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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1927.
SPORTS
HOME SOCCER.
HAPPENINGS OVER FORTY YEARS.
[By John M'Cartney.]
Comparisons.
I do not for a moment wish to bolittle the performances of other players who have made football his- It is tury in the same position. only when they are compared with this one player that their standard falls short.
Take Walter Arnott, of Queen's In the old days, Scottish clubs ware eligible to compete in the Park, Glasgow, who played for English Cup competition, and Scotland against England in ten during my stay with Rangers we successive laeasons-1884 to 1893. made a very bold bld to carry the No one can deny that he was trophy over the border. In the sea-brilliant player, but, to my way of son of which I am writing we thinking, he lacked that touch of reached the semi-final, Aston Villa real genius which the Preston man then causing us to bite the dust at possessed.
The same applies to Nick Smith, Crewe, On the same day, at Not- tingham, West Bromwich Albion of Glasgow Rangers, who was four defeated the "Invincibles," the title times called upon to represent his of Preston country against England, and Jesse which the prowess
Pennington, who was for many North End had gained.
The Villa, who were successful years a great personality in the in the final, had a wonderful team West Bromwich Albion team and that year 1886 and there will be played nine times for England. many to-day who remember their None of these men, wonderful de- famous forward line, composed offenders though they were, had the -Archie Hunter, Vaughton, Sim- dead surences of Nick Ross. monds, Cox, and Hodgetts.
But even the Villa were outshone by the Preston "Invincibles." often wonder If we shall ever again see a team to equal that great side. I know there are those of the modern school who are inclined to cast doubts upon the peerlessness of the "Invincibles," but for what it is worth I give it as my very definite conviction that they were the "greatest ever."
of the Bob
I have seen stated many times that the famous brothers, A. M.1 and P. M. Walters, both of whom played many times for England, constituted with W. R. Moon, in goal, the strongest defence known to the game. While not disputing that there are sound grounds for the claim, neither A. M. nor his brother was quite in the same class as "N. J." as an individual player.
Lack of Full Backs To-day. As for the full backs of the pre- The Team of all the Talents,
sent day, well, comparison is ludi- Alast Only three members of crous. The margin is so wide that that incomparable side
it becomes a contrast, It is, of 'eighties are alive to-day. Howarth, who partnered N. J. Ross, course, an accepted fact that there is not an outstanding full back in the greatest back of all time, is a leading light in the affairs of Pres- the country to-day, and by out- In to-day, and others who have standing I mean a player who can survived are Jack Gordon, the out-be mentioned in the same breath side right, and Johnny Goudail, as the backs to whom I have just
Leatre forward.
Five times while I was with
referred.
BIG FIGHT FILMS.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
New York City, Oct. 20.' United States District Court Judgo Goddard to-day handed down 8
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played at inside left; Robertson, Gordon and Russell, Graham, Drummond-were Scots, and the Scottish Association in those days did not recognise those players who had deserted their native heath to seek fortune in the South.
Of the others, Trainer was a Welshman, Howarth and Dewhurst English, and Goodall a hybrid, for although he was born, in England his home was at Kilmarnock,
LOCAL SOCCER.
China Squadron to Meet Queen's.
The drum
My experience has been that|
The China Squadron football Rangers we met the "Invincibles," there has been no football period team will meet the Queen's Regi- and five times we were soundly without a dearth of class exponents ment on the Dockyard ground to- beaten, though the Rangers at that of one kind or another. One year morrow at 4.16 pr. Gime were no easy side to beat. It is goalkeepers, the next centre and fife band of the Regiment will One needs only to look at some of halves, then centre forwards and play after the match, the performances of this Preston wing men, and so on. The position team to realise what a tremendous of centre forward, in fact, has been
one of almost ceaseless anxiety. In the season force they were. 1888-89 not only did they run away with the League Championship without losing a single match, but they won the English Cup without conceding a goal.
Football is suffering to-day from two such deficiencies-full backs and centre forwards-and any club which is free from worry regarding these important positions is indeed fortunate.
In action the "Invincibles" were I cannot express my opinion of a sight for the gods. What pass present-day backs more forcibly ing; what tackling; what manoeuvṛ-
than by stating that if it could so Every ing, and what shooting!
be that, as a manager. I had the choice of playing N. J. Ross or any two first-class backs of the present time, I should plump every time for Nicholas John.
