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ON THE BALL

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with Bill Slater

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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1000.

SPORTING SAM

London may hold world title

ENGLAND TEAM TOGETHER fight next May

England's magnificent 4-2 win over Spain has given a terrific boost to our World Cup hopes. But can the players repeat under Chilean sun what they achieved in Wembley's, rain?

I think they can-although not in the same man- ner. There is so much difference between playing on a heavy, wet surface and on a bone-hard surface.

This may seem obvious, but it Is not so cbvious as to have been taken into account in the Ton eiten England have past. Loken a game fashloned on wet grounds on to the hard surisers

I recall the dimeully the Experienced English playetя

Cup In in the 1958 World geting used to the high bouncing ball. This should allowed to happen not be again,

An

Practice needed

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generally concluded that English players couki not be expected to arts of the the finer develop game if they had to play in win- ler mud.

I have always thought this an over-simplification. It not that one type of football

in right and another wrong, but that the two are different.

It's the first step

to winning the

Soccer World Cup

Sw

I felt

thai

I have said before that, play-the chance to become the giant- ing under Imperfect conditions, introduces an element of chance eillers of later rounds.

in the game, and I personally! Don't begrudge glory them to a draw or even them-

prefer this. The sight of a centre-forward racing for a high ball down the middle, which we

Many people, of course, query

amaleurs und пед so often sow Bubby Smith doing whether

league outsiders should be per- cgainst Spain, is an exciting ex- perience, but it is a tactic seldommitted to enter the FA Cup

the more precise employed in game played overseas.

Brings magic

London, Nov. 7. There may be a world light- heavyweight championship fight l London next year.

Match-inaker

Micky Duft

said tonight that he had enbied

by Reg. Wootton

dos Express Bérvice.

Official statement

HKASA on by

missing swimmer

world champion Archie Moore The following official statement on cross-harbour

offering him 40,000 pounds plus TV, radio and film rights to defend his title against Chic Calderwood, the British and Empire champion. ht Earls Court on a Tuesday next May.

The bout, it it comes alt,

tion of Harry

Levene and

No-balled twice for throwing

Soccer news

from other

countries

Yugoslavian club Odred - should "haye Ventertained Karlovac on their ground at Maribor in an annual match to decide promo- tion from the Second Division of the National League,

The Karlovae party were "enteriamed" alright. All of them became ill after a dinner on the eve of the game, It was "discovered 'that their food had been tampered with, and the match was cancelled.

Police arrested Ave suspects- one of them a member of the Odred Board of Directors, and 'he was 'expelled from the club, Odred decided to give their

visitors a walk-over, and Karlovac were promoted!

swimmer Cheung Yik-sum, who was reported missing after the cross-harbour swim on Sun- day has been issued by the Hongkong At a time when Soccer bribery. Amateur Swimming Association, organisera to very much in the news, it is of the annual event:

was

with

"A report was immediately made to the Police who lost no ume in setting machinery Into

for motion

да exteralve search and up to the present the swimmer had not been

Jound,

Interesting to note that Poris Red Star have been expelled from the Second Division of the

French League because of an

unsavoury bribery scandal. The Division will carry on with, 19 clubs instead of 20,

News of Joha Crossan, the Belfast player, who was banned from football in the home .coun- tries after action by the Irish FA following his transfer from Doncaster Rovers to Bristol City. He has been playing for Sparta-Rotterdam, but has tently transferred to Standard-

Llege.

To-

"The following statement is 12.10 pm that Information It was because

though from an international will be under the faint promo-

had returned The only solution, it football should remain a spert point of view it is the men at Scotland's Peter Keenan, who made supplementary to reports received that Cheung's clothes

the top who count, the struc- has been one of the men main-made to the Police Authorities bearer was said, was to have a mid-and not be regarded solely na

on Sunday, Immediately after Cheung's clothing.. lure c British football is ke an exhibition that I welcomed

promoting of Euren und South Ameri-winter break.

was discovered that the last weekend the first round of pyramid. Without the thou-ly reponsible for

Calderwood into the world cant grounds

swimmer became missing. sands of clubs and players form- the FA Cup

It

the of the clash

ing the base, there would be ranking Hi-AFP.

