THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1947.
..SPORTS FEATURES..
Arthur Penll says:
TROKE shown on right of din
gets an excellent test of effective QLED deltfory. No matter how often you hit red in the right. pince cup-unil will never bump along the do Cushion and go I thin
BROWN
pocket un• LOAN YOU put plenty
of life int
the stroke. This is hol the
BURLI
no
A A
hard
hit-
GATIN
ting: Stint
the
moroiy Attan stroke.
What you want in a trno forward swing of the cuo at you strike cute-ba aboyo ita centro and Import the hiriak forward rotation which ensuren the ricochet elfact, a spectacular shot not nearly ou aimcult an it looks.
Ifow to play for a break at anonkir In shown at bottom of dingrata. You double yellow phat green into the carnez pocket and leave curbal
not. 11
where green afters & muut gaining you double yellow without this desired ponition it in a bad
troke.
Joe Still No. 1
Rave
a
When Joe Davis final polish to the champion- ships' cups, then handed them back to the Billiards Associa- tion, we assumed that a new era in professional billiards was just around the corner. Instead we have aptly met by the phrase: "The King is dead. Long live the King."
The world snooker championship for last reason has finished and Walter Donaldson has won the title,
NOW THE FUN BECINS Donaldron la champion of
the work. Joe Davis
chumpion. The
threatened and
retirement
When
Softball Chattor
By "Spectator”
Taken
Sportsmanship
To Its Limit
The Amazing Madcaps-Recs Affair
Sportsmanship at any cost was demonstrated-- commendable, no doubt, but perhaps unnecessarily stretched to breaking point-by the Recreio team in their game against Madcaps last Sunday which, ironically, they lost by a one-run margin.
A highly controversial judgment; hits, Madcaps replied immediately three-run re- by the Chief Jmpire of the South with a high-power
Verlesyn reached | China-Ball Club fracas-revulting register. Robert
On
Humet
a near "walk-out" by players who first on on error. Sherry were in the wrong end-turned the singled and Kelly. Silva-Netto's con-i
made (3 tables
the trolled hoist to right was the Chinese at
Rec
right cleventh hour to give their up hit by low-starting
Initial Madcap run could felder. ponents victory.
Unsettled Rovers, who frst with- have been scored at this play but uncnterprising baserunning. the Lengue, then re for drew from entered, showed more lack of organl-Bases full, Young Sabu Samy came they safety which saw ention when they could not field a off with a side and forfelted the points to the two Madcape across the home plate. tally came on The Bird Madcap Canadians,
the wings of Kelly Silva-Netto, pushed in on a sacrifice.
A most
and
score
Here is the Buffs' senior football team, doing duty in the first division of the League. Rending left to right from the back they are: Cpl. Jensen, Pte. Cunningham, Pte.
Willis, Vushway, Pte. Banting, Pte. Walsh, Pie.
Majer Majendie, Pte. Eliot, Pte. Pearce, Cpl. Andreasen and Cpl. Padersen.
SOCCER RETURNS
NORMAL
TO
Several Interesting Weekend Games
(BY "SEE TEE")
After packing four programmes play into a short space of five days, local football returns to normal today. There are three senior league matches and three tomorrow, with the usual quota of second division games.
In the remaining men's encounter, St. Joseph's could afford "fooling
caully ac- about," as they did, to
Gerry Gorane bingled to break
column" count for V. I. C.
Molthen's Wikdents
the Rers into the coring 11- 20-0 again in that eventful Tourth. A inflleted 31 ceremoniously
safetly bunt and Dickle Alves was whitewashing o the rookie Bece
Initial station. ^ nicely however, at the from Madcapville who,
placed dump by Tony Alves failed try all the way, a situation
riid
anfely but was to give him passage pecullar incident ceted in the Ree-Madcap tussle, was instrumental in
to third
and second the decision of which hung in the and Dickie
Leo Vieira came into balance
respectively. until the last out. Chief
Robbing prominence once
once again, hitting out
10
score in actor was Umpire Robbie
iri feature
n slinging two-bagger and sharing honours
1wo tee markers, equalising the Gussy rules were the respective managers,
three-all. Then at Eddle Marquee Mudeapa
Pereira got himself out by batting Gonsalves. Rerccio's Tony
a ball into territory and runnnig The stage wifs the first of the fourth
Madies were fente.
leading 3-1. into it. Leo Vieira scored however Two Recreios for the 4-3 lead. Three
ree runs were already scored to
came in and were dismissed and the lead. But I give Rees the vital promised by Joe parallels that made as not to be. Why? Well, try to
Then stanz ended.
the delayed and by Sydney Wooderson in athleticn.
