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Socrates virtual cert in the Cambridgeshire
London, October 22.
On paper, the Yorkshire-trained colt, Socrates, should run away with the Cambridgeshire Handicap, to be run ovor nine furlongs at Newmarket next Wednesday.
This three-year-old son of Lighthouse is a certainty on the book of form to land the second half of the Autumn Double for his owner, Sir Thomas Dugdale, and his trainer, Matt Peacock.
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Football Committee. meeting
At a meeting of the Football League Management Com- (mittee held in the Association office yesterday a letter from the Hong Kong Univerzity fot the Secou Division football league was
Virtually everything is in 1 for Lord Rauchery's coll to her reeking re-consideration his favour and he is likely to | Kolling, alɔ trained at re-admittance to start one of the shortest-priend | quarters. favourites for many years in this liandicap, which is always very open.
Had the handicapper had to Essers hib weight today be would have alloted the colt at least 14 pounds more than the seven stone: which he la set to carry.
Since the weights were pab-- 11shed Focrates has run two splendid races, numbering nong his victims the third in this year's Two Thousand Guinens, Minsked Light.
It is probably not too much to say that his presence in the field caused some trainers to take out their candidates in the final acceptance in which 35 paid for feit with 30 still remaining in.
This means that the feid will be several runners fewer than Jest year, when Starope won for Yorkshire in a field of 39.
Luck of draw
However, one thing which Soc- rates lus yet to overcome is the possibility of a bad draw, Horses
20 are badly han-i drawn over dicapped at many
a coup has Kone astray because of a bad place at the start of this race.
Socrates fujits only some of) the conditions which, on the inw t averages, should provide the Winner
conditions.
as the winners
Kelling. The Fastnet Rock, ful-read, Indeed, as his pries is betwer 100 to Band 33 to 1, he goes on better than his rival, who is at present under these odds...
Back in form
This three-year-old chestnut son of Crestea. Ket to carry seven stone, 10 poundo, and to be ridden by that fine young jockey, Douglas Smith, has been
o the easy list but is said to be back to the form which won for him early in the season the Esher Cup at Sandown
Park and the Britannia Staker at Ascot,
students who were on the footbal The letter said that due to th
Committee of the Hong Kong University having left the Uni versity na definite per.on ha been in charge,
Thus there had been some mis- welerstanding regarding
the playing-off of the league fixtures.
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The committee decided tr} allow the University to have another chance
would' make a reanmmendation to the Football Council to re-consider Its decision of expelling the University
football from the
teagun this ocason.
An application from the South China ÄÄ for the postponkanen
Strletly speaking, Kelling their First Division Football should not beat Stormy Petrel | matelt with the Police at
October 20 was granted.
he is one pound better off das | Boundary Street on Thursday. when the latter hent Kelling re- ently at Newmarket, but the three-year-old was probably short of a gallop. }
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Sle-
Dates for the posible playin
matches of the Victory Shield were also discussed nuc it was decided that the dates for thel playing be decided later in the scan01.
Pat "Rufus Beasley, a former jockey and new a trafnes has trained the winner of this care
A meeting of the Special Com successive years through rope. Thite year he has the four-mittee of Seven, will be held in year-old lip. Stormy Petrel, who the Office
sinted earlier has on the book Football Association on Thursday the benting of Kelling.
October 26, Bl 5,30 v.m.
The committee will review the draft Rules and Regulations.
The Olly, who is by Pappageno, has been well-backed to provide
of Du handicap. On the Yorkshire trainer with his previous results
ner that trick". It will be recalled winner welding, that Stormy Petrel
better
the
was
should be a colt or a geldin backed than his successful stable aged three, carrying between seven stong and seven stone, 12 companion, Sterope, for, last year's pounds, not the favourite ond quoted in the market between 100, w 8 and 33 to 1.
race.
of the Hong Kon“
ARMY REFEREES
The Arny Referees Association will hold a meeting on Friday st. 5.30 p.m. at the Nine Dragons Services Club, Nathan Road,
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1950.
The body beautiful
The contest for the title of "the most beautifully developed athlete" held at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris in connection with the World Weightlifting Championships there, was wan by John Farbɔtalk, 25, of Santa Monica, California, Photo shows, left to rightt J. Baptirpa of Brazli (5th); G. Kinyniak of Belglum (4th); R. Marchal of France (3rd); John Farbotnik of USA (winner); J. Morello. of France (2nd), and Pier Franco Sergoni of Italy (0th). Photo).
Why put Ireland
(AP
Interport football
and Wales on shelf? teams picked
By IVAN SHARPE
Has the International Championship had its day? I ask because reports reach me of a move to scrap the annual tournament between England, Scotland, Wales and freland "as it is too one- sided."
