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YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY

Surprise defeat for first

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1960.

Nav division runners-up Bharat A' by Macaensis 'A'

RECORD SCORE BY RAF IN, 2nd DIVISION ' By NUMPERE ·

A 3-2 upset win by first division team Macaensis "A" over a record last year's runners-up, Nav Bharat "A", and 18-0 score by RAF over IRC "B" in the second division formed the main highlights of the second week's Colony League hockey matches yesterday. Weather conditions were much more favourable than they Some rain fell during the had been during the last week. morning matches but it was not enough to upset play. Pitches at the moment are in an ideal condition, pleasant- ly green after the browness of last season.

stice Rs.

י,

Never gave up ·

ON THE BALL

with Bill Slater

FOOTBALLERS ARE SLAVES

That's why I say:

Well played, George Eastham! You have done, the game a real service by standing firm in. your three-month, one-man strike and so spotlighting a ludicrous system of club con- tracts and transfers,

Can't be blamed.

Well played, Eastham

-

The point is that the

was restricted by the League from selecting players," "fa- volved in mid-werk. Le squa

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·Elliott wins but again fails to

beat world 1,5000m record

Stockholm, Oct. 2. Herb Elliott, Australia's 1,500 metres Olymple, gold medallist, and world mile record-holder, failed in an attempt on the world. 1,000, metres, record here today.

Не won the event f 2 minutes 10,1 seconda, Dan Whern (Sweden), hoider of the record with 2 minutes 17.8 ecconcis WIS socond! In minutes 19.4 seconds.

Waer. set the official record in Karlstad în August of last your, but in July of this year Sigfred Valentin (East Ger-

many) had a thine of 2 minutes 16.7 seconds, which has not yet been ratlled.

On

In today's rate. Whern, lad the lost lap, but. Elliott

produced hla ustial tremendous Anish over the last 200 yards. He drew level with 50`yords to go and phased the Swede just before the tape.

Pet Knuts (Sweden) was third in,

minutes two

22.4 seconds.-Router,

matches. Once again Poland - Germany

Wax and

placed before country,

that's another argument, IN FAVOUR of the change.. Arginments against "the sent contract system have been presented many times and other players have previously tried- and failed-to beat the re-sign- before-transfer set-up. Perhaps

will have. Englun George

But succosy. MIDTC

It is a terrible tragedy, that, a change 121 struggle brings these out-of-date contracts only The day nearer, it will hovu

That is my verdict on the marathon case of East-

ham,

the Under-23 International inside- forward, who refused to re-sign with New- the RAF ran up a record The nitch between Macaensis free hit. Khin cleared upheld to

castle because he wished to move to another "A" and Nav Bharat "A" at Gardner who ran through and

score for a League match Kings Park was the only first scored with a fliek past 1sher,

club. For here is a rebel with a genuine cause. when they trounced IRC Nay Bharat division game between two "A" This gal spurred

*B by 18 goals to mil. loans yesterday and both teams for and they attacker strongly.

The Important thing is that, the same freedom to negotiate terms and change reticlug the fully fiven up to their repida-Gardner further

Unfortunately

arrived George Eastham has not been their own IRC

Heir place of employment n tion, putting up 70 minutes of errors in the 60 minute,

to change his anyone else. Macaensis again attacked and with only eight men and the astig for higher wages, fast and thrilling hockey

well deserved reed a corter on the Macaensis

rlight me developed into a very one-simply wishes

Elded affair with the ball rarely employers, Showing whng from whtedy Sequeira com- their 5-3 surdess.

leaving 1RC's half of the deld. Sonie cries have contemned i better combination than their pleted his hat-trick,

him for trying to bring about were niko opponents, they

Nav Bharat kept pressing and

No one can blame Newcastle been worthwhile. In revolultem by holding a gun and much faster to the ball

From the tored two corners.

at racone's head. But the for doing their utmost to hold their ability to snap most of second of these Gardner passed the chances that came their

10 Fame whose centre found

Al half-me the RAF led by Leagte contract set-up is soon to a star-quality player like The blame falls on way paved the way to their Fusid Khan unmarked and the 9.0, left-winger Ryan having unreasonable that I believe this Eastham.

