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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1948.
..SPORTS FEATURES
Today the Rest of the Colony versus Shang- hai: to-morrow a full programme of senior league football! That is the menu for soccer fans for this week-end.
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Interest in this afternoon's Interport serica match was much heightened by the visitors' defcät of the Combined Hongkong Chinese XI on Wednes- day, even though the home side established a heavy territorial advantage.
There are two sets of all-Service league fix=" tures to-morrow, but the most interesting match' of the day is the third meeting of the season of St Josephs' and Sing Tao.
Another Big Test
For
S'hai Interport Team Today
(BY "SEE TEE")
The Hest of the Colony XI is ex-perenlog the relection of the Hong-
preted
fndlows
to pr this afterptoos
Leek (Chub
Closane (AF),
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kong Interport team, is Leek a bri- ter "Liz-match" gontkeeper than Tan? How would Sewell have fored
Fjelstad (Club), an
the Colony's centre-forward? Insepha); Anderson How much better will Gosan Inre Forrow, Captain (Club), with a les reurial wing hul? in Parvin (RN); Xavier (St Josephs), front of him? Chu Cunningham pro- Cunningham (Bulls), Sewell (RAF),
luce the phenomenal form be show Kiernan (Iuniskillinits) and Omarja the Memorial Cup match?
St Josephs).
These and other questions may be
full wered in
this afternoon: This is a most interesting team;
ami It has weaknesses In defence nul some may lie upon the table
the he argued over and over again attack, but its chief merit is
those pinces where Football is ever strength of the middle line and the
a popular toțile. Striking power of the three inside forwards.
If Cunninghum, Sewell
and Kiernan produce their best form, and their two St Josephs wingman, Xavier and Omar, their best leg
garne, Shanghai's defence is going
to do a lot of running about: quite as much as the Colony's attack gave
11 on Tuesday,
SAINTS' PROSPECTS
St Josephs' let's not be misunderstood in high Oghting qualites,
known places!)-St Josephs well ability to put up a great fight against wemingly overwhelming odds, wit attract a large crowd
to the Club Ground tomorrow afternoon. The Saints beat Kitchee when the Kit- hat included those The renewal of the duel between thee playing Hoboostoff and Forrow is another players who are now the back-bone plum to which many are looking of forward. Roboostoff Is a player who must be watched closely and!
A SECOND DUEL
Tao
int In mid-week
Tang Yee-kit. Hongkong's centre-forward les iniured on the ground after scoring the second goal in the Interport A Shanghai defender soccer match against Shanghai.
(in white) watches the ball go into the back of net after a vain attempt to stop Tang from scoring-Golden Studio.
SOFTBALL CHATTER
BY "SPECTATOR”
League Championship Virtually Decided
CANUCKETTE'S NEW STRENGTH
While the International Series got into stride during the Chinese New Year holidays, with Great Britain and China advancing to the semi-finals at the expense of United States and Philippines respectively, the Men's "A" League championship was virtually decided last weekend us St Joseph's consolidated their position as potentinl winners with a victory over their closest rivals, the Merry Madcaps. a last minute victory from the very jaws of defeat,
of Sing
The Saints had the
Their
Forrow is in for another
busy after young
forwards, however,
Рудио
I expect to see Shanghai's centre-forward adopting the tactles which Tawton is using with Notts County, lying back behind the other forwards and coming through with a rush at the right moment.
In many ways Tuesday's Interport match was a disappointment. The Shanghai men seemed unable to blend their own individual styles Into a cohesive force, either in de fence or attnek. First half sports by Itoboostoff and Suen looked full of
match in October.
many scoring chances and Sing Tuo Sutched
much reinforced Sing Tan team beat the Saints 1-2.
The nexl games in the Interna- bie Rocha from the important windy In the Sentar Shield competition ational competition will see China alley station was especially felt meeting India and Great Britain when youthful Robert Remeillos, at lashing with Portugal, The win a new position, was somewhat at sea. Cornerman Robert Verlçsyn tiers of these fracas, to be played on a date yet to be axed, will meet in would choose that day to get The final for the Hongkong and of his "off days" and contributed to Shanghai Hotels Shield.
the Belding "rol."
