THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1962.
Weekend League Bowls Stage Set For First
HERC TAKE ON IRC IN
THIRD
1.
DIVISION·
CRUCIAL GAME TODAY
By ROBERT TAY
It is doubtful if any Colony lawn bowls league match is possible this after- noon because of the heavy rain last night and the uncertain weather conditionis today.
Should, however, the greens dry up and the weather improve, a number of the games scheduled for today, if not all, could probably be played off.
With league-lending THC "A" fence They luye made up at home to wintes clubmates fine exocation of shots.
gramme
two-
with i gengower Cricket Club to their They credit, will not bo Cary meat
more
IRC "B" and Recrelo "A" toking will undoubtedly five the for the second-placed dock team,
first Electric Club twelve on cx- to whom points will be on Recrelo "" in the division, main interest in today's tremely clope game and If Important than a mere win. A games will be focussed on the nerves and a strange green do 4-1 score in favour of the dock record and third division pro- not upset them, the Indians may bowlers is indiented.
where
crucial well and themselves at the win- matches pre down for decision. ning end, although the odds will divison be in favour of the home team In the
second match feature
Hongkong for a 4-1 victory,
Tour At the moment only Police Sports Association, as Food
In as any team
this point separate the two teams section an their good days, jund a win for the Electric Club
will take
leaders
the league will put them well on the road DI
Football to legne honours, Hongkong Club on their own green Boundary Sireel
Well Ahead
at
Although they are well thead league now at the top of the table with 3714 points, 101⁄2 points more than their nearest the Football Club rivals, CCC. are not yet by HT means asured of the title as they still have to play nine more games A couple of defeats for them may .well split the race wide open.
In their previous encounter, the Football Club were victor- jous by the overwhelming margin of 5-0 and 32 points the aggregate. A well-balanced team, with every player playing,
at the fairly consistent bowls moment, it is extremely unlike- ly that they will go down this afternoon, despite the fact that the HKPSA green is not an cusy one to play on.
The HKPSA
of
отс however, always at their best when play ing at home, and are fully cap
Jeague- able of upsetting the leaders by producing one their unpredictable good forms. Although they are 18% points behind the footballers, with one game in lund, they sill have a kim chance of finishing up
the top of the league.
Main Match
hom,
Sports Diary
fet
TO-DAY
Bowls
Division: Roerelo Recreio "A" TC v ccc. Kto
KC "E
PRO "A"
In
division other
afternoon, the matches this only other game with a bear- Ing. on the league (file is that
PRC between Kowloon Dock Club2nd Division:
* KCC v COC HRPSA V and Filipino Club at Hung- [tücke, USIC V FL.
And Diywton; IARC v IRċ, se v HKCC, KBGC V RDC, JKFC V TC. Pespite the Flipino bowlers' nies in Division: CCC HAN V
KDC PRC, TC over кос Jast "" fine victory weekend and their vastly- Ladim 2nd Division: USHC V improved form, 1 do not think PC. erclu v KOL. they are empable of upsetting the dockmen un their
own green
Walkathon
Bleriot Race Gets Under Way
Riding pilot, the first starter in the Blerlot anniver. nary race between Lähdøn's Marbe Arch and Paris' Are de Triomphe gets under way to London.
He is Captain It. M. Walker of the Special Air Service, The motor-cycle took film Charleea, where he leapt over the river wall into a waiting deal. V CCC
That ferried him out to a wasting helicopter, ready to take him to the old RAF station at Biggin Hill, Keni
inday. But the Filipinos.
Fourth Nound-the-lølend Waka- who
thon, start at Hongkong Stadium. have also a victory over Crai-2.30 p.m.
A Jet Provost traluer carried him over the next stage to Villacoublay near Parls, another helicopter whisked him to the heliport at lasy, and a motor-eyolo finally rushed him to the Arc de Triomphe, Time-07 miriates, 48 seconds.
English FA-League Struggle For Power Threatens Future
Of International Programme
By J.L.
MANNING
London.
At
There is now little hope of averting a crucial situation in football.
stake in an astonishing struggle for power over the game is the whole of Britain's international match programme.
The third division w to Either the Football Association surrenders much of its independent control
day produce the main match
the afternoon, when
of
league leading
Electrio Club
Hongkong
clash
Willi
second-placed Indian Recres-
tlon Club at Ming Yuen.
On paper the Eltelrie Club
appear lo bo
the
slightly
the two top
of professional clubs or the Football League, backed by the sums it expects to levy on the public's pools stakes, will assume power, which will mean the end of the FA as an effective governing body of all football.
Blunt words these, but I told matches with forelim teams "You have to realise."
