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HAROLD PALmer's sportFRONT

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, · SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1949.

Yale's Sport Bill Tops $1,800,000

Money-or the lack of it is the root of all evil in British sport, if you make comparisons with the amount the Americans have to spend on producing champions.

One morning this week I listened to the story of the wealth of Yale University and the £500,000 they play with each year. In the evening I listened to the sad story of British sport, the worrles of the organisers of an England team for the Empire Games at Auckland, New Zealand, next February.

They launched a begging appeal for £15,000. So far they do not know where the money is coming from.

The Yale story surely provides nome key to American sporting dominanco. More than £200,- 000 A year lo spent on their Payne-Whitney gymnasium and

£100,000 on outside sport.

This gymanglum was a revela- tion to the Oxford and Cam- bridge athletes who visited it recently. There are nine floors, wil n

n Jogging track on top and a running stadium for Indoor meetings below. On the third

floor is a 15ft, deep swimming

Division the Premier Dlylalon, { and then have two First Divi- sions, one north and the other south, and sirailarly two Second Divisions.

there would be

In this way three strong divisions, and two Second Divisions would have much better chance of survival than a simple Fourth Division consisting of all the small clubs now seeking League status.

clubs could not draw Thepo rates large enough to meet the cost of travelling from North to South. The League must surely be wise enough to sce that ROGER A HIT

Geographien grouping of the Then there is a wonderful ar-smaller clubs is essential, if there is to be any extension of the rangement for a rowing eight to

Let us examine the Division proposition

pool which, I suppose, would be uneful if n fire started on lower floor.

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practise. They have a Aixed League.

bont with water flowing at ad- Justable speeds on either side to

Third

and

the effect of real rowing.

wint objections will be ruled, I think this is an ident moment the Americans By the way, the

next! thought to much of the Oxford for the change because

season there will be 1 Northern president, Roger Banalster, who iwles broke 4min. 125cc, for clubs in the First Division and the mile out there, that they11 In the Second Division.

Second Division clubs would gave him' special invitation to

instance, Spurs for Abject. run in their championships last would lose matches with Shef- Saturday,

Wedrearing, Shefeld Acid Unlied, Preston and Bradford. Instead they would meet Read- in Brighton, Millwall end Notts County, to name four of the best of the Third Southern who, un der this scheme, would become part of the Flest Southern.

Bannister declined, partly, 1 believe. because he felt that people here might take dlm view of his competing in the United States championships then missing the AAA

and

championships,

MORE.VACANCIES Similarly, In the North, a chib like Preston would miss fixtures

Spurs,

West Han

But

was not just that. Ban- nister in a careful runner, wha tries not to do too much. He is no tecard rocker. He runs his races to win, not to neblevs any with particular

except time

to Sauthmuuten, Contin calculate the time he thinks he | Brentford, needs to do to beát a particular Instead they would meet opponent.

Rotherham, Doncaster. Darling-

RAF Athletic

Championships

There were some good the con- performances on cluding day of the Royal and Women's Air Force Royal Air Force athletic championships at Uxbridge on July 9.

100 Yunes-AC Morgan, 10.1 seepida,

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

FOR THE HOLY OF HOLIES AT LORD'S

Hobbs And One And

LADS GIpresa Servic

Sutcliffe Two

Are Again

Fifty different cricketers were nominated by renders of the "Evening Standard" in reply to a request for postcard suggestions for the new honour of "honorary cricket membership”- to be bestowed by the MCC on a select number of old professionals.

Jack Hobbs topped the poll. Few cards indeed failed to include him. Herbert Sutcliffe had only one vote less. The two are elected-unofficially-and I should say that in due course official election will follow.

AfD

Clore W/Cdr. D. O. Finlay accom-

a1 their hools were pisteil a magnificent 120 Yards Maurice Tate (a bowler, not- Patsy Hendren and High Hurdles in 14.9 seconds to ually!)

Frank Woolley-not necessarl- retain his title for that event.

