1950-04-24 — Page 6

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1950.

MAPSON AWAITS THE CRASH

Alan Hoby Relates HOW ONE

ONE MAN'S FAITH RESTORED JOE MERCER TO SOCCER STARDOM

When a man is elected Footballer of the Year in front of some 2,000 fellow professionals (collective transfer value about £1,250,000), he must possess qualities of heart and mind which stand out like the Eiffel Tower.

Such a man is Joe Mercer.

1

Footballer of the Year.

A fortnight ago I picked the 35-year-old Mercer as Now the nation's sports writers have confirmed that choice.

Everyone.in Soccer knews Joc. To the crowds he is the half-back with superb ball skill and those famous spindly legs shaped, his school pals used to say, like a spiral staircase.

To the players he is the skip-sonality are those top "C" of per who calls to them through life-Character, Colour, Class. gritted teeth at the height of the battle: "Go on. Go on!"

NON-STOP

the time I was on the! "AI floor as a footballer-finished, I Not only was I 31 but All his career, in fact, he has thought.

me when my had to shoulder responsibility, to Arsenal bought make the hard decision with no Judgment to ald own.

left knee was in terrible shape.

him but his I had undergone a cartilage

As Denia Complon puts it:

Biggest decision of all was to you may be just about ready to drop. But you never do-not quit Everton, after more than with non-stop Joe behind you 14 years with them, and to join and not when you're playing Arsenal in 1910.

for Arsenal."

THE TURNING POINT

know it, but For Mercer is more than one! "Few people of the great half-backs of the that was the turning-point of Indelibly rubber my career," Jor told me Inst century. stamped on his cheerful per week.

Fights

Sunderland goalkeeper Johnny Mapson shuts his eyes and grimaces na Bab Thomas, the Fullham rocket, salls through the air with the agility of a hurdler. It was Mapson's lucky day at Full ham. Thomas got the ball from him, The referee ruled that Thomas was offside- scored, but no congratulations,

Express.

operation the previous Summice. AS JOHn macadam SAW IT:

between

"In fact, I couldn't run a lap of the ground and it was all f could do to get At Saturdays.

"But Tom Whittaker had fallh It was his treatment in me. which got me right, bis threwd made me change advice which

my style so successfully.

"I owe tore than I can ever Fay to Tom and Arsenal."

HE WAS CHEAP Arsenal bought

Joe fantas- But

Is calls cheap for £7,000.

Feast Of Good Coming Up This Week

In a double-barrelled Championship programing at the Harringay Arena on Tuesday, the London street. trailer, Terry Allen, will attempt to retain the World Flyweight title for Britain, and another London scrap- per, Danny O'Sullivan, tries for the European Bantam weight crown.

1211,

Pratest, Frenchman

F

today, in the morni currency of leadership, Initiative,

Intan.

Lel Mrs Mercer

story

went to see Londen...."

Everyone

And Mra

Mercer

Would

96 Bottles Of Rum

Have Helped Their Calypso

care if they never won any matches.

fl bly old school chums

and

Gere

If you

thin

ON THE RECORD NEXT SATURDAY'S QUADRANGULAR LOOKS PROMISING

The athletic season got a little Veteran Olympic star. further into stride on Saturday In the

Army field events,

Long

Jump, Discus

re

tho

when the Army beat the Com-should win the bined Schools easily at Caroline Hop, Slep and Jump, Hill, winning seven of the nine and Javelin Throws, Tho events.

inys are anybody's, with odds on South China,

The absence from the meeting of the King George V School The Quadrangular has done a for Hongkong contingent qualified to represent lot of good the Combined Schools left the athletics and the pity of At schoolboys short of another vic-that it cannot be made into a tory, ແອ Peter McRae, the alx-way meet with the Univer

Combined Schools' sprint champion, would sity and either the

100 Schools or St Joseph's as have probably taken the

*

metres despite the fast time re- other two teams. turned by Dunn of Army taking the event in 11.3 seconds

heavy

track.

on

Otherwise, the Army were a far superior team to start with and in the circumstances the victory of Ling Sum of the tho Wah Yan P.M. School in High Jump at 5 feet 7 inches came as a surprise.

*

*

*

the

Congratulations to Kilchee the for their 3-1 victory over rest of the First Division of the Soccer League at Happy Volicy on Saturday.

