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INTERNATIONAL CUP FINAL
CHINA 8
SCOTLAND
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1950.
SPORTING SAM
GATHERING OF THE CLANS FAILED TO SOLVE THIS COMPLEX CHINESE PUZZLE
By I. M. MaeTAVISH
How I wish I was called Paddy O'Toole
or maybe Taffy Jones
SPORTS ROUND-UP
Reg. Wootton
it would make it so much easier for me to write this report without Joe Erskine And Richardson
being accused of allowing national pride to tinge my opinion.
Let us make no bones about it. This was a great China victory: only the margin of their win flatters them and belies the run of play.
The
Charity reaped a healthy harvest from a big crowd, and these loyal patrons in their turn reaped the benefit of a most entertaining and enjoyable game. pace was often hectic and occasionally pulsating. The Scots put up a grand fighting show against a delightful combination of Chinese players who hit their most brilliant form for the first time this season.
McMillan covered miles in the A spretacular new personality Scols found themselves in real
Gazcy shadow of Mok Chun-wah and mate his debut under the most trouble when Referre
its was indeed trykut
circumstanceA and awarded a penalty against goal-Yio Cheuk-yin
thankless task but he never there with FeeŠz|
ti
cheer for keeper Allen who in diving to
#OIT of his Scotland's giant
goalkeeper. save clashed with: Yiu Cheuk- shirked and
the fusales with the flying winger Sgt Allen of the Anny--is heyin. Mok Chun-wah took
were among the highlights of the stepped forward to receive his #lek and shot the ball home.
game. runners-up medal
after
C. S. Wang Right well was the
deserved and right Was it earlier!
Allen
1racle
roves and theye
Scotland's
from Mrs
Just before the Interval Plu the gune
Sloan and Devine, both new- increased China's applause Cheuk-yin worthy Jeath to four with another hardeners to this class of football, found the speed and skill of the left I drive which
superbly at Chinese was just bif beyond them. Sloan went
In the tu inside-right
second helf and never stopped trying. Devine went to pieces and look- ed out of his class.
defence ut on a brels.
mony brilliant
Is little doubt |
The
that he will make his mark to Colony football next season
Set of the forward play at the Chinese was brill
execution
option. Mok
10:
an proj Ylu
Cheuk-yin
C
uth!
el all the
Chun-wah
scintillating for
tenacious wurk ut McMillan successful as much of it was
could not sublue the South Ching left wing.
A DIFFERENT STORY
071
Winx however a different story
The opposite Nutik where Do Cheung-you had surmaty quiet evening
J:
Te
was conderų to play the part of The provider und it Ho Ying- fun could have produced somes thing nearer his bomul Scotland woul) have been still more trouble.
The Fan
started
for713
101
off at top speed and right from the open-
whistic ink
The
crowd 201 something to shout about,
ver-
The ball swung quickly from end to end and if the China sidu was the more polished it
had nothing Mainly had
on the Scot when it
determination and enthusiamn, McLennan was In evidence with some Curly
but the eute trickery. Gathering af the Clans was to far
away fro China's goal
muth for
advantage
There was tension aboELI promised
E
to be ulti
10
always
an edgy the game that gunts and when the first une arrived it wi * read Wing-keung beauty. Chu truled the ball notes the face
Dudmun of the goal and, with sad Chalmers caught undecided ELS to who should nake the tackle, Chu suddenly changed direction and Bred à belillant shot into the left and of the net.
corat
TYPICAL FASHION
nway
gume restarted without
sluckening why apparent
I have often Scotland
sung the praises pace. Right
of Referce Gazey, but this was launched
a couple of tust at- tacles bui
vical fashion, the not one of his Leiter games. He in
and Yu missed far too much that elear Chinese broke Cheuk-yin made the total five happening on the field and--with Anished thea full knowledge of the referee's and virtually suuggle.
was
Muk Chun-wahi got | authority
ty regarding the boll- Two more one of them rather say that his stubborn refusul Suspiciously off-side-and Ho to change the badly discoloured Cheung-you finished the scoring | white boll for a new one was with high powered shot. into es irrational as it was unfair The root of the nel.
to the big crowd, who subscribed
Bioncy good
yin in
had
tu
The game was marred by charity in exchange for the pri- lub accident to Ylu Cheuk-
this game. vilege of SEEING closing minutes.
