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SPORTS SPECTRUM
Visits By French And
Juicy Baits Don't Always Japanese Rugger Teams A
Hook The Best Catches
Either you are twisting the stories or your cource of infor mation in nearly as wound as you pretend it is."
Big John sat back at his case and, in detached sort of way. watched the ripples around hile fishing line, The old cronies launch party was a great suie- "What I told you a litije time. cess and he felt that maybe there ago was
quite rekteble I can พราย something in this 'geting-
asure you." repiled Wong, "but awny-from-1-all' stifft after all, with so muels at stake in this
He glanced over his shoulder, ves
year' football many strange and smiled as he saw Mr Wong ihip van huppen and happen stretched out on the deck, fast quickly The ways and whims
sleep. with ៦ jine
twisted of our soccer folks have never round his foot
The world
been more Inconsistent....and seemed peaceful and pleasant that is us true of some of the and
even the few remaining | clubs as it is of the players. traces of Wong's black eye appeared less prominent.
Big John reaches for a cushia mi which lay nearby and with a
display of uncanny ACCURACY
scored a direct all on his old friend's mid-seellon,
With * ory of alarm Wong sut up with start, entangling
KII
Jirw L he did 30, but it realling the significance of the China distubaner he voiced his dis iniquitous
players that
pleasure.
on.
Possibility This Season
By "PAK LO”
Although the beginning of the rugby season will not be upon us for a few weeks yet. It is, I feel, about time that those enthusiasts who have started training be given an outline of this season's programme, whilst those who are debating start. ing training to the near future may be tempted into digging out their togs and doing a few laps round the fleid in the near future.
First, the composition of this year's Hongkong Rugby Union. The various representatives were selected a few weeks ago and rugby fans will be pleased to hear that Mike Douglas has again accepted the position of Chairman of the HKRU with Mr Slack being the Club Representative and Secretary.
The Poller
are, evineri,
that
130W-
re-
the formation of Army and South.
on
"Much of what has been going
budux of #good
North A. my, Navy. RAF and ↑ been
Reprezentatives
with on was nothing more than a big
reasonable
Hexangular — December 1 gaine of blind man's bluff. or respectively Messir. Ledshum,pulations even blind brag..........If you know Lloyd, Laing, and Colborne, lo At the recent Annual General Navy Verkin HAF Army
Meeting, the juterim between last venson
A. what I mean, But a lot of what
Eberle wis again North vorsug
Club Polico, told you before has of course rands the HKRU has by no
elected President, WILD D. versus Army South, Goldie, and D been innellve in their
J Batly eng
Full details of the remainder happened or so the grape vine menns
have
ve included cut!-
melvic
Hou. *$
will Secretary of the Kanies be published has the and at this stage activfules
as though only South tart with Japan, from which and Hon. Tretive respective at a later date as they come to
survived have
the was originally ped that A
The etected Committee hand, but I have been asked to pirucy
Eura-nembers are of combined Japanese and periodic
MESSIN Canler, remind Club members that would be forthcoming. Laung, und Læxehum, going pen has been
starts
Monday 3. at 5.30 p.m. and The latest Information Ou The Roferces Society will be that the Club Possibles y. Club "Can't B mun have a few
Wong slopped Mr breath and this matter, however, is
holding a meeting on Tuesday, minutes' peace and quiet around
uit up m the XV will be
composed
22 nakh September
that op Jere, even when he's at sea Big John, who had
anyone interested in becoming! | ad present, due the Austra- he asked, "I can have cushions ancient pipe, puffed away at Itirely of Japanese players, but September 4, 1 7 00 p.m. and Probables match will be held on
in deep contemptation for some
i referee is invited to attend. September 26 the Club versus lour of Japan last thioWee at home without
W. G. Minto's XV game will b time before making any reply.
It attendance Is not possible soming all
to make this way
and the fact that they are ex-
held the Club. When it did come it was rather
interested thoge French will
PLEASANT CHANGE mystit a silting target for you!
