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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1981.
BAGS OF BRAZILIAN BULL Asian Youth Soccer
Some reflections on HK football's blackest day
By I. M. MacTAVISH
A bombastic display of arrogance coupled with a show of tawdry temporamantal tantrums put the visiting Madurcira footballers from Brazil right at the top of the list of soccoritos we do not want to see again.
China's first world champion table tennis toom. From faft they are: Jung Kuo-toun (former Hongkong champion), Wang Chuan-yao, Hsu Yin-shong, - Chuang Tre-tung and Li Fu-jung.
Apartheid barrier
Saturday, April 8, 1961 is a date we are not likely to forget for a long time. In something under 80 minutes the ballyragging Brazilians made themselves the most disliked broken in South
maybe detested is a better word
these parts.
Their conduct however, ex- plained a lot. We know now why the high wire fences. Laters and meats are
песса sary around the playing fields in their part of the world. It was quite an experience to which nhe vide systematically destroy everything
characters around
class
Odir Costa,
African sport
Johannesburg, Apr. 9.
Osvaldo looked like good The apartheid barrier in
players. The captain
South African sport has been broken.
his authority was being touted tion. In fact only at every turn by the demonstro- full-mcks Santos and Oliveira tive vizitars. The great fragedy and the left-wing pair of Nelson of the day was that he did not call a halt earlier in the second half when the Brazilians Nascimento had a lot of abilty!
Le remembered fused to continue aftte he bad but he will awarded an Indirec! tree-ktek maluly ar-the ring-leader of all sgainst them in their penalty the unpleasantness,
or fremtide area. The live hlatus and the deplorable be
both the viriting luvlour of players and their officials was way of legally įà shocking situation.
A stopport: that stage
nt
that "foot-
ball" and sportsmansalp' really stund far. To pul two-of-n- kind to opposition must be just about civilisation's most potent ally explosive endangering public cafety.
By now you
will have read, would have been fully justified and I believe the fans, who were fed up to the teeth with the stupid Luth American'
and besed various accounts of how-with the score, at 3-0 to the visitors-the referee abon- doned the game against Hongkong
whee 12
All- minutes
it
etit remained for play.
You will know too, how the superlatively balanced handl, Ing of the touchy alluation by the Police
the prevented whole affair from flaring Into what could have been full scale mab-rule rint.
crowd reacted and how only a
So degrading
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Sowsunker Sewgolum, the
Thrilling World Table Tennis finals
THE CHINA
NEW
MEN'S TEAM
EVENT CHAMPIONS
Tournament begins tomorrow
Bangkok, Apr. 9. Thailand's King and Queen will tomorrow open
the third annual Asian Youth Soccer Tourna ment, first to be held in Thailand at cere- monies in Bangkole's National Stadium.
After the formal opening 18- of Axin's Breat young soccer players from ten fallons--South Koren, South Vietnam, Melaye, Ceylon, Japan, Singapore, Burma, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand will compete In 11 ten-day tournament for the honour of being called best youth team.
Real Madrid
beaten in
Asla's Spanish League
For the past two years when to tournament was held to Malaya, South Koreans have carried away the trophy and if they can repeat their feat this time they will per manently keep the cup donat ed by Malaya, originators of the tournament,
First match
Real
Madrid, Apr, 0. Madrid, who have alecady clinched the League Chumpionship, were beaten to- day in the Spanish First Division for the first time since Septem- ber 11 last year.