Kitchee are. a popular team with the local soccer world and the pity of It is that they are so far top of the rest of the League, robbing the competition

In winning the Inter-School of all its flavour, tille, Ling Sun cleared a half- Next season should see samo inch less and then drelined to considerable make an attempt at the Inter- focal soccer world. Army should School record set at a feet 71⁄2 be in a better position to know

si

better

to

changes in

tho

Finally, South China, with

como youthful sidle having absorbed more experience, should

power in the closer to being a Incal soccer world. Meanwhile, six months of waiting.

RECORDER."

Tennis League Fixtures

At a meeting of the Execu-

of Army again the Hongkong Cricket Club

our colours and rkling styles. broke 2 minutes 10 seconds for on April 20, it was decided io

c

406

Metres.

B

Not long ago play matches of the Men's on

Divisions

Now, into the station at Waterloo came the West Indian cricketers wilt they were doo. They stood around the platform in batches, smiling like they didn't

Inches by Huang Wee-teng of what talent they can call on. St.

Joseph's in

had In 1938. He

Joseph's, plagued by injuries, There were 12 of them arrived, looking just a little light. The reason was not

Metres this season, should be able to far to look their cargo of Barbados rum was took. The Customs boys didn't think carller run in the 800

final. In which he fulshed fifth, round up all their best talent and had a und they were dipso, but they still didn't feel 96 bottles would help their Calypso,

a relay leg to do.

for one of the teams of the However, dynamic drive. Mercer's value

he certainly did not

year. county op- Indles.

average in nge They n38, and their first looked cannot be measured in money.

certainly They And when he leads Arsenat

band as they

Worcestershire on around 20, with Roy Marshall, look capable that afternoon of cheerful

ponents are were

the baby at 19, and fast bowler another fraction of an inch and to Wembley's manicured

welcomed fr with a very big May-d. there

Elines Johnson the veteran at 39, Saturday's performance Saturday, London, Apr. 23.-British boxing fans are offered on

pitch this

If I obvious that this happy

heights hand. They were welcomed in the next week, with who are there wil see what 1

Datting stars are likely to be, promises by Sir Pelham Warner and by bunch are

to be very going a feast of good fights within

deep according to manager Kidney, come, World, European and British Championships being de-

Jne's Leveson-Gower, looking a little popular, and there is a Decision No. 2 In

wel conviction

among those who Walcott, Weekes, Worrell, Stoll- Trestrail. Al of elded on Monday and Tuesday,

to whichmeyer, and take up the comed by McDonald Bailey, who know the standard

The performance of Stephen life crept up on him last season. less sterner. They were

gretted

India

MCC and against

in Custro

the In winning weather at all, they will beat

200 Mutres in 23.0 seconds was "I tried to persuade him to ally. They were welcomed by they play that, with any kind of these have scored freely agains

guitar

tar and voice, and a clarinet more than beat them. London's the West Indies.

encouraging-though ho That's one Innovation from most retire. He has a bis trocery

ร all the boys....

West Indian colony, which was business in Liverpool, and I was

That is about as far as we well

represented at Watering the Empire for the British sport-did better time than that So he

Inter- second in the afraid for his health.

would like to go in the Calypso that night, takes this line ing scene. The other is Fred coming

radio School Australian

--- and Tom Whitaker in

Championshipa but it was a neat strongly

we are Tupper, Anyhow,

commentator who serves as a reminder of the fact to greet them with taking the malter as seriously reing

minimum of four knows the requel. gesture

handled the description of the that there is kind of music that Stepping in when the Irish- win in their 10-rounds non-title

today re-contest last year.

adds: "Or their own Rinty Monaghan,

from Leveson-Gower Queen's Prize at Kempton with sprinters in the Colony Britain

held haz

was who can beat 24 seconds for the tuurse, I'm glad now he didn't they all love just about as much as it merits

don't a detailed speed nguished his title through 1-

as they love cricket.

happier state They don't bother about my mind) and "lum" Warner, the phenomenal by any standards, distance, a

of tive Committee of the Hongkong health, Allen takes on Honore since 1932, when Jackie Brown packs in."

athletics jocul the Frenchman,

In

than Lawn Tennis Association held Inst. 19

aggressive won it from

ALL-TIME RECORD?

special food-"whatever is going greeting: party included MCC but particularly so in regard to affairs Young Perez, but a victory for

Mercer played 22 times durio is all right for us,"

ald John secretary Colonel Rait-Kerr, the fact that he has had very we have ever known.

