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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1981.
1, Young Boys of Berne
5, Young Boys of Berne,
GOLF IS
By
MY GAME
HAPPY FANS GO CRACKERS BY BOBBY
Magnificent double victory gives the Chinese
the Chinese New Year
a wonderful kick-off
By I. M. MacTAVISH
Twenty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty-six Colony soccor fans will never forgive themselves. That was the number of empty seats at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday after. noon when the Hongkong Selection, giving the greatest display by a Colony side in recent years, thrashed the national champions of Switzerland, the Young Boys of Berne, by five goals to two.
This was Hongkong football's most magnificent hour.
Not only did the Hongkong Selection outclass the visitors in every division
AUSTRALIA WINS HISTORY-MAKING TEST SERIES
Melbourne, Feb. 15. Australia narrowly won the history-making, Test series against the West Indies here today after a dramatic victory by two wickets in another thrilling match.
Australia's win-the climax. of a series which started with a unique lle and developed into one of the most exciling rubbers Ir. Test history-completed the full circle of recovery for Aus-
tralian cricket since they whe
of the soccer arts and sciences but they also resisted the most virulentato in England in 1056. provocation to reduce the game to its lowest depths and eventually emerged dignified as well as worthy winners.
Swiss ride hitting the locals with everything except chunks off the side of the Alps-with- put provoking retaliation-the game ended In a magnificent Hongkong victory.
ning total of 238 with two wic- kets in hand, They made 356 in their first innings. West Indies scored 292 and 921,
Final scoreboard FIRST INNINGS West Indies: 202. Australia: 356,
SECOND INNINGS West Indies; 321,
AUSTRALIA
Since that summer of 1950 when they were demoralised by the spin-bowling of Jins Laker
the Australians have beaten South Africa, England, Pakistan, India and now the West Indies to earn the un-
R. Bennud b Valentine disputed title of world cham-¡ N. O'Neill e Alexander b ploits,
n. Simpson b Gibbs C. McDonald Smith &
Gibbs
Worrell
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P. Burge b Valentine Presentation During that period they have. Harvey e Smith b Worrell 12 won 13 Tests, drawn seven, lost A. Davidson two and tied ene.
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The Young! Boys played
The Hongkong triumph was threadbare impoverished fintboll | complete 113321 absolute. The game was a wonderful personal without the merest hint of the class they are
triumph for supposed to
Lau Chi-lam who As the Hongkong side scored all five goals. .but 30. hit the high spots with a glorinus
this was no one man show, It
Verdle: A wonderful Hong- display of one-for-all-all-for-cne was without doubt the most dv- soccer the Swiss team resorted to lightful display we have seen kong victory,...and the best
from Coinny
Worrell side in many display by a local ske in many some atrocious tactie....blaigni
K. Mackey not out pushing,
elbowing, geurs. All the skills and art years...and the worst crowd in Arguing,
were there to be admired and Stadium history....to see the
Grout Richle Benaud, today's trium-w
C hacking and vicious tackling. The illy
Brilliant passing, worst performance by a visiting phant captain, has led them to appreciated.
Valentine men-in-chief were
clever envering. Intelligent run-side....maybe there is a moral victory in the last four series,J. Martin Tot out skipper Meier whose conduct was
shocking example to the rest of ning into the open space. somewhere
Well played waming 10, drawing Ave, losing | Extras the quick silver Hongkong-every one of you!!! two and ticing ane. the side....and substitute Fuhrurand always
thrusts of Lau Chi-1am 10 who seemed determined to bring coltret the goal dividends which
The teams everyone within reach down-to-their enterprise go richly de-
served.
flengkong Selection: Lau Kin- What a tragedy M War that chung. Luk Tok-hay, Lee Kwok enly 5,534 spectatora saw our wah, Lo Chung-kong, Kung representatives in their greatest Wah-kit, Leung Kam-yer, Au hour.
de Pang-un, Lau Chi-Jam, Kwok A display like this served a packed house....even if You, Tse Bing-quen, Leung Wai- the pposition WO: only hung. (Lo Kwok-tai). shadow of what we had every right to exprel.
miste
Unredeeming
The Swiss champions had not a single redeeming feature in their Une-up, They show ed hardly a scrap of football skill: their tactical plan was non-existeni: by comparison with the feet-footed stiek thinking Chince they were a stodey lot and for the see- ond ime in two days one wan felt wondering how they kathered their present putation... and how many honour were won,
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The Stadium much healthier under the refreshing rain with Lau Woon-ching and Lee Tak-wal unfit the hane side
had to make two changes in the selected line-up. Au Pang-nin er and Tas Blen-kuen came into The team but the latter did not last long and, after a nasty in- jury the 28th minuts, he was replaced by Lo Kwok-in proceeded to luni in a top class. performance.
