THE CHINA MAIL
TOBER
ARMY 3 SINE TAO)
THESE TAME TIGERS DID NOTHING TO ENHANCE SING TAO'S REPUTATION
Says I. M. MacŤAVISH
If the ringmaster of the Kinoshita circus took the trouble to cross the harbour to the Club Stadium yesterday in the hope of seeing some- thing special in the way of Tigers, I'm willing to bet he left in disgust long before the end.
the famous This was the worst collection of tame Tigers to wear Sing Tao colours in many, many years. That they finished the afternoon with only five goals scored against them was due more to the "generosi- ty" of the Army attack than to any defensive success achieved by Chang Kai-hoi and mates.
each
- sheet ssive
zaletices,
and
WITH
to get in troni.
was through
de-
in command but eave to do more thats enuse the was always For me the experienced
Army defence a few Sloan and Hogan-a revelation Sing Tar star lines put a brave resolute
at left-back-were much 100 face on things by close coverlag; fleeting moments of anxiety.
the fatni However the Tigers still had accomplished for the opposition, bu ay play
a Robd the "ould holds" in defence and Wilkes completed began to appear Hap They got wider and wider
I took the soldiers 23 minutes fence.
forward line The
showed Tuld by
When they did
but will nol umagileent plenty of football goal by Martin who atoned for be able to throw away scoring earlier bad iniss by blasting chances as they did so often in
into this game thrilling 25 yards drive the top corner of the net.
In the 30th minute the soldiers looked like Increasing their lend ** | but clever right wing movement
il ในเร
and
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YESTERDAY'S SOCCER
Chinese Athletic Did Sufficiently Well
To
Earn A Two-All Draw
By "TOUCHWOOD"
It must have been quite an experience for Eastern, last, season's League and Shield Champions, when their pening match opponentsChinese Athletic- came within a hair's breadth of #matching victory from their redoubtable foes. And sufficiently though the Chung Wah boys failed to beat their opponents they did well to cart a two-all draw află the 'susthried ovation of the small Sunday crowd with their dogged stand.
As last year, the Chung Wah boys, lived up to expectations when they started the game with a grand, stout-hearted and spirited display and had their forwards been able to shoot straight they might have brought off the first upset of the two- day old soccer season.
from
of
Eastern played the couldn't his team. He repeated, blocked.
and core-leas
try-to-beat-me punched and booted the ball what a away when hard pressed by the pattern of
paid when their opposition. price they
starless apponents Victory would have gone to praellealty best to avold defeat,
ance between the posis.
As cohesion dwindled so de control
and Chang elirappa Kat-heit deserved wigg from Referee Jones for n shock-
VERDICT Nowering. ing tackle on
The winter was badly shaken by a
Fair entertaiment thoughtles
that was uct
of view point Spectator's totally crule
soccer and Ull" | developed into a tight melee but from Sing The's point the Sing The Sing Tao penalty area, Hig- necessary
view it rang an ominous warn- fortunate plvo:
VOTY
gins seemed set for a shot at
bell, Let us hope that last veteran indeed that the refor
I got but Chang Kam-hoi uæd
mean to thwart him. season's dash which achieves forced them to bring out their Eastern but for his fine perform- did not
seed him forthwith te
ülegat
going to be cool off h the privacy
The referee - right on the spot polarity is not cher sight! Loom
had no hesnation in award-placed by bash and crash which lawid the Tigers in can only had the mirginity of veing has 1.
yes, with a captial apremily kick
Trouble narne noted for du
Fener Evune had no hesitation in extraeting the full reward by
As far as the Army are con- thin the ball into the roof crned it is a ense of so for so of the net.
Chall judgment balit good
until the must
reserved soldiers meet stronger stun.
TEAMS
a
whee
512
the fit Tiger to be hooked Thi
JUNGLE LUST Touch of jungle
the
to
Just The Spread throughout
Sing: Too drience for a time and Lee | Loy was extremely lucky encape official censure when, one of his directed tuckia seni Martin crashing to the ground reduced him temporarily nitial
left touchin”.
rond new-
be
Hung but His head to the ball. in his attempt to clear but it noted th the far corner of the net to give the champions a 2-1 lead.
SECOND RATE
For Extn, Ko Po-keung, Chu Wang-kung und Ho Ying- fun played well but their carilor display in the first 20
mina was second rate soccur. trio, instead of scoring, put in A ball-drfobling exhibition which invariably losing the Ба!! opponents.
resulted in to
their
BASEBALL
Dodgers Qualify To Meet New York Yankees In World Series
New York, Sept. 30.
Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League Baseball Championship today, and qualified to meet New York Yankees, the American League winners, in the world Series, which begins Text Wednesday.
The Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 1955 World Series. They made certain of winning the National Leagué for the pecond successive year when they Teat Pittiburg Pirates 8-6 today in their last league game. Milwaukee Brave's finished runners-up, one game behind.
The New York Yankees were favoured at 7-6___ "man-to-man" jode today to beat the Brooklyn Doigera, in the World Series.
Broadway odds-makers said they
were giving 0% to five odds if the bettor wanted to take the Dodgers and 7% to ave if the bettor wants to take the Yunloeen.
The
Yankees also will be favoured at 84 to live "man to man" if Whitey Ford op poots 'Bai Maglie in the opening game on Wednesday.
"It's the best we've hit this season." He paid, wa
HIS 2,000TH BASE HIT Second boboman Red Schoen- dienst of New Yoric Glants col- lected the 2,000th. Buise hit of his career today when he singled to open the third firing of the nightcap of, a doubleheader with the Philidelphia Phillies.
Schoendienst ..joined Stan Musial, Peewee Recs, Country Slighter
Ted Williams and Mickey
Vernonax as the active players with 2,000 base hits. United Prose,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, Sept, 30. Big Don Newcombe danced the chacha True Saider sipped champagne... and Solc- man Carl Furillo told how he New York
God like ever Philadelphia prayed to before."
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Worthington, McCall (B) and a year," the jubilant Westrum; Roberts (19-18) and
Their Lopata.
chorused int
ké clubhouse as they į
in motients after de-
WP Worthington (20th), (7-10). HRS.-Ermis Worthington (1st), White 2,
feating the Pittsburgh Pirates, (21st and 22nd).
to win the 1950 Nationai League permant.
For the first time in any such ceremony, an eight-piece band the Dodgers Famous "Sym
Phony"" Musclai Group-was admitted to the clubhouse lend its support to the Ponant clinching
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Brooklyn
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Purkey (3).
(7) and Newcombe, Bersent
(6). Friend
Law. Face Klltit Shepind: (B) and Campanella. WP-New- combe (27-7), LP-Law (8-10), HRSnider, 2 (42nd and 43rd). 2, (15th and 16th), Amoros, HIS 27TH VICTORY
Robinson (10th) Walls (11th). Newcombe who bad gakied
danced 27th victory
the Cincinnati Chacha clad only in light pink Chicago
his
their
Lau Yee and Ma Moun-hung in defence played a resonable
shorts.
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Snider, whose 42nd and 43rd Burgess, Rush (23-10) homers accounted for four
of Landrith WP-Jeffcoat (B-2). Brooklyn's runs and eartikel "him
The champions had a golden
CAA right-winger Kwan opportunity to score the winning
sudden burst of read Klug-sun's goal when the scoreboard
when the opportunity from 2-2 vight minutes
full speed were awarded
came his way ripped holes in time. They
CA's spot kick when
Hung Extern's defence yesterday and Hing-yuk and Chen Pui-chung his continuous good centres gave worry brought down Chu Weng-keung. Yung pudor plenty to
about whenever the Chung Wah IN GOOD FORM
Mysteriously, instead of allow- ing Chu or Ko Po-keung to take boys attacked in force. The Chinese boys came inore
in the pleure
the ten
the penalty award, Lo Kwok-tai in defence, CAA's Chan Pui- into
placed the ball smack into Chungching, Poor Kai-ining and Wongood game and both gave good mimites before the interval bui
Army: Wilkes: Sloan, Hogan, Wah's custodian. This missed Chee-kong are to be congratulat
support to walkeeper Tung. xy found Wilkes in good form
a spell showy soccer, to the Army goal. However, Melines, Jones, Tolfrey; Hough,
ed for their good work in keep of toy stone respite for the CAA boys, Il also to the roll of passenger on the they took only three minutes of Evans, Higgins, Martin, Bower goal by Eastern was not only a
the second half to send him to tng.
