KMB 3, ARMY 1
The Soldiers Did Just
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1957.
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a different story had the Army This report would have been played just half as well as when they beat Kitchee the other week. Chances went a begging with the soldiers and those that they pounced on were, to say the least, taken so halfheartedly that they didn't worry the Kowloon Motor Bus side at all.
Thanks to the Army's nonchalant mood, the Busmen walked away from the Hongkong Football Club with a 3-1 win after taking a 1-0 interval lead in the Senior Division League match yesterday,
The soldiers fielded the same team that bot Kitchen and the only reason, I can think of for their defeat was that the for- wards were in dire need of sharpening their shooting legs, and Evans, Iggins, Marila Bowering seemed to have left their shooting boots at home
they and when
had worked themselves right into the KMB penalty area they packed up like a pack of cards,
the hands custodian.
of
the Busman
In
As a matter of fact the Army's centro-forward could have given his team at least two goals had be taken his aim carefulty. the first ten minutes of play a Higgins attempt after drawing out the KMB goalkeeper rolled goalwards and what appeared to be a certain goal landed just outside the upright,
On another occassion, Higgins ball inches over the Bent the
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
NOT DISAPPOINTED The Sunda crowd who turned up in force in the expectation of watching another good dis- play by the Anny were not exactly disappointed. They saw plenty of fast, robust, lacking Army good goalkeeping and Same Navy
defensive
play by the Police
brilliant half backs. What was missing in this tussle was goals by the soldiers, who failed to find the net with repeated tries.
Army
FIRST DIVISION
1 KMB 2 Eastern
the ball past Wai Fat-kim. The losers switched their tactics aller
in their the interval
Instea of efforts to score, shooling in front of goal they lofted over shots from 30 yards out in the hope of catching Dals tactical move failed be their opponents off their guard. cause there was no forward line to put in the finishing touch,
consider The Busen
can themselves lucky to win this match for they played · far below their usual form. For the larger part of the game forwards Lau Kal-chiu, Lau Chi-lam and Ng Tim-lay more often than not sent the ball aver to the wrong men, which reasons why was one of the
failed to not more than in
ficat half,
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RESERVE DIVISION
3 KMB
SECOND DIVISION
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The stalwarts for the Army were Swan, Jones and Fowler. the half backs, and their com- bined efforts in distributing the ball to the forward line invari- ably ended with all their good
Mercantile through careless work wasted! shooting.
forward
fine
The Army's showed a slight improvement. after half time, but they came up against a stubborn defence put up by the Busmen and their alert goalkeeper, Wai Fat-kim, who refused to be beaten easily
After KMB had taken a 2-1 lead, the soldiers had an open chance to equalise muffed by who from five yards Higgins out weakly tapped the ball inte
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the It there is anyone to xn- gratulate in the KMB akde it is
2goalkeeper Wai Fat-kim whose
good goalkeeping
the
kept
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South HI, S
Home Soccer Standings
London, Jan. 5. English and Scottish dootball league standings after to-day matches were as follows:
Third Division (South)
W. D, L. F. A. Pts. Southampton..
145 23 36 Torquay
46 404 768 30 33 4
Colchester
Shrewsbury
Newport
Zowwith
Bournemout
Northampton
Reading Britton Brentford Watford queen's PR. Gillingham waisl
Southend Crystal Pal Exeter City Aldershot Norwich
Coventry
Plymouth
Swindon
Third Division (North)
Pta
Derby....T
Bradford City.. Hartlepools Workington Accrington Wrexham Chesterfield Blockport Barrow York City Oldham Scunthorpe
Hull City Gisterend
Darlington
the
Kingwleid
Hochdale
Cariide
Bradford
2 soldiers at bay Tang Sum and
Tim, Lau
half-backs, deserve mention for their hard work in defence.
