South China
THE CHINA, MAIL MÒNDAY, JANUARY, 18, 1959.
Army
YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY
AND GO Recreio "A" Back
IT WAS TOUCH AND
Woodcock's Fatal Slip
Gave South China Senior Shield Victory
By I. M. MACTAVISH
South China are through to the next round of the Senior Shield. Before some 17,000 spectators at the Hongkong Stadium yester- but once day they beat the Army by three goals to two again their victory was as precarious as any victory could be and the soldiers would not have been flattered had they they might quite easily earned the right of a replay have won.
The real tragedy of this game, however, was in the grandstand where Holland, the Army's star centre-forward, must have squirmed and sweated in his injury enforced inactivity.
If he had been out in the middle his perpetual probbing would have worried the heart out of the rocking, tottering South China defence in a way that the more cultured but less ebullient Hutchinson never succeeded in doing.
the
a wealth
of
THE WINNING GOAL FOR SOUTH, CHINA BUT A NIGHTMARE FOR WOODCOCK; Yiu Chouk-yin driving in South China's winning goal after snop- ping a pass from Mok Chun-wah in an open gap left vacant by Army skipper Woodcock who had gone out to tackle Mok China Mail photo.
Patterson Versus Johansson Fight Now Likely
Stockholm, Jan, 18., Plans for a World heavyweight boxing title fight between America's, holder Floyd Pat- terson and Sweden's Europeau. champion Ingemar Johansson started to take a definite shape when it was announced. Today that Johansson's adviser Edde Ahlquist had left by air for New York for vet another with Cus D'Amate, the world champion's muna- ger.
In
Running For Senior Title With 5-1 Win Over IRC
By TONY MYATT
Recreio 'A' played themselves into the running for the senior Hockey League title when they beat Indian Recreation Club 'A' by five goals to one at Sookumpoo yesterday,
There was never any doubt as to who were the masters in this encounter. The Portuguese dominated play from start to finish and their forward line split the IRC defence wide open with some fine moves down the wings.
12.
IRC showed dashes of
The Recreto defence played tallation
various stures) brilliantly yesterday. during the during the gante but their for especially
second wards mrsed, several scoring half when they had the IRC chance by biching too inuen forwards covered from every Basco Silva playing when nearing the opposing goal, angle.
ecien-half for the Portuguese was in top form and moved up to keep his forwards well fed. ifts stopping and hitting were aise werthy of high praise.
WORLD'S GREATEST CAR AND DRIVER RELIABILITY TEST
The Monte Carlo Rally
Monte Carlo
Starts From Warsaw And
Stockholm, Glasgow
London, Jan. 18.
Recreio's fast moving forward Bre, comprising wingers. Lionel Guterres (left), Joachim Col Ireo (right), Inside forwards. Albertino Almeide (left) and Alvaro Alonco (right) and Danny Castro al centre-forward, combined with clockwork pre- cision
Tried Hard
The Inside forwards and the wingers seemed to have a fine understanding of one another and their Inter-changing play left bit holes in the IRC defence ex-
which Castro and company
For the IRC little can be sold
A quick taste of the difficulties which make the Monte Carlo rally the
world's greatest test of the reliability of ear and driver faced some oflated to the full. the teams who set out today (Sunday) in the hazardous 2,000-mile event.
The twenty-two starters from
while Coward's cheung and the goalkeeper just 'The Army
enough inside-forward made
the tenacity failed to stop it crossing and chances for themselves to have greater strength
Nevertheless the Army scored a elenreut victory but might have given Lau Yee lots line,
deserved their lend at this Backed more to think about, the front line artillery
The big disappointment in stage. the Aring ability to match that
Army side, however, w
badly Ho Cheung-yan was with which they could carry
outside-right. at
The out of much but he started the the tack upheld, infiltrate Eyres
blinde winger brought a gand move which led 10 South their way through the South
in the fourth china's equaliser. His well China defence as far as the from the crowd
minute with a great cross shot directed through pass caught elghteen yards line, and con-
which had Lau Kin-cheung in the rollers' defence Awol .... trol the middle of the fold.
Queer Street, but that way and Yle Cheak-yhr fod an cust The game was in the balance his last major contribution.
tark to put the ball into the right to the final whistle. The
This boy has
net. stayed spectators
In their football talent but we saw h ploces until the end and ni- only in the briefest flashes and
Brilliant Move though there were ocensional I lost runt of the number of spells of dull midfeld play few times he was
le 20th This goal came in very correctly of the fans would complain penalised for trivial and care-inite and four minutes later about not getting their money's
jess. Inirtagements when going South China were in the lead
Stockholm left in a temperature This time the goal came frota worth.
fer the ball in the tackle.