For a considerable time at the The inite South China wizard
end of both balyes this was wies menig through and as he
must difficult indeed. delivered his shot--it went over
the
Incidentally-he stumbled and crashed his face on the Mint hard ground around the goal
bar
He was badly shaken and hind
to be carried to the dressing Foom after preliminary ment at the touchline.
Trist-
All the top Chinese honours were in the forward line where recaptured the players at lust their brilliance of many months ugo. Lively young Chan Chi-
more than a little Hittle kong-still indiscreet in some of his lack- the best balf-back.
Tang Sum was quietly efficient
to
but Chow Mun-chi tarnished an otherwise first rate show at centre-half
deliberately by playing
the gallery...he Was very fortunate his tactles did not lead to a goal near the when he was dispossessed end
by Glasgow who skied the ball over the har from a few yards dislunce.
Allen and McLennan took the top honours for Scotland. The goalkeeper made a most satis- fuelury Brzt
in appenranet A typical touch of Yiu Chisuk -
Colony
football and will be- yin magle made it two ulter
came a big favourite with the wenty minutes, but for time locul fans, McLennan worked the Chinese lost the initiative like a trojun and if his Onishing and Scotland, prompted by Gari distribution had matched McLennan and Chalmers came his leading up work, Scotland near scoring on several ix- inight have scored a goul r casions. In the 33rd minute the
two.
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Prepare Different Methods For
Eagerly Awaited Clash
Stay-at-home sight training-hotly criticised recently-will get a good test next month when Joe Erskine puts his unbeaten Heavyweight record at stake against Dick Richardson at Cardiff on May 7.
These two bright Welsh-born prospects have planned very different methods of preparation for their eagerly awaited clash, which will cost £7,000 to stage.
Leyton
Orient Need Only
Four Points To Make Certain Of Promotion
London, Apr. 18.
to Leyton Orient's hopes of promotion English League Second Division football next season soared to night when they held their great rivals Brighton and Hove to u 1-1 draw at Brighton,
Orient, who scored after 27 minutes, may well have won the much but McMahon headed into his own gual Just an half-time in an effort clear Brighton attackt,
岛
Orlent now n
to
unly four
uf
points from their dive remining
W gome's
make certain promotion from Division Three
referce under-
South.
The attitude of the difficult to was most stand, particularly as the Hong- kong Football Association had Kune to the rouble of supply- Ing a
whole collection of first. eturs white balls for the game.. but more about that later....
VERDICT
gaine,
The
of Division sides fight- their
Deforest, one
www
EUROPEAN SOCCER CUP
Rheims Beat Hibernian 1-0 In Semi-Finals
Rheims.
Edinburgh, Scotland, Apr. 18. ing for promotion,
French Football hopes fading with a disappoint-Champlones, reached the final of ing goallesse drow at home to the European Soccer Cup when they bent the Scottish League Division 'A' Club Hibernian by one goal to nil in the second candidates forg of the semi-Anal here
tonight.
West Ham.
Shefeld Wednesday and Bris. tol Rovers now seem to be the
likely Division One.
Cup Finalists Birmingham
The French team won the A One entertaining
hand-City went down 1-0 at Suur- first game at Paris on April 4 China deserved to win
land against the site they beat by two goals to nii, sonnely but Scotland was far
3-0
the Cup
After semi-final.~ Trum
the being eight goals poorer team....the y Hal d+fm trirnce was on the left wing
and in underslatıding.
THE MacTAVISH STAR RATINGS CHINA
Tam Nal-huen
Szeto Yiu
Lu Ye
Tung Sum Chow Man-chri Chan Chi-kong Ho Ying-fun
Ho Cheung-you Chu Wing-keung Ylu Cheuk-yin Mok Chun-ah
Allen
SCOTLAND
McMillan Martin Sloan Dudman Chalmers Bennett McLennan
Glasgow Martin Devino
200
.
