! THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938.
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Taiwan Rugby Team Though To Play Three Games In Hongkong
By "PAK LO”
The "on again," "off again," "on again" Taiwan Touring XV fixture has now been finalised and the side will arrive in the Colony on February 21. They are scheduled to play three games; one against the Services, one against the Police, and one against the Club. This is the first time that a Chinese Touring XV has been seen in action in the Colony, and it is reported that they are couched by a one-time captain of the famous Waseda University Rugby XV of Japan, so the tourists can be expected to play a fast, open game.
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With the New Zealanders alto The RAP pack did sterling arriving in the near future, work, particularly in the foosa, Selection Committee of three where they moved in a solid 1108 been formed to pick the bunch. With the ball toming out regularly from the base of the them.
serum, Cornah was able to give This committee of three is his threes every chance,
inst they were not capable of taking decided improvement on year, when the Colony selection, advantage of his good passing.
Gascoigne was easily the best which was.extremely disappoint-} Ing. was done by one man, wing forward on the field, and his " backing up of his threes often paved
way for a bts score, but he kept feeding wings, once he had got the ball tho and broken through, and RAF wing threes were all caslly stopped.
The Navy, without a lat of their best with the ball, did
extremely Alifrey playing an 20
was badly good game, but he served by his scrum half whose passing was indifferent, to say the least.
Colony trials for this impor- tant match will be held on the 3rd, 12th and 19th of March,
Club v Police On Saturday afternoon The
Police forwards Jupaging shocked Club with their forecfel tacties, and for half the gum the Police dominated the secne, but could not break through the strong defence and Club, who were superior in the first and last quarters the game, de- pervedly
the
too
They Deservedly
Sing Tao 3-0
By I. M. MacTAVISH
The Korean national team watched this First Division clash botwoon KMB and Sing Tao at the Club Stadium yesterday afternoon. They must have loft the ground with very mixed, and even confused, impressions of what they saw of Hong- kong's domestic football.
In
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In the end KMB triumphed deservedly by three goals to nil ... but if ever there was a game of two distinct halves this was it: and if ever there was a game in which prospective League champions looked less worthy of such a title, then it was KMB in the first half of yesterday's outing.
WELL-BEING OF BRITISH FLAT RACING CAUSING ANXIETY
By CLAUDE B. RICHARDSON
London, Feb. 15. Prize money during this year's British flat racing season will total more than ever before-but still the well-being of the sport is causing anxiety in racing circles.
A huge amount of money needs to be ploughed into the aport before pressure is relaxed on the drift of capital bloodstock overseas, before breeders are freed from the virtual necessity to breed for quick returns to the long-term detriment of British bloodstock, and before the position of owners and trafners is im proved.
I cannot remember when lastį upe. The first Impression as
few sickly smiles in the yellow way was that and black shirts after that one. saw so many misplaced passes play got under
A new body hus been formed West Indies; 5. Pakistan; Q one so-called first class Flash Harry Hou Yung-sang
In the 77th minute Tang Sum Onding the ball going
to tackle the problems of Im-Iulia and 7. New Zealand. match. The rat hair had a host was
in Sing Tao attack and proving racing
editor of Britain Norman Preston, of thrills...but many of these "square" on him, The first infled
Immediately swept The ball
the Racing and Breeding Wisden's, the widely-recognised did not accrue from the bill-time it came his way he missed through the middle to Lau Kai Laison Committee. Hepresent-cricketer's hondbook, said when, anco of one team as much as it completely, then three times from the mistakes of the other. in quick succession le mislick-chu who snapped up the oppor-ed on the new committee are asked for his opinion that Eng
tunity to put his side in a safe the Rucecourse Association (the land was top with Time after time a player ed badly. would make a delightful Inter-
position with a third goal that
Is 110 doubl body), recond. "There racecourse executives went in of the post.
the Racehorse Owners Associa that these two stand for above vention, get the ball under con- tal, and then roll it right into the path of an opponent.
There comments apply equal- ly both teams, In spite of the fact that they won and idded twe, valuable points
to
once
their total, KMB never looked like possible League Champions, Unless they start some very dennlle tightening up of their ranks they are going to get a major humiliation one of these days.
