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SECTION 2: Sport, Finance, Classifieds Sport pages 11-13 Finance pages 15-18 Weather PI4 Classified Index P28 THURSDAY, ALGL'ST 30, 1973 Iff Jockeys hurt in six-horse crash; A JC under fire By ROY ABBOTT Three jockeys were in hospital last night after a six-horse fall at Randwick yesterday. The fall has sparked a majo controversy on the AJC decision to allow a maximum field of 24 on a track reduced six metres in width by a false running rail. Turner is Cronulla key, says Bishop By ALAN CLARKSON Cronulla-Sutherland captain coach Tommy Bishop pinpointed hooker Ron Turner last night as the key man in Saturday's major semi-final against Manly at the SCG. "Winning or losing on Saturday could depend on how Turner fares in the scrums," Bishop said. Jockey Bruce McClune (above) Is placed in an ambulance after yesterday's six-horse fall at Randwick.

Below, apprentice Greg Lee on a stretcher. INclSLclSG li SI i sr item JIM MEEHAN There had been 31 acceptors, of whom the club balloted out five and declared two emergencies to reduce the field to the 24-runners safety limit. Division of the race would have cost the AJC only $3,250 more in prize money. Mr Bill Gordon, president of the Racehorse Owners' Association, said last night he proposed to lodge a protest with the AJC committee about the big field being allowed to run in the race. "I will send a letter to the chairman.

Sir Brian Crowley, asking for a meeting at which we can lodge a complaint about this matter," Mr Gordon said. "A large number of my members claim that the club should have divided the race, especially as it was a field of three-year-olds." The chief steward Mr Jim Meehan said the fall had not been caused by either the big field or the track. "It was an accident that could have happened in a field of five runners," Mr Meehan said. -ii WaaaanaManlJJBanMaJJb- The injured jockeys, who are in Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, are Laurie Billett, fractured skull; Bruce McClune, fractured right leg; Murray MacRae, fractured bones of the right ankle. Apprentice Greg Lee, also taken to hospital, was treated for facial and shoulder injuries.

The six horses came down, falling like ninepins, as the field straiahtencd for the run home in the second race, the AJC Stakes for three-year-old colts and geldings, run over 1,600 metres. The false rail kept the inside runners six metres out from the normal running rail throughout the distance, thus reducing the racing width. Bruce McClune, riding the second favourite, Top Class, was first to fall. His mount had clipped the heels of Let's Fly, racing just in front of him. Top Class brought down Casa Mia (MacRae), Bonus (Lee).

Martin Place (apprentice C. Davies). Noble Light (A. Lifter) and Tsckoochoy (Billett). The fall disrupted half the hie field, some horses losing all chance.

Icicle (J. Thompson) and Hammond CP Wrigley), badly checked, were practically pulled up in the straieht and cantered to the post a long way behind the field. When Martin Place stumbled Rasic aims to keep team match fit By BRIAN MOSSOP Australian Soccer coach Rale Rasic hopes to use North Korea, Israel or Indonesia as a trial horse in preparation for the World Cup clash with South Korea. apprentice Davies was thrown from the saddle but kept a hold of the reins and ran alongside his mount for several strides until he lost his feet. McClune, Billett and Lee were taken to the casualty room at the course and, after treatment by club doctors were sent to hospital.

Davies and Lister escaped injury. MacRae also was thought to be uninjured and he returned to the jockeys' room alter the fall. But his ankle became swollen and a club doctor called to examine him sent him to hospital for x-rays. Several owners and trainers complained that the AJC should not have run such a big field of three-year-olds. They said the race should have been divided when acceptances were taken on Monday.

Turner, a hooker in the 1970 World Cup team, has burst back into Kangaroo tour calculations with recent outstanding performances. But he faces the most demanding test of all on Saturday, tangling with Manly's crafty ball winner Fred Jones. "Turner has to win the ball to win a Kangaroo trip," Bishop said last night. "We have some good players in our team who are brilliant in attack and they can defend. "But if we haven't got a reasonable share of possession it will be tough for us." CONFIDENT Bishop was confident that his team, which has lot only one of the last 1 3 games, would have the answer to Manly's fire and speed.

Manly coach Ron Willey had little hope last night that stylish centre Ray Branighan would be fit to play on Saturday. If Branighan's injury, an inflamed ankle, forces him out his place will be taken by talented Alan Thompson. Willey was confident his pace-setters would prove too strong in the forwards and too fast in the backs for Cronulla. "We are not underrating Cronulla. They are a good team and they deserve to be where they are," Willey said.

