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BUREN
THE PERFECT
SWISS WATCH
CHINA MAIL
Public fight shy of inflated prices for soccer games
(By "ROVER”).
The comparatively small crowds present at the Intorport soccer games over the Chinese Now Your holidays should serve as a warning to the Hong Kong. Football Association. The mad scramble for tickets which the HKFA apparently expected did not materialise for the simple reason that members of the public have now become wiser and are no longer pre- pared to pay inflated prices to see any type of soccer game staged by the HKFA, It was stressed in these columns on February 16 that something must be done to control the exorbitant charges for admission to locul soccer matches,
If admission prices to other forins of entertainment are sub- ject tu control, there is no reason why the authorities should not take a strong hand in regard to 'football.
The fact that the Association has guaranteed to pay a visiting team certain fixed sum
certainly
no
orbitant prices serves to kill the activities of blackmarketeers.
This argument deßnitely lacks substance and could readily be disproved if the Association were lo invite teams of the calibre of the Halsinborg Swedish XL
It is gratifying 10 note that the HKFA suw nt to ullot complimen- tary tickets to
to different schools for the interport
games.
This is a
HOCKEY RESULTS
AT A GLANCE
Recrelo
3 Paks
3 Police
2 Dutch HE 2
* YMCA
0
Recreio "A" RAF
Commandos
7. Navy
4 Nomads
3 Chandt Tora 0
Aring. Club KITC
Army beat Royal Navy at hockey
(By JAMES BOYD)
In a hockey fixture at King's
is a practice which must Park yesterday, Army beat be continued in the future.
The Hong Kong Lawn Tennis Royal Navy by seven goals to Association displayed commend-nil, a score not entirely indica
Justification for able Initiative and enterprise in tive of the play. Royal Navy
increasing admission prices to arranging for the visiting Argen- had their chances and a little an extent
奥格 will not only line and Spanish tennis players to more decision in front of goal
ап
enable the Association to pay
the visitors, but result in the
Association making an enormous proät itself.
One need only quote the .visil of the Halsinborg Swedish foot ball team as an example. After puying the Swedes $40,000 and defraying all other expenses in connection with the visit ́ ́ and Kumes, the HKFA, which did not expend a single cent in advertising; not proilt af approximate-
an
Jy $80,000.
*PERCENTAGE BASIS The HKFA, which is not ustoelation formed for the purpose of gain, would be well advised to make arrangements with teams visiting this Colony in future to accept a certain percentage of the gate receipts instead of asking for
ixed sum.
take part in exhibition games for would have brought them two
the benefit of school children,
gouls at least, but the inside
Apart from permitting all forwards did not take the op.
portunities offered,
bona fide school children to see
the exhibition games free of The real difference between' charge, the HKLTA, which did the sides, apart from the obvious not stand a chance of making, cluss of Gardner, Daniels and $60,000 out of the visit, went McKenzie, iny at half-back, to the trouble and expense of where the Army he kept, after
cast erecting stands to enable the the first 10 minutes, a
fron grip on
on the game. Merch do par- students to see the games
ticular played especially, well and comfort.
not only kept his wing in sub- iecilon, but kept, Daniels and Humphreys on the tinuously.
in
Furthermore, the HKLTA was most generous in its treatment of the Press,
*i
If there is one person who must be happy that the Interport soccer series are over, that person must be Mr. R. M. Omar, Secretary of the HKFA.
Fully occupied
3
move con-
The 'right flank of the Navy) defence was consequently over- whelmed and most of the goals came from the Army left.
Rarely in picture
Marriott, at centre-half for the
HONG KONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1950.
Soccer:
Sports Pause
DRINK
Coca-Cola
tactics mar
Rough tactics
S.
game between China and Saints
In a First Division League soccer gámá at Caro. line Hill yesterday, South China beat St. Joseph's by three goals to twa.
The game was marred by rough tactics, which.
sulted in one of the players having his name noted and another given "marching orders by the referee, Mr. J. W. Sharpe.
The Norwegian and Dani;h 'soccer teams which took part In, the annual soccer, match ba- tween Norway and Denmark yerturday, ' The game, which was playad on the.
one. Club, ground at Happy Valley, rezulted in a narrow win for Denmark by one goal.toʻnil) ("Chira Mall" Photo).
