THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1935.
SUNDAY'S SHIELD TIES BRILLIANTLY CONTESTED
PRANDY S. CHINA
WINS TITLE
OUT-BOXES DEE
GREAT. DEBUT AS PROFESSIONAL
(By "Resin")
A. B. Prandy, the H.M.S. Kent featherweight who made bis professional boxing debut at the pre- vious tournament, won the Colony Championship at his weight before a large house at the Lee Theatre on Saturday and impressed critics by, his speed and determination, as one of the most promising young- sters seen here for a long time.
HELD
TO DRAW
Navy Fight Hard
SKINNER FOOLISHLY NEGLECTED
"A"
South China went nearer to being beaten yesterday, when they met the Navy in the Senior
A fine action picturs, showing Pepper, Navy goalkeeper grassed, kod
Navy defender clearing with his head as Tam Kong pak rushes in in an fort to scars. A thrilling incident during yesterday's Shield game at
Causeway Bay. (Photo: Mes Cheung).
Shield, than at any UNDIGNIFIED DEATH OF
other time this season. A rousing game.ended fittingly in a draw, necessitating a replay. Stoker Dee of H.M.S. Phoenix fine leadership of Fung King
Missing the inspiring forward put up a game fight but he em- cheung, and being somewhat phasised physical disadvantages poorly served by Tay Qua-liang by his method of fighting his substitute, South China had always being on the ropes and to fight every inch to live another in retreat.
day. The Navy's enterprising methods sought the vulnerability of the Chinese, and very nearly succeeded to the extent of causing the season's biggest surprise re- sult.
In the first round Dee got slightly the worst of swapping punches but if he had purchased those tactles he would have gone further and fared better. Prandy wielded both gloves as Dee covered up on the ropes and though the Cornishman's defence was good, neveral stinging lefta penetrated his guard and he took heavy swings on the side of the bread
Hnd Skinner, the best winger the Navy have had an the China Station for several years, been better attended, the Navy might new be in the second round. Skinner was woefully neglected, being forced to do his own fetching and carrying. It was this which In the fourth round Dee drop-stopped the Navy from develop. i ped his guard and fell to the flooring a winning attnek. before a heavy two-handed at- tack.
NO KO, PUNCH
MCGUIRE'S MINE-SWEEPING
The game was full of fast and)
The Chincke more polished.
ST JOSEPH'S SENIOR SHIELD HOPES
RAGGED DISPLAY AGAINST SOUTH CHINA “B”
YOUNG CAROLINE HILL TEAM SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE
(By "Veritas)
St. Joseph's cherished Shield hopes died with unexpected suddeness at Caroline Hill on Saturday: but the real tragedy was that it was not given to the Saints to die, like soldiers, gloriously; it was as the death of a mouse in the hands of a cat,-lingering, pain- ful and undignified. South China "B" toyed with them, getting them in their clutches with a three goal lead, teasing them with a bare chance of escape when this lead was reduced half way through the second half, and finally carrying out the "kill," with a couple of quick goals only a few minutes from the end of the game.
frandy could have finished the hern exchanges. Aght in this round if he had been were slightly the able to produce a knock out punch. but this was nullified by the tire. The opportunity presented itselflessness of the Navy, whose de- early an Dee with one eye closed fenice rose to all occasions. staggered about the ring. Clover difference between the two seta. The ringeraft delayed the end until of backs was negligible, and n- the seventh round when randy though as a trio the Chinese halves closed the other eye and dropped appeared to be somewhat better his man for a short count.
than the
opposition, McGuire's brilliant "mine-sweeping" In the! pivotal position saw the Chinese attack just as well held as that of the Navy,
It was the worst display the So badly did things go for the Curiously enough neither goals Saints have given this season, all or paasee, and certainly every Saints, that towards the end nearly were made the only mistake in gond mediocrity
very satisfactory. Pepper and as they deteriorated, from shot. went over the goal line yards afternoon's work and allowed Ip.
to complete in- from the posts. And to fill their cup Pak-wa to hok the ball past him, effectiveness, 80 South China (of unhappiness to overflowing, Dellne while La Tin-sang headed into his improved, giving one the im- received marching orders just before
the end for rough play. own nut after being severely pression that the losers had by
The referee stopped the con- teat as Doe was so blind that he could not find his way out of the ring.
WRA
TRIUMPH
FOR POLICE
Forward Line Shines
LINCOLNS UNABLE TO SETTLE DOWN
Jumping back to that form which earlier in the season entitled them to the description of being one of the best civilian teams in the Colony, the Police: yesterday gained the whip- hand of the Lincolns in a finely contested Senior Shield match, winning by two clear goals.
