1960-12-27 — Page 11

ON THE BALL

with Bill Slater

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1960.

CLUBS AFRAID OF UNDER-COUNTER DEALS?

Finally comes the ques. This could be why they

WHY? Why is

English football possi- bly on the verge of a strike which no one wants? Certainly the players are not spoiling for a show- down. This is no ransom act to get our hands on vast untapped sources of wealth. We know that such wealth just does not exist,

We are not demanding more money, but merely the right to ack for more. The clubs will sUI have the right to refuse.

We also seek the righ chiange our employer. Is this Not all people unreasonable?

Lo

won't come to

to offer

more tempting, the even

truth Isn't it the

inducements,

that

clubs are afraid of some among them constucting their business unpleasantly and in land Perhaps, indeed, the problem is club and baleally bolween club. rather thon

und

player.

stub

terms

non-League

somo

selves out, for apart from a few rather special cases, players' contracts would all have much the same copleṛt and structure.

World Cup hope But, if a soccer strike does occur. It is conceivable that it of will give a boost to England'a

World Cup chances.

For years, the team-builders

boon

trying to workt

A

TEST MATCH TIE: U.S. TENNIS DEFEAT:

Will it be hat-trick of

sporting sensations?

By JOHN COTTRELL-

London, Dec. 26,

The sensations of the first-ever Test match' tie and Italy's Davis Cup tri- umph over the United States make. Australia the focal point of the whole sporting world. In this smallest continent of ten million people, ... unforgettable cricket and lawn tennis history is in the making. What will happen next? After these extreme improbabilities, is it beyond the imagination to suppose that those guy cavaliers of Italian tennis, Nicole Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola, may return the cherished Davis Oup to Europe after an interval of almost a quarter of a century?

to

UK soccer results

*London, Der, 20. 'Results of today's football matches werei 1

ENGLISH LEAQUE Division 2

Birmingham C

Burnley

Cardin Fulham Leicester Manetorger Preston West Wolves

Parim

Charlton

kidermeld Liverpool

Lorough

Norwich Southampton Sunderland Bwanses

Bury

Bristol City

Chesterfield

Today's four days before the Svengall behind the Italians' At his

Fraser, best, then, should win two singles matches Dailey Australia and the West Indies success.

Bradford meet in the Second Test at Stel- As European champions, the for Australia in the Davis Cup 11tllans have always been challenge round. And since bourne, the 49th Davis Cup

inforced Challenge Round

travel abroad for red-handed Rod opened

เทง Laver, Sydney. Italy's inter-zone vic-inter-zone Anais playing on "Rockhampton Rocket', defeat tory has ensured that it will be grass courts they have never ca Pietrangel in five sela

won more than one of the five | Wimbledon this year, an Aus- a 14,500-seat sellout.

matches in a tie against Australian victory is clearly tralia or the United States.

Monopoly broken

sible.

poj

Italy's main hope

sphere British profession:1 loatball. the. There, the man earning per-1

bags £10 a week lines up quite

the £25-3- have happily alongsidə

The stars do not through a long-term plan falth? week mun.

And rimost every turn they have fre been hampered by a club-pe- clubs hold the clubs to ransom. although

that has naturally stronger than others, fore-country outlook they do not employ all the best permilled a player to serve lis country only when club dubles ployers.

have allowed. A club usually engages

Aut. at cpe feil swoop. A one or two top men and other

Davis Cup rule which comes into Roy Emerson of lesser ability. And strike would free all England's players the wage disparity does not soccer talent. appear to affect can harmony in any way.

wrliten In what has been and said in recent weeks, it has not been sittased nearly sufficiently that most English layers have a deep sense of The their clubs, loyalty mos!

grievous aspect of a on strike would be a feeling *111 part of many players

that, in Aghting for principles, they were harming clubs who had treated them with respeel and always as well as regulations permill, Many copte sce to have Assume that players ure just to waiting for the day when

In this world get along welt together. The employers will still have the last word, for is they who must finally decide whom they will em

whom they

ploy and

will

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the game.