Softball:
St. Joseph's triumph over Jaguars 6-3
(By "GRANDSTAND"}
+
Denmark beat Norway 1-0
The annual 'soccer match be- tween teams representing the Norwegian and Danish com- munities in Hong Kong, was played on the Club ground at Happy Valley yesterday and resulted in a narrow win for the Danish X by one goal to nil.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
At Boundary Street, in a game which never reached..a very high standard, Police beat Eastern by two goals to
In a one-sided game at Soo-S. China kunpoo, the Commandos gain- Palice ed two points at the expense Commandos of the Royal Air Force, whom they beat" by six goals to one.
South China 3- St. Joseph's 2 First Division In a Boccer gama at Caroline Hill yes-
League
terday, South China beat St. Joseph's by three goals to two,
The gumo was, one of the roughest seen for a long time..
First Division,
3. St. Joseph's. 2 Eastern
Second
South China Royal Navy Polico Dockyard
8
' NAF
Division
1 Prison's
Yard Polico
Chinese AA,
1 Kit Chee
SCHOOL FOOTBALL Benior Knockaùt Competition Queen's College 2, St. Stephen's
College.
King George's V 2, Wais Yan
P.M. 1.
La Salle College 1, Wah Yan
A.M..0
Junior League
It was marred after the In- larval by deliberate fouls which Before the kick-off, the Captain led to Castilho of the Saints hay- of the Danish XI presented the ing his name noted and Lee Yuk- Government Vernacular School.2,
Lak sent off the feld.
St. Joseph's College "1:--- Captain of the. Norwegian team
Tension mounted after Castliho Anglo Chinese P.M,(4, Wah Yan!! with a bouquet and in turn recharged the Chinese goalkeeper
A.M. 1. ceived a bottle of Carlsberg.,
Experience triumphed over youth as St. Joseph'sThe game was played in a clean subdued Jaguars. 6-3, while Doro-devils pro and sporting manner and the vided the upset in the Soniors when they nos-players, who were cheered on by orders.
their
compatriots in the stands, ed out Chung Hwa 6.5..
cave of their best. In the Junior League, it was a week-end of upsets The Danish players showed
better understanding as the Overseas starting out as under-dogs opponents, who although en py toppled the league-leading Blackhawks 11-3ng a fair share of the ball, failed with a well-deserved win, while Delawares and to make the best use of the op- Pandas upset the applecart for the Aces and Spartans with 7-6 and 10-8 victories.
than their
nearly got out of hand when Led doorle P.M, 1. in retaliation and the spectators Ellis Kadoorie AM. 1; Eliis; Ka
Yuk-tak was given "marching|
On conclusion of the game,
· Police : Z-Eastern: 1:5, the spectators swarmed on to
The Arst Division Léatue soccés the fed and threatened. Can- tilho, but no` `untoward'Ineldent match between the Polko" £ÌA took place, offtolais, alded by Eastern AA at Boundary Street the police, kept the crowd yesterday falled to produce play away from the players
of a very high standard and ende portunities which cane their way. Five minutes front the kick-ed in a win for the Police by tw
Goolie unsighted. off, Au Chi-yin of South China goals to one..
The Eastern players were clasy? The solitary goal of the match nearly drew first blood, his
header being capably handled by, ly upset by the robust methods was scored by H. Jebsen, Halg'sabucaco www.agroly Telt! of gate receipts on a percentage occupied from early morn till late Marriott did not seem to rellah
of the Police team and fought Brown Wahoos trimmed the Pirates devoid of interest, which only a netted in the first half with a basic would automatically ensure at night, not only in the office, but the bumpy surface and Matthew-10-1 in the
This WAS'
followed by Chung shy of tackling the player will Ladies' senior handful of die-hard funs (wit fast ground shot through a crowd Fook-lum breaking through the the ball on many occasions. that the visitors, in their own
picture. league, while the Wildcat-nessed.
of players with the Norwegian St. Joseph's defence and drawing Chow Ha-imman, Interests, send only their best ther spheres as well....
[#: recent ; A Saints drow Arst blood. The efficient and satisfactory son was rarely in the
mense; amount of work at back, ed off owing to a misunder the rubber on a wild heave, but Consul and former football In-blocked his shot.
Le Brun got, through an im Canadian tuable was not play Bim Ablong walked and, de goalkeeper unsighted, Norwexdan Brown out of his charge. How clusion in the 'Follca, team; led
Mr. Einar Ula
Ulstrup,
over he hesitated and Brown best players on view. He w but had rather too much to do standing in arrangements.
