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10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, July 11, 1966 ae. Fe. -- ed tke tn kdoomes England Rated Co-Favorite In World Cup By PAUL WARNICK LONDON (Reuters) -- Eng- land and Brazil are the teams favored to reach the final of the 16-nation World Cup soccer tournament, which opens here today. The Brazilians, led by their great inside left, Pele, are _nut- 'ural Choices to finish on top, having won the last two series in 1958 and 1962. No country has ever won the world soccer crown three times in a row but if Brazil makes it here, it will get permanent possession of the solid gold Jules Rimet trophy, insured for $90,000. The trophy is named after a former president of the Inter- national Football Federation, controlling body of world 'soc-) brought along 1,031 bottles of cer. | wine. London bookmakers have made the Brazilians 2-to-1 fa- vorites to win-the cup, with the English second at 4-to-1. England, which did not start competing in the series until 1950, has never advanced be- yond the quarter-finals of the event. But this year, playing on familiar grounds and before their own rabid fans, the Eng- lish are at last rated a chance to regain international soccer status. Playing on home grounds has proved to be a major advantage in the past. Uruguay won when it was host to the inaugural competition in 1930 and the Italians won the next one on home grounds in 1934. Brazil was host to the tournament in 1950 and finished second, as did Sweden when it staged the se- ries in 1958. ONLY FOUR WON Actually, since the cup com- petition began in 1930, only four teams have won the world title. Uruguay, Italy and Brazil have each won it twice and West Germany once. The series was suspended during the Sec- ond World War. England opens the 32-game series tonight against Uruguay at London's Wembley Stadium before an expected crowd of 100,000, including the Queen and Prince Philip. It is the only game being played today. The rest of the teams swing into action Tues- day. The 16 clubs are divided into four groups for the first part of the series. After a round-robin in each group, with each team meeting each other once, the top two teams go on to the quarter-finals, The rest of the tournament is held on a straight knockout basis. In Group I, England is ex- pected 'to advance into the quarter - finals without much trouble, joined by either Uru- guay or France. The French have a strong attacking team and they will be more at home than the South Americans in the unpredictable English climate. The fourth team in the group, Mexico, is a 200-to-1 outsider. In Group II, Argentina, with its hardrock. defence and indi- vidual brilliance in attack, ap- pears the top team on paper. West Germany, surprise winner of the cup in 1954, is noted for its conditioning and calm, effi- cient play on the field. SPANIARDS USE TACTICS The Spanish, led by Ruiz Suarez who was once sold for more than $600,000, are the master tacticians of European soccer. The outsiders in the) group are the Swiss, who are regarded as having no chance. Group III is dominated by Brazil with its galaxy of stars led by Edson Arantes do Nasci- mento, popularly known as Pele and generally acknowledged to be the greatest soccer player in the world. It will be the third World Cup series for the slim, 25-year-old Negro, star of Bra- zil's victories in 1958 and 1962. Brazil's main rivals in the} group are Hungary and Portu- gal, with Bulgaria given little chance of getting to the quar- ter-finals. Italy, which is the third over- all favorite behind Brazil and England, is the top team in Group IV. Strong competition will come from the Russians, who are expected to join the Italians in advancing to the quarter - finals. However, both may get a fight from Chile, which finished third in the 1962) series, played in Chile. The other member of Group! IV is North Korea, a team al- most unknown outside Asia and the rank outsider of the whole competition. The World Cup series is ex-; pected to have the largest au-| dience off any sports event in history. Massive television coverage) will bring the games into homes in 42 countries and some 400,-; 000,000 people are expected to} see the final match. | ROUSES EMOTION The tournament is the climax of the world's most feverishly partisan event, Not even the Olympics can rival the World Cup in arousing international emotions. The struggle for the World Cup began with regional elim- ination games two years ago to whittle the field down to the surviving 16 teams. England, already burst- ing with summer tourists, has been invaded by a further 50,- 000 soccer fans from countries as far apart as North Korea and Brazil. Some 1600 report. | i 200 Brazilians and 160 Russians, are on hand to cover the event. The players themselves, as pampered as any professional athletes in the world, are scat- tered throughout England, con- sulting their team doctors, eat- ing specially imported foods, 'and getting