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Nominate YOUR HONGKONG FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current
season.
It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.
are:
The two qualifications for nomination
(1) Footballing prowess.
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, China Mall,
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1960.
ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON STARTS MARCH 16
Wattanassin, Kops, made top seeds in the
singles event
men's
London, Feb. 29.
C. Wattanassin, of Thailand, and E. Kops, of Denmark, were sooded to moot in the man's singles final when the draw for next month's All-England Badminton Championships was made hare today.
Teh Kew-san was the only Malayan seeded in the men's singles.
Teh has been given a tough | The championships are to be į mark's Mrs T. Holst Christensen, draw. He is in Kops' section, played at Wembley from March The That player is in Miss Var- and the pair should therefore 18 to 19.
ner's hall of the draw-Reuter,
meet in the quarter-final if form In addition to Teh Kew-san, runs true. The Malayan has a Malaya has nominated Lee Kin- bye into the second round where tai, the former Malayan junior
nominated player from
well in carly tournaments In Europe, and B. K. Wong, while
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the he win oppose . Wahlqvist, a champion who has been doing Finn Kobbero
Year, taking into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play, Is:
of the
(Signed)
(NOTE:
No person is allowed to voto mora
than once in this poll)
If all eight seeded players, win through, the quarter-final the- up will be (in draw order):
C. Wattonassin, Tinand, versus H. Borch, Derinark.
F. Kobbero, Denmark, versus Club. B. Dahlberg, Sweden,
.T.
Thailand versus F. Sonneville, Indonesia, Teh 'Kew-can, Malaya, vergus E. Kops, Denmaris.
Tan Joe-hok, Indonesia, is
not defending the title which
he won a year ago.
Brian Poole takes top honours at Vespa
Club's annual Gymkhana
By OLLY
VAS
A small but enthusiastic group of scooterites, cheered on by a number of loyal supporters, assembled at Sek Kong in the New Territories on Sunday for the Hongkong Vespa Club's annual Gymkhana, the second competition organised and held by the Club this year, The all-round winner in the men's section was lanky Brian Poole. Dark Horsc
Albert Rozario was second and George Huntley, one point behind, came In third.
In the lodies' section Miss Annu Ding finished ahead of the other two competitors.
Three tests were held in the morning and two in the after-
noon.
In the opening race. the Slow Rao, F. J. M. Goldberg showed a nice sense of tina- log over the short course and won it in 28.3 seconds. Goldberg used one foot in the air to balance himself and machine nicely to deservedly take the honours.
the
the Oon brothers, Chong-Jin wins Swedish
and Chong-lelk, have entered independently from Cambridge University,"
Lee Kin-tat is In Flan Kobbero's section of the draw and in the first round will
oppose English International E. J. Timperley.
B. K. Wong is in the section dominated by the Dane II. Borch, but he has an easy post- nge into the third round having received a firut round bys and then being drawn against a qualifer yet to be deridect
Pago. 9
on the
balll
with Tom Finney
HOW CAN BRITAIN IMPROVE
HER
FOOTBALL?
Give 'stars' more money and
players more practice
Britain does not need to import soccer stars from the Continent, South America, or anywhere else. She has enough talent at home to put herself back on top of the world.
shuttle title wails that have followed Wolves' should be to develop a lad's in- smaller.
Stockholm, Feb. 29, Finn Kobbero, of Denmark,
beat Charoen Wattanas sin, of Thailand, 16-14, 15-8 tonight to win the men's singles ovent in the Swedish International Badminton Champion- ships.
Kobbero beat Thanoo Kho-
Don Chong-iin has a second round mesting with Ireland's jadbhys of Thailand 15-8 in the R. Smyth and a win would sent-finala, which in this one- put him agairist formidable day tournament Wittamassin
were decided
That is my answer to the lleve in coaching. But its aim Į pocket has, in a sense, become
4-0 defeat by Barcelona and to dividual inlenio-not to me suggestions that the Football | produce players to a set formula Lengue would profit by having and so stifle initiative. In "League of Nations" team in
the Spanish tradition.
course,
Faults must be ironed out, of course. But time should also be giren to developing the strong points in a youngster's play even If they are not to be found would in the text books.
You
the sight of Brazilians, Argentinians and Hungarians battling for Eng- 1ish League honours set the LurnstUes clicking faster than over, they
will not ind every But would Stanley Matthews trick in the pack in thousands of book. If you could, you would extra fans after the novelty also be able to lools up the
answer to it.
had worn off?
Personalities
Overseas football has pro- of grossed so tremendously in the
by one set. Wattanasi dc.. His brother has had an even fealed Poul Erik Nielsen tougher draw, being called Denmark 15-4. upon to meet Ferry Sonneville
Kobbero and Nielsen won the past 30 years that Britain is now in the position where her after almen's doubles defeating Teh players can and should-learn In this opening moich first round byn,
Kew-san and Lim Say-Kup of from other countries. Especially Malaya by 15-12, 15-12.