Aussie Makes Dream Debut In British Golf Tournament
Moor Park, Hertfordshire,
Apr. 18. Frank Phillips, sturdy. 23- year-old Australian professional, made a dream debut in British tournament golf today when he shot a brilliant first round of Couros In the Spalding £1,830
05 over the 6.018-yard West
Reyler.
HOME SOCCER
RESULTS
a goalless first half in which the sides were ovenly matched and both goalkeepers distinguished themselves, inside
Leon Glovacki put the right French tean ahead in the 500 minuto.
to train
Ara
BASEBALL
Giants And Red Sox Score Their Second Win In A Row
New York, Apr. 1h.
The New York Glants and the Boston Red Sox, taking advantage of opposition that is expected to linger all sea- son in the chasms of the Second Division, forged ahead in the young Pennant races today with their second victories in a row.
At New York, the Glants had to come from behind in the last of the ninth to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4, on a two-run-rally climaxed by Willie Mays" long drive with two on that fell for a single and sent home the win- ning tally.
Marciano Has Ten Days To Decide Whether Or Not To Retire
.
The Red Sox also had to come from behind with a six-tally rally in the fifth inning that gave them
8-4 00
triumph. Bob Porterfield,
the right-handed fast ball
up artist picked
from Washington during the winter, held Baltimore to five hits, al- though two of them were two- run homers by Gus Triandos and rookie Tito Francona
the
American Elsewhere in League, Kansas City at Detroit was postponed because of cold There were no other weather. National League games scheduled, The Yankees were scheduled at Washington in the first night |
the game of
major Latile campaign.
WINNING TALLIES The
Gints byl to secure the hard thede winding talles putting way,
together three In December, Plans are for
singice and a walk without Norris, of a Press conference Barton to meet Wallace in an
Clapton scoring Call Harris led off with summoned at IBC headquarters, show
ut per-sir
a single and was out legging It said he expected Marciano to Studium.
for
Wes second.
Wastrum announce within Another boxer likely to be on singier,
pinch-hitter
Whitey days whether or not he intend- bill
Dave Chornley, Lockman walked. and Doh ed to retiro. Britain's new light-weight hope, Mueller konded the bases with who
will probably meet B Continental opponent.
Richardson is moving to the sco-side resort of Aberystwyth. Erskine, howover, has decided once ogain at the
his home gymnasium neor Cardiff's Tiger Bay.
Light- Ron Barton, British heavyweight boxing Champlon, la kety to meet Canation Gordon Wallace in Jane, Wallner
the
shocked ITION
Harringay
Randolph Turpin
the
New York, Apr. 18. Jan Norris, President of the International Boxing Club, to- day outlined Di Heavyweight Cimination determine
tournament
either
40 PARECESSU
น.
Rocky Marciano.
Lu
to
a challenger
champion
the next 10
Bay spid
aeshart one-baser. Pinch-
"I have every reason to be- rummer Gil Coan scored on Allieve that Marciano will Dark's storico fly, whereupon yes to another Aight," Mays lashed his hit to deep left. Norris.
3-0 lead off
Foster
He explained that he planned
the
until the last-stand raily May 9.
May by the Giants.
The Red Sox sent 12 men to Light-Heavyweight Champion,
3 MILES IN 13 MINS. Franz Stampfl, the man be-
Bannister's hind Roger
Arst The Giants took four-minute mille and couch. to starter Dick Littlefield. subsequent four-minute milers Castleman ond Harris hitting to stage a series of elimination Chris
and Brian successive humers against him bouts,
meet Chatuway
winner to In the second. However, Ruben Murciano in September,
A bout Hewson, has predicted # new Mile record of 3min. 56sec.
Gomez
mez tired in the fourth when between two of the top com
has already
been The man Stampil tips to do it the Pirates led the court at 3-3, texlery
Frank Thomas hitting the first scheduled, That lo Australian John Landy, cur- of two homers in that
match frame,le rent world
holder. record
between Bob Baker and Johny His nd blast put Pittsburgh
second
at Miami, Florida, on Helman in Stampft, now coaching Australia, also belleyes" that
ahend
The other challengers under consideration are the Landy will run thace miles in 13 minutes and he will do it all this year.
