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GOOPLATE RAMBO NOW AT BIRMINGHAM 5. Telephone MlDland 9075 BEACON MOTORS. ASTON BIRMINGHAM. TEL AST. BM IMO MOVE CLAY C-asales Clay England pack superbly Ape Special Correspondent Gaston Roetants, of Belgium, the world record steeplechaser, adopted his customary pace-setting tactics to lead straightaway in the international crosscountry championship in Dublin, on Saturday.

but bad luck intervened and he did not finish. Unable to shake off an attack Of cramp which caused him to pull up at three miles, he drop ped out near the end having fallen right back. Roelants was, however, in control long enough to ruin any hope that the England champion. Melvyn Batty, had of winning the Tus miles event. The Southern champion attempted to match the Belgian's fast early pace but.

although this proved his undoing, it was perhaps his only chance of keeping in the race. In shaking off the man he had feared most, Roelants was left with a more determined opponent in the little Spanish champion, Francisco Aritmendi. Hill second Third after the first of flee circlets. the Spaniard was slightly In front when Roelants withdrew the first time. and although he lost considerable ground to Ron Hill tEnglandi on the last lap, his first for his almost assured from about the halfway mark.

Hill. some 100 yards behind with a mile and a half to go. pulled up to within 60 yards of the winner to finish second and he was followed by two more ingland runners, John Cooke and Gerald North. Zniland were expected to regain the team award, especially with Belgium, the chimpioris last year. and below strength.

but it would surely have been England's day. whatever the opposition Showing great restraint when Noetants made his early break, the main England runners. with Hill, North and Cooke always prominent, ran magnificently as a team. They Improved their overall position the race progressed and no one played his part better than Basil Heatley (Coventry Codlva), the England captain. who stormed through on the last lap to finish eighth.

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Cheshire. on Saturday were three teams from Great Barr Comprehensive School, and they took a generous share of the honours. In the cubs' event (1 3 they took first place well ahead of their nearest rivals. Their first four runners home were M. White.

D. Owens. D. Hodgetts and R. Burke.

White took second place in the individual event In 12min. 12sec. In the colts' race (2 3 tulles) Great Barr took fourth Place. The Junior team were M. Sturman second Michael Tagg (Norfolk) easily won the English Schools senior pionship at Leicester on Batorday in 77min.

13sec. David aturman (Warwickshire). the Midlands Counties youth champion. was second in 71:51 Warwickshire were third in the and junior team races. and their best junior.

King, was second in his event. EXAMINAT Chris Wilkinson (Stockport), the British breaststroke record-holder, will not be available to swim for Britain before the end of June. A physics student at Newcastle. Wilkinson came back into form with a dramatic 110-yards title win in lmtn. 13.6 sec.

over Neil Nicholson (Birmingham). a British international. in the British Universities championships at Walsall. It was Wilkinson's best swim for year sad he said afterwards: "Itsadianattons prevent me training and will do ao until mananinnier. That is why I was net alinaidered for the Ish Inierastil Easter trials on Jocelyn Hooper (Cardiff).

the Welsh International. took two ehalTaplonshlps. but lost her 110 Mb freestyle title to Mar. STRIP TITLE TO OF Champion attacked Mr. Ed Lassman, president of the World Boxing Association, said at Miami, Florida, yesterday, that he was taking steps to have Cassius Clay's world heavyweight championship declared vacant.

He said he was seeking to dethrone Clay because of alleged infringement of W.B.A. rules and conduct detrimental to the boxing world." Clay won the crown on February 25 when the defending champion. Bonny Liston. failed to answer the bell for the seventh round, due to an injured shoulder. Mr.

Lowman said he was seeking to have Clay stripped of the title for signing an Llll.ooo contract with Liston's Intercontinental Promotions agreeing to fight his succeeding contest for Liston before he entered the title bout. Such a contract was against W.B.A. rules. Mr. Lawman said.