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First goal
Real
who
of
The gout gave the local boys the encouragement they needed but, although they continued to Pconfèol the run of play they could not get the ball into the net again.
Just before the interval they almost lost a goal through tem- porary, slackness in defence but, with the goal at his mercy. Durr shot weakly witle of the post,
The visitors made a couple of substitutions to try and improve their display but it had little of feci.
Young Boys of Berne: Elch. Grundi, Haldimann, Schnyder, Walker, Bilger, Rey. Meler, Durr, Helder, Allemann. (Fuhrur and Sing),
Referee: Mr Sammy Tsang.
Wednesday's match
Eighty-three minutes had gone and there at long fast was the ball tucked away in the back of the Swiss net.
Sobers b
Smith
Bound was today presented Tutal (for eight wickets) with the Frank Worrell Trophy.
Fall of wickels: 1-15, the comter-purt of the England- Australia "Ashes", inaugurated 3-154, 4-170, -200 6-236, by the West Indies to com- 8-250. memorate the first tie in Test history at the beginning of the current tries.
Hall The prentation was made by Sobers Worrell, the West Indies cop Worrell tain, amid tremendous scenes of Gibbs excitement after, Australia, indValentine scored a hye to reach the win-
They had a grand
full-back
In
In Anton Schnyder, a less than discreet wing-half in Fuhrur, on industrious grafter Schneller, the hardest worker
and nfield in Gilbert Rey
Anton good winger in Allemann,
The men in committee got a real practical vote of confidence
irled.
JONES
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The importance
of swinging
Some thirty-odd years ago I discover- ed that an effective position at the top of the golf swing could be reached from a normal address position by making just three separate consecutive movements -first, from the position of add- ress, by employing only the hands and arms, to lift the club directly over the right shoulder (as though to bash the ball into the ground), assuring a full cocking of the wrists; second, to excute a full rotation of the trunk to the right, keeping the head Immovable and using the spine as an axis; third, to lift the hands and arms straight up to the normal top-of-swing position.
Upon the execution of these three movements, the player will find himself in perfect postilon to begin his hitting effort, Inck-
clubhend ni the top of the awing. head at that point will be too To whatever degree this feeling low, and the subsequent are will is present, the result is that the be iso flat, cocking of the wrists is com- ing only the sense rhythmpleted as the unwinding of the that he can have only by pass- Ing through this position in a complete swing.
The sources of power герге- tented by the windup of the trunk, the cocking of the wrists, and the swinging of the arms are all there. The player's per- formance will be determined by the efficiency with which he em- ploys these sources,
It is desirable that both
upswing and downswing should originate in the trunk,
Swing from Trunk
If the clubhead has been pick ed up from the ball or thrown from the top of the swing with the hands, it is then too late for is the hip turn to catch up. In the one case the backswing must 258 proceed outside its proper path, and in the other the wrist-cock- 2-75,ing s sed up before the un- 7-243 Winding of the hips can have its effect upon the speed of the clubhead.
MR W
The swinging of the golf club buck from the ball is undertaken
for the sole purpose of getting the player to a proper position
The main thing is that the backswing should be long enough
one
trunk progresser.
s that there may be no need There is nothing more im- for hurry In the downstroke.
whole portant in this
pro The aim ixuld be to blend the cedure than holding the bead backswing and the early part of
Into back, or even moving it back the downstroke ward, in the mot of striking. ·
smoothly flowing movement cul- The golfer speaks of "hend- minaling in a maximum effort
and "looking lifting"
up." and a maximum clubhead speed he does no lift his Actually,
when the face of the club cen- head because of any avereager- tacts the ball.
ness to observe the result of the Hit through a ball
stroke. When trying to strike the ball, the most natural thing
"cul-
The use of the word
Immediately in the world is to look at it. In minating"
above the almost every case,
head may not have been the result of I am wrists an entirely happy choice, comes up because the have been uncooked too soon, a bit fearful that it might have and with the angle between the is it a suggestion of too much left arm and the shaft of the Auality, for it is an Integral part club being less acute, the head of this conception of smoothness and shoulders simply must come that the motion the clubhead up in order to afford room
for should not be stopped, or even the completion of the swing. impeded as or after it strikex
the bail.
