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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1934
INTERPORT SELECTORS FEEL THEY HAVE BLUNDERED
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Selections For Kwanti
Race Meeting
"CAPTAIN FOSTER" AND "RINGTAIL" OFFER SUGGESTIONS
Below our racing correspondents, "Captain Foster" and "Ringtail" offer their selections for the Fanling Races to be held at Kwanti on Sunday.
"CAPTAIN, FOSTER.”
"Chptain Foster's" solections
Celerity
1.1 RACE.
The Quall Gallant Fox
Zad RACE.
Burgemaster Duke of Milan Marquis Hull
3rd. RACE.
Orlando Stickypast
The Gadwall
No Fear
4th RACE.
Golden Star
Glen Shee
Sth RACE
Winchester Stag
Tom Cobley Red Leaves
NEW F.A. TREASURER MR. BROOK HIRST
SUGGESTED
THE CASE OF MR. KINGSCOTT
PUBLIC SHOCKED
Mr. Brook Hirst has been suggested as the new honor ary treasurer of the Football Association in succession to Mr. Kingscott.
A solicitor who has been chair man of the Huddersfield_club for a nubiber of years, Mr. Hirst has shown outstanding ability in the government of the game since Iris appointment to a seat on the man- agement committes of the League, and his sound judgment has made him a highly valued member of the 'counell of the Association.
When the appointment is made
"RINGTAIL".
"Ringtails" selections are:
By "Ringtall."}
1st RACE.
Celority
The Quail
Zephyr
2nd RACE, Duke of Milan
Burgemaster
Banjolina
3rd RACE. Orlando Festival Eve Christmas Belle
4th RACE.
No fear
Deyon
Glen Sher
Sib RACE.
Winchester Stag Tom Cobley Red Leaves
SOME OF THE SOCCER TEAMS FOR TO-DAY
Likely Shield & League
Combinations
Here are some of the teams which are expected to take part In the week-end Shield and Len- gue football.
SENIOR SHIELD.
South China:-Wong Wing: Li Ting-aang and Lau Mau: Leung a-chan, Leung Wing-chui and Lee Kwok-wal: Yeung Shui-yic, Pau Ka-Ping, Fung_King-cheung, Tam Kong-pak and Tay Qua-tong.
Navy: Woodman: James and Edmunds: Purkins, Thomas, and Blair: Fairless, Tong, Langmead, Barnett and Skinnor.
JUNIOR SHIELD.
Club:-Forrow: Low, and M.
Ballton: McKellar, Boyd and Gam- bie: Fisher, Bell, Duncan, Watson and Sloan. Reserves Tayin and Dunhill
at least one important change will Borderers Williams: Jenkins probably be made. It is unlikely and Herbert: Whelan, Court and that the new treasurer will also be Williams: John, Pallister, A. N. the chairman of the financo com-Other, Morris and Searle, mittee.
As stated in the Telegraph re- cently, the counell called upon Mr.
Kingscott to resign owing to his alleged remarks, to Mr. E. Wood,
LEAGUE.
1st Division
Club-Rodger: Hynes and S. the reforce, while malding the choloo Strange: Dominy, Skinner and A. of ball for the Cup Final between Duncan: Fowler, Hill, Howe E. Everton and Manchester City. Strange and Bickford. Falling this, they decided to sus- Lincolns: Dencon: Turner and pend him from his office as honor-Edminison: Dudley, Cork and Bett: ary treasurer.
Baldry, McGuinness, Huggins, Mr. Kingscott, who founded the Ridley, and Hocquard. Midland League and is now the pre- Borderers: Smith: Mullane aldent, stated that he had no and Morrison, Wallace, Podmore Intention of retiring from his and Vones: Mathins, Harris, competition, the council of which | Fortey, Hazlewood and Duncan.
has since voted their confidence in
him...
DELICATE POSITION,,
The football, public are a little shocked by the severity of the action of the Football Association, in dealing with this unfortunate
case.
They will in fact have difficulty In understanding it if allowance is mado for all the responsibility which Mr. Kingscott bore on the evo of the Cup Final and how easy it might have boon for him to have erred in dealing with a delicate matter.