A couple of weeks ago, I said a brilliant move reminiscent of
meeting South China the champions of a few years that the present
at the last moment, teain was the poorest to wear ago and
unselfishly stood the famour colours in the pos: Lee Yuk-tak war years and, except in a few back to let the ball run to Mok
who was did Chun-wah, hey malvidual
better cases, noth ng susterday to make me placed, to drive it into the not. The teams turned round with change one word of that state-
In fact, generally speak- the reoresheet at 2-1 and the ment. lux, y did much to confirm Army were just a bit univery to be behind....but they had my previous opinion.
scoring chances....so Lau Kin-cteung had a quiet-inisded
day in goal but they had no complaint. efficient
The second half was paly 11 Kwok Kam-hung altluogh
Army when the finally subdued Eyres neither minutes old heer La Chi-ping will look spirits went roaring to
one of their heights. Kwok Kan-hung was back on this us
penalised for dangerous better Games.
area. in the penalty Nellany sized up the situation brilliantly. He chipped the
Will Long Wonder
The solders will long won- der about South China's goal which finally seated the issue will Woodcock and I'm sure give himself my a private Idek-in-the-pants when he re- which led calls the situation
up to Yu Cheuk-in's winner. I happened like this.
South Chin munched an al- tack on the right wing.
The
ball was lifted into the army penalty area nad was partially cleared away to the left whe
waitiate Mok Chun-wah ww Woodench rotted! the darker and went in purait of the ball. But for one bas toelde was a poor on Mol: reted pus- ball the session anal swept
The Real Worry
moment?
The Winner
to the for side of the six yares in the side. The real worry
raced Iw 10 goalwards. There was a juvat however,
at wing-box and Whelan was egalu gap in the middle where Wood-half and the ease with whichhend a magnifrent goal....but.
worked where oh where, were the Sa cock should have been and Into Coward and Nellany It flashed Via Cheuk-yin....he their way into the champions Chinn defenders at that crucial met the hall fair and square penalty area merely underlined, and in less time then it takes this fact in the most practical to tell, it was tucked away in way, Lu Yee was once more the kick of the net
no better than very ordinary and 1 cannot help expressing ugain my
disappointment that not see him in action we did
think it against Holland....1 was
would have been very, very in teresting.
Picture Of Misery Woodetek looked the picture of football misery. IL
a
Viu
Four minutes later Chuck-yin got the winner for and from then the champions
dour until the end it was
China trying all another they knew to swatch struggle with goal....and the Army striving just as desperately to force an equaliser, Near things there no further scoring were tut
VERICT: took place.
A
pity: the Army apper had played a great role in subluing: The South China torword line.
The South China forward line From: Arny point of view
was a partially rejuvenated Y the man of the match was
Cheuk-yin and precious little Holliday who worked like a trojan from start to finish, The else. Ho Cheung-yau is having
hard satisfying terrible avason, In this game right-hall showed astonishing
1 was
Just another name of game played in a spirit that energy and with Woodexk anil
a credit to both sides. the team sheet and it WOR WHA Whelan made up a very formic-
significant in the circumstances knock-out able mkidle flm ----
orror is very narrOW Running hin
for Wong Chi-keung abo had of close
from within that margin South China benours
to win at the was Davies at right-poor day. In Tact buck. His cleverly timed tackles beginning to end he was seldom were as lucky and is intelligent distribution of the ball stamper him the best full-back on the field.
Goalkeeper Green had a good game and while many may say That he had no chance with the goals that beat tim I cannot forgel that he was still rooted to the goal line when the first and second goals were stored. In both enzes he might have stood
a better chance of saving if he
had quickly advanced a comila
of vital yards towards the man in possession.
Best Forward
In
and
Before leaving, Ahiquiet sale the chance of a lile Bght be Iween Patterson, und Johans- son had been ""ffly-lifty." "But now that. D'Amato his called me over, the chances of the fight coming off are now the closest they have eve been," added Ahlquist,
walling in Juhanson, who is
from Stockholm for a cable New York telling him to ly over, said: "I will not take a plane to New York tuers I am assured that a title night against Patterson has fixed."
of their forwards except that they tried hard but lack (ness:
Their defence played an un- Uring game but proved too. low on the turn to catch the
day at Chembery, then follow a and Mlle Anale Solsbault, a common route of 305 miles south other leading woman driver.
Recreio forwards, Kadir should Last Even if they
winners, Guy year's of 13 degrees below freezing to Monte Carlo,
Jacques Ferele singled out for special men- have encountered and weather- Moralese and point Fahrenheit (minus seven
tion, for another Ane perform- entered front degrees Centigrade), and slip-ed the hazards of show, ice and of France, were
the Late in
first fog on the way to Chambery, Lisbon, but withdrew from thence between the posts,
half, pay roads and snow were fore- their of them on
the final leg through the Alps rally.
