SPORTS FEATURES
UNITED STATES EXPECTED TO WIN 1948 OLYMPICS
BY BOB MEYER`·
United Press Staff Correspondent
London, Apr. 23.
United States' atheletes will capture the lion's share of first places in Olympic track and field events, with
This Sweden running second.
was the opinion of a majority of spokesmen polled in a United Press survey recently.
in
n politien de-
believe Most
the undoubtedly were iller Jugend and authorities Scandinavian nations will dominate were imbued with hatred for non- the Olympic Winter Games at St Germans and a bellef in the "uper
And the last Olymples Morliz, Switzerland, in February race." 1048, and the majority was against Berlin turned into permitting Germany and Japan tomonstration by A. Hitler, who didn't know the meaning of sportsmanship. compete in the Olympic Games.
Some source
PRO-VIEWPOINT-1' oli tiet B. chinnees. Others have no place in sport. Besides, the the superman qualified their predictions by select-best way to shatter ing two or three countries who wilt den Ix to treat German fight it out for top honours, numing fair and square on the field of sport. in most cases, "The United States And and Nordle countries."
Swedish listed chances in track and feld, events above
American
The
athletes
German
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England's Test Fiasco
Explained
BY ARCHIE QUICK
undoubtedly... some athletes would win Olympic events
-there is tio renson why th
Germa Only une source named Great Phouldn't-theroby aiding: Britain in a favourite's role,
No names, no pack drill, but morale and making occupation and recent announcement that Jamaica rehabilitation caster. If Germany one of England's recently re-i
Germans always own not Invited, many and Trinidad will enter their
"ur turned cricketers from Australia have will harbour the belief that appeared to Olympic teams
event has been telling me that the robbed British hopes
star athletes could win Olymple of two
non-success of the English test were afraid runners, Arthur Wint and Emanuel but other nations MacDonald Balley who reportedly give us a chance."
team on the field was partly due will compete for their native teams.
to a lack of understanding be- tween the players and their captain.
A prominent London sports Colum- nist recently predicted that
OTHER CONTROVERSIES
To-day's Happy Valley Mesting
Form Is Established
And Favourites Should Win Often
'(BY "THE TURF")
With form now fairly well established, razigoers should be able to place the right bets at the Sixch Ex- tra race meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club being held at Happy Valley this afternoon. I confidently ex- pect to see favourites dominating.
It is likely that several jockeys nessed, as any entrant is liable to will have their first outings this win. My nominations are Sookun- afternoon since liberation days. Linois (Woo), Air Borne (Newman), Cdr. P. S. Francis, who has returned Daisy Bel! (Yuen) and Jeep Lee from bls southern four, will be in❘ (Hödgman). the saddle again,
while another popular jockey who will return to- day is R. C: Ph.
it only needs to be added that first saddling belt will be rung at 2 pm. Instead of the usual 1.30, and that first race will get away at 2.30
♫.m.
Here is what I think of the fields and their prospects.
Mount Parker Handicap (Unofficial)
Six Furlongs
Hervey Bay Handicap (Second Section) "C" Class
My World of Sport By PAUL IRWIN
British XI. Shock Is Leaving Out Carter
A whole season's football form was crystallised in 45 minutes when Great Britain's team to play the Rest of Europe at Glasgow today was chosen as follows:
Swift (England); Hardwick (England), Hughes (Walca); Macaulay (Scotland). Verfion (Ireland), Burgess (Wales); Matth owa (England), Mannion (England), Lawton (England), Stool (Scotland), Liddell (Scotland).
Reserves are two more Scola- Young and Waddell.
The selectors, having made their final cholce In three-quarters of an hour, can now alt back and wall for the brickbats.,
George Hardwick, down an CAL lain, is a left back out of position this time. A far belter proposition would have been to move the polish- │ed Billy Huglies over to the right to
make way for Shaw.
A very large one in certain to be
There is no faulling the wing half- thrown by all those critics--and they are in a majority-who think Ratchbacks Archie Macaulay walks into the team on his brilliant showing in Carter should be in the team.
the 1-1 draw with England-I have never seen a better left-half in post- war Internationaland Ron BurgerA was a certainty.
·MAJOR BLUNDER
I am in the company. Carter is One and a Quarter Milles
out and away the. eleverest tactician in the whole Soccer business; and his In this second lot of "C" Class failure to gain a place must be writ ponies for the mile and a quarterten down as the major blunder. race, Hol Polloi (Yuen) stands a good chance of winning but strong ouposition will come from Argus, Flying Arrow (Tu) and Konkoburra (Crisfield),
same
WHY NOT CULLIS?
