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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1961.

Bobby Charlton should

fill trouble spot in England's soccer XI

By ALAN HOBY

I spotlight today an alarming situation which is blowing up like a black cloud on England's football front—a situation which could wreck beyond salvage England's World Cup chancos in

Chilo next May,

When England's Soccer elite drew their first World Cup quali- fying match with Portugal--in the blow-torch heat of Lisbon last May--both manager Walter Winterbottom and bis inspirational skipper, Johnny Haynes, wore expansive, satis- fied smiles.

True, after hele murd rous, ordea, Enghuai's stars tottered | on las like tissue paper to the

the World Cup have taken a sharp downwurd curve. Controversial Jimmy Greaves,

highly likely lose some of bla sharpness in Itailan toolbail, be crippled by: BL

hacking.

intrciful col of their dressing who scored 13 of England's 45 lining Hallan half-back, or. rock, where they collapsed-goals in their fantastic inter-almply be refused permission 10 100 exchousted even to speak. notional run luat season-seven travel But the result was there a solid as coĢnerat,

Not only had England won moral victory. All A great they had to do to clinch their place in the World Cup finals ont in Nouth Amerien next Kummer was 10 heal the sinuous senhors from Portugal In the return game at Wem- Bley next month--October 25.

Formality

wins, che draw, and une defeat There are many eager yuting - Just gone to Milu. prelenders who long for thu Many experts claim that this change to run on to those deep, Varting, deadly Inside-right"|_ Is | searching Irreplaceable ag n key figure in Haynes. The Brusland Ene-ug

or erre, there are starry- eyed

uptimists who cling hamily to the belief that the Italfors will release Greaves- and centre forward Gerry Hitchens--for England if they are wanted. I hope they Dre right, The Englishmen's only other j for all their honeyed World Cup cemallment, against promises I really cannot see the Luxemburg a ghburyrd-eyed autocrats who run on September 26 1: He more Milan and internazionale reles 1200 L formality. For the multi-millon lire properties Luxemburger; were wampke Greaves and lichens if it 0-9 in the first leg.

clashes with their own interests.

Tu

But, suddenly, Just as the outlook seemed unthuaily rosy, England's hopes of achieving a crushing break-through in

RUGBY RESULTS

London, Sept. 12. Results of tonight's Rugby

matches werez

33.

14.

RUGBY LEAGUE Blackpool Borough B. Wizan ! -

Dewsbury . Bramley 10. Keighley 12. Hostel B. Rochdale Hornets 2, St Helens

BIGBY UNION

Penzurry frel Newlyn Esher 3-Reuter.

Bul

Claimants

I chers cannot play. chief claimants for the centre-forward role are Butby Smith of Spurs and that delightful young foot

from Crystal Palace,

Johnny Byrne.

In a crisis, I would always plump for the pounding, batter-

g-ram Smith.

shade below

He has been his peak in recent games, bui when the chips are down, 13si. Bobby bar a happy knack of instilling the fear of hell Continental goalkeepers, 2e real headache, however, Is who to tehfork into the 16. Greaves trouble-spot at side. rigt, should Junny-as seems

|

passes

of Johnny

Insurance

the

wenvirg

I pinpoint particularly

dribbling Johnny Fantham of Sheffield wedis day, the hard-striking l'eler Dubing t Manchester City Spurs' Les Allen, and, of course,

versatile Johnny Byrne always

provided England are witling 10 gamble with the Palace

at youngster

Inside- forward.

the

Yet I favour 2 far Biure radical and revolutionary slep

to Uft England out of the fire.

would choose n

TERRY DOWNES' INJURY

Terry Downes, the world middie-weight champlon boxer, Is" shown here visiting a specialist in London te- cently for treatment to lits swollen left hand. This injury prevents him from defending his title against America's Paul Pender in Boston on September 23,

A Salurday night in late November or tarly December is likely to be the new date for his fight-London Express photo.

that England 1 know, too. Would have to find a new out footballer side-left, but there is a tailor- who has been called "moody," made substitute waiting to step “walateidlyint,” and even "lazy""

stage in Burnley's as Greaves's stand-in.

on the Cordon Harris.

As a striker

Moreover,

I would pick a star who, de- spile these thoughtless, often ill- conceived criticisms, is tumous from Moscow to Madrid. Indeed,

મા Dagging six' Real Madrid once offered a kid-se selts me that, in the lang nupper's ransom for him.

run-and Bobby only just 24

the Manchester United Borr is BOBBY

will and his late niche as A And it

you STRIKING INSIDE-FORWARD ranged the whole of England lying upheld in Puskas fashion you couldn't And

and waiting to run insurance against Greaves's ricfeme-splitting through pass.

on to the

Tur CHARLTON.

absence.

beiter

ace

I know that, at the moment, Bol Charton MUST be used Chariton plays on the left wing as a striker-out as an eternally boil for Manchester United and wandering mold of all work." England but I feel that his :

shall arver forget the flabe great natural talent is too often bergasting zout be seured wasted here,

Fagainst Scotland in 1958, when, i

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By. Mik

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SIGNALS!

