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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SIXTH RACE MEETING 1952/53
Saturday, 6th and Saturday, 13th December, 1952
(Hold under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1952.
Don't Shoot The Manager - He's Doing His Best
Says STANLEY CULLIS
(Manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Come right in Mr Soccer Fan. So you think you would do well as a manager? Well maybe you would like to know just what kind of job you are taking on. The chances are that you might even change your
mind.
And let us get this straight. I am not speaking just for myself. My football work is duplicated by almost every other manager. There may be different ideas at different clubs, but the routine chores are pretty much the same,
I deal with this mail, reply to the urgent letters, and then we will look over the team train- ing.
Unit
this
to
in talks game. - Essentini Evenings take Where are we, then? Today į RAF
local with muek Junior clubs, serving on
ко Is Wednesday. All right, we'll journey
tulent among the committees such as the King start from today and take you potential
George VI Playing Fichis through the normal week in a Service youngsters.
Funds. We managers can Al- manager's life. Excuse me while
Or It may be an afternuan drudge over the desk replying to ways bet on luving some even- scout
studying reports,
re-ing date, | commendations from Juntor Friday: Λ headache day, chubs highly important point ringing up for the releases of this--arranging the agenda for Service players, planning the evening board meeting placements if they cannot get Should be through by about
away. This may involve jug- Kling with any of teams due to play on Satur day.
All teams report for training. We managers have to make sure that any faults in play, any │ weaknesses
corrected Art
in training. It is obviously useless to give every player the sum training. This, my friend Mr Soccer Fan, is a full and exacting morning's work.
It could be a high-powered
On the 1st Day the First Bell will be rung at 1 pan, and the dash to watch some First Hace will be run at 1.30 p.m.
On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and
the First Race will be run at 2 pɛm.
There are leaves on the 1st Day and 1 races on the 2mi Day (17 in all).
Tiwagh Ticket. (17 Rates-$34.00) also tickets at $2.00 each Jur the Cash Sweep on the last ence of the Mesting as well as the Special e Sacep un the "Pere Memorial Cup Sweep" scheduled to be run in 24th January, 1953, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Office of the Clubs at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chunter Road..
Through Tickels reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 a.m. on Friday, 5th Premmber, will be sokl and the reservation cancelled for Inture meetings.
I
To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Obler at Queen's" Bulding, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Offices at:—
5 D'Aquilar Street, Hong Kong
or
382 Nathan Road, Kowloom. TOTALISATOR
The attention of Tolafisatog Investors is drawn to the following! rule
Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given. The "ALL CLEAR" algnai will be indicated by a white light ut the Totalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OK THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN RX-
BITED.
Tolalisator Tickets should be examined and checked be- fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip- tion cannot be rectified later.
Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained unce Investors have let the Counters.
All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which- they reler, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.
In no circumstances will uny Dividends be paid or refunds made unless u ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on turn or disfigured tickets,
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their budges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Erocches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Alexandra House, on the written or personal introduc- tion of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.
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Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will be on sale at the Race Course.
Ofeé
The Branch Onices and the Treasurers' Compradore will close at 18.30 am. on the 1st Day and at 11 a.m. the 2nd Day. The Secretary's Office will close at 11.15 a.m. the 1st Day und at 1140 am. the 2nd Day. The Treasurers' Compradoro Office is altuated at, Queen's Bullding, Ground Floor, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House. Bih Floor,
A
Timited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club Hause provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tal. 27818).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3.00 per day including tax for all persons including Ladies and will be payable at the Gate.
Any person leaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting will forfelt his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to geln re-admission,
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
SERVANTS' PASSES
Servants' passen will be issued to private box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through on their duties and must remain in their employers stands.
Owing to the congestion in the Member's Betting Hall and at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Bax-holders and Members are requested to ensure that their sorvants make use only of the Publie Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is adhered to.
By Order,
H. MIDA,
Sacrolery.
Army or
p.m.
Thursday; it is a full day of
to training, still office routine
up the cope with, swotting ties of the team you meet on strength, weaknesses, and tac- Saturday. And then team talk with
suggestions
comments.
from players.
Barnes And Other Storms
Welshmen
New South
Outraged At Choice
་
Of Six Victorians
Melbourne.
Who dropped Sld Barnes from the Test team an- nounced on November 27 to play South Africa in Brisbane the selectors, Ryder, Ridings and Brown, or the Board of Control?
This is at present a complete mystery here. Nobody knows yet who torpedoed Barnes this time, but it is sure to come out in the wash.