Watkins
THIRD DIVISION.
Borderers Watts: and Hughes: Greedy, Roberts and John: Hamblyn, Nelson, Purcell,
N. Other and Sollis.
PERRY AND CRAWFORD ENTER. FINAL
CHOOSE FIVE RESERVES WHEN THE RULES STATES-
BUT THEIR INTERPRETATION IS A LITTLE FAULTY
SO WHY NOT SEND THAT FIFTH RESERVE UP TO SHANGHAI?
(Story Related By “Veritas”).'
GATHER round and I will tell you the story of how the Interport Selection Committee nearly contravened (or rather are under the impression they nearly contravened) a rule which governs the football matches played for the right of holding the handsome Hongkong Telegraph cup.
This story may even be of interest to the Committee, for although they are in possession of the essential facts, it would scom they are ignorant of one or two others.
When, after the final trial on Wednesday, January 17, the selectors sat in solemn conclave to choose, for better or for worse, the players to do battle with Shanghai and Tientsin next month, they were confronted with the task, not only of picking the best team, but a sufficient number of good reserves. ..
They selected their team and they named their reserves, the latter totalling five. Then some- thing like a week later, they dis covered their awful blunder. Somebody went through the Interport competition rules and found the following:
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"In the event of there being a series of matches, owing to more than Two Teams competing, no Team shall be allowed to call upon "the services of more than Four re- serve players during the competi- tion,"
Thus spake the rule, and thus interpreted the Committee: "That means we cannot fill the vacancy caused by the absence of Pau Ka-ping, as
are only allowed to take four reserves, and these we have after McHardy has taken over Pau's position in goal."
We
Which, if you will pardon my bluntness, is just where the selectors are wrong. The rule certainly does NOT state that no more than four reserves can be
taken. It merely points out that the SERVICES of not more than four reserves can be called upon.
Now the Hongkong team is badly in need of another travel-
A vivid picture of the Oxford University goalkeeper saving at the expense of a corner in the annual inter-Varsity soccer match between Oxford and Cambridge at Stamford Bridge. (Planet News),
ling reserve forward. This fact, HOW TO MAKE WINNING I believe, is perfectly recognised And there is by the selectors.
absolutely no reason why such a player should not be chosen to make the number of local repre- sentatives up to the original 16.
So far as I can see there is positively nothing to stop the Football Association from send- ing up eleven reserves if they so desire. All the rule demands is that not more than four of them shall play in the Interport series.
I know that the discovery of this rule has prevented the selec tion committee from choosing another reserve since Pau Ka-ping intimated that he could not go to Shanghai, but as it is perfectly plain that there is nothing to stop them from proceeding with such a selection, it is to be hoped that they will seize this opportunity and send up another reserve for ward, in preference, Bickford, whois_just the man^nooded against Tientsin.
HAZARD
WILLIE SMITH REVEALS SECRET OF HIS BIG BREAKS
"KEEP POTTING THE RED AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN"
In this, his final article of the acrics which have been appearing exclusively in the "Telegraph" during the last few weeks, Willie Smith, the billiarda champion now in Hongkong, reveals the secretj of good and successful potting, and explains how he builds up his breaks on the winning hazard. This article is of tremendous im portance and interest to billiards enthusiasts."
I often hear the expressions
I take great care to make a firm, stance, my left leg being forward and the right leg well back, the left knee being slight- ly bent and the right leg taut, My body is therefore, as steady as a rock. When I am aiming my cue is tight against my body. Simple instructions and yet so;
from amateurs "Potting is where the professional excels over the amateur." "You never miss a pot." "I wish I could pot a ball like you." etc. Winning hazard striking is absolutely vital in the equipment for bronk building, to be able to vital. If the body is kept still, of a Billiards player. Not only pot. & ball well often gets a player the cue being against it, accurate out of a tight corner and solves cueing is a simple matter. In many problems for one when dif- these few-words-you-have-the cult winning hazards are the only secret of the easy manner in the next which I keep on banging the red practical solution for
ball into the pockets.
shot.
