Wolves Upset Villa
THE HONGKONG, TEL:
RECORD CROWDS WATCH FOOTBALL LEAGUE HOLIDAY MATCHES
London, Dec. 27.-The hectic holiday football programmé pro- duced some bewildering upsets of form, but the outstanding feature of the period was the size of the crowd.
The old Football League record for one day was broken twice. Yesterday, a crowd of 1,226,098 nearly 60,000 more than the previous 'highest-watched the 44 games. Today's matches attracted 1,253,572 for a new record.
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Gates had to be closed and thousands were locked outside at the Villa Park (70,000), Arsenal (65,000) and Sheffield United (55,000). Liverpool's 58,757 was their biggest of the season and nt Northampton and Leeds post-war records were Aet up.
At Liverpool the crush of people caused numerous casualties.
Bookies Make England
Joint 6-1 Favourite
For World Cup
By VERNON MORGAN
London. Dec. 27.-Judging by the harsh things said by English football writers about the
England Italy when England were lucky to win 2-0, England might as well not contest the World Football Championship in Brazil, but this point of view is evidently not shared by British bookmakers, who have made England joint 6 to 1 favourite to take the Jules Nimet Trophy.
malch in London in November,
From the three games in four days only two clubs, Middles brough nnd Nolta County, emerged with maximum points and two, Charlton and Brighton, with no points.
CHALLENGE
A feature of the First Division was the continued challenge of; Manchester United and Black- pool, who each gained ßve points From their Christmas matches, to Liverpool, who stand only two points in front.
Wolves caused one of the big- Rent surprises by their 4-1 win nt Villa Park They had Rol been victorious stuce October 8
Tottenham Hotspies dropped Buddy one podot, at Chesterfield, in front of 10 points The co-favourites are the two heal nations. Argen- 1 Sement Wednesday, the preen
Ther-up in League 11 tinn and Brazil.
N10 County rren} J
The Scots will not like to see their price quoted at
B to 1, or two points higher than England, for it is their Champions of the view that they will go to Rio as
United Kingdom, a title which they can obtain by bent- ing England nt Bamplen Park, Glasgow, in April
So confident are the Scots of Vk lory in this rolets that they hove bucket Neu passages lu South Am¥ 24*6*
EVERYTHING LAID ON
Everything is Just on theragh they ventilats
that
buy
except s
M
the
earlier statement that they will zot go lo 16:1 British Champions The rule Lo Gamer-up but for Buns best known to themselves. they doggedly refuse lo do so
tinglat It win at ne time
The Organising Commulee Would
the expenses of the for the United Kingdom Camptonship winners only. It, pas, however, been now burle clear by Brazilias kite that they will pay for both the Wlosers and the hunters-up
that i But still the Seuds Bay they will go only is the Chim- be the plons and that they Champions
trip
I they should lose te Boga land and this is possible, it would not only cost the te trip to Rio but the cash deposit they have to pay for berths for the party in the ship which they have already reserved. I would also
the Um cust Championship
British
MATTER OF PRESTIGE
For the English it is purely for they #matter of prestige are going to Brazil win or lose,
They but natily
Break Rong to take the match lighty, There is the hoesnt of English Socere at skake
Thus the contest between the two on April 14 is going to bet "the game" as the Amertens would sny. Some of the prices · being laid in Britain will cause.
and the mising of eyebrows possibly some indignathan over-s BONS.
The Swides
Bay hot think! justice has been done to them
as Olymple Champions
qu*{ed at 40 tr 1.
With
bring the Swiss only a 25 to 1 chance. The Yugoslave. the Olympic Silver Medallists, may also ant appreciate being on the 40 to 1 markt.
Austrians, get thele maybe
And as
for the
well, if they could
chillings into Britain
they would jump at the bhatice of getting 100 to 1 against their chines
THE BETTING
Here is the full belting list:
to England, Argentina, Brazil:
to fialy:
B to 1 Scotland. Parnany nud
Uruguay;
10 to Spain;
14 to Mexico
20 to 1 Chile:
23 to 1 Switzerland;
33 to Bolivia, Ecuador and
Peru;
40 to 1 Sweden and Yugo- slavla:
10 to 1 Austria, Portugal, India, Turkey and the United Stites-Reuter. Inst
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RESULTS
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Dec Lek. following were the results of Purger games played today. RUGBY LEAGUE
Harrow B Keighley 10
Castleford
Dewsbury
Tibaly 2
Halderadeld
Northern 7
103
0, Buislet
13, Wakefield
3,
Bradfor
l 22, York 10. Fords 30, Brandey 10 Sulford, Oldham 2.