The second half is a case of the ends justifying the system which allows such left-winger scored from cluse | scored four.

an unhappy, incident to arise. conthed in the same vein,

Why should anyone have the Just before the nil whistleRyan Increasing his personal

power tu prevent a man from broke away tally to eight, Macaensis again

lvleg where he wishes or from with a shot Although there appeared to

According to my dictionary learning a living in his chosen between the advancing sher's be something wrong when a

a slave is "a person luid as profession? legs, to bring the final score tu, team could only produce eight

that de- und by Dioperly" -3 in favour of Mucaensis. players, IRC B never gave up

Some clubs. of course, treat finition it is not so ridiculous and were still playing hard at

players

well. to talk about "soccer slaves" their The Anal whistle, Maczensis 'A': Zoe, Ismael.;

seem to be-Wolves have a quite outstand- ax some people Goalkeeper Areuli had a hard

ing record, in this respect and Valoma, Costa, i

love. Capitule.

for a rare indeed Generoso, J. Capitule, Cunha, time in goal but time and again

present, a club can retain it is very saved his lines und stopped the

to cave want from BAF

running Up

or recuse a player at the end player fanestic scure.

of cach season, as they feel m. Molineux. But this canmat con- ceal the fact that the present Yesterday's results were: The player himself has no real

system Is This is contract choler u the matter.

one-sided and unjust. Incredibly athe

all which binds "ogreement"

to their League professionals clubs

nutr

Sequeira at inside-left was too elusive for The New Bharat de- fence and played

Maçavusis vizayn Ribas scured 21 in the with a fine hat-trick.

Gardner al contre-hak for Noy Bharal tried hard to get his forwards going in the Arst half but when he went to the ventre- i Forward berth in the send half he was very closely policed by the Maenensis defence.

Fast pace

hs

A.

The teams

Rhas, Sequeira, Snesilva, Nav Bharat: Isher,

Dillon,: Ply started off at a la pace | Khom Mohinder, Bhudiman. with Maecensis pressing kivne i

Dawa, Cord. the rst attack unly for left-arbuksh, Leng.

ner. Ibrahim, Farid Khan. to mishit winger Siesiivo shot at goal. Play quickly went to the they crai and Zoe was forced to concede a corner from shei by Farid Khin; but Mac- nensis clear the corner safely,

In the sixth minule Macaensis a free hit oul- were awarded side the citie. This went from Ribas to M. Capitule wise centre went across the face of the goal with no one up to take advantage of it,

Play was going from end to end with Nav Bharat centr halt Gardner waking hard try- ing to get his forward line going. In the 13th minute the Nav Bharal forwards were offside and from the resultant free- hit the ball went out to Capitule on the right wing who ran on and centred for Sequeira lo apen the scoring for Macaensis,

Nav Blurt went clase to scoring two minutes later when Gardner ran dunyn the right wing but in centring he lifted the ball and was penalised by the moive. Mneuensis again; altacked strongly und Isher's clearance went to left-winger Satsilva who shot wide of the i post.

From the 16-yard hill Nav Bharat attacked and goalkeeper * Zoe had to use his hand to slop

hart shot from Leng

Positional changes

In the 25th minute Sneslivo collected the all in his own hatt and took it down to the eircle but Garthur was back to clear Inr Nav Bharat.

From

clearcnee Nay Bharat ticked but Dawn, with all his forwards up. passed to a end defender. At the other

Saesilva had a gond chance but hit the ground and the ball was cleared.

before Just

hall - lime Mohinder sent Leng away on right wing bul- Nav Bharat's Leng ran the ball over thè goal. ¡ linc. Macnensis attacked from the 18-yard hit but were foiled by the defence moving up. end playing hum ulfside.