Anderson Allen would make him the first

seven Goddard, England,

their cuplaits, CLOSE CONTEST

the honour the war for

with assistants, and G. O, Allen,tle time to necustom himself to times as captain. Since then he manager 3. M. Kidney.

with his arm in a sling. A else cuntest between two Londoner to win

had every one of 12 horsea the But they were a little puzzled

'BABY' ROY boxings won a League Champlon O'Sullivan's superb speedy, skilful boxers is unti-since 1913.

placed in position all the way is eipate Pratesi

#t slight

They shook hands with a side through,

nor never faltered skill may enable him to west ship medal with Arsenal. favourite because of a points

Bantamweight Now he may set up a recordy the unimaginative Customs impounding of their rum, which,

Tupper Is att European

in small doses and particularly that captain Goddard claims is hesitated. Mr le from the Spanlard, Luts which will never be equalled.

the strongest and best-balanced acquisition. (a) He will be the first man in this weather, they regard of con- battle Romero, in a

the Cup food. to lead his team in

It was given them by that has ever after he should Goddard's family distillery. Hin Homero adopts the southpaw Final

biggest stores prople are the (reverse stance) and is a hard have retired!

(b) He is the only Liverpool-controliers in the West Indies. incher specialising in close

citizen now resident iri quarter work, but O'Sullivan born

who that #rent city has a great command of ring-

They've got some sugar and some grape fruit, but apart from £1,000 A YEAR Washington, Apr. 23-craft which may keep him clear Arsenal to win!

of trouble. The National Boxing Asso

And what is all this worth to that, nothing special. They will or Lwo looking Compared with the top have a day ciation said here it would Finch, of Croydon, challenges him?

at London,

practise tennis, around

move off to uphold any British suspen- Dick Turpin, of the Midlands,players in golf, lawn

eveu cricket a Lord's, and then

to trnin

for ten sion of the World Bantam- for the British Middleweight baseball, and

East-out. Nottingham mere pittance. t weight Champion, Manuel Championship

Tennis stars like Jack Kramer days

In their programme they have on Monday. Ortiz. of California,

Finch failed narrowly in his and Richard Gonzales earn be-

four Ave-day Tests, 30 three-day £30,000

£35,000. and The NBA Executive of 20

rious bid last June, but he is tween

three of one day Previous

£10,000; Eames and members voted to concur with confident of reversing the de- Golfer Bobby Locke,

British Boxing Board of

Tupin, when in the champion jockey Gerdin Rich-each. The first one-day fixture stars will he against the Club Cricket ards, £15,000; basebail

William and 300 Di Conference at Kingston on April. Ted the and may master

£25,000 Marcin, £37,500' nnd respectively.

Even Joe Mercer's team-mate, Denis Compton, Hot a cricket Fast усаг totaling

ment

for a world title tout niggley, the Bratish representa- £12,000.

from annual income Joe's London with the British Cham-tive of Black Pico, Champlon ofi

football? About tonight that he professional plon, Danny O'Sullivan.

Cuba, stated

post- a year, with Orliz is on his way by new to

British £1,000 to the was protesting South Africa, where he is due

of Control playing credits and benefits. Boxing

Omeas-Mra Mariaret Dyson,

NBA BACKS rasting siyles.

the

UP BBBC

Orliz if the

can:

Lomioner. Albert

Control in the Suspension of mand. I capable of brilliant

BEBC suspends boxing him on the pending inquest of more agresive Finch.--Reuter, the Landlon promoter. Me Jack

Solomons

Mr

that Solomons claims

PROTEST

23.-Georgs! benefit

Ortiz disregarded at #free- London, Apr.

to meet

title fight on May 20.

Bortl

weight title.