Helen's 10, Swinton 3 Wigan, 23, Leigh 3
St
Friendly Matches Halifax 33, Ystradgynials 5 Wifes 13, Liverpool Stanley
Warrington 38, Cardiff 10
RUGBY UNION
Club matches.
Aberavon 8. Bekhter
14; achgewater and Albion Weston-super-Mare – 8.
11
Bristol A, Old Merchant Tay- For 2
Cord 3, Watsonians 3 Favier 6. Ebbw Vale 5
fi Gloucester Athlete Unkona 3.
6
3
Universities
Lanelly 3. Maesteg 0 Lelcester 0. Barbarians 20 Newport 22, Birkenhead Park
Northampton 14, Barmlagbaer:
Pontypool 5. Pontypridd 0. ilugby 3, Penarth 2. Swansea 14, London Irish 11. Old Crunleighana 6, Old Mill-
0euter.
Arthur Peall says: THIS RULING COULD DECIDE THE GAME
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YESTERDAY'S
RESULTS
London, De 27
ful- lowing were the results of fool- ball matches played today:
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NESDAY,
28, 1949
FOOTSIES
AT THE GARDEN
Antonio Rocet, barefooted Buenos Aires heavyweight, sticks out his tongue as he plants his bare feet on the shoulder and neck of Gene (Mr America) Stanico Rocca in their wrestling exhibition at Madison Square Garden, New York City. scored A fall in 24 minutes, 17 seconds before a crowd
Picture.
of
17,854. - AP
The "Hottest" Athlete
In
America Today
By CORNELIUS RYAN
Thanks to television, the "hottes (" athlete in America today is an Italian- born professional wrestler who now makes his home in Argentina.
In American slang, a "hot" athlete or entertainer is one who happens at the moment to be at the apex of a sudden and tremendous surge to popularity.
Joe Louis, Rocca surpasses And, for the moment, Antonio "Argentina"
ather athletes in attention from the Jackie Robinson, Ezzard Charles and all public.
Of course, the names of Louis and Robinson are known to more people, but they are taken far granted; vehement daily discussions of sports fans are back-breaker bold" and his "flying centred around Rorca and his "Argentine
head scissors."
Gottfried
Two Stroke Rounds For English Amateur Golf Championship
London, Dec. 27-An alteration to the conditions
Amateur Golf governing England's
Championship might, with advantage, be followed in the Open Amateur event for which entries tend to become overwhelming. The English authorities are to introduce two stroko rounds next year and the 32 players, together with any who may tie for the 82nd place, will go forward to the match-play stages.
Matches will be over 10 holes until the semi-finals, which. Ilke tho final of previous years, will be over 30 holes. This is more In keeping with the American Championship and a point is scored by those who, maintain not that 18-holes matches do always produce the best golfer na the winner.
It would be impossible, with- out hanging an event out to unwanted proportiona, to havo
INVITED ΤΟ ΤΑΚΕ CHARGE
Jack Beresford-hero of
match-play from the start, but five Olympiads-has been when a championship reaches invited to take chargo. of the important stage of the semi- the teams travelling to the final it is felt that the 38-holes Empire Games in Auckland match is warranted.
by air. Party will number: 40 and will leave on January Among them will be
STUMBLING BLOCK
It will do
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runners, boxers, wrestlers, swimmers, weight-liftera and fencers.
away with those case where the weaker pinyer, oarsmen, purely by a flying start, enough of which he manages to hold to beat the mere fancied player, survives a pemi-final only to be come a stumbling block in the 30-holes Anal.
No, the player must disclose staminu as well, and if he then manages to get through to the A he will have proved him- seif worthy of the distinction.
Thirty-six holes
As one bigh offelal of the English Golf Union remarked: "I will produce a real cham- plon.*
scini-Anals the bren
in have
custom America and have been sus- event. gested for the British Now that the English Union, for to confined championship borne-bred players, have made the step the authorities who run Amateur British Open the
170 kloubit Championship will keep an eye on it.