preting tour by the
contact D. Goldie ezo Shell Co surprising
Now Universities this season,
they
ftw words for wed no sympathy
Now the actual games than- "Wong. you and have been
in general
the state of I've been idling here for the
afraid that the cost of
selves Once more time
the season with the exception of the Club Bar on waiting in vain for
long kung
tour to Hongkong would be re-
will constat of My Tute
I know only enterinin
you! well to
yond their means, watching the
this Hulk you ever
have invented But unless your erun give chumalat pellern of the ripples - Tate
figures I'm around my kirse
atul I've me me fats and
take this druid In unly que realised the fish are
going to och frighten away by your whole unlikely yarn with a pinch
1
ni
mem
to
year.
!
A
piraso
neries of "friendlies" followed by Tournamit Hexangular
thu
To
Н
On
the session.
who have had an lorush of now.
{u players pleasant change from the last few seasons are
ensure that the latter is played the to the bitter end this seuson
will start
other
most of
not
major the Hexangular they
quite as strong us before.
The Navy, in particular, aro December 1. In order to acmm- at their lowest ebb. The Army modate this each XV in The
have lost large number of "friendlies", which incidentally | DM
However, the matter is by no
roll u/
IN still possible that somehow a method will be found by which may be brought down here Have a ati telef salt....
Attempts are also hang nandy nel saken yourself
Weng drew his half smoked to contact the aforementioned nike some į cigarette over the you're lying there
side of the French Universites. gentaže
of the a Tranet. I turned round until, hope that they may be able to Hongkong sever star reflecting he was facing Big John,
and squeeze in
a couple of gaines, on the comforts that can pectus
wing the cushion which hadither on their way to, or from, frvan putting his name on a new
brown # bir
Little Japan seinares registration forms
carlier to make himself more "Soccer," said Mr Wong in conftable, he went into the deliberate lones. "I knew there | Tray with
verbal was something I wanted to tulk broudsble. to you about, und you've just brought it back to mind."
+1
He made us though to go on bad og Jobb interrupted him. Talking-dike fishing In the suts thirsty work, and if this in guing to be a long story you'd helter have a quencher.
The bout-boy soon produced! two stiff whiskies with soda and lee in tong glasses, and when the time-honoured rituals of thirst-quenching had been duly Wong decided that John's Significant min only "S2000"
enacted
nod could
Mr Wong stapped up the cue and dived into his story.
Join, du you remember the piece of paper I showed you re- rently with the names of foot- ballers on one side and their possible Bew clubs
the
other?" Big John nodded his confirmation.
club
had
**I's you, and Lelieving
Thomsen,
vitriolic
Anel who
the other dis- doubting make things easier for those people in our football who evet something That somebody else happens to have Many of them don't really enure a hoot about football What they
wust is be big and important
to be the Number Ones every time, and Bome of them aren't too parti- cular how they achieve
their ambitions.
|
start on September 29, and of well-known players, and though which there are a total or ten many of their newcomers have good reputation, it remains to teams, will play each other once be seen whether they will come only. only
the Colony Al a revent meeting of the up to scratch in
grounds. HKHU 1 was proposed that in- we also being j Negotiations
Talking of grounds, the recepi on Saturday rainfall has made a big improve- out with Singapore.stead of playing
2 felter
the
carried where
afternoons this season all it is hopard to sent :1
games be played un the Club ment in the grounds in most XV this selen. Culumy
but mainly it is on the nights Wednesday ground on Thuring the suminer
surface
The Army ground at Boundary was received from Mr Bordler under the noodlights.
This was Is Singapore. It will be remem-
an attractive pro-
Streel, while showing a) bered that
the the end
inst posal for not only would or
improvement over last year, is crowd attraction be increased, season it was reported by the
pro- but the players would feel the already being spoiled by the news geneles that he had benett of playing in the cnul of jhundreds of Chinese children
Fur Eastern Rugby
who make use of it Union
Australia. comprising
1 realise is almost im- New Zealand, Singapore, Thai-
the Services
possible to stop their activities found themselves unable to agree and as a result I feel the Army land, Salgon, and Hongkong.
the fact that the this for various reasons, and
not be used HKRU had
not officially
Instead it was agreed that once ground should re-
season, heavily as last a month a representative un Navy ground at Causeway Bay the proposal, no com-
be played under the food- was available, at that
fights.
is much improved while the{Clit ft ། understood That
fine condition, ground is in a and more use should, If possible, be made of the latter two.