St George and Newtown, to clash in Sunday's semi-final at the SCG, could decide on their teams at training tonight. Saints prop or second rower Barry Beath will see a specialist today and his decision will settle whether Plum The official race film showed that Top Class came down when trying for a run on the inside of Let's Fly. The club veterinary surgeon later reported that Let's Fly had sustained a laceration to his off hock. CRAIG WIN FIRMS FOR "The man is a mountain of grit and determination one of the finest players in the world," he said. Gelichkhani was one of a number of Iranian players keen to play in Australia, but is unlikely to leave his physical education teaching post in Tehran.

However, Rasic confirmed that negotiations are going ahead with three members of the Iran national team which could see them playing for Marconi next season. Shortly after the Australian team's arrival, ASF president Sir Arthur George left for Europe on a business trip which will also take him to FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Sir Arthur will try and secure European referees for the home and away matches against South Korea. DERBY sive Saturday's, ending with the AJC Derby on September 29. Craig Win may have his next start in a Three-year-old, 1600m.

at Randwick on Saturday, September 8 and will then run in the Rosehill Guineas the following Saturday. 6-4 Imagelt: Craifl Win, Grand CIdlum: 12 Eaglt Prlnct. Co Mod. Lclci Lovtr. Just Topic.

Top Class: Bankrupt: 20 Mar-rakecin. Purple Patch. Sovereign Yacht. Hoist the Flag: 25 Rcgoli's Pride. Strong Pita: 33 Prince Hades.

Win could beat Imagele over the Derby distance. "My horse is bred to stay and to run that distance but there must be a query about Imagele running 2400 metres," he said. The pair may have their first clash in the Rosehill Guineas on Saturday, September 15. Brown has planned a fairly strenuous program for Craig Win and at this stage is considering running him on four succes quarter into second place with Run The Gauntlet (10-1) two lengths away third. After the win paddock bookmaker Len Burke cut Craig Win's Derby price from 7-1 to equal second favourite at 5-1 with Melbourne three-year-old Grand Cidium.

Imagele still holds his place as Derby favourite at 6-4. Trainer Svd Brown said he was confident that Craig New Zealander Craig Win firmed to equal second favourite for the AJC Derbv after his win at Randwick yesterday. Starting favourite at 11-8 and ridden by Larry Olsen, the colt finished brilliantly from a long wav back to win the AJC Stakes. 1600m, for colts and geldings. He proved to be much too stronR for Roadmas-ter (16-1), beating that gelding by a length and a TOMMY BISHOP Beath will be able to play at the weekend.

Beath has been out with a dislocated shoulder but he was confident yesterday of getting the all clear to play. Newtown coach Jack Gibson has to decide who will be out of the forward line-up for Sunday. The club has named seven forwards in the side with Gary Sullivan included in the line-up. If Sullivan is fit he will play. It was felt last night that Ian Sartori, who has had a couple of quiet games recently, could be the one to miss out.

Birrell joins Rovers RL club LONDON, Wednesday. South Sydney utility back Ross Birrell, 24, yesterday signed to join English Rugby League team Hull Kingston Rovers. Birrell will have to return to Australia in January for training for the season there, but Rovers' other two Australian signings, full-back Bob Smithies and loose forward Alan Fitzgibbon of the Dapto club, who arrive in October, will stay to the end of the season. Crazy The wind died for the square run and Plum Crazy dropped back to 12th place at the leeward mark. But, by sailing a course planned to wring every ounce of speed from the dying wind Plum Crazy regained two places on the final beat to the finish.

Geoff Peacock's Sydney crew were 40 seconds behind in their chartered Scampi, Mom. They were involved In a "punch up" with a Swedish competitor. Rounding a mark Mom, on the inside, almost collided with the other yacht, A crewman grabbed the guard rails on the Swedish boat to fend off. The Swedes struck his hand and punches were thrown. The Australian crew has lodged a protest.

Impensable, winner of the first race, is points leader. fined $5,000 by ATP NEW YORK, Wednesday. Romanian llic Nastase, who played in the last Wimbledon tennis tournament despite the boycott by the association of tennis professionals was fined SUS5.000 by ATP last night. Two other ATP members who disobeyed the strike call and played at Wimbledon, Britain's Roger Taylor and Australian Ray Ruffels, were not punished. The bovcott was a protest by ATP against the exclusion from Wimbledon of Yugoslav Nikki Pilic who was suspended Yesterday the ILTF announced that it would make no decision until after the US Open at Forest Hills regarding possible suspension of players who have sicned with World Team Tennis.

