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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1981.

FORGET THIS SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY!

International soccer is

everyone's concern

The 1962 World Cup Competition will be an importent mile- stone for British football. I will show how we compare with

other countries and success could mean a tremendous bagst

spectator interest in Britain.

to

It is quite extraordinary to me that some people connected with League football still believe that international football is no concern of League clubs, but is g matter for the Football Association.

"

team

This short-sighted policy is The Internailona) Selection England

preparations nol, I believe, so prevident is 10 Committee had ready Issued would be the reintroduction of

three years ago. Ins prožŕimme for the Was TWO

KEHEON, the games we had before the Neverthele I am led, as and apart from the 'traditional war Probables Possibles.

Spur to players

'find'

Young

ON THE BALL

with Stan Cullis

U.S. BASEBALL

Maris hits 54th home run as Yankees boost lead to eight games

LAWN BOWLS FIXTURES

The following fixtures for the Colony Ladies' Lawn Bowls Championships have been all- nounced by the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association:

LADIES' NINGLES (Second Round) Thursday, Sept. 14 at 0.20 pin

Mrs L. De Sousa vg Mrs I.

Sliva at KBC: Miss II. Kwong vo Mrs E Fairhall at HKFC; M. Rozurio vs Men, 1.

Clayton vs Mrs J. Banks at #CCC; Mrs J. Liddell vs Mrs G.

vs Mrs M. Ma at

New York, Sept. 6. Roger Maris today hit his 54th home run of the season, moving seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's record 60 home run pace, and Whitey Ford won his 23rd game as the American League-leading New York Yankees increased r that

had have

International before the war and how difficult noćcer šúcċess such as Hurit was to get used to the rarified their first-place lead to eight games with an Sutherland nt KCC: Mea B. gary—you realise thúy numbers atmosphere of a city nearly six

8-0 victory over the Washington Senators. bre not the deterinining factor. thousand feet above sea level.

The other" "criticism of Bri-

You

Maris' to

homer came in the of 200, only 11 away from the Heatonal Recreio; Mrs cannot get tain's entering four

used teains,

League fourth inning off starter and Major

Fecord. The Rounsefell conditions

90 comes from overseas. The argu-

of 221 was set Recreto; Mrs H. Randall vs Mrs loser Tom Cheney. It was his ment libt the present system

Even two or three

Brst hit in hla fast 17 at bats.

1. Gardnét at RBGC; Mrs M. Ginnle

vs Mrs gives Britain four times as much daya la not enough. It would, of Ruth hit his 54th homer in the

I. Souza the etherington Ly

HKCC. chance of providing the winning course, take more time than is available to gel players com- team.

pletely familiarised.

Cancel out

In Pow anyone can fol to see He tertilonal Champion- how vital is the success of the ship

We have England y matches against national town to our week-by-foreign des, practice sessions England games every season, but

This criticisin renched in peak will he held at club grounds there must be playits above the in the 1958 tournament when fill week Lengde competition.

instalarly throughout the season, age limit of the Under-23 team

There appear to be mixed who are candidates for the full four Beltish teams won through the qualifying stage. In 102, of England side" "Probables erinius about the value The World Cup is football's | these tessións. But there con Possibles should include the bestowever, it looks its though Bri-

tein's represetitatives In Chile | shop window. It reflects the be no doubt that they serve the players the selettore consider are will be confined to England and

purpose of enabling the players in form at the line."

Perhaps Scotland. to form in understanding with each other on tactics.

Individual standards of lite countries taking part. I also provides the best possible medium for stimulating in- terest everywhere.

The success of the national team is felt throughmut the me. It gives an edge to the enthusiasm of both individual players

chutis generally. and

For it is the achivement, nut so much of cleven players, but

of a national rocrer effort-or i

it should be

That is why 1 eunader Laagne)

New players

welcome the statement from the Football League that the Inter-League matches this season will be used in con- Junction with the Interna- tional Selection Commitler's plans for England's Cup team.

World

la my view, this procedure

club shouki make every effort should be adupled every sea

to asist the Football Associa-son, irrespective of the World

preputations for Cup

to help

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tion In 1962- only solves.

Sports Diary

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Culony Shigies championskilji Bul

61 KBGC 520 Per

2nd Divis

534 pin.