The Danish pair scored a 15-8; win
Wattanassin
and Khajadhhye in the one-set semi-
nuts.-Reuter.
Men's doubles
In the men's doubles, the Malayan pair, Lim Say-hup and Teh Kew-in wiil de fend the title which
won last year.
No Malayan players are com- peting in the women's singles, In which the American girls, Judy Devlin and Margaret Var- iner, are seeded to meet in the
final.
to Miss P. Paltabongse.. the Thailand champion. ཐ next just among the seeded players.
ur
his throttle and not the clutch | Gymkhana. This would have to control his machine. His done away with the need unorthodox bui perfecily legal explain patiently throughout tactles allowed him to prick day to cach Individual the balloons la the absolutely what was expected of him fantastic time of just under 38 her. seconds,
No doubt in their usual eff- cient manner. the Club Com- mittee will put this right in future events.
After
lunch two mare events were held and Poole was by now leading in the overall standings,
High standard
He increased this lead when he won the "Wiggle Woggle" test, an event in which drivers had to manoeuvre their Vespas between poles set Ave yards apart. A high standard of driv- ing was seen here for only one with the rider made contact potes.
Using his long legs to good ivantage Poule wove his way in and out from start to finish in 10 seconds,
The next event was the Stop and Start flaco, which was de signed to test a driver's brak- Ing ability. The scooter had to be brought to a quick halt over a white line, wheels astride. The driver then had to man- handle1 his machine's front wheel behind the line and then accelerate to end up, wheels astride again over the finishingly bumpy course in which more
line.
Tricky event
The Inst run of the day was the speed trial over an extreme-
thon one rider came to grief by Calling off. The spectators show- ed great respect for Ponte by scattering whenever he made his way on his dusty G. S. Chul Wing-ovanı did 11 in tre through the cardboard 'gates' fast time of 13.2 seconds. Deplaced along the circular course. spite a little difficulty in 'man- | He completed the three circuits handling her Vespa Anna Ding in 80.5 seconds. Both Rozarlo did it in 10 seconds flat to better and Huntley were fraellons of the times of many mole com- a second behind him. petitors.
*
for
on
n
The final event of the morn- ing saw the shock absorbers of the various machines talte terrific beating. Four balloon hung on bamboo sticks had to be pierced with a pointed lance held by driver while riding. Easy enough, except that the ground was more suitable testing tanks than for scooters. All drivers had to pick up upright lance, aluck it on block of wood and then any route in any pedes.
Huntley and Rozario com- pleted this tricky jub in under one minute. Then Poole showed great ingenuity by holding the lance with his left hand-the only rider to do so and using
CHESS
Here again the shock absorb- ers were in for a rough time as Ilke wild machines bucked horses with riders trying to gain proper control of their scooters.
Enjoyable
When the penalties and bonuses were assessed Poole 147 was a clear winner with points, Rozarlo had 170, Hunt- and Chul Wing-man tako ley 172
ended up with 180 while Miss Anna Ding got 485.
by LEONARD BARDEN
(217)
Hero is a problem by B. J. do C. Andrade (British Chean Magazine, 1941). White to play and mate in two morce.
It was an enjoyable outing. highlighted by Poole's return to the competitive scene after a long absence.
As usual Jimmy Foo did 0 grand job of time-keeping and starling and was ably assisted by Charles and Rita Curry and the Goldbergs.
The various 'Judges' 100 -come in for special mention.
If there is one criticism of the organisational side it is this. Printed instructions should have been Issued ot all competitors prior to the
start of the
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Athletics
Hongkong Technical College' ata nual athletic meeting. Polkes Sports Ground, Boundary Street,
Tennis
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London Xxpratt Barriga,
TO-MÓRKOW
Racing
Second day of Anmaal” Nace Bleal-
Happy Valley, moon.
Tenis
Colony Opon Bingley Crane Court Tennis Chainpionatig daal at ECG,
After a first round bye, she will meet Britain's 17-year-old All- English junior champion, Miss Angela Bairslow.
over
Lorraine Crapp Engaged
-
as there is a sad lack of out-
personalities in standing
the game at present.
But we can learn from over seas countries without trying to import their players-which, of course is impossible under the present rules and building multi-racial teams.
The ferson we must learn is that lo produce soccer sturs demands Incentive, encourage- ment and hard work.
At the moment, much our coaching sticks too rigid- ly to the book, and is 100 stereotyped. We are in danger of entering an age of football automation
Wage scale
same.
Before the war, the maximum wage was £8 per week. With the cost of living having risen by over three times, that wage should now be at least £25.