So, co-lop seed I Nastase of Romania will begin defence of his men's title in a match against Humphrey Hose, of Venezuela, today, while Billie-Jean King, last year's winner, will face American Peggy Michel. The other men's top seed, American Stan Smith, will meet Patrick Proisy, of France, while the women's second seed, Margaret Court, of Australia, will play Pat Preto-rius of South Africa. In women's play. No 3 Chris Evert, of US, meets Rayni Fox, also of US, No 4 Evonne Goolagong, of Australia, faces Barbara Downs, of US, and No 5 Kerry Melville, of Australia, plays Ann Kyomlf. of US.

A crisis had arisen earlier when it was disclosed that Wightman Cup player Linda Tuero had been threatened with suspension from the Open for signing a contract with the WTT Minnesota Buckskins. WEST Action at the Hordern Pavilion last night as (top) Masahiko Takeuchi uses a "rocker" action to retrain his feet after a knockdown by Henrv Nissen, and Big Jim West gets tangled op in the ropes. Irish Whip set for FERRERI OUTCLASSES in good start By ROD HUMPHRIES The Lilliputian fight community, headed by Commonwealth champions Henry Ninnen and Paul Ferreri, treated fans to one of the best fight programs in years at the Hordern Pavilion last night. Melbourne Cup SMITH CONFIDENT "You have just seen the winner of the next Melbourne Cup," trainer T. J.

Smith confidently forecast after Irish Whip had won a sprint race, first-up, at Randwick yesterday. From BOB ROSS HUNDESTED (Denmark), Wednesday. A 10th in a light breeze in the Olympic course race and a good start to the 110-mile race last night restored the hopes of Sydney yacht Plum Crazy in the Half Ton Cup. 'These countries play a similar style to the South Koreans and could prove invaluable in helping us over our final hurdle," Rasic said at Sydney Airport yesterday. The Australian team had just flown in from Bangkok where they spent two days following their win over Iran in Tehran on Friday.

Australia play South Korea in Sydney on October 28 and in Seoul on November 10 the final obstacle in the path to the World Cup finals in West Germany next year. With so much at stake, and with a break from competition of almost six weeks following the championship grand final, the Australian players will need all the match practice they can get. "We can not afford to overlook New Zealand," Rasic said when he learned that they had of Little men's big fight night Mick Reed, also in the corner. Nissen. renowned for his easily cut eye-brows, entered the ring with adhesive tape right across both brows.

No doubt this helped him in the hectic fight because he bore welt marks on the top of the tapes and around the forehead. Nissen, 25, has now had 15 contests in three years of professional boxing only three In the last 12 months. He needs more fights like last night's to keep him in top fighting condition. "Big Jim" West, only 19, gave away too much experience to the clever Ferreri and the Commonwealth champion probably won eight of the 10 rounds. He had the edge in class right throughout, although West opened up a few times and looked dangerous, particularly in the second round, when he caught Ferreri with a series of rights to the head.

West was far from disgraced because he never stopped trying to get to Ferreri, even though his punching became more ragged as the fight progressed. At the end of the second round West was travelling well and the cocky little Australian flyweight champion was smiling broadly and nodding to friends at ringside. But Ferreri, 1 veteran of 42 fights (only one loss) in top company, wiped the fered to play several matches in Australia. "Any practice games we can fit in will be to our benefit, so long as they are not played too close to the match dates." Rasic will sit down with the World Cup committee within the next week to plan his needs for the clash with South Korea. FINE PLAYER' He intends to add from two to four players to the original 22-man squad named for the tie with Iran.

Meanwhile, Rasic has arranged for the players not involved in the semifinals to train on with Marconi-Fairfield and Ha-koah-Eastern Suburbs. Happy with Australia's 3-2 aggregate victory over Iran, despite the 2-0 loss in Tehran, Rasic praised Iranian skipper Parviz Gelichkhani. smile from West's face as the fight progressed. West, used to meeting mediocre opponents in the flyweight division, was frustrated when he landed good punches punches that would have won him the average television bout yet Ferreri countered Nissen, the flyweight champion, climbed off the canvas in the sixth round to outpoint ranked Japanese flyweight Masa-hiko Takeuchi in one 10-rounder. Bantamweight champion Paul Ferreri proved too big a jump in class for popular television fighter Big Jim West in another crowd-pleasing 10 rounder.

Tall Sydney bantamweight Brian Roberts boxed intelligently to outpoint Japanese "swinger" Yoshiki Suda in the third 10 round contest. Gone was the mauling Tony Mundine working out on another 10-pin here were some contests at last and only 2.000 people there to see them. In each of the three fights the eventual winner looked the part early in the fights but in each case there was sufficient element of doubt for one big punch to have changed the pattern. 1 Plum Crazy was seventh and close to the leaders at the first mark of the 1 10-mile race three hours after the start last night. Plum Crazy began the series disastrously with a 48th out of 55 in the opening race, a 40-mile inshore event.

