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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.TUESDAY, MAY 5,—1936′′
"WE WERE HEARTILY SICK OF FOOTBALL? Footballers Disappointed In Shanghai
Why Olympic
ONLY WAY:
TO GET
BRADMAN OUT
Is Offside Attack
(By "Four Counties")
During an interval of one of the Australian Tests of 1934 n very old hand at the game asked one of England's bowlers: "What method are you using to get Bradman out?””
"Oh Him?!-him!" was the reply.
Disdain, and all that. Is all very well in its proper place, but you can- not disdal a dangerous enemy and get away with it.
Especially if your enemy is a born attacker, with exceptional eyesight, not so bad health, and is saturated with a robust bellef in Ego.
I quote this true story breatise it reveals what most people who under- stand cricket-belleve to be typical of the attitude of most of our bowlers when confronted by Australin's best batsman.
It is a kind of fatalism, wholly damaging to England's chance of winning Test Against Bradman and
A
the others.
MUST BE DESTROYED
This fatalism has got to be torn out by the roots and destroyed once and for all if our team is to stand a chance so long as Bradman Is it and playing.
The Bradman-complex ill becomes our players. While it is there
can scarcely hope to win.
we
In 1930 an old friend met F. T. Mann, then on the selection commit- ice. "Been to a funeral, Frank? queried his pal.
"No, old man. I'm only thinking where I can find a bowler who can make this Bradman lift the ball!"
You see here the idea of a method, or, at least, a search for somebody tr use a method.
Bradman must be made to lift the ball-and what is more he can be made to lift the ball, though more on our wickets, it is true, than un Aus- tralian.
50 PER CENT. BETTER:-Young Shiu-yik, who according to Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan played 50 per cent, better in Shanghai then he ever has in Hongkong.
TWO REFEREES IDEA SQUASHED
EVERYONE WAS STALE:
LEE WAS ILL
MUCH TOO STRENUOUS
A PROGRAMME
FEDERATION OFFICIALS GIVE
O.K. TO SELECTIONS
(By "Veritas")
Suspicions that the Chinese Olympic football players had gone stale through excessive play was fully sub- stantiated this morning when they arrived back in Hongkong from Shanghai on the French boat the Aramis.
Lee Wai-tong, captain of the contingent, made no bones about things.
"Why did the players perform so disappointingly up North?" he was asked. His reply was:
"Because we all went stalo. Every player was heartily sick of football. Without exception we played 60 per cent, below form.
"Now we are looking
Tsui, Mak And Wong Join Colleagues
Tsui Ah-fai, China's lead- ing centre-half, Mak Sui-hon, and Wong Wing came down from Canton yesterday and this morning joined their Olympic colleagues on the Aramis. Mr. Wong Ka-taun, hon, secretary S.C.A.A., and manager of the squad also joined the boat here, so that the whole of the contingent, with the exception of Soon Boon-hay, who is in Singa- pore, left Hongkong this morning. Mr. Wong Ka- taun expects to be back in Hongkong by the end of September.
Mr. Ngan spoke highly of the vast
improved form shown by Yeungi Shui-yick and Cheuk Shek-kam, two South China "B" team players, who are also among the youngest of the. Olymple squad. In Shanghai, hej nid, these two players had execeded their Hongkong form by at least 60 staPAKIZLASER YOU DE SET
per cent.
But if the players had become stale. in the effort, at least they fulfilled the main purpose of the visit North. They helped to awell the CN.A.A.F. coffers: which are to finance the Olympic tour,: to the extent of some $20,000. If the forwardest of the tour up to the time of leaving India is as successful, their! something like $10,000,
to a rest. It is what we need, exhibition games will have earned: and need badly.
"The programme up North was far too heavy, and, we couldn't stand it. As for the programme ahead of us, It is enormous, but we are relying oú the sea voyage to pull us together.
"What did the Federation Officials think of us? Ok! They were antisfied, I think. I pointed, out to them how stale the players were and because of that they could not expect to ace
CHINESE
!
RECORDS
BROKEN
By English F. A. them at their best. The oficits Nine Athletes Qualify
London, Apr. 27. The two referees system, for which there were many sup- porters, is out of the question, at least for the time being, the F.A. have intimated.
of the
preciated this and simply pointed out that there would be a need for more pep in our play when we reached Europe."