1 year

wants

SUGAR....FRUIT

03

No More Time

Wasting At Wimbledon

left the West |

(London Express Service)

INDIANS DO WELL IN LANCASHIRE LEAGUE

London, Apr. 22.-Phadkar Mankad, the Indian Test cricketer, was at the top of the form playing for Castle- ton Moor against Oldham this afternoon at the start of the Lancashire Central League season.

and Ladies B in this column we mentioned

Monday: Men's A and Ladies' A the fact that there have

not

Mixed been such

half-milers In this on Tuesday; Men's

D. Colony since the days of D. S.A on Thursday; and Blake

Peter and

Manson. and Mixed B on Friday. This Further inquiry reveals that the schedule will hold for every

week starting from May 1. record locally is two

dead by Manson of the Scots.

minutes

The following is the schedule Royal for the first week in May, with

That was when Peter was a real young'un, but not too long Mo ago he ran second In a race.

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the home team's name given first:

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V.

Monday, May 1, Men's B: Associa- South China Athlelle tion v. United Services Re- creation Club; Club de Recreio

Kowloon

Cricket Club:

Club Chinese Recreation For the Army team, Satur-Craigengower Cricket Club: In- day's meet was in the nature dian Recreation Club v. Ladies

Club: Almost unplayable on the damp pitch, he got eight of a warm-up for next Salur-Recreation

The first Oldham wicket fell today's annual Quadrangular be-Cricket Club v. SCAA "I". wickets for 22 runs.

tween Army, Royal Navy & . Monday, May 1, Ladies B: Mankad at eight runs, the second and third at nine.t. Commandos, the Royal Air Recreio "White" v. USRC; LRC

CCC:

Hongkong University Then a procession of batsmen went in and out quickly,Force and South China Atletic

Lawn Tennis Club v. Recreio mostly going to catches in the field und stumpings off Association.

One of the big events of this "Blue"; SCAA v. KCC. Munkad's bowling.

meeting could be

hurdles

Tu

Oldham were all out for 68

Mankad went in to bat first wicket down, but smashed at

out having scored.

tall

scored

B.

here

Hongkong

Thursday, May 4, Men's C: LRC v. SCAA; Kowloon Indian Tennis Club v. Kowloon Dock

Tuceday, May 2, Men's A: Ho Hil-po, between

HKU; the KCC v. KCC; Clic v. when he tried to hook n loose race ball, misjudsted It and was former Inter-School Champlon terrelo v. SCAA.

from St Joseph's back

Tuesday, May 2, Ladies' A: caught at square leg-Reuter.

from winning the Philippines LRC v. CRC: USRC v. KCC. OXFORD TRIAL

Inter-Collegiate title, und Major

Thursday, May 4, Mixed A: the ball and was caught with- Oxford, Apr. 22.-T.

LRC; the CRC v. SCAA; KCC Y For a time Hofmeyr

when Skipwith, who went over 23

10.4 Beconds on USRC bye. D it seemed that Castleton Moorhis XI met

B. Carr's Xi hurdles in

Saturday. Oxford Oldham's to reach

the first right Vic Toweel the British against the Terry Allen (EPC-Joe's mother-in-law, has yet to

to-day In total, but eventually they went University cricket trini. The Empire Champion, in a world a) veraus lionore Pradesh see Arsenal lone. She Travels

on to win by 32 runs,

Indian fast bowler, R. Divecha, Oght at Harringay,

London, Apr. 23.-Players

spectators this claimed two wickets for 51 for Army have a team this sea-Club; HKCC v. Recrelo; Kallak Among the up from Hoylake for every Cup- Commissioner Abe Greene (France)

Afanknd's wife Carr's XI. Including that of son that could run the South RAF v. CRC "2": HKU v. KCC;

the USRC v. CCC; CAC "1" hye. ald the Commitee also asked London, on Tuesday being re-

presence at Wembley.

unauthorised "rests" during and two children.

he dismissed Chinn AA very close in watching Hofmeyr, whom the British Board not to rear for the World Flyer prese per se arantees who waste time by taking afternoon were

Friday, May 5, Men's D: CCC "Pico has with great succc53 ADVANCE AUSTRALIA! cognise the proposed bout be-

matches in the Wimbledon their first English cricket match. leg-before. He bowled 20 overs, fight for points and could even

Alankad will be coach to

Man-

"2" v. CRC "2" CRC "1" a malden. tween Honore Pratest, of France, met bantamweights and feather-

the Aus Lawn Tennis Championshipsester University Cricket Club one of which was a