Technical Training Command in fint order. Well support- won both the Inter-Comunanded uso wire Maurice. Leyland, Championships, retaining that bouyling repercussions), (what about Harok Larwood for the RAF will 78 points and

Wilfred lindes. George gaining the WHAF me with 31

our Surrey Tich Freeman and

She told Harold Palmer posits

long "Strudds

though Individual winners were:

Dublin today that she tired one of them kell cricket,

Leary

Constantine though after her Australian trip, which by an American his Test cricket was played was followed

four. She thinks she can Beat. sabast England and he became

neconds in the 80 metres professional for League, not 11.0 County, cricket-s not with-

hurdles tonight-the lime the are Garrge did in Amsterdam on Monday, nu uppert Bor Duckworth, Eddle Paynter, Mrs Blankers Koen Is 31. George Gunn. Lon Braunu,

Jer husband coach says the Soulham, Phil Meau

secret of her good condition is (now, alas, blind) and lots of

good training and good liýlng. there.

No smoking, drinking only in the winter, bed at 10 o'clock.

TWO DEREKS

220 Yards-Sgt. Lalog, 23.5

sccunds.

NGO

Ji

440 Yards-LAC Westwood 509 seconds,

Yords F. Lt. Chest. min. 57.9 sees,

One Mile AC Browning, 4 Andy mus. 27.6 secs,

Two Miles Streplechase-Sat. Cobley 11 mins. 1.0 sees. (RAF record),

min

1.1

of

OLDEST PRO. Three Miles-Cpl. Pirie

Aice Hearne, Including 18.4 secs.

Mr J. U. Kent, in his 1st, Inter-Station Relay -White Fuller, of Bromley, said he is "very probably the oldest pro, Waltham44.5 #zes.

5 now living nearly 66.

M. F. Ashton of Wallington, * incre

anet

High Jump-F. LA. Brown, feet 9 inches.

feet 3 inches.

Discus Throw — 5/Ldr,

n st

Ten years

ago Derek Pugh and Dirck Steel shared the same double cleak at Rutlich School. As they were a lively

heads bumped together.

we

have

should both by now broken records."

EFFICIENCY EXPERTS

village

Scene: match.

cricket

In his first over a bowler is no-balled three times. Then he saya apologetically: "As a mat- ter of fact, I have never bowled before."

ΤΟ

which tha reply "Neither have I unpired."

Is:

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Women's AAA

Winners

Several holdera retained their titles when the Women's AAA Champion- ships were held at the White City Stadium on July

9.

Individual winners were;

00 Metres D. Batter (London

100

Metres-S. Cheeseman (Sparian LAC), 12.1 seconds.

400 Metres V. M. Ball (Spartan LAC), 59.4 seconds.

Pole Vault-F/O. Redpath, 11ale," said that no far as the couple they repeatedly had their Olympiades), 7.7 seconds.

is concerned Woolley is "tops. Purth enter London Univer-

And don't forget," wrote Mr "Gabhead and Oldham. Reavell-Carter, 137 feet 9 inches George Tapley, of North Harlty, did his military service and-

a place for row, "to reserve Tom Goddard when he bowls his just ball.”

(RAF record),

Javella Throw-AC J. Swais Iand, 102 feet 1 inch (RAF re-

wraf chaMPIONS

ton, Ga The Football League in their to not think they would fancy deliberations un the formation the exchange. Yet, the point is of a fourth division should not be that if the League is to be excurd). too hasty in their judgment on lended in a practical manner a proposition which is favoured by members of the Third some such sacrifice as this must

Southern,

The idea is revolutionary--one

be made by a few clubs and to think the resultant competi-

be more lively.

100 Yards - Cpl. Wilkinson, 110 seconds (WRAF record).

220 Yards Cpl. Wilkinson,

reason why. It is not likely to be lion would make one further į 27.0 seconds (WRAF record).

I

should be smaller, say, 20 clubs

accepted by the senior league suggestion-that the divisions clubs, the First and Second Division clubs with the votes.

Anyway, this is it. rangement is common in tinental countries, call the First

There's

That

The ar-

con-

One Mile-E. D. Garritt (Ilford AC), 5 mins. 20 secs.