Of course, there are always al-
ternate shots, such as screw can-
nons and all-round cannons, but position for the next stroke is then is problematical; whereas one
pretty sure of a nice position if a winning hazard is taken and
successfully made,
BILLIARDS EXPERT ::.
ENGLISH CHAMPION'S
EXHIBITION
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By the way, Leung Wing-chui, Tam Kong-pak and Tay Qua-tong
A packed hall was treated to wonderful exhibition of blillards by have now officially notified that
POT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
Willie Smith, the English billiarda they will be able to make the trip.brenk, especially at the head of South China Athletic Aong Fun- For myself, when compiling a champion, when he appeared at the Furthermore the players have the table, I keep on patting the a 1000-up match against Loung Fun been requested to attend practice red ball us much as I possibly can, shan, the S.C.A.A. champion, Inst
oven to coming away to hand. night
Although the table was foreign to every Tuesday and Thursday. Those who have watched my break
him, and the pockets undersized, Smith. The first was held on Thursday of building will have noticed my lemonstrated in a convincing manner middle pocket pot; then I sink his mastery of a game which has made this week, but was not fully off the spot, leaving a cross him the champion of England.
loser; come to baulk and repeat this Conceeding 100 to his opponent, he attended.
8, 6, 9 movement as long as I re- ran out a winner by 107 points, tain position, or keep within the finishing with an unbroken break of hazard limit of 25 consecutive Hie Highest Break, however, was 212
157 points. AND PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T KNOW- oncs. I generally have the object points, and he also made another of white handy behind the spot so 102 points. His other big breaks were,
52, 60, 18, 36, 25 AUSTRALIAN TITLE. THAT contrary to reports, Lang- tending the Chinese forwards to THAT far more interesting than have ways the cannon to fall Loung, pun-ban made his biggest
mead, the Navy centre-forward the utmost,,
the suggestion that Hynes can back on instead of the red winner break of 45 towards the end of the le now quite fit: that he turned out
not again play in the Senior Shield
off the spot.
match, and his other big breaks for the Berwick on Thursday, and THAT the suggestion made in is the fact that Manning Railton, What is the secret of being able 30, 28, 2glish champion scored most-
20 and 17. that he will most probably lead the some quarters that Hynes may In spite of his appearance in this to pot a ball well? My answer attack to-day against South China. play for the Club second string in competition a week ago, is playing to Che action and a good only off the red ball at the head of the
table, potting
also showed clover Playing in the semi-final of the
portant to keep the body perfectly positioning. It is not questioned that an at- Australian Lawn Tennis champion- in the line-up which did service putised for him last wook, Hynes
still when delivering the cue for He started off with a break of 50, tempt to stifle the rumours that re-ships. F. J. Perry (Great Britain) successfully against the Athletic cannot play in the Senior Shield THAT this is made possible by the the stroke. Not one in a thousand but did not do anything of note t
he reached 07. At this stage Leung foreca were being offered. financial was taken to five sets by Vivian last weeks.
ruto which, although it states value, this properly. inducementa in making their choico McGrath, before the Englishman
that no senior player shall be ea- As to the cueing part: the cue took the lead for the only time in the of ball was Justified. Tho ex obtained the victory. The scores perience of one official-not a re-read 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 in favour THAT Ellsworth will probably THAT Hynes will definitely turntitled to play in any junior match, must be delivered in a straight match, when with a break of 30 ho
then mado champion. Smith Terpo-clearly showed that strong of Porry.
out for the Club seniors this goes on to describe a senior player line to be able to aim in ac ecored two points higher than the action was necessary.
In the other semi-final, Jack right, Barnett to Longmead at afternoon, and will occupy his usual as one who has not taken part in curate mannor. Failure to ob-break of 103 and never looked back
former place at right back.
more than one (my Italics) Senior serve this rule is the real reason from then on, scoring on almost every So it was only a question of how Crawford (Australia) beat his centre-forward, with the
match in any competition under the why the amateur doca not pot as visit to the table. Jurisdiction of the Association. the matter should be approached, compatriot Adrian Quist in three taking up his old time position as
well as the professional, and even if Mr. Kingscott made straight sota, the scores being 6-4, partner to Skinner at Inside left.