Stan Leonard tembisual, acted as referee. and although Knowlings did na
On the rebound, Au Chi-yin very unlucky not to score of White Fangs nosed out Squaws and Sherry Bucks were denny Elzen, Thoresen, Sundholm, Sol trapped the ball neally, and sons several occasions when his shot!
retired Norway:
Friis Lund, Holst, leaving
As was the case when the Hal-Navy, showed touches ci class, #inborg Swedish XI visited this
An arrangement for the sharing, Colony. Mr. Omar was kept.full but seemed short of; practice
team.
in
Showboat Yeung,.
Under present conditions, visit manner in which he discharged ing teams which are guaranteed the onerous tasks, which were his A fred Bum
lot calls for recognition by the what may. HKFA. come
well as could be expected in goal, 5-4 behind Joette Tlampo's brit-in succession, would be perfectly safe in sending along a
The Association also owes the inability of the backs and liant pitching performance a second string, as they are
debt to Mesars, C.G. halves to cope with Daniels and which she
Omar stranded. struck-out 11, while not concerned with the question great
In the Jaguar half, two timely Guingam and A.J. Hussain for Gardner's stickwork
the St Teresa's massacred was of gate money.
Clovers hits aided by two inileid bobbies the hard work which they put in reason for the heavy score.
28-2. The fantastic profit made by the HKFA out of the Swedish during the visit of the Burma and
In the night-cap. Madcaps fold-henge two runs to take Manila teams.
ed a scratch team and lost to the visit indicator that the centage system would not prove
Overseas Chluese 3-4 in a game St. Joseph's 6——-Jaguars 3 a losing proposition provided the visitors' sent a sufficiently strong. representative-alde.
pof-
It has been claimed in certain circles that the Axing of ex-
Exhibition tennis
niel
The Argentine
star. Heraldo Weiss, touched fortn at the Chinese Recreation Club yesterday to beat Tsui Wai pul, 6-3, 7-5, In the last of the series of exhibition games to be played here
featuring
Gn.
The forwardi rarely not -moving, but àn the fow jocoa
slons on which they did. Hankir
looked the most purposeful of the five.
The task of anteëfaining_the visitors Teli fargely
tho shoulders of these two and it is
Rogerson, in goal for the Army, по
operation to say that the "could not have";")
-called upon and been was-veldom- tar handa. left in better
apart from the first 10 minute It would seed, from reports re- and the odd sporadic raids in the ceived, that
that certain oficials of the second half. Stocks and Nichol HKFA do not ¤gres that the Asson had an easy morning.
Skipwith sociation should be registered as o
was und as ever; Fitzgibbon WHA very good and Timited liablility concern as is the Football Association of England, hall-control suckwork and passe
seems to keep Improving Hi to which is aminted.
Ing ure first class and his stop ping lus improved tremendously. As the season has progressed, Apart so he has become fitter. from
tendency to give "sticks" there is little in his game about which one can cavil.
Benefits
The attitude of the officials con-
cerned is somewhat difficult to understand, particularly when one lakes ints consideration the bene- nts of therrporation.
they
As
was stressed
in
Welas and his wife, and Pedro ton of the Association would not columns 01 February 11, registra,
Masip, the Spanish champion
Welsa; who had been badly off } jects matt tarry out its ob- {ing able to call upon Mersh whet
Constructive player:" The Army were lucky in bo only enable it to
effectively, but would Nicholson want home and have
not lost in the "exchange,
for
'
France beat England 6-3
in Rugby Int'l
.
Paris, February 25.
Saints falled
to score in the | next while the Jags'added to the
score on Ollie Vás single and
Lainel Sequlera's sacrifice fly to contre-field,
the bases loaded and it seemed
who
the attack and was one of the
well beatón,
it back towards goal, but Brown hit the uprights with the goale berg, Skallist, Onsager, Rishovd, again defected the ball with his Glatvedt, Lothe.
Ng Yue-wal, Police foot in the nick of time, and con-
winger, was also outstanding with E. Huttemeler, B. ceded a fruitless corner. Denmark:
his no runs down the wing and his almost perfect centres,
sen, H. Gadeberg, H. Boch, Ai
Larsen, K. Bretling.
Timely tackling
Rasmussen, A. Jessen, K. Rasmus · Opans. scoring “
South Chins, opened the score 15 minutes from the start through
The Eastern players played Chung, Fook-lum, who beat the well as a team and Lau-Tak po advancing Brown with a well stood out in defence. Time and
Jensen, H. Jeben, P. Jakobsen, J.
"
23rd Field Regt. suffer first
defeat of season'
placed
A
TWO
ca
Play, during the second hal
casional breakaways by the East-
mostly in midfield, with oc ern-team
shot minutes later, South China gain it was he who saved: the went further into the lead when goal by his timely tackling.
