Happy Valley
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1961.
2.
Sing Tao
TIGERS ALMOST MAKE IT
Happy Valley have to fight desperately to
to save a point
By I. M. MacTAVISH
South China's players must have slept peacefully,
peacefully, last night.
vory
Yesterday, in company with about 25,000 fans, they watched Happy Valley and Sing Too, two of their strongest challen- gers, in opposition at the Hongkong Stadium. What they saw as these two sides struggled to a 2-all draw must have put their minds at rest.
In glorious autumn sunshine Happy Valley started off in brilliant style with some delightful man-to-man football but as Sing Tao's power- ful half-back line got a grip of things the Happy Valley polish often turned to panic and in the end they looked more than satisfied that they had managed to salvage a single point. They certainly did not deserve two: they were within inches of getting none at all.
And what of little Cheung controverslat penalty-kick Cai-wal who will be remen- the 35th minute and although i beredt played with Sing Tao lastSing Tan fought back strong y season?
they turned round on the wrong und of a 2-1 scoresheet.
Sing 'Tao's
Tigers youg finished very strongly. There was no doubt at all that they fasted the pace and withstood the pressure better than their star-studded opponents. With Just a shade to lack they could very easily have emerged with arent prestige victory.
As thisc was the first big match of the season to be played at the Stadium $ provided a test for the Foot- ball Association....and the football fans.
younger
The second half started with scrappy play and for 20 minutes the fans got very little to shout about. But as so often happens in a guine of this kind, the whole ulfnir suddenly sparked to life. ! First Lok Tak-hing cleared nff and deliberate he Une and then Lau Wo-i
ching SAW bis shot miss
Negative factics
This promising Brother of Blackpool's Cheung Chi-doy was the releulless “dynamu' of the Happy Valley attack. ile never stopped running but if he is ever to de a top-class player, he mual curb his tendency for petty Fouling obstruction. Yesterday he went even fur-inches. ther and if he gets nerit mauris Worst condition
for his legitimate efforts he gets the binckest of black marks for The day passed off without a sly hack at Tsang Hong in meldent. The behaviour or the the opening
minutes and his spectators → in spite of some wasty back-heel kick at the same pretty provocativa situations player behind the referee's Was exemplary. The famlir back a little embarrassing cruwd
Un the ol the qualities of a future surrounding hillsides was re-, star and could put his fight in duced to trickle by the poltre and, if the arrangement for the before it really starts 10
admission of fun was not all it might have been, I'm sure the Stadium oğleials learned by the obvious delays which occurred yesterday.
shine.
later. These are
Surprise penalty
Siny, Tu wil
:
by
The goal was only delayed. In
vengrance
An equaliser for Sing Too in the 10th minute of play as inside-right Lau Woon-ching (not in photo) sends a hard drive off a rebound past goalkeeper Wong Shiu-woo-China Mail photo.
Innes Ireland
wins the U.S.
Grand Prix
Watkins Glen, Oct. 8. Innes Ireland, a Scottish) farmer, today won the Grand Prix of the United Stutes in Lotus. averaging 103 miles hour for 230 miles.
21
per
MOLVEDO WINS
EUROPE'S RICHEST RACE
Right Royal beaten by two lengths
Paris, Oct. 8. The Italian three-year-old, Molvedo, scored a clear- cut victory today in the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe, Europe's richest race, at Long- champ.
driving Segnor E. Verga's colt was following in the foot- steps of his sire, Ribot, who won the race in
the acxi Sing Tan altuck Cheung Yu-kwo, was attened by Chan
ini-ping ani Yeung Wal-yip. racked the resultant penalty- hết là chưa thu na le put his side
In second place, 6 seconds back on fevel terms."
behind, was an American, Dan The struggle was now on Gurney of California, with a
and the
a Porsche. spectators gave their Jungs
Tony Brooks of Great Britain plenty of extreise us they
was third in a BRM and Bre roared
counter-roared Maclaren από
of New Zealandi their encouragement.
fourth. Earller it was reported Strangely enough t no doubt lock. Happy Valley
was that Moelaren had placed thin who capitulated, ha a re-check of the lap charts back on this game with a great resorted to negative raeties gave third place to Brooks. The Studium pitch lookouă to
deal u snusfaction
from their be In just about its worst
Ireland took the lead on the peat on dearly won. They lost, prently satisfied with a point.
