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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1989.
MCC Win By 10 Wickets
LETTERS TO TRUEMAN CLEANS UP
THE EDITOR
Mini-Soccer Controversy
Sir. Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear, Sports Fan has once again entirely missed the point. Let's put imply like this:--
Q. Under what mame do the mini-ball people aperto?
A The Hongkong Miniature Football Association, --note the last two words,
Q. Under what rules do they play?
A The lows of the (English) Football Association-BUT with the exception of the size of ball. pitel and goal posts.
Q. In this 13pe of Association Fotbal recognised by the FA or FIFA:
WINDWARDS' TAIL
WITH DRAMATIC SPELL
Grenada, Dec. 23.
MCC won the opening match of their West Indies tour here today when they beat Windward Islands by 10 wickets just before lunch.
Freddie Trueman, the Yorkshire fast bowler, put
the tourists on the way to an easy victory with a dramatic opening over in which he took the last three wickets of the Windward Islands' second innings without a run being added to the overnight score of 69 for seven.
Bowling much too fast for the local tall-enders, Trucman cuptured the wickets with his A. No, it contravenes the second, nith and sixth balls to bjects of F.T.F.A. In that tanish with Ave for 22.
improper methods introducts and practices into the game.
Can registered players of HKFA participate in this
11:0
by of football?
39 s
Left to score only for victory. Colin Cowdrey and Raman Subba Row hit up 30 in 32 minutes without trouble.
Cowdrey batted beautifully
A. No, as the HKMFA are | during this period while Subba tailed to the HKFA or the governing bodies,
از اوان
of
Final Scores
a
Row, who opened in the absence
Geof Pullar who has I would suggest that Sports sore elbow, wos as efficient as Fun
copies
the usual. of Statules, tules and Regulations of FIFA, EFA and the HKFA.
he already has or if
them he should read them again.
Now how about pondering on this? How many people have heard of the Kowloon Miniature Football Association and one of
Final scores were:
First Inntura Windward Islands; 80 Green- hough six for 32).
MCC 121 (P. May 38; Red-
its rules which stipulates that head Ave for 30, Gresham four
players registered with the for 13).
KFA are NOT permitted to participate irs their competi- ! tions?
FIFA FAN.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
(Na, 5740)
1921).
Second Inalogs
Windward Islands
(Overnight 69 For Seven)
G. Brisbane, lbw Trueman,
T. Redhead not out ..........
19
O. F. Mason b Trueman
0
V. Ebe b Trueman
Extras
Total
Wicketfalls: B-G9, 9-G.
Dowling Analysis
Trueman
Most
Mlingworth
Greenhough
ទ
O HR
22
E. Kops Wins
Thailand Shuttle Title
Bangkok, Dec. 23. Demark's Erland Kops won the men's single's title of Bad- the All-Thailand
Thai-
minton championships when he defeated land's Narong Pronchim 15-8 and 15-4 in the final here tonight.
Pronchin, a discovery of the recent Southeast Asle Peninsula Games, was no match for the veteran champion Kops who won both sets easily.
Britain's Heather Ward
took 0, the women's singles, title when she outlasted Thailand's Pratuen Pottapongse 8-11, 11-9 and 11-7.
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After winning the first set and leading 9-5 in the second, the turing Miss Pattapongse dropped nine straight points. She rallied Wfor seven straight points in the third set but dilse Ward, though equally tired by the overhead Ughting, came from a 3-7 deficit to tally eight more in a row and win the match.
8 2 21 3
#
5
1
1
25 1
MCC
17
14
8
M.C. Cowdres not out
H. Subba Row not out Extras
ALL-THAI FINAL
in an all-Thai men's doubles -final, Pornchim and Raphee Chavalert 39 Kanchanarapee beat
Chumkam and Chainarong Ra- Slengstang 15- and
Palut (for no wicket)
Bowling Analysis
lana OMRW 15-10.
Mason Redhead
3
0 7 0
3
0 15
0
1,5 0
7 0
Jackson
Here is a problem by A. Marl (Oued Companions,
White to play and mate in two i El. TROVES.
Lundan kentras Setelen.
0 2 0
1 --Reuter.
West Indies Criticism
Answered By English Umpires Secretary
London, Dec. 23.
moment
Criticism of English umpires' interpretation of the LBW Law-made in the West Indies last weekend by former Test cricketer Gerry Gomez has been answered by Tom Smith, secretary of the English Association of Umpires.
