THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1981,
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT
This kind of fighting talk pays
off handsomely
By I. M. MacTAVISH
did who did Bobo
In which round of the second fight between Jack Dempsey and
Gene Tunney did the famous 'long-count' occur Jimmy Wilde ever fight Pancho Villa! Olson beat to win the middleweight championship of the world
did the late Dave Sands ever hold three Australian boxing titles, at the same time.. who is the present light heavyweight champion of the world which famous boxers had the nicknames Ageing Archie
Peerless Jim the Wild Bull of the Pampas
the Mighty Atom the Ambling Alp
to win the world heavyweight title
Boston Strong Boy Prince
. the the Clown who was the first Swede
???
How many of these questions can YOU answer?
what is of those who have a right to how is vote: never before have those who sit round the table at the AGM had to make decisions
If you have the kitat of back- greatest successes Bou.kl knowledge vi inter-he rabbit punch nutical boxing ht would fight decided if it ends with a enable you to meet this sort of double knock-out... who was
silien
: question the Brown Bomber master there may be golden day ahead, Money, travel and
Questions, questions and more enough excitement to satisfy questions
Who what evin the most demanding, sports-
... when... man may be yours for the win-
why where ... it. * ་ ་ ་ can apply these to the Tairs and history of
boxing then you may be heading for the sort of harvest that will entitle you tu wear 'Golden
Here is the background to what could well be long- kong's biggest sporting story of the year.
Attractive prizes
In Australia there is a must torrative television show enlled "Coles's £2,000 Question" which pays very attractive prizes to those who participate in the programme.
A move is now afuot to stage
a great miernational version of)
the competition with overseas heals being held probably In Loddon, New York, Parls und
.. Hongkong! ! ↑
Four
how
you
Gloves,
"Seconds out": "Clang": now It is up to you.
*
*
- which might have such for
reaching consequenters,
The
WORLD CYCLING CHAMPION
Rik Van Looy of Belgium winning the world's professional road cycling championship recently at Berne, Switzerland. He covered the 285 kms in 7 hru 46 mins 35 secs, winning in a sprint finish from Defilippis of Italy and Poulldor of France. London Express photo.
HK soccer's needs peal performance during the swim still to find a place in the
incoming season,
sports schedule when the health Enlightened
This is observers have
Burely the game's authorities give the all-clear. watched
pre-election last chance. Think before you
It seems we have a busy time Mauvres with something vote!!
ahead. nkin
amusement. The scheming of
interested parties has been, oh so painfully, trann parent. It is
10
maybe too much It was a bitter disappoint to hope there will be a major
ment to the Colony shakeup, bill, without the
cricketers that the shadow of a doubt, the greatest thing that could happen
weather to
ruined their Hongkong football would
chances of be
a first cluas Before
of some new another Saturday he introduction
game with the visiting blood in executive office, game Soccer Spot is due the
Emus from Australia. new faces around the committee Annual General Meeting tables, some new orogressive
The tourists were equally dis- of the Hongkong Foot-ideas and, above all, a new appointed as they had looked ball Association will have sense of determination to clean forward eagerly to their inter- been held.
up the game both on and off the lude in Hongkong. feld,
The public.
with nemurles
of last censon still bitteris, alive, will which the outcome-parti- competitors will be cularly the elecion of oficialm selected in roch centre and with something approaching they will compete, in pairs, Intrepidation. Two heats. The winters will go forward to the 10ca) Anal with the userS being handsumely rewarded for their effari.
The eventual laser of the area Anul will receive u prize worth several thousand Hong- kong doliurs while the winner can sit back and prepare for a Tich harvest.
He will be invited to make
a return trip to Melbourne where for two weeks be will enjoy an expense allowance of approximately A£9 per day.
During hi time In Mel- bourne the competitor will
take part in a four stage in- ternational contest with Au- tralia's Jack Carew,
recent winner of a contest conducted within Cules's £3,000 Ques. tlon'
The prize for the winner of The final will be valued at approximately A £3,000 and of course there will be suitable consolation prizes for the runners-up
Drop a line
amount of
A tremendous work is going on at the moment to make it possible for a seg- ment of the show to be filmed
in Hongkong. Undoubtedly there is any a slip' but there Is also quiet confidence that things will work out to our benofi. In order to give the organisers an opportunity to assess the potential 'talent avallable for the programine some preliminary planning will have to be done fairly quickly.
If you are the kind of person who cph Answer the boxing questions at the beginning of this story drop me a line giving me your rank, address, age, and a word or two on your
brging Interests.