HK Regiment's golf win
DRINK
For Hospitality
Serve Coca-Cola
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Televising of boxing being debated in U
London, October 22,
Britain still debates the question of televising ba ing. A now impetus has boon given to t topic by the latest and frank announcement the British Boxing Board of Control that th are going to pull down no Iron Curtain far as television is concerned.”
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The main point at issue, of course, is and must
whether televising boxing events here Britain is going to affect the receipts.
Britain hos, followed with Interest the stages of developi ment in the boxing-televisión battle in America, but recog- nises that everything is colour- d by the fundamental differ- rnce of America's television being a commercial enterprise wh4 Britain's television activities are the sole project of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Commonwealt cricket team good start
Dehraduns, October The Commonwealth touring team made a good.
their three-day Π
American promoters are in the in
horpy position of waiting on the against a Services XI great advertirors fighting out their today. After being dism [awn battle with cheque books for for 219 runs by the tea i
the right of 'sponsoring'
Sc a vita val, they took four fight.
wickets in the remaining That means money in the bank for a laborious 25 runs. before the men go into the ring. And further, it means less worry plenty of fire and the c The matting wichtet pro Jabrut the actual gate.
|domainated except for an hou
Not so the British promowefore lunch, when George En The British Broadcasting Corport the Gloucestershire batsman tion present their fee for the tela-Frank Worrell, the West vision rights, in the full knowledge all-rounder, batted with ru The football Interport com.
that they stand alone in the marg freedom. They scored 5-
41 runs, respectively. mittee niet at the Associationt without fear of compulition. Club room yesterday to pick the two teams to play the visiting Indian team.
The harnesert British premote Both the pace and spin bu boy to weigh up Among other derived plenty of life off the things whether the fee is com-und the ball often sept low mensurate with a possible loss irwent through fast, eGusin It was decided that the Hong his receipts at his boxing hall be-epidemic of leg-before decl Kong and the Combined Chinesë gatise ellents stay at home in an teams be chosen first and a third armchair beside their television wickets that fell during the f team to play Wales and Ireland, it is sald.selected later on. cannot make a sufficiently gour! show against England and Scotland.
To suggested, therefore, that Wales and Ireland should be relegated to tests with the re- serve (B) teams of England ond
the rest Scotland, and
of the is completed by pretty picture increased matches with
"the many attractive foreign inter- untional teams now at choice." The Individual and overall and by the annual
meeting of England and Scotland taking the form of a Calcutta Cup affair.
She will be ridden by Eph Smith, the suvenssful Jockey of
The Hong Kong Regiment Still, it is not likely that the Above Board in the Cesarewiter: All Army referees who are off-beat the Army in a golf maten winner
will always
fulfil all and brother to Douglas, who rides | duty on that date should make at the Fanling golf course of these conditions and though there] Koning--Reuter.
every effort to attend.
the Royal Hong Kong Golf are those who say that something
Club on Sunday. always comes to the rescue of the handicapper and the book- maker when these "certainties" some along, they ocensionally d. It would be foolish to oppose them just on that scure.
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ALTERNATE SHOTS
By HENRY LONGHURST
Whatever else one may fancy October is the month whon the golfing foursome,
In the rate one muct respec
the chance of the well-bred an
lightly handicapped Socrater
who is said by his stable to bi
the beat horve trained there
the game so widoly admitted to be the best by so many who have no intention of playing it, comes into its own.
since the 1945 Derby winner The "Daily Telegraph" and Worplesdon tourna-
Dante.
Though Socrates looks such a good thing, backers are still put fing their money down, an plenty of it, en severni othe ratuldates,
Buong them
boln
„Fürinet: Rock. Zina, Kelling Burnt Brown, Hyperbole. Storm Petrel, Periscope anil Valdese>.
Classy horse
Lord Rosebery's Fastnet Ruck fulls virtually every rule to finding the winner. He has, more over, a touch of class, being by the former Derby winner, Occhi Swell.
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It is in his favour that he has been only lightly raced this sen- son, and is to be ridden by al plendid lightweight jockey In Jackie Strett. Though not a real prey, he is offcially described as a "brown or grey coll," whict: may load those fond of greys t back him.
The only real gray in the rac Is the heavily weighted Silve Gate, which may not run.
ments are by common consent the most agree. able, as well as the most hardly contested, meetings of the year.
The Scotch foursome * Qu Americah friends rall it, ass even made a minor Infiltration into thep fortress of the four-hour furbal the United States.
al, who had then retired to, and had later to be fetched from, the 10th tee.
