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i | rh BNE GR { 1 FUR FI 12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mendey, April 27, 1959 | OLD COUNTRY SOCCER N AND CAMPFIRE By JACK SORDS [BRA ESS = cavemen ocx 70 BRS " WHEN THE TIP COMES FORWARD, + RELEASE THE FINGER HOLDING LINE, LETTING THE LURE OUT TORARD CAST ~ FINGER, RELEASES LINE HOLD THE ROD LOOSELY THROUGH = «OUT THE CASY "SPORT FROM BRITAIN : Cricket Scribes Sound * Mournful Note Again #»LONDON (CP) another cricket season started British sportswriters on tlieir annual trek to the wailing wall football 'coaches, are singularly fmmune to the buavant spirit mortals each spring. They tend to don dark-tinted glasses through which they peer apprehensively into the future. The future of ericket is ir danger," says one writer "The environment and atmos- phere of first class cricket has reached the stage of stultifica- tion and suffocation," intones another. DEFENSIVE PLAY «The main burden of complaint is that English cricketers have become too defensive - minded both in bowling and batting, with the result that the spectators watch long stretches in which the ¢ Cricket writers, like Canadian |SHarPIY eral perts that the County Champion-| ship which starts May 6 is likley to be a wide-open affair Approach of too much reliance on the swig- has [ing propensities of the new ball. | LOST ASHES I | By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special to The Oshawa Times LONDON - [the s sedso are champions of the first divi- predicted in this column |sion of the Scottish League, Thé|August that they would be. title was decided on the last day|5-0 win over Luton Town put lof first division matches. For the place beyond the reach of | championship, Rangers can thank | chester | their Glasgow rivals, | | Aberdeen, facing relegation, de- spot. Burnley, {feted the champion Rangers 2-1/and West Ham stil in their last game of the season. it out for the thirc |English League champions for Bolton, {ary All Hearts needed to cinch their |places which bring talent money ar second league title in succession/to the teams was a victory over Celtic. But it] was not to-be. After leading 1-0 (Barnsley of at half-time, Hearts were beaten |place in the second division and 2-1 by: Celtic, and had to be con-| move up, with Sheffield Wednes- roltie 11 inch the second finalists, Oeltie {ingham 10 lo cinch Arsenal them, as Luton and II have to fight two of the finest football-playing for next season. They want three i and fourth|sides in the League when they first class forwards and a left Aston Villa, fighting] {reach the peak for the big occa- for survival in the first vision, | Fulham had a 4-2 victory over sion on May 2, 100,000 spectators have placed 16 of their playing to make sure of second could see a thrilling final, Wolverhampton Wanderers are have won only four of them. In 'their y {the second sedson in a row, as went down 5, 4 Glasgow Rangers last Leicester City thrashed Notting- Their ham Forest 4 to 1. latest games, e in form. 50 to Wolves, If they can Rangers And Wanderers Capture League Titles ager for the past season, may Darlington 1 Crystal P 4 Chesterfield 1 Reading 0 Halifax 3 Tranmere 0 [Hull 2 Bury 0 Mansfield 1 Bournemouth 4 Newport 2 Stockport 0 Notts C 0 Colchester 1 Southampton 1 Doncaster 1 Swindon 4 Norwich 3 Wrexham 1 Rochdale 0 Division IV Aldershot 0 York | | Barrow 0 Crewe Alex 2 Canisle 0 Torquay 1 Coventry 1 Watford 0 Luton move over to Leeds United. He| Exeter 3 Hartlepools 0 and wanted a United, who beat Birm-| Wembley game in years, The two year term . . . S however, may surprise/of a place in the first division, Forest are are looking both |back . . . staff on the transfer list. They, three-year Critics are With Newcastle, but the directors first forecasting that the final for the would not go beyond one year. Man-| English cup will be the dreariest Leeds have offered him the three- Fulham, assured contract' Gateshead 0 Workington 3 Gillingham 2 Southport 0 | Millwall 1 Bradford 1 {Cowdenbeath 1 Stenhouseniuir 2 {Shrewsbury 3 Chester 0 {Dumbarton 2 East Stirling 1 {Walsall 1 Port Vale 1 Dundee U 1 Brechin 2 Scottish Football Assn. Cup final Montrose 0 St Johnstone 1 !Aberdeen 1 St Mirren 3 (at Stranraer 5 Morton 1 Hampden Park) : Irish League SCOTTISH LEAGUE Ards 1 Portadown 0 Division II Cliftonville 4 Ballymena U 1 Albion Rovers 3 Forfar 0 Distillery 2 Crusaders 2 Alloa 3 East Fife 0 !Glenavon 2 Bangor 1 Arbroath 6 Hamilton 0 Glentoran 3 Coleraine 2 Berwick 1 Queens Pk 1 | Linfield 2 Derry City 0 ------------ {Oldham 2 Northampton 1 AUTO GLASS __BROKEN? MILD - COOL ~ EVEN BURNING reinforcements | 7 BITS AND PIECES: George too, are looking for new blood to| Ww Mitten, Newcastle United's man- strengthen the team. i i tent with second place, jay, to the frst; ister. Gi ; + Four ams, Leiceste Vy. Ab the other end of the table, nr. chester City, Aston Villa and Falkirk could only draw with, tsmouth are engaged in ai Raith Rovers 1-1, and will ae-|< Or'smou . OLD COUNTRY SOCCER company Queen of the South |Strugele jo. Ssompe Telegation | down to the second division next | Portsmout 3: position ls hopeless season. Dunfermline, in a desper- ate escape battle, astounded even their own supporters by defeat- {ing Partick Thistle by the phe-| nomenal score of 10-1, after hav-| ing a 70 lead at half-time. Mel- rose scored six of the Dunferm: line goals In the secend division, barton, challengers for one of the other three may go|in down, and as Leicester have to| play both Manchester City and| Dum. CUP FINALISTS second! Both cup finalists, Luton Town | 1 LONDON (Reuters)--Results of {after a 1-0 defeat by Bolton, Any soccer the United Kingdom: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I Aston Villa in their final match-{Arsenal 5 Portsmouth 2 |es, these will probably decide Birmingham 4 Chelsea 1 {which teams accompany Ports: Bolton 8 Blackburn 1 mouth into the second division. |Byrnley 2 Newcastle 2 Everton 0 Wolverhampton 1 reds 1 West Ham 0 place, lost to Hamilton by 4 to 1, and Nottingham Forest, have had! Leicester 2 Man United 1 |and ensured the advance of Ar-la bad run since they qualified | Lu ton 1 Blackpeol 1 broath, along with Ayr United, for the big Wembley game. Be- Man City 0 Aston Villa 0 into the first division next sea-|{tween them, they have played 21|Pr son } | England's weakness was demonstrated on the fast Australian wickets last {winter when they lost the Ashes | i : : . to the Aussies without be | enthusiasm that wells up in lesser; ithout being able 3 ister a single win in the |five-match Test series The one cheering bit of news for English cricket fans is gen- agreement among the ex-| Surrey. as befits the cham-| pions. again start as pre-season | favorites { will be fielding the same high-| powered lineup that last year won| an straight title. Surrey and England | raptain Peter and batsmen Peter Loader and spinners Tony The southern county | unprecedented se veath- May stands head above any other) And in fast bowler shoulder reston 2 Tottenham 2 games since the semi-final, and'West Bromwich 2 Notts F 0 Division 11 games played Saturday Bristol R 2 Charlton 1 {Derby 4 Bristol C 1 |Fulham 4 Rotherham 0 {Ipswich 2 Middlesbrough 1 Leyton Orient 3 Cardiff 0 'Lincoln 1 Sheffield U 2 Scunthorpe 0 Huddersfield 38 Sheffield W 5 Barnsley 0 Stoke 4 Grimsby 0 3 {Sunderland 4 Brighton 1 Swansea 3 Liverpool! 3 Division III 3 mg IN THE CONVENIENT 25° PACKAGE "Suggested Price «, {Accrington 1 Plymouth 1 |Bradford C 1 Queens P R |Brentford 6 Southend 1 call or visit | CANADIAN 273 Simcoe St. S., FOR FAST GUARANTEED* SAFETY GLASS INSTALLATION expert installation by qualified mechanics permits CPI to guarantee all windshields against leakage for one full year PITTSBURGH Oshawa RAndolph 5-3577 Lock and Jim Laker, Surrey has| the most dangerous attack in the country Bowler pitches the ball beyond! the range of the bat and in which Yatsmen are unwilling to cut} loose for fear of offering a catch. | #¥We have lived to see, or hear ericket , test in which less an 200 runs are scored in five rs." says Neville Cardus, one of Britain's formeost cricket com- mentators, in an article in the Playfair Cricket Annual. "The word cricket is rapidly becoming a synonym for all that is boring and ungallant in sport." Many writers blame dull play| on the tendency in recent wears! f@ produce wickets that aid the bowler rather than the batsman. | 'Phis hampers stroke play by the batsmen, who never know what! the ball will do next. And it has encouraged the bowlers to put| WEEKEND FIGHTS ow By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hollywood, Calif.---Joe Miceli, 148, New York, outpointed Art Aragon, 152, Los Angeles, 10 #Rutland, Vt. Tom Garrow 47, Claremont, N.H stopped bby' Vea!, 142, Boston, 2 avana--Paul Diaz, 156, Cuba, outpointed Art Glass, 157%, Day toft, Ohio, 10. TO TOUR CANADA EDMONTON (CP)---The Mary lebone Cricket Club of England will play two games in Edmonton and one in Calgary in August. g Toronto Ramblers visit here June 25 and 26 Photographs by Ad sonsel Canada's own Karsh is perhaps the world's most distinguished photographer. 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