-JI
stronger team, with two of their Mr. H. Mears, vice-president midweek in October. The next plled Mears, "that is the Leaguo of the Lougue and FA counell-step would be to play all championship carries with it sklps A. G. Gardner and J. Klor in charge of England's ten home international champion- entry to the European Cup, a Sloan occupying
seirelien, that this was inescap-ship matches midweek and to great deal of money is at stake. places in the skips' tables.
mude The League The youthful Indian team, onably my opinion after a frank drop them altogether in World This has
games more important than the other hand, have improved two-hour interview with him.
Mr Mears replied: "It would with every game they played, and what they lack in expert- a disaster if it happened, but the situation is very dificult. I see my dual role to cool down the firebrands on both sides who
SPORTS QUIZ
1. How many former world heavyweight champions have regained the title?
British
2. Who is the new
Open golf champlon?
3. Who has ended : 21-year American monopoly in lawn tennis?
•
4. Who played recently in the
second longest match
Wimbledon history?
Cup years.
I put to Mears that this ever. Prestige, of course, but would cut the incomes of the the money, too, is a big incen national associations and that ive to clubs. That increases the Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales dificulties of getting the best for national could involve the game in such alarm. Scotland,
would view the proposal with players together
team training and maintaining indeed, with a conflet,"
anger It Hampden Parks could international games on Salur-
days." England on Saturday
Before I tell you what it is all not sco about I must tell you whereafternoon.
Mr Mears himself honestly puts Meara replied that hic loyalty. "If in walking the tight-rope stretched between FA and League you over- balance, on which side will you jump?" I asked.
He replied: "On the side of the League, For I would not be a member of the FA Coun- dll if I were not a Leaguo re- presentative."
in
A
Three Points
mid-
Our Demands
week international matches With this motive, is a brench seemed Inevitable. "I must between the League and FA admill," he added, "that we inevitable? did not think of the other countries' Baturday 'gates," "
·
£ s d Involved
Mears pondered the question. "There's no danger of a per- manent broach it the FA pre reasonable, . The League want the PA to remain the sovereign Next I tackled Mears with
body but to separate profes- this question: "Aren't the
sional and amateur Soccer. AL League being selfish by restricl-
International Hames Present the amateur interests the
of our football depends on the organised by the FA and at the swamp the council, but prestige same time increasing their own
professionals. The League want to run their own side of the "I suppose people may think that either they must it would be selfish, but I don't business under the auspices of fully control the
the FA. That is what we've extent of the League football under an up-to-now what the
inter-League
programme will asked them to do."" or the FA must dote charter,
long grumbling situation 5. What have these partner has been brought to a head by
ships
common-Park-three factora: In and Pullar, Milton house and Taylor, Richardson and Bailey?
*
inter-League programme?" Insistence of the League
business of
0. Which famous touring side is currently being led by Runale Dawson of ireland? separate their administration of The League don't want to
7. Which famous trophy will the
be defended by Britain next { gümnes, month: at Sewickley,
Pittsburg?
amateur and
professional
failures England's
has un a 3 min 50.5 sec FA seek to apply. mile this scASON.
stop International matches y realise how important they
If they don't? If the FÁ são this as a demond lo surrender7· Meary shrugged his shoulders, are, aut remember that the "I hope no one will be obstinante, in League championship is 1/10 The League have over-hauled International football and public's bread and butter. We their regulations, and we want 8. Namo the East German who the unacceptable remedy the have to keep it going all over the FA to do the same."
the country. It's the clubs' My own view is this: If the The League's plan to pro- bread and butter too."
League go, too, far, and are too mote rival representative I noted that my point had not greedy, or reduce International fixtures with on extension of been faily answered. Moars was football to secondary nitror- the inter-League programme to a difficult position. So I ton, the public will rally to the Continent.
pursued his last answer.
support the FAze everything?" "Is money asked:
B. With which sports do you
associate: (a) Ronnie Moore, (b) Sally, Moore, (c) Davey Moore?
It
10. Perth, Australis, is now In conference at Folkestone preparing to hold a great recently .on attempt Was sporting festival in 1982. mate to reach agreement un What is it?
some of these differences. (Ariźwers bi page 17) succeeded only in pari,
Mants, Sir Stanley Rouy, secretary of the FA, and Mr Walter Winterbottom .put for
memorandum about England's future team plans. It proposed to end May, tours and stop League football tor month to concentrate on inter-
tional football,
Change Of Scenery ward
Does It
Dennis Baldry, Hampshiro all, roundet, hat scored thore runs In his first two months. with, his new county than he did in the whole of his five seaports, with
Mid-Week Games Lago interests-fairly Moors astnited-turned down
Interruption. They
his native Middleseat morth's
the
merely because
to train and
With the Lord's qutat His top were not prepared to suspend accre, was bi; altoddy this-zum- oheb games mer he has hit 151 ostainst England wanted Glegtorgan, 125 wgdios! MCC; field a four players. 147-against- Somerest and ti As a compromise, it was
atrend to
playing
POP-A Small Sole
YOU WERE OBSERVEDS), TEREZOWING
OBJECT IN
·RIVER
I
And I don't think Menre, in kis heart, dingteez with me.