At the crucial moment the hole appeared suddenly to be cut side- wase on the crest of a small | mound of slippery glass, the blood
results:
SINGLES
-4-H. Owen-Hughm v Liest Col Niuw-Ball
I WILK. Collings v Capt Edwar
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A.St, Nolna e Capt. Vulliany
1. Goldman e Major Hooley
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R.F. Le v fapt Grigg
1 D.G. Pugh v Capt Harley
Į 3.1. Tumwurth v Major Porcla
R. Dalen v Lleut Carter .....
1 D. McLellan v 1/Lieut Ruçonin ..
DJ. O'Driscoll v Capt Orme...
4 ́ P,N, Slater v. Možw Talit
73
+
A
J.B. Kite Capt Bettington
FOUR BALI
Owen-Hurher & Kollings v Blanes
Ball & Firar
Q
ก
1
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Nebés & Goblinan v. Vulinny & Hooley 0 Ice & Pugh v Grigg & Harley
Tainworth & Dhelen vonulo & Carter i McLellan. & O'Deficut v Hugonis
As u gesture of gratitude for their warn welcome to our Wai- ker Cup team last year, the Koyni | pumped spasmodically down 2 Slater & Kite v Talu & Bettington
forearm and a
Breaking the
the moment) e
And
and Aucien presented to Inter, with the air of a man who Winged Foot Club, New York, the driver used by Tom Morris in hit did not know it was loaded, I had last championship victory at St.
shot the ball over the mound and Andrews in 1867, as a trophy for as far away again.
m annual foursomes tournament
ensuing silence. the professional ventured the sug- More than a score of pairs | gestion: that, I might do well to turned out for the first meating stroke them a little more. "Good Land, though. Kone may concaveṇa!". I said, “You don't think}
template another foursome for I meant to play like that.......” the next 12 month, we may trust they enjoyed their,aingui lar experience.
Those of us who have reached the stage where a man is con- acious that he grows no younger Incline towards feursoires be-
cute, for reasons both physical
psychological, we tend play better in them.
We have all the fun of the contest but do not have to walk to far or, hit 20 many shots.
Four and threo!
Itt last
No apologies
The Hong Kong Regiment The Ariny
FANLING GOLF
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Plan condemnad
No writer has done more than I have to forge the links with foreign football teamS. But I condemn this plan to pitchfork! them into the pince of Wales and Ireland because:
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the
visitors be sets.
The meeting also decided that Presidents of all the clubs affiliat→, ed to the Football Association be invited to the three matches.
The following are the teams chosen!--
Combined Hong Kong Tean: Mates to be played on November
4:
Meagre foss
No less than seven...of....th
val went this wayala
Kan Crieves, an Australian plays for. Lazcashire, play Net avery British promoter useful innings when wickets is adamant that tolovising er falleg fast. He went in a tish boxing spells ruin. But fall of the third wicket and
of them ba- nearly every one
Fast man flaves that the present standard
out with 40. of feco offered by the British "Jim Lakor, the Surrey of Broadcasting Corporation are, to howier, gave the Services
say the least, maagre.
dn plenty of trouble who In unsurehug the "no bun" went in to but, and when Yue Yu-tak
view of the British Boxing Board were drawn had token (KMB); Haurol. Mr. A. Elliott, one of the four, wickets for on Yung-sang (KMB). cheung (Kwong Wah); Tang
Ng Kel- the Stewards who is at present runs-Heater. Sum (KMD), Tonnuel (Army), ter tackling the question of gener
serving on a Government commit- A. Sartos (S. J.); He Ying-fan al-sports television...made quite (SC), Mok Chun-wah 5 C) clear the other arguments de
(Club),
Poard might advance,
Reservest Campbell Tozer (Navy), Tong Sheung (S. Kwok Ying-kee (6. C.),
They did feel that the BBC C.). Brown (KMB), and Tse Kom-hung (it closed that the BBC had recently (Club), Lec, Tal-fai were today offering fees which Iwere totally inadequate. He dia- Chee).
offered to more than £150 for Combined Chinese: Match to the televising of two contests tu
London. British be played on November 5:
(1) Flesh and blood, and the Asscalation code itself, demand help for our old partners.
(2) England are not all that
"Perfectly ludlerous," was bit Yue Yiu-tok; Hau Yung-sang.. high and mighty as a football Tse Kam-bung: Tong Sum, Ng Lonent. However, he explainca force. (if Ireland had had a Kei-cheung, Torg Sheung; He that this question of adequate feus team of
Chu was not the beginning and end of pro-war Ying-fum, Lee Chun-fat, averago strength England would have Whe-keung, Yu Cheuk-yin, Lee the problem. bean beaton at Belfast.)
