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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
JANUARY WEDNESDAY,
26, 1938.
FOOTBALL SELECTORS SHOULD START WORK NOW
FORWARD LINE PRESENTS THE BIG PROBLEM
PREPARING FOR VISIT OF THE CORINTHIANS
(By "Abo")
The disappointment caused by the decision of the Hongkong Football Association not to send an Interport team to Shanghai has now given way to the greatest enthusiasm regarding the forth- coming visit of the Islington Corinthians, the famous English amateur soccer team, to the Colony.
As this will be the first time in the history of football in the Colony 15 the that an English team pays compliment of coming here, and in view of the splendid record of the Corinthians during their present local world tour, it behoves the soccer authorities to pick the best possible teams in the matches against the visitors.
Due to arrive from Malaya on February 18, the Corinthians re expected to play four matches in Hongkong during their stay of ap- proximately two weeks. They com- mence their programme on Saturday, February 19, with match agains! the South China. A.A., who invited them here. On the following day, they will play the United Services. The visitors will rest until the next week-end when they will have two the more engagements, playing Civilians on February 20 and the
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What material have we got for the Civilian and Hongkong teams?
First Diviston clubs from which Civilian players can be picked, opart from the South China A.A., are St. Joseph's Hongkong F.C., Kowloon F.C.
Police, Eastern and Kowloon Chinese. As South China will be the only club to field its own side against the
Corinthians, It does not seem fair that any of the Caroline 1 players should be chosen to play for the Civilians. For this purpose I shall deal with players from the other six clubs mentioned.
AVAILABLE MATERIAL
First of all, a goul-keeper, Manning (Police) turned out. for the Civillans in the Lol Wah Cup recently, and though I applauded his selection, his display that day against the Chinese left plenty of room for improvement. However, if he is not chusen, we
whole of Hongkong on February have only two others who are cuable
Naturally South China and the Services will select their
of stepping into his shoes. They are Sammy Tsang (Eastern) and R. representatives but it will be up to
Marques (St. Joseph's). However, Association the Hongkong Football
relled neither of these two can be upon,
with any degree of confidence to do better than the Police officer, Berefore I think Manning would be as stood as anyone the Selectors can piek.
the
to pick teams to represent Civilians and the Colony. Here, It is to be hoped, the best teams will be chosen,
A SUGGESTION
For whatever it is worth, I put forward the suggestion that the Association selects the Civilian and Colony elevens as soon as possible, preferably about a fortnight before the.arrival of the Corinthians, so that the players may have an opportunity of getting together and settling down as a team. Very often in the course of the present season we have seen 11 good individual players chosen but representative
matches seldom have they satisfied local erllics with regard to their combina tion as a team. This is where the Chinese have the advantage over other teams in the Colony in the big mitches; and for this reason many experts are inclined to the view that the first game, between South China und the visitors, will be the best of the four.
for
Unless the Association selectors get to work right away to get the Civilian and Hongicong. teams together, I agree with this view. personally
There are enough good players here to be welded into a useful eleven, capable of offering reasonable op- the Corinthians. The position to
hing to do is to pick them out now and let them get used to one another's type of play.
Let us leave the Chinese and the Services' teams alone for the moment,
A
The full-back berths present more ticklish problem. Those who have been seen in action in some
of the more important matches are Hussain and Costa (St. Joseph's), Pile (Police) and Ulrich (Kowloon F.C.). In my opinion the two finally to be
elected should be
amongst these
four. Or tinge, only one, Hussain, playa regularly at right back; the other three are usually on the left, Dile, of course, is the mosi ex- perienced of the lot, having played al left back for a number of years for the Poller and for Hongkong in the
Interport ngainal Shanghai, In Costa and Ulrich, however, he has two rivals who will run him very close for the honour. As
regards the right back position, unless
the better man Association can find t Hussain may find himself included for lack of competition. If the Association Selectors are not satised with him. Pile could be shifted from left to right to let in either Costa cr Ulrich; or they may care to keep a look-out for Done, the Police defen- der, who despite his bulk, is not a slow mover.