then they goal ever early seison condition. For me
only just 57th after the early astonishing managed 10 an
leaders, survive 1
Nome Stirling Moss of Britain, and #10nhs we have watched its, Dengity-kick
tenncious Sing Tao pressure. beautiful Areen cont grow but / Cheung Chi-wai did
Jack Brabham also of Britain. both dropped out with engine little the ravages of the cutting ma-
trapeze Ret that would
VERDICT: The game pro-trouble. Moss was driving a chines which had taken it into have delighted the manager ofduced a strange contrast of Lulus and Brabham & Cooper, The Done" reduced it to the Brazilian Circus
It was en "Each lap was 2.3 inßles and the terished, strangely ire surfacu 4 producer for the Hongkong good and bad. particularly at the top end. Stage Club.
tertaining in parts and bor-race was for 100 laps. ing in others. Maybe over the piece a draw was a fair result but Happy Volley will not come nearer to defeat 100 taps, and still get a point..
decision
but even
when neac
or i
Auch excellent work appears; It happened like this. t have been spoiled at the last)
Seconds oujore big Fung Kee suge in getting the ground win, the Sing Tae pivot, ende ready for the opening game. tackle on the advancing centre- forward, Cheung lauk a specta- The ambitious Happy Valley cular dive and, to the resister eficials will surely review this į mation of the fans, the referee This important match with serious, awarded a penalty-kick. misgivings. The side is loaded was one set that really pobl or seen
several with one players but yeater | Significantly.
woni day the shortcomings were also performances there for all to see
warded."
So far this season I have three First Division repen (matches. In the second of
e-these the standard of re fereeing was first class. If they are to be among the During the second-half the season's honours they desper-Tigers hatt a strong appeal for on Saturday at Boundary- alely need TWO wing-haives 20 penalty-kick waveti aside street it was too had to be and I say that with a com- after Lau Tim appeared true while in this game it plete appreciation and belief push the ball to safely with his:
also for was often baffling. Players They were T urate ittle later when the....fans....and referee missed the frantie fagficials found some
that young Chan Hol-plug is going to be a great player. At the moment he is danger- musly immature. When things are gobug well he reveals his ability. It's a very different story when the pressure is on.
Relentless 'dynamo'
even of-
of the of a linesman who was uying decisions completely beyond to bring to his nice a blatant fout by
One which involved
ne of the Happy them. valles defenders after the bull: a 'dropped ball' fooled every-
one and almost
gave Sing
anct been cleared
and
121
adel to their disappointment Tuo a gift goal.
nishing oflori
by LAB Waon-ching heat the entire des
e
RESULTS
The first 10 finishers were: 1. Innes Ireland (Scotland). 2 hours 13 minutes 45.8 seconds, Lotus.
Curnty 2. Dan
(U.S.) 100 taps, 2 hours 13 mintites 51 seconds, Porsche.
340 seconds, BRM. 100 laps. 2 hours 14 min 'es
1955 and 1956.
He was ridden to his 675,094 (£48,288) victory by Enrice Conici, who rode wonder horse" Ribot in his succession of triumphs in Haly, France and Englandi.
Photo-finish
11
Leading challenger
among England's entry of three, Ha
rst home of the older horses in Deld, was Sir Winston Churchill's High Hat. The four-year-aki anty just missed a pince, being beaten a head by Misli in a photo-finish for third place.
Malvedo, who started High Hat forged into the lead second favourite. won by iwɑ son after the start of the mile length from the French three and a half race. At this point year-old champion Right Molvedo was hird and Right Royal V. awned by Mme J.Royal sixth. Couturic. Third, half 1 length further away in the field of 19, was anther French fhree-year-old, Mixtl IV.
Sir Winston's hory, ridden by Duncan Keith, had increased his lead to several length as thy swung down towards the straight Le Tahition was wowind. Molyedo hird and
3. Tony "Brooks (Britain). MCC TOURISTS Right Royal foard,
4.
Bruce Maclaren (New Zealand), 100 laps, 2 hours 14 minutes, 438 seconds. Cooper.