gave them added inspiration to ing Eastern's score down. Hun in a first timer in the 15th Sing Tao Yu Yu-tok; Hau go after the winning goal which Hing-yuk played well in patches minute but it was not good the back of the net to retrieve
forwards due to
und his gift goal to Eastern in enough to belt the CAA keeper. A mix-up developed Yung-sang, Sit Pel-yin; Leung cluded their the ball
the 36th minute of the first half Next minute centre-forward Home Kam-bol, their over-eagerness to score. act young to the goal area after several Chung-a, Chang
Leung Chee-keung, the Chung | was the result of his over Ying-fun came within inches of defenders had fatted to Lee Lay; Leo Lui-kong, Tsung Army
Wong Kwok-kee, Wah
keeper Leung beating Leung Cher-keung when goalkeeper, was without anxiety to help Suddenly we Ken-kong, clene their fines,
Chre-krung. and black leg Fang Kei-leung, Tam Sum-chuen. doubt the man of the match for yellow вому shoot out and the ball was in the back of the net. Tam Sum- cheung got the back slips.
The th
their soldier restored very dinary match
few minutes Melone
two goal: lead a The Army dipper He syde through the tunely fater when Bowering bamboer- led the Tigers' defenders and ninates With
#ver dignity
them Into ne vise provoked and distinction that no
His bandling the ball wear the right entre 10 to emulating.
bis surve
band post Instinctivu his and
the
Fortunately the Bre and in the end it was a collectives of t
ubsided spirited
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Tigers who crawled back their air after the game had dignity wounds
Ty
badly
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need of Heking.
One player stood out hund and shoulders above everyone else
nch-perfect J
inckling
reading of
bat with
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One
One
of
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ball again The placed on the penalty spot and
Evans
they signin
did
Italy Out Of Davis Cup; America To Play India
In Mid-December
Forest Hills, New York, Sept. 30.
The United States clinched its Inter-zone Davis Cup series with Italy today as Vic Seizas and Ham Richardson, badly-outclassed in the first set, came back for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory in the doubles which gave the US a 3-0 lead in the best-of- five series.
tem.
servico had hurt TÅR OFF FORM
the
Kung Woh-kit lobbed over well placed shot to him
It took, Eastern six thinutes: more of Hard work before they registered their opening goal in the 21st minute. CAA's Poon Kal-Hung missed the ball in his atcmpt to clear and in a flash Lo Kwok-int pounced on it to beat. Leung Chice-keung pistely.
ON EVEN TERMS The Chung Wah, boys an even terms by the
com-
were 27th
9 0 Burdette, Спола (9) and Crandall; Mizell, Schmidt (8) and Smith. WP-Burdette (19- 10). LP--Mizell (14-14),
(2nd 'Game)
a new club home run record, Milwaukee merely, sat in front of his locker St. Louis and drank from a bottle of champagne.
has to be the greatest
observed for me,"
the
Sol Maglie, Who comes in for ajor share of Brooklyn's pennant, triumph, exclaimed:
Duke
Last
wag
New York Philidelphia ...
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5 12 1
Wright, Littlefield (3), Rizik (5), Surkont (7) and Wesirum; Seminick (5). LP-Wright (0–1). Bumans (75-10) Hind Lopti
HR-Jones (17th),
I've been in somio perinant Aghts before, but I was never as nervous as this indivi-
Perhaps the happiest dual in the entire Brookdyn quarters
little Sandy
AMERICAN LEAGUE last Amoroso "Goat" in the
R H Wednesday's
by defent
.12 0 Die Baltimore (1st game). Phillies but an
8 1 authentic hero | Washington today with his two home runs, Consuegra, Fornieles (7) and Över
OVET in Spanish. Cirisberg Slobos, Portini (8) Sahdy kept bubbling, "nice day, and Berberet, WP-Consilegra (2-3). LP-Stobbe (15-18). HR minutes when, from a pag. nice day. kick, right-winger Kwan King-
Wednesday, his upset Lemon (27th).
R H E sun booted the ball over to
to Dodger team-mates freely eri-
A 2 Foon Kal-hung who thout Uelsed him after his fielding Boston (19 Innings) hesitation took long alarm at lapses against the Phillies To New York
day
Sisler (9-8) and Doley; Turley, of them fought for many Hoal.
The Easter goalkeeper
Contes (0),
(9). the Honour of lighting his big McDermott who had least expected, the ball
Morgan (10) and Berro. come from Kwain's 'direc
long clear.
(0-7). HA-Berra West Alston took Morgan was cover,
Undwares.
the Pennint triumph in strids, (30th). notchod
RHE calmly and without doing more mirlite when CAA's Hong thin patting each player on the
back as he came up to them.