Indian from Durban, who is the JAPAN RETAINS WOMEN'S CUP and the Minister of the Interior, reads: played 28; won 23, drow
Frankly I was something Dutch Open goli champion was of a relief in hear that the
the first to shatter i when he
in the Scuth played
Africon. advised the authorities Ind cancellation
Champlonstilp yesterday's Open
London, that's the most pointed comment. I can make on Naturday's affair.
game
of
HKFA directive? The Hongkong Football As- antrums, would have accepted sociation should issue a defnite with understanding. Apart directiva la referees about the from anything else If the game, assistance to which any injured had been halted at a time when player is entitled. No referen
were fally re-unless he be a doslarvig in a the Brazilians furing to play the football they prsation to deside ca the extent were being paid to play the of an injury by a quick super- HEFA would have been in a felal inspection, It is not bla
pusition to
take. much better
Steous phylent damage
sustamed
the auilable action,
Now having said all those jaimplest way imaginable and un things and having made the Vinture player deserves expert point that almost everything treatment, he mtest ako 36" in the vlaltors' conduct
he even must reprehensible let me quite fair and make it clear seriousness
not think
the resuspect. that I did feree thought he missed an opport-
At one stage it needed only n single false move to set violence! going: that it was not made must stand as a lasting tribule to the j su city
the Sealur Police Officer on the spot. Without evel heads and ælute judgment this bristling incident could have bern more-much
more than o football just
crowd demon-. strating disapproval.
The display gives by the visiters was so d-grading, and that by the All-Hongkong side to lifeless and so colourless, that
it could be misconstrued to say
that the Police efforts were by for the best of the day but it is sincerely meant AF a compliment fur
a difficult job axcelindly done.
can
was given the benefit of the doi apperint
a good came. had
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comments
when the
of
his injury
認
Our Colony referees haer
For from blameless homility,
Real were beaten 3-1 away from home by the lowly-placed Valladolid Club. was only leal's second League 'defeat of Tomorrow morning the King, the season and their record now
Praphas Chorusathler, whose 3 and lost 2. ministry has co-sponcored the Barcelona, Spain's European tournament with the Football Cup semi-finalists werd alsa Association of Thailand wl, beaten this afternoon, going
home against.
who drow mado CT-
Peking, Apr. 9. East China tonight wrested the Swaythling
emblem of the Men's Table Tennis World 2 Championship, from Japan.
Permission for him to play the Minister of was given by the Interior. Senator Jari De Klerk, who stated that this should not be regarded AJ O precedent. But It was And
not only was it o pro- edent, but it became the open
gum
į
door.
ALL SPORTS AFFECTED
All sports will be affected from now on.
at
Cup, welcome the players and after down 1-0
fing-raising ceremony
will Saragossa. declare the tourment open. Atletico Madrid, Thalland, the hant country. 2-2 with Valencia,
They won a hard-fought, see-saw battle here by five matches to three to end a run by Japan of five auccessive victories in the final.
will face Taiwan in the first tain of finishing runners-up to much of the tournament with Real. Japan meeting Singapore in the With two matches to play.
match second feature
of tho Real Madrid have 49 points, evening. Two divisions of Ave, Atletico Madrid have 38 a The Corbillon Cup for, when Japan badly needed a win ttans each have been created, women, stays in the hands of at 3-3. Ogimura flopped to a
Barcelona lle third with 32- The top teams in the two Japan. They beat the Chinese 7-21, 8-21 dicat against Ilau divisions will play
Router. off for the Eirls 3-2 In another tough Yung-shong.
title and the runners-up In each final.
The Chinese forced the pace division will compete for third Earller The South African Amateur
today, both Japan throughout And concentrated and fourth places in the tourna~
whichment. and China had beaten Hungary on Ogimura's backhand, Boxing Association has an- nounced that
play-offs in
he was unable tho In future, In
Anal
to get working Springbok icams will include Swaything Cup series. Japan properly. zon-whites who merit actec. won 5-2, and China 5-1. In Cabillon Cup play-DITS. tion. A similar announcement, the has come from the country's Runsania went down 3-0, but put up a betler display against Athletic Association,
Chiral losing 2-3.
This means that when South African teams compele in future Olympics, they will include nou-white-something that was
Rhode-
The Swaything Cup final was so close that neither team ever had a lend of more than one match until Chilon went ahead from 4-3 to win the trophy.
his
Grand fightback
The Anot and semi-final wil
Australia lead
be held on the last day of the India at tennis
Division tournament, April 20. "A" consists of Korea, Indo- The Japaneso two-girl team nesia, Japan, Singapore. and of Kimlya Matsuzaki and Vietnam, while Malaya, Burma, Kazuko
Itoh fought back Taiwan, Ceylon and Thailand magnificently to retain the comprise Division "B."-AFP. Corbillon Cup After tralling 1-2.