Army team is strong CCC "1"; SCAA v. betore How long and Terry Allen, of England, for weights in the United States," the World Flyweight title until he sald. "Either Allen

or trailaus (pop. 7.500,000) smash this year will find umpires during the season. Last season, help froin the easy paced pitch. from the 800 Metres up, though Decks; CRC "3" v. IRC; Recreio.

firm stand

in the to his first

Lancashire sports supremacy of the

taking a

5, Mixed B: Dato Marluo, of Hawall, the top Pratesi should meet him in con- the

M. G. Wright, of Ceylon, made there will still be the challenge v. KCC.

Friday, May Central League, he smashed 250 for Hofmeyr's XI before he

runa of Wong CCC v. CRC; LRC v. Recreio; American challenger, has nection with the vacant world United States (pop. 140,003,000)?

Don't laugh. Australia is almost stamp out those actions.

by making chance at the title."

China's HKU v. KCC; SCAA bye title." he welded.-Reuter.

The

the 12-year-old record Management of there NOW.

In a stand of 125 for the third Ching-ling, in America, John Wimbledon Championships have 1,407 runs and taking 124 wic-fell stumped and was associated in the longer

about the in-kets.

wicket. Marily

20-year-old Australian been concerned

Amarnath, or Indila, scored

Hofmeyr's XI made 295 and swimmer, fractured creusing number of players who

Carr's side were 41 for zero at matches and have asked four not out and took four wie including. the delay more records,

34 run In helping world 400 metres and 446 yards the Umpires Association to tako kets for

Radcliffe to defeat Ashton by the close of play-Reuter. free-style. And he's only just action.

Umpires are instructed to stop five wickets in the Lancashire

SIX MONTHS LIMIT Mr Greene added that if this was not fesible the NBA would recognise the bout if the winner were required to meet Marino within six months for the crown, The Championship fell vacant

retirement of the tite holder, Rinty Monaghan, of Northern Ireland.

the

only other actions taken

The

the

itt first

session of the two- Uny meeting were:

mendation

Taikoo School

Win Knockout

Competition

started!

ལ་ Fast bowlers

In tennis the Aussies are the players from taking undue time Central League. His bowling their towels, spectacles, was n feature of the match.

second most powerful nation. with

bull move making the "recovering" from After Frank Sedgman ut 22, is a future drinks and

falls between strokes,

sharply In his opening spell, he Wimbledon champion.

7:0 question of too long

switched to spinnera, No far behind him is Aus-

oft.alo be dealt with.

The final of the Inter-Schoolstralia's new "," 20-year-old knock-ups before the game will

Senior Soccer Knockout Com-Ken McGregor, who is

concluded when 2in. and has a reach of oft. Gin, The NBA atopted the recompetition was Talkoo of the European the

Dock Evening Then there is that other rising

the Queen's star, George Worthington. Ing Union that all boxers be School defeated Boxing

THEIR SECRET College by an odd goal at the similarly cleared for appearances

Hongkong Football Club ground in the United States.

The Committee recommended Happy Valley, yesterday morn- like a rocket. the experimental use of a 00-ing. keconds Interval between rounds.

maker

lated the teams.

were over

THREE MINUTES

Ashion's Innings ended at 90, Amarnath, second wicket down, was still batting when Radcliffe passed thit total,

Rain

PINNED DOWN

Int

come out the winners,

The received little

Club Win Old Comrades Cup

the

Playing in six inches of mud Saikung yesterday, Hong- An official of the Association

keng Football Club beat

for Middlesex Regiment 4-3 said: "Three minutes only are

Old Commdes football by Pinned down by a young spin the In athletics they are going up allowed for a knock-up before

presented but there have been

Cup They swamped a match,

he could

τα only make challenge everyone at the Empire Games, cases where this time limit has bowler,

At the end of four runs in a long spell at the A. S. Watson and Company

commemorate the long asrocin- with the of Middlesex At the conclusion of the game, although the weather admittedly been exceeded.

tion three minutes the umpires will wicket. as employed experimentally in Mr J. Finnie of Talkoo Docks helped them.

start and they

when Club. stopped play course and use players to sta In cricket, of

alter extra Club

only won the States of Michigan, Rhode presented the Pophy to the Island and Florida.-Neuter. winners after Mr T. R. Rowell, that's where we enter the argu- will have to do so."

