nov. 7.

Just look what a hypnotised athlete could do!

By PETER FAIRLIE

London.

Russian touring team lose to Wednesday

Sheffleld, Nov. 7. Sheffield Wednesday defcat- ed the Soviet football team Thillai Dynamo five goals to nil before 39,000 spectators here tonight,

A half-time the English team led two-nil

Four, out of the five goals were scored by, John Faniham the Wednesday, Inside-left. The Aith one was scored by centre. forward Keith Ellis.

The Soviet team which was recently defeated in the final of the USSR Football Cup was certainly not as good an other Soviet teams which vialted this country, Tbilis Dynamo's standard WAS rather. that of a second division club in Britals.

POOR DEFENCE

Except for Kotrikidze

goalkeeper

who prevented his

Can hypnotism help an athlete? A remarkable

experiment, which has just been done at a team from being beaten with a British military hospital, suggests that it can. much heavier score, the Soviet

The "guinea pigs" were three; only slight improvement In

the third. volunteers from young

the

Royal Army Medical Corps. • All gained considerably Each was it, of above-average in powers of endurance, intelligence, and susceptible to The findings of this pilot study hypnotism. Each had to pir-have now been communicated to the British Association of Sport form these three lests;

ard Medicine by Brigadier ★ Press

Richard Philipson director of showed how quickly he Army Psychiatry. Puli on a spring balance —a trint of strength;

This

reacted;

n switch, as soon us he heard a buzzer,

Open a chest expander -to test endurance. The normal performance of They the men was measured. were then put into a trance. Under hypnosis, a doctor told them: "You will feel relaxed. You will react more quickly Your arms will be stronger, you

will have greater endurance."

Quicker reactions

defence was poor,

In the forward line, left-win- the only one er Meskhi was who could be described as an outstanding player.

Fanthom scored in the 13th, 17th, 80th and 83rd minutes. Eills scored in the 82nd minute.

The Soviet team will play the "They cannot be consider-Wolverhampton Wanderers, on

Wednesday,--AFP. ed conclusive, but they Bag- went that hypnotism can re- Actually the much stronger duce fatigue and improve an Russian team, Moscow Dynamo. athlete's concentration," says was scheduled to make a three- the Brigadier,

match tour of England. At the last moment the Russians noll- Bed the FA that Tbilisi Dynamo would make the tour instead. Although the threo English Clubs,"

'Very simple'

"I would be very simple to

make athletes temporarily deaf to all but the starting gun. And sinco we ocem to have nearly reached the limit in sprinting, a shorter weaslion time appears the obvious sphere for Improve iment.

"Hypnosis might also help who beats the gun the man

On coming out of the trance, they went through the tests n second lime. And their efficiency was gouged a third time after twice and is disqualified or the the hypnollst had completely man who runs good heats but freed thems from his "spell, poor anals." This was the result,

Shemeld Wednesday Wolves and Spurs agreed to ac- commodate the Tbilisi Dynamo,

they were very annoyed by Mos- cow Dynamo's last-minute with- asked the FA drawal and had to take strong action against the Russian team.)

Soccer result

Plymouth, Nov., 7.. Plymouth Argyle, the Engilsh

Comment from AAA coach Geoffrey Dyson: "I hope wO The reactions of the men never see it in sport. While we were detinitely quicker after want selence to help. I don't Second Division club, beat

Avant to see perple Thi Division side hypnotis:n-but worse after com- think we

Torquay aleopwalking in the Olymple United 2-1 in their Football

• There was no effect on stadium."

League Cup, second round, re- the strength

of two men, and Any other views?

The main feature of the last day of the English flat racing season, which ends this year on November 12, is the Manchester November Handi- cap-a one and a half mile romp, staged often in conditions of mud, plete release. rain and mist.

stone 10 pounds to carry, but he can be relied on to make, a bold bid for the prize.

Being the icst big race of the yenr. it is also the medium cf beckers heavy gambling as strive to finish on top their Pendofclt was all the rage" scason's campaign with the for the Cesarewitch, the two bockmaker. The punter is miler two furlongs race which, hardy sort, and he does not with the Cambridgeshire, forms Alinch from "having a go," the Autumn Double, until he though the rate is one of the felt victim to the coughing

calendar to solve.

