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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1950.
Charlton Athletic Everton SHAMATEUR" CONTROVERSY
Lindley, Everton centre-half in a tackle for the ball with Cullum, Charlton inside-right.
JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN
This Soccer Game Is So Dangerous
How far is
How high is Up? How low is Down? Away? How tough is ' tough? The questions, and particularly the last one, arise naturally out of our demand that the killers be cut out of sport, and out of that demand arises another question: What is a killer?
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TURNS ITS SPOTLIGHT
ON THE TENNIS STARS
By VERNON MORGAN, Reuter's Sports Editor
London, Oct. 31.
Whenever the question of amateurism arises and discussions begin as to which is the most amateur of all sports there is always someone who will say that at least they know the least amateur -lawn tennis.
Every now and again some leading player or official comes out with some startling revelations and "blows the gaff," as giving secrets away is. colloquially known in this country.
Not for some years have any There in a nutshell is why serious accusations been level-today Britain's amateurs. in led against lawn tennis, not golf, lawn tennis and cricket, since a leading American play to name but three popula er gave chapter and verse of amateur sports, are not so good
the money he had made as an amateur.
is
as they used to be only a dozen years ago-they just have not got the money to get the very necessary training when young.
to But a fresh outburst hand, this time from Australia, which one might describe as "the other great lawn tennis-Reuter. playing nation", for these two certainly lead the field today.
Harley Malcolm,' a former administrator, has promised to give A£25 to charity if the Australian Lawn Tennis Asso- ciation can prove that members of the Australian David Cup team are qualified to represent Australia as amateurs.
Writing in an Australian news- paper, Mr Malcolm, said that every member of this year's team (and in almost every other case in the past 10 or 15 years) had broken the amateur rules of or in- not receiving, directly directly, pecuniary advantage from the game.
He stated that the lavish ex- penses allowances were not justi- justified-and-that "each player comes home a far richer man than when he went away."
The President of the Aus- tralian Lawn Tennis Association, Sir Norman Brookes, refused to comment on the article.
There was little comment in the British Press on the sub- ject but one columnist wrote: "How right he is," adding, that Mr Malcolm was not likely to be very popular, with those players all over the world who got paid for playing.
with the
ALL OUT FOR 3 RUNS
· Melbourne.
All out for three was the score of Victoria Park School team after a blitz of star bowlers R. Mead and R. McKinn of Lithgow street School.
The three runs were byes.
Wrecker Mead took five wickets for no runs and McKinn four wickets for no runs.
The other batsman was run out Reuter.
Randolph Turpin Was A Fighting Fury Against Finch
By TONY HORSTEAD
Is it always essentially a part of the British sport- ing character that we regard a gallant loser more highly than a convincing winner? Frankly, I have been amazed and dismayed at the reactions to the victories of Randolph Turpin and Don Cockell in the ring at Harringay, when they both captured British titles.
The tendency is to praise the gallantry and pluck
*Hart of the decisively licked Albert Finch and Mark
of the rather than enthusiastically laud the skill victors.
culties in finding a suitable
Joë opponent, I think Tommy has made Д mistake and
desperation Jacobs driven by and anxiety into making the match.
However, it should be a use- ful work-out.
their
We have been fairly clear in the past with our views on the subject," but 'there is so much haziness in
Randolph Turpin the minds of numerous Dear-Sir-you-Chumps that it
I thought Randolph Turpin might be better to clarify the situation further.
was terrific. If it were not for ene picture that keeps, popping There is robust play on the the illicit jab, the low blow on Soccer field as there are robust the referee's blind side, the im-
determinedly into my mind I to press Laotics on every other field, and properly thrown-in ball to the This writer also said that the would be prepared
title. with these we have no quarrel,scrum-these
Associations his claims for a world Tennis we cannot tol-Lawn The shoulder-charge, for in-crate, these, and dozens more everywhere who had materially Even allowing for the fact that stance, is one of our favourite | besides, although there is an benefited from the "shamateurs" Finch was obviously weak at
TWIN TESTIMONIAL weight, be very the
I think the sights, as is the Rugby flior got increasing tendency on the part were not likely to low, and the fighter stopped of referees to stand for all of pleased
writings of Leamington, boy showed more The Gutteridge Twins, Dick instantaneously by
and and Jack, were for many years this Australian, crisp them.
aggression, détermination, .punch.