1,600 Metres Walk M. J. Heath (Small Heath Harriers), 8 nuns. 25 secs.

is now back at the university. From the Royal

Navy Steel went to a university in Paris und is now at Oxford. VON CRAMM-ENVOY The two had never met in Gottfried Von. Cramm, prob- open competition until a month 80 Metres Hurdles J. Des- ably the best' lawn fennis no, when they found them-forges (Essex LAC, 11.9 seconds, player who never won Wimble-selves in Uve 440 yards race at twice runner Motspur Park, which Pugh won

don"--he

WAS

(Mit-

Inter-Slatlon 440 Yards Relay up-looks, at 30, little different for London, with Steel of Ocham LAC), 5 feet, 3 inches.

the neat athletic gure ford hard on his heels, from

the

with

nld

Centre

-Cosford, 54.6 seconds.

Long Jump-F/0 Packlock, that In each, which would still mean

used to do battle Fred Perry on vacancies for a dozen new clubs. 15 feet 04 Inch.

Court. (London Express Service)

Von Cramm told me he taking soundings on Gennay'a readmission 10 the Interna tional federation. This would to the Davis mean re-entry

championships.

No More Doubt

Sands Is Good

By ARCHIE QUICK

After a period of doubt and apprehension, slightly coloured George Sands-has-emerged as the fighter_ Australia claims him to be.

His victory over tigerish Robert Villemain of France at Olympia, London, stamps the Australian triple cham- plon as one of the most dangerous middleweights in the .world, and one can only dismiss his two previous in- 7 different showings in this country as lack of acclimatiza- tion.

Ifo

was

TRUST HER

CAKS

Barry Applety

COME OUT IN THE VERY LATEST ASCOT PASAION

Cup and our

He has been in touch with out

Own

and come foreign associa-

tions, and does not consider the outlook unpromising,

After the 1914-18 war Ger- many did not "come back" un-

til 1927.

Nearly all the leading_Ger.. man players were killed in the war. Now Von Cramin, still at the top in his 'country, has in Helmut Gulsz, Rolf Goepfert, Ernst Buckholz and Werner Beutliner, a balch of your

younger. he wants to bring on.

may not championships they

Though Germans

play

In

can take part in ordinary open tournaments by Invitation. To my question whether he want-

New Rugby Unionet to play in our tournaments

Selectors

overmatched with more if a long-term policy was Marcel Cerden and outweighted pursued. by Tommy Yarosz, but decisive- EITHER GOOD OR BAD ly outpointed Villemain in a

Billy Thompson, Yorkshire great performans It should be holder of the British, European remembered that Robert, the and Empire lightweight cham- conqueror of Cerdan, was given plonships, can be either good or Changes in the Rugby the fight by the crilles and two bad. No half-measures for him, Union Selection Committee Judges got dismissed for Income Against the ageing Kid Dussart petence. Sands can now bo of. Liege, he was bad, and lost are all for the good. They considered world class after a

hls European crown. The fight emphasise morale-shaking start in Eng-

Jand,

can be dismissed at that.

trend.

Royal

replied: "I would like to, but Arst must come the invita- tion."

despite political difficulties, has 050 clubs with 70,000 members,

Germany,

TORCH-BEARER

John Mark, the athlete who carried the Olymple torch into Wembley Stadium last July, is not ilkely to be seen much on 1119 the track this summer. medical studies will take up too much of his time.

the modern

New chairman, And here are a

succeeding couple of Bob Cakes of Yorkshire, is Sur. My worst fears about ex-Army

anomalies. Danny O'Sullivan heavyweight champion Jack

Heon Captain L. N. Osborne, who outpointed Fernando Gagnon, Gardener were confirmed on the the Canadian champlon, and Ray Joined the committee only last same evening: he has been Famechon, the French feather-newbut has gained prestige by Through weight, outpointed Jean Richard Navy side alone for some years,

the way he had picked brought along too fast.

Unlike the other runners who a cut eye, he got the decision of

of Canada,

Is influence was soon noticed carried the Olymple flame across over Scottish champion Ken Now it Gagnon had won, he on the England, side. He was Europe, Mark was not able to Shaw and now he himself had to would have been given a world never an International himself, keep the 7lb stainless steel] retire with a cut eye in the fifth title bout with Mexican Marcel which is often a good thing. torch as the other bearers did, round against the experienced Ortiz by new promoter Capell in

champion, September at Olympla. coloured Canadian Verne Escoe, after taking But as O'Sullivan is not the mauling,

British champion, ho la barred until he has fought through an elimimating series.

