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MAINLY ABOUT

THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1961.

SPORT By BRIAN

GLANVILLE

Selectors want to be loved

Picking a Ryder Cup team on a tournairent-points basis is the virtual equivalent of picking a Test team purely on the first-class' averages. Yet it has just been done; precisely as, darlier this year, young Brian Bamford found himself thrown in at the deep end in the Canada Cup, for which our team was chosen on the basis of one tournament.

П

1. raise these points, not 10 victonisé cur non-selecting goll

to emphasise etectors, but trend which is becoming sadly prevalent in world spart."

U.S. in Davis

The

chuy

Cup zone finals

Los Angeles, Aug. 20.

Uniled States qualified

10- meet

nf

In athletics, its equivalent is the weird American Way temag their untional teams. The team which recently toured Eurepe, appearing at the While City, was open simply to all those who had Anished first or sccond In the previously-held American chumpionshipa,

In солведиенсе, certain athletes'ranie who' were bare- ly worth the plane ride: others didn't compete didn't come.

Injustice

and

More serious is the situation

couches are still convinced that Thomas, with his Immerse height, has the greater potential.

He saunters up to the bar, where Brumel teurs at it us believing though he hates it, that the rin matters more than anything else. "The last stride is low, for maximum push sif the leit foot," Brunel has cald. be- "I start near the upright cause need the whole bar. I jump along the bar-this gives time to perform the mechanics of the Jump. Thomas jumps over It-up with his leg and then he starts down."

me

But nol, perhaps, for much who longer.

which occurs at Olymple time. Last year, Bill Nieder, India, winners of the Eastern | broke the Olympic shot put Zone. In the Davis Cup zone | record, competed in Rome only

The winners of that lie because Dave Davis dropped out; Anals. play Euro

winners italy for the right to chultelige the holders, Aŭstralia, in late Pjecember.

ZANL

The United States, 2-1 down overnight in their America Zume no against Mexico, won Loll the linas singles matches In straight seta wday to clinch the tle..

f

knee injury had prevented him from reaching the first three in the Olympic qualllying meeting. Similarly, four years tarller, Don Bragg. the renownej pole vaulter, pain-deadened by Nuvo- cain and scarcely able to walk, missed the Olympies because his pule swung back to dislodge the bar.

When I taxed an American official in Rome with the in-

that it was Justice of the policy, he repiled

the only way avoid reproaches of favouritism!

First Wimbledon riner-up Chuck McKinley beat Mario Libras 6-4, 7-6, 10-8, to vel,

Bernard ut then Bartan defeated Rafael Osuna 0-3, 0-3, 7-5

decide the 15929-AFP.

the ti

Sports

survey

By ALL-ROUNDER

...

FACE TO FAGE. Roy QII- christ is just about the fastest bowler in the world at any time. Yet he appeared to put greater pace into his deliveries In a recent match at Burnley, For the batsman facing the West Indian Test star was the police. Jan rho had "booked" him the i previous night for speeding! For the record: the batsman snicked two off the edge and was then bowled.

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Selectors, in other words, want to be loved. May one suggest that, if this is so, they should never have become selectors in the first place?

1

Thomas re-thinks

are

understand there signs that John Thomas, the first man in 'the world to jump seven feet, is at last changing his style, Though Russia's Vnleri Brumel has crushed him both indoors and out, both in Amerien And

Amerienn Moscow, the

in

Profit margin

A wealthy American busi- ness man, from the New York garment Industry, taken to was recently

have Lord's, to

cricket explained to him.

All went well till one of the batsmen hit the ball to the boundary, for a four. "So why don't they run?" he demandet.

"They don't have to run," said his guide. "It's four runs, ally.

way.

"If they'd run, got more."

they'd have

First-or nowhere

לדיי.

Shella Darare, who won the individual championship at Hickstead recently, shown in action on Sols. She became the third member of her family to ride for Britain when she was included in the team for the European Junior Championships. Her brother Tom was in the' Brlish team before he gave up show-jumping to help run their farm in Itampshire, and her Elster Mary has represented Britain both as a junior and as a senior.

