THE CHINA · MAIL,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1959.
SATURDAY SPORTS
What Influence Does Luck
Or Bad Luck Have
Sporting Affairs?
"Oh....
bad luck".
"Our luck was right out"
other side had all the luck that was going"
word out of luck".
On
SPORTING SAM
DERBY SALON
For
lovely
OUR MUD
"The "We
How often have you heard one or all of those expressions
used in the aftermath of an important sporting event? Luck has been bandied about as an excuse for defeat ever since sporting competition began and there is not the slightest doubt that it has also been blamed' for unfortunate happenings in every other sphere of life since the beginning of time. The practice will certainly go unchanged into the endless future that lies ahead. but, is it always
By
a reliable alibi for one's failure to achieve success?
Luck,... whatever it is....is | one gets used to winning and frequently invoked as an ele- ment more in disappointment than in logkat rensoning, and I aim going to let you into the 'secret' treatment it received re- cently behind the closed gates
famous British football club's ground. it would do sportomen gund to read the re- port thoroughly for It concerns Ole of the Thost enlightening affairs I have ever encountered and breath of in the length sport.
The club was unexpectedly knocked out of the FA Cup and in the dressing room after the game the defeated Mayers were bemoaning their luck. It is al- most a tradition to turn to a defeated friend or opponent and rearsure hims with a generous ration of "Bad luck, oid man, .. better luck next time", and if that is what the vanquished
from their soccerites expected manager they must have been pretty surprised when he quiet
y commented "Maybe it was fuck, or lack of it, that caused our defeat today but we shall put it to the test on Monday",
Interesting Answer
At the time it seemed a cryptic enough remark. It probably
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SPOT
by Rog, Wootton
South China
London Expresa Service
again preliminary reports It was a tep clars affair and from a well, known local have come to hand regard the congratulations of the sport-football administrator (on ing the annual boxing show Community are due to the reading my quick-touching
The organizers, In aid of the Earl Haig | Morning Pest; to the officials of
article on South China's un- Fund.
the Royal Hongkong Golf Club; fit ground)". he has no to men of foresight lee Kim right to write these things This event bas long been Hall; and to the Fotters who established as one of the top came this way to give the project even if they are true...!!!" attractions of the winter sports such a wonderful inauguration.
social-season.
The big question Some- -and how
Dow minds
the worthiness of the cause has always brought the best out of the invited boxers
and at the same time it has encouraged the
fana
to dig
I. M. MACTAVISH
losing but we should never ston examining our efforts to see if we did as well as we should or as well as we could. I've been in the game a long time. Mote and more am I coming to the conclusion that bad hick', such ns you all felt you experienced on Saturday, Ja beirat ured as an exeung for inefletency in our chosen profes len na footballers, old: 50% of all the chances you Maybe it's because we lacked out there were wasted our job the wrong way: maybe This time you can hardly blame
's because we accept verzor
your "lucky" opponents for you and mistake to easily: ur may-
demonstrated
your efforts. As near as sales any
own
ticked:
made you
be it's beentse we don't strive had none you can hardly ray it was bad luck that in hard enough to reach the com-ideal playing circumstances -- parable standard of offeirney which i demanded of other woring chance that came your miss every other professionals,
way. The same argument i true of detensive mistakes and Individual errors...... and all
Lass Efficiont
Saturday
followed every move la the game and for froin our being unlucky I decision that we caine to the lost simply because we
were
less efficient than our opponents, or, if you want it put another way, we made more mistakes than they did.
"Some of you who still re- member the shot that went just wide, or the one that hit the eros bar, or the time you slipped as you went to shoot, probably feel that I'm being unrealistie
of them add up to the fact that s footballers we are shaply ineficient.
"If a carpenter missed every second nail he tried to bit
deep into thele pockets to buy providing the ideal big crowd envirot ment in which boxing thrives so well.
in many whether the an annual event will become one and whether we shall seo it grow to become a great in-
Just for the records what I wrote was TRUE and the facts I
the concerning rave you Army's conditional agreement switch were to the ground Absolutely accurate. Oh....and incidentally J'ou wlll have sure that. Carollte ready place in the engagement tend I'm hooks of the goling atirs
I which was so unfit by de- claration the world.
on Tuesday, was At enough for
-Division a First game on Saturday even if it was 'unfi' ngoin on Sunday.
ternational tournament with a
Potential Is Thore
of
The potential is there and I khose that tlie professionals who came for last week-end'a competition were
delighted with the treatment they re- veived. They appreciated the hospitality that was extended to them, and finally they' ornfred the conditions under 13-15 Bouts
which dey were required play."
The wholo The 1959 Earl Ing Boxing highlighted
two days wera by excellent Tournament will be letd AL
MacPherson
achievements on the course and Stadium, by a glittering social round off Kowloon
Friday 271). February and once again the
Amateur Hongkong
Doxing Association is working tirelessly
R
to make sure that this year's card is the best which current resourers will permit.
or an ecetrician fouted up every According to the latest avail- other, join ...... or an air lineable information the programme pileti canged every other tand-will comprise thirteen to fifteen ing they would be considered bouts and there is a possibility that we abal again sec one of pretty poor professionals' yet here are we trying ket away
these popular Babyweight cen. with the same ratio of mis- test between pint sized pugilists takes by blaining it on luek of the future.
ur rather on bad luck".