Indeed, The player must niways be aware that he must hit through the ball and not merely at i
Cocking of wrists
As nearly as I can describe the sensation of striking a gor ball, it is a combination of
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pull through with the left side, He should strive for the feel- with n slapping action of the ing that throughout the down-
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for striking. So the one influence right hand and forcorm, the left; stroke he is continuously build-
for keeping ing up momentum
factory progression of the swing the swing on track. is the clearly visualised contact groove, and the right being the possible speed, at which
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until his or in a clubhead reaches the maximum point bringing he should turn the whole thing between club anti ball still at agent responsible for the forefront of the
the movement player's
a well-timed loose and allow the weight of the club and the effort of swing- how hard all three of them mind. Just as the backswing climax us the ball is struck.
An ample cocking should not begin until this pic-
of the Ing to carry him along to ture is adequately established,
wrists and the retention of proper finish. The contrasting colours of the | so the movement should continug
the greater part of the angle A graceful, poised position at two teams-red for Hongkong until there results an awareness
for use in the hitting area is the finish of the stroke is not not only important for good an end in itself, but it is never- and yellow for the vidtors that the player has, beroine can- made it a bright holiday picture able of striking in the intend-
thetheless a very goezi indication of set against the returning green led manner. of the Stadium pitch. crowd was quickly in a humour as the Colony scorned reputations and
men
The
good
side pro- from
I stress this point, and in- tend to continue to do so, be« *LT- cause I know that the relenting effort to play golf in this way can do more for a player than anything else he can possibly do.
ceeded to give the
wel- Switzerland a very waren come. For a long time play
When every mave of the swing was in favour of Hongkong and viu Cheuk-yin, Wong Chi-le dominated by the determina- Chan Fai-hung, Hotion to strike the ball in a de- Cheung-you and Mok Chun-wah finite fashion, the complicated all had good shots. Some were sequence of movements must ac- Just wids of the mark while gutre purpose and unity alialn- those on the target were well able no other way. handled by goalkeeper Anger- Crucial point
met.
Winning goal
.one
movement.
This
two are necessarily in opposite directions. Yet the expert player actually accomplishes just this. In the swing of the expert
The side did nothing to con- firm that its international re putation was justified. They played simple orthodox football but the team kicked a real por- The opening half was all, in To the accompaniment of sonallly and missing too was Favour of the home side and Lau
of the unexpected surely the that touch what WIS Chi-lam got his fest
which one looks for in a club | the game after a quarter of an biggest concentrated ca-
kcung. that enjoys such high status... ! hour when he jockeyed for posi- | cophony of exploding, in fairness,
they did im- tion in the penalty area and)
recrackers ever heard in prove a bit in the Inter stages. scurest
with a fast ground shot | icle
the Colony little Wong" to the
Goalkeep- post.
Best dressed Chi-keung received the Der Elch looked very slow in get-
ting down to the bail.
back clapping, almost
The Hongkong selectors must
I have already said that the crippling, congratulations have been very pleased indeed
The visitors also had a couple backswing and downswlag ne of his delighted colleagues with the boys who took the of chances but they were slow nearly as possible should be for the goal which gave held in the Colony's gleaming to snap them up and the quick blended together so as to com-
red and
silver kit-in- tackling home defence kept its pose Hongkong a
thoroughly new
this cidentally
was the best goal intact. There was no score Sounds like a tall order when the deserved victory against
dressed Colony side have yet at the interval. the grossly over-rated
scenfor every nan Jack of Young Boys of Berne be- them gave a maximum effort. fore a capucity crowd at
The visitors, who had been a there is no single stage at which the Hongkong Stadium on
from the men on the pitch. The great disappointment, improved all backward or upward move- Chinese New Year's day. big successes in the home sice a blt in the second half but it ment comes to a halt and a fixed The final score means very were Lok Tak-hing who had a was still Hongkong who called position is attained from which tile. The Colony representa- wonderful big-time debut and the tune although the Chinese the downswing begins. This tives won this game-morally has surely made the right-back boys could not get that all im- transition from upewing to down. and stallstically--much....much berth his own for a long Ume | portant goal.
swing is a truly crucial point, cnally than their to
who come: Ko Po-keung ....more
moment the fans had and it is here that pinety-nine solitary goal suggests.
proved beyond a doubt that be awalted so eagerly care just out of a hundred bad golf shots They were betler then the is sull the best pivot around seven minutes from the end. The are incubated. Just let the play- tired, jaded visitors in
Wong ball was swept downfield in arr's hands move a few. fnclies every these parts: pint-sized phase of the soccer arts and only Chi-keung-the diminutive big fine burst of inter-passing and, toward his front, or let him turn a fine sure-handed display by o'tricks with the twinkling toes when it went, to Wang Chi- his head a few degrees toward goalkeeper Felix Ansermet kept and a heart a litle too big for keung, he beat his man in the the objective, and the shot will
and be spoiled beyond recovery, the leaden-footed Swiss boys his own good; and finally sea-space of a ten cent piece.
