*GET ON NODDING TERMS WITH THE 'BALL'—COMPTON
SOCCER SCHOOL
TRY YOUR HAND AT GOAL-MAKING' -LOFTHOUSE
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
Don't Let The Minstrel
The tutors
NIXTH ICSSON of Soccer School to written by L.cslic Compton, bj Arsenal, and Nat Loft- finuse, of Bolton, and presented by Desmond Hackett. Their subjects ure the ones they kno10 best - centre half and centre forward
Na Hotak is preparing to flick the ball part a Le reto challenging defender.
full marks for (1) ere directly on the bati (2) Away, which Kiven him control; (3) armis nees cart
1-10 nerfect balitnee
Pella Cautótól. In the
master hers. By he. TUNE the ball has descandesbe whi len-in-position · km unnanfoot_with the front of the kend and put Lar ball mafely out to the wing
Championship Programme Badminton
The following SUVEX BIR down for decision in the Colony Open Badminton Championships on Mon-
day and Tuesday, next:
MONDAY
7
Jl CisigingWWW. p.m. (Soodboys
(Junior Ladies Doubles): Mrs H. Z.
Fool You.
Says LESLIE COMPTON
So you want to become a centre half? Right, but remember the centre half has nothing of the glamour of a flying winger, a crack-shot centre forward, or a dare- devil gonikeeper.
The centre half job can be as boring as being a ship's look-out man, but it is just as important. Modern Soccer has turned us into stoppers. You must be prepared to stay in position, refuse to be drawn out by the wandering minstrel of a centre forward.
But remember that if tho centre forward wants to score ho must get back near the middle. So lesson No 1 is-stay at home.
I soon found out that I must use my head, not only to think
a move ahead of the attack, but
to get that ball clear.
Now I find that can end an attack and switch my own team
I
hours learning to put in time the ball, to take it firmly on the front of the head, to use my neck muscles to add extra power in clearing. My colleagues
Don't Let Him
Scare You
By Nat Lofthouse
tho Stendy on Leslie, give
chance, he into goal-chasing with an ac-centre forward, a
is doing his best, curate and powerful header.
You can see, pupils, it is up jecker to outwit to the gost that stay-at-home centre half.
You must, of cou
course, be master of the arts of ball, if have ideas about out by first throwing the passing, dris. Pping, heading,
an effective leader. Although Lerile says let the
headaches en-
being
and ball-
creasing forca.
It did not take me long to learn how to take the ball car centre forward go a-roaming, f know that this move can be up- rectly. A fow
work your couraged me follow these settlig when you
to heading lessons closely, and on switch quickly.
One method is for the centre found I myself on easy nodding
forward to move to the wing. terms with the ball
Heading tennis, heading a ballslip the ball to his half-back, suspended so you have to jump and sprint into the centre of the flold inloway between the haif- it, and that old solo effort of heading the ball against a wallway line and the penalty area.
10
all help out in Lesson No. 2-Use This is usually a little short your head.
People pull my log about the way I sweep the ball upfield with apparent ense, Timing and balance are the secret.
HIGH SPEED
of the policeman centre haif's best. You are in possession and have four forwards slightly ahead of you.
WING THE BALL
First try kicking the ball al Result: The defence is not high speed that split-second quite sure of your next move! clearance that beats the dasher You can wing the ball and go centre forward, This usually in for the return, have a shorj: means kicking from the kave, passing bout with your inside forwards or try a shock burst
toe well down, and the sealmaker 1s to ticki
foot swinging to the wing. tise this-l's a great goal-saver.
Then there is the unhurried the ball back to your inside for clearance when the opposition ward as the centre half moves defence
has made the mistake of up. Face your own goal and he kicking
ing the ball way ahead of your inside forward puts the their own attack.
ball back to you take it on the Do not make the same error, swing. Look out for your best - placed This is one method of home- forward or half-back, and swing work; Suspend a ball about knee
the ball to him.
high and keep swinging on
to
You should know from tactle{ It.] talks how your forwards like to Do not be afraid of the mas- receive the ball there is the sive men like Compton when it winger who likes to kill the ball; comes to a heading duel. By the centre forward who likes the | Uming your jump you can gat ball to move past him at pace; the ball.
wants the ball
1051.
THEY WILL
PLAY IN HONGKONG
Our next soccer visitors, the Hend on photograph.
Football Club, pose
for
group
They are, from left to right:
Back Row-D. Adams, A. Pheboy, L. Topp, R. Ivey, J. Westmore, W. Fisher, J. Marable (Trainer).
