• to Wrn -- :-~===----- --- ---.--"~-Footballer Dies From e uHmna-;-~ -~:7"'":r.::--=:-= --.-~-tlon is expected to hold its nex - Hiw1nru1W ;-,c.- .---.....,,..._ ~ --

Po1io Atiac k annual meeting here some time tn u 1

(Larsen BIRM INGHAM. April '*· May , acc ording to the Honorar Tall Talk (Karim) 9-0: Dark Hoor (BEST) Jeff Hal, 29-year-old Birminj?- Secretary of the Assam Footbai! Fluke (.Tagdesh) 8-10: Star of Abu rath)

3. (2 m. ham city footballer and England Ass ociati on.-NAFEN (Chavan) 8-9; Island Manor 8-10; right back, died in hospital here · Luck

, today from polio. .....,.,..._....,.,..._.....,,..._....,,...._.....,....,.,......., .................................... ..._ (Sad i .t fsot~~~ Hall, one of the smallest full r' ' ' . ' ' ' ' ...... I I • ' I I I I • I ' • I I I • I I ••• I • I I ' ·1 (Kar ~ d 3

backs to play for England ln Blue yr)) . post -war football, was taken cri• A s1·1ver L1·n1·ng Roya or · tically ill 10 days ago.-Reuter. lslan

P. Bhag ======== Br , Amarana E I d B d .,-.HE RE is a silver lining to every clou d, and India's band N. K.H . '::'·a. ng .an - oun a!d ~~;~:!f::~b: t!:u~~:r~~~da~~~r11!1~:a: 0::h~ :=n:: -. Kamat armchair critics, could not have asked for a better silver

,odrej) 3· (r1'ckel Team ~~~o:,~n the one they saw on the dark horizon on April 2 Meher Baba, the Zorastrlan holy man, reversed by all castes

!A1phonso F and creeds in Western India, succeeded in Sp·

Satu Ye

held Hap1 0.37-J Inte-.1

(BEST) 1·1 And Happy doi ng something for the team that nelther f.llK.;,;·.·, t he training camp at Poona nor the pep Ji:,;'' · talks of harassed officials could achiev- ti

By Our Cricket Correspondent close-knit team spirit and confidence. •·•·· nace 0.38-J Chir : turai 0.57.

Although cricketers have been Many of the seventeen bound for England : having a very strenuous sea.son whe n to ld that Meher Baba wanted to see •· this year, Engla n d-b oun d players, them before they left Poona for their res-who attended t he training camp at pective homes were rather sceptical, and quar

thre, Ze-, 'Kbadnkwasla spoke highly of the camp and the untiring efforts of only went to see the holy man t o humour

coach Kamal Bhandarkar, who him. over ·'flril

4_ enforced strict discipline. But the sceptics felt ot .herwlse when they

er The players had physical train- left his presence. (J. ]: last (Das 0.11'1'. 0.43; last i (UmE

in fror:n Ing exercises and net practice Meher Baba, who ba!I kept his vow , of &Qt reg ul arly , and looked quite . fit neither to speak nor write for more than Army, when I met most of them in Born- ,.e,~•>••.:c,•.•• .• ,, .............. ,,

' ' '!'he Times ot Imia, April 61 1959

TEAM BLESSED BY MEHER BABA .. "Th.e Times ot India 1 11News 8--viee.

Poona April 2,. 1959 .

The Engl.and bouni Indian Cricketers received the ssings of "owa:tar" Maher Baba at a special function at the latter ' s temporar,r r esidence heretoday .

Meher Baba who had stopped receiving people since sterday , made a special concession for the cricketers because of his great love for the game. He warmly' embraced each player and wished hi.a success .

In a written statement presented to each player along with a book on his life , Meher Baba asked the cricketer to convey to the English people the spiritual lesson ot concetration am love. 11 Play as eleven men with one heart each enjoying the excellence ot another player as he wonld in himself' 11 was his advise to the cricketers . Later Meher Baba joined the playe rs for a group photograph , Skipper Dattaji Gaekwad., who bad gone to Baroda to see his ailing wife Muddiah,. ot the Serviceir, were the only two players who were not present ait the function.

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I ~eva ~ldlD BUlld iDg Laxml Road, Poona 2 Reg. lfo.1787 . Prlee t Anna or 7 Haye PJlt

-Members Of Indian Cricket

Team Felicitated Grand · M. C. A. Receotion At

Club Of Maharashtra . POO~A. T >-uraday

THE ellle of Poona and several hundredi of om k;;1b e 'lth 'l· aiu,a were preeen, OD ,be Olah of Mabarub •ra gr >on i s

Ible evenlos when ,he Mahara1h\ra Oriolret; AH-"o·a, 1011 bald a srand raoepHou In honour of the England boaDd Indian Orioka, leam. •

I Speaking OD lbe oocaaloD invlleea and lhe players, while r which wiu also meanl lo oele- Mr. B. V. T11l1ng, Mayor of brale Silver Jublle" of lbe Ma- Poona, wlabed the t d1m all luok haruh,ra Orioke, . A~soolatlon, on behalf of lhe people or P oona.