Tal-ful. (3) Wales will show Scot land that she needs not only
har A team but an A1 team to
win at Cardiff 'next Saturday. Liverpool, as I saw them play against Sunderland this season, would have wiped the floor with England at Bellast. The English
team Is. In à mess,.
Too classy
In the past there have been slumps and cycles, und, after ja year DI so of fallure, the J.D. Clagde (9) who returned‡right replacements have come un excellent score of 05 not which along and all has been well. This gave him a total of 42 points won time it doesn't seem so simple. the Stapleford Competition played; over the New Course at Fanling last week-end.....
Perhaps the soundest rules fa foursomes are "No confercuces, Do{** apologies."
The Competition for next
.
As to the latter, the observation week-end will be Hogey Pool on foursomes cup captain and the New Course.
expert con hardly be bettered: "1. assume, unill re- that nys trying]" ceiving evidence to the contrary,
BADMINTON LEAGUE
the
The team's tactics are in tangle. They are trying to bo so classy. The idea is good, but the execution isn't even so so.!
It's downright bad.
was bez
Reserves: Tarn
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"We hope," he said, "to be able Kwan-kon, to have preliminary contests toló- Hung Hing-yuk, Kwok Ying-kec, vised so that the answer is found Soong Ling-sing, Mok Chun-vah, s to whether boxing gates and
finances Au Chi-yin.
are, in fact, seriously affected by television,-Reuter,
WRONG SPIRIT
A. L. Gordon was selected to be the team manager of the. Combined Hong Kong lean while LP. Kwok was the manager for the 'Combined Chinese team.
Fung King-cheung was select- ed as trainer for bath teams.
Tennuel wus elected captain airport
CRC TENN TOURNAMEN
The following • aro matches in the Chinese' creation Club Open te tournaments to be played week..
Today: Men's Doubles. David King and C: Ketéw K. C. Ng und M Ma; Z. L. Sa and G. Lum v Y. E, Fung and Cheng y D. Chan and He Ku KB: W. K. Chung and
Tomorrow: Men's Singles V Chung v 2. L., Sal; Lee, wal v M. Chun er S. K. Wong...
Men's Doubles
SH. Hussein and Firdos 3 Y. P. Tart and W. P. Tsul; Y Chung and T. S. Cheng Chen and Ho Kn-lau winns
W. Chey and P. N. Poon N. To and O. L. Fang
Friday: Men's Singles.
Helsinki, October 22. Three members of the Soviet Russian football team, Spartans. were rushed to hospital from the
hero yesterday after, -W. P. Tvui v T, K. Clioy of the Combined Hong Kong drinking wood alcohol on the Lo Chea or T. W. Chuy team while, Yue Yustak was Stockholm-Helsinki plane.
C. A. Ball or E. Tsul: Y. P. elected captain of the Combined: Chinese team.
After treatment with a stomach
or T. Lo v W. K. Chung or
pump they were able to continue Sta; K. C. Tan v winner of their journey to Moscow,
Le v M. Chan or S. K. Won The air hostess, noticing the Saturday:
Schoolboys Sh raw smell from a bottle of alcohol and Doubles. M they had with them, warned them
Y. T. Chung v D. Dudos.
that they were drinking dengere Wank Wong: NM. CL ous wood spirit. The three
- FOOTBALL IN U.S. Too many of the players are
New York, October 22. trying to switch from club, lo
Professional football results, International style, Instead of playing their natural game,
today's games: .. That's why Chilton, at Belfast,
only
New York Giants 17, Cleveland players laughed but collapsed H. Tkson, S. H.Wong y half
later, and had to finish the night Wong: T. 5. Lov S. Lin: P. the man he can Browns 13; Philadelphia Eagles lying ill on the floor of the nir-M. Mo: A Waisantacrat And as to the conferences,
17, Pilisburgh Steelers 10: Chi-craft. wlaners at F
Formby and at Wor- Club representatives · are re- The forwards are all-of-a
"Wong: T.Lin v P.FNICS, HAW pleadon were
cago Cardinois 30, Washington aeither of them plnded to send in their Hadinin dither, and
and unul the team gel. Redskins28; San Francisco The Russian team had been Sunday believers in Joint consultation.
ton League Entries for the 1950- out of this, mood England will Fortyniners 20, Detroit Lions touring Norway-Router.. It la no assistance, on locking 1951 season to the Honorary Sec-continue at the wailing wall. year's Halford Hewits
from surveying the line
#retary, Mr. J.A: Soares, c/o Hone Scotland have frequently solved the putt, to see.