Boxing

IRC "G"."

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trophiles Cacti ri, Lak Rwuk" Hotel, u

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Golf

This question of form is vital. To play

in b representative game man who is obviously

out of form för his club, is a nove burn of wishful thinking.

The hope is that he produce better forms than he has been showing for his club. But ex- perience has proved that tl:is seldum happens.

No improvement Another suggestion is that, Instead of folding sides the four Home Associations, a Great Britain team "should be

from

I do nut suggest that the

theid. To that probable England teams should put into the

suggestion, I would reply with be

played

Inter-League in

that. feel

while an emphatic "no". games. I there should be a nucleus of England players in Lougue

matches teams, these

could also be used to include players on the fringe of international !selection.

For over-23's

So the arguments about Bri- tain standing a worse chance cancel themselves better or a

Gui.

Some people consider that there should be needing of the countries competing fit the World Cup, on the same Unex да the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. I don't believe that the two competi- ilons can be equated in This respect as the disparily be- tween the world's football teams is not so marked that between the leading ten- i his players.

17

If England does reach the final stages of the World Cup in Chile, sincerely hope that the I do nos believe it would players will be given a reason~ bring Britain any more wuo- able time to acclimatise them- cess. Certainly last season's selves before they are called experiment in fiziding a mix-} upon to play.. ed League ride did not make

improvement present system.

any

Such FL Inove would give these

players the necessary experiener

representative 723 matches and help them im-

for ble argument, temperament Shanghai prove their

Junior competition Fumne. Deen Water Bay. 1.30 an

Tennis Colony Ladies' Ted Court cham- plonas 18G. 0.30 pans.

on

Is

the Too little time

Those arguing in favour of 1 have had experience of go- the cool temperature Great Britain side might saying from

two days that the experiment was not of England to play given a long enough trial to later in batting heat on the Con- prove anything. That

a tinent

Another imporlant factor that be taken into But would point out that should always when you consider the popula-nezount Is altitude, I well re- Johannesburg suggest for ions of some of the countries | call playing in

Une gumme

full internationals.

addition to I would

the

pro-

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strange minutes,

But this is a case where every little helps, and every effort must be made to give the team as much

time as possible ja Chile.

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1927 Yankees' 140th match-they played one te as have the 1951 Yankees. Wednesday's game was the Yanks' 139th.

All of the Yankees' runs earne us the direct result of homers.

Mantle, wha Mickey

has 50 homers, went hitless and is now

behind the game Habe's pace. Mantle struck out, walked twice and fled nut.

While Maris' homer drove in

the the first Yankee run In fourth, John Blanchard, filing in for injured Yogi Berra In left Beld, hit his 17th and 18th, and each Ume Manlle WIS aboard with a walk.

The first cuine in the fourth inning. Manue drew his Arst walk after Maris' homer. and Blonchurt hit his 17th homer Into the lower left field stonds.

In the sixth, Mantle led of with his second walk and Blanchard hit another home run into the lower right field! stands, this time off Klippstein.

hit Bill Skowron

his 24th komer in the fourth inning. with a man

in the en, and eighth Bob Hale hit his first, Eving the Yanks a team totol

Huston leading in Yachting Championships

Newport, Sept. 0. Bruce Huston of Rochester, New York, the winner of Mester- day's ruce, "was the overall icuder today as the Seld in the Inter- national Dragon Class Yachting Championships went out for the third race in the series.

Huston was second In the first race of the series and has 2,120 points overall to 1,953 for Walter Swindwman of Toledo, Oblo, who was third yesterday.

courrait mark

by the 1947 New York and tied in 1950 Cinemati Reds.

