THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1958.
Page 19.1
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT Week-End Lawn Bowls
Fabulous Aussies Have Lived Up To Every Sparkle Of Their Glittering Reputation
By I. M. MACTAVISH
Overshadowing everything else in the sporting sphere this
week is the visit of the Australian swimming team. The fabulous Aussies, as they have so aptly been describod, have lived up to every sparkle of their glittering re- putation.
They have lacked only the incentive of really powerful op- position and yet even in its absence they have sent Asian records toppling with an ease that is rather disconcerting, Coming out of the Victoria Park swimming pool on Wednesday evening I was interested to hear a well known Colony "and they sportsman making the rueful comment make it all look so easy".
That, to my mind, sums up these modern aquatic aces perfectly. To see them in action is to see the final results of scientific training applied to natural ability and a burning desire to be a better swimmer than any man who has ever swum before.
Australian in action,
I was rather surprised to find that a sports writer in one of the vernacular news papers took issue with me
in
impressions Let the bitor taste which the
Busmen's conduct Jeft Singapore soevór mouthë muy The be knows nothing of the heality whitel these KMB anties stirred in the crowd who paid good money to Eve them Play football. ..not behave ke
writer
Anyw....
Since #14 benirming of privileged to watch the visitors ga.hering come January this year swimmers have broken than 60 work records and wha and realizes the standard of international concellion today a stuggering gebleves that is meni. It is made all the more so by the confident prophesy of Mr Berge Phillips that the present national team is young enough and progre Five enough to break many records before the men bere begin to lose their form.
on
the subject of KMB's unforgivable misconduct in Singapore a couple of weeks
rme
Hongkong hoodlums. still
Just Red Herrings
More Astonishing
More astonishing even than the successes which Australia han registered sa tor was the Tevelation made by Mr Phillips that already Australia has built of reserve up a tremendinis
swimming strength fenn eng
the youth of the country.
"Herd weck
training were
to
ago.
The writer seeks to al Dive the players by entering that Bir responsible Behaviour was caused by bad refereeing.
Absurd Suggestion
SPORTING SAM
ROAD REPAI
It is quite a thought to realise local fans we are being so pungently re- memories presented at Kunin Lampor.... but don't let anything put us Matthews
by Reg. Wootton
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HOAD/REPAIRS
With such a reputation we with pleasant
£0 lol of of Blackpool's should not have
diffully In convincing others Inspired mngle that it would be worth their
of the real scent, We....that is still fresh in their minds money to pay a call to Dur the Hongkong sportint public. have derived a great deal of Cotony. have been let down badly once satisfaction from the news again by 1k touring tean.
have
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FIRST DIVISION
LEAGUE ENDS
THIS AFTERNOON Six Open C'ship Games Tomorrow
By ROBERT TAY
Although the Colony first division lawn bowls league season will not be concluded until the remaining four matches of the event are played off this afternoon, congratulations are in order for the Recreio "A" twelve, who com- pleted their schedule last Saturday with a ' championship-winning 4-1 victory over Kow- loon Bowling Green Club.',
with stix anoro
in the Men's and
Miss H.
Adequate steps must be taken that the seasiders to prevent a recurrence....or started off the new season-
The other day I had
The Recrolo team's success ; headway is the HKFA completely in-in fine style with two quiet walk round our vari- this reaven is the more praise-quarter-final" and semi-final different to such thing?
straight victories,
pus football fields and even worthy in that throughout the matches Yesterday I received a long after considerable. associa- greater part of the second half Ladles pairs events. At HKCC,
of the season they were without Men S. Silva A couple of weeks ago I letter from skipper Hugh Kelly fion with our facilities the survives of two of their Kwong, the holders' will start as forecasted that the long- and In he told me how the could not help but feel Betalwurls, A. P. Pereiro and favourites against their club. kong Amateur Boxing As team's training schedule had glow of admiration when R. F. Luz.
mutes Miss P. Dhabber tad Mrs been drastically changed by now
E. Thok and E, G. Barros and sociation would make an manager Ron Suart. It's com-looking at the verdant car-
F. Lee will probably have a important effort to widens slut with a vengeance pets which our groundsmen
slight alge over W. C. Young its interests. The effort at Blackpool now" says Hugh have prepared for the new
and C. K. Syn. was launched publicly at a
and I'm sure our players could dinner which the Associa un straight up the tliffs over
looking that wonderful stadium The Hongkong stadium is go- tion gave at the Hongkong of yours without worrying losing to be better then ever and the able part pinyed by their
At KBGC, J. Chubb and T. |Football Club on Tuesday much. We really are fit and I
The Club turf is a perfect ple- younger generation of bowlers. Bink it is going to show lature in green....but evening.
division lengte E. Baker are slightly favoured our play this season."
the real magle of the grounds will all be completed this even-in their match against 3, 11ocen na's art has been wonderfully but for one match the and S. Bucks, P. H. Staw and
pitches deciding one between Filipino F. O. Madur
Club "" and Indian Recreation Club Unless one of them fallers badly this afternoon.
The dinner was a great suc- coss and the represcrilatives of
Beuson.
the many clubs who were pre- Cannot Forget HK demeustrated
017 De
I Think
inside the racecourse at Happy Valley.