LEMON, PLEASE!

By Paul Norrla

THAT'S HOW YOU BAT PAST THE RADAR NETS ON SARTHE WELL, AVRIL JUST WAIT OUT YOUR SILENT SEARCH THEI]

from the inside left position, he volleyed

shot into the net which seemed to singe the air ...on electrifying effort whuch

us one into the books as one of the greatest goals over seen nt Hampden.

Remember, we have beat the powerful Portuguese next month to qualify for the World Cup foals

Rol to

So, if there Is the slightest doubt about Greaves whether Da the secre of Diness or availa- bility-und who va curth, at this : PUT BOBBY CHARL- stage, knows what will boppen?

TON AT INSIDE-FORWARD.

It is Bobby's best position- the cue pluge on the fleld where he curry these sizzling snap- goals which have made in one of feetball's brand names in any language.

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9

U.S. officials sabotage tennis hopes

By DEREK. JOHN

When the United States Lawn Tennis Association recruited Peruvian- born Alex Olmedo to help them retrieve the Davis Cup in 1958, people were quick to accuse them of using shady tactics.

So now It is only fair to praise | will be 1 expert Ralston to land. When Britain's LTA their integrity in taking reverse emerge a leading challenger meets next month they should action by auspending indefnite- for the Wimbledon crown next Aive top priority to the question ly their star Dayės Čup players, year, McKinley, after all, was of recruiting the aid of the man Dennis Ralston, for alleged un-similarly baridicapped by who was responsible for Bri- sportsmunlike behaviour.

suspension after accusations of fain's Inst Cup triumph--la

Right or wrong, this aetion, wild behaviour by the American cannot have been taken Davis Cup tenni in Australia easily by the USLTA who Last year. desperately want to reach the Davis Cup challenge round, their chief source of revenue until fast rear whe the Italians murprisingly inter- vened.

Loading challenger

1 rate 10-year-old Ralston as potentially the most dangerous American tennis player today. greater indved thin bouncing. acrobatic Chuck MeKinley, this year's Wimbledon runner-up,

at

Ralston haf not arrived in England short of match practice this year, I reckon that he would have taken McKinley's place in the final instead bowing out to Britain's Mike Sangster after winning the first two sets of their match.

But provided the suspension is rted in thine, as it surely

Sports Diary

TODAY TENNIS Colony Ladies' Hard Court cham- pionships at LRC, 3.30 pm.

MEETING Hongkong Badminton Association Executive Committee meeting. 31, St George's Bldg. 5.30 pin.

SOCCER Stanicy Shield competitions South Ching Stadium, p.

1KFA Interport Sub-Committee raceting, Sport-read, 6.45 am.

ARCHERY Summer League: Eighth round, RAF Kal Tak Archery Club, sightera at U pm.

Meanwhile hopes of an American Davis Cup revival have become even more faint. and with the prospect of a 2010 Alagala Maly in Rome there is every chanos that they will ngali falf to qualify for the challenge

1930,

Brumel soars ahead

round, where they appeared Though he in still the official without break from 1937 to 1950.

Big need

world record holder, American high - jumper John Thomas has now The Italiane. happlest on their

been completely over- own so-slow hard courts before

shadowed by Russia's noisily partisan

"cosmonaut” crowds, have

Valeriy 13011 Inst

at home Cup-lic

Brumel. since 1018, when curiously the main architect was Jaroslav Drobny, then

of their defcot of Czechoslovakia, Last year, as team manager, Drobny was the architect ot their success.

While Turnas's record stands 7 34 ins, Brumel has soared to 7 t 45 Iny, and has a leap of 7 ft 4 ins, awulting greatest ratification. At home and away, Indoors and outdoors, the. Rus- skum has convincingly bealen the Amerlenn.

The Ralston affair is one of a leng series of troubles within the American Davis Cup team and it is becoming increasingly evident that the United States, like Britain, needs an experi- encedi

Team manager to keep their temperamental youngster under control.

But don't write off Thom08, the man who soured to tame ая the world's Brat high- jumper to clear seven

feet. American exports xt!J1 rate alm as patent,ally the greatest. The trouble is that the casual In such an individualistic American does not attack the sport, a strong arm la not enough bar with the fury of the Rus- to keep good arder. It takes asian. But Thomas, who has an leader of personality and ex-advantage in height, is learning perience, who has the full re-that the more aggressive run-up

peet of the youngsters under may be worthwhile.

By modifying his style he One such man who is wat-ny yet get back Into the race tached at present is Fred Perry, in become the world's highest- now returned to his native Eng-ying high-jumper.

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