Last month's title flgltt was conducted honestly Mr. Lassman said. Liston was exarnibed by eight physicians after the fight and their opinion was that he was incapacitated to the extent that he could could not continue because of an injury." COUNTIES TITLE FOR MIDDLESEX By our Lawn Tennis Correspondent DAVID TALBOT Mr. Lawman said he already had support from 15 of the 30 members of the association's executive committee for his proposed action. He said only 11 votes were needed to declare the title vacated.

Repeating the depressingly familiar pattern of recent years Warwickshire's challenge in the inter-county hard courts championship, again collapsed at the semifinal stage. At Sutton. Surrey. on Saturday they went down by two rubbers to eight itwo were unfinished) to Middlesex, who, in yesterday's Anal at the same venue, beat Surrey by six rubbers to four with two matches unfinished. He would now conduct an poll of the committee and expected this to be completed in about a week.

Action on the title would then follow immediately. Mr. said he was going to Washington to testify on Thursday before a Senate sub-committee probing ftnancial deals in the boxing world, including the controversial contract between Clay and Intercontinental. "My second reason is that Clay's conduct has been unbecoming a champion and he la setting a very poor example to American youth." Mr. Lassman said.

I am very serious about this. The entire nation is bitter about Clay. Every member of our association is bitter. All our world imitates we bitter." The jurisdiction of the W.B.A. the National Boxing recognised in all States of the US.

except New York and The Bence sub-committee will begin its hearing to-morrow. Senator Philip Hart. chairman of the anti-trwit and monopoly sub-commission. said the enqUiry would continue work e. by hi, predecessor.

the late Senator Estes Ketauver. We might also want to see whether underworld figures that the late Senator Kefauver attacked so vigorously have actually been run out of the boxing busmen," he added. prime of the enquiry was to determine whether there is need for legislation, originally proposed by Senator Kefauver, to put professional boxing under a Federal commissioner with authority to issue licences and combat underworld elements. Mr Lawman said the W.B.A. had been asked by the British Boxing Board of Control whether it would support a suspension of Liston in England for failure to appear in promotions scheduled there before the Clay fight.

One of these was in Birmingham. I have cabled them we support any and all suspensions." Mr. Laagman saki. "regarding of who it may be" Clay was bOoed out of Madison Square Garden, New York last Friday because he refused to be introduced from the ring unless called by his new Slack Muslim name, Muhammed Ali. Press and public reaction to that incident apparently set off the W.S.A.'s action yesterday.

The Garden booing came just after the U.B. Army had rejected him a second time for failing a mental test. Snooker In the first series of rubbers, the Midland team gained both their modest successes. Bernstein. their No.

5. used his groundatrokes admirably to outmanoeuvre his opposite number, I. C. King. whom he best for the loss of only three games.

and D. R. Oliver. firm and accurate in his driving, gained a memorable success by 6-2, 6-3. over R.

D. Bennett. Other sport in Page 13 Busweil, recovered from 44, 2-6. to square his rubber against R. Oreenbury.

But from I-I, in the third set, his challenge faded and Middlesex were left with a 4-2 lead at the half way stage. In the second leg. Warwickshire failed to record a win: Oliver had a close first set against Barrett, but collapsed in the second and Dixon. whose forehand lacked as customary penetration, rent down in stra4ht sets to Bennett. Ward was too aide for Walton.

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Davis was second and Rex Williams third although he lost 3-2 to Jack Rea In his final match. OMNI OF MERIT Fromm F. 11 6 4 2 12 6 3 4 14 14 1 21 Fast Crick Run The fastest time since the 1956 record was clocked by a Town House boy at Rugby School Crick Run on Saturday Christopher Bolter completed the 11 miles in 65min. Second was Michael Hampton. 69min.

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who needed a deciding set to H. P. iriftOir. Warwickshire appeared to have a real chance of drawing level when their captain. K.