The all-important feel that I in with a chance.
Any result other than
experience as the swing changes clear cat victory for Hongkong
the noise
the direction is one of leaving the would have done a grave in-
The Colony also got good ser. Year of the Ox was in danger Justice to the local side who
the dressing room and was the unce again
vice from Wong Shi-woo, Chan of becoming the year of PROVED that in
later taken to hospital. It la Wong Wel-man stod ox at its very begin- the current world set-up they i Fal-hung. -~
now understood that he has The traditional cheers Ining. are not so badly placed at all. until he red a little towards
were drowned in the thun-
made a good recovery, the end and, to a somewhat international en-
The teams things up a bit after this and counters they have distinguished lesser degree from Kwok Kamerous clouds or flashing bang-
Ing firecrackers.
Won't ÅLL HONGKONG: during a heello exchange in the themselves against the
star-bung.
The visitors had a late chariée The malo Hongkong penalty area Meleristudded Peruvians....the much
disappointments
but Wechselberger Shi-woo, Lok Tak-bing, Kwok to equaliso inade the most of mistakes by | vaunted
Bicans....and
in the side were all up front.headed over when it seemed Kom-hung, Chan Fai-hung, Ko Chow Shiu-hong failed to easier to put the ball into the Po-keung,,
Wong Man-wai, Lok Tak-hay and Kung Woh now cgainst the champions of
grab his big chaften to aliing in | rét.
Wong Chl-keung, Ho Cheung- the top class, Ho Cheung-ysu VERDICT: A
Chow thoroughlyyau,
Shly-hung. Ylu found the pate of the Fame deserved Hongkong victory Cheuk-yin, Mok Chun-wab. away beyond him... and
YOUNG BOYS: Anaermot, over a sadly disappointing Mok Chun-wah just could not visiting team....Mr Marsden Schnyder, Bilger, Fuhrur, Walk- find a consistonlly Euccessful While who referred the game er. Schneiter Wechselberger, way to bical Schnyder. Bút collapsed just after be reached Meler, Schneider, Rey, Allemann.
The second Half started in sensational fashion. Within two minules Lau Chl-lam crown- ed brillant forward move- iment by scoring his side's ne cond goal. Sixty seconds later he caused ponic in the Swiss defence and when a defender pushed the ball back to his goalkeeper Lau nipped in, left the goalkeeper helpless, and Hongkong were three up.
Mistakes
The visitors started roughing
not,
In recent
Costa
kit to reduce the deficit...but Switzerland who just a year ago Lau Kla-cheung looked a bit were in the advanced stages of al sea as the ball went into the tha European Cup....n team, in fect, which ruve shoulders on In the Bist minute Meler got level terms with the greatest another goal when a shot which club sides in the world, was going wide was diverted
the move.
into the home net by a defender. Poor advertisement
In spite of these interludes Let us however, fuce certain the Hongkong attack was still facts about the visitors. On the tearing the Swiss defence to; form they displayed in their riisbona every time it got on opening match in the Colony they were a poor advertisement
their country's football. In the 73rd- minute Lan Chi-for Iain scored another grand goal Basking as they are in the the to make it 4-2 ...and two of national champions wo ex- ninutes later he deceived the pected something very specia‡ heavyfooled Swiss defence to from them. We did not get it and notch his th goal of the the side was no more than on afternoon. This was a glorious indifferent band of successors to and there was no the fine Grásiliopper team of five Justilention whatsoever for the yeaATA AR). aft-side claim made by the visitors. Lau Chi-Jam was well onside when the ball was CrÒSG- ed into the gontmouth,
header
The Chinese footballers pro-
creded to give the visitors, a noccer lesson but in qne break- away buri agan missed open coal
and with thoj
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They had filio in, the waz of, a iscilest plais and their stfacking centre-half polley failed through lack of vitst positional ogvering by the other defenders. .and be. vpure, Ilia. Scáth as a wholź was vírangely desølent in mobility, skill and match fitness.
The
soned campaigner Yu Cheuk hit a grond law shot into the yin who worked tremendously | net. hard, throughout.
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When the angle between left arm and the shaft of the club. becomes straight too early
the in the downstroke.
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