THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1959.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT
The Festival Is A Feast Of Sport
Tomorrow afternoon the Amateur Sports Federation & Olympic
Committee of Hongkong will stage its Outdoor Sports. Festival of 1959 at the Hongkong Stadium. Colony sportsmen will remember that just a year ago the first Outdoor Festival was staged at the same arena and that the excellence of the ontertainment won general acclaim, Since their inaugural effort the organisers have made great progress and tomorrow's spectators will note how the whole show has been steamlined to provide even better watching. There will definitely be something for everyone and as I see the programme the great problem will be to decide which of several first class events to watch when they are being staged concurrently.
There is indeed a wealth off he is nimori certainly a frat { sporting riches scheduled for class perio and against hlm pubile distribution and whether | Upere can be no personal com- your sport is athletes, softball,plaint. He did not pick himself archery, gymaastles, hockey, and just un certainly he did not cycling or miniature footbali | nominate himself for selcellon find something to...kut onet nominated and lcked he had to furn aut although it was all very unfair and embaringing to him.
you satisfy your taste.
The Amateur Sports Fedora- tion deserves the warmest con- gratulations and fullest sup- port-for their enterprise in staging this event. They are in fact providing a sort of shup window display of Hongkong't outdoor netivities and when one couples this project with the double Indoor Festival which has already been seen by big
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by Reg. Wootton
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flop for top it was-and woj which prevented them from ing professional boxing into shall have to satisfy ourselves playing their normal game.... by writing the whole thing off that they were to take things Hongkong. The whole thing to unexplained experience,” casy and not get mixed up in is being kept very hush- Before I leave this game just any incidents....that they were hush and the sponsore of lot me put two important things not to tackle hard....and one the idea are going about on record. The first Is that tale even has it that they had their work very quietly In- there is not a vestige of ivue in been told that because the Duke deed. the story that ten members of was present and they were the non-Chinese team had been playing a local side, they were standing for hours on parade not expected to win!! What nt Kal Tak on the day of the
absolute rubbish, match.
I. M. MACTAVISH
His nomination must have come from someone who had a pretty good appreciation of the Player's limitations and alsy of the strength of the opposition he would have to face. It is on that individual's shoulders crowds on both sides of the
that the responsibility must Be. Harbour It
The player was right out of it must la possible to get some idea of the influence his class and his very obvious wlekded by the Olymple Com- weakness was quickly spotted mitice today.
No Dull Moment The Bonnurabie Kwak Chun, O.B.E., J.P., President of the Amateur Sports, Federation Olympic Committee of Hong- kong will perform the opening ceremony at half-past-one and from that moment until the curtain
comes down at half past-five there should not be ap dull moment.
In planning their programme the organisers have tightened
It is a story that has been given wide circulation Chinese community but
In the
No Truth S:condly there is no truth in the tale that
the non-Chinese side were pinying under special restrictive orders.
you can
There is not a morsel of truth In any of them. No manager worth his salt would send his icam aut to take part in an im- portant garne under intructions ike thot and
take it from me that, apart from the normal advice which Is given to players on any big occasion, nothing was done to curb their florts on the field in any way. Out Of Class
Ir the non - Chinese
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teum
fortunately they ran up against a better team,
THAT I the whole story. There is NO other.
Several of the Army players In the tein, were men who nave made a positive contribu-
to Colony football this just is not true. The players season. On.. accasions they who played in the afternoon could have won on merit last have played brillianity bola in were NOT on the parode in Saturday no one would have engin tind gaines and it was a matter for that fact with the manager af players and the team officials, representative the morning, I have confirmed | Den more delighted than the rool regret that, in what was
the team..
They went out to win but un- to be their last appearance in Trugkong, they should have to turn cut in a game like this. have been u bitter anti-climax After what bas been un exciting and in fact by La colleagues and The often thrilling season for them.
The astute Com- opposition.
We bined Chineses forwards direct-know the ed attack after attack through the great gap on the left flank or The non-Chinese defence ..... and, as the fluctuation of the game weighed against themt, the other players In the non- defence became Chinese dispirited,
Blunder
of this importance
No leam can go into a gome
with
this
up the format of presentation. Unger and ch There should be no Blatus from start to finish and both the sportators the spol, and those at home who are watch- ing a Ielevision, should get some first class entertainment,
Particular occasion there was if anything a greater onus than ever on the selectors to pick the strongest possible cleven.
On
It cannot be claimed that this was done, for to leave Toledo out of the side was a blunder of the greatest magnitude, Toledo knows Chinese football inside out. He is as it as n that within a few days of his and it is significant Indian cricket team resign having been omitted from the
A few days ago a pro- minent member of the Test Selection Committee of the
Addle
Alderations other than play ing ability and merit has influenced the selection of certain cricketers to the In-have dian team recently.
11 probably never
true
2018
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The situation to thost interest. ¦. ing because if things go seccrd- Ing to plan there are some fight folks who belleved that the
Colony could become one of the greatest centres of professional boxing in the Far East,
They see the position 05 follows
እ። Boxing firmly established in Singapore, Manila, Honolulu, Japan and of course following in Bangkok and (in Austrália, It also has a ble
Indonesia.
iri
A quick look At the ME? shows just how advantageous Hongkong's geographical position is in relation to these centres. We have fast contact with every one of them and it requires little Imagination to SCC how beneficial that would be in the
staging of big time professional boeking.