Barnes's
cause
will! Every critic in non-inclusion
Australia the biggest public said he had won his place back rumpus yet known in cricket again. Yet he is not chosen al- here. All this week with his big though with an average of 76 Victoria, Barnes in first class games this season score against has been front page news in all he beats every other batsman the Australian newspapers.
chosen for the test side. Polls conducted at the Mel- bourne ground and in the elty
showed streels
everybody wanted Barnes,
Saturday's Home Soccer Programme
The
..
ICY COLD CLAP
the
six
You have your training room talk, decide what to do about And slan'i doubtful players. forget that office-desk is still
Friday night is calling.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT
Stan Cullis, of Wolverhampton Wanderers, explains in the accompanying article some of the problems that go to make up the life of a football manager.
George Whiting's Column
"Split" Waterman Threatens To Change Two Wheels For Four
Four wheels for two....motorcars for motorcycles. Such is the hope, the night off, and this is sport-change threatened by Mr Squire Waterman-known to the speed-
command performance
Wo
with
ortlers from home, but even this has to be missed if you have to make a long overnight Journey.
or wrong.
way cognoscenti as "Split."
The enthusiasts of Harringay can no longer be assured that next season will offer them a further chapter of those dust-round-the-corner excitements provided so colourfully these last two years by the perkiest Cockney in the business. all Waterman, Saturday: Check up of
nursing several | 6,428 resklents, of whom, 5,427 Jean is to be specially coached teams, maybe a long train kinds of grievances against the ore unlikely ever to be herd of by Bobby Miller in Durban.
CUP TICKETS trip but always that nerve-Speedway Control Bourd ("der England. The other one, a 13-
The Football Association say li racking 90 minutes which tell not like them, and I don't care year-old schoolgirl named Jeani
Imagine a more you if your plans were right who knows it. Twice they messed Forbes, threatens to become the is difficult to
me about over the match race next "Little Mo" of lawn tennis. equitable method of distributing tickets than the Cup Final again over the championship, and
Playing in the inter-provincial present one. No such difficully declines Maybe an injury upsets the world championship"), side. Most of us would rather to put a date on his retirement. tournament in Durban, Jean has bothers Mr L. G. Gitting, of play than have to watch. This But, having listened to the startled even those oficials who Wembley. He writes:
"It has been estimated that is the thing that really gives pungent Waterman vocabulary, I had already proclaimed her a
admission charges to the Cup us grey hairs. Finishing time forecast that his good-bye-for-possible world champion.
Final last year amounted to is around six unless wo aro ever will be confirmed at Christ-
She hits the bali harder than double the total admission did Bobby Heine Miller-South charge according to the away. Then it can be any old mas.
ORIGINAL MACHINE.
priated time.
Squire Split is sore.. So sore Africa's famous player of a few tickets. £40,000 to the epivat Sunday: day of rest that he has sold
mast of his years back-when aged 10; has "If the altending public are on to the ground to check seat. All the has kept in his perfect court manners, a model
1 pay double, then let the on casualties: Take in reports garage at New Malden is the service and appears to have charges be doubled. No control her shots of prices will ever beat; the Law Sho from trainers on the progress original machine with which he
the from
same of supply and demand, of the junior teams, malce started racing nearly six years
Joan Harrison the "The extra income could be hote of any outstanding
province as mago, and one other,
used to help the sport in many provement. Roccive the
If there is to be any sport in Olymple swimmer. urgent advice from scouts.
the Waterman future it is likely Could mean an dash to sign some much-want- ("They give you a square deal ed junior.
over there") and car racing England ("I've played with it with a pal of mine"),
Money? The Harringay Hero considers that a top speedway figure of, say, £2,500 per year le no great emolument in a
sport that has cost him fractures
Monday: Off we
moro
Sh
ample time to play
comes
F
-
Nursing an ambition to play ways." afternoon to be speedway on the Continent
go again. That desk is piled with week end mall. Routine is prepared; training plans, special courses for young players, suggest cor- rective exercises for star men. This is the day, we hope, we might be able to sneak off for mid we hope. on afternoon at golf. Yes, I
the ashes
in around
of
at Wimbledon in two years' time,
-{London Expren Service)
FIRST MEETING OF BUSINESS HOUSES SPORTS FEDERATION
The first official meeting of the Business Houses Sports Federation was held at the Cable and Wireless Sports Club, Caroline Hill, last night, when a temporary committee was formed.
.