P. Umrigar, was playing, had time following one of the most The Wimbledon Management Werneth, for whom the Indian, Director of Education, congratu-ment-no one enn touch them.

ECASON, "NO INTERFERENCE!"

ahead two gools In football they play Rugby have informed the Association reached 30 for three wickets in thrilling games of the Joliannesburg. Apr. 23--Reg

The game itself was an excll- Union, Rugby League. Soccer, that an umpire insisting that

Lancashire Central League after ten minutes and at half-

tkne it was 2-2. Ten minutes. Haswell, secretary and match-ing one and despite poor wea- land their own Australian brand. there should be no delay, except reply to Rochudiale's 130 in their Club were

White of the

City ther and

heavy field, Queen's

malch. The "Wallables,"

when they for very brief period to enable Sporting Club, sald tonight, that College put up a fue perfor-

here. were

good a player to wipe the perspiration

Unrigar bowled consistently, after the interval Club again milltary side action was to be taken to prmance against the winners who enough to take on our best, and of his hands and face, would

taking three wickets for 0 and scored but the vent interference with the

a world have the fulfest support.

were Barber and Mullen Syd

cases of claiming both the opening bats equalised before. the end. There have been

Club while ccheduled World Toni were much superior throughout.

for the (amateur) champion in After a hard struggle in the cycling they have Manuel between

first half. Wong Sun-man, Patterson.

"recting" in a mild form in big men.

Charlle Barnett, the former excellent

Gledhill played one of his best of Californifa, the holder, and centre-forward for Tulkoo I salute Australla. What is Championships for many years,

Gloucester bats- Vie Towel, the British Empire scored the only Kont with a their Becret? Just a natural notably in the 1949 Wimbledon England and

Bobman, hit 61 spectacular runs for Lumes. Champion, here on May 20. magalicent shot from 25 yards love of all games plus tremend Championships

Mr Haswell

WORLD RECORD satd the club's out.

Falkenburg (United States) fell Rochdale, Umrigar had scored ous verve and will-to-win.

23-Gile attorney had been Instructed to Following were the teams:

Cazablanca, Apr. take immediate action to applying and 110 Chung-chiu; Au Sza

Young I BYS

told there is a boy down several times during his 10 not out for Werneth when

The Indian professional, Vallercy, a young French girl patriot, Gardnar Mulloy, and

Hazaro, saw his first Lancashire swimmer, today beat the world far, an injunction restraining the wing. Tsang Yung-kan and Wong called Paul Perry, who, at 101 semi-final match with his com- play was abandoned,

the 100 Motres Lohdon

promoter,

Mr Jack Fook-kwan: Teng Ping Ma Mari possesses a cannon-ball service was asked by the umpire to

Central League fixture of the record for Solomons, the

British Boxing hung. Wong Bunnan Li Kwong and a really promising forehand

and backhand drive.

Falkenburg was also accused season end in defeat today when Breast Stroke here by clocking Board of Control and Mr Abs wall and Wong Yung-kl.

Queen' College.Chan Bul-lou

Fred Perry was interested in

"stalling" against

the Royton (64 all out) lost to Little 1 min. 17.4 Bocs. Groene, Commissioner of the Cheung Shiu-shing and Chan Kung-

The official world record, hold over hare of

John Bromwich, borough, who made 60 for seven. National Boxing

Association sung; Yeung Kwok-kun, Chan Chun him when he was

Woon chun Lee Well, he's bertainly got the right Australian,

Hazare scored six runs and by Nel Van Vliet, of Holland, Is (United States) trom inter-Young and Lau

whom he beat in the final

took three wickets. He was out 1 min. 18.2 sectRouter. fering with the holding of the Chao-yul, You Tat-hoy Wong Yung

wing, Yall Tung-kwonk and Tong name, London Express Berpics Router. fight--Reuter.

King-sin..

uitle fight

Talkoo,Cheung Sheung:

In

resume.

whers

South

V.

Kowloon

GETTING INTO SHAPE

"Patsy". Hendren, the Sussex CCC coach, whispers,

a word of advice to G. H. G. Doggart at the nets

Hove.