Recrelo's first Among them the Stockholm Almeida scored can bring new terrors for the Lo Monte day-and-night drive cast ahend
contingent was Ivor Bueb, the goal when he snapped up o Carlo on the warm Mediter- wenry drivers.
British racing driver, who said piss from Collaco on the right
wing before the start; "We had some successful practice here an I am feeling pretty confident."
Ladies' Cup
ranean.
Treacherous
Roads in
Regularity Test
Through all difficulties the teams have to stick to average speeds laid down for them, and clock in
the many
contral Otherwise they Belgium along points on ilme.
I'oints also lost the Hague jose marks. which cars from
1:2 to a car an will be passing tonight were for damage expected to be treacherous. journey.
Rome
д inced Cars leaving threat of snow on the higher ground along their route.
A total of 186 ents set out Warsaw and from Stockholm,
starters from Rome. Glasgow. Later the
Lisbon, Hague, Athens, Munich and Puris were expected to bring the total to tentore than 300:
been
Jehansson expects to et
cable by Tuesday ""at the latest."-France-PrezSC.
The alue streams of narg eventually link up on Wednes-
Art Wall Wins Bing
Crosby National Pro-Amateur Golf
Pebble Beach, Calif.. Jan. 18.
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Rivals for the Ladies' Cup, Norway's Greta Molander, who in 1837 and 1952, nad the British pair Mrs Ann Holl and Mrs Nancy Mitchell, olse A few hours after arriving in Monte Carlo, crews have to set left from Stockholm. A strong
agnin
207-mile challenger for the rally's main off
prize is Gunnar Andersson, regularity test "by night.
In Stockholm, language Swedish holder of the Europear alfeuilles and lack of sign- rally championship. posting led to some ccnfusion at the start this afternoon,
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The half time score was 1×0.
Scored At Will, After the interval, Rerefo literally scored at will, Lionel Guterres scored two more goals with the second period, still in Its carly stages to push Recreio to a three goal advantage.
Bosco Silva took a pass from the right wing in the air and slammed in the fourth.
IRC tried hard reduce the arrears and were rewarded usi long before the end when right- winger Samy scored with a tone fort down the right side of the Пeld. Recreio retaliated almost Immediately, however, when Albertino Almelda flashed
Portuguese team's fifth and las
By 11 o'clock GMT 254 cars were on their way, from sever Some curs drove up the wrong starting points. The number of
and witer much starters from each was: Stock approach, argument and gesticulation the|holm, 80; Glasgow, 58; Lisbon, drivers had to back out and 43: Warsaw, 22; the Hugue, 19; through on his own to net the drive at top speed round Athers, 10; Rome, 10. crowded block to take their place in the queue. Eventually all 08 got away on time,
Aleksander Mazurek, a Polish driver who has been competing in rallies for 30 years, led the 22 starters from Warsaw, which
for is a departuro pont
the rally this year for the Arst time.
Famous French Trio
A big crowd turned out to watch the cars leave from Wor- snow-covered, floodlit
They set out: over slushy streets, but roads victory square. ahead in Poland were reported
Art Wall, a pro from Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania, fought sow's football the margin
off a gallant stretch bid by Gene Littler today and went on to win top money in the $60,000 Bing Crosby national pro-amateur golf tournament,
clear,
the 1ric
No Immediate difficulties out of the clutches of left-back |'Army were unlucky to lose.
were forecast for the 43 starters Wall, who started the Bnal, cd the hopes of many a would- Sharn who again gave a quiet but exactly the same comment
would have applied if the re-round with
pulbr a sizzling workananlike performance.
be champion, Littler pulled his from Lisbon, who included a French of well-known Into down way that knocked Th birdies on the second shot The tide is fast running out sult had been the other
and tic two-drivers-Alex Gacon, runner-up Arst three holes to up his lead Pacific Ocean for Lee Yuk-tak and Mole Chun-round, (x^
year, Bime Medelvine over the Beld to seven strokes,
winner stroke penally ended his dreams last
of the The centre-forward had wah.
behind Blanclioud, Anally ended the day with of a great come-from
Ladies' Cup in 1930 and 1950. eard of 75 and 72-hole total victory. of 270,
In Holiday the Army had the the are no longer buddtes' best player on the Beld..
and some of his pasting in this What a pity he had to finish on
was atrocious Mok the losing side. game Chun-wah still has a few tricks
Finally
a special com- That was two strokes ahead up his sleeve and in his boots mendation, for referee Lyttle of Lafler, the former national hist they are not succeeding and, his two linesmen for the amateur king, who had started with the regularity they usett Beat team display of match the day trailing Wall by six to do. The little winger knows control we have seen in a long strokes,"
it only loo well and betrays it time.. Lyille's" personal
in his attitude to the ganie
performance will the whistle Dreams Ended
In thrust was again immaculate without with both over being dictatorial.