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OF BENEFIT
The new system will also be of benefi to those men who, hitherto, have gone to all the ex- pense of booking accommuxin- tions and travelling to the cham- venue, only to br now is 27 years old,pionship weighs 220 pounds and in six knocked out in the first round. feet tall. His chest expands to
This has occurred in the past 5154 inches and his waist la 29 to Brst-class players who strike n bad patch against n "rabbit"-- And his popularity apparently the name
given to wenker He won the tournament over is limited only by the capacity playere much to the annoyaner such men as Dick Shikat, Kola of the wrestling arenas.-United of most spectators and the pinyer Xwarlani, Count Karol Nowina,, Presk
on trouble. Rocca was nccepted as
a compelltor.
Inches.
FIRST DIVISION
Arsenmi
a M'chester 10
Reng Michot Solid proof of the attraction' starred in rugby and swimming.
large group of pro- Grienelzen. he has the fact that Madison In 1910 a
wrestlers ente consented to fessional Square Garden
there
Alres Buenos
for T allow him to wrestle
tournament, and after against Geue Stanlee on Dec, 12. Prime Chimera oppeared the same card,
and
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ROMIS
Aston Villa
1
Wolves
-1
Blackpool
22
Burnley
NOT SPORT LECALLY
4
Birmingham 1
U
Everton
y
Chelsen
1
Huddersfield
2
Newcastle U
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3
1
Derby
Fulban: Liverpool
Michester C Middlesbro 1 Portsmouth 1 Stoke City 2
Charlton Sunderland
W. Bromwich 2 Bolton
SECOND DIVISION
Blackburn
i Bury
Cardif Chesterfield Coventry
Q Shefeld f
1 Bradford
î
میله
Plymouth
៥
Spurs Leicester
"
2
Brentford
Leeds U.
Barnsley
Q. P. Rangers 1 Shefeld U. Southampton 2 Swansca
1
Grimsby Preston NE Luton West Ham
2
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN)
Aldershot
по
for
To appreciate this, one must know that wrestling was allowed in the Garden many years before inst winter, I
Whother Beresford can, be- come commandant of the party dependa upon his fellow directors in business,
The Empire- Games rowing events are to take place on the Artificial Lake, 95 Karatro miles south-east of Auckland, The course is one of 1 miles of dead water. The river is two miles wide, and can take 17 crews abreast!
Ourzner will live in a row- Ing village 300 yards from the finish, where there will be two buts, each housing 45 men.
HE WAS SUPREME
Jack Beresford competed in five Olymplads and won first prizes ni three. He raced in eights, fours, and alone in a single scutter. In 1930, at the age of 40, he won in double reulls in Berlin.
Commandant of the entire British team will be
Earl Beatly. The general team manager is Mr K, S. Duncan.
One swimmer is going by air. Roy Romain Ten, including six women will travel by sea, Among the athletes going by aro Don Finlay, Harry air Whiille, Jack Holden, Tom White and John Archer, Those travelling on the Tamaron Included John Parlett. Ron Pavitt and Pete Wells.
two days of golf while taking hour Brian Jones is the HOSPITAL when Gorgeous George brought HOSPITAL
it back.
The show was a failure that i
SHIP BOAT
Fought, and the Gorden manage- WINS TREVESSA TROPHY
!ment Nniti
wrestling
neverj
York.
would be permitted there again.
the state of New weestlingt is not legally clussed
Brilliant weather yesterday favoured the mailing of
tex.
The two who
TALE OF TWO CITIES himself.
Now the lesser lights na well In winning his rugby 'cap for at the eleventh as the stars will have at least, Cambridge
third part in the qualifying and any of the three sons of Mr William body who can get among the Montague Jones, Oxford estate Orsi 32 and so survive for the agent, to win his blue or half-
blue. match-play stages will be worthy of his place in that select band. The oldest, Michael, repre- Stamina and first-class golf sented Oxford nt real tennis. are still up at Cambridge are Graham, water polo player, and Erian, wing three-quarter in Laurie Glong's place at Twickenham this
Brian and Graham. who at St Edward's, Calcutta, Dec. 27-Felleissimo were both
the new 12. Ampon of the Philippines de- Oxford, are talking 11. Valerius,
teated Naresh Mumar of India tripes in estate management, Hupeh No 2, D. and 9. (Pullach)
in a men's 14 Ruys No. 4, R.1.L. (Kroone); 1 6-2, 6-4, and 8-0
(London Express Service) Matne No. 4, RF.A. (Fisher): 10. single match in the Asla Tennis Valerius No 1. R.1.L. (Evelant); 17.
today. Championships Hupen No. 6, D. and 8. (Wood-
clated Press. cock).
as a sport, but as an exhibition, the Trevessa Trophy which was won by the No. 2 boat will have got him there.-Reu- from the hospital ship Maine (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) with just like vaudeville.