Here we
were treate: again to the censional cureles
and gallerylsms of Lau Tim by 11 points Watson in the threes was late in the game he was very Kaos, ry. penalty goal) again good, though steady fortunate that a spot of thought- to 5 points (1 igual).
supply of the bali would have less dribbling in the penalty In the curtain-raiser the RAF made him more dangerous. The aren did not cost his side a goal. falled to finish off their thres.Navy poel played hard, but This 'show-off stuff is cum- moves and were forced to i were inclined to straggle.
pletely misplaced in a centre- scoreless draw with the Navy,
were excel-bolt and the In defence they
big pivot would thus giving the Navy an unex-let and, with the Navy threes be well advised to concertrate) perted first point. In the Pentan- tekling well, the Airmen could on the job in hand | gulur Tournament Table which I not fnd_0_gap.
now renda:--
a
Both XV's mlased a penalty P W D L F A Pls conversion, with the Airmen
missing a "sitter".
Club
K
5 4 0 1 50 23
Army
4 3 1 0 54 19 7
1 lice
1 2 2 20 34 4
RAF
5 1 2 2 210 38
Navy
Club v Police
1425 60 1 5 0
Club started this game with a Navy should be in aworac series of three noves which position from now on than they Now them go into an early lend, have been over the last few but slowly the Police began to weeks, for the majority of their move back upfeld, using the present XV is culled from BMS touch to gain them ground, and Cossack, and It is reported that upset the Club defence. the leaving in the very near inture.
The Police forwards then bo-
Crowd neclamation is won by genuine efficiency and not by the garnished dramaties which have become so much u part of Lau Tim's play at the present time
let a vital goal result from one of his 'performances' and the crowd will let him know exactly what it thinks of him.
Deserved Defeat
In spite of all this 1 must make it clear that Sing. Tuo
gan to get on top in the loose simply did not deserve anything In the minor game at Happy and for the rest of the Drst half better than the defeat they got Valley, Club "B" unce moreund for the first part of the The side is nowadays woefully went down convincingly to the second half the Club had to de- weak at wing half where East Lancashire Regiment XV; tend their line against the nether Lo Kam-chuen nor Lee this time by 14 points to nil. strong, forceful attacks of the Loy have the class to pin down
Police park,
tor class inside forwards who RAF v Navy
The Club were always trying are opposed to them. to open up the garno, for their
This particular game was lost The Airmen looked the better wing throca obviously
had
In theso vital positions and I am side throughout as they not orders to cross kick FIRST TIME
when quite sailsiled in my own mind only dominated the serums and threatened, and these tactics that if the two teams could lineouts, but got their threes definitely upset the Police. have swapped wing halves the IN THE COLONY! moving.
The Club threes wiched and result would have gone the their Untes ran double switched in scissus other
way. field Instead of upfield movements so often DON'T MISS! ! !
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KMB were not smart enough
of to take advantage these early allps and the Tigers were coon at the other end. Thoir lively thrusts kept the Bummon on edge and cracking shot by Tak-look Bashed just Wong Cuiside the woodwork. It
night as easily have gone into the net.
Uncertain Mood
-DILION 1]
In the
Lion and the Thoroughbred at the rest.
Breeders Association.
Australia
After that the issue was never
"For attractiveness and their in doubt. The Tigers generally
Objects of the committee are general approach to the game. threw in the sponge and then
the would put the West Indies to maintain and improve Finsh Horry throw thing
standard of the British turf in third and, possibly, Pakistan quite irregular way of footwear nt Lau Chill its aspects, under the autho- fourth," Preston said.
fortunately from the specta- turn and got his nume du the rily of the ruling bodies of flat referee's wee black book for racing and jumping. Thoy feal for point of view--Pakistan, that their wide objective cannot Scuth Africa, und India #11 his pains. It was a booking he
be reached unless British racing tend to pay far, too much pt- richly deserved.
is based on a firm financial tention to safety first methods. ・that They seem to forget that cricket foundation, and suggest this can be best achieved by | is a gene."-Chiza Mail Special, topping off-course botting,
At this stage the Tigers were
KMB were awarded a late certainly calling the tune and they made severn! spirited at-penalty, but with the same care- tocks which showed the de-lessness as had marked so much fence in rather uncertain mood. of his colleagues Lam Kim-tong A little more steadinem and hit the ball aimlessly past the little more determination might post. Not exactly championship well have seen the Sing Tao stuff!!! boys take an early lead.
If the Korean visitors were As I was, the nearest thing tu Hoal came at the other end yawning by this time, nobody The game would blame them, where only a brilliant diving dragged on to 4 miserable save by Tam Nai-huen kept ansh that was in strict contrast fine hrader from Lam Kam-
to the lively entertainment of lang out of the Sing Tuo net.
the first half: Thu frustrations of the piny QTI were having their effect some of the participants and Lau Chi-lam was twice spoken to by the referee in the first afteen minutes,
There was plenty of action and plenty of incident. The spectators got shout-worthy repayment for their money and as the ball swung from end to end they encourged the players to give just a little bit exim.