He claims that Landy will
hit the most telling astonish the world after he has blow, a two-run single. Seven It Marciano decides to retire.
the different had a
a solid build-up during
players drove in Norris said he would ask the coming Australian winter. runs for the Red Sox,
New York Staten Boxing Com- Baltimore lost the services of mission Stampi thinks Landy can
to recognise the Zur- both the 1,000
Marshvivor and 5,000 second-baseMON Fred
of the culminations us for a while when he suffered a Heavyweight Champion Metres in the Olymple Gomes, explaining that the Australlan sprained right ankle in a col- has the two
Iision
with base qualities necessary
runner Don for such a
Buddin.-United Press. a performance-speed and endurance.
TOUGH
COURSE
win
an invitation to represent
the plate during the big six-Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson,
the Afth. Jimmy and Hurricane Jackson. run rally in Piersall
Noris also disclosed that he had patched up his feud with At Weill, Marciano's manager, The IBC President sold the
Ben Hogan, who has coepi- Good Chance For differences between them arose was sent upheld to the United States in the Canada U.S. Runners To
Hibernian were attacking, but the ball French international centre forward Raymond Kopa, London, Apr. 18,
to Glovacki and passed Results of tonight's Association inside-right scored with a great
Football matches were:
League Division I
Sunderland Wolverhampton
Wanderrts
Midaltestaruugh
1 Birmingham C. 0
0 Tallendaru 11
League Division II
4 Linen C. Nottingham F. 0 West Hom
League III (South)
Aldershat
Norwich City Brighton & l. 1 Leyton Orient
League III (North)
2
(
who the
shot from Afteen yards.
Hibernian never looked like pulling the game round and Rheing went on to a deserved victory-Reuter.
SOCCER Arsenal Beat Racing Club
Cup golr match at Wentworth, Surrey, in June, has been put- ting in some hard practice at the Seminole course, Palm Beach, Florida.
aver a theatre-television deal he for the Marciano- Мооге bout last September. Well was displeared because Norris' arrangements cost Mar- clano approximately $13,000.----
Win Boston Marathon Race United Press,
A
Boston, Mass., Apr, 10. American runners stand good chance of winning today's 60th Boston Marathon race, won by overseas entries for the past, ten years,
In rectat rounds on this tough course Hogan has not been more edúcu than 70, and he has almost 20 yards to his drive.
Many Americans think that Hogan can keep tids form in the few major tournaments he
The absence of the Champion has entered he will, after all,
รมงเกงs make another bid for a record Japanese and Korean Afth American
won the event five Open Cham- who have
rezent years has, re- pionship win, Two other players, times in Willie
Anderson and Bobby duced the foreign entry, and the Arsenal, English First Divi-Jones, hoye, like Hogan, four American runners will be out
title wins. alon soccer club, beat the Racing Club of Paris by four goals to thurve under floodlights here tonight.
Paris, Apr. 18.
1
Bradford
Tranmere R
5
jochulain
1 Chesterdeki Sevathorpe U D South orË
Scottish Division "A" Dunfermline A. 3 Raith Rovers Stirling Albion 2 $1 Mimen
Four To Three
2
Airdrieonians 3 Partick Thlotte
3
Clyde
1 Mutharwell.
* Queen of South
1 Aberdeen
4
Division "B"
0 Queen's Park
1
1
Dumbarton
Dundee United
0
Ayr United
Fat File Hunger
Scottish
Arbroath Montrose
Morton
St. Juhnature
B'wick Rangers 1
Albion Rovers 1
East Stirling 0 Brechin City
Ion Academ. 3
+
Cowdenbeath
--Neuter.
Spartak Soccer
Club Beaten
Arsenal led 2-1 at half time. China Mali Special.
.A
It Wasn't Cricket
Hugeley Villo met Brereton in the Staffordshire Junior Cup Foul and were besten 5-2 principally because "hat Jim trici by centre-forward Rochelle. The point la that Hull, Apr. 18, Hull City, English
that a month ago Second was only Division side, beat the touring Rugeley agreed to Rochelle Yugo Joining Brereton after he had Spartak soccer club of
them for three slavia by thúce goals to one here played tonight.
seasons, Hull led 2-1 at half time.- China Mail Special.
