THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1958.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT
South China Caught Up In A Web Of Their Own Spinning?
By I. M. MACTAVISH
The recent experience of South China in India and Burma brings home in the most graphic way the complicities which are today strangling the best intentions and ideals of international sport.
Only the most ostrich minded or the most naive of individuals can bo ignorant of the powerful and persistent influences which have divorted sport from its intended path ..
.... and it would be foolish to pretend that we can es- cape them here in Hongkong.
It is probably true in fact to say that our affairs are even more complicated than those of must other countries and It is Kitely becoming obvious that Colony during team:
are no
only facing greater diffendlies, but also carrying a greater bur- den of regions!hilliy, and in consequence require much closer velling than ever before.
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Just That
South China have, according many enlightened persons, been caught up in a web of their own spinning and there same people maintain that a Hongkong team on tour should be just that and nothing more, Make no mistake about the fact that an a genuine 45- gemished HONGKONG team South Chino would have been welcome visitors in both India and Burna.
straddled their road. There are eyes and cars everywhere these
days.
All the threats of legal netion against various organisations will not cloud the real ise and there can surely be Bittle
doubt that great countries like India and Burma would Not have acted as they did without good cutise and without the must reliable evidence to sup- port their decision.
Greatest Sympathy
One
vas
of
only have the Individual sympathy greatest for Smuth China's players. They emmeshcri in dimcult ano
Tenny entanglements and them were probably completely innocent in act or intention....
who are players and those
laternational roper- Hongkong sentatives are entitled to feel
tieularly bitlar.
our foolbelt, affairs must be ready to admit them and see that permits to tour are granted only after the closest examination of the Itinerary ... and thu fear
personnel involved.
FA Sponsored Tours?
footballers,
alon for the vociferous fans who pack the King's Park stands to cheer their favour Itos and Vraza" the opposi-is tion.
In these days it is difficult to able to obtain the type of watch which imagine anyone being
kually ansociated with presentations for the equivalent
Eheshire the experts have of £12.
malysed the season's prospects and dissecting the players with uncanny accuracy.
A suggestion was made lo me yesterday that with KMB, Kwong Wah and South China In I make no pretence of being
a "ball' Con but somehow mind it might be Umely for the
never cease to marvel at the HKFA to put a temporary stop to tours by Individual clubs and enthusiasm which the game its adherents restrict these overseas activities generates among tu bona fide representative eides and if you are one of the sponsored by the FA itself,... uninitiated I would like to ur, if desired, by the CFA or the 1-suggest that you make the trip CAAF.
to King's Park for the opening
ceremony tomorrow.
By this means greater impor-
and greater prestige Imported to fence would be given to the involved. Much greater control
the
players and
would also be possible.
officials
A official representative teams our travelling footballers might be spared the treatment which has been handed out to South Chinn.
A trip to the area of the Missions to Scamen during tho wock would have done the old pugilistic peepers the world of good.
Last Saturday I wrote about The coaching course being run by the Army and I am glad 10 report thecording 10 the men in charge it has been + grent success....in fact it has been a 'much greater Fuccess than even the keenest planners anticipated.
This was no 'normal office
hours affair. The boxing activi- ties were continued each evening and the facilities were then ex-
tended to include a number of elvilians sponsored by the HKABA which is encouraging them to qualify ng ring-oficials,
Boxing in Hongkrong whi benet greally from the enter price which has been shown by the organikers of this current
course.
B is easy to recall The out- burst which surrouxied KMB Just over a year nigo when it was The players had alleged that been the recipients of certain gifts from their President and
must one
wonder if acnior oficials ure di creet in allowing their names to be directly con- nected with such happenings. Another Incident
Television Coverage to genuine comment as regartia
Incident
In the ease of the Malayan players there may be no cause the value of the gifts they have You will not be disappointed.received but another
will be there
players. I distant part of the world shows oficials, and cheerleaders in a that ways and means are some- big parade headed by the Hong-times sought to circumvent the kong Police Band.
'spirit' of the rules of The usual battery of sports-amatourlem, writers and cameramen will be In preparing is representa in attendance.
and this lives for participation in Liry tim important international coni- year, for the first time, felevlalon cameras will be pre- petition one country is reported sent to carry
the colourful to have "clothed is athletes In parade to a bigger audience the best uniforms that money than ever before.
couk buy and had Included a Incidentally the stay at home gold watch in each individual
that the audience will have the scene issue in order described for them by popular presentatives' appearances would Harold Winglee who has been be bulh pleasing and prompt",,
Makes you
think....doesn't a power of drength in the Hongkong Softball Association (#1) for so many years.
All the traditional trimmings which has becured in a more
What reward can an ama« tour sportsman receive and still maintain his amatour status?