Matsuzaki was in great form
Denmark's Thomas
Cup team
Calcutta, Apt. 9. Australia fed Indiá 2-1 after the doubles today on the second day of their International lawn
tennis match here.
Robert Hewitt and Fred Siolle, of Australia, beast Rama- nathan Krishnam and Premjit Lal of India, 8×0, U-2, 1-0, 0-0,"
Each olde won
A singles Will yesterday and the match be completed tomorrow with two more singles-Router,
International
Hockey
unity to establish his authority developed a presion for getting unthinkable even a year ago. right from the start and his with the kome-and, excepi.
In the neighbouring
in the singles, winning both of of injury,
it is a ad- in the case reluctance to apply the
her matches, and öfter un- sin Federation, multi-racial team sport Idea....but vantage rufe quite obviously laudable
expectedly losing the doubles to is already in existence. offelals must be given a fair Non-whites play in the soccer (rritaled both teams.
Bolow best
Sun Nel-ying and Chiu Chung- un-the-spot Nothing in these
hul, she and Itoh made no mis- opportunity
league and black athletes com-! China started well when plete with distinction at athle
take in the however is intended as a just examine and, if necessary, Ireat
remaining two Chuang Tse-tung beat Japanese before the referee ties meetings.
Full scores in today's champion Noruyo Hoshino, but deciding matches were:
singles, Bration for Madureira's mada ployer
Copenhagen, Apr. 8. of which there gives the 'cort-him off order. There is a vast, untapped re- they lost the next two games.
The Danish team to play in house moments
BWAYTHLING CUP FINAL the Thomas Cup finals in In- It's a
servoir of non-white sport mutter to time were far too many.
In 1 Hoshino, however, was well
China Beat Japan 5-3
doncзla In June was announced stoppage and the inter we
South Africa, at-present still in below his best, losing all
Chimere sammen first such as that stirred the primitive stage.
three matches,
Chuang Toe-tung beat N. Hoshino here today by the Danish Bad- and Ichiro 21-14, 24-22; 1st Yin-aheng lost to minton Association selection Saturday จด
with
Possibly the Best non-whites Ogimura, Jupan's former world Rail Kimura 21-17, 17-31 the
17-21; commilter. Brazilians,
to be part of #South African uljeholder, who had looked al- Jung Kubung low; to Tesito Ost- surely
Amstelveen, Apr. D. can
be
It is: team overseas will be boxers. A most unbeatable against Hun- best N. Hoshino 17-21, 2014, 21-10;
Erland Kons, Firn mura 19-31. 19-21: Yin-heng
Belgium beat Holland 3-2, replaced by a more
Kobbero. Joergen dignifiedSpringbok amateur team is due gary earlier in the day, faded Chaang re-tung beat Ichiro Ogi
Haminer- gaard Hansen, Poul Nielsen, after leading 2-0 at half-time, to tour Ireland in a few months badly after winning his first muro 21-15, 21-13; Jung Kue-tuan Finally....to the Madureira lime, and it has been stated that match.
KCruel
In a men's International hockey and Henning lost to o Kimura 11-21, 21-15 Borch.-China Mail Special. match here today.Reuter. Brazilians...the at least we non-whites will be
17-21; H Yin-sheng treat Ichiro Chuang best him to make the Ogimura 21-7, 71-9; Jung Kuo-tuen pass-on werd is....Nuls!! in the Colony they have been
in the side-Router..
score 3-2 to China, and then best N. Hoshino 31-15, 20-22, 21-18. pempered
CONUILLON CUP FINAL
Japan best China 2-2. (Japanese sames Brat) Kimlyo itauzaki bent San Mel- ying 20-22, 21-12, 21-13: Karuku Boh Tost to Chiu Chung-itus 18-21, 21-17, 11-16; Matuzak and Itoh lost to
· Chiy Chung-hul and Sun Mel-ying 21-12, 14-21, 17-21 Matsuzaki beat Caty Chung-hu 1-15, 2-8: Ito beat Sun Mel-ying 21-0, 21-10-- Reulter.