Tr they were shouting for brilliantly conceived movements!
and polished pultern-weaving
they must have Been disappoint-
of the opposition.
This is not a new suggestion-
at has frequently been presse Kurt Nielsen Wins
An-
curing the last few years, but there are many diffeulties In The way of its adoption. other plan to produce the same result, that betting should be a monopoly of the totalisator as in some other countries, ia hold by the Laslon Committee to be a development which the public does not want,
The individual stars in the:
The Bost Stock game were few and far be- tween. KMB got good service
The committee has analysed from Wal Fat-kim, Teng Sum, the reasons for the decline Int Leung Kit, Ng Tim-loy and the prestige of British blood Lau Shu-wah; The Busmens' in stock since the war. Production side trio was strangely out of of the best horses, it declares, touch.
French Singles & Doubles Titles
Paris, Feb. 16 Kurt Nielsen of Denmark tho men's today won singles title of the Franch Indoor Tennis Champion ships whan ha defeated Egypt's Jaroslav Drobny by 7-5,
6-3 and 6-2. Belgium'e Mademoiselle Chris- depends on the number of top-tiane Mercells today won the class middle-distance horses ladies" singles title by beating bred in the country and on Miss Pat Ward of Britain In the keeping the best stock at home, haal by 0-3, 7-9, 8-0. The main reasons for "the dis The women's singles Anal concerting success" of foreign was a much longer affair than horses in Britain, it considers, the men's singles, which proved are the greater inducement to to be little more than foreign breeders, through the
the formality for Kurt Nielsen. The result was right. It medium of their racing pro- Mercolls and Ward word
The Tigers wise mattered were Ng Wal-mon, Wong, Tak- fouk, Lo Kwok-tai, and, in the first half particularly, Tam Nai- huen.
The big thrill of the first half thine.. apart from a succession of goolmouth melees at beik ends come when a free kick was awarded to Stag Tao just out- side the KMB penalty area.
Vordict
Tha
ed, but if they wanted bright might have been different if the grammes, to produce the 10 to however very evenly matched bubbling bristling battle they Tigers could have pressed 14-furlong horse and the for and, although at times tho were satisfied....even if much bome their initial superiority, stronger economic sinte of play was somewhat manotorious, of the 'bristle' started from the but I wish I know what or who, racing and breeding in France. lite last two nots were exciting. mistakes and misplaced passes drew the Tigers teeth at half Putting the cuse for the ownor The Belgian girl found a little and trainer, the committee sald extra in the last set to win out. that the primary object of ownership was not to make mona", but if its status was to be preserved, success must be mado really worthwhile ff fallure was expensive,
The dependence of some frainers. on outside 'sources of income, dspecially betting, must be removed, for this was un- desirable from every point of view.
care-
OXFORD BANS
BLUE FROM BOAT RACE
Robert Barrett, 22-year-old kine left hand post. It was a Oxford rowing Blue, has been grand effort. It deserved a banned by his college from Ecal.
taking part in this year's Boat At the interval the score sheet | Race against Cambridge. was still blank.
With the fans shouting for a Tang Sum and Leung Kit were Hau Yung-sang blockbuster, Lo everything the two tame Tigers Kwok-tni place the ball were not. They were fast to the fully and, as the Busmen op- Club tackle, quick to sum up a silva-parently barricaded all routes to the Palice niga Wiero 60 tion, and they drove on their their goal, he lashed a glorious As has happened before, the puzzled by their quick switches attack with long accurate, search shot inches outside Wal Fat- RAF wings. failed to finish on that they could not keep up ing passes, but they never went their moves. Three times in the with the Club threes and, un- up into the attack at the expense rame the ball was kicked ahead intentionally, the Police post of the stability of their own over the Navy line,. but each toned themselves defensively defence. time the Navy got to t first for the majority of the suitsors
From a KMB point of view it and saved the day.
movements.
was just es woll these two play- The Police wore well out- era were on form, for the for- serums, which ward line has never looked less Eays much for the new Club | effective and there was also a hooker, for
the Polles had subtle lack of confidence in the much the heavier pack as well defence.
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What Happened?
"You must cut out rowing and concentrate on work" ls the in
the Dean of struction from
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the
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Nielsen-Drobny Anul was less dramatic but both men produced a varied and brilliant game in the first set. The ex- and changes were very fast games went with service to yo. all. Nielsen, who was serving Brst, took a 0-5 lead and on his service in the 12th game Drobny put a forehand drive into the net, then a backhand ánil · a volley, over the libe, and it was Neilson's set at 7-6.
