THE CHINA MAIL" MONDAY.
SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE HKABA'S COLONY BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
By OUR BOXING REPORTER
It is seldom that a sports writer gets an opportunity to sit down and give prolonged consideration to what he is going to say about a particular event. Usually it is a question of rushing 'hot' news and first Impressions to a relentless editor for the next available publication.
However, with the week-end curbing editorial demands I've been able to re- view the HKABA's 1956 Colony Championships without the pressing urgency of deadlines and rushed copy. but even after a lot of second thoughts I retract not a single word of what I wrote immediately after the show on Friday.
1
201 #till satisfied What
the
Aras provided as fine an oven-
Colony at the and square by another grand
members of little fighter. time are
boxera in Lae present
ing'" sporting entertainment the Services.
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ane could possibly visualise.
Much
huh
niready
Abece
been
ON THE WRONG END
However, this is not a review
The Heavyweight tussle be tween official Analist Cpl Bowen and disqualified semi- merely finalist
Robinson
how fortunate Sigi of boxing politics. As far as
emphasised Mahoney was to be outside the the Betual boxing was cerned, the biggest disappoint-ring Robinson, who had out- classed Mahoney in their brief oficialment was connected with some
revealed *s A of the truly shocking decisions semi-final, was is
by ring-wise complete novice during
Bowen and be wisely called it a day after a single round in which he was on the receiving end from start to finish.
written and spoken, about the of ninast
complete boxers froin the civilian com nuity but it was obvious from thie
Is the Foreword programme that the HKABA nelthar oblivious or indifferent of the far reaching pocta of this problem.
However,
the
That turned
up carlier rouKİ of the compeu- tion.
When a man has trained as
Plesee don't
i would be wrduously for weeks in prepara- to sucklie the Association with
The fine support given to the tion for a competition only to
series parti- all way of the blame without
find himself on the wrong end Championship knowing exactly what has been
of an all too obviously wrong cularly by the big crowd at the golros ort bchod
verdiet, it is enough to destroy finals has done much to estab- Let I say only that rules are
lish the financial position of the hus enthusiasm for the sort. ruks. Jees i.re [uta and
the Chairman HKABA don't let anyone fange that at
tell me about said to me at the ringside " beast two of the best Chinese the ethics of good sporisman-
und this (the crowd) has done ship and all that for 'good us the work! of good. I am sportsmanship' is often a cloak really delighted at the support under which a highly
have strung we
received. , but athlete hides his dissappoint- fortunately the boxing tonight ment or his disquat at a raw has been so very good that I feet but in that I am everyone has hind value for their
and I um not re
monty...." generalising ferring to any particular boxer, I thought that Morales and Jones were the victims of two
RUCCER
Two Changes In
Ireland's Team
deal
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
Against England glaring examples of bad judy The HKABA can take a great
on
Dublin, Jun. 28 Treinte maske two changes in their Hugby Union learn to meet Englau BL Twickenha February 11 front thu side which was beaten 14-8 in Paris yesterday
Kavanagh {Wanderers} and Fedis (Lansdowne) replace Kennedy (Callegtuns) and Cun- ningham (Cork Constitution) In the pack
ing and I thought that others, Hike Legerton in the semi-final, were lucky winners,
11
cir-
ARY
BEFORE THE SNAP
Chow Jor of the HKOR was comfortably over on this but further one at the Novioes Championships yesterday. progress was wiilted after he had cleared 9 feet 4 inches and This does not call for the pole snapped at the next height. letters criticling the UKAAA as polen, even staminium ones, have snapped under some of the world's greatest vaulters. China Mall Photo.
SOUTH CHINA 3 KITCHEE 2 This Was Not The Class
Soccer Expected
Expected From South China Or Kitchee
Of
By I. M. MacTAVISH
A surprisingly good crowd gathered at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday for this First Division game, but for long periods they were treated to a listless lackadaisical display, very different from the type usually associated with a meeting of these famous sides,
Kitchee played much better after the interval when they were reduced to ten men, and in fact, there was a time when they looked good enough to save the game. South China's strange, line-up took a bit of understanding but as they gathered two precious points with an infury weakened side, they will probably feel that all the chopping and changing was justified.