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Litter finished with a 201
71 today. total after taking that tied him with Jimmy De- old-time: from marel, the Texus, who had a final 73 for 201.
Mediterannean
To Cape Rally
Tamannaset, Jan, 18. Car drivers competing in the the Tied at 283 were John Me-gruelling Mediterrancan lo
raily were on the Inst The game started
Mullin, young pro from Ala-Cape and purry fashion
Wall was leading by three meda, California, with a 71 to stretch of the desert route be- tween Tamanrasset End Inguer- Johnston was the Army's teams feeling out the strength Bouth China mapped up strokes going into the 13th, but day, and Bob Rosburg, with a
zam here today. best forward and he was just of the opposition and the "first free scoring"chaners' the took a bogey four white Littler 72
they Soon
will thrill iled in his shows of disapoint-real
after ten Army inisieď sévetal that were knocked in
birdie putt for a ment particularly
the misules when Eyres sent
more difficult, The result to cut the margin to one siroke Wall and Charlle Coe posted frontier of Nigeria,
Jungle rouets tio second
half-when, on several grand cross shot, sailing Inches could be easily have been
to capture the best-bali But on the tong 18th at 252
ahrad.-France-Presse. accarions, he started good moves over the bar from a very nur- other way rolid
Pebble Beach, which has crush-competition.-U.P.I. and raced cleverly into position row angle.
came
for the quick forward pass
which didn't come. Three times
in succession he pushed the ball
More Compact
inside and hared down the line
clear of the full-back only to the
There was very little between sides but tho' 'fast fard
and
The
THE GAMBOLS.
Fee frst Nellany and then tackling of Holliday Coward rush headlong with the Whelan gave the Army more, ball into a cluster of South compact
appearance. China defender rather than soldiers had a couple of good make the very obvious and chances before they petually profitable poss back to the un- took the fead In the 20th marked winger.
¡minuto from the penalty spot, Coward, big and strong, Johnston cut into the centre certainly did not let the side of the field and sent a piledrivde down and he was always ready goalwards. The South China to have bongat goal, defence was in panic and Luk Kutchinapu was never o nua Tok-hay and Lau Yee went for threat In the centre-forward poaltion and I who surprised the ball together but in their that the Army officials Togerness orie "of'them handled. persisted with him right to the There was no doubt about the bitter end ́A Wwitch fight award but Johnator, who took tave worked wonders, Hut the kick, nearly made a dis chinson Как already shown astrous mess of it. He went the.
too close to Leir ki that he is a better than average ball
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Further contingents from goal. Munich and Parls were still to Icave.-Reuter.
Three FA
CHESS NEWS Cup Ties
Postponed
by LEONARD BARDEN
FRANK RHODEN, director of
the Hastings Chess Congress, la now assembling another field of international stars for the tournament beginning on December 20.
Rhoden's biggest effort this year was to try to persuado world "chanipion Botvinnik to make one of his rare visit. abrcad But Botvinnik would not come to Hastings until 1800, assuming to rotafas his · Quo that year,
It looks as if the Russian will be either Bronstein or the new olar Mikhail, Tal.
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Rhoden's bid for the American schooliky prodigy, Bobby Fischer, is likely, to be tapped by the millionaires who finance the annual Rosenwald tournament. which clashes with Harlings.
However, Olateson, of Iceland. one of the eight world e finalists, seems pertain contender, along with thi (East Germany), Darga ( Germany), Donner Holla..) and Fortlich (Zungary). Home players will be Clarke, Wade. and myselt.
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Losdan prass Servicn.
Cooking Problems Solved
WITH GAS
Three
London, Jan. 18.
of the even third round English Football Associa tlon Cup ties seheduled for to- morrow have been postponed, it was announced, today?
The postponed fixtures are:" Middlesbrough "versus Birming- ham, Manchester City versu arid Puter- Grimsby Town borough United versus Fulham.
After an Inspection this norning of the Sheffield pitch where Sheffield Wednesday “Kře due to meet West Bromwich Albion Comcrrow, a referto postponed 'the Anal decision for 24 hours.
The match was said to be "very doubtful,"
Postponed
Cup
matches might be played next Saturday, but this will not be definitely Known until Football Assbelt-
·League" "Te- tion und Football presentatives meet tomorrow to discuss the fixtura Ust" which ła now In'a chaotic state. Bar- termin
Charles Humez
Retires
Paris, Jan. 1 Charles Humet, former Trench and European welterweight and middleweight champion, an- inuncod," his retirément from -boxing in a radio and television
Interview here tonight.
Humez, 81, said he was going · | into the ~ trsneport. › buminemer fjs hil hdme "town of Henin X36- tird, in the Fog 10 Chláig arth of Northern France. *Hunter hat Might on Octo-
his Marupeat thiddlewi