"At the end of the Race and amateur. the profesional nen-

nothing to support the peak.

after taking into uccotini the And

it surely would իր

swimmers assisted out of the league and the Third and Fourth Division, sides all fighting for

churlish to begrudge the smaller

water. it was revealed from clubs their hour of alery when

the 'checkers records that six they send a First Division side

swimmers failed to report in crashing to headine defest, hold

accordante with the procedure and laid down. Their names

Still investigating selves go down, but ghting to

addresses and/or telephone the lost.

numbers were immediately "The various phases of the or- ascertained from records kept genisation Including the cla- Adelaide, Nov. 7.

at the Onishing point (Queen's} borate precautionary measures Brian "Quigley, South. Aus-

of these swim- taken were carefully examined tralian pace bowler, was called Pler) and five

ac by the Committee

today with subsequently twice for throwing on the first mets day of the Shefeld Shield counted for either by personal the object of ascertaining possi- which contact or from assurances given bilities of the swimmer going off match against Victoria

the occupants of the ad- unded here today,

satisfied that this could not have dresses given of the safe arrival This was confirmed tonight of these swimmers.

escaped notice nor could any

call by South Australian umpire

signal or

for assistance have ·bven Colin Egar who called Quigley

overlooked-par-

In the Second Division, six both times from the bowler's |

ilcularly when the precau-

Germans are employed, three and. The calls went undetected

tionary measures laken this year

Swits and cne Frenchman, one umpires and by all but the

restricted the course to a bar-

Hungarian, one Dane, one Aus- South Australian players. Calls

row strip.

trian and one Swede. Thus usually made for throwing are

fcur have by square-leg umpires.

"The Police are still investigat- the 28 clubs, only

Swiss coaches, more Quigley is not in the South

ing the case and until

the Găng mittee is unable Australian side to meet the

facts are revealed

to offer any louring West Indians on Friday,

explanation as to the cause of -China Mail Special.

catises of the disappearance of this swimmer,

acclimatisation plan what is really needed. This coukt permit the English party in

ather for meet

practice sensions on firm surfaces with incressing regularity as the 1082 World Cup draws near. The rhale training witches, which many clubs now have, would be used when dry grass surfaces are not available.

for plan would. Suck example, gradually remove the emphasis in the slide tackle--in important technique in British football, but lite used. else- where for it is, of course, fac more painful to go in hard and low on a rigid surface. And any.

with the butl

A

More than skill

and

Their presence brings magic the Cup. glamour to Evidence of this is provided by the League Cup which does not capture the imagination to any thing like the same extent,

Competition. They argue that the possibility of one of these teams achieving final victory is so remote that they are simply wasting their own and everyone else's time and energy.

Now

ali I am

for any In addition, do not forget that

200- which

it was through their Cup deeds development

football talent

like Peterborough al that clubs centrates the lop. for this Inevitably and Colchester forced their at- will

increase our interna tentions on to the League and tional strength. But I do feel so gained admission,

The whole process serves to that there is place for one

which compoillion

eutskeep us League men on our toey. through league

to the little clubs barriers and So good luck

of say I. May their Cup runs be cross-section provides a But the ele-

more successful than ever this Brilish football.

Everyone, of course, is entitled to their own opinions and cholce. But I fancy that a poll conducted Among the 80,000 present t Wembley would have shown a fair proportion holding the view than a that football is more mere artistic demonstration.

This is not to deny the im- iment of uncertainty can make it so much more exciting-for

layers and spectaters alike.

running quickly, a player is far less like-portance of skill, ly to be caught in possession.

A striking feature of the Fame at Wembler was that the Spanish players were far less effective with their slid- ing tackles than were the English players, The best the Spaniards could nim for was to push the ball- into fotech, whereas the English players not only played the ball but invariably came out at the tackle in possession of it.