LEE ILL FOR TWO DAYS
For Olympic Side
Peiping, Apr. 28.
In their preliminary trials for the China Olympic team, picked track On top of this Lee Wai-tong went and field athletes from all parts of down sick. He was very ill for two Chinn yesterday shattered two nation. days with stomach trouble, and only al marits, the shot put and 800 metres now is be beginning to pick up. But run. the team was lucky regarding injuries.
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shins and bruised knees, they escaped new mark for the 800 metres of 2 Apart from the customary skinned Chin Lien-jen of Shanghai made a
min. 2.2 50, lowering his own
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KATĪTE JAAN KOLIBORZE ZUSADAIRE
TRAINING AND A DIET
FOR THE OLYMPIC FOOTBALLERS
TEAM'S-CONDITION A WORRY
(By "Veritas")
CAPABLE DEPUTY:~Recent ac tlon pose of Wong Wing, deputy Olympic goalkeeper, who joined his colleagues on the Aramis to-day.
R. Abbit's Article To-morrow
astees
R. Abbit's cricket arilcle re- viewing the season's perform- of some of the clubs, 1s unavoidably
over held
until 10-morrow. Our well known ericket commentator Wan
la participant
the yesterday friendly shooting match between Use "Talpans" of the Colony, an event staged in conjunction with the Hongkong Rifle Association's . prize meeting. His activities on the range prevented him from completing his article in time.
INTERSTEESTANDARTEN TRESALIMISJUNTORIAN CARANAMARÁMCI
That most insiduous of all bugbears to assail highly train ed and over-played sports ex- ponents-staleness ---- threatens | FOOTBALL
the Chinese Olympic football-
ers. There were hints of it CHANGING
before the players left for Shanghai: their
games up North have emphasised it.
At their recent Counell meeting in And the secret, which is really no secret, is simply this. Fight, illed London they refused to consider the to an intensive attack on an outside recommendation of the Referees'
If this complaint continues, or is his off-stump
Committee that the law should be scott free. Bradman is human. He has not altered to permit this step,
1 asked Lee about playing conditional record which he mode at the kely to become more serious, there is a distinct possibility of a curtail- inst National Athletic Meet in Shang-ment in the yet shown, any more than Grace,
tions in Shanghai, confessed they hai by 9 seconds.
programme which has support Propaganda in Trumpe, Ranjitsinhji. Shrewsbury scheme and gone on for a consider were not of the best. notably in the
been arranged for the Olympic play- Macartney, or Hobbs ever showed, able time, and many clubs as well nach Shaugher best them 3-2. The established by Chen Pao-chlu, former immunity from giving chances in the as numbers of the League Manage wind was so high, he explained, that ly of Shanghai and now of Hankow Class batsmen give at least fivement Committee were in favour of ball control was rendered almost im- who heaved the shat to a distance of chances in the slips for every one possible. Even so that was not their 12.745, metres, bettering the national they offer off an obvious leg-side
worst trouble. utinck.
slips.
They have done so since the begin- ning of batting as an acknowledged Art. They will go on doing so until the last bat has been fushioned and used.
THE ONLY WAY
The only way to make Bradman sit up and his average slump down is clear.
It is by dosing him with a clever nighted, off-side spinning-away at- tack, to a soundly placed field, hold- ing never less than two slips, and two cover-points, one of them deep.
Our Daily Golf Hint
As the golf swing is not natural, but a highly special- ised and artifical stroke, it can not be açquired without instruction.
Abe G. Espinosa,
Bradman in his 1030-34 form here! CERVERARAKAWAIDA would never have seen the colour of
at
a 200 against J. C. White either in it, and their hopes must have re. White's 1026 form or if White's Beld eelved a rude blow when the F. A. had been sensibly placed. Which it refused even to consider the scheme. was not on that velvet wicket
The decision of the F A. however, Lord's In 1930,
was not unexpected generally. The That day Bradman, e Chapman, b experimental working of the two re- White 254, was out to a brillant catch ferees plan was far. from successful. at wide mid-off which had been. At least the decision means something angled for for hours-with the field definite after a long period of un-, partly wrong!
certainty, Bradman's phenomennt luck as re- gards weather cannot last for ever.