The Police scored within contro from (the right draw minute of the kick-off when In this chapter, the Jagu had
Brovin out of his chargo. Au Chi-Chow He-man brought the ban yin beat him to the ball and went, to. Tam. Chung-sing, whose like a bip Inning for them, but
fobbed # shot over his head into grounder found - the net Gerald Langenberg ran into Thu first real setback for the un empty gual.
Fuen Po-on unsighted. bunted ball and Umble Mos 23rd Fluid Regiment RA in the Within a matter of minutes popped out.
Midway_through the first halfis San Miguel Darts League took the Baints reduced The count was evened in theather last week when they were
this lead Eastern elected a general switch through Castline, after & alever around in positions, but this fall France, keeping Englandi on third as St. Joseph's tallied twich
"movement between-him--and ed to produce any results, misi the defensive for long periods, on a single and an error in the beaten by the 1st South Stafford-
shiro Regiment, four games to:
Xavier. beat them by "six points
In the 30th minute, Yuen Yiu- (two windy-alley while the Juzunco
Tikaly two,
[After: two- niojo “
lám, broke away down the left were retired in their half with trios), to inree (one try) In a
The nest two gaines went to the missed by the Saints through wing and scared with a rasplig Rugby Union International here three fly balls.
2ird Field, who were playing faulty play, South Ching took up shot to put the Police two up, today.
A classic Vert fast on the
superbly; but then. came the the ruining again and for long Thore, was no further, scoring ball, and The fourth frame was a classic Staffordshire turn · and -one. by
wind in the initial helt crashing their opponents to the as neither side could reach first one they took last four garnes and bombarded the Saints defenco. Occasional breakaways.
herloda. aided by the round with auro tackling, the base against air-tight fielding, but became the first team to beat Frenchmen rarely allowed Eng- an unlucky break in the fifth in 23rd Fold this season. form during the two days of play ensure perpetuity
land to settle down any cohesive which Pedruce delivered a wild Apart from the 186 scored by attacks. at Chator Road yesterday, gave members from personal liability Mersh covers a lot of groundddy ground, were generally more staging a three-run uprising on FL Garlick RAF Kai Tak
They were faster on the mud-Lord, an attempt to walks Stan Charlie Whittaker, the highest in the Saints Indlyfdual score is 181 scored by driving tennis technique in his porated association,
for obligations of an unincor- very neat with his stick and
movements only one hit.. passes and singles match against Teul.
Results of stops well. In addition impressive in their
ofmatches played on It is also understood that the he is a most constructive player, well.
rest of the game, and with this The forwards knew the way to HKFA, does not intend to con
England's three-quarters). loss, the second, third"? and Military Police SC 3; HQ 3 itself, but will goal and all played well. Me- ⚫ stadium
having so much to do in de fourth places for the final play: Commando Brigaric 1 struct
mattar In the hands less of the ball, but did well, Kenzie and Lamble bad rather
fence, were restricted in their
93 General Hospital 2; opportunities for attack. When further have to be decided on a while Daniels, who worked ter
elimination series next
Both teams went all out".. Boundary St M to one in the second set but Weiss. According to information FC-
ever they,ge the forwards, did weck.
Aine Civ. Mess Ilankow Rd 4; the lead and the Saints, almost score the next goal but fidi” Umb, with his hard; necurate placings ceived, it has been arranged that rifically hard up and down the
manage to get going they wers Sherry Bucks for the Suinta] Miscjoy Batrocki 2.
succeeded alter Bit Kam-hung come with either sido succeedini. feld, and Humphreys were In-
Police: Tsang Wing, Lat);WM} quickly, brought, down."-
Racing and allowed four hits, while Pedruce PO Mets HMS Tamir 4; 42 through, Castilho, made abee-Ho Shungi Yuselt: Leung Shus
misjudged a high shot. cisive and constructive.
Battery RA
wal: Tam Chung-shing, Chew H Pau King-yin, who advanced from man, To Commando 5.nda
42 31M
3; BAP Kaihi charge, daka Commando
Over the other end, Rocha Wan Tom Yung-kan; Yuên, 111- Tak 3.5"
Eastern AA Buen Por Java Bultery & HKUTC 1; 43 besten by Au Chi-yin who took
Sin-king. the ball and I entered tie het Tal-chuơn: Tinci League Standing
the Chinese the Icad
* Koon-ling, Hou Ching. was, a rough
a sparkling display of his hard-
The Colony star was seen in
his best singles form and extend-
ed the Argentine player in some
thrilling rallies.
