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August 9, 1941.
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To-night's bulletin records a sight
Improvement.
Important Phase Of Basketball
(Continued from Page 6.)
worth real gold ming from ull angles.
Moments later Wong Chan-ming towering Sing Tao sub-centre, fouled by a South China player, edged up to the free throw aren carrying that all-important equa- lizer in those big hands of his Terrifle suspense held the entire basketball court.
Wong Chan-ming missed that "scure-balancing" free throw which pave South Ching this high trusioned
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THE Sub-Committee of the
Joint Basketball Rules Com-i mittee Of America, In order to recommend ways and means to reduce the number of fouls epmmitted or called in the game of basketball,
sent once
out foul analysis sheets to all parts of the United States and Canada.
One was shot down by Volunteer Defence Corps have been Two promotions in the Hongkong made, with effect from August 1.
R.A.F. Aghters.
No bombing had been reported up Second Lieutenants D. E. Davis and
to a p.m. G.M.T.
In offensive operations over the
D. L. Prophet are to be, Lieutenants.
-ÉRNIE BUSHMILLER.
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Louis To Defend Title Against Nova
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Reuter).– Joe Louls, world heavyweight box- ing champion, will defend his title against Lou. Nova at tho Yankee Stadium, New York, on September 19, according to an announcement | by Mike Jacobs, the boxing pro-
noter to-night,
Miniature Soccer Interport Against Macao
Hongkong Miniature Football Association are staring an Inter- port match against Macao shortly. The date for the match has yet to be fixed, though it will probably be played in Macao sometime bc- tween August 16 and
23.
The following players, who are fall participating in the Cheuk Lun
On the basis of 270 shrels re-Cup amall-ball league, have been turned completed to the Sub-Com-selected to dun colours for the Colony milice, 139 of the 279-games were cleven:-
either positively decided by fouls, Wong Kwok-viu and Cheong Sun
means
that 40.8
Lawn Bowls
LAST HEAD VICTORIES IN PAIRS TOURNAMENT
TWO OF THE FOUR matches in the Open Pairs lawn bowls championship last night provided thrilling finishes, the winning shots being scored on the last head. C. S. M. Thom and W. Williamson came through with a 22-21 win over G. Davies and G. E. Willerton, their winning shots being a 2 on the last end, while H. Spong and E. Levett beat A. B. Coleman and W. Gill 21. 18, the three winners being the last hend's score.
The third game was also very close, Y. II. Tanz and A. J. How eliminating T. Coleman and P. Younghusband 18-17, while in the fourth game, 5. Eccleshall and J. Shepherd beat E. V. Searle and G. E. Thompson 20-13.
THOM and Williamson, at the Kowloon F.C., opened with a rush.
At this period, how-
or it was possible for them to (goalies), Fuk Viu-wahs and Leung and with 5 on the 6th end were have been decided by fouls. This Ping-song' (full-backs), Lau Wing-ahead 13-4.
per cent of the 279kwong. Ho Lockay and Mak Wai- Jever, Davies and Willerton lintl gamer
were definitely influenced jun (half-backs), Lee Wal-lam, Lal settled down somewhat and they, in by the fonts called and shot. Chang-yin. Chiu Wing-keung and turn, scored steadily over the next The Ave fouls most frequently yall-¦ Chou Cimit-kuh (forwards).
five heads, and with a 5 on the 11th took the lead at 15.14.
ed were:-holding 1,027: pushing methods.
1,093: hacking 335: blocking 201: charging 221.
**
*
THE data next submitted to the Sub-Committee came from three championship series; namely the A. AU. championships, the Ohio State championships and the Texas State High School championships, where the results were comparable becau of the uniformity of the scoring
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- Of liese championship games
The final heads, were
close. The played by teams of high standing score crept up (Thom and William- under
son first) 10-20, 19-21 and, on the conditions of excellent 20th, 20-21. The tense moments of officiating. 55% were definitely affected by the fouls missed or willamosn claiming the vital count the last head ended with Thom and This certainly given cage of 2 to win 21-20. made. This fans an idea of the Importance foul Scores were: shooting takes at the present time williamson: 2.0, 3.0, 3, 3, 0, 0, 4.
the game of basketball.
1, 0.3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, the fouls attempted were shot from
After compiling this data, 31.3% of Winterton:
1. 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0. the foul line by the team winning;) 47.8% by the losing team. Further, 8.9, fouls per game on the average were made by the winning team, while 10.1 fouls by the losing.
On the average the calling of fouls presented approximately a 20% ad- vantage to the winning team, scores resulting from fouls considered.
Last Head Again
21
A FIGHTING FINISH by II. Spong and E. Levett featured the second game at the Kowloon F. C. Scores levelled 7-all on the BLh, 9-all on the 18th. 10-all on the 12th, and 11-all on the 14th, and then Spong and Levelt took single and a 5 and jumped ahead
Thic fact that the winning teams shut
to 17-11. slightly higher percentage of their fouls and at the same time made
20th end.
Once again they levelled slightly smaller number of fouls 18-all, and this was the than did the lesers, emphasised the|And then amid.great excitement. thought that the winner
what better team than the los Spong and Levett drew consistently foser, and finally counted a 3. It was a Still, when 55% of these games game in which either side would were determined-at-the-foul-line have-been-worthy-winners and the winning, team lud a 20% Scores were: advantage over the losing tearn at
Levett:
the foul ne, the foul again as-Gm: sumes an important position in the game of basketball.
1. 0, 8, 0, 1, 0,
2, 1, 0,,,, 1. 5, 0, 0, 0, 1, 21
0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 1, 2,
0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 0, 0—18
One Shot Difference
Of all the fouls called in these three series,, 94.5% were called on; defensive team. Only 43 fouls!
At the Club de Recrelo, 11 was out of a total of 785 were called on. H. Tang and A. J. Kew eliminated again over the last two heads that team in possession of the ball, clearly. Coleman and P. Younghusband. demonstrating that responsibility for After leading over the early heads fouling was almost entirely on the and again through the later stages. defensive player.
were
D. 2. 1, 0, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 18
0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2-17
Younghusband: 1.0.0.2.3.0.0.0.1
In the A.AU. tournament, a chart Coleman and Younghusband
beaten on, the post. was drawn showing where the
Scores were: majority of the fouls were made. If lines were drawn tangent to the foul circles where the foul line Interacets the circle and parallel to the sidelines, these lines would include 51% of the douls In an aren coinprising only 11.5% of the total playing area of a Mandard size court.
At Craigengower
S. Eveleshall and J. Shepherd bud an easy enough win over E. V. Searle was also brought to light that and G. E.
.
Thompson It Happy most fouls were committed as a direct Valley, though afice leading-for- result of the driblle.
"most" of "The way.
Searic. and With this data in mind, local Thompson had drawn up level on rage teams should really stress in the 14th and had actually taken the their practice sessions, the fact lead 13-12 on the 16th. that a certain amount of concen Sores were: tration on jout shooting would be Thompson; a dccided advantage to the stceras shepherd:
of any basketball squad.-Bilt Woo,
v, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0.
1, 0, 2, 2, 3, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -13
1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0. 2.
10, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 4, 1, 1, 3 =31
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