Nominated as Chairman was Mr R. J. Taylor (Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd), with Mr J. Strachan (Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd). as Hon. Secretary and Mr C. J. P. de Heer (Royal Inter- ocean Line) as Hon. Treasurer,
The Victorian Beldsmen alone snubbed him at Melbourne in
ribs, wrist and thunb. the recent game. They refused
removal of part of his stomach, 10 acknowledge his 50 and gave
three spells concussion, logs of un icy cold clap to his century,
teeth, and several-lacerations-of- Tuesday: Another desk-load.oyes and nose. but he was received like Brad- man by the crowd and spectators We try out moves in SOCCET- War-wounded Waterman has held up the game while they boots after the soft-shoe train- come a long way on einders cheered him for two minutes ing of the Monday schedule, since, nearly seven years ago, he when he reached his century Afternoon; it is R 10-a-side helped to build a speedway track
slashed a century which
salt sume with stoppages to correct from
of Vesuvius deep into the wounded feelings errors, point out advantages. while serving with REME. of officialdom.
There is that wretched phone
LESS EXPLOSIVE calling you all the way across
At 30, Meanwhile the Test. team of the flcid. It may be trivial, it
he goes back to the old players
more prosale, equally profitable. has been may be the way to a new star. Cup I mostly
less explosive, and much less well badly received. With the 1953 But it must be answered,
painful business of tool-making, English tour in view It was i hoped that youth` would be
at which he served seven years'
The meeting opened with Mr to the next meeting so that the given a good chance, but the
apprenticeship, and the running selectors have been stodgy and
of his own sheet metal concern. Strachan in the chair. He said organisation of various sporting terraces will miss his hair that replica had been received activities could be thoroughly mid-Victorian,
raising riding. The plis will from Jardine, Matheson and discussed.
Mr Taylor said the Federation miss his hackle-raising back- Co, Ltd, the Dairy Farm, Re-
a table tennis answers. And life will probably difusion, Cable and Wireless, had organised
Royal Interoccan Line, and Im-tournament among members be a lot more peaceful for the perial Chemical Industries out who had so far joined and the Speedway Control Board.
out to circulars sent of 848
tournament was now in progress. SECOND LITTLE MO'
which
It was agreed to hold the next Burghersdorp, in the East Cape business hongs, among
large number of Chi meeting on Wednesday, Decem- South Africa, has nese arms. While the number ber 17, at 6 p.m. at a venue tu Province of
of applications wax not as satis- be announced later. factory as the organisers had hoped, he felt that the
following FA second round matches as as League Axtures are down for decision at Home on Saturday. December 8:
FA Cup (Becond Round) Balrow
Millwall Colchester V, V Llanelly Peterborougli Bristol tovars Shrewsbury T. v Chentortild
Halifax
Bradford
Hereford
Bradford C
v Buuthport
V Gateshead
y Scunthorpe U.
v Ipswich T
Brighton H. v Norwich C. Swindon Town v Northampton T.
v Crystal Palace v. Wrexham
Finchley Great Y Tranmere B. Walthamalow Bishop A Stockport Gruinsby T Accrington 8, Port Vale Newport C
Arseno Aston V
Blackpool Botton W. Chariton A Chelsea Derby C.. Manchester U Portsmouth Sunderland Wolves W.
Markicy
Blackburn R. Brentford
Doncler
Everton
Hartlepools 17.
v Watford
V
Coventry C.
Gillinghom
Bath City
v Mansfield Town
v Oldham Athletle
Gainsborough
Division I
v Preston NE
v Cardiff C.
v Manchester C.
Newcastle U.
v Burnley
V Liverpool
v Stoke C.
v Mikilesbro
W. From A.
• Sheffield W.
Y Tottenham
Division II
v West Ham U.
v Southampton.
U.
V Luton T
Let
v Zitmsinghorn
Huddersfield T. v Rotherfirm
Hull C Lincoln C. Eisemeld Home T Nottingham F.
Not C.
v Leicester G.
Fullm Plymouth A. Bury Divalon til (Bouthy I-eyton a.
y Aldershot Heading
Queen's P.R. -Southend U
Aletle Clyde
Dundee
Falkirk Hibernian
Seattish League: "Ak
Qa of the Bò,
By St Mirren,
v Tarik T,
The mark
Elatih
v Colle
* Motherwell
* Aberdeen
Scottish League "B"
Blenhe
Dunbartons Durstremline A.V Dübdee, U. Stany A. Hamilton A.
V Aye, U.
String A.. M-Cowdenbeatle
If the Springboks can make 400,
some elderly and alder- manie Australians will need a
stretcher to carry them off at Brisbane.
Tuesday night is youngsters night and we get a kick out of the enthusiasm and eagerness
of the boys who have their eyes on soccer stardom.
Looks as though this is where we came in, back at Wednes day already. Oh, don't go yet.
IN BETWEEN
A feature of the choice
In between you have to deal that six Victorians are included with players who are dissatis-
New although
South Wales; fed, with wives who want whipped Victoria by an In-house Like Mrs So-and-So, who
victory.
have
twice
The
were
a
majority
South want decorations or repairs, de- Victorian Tennis of potential members were hold meeting were Mr A.F.V. Ribeiro
nings,
New Wales
beaten Queensland outright and South Africa also, but stu! have only four men and of these Benaud might be twelfth.
ciding whether to sell a player, wondering whether buying a now 'player might upset man who holds the job down.
the
Tournament
Melbourne, Dec. 2.