2
crossbar. These missed chances by the Army could have made the score and play a totally dif-
the net. ferent affair had they found
NO DENYING IT There's no denying it that the soldiers played good football, couldn't put but they simply
Likely
To
Continue To Dominate Tennis In 1957
London, Jan. 0. Austrália seem likely to continue to dominate the international lawn tennis scene in 1957, despite the loss of Ken Rosewall.
Rosewall's decision to join Jack Kramer's all star professional tennis circus, the highest paid sports group in the world, has meant the break up of his all conquer ing partnership with Lew Hond.
wall ploped him in the so
now
with
THE GAME
The Army started the game with a rousing raid and for the first ten minutes they had the Busmen running round the field.
The soldiers had at least two scoring chances in this period but Higgins, Evans and Bewar ing crashed the ball anywhere except into the net
The Busmen rarely gave Allen a trying time for their com- bination failed to click.
They
had a lucky escape in the 35th minute when their opponents unleashed one of their sudden raids. Right-winger Griffths skied a well-placed shot from Bawcring when he had only Wal
Fat-kim to beat. Kowloon Motor Bus after 40 minutes of sweating finally had Allen beaten when insde-right | Ng Tim-loy flushed past a swift drive to catch the Army goal- keeper unawares,
Early after the resumption the soldiers were on even terms hovered in front of the Bus- men's goal for. Bowering to head. the ball to the far corner of the net.
when a long throw-la by Swan
KMB's Lau Chi-lam pu this team two up with a beautifully disguised shot that had Alien beaten before he could move,
It happened like this:
Lau pounced on a loose bail, it up and from 25 yards
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To Watch In
Yesterday's Softball
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Mervyn Rose Wins Singles Title Easily
Tampa, Florida, Jan: 0, Hard-stroking Mervyn Rose swatted out an easy four-set victory over follow Australian Don Candy to win the 80th
Dixie annual
Intemational tennis tournament here today.
Second-seeded Rose won 6-3,
Us
Pretty Karol Fageros of the breezed past" port HoonN
With three consecutive victories to their name, Olly Vas' youthful-4, 3-0, 0-4. Blackhawks were a poor team to watch at the park yesterday as the old time Saint Joseph's had them plucked to a feather with a shattering 10-5 to knock them off their lofty perch in the League table to land with a beak-jarring nose-dive into a two-way tie for secondary honours.
Playing determined ball before an enthusiastic crowd, Bimbl, Ablong's veteran Joeys shot into the lead with two runs in the first chapter and never looked back as the Hawk machine faltered and finally crumbled into pieces under the strain.
In the twilight Senior game it in a line over the windy-|ponents by six hits to three,
Kenneth at 3.30 p.m.
Chun's alley for two runs and put the Burton and Schmelder account
each, while Pandos kept their record card game safely away in the bat-ing for two hita
reitet pitcher Durham homered. clean with a 10-7 triumph over bag. the US Navy, Coming from u
OTHER GAMES 2-3 soos in the second frame, the Pandas exploded into a scor- through Nady Gomes but this
The game Hawks fought back with one taily in their fourth
Maria Reyes of Mexico 6-2, 0-3
to win an expected victory in the women's finals.
The men's finals patted Rose's powerful serves and overhead amashce against Candy's well- placed lobs. The power game paid off for Rose.
to
Despite the case with which
won, Roso frequently dis pubed linesmen's decisions and became so angered over a call at one point that he demanded that the umpire
lincaman.
ing spree with seven runs to put was quickly erased in the Saint Fred Diesta's PI Dodgers streng- their dom continued
the
Joseph
sixth
of
another
In the Senior "B" division, The
thened their hold on the top with Race
Pennant
game on lee
when Bluck-series With the favoured
errors, centred hawks fielding a scrub team, shortstop pushed their tenth run o
wasled the cagy Joeya
little
across time in pling on the capitalising
mainly on the shaky infield that pulled no Ita than ㄨˋˋ boners. With a 2-0 lead in
runs,
In
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in the de
doubles
and Candy winning over Roger Becler
ladder the title with a 7-5, 2-0, 6-1
in England's No 1 player, and
Sidney Schwartz of New York.
at ng of the
a 12-8 win over their victory closest rivals, the Comets Yesterday's mid-day clash.