The interval

with Lute Maenensis leading by 1-0.

For the second helf Nav Bharti madh several positional changes, with Gardner guing to contre-forward.

Maraensis attacked from the bully and J. Capitule's shot was saved by Zee. From

the clearance Gardner went through and almost scored, his flick just going wide.

The game still continued at s fast pace and in the 45th minute Cunha went away with the ball, missed his centre but recovered quickly and passed to Sequeira who Have Zoe no chance with a hard shot to put Macaensis Two HD.

Two minutes Inter

down Capllule, took the ball the wing, got past full-back billon and scored from close in to pul Macnein well on

toth

J..

Nav Bhornt tried hard but their danger man Gardner Wils being too closely watched t be effective.

To the 65th minuto: Saesilva And, Sequeira combined well on Machendis left

but wing went righ Borsilya's oentro across to J. Capitule who forced corner which was wasted by a fumbled hand stop. From the

RAF vs IRC 'B'

Maenensis "A KCC 'A' IBC A

5 Mavenals 'E'

the meats.

AC

One-sided

to

vcry

Those who oppose a change in the system argue that it

FM1

All players have the right make a stand in this way. The tragedy is that it should be necessary, and that a player of Eastham's calibre should kept out of the game for long.

fout The 201 of a famous

that bas balling father he natural talent wilch no amount

and of coaching Con Five which we em 1 afford to lose in this country,

Club or country?

Another unfortunate aspect of English soccer was spotlight-

week when again last one-sided ed

makeshift England Under-23 team took the field at Maine- road, Manchester,

As it happened, a Danish X1 could easily lead to a mass replaced East Germany as the

and oustanding opposition, players in the country by require the strangest of sides to win. But. that is beside the small group of wealthy and

In my view, point. famous clubs,

First division

Nav Bharat

6 Recrelo B

Second

HKBC B

Second

division ‘A'

→ Lon

division 'B'

0

Oby busly, fontbailers to their owe allegiance

2 HKC 'A'

21

ployers in

16 TRC '3',

purchase must

cm- the same way us other workers should also enjoy

In a second division 'B' sec.

tien match at Kai Tak KCC B

JAF

Four D. Jones THE CRAYON BY MADDOCKS

FERDINAND

NANCY

MY POOCH IS HOME FROM DOG-TRAINING SCHOOL

CROWD MARCH BLINDLY INTO

THE RIVER.

of the

YOU NINCOMPOOPS, A MULTITUDE OF JONESES STRUGGIE IN THE RIVER........

STOP MAND OVER

MY HOOP

FERO'NANG THE GREAT

1930'

WHAT

DID

THEY

TEACH

HIM?

BUSINULLE

BRICK BRADFORD

KRIS ARRIVES AT PAM'S APARTMENI

CHRIS I'M · CÁSKY MĚČALE 19 GLAD YOU ARE

MORE!

ON HIS WAY OVER İ

HE'LL GET THE

·HANDE

TO BE QUIET,

OBEDIENT---

IIVE TOLD THE

POLICE EVERYTHINGS!

THIS HAS BOND

CONNECTION ANISH

THE SPACE PLAT-

BUNG WE **WEZIGHE

'OP (T1-

IF THIS

LOT VANISH BEFORE I GET

MY HOOP VE HAD IT!

CRASH

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller.

---AND SELF-RELIANT

(WHY DON'T YOU

TRY TO GET SONG REST, PAM? EVERYTHING While .86 ALL RIGHT NOW

By Paul Norris

SHORT TIME LATER CASHYMICALS, ARRIVES

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Sheaffer quality, fracurri

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prices

SWISSAIR

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pomibla choices Chelsea's Jimmy Greaves

could not be considered for,, the match.

athletics match,

Warsaw, Oct, 2 Poland beat. West Germany, by

in Englert, club considerations 121 points to B9 when their two- should cutweigh notional needs day athletics international ended in this way. I cannot think at here tonight,

footballing country. any other confusion of priorities, where there is such an absurd

Quiet affairs

In the women's events. West

both sides scoring 33 pointa,"

Highlight of the match was Germany drew with Polnud.