A
Thest
The abandonment u! the demand match things
once "ognin emphasises 'strength and power In the the local hazard attached to chair and an undivided dedica-making any ambitious out-of- Hon to HONGKONG
football season plans
and also under- in the various committees. lines the compelling necessity to Colony soccer simply cannot pack such a feast of sport into The future of football in in fact must not-risk an the winter season. Hongkong is quite definitely other dismal tallure such as in the balance and at this it experienced last season when stage a wrong move by club The game was allowed to drop representatives will shake to dark depths which would pubile opinion lo JEN very certainly have been considered foundations,
intolerable in most other com- munities
and will sure- Never has the responsibilty ly be so regarded here if there been heavier on the shoulders is anything resembling a I
The
Nevertheless D club Bike South China has the founda- tion and the membership to build itself into a great foot- ball organization on the lines of the powerful and prosperous European and Latin-American sides......but such Individual Colony
progress. and in fact the newspapers whale reformation of Colony carried n brief report soccer, depends on money, last week that u foot-1
Today this commodity-31~ baller, Tsang Wah, had stead of being beneficial - Is been suspended sine the cause of almost all dle by the Emergency troubles and after the dread- Committee of the Hong-last season it is surely only a fully embarrassing affairs of kong Football Association. matter of time before the To the casual reader it prob ably meant very little. Even re- gular followers of the game did little more than raise an eye- brow for they knew Tsang had already suffered the same fate at the hands of his own club.
Some people may have hoped it would pass off as quietly as that for the whole altair has been a long drawn out chapter of 'unfortunate' incidents such The way things are going at
as no sportsman however in- the moment it looks like the in-diocreethould have to face, coming months will also have 10 And special space for all the swimming galas which are being postponed because uf the cholera outbreak....and of course there is the cross-harbour
DICTA DRAKE, JUST GREAT,
AURELIUS EXPECTED TO
FIGHT
OUT TODAY'S ST LEGER
By CLAUDE B. RICHARDSON
Doncaster, Sept. 8.
It is likely that a woman owner will win the St Leger, the final classic
of the English flat racing season, here tomorrow.
Six of the 13 declared runnera to follow this paternal classle, but does not look good enough are owned by women, and these example.
to beat the leading trio, include the three best-fancled colls Dicta Drake, in the French colours of Madome Bery Volterra, Just Great
(Mrs Hermione Allen) and Aurelius (Mr Vera Lilley).
The 13 colts who will line
Just Great and Aurelius ap- pear the pick of the English colte, but it is not easy to choose between thein.
Piggott's mount
Seven-month casel
Belleve or not Tsang Wah was suspended on August 28 for an offence which took place during the Sing Too- Pollee game on FEBRUARY
5....seven months of walt- ing and delay.
Feb. 5: Tsang
of.
our
HKFA is forced by circum- stances to embrace profession- siruggle alism. The present last ditch
to maintain an amateur front has little it anything to do with Hongkong football as
such-professionals have played regularly in local that fact is fully appreciated competitions and the sooner
the sponer will sensible re- medial measures be possible.
agree with those who hold the view that professionalism is just around the corner. The sooner it comes the better.
And so time....
to tolo-wogger
It was inevitable that the new pay structure for Bri- Just look at this chronological tish footballers should report:
the profossional Woh ordered provide
comics with topical material. Feb. 24 Case scheduled for There is for instance the heering bat postponed because story that such and such a the official who ordered Tsang club's famous internation- off was not present,
alist was unable to play Mar. 15: The player's club because he had been injured Poilce-appealed
against the decision to curry. forward Ute when he fell off his wallet proceedings apparently on the
the one about the grounds that, as the referee had playors of a famous club not attended the meeting the who, when they wont into charge should have been with the manager's office to dis- cuss their now wages, found a large notice which said: "You owe it to yourself to become
drawn.
Apr. 29: Tsung Wah suspend edi sine die by his own club who later withdrew their appeal to the HKFA on his behalf,
....or
SUCCO1S.
After
June 30: Case again schedul- that you awe it to the in- ed for henring but again_post-come tax man, Be reason- ponert as one of the officials ablo"....or finally the tale did not alfand,
heard
20: by HKFA and
to Aug. 28....I
about the highly paid star Aug.
Case eventually who, having had several dis- player agreements with the refereo, The race appears to lie be suspended sine die, tween Dieta D-ake, mount of From Feb.
remarked to the official as French Jockey tax Garcia; Just ask you.!!!
they walked off the fiold: Grent, to be ridden by
'If you ever naad a friend-ne just try and find one........