While for teamwork, con- fence and a high morale have of their mat con- boen some spicuous assels, it must be said that the main tor of their
bcov success this season hus
The second
sent must have been very Impressed with the good spirit These words were wrillen a which exists within the ABA, couple of nights before the sea- Patching, sevding, weeding, Mr Alan Whiting, the Pre- son opened and already the levelling, cutting and rolling sident and Charmant of the Spurs and Leicester City have have worked a near miracle of Association, oppealed to those found the truth in them.
rehabilitation and our Junlör footballers are indeed fortunate sports clubs who-were-nut already members of the ABA 10 Incidentally Hugh also men that they can play their football give serious consideration notioned that the team Just cannot | under such ideal conditions, adding boxing to their current forget their visit to Wonderful Yes, the Colony's groundsmen list of activities and be pro- Hongkong. It was the main deserve a hearty pal on the back From time to time I have mised that they would have tople of dressing room conver- | for the excellent work they
sation wheel the players re-have done and the equally ex-routine. sung the praises of the Busmen the complete support of the
start of the cellent results they have "who have managed to sustain official governing body in their assembled for the reasonable challenge to South efforts.
now season's training.
achieved: China and by so doing they have rendered a real service to Colony football,
What an abound sun. ton Hul past services at home that is. If a disgusting example cannot be placed on the scales
to
witten otr referering then
This move by the HICABA deserves the wholehearted sup- port of our sporting community, The opportunity Is there for
the talking and other clubs need no longer feet envious of the
pugiliste police. **
of ad pertsons, un en effort to balance the e-auceess which the Police boxing disservice they club has achieved. They mas KMB incident was described, is call overs
11ave done und all the have the ways and means te bullalibis about bad refereeing emulate the
Citusef the men. planned generally would be in a rad being the rent
trouble are Just NO many red the hat state. essentials in Australia's post- Maybe the writer concerned berrings skilfully drawn across wor allmb
ilg present was al in the same privileged an already unsavoury path.
Maybe he Maybe one odour is intended position," said Mr Phillips in a pavillon as I was. television interview. "Swim did not have the opportunity of to mask the, presence of an ming is' an acquired art," he reading the unbiased opinions other....certainly together they continued, "and trailing of of impartial observers, or of smell pretty bad. potential champions mud Hart when they are seven or githt yours of age. In Austrailia we already have many youngsters who are pressing right on the beels of the current champions".
Wonderful Position
derr
It is a wonderful position for ony country to be ti atsch, with tho upsurge of Individual enthusiasm nowadays coupled
on administrative with mination to set the internationa). pace there seems no doubt that Australia will continue to test the world for a long time
сото.
How could it be Thorwing when the helan is so intilism- ly held by men like Bery
Blue Phillips and, Alan
and while they have brillant un
fil: spolied youngsters
Jon Konrads to steer to stardom.
The Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association is to be congratulated on its enterprise in bringing these wonderful This Colony. athletes to the was more than the organisation Il was a of a sporting event. public service which deserves
thanks of
The opening of the soccer season in England has aroused a great deal of in- terest in the Colony and our
A Shock Plan For England Team
BACKROOM MOVE TO SACK WINTERBOTTOM
By ALAN HOBY
THE SACK for all the England selectors
the SACK for
that
England team manager Walter Winterbottom the shock plan for the new Soccer season, a plan which has the backing of some of the most powerful personalities in League football.
Fed up with England's repeated World Cup failures, this influential back- room clique wants to set up a small, streamlined five-man committee consisting of the three top managers in the game, plus the chairmen of two First Division clubs. But-there would be only one England boss.
is
not Presa
TUE
however, Elected by the
Anger, others, the
Public nl who were word of this
and famous pro enough. fessional he would have to opinion is not enough. possess the live-star quality of
in only ONE way to There a Matt Busby or Stan Cullis-
gct results. The men behind would be law.
the plan must quit acting as if
SANDEMAN
COTCH WHISKY
The King of Whiskies
He would assume supreme they were walking on eggs,
responsibility.
The
would simply mivise.
others
WEEKEND,
Blue Heaven
TWO SHOWS: 10.30 P.M. & 1.15 A.M.
Slightly Favoured
may
And the youthful combination of L. M. Neves and . M. V. Ribelzo de a handful in the other game,
At KDC an extremely good match should be seen between KBGC V. C. Dond and A, LO, Easthan and the young par of L. A. Marques and
A. B. Marques.
Routine Affairs The third division league teams still have an average of five matches cach to go before con-
On the same green Taikoo's cluding the season. With USRC well on the top, the remaining Mrs M. Munn and Mrs E. Mc- Leod will probably be given a matches will be only a matter of
very close Gght by KCC's Mrs Tomorrow the Colony Open D. Baker and Mrs C, C. Ma Champlonships makes further before emerging winners.
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the
TRING
They must appoint one "tough
Let me say now that this to guy" "ong strongman
club
no teatter-brained scheme. It is chairman who will come clean
a plan bred of sheer frustration into the open and DEMAND the and significantly the hard resignation of the men who rin
of this frustration is the England eleven.
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centred on the First Division.
Footnote, Here
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"We can't start too soon to selectors of the England tearn:- build for the next World Cup"
J. Mears (chairman), Lieut-
a leading club spokesman told Colonel G.
me last week.
Mitchell, A G. Doggart, H. Shentoli,
J.
"The England team is or Richards, Major H W. Kayo,
should be the showeree for the
C. N. Banles, H. Freach, D. F.
Iest of English football, which Wiseman.
is First Division football.
重 England does badly
in the World Cup, we all suffer,” 'Blundered
I said: "So the Ideal to
get rid of the saleclors, and the team manager?"
"Certainly," he replied. "They are conscientious doing a difficult' job but they've had their chance,
"As we seo it, they have
blundered. Now we must bring in the professionala,"
As yet, the revolt is still being blueprinted - anglicka fondēji who wil come from?, cover nug state their casa.
Yet,
football, the
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