Due to
culvert men! date,
Uhls in
10
the,
Regrettably
FIRST ROUND DRAWS At the
Australia and New Zealand Big John was having none of ou
have
samo meeting the this at all.
shown interest "More alry-fairy Erik.
I've heard it all a dozen proposal, but the KRU, while draws for the first rounds of the **** | "friendlies" and the first round tires in varying forms, but al!
committing themselves
of the Hexangulor were also of them are as vague as stories
uny definite course, feel that it
made with the following re-i would be more in the Interest caixe. I know our so-called amateur playera move about from club to club with fascinat- ing ngularity.
WERT
bit
of local ruggerties if the Colony were a member of the Central Committee at Twickenham, and ure are now being made. Investigations of the possibili-
GOOD INFLUX
the
those
for
has
his
it ap-
sults.
""Friendlies" September 20
Police Versus Army "C" Club "A" v Army "B" Club "R" v RAF Island, Army "A" versus Army "D", Navy versus RAF Mainland.
the
At the time of going to press Army hus All to decide upon the constitution of their four teams, but in the Hexan- gular Tournament the sarc rule as last year will apply in
Signed On Way Home
Gunner Jolu Rugg was demobilised at Woolwich, and his Battery Sergt. Major gove him д
note testifying his footballing ability,
On his way home to
pin down. bus for what it's Big John sat staring at
Workinetotland he stopped at anch kave the note worth I'll tell you what my shing line for a time.
to munager Norman Low. A friends think will happen to peared to give him Inspiration. trial match was just about to some of our top class players Slowly he pulled it out of the start, Rugg played at catre
opering day of the water...... and examined the
half against stir forward Jim two books carefully. He batted Dailey, and did so well that he "South China will still have one with a big juicy bait and was signed professional on the ell their stars. Kitcheć will
I very small one
He is 10, 6ft 3ins, and put have Tun Nal-buon from Sing other.
weighs 13 st.
C
the
season
"
on the
01.
SPORTS QUIZ
49
Tho
1. On what surface is curling
played?
2. He studied for the church; became the world heavy- weight boxing champion and ended his days * ล tom temperance preacher. Who was he? was he?
At what
3. At
events were the following athletes Olympia
Champlone in 1952:
Stanfield,
Andy A. F. Da Silva,
in tha
George Rhoden and Parry O'Brien? Which member of the Bri- tish team
for this year'e Olympics competed 1938 Games in Berlin?
clubs do these Englishy international footballers
play Duncan Edwards, Jiminy Dickinson, Johnny Haynes and Ron Flowers?
5.
for:
0.
Paoli Portsmen sim at the
the "treble
"I'll even give in to the school of thought which asics why "Well," ald Mr Wong, "the players who have good jobs whole picture has changed again concoted with their football Having now given you and the people who a couple of should suddenly throw them news of the HKRU let us now weeks ago had the information overboard to
different furn our attention to right from the horse's mouth-colours
th much and I'll agree with
maligned men, the so to speak--and were willing to you that this talk of players ferees. As was but to be ex- bet good money on its accuracy,
reiting $40,000. $12,000 and pected a few have Jeft have now to change their such like to put their names on
on cooler
climes, but there tune completely, My own ima regietration form wants pression
that the shocking of explaining and investiga at Kal Tak when the tion...but give me facts. Wong, well win out in the end. Pour scenes South Ching boys
boys returned..