The Football Association commis-
He has, writing open to correction, alon who Inquired in the death of batted against England only twice on Thrope, the Sunderland goalkeeper, rain-damaged wickets, al Minnchester in their match with Chelsea at Sun- in 1030, where he made 14, and in the erland on February 1 has exonerated second innings at Lord's in 1934, the referee, Mr. It. S. Warr of Bolton.
Thrope's death when he got only 13.
has brought the On
both
Occasions he was out to a question of the charging of goal- going-away ball, these two keepers and play in the goal-mouth innings reveal nothing?
generally into the limelight, and the I saw most of Bradman's innings latent suggestion is crash helmets for. that mattered in 1930 and 1934. He goalkeepers, modified versions of the was seriously in difficulties only three helmet used by racing motor-cycllats.
Do
Europe at Civic when the The new shot put record wasers between now and their arrival in
mark by 45 metre."
NINE QUALIFY
eve
PENALTY RULE
PROPOSAL FROM ́SCOTLAND
(By George Alliaan)
Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, munager of the squad, whom I saw yesterday on the of the team's departure for Berlin, naturally pointed out that he could make no definite statement Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan, who is in
concerning this possibility. He felt, charge of the delegation confirmed
Judging from the Shanghai Press re- Lee's complaints about staleness, but In accordance with the standards ports of the team's matches during The penalty kiek regulations have he did not think this would affect them set by the National Amateur Athlete the inst ten days, that most of the time I have been connected with foot- been changed repeatedly during the fulfilling their programme of matches Federation. nine athletes qualified players were staic. He suspected t en route to Europe.
yesterday to wear China's colours at before they left longkong. It was nil, and there is reason behind the the forthcoming Olymple games in particularly noticeable with some of contention of many of my friends that The C.N.AA.F., he said, had - Berlin. Those who failed in yester the South China A.A men in their we have not yet attained the idea! pressed complete satisfaction with the selections, and appreciated that day's trials will have a chance to im- concluding Hongkong league matches. which should ever be kept in mind regarding the rules of the game; that China was sending her best football prove themselves for the next trials
in May.
the punishment should, as nearly as delegates.
The Olympiads have a schedule of possible. "t the crime."
Whether it would be possible to But their schedule in Shanghai: The nine who were picked yester- games before them which is well nigh and Nanking had been for too day were: Liu Chang-chun for 200 frightening. If they fulfil all engage-reach this ideal in relation to penalty strenuous. It kad eniled for metres: Tal Shu-kun for 400 metres: ments they will play no less than 22 matches Saturday, Sunday, Chin Liensjen for 800 metres; Wu-maybe 24-matches between now Wednesday and Thursday. Four Pi-hsien und Liu Meng-chlu for high and their departure from Calcutta. within less than a week. All they jump; Chen Pao-chia for shot put; seemed to be doing was travelling Peng Yung-ching and Chow Chang and playing, and the players quite hsing for javelin throw; Chang Ling- naturally reacted to this.
chia for discus throw.
on
CUP FINAL REFEREE LOSES JOB
After 25 Years As A Miner
FRIGHTENING
The existing programme reads:— Two games in Saigon, nine or ten In Java, four in Midan, one or twe in both Singapore and Penang, an- other in Rangoon and another in Calcutta,
This schedule succeeds n
kick awards is an open question,
In the old days the referee had discretionary powers concerning in- fringements of the rules by defen ders in the penalty area. If he did nal think the offence warranted a penalty kick he could give a free- kick.
That discretionary power was taken league away from the referee, and now, for
My own general impression is that referees often hesitate
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RECOGNISED WORLD CHAMPIONS
BRITISH BOARD OF CONTROL LIST
.
London, Apr. 228. Defferences of opinion as to the rightful holders of world titles are referred to by the British Boxing Banrd of Control in the statement issued in London which contains the Board's ofelni 1st of World, British, British Empire, and European cham- plons.
"Work champlons of five recommended by
the Committ saya the Board," "are in "accordance with the recognition of the National Boxing Association of the United States and the New York State Athletic Commission, the differences being flyweight, bantamweight, and middleweight."