Congratulation to Police Club's Brion
Aus-
tralian jockey "Scoble" Breasley.
and Aureliaas. Only the French- born Jockey has ever won the
up on the turf moor here for three-quarters ut a length when Doncaster St Leger. Fred Pa). The following words, written
Just Grest was the winner by
met in the
the one mile al furlongs 182 | thoy yards classle will be battling longs Grent Voltiger Stakes
twelve fur- for a prize worth just under Yerk tasi monti, a recognised £30,000 to the wishing owner. St Leger "rial." But Aureus might well reverse the placinga Favouritos fancied over the longer classic trip.
The quiz looks ilke being great event. If things work out The better-fancied contenders according to schedule the Hong- appear to hold a long advantage keng contests will take place over the rest of the held, and 1 In mid-October so you can see
seems improbable that the race
there in no time to be lost. I will produce a result you think you have the know. prising on the previas two colla' lodge to do reasonably well eineries this season did. send me the porticujar listed above and I will soo they are Bouled over to the organisers
at the appropriate ime,
What did Benny Lynch and Jackle Powerson have in com- moli in which country did Kich Choculate achieve bis
Scratched
London. Bept. H
At the that forfeit stage lo- day Belilquex was taken out of the St Leger, lu be run over une foile, vix furlongs and 133 yards, at Doncaster fororrow, leaving 13 declared runner, Reuter.
These races, the 2,000 Quinoas
at Newmarket and the Epsom Derby, were both won by 80 lo 1 outsiders.
The French, who have not won this clasate since 1968, will be_represented by. Diely Drake and Sempervivum. All the other colls aro English-trained.
Mrs Lilley's colt, a son of the layer Aureole, is endowed with abundant stamina. In order to churg a strong gallon, Mrs Lilley
im in the elassie tomorrow as recently bought alunter's Eme from Queen Elizabeth and runs
pacemaker.
Champion Jocker Lesler Plaroti tiden Autolius, who will be saddled by Nöel Mur- less. This is the most power- Ful jockey-trainer combination In English racing, and Aure- Flus looks sure to tó close.
Top throo
mer will be on Sempervivum the Epson Oaks en Bella Paola tumorrow, but Garela, who won in 1950, is a most capable rider, and he shotic score on Dicto Drake-China Mail Special
Sports Diary
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TODAY Quil Final yet of Junior Season bean Water Bay and presentation of prizes.
Baccur Stanley Shield competition Hongkong Football Club Stratum, pm.
Novite
Jel Division: IRGC v Recreio "W", Netgear * TEGI FC V KEC, RDC
USNO, IRC y Talkon,
and pivion: HKCC y 18C "B incu KCC V HKFC, PUC PA" OʻTừ, Hind v cċċj
BC FC KOG, Kndc
by Don Santiago Berna- Recreation
bau,
the man who Stevens, Roy Russell, Derok fashioned the modern Hunt and Buster Hollands Real Madrid, should be for a first class display of printed in blazing type lown bowls which made the
of and sent to everyone who achievement
Bobby has anything to do with Laurel, Andy Omar, Farlay the management of Hong-Kermant and George Souza kong footballı
in winning the Colony, Rinka ot Talkoo Championship "Attractiveness our main last Sunday & most exciting assct. We (Real Madrid) live as an Image li people's minds.
and memorable sparting really It would not do to let the image drama. Champions decline before taking action, hays to be champions, to
win games like this....
to
Money, money
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exchango for their money and for their faith, we contract with our supporters provide factoull of ficat quality. I am astonished from (Kee Ird Division: Taikoo v HKFC, coc
time to time, to think there Ladles and Division: ECG FOR Y
are club administrator who do not #ccept this contract" erein "*"*V KHGC.
na their Arst priority.
Whe other motiva can thrts be for TUMONHOW reakt
reeling = Football club?" Dash, Water jav | Chanshianship. Bowie
I'm Colony Triples championship final
Bure many of Ilong kong'a football fans HKCC, 4 pm,
could Colony Pairs championship final provide nģina at PRC 4 pm,
Interesting re- dullerenenhleid
ples to that final quvation if internallop the good Benor really
American owner Mrs C. Oliver Dieta Drake looks the best of Iselin's Pardao and Mr Gerry the Gallie challengers. Second Oldham's Sevrango, third and to shock winner Päidium in the fourth in the Epsom Derby, were Epsom Derby, ho later won the well beaten by Just Great and $27,000 Grand Prix De Baib!- Aurelius at York, and there Cloud very comfortably, troune- seems 1:0 teaton why they ing a feld which included older should do better tomorrow, horses. His sire Phil Drake, Sempervivum, owned by fea1 won the 1955 Epsom Derby for Arpad Fletch, who won the Madome Volterza, and Dieta Derby with Paidlum, was strong- Drake will put up a strong bidly apportðu în pro-face bailing,
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