1961-04-18 — Page 9

THE: CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1961.

ON THE BALL

with Bill Slater

JIMMY HILL-MY 'MAN OF THE YEAR'

Soon it will be prize-giving time at the end of

another soccer term. Successful teams will His devotion to

reap their rewards, and one individual will

be singled out as winner of the coveted silver statuette awarded to The Footballer of the Year.

Who should be given the!

highest individual honour and join a list which in- cludes such giants of the game as Matthews, Carey, Mercer. Wright, Loft- house, Finney and Revie? Obvinely, two outranding Danny Blanch- candidates are

fewer and Dave Mackay, the

wrthd and the human dynome, Aviu

provide The wing-hal Spurs'

Sprea

power behind

cular succ

MACHEN HAS

EDGE OVER COOPER FOR

TITLE FIGHT

New York, Apr. 17. American Eddic Machen hod "o slight edge" over British champion Henry Cooper for the next shot at Floyd Patterson's world heavyweight boxing title, Mr Tom Bolan, President of Feature Sports, the promoters, said here to-

day,

Be

Mr Bean was speaking at a press conference at which anneed that feature sports, promoters of the last two bouts between Patterson and Ingemar Johansson of Sweden, would chunge il

Today name Championship Sports, the

IN SEPTEMBER

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duty

deserves a reward

Jaler

In 1958, when he hold tit celebrate his Yet, mych 04 I admire challenged.

talents. I! Spurs

40th birthday in the game. were threatened with! Deir footballing

32 why dropped Compared with most prest- would suggest another can- relegation,

day half-bucks, he is something: didate--a player whe has from the first team and

of a vercran. But, as I reevally mlased months of League, he asked for a transfer.

Wit of Stanley Matthews, recete this season but who, !

Yet the following year linza is no hard and fast renNOTA In his way, has displayed as

nuthority he why a professional footballer much energy and courage as Danny won the

demanded and fully justined theid refire during his middle- cy of his colleaguės,

the ezidence rivin him by it it. The importual thing, it new manager Dit Nicholson wishes to continue playing, s He began his new reign by

that he should rttala his fealing Spurs to a 1-1 draw at

er usiasm for the game, ni Wolverhampton-and that, course, was the sign of a real have Spurs revival. They steadily improved ever sinee.

E credit Much

must no Nicholson for his shrewd deals

Tireless devotion

1 fer jo Timery Hill, Erard- * chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, Ile is the mum whn, above all others. 15

from The Boat, negotiations of this rumplis ryan with aturday and el hanced masination.

Hill, of course, expects no res ward for doing what he regards; as his duty. Yet fool his re- in kable service to the ERME in his thetess devotion to duty should be marked in some way.

And Danny's enthusiasm-or appears when he plays d when he talks--has not waned even slightly. He h not a player I who relies especially on

sped and strength in his game.

in the transfer market. But as wonderful "sitional sense the intelligent buying night and anticipation enable him to have mounted for nothing with- rar! out the

of il presener

personality ke Blanchflower, around whom an atmosphere could develop in which

star: Policetion of individual were able to blend into a team.

A may be that Jummy, the diplomat and negotiator, cannot quallt for the Footballer of the Complete command

Year award, hitherio given for formance on the field of play.

if so, then I for one would hap- to in- phly support any nove shiute a new award to mark dis- tinguished service to football off the field.

Who qualifies as the out- standing PLAYER of the year? I find it difficult to dia- tinguish between the claims of Blanchflower and Mackay, Both, in their way, have made an cutstanding contribution to Spurs success,

Mackog, fel, was unlucky not to win the award last year,

But in the words of that prize giving dar cliche"not everyone can win the honours", An I he

no the first Scot to be elected Footballer of the Year this seron, perhaps it will be a frure of third time turky in 1962.

Great comeback

Danny Blanchflower has, of course, won the award before-- in 1958. But To Finney set a precedent for Winning the honour twice and this senean there mant be an outstanding case for giving Donny his OWIN ""cfonell,**

the sufi the Broup had Pace terson's word that it would pro- mote his next two ile defere The next is expected here 121 September against either Machen or Cooper.

Mr Dolitt commented: would say that Machen has slight edge right now for September out,"

the i

Machen defeated ranking com- tender Mike DeJohm easily 1317 points Ir. San Francisco @ werk ago.

Me Tolan said he did not think

One must, after all, bear in) mind is tremendous inspira tion a captain as well as player, And its incredible comebnek ag skipper or Spurs will surely i rank imong the great stories of

corper history.

11 was probable that Patterson In the 1956-57 season, this wood fight Sonny Liston, the irrepressible Irishman resigned | number Lize challenger, this the captaincy

hi becmise year-itister.

authority 011 the Hejd Was

1

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Today I belleve Danny has authority LS any much

football. captain League Tactics are openly discussed tefore the match, but once the whistle has been blown, He has complete command on the

kt. how field.

And that is should be.

Blanchflower Is on good captain. great one.

much more He is a

Arthur Rowe, as manager of Spurs, recognised his leadership qualities as long ago as 1951, when he persuaded his club to By Aston Villa an extra £5,000 or amy's "captaincy value".

Howe has since said: "Danny is unique, He has a nimble brain, famatical enthusiasmi, ability to read the game and lo take the right decision proetical- by every time."

The record books tell us that Belfast-born Robert Danis Blanchflower is St.18, tall and trelatie's most capped Interna- ilonat Such was his sucret- vrazy background the1 even his mother used to play football- fer a Belfast ladies' tena.

1+

to

Á veteran

Difenit though t belitve. this chirpy leprechaun of soccer is now 35 years old. and COP question inevitably avisest "Hew unch longer eun Je last?"

1 believe he must have several more seasons of first- ela's football ahead of him. Indeed, I are no reason why

contarve his energy. He has | always trained hard. And he is

a con-smoker and testotailer.

Who can say that such a man has reached the evening of his Carger Danny the player, like Danny the talker, will entertaim us all. I am

Sure, for

Il few mere stasons yet.

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