Others present at Inst night's (Cable and Wireless), Mr AJ. ing back until something cob Hussain (Rediffusion), Me K.K. crete had been formed The Chouk (Butlerfield and Swire), response from interested honga Mr J.D. Macklo (Jardine, had been encouraging, and the Matheson), and Mr K.K. Chow organisers were confident that (Dairy Farm),
OBJECTS.
It is not so simple as so many Vie Seixas, American-Davis the idea of a Business Houses Outraged New South Welsh of you think: If I were mana- men are suggesting tonight that ger I would buy Trevor Ford, Cup captain, entered the semi-Sports Federation would catch Miller, Lindwall, Morris and Tom Finney, Billy Wright, Roy finals of the Victorian Lawn
Tennis championships today but on Benaud should boycott the Test Bentley and so on. and bring the whole sorry business to a head.
-(London Expron Servico)
Geoff Duke Turns
To Four Wheels
And believe me those wives have a big say in football,
Fan So you see, Mr Soccer cigars and gold watch-chains,
→London Express Berülés) **
was sent to the sideline.
-As. most of the business his teammate-Ham Richardson Mr Strachan said that so far houses sports clubs meet with
the same -difficulties,^^-ft dating offers had been received for their interest to join the Fed- Of course we all would. (a)
tha us of three miniature If we had the cash; (b) if their
Seixas, the United States top football acids, two badminton eration, whose objects are clubs will part; (e) if the players will move; (d). If their ranked player from Philadelphia, courts, three table tennis tables, (a) To promote good sports- scored a one-sided 6-0, 0-2, 6-2 three basketball pitches, five manship and fellowship between wives will agree to move.
victory over Ken Rosewall
of tennis courts and two dark members of the clubs, and ne
sociations affiliated with tho Australia in their quarter final boards,
Business Houses Sports Fedora- metch,
After the nomination of the lon The 19-year-old Richardisar of
Taylor being a manager is not all Baton Rouge, La., had no such temporary officere, Me
(b) To improve the standard was eliminated by took the stressed. It Mervyn Rose: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Tho was up to the working commit-qf, recreation necessi}}@*-://to of "This ; Business Australian lefthander never gave tee to get things moving. He was members Richardson a chance, winning in sure that once this
achieved,
Houses Sports Federation" by was 53 minutes.
the nutes. Frank Sedgman, Australia's committee would be over pooling, all resources, and to
пок
whelmed with applications. He organise competitive meetings -1 player, also gained a semi-had played in a Business Houses in all sports, and recreallang.
An ultimate aim of the Fed- final
league in Great Britain where Ken McGregor beat Rex Hart It had boon most successful, and ration is to procure site for 1lis reason for giving up two [
London, Dec, 25 WIE. 3-5; 7-5, 6-3, 7-4,
he fell the establishment of such the purpose of bulking a centre wheels in favour of four is
Freddie King, 125 pounds,In the women's quarter-finals, a Federation in. Hongking would for the Business Houses SportE "tho: temporary......tacic, of д
Helen Augwin beat Jennifer achieve equal success, especially Todoration with every British competitive. 500 c.c. outpuinted the Scottish Feather
sportlog weight Champion, Tommy Mill Staley, 6-2, 6-3; Julio Sampson as the foundation morabers com- Letak and class machine."
Any further information ler. 120% pounds...
In the 12-beat Beryl Penrose, 4, 6-2;prised some of the biggest busi-
cat Pem need horiga in the Colony. What be indlysupplied by MrJ. Dukey who is 20 years old, roundtimal eliminator to Maureen Connolly
and wer needed at the moment was. Straelinn, Hot, Secretary ht has been riding motorcycles in challenge for Ronnie Clayton's Bouthcombe 8-0, 0-2, competitive competitions for Britids fonthesweight this my the, Mary Hawton bent Laurel Nicho- greater support. He appended to loc Committee/c/o The Daily four years, two of them as a Empress Half before, a crowd of last 6-3;: Grkasociated Press the Colony a «busineki firmata Tammi, Ice & Cold Storage. Co., send at least one reprcicntative Ltd telephone 20131 de 20181Z professional cotater,
||10,000,--United' Press,
London, Dec. 2. Geoff Dulce, British Roving Champion, said he had accept- ed an offer British Aston Martin Sport's cor team next year.
to drive for the FEATHERWEIGHT NO.1 player; al * ELIMINATOR-
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