THE HALF BACKS
I have only seen N. Beltrao play once this season, when he turned out at centre-half for St. Joseph's in the
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Group photo, laken recently, of the King's College Badminton Club with the Junior Shield which they won last year. Standing (left to right),.-K. L. Lui, W. M. Cheung, H. N. Chung, T. Lam and w. c. Chung. Seated.-J. Pau (Hon. Secretary), B. P. Chan (Capt.), Mr.. W. Kay (Headmaster), H. T. Woo (vice-
captain). Sitting on floor.-K. H. Lo and H. K. Woo, (Photo: Ming Yuen).
Scottish Rugby Team Chosen
London, Jan. 25. The following players have been selected to represent Wales in the International rugby match against Scotland at Murrayfield on February 5: Jenkins: Clement, Idwal- Rees, W. Wooller, Bassett; Tanner, Cliff Jones (Capt.): E. Morgan, Travers, H. Rees, -F. L. Morgan, Watkins. McCarley, Vickery and A. M. Rees.-Renter,
No change has been made from the side which defeated England, at Cardiff on January 15 except that W. Wooller, who was hurt, has now return- ed to the team, in place of Claude Davey.
MANILA BOXING REVIVED
And Gives Russian Lad His Chance
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down to
Manila, Jan. 20. War in Shanghai started a revival in Manila's boxing Industry and gave Andre Shelaeft a push
short-cut what he hopes Is fame and fortune,
Shanghai's
"Bloody forced cancellation of third bout with Young Alde, Filipino fighter, and sent the 18-year-old Russian out of the war zones to the Philippines.
Saturday"
Shelaci's
Olympic Plans Are Proceeding
Japan Sends Delegate To Cairo Meeting
AUSTRALIA HAS HER PROBLEMS AS WELL
Greatest Faith In
Spin Bowling
In a recent despatch from Adelaide to the London Daily Express, William Pollock, the well-known cricket welter, discusses Australia's pro- blems in picking a team to four England this summer. Bayo:
come
to
One of those becoming careworn men who have to take the responsi- bility of picking the fourteen
under Don Bradman's cop- taincy (Don has not yet been ap- pointed captain, but Australia assumes he will be), tells me that are "four major problems," They are:-
there
(1) Opening batsmen; (2) Middle batsmen;
(3) Spin bowlern;
(4) Wicketkeepers.
I know a fifth: Which of seven or eight young players to choose, which to leave out?
SLOW IN THE FIELD Jack Fingleton, W. A. Brown (in England last tour) and Kenneth Rigg cannot all come as openers. Rigg is slow in the field, and Fingle- ton and Brown do not go through with their strokes suficiently to get on top of bowling early in an in- nings,
Badcock may be one of the open- ers; he is the most forceful stroke ployer in Australia just now, the Hort to get a hundred before lunch be- if he starts right. He is a cross tween Bradman and Patsy Hendren. The Don will probably bat num- ber three, and McCabe, new, in my controlled opinion, the most fuen
number roke-maker In
if
I shall not be surprised four. our old friend Chipperfield-be who
99 was not out at lunch in his first Test at Nottingham In 1934, went and foodless during the interval, way out (still 99) immediately they resumed play-gets into the team. He is such a useful cricketer and the best slip fielder the Australians
Tokyo, Jan. 20. Final proof of Japan's determina- tion to hold the Olymple Games in spite of the present crisis was seen to-day in the appointment of Prof. Jigoro Kano as chief Japanese de- legate to the International Olympic Committee's session in Cairo.
Dr. Tasaku Kinoshita, adviser to the
Amateur Athletic Federa- "FLEETWOOD" IS CERTAIN Japan tion, has
hard accepted
They are thinking very formally nomination to represent Japan at a about how many spin bowlers to meeting of the International Track bring. Some say two will be enough, and Field Federation in London.