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and ran quite well over the trip of one and three-quarter miles. The two furlongs shorter dis- iance at Manchester should suil him, and on his form when win- ning the rich tote Investor's Cup at Catterick Bridge in the spring Lo have U sound he appears

His regular Jockey. chance. Larry Parkes, has the mount. Ife has won four races this

Ides of March, with cham- keason, and lo

Gri at home

pion Jockey Lester Piggott up. heavy going, but he would may prove the solution to the probably be better sulted by puzzling Handicap, but Green trip of iwo miles or so than by Cables represents a strong threat he facrso Mr Davis's colt-China Mali the twelve furlongs

Special. at Manchester,

into action on Wednesday with most difficult Handicaps in the epidemic.

United

Japan States

Brazil.

meeting the

and Poland incing

The Men's Championship games "und on November 14 and the Women's on November 13.

The standings

Following are the team stand- Ingst

Czechoslovakia

USSI

Rumanía Poland France Brazil Hungary U.S.A. Japan some people'r reckoning, Venezuela but it was sportsmanship, and infinitely preferable to

"Sissy stuff?" Maybe by

the muck slinging which USSR

has already commenced in the Press of both Australia and Britain.

in wider apheres, it is worse. The Olympic Games have now dogenerated Into in ternational ideological rivalries in which the contestants no longer ro present the fine develop ment of brain knitted to brawn,

the but rather superiority of une ret

of politicians over another,

is 20th century sport, and it fouls the fair name of sportsmAB- ahip.

THAT

The same thing happens in

internation football where the superiority of a team, of lously due to the fact that it is better trained and held together as 11 team, is credited not to its superior soccer tactics, but to the political ideology that is held to inspire It So has ́ sport degenerated to-

day.

E coming back to where we

ntarted, the resumption of the "Battle of the Ashes” Hetween two teams which anco represented sports- manship At its hest, we any, if you cannot make up your minds whother. Ian Mec-

kiff bowls or throws now, 'then chuck the wholo

thing up altogether..

MEN

W

Top fancies

play here tonight.—Reuter,

Winterbottom shrugs off

13 years of pillory

By IAN

WOOLDRIDGE

11 Ireland, but now in the Epsom CCC 'Green' beat If any man in sport carned the acclaim that came his way last week it

The field to dispute Salor- day's race 1 likely to be slightly over 30 about the Average for the event. Agen Green Gables looks a very range from three to seven and live candidate, This strongly- weights from six stone 10 bullt fly, formerly trained in pounds Lo eight stone Dounts. Top francles for the event in ante-post betting have been Mr LJ. Hansen's four-year-old Sabot and the three-year-olds Ides of March (owned by Mr M. P. Davis). Pandofell (Mr H. Wars 1wick Daw) and Green Gables pounds, and seems very likely

(Mr H. S. Rubin),

stable of Harald Wallington, has won three of her four races in England, and no disgrace was attached to her only defeat. For a filly with the stamp of class the appears most reason- ably weighted at seven stone 11

to be among the line of battle

Sabot, trained in Yorkshire at the finish. Up to this week-

2 by Sum Hall and to be ridden and по Jockey had bren

2 by experienced jockey Joe Sime, engaged.

3 has been a model of consistency

3 this season, having won three

WOMEN

of his eight races and finished

Czechoslovaitta Poland Japan

Sports Diary

TODAY

Badminton

Men's "C Division Secilan CYNICA VIKU, RAF Y CCC,

TOMORROW Angcer

Govt. Stores Dept., Mini Korger Tournament at Victoria Park, 30 DEL

second or third in all the other.

by

University

at badminton

The Colony badminton league season opened last night at the Craigengower Cricket Club be- fore a

good crowel when the Best of the rest CCC "Green", with four mem- bers of last year's Men's "A" ChunE champion Irish-trained horses are al-Division

absolute

aver Hongkong

But he was well beaten another November Ilandicap ways to be respected at Man-Cheong team, scored an impres-

MY P. Winstone's chester, and if Ross Sea is sent sive 8-1 win candidate,

O'Brien it University. 1 Poetle Licence, over one mite over by "Phonsle"

six turlongs 132 yards at Don- wcol dbe no great sunrise to caster, and it is a moot point see him extend them all, even

has 20 whether the ten pounds better though terms en which Sabot meets (weight

This Poetic Licence will offset the pounds. five lengths by which he was gelding, owned by American Mr C. M. Kilne, has run only twice beaten at Doncaster,

this season, but on the first of these outings, in March, scored over ten furlongs in heavy with nine atoms going pounds in the saddle,

The Valley Club took the first before lop seven games in a row with eight stone 11 losing the eighth.

four-year-old Scores were:

Piggott's mount

E

Ides of March, the mount of hot Lester Figgott. was favourite for the nine furlongs Handicap at Cambridgeshire Newmarket recently, and tan a line rece from a bad draw to firish third. He is the top- weighted three-year-old in the November Handicap with eight

TAE GAMBOLS

he

was Walter Winterbottom, the war-time wing commander who became

a peace-time punch-bag for any professional or public-bar critic cap- able of shaping two syllables into a bitter, stinging insult.