In the minor loop á pointing performance was Miss Reyes and Martin Her witnessed over the week we walk-overs were conceded Fugeros and Mario Bueno of as nander of Mexico won over Miss
on
very dis
In the women's doubles finals,
Winning pitcher A. B. Salleh turned in a fine performance the mound, holding the hand hitting Blackhawks to four hits while his mates toned in neatly the game wide open as early as on Vie Pedruco for six telling South China, Lion Cubs Brazil 6-3, 0-2.-United Press, the second
three blows which included six runs bunched-up hits for four runs, balted-in in the fielding depart
their favour, the Jocyn busted wh
on frame
in the infleld for
Just
consted
and OversoWN
Chewing to the PI
Eagles respectively. Dodgers,
and War
It is high time that the As
won a frame that lost to a teams that fall to show up' for
and from then
mant, invaluable Claude Pugh along to an easy 10-5 pounding of the Saints stole the honours over the favoured youngsters,
initial Leading off in the chapter, the Saints capitalised on the Inaccuracy of opening hurler
Ren Barretto who yield- ed two walks that blended dis- astrously with two costly
tvo runs. Their second frome saw Vic
taking over mound Pedruco duties for the Hawks wiit, Bar- retto posted to third base, but the determined Saints were not to be stopped as Pedruco was plastered again and again to see four more Saint markers go up on the board.
KILLCK
FREAK LINER
After one out, Sherry Bucks walked and advanced on Salleh's freak liner over second. Ismail singled through first base for one run, leaving two ducks tra
the pond and when Ozorio's grounder was not play- ed, the bags were full. Omar's grounder then forced Salleh at the plate for the second out Leonard, in
this
almost on its last legs arui if
giving their all in every game, do not help themselves by
No Return Bout For Sugar Ray Before April
a brilliant catch in the sociation did something about double-play to possible games, for unless more stern
to squelch a
are employed, Hawk rally. With runners
on measures first and second and one out, furce, will soon ruin softball completely. Players especially Donel Remedion Lined towards should realise that softball now short with what looked like run-scorer, but Pugh pleieod it on the air an easily caught Pereira off base for a twin kill,
fans will not take the trouble in future, to hike all the way out director for the International PANDAS v. U.S. NAVY
a game that Boxing Club, indicated today Lo the park for With the Blackhawks being may be played."
that a return bout between This slammed off their first-place slot
refers mainly to the Sugar Ray Robinson and the 1FX the League standings, young players, for they are our new Middleweight Champion, Kenneth Chun's Pandas took no future stars; for the oldtimers Gene Fullmer, would not take chances in their match against will eventually have to hang up place before April.
by the their gloves and if there is no
He said that the IBC promoter, Wiseman and,
the US Nav spliced of body to take their pieces then
a
New York, Jan. 6. Harry Markson, managing
this
and you
work
with Fullmer's manager, Mary, Jenson, 10 night, which will probably be arrange on April date for the held in Chicago.
Jenson last week
ruled out
seven-run rally in the second, this fine soort will die a natural im Norris, planned to confer. emerged on the long end of a death'.
You managers and 10-7 count to gain undisputed coaches, it is also up to control of the Senior "A" lead. to talk to your boys and
A three-boggte by Murgula that they are there at every
with over the rightfield fence
lose or game-win,
draw For and only then, will this two men on in the initial frame then, put the gobs in an early lead, sport be tble to stand shoulder This, however, was narrowed to shoulder to other more down in the Panda half when popular sports in this colony.
up!