"Secondly, the time gap be- Replying yesterviny to a state-
attributed to Gomez tween ment
The
the ball which clalat there was "an pitches and the moment it hits accepted attitude in the minds the batsman's person is so small of English umpires that a bats--the two are almost simultane-
playing cut when
Dus in fact that an umpire is man is non,
ils further not able to predict forward and the ball hits the front foot," Mr Smith said: "It flight." is not true that English umpires always give a man not out when playing forward. 16 not
It accepted is an act of faith that we give the forward-playing balsman not out.
"But there are two Impertani points to consider. Firstly, the movement of the ball in the air and off the pitch is much more pronounced in this country than in the West Indies and other overseas countries, where the surface of the pitches con
with
concrete pliches pares hért.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Admission to Members Enclosure
For the 6th Race Meeting to be held on 1st and 2nd January, the sale of admis- nion badges, to the Mambers" Enclosure will be inzited to 6,000 badges each day."
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 23rd Doc., 1959.
Mr Smith added that his asso- elation would be conducting um- piring experiments next season similar to those proposed by Gomez in the West Indies.-— China Mall Special
RUGBY RESULT
Londoon, Dec. 23. Result <t today's Rugby Union county championship play-off was:
Berkshire, 14, Hertfordshire 14.-Router, a
Bridge Olympiad 'Dark Horse"
On the fringes of the Olympic Games in Rome next summer will be the world's Grat ever Bridge Olympiad, to
smarting from be played at Tarin. The Brilish selectors,
the ignominy of being relegated to third place in the recent two Intensivo organised European championships, have
Britons four best weekend trials to make sure that the form the team to sit at the Turin ladica
In the above photo one of the "dark horses" irial, J. Pavildes, gives the photographer & vindy centration. Times photo,
in the in con-
FAMOUS SPORTS STARS
-I HAVE MET-
By ARCHIE QUICK
With the death of Maximilian Aldebert Baer, the world of boxing has lost one of its most colourful personalities of pre-war days.
ot
Joyous Occasion
Baer fought only once in in his eyes just when you would loughs on his Malaya's Tan Gaik-bee and England, and. being one of have expected Mrs C. Samuel won the women's tus "off" periods, he was out-lips. doubles itle by beating India's pointed by Tommy Farr
Shah Menizi
and Thailand's Harringay in April 1937. When Uchance Mahakanok 15-9 and the par met again in New York
His defeat by Farr did not 15-13, while Mis Ward and the following March Baer felt Kanchanaraper
a in the mood and the British worry him at all, and I reinem→ overcome
to chamion was well and truly out ber a joyous occasion when he severe second-game defeat
That was Baer-good and his brother, "Buddy," gave win the mixed doubles from Miss pointed. Tan and Kops 15-10, 1-15 and one day, had the next easy a farewell party at a Piccadilly
No
show restaurant.
stage Born Nebraska of German- could have put on a funnier act; The King's mother, who with Scottish extraction, the irre
no cabaret could have provided Princes Srirangwan and
WAN Bact DIRECT hit, many pressible Maxie moved early in members of the Royal Family life with his parents to Cali- naturally funny man. attended the Anals, presented fornia and is generally identified silver cups to the winners,
with that State as the "Liver more Larriper."
15-0.
was
The 5,000 seat stadium enly about one-quarter filled due to the boycott of the tournament by top That players-AFP.
Nice Qualifies For European Cup Quarter-Finals
Geneva, Dec. 23. Nice, the French champions beat Fenerbahce, of Turkey, 5-1 in their European Football Cup playoff here tonight to meet Real Madrid, the holders, in the quarter-finals.
come, easy go.
Heaviest Punch
a
on the ball
with TomFinncy
THIS WAS THE END OF AN ERA
Come-Back Trail Is Long And Hard
Billy Wright goes and Joe Baker arrives. These two events symbolise the year that is ending... a year in which British football touched new
depths.
Fifty-nine is a year which many of us would like to forget, and yet it may
prove the most far-reaching of all.
This was the end of an era-Charles--inspired unfaneled Eire (ning to raise theft supportere thirty years of triumph and dis- to tumble the famous Swedes. hopes ence Rgain. And the appointment, during which a And in the glare of the Welsh t have to pin their game with England at Wembley Molineux lights, Norman Deeley fath on John Charles and the became the acid test for the helped to prove that this is one tolerance of Juventus. other nations of the world, Iton's den that the Continentals For England the road ahead |looks straight and uneventful. the distance, tho Way out in horizon is rosy.
But there's a long long way
had to finish sometime.
was Inevitable that this chapter still enter at their peril.
But when one has mid that, Personally think we made a jonë nne said everything. Purple mistake in not closing the pages patches were few and far be-
iwech.
sooner.