and i'll line myself up with you old Sing Tao com to have had "I suppose you mean by that in any soccer cleansing com-
things pretty rough too with the
way you
you like to start. Nothing pussibly physically were
poign abused and manhandled and re-
many as five players could be fairer than that
on the farewell list. I hope taliated by signing a corpulent don't you agree?",
they can repair the damage to for Some unsuspecting Wong skipped the question of their fine
alde. Interrupted Big John.
young "Facts are hard to ugreement. "Your manners are no better than your suppositions," replied Mr Wong, you would stop chipping I'd be able to tell Vol
what I do mean....and niso being you up to date with all that has happened recently,
John aprend his hands cut in mock submission. "Fire ahead, me old pai, who am I to stop Tro in goal and Lee Ping-chli "Wong," he said with great Buy tale of tall-twisting which and Lok Pok
Feliberation, "I have
always HIS GOOD TURN is so much a part of Hongkong playing just in front of believed there are as good an
cer?..But I hope this is a Lau Tim and Sacto Ylu from in the sen as have ever been Joe McInnes played for the better story than the last one KMB will be in the middle line taken out of it. I'm sure the Army when
with
9. He moved to me....
while another ex-Busman Szeto Tigers and their like will get Partick Thistle. Mr Wong was obviously im-Man, will have ex-Tigers Yeung their fair share without all the Accrington, but could not settle patient 10 begin and before Wai-to and Lee Tak-fung in the ruthless
in England. The Little Sent was that grabbing
has Jolus add anything to his forward Hoe with him.
could
characterised
taken on by Third Lanark, and some of their first acc. Eastern, lust season's double chara
he rewarded them for "re- quiry the played his
competitor," "South China are not going to winners,
may well have Lay
With that
patriating him by scoring six who Big John, lose their star players
after all Yee,
hadn't had a bite all afternoon, Stenhousemur in the opening the
of the eight goals netted against n dyed in the wool their de left-back, in with Toled and Caroline Hiller, I'm
cast his line carelessly Into the League Cup match. delighted Kwok
Shok, also ex-Kitchee
to say some In the middle line. If
thing to Mr Wong, but a hefty
a shout
A ball went dying and the clation. of
Two famous football Interns umpire raised his finger," Hardly and all the others will be doing present plans they will also have and Wong, a couple of Sing
He struggled to pull his prize tionals and ex-managers their stuff once again in the Tao's brilliant youngsters, her aboard. It was a magnificent gone to Germanych the
and
bove necessary for him to do so, for red, white blue shirts..
batsman Wah-kit in their "schoolboy and
started walking -- line-up. King With the specimen but John's eyes United States troops tut Soccer, buck to the pavillon, But, wan
schwere all for the untouched hoole They are George Hardwick, der of wonders, the belt f "Oh, come off it, Wong." cut Chi-lam back again after a sca- in Bit John with
than 301
which still boasted the big fat ox-Middlesbrough and England back into lie grove, and the luoics as son with Eastern but just a
Juley balt.
"Soo what I touch. of
are going to put edge on his though they
who was recently moan, Mr. Wong, the tempting Oldham Athletic, and Brands Hi, the bateman was out. This all- manager of umpire wrongly innabod that. volee, it's only a little over a their faith in up-and-coming baits don't always get the true formerly Arsenal and Scotland. happened in a Padiham Black week ago rince you told me youngsters to make good the
prizes. that half the team would be ravages caused by the departure
B. E. JANT lately master of Preston bure Northern mich in Lage playing for CAA next season, lat földe stars....and they may
North
POP
Fru told
LE
to tell you that according to my men, friends latest information Yiu Cheuk-yin
Но
from
sca and turned
Cheung-you | Sverything goes according to the tug at his tackle brought forth
more
Lo
WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS /
Pow
KEEP YOUR EYE RIGHT
MIS HOOK
he
WES
Gone To Germany
Boxing clover
THATS EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN
2 DOING
7.
is the "Wall Gema" played?
8. What name is given to a
baseball arena? Where
the traditional
hoodquarters of the Royal and Ancient game of golf? 10. In which games da glisten
hit a ball with (a) a mai and (b) a costa? (Answers Sep Page 17)
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