THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1937.
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"STARS" IN ACTION AT USR.C. TO-DAY
Kho Sin-kee' (China) and Avo ry (S.Africa) (left) after they had lost to V. McGrath and Crawford (Australia) in the German cham- pionships
KOWLOON FOOTBALL CLUB'S PROSPECTS
SYSTEMATIC COACHING IN
PROGRESS
(By "Half-Back")
INTERESTING TIES ARE INDICATED
BODIKER, FIT, SHOULD BEAT CRAWFORD
COMBINATION VERSUS INDIVIDUALITY
(By "ADREM ”)
THERE will be a galaxy of "stars" on view this afternoon at the United Services Recreation Club where the Colony Open Hardcourt Champion- ships continue with a programme of four singles and two doubles matches.
Most interesting match will be between Alec Crawford, the youthful Kowloon Cricket Club "hope," and G. Bodiker, from the same club, who has years of experience of hardcourts behind him and at one time held the championship of Canton.
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Despite rumours to the contrary, Bodiker tells me that he will be able to turn out and confidently expects to give a good account of himself.
-"Crawford created a fine impres-1 sion in beating A. V. Gosano in his first match. He is the type of player who thrives on a hardcourt, which gives him opportunities of {exploiting a large range of ground-
strokes.
on
grass His weak wing is his backhand,
PROSPECTS for the Kowloon Football Club for the coming season have never been brighter
Bodiker, considered in many quarters as the potential winner of tent and although rather uner- than they seem at present. New blood has been in- the title, is far more happy at the thodox in his methods, he can volley jected into last year's depleted ranks and bi-weekly singles game than at the doubles and smash with great effect. practices were instituted during the last week of courts, Crawford has, on numerous which he hits with a high loop. 1
Although in friendlies August, with members of the Club diligently fol- occasions, extended him consider have little doubt that the well- lowing the training of their new coach, Mr. A. Mills. ably, Bodiker, provided he can equipped Teddy will soon expose stand up to it physically, should this weakness and make it the basis concentrated net-attack, 2 HERETOFORE, TRAINING WAS HAPHAZARD, GIVEN TO win fairly comfortably as he can for a THE CHOOSING OF SIDES IN IMPROMPTU MATCHES WHEN-maintain a driving rally on either form of offense that Teddy is adept EVER THERE WERE ENOUGH MEN TO FORM TWO TEAMS. hand, almost indefinitely. I am at, and so enter the next round.
fairly certain, that provided Craw-
Now, however, a systematic GEEZERUMÆÐINDIKATZE=1:1ÆÐINGford, is not driven to desperation,
Coaching programme is underfoot; stress is given to stamina which has always been found wanting at the beginning of a season; regular training for the respective positions of the players, and most important! of all team work, without which no football team can achieve suc-
cess.
NEW PLAYERS
Evans and Rowlands, of Army and interport fame, are new mem- bers of the Club, while Bertie Go- sano has signified his intention of
SOCCER'S WAR HEROES
London, August 11.-In the new board-room on Millwall F.C. ground two bronze tablets· are to be erected-one to comme- morate the visits païd by royalty to the ground, the other. to perpetuate the memory of four Millwall players who were killed in the car. The unveiling will take place officially after the game with Crystal Palace оп Saturday, September 4
joining, and may play on his return from Swatow. D. Knox, brilliant forward, and another contender for Interport honour, has not yet sign-Knox brothers, Dug and Willie; the ed but will probably do so soon. White brothers, George and Vie; George White, who was transferred and several others. to St. Joseph's last season, is back with the Club this year..
this match will develop into a duel fought from the base-line.
TSUI IN ACTION
COMBINATION V. INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE
Although the Rumjahn cousins will be in action, the most interest- ing doubles tie will be the Leonard- and G. Choa versus the Hussain
Tsui Wai-pui also comes into brothers encounter. action this afternoon. I have not This match should provide a rare seen him play since his return from tussle between years of combina- Europe and there appears to be a tion, on the one hand, and indivi- considerable divergence of opinion dual brilliance, and lack of com- regarding his current capabilities. Abination on the other. fairly reliable source, however, Leonard and Choa, when not op- maintains that he has added con-posed to anything really good, are siderably to his range of strokes successful enough, but against and is playing a much better brand (good, sound team-work of the ag- of tennis than he has ever done. gressive variety they are apt to get Whatever his form, I don't think flustered and fall by the wayside. against Iu Tak-cheuk, who is a left the rallies and take advantage of he should have very much trouble If the KLT.C. pair can maintain
handed player of the brilliant and any holes provided for them by the erratic, rather than the match-win- bad positioning of the opposition, ning variety
they may yet spring a surprise but I am inclined to think that the com- SULLIVAN'S BAG OF TRICKS
plete stroke equipment of the Crai- Chan Kam-moon, the South China gengower pair will carry them over player probably the finest in any awkward situations they may Ten new members joined the Club that club-will be pitted against find themselves in:
season, which the wiles of A. L. Sullivan. Sullivan S. A. and H. D. Rumjah should With this array of talent, the brings the total strength to over 30 has more in his bag of tricks than have the easiest of passages against Club will furnish as strong a first players. Most of them are young probably any other player in the J. Pengelly and I Agafuroff, who eleven as any team in the Colony, boys who have recently left school Colony and he is certain to adopt although fine League players, are Rowlands, in goal, is at present and are trying hard for a place in some method of attack calculated hardly up to championship stan- the outstanding goalkeeper in Hong the second eleven. Special encour-
to bewilder a better player than dard:
The following is the programme: Kong, Bowen and Everest will agement is being given to young Chan again take their place as backs. A players and every facility is to be In the fourth singles, the left-
SINGLES Kwok will meet Tsui Wai-pai
G. Bodiker handed Fra newcomer to the half back rank accorded them.
A Crawford "In Tik-chenk will be Honnibal, a former forward. The material now at the disposal Teddy F
The latter has not Chan Kam-moon ~ ▼ A. L'Sullivan and Bliss and O'Connor
of the club, shows promise of a bril-been too fit of late and what effect F. H. Kwok
EC. Fincher still liant future and the highest goal to this will have on his game remains
DOUBLES
FIRST ELEVEN
The forward time
to
be decided upon
ADDITION
at the start of
the
but be attained in local football, the to be seen. The CRC player has G. Choe and J. W. Lemard v S. A Evans will undoubtedly hold a Championship, is not outside the a very forceful forehand drive, 18 and H. D. Eumjahn J. Pene prominent place in it. There are the scope of the Kowloon Football Club, have rarely seen one more consis gelly and I Agafresh A