In the flyweight the Board consider Benny Lynch, of Glasgow, han justifiable claim, and the batan- weight tile was declared vacant by the B.B.B. of C. because the last Folder. recognized, Al Brown, suspended by all Controls other than the International Boxing Union.
WILS
"Therefore," continues the Mate- ment, "a contest between this boxer and Baltazar Sangchilli, under the I.B.U. Jurisdiction, should not be recognized, the auspension being stiți in operation.
MARCEL THIL "With respect to the middleweight, Marcel Thil is recognized as hè sue- cessfully defonded this title against Len Harvey of Great Britain and has not since been defeated at the weight,"
-
The Board has decided to recògnize na an Empire title contest any fight arranged between the reigning cham- pion of Great Britain and an official champion of any Dominion.
Similar recognition will be given. for European championship purposes in the case of contents between British titleholders and champions of European countries, "irrespective as to whether the said champion is re- cognised by the International Boxing Union as champion of Europe."
WORLD
BRITISH Flyweight Benny Lynch Benny Lynch
(G.B.)
(Beotland)
4
Vacant
Bantamweight
Johnny King
(Manchester)
Featherweight
Freddie Miller Nel Tartleton
(American)
(Liverpool)
Lightweight
Tong Canzoneri Jimmy Walsh
(Amerlenn)
(Chester)
Welterweight Vacant
Barney Ross
CAmerican
Middleweight
Marcel Thil Jock McAvoy
(France)
(Manchester)
Light-Heavyweight
- Juhn 11. Lewis -- Eddio · Pullipa
(American)
(London)
Heavyweight
James J. Braddock Jack Petersen
(American)
(Wales) EMPIRE
EUROPEAN
Benny Lyneli
(Scotland)
Flywrigh!
Vacant
Bantamweight
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Featherweight
Vacant Lightweight
Laurie Stevens Vacant
(South Africa)
Vacant
Vacant
Vncant
Welterweight Vacant Middleweight
Marcel Thil
(France)
Marcel Thil
(France)
Light-Heavyweight
J. Petersen (G.B.)
Heavyweight
Max Schmeling
(Germany)
JAPAN'S CHOICE FOR
OLYMPIC ROWING
punish offences in the penalty area Plans for 1940 Meeting
which they would not pass over I committed elsewhere, because they feel that the penalty kick for cer- tain minar and technieni offences la too severe punishment.
A little while back there was a
Still Being Pursued
United, lost his job at Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham Harbour, engagements which have been" ar- called the "grading might be the scene of Olympic boat races in
The suggestion will be considered times. The first was for the first half-hour of the innings in winch he June by the International boarit,
"I have been told on reliable, shift, but during the present football made 252 not out in 1930 against but in the meantime a arm of sport authority," said Mr. Nattrass "that I season I have only worked five weeks Surrey; the second was when he was outfitters hus reduced a tentative received my
notice through losing owing to my many refereeing engage caught in the slips by Dulcepsinhji model, made of leather with a tining work due to refereeing, "although {ments, off Peebles for 14 on Manchester mud of asbestos. Leading goal-keepers there was nothing in my notice about in the fourth Test of 1930, and the and club managers are atated to have football," third was in the second Test of 1034, given the proposal their enthusiastic
ONLY ONE CÜRE
season, for the majority of the play-practically all the offences by ers, of 26 league games, Interport, defending players in the penalty area, Senior Shield, Kotewall Cup, Lui Wah he must award a kick from the Cup, Governor's Cup, International twelve-yard spot." Charity Cup and various exhibition matches, together with the recent five matches in Shanghel and Nanking.
Such a strenuous programme of footbull is clearly too much when one is expecting the same players to visit Berlin and perforin creditably against
Tokyo, Apr. 29. the cream of Continental teams, and Mr. Harry Nattrass, the New Seaham miner who refereed the Chinese Amateur Athletic Feder-
The popular and cherry-tree-lined the Football Association Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield atlon may well be advised, evan at proposal from Scotland which had, Arakawa River, near Tokyo, will be
this late stage, to cancel some of the as ila main object,
of penalty kicks. 1940, provided Japan gains the award. owned by the Londonderry Colliers Ltd.
ranged during the voyage.