• Club.
Tsui was leading by five games of a
and absolv:
ran off in a series of successes as soon as the Club In' question li that soon added up to six gamenable to obtain a sumciently large
set.
Shared honours
Mary Welss and Benzin Saw to tho
*
resulted
and handled the slippory ball | Naichor, aldo "ecorad for the SME SA VANZARTE
Civ
The stubborn (defence of Rocha and Heu King ring, proved rock-
interval.pn like and managed to hold on till One goal down at the mterval the Saints opened on resumption rewarded when L, 8; King: netted the equalisers
Played with vigour Both team then played with vigour in their attempts to take
About 10 minutes from the end Hau, Ching-to obtained the pal
tussle in the centre the field and rushing towards the Poller goal, Jobbed, the bolt, ovek the advancing 'Tsang Wing's head to lessen the arrears,
A
(19) Humphreye moved into hard, as they tried they could limited the opposition to three LADA Bty RA 1.40. RM/line" for goat--but was folled by ehf, Trang. Sik-hong; NTAYANV
allant a player he would
not crack the steady defence.
French singles, Erle Guest connecting for
two four. Fernand Cazenave, hitherto 庭 comparatively unknown
glub winger, was brought in as a that
119
the open space more and show edallista, mere anticipation.] how excellent i Gardner was
and
Draw for play-off
Immediately after the
Salisbury
BL
in a row, giving him the second sized tract of land for the pur-
pose of a
of a stadium, It will be trant-
·ed # by a certain local Bank the cast of constructing shared honours in their singles a
stadium, which will
will provid encounter, with
-was his Inimitable selt minute substitute for the injured Joseph's Jaguar' game, in which RM Commando:57 BANK AAC, Ashot Mật. Foal Brown fumbica Kam-wing, LooWatah the little Indy facilities for all
forma of
and scored five goals. His spoed Michael Pamathias and capped a the latter lost, the following play of sport losing the first at 2-6, and In view of the conditions which and stickwork are
sometimes taking the second 6-3.
brillant performance by getting Troubled by an injury to the it any stadium is to be construct indeed in the talent at their dis- sond half.n the
exist in this Coldhy, it is felt that amazing. The Army are fortunate the winning.
in the was marte
off draw for the tled second place Adm Cly Mema Hår "81" 11, 7, 4,0 1822 18. ugat-then on
48.58; Commando 1920, B'; 2'} # 38 £2 '17 From-High Kwong,Law Tak-hing right hand, Mrs, Wales, who had ea at all, is should either be consposal, but sympathy must be ex-in the first half Jean Pilon-haif Jaguars Americans delighted prectators in her, pro-stricted by Government or the tended to the Navy in their in- opened the scoring with an un Braver
Dockrund Most Barro 11/7/3/13834, 17′′ and turchie caffale and during Commandos / 6- vlous exhibitions; did, hot come HKFA as the body governing ability to field the same team converted try Idea Franks and the two lose will play on for 1 LA Datar RA 113 1129.12 and Lee Yuk-lak. was set of Beskunijoo yesterday. Comp
Ads Gly Hankow 14 11 3 this period Castlike had his name The one-sided b Sound POM A Amar 13 15:16 poted for charging the goalkeeper Leagno abecor match up to hen standard of plays ENE
John, Smith equalised -She was often late on the ball me which draws the largest consistently
Goals were scored by Gardner similar score for
[*] the fourth, plase, 1:50:
Couling (3) McHenzle (1) and Daniels Reuters
MEN'S GENIOR LEAGUE
Rocha St. Joseph's Kaj
Hwa
Jara-devila Chung Overseas par 81,Madrape,
MEN'S
JUNIOR LEAGUE Pandas pole 10; Spartans Delawares e Aces
and only sellom were her back- hand drives executed with the deadly effact seen in her past
games. I
Gave good account Saw on the other hand, gave * "good arequnt of himself,
His clean Tiroke and force and accurate drives came bowel much of the gaine. But he to the lady who reached fat over this shoulders—in - placed Pedro Muip repeated his vic
crowds.
Norlaltogether sound a! The iples of leaving the con- (1)
struction of a stadium in the handa of one "Individual Club ir
not altogether sound, as it may eventually Tead the Club con may be reaulted by other Clube cerned adopting an attitude which partsularly Clubs whose player draw the rpwde fiskesk
JOHN BARRIE WINS UK-PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS TITLE:
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Burroughe's -Halle or
dherents off may withdraw their support, in
minstem.
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mumclent, in sifflerde i
pay off the loan sit will
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