ENGLAND'S battling Soccer babes have done it again.
In a tense, nail-biting clash here tonight, they whipped Young Poland to send our prestige rocketing sky high in this Iron Curtain city. And I repeat that the Poles were whipped, despite the dramatic last half-hour, when England were hanging on to their tight 3—2 lead. For it was only three super-saves by Polish keeper Kornek, and atrocious luck in front of goal that stopped England grabbing a bagful.
   The Poles had tried everything, including the now wearisome Soccer confidence trick of bringing on a substitute without the formality of an injury.
In the first half, they brought on mystery man Syckta in place of inside-left Gasz. Later an F A official said: "Is it any wonder that we don't allow substitutes in England?" The most sparkling feature of this England win, was our domination in every phase of Soccer technique. For once we had the players who could match Continental ball skill . . . players like pencil-slim inside right George Eastham, inside left Peter Dobing and left winger Eddie Holliday.
   They were the Soccer charmers—not the red-shirted Poles.
And the 30,000 shirt-sleeved crowd were not lacking in appreciation. The cheers were for England skill, like the fantastic left wing run that took Holliday past three defenders. For Eastham's shot to finish just inches wide of a post. Like the jinking Eastham run that opened up the Polish defence as wide as Warsaw Square only for 'keeper Kornek to beat out his shot with a daring dive. England got the boost of a tenth minute goal when Eastham casually slid home a penalty kick after Tony Kay had been sent sprawling. But a fantastic decision by referee Kiriakov helped to put the Poles level. Kay challenged for a ball in the air and for no apparent reason Kiriakov pointed to the spot, and up came left back Kawula to hammer home the equaliser. Three minutes later the Poles pulled their fast one with substitute Syckta, despite a protest by England team manager Ron Greenwood. Greenwood told me later: "What can you do about it. The only answer is to put the ball in the back of the net."
  And that's what outside right Gerry Mannion did within a minute of this touchline barney.
Holliday scythed his way down the left wing, crossed the ball to the far post and Mannion scored with a typical Wolves-type header. Two minutes before half time came the goal of the match from Maurice Setters, England's chunky, successful skipper. From a free-kick Dobing sold a dummy, Kay pushed the ball square and Setters blasted it in. But in the fifty-second minute, the Poles cut the lead. A defensive slip let in right winger Wilczek, and inside right Myga brushed aside two defenders to nod in.
   Now the battle was on, with England beginning to tire.
The Poles seemed to have grabbed the equaliser when centre forward Lerch finished off a goalmouth scramble. But referee Kiriakov gave him offside. We breathed again and Young England held on for their second win of this tough, three-game tour.
   

In Warsaw Young England, for whom Mannion played at outside-right in place of Paine, scored another brilliant victory. After 10 minutes, clever midfield play between Dobing and Eastham led to the first goal from a penalty-kick taken by Eastham, after Kay had been brought down when moving through to score. Twenty-two minutes later Poland equalised through Kawula from a penalty-kick. Further goals were scored for England by Mannion and Setters but Poland reduced the lead 5 minutes after halftime through Myga. England was sound in all departments, but none played better than Eastham in attack, and Miller in defence, while Setters was, as usual, an effective driving force.