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THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936.
FOOTBALL'S GOAL
LTHOUGH the football season is a few weeks old. already we have had more complaints, squabbles, prob- loms and other is than formerly was the case in two or three whole seasons.
Football is more,
difficult" than
over. Its difficulties will continue to increase.
All the time, opposing forces inside the game are working up towards the big upheaval which must inevitably come. Football is almost at the parting of the wayo.
The clash 19 between the modern big-money interests and the old- fashioned amateur control. The two do not blend. They cannot. They meyer will. In boxing the same clash has come and gone,
The old regime passed out limply, weakly: without fight. It
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had no resources to combat big money. And big money has ruled whatever boxing there has been from that day.
The football ኪነ- clepts have not sur rendered. There is no redoon why they should. Whatever
happens, they will al- ways march proudly at the head of the boya and the amatour young men roughly 95 per cent. of Brit- al's footballers.
But sooner or later
their route is going to
be different from that takeri
by the big
money interests. There must cume a split, with no stde obvious losers, but with each going in its own direction.
It is impossible to estimate how much money has been sunk in League football in post-war years. Staggering sums have disappeared. Mr. John Dean, the Fulham chair- man, estimates that he has put
C30.000 into his club.
NORTHERN business has seen aums of equal value gradually dissolve like a spoonful of sugar that is balanced just below the surface of a cup ut tca. Modern football en swallow money with a terrifying appetite. And, gradually, these club directors of the new school, whose cash is go necessary, are be ginning to want more power; be- demand that they ginning to should have more to say about the se, or abuse, of their own money. They complain of pettifogging restrictions, imposed in the dayu when football was of the mous- tached-Corinthian vintago, which prevent them speculating in such a manner that they could at least. be reasonably sure of a fair return, Always, in the background of football, there are plctures of the dead-and-gone pioneers and reni He studies of those who remain. atruggling-yes, otruggling is the word—to retain a complete control over a game which has spread into avenues beyond their wildest and most imaginative conceptions.
It takes roughly three years to
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put over a new idea in football, or to have a new iden definitely turned down. Unless you move in the more exclusive football circles you cannot have the faintest idea of the amazing number of cross- currents that are always at work,
The county FA, member, who has been interested in local Boccer all his life as a mild and refreshing hobby, must of necessity come up against the businessman director who is, frat and foremost, looking not necessarily for profit but for some means to prevent that com- plete disappearance of his capital.
Can the two have anything in common? Obviously not.
THESE opposing forces are always looking at their football from vastly different angles and view-points. I am convinced that the actorior- atlon in the quality of professional football is largely due to the con- tinual clashing of inside interests and the consequent neglect of feld-of-play ideals.
The referee problem is but an- other product of the clash. Men. taught, nurtured and sponsored by the old-fashioned amateur section of the game. are thrust into the professional-feld,-with-its-six- Agure money interests, its ten thousand players and its Wall Street atmosphere, and
are
by Clifford Webb
where the appointment of League referees is concerned, that power is strictly limited to men who have first been put forward by the amateur section. The vicious system under
which cach club issues a secret report on the conduct of the referee after a match is most from unsatisfactory many points of view.
It is the supreme example of the clumsy results that inevitably 'follow an attempt at compromise between the ever-warring fac- tors of football.
The most recent sign of the rapid ap- proach of the inevit- able split in football Is the demand of the amateurs for a new and separate selection committee for inter- national matches. That is just one more example of the com- pleto absence of blend between the two sec- tions of the game. It the lack af cohesion and agreement among the controllers of Association football that has reduced the professional inter- national tournament lo One match affair-England v, Scotland -supported by a series of farelent matches between the other conn- tries which might well be atan- doned, so unimportant have they become.
13 But "modern football can swallow terrifying appolito."
constantly
frex,
two between A referee who had 27 years of oelating in the "good old days" has told me that he convinced that the three guinea fee paid to. referees who control Leagun matches to-day is at the bottom of n good many refereeing allments.
TO many officials," he snld, that Saturday three quincas represents almost as much as they can earn during the rest of the week; they are not going to risk having their salary cut in half by displeasing' anybody.
"They are always looking for the middle course, steering clear of trouble. They are neither one thing nor the other; neither purely professional refcrces
old- nor fashioned amateur officials of the type who time and again would hand back. the guinea fce thint ob- tained in my day because it was against their principles."
I am convinced that a good many Football League officials are of the anme opinion. That is why they have suggested that feca for referces should be in- creased to as much as ten guincas, -to-make-the-role-self-supporting-
and purely a profession:
While it is true that League clubs 1ave a certain amount of power
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And the panjandrums of the other alde have replied, "We see your point of view. We will fix international matches, not only at the beginning of the season, when League points are comparatively unimportant (this does not obtain to-day!). bul оп mid-week afternoons.
BENUUNAKKODKASACINOREZERVOALICIJALASAFİRAVIMI
Spectator Ordered
Off
October 18 saw the first ördering off In English first division footba since the F.A. Issued their "elenu- up" memorandum.