THE RESULTS Senior "A": Saint Joseph's 10, Blackhawks 5; Pandas 10, U.S., lended his chan last
Navy.
in
but Dave Bo the clutch. I two tollies were chalked always a menace came through with a ringing Navy hurler Coleman then tossed. mash into leftfield to clear the himself right out of the ball- sacks. Claude Pugh then flied, game in the second frame when he ran into a wild spell issuing but the Saints were ahead even free tickets to first 6-0. With the Hawk guns silenced, Pt. the
third sav
another cluding a round-tripper to Panda The Joey marker going up when Jindo slugger Lam Ping with the bases Hussain and Sherry Bucks brimming. Kingled successively and when A monotonous procession of 243 24 Sallch's bounder to short was Panda players paraded round
heaved wildly, Hussain scam- the racks as his pitches
tried pered across the rubber.
vainly to find the strike zone With
humiliation greatly until Lam Ping stopped the overshadowing this bunch of parade temporarily with over-confident youngsters, the round-tripper into leftfield to hair of
of the third frame saw the clear the bases. This stall was Hawks coming to life as they
hey not suffelent for him to regain bunched their efforts in a last-
his bearings, however, and the -ditch -- attempt to get back third frame opened with within striking reach Tea Durham taking over mound
outfielder Nado Gomes - duties for the Navy. ped a tricky blooper into right-
Reuter.
A
Probable Oxford Crew To Be Chosen Soon
when the ball In his four Inning toit on the
feld, adva's mitt, Donel olab, Durham kept the Pandas
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ono
to centre
sacker
A very
cluded
to to one tone tally while his mates Remedios then grounded
four more to bring short, the ball being played at piled on These two wonder lada, now tall and black haired, appears to
third to nail the oncoming their total up to seven. Had he 24, have kept Australia at the be a slight favourite for the
started on The mound instead third Gomes. However,
different pinnacle of world tennis in re-vacancy at present, He plays A
Omar of the Saints lost the ball of Coleman, cent years. Hoad, who
just airong all court game modelled swerved his body, as if he
in the dust
dust and both runners stony may have endoided.
the Belding line, Navy failed to sweep up the four major on that of Frank Sedgman, the would pass the ball to the left
were safe. Once again young wing and, Instead, took a low singles dile In 1950, when
former Australian acc.
Frank Loureiro saved the day third-sacker McNeil saved his the The United States, who have ground shot which caught Allen
from disaster in for his males as he poled mater States
left stand-
With fourth.
bases final, is
Sallch's fought out the last 13 challenge completely by surprise.
the Panda over The
next feed Army
all their put Ing head and shoulders above rounds Australia, cannot
at rightfeld for two runs. loaded and two outs, Wally Ma Fedruco tified a drive to the hot-corner immediately, exploit Roerwall's weight into getting goals but every other amateur in the game immediate from the amateur the closest they got was to see today. Australia are extremely departure
that that had hill written all over London, Jan. 6. rifled a drive, Vic fortunate in having a wealth of ranks, as their team is perhaps several of their shots hit the
Oxford and Cambridge get was good for three bases and it but McNeil stuck out his
hand talent available to support Hond the weakest since the war. And upright or graze the crossbar.
Next
gloved fuil
training next Loureira
In ond scored, the down to serious Towards for
the defence of the Davis the Americans have nothing like
Inter- week for the 103rd
timing, and the bail Jerry Remedios towered to A.G. the talent reserve enjoyed by Busmen made sure of victory
when their centre-forward, Lau varsity, boat race, to be held Ismail at centreffeld and, as into it for the third out. How- about the shley Cooper, left hander Australia,
luck would Kal-chlu,
over the famous four miles 374 after drawing out,
have it, he again ever, McNeil was Billy Talbert, Neale Fraser, Mal Andergon
non-playing
on the and Roy Emerson are all worthy captain of the American Cup Allen leisurely placed the ball yards stretch of the River dropped the ball and Pedruco most surprised person
scooted
tho pan but Refeld as he just riood and stared Thames from Putney to Mori-
OVLY of filling the number two squad which was whipped 5-0 in the back of the net,
lake on March 30.