We

of position

WI players have

turu down.

monopoly on

ATC 1

the

TIO sert wield a big stick:

What, then, 」: {ጊ that clubs fear?

The answer. I feel, tu them- ? else.". aclves,

As I have already pointed out, the players are just not in

just

One serious danger.

There serlous

Hall.

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The Football Association could not, of course, take ad- vantage of the situation. How- ever, it would not be im- possible for the players la sot on their own Inițiative—and po remind everyono that they have the good of the game ai heart.

Ever Binco 1998, Australia and United States have fought out this anal battle for the World Cup uf amateur lawn tennis.

Nów Nic monotonous monopoly has been broken-and the posibility of a further Italian victory is intriguing.

Much more than Dwight Davis's celebrated silver bowl Is at stake. Victory for Italy could

tho mark

ad Australian-American domina tion in world tennis und -

In with brighter play ericket + give the same anch-needed boost in specia.

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for appeal.

#

has

the choice of vente.

Beeded

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Colchester Coventry

Fort Vale Hending Souther

Wetnesday

* Newgatilo

1

Everton

West Dreamwich

Mavirbenter C.

1 Bolton

Chelsea

O Holte Fores

O Tattwal

2 Aston Vills

Division II

Plyth Argyle

Blake Uity Rothertram

3 Lincoln City

4

Leyton Orient Ipswich

Histol Hovers

1 She Tield

Portsmouth

Division D

3 Grimsby

Hull City Chiren's Park Walsall Shrewsbury Newport Notts County Tranmere Bournemouits

兽

Swindon Town v

Chester

Fixeter

*alifax Town

Brentford

{Postported

Divizion FV

Aldershot

a Peterborough

9 Oldham

2

Darlington

2

Mansfield

100,

Mwa Trochdato Southpart

7

Werkington

York. Cilv

Stockport Crystal Palaço Hartlepools Ollingnam Wretham

Darrow

Carlize

4 Northampton

SCOTTISH LEAQUE

Motherwell,

Celito

Ballymena Bangor Clitionville

As Cup holders, the Italians would be able to choose their own venue for the challenge

But Pietrangeli has sherpen- | Crewe round and with such an enor- mous advantage they mighted his grass-court game since Doncaster

Wimbledon and I believe he can well resist efforts of Australia

win at least one singles match or the United States to recover

for Italy. In the doubles, the trophy.

the the victory is not beyond however. Ironically, Italians would not always have Italians, who will most prob- new ably be opposed by Nenio Fraser this advantage owing to

At Wimbledon, Fraser and operation next year. This ends

to the un- the unfair prrangement whereby Emerson went out

the defending country always Davis and Bobby Wilson, where- British pair of Mike

as. the Italians bowed only to the ultimate Winners, Rafael Osuna and Dennis Ralston, who phir in slimmed the Britith straight sols in the final

On thu reckoning, Italy's hopes rest heavily on the high shoulders of eft. Tim.. 10. Sirala, Can be raise his game on the big occasion? Whatever the outcome of

His victory over the bik the Christmas tenals drama

American Barry. "The Italians

Bear" the Sydney, Pietrangell and Sirola deserve Mnekny is encouraging, but not Temperamental to be rated among the greatest convincing,. sporting partnerships of all- Mackay never had any king time, along with such im for the Halian's game, . morial couplets as Sutcliffe and Hobbs. Lindwall and Miller, and Head and Rose

Among the greats Henceforth, a country which

$178.

is, I think,

In danger inherent

the the

whleh freedom

This, in turn, could counter had no choice of ground against players hope to gain, Sume ut

Ax it is planned to stage the attraction of the profe-another in the preceding three Hiem may be tempted to sur

why

not 'cionals' newly-founded Kramer years, will have the right to play render that freedom to agents exhibition matches,

the England team 10- Cup, a contest on similar lines, at a venue of their own choos of one sort or another

who gather will offer to act on their U-gether for this purpose? They which must inevitably rival the they

could play matches against the Davis Cup competition. will be able to klek open the

What a lending clubs.

draw The importance of tbla door of the manager's office This would be most unfortun-

matches would such

be, and challenge round becomes even orate, for it is likely that such what wonderful preparation for more vital when it remembered and demand "more money

agents would be concerned not?

italians, that the

European at all with the interests of foot-England.