One incident, in particular. stressed England's superlority in this respect. It came when Jimmy Armfield won three

successive sliding tackles and gained half the Jength of the pitch in the process,

Magnificent play

*

It would be ungenerous and unfair to attribute England's win solely to ground conditions. The team played magnificently, I watched the earne on televi- slon, and as the beet film ad- vertisements say. could not take my eyes off the screen,

The lean as a whole showrd wondertul spirit, just as a club team (yes, even Wolves) might be exported do In a Cup Tic. Where did the spirit come from? The fuel that the same team had been Brided for the two previous matches and had won them, was undoubtedly a great leip.

The Important thing now is to foster the spirit. The team have proved themselves and they should be kept together, unless Injured or serious loss of form makes this Impossible.

The Wembley match de- monstrated clearly that good football is possible under cd- verse conditions. In the in- quests that Inevitably fallowed earlier England defeals, il was

is good that we should be year. reminded once a year that al-I

Four D. Jones FOUR JONES IS MADE BY MADDOCKS

OKAY

RELAXING

I'M FINISHED

FERDINAND

NANCY

TO RELAX BEFORE HE ENTERS THE BULLRING.....

NOW LAY ON LOADS OF PUBLICITY FOR

THIS BOY THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST AND

LAST FIGHT.

WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS SMOG ?

LOOK, WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? IF I'M GONNA FIGHT A FAKE BULL-

I KNOW THE REASON--

LET'S FIGHT

(All rights reserved)

NOW MY DEAR BOY. GO AND GET YOUR CLOAK AND

SWORD

FOARTE FOUR D. TONES

By Mik

By-Ernie Bushmiller

HE DOESN'T WANT TO DRAW

US-LESS WORK

ON LABOR DAY

by

were

Report made

"The only swimmer who could not be located immediately was Cheung Yik-sum despite the foot that an officer of the HKASA was in constant communication by telephone since 12.45 pm with the occupants of the home ad- dress given, and it was not until

SWISSAIR

BUT I

Sheaffer's

ALWAYS TRAVEL

SWISSAIR

The Airlian of Switzerland

Now...

PEM

Tea For His

THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR HEN

FRO

AER

course and the Committee is

"The Officers and Members of the Association regret this un- fortunals occurrence which is the first of its kind experienced over an anaberable of times this Race has been held. The Commitice also appreciates thu

eports published in the leading English and Chinese Press have been accurate in detall."

Wealthy fanatic

Millionaire soccer fan Reggie Coleman-Cohen has followed Brighton and Hove Albion's

Switzerland believes in foreign coaches.

Of the 14 clubs in the First Division, eight are coached by Germans, two each by Yugo- clays and Frenchmen and one each by an Hungarian and Swiss.

*

Didi, the brilliant Brazilian, has not Atied into the Real- Madrid pattem, and has return- ed home.. *In his place the Spanish club obtained ⚫ Skenonsson, - the

centre-forward Swedish.

who played at. Wembley last autumn. They thus have sold the 32 years old "Black Cobra" for £16,000 and gained in his pince a 25-year-old top plus a pront of £1,500.

star,

As a contrast to the £7 match fec received by referees of England League matches, Italy have rabed their offeltls' pay to £13 a match. Whereas the

Englishmen get second class travel and hotel accommodation if it is ubsolutely necessary,

fortunes since he was a school-the Italians travel first class and boy, and, despite his wealth, he set £4 a day expenses. always stands on the terraces 'to

"get a better perspective of the

malch,"

Buzanski, the right-back_of the legendary Hungarian side of When Brighton gained promo-1933, has just retired from the tion to Division Two, car park-active side of the game and be- Ing near the Goldstone ground became a problem. Mr Cohen solved that one. He bought a house opposite the ground for 24.000 so that he could use the garage. Banews Service,

come coach to Dorog FC, but of that ismous eleren, seven Internationals are still playing- Grocsis, Lantos, Bozsik and Budal at home, and Puskas, Kocals and Cziber in Spain.

GENERAL'S

BIG

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by LEONARD BARDEN

(3928)

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