medios, in trying to stretch his at the caught ball with unblink- singles spot in the team for the by Australia in Adelaide Inst
Oxford's trial crows hava single, was nipped at second for Ing eyes. challenge round next Decem- week, summed up the position
departed from
the the old style
Batting honours went to the next out. John Pereira KMD: Wal Fat-kim; Lo Pak, ber, though, of course, none is when he said the United States,
Barretto ob- Navy as they outhit their op- effort
walked and Ren in an
to stop training in yet in quite the same class 05 to
with compete
Australia. Lo Kwok-leung, Tang Sum, Lau
life on an infield bun- must concentrate on developing Tim, Lee Chun-fat; Chow Sin- of victories, New onremen
Cambridge gaining a "hat trick" Hosewali.
tained gle to keep the rally alive, but its 13 and 14 year-old players. hig Ng Tan-loy, Lau Koi-chlu,
falled in the Donal Remedios Oxford have already rowed The United States
must Lau Chi-lam, Lau Shui-wahi over the full race distance, with
clutch and the side was retired. change its emphasis on baseball,
Army: Allen: Hogan, Sloan:
Saints were not to be The trials the exception that the golf and other sports or allow Swan, Jones, Fowler: Grimths,
were held in the reverso direc-
long-awaited deprived of their tennis to become a minor sport," Evans, Iggins, Martin, Bower-
tion, from Mortlake to Putney,
revengo however, for the next he warned-China Mati Special. Ing.
saw them pulling ahead frame Tile probable Oxford crew for fran
estora ot the big event will be chosen again. A series of
short and two fielder's choices within the next few days, but a
brought Jindo Hussaly to the seprato eight will be kept in strict training in cases of linces bat with two ducks in the pond
any of the first crew.
SLIGHT FAVOURITE
The added incentive should result in some keen competition among the four powerful young- sters during the year. Cooper,
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After a
at
at
and two men out. Feeling cut
a fortnight at Henley, the foods served, he latched on Oxford will traje at Walling- to a letter-high pitch and sent ford, so that the oarsmen can be
nearer their college studies.
R. H. Carnegie, third succes-
SİVE Australion President or Canal Swimming
Oxford Univeralty Boat · Club,
will be responsible for the To Replace Nile
selection of
the
TOCO
crew.
Among them are G. Sorrel, R.E Barrett and K. L., Mason,
Cambridge, who get down to the serious, preparations on river, will have so unusual worry next week. They do not yet know whether their Pre- aldent, Philip Dubois, a 1955 Blur, will be available to row again.
Marathon Race
Cairo, Jan. 1.
A marathon swimming race from Buet to Port Said will be held when navigation resumes on the canal and will replace the traditional Nile marathon success, race, if it proves a There is a possibility that ho Mohamed Sabel, Chairman of may shortly tako up an ap- the international Long Distance pointment in Canada, Swimming Federation, said in
Mike. Deinhooke, z'stroke" in', catro canal marathon will be
1dyear's victorious Cam- bridge boat, is expected to be
23 tested over a hundred miles
avallable. The rum of the 1957 and will last two days Bour crew, will bej naw Blues/a teams are to take part, repres
Cambridge hávo so far won sening Europe North and 68 limes to Oxforda 40, there Bouth America, the Arab states wwas one dead boatiniChina Math: both Katyp', Sabri said." France- Special
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an earlier date, explaining that ke must tend his mini firm in Nevada,
Markson explained that, the DO-day
clause for a return bout in the contract under which Robinson unsuccessfully
week called for tract for 12,
90
de-
a con-
such a fight within days-not for the fight fiself, Junior: Seminoles 11, Austere An April fight would still fill 5: PI Dodgers 7, South China ◊ the terms of the clause, pro- (Walkover); Cheyennes 7, Lion vide a contract for it is Cubs 0 (Walkover); War Eagles signed within 10 days after last 7, Overseas 0 (Walkover).. week's bout-United Press,
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