THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1959.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT Hongkong Welcomes Several Famous Personalities
From The World Of Sport
Hongkong is enjoying the pleasure of entertaining a wealth of important sporting visitors at the present time and it is re. assuring to soo that our local administrators and enthusiasts are not letting any grass grow under their fect in their efforts to develop the situation to the benefit of Colony sport.
Squash may not be your particular game and in fact you may not know a great deal about it, but to those who play and those who watch it the forthcoming visit of Hashim Khan one of the fabulous Khans is an event worth shouting from the housetops.
Sport has always been a source of surprises and there in subtle mixture of surprise, success, and hard work behind the rise to fame of this wonder rocket wielder from Pakistan.
If we craved sensationallam, the Hollywood enjoyed
or
style build-up we could, with completo justification; acclaim Hashim Khan in such terms an Champion' 'Ball Boy to World
A
or 'From Backlands to World Limelight and so on for, since n little boy lie first saw squash court in Peshawar and started retrieving the balls for the senior players, this forea1 sportsman has made stendy pro gres up the ladder of fame,
World's Greatest
renched
His skill is rivalled only by senso of sportsmanship and although he has now the veteran stage there are many who believO that he is still the greatest player in the world today. Hongkong is honoured to have Buch
visit. a man pay Us A Spectator accommodation as his various exhibition matches will of necessity be limited but it you wish to and marvel at
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1. M. MACTAVISH
being made to get the Val- versity tourists to stop over fur a game, If it is humaniy possible to fix a match then 能 secme & muut to me,...
Cand to everyone who enjoys a
stirring game of rugby.
It is alwayn difskult of course to switch travel arrangerments at the last moment bull let the
Oxford-Cambridge boys be DX- sured that rugby in Hongkong can reap great benefit from uny contritition they can make to it.... and the best contribution they can make is to meet Th Colony side on the Bold if play.
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Thrice welcome visitors who are already with us are the oarsmen of Oxford University who are now on the way back to the United Kingdom from a tour in Japan.
the control and sense of anti-
It is a great thrill to have the cipation which the complete ex-Oxford Crew... winners of ponent of squash can achieve the 1050 Boat Hace here in then make a special effort to Hongkong and the enthusiastic see him in Bellon. You will not be dlanppointed.....and an be half of all aportanen we y "Welcome to Hongkong.... Hashim Khan,'
Last
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night the Colony's television audience had the opportunity of meei- ing Sir Wavell Wakefield, another of the great inter- national sportsmen cur rently here on a short visit.
members of the Rowing Section of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club are to be heartily congratu- lated on their efforts to 'exploit the fame and skill of the visitors to the maximum.
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This article is being
written
it is a most unwelcome visit-
There is, for example, the agency report from Malaya which openly scotsed Our Di tanding the players Merdeka Cup to Malaya on a plate: they were also bitterly
for criticised
making apparent effort to win a game In which they were reported to be far and away the better team
Strong Criticism
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There was also strong criticism of the team's conduct in another
game in the series.
Reports such as these make very unpleasant reading in Hong- kong and there is no doubt af Boccer all that many local followers have found them very disconcerting.
Questioned on their return to the Colony the team man- agers made no bones about their disagreement with both the tone and the text of the reports. From conversations 1 know that the Hongkong team suffered surprisingly high number of in- juries and it has been suggested that this was the real cause of their dismal failure in Kuala Lumpur,
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No doubt the officals who went to Malays in charge of ito scam will be making their full report to the Hongkong Football Association In due course.
to leave further comment on the
matter for the moment,
under the threat of a visit-and It will be an interesting docu- from a windy lady called Norament and in spite of the press who has been infisting herself reports it might be a good idea in the China Sea. As you read your China Mail you will know whether or not she succeeded in upsetting the well lald plans of Sir Wavell, who long ago won Ineal oarsmen in their plans to a special place for himself in
match their skill against that of the history of English rugby, has their famous opponents. I hope recently been to Australia and she failed miserably New Zealand in his capacity as four illustrious visitors were able one of the two English repre-
to enjoy smooth water. sentatives on the International Itugby Union Football Board which held a meeting in New Zealand In the middle of August.
White down-under the visit- Ing membera the Board also took the chance to have meet- ings with the Australian Rugby Football Union,
Brilliant Career.