THAT with this exception, the the alleged remark to Mr. E. 64, 6-2,--Routor
Club will be the same team an Wood, the referee of the match, it could have been accepted that in Perry and Hughes, the English THAT this means a real improve last wock, with Dominy at right
ment in the Navy attack, and half, and Hill at insido right. the hurry and excitement of the pair, defeated Quist and Turnbull, that South China will have no dif- moment he did not properly explain Australia's doubles hopes, in a flculty in keeping warm looking
fiva-set-match which was hotly after this quintette. The Cup Fidal is a huge under contested. taking, and the wonderful way in The Englishmen lost the frat which it is conducted is a tribute sot, 6-8, won the second, 6-3, and THAT the constitution of the half servien when league engagements back line la stili doubtful. ware going far happler for thom to the efficiency of the organisation. the third, G-4. In the fourth set Thomas may, or may not, come in. than they have been lately. Mr. Kingscott was chairman of the Quist and Turnbull played bril-Purkina may, or may not, play, committee in charge of the rame,liantly and the English combina
-his-motive. -- g
Sydney, Jan. 26.
Doubles Match.
and one does not require to bar tion was boaton, 8-6. They won
the Junior Shield to-day is ridicul- for the Club second string in the stance at the table. It is most im-any angle, the ball from almost THAT in view of thle the Navy oua: equally so is, the inferenca Junior Shield replay to-day.
contemplate one or two changes that because Manning Raflton de-
give way to Tong at Inside
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again this season..
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THAT the Lincolns will have al most the same tezin which did
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After this match, Smith engaged MIDDLE POCKET WINNER.
Lam Cho-chal in a game of snooker, and though concoeding 30 points, ran A middlo pocket' winner is
out winner by 38 points. His chief accurate breaks were 26, 16 and 18. THAT his game against the Lin- stroko to practise for
colon last Saturday was bla cuoing. Spot in a straight' line. The champion then gave an exhibi- firat for the Club seniors thle son with the pocket and attempt the tion of fancy shots, which had the son, which entitles him to turn out six shot. If successful in making audience wonderstruck. Some of his for the reserves to-day.
the six shot, you are "cueing shots wore potting a ball into the straightly. If you fool-you are mouth of a specially constructed THAT the Borderers team to playing this shot to your satisfac rattan champagne bottle from various oppose the Club is not, at the tlon, spot near the end of the D. hat placed on the table," petting a distances, making a cannon in folt time of writing, complete. !
thus narrowing the pocket open- ball placed over at the farther pocket Ing down, and making the stroke by Jumping over the hat, and several other shots such as running cannons; Those are the points necessary cannon off six cushions and potting for accurate striking.. I give my snooker ball with several others methods in a few words and hopo obstructing by making the oức ball they will be of value to tho sump the obstructional ener
On Friday next, he will be at the "mointir, Those who have. seon | Kowloon Cricket Club, where ho will how I bang the red' in will remem- | give (alidomonstration, but will not ber how I do it
oppose any local players:
that ho would have, much to worry! the Inst sat by the same margin, j / PHAT in any case, whether the IHAT they will enjoy the ratura. HAT the centro-forward barth is more difficult. Practise this.
vacant, the selectors apparently of both Turner and Edminion Ming undecided whether to put in him.
| howevor-Router...
trio bo Parkins, Thomas and at back, which will considerably Marshfield, who has occupied that The terms of the resolution
Blair, or Purkins, Blair and Kofford strengthen this section, and that as position for most of the season, or which the council · passed wore Kingscott had done during the 40 (as last week) or even Blair, a result, their prospects of securing to include Marrick, who took his beartless, and tells of a complete years he had been a member of the Thomas and Kefford, it will be a revenge for last wook, are definitely place Inst week, Indifference to all the work Mrs) council.
sturdy middle line, capable of ex much brighter.
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