But the strange part was that it was not a player, but a spretator who wan send off. Thats Incident
occurred at St. Andrews In the Birmingham-Leeds match. Captain Hamilton-Jones gave the order,
Gunnar Barlund Is. Promising
MAY FIGHT FOORD
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CORRESPONDENCE
In the event of Ben Foord defeat- Let him explain the Incident;ing Walter Neuse) at Harringay The ball was kicked into the Stadium on November 18, it is more crowd. A man caught it. When than probable that the very promi-ENTARE BEJAN (2) ALPELANTEJO IN VAN TERKESTEN GRADIENT TE the players asked for the ball be, ing Finn, Gunner Borland, will op- refused to return It. The HuesmaJE pose the South African as the top- then made a request." He will re- liner of an attractive programme that tused, Then I spoke to him. He is beinit, arranged in London in con- called me
something that didn't nection with the Coronation nex! sound like Hamilton-Jones, and dc-
year, writes James Butler th manded that I should send one of Daily Herald, the Leeds players off. He then threw the ball over his head into the crowd. I promptly summoned iwa police offlerts and had the man removed from the ground."
Some one in the crowd also threw a rubber ball which missed
the referee.
MONRABAKARANDETECTARESCENTIMETROUEZANZIANI ENDUROST
DONALD LEACH'S
CENTURY
To Start And
Finish His Season
Two sparkling knocks were added to the season's account before the curtain was rinig dawn on cricket at the B.C.C. last week. Donald Lench relebrating his first appearance siner his return from furlough with glorious century and a fine bag of six wickets, while Lt.
Bowen. Clic Shaforee stars ¦ opened his shoulders to the bowl- ing and put the ball over the boundary on four occasions, one of his shots landing on the apper drek in the pavillon writes C. W. Tombs in the Shanghat, Times.
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It is announced that Barlund may be selected to oppose the winner- such a match would be improbable if Netsel la successful, because the Board of Control rules prohibit two foreigners meeting in opposition.
Barkind is in Amreira with Pau Damski, who also looks after Neuer's interests, Damski has a high opinion of Barland's ally, and says that he is confident the Finn will, even tually tight his way to a match for
Hockey Final And A Neutral Ground
The Sports Editor, Hongkong Telegraph. •
Sir.-May I use a shurt space in your popular paper to be enlightened on the following.
I noticed that the luckey matchi played last Sunday between the Hongkong Horkey Club and the Grupo Desportivo Argonauta took
obviously place on the former's ground, which Hongkong Horkey Club. I cannot home ground for reconelle this with one of the rules of Association Inter-scetion Tourna- Harkand is unquestionably the best ment, which specifically states that heavy-weight prospect in the ground, and i am sure
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be played on neutral many will share the view that this has not been Grupo Desportivo Argonaut. What if this team had protested on the field there and then? Are there no remedies on an occasion
the world title,
ness, and I know one boxer's man- ager who is rendy to buy his con- tract for a substantial four-Agus cheque.
wise.
.
match must be
fair まぞう the
But Danskt is not geilog his in- terest. He Is content to take has this? chance and I feel sture he is shrewdlyaments, as this match having been a is not too late yet to make
drusen game is to be replayed again. Barited might conceivably earn | But why at Club Ground when there £20,don and more--within the next are others avaliable? Where is the few years. The Finn possesses all- foirness and Justice we are went to round ability, skill, a heavy punch [boast about so much I wonder. and a genuine fighting temperîment.
STILL WONDERING,
Mr.
CRICKETER WHO INVENTED THE "GOOGLY"
DEATH OF B.J.T. BOSANQUET OF
TEST MATCH' FAME
Bernard James
aroused
Four-
Tindaland the rubber for England. Hosanquei, inventor of the "googteen months inter, at Trent Bridge, ly led last month at his home Australia's only chance of escaping One more example of clumsy
In Surrey at the age of 59. He defeat rested on their staying in for compromise. The money-men say.
was a good all-round cricketer at four hours and a half. Bosanquet "We are not going Jonn our The occasion was a meeting be-
took eight of their both Elou and Oxford, but it was
nine wickets tween the United Services and the expensive players to any inter-
as the first real exponent of the (Trumper being disabled), and Eng- national side, 20 risk them Club, the Services electing to bat
googly" that he will be remen- land won. match that
first on brittle wicket and knock-
bered. being injured in n
Born on October 13, 1877, Bosan- ofter batting out the does
interest us In theng up 194
He was understood to have experi- quel went to Etón, gained his place in slightest, and does not bring us in morning and into the afternoon.
mented originally with that remark-the eleven of 1898 against Harrow runs. Going up to Bowen Reored his total of 70 able ball somewhere about 1900, but and scored 120 A penny."