5. Graham Hill, Britain, 99 laps, 2 hours 14 minutes, 22.4 seconds, BRM.
LEAVE FOR KARACHI
Camiel moved Molvedo smoothly past High llat entering the straight, just under three furlongs from the nigh.
Dividends
Right Royal challenged in the Anal furlong, but could not cut the Italian colt down. Misti came with # strong finishing run to deprive High Iat of third place almost an the post.
and
London, Del. 8. 6. Joachim Bonnier
Eight members (Swe-
of the MCC den), 98 laps, 2 hours 13 minutes, team which is to make a four 44.5 seconds, Forsche.
months tour of India, Pakistan 7. Jim Clark (Scotland), OR and Ceylon left here by air lo- laps 2 hours 13 minutes 50.2 day for Karachi,
The other players and officials seconds, Lotus.
. Roger Penske (US). 96 ore leaving in a second plane
The Rolns was sticky lups, 2 hours 14 minutes 35.1 later today, THE TEAMS
seconds, Cooper,
Hight rain fell during the race.
Molvedu He then makes eetly errors
Happy Valley; fence and shaved the paint of
Wong Shiu-
The first party included Tom 1. Peter Ryan (Canada), 2 Pearce, the former Essex cap is trained by Arturo Maggi. He
(Ribot-Maggiolina); and potential champions cannot
Lank the edge of the goalpost before i won,
Tak-hing, Chan hours 14 minutes 35.3 seconds, toin, who is the team manager, afford that mart of thing. On the going behind.
Charn-jani, Lam Kam-long, Lotus.
was favourite untii shartly be- opposite dank
There was no real weakness Lau Tim, Chan Hol-ping, Leung Lam Kam-lag
10. Hap Sharp
Ted Dexter, fore the off, when there. was a (U.S.). 93 and the captain, Kwai-hong.
of Sussex, showed very
Lau Chi-lam. | Sups, 2 hours 14 minutes
run on Right Royal, who atar! clearly that he in the Sing Tao site.
Only simply is not a half-back. After Here and there they lacked Cheung Chi-wal, Chu Wing-secuts,
two of the 16 players | Cd a 0 to 4 favourite. Parimutual who are going on the tour- dividends to • stake of one This was the final a career in the forward line het of polish and puts is they keeng. Leung Wai-hung
Peler Richardson and
were win, 2.00 Shig Tao Kwok Chow-ming, this
Tony now and almost managed to make up forge Li-kong, Lee Loy, Trang Championship.
year's World Drivers Lock- have visited India and places, 1,00, 50.50, 3.80, Reuter.
Phil Hill of the strength necessary to tep back that in enthusiasm
Hong, Fung Kee-wan, Fung U.S. had already clinched
Pakistan bofore. the Kee-leung, Tüt༥ Woon-ching, Textbook exhibition Chung Yiu-kwok, Yeung Wal-
tille.
Lending placings in the final Kwok Chow-nung kept a fine to Young Wal-yip. Lee Tak- World Championship table are: goal and i! Le
13.
1. P. Hill, 38 points. Lui-kong
Referee: Ir Forbes Burn, smothered the threat of Leung with the Wal-hung he fully derved 10 Tigers....and it very nearly
pilmand, he got early on when [he whipped the wingers foei
#ke a
Jacks
the
adaptability
to the right-half position. He is "reluctant" in the tackle and
suspect in his euvering.
These are
the poisons in
lost
which Happy Valley place in this tit
cost them two vital pointe
Or lite others alkeeper run under him.
Wong Shiu-woo, Lau Tim, Lau
ICENSE wire.competent (4274 Entertaining
Tsang Hong worked
Leung Wai-hung feel,
Chi-am and veteran Chu Wing Trajan and the Fung brolis defended and allacked to good
from Tank never quite
tactlen
The
was almost completely blotted out of the proeredings and Lok ellekid as a uult, but the wide Tak-hing-who once again propen raiding
always a threat...and so very
duced his astonishing goal-line carried
lem were a bit below their best,
CHESS
clearance net--and Chion Charn-early produced a winning cont The game opened in bright fashion and Happy Valley gave a textbook exhibition of brilliant inter-passing, It be- wildered the Tigers and it) was no surprise when the all- white Happy Valley alde look the lead in four minutes. Cheung Chi-wai forced corner and when Leung Kwal- hong dropped the ball near the for posl Chu Wing-keung headed into the net.