P. Doubles winners Christine Truman (GIL) and Helga Schultz (West Germany) yesterday best Jan Lehane and Mandonna Bacht (Australia) 6-4 7-5, to win the women's doubles at Alexandria. DAWDLE AT STAMFORD Graham Williams hands the hell oat of the net to give Chelsea a penalty from edgeh they scored. Promotion fades as Coventry fume By a Special Correspondent Bournemouth 2, Coventry City 1. For the second successive year Coventry's brave dream of promotion is fading.

the virile chords of the Sky Blue Song degenerating into an angry cacophony of impotence. Last season a ready-made excuse for decline was at hand strain of an extended Cup run. This time there is no such alibi. The trouble. as exemplified in the untidy scuffle at Boscombe.

can be laid to lack of balance on the part of Coventry. given. Meeson dived to his right to Coughlin's kick. the correct guest. and his scrambled save was cleared by Curtis.

First of all, lack of formal balance. The secret of the club's overwhelming success before the New Year lay in the fact that the shape of the team was right talented wingers used as the smooth bearings on which a spirited attack moved effortlessly along. strong wing-halves doing the donkey work efficiently and without fuss Then Bournemouth did go ahead from Burnstead's left foot. Next Bolton shot AA wide and Woods drove the ball against the advancing bleeson's body. Rees.

who had been doing clever things on the left wing without much response from his colleagues. at last got his chance. gave him the ball, the winger cut in and drove from 25 yards into the roof of the net. Bournemouth wilted and went to at half-time looking prospective losers. On Saturday we had.

in place of the old machine. an Emett'aeye-view construction, based on a disjointed series of cliches from the scrapbook of modern football introduction of wing -half Smith as a nominal But it was they who got the winning for Bumstead--and maintained their own promotion challenge. From their last eight matches they have picked up 14 points. which compares well with Coventry's seven points from their eleven games since Or, last recorded a victory in the first week of January. Attendance 16.158.

to supply the Ramsey-theory Midfield dynamo; twin spearheads in Hudson and Kirby whose effect was to blunt the attack, not sharpen it; and one effective winger. Rees. the only player, until shackled by double marking to pose any problem to the Bournemouth defence. The second lack of balance was by an inability to let the game roll, forcing every situation, not letting the pattern establish itself, failing to realise that the analesseemilit Ow. Farmer.

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Leicester City have high hopes of sending their strongest team for live matches to West Ham for second leg of the Football League Cup semi-final. Banks and Norman. who have not played in the last four games. and Roberta are all likely to be St and will have to pass testa this morning Keyworth. who was kept out of Saturday's game is not expected to have recovered from his knee trouble.

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OGIAIL GOLF Sumlasasie oyes fourseon. Careless, wasteful Chelsea By a Special Correspondent Chelsea 3. West Emuleh Albion 1. Apart from a few tackles too lusty and too incongruous in the context of this too cool teams disported themselves with seasonal irrelevance. The players may have enjoyed it all, but to the patrons at Stamford Bridge their performance only Just escaped being downright objectionable.

In sterner mood the young Chelsea ilit-abouts might have got near a pontoon score. Whatever has happened to that crushing middle-line defence which so bolstered Albion in mid-season? Venables and Tambling inserted themselves between Jones and the full-backs more frequently than ever they would have done when Simpson was playing the double centre-half game. New role On Saturday we saw Simpson in a more abandoned And he left some considerable saps behind him. Yet Simpson still looked a fine player. His pass which began the move for Albion's goal would have graced many better games than this one.

He knocked the ball on a Precision slant for 70 yards straight into FORIO'g stride on the right. The ball went to Jackson whose centre Kaye nodded in with almost vulgar relish. Comparing this goal in the 12th minute with Chelsea's Brat nine minutes earlier there was a contrast which promised an interesting match. The Londoners looked full of wlt and industry and their goal had been the epitome of these qualities. The move read Venables- Blunstone Bridges Blunatone and then from Venablas's header there were two waves of goalmouth assaults before Tambling forced the ball in.

But from a nascent classic the game turned the wrong way. It sagged from the weight of trivia heaped upon it. Chelsea pottered and Albion lost their sense of purpose. Albion were not helped by a shin injury to Jackson. who was off the field for most of the second half Chelsea came out for this half without McCreadie, who had been concussed.