West German women's junior hizh jump champion, Becker setting record.

$

Ingrid

ot Ask a club supporter

now national official whether he would rather

She cleared. five feet see his club win FA Cup or his

World Cup Inches to better the record by country win the and I fancy, that in times où just over quarter of an inch of ten his answer will be the Reuter, FA Cup.

Boooer fans in England just do not seem able to identify. themselves with the national term

de In the

way they

the In even от отогасаа, ⚫ other UK countries,

International games at Wem- bley soon extraordinarily quivi affairs compared with those at Hampden and Ninian Park.

It is only natural that the fan should focus his attention his local club, but surely club 21 ranchi broader view. officials could taku

an

It is high time they realised the paramount importance of fielding the basi and only the best teams in inter- national fames, whatever the strength of the opposition, may be,

Baseball results

New York, Oct. 2. Today's Major League base- ball, results were

American League

New York 8, Boston 7 Baltimoro 2, Washington 1. Cleveland 4, Chicago 0: Kansas City 2, Detroit 1.

Nations League„ Philadelphia. 6. Cincinnati. 1. Pillsburgh 9, Mitwaukee 5. San Francisco 8, St Louls. 2. Los Angeles 4 Chicago 3-AR

RUGBY UNION GAINING POPULARITY IN RUSSIA

Moscow, Oct. 2.

Rugby Union, believed to have been first intro- duced to the Russians by some Britons in the 1930's is gaining popularity in the Soviet Union.

organisational bureau for popular

sports, are obscure,

setting up a. National Rugby but it is believed that, soma Federation has been formed, Britons workkig there:

intro

und its Vice-Chairman Anatoly duced it between the wars.-- Sorokin, said that teams from China Mall Special. Rumanta

Czechoslovakia and

East Germany may be invited to take part in the International

ompetitions next year.

The initiative in reviving rugby has come from the Riudents sports clubs, The game is most popular with the

from the students Moscow Higher Technical School with a 00-strong rugby section and the Aviation Ini- tute, winners of the first All- Union

More cricket for Kiwis in

S. African tour

Wellington, Oct. 1.

Students Competition New Zealand will play a total

held fre Ivanovo Jr Central Russla

The origins of the game in the Soviet Union, where` soccer

athletics und

are the most.

Just the weather for Rowntree's Africa rugby

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Earlier South

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Capetown, Det. 1. Ireland's short Rugby Union of South Africa next spring will start three weeks carter than originally proposed It was agreed by the South African Rugby Board here last night,

Another big difference troms the original itinerary is that the full-scale International against South Africa will open the tour -precoding the matches agdlusi the Provinces--instead of wind-. ing up the visit,

of

24 matches-seven more

thon their

Lux 1953/54daring crickel tour of Sonth Afries beginntar in October 1002.

Next year's tour will begin in Rhodesia instead of In the south, and appears to be de- signed to eliminate unnecessary travelling. The 1901 de will advantage have one distinct over their predecessors in that, they will have seven first-class and four second-clasă matches before the Arst Test. Last time they had five first-class and only one second-class gomes.

The New Zealanders may also play a few games in Aus tralls ofther on their way to or on their return from the Union.

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Sports Diary

ZOBÁT Meyting JRFA Interport Committee meet- ing, sports-road, a pin.**

KOV School, RAF Kal Tak pOGÅ,

Colony stard Curi Tennis cham»-

Chempionatio, matchen. 6,30

The tourists will play Bouth Afties at Newlands, Capetown, pois Chinese Becreation Clu on May 17, and will follow the With a malch against Western pma Transvaal on May 20, and game.sgalost Rhodesia on May, 22, 23 or 24-China. Mit Spacial:

TOMORROW Tammis Colony "Hard-Court chainpleishipa,»

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