He mid he hadn't "given any thought to. would series pitching
to
Alston doclared,
**
1
Baltimore (2nd game) 11
9 90 Washington
Ferrarese, Beamon (0) and Ginsberg; Abernathy (13) and Fitzgerald WP-Beamon (2-0), ̧
R.K E 3
8 14
4 10
for those around him for shine Evans and Hough WOIN honours by crucking it home.
The writing was, by now, on the vipients of a never ending
the wall but in their moment of TVRe from behind and wa a great pity that Melnues failed desperation Sing Tao siruck
at is hunte on the semer's back Carrying the ball upfil
In glorious frat half they found the Army defenders drive that cartad just wide of | retreating in front of their end the prel
wild no tackle forthcoming It is an old football axion
right-winger" Lay Was itty for
Italy, which had beaten this US team at Wimbledon this year, started out that the job of a football team Lal-koing to drive bla shot at
today for what looked like an easy repeat of that performance.
their second goal in the 30th to get on with the game in end. The power
was
there. hand and treat it for what it's
and so was the right ides,
bub
and then return The US got only
two pointa Sirola in forecourt,
headed the ball_into Hing-yuk On that basis alone this unfortunately for the Tigers the in the first game as Italy went ran out the set. Worl
his own goal to give Tong Fang was a good Army victory. The direction
fractionally
off to a 5-0 lead. Vic Selzas After a ten minute rest the team looked fit and cager and
wrong. The ball crashed against anally held his service as Americans again grabbed the "Italy Hover byed btn 2-1 lead.
Four minutes later, Chinssons," once the players gut over their
the for post, rebounded into Orlando Sirola, the 6-foot 7-inch advantage, breaking Sirois in in that first setja said Cabriani. Athletle
"9a1 Maglie would be the HR-Frazier (1st). the surprised early nerves they played some
guy, but I don't know if he con play, and via Jones's boot it was Italian, fell into a series of the first game on a double fault "But by the fourth set dis-
opponents with
beautifu thoughtful soccer m a speed,
cleared to mafety.
CTTOTS at the net but Nicola and a dll at the net, Then couragement had set in and we angular goal of the boots of work with three days rest," Detroit
Cleveland and with an understanding, that
Pietrangell held his next service they broke Sirola in the fifth were far off form.”
Chiu, Sin-ho to level, the score
But from the day he spoke, Carver, Hoeft (4), Foytack was too much for the opposition,
In the Nevertheless,
9th minute Higgins at love to run out the set. It would be
game and ran the lead in games.
The Interval cizíved finished off a grand right wing.
to 5-3 before Italy took one Maan said that Guiseppe af S
Alston seemed to indicate he was (8) and House; Feller (0-4) and the third member of the with the score unchanged. dangerous to put too much valus movement by nipping into the
WR--Hoeft (20-14). toying with the idea of starting Aneriii. Italy held its own until the
more grume before the US ran Italian team, probably would be rosumption it was the CAA
(0th), Smith on this stage och Indiferent though pass, and cracking
outing
empty
collecting the sixth game of the second set,
out set and match.
named to play one of Monday's boys who all wil the stacking with Maglie, with Clem Labine HR Belard!
'ready la the bullpen.
(10th). when Sirola, who had played
fural singles matches, but he did for the best part of the first 20 Alston pd fribute to the
R H E resistance that люге than a beauty into the net.
very well Saturday in losing a "Certainly I tim disfippointed not know whether Merino would minutes
Brooklyn hifting in the three- Chicago
@ 8 reserved feding of satisfaction
Four minutes later we get the singles match to Seizas, sudden-after that first set I thought replace Pietrangell or Siroln
Ying-tim and Chip Wetig game sweep over the Pirates. could be misleading...but as best individuat effort of the ly lost his touch and found it.
Kanis City
8.13 2 it would be a very close match,” US. team captain Bill Talbert afternoon. Bowering, in spite of impossible to put away a winner said Italian team captain Fer- said he would use his 'other two porttihition, to add goals to the
both had ample op
Errington, Marice Kambamon
And (8) shots.
Mons, showing very obvious traces of with
Pietrangell,
ranto Cabriani.
players, Saining Glommal and teams one but both finished his cartier injury, decided to who had been hopelessly bad.on
Mike GreenL.
weakly in front of goal. A The game got off to a bright give a short display of ball jug-Saturday in losing to Richard-
"Sirola wha the big dig.