The full-back followed later to play at centreforward and he was aided towards the speediest of recoveries when he scored Chelsea's third goal in the 53rd minute. He was promptly returned to was Jut as well for Albion. The London side's other goal was scored in the 25th minute. Potter missed Tambling's inswinging corner, Murray. volleyed, and Williams brought off a save which would have been fine for Potter but which was highly illegal for a left-back.

Venables converted the penalty. Attendance 19.434. coma a reedie: a linden Wei.Z il lblurcoes Pan, hews. cwt. Shrewsbury outplayed Soistal 7.

ShrewWww7 Taint have cow ceeded 13 goals In two matches at Zastville this season. They lost 6-2 in a League Cup game there in September. This was little more than a practice game for Rovers who took heavy toll of a poor defence and shot five goals In the first half. Dolby was frequently out of position and full-hacks Wright and Wall were outplayed by the Bristol wingers. Goalkeeper Boswell was unreliable.

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N. gisiky; PM. Raft Titykor O'Neill blow Jimmy O'Neill, the former Eire goalkeeper signed by Darlington from Stoke last Monday, may not be able to play for his new club until next season, although the transfer was completed six hours before the March 16 deadline. The rootball League have refused his registration because Darlington did not send a premidnight telegram and their application for registration did not arrive at League headquarters until the Tuesday. Vllle's int dist is the net.

Ewing's return sparks Villa Bi ow Association Football Corraposadent CYRIL CHAPMAN Aston Villa 2 Fulham Villa had sparkled throughout the season as they did for much of thisgame at Villa Park on Saturday. not only would their First Division position be more appropriate for a club of such standing. but many more thousands would have been on those barren terraces despite the counter attractions of the afternoon. I It was sad to see the ground so denuded after the eventful Cup semi-final of the previous week, but at least the brighter display suggested there might be better things to come. even It Villa have a very long way to go.

Whitehouse too hot Villa were clearly superior to Fulham for most of the game. and would have taken both points but for slack marking in defence at a tune when Fulham looked dazed and incapable but suddenly became very capable indeed. for Walsall By a Umtata Start Reporter AUllwall 2. Walsall I. A goal by Roper five minutes from time made the result look closer than the run of play warranted.

Forceful Each time Ewing is summoned back to the Villa forward line it has moved more spiritedly and effectively, and so it was on this occasion. Backed by forceful attacking football from Tindall and Deakin. Villa gradually wore down a sturdy Fulham defence, and after some acrobatics by Macedo Burrows finally put them ahead in the 33rd minute. It was a good goal blasted in through a crowd of players after smart work on the left wing. Before this.

however. ilillwall should have built a commanding lead. They nearly paid forfeit. for in the closing minutes they were hard pressed to stave off an equaliser. At the start of the second halt Villa turned in some of their best football.

and Fulham needed all the experience of Macedo and Langley to avoid being overwhelmed. The ruffian' attack was wihout thrust on the wings. and the best commentary on the influence of Haynes was that Tindall and Deakin were able to spend so much time in attack. For three parts of the game the fault which has forced Mtllwall to battle against relegation was again in evidenceinability to round off smart approach work. Not that all their finishing was off the mark.

Twice they hit the woodwork. Twice Sharpies and kicked away goalbstmd shots and three times Tennant saved superbly from Whitehouse. In fact, it looked so easy for Villa that they lost their concentration, and in a trice the wily Legat. who had been lurking in the background like a footpad waiting to pounce, struck with two goals in two minutes, and wrought an astounding change in the game. Villa were quickly prompted into face-saving action, and within eight minutes were level.

Tindall shooting in to take a Just reward for a fine afternoon's work. The former Coventry City player was the Londoners' most dangerous marksman. For all their Walsall defenders were lucky to concede only goals to Whitehouse )36 minutes) and McLaughlin (60 minutes) The latter resulted from a free kick from 25 yards. It hit the underside of the crossbar and rebounded into the net off Sharpies. Satisfied Both teams were satisfied in the end, Villa because they had avoided the defeat which would have been ignominious in view of their superiority, and Fulham because they had acquired a point which for three-quarters of the game looked quite beyond them.