"Star" money
So there is certainly not much Incentive for a player to devote himself whole-heartedly to the game and become that much better than that the other fellow, when the other fellow is getting the came money,
Why not pay "star money” and give youngstora another goal to work for? Bome say that it would lead to jealousy and the break-down of team uplett. If so, then just about every other business and pro- femfon in Britain musi riddled by jealousy,
be
to seek to improve his game.
If the star men were allowed
How else can we catch up with the South Americans and
It seems
bit of Continentals? By introducing reallatie wage sente which will baller to suggest that he cannot insult to a professional foot- encourage youngsters to woods recoupite hard at their
that hla colleague as they might be a better might for any other profession.himself. Surely the extra money player than
I know
is all the more incentive for him that £20 a week. plus bonuses, benefits and a shore of the provident scheme sound a fairly good wage, But to receive slor money it would how long does it last? For most be the best way to counter this players the age of 35 sees theming to tempt our top men away.
business of foreign teams try- looking around anxiously to start a new career outside the Belter coaching-and better But when all is said Kame. And, at 35, that it not so wages.
and done it is from within that the player must seek the way lo stardom. Football is Q game, bụi to get to the top de- monda tremendous hard work and dedication to the task.
Sydney, Feb. 20. Australia's Olympic swim- ming reprentative Miss Lorraine Cropp and Western If the youngstors of today are Australian swimuning champion to become the Billy Weights and Ron Day announced their
Stenley Matthews of tomorrow' gagement here tonight.
they must be given proper easy, The couple are expected lo coaching and the incentive of marry early this September eftergoed wages to make them work Miss Crupp returns fr this much harder at the game, summer's Rome Olympics, —. I maintain that footballers are born, not made. I naturally be-
Miss Pattabonzse faces quarter-final clasht with Den- AFP.
FOUR D. JONES
AND THE
PILFERING PIRATES
... WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MADICKS
WITH A HOST OF OTHER SEA GOING IDIOTS.....
FERDINAND
NANCY
DON'T FORGET TO WASH BEHIND THE .EARS
I'M SO SICK OF HEARING THAT
PHRASE
BRICK BRADFORD
BRICK ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE KRIS, BUT THE EXHAUST FROM THE TIMS-TOP IGNITES THE HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE CHE ON THE BARERS...THE FIRE RAGUE, ERGY BARGE TO BARGE...
HOND THAT SHIP!
GOTTA GET ON BOARD HOLD IT)
I MADE IT! GOSH IF I HAD MISSED THIS SHIP I WOULD HAVE LOST MY HODD,
By Mik
By Erate Bushmiller
DON'T FORGET TO WASH.
BEHIND THE FINS
KRIS HAS JUMPED INTO THE MARTIAN CANAL TOESCAPE]
THE HEA
NOW WE HAVE
A REAL PROBLEM!
HOW DO WE GET
KRIS AWAY FROM THAT INFERNOT
By Paul Norris
TAKE THE
CONTROLS 131 GOING AFTER HIMI
Iemember, loo, that while nearly everybody else's wages have gone up over the past 16 the footballer's pay
years,
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THE
MILK CHOCOLATE THAT'S DIFFERENT!
The Fantast Film
in the
World!
ILFORD
BİLME
When I went with the Eng- land team to Rio de Janeiro 1950 to compete in the World Cup, our hotel overlooked the beach. + favourite spot for scratch games of soccer. Ety day a lod of about twelve used to come along and practise all by himself.
Ball was orange
Using his head, feet, knees and thighs, this boy could keep the ball in the air with over n hundred consecutive body move monte. Ball? It was a hard, unripe orango.
This is the sort of thing that Belilsh youngsters must do if they are to get to the top, HOL only by Home standards but in international competition.
Conditions
often
in Britain are against ' the artistic approach and this does tell against our players. But quite e lot can be done. For one thing, perhaps the strongest point about Continentals and South Americans is not what they do with the ball, but what they do without it.
Not only do they pass the ball accurately, but they take up position so that they can receive Ga How often in British football do you see one de fender facing three forwards and still getting possession of the
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two Continental for warxis the job of facing one de- fender and its Wembley Stadion to a good past that they will get by him.
As with ball control, this posi tional ability is basically insting- tive. But it must be developed. That is how the great may
the past made thear Bamon household words,
of
OFF THE CUFF
Don't be surprised if the Fourth Division_experiment comes to an end,
Many clubs are finding.. that It Just isn't an ecoño- mlest proposition to ikävel all over the
Fourth Division guicu, ...
At the Lengtes antnak meeting in May a propomá will be put forward to re- ver to the old two-section Third Division system.
England' and Boodland máy each be allowed to
It enter two teanin
the Europesa Can sexi moaBoth. Fraser, apoztésre of the tournament, men proposing 'idea that coun talen (which have), ronchod the
quarter-finals year, should next BERAUN bo able to enter two sides,
stage ... tile
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