Winterbottom has been Eng← | land's Soeccr'-manager through the game's most decisive, de- cade.

the mariera

ati

that

...full-fight England team ¡markable sentence..

from brought high summer to a moment

a man whose wek, grey Wembley with vio-jeon once cama home from tory over

tears of school In

to zob: Spain.

"Mummy, Daddy is no good. He's going to lose his In the dark tunnel. The boys told me."

Job. Deep

only. by players,

He Inherited a great going concern in 1947 and was still Its nominal boss fast year when a morale-shattering de haunted Ical by ance-unutterable police, and pressmen, as the But the boys had not com- Mexico decleared it conclu huge „stadium, emptied thepleted the story.

of... critics customary crowd sively bankrapi.

pressed round the This column does not set out | dressing-room door. to prove Winterbottom blame- less or boost him, at a moment of ephemeral glory, as the his world- greatest tacflcion wide trade.

Full circle

England

DA FA

Dark days

1

post director of coaching Lotten left him at the merry

They had not explained that Winterbottom's

offteinl

[of parochial selectors.

It was here, after dark days

get

for

Or that an insular attitudo of defeat, that Winterbottom by the Football League made had been

pinned to the wall it Impossible for him to by probing questions from re-England players together fortless inquisitors. It was all regular integrated practice. in the line of, duly. But the

that Or DVICT

fatalistio hla prepara frequently Uma of World Cup squads, it was hitch

|jime, 'Gung.... over,

*

It merely feels that the time hng arrived to honour a man blows tell next morning. who, heaven. alone knows how,

The world was has retained his reason, his dignity, his patience,

that and his informed incomparable courtesy through time. England had a profes- No reproach

male-slonal manager, of mounting

Chu Sai-wah and S. K. Ng (CCC) beat K. T. Goh and

Ko Wal-kok Frank Tan 21-0, lost to Low Weng-kee and 16-31, beat T. K. Goh and T. B. Tooh Z1 10 four

Robert Tay and Fei Tal Best of the rest of the big chung (COO) beat Goh and field may be the versatile six-Ton 21-8, beat Law and Ko 13 years year-old Laird O'Monirose, 21-1, Eent Goh and Teoh 21-8,

Wong Wal-hting and K. Y. who is equally a homé over

Tso (CCC) beat Goh and Tan hurdica and on the flat, He had an outing this week 21-15, beat Low and Ko. 21-11, only his third this season-best Goh and Teoh 21-12,

BIV JENT

A WHOPPER

THE FEEL

HELP YOU

OF

LAND IT

Barry Ackleby

volence.

Winterbottom, at this mo- There was hardly orb of us mont when the reign of Spain For the wheel of football: there on that day

who

fortune---las- now .furned........ the could hoja hla Hand, to his has bec, Toriously challenged, fall circle. Triumph returned heart and swear that, with prepared to discuss these

HOT WATER

instant

WITH GAS

worle ranging from mila misfortunes. But, there is still criticism to cruci. calumay, he po, war of reproach for the had not In some way contri-professional critics or, crlileal buted to matcing

this man's colleagues who hit im ellher public to a misery,

fairly of mille below the bell during tho campaigies against Winterbottom - supeńrud 48 Him in the "heet past. uzsun... He, wore the Irievitable charcoal grey overcoal, dari: mity ara blacie A. Kalf-Flinned itsat makethim-look ka auccesful county town wolleitor Congratulations, co- gratulations," we gried, au

For

feeding luxurious econd half-Brickered mer grammar schoolboy: from

former

wing-half Fround his lipo.

with Manchester United, for

belleve now in I have kiways done,. He says, "that snestrá lathe, valy ofiterion in abort It you don't; atistú it you, expect what you get." - whiter winterbottom, zor-

Ordhim,

For the first Ume in years er RAF. olker, and now ho had the world, and, die 17-year-old manager of Eng- „ortien at his mercy. And he land's Soccer team, achieved merely aakli........Come. In and that criterion: Sast week. haye *'orlat with the inday

HE IS. A MAN WHO DE- C/Thlc thi the hand” “Svörtü, of SERVES TOSLIVE WITH. IT protantotal sporty. Wwwa 6-FOR SOME YEARS TO COME,