Bound Up In His Club. Though honours were crowded upon him, Ross remained unspoiled. I don't think he really knew how good, he was.
The following gamòs in the Hong Kong League are down for decision to-day:
Division I,
R.A.F. v. Royal Artillery, at the United Services R.C. ground, Be- Kowloon, at 4.30 pm. feree: Mr. Phillips.
K.O.S.B.'s v. Scots Guards, at Sockumpoo ground, at 4.30 p.m. Referee: Mr. Baldwin,
F
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man in the team was a star, but that alone does not explain their superiority. They were unbeatable, Rot so much because every player was a master of his own particular craft, but because the team had at- tained perfection as a cohesive fighting force. The eleven players worked as one man. Not a kick
Always he placed
P. W. L. D. F. A. P. was wasted, and not an ounce of
side before Bulf. His whole ambi- Chinese Ath...4 4 0 0 16 1 8 energy was fruitlessly expended.
Yet their football was seemingly tion was centred in the fortunes of Scots Guarda 4 8 10 8 07 effortless. I have seen the "In- the "Invincibles." Once I saw him Recreio ..... 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 vincibles" leave the field after one break down and weep like a child R. Artillery.. 3 2 0 1 8 4 4 of their winning efforts as fresh as It was the night following the semi- Queen's ... 3 2 0 1 8 5 4.
"When we started out this sea-F. S. Harrison and J. K.
Bousfield Ofisles, and with their hair just as finals of the English Cup in 1887 K. O. S. B... 21. 1040 class by themselves this year, but son, I counted pretty heavily on our
Connie went on. "IG. Murray and A. E. Barlow neatly parted as when they began. in which my club, Glasgow Ran- Police Their opponents, on the other hand, gera, were beaten by Aston Villa South China. 5 1 1 3 9 15 s they rank unquestionably among pitchers," had a gruelling time and came off at Crewe and Preston were knocked H. K. F. C... 4 1 0 3 5 14 2 the greatest tearns of all time, in thought we would get just about the J. W. Alabaster and H. F.
Bloxham 4 1 0 3 3 10 2 the estimation of Connie Mack. best pitching in the league, based dishevelled and bathed in perspira-out by West Bromwich Albion at Kowloon
Nottingham. We remained over R. A. F. .... 4 0 1 8 2 6 1
The veteran chief of the Athletics on what my men had shown the sen- H. G. Hegarty and K.. S. tion.
was sitting in his office at Shiba son before. But it didn't measure It was brain work all the time the Sunday at a Preston hotel, and with that great side; they won their the defeated "Invincibles" joined us
Park, where he has controlled the to my hopes.
That is chiefly the reason why matches, with their heads. They there.
Goals. destinies of many a great ball club Poor old Nick took that defeat made the ball do the travelling. No
P.W. L. D. F. A. P. of his own, as he discussed this we didn't make a close race. matter how intricate a movement, terribly to heart; he had so set his
It has been everything else had gone well I am W. E. L. Shenton and C. L. inch where heart on his club winning the K. O. S. B... 4 4 0 0 23 1 8 year's pennant race. each man knew to his colleagues were to be found. trophy. I sat next to Ross at din Chinese Ath. 4 3 0 1 11 2 6uother big disappointment to the frank to admit that I do not think
ner, and it was then while discuss- Recreio 4 2 0 2 9 8 4 tail tutor, as his own team failed we, or any other club, could have X. Sutherland and A. Cameron 9.45 have never seen such artistry.
They would R. C. Tredwell and H. R. Sturt ing the Nottingham defeat that the St. Joseph's.. 4 1 2 1 6 10 4
to meet expectations this season, stopped the Yankee. tears began to course down his S. China "B" 4 1 2 1 2.5 4
hesitation in have won under any circumstances. H. B. L Dowbiggin and G.
Grimble "Instead of it being a runaway, "They should never have R. A. Res... 3 1 1 1 4 8 but he showed no whacked us," he said, with a sob University. 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 handing the palm' to the walloping however, the race would have been in his throat. "I wouldn't say a Kowloon ... 4 1 0 3 7 11 2 men of Miller Huggins.
closer, new, granting us more of the 4.1 0 8 29 2 word if we had deserved it, but we Club Res.