Millwall were quicker on the ball. crisper in combination and greatly strengthened by a new right wing signed last week. The sharp thrusts of Senior and 'Whitehouse made them the men of the match. Attiodance 1440. 41 6 Initalkoms.

ll'Udditha. Jane. ani. Weak Rowing A major Villa problem would appear to be how to maintain a forceful attacking policy without forfeiting strength in defence. Somehow Villa have to strengthen the completely boisterous side of their defence without foregoing any of Saturday's virility in attack.

Attendance 11.436. rk fi zr Betsews. Mearbo: Cam LEBOW: Mot Head of River record Tideway No. 1 MU an UP an $ll time record for the 4 mile 314 yards Mortlake to Putney Suit Race course in they won the Tideway Head of the River race in 17min. 24sec.

on Saturday. In the exceptionally fast conditions they beat the event record by almost a minute and knocked three seconds off the previous all-time best set up in 1944 by Thames R.C. Viollet treble in nine-goal rout state City P. Ipswich Town smallest attendance of the the iitthilhiteii iiin iinie 190041. City ran riot for Violist to net a hat-trick and Marto! and Ritchie each to score twice.

Skate's nine-foal wonder was completed by Oohing and Bebbington. whose score with the final kick of the match. marked the 100th goal gigabit Ipswich this IMMO. The East exposed themselves to amain, Osaka by glaring defensive aulkinwila They repeatedly macrame security to random Mgr attacki challenges. Slog, ng ENOS with courage and Gloomb merit in attack to at an Wes no Citys uncertain dogma.

Tow: Davie. 7 fir. ur. ilwarisriz. MELIA BRINGS NEW ZEST By a Stall Reporter Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Burnley interest at Molineux lay in the first appearance for the Wolves of Jimmy Melia their most recent expensive signing.

In the event, he found little opportunity to shine, but. bringing a new zest to the attack. he strengthened hopes for a Wolves recovery when his potential is fully exploited. Burnley have not won away from home since mid-October It was the Lancashire side. however.

who set the pace in the opening stages Woodruff. another Wolves newcomer. played his part In opening up the game, and with The snatch.saver for Ihroley. With Blacklaw beaten. Angus kicks of the tine.

Mona and Broadbent an efficient mains pair. some exciting saiimape developed. Both tidos missed chances, early offended Wind Crawford. who lifted Ya ban over the crossbar find lOW a few yards, and Burnley's Olmoelly. Superior maim took Burnley dose bit the Wdveir with Woodfield notable at iddre.balf, inn equal to sal Dallis was at his alb Ind hi Na.g Thomson.

too. aid Moms were active in getting Wien oat Of trouble. Burnley were at at bettor looking side after the Interval, but with the defences On top a soul seemed unlikely. Then in the WM minute Wolves broke through to take an undeserved lead. Near the half way line Wharton picked up a clearance and.

moving towards the middle. he shot from the edge of the penalty area to beat a surprised goalkeeper. The Lancashire side pressed hard ki reply to after Morgan had Molt a goalpost. Lockheed Sot the equaliser in the 75th solossOo with a long shot after bolos put in possession by Confly from a free kick. Attendance 18.002.

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SJOBERG BOTTLES SheMehl United O. takester City I This game had an end of the season look right from the start. But Leicester always had the edge on United, whose forward line was totally ineffective against a defence in which Sjoberg shone. The all-important goal came in the 50th minute when Gibson went over to take a corner on the right. His Sag kick reached McLintock.

who headed into goal without a defender challenging. Gibson had his name taken by referee S. Kayley after the official had disallowed what appeared to be a perfectly good goal by Hodgson. who left Sheffield at the dart of the season. Gibson.

obviously annoyed by the decision, picked up the ball and appeared to throw it at the referee. Attendance 15.571. siosim Ana. ltsVess ia llwir (I.) e. jakrno r.

I 7 c. lo ors ii Wok lataestient. Gould wills Gordon Oould (North cester RC led his dub le a double in the Madiand CMGs 35-mile tour se ON awns mad handicap cycling time trial sad scratch team race at ford yesterday. carrytn( Off the fastest individual and team race. Gould won by 35sec.

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