the puzzled Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-this problem of team-work in countenance of your partner
Internationala by flelding club APME 104 poration. doing the same, thing, from the
formations, · Often; for instance, ollier end, nor any consolation
wing-pair or even triangle.
has been a Ranger or Celle
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stance, I recall as my contribu
The trainer of. Fastnet Rack Junk Jaryls who rode the winno of this handloop himself in his younger days as a jocktoy, should know Just what cliance he holds by virtue of the recent runnins of his stable companion, Peter Flower
This colt won the Champion tton for the first three holes, Stakes at Newmarket, boating the fortified by an impeccable part Cambridgeshire runner, Burnt
b drive and Brown, by a whisker. It tould not have been closer to a dead ample appreach putt, and, a 10- 10 nove him breathing anxious than 5 p.m. on Thursday, October
ly down your "nack from bo| 26, 1959, Four strokes for three footer, one
All entries must be accompanied heat. Both carried level weights. holes, yet none of the fun missed.
"Apart from this the Ideal part by 111910 alition fee for dacit Burnt Brown is opt to give Fort- As to the psychology of it, ner has two supreme virtues. One
ench team enterod; NA NA Desday..!
nobly fito the breach to save dend; Ꮀ
There are thros Divisions in the partner with a five-foot
ner
No.
Iron D
Entries should be sent not later
Bot nuo 13 poimds next. Wed-1 does not find it easier to stop the ability to lay the long putthub and HK$8-entrance fee for je
The exports at Newmarket ba-
one's
SWIM RECORD
Budapest, October 22,
27: Los Angeles Rams 70, Bal tumore Colts 27.
·COLLEGE FOOTBALL, Santa Clara 35 Nevada 0.--~6~ sociated Press.
TURPIN TO FIGHT
London, October 22,
MADRID RACING
Madrid, October 22, The
- French-imported - four- year-old "ally," Adana, by Adaris out of Kenardo, owned by Senor Thomas, Ybarra and ridden by Carrusco, worr the King, Alphonte Over ano and muos
Y, T. Chung and T. 3. Lo 5. Wong and C. E. Wong D.. and S. 2. Wơng v. M., Mor Wasuntsichat, P. Ng and S. 1 [11. Chauri and 11. Litton; BUL and P. H. Iu v G. Ha Jr.A *Lini
TENNIS RESUL The following are the re ven the race, which 161 Chlioso. Recreation Clu
The Hungarian Olympic star. Nánitolph Turpin will, have his Memorial Staker hero today, torule: matches played
completed
Adahalor":
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The other is that of keeping Men's Doubles leagues and two Miss Eva Novok, hen bettered the first fight since ning the Bri- lieve the Fastant None who put than to hole, the come and the ball in play from the tee, not divisions in each of the Alized world record for the women's 200 tph Middleweight Championship
it miserably short by one's self? hilting i very near to winning. But not all Not that success is inevitable even but merely keeping it visible and Leagues
it a mile down the middle Doubles and Ladies Doubles metres bresel siruko, recording on Monday, November 18, at the open to thiçe-year-olds and
to lufigerian newspapers. Er Market" Halle
distance in 2.40.8 | moicheljiro; } whonny, Morward yong and half up. Tany; HOMIEMERNA of them; think It, lf a good thing in Loursome,
to moots Joc from her stable companion. Openi shall not lightly forget, iPlay
nida.ht Worplesdon
hold at Alemy, of Spain.
| Polany, palan owned by Senor Choa heat Che another rireminiscenco · may, be that the bare of chivalry was ineflond, October 22.. | Bzrwerf.
fight will be over 10 rounds, Ybarra, whili Kansas half u lerijih.
[4]In Alemo nos recently defeated Ell was third in nacid or claridel, adivin Proprim - Saraivon, putt of this length deed dead when one declared italy benkerance by saver The Internationally recupted re-
for a 2 on the ninth at Lytham, unn's own drive" unplayable and matches to win lis aithren-day. In gord is 2.49.2 cet by Holland's Misc Clandon and Roger Casey, former _ing ball - Having been placed rat on a shooting stjuk,sville, the ternational lawn Stennis. contes? Nelly van Vllal. In 1948-Ualled Alidalelyaights. Clamplett Lot
there by an eminent, protamsians i lasy went hack to play another,,,, which wided here today--Regler, Prove, Taggagere up, an eminent proftationi laug will skje to mnaghen mus veganeulbri juaje),
Trinbediendi pabilobed for.
The winner, which is trained by deli wong Sui Cenas Cadenas started, at 103, 441