in 75 minutes, including seven A. L. Ford Insisted that Bosanquet Oxford, he was given his Blue in fours and four sixes. three of the copled the "googly" from his father, 2008, and kept it for the next two lafter being it off Austice when Lieutenant-Colonel B. T. Bosanquet, years,
his
Afterwards he played for Middle- the Club slow bowler was brought who bowled to
from the time, son
sex, from 1900 to 1908. His great on for a second spell. Its fours the latter was six years old. were distributed with magnificent In any case, the introduction of the year was 1904, when he made 1.405 "googly," which is a ball postresing runs, average 30, and took 132 wickets Impartiality among the bowling.
a distinct off-break though delivered for less than 22 runs aplece. Twice Li.. Phillimore, the Service's open- with a
he put together two separate hund- leg-break
reak action, ing bat, also had a sturdy knock. intense Interest among the players of reds in a notch, scoring 130 and 136 putting up 44 on his individual ae- the day, and puzzled everybody to 1900, and 103 and 100 not out against to reinst Leicestershire at Lord's in count, while Dyer added 37 as fast as
such an extent that even F. S. Jack- Leach would allow himn.
In 1905. In the What he had not the latter match, he also obtained eleven the Sussex at Lord's son confessed least idea how it was done. Bosan-
wlekets. attained quel, however, never quite the same command of length with the "googly that he showed with those performed in Test matches, orthodox deliveries. On his day he were: 15 wickets for 65 runs, includ-
nine wickets In one innings. was the most difficult slow bowler
for Oxford against Sussex. ret
runs-for-Middlesex-ugainst Sussex, at Brighton, for the M.C.C. against in 1904; and nine wickets TEST TRIUMPHS
in one innings His two greatest triumphs were the South Africans at Lord's, in 1904. scored In Test matches. The first He also took part in tours to was at Sydney in 1903. Bosanquet America, New Zealand and Australia, went on when Australia, wanting 320 and the West Indies. to win, had lost three batsmen for 14 He represented Oxford at Hammer runs. He took five wickets for 12 Throwing in 1809 and 1900 and at runs, and so helped to win the match Billiards in 1898 and 1900.
when your players will not be required for League
games.
LEACH'S SUCCESS
Leach deal with the middle and
in tall end of the Services short time, taking six wickets for 21 runs 11 overs, four of which were
runs,
Among his bowling feats, outside
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loan your players to the Scottish, Welsh, or Irish Associations when such players are Iequested, but we should not think of compelling you to do so."
maidens. Jenkins took three for 50. In the world, He was about six feetoxford.. in 1900; 14 wickets for 100 And so the clubs-please-them--while-Leckie was-responsible for the taft, and brought the ball down from Ox
remaining wicket at a cost of 21 great helght. selves, and all internationals, nave one, are played between elevens which are never truly representa- tive of the football strength of the countries, and on mid-week after- noons, which relegates them, in importance, +to
clubs' Lengua reserva team games.
The F.A. Cup competition, which is controlled absolutely by the amateur section but kept alive ab- Rolutely by the professionals, pro- vides yet another example of the clash of opposing interests in big football.
The professional clubs dislike being called on to travel long dis- tances to meet the smaller fry, on grounds which cannot possibly hold enough people to pay more than the visitors' bare expenses,
They have, to a great extent, al- ready frozen out the Corinthians. They dislike intensely the incon-
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Ing of fixtures if their Cup progress has been won largely by virtue of a number of drawn and replayed tles.
They complain continually of the unfairness of the system of com- pensation which applies when League matches have to be put of for Cup-tles, They are, you see, caught between two sets of rules pertaining to fixtures-the League rules and the FA. Cup rules.
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BIG football cannot possibly continue much longer under present conditions. The signposts denoting Cross roads are already In view. In a nutshell, big foot- ball must be one thing or the other: just a game or just a vast financially controlled in- dustry. And the big-money men have obtained too strong a hold for the first alternative to be even con- uldered.
Before the war one would have said without hesitation that the complete submersion of. profes- sional football beneath big business Imust be bad for the game,
To-day in view of post war developments, one is forced to the view that it is the only way put,
The Club telded a powerful side for the match, every man on the side having a knock with all but two go ing
into double figures. Donald Leach reached, his century in exactly 100 minutes, his wicket falling a few minutes later with his score at 100. Hls total included 14 fours.
LARWOOD
TO COACH IN INDIA
Invitation To Nichols
Larwood, the England and Notts bowler, has accepted an invitation from the Indian Board of Cricket Control to go, out to that country this winter as one of the two professional coaches to be engaged by the Board..
Hendren, who was at one time dis- posed to go, has changed his mind. Sandham also has refused. An in- vitation has accordingly been sent to Nichols, the Essex fast bowler. And Prince Victor of Cooch Bihar, who is acting as the Board's agent in the matter, hopes to conclude the nego- tiations within a short time.
The plan is that Bombay, and Delhi should share the conches, who will be able to return to England by the middle of March.
Nichols went out to India in the witter of 1933-34 with D. R. Jar- dine's M.C.C. side, but Larwood has never visited that country.
Bill Hitch, of Surrey fame, has al- ready renched Indin, where he is to conch at Secunderabad and later at.. Calcutta,
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