Great Possibilities
There are tremendous pos- There is a move ufoot at sibilities in the idea and while The current round of stories the present time to examine Police Regulations would have to be considered it is hurd to cause of the given restraining instructions the possibility of introduc- see any insurmountable ab- stacles being raised provided proper control and good man- agement: were assured.
it that the players were
Lucien Mias-Napoleon Of French Rugby
By DEREK JOHN
Lucien Mias, a 28-year-old schoolmaster turned doctor, is the most indis.
ponsable sportsman in the world.
The Singapore Boxing Board of Control has done an excel. lent job in their own area where professional boxing enjoys great popularity and with all the ad- vantages of modern al travel there is not the slightest ruuson why Hongkong should not do as well or better,
Quite apart from anything else I believe the advent of professional boxing would open up a great new interest among the Chinese. It is now becom- ing clear that the local boys are
to participate
With his leadership and inspiration, France have made their greatest refuetant,
ever conquests in international rugby.
amateur Asticuffs. Without him, they have degenerated into a spiritless, disorganised rabble.
Before I went to Twicken
the
in
a probably was David Koon Yung who, ten years ago, was rated third among the world's bantamweights.
That happened in Singapore. loo. .but some. of the star without Lucien Mins, their cap-
professional pugilists in Singa- French pack has become A tain, through injury.
pore, Malaya, Indonesia, Thai- powerful attacking force in Itland' and even in Manila havo Now Dr Mias, a massive 16-gell, with each man passing end been Chinese. The best known of Afteen-strong team could stone second row man called handling with the skill of depend completely ca the "Bulldozer," is a great for-three-quarter. presence of ene man,
ward. But it is as a leader They have displayed a stand- Tizen I saw France,
that he is so valuable to France.ard of fast, mobile, forward styled champions of the world.
Without Mias, France had play which has not been seen hold to a drob 3-3 draw by a fleen "caplains" on the field at in the me countries since the which has not scored a try for throughout the match like very ordinary England team-Twickenhum. They clucked1951-52 Springbak visit.
France's No. 1 puck of old hens and, appro- priately, brought along a live debut in 1931, and at the age of Mías made his international cockerel as mascot.
self-
ed in protest against the non-Chinese side he was ham last week, I would not fact that in his opinion con-selected to represent Hongkong hava beloved that the power
match in Manila. in the forthcoming Aslun Cup
Wil Toledo in the side on Saturday the non-Chinese would given their illustrious -opponents a hard run
for the honours....and just to clear Such an aetion cannol
but up any win the sympathy of all sports- um assured
double on the matter men who believe that when a
that he would have been available had he representative side is being been selected to play. selected vested" interests' should be forgotten and players NOMINATED, and voted upon, only on their merit,
exet
Good Example
more then your
In the past year, France had smashed Australia 19-0. scored their first win a CurdiT Arms Park, beaten Ireland 11-0, be- come the first country in this century to beat the Springboks in a home Test, and crushed potentially Scotland in Paris,
A Thousand Pities It was a thousand pitics on a memorable occasion, such as last Saturday undoubtedly was, we should sce u
the
It is the one sensible way to great spectacle ruined by poor They had only England to plek n team and while 1 agree
selection. Inderd LOL
someone bost to achieve the grand slam Fometimes consideration dropped a royal brick.
and to establish themselves as must be Fiven to the Com- Uninspired selection Was rod-hṛt favourites to win the patability, or rather incom- almost certainly the root of International Championship. patability, of individunts. most
the trougle but even that con popple will agree that that is
Failed Miserably never fully
explain the de- A conveulent avence of plorable performance pul up
Everyone expected for expisiting preference.
Twickenham match to be the by the team as a whole. Wherewhich resented:Maybe nerves and something Elatest England France battle the Non-Chinese in lust Satur- to do with it....maybe, playing since Waterloo, and day'a regal clonger was an
2,000 in front of the Duke of Edin- Frenchmen crossed the Channel excellent eiss, in ww too much Ler-some-10wbeer their side-to-stop
"team with p locking of the young players..maybe But, for the first time since and quite unnecessary weakness they even suffered from trying March 1, 1958, France failed at left-half. Now I have never too hard....but whatever it was miserably. And, for the Arst spoken to the player concerned: it was sad to watch.
time since then, they were
THE
WEEKEND
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IG IT-A DRINK YOU WANT?
A
Those who had seen France's 20 he was a member of the first superb display against Scotland French team to win at Twicken a month earlier could scarcelyning 15 caps, he gave up intor- ham But, in 1954, after win- bullove this was almost the national samo team,
rugby for three seisons to concentrate on hla medical studies.
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A Man Of Ideas Why is Mias' so indispensable? his sensalionoi comeback,
Now, only one season
after Because he has the dombating has been elected the
he personality
Number which is essential If Afteen femperamental French-
Ono player of France. He is so respected by his fellow-players men are to be blended failo a
that even such a noted smooth-working combination.
dividualist He is a man of ideas, with Duke" Domenech has sald, *ITI
Amedee. "The sumclent playing ekli himself do what Mias tells me to do. to ispire his men to great
In 28 altempts, France deeds. As captain, he has al- ways insisted that his forwards Championship outright This Inver won the International should not merely love their backs with the
scason I believe they can do bail, but also it. create situations for the backs But only under the general- to exploit.
ship of Lucien Mias, Napoleon Under his leadership, the of French rugby.
by Barry Appleby
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It will be most interesting to see how things progress here in our own Colony....interesting indeed....very interesting.
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