D Mr. B. K. Pa,el, Pr.,aijeot of Mr. D. P. Tbaoa ..,ala vio&-• the _Oriolret Control Boud of prealdent 'of- the MCA epoke ~ India HP eaaed the hope 11ba, about the greal work d0ne by ,y lbe ham wbiob wat lhe youns· the MOA for lbe growab d ori· ~- eat ever to lea-.e lbe ooun11ry's okat here and ooog,at ula1e l Mr. .. aborea would pu, up a good M. G. Bhave who has ba1111

ahow In lbeir 11our of England. eeor9'ary of lbe MOA for the - "We have learnt many le&!IODI 1 .. n1; veers.

f\'Om lbe West lndlea 11oor of Mr. Diveoba, Vice-Pres iden t of • ,hla oon11,r, ar d we hope the •he Board alao sp1li11 abou~ llbe

orloketera •ha, will play In Eog• forflboomlog vl,b of the t '!am land •ill mall:o up for our Ion while Paokaj Boy ihanke d ail

9 preatlse". those preaen• on b11half of the t1tJ "Mooh bas beeo aald and wril• player&. Boy bai llo d -p1tlse ,rl, nn about oor team, lbe player• for Da"aji Gaekwad the 111.i.,per ~Ive and lbe acJmioi1lr1tloo, bul dea• who ls away all Baroda. wu pite all 11bis we are forging ahead 81111:en •oufa were preEented re- wl•b falure plane., ·• be added. by the MOA lo a\l t he playe ,e.

e of Bear · Admiral B. A. Bamaon, ProfeHor D. B. Deo 1har pro· port Oommandaol of lhe N•lional p~ed lbe vote of thank~ wi:.ilo

Defe&oe 'Aoademy who prealded 01nealar8b1n ,aAple sang Va '.!de the over ille fooollon' ,a d ,bu lhe Mataram',

Neher Baba's Blessings Jo Cricketers

re· Board bad done well to 1eleol 918, a Hry youog sHe and from whal n in he saw ol lhe players daring lne . n ooaohlog oamp 111 Kbacl11k• onlJ waala he nolioei lbal Ibey bad Pooua, Th oraday • ibe aL._Rt 6ml Jo _tkee~ -'-"Anla.r'' lloh~ b• ,oo =~------., deoi• hoped thal they woald pul op a l~me ciirlrom a sp rhu !il do 1ea nine &ne performa noe in England. lo shower bia blees ings 011 lbe

per .Priooipal N. D. Nagarwala Eogland·boond Indian oriokel• r& welcomed ,he Obief Gueal, the al a apeoial fano , ion a• h11 lem•

..,. - --.-.- porary nsideooe bere to day. To the plaJert1 tne bearteaing \v ords of Moher Baba mu t; bavd oome as a grea, eoooaragem o,nl on •be eve of lhelr depi1 t11,e fot a hao• t;io loar of E111la11d.

Baba · had alioppJd receiving people bal be mitde a sp ,ioi .. l oonoeaslon to aee th d orioke&ers and he wai,ed for moM Lhao an hour lo reoolve lbd oriuke ,era who were dtlayed beo•use of , medioal exo1mia aioo.

Mehe~Baba aod odo ket would ~ . . ~e aeem a far ory, ha• . few poople vy koow llha, ha was a go:>d oriok11•er 1

of hla daya · h,v111s r11pri,1ieJ1ed dd •he a,. V,D01-Dli ti Sobool aod l .. lbe Deooan Col lege i .J compe li• ae tive mato ues. M111u1r Ba oa W•B ~e a Sood wioke•· keeper and goJd

old or !ok111i1os f.n11 coi.ld woU \ romembor Baba 'a esp loi'8 on 'bci fi.Sd.

Embracea Plo1Jer1 l\Ieher B11ba oa.b~1M111d all tbe

players one by ooit wih a ape• oial word for Polly U mrigar, B•mali:•n• Deaa i, B :ude, l-lad• karni and Nari Con•rao, or,

es ':Take my love wino you" be ly aaid "ud Jou wdl ahinct w~ll," IP ,d

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* SPORT FOLIO tDA~ ...... --.. ---.. -----.................... -· ..... -.. --.... --. --------········ ... -. --... ·-An Hour With Meher Baba-A

Sportsman And A True Lover MEHEB Be.ha, the Holy ma.n

who lo many of his follo-wers in ibis oouotry ""nd abroad is a near god, was in ihe new11