Joncs in an International 180 youngsters coming up from noth-. meires, and is on the way to ing could pul you out quite the form which won hin casily." bronze in Rome. And yet i

A was this very medal, he feels, which has been the trouble.

next

Walsall man, studying physical education at Cardin, Radford will go be marrying Welsh girl whom he met dur- ing the 150 Empire Ganes These take plice again year, but he's more interested in the European Championships. As for Tokyo, and 1984; "I'm not thinking about it at all, I you won't

myself. I'd rather plan my athletic life two years at a time."

"Marc

than anybody could ever know," he says, "I wan bitterly disappointed. People pat you on the back and sav, Well done, a bronze medal but the bolton of my hear: I knew I could have won it and should have won it. I Anish third, you might as well finish fourth er Bfth, and ali this year I've had the feeling/ thai athletics aren't what they used to be; I've been disillusion ed in a way.

'I exaggerated'

"I think I

exaggerated all these Injuries very much indeed, Although I had this groin injury which couldn't shake off, I wondered whether the origin wasn't mental, in a way. I was almost as though I had the feel Ing aller last year I'm damn well going to have a break."

Jet

New-Style Greaves?

Milan's footbal village- the first in Europe-is building up apace. When it's finished-probably

will have early next year--it

football pitches, ከኳ three athletics track, a basketball and volley-ball court, two tennis courts, a huge gymnasian, a swimming pool, a large hotel for these single players, villas for who are married.

Losing hurts him; he could scarcely be more different from the blond, cheerfully oxtrovert David Jones, " And I haven't Peter Radford, pale, thin, got the attitude of David-if you

Jimmy Greaves told me he'd taut, nervously voluble can't come second, come third.

I've almost got the feeling if you be periectly happy to live there, and

frank, is coming can't come first, you might as could have a villette. The im

So long A he and his family rapidly back.

well come last."

portant thing was for his wife

the

The early difficulties of the Like Ibren's Master Builder, to be near him: "The closer I athletic season—strained groin he's looking over his shoulder. can have her to my job and stomuch muscles-are be for the younger generation, much happler I shall be." hind him now; he's beaten David though still only *Two He's already thinking

Four D. Jones PREPARE TO ASCEND

BY MADDOCKS

WE WILL TAKE THE DEVIL WITH US AS PROOF OF OUR

ACHIEVEMENT SHOULD

WE SUCCEED

IT'S THE "SHOULD WE SUCCEED' DIT

THAT WORRIES ME, JIM!

THE BOY HAS DÈTERMINATION.

CURSE MY LUCK

n

NOW LET US PROCEED

AND HARD LUCK ON HIM

· WHO HAS SHORT

FINGERNAILS

DON'T EXPECT ME TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY MATE

NOR I...

I GET DIZZY

WHEN I CLIMAIS

INTO BBD

about

be

changing his style. "T grefling; I think I shall want I think I'm probably capable of doing not many -people would think so, 1 don't think that I'm a great grafter, but if it's necessary, I can."

In Milan

Milan, who bought him spectl-

no

cally to get gents, may be per- turbed at this but with an in- side trio of Greaves, Mazzola (Brazil) und the delicate young

there's Rivera,

obvious "grafter" in sight.

Greaves Dew to Milan last week to begin training for the new season; his wife will follow him later leaving her two' daughters, ond of whom is just two weeks old, behind. After a week of settling down in their new home in Mulan, she tells 'me, she'll re- turn for them.

No ripple has reached Greaves or his wife of the blown alleged lo have broken in Milon about

his late arrival.

Sports Diary

TODAY

TENNIS

LAC annust tournament, 1:30 pm. Entries close for Colony ford Court championships.

TOMORROW TENNIS

LRC annual 'tournament, 5.30 pm.

BOWLS Men's Open Paire semi-daala HKC, 520.pm.

