1961-05-16 — Page 9

British Army conducts soccer coaching

By ARCHIE QUICK

courses

London, May 15.

The Army has just completed its biggest and most comprehensive drive

to train and qualify Soccer coaches.

At the School of Physical Training at Aldershot twenty learners and eigh- teen advanced pupils have been on a three weeks' course conducted by Sid Cann, former manager of Southampton and now manager of Wycombe Wanderers.

Adhur Rowe, of Spurs Crystal Pelzer femy, and Fayland enplain

CX-

by F.N.A, Bill Wright

Clasica)

have been visiters while Gar- dca Jazz, the Charlien Athletic centre-half, and Keith Spurgeon, ence with 9cure and and also a Nigerian FA have been assi ing deminstrations,

coach,

with the

Spurgeon, by the way. has Just been angelated inanager of Ajax FC (Anste:dom) In Flic cersion

to Vie Buckinghom Dew manager €1 Sheffield Wednesday-ind will take up his duties on June 7.

When the Anal examinations

en Muy are held

17 and 18

Sports Diary

TODAY Noccer

1 Division: Caroline 10 V KMH Polke); APS v Happy Valley (th botts matcher at G

Reserve Division: Catuline v KMD (Police) 4.30 pin.

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Trupis

1:

V

Men's

Division Section Recrelo LRC CCC (2) SCAA: KTGCA (1) у HKCCSA (3): HKU PORC

Section 1: KTⱭCA (2), v Decreto

render a match analysis.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1961.

thear fur the preliminary International and each had to zertlilentes will be conducird former Creek. Corlathian and now manager of the Football Association's amateur elevert. and Jack Goodwin, ex-Brentford, and

the advanced thuse for

sex- cale by George Smith, the new Perlemouth inanager.

Famous visitor

After he had seen the "en- ditioned" game

which was handled by an Army FA re- ferre And the professional coaches, Me Winterbottom 'gave an hour's talk. trating his

remarks

blackboard diagrams.

liba-

Br!!h

He covered his subject fully, defalling the kis and the

| strategies, and answering ques- Jimmy

ur Kon Grections. In reply to one of their wood was to have examined tha he showed that he is very clearly subriitution in Thie latter course, but one is due at against the Ministry of Labour on Secre- country. "We play substiution tary of the Players' Union and for injury in this country agains! the other has a West Hum other national sides from over- United Board meeting,

sras," he said, "but too often Thry play substitution for A distinguished visitor Was strategy. Mr Waller

Winterbottom. manager of the triumphant 40-8 "Because of the hoodno un the England International team. He Wembley Final has been sug watched a "conditioned" match,gested that we should have sub- which

Kame in whichstutes, but where would it end? every move is preconceived. In we did that, why not in the this ense, it was on aller nate long and shot passes.

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Sent-finals, and also the pro- Bminary rounds? Then why not In League matches and so on? i Not long to when we were ALU | playing an International over- every seas the opponents tried to bring 1 is un two 'subs' late in the second Cour: half. When I protested they salt was all part of their plan. often start strip-

The course itinerary, syllabus or curricultn-whichever care to call covered

mad facel of football, hoped to hold another on similar

lines nt Lough

(2) CRC v. RAAF KCCSA (1) borough College in the sumuner. LRC.

seni course will be repealed an- nually.

dier "n" Division: Urban Ser-It is also expected that the pre-

vices

USRC, CAC v Réttely,

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Bocter

1st Division: Eastern v South China

Reserve

(Police) & vision: Eastern v South China (Palice) 4.30 pm.

Bow

2nd Division: PRO "A" v PHC "B", Happy Valley, 5.30 pm,

Northem Countles match at KBGC,

7.30 pm.

Tennis

On 'substitution'

of

The examinations come under heading knowledge futur

Game, the the Laws of the

of coaching. personal theory

14 da- ability as feelballers

ablilty of monstrate and the

to coach. In leadership and

the students were this case,

Men's "C" Diviston-Section 1: Stanley Cv CRC (2), Urban 3 v CRC Kees Kee (1), KITC LRC, (3) v CCC (3). Section 7: 1C VAMSA, CCC (drawn from the United Kingdom

v KCC ia). SCAA V KTGCA, Recreio (1) PORC

Mixed "A" Division; RCC v SCAA, CÁC Ý LRC.