Front Row-R. Avis, R. Strond, P. Lynch (Captain), R. Hinshelwood and
M. Lane.
Adams, Topp and Strond are all English-Amateur Internationals.
Week-end Softball
BLACKHAWKS FACE DRAGONS TOMORROW IN JUNIOR LOOP PLAYOFF MATCH
By "GRANDSTAND"
After enjoying a full week of entertaining softball exhibitions which featured the visiting Pandas and a combined U. S. Navy side, the League programme this week appears comparatively dull, with the Junior League playoff, tussle between the Blackhawks and Dragonì providing the only item of excitement.
The trio of Senior League scuffles down for decision are between teams who results will not in any way jeopardise the position of the leaders. are just going through the motions in a routine completion of the fixtures, and the
800 several
will The St Teresa's-Canadians Ladies' game
batting-title aspirants facing Alice Mar's smokeball in an attempt to better the current top per- centage registered by Wahoo keystoner Gwen Dragon.
As far as the Hawks are con-|| The opposing masterminds The Americans, having with- the half-back who will "half Avold the mistake of thinking cornett, the Dragons represent are Rennie Sequiera, who has drawn from the League owing turn, telling you which way he that your only object in Soccer their only threat in the coming conched the Hawks for two sea- to player shortage, curtail the
for the League —programme is to score goals. You may and playoff serice, for none of the moos, and Y. 3. Llang
a great Læsson. No. 3: Kabw your own) yourself up against centre half | men. Defence schemes, should, on peak form and here other teams in their bracket has Dragons, in the first round of deal and it may be possible for
bothered them with a close the showdown series, be simple, and well rehearsed, boating of you. Be ready to
score with the exception of the The Arscaal plan is to fall back admit this and turn to making recent upset by the lowly
goals. in line.
placed Aces, which can bo chalked up to bad break.
Henry Longhurst On GOLF
ENEMY FORMATION
even.
(
BATTING WEAKNESS
LADIES' LEAGUE FEATURE
Tho Ladies League will feature a struggle between St | Teresa's sluggers and Capuc
Ketto Alice Mar's piching, which has been rated na best
has steady alinging
responsible for
the Seniors to be engaged in playqir games earlier than expected.
However, before that stage can be reached, several weeks must elapse" in order that the position can be placed beyond all possibilities of a mathe-
The Blackhawks can produce among local hurlers for several matical chance. two burlers-in Joey Gracn and seasons, Rennie Barretto, but their
!Alice's While aspirants for the British Walker Cup team- batting power is considerably been mainly apart from Ronnie White and the three Irishmen, who weakened without the sting of pick themselves-practise with burning hopes and freez-the hats of their players who trying the Maple Leafers up tó within threatening distance ing fingers against the declaration of the team on April left the Colony at the end of for the runners-up position, as 7, our American friends have already nominated their the preliminary bouts side.
at
Joey Graca will get the assignment on tjó mound in view of fils, pads
the folding of the Canadiaris has so far been nothing much to rave about..
which
They have an chsler task. does the match stand?"
As an indication. of Alice's Distances and to great to Coe, who beat Ewing on the putation
when the chilT TH mound achievement, records Stogles): warrant trial matches after last green at Winged Foot in down, while the reshuffled in prove that her average free Issu Wong Chong-yes v U Bel Lap: 7.30 our pattern-It was intriguing, the last Walker Cup match, Beld positions will be taken of base on balls does not amount- p.m. Junior Men's Blogle): KB for instance, to find on ar and then went on to win the care of by Roberto Nunesat to more than one per game. Thang F. M. Horario: 8. p.m. Junior Mixed Doubles): B. K. L. riving for the 1936 match championship, is also a mast
post first base, Bernard Silva and Lui & Mi B. Baptista v C. Das Pine Valley that two of our impressive golfer, a true stylist Manuel "Shorty" Nunes around Distance sluggers stud the viridra & Miss Ivy Chooog: 8.20 p.m. opponents, who came from in the classical manner, un-
ugh Loureiro at the hot Gonsalves Mise M. Xavier v Miss Scatto, had travelled farther like the more utilitarian, though the mid-way cushion and Eddle Imeup for St Teresa's,
Corber
includes Shella Silva, Girlie J. Greenhalgh Mrs Liza Ben- than we had-and the United effective, method employed by
Glasn
and Yvonne Souza, bot Jamini 9 p.m. Junior Men's States players are picked sim-most top-class, Americana. He Doubles): Ho Weng-toh
Utility Reggio Silva has been forgetting rookie Sheila Collaco results. 210 V K. Was & Zander Tsok: Ply on our is W. P. Turdesa 1 have an ungallantly, hopeful outfit for the whole season and BWAY with the home-run tug ls, however, thin as a reed, and trailing along with the power who surprised fans by running 9.30 p.m. Junior Mixed Doubles): Jimmy Koo & Mia M4. Ying v 2. 11. (captain) R. Chapman, C. suspicion that a good strong it not, certain how he will with two round-trippers, swatted Ericksen & Min C. Amulphy: 10 Coe, J. McHale, F. Stranahan, wind at Birkdale might p.m. (Junior Men's Doubles): S. T.