And yesterday's race over the Olympic course was sailed in a three to five knot breeze and flat water. Plum Crazy's shape, tubby alongside the fine Soling-like lines of the Eldstrom boats and the fine lines of the Swedish Scampis that predominate in the fleet, is better suited to strong winds. But from a good start Tig Thomas and his crew sailed a perfectly judged tactical race. They were 12th around the first mark, picked up three places on the reaches and another on the second windward beat. Apprentice Jim Lee brings Irish Whip back to scale.

"Irish Whip is an outstanding stayer and, in my opinion, he has improved at least 151b since he won the Brisbane Cup in June," Smith said. "And, after all, there are not many outstanding stayers now racing in Australia. "It is amazing how this horse has improved since coming to my stable and he is getting better all the time." Irish Whip, having his first start since winning the Brisbane Cup, produced an outstanding first-up performance yesterday to win the Elizabeth Bay Handicap, 1600m. He was very heavily backed, from as much as 30-1, to start at 10-1. Winning bets were estimated at more than $50,000.

BOOKS HIT Almost every bookmaker was hard hit by Irish Whip's win. Some of the biggest winning wagers were: S6.000 to $120, S5.000 to $400. $5,000 to $200 and $1,000 to $80 each way, all from Len Burke; $2,000 to $100, Lloyd Tid-marsh, A Sing and Les Tidmarsh: $1,700 to $50 each way W. McHugh and a long list of bets to win up to $2,000. Irish Whip was having his first start yesterday for Smith, who bought him for $31,000 at auction shortly after his Brisbane Cup win.

"I tried to buy him before the auction as 1 considered he was an outstanding stayer but his connections wanted too much money," Smith said. Smith surprised in f. (ADVERTISEMENT! Apprentice Jockey Jimmy Lee, who rode Irish Whip yesterday, gave the gelding plenty of time to settle down in the early stages. He allowed Irish Whip to drop back to near the rear of the field and was one of the tailenders rounding the home turn. Lee had to make his run five or six horses wide on the turn, but when asked for an effort, Irish Whip responded brilliantly and swept up to the leaders passing the Leger.

He went away to win easily by two lengths from Campanello (6 (6-1), who also came from among the tailenders on the turn. The favourite. Hasty Heart (3-1) was half a length away third. Irish Whip's stablemate Royal Charger went to the front and made the early running but was headed by Caleb near the home turn and dropped right out to finish last. announcing yesterday that he would not give Irish Whip very many runs before the Melbourne Cup.

"I think that, for a horse of his ability, he is very well treated with 55 kgs in the Melbourne Cup." he said. He said Irish Whip might also run in the Caulfield Cup, in which he has 55.5 kgs. but repeated that the gelding's main mission would be the Melbourne Cup. The Caulfield Cup, 2400m will be run on Saturday October 20 and the Melbourne Cup, 3.200m, at Flemington on Tuesday, November 6. Irish Whip carried 55kg when he won the Brisbane Cup, 3200m.

on protest from The Developer at Eaele Farm on June 1 1. He carried 52kg when he finished third to Apollo Eleven and Dark Suit in the Sydney Cup, over the same distance, at Randwick on April 23. STOP THEM TALKING ROT Politics is concerned with power. There is a right and a wrong way for this power to be used. Never before in all human history has there been so much proof that the Bible is true.

New facts and laws uncovered in the space race and modern archaeological research both go to prove this. Our constitution was framed with the laws of God in mind. Now they say it is based on "outworn ecclesiastical garbage." Rot! Lying rot! All who wish to demonstrate, process, pray for and otherwise defend our constitution are invited to attend Rallies on Friday, 31st August and Saturday. 1st September at 8 p.m. at the Church Hall.

St Barnabas, Mill Hill Road, Bondi Junction. Enquiries 30 4201. FLOORED Nissen had Takeuchi on the floor in the fourth round but the bell tolled at referee Jimmy Carruthers's count of five and he survived to fight on. And just as Nissen was pouring on the pressure midway through the sixth, he caught the daddy of a right hand, flush on the jaw that sent him tumbling forward for an eight count Then it was the Japanese fighter's turn and the Commonwealth champion who had to fight the rearguard action. Nissan charged back in the later rounds but the pair virtually laid on each other's shoulders and punched away.

"You've got him." cried Nissen 's trainer Peter Read in the closing stages of the fight. "Yeah," said his father, A once or twice, then slipped away. Ferreri, a neat southpaw tradesman, is No 6 in the latest "Ring" magazine world ratings and obviously will fare better now that he is back with champion fight trainer Ambrose Palmer. Aaftari kit Ma D. McLISKY, 1M StllKICA BOAS.

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