(2), Crimmian (8) and Smith. In an exhibition tódly, Grben start and
of glory. He danced his way past rom, within a couple
he said, was playing his normal
WP-Harritigion (2-3), DP rppointment,"
The and Glammalyn played doubles the 30th minute the score was
at two-nil und Just mun after man and Anished up game minutes Sing Tao almost lost a
today and carried the didn't play as well as he did against Mermo and Dick Baviti,
Derrington (0-1), HRS Power would by beating Yu Yu-tak from a Italians as far as they went,
appeared that
(14th), Biciras (11th), Plant go2]. The ball was lobbed up-
yesterday and certainly not as the big American who returned field
(2nd) United Press, seemingly impossible angle. and Higgins, near the
The goalkeeper seemed a little IMPORTANT POINTS. penalty spot and with his back
penaltyard, Lo Kwok inl why he had
a letdown years retirement. mystified himself as to how the
shot the ball right into the to Yu Yiu-lak, helped it on it is
For the Americatis, it was after the first set; I can see no ball got between him and the
The US now will play India, Chung With goalkeeper. way with a nem flick of his right hand post....but beat him Richardson who had trouble to-
reason for it."
the Far Eastern zone champion, is This head.
It looked a score bit the It did and the scoreboard read day, especially on his volleying,
The two Indian players were way but the Tigers' goalkeeper Army 5, Sing Too 1.
but he managed to steady at
their defent Famehow managed to get his The Tigers have problems in important pointa ffaly suffered downcast after fingers to it and edged it over
xth, und although they graciously signed servico breaks in the bar. A fine try, a brilliant Time has finally caught up with eighth gnes of the décond set autographs for the groups which
veterane
and in the first game of the clustered around them... and outstripped the third set. She never recovered It did not tako very long
to front
youngsters who are
gium dumppointed, because realise that the new Bing Too as green as St Joseph's, shirts.
from that,
we really should have won to front rank was nothing more in this game only Yu Yiu-tak,
Italy did pull Even. The the day" said Pietragall. "How than a ghost of the jets of a Sit Fel-sin and Wong Kwok-ket, third yet by breaking seas in ever, on games courts rien a few
Bo. Wong Kwok-koc were near Site Too class the eighth : gamé bất thất was key pointe curI toiled unceasingly to coax though Hau Yung-rang slins their last gasp.
it is the feeling of antishction
is justified.
SAYC.
A BRIGIFT START
ver every department except goal.
the
rank
spark, of caserpeko out of
tamany delightful.todésem.
young collech, but truc to
NO WEAK LINK
tell they lacked the strength,
any
well as he can know
play. I don't) to tennis tech Wehru atter tour | Put in the detraher Zainab
difference in the result."," The Amerletins Immediately Pietrega, impending There was no weak link in broke Pietrangelt in the next cautiously. mit the gulle, sad the vital experia itha Army side. The middle fine rame, again on erratic play by indicatod Sirola's
THE GAMBOLS
“YOU BY THE
OCO KIOSK
the
in Australia in mid-December: Easter saw Chinese for the right to challenge Aus- go all out for the winning rowi tralia for the Davis Cup, and that would have coma their way in the chibhouse had their forwphy, been there Cobriani changed his mind and accurate with their shots at goal shid - he. wollä: - stick with and when the final whistle Fleirangeli and Sirols for the arrived both foams trooped aft
the field with honour shared, final day," AN
Pietrangelf will play Green ut 1730 GMT and Samery Gam malen will play Sirola in the concitidin Thatch,
A crowd of about 1,000 very nouidd the final set! Heatly, weather Way cloudy and told us
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Britain At Athletics
Budapest, Sept. 30. Hungary narrowly beat Britain' by 108 points to 10 points in the men's events at the two-day inferriational athletics ¡mideiing which ended here today much
All-Japan Volleyball Team Beaten 28-21
Tokyo, Sept. 30. Tho visiting West Germish But the British women's team dominated, their match winning goodwill volleyball team ended by 20 points to 13 points. When All Jagma boun* 27-21 Before the tour today when they beat Britain, werd without: Cordón, Tule, user crack 10,000 Metre
Mile #7 Champion” Ken
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a crowd of 18,000 in Tokyo,
The half time score was West Germany
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