Horca
arrived in Amenca Ninghai No. 3 (B. and S.) a close second. Ninghai were About a year ago.
mam-eventer from the slari on)
ticket requests when Argentine fellow" wrestled,
R.I.L. (Klein); Hewaang No. 3, Jardine (Cufen); 13.
Asso-
and was also successful for third place with their No. 4 boat while Ampon Beats Kumar afternoon. the basis of his record in South Mausang No. 4 (Jardine) came in fourth. America. Most of the all-
Coxswain of the winning crew lub wrestling matches in and 1 around New York are televised, of Maltese was Gregory while Ninghal's second coxswain wos and promater DODA found
and third Walker. themselves swamped with Stanfield
"that Mausang No. 4's coxswain was
J. H. Thomas,
Seventeen boots participated of prewar The fans loved Rocca and his but in the absence
showmanship. his records it la not known whe- flamboyant
constituted and catlike grace
his back ther this
a record breaker" hold in which he lifts turnout. It was by far the best his opponent over his head and since the resumption of competi Bournemouth 1 presumes to break bim in two lion for the trophy since 1940.
The Trevessa trophy is held for
the Hongkong a year by
Millwall
1
1
4 Newport Bristol R. 3 Leyton Orient Notts County 1pswich
1
4
Walsall
Northampton 1
Port Vale
Notts Forest 0
Norwich
Reading
2
Southend
1
Exeter
Swindon
4
Brighton
Torquay Watford
3
Bristol City
0
Crystal Pal
THIRD DIVISION
(NORTHERN)
Bradford C. 1 Chester Carlisic
o until the opponent capitulates.
Rocca's fume travelled
2
far
3 outside the New York area, and agents of the ship whose boat now he can have rich bookings wing and a shield which is to be anywhere in the USA. He kept on board is also presented wrestles two or three umes per to the ship. week, and his income surpaɛses
THREE DEAD HEATS
IN A ROW
By J. W. TAYLOR
The trophy is a silver mode!
Sportsmen with long memories were not so surprised such boxers as of a lifeboat in which the master
63 Trevessa as some people when the three greyhounds Madgpoll, Good Ray and crew of the Charles ON
sailed across the southern ocean Day and Fanny's Double dead-heated for second place in after their ship had been sunk
I a photo finish of the seventh race at Stamford Bridge the in heavy weather.
was other week.. Yesterday, as the wind
that of even Ezzard
0 Robinson.
4
York
3
Doncaster Gateshead Halifax
N. Brighton 0
0
LEAST SURPRISED
Darlington
$
3 Stockport
Barrow
2
Crewe
Fartlepools 2 Lincoln
Mansfeld Oldham Southport 3 Rochdale
Rotherham Accrington IRISH LEAGUE
Ballymena U. 4 Coleraine
Glentoran Rangor Cliftonville
Distillery Glenavon
Tranmere
0 Wrexham 1
Derry City
D
He feels he was
FUCCCSS. Treviso,
Rocca is the least surprised of light, the race was started from all men at this turn of events, the Channel Rocks, thence round Triple dead-heats are not unusual. At Windsor in destined for Kowloon Rock to port and then 1923, Dumas, Marvex and Minkie went over the line dead He was born
into the finishing so at the Royal near Venice. Hej Hongkong
Yacht Club. The level, and in 1858, a season noted for five ordinary dead- the University 2 entered
of starting gun was fired at 2.55 heats, three horses tied for first place on three occasions Vicenza at 14 years of age, he pm, with all the boats fairly in the British Racing Calendar. Thirty years later there explais, and soon starred in well lined
wero up and cuils
was the Sandown sensation when Sea Song and Duece of rugby on the university team. hoisted prompty to the quarterly Clubs dead-heated on two separate outings and at the
At the age of 16, he weighed breeze.
Ards
0 Linfield
1 Portadown
Crusaders
Reuter,
Mister Conquest
Macek, be
1. MUST, PLAY FOR TIME
FOR STRIDEY TO ACT
ON OUR SIGNAL.
EKULKING IN THED
WON'T HELD YOU, CONQUSET, UNLEGG YOU PRÉFER TO STARVE TO DEATHT KITES WON'T. BRING
ANYONG TO THIS
ISLAND.