IT WHO ONLY
AN OLD
BOOT
June Attempts
A Second
Comeback
Tia
Twenty-five-year-old former Brillah sprint champion Kirs
Faul June
(noen bere training) Orst retired from aildeles when her five-year- old son, Stephen, was born - but she came back to run in the Melbourne Olympica, and kept running until she pulled
■ leg muscle in fast year's European Games 200 metres final:
Then she retired again to become an instructor-la a West End school for móðals --- until last week, when she announced that she is resuming training for next year's Rome
Olympics.
to
But she may not appear on the track, Married to Kencing champion Royamand Paul abo 忸 alving hemels Wil January make Britain's- Olymple fending team. Only It ille fitis will she make s bid to be picked for the wint team, London.; Express Service,
DID YOU
Ever Scooter Night Rally In Hongkong
By OLLY VAS
The stage is now set for the first ever Night Rally on two wheels in Hong-
-kong- Thirty-seven drivers of the Vespa Club together with their co-drivers-cum- navigators will be taking part in an overnight competition in Kowloon and the New Territories on Saturday, July 25, weather permitting. If however weather conditions are unfavourable the rally will be post- poned to the following Saturday. -
Among the entries are two lady drivers, the Misses Nana Carvalho and Anna Ding who twill pit their driving skill and match wits against the more experienced mâle scooterites.
The participants will assemble | negotiating any route in any at the Kowloon City Ferry Con-section at top speed may regret cours at 9 pm sharp and it because marshals may not from then on will follow the take up their positions until course sot by the organisera, specified timca.
Moss's Jimmy-Foo and Paul Kwok have been burning, the midnight oil for over a month now to wet the course and to put competitors at their ease they have assured me that the course is so easy it is extremely unlikely anyone will get lost unless of course one happens to be completely illiterate, since a bi-lingual set of Instructions will be sued
esti- The organisers kaya mated that the distance to bo covered b. Just under two hundred miles and veill entali seven hours of driving. In their usual efficient manner bulletin, have
already been went out by the Vespa Club to all participants,
Those taking part are advised to bring along those necessitica like tools, sparo tyre and so on. At the starting point, In the Concourse, competiton will f their gas tanks to the brim and half-way through the rally they will be required to report at certain point to refuel and to enjoy a 48-minute break, during which they may catch up on |some badly-needed sloop.
What To Expect
All drivers are allowed a certain time limit to traverse the route in any rection and they will be automatically penalised 10 points per minute
with the best time and the least number of points recorded at the finishing point which is the Carlton Hotel in Taipo Road whero a breakfast will be pro-
to vided
competitors and officials.
A Good Job
I have seen the various routes
If they take say 55 minutes in all six sections and I can only
organisers have
to cover a route marked down say that the for 50, The same applies for done a good job of li. Incident- ally the results will be made distanco estimated to
available to your correspondent covered in each section.
far publication o few days after compiled and
It should be perfectly obvious the results to those taking part that they cross-checkedi can only finish the entire courge
Jimny Foo wishes me to make provided they eventually reach it known to all competitors that. the checkpoint in the first see they can Inter see where they tion. This in because further allpped up by calling on him at instructions will be issued only his office where he will have at the end of each route in cach ready a detailed sheet showing section, that is from one cheek then the Tors chalked up point to the next, the winning against their final score during team will of course be the one the rally.
Henry Longhurst on Golf WHO PAYS FOR WHAT?
Muirfield to one round a day;
·suggested a national Open Championship course. *T20 Royal and Ancient make a lot of monty out of this champtonship, and if it was
· played- on the ano course every ýtar
of that money could be spent on
lasing water to all the fair- WAJE...."
The Open Championship produced actions or sug- gestions by three distinguished professionals which seem worthy of comment.
Having won It, Gary Flayer, suffering no doubt from 2 of anti-climax, To give all 'leams' a rough naturul feeling idea of what to expect I asked suggested that his appearance at Jimmy to explain brichy just the ensuing French Open might Hebe worth, my, £250 and his what is in store for them. thoughtfully provided me with expenses, to which the French replied that they a blank route card and this is Foderatioas what he passed on to me. The had rafood the first prizo to a starting time will be recorded milion franes and those who
come and get
1 he agreed on the national In this 2 think
course boing the Old Course at they were right and Player wrong.