For years, the writing had What lies ahead? been on the wail But It needed the disasters of + South American tour finally to drive home the message. Our tenm-buliders have, of course, reacted by putting the accent cn youth 1 don't go along with them all the way on this polley. but I admire their realism.
Once Christmas is over, I always feel as though I can see the end of the trail. Tha halfway slazu is pant and there is a chance of narrowing the championship battle down to a few clubs.
Real Challenge
Usually at the tum of the year, the eventual champions lie among the first six clubs, but this time the race is very open.
They have accepted the fact The three sides which have that our days as the one world impressed me most are Spurs, football power have gone and West Hom and Burnley and I that they will never relum un- don't think they will be lar less we build for the future. away when the final honours are
And so they are quite willing handed out. to ignore prosent-day results and gamble that by 1062, we will have
Nothing very
exciting looms
up on the international front.
a elde capable of The Irish seem to have lost making a real challenge for the their fire. The Scols are begin- World Cup.
I am sure this is the only way and hope that the selectors won't allow the critics to elf-course.
awing them.
To date, only one really ex- cling discovery has been made, that of Hibernian centre- |forward Jon Haker.
KID new
Experienced players seually very wary aboni arrivals and like to wali awhile before passing com- ment. But I have found that many of the best judges in the game throw caution overboard when discussing this, the first Bcottish Lesque star to play
for England.
I have even heard him des- cribed as another Tommy Law- tend that is praise indeed.
The arrival of youth has meant the departure of Eng land's Old Guard and, by coin- cidence, the big names' of the immediate post-war period all seem to be fading together.
Vivid Colours
to 50.
OFF THE CUFF
Several Scottish clubs are hoping that Fulham's high- woring GRAHAM LEGGAT can be tempted back home.
Don't be surprised BAY DANIEL, the SwiD- sea and Wales centro-half. enters Non-League football BOOM.
I hear that CUMMINS, Luton's
GEORGE Eire
inside-forward, may be playing in London before the season ends
INTERNATIONAL SERIES
TOPS THE HOLIDAY SOFTBALL PROGRAMME
By OLLY VAS
An unique feature of the local softball scene each year is the annual International Scries in which various national sides vic for the honour of winning the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd Shield and the Bill Woo Shield in the Men's and Ladies' sections respectively.
The first International Series was inaugurated in 1940 but the outbreak of hostilities interrupted play until early 1946 when the series was re- vived.
Billy Wright has temporarily drifted right out of the game. Nat Lofthouse is fighting an up-
Since then 14 post-war finals! hil battle with his ankle and
have been keenly contested and Stan Matthews has had a re-
10 Portugal goes the honour of currence of a pulled muscle.
Just as the moment, we can't having won eaven of these.
China has afford to lose such players, for
won three times He died while shaving in swe are all too short of personali- anit one victory each is credited Los Angeles hotel; he
wastes.
to Pakistan, USA, Great Bri- where Even buried at Sacremento
In the England team. tain and India, he lived most of his days at for example, there are probably No team in the men's section home. He had a great hesri: only two men, Johnny Haynes has ever won three in a row pity it did not last out longer and Bobby Charlton, who would but Portugal. holders of the If he felt so inclined he had
There will remain many be recognised by the general trophy for the past two yours the heaviest punch of them all,
of Max.pubile.
have every chance la be the bul two
Istalities in legendary anecdotes ring
And when, wie looks back first to do so. concerned especially the one when, in the which he WAN always seemed to put a brake middle of his world title fight over the year, there is so little on his hitting. Thus he dealt with Carnera, both fell over and personal colour. but terrific punishment is he shouted to the Hallan "Lagt But the one beating Max Schmeling and one up's a cissy."
was his remark knocked out the gigantlo I liked best
Carnera
eleven when he dived under a shower Primo
In rounds, but was himself de- bath after a fight and someone prived of the world heavy-had forgotten to mix the warm weight championship greatest water with the cold: "I'm Max
rate Bacc; not Polar Bear!" prize in sport--by third Jim Braddock.
This was ene of the big-
cf gest upsets all time, for Cinderella Man" Braddock was brought back to provide a chop- Then Baer, ping block for The teams had finished level again, he was outpointed by the on goal aggregate in the home-light-punching Tomaty Lough- and-away ile, each winning one ran, really only a cruiserweight match.
There is no doubt
balf-ume,
that his
Russian Soccer Team Wins In Indonesia
Djakarta, Dec. 23.
and
Bilgulficantly Notae of the most vivid patches were
by painted
overscus. ber- formers. The Swedish centre- forward Simonsen touched the heights at Wembley paved the way for England's downfall with nonchalant the At Old Trafford,
DI Stefano made defence-splitting look a simple art, while the roaming Puskan recaptured some of that old magic.
caso. Treas
ปี
Rosy Horizon
On a grey afternoon at Cardiff,
| teenager Graham More carved his name into the record books
on the lines of
Regular Finalists
the
In the past nine years all other teams have bad tittle
competition, say in the two finallate-bešti)_Portugai and China and unless udicia Occur
It would be presumptuous to forecast the fine-ups of all the International teams since these will not be decided until gaine time.