Rain Interferes With Test
Johannesburg.
Dec. 27.-
South Africa, with eight seconds franings wickets in hand, need 102 runs to avert nn innings defeat by Australia in the Arst cricket Test here.
South Africa's batting col- lapsed today and they were ali In reply to out for 137 runs Australia's first innings total of 413,
Following on 270 runs be- hind. they were 84 for two wickets in their, second innings when rain stopped play for the ends, tumor- day. The match row-Reuter..
Barcelona Team For Manila
1 more than 200 pounds, and at When rounding Kowloon third decider Ducce of Clubs won by a length.
Madrid, Dec. 27-The Barce- 4 this the he went to Rosario, Rock, the Mausang's boat was
Iona football team, scheduled near Buenos Aires, to visit his in the load with Ninghal No. 3 Newmarket of 1885. caeme to most evenly matched boat-rice to play three games in the otwo brothers.
Philippines carly next month, 2 The war started while he was and Ruys No. 3 (R.I.L.) close hold the record. In one face crews of all time.
behind. On the run to the four runners dead-heated for
will leave today, by plano for there, so he entered the local Yacht Club places were changed first place in a field of five. In
players will be be
Boxing's most recent. dead Manila. The where university,
again before Kowloon Point WOR the more recent 1945 Helena heat was the welterweight bout accompanied by team managers,
passed and Ninghal No. 3 crept Handicap in New York,. only Into the lead with Maino No. 2 our horses zen, yet two double between, Al Dorland and Pat | including a heart specialist dos- Kissinger in Kansas Civ In tor and Philippine sports second and Ninghal No. 4 third dead-heats were returned. Fin 1945, in the third round, both writer who resided several years ahead of the Maumang bont.” dus and Onamax tled for first hai No. 3. and Maine No. 2. Point for second. Not even
Approaching the finish. Ning-pince and Oatmeal and Petrol Fighters swung heavy rights nt in Spain United Press. nanned by Chinese and Maltese crows, respectively, were neck
WHY DOGGN'T, HE STARVE US OUT THEN PANGWER- HE DAREN'T RISK IT!
TIMES ON OUR
GO BACK TO THE CASTLE MCGINK, AND GET THE EXPLOSIVE. I'LL STAY AND TRY TO
MAKE THE FOOL SEE REASON.
the same moment and
down
n
photo finish could show b
they both went for the
count chded similarly altogether in America Six such Oghts have and two in Britain,
Harry Chamberlain
nid t
and neck and the Maine's boat glimmer of light between each succeeded in just passing the pain Ninghai's entry to aanex the trophy, Ninglint No. 4 ended up third with Mausang No. 4 a close fourth.
... The HosuLES
Detailed results, "with name of Coxswain given in parenthesis, were
as follows:
Kory); Ninghai No. 3, n. and $
MOST UNUSUAL
SEGURA BEATS FRANK PARKER
Wembley, England, Dec. 27. Rowing, however, provided George Cunningham in London, Pancho Segurn of Ecuador to perhaps the most unusual dead- and both landed blows to ench day gained his second Victory heat of all. In Ireland in 1905,other's law at ande. At the on successive nights when he Cunningham boat Frank Parker of the United crews count of eight, Nowry and Waterford
twice
a dead-heat in dif- staggered to his feet, only to States,0-4, 0-2 in the Indoor rowed
full Professional Lawn Tennis 1. Maine No. 1 ... are forent waters. They went to the collapse again for the
Par Tournament. Blanfeld); Binghai No. 4. B: and Boyne, at Drogheda, for a third count, but because of that par
མ་ S(Walker) Maurang No. 4 decider and the immense crowd tal recovery, he got the ver
dlet. Similarly the Freding: (7.X. Thomas) B. Huy gasped in astonishment as
3, (Mcfarlane); Kwelyang No, the "two dead-heated for
Jack
No Royal Interocean Line (or seemingly impossible happenes and Arthur Everdens mocked Gonatos,mer defeated Richard the each other out of Bimberwell vengeance for a straight sot Dg and 8.5 (Cash) Chudguang third time. So the medals for Baths in 1909. Meekins dins defeat which Gonzales handed! No, Jardins (Farquar); 9. Deue: first and second place were cut Cunningham had and was to Kramer Monday night Hon Neca,- Blue Funnál, (Lovely); 10. Esanal No. 6, 35. and B. (Heddles; ila hof and thus awarded the promptly declared the winner United Press, Bes
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