Water Polo

Water polo Sub-Committee meeting at Shau Club, Shell House, 17th floor.

0.30 prz.

and BAOR, but it is planned that in the future other overscas commands will be included. The 33 men under Instruction also went to Wembley Stadium for the England versus Mexico

JONES REGAINS HIS Four' D. Jones SENSES AS A SHELL

SHATTERS HIS CANDY BY MADDOCKS

FLOSS CLOUD....

FERDINAND

...AND HE RETURNS

#TO EARTH

Their subs

25 3

·Bikila Abebe, the Elbloptan runner who won the 1900 Olympio Marathon, bus again beaten the best long distance runners in the world, this time in the 4th International Mara- thon, et on the historic course ever which Phidippides ran from Marathon to Athens lo announco the victory of Mylliades' Athenians over the Femians,

Abebe won in 2 hrs 23 mins 44.8 secs (15 ágainst his Olymple record of 2 hrs 15 mins 16.4 seca). Van đèn Prissen if Belgium was recond. The compeiing athletes came from: United Arab Republic, Turkey, Bulgária; Yugoslavia, Finland, Belgium, Kumanta, Hungary, Greece and Ethiopia,

Plielo shows Bikilla Abebe of Ethiopia (right), being con- gratulated, by Van den Drisken, who was second, after the race.-London Express Photo.

Australia to oppose Open Tournaments proposal

Melbourne, May 15.

ping from their track suit low The Australian Lawn Tennis Association decided today

before an injury."

Mr Winterbottom's final com- ment was: "What an Improve- ment National Service in the Army made to Gerry Hitchens, England's new centre-forwatcil"

Chess News

By LEONARD BARDEN Solution No. 929: 1 P-R4 CH, KXP: 2 R-R3 ch. H-K14: 3 R-R5 ch. PXR: 4 Q-BS ch. K-RS: 5 QXP mate.

London Express Service,"

GET THE BOUNDERS

NOW WHO'S THE BEST SHOT IN

THE ARMY!

to oppose the British and American proposals for Open Tournaments when the International Federa- tion hold their annual meeting In Stockholm in July.

Harry Hopman, Austraila's Davis Cup team captain, said that the Australian vote in Stockholm would have a deci- sive influence on other countries.

Australia's decision severely sionals as well as amateurs in reduces the chances of the Open 1862. Tournaments

being proposal passed. Their delegates have 12 voles, and at the 1080 mesting In Paris, when a similar pro posal falled by five voles to two-thirds gol the necessary majority, Australia voted favour.

in

as

Britain's proposal is that. an experiment, the Wimbledon and other official championships, Australia, will reverse their de should, if desired be allowed to cisions of last year, and oppose accept entries from profes-open tennis).-Reuter.

A NEARBY DUCK POND BREAKS OUR HERO'S FALL

SLUPP

GLUG!

By Mik

The porter's son

aims to win at Wimbledon

Could Britain, at last, have a lawn tennis world-boater on hor hands? For 25 scandalous and humillating years the British, who gave the game to the world, have boon drubbed, trounced, and utterly routed at tennis. For a quarter of a century we have been pathetic third-ratern accepting defeat with red-checked regularity.

No Briton has been crowned Wim- Look at the ignominious record,

No bledon men's singles champion since Fred Perry In, 1980. Briton has reached the men's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon since Bunny Austin in 1988 (He was beaten in the final by Don Budge). Only two men from these tight little islands, Tony Mottram and Bobby Wilson (twice), have reached the last eight at Wimbledon in the last 22 years.

But fast week I must a husky, crew-cut youngster of weriting- class urigin who, I am convinced, can end this long reign of fail- urc.

He fa 20-year-old Michael John Sangster, sun of an hotel, head porfor in Torquay, and a boy who might easily have been a professional footballer for West Ham.

His tour

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by Alan Hoby

Cub player

- without any teal - .