The third run in this appeal, the peculiar replay Jon, retired undefeated champion, beat thir
to count
out of the confusion emerged the neventful stanza was al meets Walter, his muccessor, in
their score reverted to 3-3. week's play at Leicester-aquare all although Rees had finished on December 8-13. So Davia's turn it bat and were
Bang out in
The losers did not score in the Bee Gussy Pereira's
bunt
next two cantos but in the last of retirement merely takes the form of field. excluding two major events in each ranted in his being called out for
ted the fifth Madcaps tallied mice to get A runner
touebing a fairly batted senon the championships.
in front again. Maurice Verlesyn's ball in fair territory. The ball was full double scored In Robbie will
dead, bui Leo Vieira
This Rocha, The score was 4-3, Madcaps the platter for that third aun. run had counted. Two plays were leading, as Recreio went in for their made sul equently and ended. The last turn to bat. Pinch-hitter Tony Bayot grounded. Leo Tavares wait- tally should not have been counted fans and three strikes are call what if there and then there had of
ed on him. Two away, Blike Scares au appeal from the Madcap camp,
was up to the occasion in the clutch did admit he as Umpire Robbins
there with a terrifle drive which had he did not notice things. But
entire Madcap
Acla
flatfooted. was no appeal until the Rees were
grounder and it was going to the field. When tobbins was another
another home run for the Res. The former suggested that play was to defence was too slow. The sopred to-morrow's game will draw a large is able to kick a ball so hard, par was approached by Marques. the
at four all, and the crowd to the Club Ground. Junior ticularly on the valley, was evened
Ship Fun-South China games are also part to his "follow-through" action. Madcaps then had their last turn at being fought out at the Navy Groundfia boot does not stab at the bail, the platter. A wild heave to third, end at the Club Ground to-morrow. it hits it and follows on in its track. by usually reliable Wilfred Lawrence!
In less than a fortnight Lien Hwa, It is this follow-through action the Malayan Chinese lenny, will be resulted in Robble Rocha's marker!
maintains the rhythm of the and Madcaps' victory.
on show again in Hongkong. Thete
kick. It's worth
orth watching. visit to Shanghai will enable than to The lively little Malayan insido Ret together more as team which JEN. Chia Beon-long. attracted quite a lot of notice agnin. His midable. It was the Sing Tho teninck of height and weight are stoned means they may be still more for
with the ball, and his excellent“Toot- work which made him very much
on Wednesday, When shadow Chiu starts dancing around the burly Shanghai full backa
during the next few days there's going to be Rome fun,
ls and Donaldson meet they play an level terms,
Joe Davis remains player in the world,
I am milt
pion.
of
the largest In saying this
Then the new chum-
the uple
encounters promises to be a great season.
fancy that when Joe dreided Lo retire he had not then fully con sideral his position as a director of the company running the new Leicester square Hall Since then
realised that the difference he bus between making ends t and making a profit in closely linked with the appenraners of Joe Davis at the green cloth rendezvous.
Top Priority For Olympics
BRITAIN'S fastest aromen swim
ners are giving top priority in cir Olymple training schedules to the 400 metres free-wyle event,
ASA swinning adviser.. Harry Koskie, has picked this event as best suited to 16-year-old Cathle Gib. on, Scottish and national cham- plon; Margaret Wellington, at 21, England's fastest woman swimmer
Welsh free-style champion und re- cord holder.
Target is to cover the quarter mile Laster than
American Indoor the champion, Ann Curtis. The Ameri- enn has this year swum the distance in 5min. 7.0sec.--3.sec. faster than the world's record, and should easily break the Olymple record of 5min. 28.4sec, set by Hita Mastenbrock, of the Netherlands, in 1938.
did
HIGH KICKING
Alta to be reckoned with
was
had
crossed
been
to restarte: from where his error occurred. Ree's Gonsalves ageed, so that third leading run erased. Can you beat that!