Vernon? Well, I have never been Only surmise is that Carter has lucky enough to see him, play up to been Judged on his form In thels Great Britain label, and my man Wembley International against Scut for the job would have been Stan Cullis, still the greatest centre half in the land.
land.
He had a bad first half, but so did Wir Mannion, now switched to In- side right to partner Stapley Mat- thews.
the
The Mattews-Mannion wing la de- Onliely on trial, which is not the sort of thing wanted in a Match of the
Only the best is good enough, and I fear that Mannion is more the gras per than the maker of openings which won't sult Stanley.
Killara Handicap (Second Section) "B" Class The opening race of the day in
One Mile conflued to the Hongkong Services should be seen in this six furlongs this race for "B" Class ponies as the
decision Race Club, and a close
Great interest will be shown in
Having rmly resisted the tempia-Century. event between
Jackie..
Mayfair majority of the starters are of the lon not to be so foolish as the Eng- chiefs, who dropped Autumn Rose (Pearson) (Pearn),
Whichever wins ish tear standard.
game against and The Undertaker (Crisfield). should
dividend. Matthews from return J nice Great A United Press surrey showed
Jackie (Hodgman) carrying 160 lbs Avalon (Rowlands) sho
bunt France, the 11 selectors should have should account This time is long overdue for a win. for himself this time, as the distance made Carter un automalle choice. Britain will not win one single first that there are other controversies in place in Olymple athlettes (track nrid the sports worldy'
In effect, Walter Hammond wasn't but strong opposition should come Is just about right, but there are
Quicksilver Stanley is Soccerdom's As for our centre-forward, Lawton (Theo hail fellow, well me" as his from the other three ponies. I like Speedaway (Miu) Happy Acid).
1. Broken Time Payments.
show, but he is must think himself a fortunate young Gilligan and Mayfair as this pony is now back in
Shanghai
Beauty, greatest one-man On the speelle question of "Which problem of whether athletes should predecessors Arthur
lost be reimbursed for the
and from Percy Chapman. His own batting his form and a win for him is most
Masterpiece, Sunshine
alongside Carter.
presentative opperances. He is out lx runners will finish at the top in
failures depressed him and be was likely. Autumn Rose and The Un-1 Strike (Newman) Canary (uck never better than when playingman to be chosen on his last two re- regular employment.)
on his own when bang in form, but the Olympics 1,500 metres race?"
also have answered not next to his players off the field, dertaker will This question must be
a strong
Indeed, all the evidence shows has looked a bit sluggish just lately. sources were unanimous in naming before the 18 Olympies unless
say. The Undertaker is a good out-
that the grey-headed Derby County Is he suffering from an overdose Sweden's Lennart Strand, Itune there is to be bad blood between This player said that Bedser bowl- | side chance.
star is just about the only inside of football? We shall know the on- inations ever the amateur status of led 50 per cent. better than Was Gustafsson and Henry Eriksson
Warwick Farm Stakes
right able to fathom the Matthews swer at Hampden park. (First Section) "D" Class
magic-and suit his game according- One Mile
1y.
An all-Scottish left wing of Billy Thin
OUT OF POSITION · confined to "D" event is
This last race of the day for one
Steel and Liddell was not unexpect- Class, 1st Section, and on judging the list of entries,
The arguments don't end there. ed. Indeed, Steel has only to that mile "D" Class ponies, 2nd Section, Normandy, with Rowlands up, stands is likely to develop into a struggle Swift is Mr Everyman's choice for tinue where he left off against Eng- a fine chance of winning, after run-between Perity and Souvenir. Both goalkeeper, but I can hear Scottish land to be the big forward success. It is exactly ning second to Flying Wheel in the are due for win. Principal oppos!- Uaments over the omission af Jock What price glory? hair mile 170 yards, at the previous tion will come from National Hero Shaw and the general makeshift look
£20 Д player, plus travelling meeting losing only by a neck. The and Jinx.
expenses. next three best tre Golden Wheel (Newman), Tootsie (Yuen) and Kelly (Hodgman).
the three top positions, dividing national teams. Briefly, t the view-expected of him, and that Evans is
Gi nunong their remaining votes Dodds of the U.S.A., Marcel Han-points stand as:
WHAT THEY THINK
Sweden: "We will continue to pay senne of France and Holst-Sorensen our athletes for time given to sport.' of Denmark.