It is quite apparent that in vicious punching than ever be-as in evitoble part of our box- But the foot-over-the-ball,
If you think that, too much lawn tennis and many other fore in his career,
ing scene, and there are few past is being made of this matter, sports the real amateur is fast Apart from his natural de of the topliners of the listen to Councillor H. A. Shep-disappearing. The shamateur"sire to win the title, he had to who have not had one or other pard, head of a Tunbridge Wells has always existed but in the avenge his brother's defeat. It advising and guiding in
the firm of insurance brokers, who past he was
exception is a long time since I saw such corner. The pair loved. boxing, stated recently that since the rather than the rule.
primitive fighting fury in the devoted, all their spare time to war such heavy losses had been Today, with money so tight, a ring. It could well have been the game, and never made any sustained by companies on sports enthusiast has virtually a hate match. I do not think money from it. Now they have policies issued to even amateur three courses open to him: that Finch at his strongest both passed on and boxing is football clubs, premiums had 1-Either to remain strictly could have withstood such
al the poorer. London, Oct. 31, been increased.
amateur and play his sport fo ferocious onslaught..
On November 1, t Caledo Ken Smales, 23-year-old
fun
when he can find the
miar-road Baths, a special bill These are Councillor Shep- Yorkshire off-spin bowler, has
time,
THE WEAK SPOT? is being put on in aid of their pard's words...."This year, my accepted the terms offered by own firm had to make
2. Or to stay officially arı
widows and dependants. Apart a re-
to
of Nottinghamshire
Yet that picture keeps com- from personal appearances amateur but surreptiously next vision in the premiums we were
picture An application is being charging to football
keep himself and perhaps his ing Into my mind-a seasori.
some of the greatest names in teams to made
for special cover
or Randolph Turpin to the MCC
cowering boxing, and a series of special family out of his sport, their players agairest 3.--Or to become a profes- against the ropes in that same exhibitions by such as Terry registration.
injury. Rates based on sional.
ing, attempting to cover up Allen, Denny O'Sullivan, Al Smales has had considerable pre-war experience had proved
attack experience with Bradford in the to be too low....
he decides on the first against a body
from Phillips, and Albert Finch, the Haw-A.B.A., Empire Games, and Bradford League. He made fils
alternative, then he can hardly Vince Hawkins. Vince
light-weight cham- an equalkins, who had the physique of NC.B. insurance com-hope to compete on
en all-time champlon and the pion, Ronnie Latham, makes in only three first-class matches panies have always regarded footing with those in the second
punch of a paper-weight. Yet his professional bow in Lon- dast summer. He took five wic-motor-cycling (not racing, just category unless he happens to be his attack to the body had don. Latham fights the ex- kets for 44 runs against the ordinary motor-cycling) as am be a brilliant exception. West Indies at Bradford.-Reu- 'extra risk'...and additional pre- ier.
Ken Smales To Play For Notts
Catanwin&
for the
County debut in 1948 but played "In the past,
Ice Hockey Internationals At Wembley
It
perienced Ricky McCulloch, of Possibly, even probably, Tur-Belfast. Latham had arranged pin has improved. But before to be trained by Jack Gutte- plans are made for world title ridge, but the Twin died be- nights we have to be convinced fore Latham turned, pro that he can take and withstand Braitman and Ezra, delighted à determined attack to the with the success of their Em- body. If he can, thiên we linvapress Hall tournaments, hive a true-candidate for a world. inken Hoxton Baths, and, title_ight...
starting on Friday, plan.......a Weekly series of shows which WORK-OUT FOR FARRwill be a testing ground for our up and coming: youngsters. Thiose who make the grade will Fe promoted to Empress Hall,
If he decides on the thirdTurpin in dire distress. mium....Comparing the num-course, he has got to be" very ber of claims with those re good at his sport to feel assured coived from football, clubs, it is that he can make enough to evident that there is a greater koop himself and his family risk of injury at Soccer than
So here is a great temptation there is in motor-cycling.
for enthusiasts to glide peace "Many of the infurtès at fully into the second category in amateur football are just
as which good money can be made serious as those sustained in
"indirectly from sporting motor-cycle crashes, with the
prowess. exception that; more, motor-
The difficulty of the true. fatal injuries London, Oct. 31yclists sustain
amatour is pointed out in a let- Boxing is quite the most fan Khan:do footballers." England will. moet the Euro
ler, to one of Britain's loading tustic business. After weeks of pean Ice Hockey Champions,
there it is,
not from a newspapers by a golfer. He negotiations, threats of cancel- Switzerland; in an internatiomi
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tablished in trier who can diearty offer no has made what?mist"" BER
liable to be serious opposition to Farr. Youths snooker record · break"
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This has meant expo mental, the
matches of the Wembl versus Harringay and the bley Lions versus Streatham" the respective dates-leuter.
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