The dale for Earl Haig Friday ....Is 27th February....make a
...and you will all have your Food For Thought note of it in your diary. All
gave rise to a great deal of specu- letion among the players during chance to prove me wrong for we're going out onto, the pitch the week-end but they had a very qu'ck and interestingo test my theory on luck and answer when they reported to the ground on the following Monday morning.
When the players had assern- bled in the dressing room and had changed into training kit the manager called them to- gether. The man who is the central gure in this story is one of the most respected club ofcials in the game. That rea- pect is shared by his players and therefore they must have been all the more shaken by what he had to say.
From the privileged com- munication which I have e- ceived 1 quole, "In football
Sports Diary
TODAY
Athletler
HKU Athlelle Association annual party meeting. University sports ground. oktulam, i p.m.
Rugby
Hexangular Teumoment: Club Anny South (Club) 4.15
የ
p.m.:
Army North v Police (Sek Kungi
4 p.m. RAF
D.M.
THE
Navy (Kal Tax
WEEKONO
incficiency".
charity minded sportsmen w want to be present.
Now, you may or may not agree with the way this team. The manager, the coaches, the manager tackled the problem of his defeated team.... but trainers and the players went
Pin certain you will agree that
Layi week-end trooping out onto the playing
Hong there is plenty of food
for kong's first field and-without any
ever profes. the ponents defending the goal-serious thought both in they went through a long series riginality of his methods and sional golf tournament was
they pro staged at Fanling. and the findings which movements
duced.
of forward
op-
attacks all of which were sup- posed to end with the ball in the back of the unguarded net.
Hard Facts
Quite apart from the football aspects of the story there is a lot which sportsmen and sports- women might think about. Is luck really the vital influence Do you think it worked out in sporting affoles which con- thal way? Not on your sweet vention would have us believe? soccer life. The playerg had Or can it be that it is the tra- to react to the various situa-ditional alibi which sportemen tions just na they would have of ane generation hand on to done against opposition in the those who follow them?
heat of
importont game Is luck as real or u Bekle ......and, when a census was n many folles like to think taken at the conclusion of the Have you noticed how often is exercise, it was found that 27 contra" influence is invoked by out of 60 nishing efforts bad those who are defeated but how NOT fashed up in the goat!!! reliom its honoured in victory?
Hard facts nake stark Make: Nou think realisation easy and there musi | dcesn'l st..
have been several shaken con-
fidences when the manager re-
assembled the players to
.???
amatyce what had taken place. The Colony's sportsman Once again quote from the have always been ready to report which I have received,
Well boys there is my step into action in the good argument about luck well Iname of charity and
GAMBOLS .
A LOVELY MEAL,
DARLING
YOU'RE A
WONDERFUL
COOK
+
once
it.
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Alex Olmedo. 2. New South Wales.
3. Six.
4. (a) Arsenal, (b)
(c) Preston.
Everton,
5. Forest Hills, Cabfornia.
0. Bob Fitzsimmons and James
J. Corbett in 1807.
7. Bob Fitzsimmons.
One of the happiest men in-i volved in the tournament was Bi Hitchins who, down through
the
yeam has contributed
10 much
Colony
Folf. Quite apart from his participa- Bill on in the competition hinwed himself astute judge of what would be 10. (a) James Brald, (b) Harry required to win the top prize.
I
to be a most
When wrote in these colunims at Bill had given it as his opinion that 280 would be good enough for victory I was Lold by others that Bill FTH probably a stroke a round tos high and that 276 might bc
enter the mark
The foal results chowed how accurate Bill's furcenst was.... The winner's
tolal was above his original estimate,
onr
and now for this week's tale - wagger. The quote of the week..
CHANGES IN GOLF LAWS?
The
By DEREK JOHN
announcement that the In America, there is probably a United States and Great Bri- tain will get together in May to review the rules of golf foreshadows a revised ecde from 1000 onwards. I believe there will be some major changes.
st
The Rules Committees of Loth countries spend u tremendous ot time ne.thing querles, and this shows the riced for rewarding and clarifying certain rules, and for
2
for there
trying to agres on simple solution which are most difcuft Interpret.
By Barry Applebyt
AND SO
BEAUTIFUL
FLATTERY WON'T GET YOU
A SECOND HELPING– MË
¿TOO FATTENING
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large majority in favour of re- ducing the penalty.tor out of bounds to loss of distance only. In Britain, the question is not viewed that way, although on certain courses with internal out of bounds, permission to opt out might be given. Although the flagstick rule has worked well, a player who has decided to have it unattended may, at present, change his mind after his ball is in mo- tion, and vice-versa. But it it was never the Intention to allow him the best of two
worlds.
GAS IS TOPS
6. (4) Golf, (b) Boxing, (c)
Cricket.
9. United States.
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