HOME SOCCER
for
HKFC Soccer Team
John Longdridge scored 34,000 runs in first-class cricket. Yet
a
Club de Recreio Lawn Bowls
Teams
The following will représent
to show the Olympic selectors the Club de Recreio against their paces.
Kowloon Bowling GreenClub Nick Costes, domestic hope for the "Taca Lusliania" match who finished third last year, is of the Kowloon Bewling Green but Club on Saturday, April 21, soon he takes up as an appres- expected to do woll again uce hand in another branch of be will have stern competition commencing at 3.30 p.m.
from Guatemala's
Doroteo A, A, Lopes (skip), the game. He has become an
match will be Hent v. Glamor-
C. C. Pereira, M. L. Roz, J. L. S. umpire. His first Championship Flores, the 1952 winner.
Eina Oksanen and Antil Alves, gan at Canterbury on May 5. Viskari, of Finland, are ex-
To get his hand in he will pected to be well placed, Five L. F. Xavier (skip), A. A, Q. stand in the one-day friendly out of the eight Finnish, runnera Silva, C. P. Basto,. A. S. Broga. match at Arundel on April 30 who have competed since 1040 when
Australians open | have finished third or better. their tour against the Duke of Norfolk's side,
Emil Zatopele, Czech Marathon Champlon and triple Gold Medalist, has declined an in- vitation to run.
the
-London Express Service),
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HOME RUGGER RESULTS
London, Apr. 18. Results of tonight's Rugby
J. E. Noronha (skip), A. A. Guterces, E. H. Carvalho,' G.A. Guterres,
C. E. Passos (skip), G. A.
F. Noronha, J. Súva, Sam Rivera.
F. X. M. Süva (skip), A, M.
Experts pick Turkey's Múa- tafo Kemal Bulyarl as tho mystery man of the race. No Bouza, J. A. Victor, thing at all 1s known of his
C. Roza Pereira (skip), C.A. Lowin
Dononborg, H. R. Pinna, M. The record for the 20 miles Roza Pereira. 685 yanda course - two hours
The following_wlil represent London, Apr. 17. The Club
First Division In q sterling 73-hole event at Moor Grimsby Town, the League league soccer match against Pork.
leaders, beat Darlington 1-0 in Kowloon Motor Bus at Caroline League games were:
10 minutes 22 seconds -- Was J. F. V. Ribeiro (skip), J. M. today: Bach- Blackpool Borough 23, Barot up by last your's winner Gutierrez, L. M. Rodrigues,' Phillips, whose first visit to the Third Division (North) to- Hill at 6 pm.
might. The touring Brazilian mann, Armstrong, Planck, row 8.
Hidea Hamamura of Japan, M. A. Ferreir Britain, is being sponsored by club, Botafogo, beat the Eng-Douglas, Johnson Pickoring, Huddersfield 19, Wakefield who beat, the previous best get
Australiai Professionalsh First Division team, Burn Tomlinson. Marne, Neal, W.
by hla countryman, Kolzo A. A. Remedios (skip), H. J, Golfers' Association, received aley, 2-1 in a friendly match Miller, Dunlop, Reserve: Card-
Wigant 11, Featherstone Yamada, in 1953.--China Mall Noronha, B. E. Souza, R. great ovation for..his magni-
Reuter. ficent round which put him throw strokes abest of the
the-
whole fleld
Phillips, however, did not steal all the Ilmelight. Brilish [.................................«|| Ryder Cup player Harry Wost-
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into regard his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is
of the,
(Signed)
.Club.
man, combined his exceptional hitting powers with good putting to lead the returns pvpr the longe 0802-yard high courge with a 98.1.
Irishman Christie O'Connor
finally, holing out lo two at the 18th for a 05.
chased Weetman all the way,
The South African noe, Bobby Lucke, sopred a 71 on the high course but might hayo, dono better. He was two under four for 12 Eplos, bin, aves of the 19th on 10th ? lant him - hâr
ner.
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