Sir Wavell is not, however,
au armchair administrator for
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At the Missions to Scamen tonight the Army Phy- sicul Training Corpa is staging a big boxing show in connection with its Centenary next
year. There will n distinguished audience and there is every indication they will gel their money's worth from the boys who will· duck through the ropes. From what I have seen of the Hists of playmar selected to arrangements I predici that
this will be represent their country.
one the best He had a brilliant career as stage-tianaged shows we have an active player and today he seen in a long time but there enjoys the mme eminence as is one feature the significance one of the pillars of the game of which I hope will not be not merely in England but missed. I refer to the appear- wherever rugby is played.
anen of three young police
In ble day ho was one of the Kreals of English rugby and The PAING "Wakefield' ng- peared regularly
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It may be tinely lo havo boxers In bouls during the such an important rugby per-evening sonage in our midst at the nioment when tho Oxford- Cambridge
Combined Rugby
team is practically on our door stop.
Surely it would be a sporting tragedy if this fine team, which has played in Thailand and la now in Japan, should return to the United Kingdom without playing at least one match in this British Colony,
Quite A Show
difficult to understand the wide However, even now it is very variance of opinion between the Hongkong oficials and the sports eporters of the news agencies which covered the series,...but let's be quite fair...let's wait until the official report from the local team managers i pub- Ushed,
Sugar Ray To Watch Downes
In Action
By DEREK JOHN Sugar Ray Robinson, world middlo-weight champion and the prince of Harlem, will be at the Wembley ring-side on September 15 to watch Terry Downes defend his British title against Scotland's John McCormack, Robinson, now 30, This is an excellent example maiding his first trip to Britain of sporting co-operation for lace he lost his world file to theso
three Chinese boys | Randolph Turpin that orious Trank Chun-wah, Tan Earls Court night of July 10, Chun-kwong, and Yuen Yeng-
1051. chol have benefitted greatly ΣΤΟΥΠΙ some first class boxing DORching which they have recently had from the Army -and this is their own generous
way of saying "Thank you,"
show
will
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Promoter Jack Solomons tavited Robinson became If Downes to successful there fa every chanos he will be fight- Log next for the world tue.
'NOT A BAD IDEA' case Robson could not make
Solomons Wps worried
the the trip.
Solomons
Top class rugby, visitors are fow and far between. This in The organisers of the
too great a chance to miss and have planned some interesting it is be hoped that Sir added attractions and Wavell Wakefield will add his spectators will see a couple of
weight to the effort which is pint-sized puglists trying prove the old saying that boxing you can never start! 100 young. There will also be Judo display
and if time
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Darts.
2. (a) Yachung, (b) Doxing.
3. (a) Shot-put;
Jianp.
(b) Long
4. Lawn Tennis. He was the
donor of the Davis Cup.
6. Their surnames A Davey
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6. Hardwick, Lawton, Meros
Swift, Wright and Ray
7. Im Lovin O'Flanagan,
0. J. D. Goddard
9. J. 13. Taka, 1937...
10. Four United | Sister, Aus tralia, Friisin nrál Frotos,
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is more worried to now Robinson has confirmed
he will be there.
In
WORRIED
ex-
NO DEAR,
CAN'T.
"Ivo Just got to wall and hope Robinson doesn't have to permits a mill, Quite à show, his golf professional, his valet,
bring his
barber, his doctor, you'll agree.
his chauffeur, his car, and his sparring partners," said Solo- Colony football enthusiasts mons, shuddering at the
must find it very difficult pense. to reconcile the press re-} ports on the games playedĮ by the HongkongTM foot- ballers in Malaya with the statements, made by, tho team... managers on their return.
Though it migkë not be bad idea if he brought bis sparring partners. · Ile could ret into the ring, then and Juxt show vchata STOAT champion he-vill in at 39,”. Empira, middle-weight chun- plon Dick Tigür, of; Nigeria, pened before but I doubt if any. Robin's world title, now This sort of thing has hapwill be claiming a shot mon ni Colony team officials have over that he has outpointed high previously come home to........be, ranking. Gona "Ace" Armstrong facil with the disparaging pronu qvar 10: rounds at Caraden, report which now seafront New Jeresy, London Express managery Lee and Humnias, Service.
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