UNORTHODOX DECISION
-dow--not-mesin
which apparently was in mind and if he
The
the
runner
by some
WETE
was
at
The Royal Air Force meet the Club this afternoon at Sookumpoo and hope to be able to field their strongest side since they lost heavily to Chinese Athletic at the end of September.
SPORTS DIARY FOR THE WEEKEND
TO-DAY
Football1st Div.
Pollee.-Athletle Buffs,
V p.m.
Navy Navy v. Kitchee, 4.30 Sonkunpoo-Club v. RAF,
P..
Tsal and Wong v. Canavarro and Wu.
Softball
4,30 CBA Ground-Canadians v. Fil
pinos, 9.30 am.; Madcaps v. Saints, pm.11.15 a.m.; VRC v. ftovers. 1 pm 4.30 Madcaps Aces v. Canadians, 2.30 p.m.; tecreio v. Baseball Club, 4 p.m.
Socond Division "A"
Sookunpoo-RAOC v. Police, 3
Navy, Navy v. 11QLF, 3 pan, Caroline ÍT HIKI{chec V.
p.m.
China, 3 p.m.
S.
Britain Can't
Valley Dockyard v. St Joseph's Stage Winter
4.30 pm.
Second Division "B"
Valley-Club v. Electric, 3 pm. Polico.-RASC v. Athletic, 3 p.m.
Cricket
HKCC. "Ancient Lights" "Younger Elements," 2 p.m.
KCC.-KCC v. University, 2 pm. Cralgengower. - CCC Tamar, 2 pm.
Tennis.
CRC-Exhibition
Y
HMS
Olympics
Next summer London puts or the 12th Olympic Games. People are asking why London- was not given the winter Olym- pics too. Unless an Olympic rule is altered this country will never нее this part of the Games.
3.30 matches, p.m. Cunnvarro v. Teal Ho-tal, Wong Mino-sung v. Wu Sung-kong, Taal and Wu v. Canavarın and Wong.
Lawn Bowls Recreio-Find Interport match, Shanghat v. Hongkong, 3 p.m.
Softball
CBA Ground-Madcaps "B" v. Waboos, 3 pm.
1.DI
SUNDAY
Football-1st Div. Navy-Kwong Wah v. RAF, 4.30 Club. Sing Tho v, S. Chinn, 4.30 p.m,
Police Police v. St Joseph's, 4.30 JJY.
Second Division "A"
Club-Eastern v. K. Motor Bus, 3 p.m.
Valley. WD Chinese v. Talkoo, 3
p..
Second Division "B"
Navy-S. China v. Sing Tao, 3
Sooltunpoo-RAMC v. REME, 3
Sookunpeo-Chinese Cadre v. RA.
p.m.
3.m.
4.30 pan.
pJn.
The British Ice Hockey Associa tion did ask for the ice hockey and skating to take place in London next the and February; but January
cannot Olympic winter events
be split and must be allocated to n country with faeltitles for ski-ing and bob-sleighing. Changing the rule would cause too
coin- plications, so we shall have to con- tinue sending teams abroad iri search of these Olympic honours.
many
Next best to the Olymples are the world champlanship series, which we had ten years ago. Next year's in the event will be incorporated
- Is the Olympic Games; and Paris Ilkely venue for 1049. I will be 1050 at the earliest before Londoners will have their second view of these championships,
English and Scottish selectors are British busy with trials for the Olympic team. Each country will conduct i's own trials to produce a tcom of Possibles. England wit! then meet Scotland in a final trial series of four games, two in Scot- lund and two in London.
FINDING A COACH
It is hoped to announce the names. of the 15 players for St Moritz by the that further end of December, so
for the training can be arranged team before they leave for Switzer- land in late January.
The problem of selecting a conch will not be easy. Percy Nicklin; who conched our team to a
a triple victory in the 1936 Olympics ut Garmisch, be available. 2 will not
but hus promised assistance during training.. It would not be surprising if the Job went to "Sandy" Archer, who re- cently resigned his post with Not- tingham and is now a free-lance.