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So Bradman-according to a letter written 20 ex-England captain Arthur Gilligan, and quoted back here thinks that England's "crying need"
is spin bowlers. "Australia's attack for years has been based on What handsome length and spin. dividends thut policy has paid," Bradman is
reported. Up to a point yes: O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett beat us In 1934 in England, and here last year, against "Gubby" Allen's team, O'Reilly, Fleetwood Smith, and Ward took, between them, Afty-five wickets in the Tests.
The refugee-puglist was manna from hell to the Sangle Brothers, Filipino promoters attempting to give 14 clean start to a boxing business
others that three should be taken. Prof. Kano will sail from Kobe on
There which had been of a character dubi-
are three In the running. Fleetwood-Smith, eus enough to make good foreign February 3 aboard the ss. Fushimi
Grimmett, and talent wary of Manila,
Marut en route to Cairo. In Hong-
Word, to whom Sir Jullen Cahn The
brothers warmed kong or Singapore he will board an made an offer last year. You can Sangle
write "Fleetwood" down as a about with Full Imperial Airways plane to reach Shelacff up in Shield match against Kowloon. Con-
name Bill sidering that he had not played for Murata, Japanese boxer whom he Cairo before March 10, the opening tainty, just as you can
O'Reilly as the stock bowler of the
new nearis_a_full season, 1 thought is knocked out in the second round. In day of the meeting-
OTHER DELEGATES. performance was very good indeed, the meantime, -Young-Alde had also.
I was also announced to-day that led the war zones and returned to However, he has not played regularly Manila. Shelaet decisioned Alde in Mr. Werner
German Klingeberg, since then and thus he may not be
to the Tokyo 10 rounds and Filipino fight fans de technical adviser favoured by the Selectors. 1 agree
Olympic Organising
who Committee. that a man who plays week after cited the Russian was Number One week should be preferred to one who among the refugees Shanghai has recently inspected the sports facilities In many parts of Japan, will sail only turns out occasionally, no mat-sent to Manila,
Fighting Carlos, next on the list from Yokohuura February 3 ter how good he was. Still, it is not
Empress of Russia for yet too late for this former Interport of opponents, fouled Sheineff in a labourd the
He is always bout so riotous that even the sports London by way of Amerlen to attend pivot to get into trim. in condition as he plays cricket and writers could not agree next morn- the International Track and Field was meeting. Later he will proceed to hockey regularly and should not ing in which round the fight find great difficulty in getting into stopped. But they all remembered the Cairo session. shape. Apart from Beltrao, there is the Shanghai youth looked
of the KFC. Ir enough to be rated the best contender only A. S. Bliss, Beltrno is played, I suggest that C, F. for the Orient's welterweight title Remedios,
former Shanghai claimed by Clever Henry,
Clever Henry, who is appropriate- Interport captain, be inoluded"
returning at the right-half and that Bliss goes to left named, was half, which position he filled with time from a barnstorming tour of credit in the Governor's Cup match Australin, where he lost two bouts, Inst Saturday. It is a good inter-drew one and won 10 including n mediate line, Judging by local stan- tenth-round knockout over Todd
Morgan, former world champión. dards anyway.
FIGHT WITH HENRY Forward I think D. Knox will be Contracta were signed when Henry
Monte Carlo, Jan. a natural choice as leader of the at-arrived and the bout was set for:
Playing with the Irishman G. L. lack-if the Injury he sustained Inst January 22. It will mark Shelaeff's week does not keep him out. I have graduatlon from a dinky outdoor Rogers, the Chinese tennis player French- the greatest respect for that left foot boxing park to Rizal Memorial Sta- Kho Sin-kie defeated the of his; the only complaint I have to dlum, one of the Far East's most Manacean team
by B4 40, 04, 3- make is that he does not use it more modern athletic plants. The promo Landau
of the often. With the shot that he packs ters anticipate a full house, somie BG in the men's doubles
international tennis championships in that boot, he does not need to get 8,000 spectators. past the backs before letting fly. The Shelue thinks the title is as good now being held here. only other certainty, to my mind at as
Fils manager, Heinrich least, is Hau Ching-to, the speedy Sreil brother of the once well- Eastern left-winger. There is such known middleweight Eric Seelig.career.
at 16 in Harbin. He cele- dearth of outstanding Civilian doesn't want to talk about 1; 11's brated his 18th birthday anniver- forwards that I cannot for the life bad luck.
sary last December.