"The Yankees have everything, breaks, but that's all. As it is the 2 said Connie. "People perhaps think race has been virtually over since. didn't."
of them most as a great bunch of The Yankees, instead of showing hitters. Of course they are, prob- any signs of weakening, have gotten Goala. ably the greatest that was ever better. When their pitchers slump-. P. W. L. D. F A. P. gotten together. But they hava led a little, Wiley Moore stepped in St. Joseph's.. 3 2 1 0 18 7 5 good pitchers, and reserve strength to bolster up the staff. His relief There is one remarkable fact Kung Woo 3 2 0 1 13 5 of such calibre that there is no ap- pitching has been a tower of to be something of à iudge.
Many times the question was put about the "Invincibles," and that is S. China "B" 8 2 0 1 4 6 4
parent slackening.in the team's pace strength."
The following will represent the HK Tramways to me--"Was N, J. Ross really as the dearth of international "caps" Chinese Ath. 2 1 1 0 7 6 3 when regulars are forced out or Of the two Yankee Big Berthas, good as he has been made out to { among them. This is in part ex- Boy Scouts. 3 1 0 2 8 6 2 nitchers show signa of weakening: Lou Gehrig is now a more danger-
eleven in a Peak Trams (old). University second
do. (new) plained because no fewer than Moslems.... 1 0 0 1 3 4 0
0 1 1 2 0 They are a smart club, too. They ous bataman than Babe Ruth, in League match against the RAO.C My answer to that has invariably seven members of the side-N. J. S. China "A" 1 0
0 2 0 14 0 can play any type of game. They Mack's estimation.
on Saturday, at 2 p.m. at the Favi-Singapore Tractions
Taxis lion: Messra. F. Hiptoole, (Cap Miscellaneous. been that it is impossit le to sing Ross and his brother Jimmy, who Kowloon 2 0
"If I was a pitcher I would tain), W. M. Gittins, M. B. Osman, H.K. Amusements his praises too highly.
rather face. Ruth than Gehrig. The A. B. Sulleman, A. Baker, B. N. Canton Icas Babe is the harder hitter of the Sudan, I. Tajima, K. T. Loke, S. R. Comenta (comb.) two; that is, he gets greater dia- Kermani, A. Chan Fook, and H. T. do. (old) tance, greater than any body the Barma. game has ever known. But Gehrig hits more often." Associated Press.
Football's Finest Full Back. There was one player in the side cheeks. who stood out head and shoulders above his colleagues. He was N. J. Ross, who, despite what has been said and may yet be said to the contrary, was, in my opinion, easily the finest full back who ever
Still, Nick received compensation kicked a ball. And, having played two seasons later when the "In- record in first-class football as a full back vincibles" established a myself and made a life-time study which is likely to stand for all
No Preston "Invincible" Capped.
of the position, I think I can claim time.
bo?"
There have been many great backs during the forty-odd years that I have been actively associated with football, but not one of them has approached the standard of the man who was the mainstay of the Preston "Invincibles."
Uncanny Judgment.
I saw "N. J." play many times, but never did I see him, make a mistake, His judgment and intul- tive powers were uncanny, and in addition he possessed terrific speed and marvellous powers of recovery. To see him tackle a man was tó wit- ness one of the finest sights the game has ever offered. He timed. his efforts to the fraction of a second, and was ao accurate that he seemed more like a perfectly- modelled machine than a buman being.
Nicholas John was not big as full; backs go, but he was splendidly endowed physically. The most strenuous game left him almost as fresh as he was at the "kick-off. But the name he won for himself was as much due to the brain work that he brought to bear on his play, as to his physical powers. Unlike most of the backs of the present day, Rosa never waited for the ball to reach the ground before decid- ing on his plan of campaigns mind was made up while the ball was still in fight, and his decision WARDAWAY. unquestionable
S. China "A" 4 1 0.9 3 14
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KID PACION AND JACK SILVA DRAW.
Cebu, Oct. 15 Kid Pacion, 118, to-night hold Jack Silva, contender for the Oriental bantamweight champion- ship, to a draw. The fight was held at the Southern Islands Auditorium. Suva weighed 119. pounds. Facion had Silva groggy several timea during the fight. In the seventh round, Silva was on the verge of a knockout. Silva's ex- perience saved him from a defeat at the hands of Pacion
Pacion's unexpected showing has certainly boosted his stock.......... In Manila, the most Pacion has been doing is to fight a semi-inal. Ho In a much Improved fighter, reports, state: According to his manager, FAI Alberts, Facion has been pro
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