AB Andrews, I should be with labourer
his bir Is worthy of
4 on extimination In bire, and it seems to me that skill with head as well as hand, a sporting "Ixbonrer' who by it stands alone; the organisation bi
headquarters
like appearance puls large at auma of rooney Into a pre-clockwork; and the average of moter's pocket should receive 35,000 paying spectators is the
sizeable share of the wealth highest anywhere. ho has created.
-Next year, incidentally, at the hundredth Open all records the should be broken, for Canada Cup is to be played in Neither the French Open nor Ireland and it is to be
on each individual route card wanted it could which is to be rethined by the it driver. The competitors” will then be handed a sealed en- velope which is to be opened only as a last resort in cape they lose their way. Printed Instructions, in both English and Chinese will be given to the teams and these forms will in- dicate clearly the route to he followed in the first section,
The rally is divided into two parts, A and Ik Each part contains three sections,
Misconceptions
tuna
1 to 3 inclusive In Part A and our own, however, is promoted condition of selection all over
4 to 6 in Part 3. Along Fart as a profit-making cancerp, and the world that the players shall A Section I as well as in the only a good deal of hard art take part in the British Open remaining & sections thare unpakt work by devoted at St Andrews.
will be an easily discernibio | nmmateurs, enables them to bo symbol at eye-level, This pus on at all. will have to be copied dossa, tai
Betoro the
the space provided in the Peter. ronie card.
chompionship
Alltss Thomson antt. made, with perfect propriety,
At the end of the route in suggestions which I thinic were any particular section marshals founded on financial misconcep will be stationed at checkpoints. Hons..
Not True
As to the II. and A. "making lot of money” out of 15,
this simply is not so
Let us get it straight. As a club, the R. and A. members
to
One of the maishal's duties Averring that It was "high look after their domestic affairs will be to inspect the card to time we fellows realised just and, together with the Town,
contribution see it the symbol has been juw valuable we are" Thomson make a large correctly taken down. It by thought that the BBC. should the upkeep of the four, courses chance the symbol is by-pasard pay a great den more than the through the Joint Links Co- its location can be ascertained present £500-odd for televizing mitten, by opening the scaled envelope the Opera and that the increase
The club runs but this is not Hely to find should go towards a prize find pletely separate funds, One is It which might iure professionals for the Amateur Championship,
favour with drivers for means a less of 200 points as a penalty.
Not A Race
in
other
comTM
over from America.
which has to bo self-support- Alas, one canisot tell the ing. Another is for the Boys B.B.C. what they are to pay. Championship, to which the It is true that they per same applies. three years of £120,000 for
Assuming that you have Test matches, which comes to
Another is known nu th safely arrived at the checkpoint about £1,700 a day, but it has Touring Team Fund, which
the initial section your to be remembered that:
pays the expenses, of Walker troubles have only just begun.
Golf is *
a minor TV game, Cup matches, Amateurs y Pros, You may be asked to inter-
though I think it is entlower Trophy, entertala- change your tyres within a becoming increasingly popular, ment of visiting terms, eta certain, time limit. You may be
★ The Open coincides with fate thĩa fund, go the worthy asked to answer questions in-
Wimbledon
Test | contributions and a
Golf of the volving common knowledge of match, and
Society of Great Britain, Bir local traffic conditions. An In-
That the paraphernalia Stuart Goodwin's splendid correct reply does not mean
necessary for Lélevising £6,000, and your bob-a-nob, further polnis deduction but a golf costs about £1,000 more if you pay which I am sorry correct one entitles you to collect than that for tennis or cricket. to see that hall- thỏ clubs in 100 points in your favour. Do From the it will be seen that Yorkshire and many in London not get the impression that a the B.B.C; arợ not perhaps so | don't, but that is another point. Vespa G. S. will enjoy any sort, ungeniwoim ng night at Arst |cfi advantage over the less sight appear."
powerful models since thò mily A noting the drought is not race. In fact anyone which Ellied practico
Gog
In Germany
they say
"bior
In Hong Kong they sdy
Carlsberg
...
Championship has liederti rend, and, this caspal for any purpose bo rakod., 11 la therefore. Im Dömkthlo· · For Lin, B. and ˆˆ- Jo whose champdotship mitico sderduiters it; be Kay» oné'élét, to "hika moby mut
Mr N. C. Ulway, the retiringt chakeman, to whose effort Over the › Tank four «FORTE), all bats mhalid, be lifted; i; tells me that it corta alimat: A 8,000, B0 put on the Opin. The fund at pROPOLI stands at rather, more than this, bút, two žučeonivel “ “bad TTL- |days"ek:00; Link, choque sich an ad-
floten, ublilinamarcoid of it; in parkkia" pómiljon, * WYNO Would then puitis thair hands in their pockets I do not Dingw, Somathitig “tale mod 1 would nos ha dhe valuable pri fessionals but, the H. and ASC