That has been in
many
minds during the last week or two by happenings in widely separated parts of the world.
In Europe a strong move has been launched to increase the permissible value of prizes from £12 to £40 and, while it is reported that there is plenty of support for the proposal,
I predict we are going to have there are many who see it as a fest class stic season1.
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The Colony softball sea- son will open officially to- morrow. to
To
who bunt,
Some reports would seem
the mon Indicate that on occations South
It is a pad indication of our barrack, and bang homers China aspired to something dif
such things ferent and as a result they day and age that
"but regrettably over the fonce this is the big fumbled into the dark conyon of should be so embarrassment that eventually they are, and those who control day. It is also a great occa-
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Once again it is my ploa- suro to offer congratulations to popular Helon Kwong who is on the verge of Colony record which if she is succossful in setting may stand unchal- it up - lenged for many many years, to come,
Miss Kwong has already been a Colony Triples Cham- plan at Badminton and in the current Lawn Bowls Champion- ships she has no far collected the honours in the Singles and the thin edge of the wedge to Triples events with the pairs make
the value of the ref Anal due to be played, off to- ward the real reason for par- | morrOW, Ucipation
the
Mrs rather than
Her partnership with possibility of .winning for Sellna Silva is a very powerful winning's sake.
one and it would be a major While all that was happen-upset if they failed to wih. ing a small paragraph in a Nolling is so uncertain m 1 newspaper stated that a pre-sporting result
but if the
| sens of wrist watches had been form book proves to be reliable made to the successtut Malayan we should be hailing a wonder- ful fent of consistency and versatility tomorrow evening with Miss Kwong twice triples champion'.
Three Bowls Finals This Week-end
Three more events of the 1958 Colony lawn bowls Open Championship will be concluded this week-end, leaving only the Men's singles final to be fought out on Saturday, September 20 before the curtain wrings down on the Championships season.
This aflormoon, the Hongkong Ms Baker
may for once be the dockmen the proud owners of the U. M. Omar trophy for Cricket Club green may be the able to play their ustiul game, Venur 0: 4 record Teatas tree-from-the-handicap of the coming year.
Helen tension Miss
and nervoJANIMERS, and Craigengewer's Kwong and
way put up a much better fight Mrs Selina Silva
than my would expert. take on the ECC-XCC combina-
Also takbut place tod tion of Mrs Margle Ma and Mrs
Howling the Kowinon
Green Doris Baker in the kelles' pairs
of the Men's Club is the Anal Anol.
rinks event between Recreio's
the
Helen has already won ladies' singles and triples ille, tex for her and win and partner in this event will make her not only the Arst Jacky bowler to have won the lawn bowls triple title but also the first spurtswoman to be crowned two ports triple champion In
lawn bowls and badminton.
Favourites
As the holiers of this event's titlo she and Mrs Silva will start by favourites In today's match, However, now that they have nothing to lose against auch reputed apponents, Mrs Ma and
THE
WEBÍZEHO
J. M. Gutierrez, H. A. Ozorlo, S. E. Sousa, and C. E. Possos, an! Talkoo Club's J. S. Skiddi . Stark, J. B. Baxter and B. B. Mull
Close Game
By ROBERT TAY
Altrading not a little interësi Tomorrow will see the at this week-end is also the Vitalite of the men's pairs event at lae World singles championship Kowloon Bowleg Green Club play-off at Chats de Recreio this between Vive hokieru, ..vening by the Hongkong repres Barro and F. Læc and P. R. sentative Raoul Luz. Shaw and F. O. Muda.
Shaw and Madar have main- ed their berth in the final the
they
This is a postal event, an which, a competitor from cathi country chooses his own green
hard way. Starting as a long, and date to play off eight heads udds ecmbination,
The Hot of four woods coch. through round after round with distances of all the 33 woods to unexpected victories and last the jack are then measured and week claimed their biggest
totalled up. The ropeliler triumph
So fir when they who has the least total distance limited KCC's Jack Chubb
the world champion. teams and T. R Daker in the semi-
Anal by 20-11, lo
An extremely eluse game is expected here as both ure evenly malehed, man ber. 1 there in any slight superiority enjoyed by the Taikoo four it in in the lend and No. 2 positions, where both
Four
four
trial heads of woods each are permitted and
World Singles the bowler bowls to his own
On the performanses, this length. Says Raoul Luz "If I combination s fully capable can control the jack and play a of dethroning the champions, short head, say two yards from
J, S. Skedd and G. Stark have but their greatest stumbling the lag, I should be able to get
been bowling with marked
block will probably be Franels near it every time. Of course. consistency in their alde's laster, who -Fus never been the trick is to choose one good few matches. A reproduction bowling so well before us he hand and bowl on it every of their accurate form may sce is doing this season.
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