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★ By BEN KERVILLE ★
REQUIREMENTS of outer
ground patrons have been
given first priority in the pro-
jected stand extensions at the
MCG.
The new stand will accommodate about
41,000 and of this number 18,820 will be for
outer fans. Their accommodation split-up is as
follows: Seated in the open, 9940; seated under
cover. 980; standing in the open, 350; standing
under cover, 7550.
The other three sections of the new stand
and their type of accommodation is:
Public Grandstand Reserve: Seated in the
open, 6400; Seated under cover, 800; Standing
in the open, nil; Standing under cover, 4900;
Total, 12,100.
Members and Members Ladies Reserve:
Seated in the open, 4860; Seated under cover,
1840; Standing in the open, nil; Standing under
cover, 1200; Total, 7900.
Members Reserve (men only): Seated in
the open, 1500; Seated under cover, 600; Total,
2100.
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IT could be that we will have four top-ranking
riders on the six-day circuit next Euro-
pean winter. The pairing? Could be
Arnold-Patterson and Strom-Mockridge. I
wouldn't like to bet against either combination.
★ ★ ★
WHEN Roger Arnold, junior member of the
famous Continental six-day cycling firm of
Strom and Arnold, came home last winter
I feared it marked the end of an era.
These two Sydney battlers had, after an inauspicious
start, worked their way from near
starvation to the top of the teams' racing tree
in Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy
and Britain. Strom, rising 37, stayed on.
A few weeks ago he cracked his collarbone
in four places.
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THEN came Russell Mockridge to Belgium.
In a madison race there the famous Dutch
pair Schulte-Peters were split by Peters'
illness and Mockridge, sent in as an emergency,
finished second with Schulte — a great
start.
Upshot is that Russell is partnering Strom
in the Ghent "six" which started on Monday.
Arnold, dissatisfied with his lack of-opportunities
here, is returning to Europe. So, too, is
Sid Patterson.
★ ★ ★
LANDY for overseas? Even John can't tell
you with any certainty. Australian Amateur
Athletic Union secretary Arthur Hodsdon,
meantime, needs a secretary to handle the
Landy correspondence from abroad.
Invitations are to hand from Finland,
Sweden (two clubs), France, Germany, America
(Milwaukee, California, New York) . . . and
so on. Landy will make no decision until studying
all the invitations and conferring with
visiting Finnish runner, Denis Johanssen, regarding
the merits of the Scandinavian offers,
primarily.
Sweden has most appeal to John from the
viewpoint of producing a supersonic mile run.
However, he doesn't want to be under any
obligation to run his legs off. The offers must
be reasonable. As for the Empire Games,
Landy will compete at Vancouver only if the
European trip precedes it. He won't go to
Canada specially.
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BRITAIN'S Reg Harris and Australia's Sid
Patterson are listed for presentation to
Queen Elizabeth at Bundaberg during
national pro. cycling titles next month.
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BAD luck for Essendon and for Hughie
Morris, promising last League season
"in-and-out" centreman and defender,
medically advised to quit football
for good. Morris shone in Seconds finals as
centreman.
★ ★ ★
CALLING Essendon, North Melbourne, and
Carlton district cricket clubs. Ivanhoe fast
bowler Tom Lingford is moving to the
Essendon district next summer. He's taken
more than 200 wickets in sub-district. Don't
say we didn't give you the good oil.
★ ★ ★
THERE'LL be a fightin' and feudin' pro-
fessional road cycling season next
winter unless the LVW gets down to
brass tacks about a money dispute aris-
ing out of 1953 races. Application of the
"Hoobin freeze" to another rider wouldn't
do the game any good.
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SORRY to slap in the face an honest pro-
motional error, but Ted Waterford's £700
wheel race this month won't be the richest-
ever in Australia. The honor belongs to Hugh
D. McIntosh's Sydney Thousand—£1000, with
£750 to the winner. (Circa, 1904.)
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