Today's results included; AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington

New York

Detroit

Baltimore

Cleveland

Boston

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LADIES' PAIS '(Second round)

Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 5.20 pm Mrs I. Sutherland and Mrs E. Budic vs Mrs L. Gardner and G. Sequeiro al Recrelo; Mr A. Remetios and Mr L De Souza Mr J. Liddell and

8 7 1 Mra

3,0 151 Mrs J. Rounaefell at KCC; Mrs 41 3 J. Banks and Mrs J. Riley vs

142 Mrs M. Rozarlo and Mrs M

Ablong at KBGC; Mrs S. Silva and Miss H. Kwong vs Mrs B. Collier and Mrs B. Clayton at I'RC.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh Chicago AP

6

I 8

LADIES TRIPLES (Second round) Saturday, Sept. 16 at 4 pm Mrs Remedlus, Mrs Souza, Mrs

ATHLETICS MATCH Rozario or Mrs Lachtle, Mrs

Britain makes

good start

against Poland

Warsaw, Sept. 6. Britain made, a splendid start

their two-day men's athle ties International against Pa- Jand here tonight and ended the first day with an unex- Dected 30-30 lead.

success against weekend,

Fletcher, Mrs Brambley vs Mrs Barros, Mrs Remedios, and Mrs Leonard at KBCC: Mrs Fairhall, Mrs Barber and Mrs Hethering- tun vs Mrs Baker, Mrs Sequetra and Mrs Gardner at Recreio: Mrs Leslie, Mrs Liddell and Mrs Rounsefell vs Mrs Sung. Mrs Silva and Mrs Suuza ni KCC; Mrs Sutherland, Mrs Bodle and Mrs Walton vs Mrs Ma, Mrs Silva, and Miss Kwong of KCC.

CYCLIST

DOPED

East

Alan Simpton, 21-year-old Rotherham labourer, was Bri-

Berne, Sept. 0. tan's star of the night repeal-

German cyclist, ing his surprize 1500 metres Lathar Appler, waA heavily Germany Just dopest before taking part in the recent World Amateur Road Cyrling Championship Derne, the head of the cham- Analy judged race in three pionship's medical service re- nuns 44.5 sees and in doing seated here today. beat the fastest man in the

The

Yorkshirem

won

4

truck

the

world over the distance (151 In a written siulement year, Poland's Whold Barce, medical chief suid Appier was It Wis Northern grit and completely exhausted at the guts which got Simpton home. end at the race and was taken

the He struggled past the equally to

tallemars. His from the condition worsened and he was weary Pole 80 yards

taken to a clinic in Berne, as tape to win a great race.

I was

feared he night have been suffering froin poisoning.

A general examination at the elinte revealed, however, that the cyclist

had been heavily was abic tu doped. Appler

Britain's new middle-distance stor had ve yards to spare at. the end after covering the last

H. C. Brecke of Melbourne,lap in a fast 56.5 seconds.

In the women's match, Poland Austalia, was fourth yesterday:

H. Brownlow Eve of Bermuda led Britain by 20 points to 23

at the end of the first day- | was th, and Jonathan Jansen

Reuter. London, England, was sixth. Sir Gordon Smith of London was eighth and Keith Storey of Sydney, Australia, was 'Tolli, with J. Cyril Cooper

Bermuda 11th

of

Huston, an excellent sallor in light winds, has been in his étement since the races began, but stronger breezes were pre- dicted for today.—UPI

Jose Medel confident

Tokyo, Sept. 8. Mexico's national bantam- weight" boxing champion Jose Medel said today he is sure of Beating "Japan's Orient Junior featherweight champion Harto Bakamoto when the two meet here dá 'Sept. 21.

"I'm in better condition than I was during my first fight," Medel sald alter a light work- put.

The

23-year-old Mexican champion was referring to his Brst it in Japan on August 31 when he knocked out Japan's World 'No, 4 ranking flyweight Mitaupur Seld in the 8th round of non-tile bantamweight Dight,

Upped the menle at 116 pounds today," Model said.

"I'm in top condition and I'm gelling used to the hot and Sumif Tokyo weather.AP.

Women's Chess Olympiad

Moscow, Sept. 6. The Boylet, Union will send A three-member Idam to "the Second Women's World Chekt Olympiad scheduled to begin In Emmen, Holland, on Sept. 10, Tass reported (udby."

At the first Olympiad in 1937, the Soviet Union and Rumania tied for fra place but the Rug- alan tein was adjúłged winner on the Baals of Better Individum) results,"

NA

The Russian teen this yeat wil conil bf Soviet blíamplöh Valentin Dorianky, Kien Zvotyking and 'Nona Gaprindu- - abpli-AP

lenvy the clinle the following day, the statement added.-AFP.

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