Cricket
KCC-Kowloon XI v. ShanghalĮ Interport XI, II am,
Craigengower.-CCC v. Navy,
Lawn Tennis Although the meeting of Sing Tau, can make a good clearance with his and South Chinu has cot the sam left fout, even under pressure, but it
CRC-Exhibition matches, 3.30 attraction as inst season, when these is not to be compared with the fire
That Hau P. Canavarro v. Wu. Tsai v. Wong, action of the other leg.
in due in
Were the two premler Chinese clubs,
Which
Optilly Shares, Wilfred Lawrence and work which almost beat Lien Hwa for largely by his excellent footwork
ELO ho
►
'WOMEN'S MATCH
St
on Wednesday and the Mayans were very conscious of that. Sing Tuo were on their incitle from the whistic. first note of the referee's with the result that their opponents were not given the same scope as they enjoyed in their Sunday's mater against Hongkong.
day's
Profy highly speedy, view when Chieftain Alico Mar leads sparkled well.
the
It was a pity that pretty fouling
ahoukl linve marred Wednesday's
men have been
was
them
from the
have
had
There is one women's game to be There was no necessity for agree-played this afternoon starting Lig to replaying in that mast three. Madcap Bees will take unorthodox manner. Disagreement Wahoos with these Three Blind Mice Gonsalves Popular Been-will Tony lay, probably take another drubbing. did agree to play
Tomorrow's full card of four men's if the ample requested, he should have done so under protest and in all matches and one women's are fea- eircumstances there is little tured by the first test of ability of those
Woo's penuant-chasing Cun- question that his pretest would be Bill
adians against the slugging Filipinos. upheld.
"Not for a moment' are the Mad-The Canadians big problem is their caps blamed for bad sportsmanship, pilcher, although they have the best
NO COALMOUTH FINISH
game: it was difficult to place how, slow in appealing in Herbie Qum who, however, ap- However
There were inuments in Wednes- when and where it all began. allowing nears to be not in trim yet. in oversight in against
game when the Malayan Rivalry between the two teams was- thal third run to count in the first leadman BI can rely on the old
and the players keen- place and would have suffered timer moundsman Kabsa Nazarin and Chinese seemed to be strung together pretty keen
the ball running and 17-year-old Margaret Linton,ther they liked it or not. But there is Dr G. G. Lee always ready ilke beads, with
ness was sharpened a little by the to go. Hard-hitting Filipinos may easily amongst them, but the same it fairly
tense atmosphere among the bulk of Marques got away with
the uncertain Canadian lack yot upset
Anish as was ju slut
of goalmouth
the crowd. It definitely affected bringing defence. squarely in
the players. evident on Sunday, snapped the whole nt cha
On Sunday 1 near goal. late stage. matter at
of the programme, thing The tit-bit
quilo a different match near Gonsalves
altogether. to have agreeing
between
The reason that Sing Too (and a Nevertheless, the Lien Hwn players of however, is the game changed in the second
and the now formidabic weakened Sing Tao touring side st will be just as glad to be playing the Just canto when the game was Joseph's
Modeans. I expect the Saints to that) were able to do so well against | In Hongkong again the week' after four-all at tied
Was kunother
we shall be to seo redeem themselves from their defeat Llen Hava was largely a matter of team next as JI of overemphasis
sportsmanship. There was apparently nothing wrong by Recs recently, Madcaps fielding work. There was on understanding again.
which was does not warrant confidence, while in the Sing Tao team
RAF v. CLUB PROSPECTS Maurice Vorlesyn
Hongkong Saints' big suns should come off this sadly incking from the ched first on bingle.