Of S t th e orgeals ere be quickly slipped Por away , dieappcin , ed in oo, being . able to see the ma,oh. Mehor Bab a is not in,erested

in big m11to bes only , Even now sometimes when he

ra ins ply- oea oo god, bul for hie display of That do!)g no~ main th11t passes by in bis car and if ho on, and ,he greati love for sport He took Baba is cub off from sport spots litUe obildren phi.ying

Perhaps -Imo off from bli epiribual Althotlgh he ba 1 not been alorioke~ with a plank of wood as

ENCY . ~ei~:n~:dn;:i~:::;~foe.rf n~~~:a~ ::i~:~::.~.e busy wHh hie "work

dalies to play hosl lo •he Eng- oomp~t itor himself, he is a a bat &nd some lime as wickeb, land-bo und lodi111n orickeh r a at unique admirer cf all sports es- he atops to Mmir~ the sport ing a speoial fonci ion at "Guru Pra· pecia.lly orioket. spirit o{ ib e kMe. sad" bia iemporary reeidenoe ab Eve n wben pas~ing •b e Club At times be joins ih'em iu a Poona . of M1harasbha or ibe Deccan game of marblea .

Although t~e ~ppainbment Gymk hana groaod_. if he finds Cricketers Arrive waa fi1ed for nme O clock in the 1h11ot tho match 1s on, he s,op s morning tho oriaketera were bfa oar and from ,bere bei H W&S more tb&o an hour T much dolayed because thev had wa.\ohe!! t be m!itob. that Baba. waa ohaibiog to those

~~::t:r13a::d::~.:a:~i~t!~f; Still Enthusiastic ~:f:~~;::~rJ:e~~ 1 th8 Iodiao in ibe ball, while his followers He rarel y misses a good teat Ho embrace d each one ol

00 in ,he 1111d a few prenmeu were regal · me.tab a, Bombay and be went them and iafased in ihew ibe y iBBuea d wibb • gltmpae of bi1 earl, all the way io Delhi to see the necessary words of enoourage ·

posied sporting career. . final ie s, a.gaioat $be Wes $ In· meoi aod love. of April The Baba. was in a Joyful di~e. "Yoo did no, do well agalnab 08 , Qffi . mood and wiib i_be help of aiane Las\ year be wenb to Ahmed· t be Weab Indiea" he said "bu t 1 a\amp a which were rnlerprebed by nagu t:> 866 a Baa jl 'Iropby if you n rry my love I am sun ry and oae of bia followers ha gave match. )' OU will ebioe in E D gland, E:rpre1s several examples of ibe . good old There ,he DSP spotbed hi!D. He &go.in emb race d the orioke· have, to days when sport flouri shed io &nd came and reque sted him to ier s a.ud present ed each one wUb

ie &rtiole •he connby . eib in the pavllio o. Meanwh ile a a book and a ehteroent . lbe 8~h Team Captain big crowd oolleolied and io.ste11,d Some of the orickoiere who

elivered. Aa a boy Baba led hla ieame of seeing the ma•oh, peo~le ce.rne for the function in a lisM xperienoe in School in many games . A• were more inbereabed in eeeiDg he11rted way weot baok imprea-le pealed that lime be said the boya were him . aed by the Hol y Ms n who hi · ,?":be;:! al\rM)bed to him and when be To avoid embuu11sment to ked "oriok eb" in t he re&l eense,

t!J0.d,-:; BLESSINGS TO CRICKETERS rived ai eraonally

t us tbai ely USC•

we had ai office ooua a

Book st. For t retur-

of tbe gResh1d o to tibe were of e 11eotl a e Direo· ffices in

o.otfon ok was g letber

artJc l n ,ver the grew op God also waa atbro.oted

:. :! by J!~ .. also t~o olroog boy of I Dhunlishaw And Hockey ! I Response To Cbandu ,oa la • Ibo , obool and Ibo weak boys My good friend Mr , N,oooj l Borde Fund Nol Very oe. and were always pro•eoled by him, Dbonjiebaw seems to ha.v1;1 been -E • lioioooy Talklog :about bla sobcol bitt en by my romark, regarding nCOUf30I00 ut a.her wbioh is none other iba n t he Sb, his tak iog over b!'.loke, from bia Pub lic Neponse lo , be Obando

Never Viaoent'e Hi gh School of Poona, frien d Nosbirbbai Nag1uwala. Borde Fund sroosored by sports• bai bu B1t.ba said tlhat he used t o play It seems he pulhsd a ftasi one cri bee of Poona hllil nob been aa 'f' ex• for tbe janior and senior orioket at me th e o,he r day to a frleod of good as expected. h baa he&o C, a wbeo team, ' ~nd . was reputec!ly _a mine re muk ing " wbat tbo bell our desire to preseot him a. s!za·

aoand opeam g batsman aod doei be know of hockey·• and ble som ba, we have not aob1ev• over wicketkeeper and many a time I believe be is prepa red to' chal- ed bbe target

of bbe sbooe in botch departmenh. len ge mff regarding my koow In order to enab le ll ! t o oome