The referee was right to stop should in fact the game. He have done it much sonyer.
For a lot of what happened
Much of what inally hap. pened centred on three people, the KFA is far from blame-
less. Since the visitors
arrived!
Co
Gut on the field. The Brat of these was Alcides Santos, the
and exhibited Brazilian Gulride-left, the
doubt in on elfort to swell thei second was Luk Tat-hay- the Cotons right-back...... and
gate on Saturday. The decisica by the local Association to ac- finally, or
course, Furbes
cept the Baiquitous Brazilian į Barn the referee.
proposal that substitutes Let's lake them In that allowed or any time in the cyder.
game-and not in accordance In a bout of mozy Madureira with FIFA rules up to the 44th interpassing tempers got a bit minute-places Hongkong, 35 frayed as the ball was passed the host Association, in most from Brazillan to Brazilian 17 invidious position. It was an time. without Hongkong agreement that should
never
player getting within a yard of have been made. No doubt the it, While my mind Rashed visitors huving got their way in brek to a similar humillating this matter considered the local anil provocative exhibition Association rufelently weak to perpetrated by our own players be exploited on others. The ut- when the Malayans were here not so very long ago. Santos hud
aly
nigaling kick nt Luk Tak-Bay behind the re- Kre's back.
The big question
scene.
brond
U.S. MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL
OPENS THIS WEEK
New York, Apr. 9.
A new era of Major League baseball officially begins this week when the National and American Leagues start their 1961 pennant races with all the frills and hoopla of a circus parade.
the
em-
I
MCC team's 1961-62| India tour
tably, is no credit to us either. expanding to 10 tearns, this year, teams in spring, training is that schedule in Mojor League his Board of Control soid les! night.
starts one day ahead of its ancient rival with Its tradi- tional "presidential opener" in Washington, DC. tomorrow.
the Codes are "loaded" with the type of swift young players who could dominate the League for many years.
Bangalore, Apr. 8. MCC's team to tour India In 1961-02 will arrive in Bombay on October 25, the Indian Cricket
Details of the tour would be confirmed at a Board Commit- tee meeting later this month.
ter farce which developed is a stole a jump on the National by from experts who view
The American League, which the UPI rankings. The word The expanded AL Is black mark to Brazil but, regret-
barking on
the nest 182-game tory and the games are expected to show in additional right
the records In a variety 0 way: Few expect any 0 baseball's hallowed records.
An official said that MCC had such as Babe Ruth's 60 homers assured the Board they would In one scaron, to be surpassed send their best team available. as a result of it, however. They will complete their tour
And what of the much- changed Hongkong team?
Any Judgment passed on them would be a sad miscarriage of sporting Justice.
When the ball was eventually
Whatever spirit the players returned to Santos he never
had for the game was knocked really knew what hit him an i
out of them even before they Lak Tak-hay crashed into the
took the field. Stories In the inckle. It was a thoughtless vernacular press on Saturday burst of irresponsibility by D
morning were certainly no en tine player who has recently
couragement to put every done much
thing Lo wipe out the memory of his turbulent youth. The referee and rightly -- had no hesitation in pending! him packing to the dressing roon, I'm pretty certain Luk has spent the weekend calling himoit all the blithering idiots
voked as he was. Hia
club, South Chino,
Ike
being the big
cra,
own look
Into the struggle and several of them looked as though they would have been Just as happy on a seat in the
stand.
|
President Kennedy will be an hand to see the Chicago White Sox launch the scaton against the Washington Sena- tore, oto of the League's newly-created teams,
The 10 other teams all swing te action on Tuesday with Chicago at Cincinnali, St Louis at Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Los Angeles (night) and plusburgh at San Francisco In the Nationel and Kanms City at Boston, Minnesota at New York, Los Angeles at Baltimore and Clevelandi at Detrol In and the American.