Nevertheless
Live Caroline wing combination of Ho This game was not up to the
were below strength of course but even some of the established players were not up to par
For South Ching only Lau Chi-ping, “ Chi-kong, Ho
Chan
HU boys made hard work of Cheung-yay and Chu Wing-wah | atalard we have come to ex- it all and they should have to pair them off with a young peet from these two sidra. Both had the game well won long reserve. Họ maal played him- before the end.
sds to a standstill and he scored The playing
of Fong Bad a picture goal in the first half.
ot chey, an established pivot,
LACK OF POWER right-half, and regular
Kitchee on this form right-
are only half-Lak Tak-bay st centre-a shadow of last season's fine Cheung-you and Chiu Sin-ho halt did little to help the side. There were too many were
in South Ching really balance of the team. Fons | defensive mistakes ind up farm. Lau King-cheung was plogred
on Luk's toes for three-front there was a lack of power beaten twice standing on his quarters of the gime and in on the wings. Lau Käl-chu consequence the right-wing got however la, sili,
when he might well to my mind, have reached the cross bail had the minimum of service from the best Chinese
centre
*** | ho gune out for it..........and once behind.
forward We have La the
in the first half he revealed his As was to be expected the Colony. He Always up Immaturity when, In momen absence of Yu Cheuk-yin and looking for an opening and, as of peric, he took a wild kick at Mok Chun-wah urpisiot the his two goals showed, it he is
the ball and nearly gave away a rhythm of the forward line and given half a chance he will get
***goal, this was further aggravated by them....no matter how closely
Toledo and Kwok Yau were splitting up the normal right- he is watched.
the best of the Lau Yee once again operated defenders although Làu Shu- In the centre-half position but
Chm Fal-hung got ping and this was not
of the gums through a lot of hard work. The he will choose to remember, forward line was Lau Kal-chu He was never really happy and and Lee Hung-kee and made several bad mistakes,
LEAGUE CRICKET
Army South Consolidate Their Lead Without Even Having To Play
***
The Championships are over.
deal of credit from what hes be achieved, but until the
domestic mally
problems-of civilian clubs, of judges unt The individual
ring perfor
Jurles have been resolved there mances of the boxers during
can be no real or lasting sails- the (nels were excellent und
faction
1 10 Suo the the edpacity crowd was well
Army South had a bye in the First Division of the Cricket League on Satur- boxing public will watch future rewarded for its attendance.
developments with interest.
day and managed to get themselves very firmly entrenched at the top of the First difficult In such
to headline u par- cumstances
...and finally two
Division table without the necessity of playing. after- ticular
but for me, the thoughts... The ABA has now boul,
Division Of the three main challengers for First
Championship honours Meet-trouble-more-than-half-with some reluctance-die- Army North got within à point of the leaders with an excellent 78-run victory way* tactics of Pte Tomlinson | carded the generous theory that
against Recreio at Sookunpoo, the RAF lost three expensive points when just was the highlight of the night. the *missing gloves' Werc
about managing to hold the Optimists to a draw at Kal Tak and Scorpions, sur- borrowed by Ап McKelvey
merely In facing AB Smith, Tomlin enthusiastic competitor J. T
for prisingly went down to the Police by 82 runa at Chater Road.
# Gaston (Monkstown and Bally-son knew unly too well that he spot of home-work. The new
man with a theory is that they have
been J. O'Reilly (Old Bet- was up against nema), A
punch, vedere), A. C. Pedlow (Queen's tremendous
by some unprincipled University), S. Quinlan (High courageously staked everything type who has thus deprived our
(North of on feld). JW. Kyle
lauding Ireland), A. A. Mulligan (Lon- and how well the fast big blow schoolboy boxers of a promised
succeeded
and eagerly anticipated present now history....for In dos Irish and Cambridge Uni-
...A pity, isn't it.... vernity), C. Fugan
round Smith was laid low and (Wanderers) R. Ho (Landon Irish), G. Wood the
P. J Lawlor (Garryowen) (Clontarf), T. E. Reid (London Irish). N. Feddis (Lansdowne), (Wanderers) J. R. Kavanagh and 3 S. Richie (London Irish), eaptain
Team (Queen's
M. University).
you
bo 'won
13
one
soldier Won the Welter.. weight crown.