By LEONARD BARDEN
(6113
flere is a position from an Irish tournament, in which Binck (to play) missed a forced Win. How 7
London Rxpress Barvice
At this stage Sing Tho were siruggling to find their touch and they almost conceded another goal when Lam Kam- long shot just over the bar.
Happy Valley soon to their control and in the 16th minule they also lost thele land. Sing Tao were awarded in treo-kick Just outside the penalty brea And as the ball rebounded Lau Woon-ching the wasted no time in driving back into the net.
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Both she had chances but the scoro retralno unchanged junt Happy Valley got 'thate
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DIAPHRAGM
ACTION.
WEHADO LATE.
Teaco
PRIH
WIRKHIRROR
33.
43.8
raco
2. W. Von Trips (Germany)
3. S. Moss (Britain) and Dan Gurney (U.S.) 21.
5. R. Ginther (US) 10.
4. . Ireland (Britain), 12.- AP & Reuter.
Sports Diary
HKFA
TODAY
MEETING Management
The
team will plex 22 ve against India and three matches, including eight Tests. ngainst Pakistan.
They due back in Britain in mid- February.
THE PLAYERS
franc
are
Pirie
Players in the team are Ted Dexter (Sussex, captain), Mike Smith (Warwickshire, vice- captain), David Allen (Glouers-
Barber tershire), Bob cashire), Ken Barrington Sur- rey), Tony Brown (Kent), Barry Knight
(Essex). *Tony Lock (Surrey), Geoff Millmon (Nottinghamshire), John
Murray
RECORD SET BY FORD AS
YANKEES TAKE 3-1 - WORLD SERIES LEAD
Cincinnati, Oct. 8. Pitcher Whitey Ford set a Series record with 32 consecutive scoreless innings as the New York Yankees today defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs 7-0 in the fourth game of the Base- hall World Series. However, he suffered a foot injury in the sixth inning and had to retire.
The Yankees now lend by th gone with Joey Jay Bikely three games
to one and need, lo pitch for the Redlegs. only to win tomorrow's fifth game at Crosley Field to clinch the series.
Ralph Terry is the probable Liteher for the Yankees in the
|BROKEN NOSE
CAN'T KEEP
HIM AWAY
Clacinnati, Oct. 8. What's broken Nose when there
1 World Series came to watch?
John Lindgren, 18, was watching batting practice before today's Bertes game when a stray ball salled Into the stands and struck him in the free.
At a hospital John was told his nose apparently was broken and bò should wait For treatment.
"No,"
replied John. Faiched up temporarily, he went back to the rame, saying he would walt for his family physician to complete the Job-AP.
Ford wiped out Babe Ruth's record of 29-2/3 innings be- fore he loft in the sixth with A foot injury. The Yankee teri-lander blankod Piltaburgh In his two appearances in the 1900 Berles and had shut out ile Redlegs in Wednesday's opening game,
unce
He fouled a ball off his foot while at but in the top of the sixth and retired after pliching to one Datter the Redlegs half.
The Yankees scored each in both the fourth and fifth innings of Jim O'Toole, the Redlegs starter, then locked up the game with two In the sixth and three in the seventh off Jim
Brosnan-AP.
WORLD CUP
Yugoslavia outplay
S. Korea
Yugoslavia
Belgrade, Oct. 8.
today defented South Korea 3-1 In a pre- Himinary match for
the World
before n
Piggott to ride Soccer Championship in Melbourne
crowd of 20,000. They led 1-0 at half-time.
teen
Melbourne, Oct. 8. Top Ensi jockey Lester Piggott, hus
Invited to ride in the Melbourne Racing Club's International Stakes Caulfield on Dec. 30,
al
The MRC secretary, Mr J, C. Reilly, said today he had sent
The match was played in strong winds which budiy ham- pered the gome. The Yuga- slavians' greñâter experience and
were superior technique inlich for the plucky Koreans,
The return malch will be played on Nov. 26 ot Senul. AP.