Britain: "We are against it, ex- compete eep! when athletes must abroad and thereby lose much time from work." Un USA: Ve are fally against
[1."
France: "No."
Representative comments various survey questions were:
Dan Ferriss, secretary-treasurer of
England's wicketkeeper for years 10 come, and is in the Duckworth and Strudwick class.
He attributed the breakdown in batting to the entirely new condi- tians experienced by our leading batsmen and to the shock of cheap dismissals early in the tour having a cramping effect on later innings. the US. Amateur Athletic Union-- Rusela n'l officially committed "I believe the US. will win the most but it can be assumed the Sovjet He pointed out that, whereas in places in track and field competition strongly advocate broken-time pay-the past, there has been a leavening at London with probably Sweden ments because they represent a step of experienced batsmen to tutor the next, although I suspect that Eng in Russia's direction, which is to pay younger ones, this time Hutton, land will surprise lot of people. athletes cash bonuses for breaking Washbrook. Compton, Ikin and Ed- The U.S. will be weak in distance records.
championships rich were left to find out for them- running but we should score
selves. There was no steadying in- fluence of a Hobbs or a Sutcliffe.
our
most points in the sprints, the relays etc.
winning
shot put, pole vault, high jump, all PROS AND AMATEURS hurdle events plus possibly the broad jump."
He thought that Pollard should have been given a Test chance, but emphasised that against the South Africans this summer, opportunity should be taken of trying out new material for the Australia Tests ahead. Hollies, he said, may be
2. A Open Tennis competition. Col. Fritz Erb, press chief of the
"mix The question of whether to
tennie Swiss Olymple committee "I am pros and amateurs into one convinced the Swedes have the best competition is getting more and more chances."
attention. The opinion is briefly. Rudolph William Seeldrayers. Pros-"We are for it." president of the Belgian Olympic Pablle-"We would like to see it."success this time. committee "It is too early to give Lawn Tennis Associations-"Hor- a definite answer, but Ú:c
best-rorst What a thought! Why should equipped nations for track and field we pollute our ranks by exhibiting events are the U.S. the Nordic coun-professionals who take money
playing this gentlemen's gone? It's
for
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
stressed This player
that the Australians gave them a thoroughly feeling in this respect, while he felt the tourists had made a good im- pression on the Aussies.
tries and Great Secretary-Genera) as howdy as a circus sideshow, this good social time, there being no bad
the
I think
Hervey Bay Handicap (First Section) "C" Class
One and a Quarter, Milles
In this mile and a quarter event for "C" Class ponies, 1st Section, Punter will have to do a little bit of thinking before they can select the more used to sprint race than a long winner. Here is a bunch of ponies distance. I recommend Rose Emme to win, with Crown Witness and Flying Wheel for the minor posts. National Congress will also not be far off.
Killara Handicap
Dr Edgar Fried, of the Austrian Olymple Committee thought."
The US, should win with
Don Budge, one of the foremost mapping of a little finger. No other exponents of open tennis play (he country сап compete successfully even suggeels an Open Wimbledon) with superior American athletes in told me recently that the U.S.LTA Despite the fact that-football-is Day, having just been track and field events. With the is more conservative on this idea going to intrude until June 14, In "A" Class is
county crklet
(First Section) "B" Class One Mile This is the best mile race of the afternoon, as it composed
of " Class ponies, 1st Section.. A ding- dong battle is sure to be seen. VJ demoted from is stire
ure to have a say,
say, and is not unlikely. Kim is very quicken fond of boring out when turning the bend, otherwise I would tip this
exclusion of Germany and Japan, no than the British. L.T.A. "There are terest one can match American techniques a lot of old men who want to con-ing. I have spoken to several county and talents. But in winter sports trot tennis and keep it Las it was secretaries and am a little surprised the decision will lay with the Scan- 25 years ago when they were play-at the optimism they show.
¡ing," he said.
dinavian countries."
Ver. "Please but actually I
Win
pony. Royal Commission with Boy colt up is not to be ignored as the
with Yuen in Candidly I thought the Australian combination fits very well. Thunder-
bolt
with only 135 lbs to carry and in the saddle, is very
Karl Diem, Germany, member of A British L.T.A. member recently tour flasco, the football season's the International Olympic committee whispered in my ear:
The Swedes will be a close
don't use my hame in this mentation and the general apathy of dangerous and liable to cause the runner-up to the U.S.A. team,
not the public meant the death blow for county clubs, especially as several leading players have gone to league clubs in the North.