This proposal, so far as I remember, of the next Olympiad.
Plans for the construction of a : was roughly to the effect that the it is complete rest, both mentally and and that kicks should be taken under the heart of the Capital, have
There is only one cure for staleness. twelve-yard spot should be deleted, gatta course at Toba Maru, Saitama Prefecture, half-an-hour's ride from physically from the game for at least present penalty conditions that is ready been perfected by Mr. Selya a fortnight, preferably longer. It is with only the goalkeeper to stop the Yokohama, an engineer of the Tokyo true that no serious, games are on top shot, from the spot where the offence City Planning Section.. The
Has this proposal been put aside beautified at the cost of Y.1,200,000. is to bo dredged and the shoren "It must be remembered that foot-fee something like fourteen days, but was committed.
of this moratorium may be valuc
for all time, or has it merely been Other sites for regatta courses ball refereeing is not a full-time job cancelled out by the very heavy pro- Mr. Nuttrass received his notice and when the season is over instead gramme which follows.
pigeonholed, to be brought out mentioned thus far included the some days before the announcement of going back to my work at the Happily Mr. Wong Ka-tsun is fully
again, in due course? There was Tamagawa Hiver and Lake Blwa, London, Apr. 20.
that he was to referee the Cup Final. colliery I shall be on the dole."
much to recommend it. He was all at sea in the second
alive to the dangers, and with him as The law relating to the charging
"I have since found that the matter Innings in the first he got himself of goal-keepers may be changed
Mr Malcolm Dillon, managing manager the players are in excellent out lashing at everything--and was before the start of next season. Both my notice was under consideration director of the Londonderry Col-hand, Mr. Wong told me that he a few rounds. out ht bind the risket on the off the Engilah and Irish F.A.'s are was not surprised because I had knew nothing about the case.
fortnight
lleries.
"All I when approached sald he intended to keep the men in strict
want our boys to do" he he said, 'is to play as they did in that nide once more.
training off the field, and that stated to be in favour of banning been oft work, through refereeing, Ол the first of these occasions charging of the goal-keeper within for
Although a referee receives Ave would iristitute a special diet, al-last exhibition game in Hongkong. I M. J. C. Allom's bowling had him the six yards
11 weeks previously owing to guinean for the Cup Final, his League though what form it would lake he want to see them play as cleanly as stone-cold for half-an-hour-all the
aron
to they did then, and as cleverly from Fifteen years ago the German foot often taking me long distances from guineas for First and Second Division divulge.
and Saturday matches engagements bring him only three did not, at the present, care the football viewpoint. For the first "I am sincerely hoping that our time the off-ball going away. So halt authorities banned charging the Allom was taken off,
As to their prospects, how could he time in the ten years that I have men will learn valuable lessons from matches and two guineus for Third Roman hollday might have been just as many men wore hurt, and Collieries Ltd. for 25 years, at Sea-
Kept on, a goalkeeper, but it was found that
served the Londonderry Division games.
Bay anything? They were absolutely watched South China play, I saw no the Continental teams. There is no A referee does not, have a match in the dark as to the type of opposi gaps between the half backs and for-reason why they shouldn't.
"In any case you can assure the That was on May 4, and Bradman's result of the change, If it comes, in hum Colllery and for the last six every week of the 30 which comprise tion they would meet. All they could wards. That is how It must be in;
Telegraph readers that they will do grin in England dates from the mo- the British Inlea will be awaited with years, at Vane Tempest Colliery. the season-he... is fortunate to be hope for was the luck of the draw Berlin."
"Last close schson I never lost a engaged three weeks out of four.
when rain on the Sunday gave Eng-support.
land
a gamo Australia lost by bad running between the wickets on the
Saturday.
spoiledt.
inent Allom was taken off..
PROBABLE CHANGE
tho experiment was abandoned., 'The
interest.
jof
for
"I WAS NOT SURPRISED"
mid-week
home.
"I have
SEASONAL JOB ONLY
and the possibility of getting through
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course
the championship, because I am certain that we cannot: but we want to show the work that the Chinese can play football, and we also, want'Hongkang to feel satisfied with our performances. They are our two big alms.
We are going there, noi to win their very best."
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