Ford the combination
Strongest threats
The Baltimore Orioles and White Sox Gre rated The strongest threats to Yankers in the League.
The Pirates spent much of the of india January 18, 1902 Koing to Ceylon and the winter hearing and reading how before American they never should have won the Pakistan-China Mall Special.
World Series and they've beenj
Paul Richards' Orlote team hearing all spring that they was only one percentage point won't repeat as National League) out of first place last September. champlons.
of power but Murlaugh has the
It is still short probably
Manager Danny
and League. batting And MVP Dick
strongest champlon pitching staff in either League. Gruat however, insist that the
The White Sox are néally balanced offensively and defca- sively but their pitching start the may be just a bit too old,
Unusual formation for allowing himself to be pro-Wang Man-wai played to form.
Only Wong Shiu-woo The South China contingent of Record attendance
Chut- Kom-hung, La ruffer. Kwelc They have an important kwong, Wong Chi-keung, Kwok
Baseball organizers, led by Senior Shield semi-final replay Yau and Mok Chun-wah seem- Commissionar
None of the other American next Sunday and it is long odds cd to be playing with one eye predict that
Frick League teams is given a serious they will
chance to win the pennant al be without their on the ball and the other on
of expansion in new AL ates thugh some experts expect the Ight-bacle. The heavy respon next Sunday's Senior Shield and two balanced races will ofbility that rested
his play...in fact Hittle Won't Chi-
Twins (The 1000 Senators) to record seasoni produce a new shoulders Ja
explosive keung, who carried the tax of attendances perhaps as high as this
be a contender. game merely makes his offence! skipper', has never produced a
22 millions all the greater and unless poorer representative display. there's a hidden Hide to the Kung Wah-kit bad a
Bint alory it seema only a 'miracle
on
suspension. He will have a lot! through ạ
The experts ngree that the debut in All-Hongkong colours New York Yankees will prove can keep him from a heavy and, while Lan Chi-lam got very bit as tough under Ralph lot of work, Kwok Hout as they were for 12 years of sympathy but that can never Moon-wah would probably have under Casey Stenget and are be a justication for an net such razed as much swent in a Mah prodleting that they may romp
Jung school.
Quite aport from their
mon and
bu-
na hit.
The third nom: Wat probably the pathaviour the visitors did nothing to enhance the reputation of Brazil at the soccer champions: of the world. Tactically, how-} Ever, they provided one interent-{ ing point,
widely direussed in Hongkong ever the weekend-was referee Burn.
Their unusual formation of line of four defenders, a single. ink-man in between and Ave! forwards Kavo then a look of
1 to an ensy American
pennant victory.
League
Professiotini · odds-makerM have made the Tankces odia- en choices and the Yankero wern the overwhelming favvurlies in polling by the United IS InterDailonal's board of37beenbail on- Perine
The bly question being naked in every corner of the sbmmunity WAL: "Dia the situation Jurify the referee's decision to stop the gam302" Make no mistake about It Mr Burn dk the only thing solidarity behind but the attack burgh Pirates are not rated relf-respecting reterre | was very weak. One wondered; noorly an highly as the Yankees conlil to. I was imposible | where contre-forward Verlashno' cid, In fact, were rated second to let the game continue when ¦ got his much publicized reputa- to the Los Angeles Dodgers: In
any
The world champion Pitts-
Sports Diary
TODAY
swumbing Australian Swimming Caraival, victoria Pack Pool, 6.30 pm.
Dow Entries, close "for Lewn
Buce 1980 victory was no Buke. In the south just about every- body was giving the pennant to
Dodgers
except Manager Wall Alston. And there are
think the Longue. many experts who Braves, Cardinals and possibly the Chants will provide serious competition for the pennant. A Ave-team roce is always un- likely but it is a possibility in the N this year—UPI.
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