All this, however, would be finalists for the past six years, ball but only with striking the

merely salvaging

being acmething have a reputation for hardest bargain.

would from a wreckage-making the "invincible" on their own soll. My own suggestion be that the Professional Foot- best of a bad job. Far, better if

The Svengali At the moment, the move-

should as- strike never happens. ballers' Association ment

players and

Most of have had our All sume the full meatle of a prof strike talk. I know I would Let us imagine for a moment. carmine, is covered by stringent

sel body and regulations. Even so, Induce that there were no life-con- fessional

advise players an much prefer to be writing about hard courts before noisily par under-tracts, no maximum wage, even bureau to ments-in the form of

the game of football. rather tisan crowds they have not transfer system--the very contracts. the-counter payments have no

Those needing most help and than its politics. This is the been defeated since 1948, when won 3-2 11 been made and, one suspecta, conditions in feet, which see

us believe guidance would be the younger season of goodwill, so let us all Czechoslovakla are still being made by clabs to people would have

much work be optimistle that happier times Turin. Incidentally, the player players. Initially,

chiefly responsible for that de procure players' signatures. And would lead to anarchy."

the without these regulations,

Could such a system work? would be involved. But, gredu- will soon be with us.

feat was Jaroslav Drobny, now sort them- (All rights reserved!" way would be clear for clubs It could. In fact, It does Inally, things would

Inducements

[

their

a position to do this.

Could it work? And if they were?

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Chasing a record

Ray Prosser, pride and joy of the Pontypool Rugby Club's pack, is just three International Welsh "eapa" away from a Rugby record.

Having played for his country twenty times, this consistent player needs only-retain his place against England, Scotland and Ireland this season to be- bome the most "capped" prop forward in Welsh history,

The record of 22 is held by

Sirola is a strong starter, but I do not believe he is a match for the experienced, less tem- peramental Australians. In last Consider

to-year's inter-zone Anal, he held their record

1955 they have Fraser to 17-19 in the first set, gether. Since Iost only one European final (to rock the second set 0-1, then Belgium in 1957) and they have Olmedo to 38 gomes in the first Billy Williams Swansea's tough faded Similarly, he took Alex been undefeated in 24 Davis

1058 inter-zone front sow forward-Banews Cup doubles matches in Europe. set of their They wore French Analists in battle but lost in straight sets. Į Service. 1955. They reached the Wan- bledon doubles final of 1955 by beating Vie Seixas and Tony Trabert and Ashley, Cooper and Neale Frascr.

Such is their consistency that the they reached at least doubles semi-finals in four successful Wimbledons (1955- 1958) and won the French title in 1959.

Australia to win

Can they 'now crown their partnership

the with

most glorious triumph of all? They have a great chance in Sydney. where Australia last defended the Davis, Cup-unsuccessfully--.- In 1904. Yet my forecast is - Australia to win..

the

The issue, however, is pre- eariously balanced, and circumstances may never again

favourable be so

for the Italiano

Italy's two-man Davis Cup squad has greatly improved with much grass-court experi ence this year. Sirola has never played better though, at 32, his years of top-class tennis must be numbered. Pletrangeli is now the best amateur in Europe, but there is always a danger that Italy may lose him to the pro- fessional ranks."

The Italians'

Improvement

has been accompanied by a strange decline in the form pf the two leading Australiansh southpaws Neale Fraser and Rod Laver, whp are possibly auffering from a surfeit of big- malch tennis.

Fraser, especially, has been out of touch pocently being de- feated by young Bob Hewitt and Bob 35-year-old, two-isfed Howe,

both highly-skilled players but hardly in the class of a Wimbledon champion.

Frseer's greatest strengik- and weakness ble service. When his variety of servoj are working properly, he the world's

1 No. 1 amateur. When he loses hle ́ ́ serviuz topch, he can be heaton by many top maletire.

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