Dublin. Oci, 8.
the invitation when he learned Czechoslovakia beat the Re- that Piggott was keen to pay public of Ireland 3-1 in their another visit 10 Melbourne. World Cup soccer qualifying Piggott rode in the MRC In-round match here today before ternational Stakes heid atin crowd of 30,000. Fiemington on Dec. 7, 1057.
The MRC has yet to deelde the distance and stake for the race, but Mr Reilly said It would be over either ten or twelve furlongs, China Mail Special
Another Marathon triumph for Abebe
Progue, Oct 8. Ethiopia's Olymple guld medal winner Bikila Abebe Today won the 42,195-metre International Peace Marathon at Kosice in 2:20.12 hours, the Czech news agency Ceteka reported.
Second and third places were captured by Czechoslovakia's Pavel Kantorek in 2:23:50.4 and Japan's Takayuki Nakao in 2:23:53.5.
The record at Roslee was set in 1950 by the Soviet Union's Popov in 2:17:45.2 hours, AP,
may lose
miles
three
London, Oct. 8. (Lan The English Amateur Athle-
tic Association will boi making an inquiry into recent statements alleged to haya boon made by Gordon Pirio, the recro- tory, Mr E. L. Clynes, un- nounced today.
(Middle- Commitee sex). Peter Parfitt (Middlesex), Geoff Fullor (Lancashire),
neeling, Sporiserad, 0 pni.
TENNIS
Russell
Colony Hard Court championships Peter Richardson (Icht), Erle matches at CHC. 9.30 pm,
(Middlesox), David Schola Sports Association Smith (Gloucestershire), David heats at Victoria Fool, am. White (Hampshire).-Heuter.
SWIMMING
THE GAMBOLS
WISH I HAD THE NERVE TO BUY MY WIFE A NIGHTIE FOR
HER BIRTHDAY.
LET ME
BUY IT FOR YOU
"If the statements are establish- ed as true then Firle could be deprived of the AAA three}
by Barry Appleby
HULLO, MA.GAMBOL,
BUYING GAYE ƒ
A NIGHTIE ?
NO IT IGN'T FOR GAYE,
OF COURSE DARLING
ITS NONE OF MY
RUSINESS BUT....
La Gles scored for Ireland and the Czechoslovakian scorers were Scherer and Kvasnak (2). The half-time score was -1. Reuler.
Luxembourg, Oct. 8. Little Luxembourg's
all- amateur side pulled off one ut the soccer shocks of the season when they beut Portugal 4-2 in their World Cup qualifying match here todayReuter.
INTERNATIONALS
Warsaw, Oct. 2. West Germany beat Poland 2-0 in a foodili soccer interna- tional here tonight. There was no score at half-time-Reuter,
an
Bucharest, Och 0. Rumania beat Turkey 1-0 In
International specer
match here this afternoon after leading 1-0 at half-time. The Rumanian star Seredal scored a hot-wick,
AFP.
AAA. UK
records ·
miles title he won at the While t City, London, in July", sold Mr Clynes. Recent newG- paper articles criticising pay- ment of expenses and prize moneys to athletes have been attributed to Pirie, the former International who
British
turned professionel 'two weeks
R. Ciynes said: "If an athlete
competes in an event be is not entitled to compete, it he runa or an amateur and he is
Making a wish? Flying AfarikiA It's bound to come true
For service sublime and food divina aro there all the time (especially for you)
not
an runaleur, then of course the results would have the, readjusted as if he had not run at all.
"That possibility must arise In view of the statements recent- ly alleged to have been made by Piric, However, vaguo statements are often made and attributed to an Individual and we have to first establish the facts, which will be * ported to the proper com- mittee."
MOVED UP
Mr Clyner said that if Pitte was deprived of the AAA three milet itle the record book would not be left blank. The runner who filled second place in that race, Brian - Coltinghan (Chelmsford AC) would be awarded the cham- plonship and the third and Tourth
runners,
Miko DuRvant and Derek Ibbotson, moved up into second 'and
hled places, Me Clysies also commented on the United Kingdom Ihren mljes record which Pirie not up in the match against tho United States in July. cords are made by melouen,** Kald Mr Clyncs “and it a per- son is not an amateur, when he monkes a recotil'it 17MART-İɔm doleted."——AIT.