1 asked one prominent official if he considered any of the
Chinese missing
boxers would Middleweight have stood a chance of winning a title against the opposition. he had seen in action, His opinton
only Henry
Worry was that would have matched the standard shown in the Cham- plonsijai but whether could have stood up to Melgh was very doubtful Indeed... I wonder if we shall ever anthem in opposition.
The thrilling battle between Dinning, the new Champlun, and Dickenson will not be forgotten easily by those who saw it for these two husky Fexidis, 21-year-old wing hard hitting boxers put on a forward, is a newcomer to inter-pulsating punch party that was national football Kavanagh has indeed a worthy anni. already played nine times for Ireland.
AD Dunsford from Singapore his Last Internationgi
again what being against England last year. showed once
accomplished boy he is and his As well as the two changes family, particularly his father In personnel, the Irish selectors who
onc
the bonding of have nvanced
position
boxing
officials
Malaya, Jim Ritchh, who play would have been proud of his switch
forward against show. lock
L/Bdr Melver, his France, moved to wing forward opponent, must not be forgotten, эти Kavanagh takes over at however, for he put up a fine lock China Mall Special.
much
ed
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SCANDINAVIAN TENNIS
Budge Patty
Wins Singles
Title
Stockholm, Jan. 29,
19
In
Ib
against fight experienced boxer.
The between Edwarmweight
more
Anal
and Childs, both from the Royal Navy, pro- vided a grand opening bout and really not the tempo for the
These two tough whole show. sallora slugged away at each other for three gruelling rounds and the fact that the decision in favour of Childs got a mixed reception from the crowd, was more a salute to a gallant loser then applied criticism of a good
winner.
SOUTHFAW STYLE
Whatever double there may Budge Patty, USA, today won have been
about Legerton's Men's Singlas title in the | semi-final win there was cer- The Scandinavian indoor tennis tainly no question of his Championships, beating Byen periority over popular Davidsson, Sweden, 6-4, 19-11, Abdul Wahid
the in 6-2.
Wahid had no
In the Women's Singles foal, Angela Mortimer, England, bent the American favourite, Alther Gibson, 4-6, 0-4, 0-3-United
Press,
British Women
final
GOLF
Remarkable
The Airmen's Championship hopes have dimmed very much as a result and Army North's
brightened have
up con- siderably.
Much will depend now, even more than it did be- fore, on the results of the two
matches to be played between Army South and the Scorpions.
one
Sould Scorpions win even of these matches, Army North should jump into a com- fortable three-point lead. Two drawn matches between the two teams would even please the RAF, but he
gian-killes will have to be found to mar Army North's further progress.
This is what the League table now looks like:
Army South Army North RAF Scorpions Optimists
some
P W D L Pts. 11
23 8 1 2 11 8 0 3 32 7 1 8 29 7 0 4
who
With Renton again very much the main from
people among the runs with a contribu- bother to come to the nets, no Uon of 66, Pulice declared at a matter whether their achieve comfortable 159 for nine against ments of years gone by are still
a legend. the Scorpions at Chaler Road,
of 47
but
to the one star
Don Welch tried very hard with a fighting 74, his highest score in League cricket locally. but the rest of the team could muster up only 60 runs between them and time was played out with the score at 134 for eight SURPRISE
The
of the
Jn
is
опо
little
elao....yet the strange fact is The Arst of these slips · come
that 1 looked a lot more the 6th minute and Lee dangerous when reduced to four
Yuk-tok was <012 the spot to make the most of it and put
then after the interval than it
South China into an early lead.had done when at full strength.
Play was very krappy. Pra
were sent astray by both gichos
and it took a touch of Ho
VERDICT
South Chino got two valuable
Cheung-you at his best to bring points and are doubtless sails- a flash of class to the proceeded .. but a casual visitor angs
The call came to him would have been surprised to awkwardly from the left wing hear that this was a top-of-the- and as he tried to get it under League battle. control hp was hard tackled by two Kitchee defenders,
South cheung:
TEAMS
China: Lau King- Lau Chi-ping, Kwok Kam-hung: Fong Sal-chow, Luk Tak-hay, Cham Chi-koms Chu Wing-with, Chan Wat-lem, Lee # Mactalk, Ho Chong Tau, Châu
Sin-ho.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
FIRST DIVISION
Kitchow 2 Bouth China Bt Joseph's
0 NAVY Kwong Wab 1 Bing Tho BECOND. DIVISION Kitche
# South China Bt Joseph's A Jardine
THIRD DIVISION
3' BEME Gyminstics
Bollettor KMB
Tamar
נייי
FOURTH DIVISION
# Dodwell
4:
2
B
2
0
3 HK Aircraft 0
Ebs Godown 2
JUNIOR BIIELD
4 Prisons
Royal Navy. plodding B & S
bottom of the University along League a usual in grand style, gave Craigengower 100 to make Blog To to win #t Happy Valley, bu hardly Craigengower
CAT
Ampon Beaten In Philippine Singles Final
Manila, Jan. 30.