"Australia, an 1 feafired during in recent tour. is o beli pf ʼn struggle just tɔ make the Davis Cup aquiad.

"But over here lo bea British Davis Cup player really means nothing today by world standartis, 149 the same with "A few days Inter I re- our tournaments. There's ·less presented Torbay against P- | than half a dozen really worth mouth in an freŭ Soccer match | playing in,

United's Sangster, 6ft 1in and 13st 21b played on Torquay

"No, the only thing is to get of slamming all-court power ground. A scout from West Hami į out in the world, stand on your he won the Western Australia saw me, epproached me, and own two feet, and get all the title and reached the semi-finals asked if I was interested in top-cidas competion you can. of the Victorian championships Joining their ground pluft."

"In Australia the power gamə during his recent sensational tour of Australia-talks with a West County forthrightnes which puts pomposity and pre- tentiousness to flight.

It was a tricky decision for is pod. That is, my natural young Bangster and his paritiis game — "the big-serve-and- to make whether or not be volley game. But if you are an should be a professional foot- | Engijshman and want to play in Walter. He is clever Inside the Davis Cup you've get to be topheard who slili zaloys the a good hard-courts odd game. “I like to aflack," well. he RAYE.

A docision

I

player as

I

I asked him what had made him take up lawn tennla.-

"My father has been head

"If I'm going to be a great porter at the Imperial Hotel,

player I've gal to get as much Torquay, for 25 years," he said.

practice as I can on hard courts, "He is also friendly with my But the Sangster family de- | And so this season I'm going to coach, A. C. Roberts, the pro- elded Landon was 'too fie to play abroad in foreign tourna- fessional at the Palace Hotel send their sun. They reached ments as often us possible. where they have two covered another vital, decision three quite expect to have setbacks years later when Sangster, a and to lose to people you'vo "When I was

But it's 12-1 had Torquay Grammar School boy, never heard of.

the never touched a racket until then just milled his entrance examinu only way. - would go over and gweep, ton to Cambridge University. roll, and water the courts, as This time they agreed unanl well as clean the dressing-rooms. nously that he should "have a In return I received coaching | go" af reaching the lawn tennla and was allowed to play free. Summit-and the big money.

courts.

Practico

at

They

have hardly could known that within two years he would be the finest prospect in the game.

And the future?

(The French Lawn Tennis As-

"In the evenings after school, sociation meet in Paris on May

instead of going to the pictures 27 to decide their attitude, and or steying home doing

Sangster, as they, like nothing. I used to go down to indications are that

the courts and practise y service for an hour or so.

"I would get out a box of no balls, put the box on the line, and start serving. The

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modest as he is candid, told me: "I don't take of the trip which has been bandled around

the best

Young saying I am English player sined the war. balla

"Practically everyone who has come along in this country as long as en remember as been called fint.

were other people's cast-offs, old puddings type balls no kid would dream of kicking about the streets.

"But was this

practice, plus my naturally strong physt- que, which helped to build up my big serve."

"Z URE to dy well and my aun

His plans

"How will I pay for these tripst 1'ni lucky. Thanks to the Press and the success I had in Australia I'm now known throughout the world. I've Been approached with sottie very nice offers. I'll survive. All I need is the permission of the Lawn Tennis Association."

Since then Michael Sangster ambition is to win "My Wimbledon in 1903 when I'ni 22"-has been given the LT.A

to Holy, and blessing to go i congratulate vir tennis bosses Bli thelf evaúnois Benoa.

For fore in young Blood Which

13 to become a great, slayer. But is dot tired. Here, after 20 I realise I've got a long way to | yests in the arid desert of big 道 fullure, is a young 3 yet.

"Lawn tennis standards in Englisiunan armed with a moral "When I was 13 I was potter-England are so juuch lower than i llure which is all too räte in Ing, along without any tennis in Australia, or, Amélied. At | til "alle" agu ambitions when I suddenly won first, you fed interior.

the British Junior covered court titio.

diyen the opportunity he win

"I haven't really done mach ( not fall,. work, yet I'm alwady a Davis

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