VIEWPOINTS CLASH
am
But
of
But no! The county clubs expect a good season and I sincerely hope
against open competition. would shock my colleagues if they know it. It would take five years Views were sharply divided
Gto make them see this viewpoint whether Germany and Japan should even if began working on it now." be invited to compete in the Olym- That is only a
a slight
sampling pics:
Dlem-"Absolutely yes. The Olym-bu! It's enough
what current sports controversies are they are right. ples have nothing to do with politics lenders do some deep
I feel, however, that players will thinking in have to introduce more brightness We don't want to press the coming months and years if they into their play, and pay less regard Olymple committee for an invitation wish to keep international sports on to hverages, although I know, un- but all nations should be invited." a basis of agreement and friendship. fortunately, that these
Seeldrayers—"They should
ure often taken as the yardstick of a profes- slonal's ability.
most-United Press.
certainly NOT be allowed to partiel-
pate."
Erb "Germans and Jops should not be accepted,
ngo
Ferris"About a year and a half
the United States'
amateur teadors were dead set against the Axis nations participating in the 1948 Games. but that feeling heg waned to such an extent that it is highly possible that US. leaders
came up,
to
make
sports
They Don't Get
Much Fun
Who would be д
One man I am waiting to see is Warwickshire's new professional, ex- Corporal Britchard of the New Zea- land Brigade, who, they say, is going to be the outstanding fast bowler of the present time.
upset. The other starters are Ar- Kentine Moon, 'Elmer, Fifth Alarm, Hurricane, Spanish Onion, White Dragon_and_Wodonga,
Sharks Bay Handicap
Six Furlongs
Only four entries have entered in this event for "A" Class ponles, and a very keen tussle should be wit-
And He Didn't
Drop An Aitch
Promoter Jack Solomons has pro-
mised the British government that he will etage only two big outdoor boxing shows this summer.
might vote either way if the laue Wives of heavyweights Joe Baksi and having a real holiday,"
boxer's wife?In the park in the sunshine. I'm Ede. Home Secretary, who imposed Bruce Woodcock who figured in some recently
orders with egalised manslaughter
Diem told United Presa
that Germany is going ahead plaris for training her
camp, boost production.
Without dropping on "altch," Solo- mens recently conferred with Chuter
the midweek sports ban in an at-
absenteeism
and tempt to reduce 45 Meanwhile, in the other strictly as their menfolk. For several Bruce Woodcock's 23-year-old bride
Jovial athletes. Schools of thought on this while her husband was at his train equally lonely time.
Olympic weeks Mrs Bakst lived in London of a few months Nora, was having an
whose perennial big cigar is
is becoming almost a Churchil- quexilon break down Into two main
People asked linked Mr Ede. He's n ing camp parts:
hallmark, sold: ANTI-VIEWPOINT - Whyallowed to Brighton. She was not her if she was going to watch her telephone her husband husband fight. "See Bruce fight?" should the youth of other nations not even to wish compete against former enemies who wie opening belum tuck before she said. "I've never seen him fight. gentleman. He said. he had won-
yet. He won't let me. But I shall be listening to the radio."
Even that experience was painful enough for most hardened. British fans-United Press.
A
In
recently. sighted at them along rifle However, she seemed to under- barrels and now want to run and stand: "It's a quiet life," she "toid Jump in conviviality? Some. of the Press, But I'm enjoying it. I 'Germany's current crop of athletes go to the movies, or sit on a bench
SPORTING SAM;
By Reg. Wootton
real
dered whether boxing would help
the nation in its crisis, but added that he did not want to bother boxing shows are so few and far between until necessary because our fight
that we don't interfere with produc tion seriously.
"Mr Ede said he was happy that I was so willing to co-operate. He thanked me for coming to see him and I thanked fulm for letting me come. You can bet that I really pronounced, larmingly unpretens
all my H's, too. Solom. tious,
"I Was
was really on my best behaviour," he said.
Solomons hopes to gain world's title bouts as the headliners of both summer outdoor shows. One pros gramme, he hopes, will pit World's Light Heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich against British dulist Fred.. dle Mills.
Asked what the other big fight will be, Solomons only smiled coyly "We'll'sce," he said.
to be considered. Cooper, Lightning and Whirlaway, I am afraid, will find the distance a bit too much for them.
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