the
0
Kitchee: Cheung, Koon-hing: Toledo Liu ShR-ping: Chan Fal-hung, Lau Yee, Kwok You; Kung Wah-kit, Lee Hung-kes, |Lau "Kai-chu, Tam Ying-kan.
Lam Sheung-yoc.
Stirling Moss Wins Buenos Aires
Auto Race
Face
Tony Weller was in form with four for 34 and continued as the star turn of the home side with A contribution Scorpions total,
not proved
quite enough and the Pulice won by 32 runs.
sald to lack run-getters, They The situation seemed to be tried, but could only reach 138 quite safe from o Kitchee paint, The Optimists, with only John | for eight wiekets.
of view but with a spot of in-
Buenos Aires, Jan. 29. Leader really contributing much
spired football genlus, Ho spun to their innings of 177 for six
round, left the defendtas sprawnight won the 1,000
Britain's Stirling Moce to- kilometre ling behind him....and from race here driving a Maserati (he made 51), declared yuzy comfortably against the RAF at
five yards outside the
the penalty
9,000 ce car. Kal Tak Neither Hendersom
right area he sent a magnificent nor Birley proved very effective
foot shot high into the net,
The
counted for the against steady run-making,
This goal put South Ching rare-drivers World Champion- two goals ahead and they looked ships and 27 two-men
tears like coasting bo a comfortable feed the starter in their super- when Kit- sports cars. victory, particularly thes resumed after Interval
The rivalry between the two without Tam Ying-kan who took great Italian firms of Maserati
part in the game. and Ferrari Champlon, Federico Deyro, 25-
ended in victory Any idea
co-driver serted his superiority over againg over was quickly dispelled in the
was Menditeguy. Felicissimo Ampon whom he 47th mimrie when Lau Kal-chu defeated yesterday for the metro outjumped everyone in the goal World Champion Juan Manuel Tire Indian Recreation Club, politan tennis title 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 | mouth
Eugenio and, headed a fine goal Tongio and Italy's which has in the past few weeks and 6-4.
from a corner kick.
Castellotti abandoned on their lost match after match as every-
In spite of their ono-man Ferrari in the 88th lap of the London, Jan. 29.
ene blamed everyone else for an Deyro and Ampon are Philip advantage South China were race. They had engine trouble Harry Ryder Cup team
Weetman, the British- Meanwhile, of course, all four inability to click together as a pine Davis Cup players.
nover in control of the game in the early, part of the race, and leading teams have golfer,
still nine team, surprisingly scored an
although they increased their but managed to pull back to
had a remarkable round of 58, can happen week by week as KCC at Cox's Road.
sed through to Chlu
to Chiu second, about 31⁄2 minutes was pushed today
Croham Hurst
the current season seems to be
by beating Ellen Uy 6-2, 6-1 to Sinho and taking deliberate hind Mons-Mendileguy shortly course, to which club he is pro- one in which great displays by Tony Myatt took five KCC retain the women's singles crown nim the left-winger fired a hard before, they abandoned the race. fesional.
the also-rans
are more a fale wickets for 10 runs, but the-France-Presse,
start at goal. Cheung Hood Italian than an exception.
Individual stock that went up
hing threw himself hull length highest in the team was that of
in an attempt ́· to... sava: but "Baby" Abbas who managed to
although he managed to get his take the wickets of Davidson:
hard to the bellife could not and Fairhall, KCC were all out
stop it entering the not, for
81 and it didn't take the Indians long to win.
Round Of 58 By Weetman
KCC
Police
4*
12
11 4 1 6
11.