Shelaeff will probably outweigh
of
the
at
won.
Seelig
admitted,
however,
Hood Dr. Kinoshita will sail from Yokohama on February 25 on board Helan Maru for the N..K. liner London by way of the United States,
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the
KHO SIN-KIE WINS TENNIS MATCH
of Ademan and
me think of anyone better than the rest to fill the three remaining boy's future depends largely on the Henry five or six pounds in the positions. The outside right berth is bout with Henry, He hinted he title bout. Henry, a Filipino, also going to be particularly difficult. hoped to try richer boxing fields if claims the lightweight crown of the Until I have formed a better opinion, Shelaeft wins, but said he would Orient. His manager, Harry Fen- I will not make any suggestions. make no plang until after the fight.ton, said fenry trained to thorough- He professed to have attractively he was in condition January 14 COLONY SIDE
offers from Honolulu and Singapore, and had to be tapered off to pre- Scellg said Shelaen began his vent over-training-United Press.
The Colony team should be easler
to pick. It is a thousand pities that
so many of our best Service pinyers
will be leaving before the Corinthians arrive. Rowlands, definitely firs
cholce as goalie, will be away, and
It seems to me that the next best is
Tam Kwan-hon, of South China "B" Webster, whose claims for inclusion
at right back are very strong, will
not bo here; so we might do woTKO
than take Mak Slu-hon and Li Tin-
Bank as the backs. These two have
a
ne understanding and I am sure
they will not let the Colony down.
If the Selectors are not keen on Malt,
they might move Li to right back
and include elther Pile, Ulrich or
Costa at left back.
As far as I can see, the centre-
halt position will be fought out be- tween Bright (Middlesex and Army), Lau Hing-chol (South China) and Deltrao (St. Joseph's). On present form, both Bright and Las Illing-chol are quite as good as Beltrão was two years ago. There seems to bo n-great dent support for Land, the (Continued on Page 0.)
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SPIN BOWLING FALLACY Arthur Gligan is quoted as say, ing "England has relied too much an fast bowlers in the past and I
This is what he
expect the selectors will go on play- ing fast bowlers. But we have some good spin bowlers, and I think it would be a good idea to put them in the next Tests."
Unless Ian Peebles, Jim' Sims and Walter Robins make strong come- backs next season I find it difficult to think of any very good spinners we have spinners likely to do much against batsmen who are brought up from the cradle on "Bosie" bowling, as they call it here.
True, there arc also Hollies, of Warwickshire, ond Peter Smith, of Essex, who is one of the best of the lot, to my mind, but who never gets chance in the big games. But please to remember this!---
Don is a very astute young man; he knows that most of his players are Hikely to do better against spin bowling than against pace bowling, just as he knows that some of Eng- land's Test match batsmen get the Jitters when they see the spin stuff coming on.
Never mind; time enough for that. Meanwhile, it is good to see that he thinks both England and Australin will have better tenms in 1938 than they had out here last tour. That can well be so.
Wong Wing Returns To Local Soccer
Playing For China Against Scotland
The team announced to represent China in the semi-final round of the International Charity Football Cup against Scotland on Chinese New Year Day includes Wong Wing, the former Interport goal-keeper, whose appearances this season have been .very rare. His return this week is taken to mean that he may play against the Islington Corinthians.
The International match will be played at Carolino Hill, commencing at 3.45 p.m.
The Chinese team is:
Wong Wing; Mak Siu-hon, Li Tin sang: Lau Hing-tsoi. Lam Tak-po, Leung Wing-chiu; Yeung Shui-yik, Fung King-cheong, Chan Tak-fal Soong Ling-sing, Hau Ching-to.
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Reserves: Chung Kin-fal, Wai-kuen, Lau Chung-sang, Cheung Mun-wing, Taun Kwun-kon, Kwok Ping-chung.
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