The Great Britain team does not stand the ghost of a chance against the powerful-hitting Lusitanians who should run up the score to double figures.
On Sunday at 10.00 a.m. the Philippines clash with Pakistan,
The Filipinos have a strong side comprising the four Diestas, "Traing BAITOS, Dave Malig, Georgie Ribeiro, Johnny Castilho, HAY Pachecho, Louis Blanco, Celso Carillo, Kinson Leung, NEG Lester Mu
Pakistan are represented by
the preliminary indoo" Hussain, Benny Omar,
rounds it appears more than Salleh, Ilkely
that these two great! Ditta, sivals will continue to enjoy
a monopoly of the finais, In the Ladies section, restart- ed in 1948. Portugal have reigned supreme, having work eight with China scoring four victories.
Bucks,
AK. Ismafi, the Hussain brothers Henry, Baker and Robert Frickson Khan, A.K. Ramjahn, "Powerhouse" Khan, Osman,
murd
Strong China Side
The Pakistanis are seasoned campaigners but with the F.I.'s Malig (of the Cheyennes) superb pitching Korra The Portuguese girls have in such registered double
must bat-tricks this season the Filipinos | light-hearted nature prevented The visiting Soviet Boccer In tonight's decider on A
latest information is be conceded every chance of to the semi- neutral ground, Nice lot 3-0 at him from being one of the all team Zenith of Leningrad beat by sliding through the English the
time greats, but, strangely Indonesian Army, selection defence to equalise in the dying that diese two teams will play getting through
friendly football seconds.
off the first match of the three finals. A crowd of 0,500 saw the match enough, when he was over here four-nit in
Under the South American ganse series on New Year's Day Inst For the Final Night of match at the Ikada Stadium here
wam, Jimmy Grieves came of provided the Taiwan Tao Kong played under appalling condi-
Harringay,
Henry tonight. with
Half-time ecore soccerwise and provided some lady softballers are not here at tions. More than 24 hours of Armstrong. Gus Lesnevich and one-nil.
consolation for defeat, Оп 23
At 1.30 tain left huge pools of water on host of other
pm. one of the champions who
time. Otherwise the La- the ground and at one time had fought in that historic ring It was the Soviet team's first Sunday at, Ballymount Park, that
dies' International Series will strongest China sides In Inter centre-hall
takes on the Chinese national history looked as if the match would he was emotionally affected by match of its Indonesian playing Charlie Hurley
built
a John commence during the
Comunenweenith. have to be postponed.---Heuter. the occasion,
The latter are There were tears four-AFP.
New Year holiday..
The first game in the Men's made up of most of the Junior league Indians plus Eric International will be played on
Remedios of tho Boxing Day at 11.00 a.m. at Junior Cheyennes. China's line- King's Park when defending up includes three champions Portugal come up "Goose Wong, Jackie Wel and pitchers against Great Britain.
Junior Pang with a preponder- Seven Cheyennes and five orice of SCAA players, YS. Braves make up the Portugal Liang, Wally Ma, Frunk Cheng, alde. Vic Pedruco, Peterle W of the Pandas, Lo d'Almada, Dick Chaves, Jock Pak Huen and Klondike Wong Collsco and John Pereira of the of the Braves and 0 Su 10, Braves will team up with better known as "Bosco","of Robert Remedios, Manuel
the Giants. A one-sided game Xavier, Onotre Souza, the is in the offing with China PRAY Azevedos, Terry Rodrigues and winners hlust Junior que Danny Goato of the Cheyounes, opPPORILOR.
Che Gambols
BREAKFARTS
REALN
GBORG
SALES DIVISION
PARTY
by Barry Appleby
PROMOTION DEPT
OFFICE PARTY
DEPT. PARTY
MJBT RUST, DEAR BUBY DAY
IN FROM OF MB
GAS FOR JOY
The U.S. team which
dow
a bye will be drawn from the fanks of the USS "Renville,
The Great Britam sido is hade up of four. Augtag = Rowbottom, Shotton, and Goodhind-the "Ilonel, Lan and Hirog Háaf New Year semi-finals: Portu
Rozario of the Carttinäle, and gal, the Philippines Chim and "Bimbi" Ablong of the Safata; “I of course the 1.6.A.
My choice for the Chinese