4 5 12 2 2 7
ទូ 3
Recreio Royal Navy 12
The national tennis singles no furthat the match was for Maserati, Moss's
Ampon's sister, Desideria
former match play Champion, matches each to play and much easy five-wicket victory against made up for her brother's defeat / Lead in the 65th Ralice, The the front again and were lying
Length of the course is 6,071 yards and has s par of 74.
NO GOOD START
Weetman had 10 birdles (one
Army North did not start under par) and two eagles (two | wall against Recreio..
They under par), playing magnificent were at one
atage six wickets second shots and approaches to down for 87 * as “Spotty" make putting easy. He
Bo up to next Saturday at wes Pereira suplaying
Look for 32 when in
a captain-profes Turnill and AB Honni
Wetherall changed least the team heroes will be competition and his the fortunes of the games with "Baby" Abbas and Tony Myatt figures
were. outward
in that order of importance, answer to 3,4,3,3,2,4,4,4,4 equalling
an eighth wicket stand of 70, 31;
some retired stalwarts will Legerton's southpaw style and inward no defence against his power- China Mail Special
Lipscombe and 2,9,9,4,2,3,3,4,3–27. —-
Greenhalgh, alle triumphantly and other who through the weeks have will muke, but the problem will ful boty punching. He look
been maturing as the most effec- remain much the same. several long counts before
Live combination of wicket- being sent down for the full
takers in local League cricket, A solution
has long been ten seconds in the second round.
them ran through Recreio for 02, suggested by at least one faction Lipscombe taking five for 30 and of the club and that - is that Greenhalgh five for 21.
the team should be picked in
There was one very untisty- ing thing about the two special
Peking Youth
contests staged during The Team Beaten 4-2
and
evening. "They both served to clear: the Lightweight Heavyweight.oire.
Athletes Can Wear They were really unofficial
finials, for in both case the
By Yugoslavia
White Shorts Now actual pallets was meating the tour, now touring Communist
The:
London, Jam 29. Women's Amate
Paris, Jan, 20 The Yugoslav, national sOCOOK beaten semi-finalist from the China, today defeated a Peking other half of the draw...in fact youth team at the Klangwan whom It had been confidently they were meeting the opponents Stadium, Shanghai, by fou
News Agency reported.
· Athletic Association Inst· salaus dirpected they, would have moale - ta turd the New China!
decided that ...... British | Someth Athletes can now weer white of (pakbol-shocks shorts in cotoneti
Love:
Artile making, diar marxlatory waa, abólimba
Mite dela
shorts
meeting all voted in Esvpany.
the omel fnist won clearly fr the final...and in each calo
and decisively.
Vice-Premier Ho Lang, con= etrranty Chairman of the Physical Culture anda. Sports: In a scintillating "Lightweight Commimion, watched the garde L/Cp1 Meigh-beat L/Cpl played before a cheering crowd
the game, Vice-Premier
bands withy
THE GAMBOLS
HAD MY HAIR DONE PERENTLY
FOU LIKE IT
OLYMPIC SOCCER
EGYPT BEATS ETHIOPIA 41
hall
bo
Woman Champion Meria Theresn de Filippie and hit the edge of the circuit in the 31st akidded ́› barily
lay. Her... car
.WEN badly damaged," but she was not very seriously Injured;"," SPECTACULAR GOAL
a sting, in
Second Kitchee still ha
in the 1,000 kilo- their tail and with six minuter metres aporis, cars Bod. Was Jew for play, Lau Kai-chu Britain's - Hu
Heigion Adilla Ababe beaded andther spectacular goal. Gendeblen on a 8,500 co Ferrari, Ethiopia, Jam 20.
With their dedcit now cut to a goals to one in the first leg of mesure in an effort to
Egypt beat Ethiopia by four single goal Kitches plied
Third
Jean - Bohra the football qualifying the of equaliser, but the nearest thing
get the (France) and Joes » Gonzalez (Argentine) on 3,000 co the Olymple Games here today. to a score came at the other end Masera, fourth was. Toenewi Egypt fed 2-0 at half time when Chu Wing wah missed a (Italy) on a 1,800 cơ. Mismorati great chance by sending - an [âng fifth the Venezuelan pair, The return match takes place | angular shot wide of an open Muro ·and PolaƐomein -Ferrari in Cairo on April T-Rouler: many.
2,000 60.-FTBC100¬
Barry Appleby
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