Ilis torch is now an exhibit in

MAY NOT RETIRE Great Olymple winner, Mrs

New member in Robin Fres colt, who captained England's war-time side and also gained sanne, Switzerland, though Mark ind the Olympic Museum at Lau- several pre-war caps. He played Yet another white hope is be-

for Oxford University Harle has a replica: quins and Middleaux as front- ing cruelfed in pursuit of easy

Farmaechon, too, will not got row forward, is the son of an ex- money. This was Jack's first

Union, defeat in fourteen professional an opportunity of Aghting Wille treasurer of the Rugby

Pep of America. for his world, and has only just given up the Fanny, Blankers Koen, 1 fights and he has a bank balance title, but if it had been a Briton game after playing in his last beginning to change her mind of about £3,000, ten months

who had defeated Richard. he year for his home town Guild« about retiring from athletics. after his Olympic games apnise would have been disquali- ford. Ho is a lecturer on the She is thinking of remaining pearance. But # is fulan [fied from an immediate world] game.

until the European champion- economy, for it could be so much I fight for the same reason.

(London “Expteis Šarotén). Įships in Brussels next year.

"The

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High jump D. Tyler

Long Jump-M, Erskine (Bir- mingham Atalanta LAC), old form

harangued feet 714 inches. master them

for

not running faster.

(Mitcham At home he encountered his

(British old form master again in the wimbledon district and quickly Discus Throw-B. Held (Mit- got his spoke in firal. "Now, cham AC), 121 feet 6 inches.

Javel In Throw-E, K. Allen sir-I'm sorry-but if you had bumped our heads a bit harder | (unattached), 103 feet 9 inches.

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What May Well Kill County Cricket

The Oval is the last place in the world where run- getting should be difficult, and Worcestershire, as would-be champlons, were expected to make hay of Surrey's attack, ahorn of the services of Alec Bedser and Jack Parker, when they won the toss in their cham- ' pionship match.

Instead, they took three and three-quarter hours to score 123, and the innings of 84 overs contained 51 maidens. Jim Laker, for instance sent down 28 overs and the Sauce County batsmen could not score off 23 of theso. That is the sort of doleful display that will kill County cricket and keep oven the long-suffering Kenning- ton Cockney away.

Not that Worcester beaented [90 for three quarters of an hour. from their excessive pains. They That la absolutely incxcusable had obviously decided that it on any sort or wicket, and one. was impossible to finish the of the umpires told me after- match, and wens concentrating wards that this one never play.. on first innings points, but two ed really difficult at any time, as 'contrasted. bowling Surrey's batting afterwards wrecked their hopes. showed First of all, red-headed 20- year-old Tony Lock, bowling slow left arm leg breaks round the wicket took four wickets--- all clean bowled-for one run in

pha

Then, with the new ball, fast

overs. bowler Bill Surridge came on to bowl eight remarkable balls.

Off the recond, skipper Barton took a catch at slip to disrniss A. P. Richardson. The umpire at the bowler's end refused the appeal, but the square leg un- pirs, nearer to a grand catch, Have it.

Off the fourth ball, the West Indian,

Quischoorn, Was run out, Stan Squires hitting the middle stump from point.

Perks was clean bowled by the fifth; off the sixth A. F. T. White was caught at short leg by Lock; and off the eighth, after a maiden at the other end, Surridge caught and bowled Jackson, the Worcester total going from 113 for 5 to 123 all out.

A

doleful display. Just at n time when County Cricket Com- mittees ure crying out for sup port.

At one time, the total stood at

Arthur Peall cays: Disyer hurts a compol him to'ignore an câny pot and try for a anooker, Diagram show one of thieno problems when

striker, ar

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when Ácores

poleta lind, had jane three colours AL his mercy bur dared Not LAKO that bind because there were only 15 pointa secreable without a successful mooker.

U medium-baco scrow stroke brought white alongside black and at tho somo time drove blus across the tahlo.

Opponent's istiure to bil nino ana colours clearance combined to win the caule for the player of this Stroke.

Bnooker players will recognise the ** plant" effect in my billiards When red is struck white is sure to kiss away along a tine balin. drawn through the centres of boshi

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