SHEAFFER'S

IMPERLAT. TEZİ

Shiaffer quality

features at

mobirate

prior

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U.S. BASEBALL

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Yankees complete

double win over Cleveland

Cleveland, Aug. 20. Roger Maris hit his 49th home run and Mickey Mantle his 46th in the New York Yankees' opening match during their 6-0, 5-2'two-match sweep over the Cleveland Indians today. Neither player got a homer in the second game, but Bill Skowron came in with a two-run homer for the Yankees.

accond

זיה

Ralph Terry pitched a four- in the National League, the hitter in the Arst game and Son Francisco Giants, paced, by Ronald Sheldon also went the Willie Mays and Felipe Alou, distance for New York in the today "beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-8. It was the lod- The home runs left. Mariagers seventh straight loss, their temes ahead of Babe longest losing strealc since 1949. Ruth's pace, In11927 when he The Giants completed a sweep fat the all-time record of 40. of the three-game series before Mantle is eight games in front. a crowd of 40,081, their Jargest Mantle hit his homer over the heme crowd afncu, May 21 right fold fence in tho Arst innlig after Bobby Richardson had" "singled" and Marls had walked.

off

Maris' home run camo losér Jim Perry (0-11) in the third following Billy. Gardner's single,

A

Mays knocked in the Glontar first three runs with a double and his 31s! home run; a two-

run hit. Alou drove in four with his 13th and 14th homers, "The" Giants," leading 294-9 scored sikrins in the fourth inning. Orlando Cepeda's 'two- rtin double add 'Alba's« second

Dodgers lose again homers a three-run' drive, were

the big hita., kom. Mantle,

who also had two

Results singles and walk in the first game, singled, walked ;twico und Touny's Major League results grounded out in the second, included: driving in a total of five ru

AMERICAN

in "the" two gamos Marts grounded out twice and struck out in the optor and walked New York twice, bounced out and `struck Cleveland out in the night going!

!

FindAGUE

(Second zame)

(Firat game)

Vić: Power spoiled Terry's 10- hibid in the 'alxiti with a New York single,

Cloveland' Although he gave up a hit in each succeeding inning Terry Chicago was in complete contivi The Kansas City 25-year-old righthander struck out only two. but wilked none | Chicago en route to his 10th victory Kantos City. against a single 'loss. It was his third triumph over the Indians this year,

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· (Second, ramé)

Boston Detroit

Boston

(Becond game)

Australians may brot

get ticker-tape home welcome

Sydney, Aug: 19.

The Australian cricketers may

(First game)

Baltimore Washington

Los Angeles

(Second game)

Minnesofa

1 12

邓

11

7 13

8

NATIONAL LEAGUE

get a Ucker-tape welcome here St Louis when they return in October Cincinnati from England where they› re- fained the Ashes. -

Sydney's Lord Mayor, Alder- man Harry Jensen, suggesting 'àm sure

(First game) Philadelphia www. Milwaukee

(Becond game)

Philadelphia

| Milwaukee

this today, said: "I the sport-loving

of people Sydney would turn out in their thousands to welcome home our Pittsburgh cricketers after their magal,"| Chicago ficent performances in England."

The team are scheduled to

0

1

0

(11 Innings)

6

.10 2

AP,

reach Fremantle, Western Aus-Los Angeles

24-China San Francisco trallo, on October

Mall Special.

WHIILING AWAY THE TIME. Winifred While musl surely be the oldes! active autograph hunter in the spurts world.

This Edgbaston (Birming- ham) lady is 85 years old, bul she still gets around collecting names of her sports stars to add

her comprehensive collection. Why, her books go back to the 1965 Aston Villa Cup-winning team! She has all the Cup Final Aldes up to 1957 und un Imposing array of erkeketern, past and present. She gets every signature in person.

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FERDINAND

Chess News

By LEONARD BARDEN

Former British champion Bob Wade of Ilford,

Who globetrots more than any other player in the country, has just done well by Bolsh- ink fourth fa strongly contested tournament ftr Amsterdam."

Wade is noted for his giant-killing successes against grandmaator--the strongest playeta In the world. In Amsterdam, he added another scalp to his collection when ha defeated the veteran Dr Ossip Bernstein in' only 26 moves,

Here is the decisive post- tion:

R·

DT/Dóruntein (White)

| blandezed by 1 KiXXD↑

RXP chi; 1 KXR,

KU

(cli* 3 K-RI,NXQc and

White resigned.

TOTAL advantage WİTH ORALĒT,

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