Second Set
The committee have not for- gotten the racegoer's place in the improvement of
sport. Above luxury and beauty", they Both Nielsen and Drobny declare, he needs a high standard had to light hard yesterday in of port, a satisfactory view of their semi-finals and they` 10- the racing, sandwich bars, suit- reared to be feeling the strain able belting facilities and up-to- | after the second set today. the-anioute Information on cur- The DOO slackened and rent odds and starting prices end Nielsen, the younger player, totalisator returns.
lasted out better than veteran Drobny,
to solve,
The Dane broloo through in the eighth game of the second set to win out at 6-3. Nielsen
The peints the Jalson Com- Barrett rowed in two Oxford- as Cunningham, the Colony Sing Tao's gamble of playing
He is mliter makes are not new, but hooked,
Sit Pel-yin at left back was a had strange consequences, and Cambridge Boat Races.
for an
the combination within its struc- the second half was for as due to take his finals Club
a slight ad- fallure. Sit seemed to be carry-
ture of three influential bodies also had
football entertainment was con-engineering degree this summer vantage is the Ilacouts, but fasting a bit of extra weight ont, ho was all
He has been told he may help to speed up action to- shadow cerned a more
of or next. breaking by Walker, Shelley, not unexpectedly
must work harder.
wards its desirable end. Unfor- went cut an easy winner over a very tired Drobny in the third short of natch what went before. and Johnston
the Club too obviously
tunately, the achievement of is set to win it 0-2 without much Bave
practice..
Sing Tho discarded their fire holves no end of trouble,
Barrelt sak the other night airs is dependent on finances effort. The Police when they found In the early stages there was with their Interval orange peel he thought he might have had and the tapping of off-course With the French men's
cd their second half effort
the ban beaten this week when betting lo bene racing is a themselves attacking' steadily no doubt that he brought a touch left their heavier pack-to hold of controlled culture to the made a mockery of the pitty he took part in an Oxford crew problem which is very difficult singles and doubles es la his pocket, Nielsen is leaving Paris which characterised practice on the Thames. its own with only seven men, Tigers' defence, but just before promine
by air tonight for New York. and pulled Walker out into the the interval hia injured leg, their earlier work. The wing
Test Series
to defend his United States indoor threes as an extra man.
which has kept him on the side halves lost the pace completely bad for the first time Lau Chu-
Australia's victory over South title. But against DOMA lovely line since the beginning of the
He was watching when there Affica in the current Test series Swedish veteran tenis player He was
Jam and Lam Kam-tong began tackling by Cheong and Penman season, falled him.
to have a positive influence an was a call for someone to leaves them undisputed conten-Torsten Johanssen teamed up the extra mán gained the Police never fully effective afterwards.
at five. Barrett stepped forward.ders with England for the tile with Pai Ward of Britain back the run of play. only a territorial advantage I was good to see him which they were unable to use. action, but there must now
then included in the of top cricketing country of the night to win the mixed doubles It took the inside right just Ho was
title, the last event of the be grave doubts about his foot- three second half minutes to potential eight.
But the authorities spolled his
It would be a dificull tank to French Championships, by de- Rlach again was dutstanding balling future. There ..must
put his side on the victory road
nome in a newspaper report.
Paul Remy form an "order of marit" for feating France's him the in the Police side, but his surely be a big question mark with a snap goal. Ten minutes They told
'ban must
the other cricketing countries and Britain's Arm Shilcock in threes behind him
luter Ng Tim-loy were dis-sguinst his injury and the poe
which would meet general the final by 9-7, 8-6, 7-5,-- appointing in attack. The Clubility of his being able to when his harmless-looking lob
Remy and Johanason· · ·bath Mr Barrett Fuld: "must agreement, but it has been at- were well served by O'Kelly, stand up to the strain of First caught the Tigers in confusion who combined neatly
decision, because tempted by the sports columaist played a good match, but with Division football.
and between them Hau Yung-accept the Dalgleish to form the spearhead
and Tam Nal-huen whether or not I stay at Oxford of a Landon newspaper. The order English girls were The game was played in bell- saux
On the college, he suggested in: 1. England; 2. their best form and missed many lant sunshine and both sides fumbled and jumbled the ball depends
Australia; 3. South Africa; 4. easy balls-France-Pres fielded their best available line-into their own goat, There were Naturally, I am disappointed."
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