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SHIELD TIE SNIPPETS
DOLEFUL CAME AT: HAPPY VALLEY: HOWE ALONE SHINES
QUEER PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO CUP-TIE FOOTBALL
(By "Veritas),
nover
SATURDAY'S shield ties pro- A cup-tie or shield match is still n duced only two surprise ro football match, exacting no more aults. It was this fact which and no less than an ordinary league become the most surprising me, unless it be that the duration feature
of the game is ten minutes of the
programinio.
longer. Even those two "astray" de-in our local knock-out competition
de-matches the FAMO teams cisions do not come with in the each other, so that it is meat category of sensational It question of being up against-an up- was always on the cards that known quantity." Only occasionally St. Joseph's would lose to South do the anderfoot and atmospheric China "B", and like the East conditions vary, Lancashires and Lincolns, the Fusiliers have relatively strong-A GAINST these considerations, one teams than their factor which is capable of making a
can oilyonce only senior combinations, so that the team play below form It is that a possibility of them beating the team becomes affected in the know- R.A.M.C., could never be ledge that defeat in this game meaNA ignored.
the complete loss of all chances to win the trophy. There is no second Thin neems to have its HE standard of football in the opportunity.
psychological reactions, expressed in three Senior Shield engagements terms of over-anxiounens on the part was saved from being among the poor of players, nervousness and lack of Text on record only by the inatch normal concentration, all of which
tween Kowloon and East Lancs. The
cr reservo
one
serious
The Police benefitted from Club and Fusiliers were very scrappy, sap the potentialities of the team. vastly superior attack and all port of the Caroline Hill encounter, WHEN two teams in the same match inspired display by Chris Pile at of
will indicate how disappointing that was.
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are affected, It guarantees a poor standard of football and a not al- Logether satisfactory result, An
left buck. As a team too, they
howed more direct and gressive tactics than the soldiers, KOWLOON'S win was popular, example is the Club and Fusiliers who in attack, relied almost handsome and thoroughly xclusively on the genius of deserved. Jones, late of the Ridley, and in defence on the Borderers, made his debut in
game.
masterly work of Meakin in goal, the Peninsula team and was the Rumjahn And
The rest of the team, although life and soul of a tremendously Mrs. Chui good trlera, were somewhat out-improved attack.
ssed. Neither Edmundson nor blister to the soldiers and bliss- Robson were capable of with ful to Kowloon supporters: any- standing the delightful right wing
was &
partnership of Stevens and Tommy way he played a remarkably fine Pile. The former played his best game. Morrison was really Mor game of the season, revealing rison and Kowloon's, old young- perfect ball control and timing his lagers pulled their weight s passes to a nicety. Pile Jobbed they have not done before this the ball into the goalmouth season.
grurately and consistently, and
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when on the move, the Police for there really to be a Kowloon
renaikkance? ward line was doubly as dangerous not the Lincolns, who did
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essess the same skill in combina-DOWN at Happy Valley, those. enthusinsta: who had cut short tion.
their tifin hour to be in time for the Johnson was a robust lender and Club v Fusiliers match, lived to regret Green showed much Improvement.. Happily for the Club there was In brief there was no weak link |Howe, úund there were a few occasions
n the Police vanguard.
when supporters could appreciate the presence of Pote-Hunt and Bickford, Otherwise samobody might have de- manded a rebate of his subscription.
up.
Was steady
In Final
MIXED DOUBLES
CHAMPIONSHIP
Clover defensive tactics in the last set earned victory for H. D. Rumjahn and Mrs. Chui Chun-chui against Lieut. and Mrs. Kayll in the semi-final of the Colony's mixed doubles tennis cham- nionship yesterday. Rumjalin and Mrs. Chul won after conceding the first set by the scores of 4-6, 6-4, 0-3.
ALERT MEAKIN
The four players indulged In Sound displays were given by
Rome excellent rallies, and if Lieut. he outstanding man in defence Albert Howe is to be left out of net off easy positions, the result Gough and Parker. but Pile wasAN anybody seriously tell me how Kayil had not made errors at the and had no equal on the field. the Interport? His inspired current would Blackburn
probably and form makes, selection inevitable.
have been reversed.
Mrs. Kayll played her. ostale sourceful, especially against the doughty Ridley Pile had H captured the Fusiliers tranches
three times, and if the referee forceful game, and went incessant. Higgins and Malpass well bottled had not called an armistice after 70 ly to the net from where she minutes, he would probably have re-volleyed and smashed with great skill. Her partner was stronger Meakin saved the Lincolns peated this.
a much heavier defent,
off the ground, but was unable He fielded point blank shots and
THE Fusiliers teeded a Howe in to sustain a prolonged attack. flerce drives from all angles,
their attack: they would have! Mra. Chul started somewhat, reversed the result, especially in nervously, but remaining at the being finally benten by shots view of the weak Club wing halves, baseline, gradually acquired con- which gave him no chance. Ash
the instability of Gamble and the fidence, and with it accuracy. and Edmunson were valiant
Tagaries (urianual) of George After the first set she played ex- bucks, but slow in anticipation, *Rodger. allowing the Police to get into position for shooting before challenging them.
INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS The international contesis were good entertainment although the Bax Brika-Appleby contest an more a feat of strength than skill
kept the crowd's interest.
nt part of the former which
Brilka is a big, powerful man, pressed by a brilliant Navy attack. some error, got into the wrong FOLLOW ELDER'S FOOTSTEPS but with no idea of fighting or Tao Kwal-shing and Ng Po-kui competition. baxing. He sagged about the rlust on the right and left wings re-
Parenthetically it might be
ob- us Applely punched him unmerei-spectively. Avere outstanding in of the young Chineze team, the game efficiently handled by the referee,
Despite the undeniable smartness served that the
from most Kame fully about the boily and did not the Chinese forward line, and in ever
approached the land a single effective
standard of liked the way in which he pulled up blow in untrast, Tay Qua-liang was much football rightly to be expected. The the players for what could without return during the six rounds be below form.
Chinese owed everything to their half doubt be regarded as dangerous fore his seconds threw In the Kitex
Cannell figured back and forwards, the latter earning theiles. In several instances there towel.
prominently in the Navy attack, the chief honours of the day. But was actual physical foul comi The American, Mel Hermes of which might have developed into with the Saints it was impossible to mitted, but he recognised the possi U.S.5. Mindano, and A. J. Robina something very formidable, had and hold them as paragons. One was down firmly from the very start.
pick out any department as
whole
bllities of such methods, and put them fon of H.M.S. Medway began with not the offensives been Romo amusing acrobatics
con- allowed to appreciate only individuals, This is the sort of referecing needed, but, centrated entirely on the right and they cult be counted on one for it teaches players that they can- finished up with stern and savage wing. Hyecroft, West and Love, hand. hitting which was so evenly sharin
not get away with "subtle" fouling addition to McGuire, played
PAINFUL FEATURE ed that the verdict of a draw was conspicuous parts in a game of
and gradually makes them realise St. Joseph's failed as a team, and it that it is just as easy to get the ball the only one possible.
luctuating fortunes.
was impossible to reconcile Satur, without recourse to auch lactica. day's team with the one which per- No team more justly deserved a formed so handsomely against the decisive victory than South China Club a week before. The defence "B" They were easily four goals collapsed, almost from the word "go", better than the Saints, and even if and only the untiring energies of Dave one did not find uniform standard of Leonard and Elms saved the collegians excellence throughout the team, it from being overrun,
was reached by the majority of the To the Saints the most painful fea- players. ture of the match was the sudden, decline of Dellar, Addis and Beatty, three of their new players. The first could not pul right foot.
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tremely well, driving strongly on UE disappointing displays by St. both hands, and lobbing
Joseph's, Club and Fullers en effect, courages one to look for a paycho- The half backs were a little dis-logical explanation.
It was the lobbing campaign of The question Itumjahn and Mrs. Chul which. appointing, and certainly did not "Why do so many good teams play forced the Issers into fatal errors. touch customary form. The most below form in cup-ties" is always ene Rumjahn was wonderful errore. lively efforts in the forward line which intrigues. The popular answer curato with these shots, finding came from Ridley and Higgins. is generally a little unsatisfactory, the rear of the court time and because the factors which favour a Buth wingers were fairly well overshadowed, and as a quintette many more than those which have with customary agility and kopt team playing a normal game as so again. He also covered the net the forwards were rendered pretty an opposite influence.
his mistakes down to the minimum. ineffective.
The Police scored both goals before the interval, Stevens send- |ing in a pile-driver which Meakin did not see, and Johnson adding to this just before the interval, following a right wing movement
Dellar was not only bewildered by played the most notable part in which spelt "goal" all the way. Yeung Shui-yick, but frustrated and notable achievement. They worried out of his normal gume by duced all the finer points of success- the quick and skilful manoeuvres of
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Addis was continually out-position-| ed, and finally forced into such a erude defensive game, that he was
unable to render any assistance to the attack and made very little effectivel contribution in defence.
FORWARDS ANALYSED Betty repeated his mistake of crowd. ing Ward, but what was even more Important lost all control of the ball. He made desperate efforts to recover himself, but things just wouldn't go. right, with the result that half of the Saints attacks were killed a birth just over the hallway line.
Horridge was livoly, scored a good goal, and with Ward was the only constructive member of the Saints' forward line, Costa finished badly or waited until he had reached the corner flag and Victor was ill at case all through and then put behind. crowned an unhappy afternoon by missing a "sitter" threa yards from. goal at the most crucial point of the game. A goal then would have given St. Joseph's a real fighting chance to
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Leonard was admirable at centre. half and had no peer among any of the intermediates...He cambinet the qualities of a constructiva plyot with those of a fine defender, but was distressingly supported.
(Continued on Page 9.)
The Lincolne bucked up in the early stages of the second half, but once the Police had recovered from the pressure, they again enjoyed the major share of the axchanges, and were attacking at the close.
Leung in-chan gets his head to the ball and cleara s hot attack by the Navy during yesterday's Shield match between South China and the Navy (Photo: Mee Chaung).
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