1 de! a~l- He laber joined th o Deooan lejge of bockoy. at least somewhere near the t:e :J. ~ liege a:~ - also tfreaenbed U Wh at Nanooji's know'.edge of bHget w_e app !!al . to Poonaites p ta} ID oompo 1. 1ve ma c es. hockey i,1 we exp ;m~d 8 yaar or bo oontr1but e a h tble ,a wards

ciwe 0! nd Bab~ said t hat h_e was adept two back when 1 bad wri,tea the fund for thia e}eganl crioke\ · M ,od note al play ing marbl es_ 1n sobool and abou t P, Aspe.l and H. Nima l er from who_m we can expect livery of :~:! be could s•1ll do B'J even both Kirkeeane , but who wau- ma ny thio g_s m,. ta•ure. I

wls 8 V • 1ed to geD a liransfer to socne All oontr 1bntioo8 may be seob od it . Meher Baba_ recalled many Ca.lootta Olah. 1 had reoom• to Mr . G. Coelho 2(()9 Weat

0 ~ 10cidenls in h1_a eporUng career mended hhe move as 11, vory Sheeb Camp Poona. ma otain boi an ?ots'8nd 1ng one seemed wise oae but my friend N 11ioooji If :you have nob gi~en any ·

part~ent . to be with the famous Poona nil who. was then Presidenl of Dbe bbing please do so loda y.

:t° th~:: rol n~:, lu:! s~e: ,ai lh e Poona ~ irke~aos Club strongly opposed , , · '"P' _their Club aod Ibo b,t,m•• at Ibo It ••y 1ng tbOO tbo pl,ye rs wbo Iran s Strong Man abolished orea.ae was Yusuf Beg. go to play for Calcu~ta Clubs Kha11·1 Oghab To be geoe-- Heuing of Baba's exploita are not in tb e lea~t sa.ttsfied and , .. , 0 ?•· "bohiad Ibo wickets " , he oh•l · do DOI beoofit by 11· , Perform At Poona v~r, ib1og lenged him to stomp him, Baba. Of .o~uree I sil enced his gun s, K halil Oghab t hat fa.moue v1og ii u aooepted ,h e obalhngo and by g1vrng examplvs of 11enra l 1 return as d od d players like Bhan kar lhe fooi· shon g man from ran who bae

000 pa 8• baller e\a beeo described aa another Sam· obeokloa Challenge Woo · ,oo wilt givo a obow of pbyaical

•eoeLve 0 0 The firs • four ball s, Yusuf ba~~~ mt:~~bli 0!~ i::.,, 10.rgameo, et rengbb at the Sbi~aji Akbada n ar e aa· played oare fully bn• b'f' t he filth ~ ' on Tbars ta.y 9 ;h April at 6 p .m, ay in the one be wae lured oat of the BeoauJe Nimal aad Aspa,t K halil performed suooeesfa lly 16y men· ore111a jasb bJ" inohee, In ~be left Mabara eh,ra to j ,ia some ia Bombay a:°d bis st owi:I were lore a.ad tw iokliog of an eye the bails ot~er &mbtt'f' ol uba t !ley . are mooh a.ppr eo1ated there .

wero off and Yueof learnod to domg ex&remely woll. .N1m1l He is a rea l He rcules and hie great morti fication Ih1io bt1 is knook lng:-on th o doors ol many of his feats are- really e.s,-had been ,,ump ed and iha• Iba Olympic Hock ey side . ae tounding and unbe1ion ble.

r giving lio. The for ihe fan,a atio fantastic biog bul ~ oome,

Maher bad wen Iha ohallonse, ona of lod1a'1 redoubtable wing He lihs a jeep, h eavy mill -'-He went op to him and con· halvea. atones and performs en-oral JI

grat ulated. him for his fine per· And well U N1Dooji sbill other feah of wonder . formaoce. · wisboa to lbrow ibe oba\lenge Ii would be a abow wori:h

Wit h ihe pHa iog of daya I aooepl it in all humility. aoolns, B,ba's miod wandered away Fo r better loforma,i on on from the field of re all~y ~o th e ~ aoooji's exploiGs in tha SP.Ortis bbat ve~erl\Jl sporh crit ic who soperna t~ral field. , !:ne wae!e he .. baa land ed more will be able to bell you muob

Aod wtth tb ~i .he ceased •a be by aoo1deob , reade11 please more aboub Nao ooji'a koowledge 10 aot ive p1r1iunpaa, 18 he oontaa, Mr, A. F. S. Talyark bao , of sports.

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