be placed in the llac-up when during the season. This game, game time starts, Silva track more than the un
Blated for 0.30 sim, should at-} good bitter and his stickwork number of carly Sunday morning might come in handy in fans. Turnesa, who may not play pinch. himself In the singles, has also
Sonny
Their
Hoof & L. H. Tan v K. C. Wons W. C. Campbell, S. Urzetta, him away.
K. Y. TO
TUESDAY
At St Toran's Church Hi
7.30 p.m. (Junior Men's Singles) :
R. Knowles, and H. Paddock.
Three of these, Knowles,
Hool Seng-tuck v B. el Arculia Paddock and Urzetta, are now
p.m. (Junior Men's Doubles): C. to the team, and, with Coc,
wat
NO COURSE FOR BOYS
2
C. Wong & D. Yeh v W. A. Derkin i now to, goil over hore, thougDj Tike to think the same of Chap-Eriz Remedios who used to ingther. Czy victory over the: |been proved vulnerable, and I The receiving job will fall on South China should gather in M. Sargent; 8.30 pm, (Junior Ladies Singles): Miss Ullan Khoo vracia was, I believe, on ser Mks Ivy Choong: 9 p.m. (Junior vice in Europe Men's Doubles); S.G. Brown & M. months Kempton v J. A. da Motia & EZ PON
p.m.
for
the WALK. A
(Junior big,
dred,
the
a few man. But I cannot see anyone patrol the pasture, and while in the ith schelated for Basebalers when they tangle
out getting much chango of Erie is in every respect as 3.30 p.m. tomorrow, while the Stranehan or McHale. An agreeable
to good
a hind-snatcher as his Fanthers, who have had two yanov Coubles: Mr Tivle 130k young man of 24, he is their hung that took people's breathedecessor his fork hand for Madcape, toe their third mas
Campbell, the truly
immense Manuel Gutterres, rovere shellackings front Mia Helen Kwong KEMIJ. A national champion and
extreme- Soares de Miss Gloria siva: 10 p.m. ly well liked. His father is a away at St. Andrews last year pegging across the diamond sacre. Can it be possible that (Junior Men's Doubles) K. H. Chin & N, K, Chin v 7. W. Kwong caretaker in e
nt is ideal for Birkdale from the apartment & Francia La
house in Rochester, NY. back tees, which is no
and when we were there for the for boys. championship two years ago they were all declaring ho would one day win it..
Arthur Peall says:
J
AN INTENTIONAL MISS
MAY LOSE THE GAME
course
may be a handicap to the d- there la piething wrong in
of vantage cushion purloiners. thờ schedule, or that the Panthers don't know!, when The Dragons, poised at the they've had enought Campbell
with accepted good grace the criticisms lovelytbar corner of the arena, are
and ready led at his slow play, and on the high and mighty Hawks
willing to take
con In the final he beat our own la return to the States wrote but our they, upset the
DOWO champion, Frank Stranahan on in most generous terms about fader out? The answer Todo in
10 arab diagram red dot at the 30th pairing which
the Old Course, the_
depends on which; camp the fan porting But, you may need yn have saba described, since the caddies and
Stranahan is known to be the atmosphere. An to slow sure belongs to for supporters,
both teams are equally cond- heir to a handsome fortune, as on which he was considered
reddent seemed ho
Hollywood an authority," bort that writers have, been dreaming up pity, he maid, to come
Catcher cuntinentor since the magic lantern ›› Was | miles and then seq, the line of Loulo Ogures that the Hawks Invented
a putt only after he had, mlas- are the only team who may be 04.
and able to stop them in their martah Interviewed after the half. It
to Pennantville" and the tha1
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to save his neck Urzetta' made was mainly responsible, for in
the engaging command: "Yes, 2 first-round (varias sanal, taki
was little nervous, but most 3 hours 42
by just wont along playing to an idea
andr, memo. Inlove-10-play:
good nat
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Saturday 24th, Wednesday 28th February 188 Saturday 3rd March 1951
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