acquainted with the vagaries of the English weather. The North Korean team brought its own cheerleaders and five liaison officers. All its members are in the army and they have been doing nothing-- smoking, drinking. and women being taboo--but train exclu- sively for this event for the last two years. On the other hand, the French and Portuguese between them Easy Win For McLaren ST. JOVITE, Que. (CP)-- Bruce McLaren of Britain' won the 210-mile sports car race Sunday at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant in He averaged 93.3 miles per hour for the 75-lap event in a McLaren Chevrolet. Lother Motschenbacker of Germany was second, Bud Mor- ley of Denver, Colo., third and Doug Revson of White Plains, N.Y., fourth. Eppie Weitzes of Toronto was the leading Canadian in the race as he placed fifth in aj Comstock Ford GT-40. Weitzes survived a spin-out on the 13th lap which crumpled his front fender. Two other Canadians expected to make strong show- ings were forced out of the race. Ludwig Heimrath of Toronto had to abandon the race after completing 25 laps when his car developed an oi] leakage. John Cordts of North Bay was forced out of the 27th lap when his car caught fire. Boston Bruins Plan Ex. Games BOSTON (AP)--Boston Bru- ins announced Wednesday a niné-game exhibition schedule, including pre-season meetings with two National Hockey League rivals at Boston Gar- den. The Bruins will wind up their exhibition 'schedule by meeting New York Rangers at the Gar- den Oct, 11 and Montreal Cana- diens Oct. 16. All but one of the exhibition games will be against NHL ri- vals. The lone exception is a meeting with Rochester's Amer- ican Hockey League champions Oct. 8 at Rochester, N.Y. Other pre-season games are: Sept. 23--Toronto at London, Ont.; Sept. 29--Detroit at Ham- ilton, Ont.; Sept. 30--New York at London; Oct. 1--New York at Kingston; Oct. 2--Toronto at Peterborough; Oct. 7--Detroit at London. this Laurentian} resort north of Montreal. | Nicklaus Captures Title But Sanders Wins Fans thing could have happened. But, speculation, aside, San- ders caught the imagination of MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) The man with the shortest swing left the longest memory after. the British Open golf championshin--even thaugh he was a loser. : Doug Sanders of Ojai, Calif., one of the most. colorful char- acters in world golf, was short by three inches with a putt on ers and broadcasters, including! +h. home green that would have tied the winning score of 282 shot by champion Jack Nick- laus, from Columbus, Ohio. If that putt had gone in, |Sanders. and' Nicklaus would have played off over 18 holes for the title Sunday--and any- the knowledgeable Scottish golf fane in 9 way thet no. siher competitor would rival. His 71-70-72-70--283 was the most consistent golf shot on the 72-hole test over the intimidat- ing Muirfield links. It wasn't only consistent, it was enter- taining--and it gave 'the golf addicts something to talk about until the next British Open. DRESS ALSO SHARP Quite apart from his deadly precision at golf, Sanders sets a stunning sartorial pace, In-the rst round he sported an outfit .|of emerald green sweater and lime green pants. Next time out he wore various hues of blue. Salmon pink was his choice for the third round and ruby red for the final. Shoes to match, of course, Sanders tied for second place in the British championship on 283 along with Dave Thomas of Wales. , In his final round he electri- fied the gallery at the ninth green by pitching into the hole from $5 is with a wedge for an eagle 3. : The ball plumped onto the green and rolled 18 feet into the cup. An official of the royal and ancient club, which runs the vp yar Flying D's Trounce Dunlop Elites 10-3 Dunlop Flying D's turned in a seven-run third inning to whip Dunlop Elites, 10-3, in Whitby Industrial Softball action - in Whitby's Centennial Park, Tuursday. Hitting for the D's were, An- dre Wolder, Earl Plyter, Roy Gaudaur and Chuck Willis with two hits apiece and Jean Guy St. Pierre, Paul Jackson, Stan Strzy, Dave Stanley and George Lamontagne with one hit each. Winning pitcher was Stanley, Gene Stolar, Frank, Tom Clement, Carl Earl, Graig open championship, confirmed that the shot was precisely 85 yards. French, Bruce Mustard and Dave Thompson all had one 'hit teach-for-Elites; i WINNIPEG (CP)---Moe Nor- man of Guildford, Ont., fired a one-under-par 71 Saturday to retain his Manitoba open golf championship by one stroke. Norman whe Sicicu up $1,500 for the victory, finished the three-lay tournament with a four-under-par 212. Glen Harvey of St. Boniface matched par on the final round for a 213 total and second place. Wilf Homenuik of Winnipeg finished the tournament by blis- tering his home Glendale Golf and Country Club course in 68 strokes for a 214 total. Bob Panasiuk of Windsor, a lstrong contender through: out, finished with 216. Norman Takes mu DOMINIQUE, Que. 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