But ob-
The RAF hope to be able to field time-wel, it's about timel
eleven on Sunday. Although the Sing. viously there was something in the
Tuo attack was a little lop-sided something approaching their strong- dr when fleet-footed, stablished
est elevens in the two matches they ****
without its star outside left, are scheduled to play this weekend. cushion robber Robble Roche sub-
Chung-sung was never happy as u Karen Harup, of Denmark. She stituted. And it so happened that Another bevy of cuties is to be on left wingman) the rest of the Several of their regular first cleven
some high kicking to win the by son
away European 400 metres in 5min. heady
Colony since late September, and Along the base her Maple Lents to battle against 10.25cc., with Cathie Gibson fast paths, Robble came in with the Mudcap
Allrmen Aces. This should be wing-cheung at centre forward was Eddie Mar- struggle,
To my mind the display of Chua, the
interesting although
matches, they in her. Cathie's time of deelding taly. Again
Aces have something of a revelation. Chu was have not been quite so successful as six seconda ques, of the Madcaps, got away shown themselves to know their
with it. He had every right to ask stuff. It is expected that Margie usually to be found in that part of they could have been. One of their where a centre forward liveliest matches was that in which for a substitute runner even if he Xavier will do mound duties for the the field
The result was that he they beat the Inniskillings 6-3 on knew Verleyn wae it as a fiddle,
idle. Mudcaps with courageous Teresa It was up
Gonsalves to refuse Baptista on the receiving endif the was a constant source of anxiety to October 25. Their strengthened
the Lien but he did not. And so that is as latter's beauty of a bluck eye from
Hwa defence, for, after clov
cloven should be a good match for whipping nearly
foul tip in her last game is not in the match in fine style, the n. possible the story
home the first goal of the the Club today.
There should be Recreios way. The Ace team can be Im-
duols interesting sportsmanbip-addicted
between but I felt he was a man to be marked. Chu Sewell, the RAF centre forward and went home with a heart-rendinkach Eddie Marques' move, so we'll will be seen at centre forward a few Fornow,
proved by some changes, defeat in their system.
the Club pivot. Another more times, I think muster at the Fowler, the Club's outside right with interesting clash will be that of HOW GAME WENT
There will be Mary Ng (It was Mary Loule, re-
big member?) has demonstated in pre- Police Ground to see the Buffs ploy Soutar, the RAF left back. Recreio opened up in the first of war days that she is pitcher of class their second league match this, after-
Princess Elizabeth's wedding by the second frame when hable Leo and is still doing service fot the noon; again' opposed by one
Thursday) will be Vieira amashed a masterpiece of a Canadians. Alice Mar has not best Chinese teams. Last Saturday
match in training lightly butter time 1353 grounder to pierce through the decided on the line-up yet but those they gave 2-1 lead for a long competition, between terma, repre- Tao bit of a fright The Victory Shield whole Madcap defence for a homer. certain on the side to form a useful by holding Ito gave
back sterling display all backbone are Jean Lee, a dynamle period.
Defensive and half
senting the United Services on the round, diving headlong on more shortstop Ullan
brought Mariana weakness in the second half
one
hand and the Combined Chinese, than one bccasion to save near Young, May Bunn and Mavis Bunn. about the Buffs failure in this match,
bo which they lost 4-2. Against Sing the other, is a new trophy (to
presented by the Hongkong FA) Tao they tended to play the Chinese inaugurated to mark the victory of at their own gama: a more open the nilles in World War II. The style of football would have paid n
tournament 1s on a "home" and botter dividend.
"away" basis: next Thursday's match which kicks-off on the Navy Ground Wednesday's second meeting of at 4.30 pm., is the United Services Sing Tao tourists and Lien Hwa home match.. Later the two sides placed before the local public twenty-will meet on,h ground selected by two Chinese players, of whom many the Combined Chinoso. If two games must be considered as "possibles" are not sufficient to decide the com-
.Olympic.
petition a third Games for the T-China
bo played. may caught the eye with some very sound Next Thursday's gine will be caught the eye with some very found Interesting from several viewpoints, play. Most outstanding was Hou not the last being that it is on the Ying-song+
Sing Tao's right back cards that the Malayan Chinese will (now with Kitchee)); Hau's right play a United Services toom and a foot is still improving. His left is Combined Hongkong Chiness team complet overshadowed by it. it when they return to the Colony.
19.8uec., slower than her best. Margaret Wellington won her heat unchallenged in Monte Carlo; bui the final placings were judged times, so that she had no chance to show what the could dio pressed.
A Linton, a
there,
an
when
concen-
comparative to this distance, was not but Koskie thinks trated winter training will greatly improve her first trial time at 6min.
43sec.
There are other British, swimmers for the Olympic quarter.
the Welsh girl is Molly Tancock, of Weston-super-Mare.. She has im- proved steadily since her Arst Na- tlonats last year.
SPORTING SAM
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should be.
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