The Club's match with Kitchee, which follows immediately on
the
Sing Tan-Saints match, brings back memories of the stirring battle
aldes fought which these two
on October 32. Kitchee won 5-4. The
fot
promise, and the bull time score of Club have every hope of turning the which is V. Canadians tussle. une over the fence to garner
tables tomorrow.
al the
At
after last
2
one
BackRoom Boy Of Olympic
Swimming
By MILLIE HUDSON British Olymple Representative
JOHN MACADAM in an Olympic Round-Up Says
Luckily The Chinese
Bring Their
Birds' Nests
A
Own
This is a Progress Report on XIV. Olympiad, London, 1948, otherwise the Olympic Games, other- wise Great Britain, Ltd., and if you don't think it indicates progress, then, my friend, you don't know what progress is.
staff of some two
The man with one of the biggest Olymple Games burdens on his shoulders, that of "singe managing” the swimming and boxing events, is doing the trust talking about it. He is Paul Herbert, general manager of
thousand, | trial worker, such as a steel puddler, the Empire Pool at Wembley and many of them
volunteers and un-is just over 3,000 calorica, a Turkish linicon officer between managing paid, have drawn up for the 6,000 to weight-lifter expects to be fed al director Sir Arthur Elvin and the 7.000 competitors
1,000-plus the rate of 5,000 calories. accompanying V.I.P.S a faut pro- ! Olympic committee.
Quiet and unboastful, Herbert with tramine. say if you inquire about his work; "I'm just back-room boy. don't want to be brought into the Imelight,"
and
Transport is being Inid on by Basil John Wainwright, who, apart from It runs by the half-hour from 2.30 the three main
living contres for p.m. on July 29 next at the Wembley
has got 10 accommodation, Stadium, with a bewildering series diary centres, and has also the task mbol-
of offshoots to more than a dozen of transporting athletes and atten- Through his genius for manage other stadla in the London area, un- dants from these 19 living quarters ment and his love of sport he has ur 6 p., on August 14, again at to i7 sporting venues and 52 training been there since 1934. From a bank | Wembley Stadium.
grounds. This he will do by using clerk he had become a city foreign
52 houses over more than 600 bus To do this they have had to con-routes. correspondent. He was then known
Venues include — besides for the fine international golas he slder everything in and out of apart. Wembley Harringay, Henley, organised for the Highgate Diving from the provision of shark fins to Herne Hil, Windsor Great Park,
Aiding 124. dinghies. Club,
which he founded.
Aldershot. him in his work is his fluency in
The extraordinary thing is that. French.
On the technical side, Edward A. considering the nunpower problemarker and lils staff of six, with a TENNIS AND GYMNASTICS
and the material problem that exist technical committee made up from A diver of merit himself, Herbert in England today, it is belu done the nationni sporting bodies of this was also at one time any tennis on paper to the satisfaction of player, was ranked among the best probably one of the mast
country, are responsible for all the expert physical aspects of the 17 sports re- gymnasts of the country, and served | hodies of
phumers on the executives of amateur bodies world has ever seen.
democratic presented in the Games. governing these sports,
A periaanent servler to divers is his book,
Foundations of Modern Springboard Diying, highly recom- mended by chief ASA diving ad- viser, Gregory Motveleff, proceeds of which go to Olymple tralatog funds. Herbert immediately proved his worth at the stadium by staging
BUT I'M NOT
Banne
A DRONE - I CAN'T
IT IF THE BALL DOC
COME DOWN THIS END
successfully the second British Em- pire Games in 1934. He, cemented This proof later with the next largest show of his career, the 1938 European out
Games, for which he was also Secre was tary
Russians
ure
SOME OF THE DETAILS
by
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52 NATIONS TO COMPETE
Some 30 of these sporting experts Fifty-two nations have accepted have been meeting mouth for next summer's Games. There is month, but now their meetings are not space to enumerate the nations being accelerated to get down Thin
not yet in such details as the surface quality although they are expected almost of the sprint track, the brush for the hourly, but looking down the list of fences in the equestrian events, names it is impossible to think off-stop clocks for the wrestling, photo- hand of any considerable Power that finish for general finishes, down to will not be represented.
such trivin pencils and score- boards for the judges..
+
The number of events has reached;
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International
their
136, against Berlin's 129 in 1936, the They are also responsible for the 118 of Los Angeles, the 113
of printing of a handbook in English, Amsterdam--back through Paris, Spanish, and French for each sport, Antwerp. London, St Louis,
for the supplying of at least And Paris to the 44 events of Athens way horses for the modern pentathlon. back in 1896, when the
building of modern for the Games were restarted,
class dinghies at Hamble,
You can get some idea of There is no detail of organisation altendant headaches when you that has been left unconsidered. The realise that for such sport housing manager, Stanley George gymnastics there is no common lan- James Briault, formerly a Royal Air gunge, and Instructions must be- Force entering officer, will handle translated as nearly as possible into the housing attendants at the three the idiom of the country concerned. main camp centres-Richmond, West Drayton and Uxbridge,
All the ticket quotas have been taken up and it is a safe bet that There he must instal bands of the interest laken in the Games. British cooks to work under the outside Great Britain is as great as, general direction
International if
not greater than, the Interest chefs from the various countries. takers inside the tight little isle.
Luckily for him, the Chinese will bring their own chefs, birds' nesis and bamboo shoots, and the Indians
of
their own rice. His men will accept
a
direction from the foreign chefs. Not that it is as simple as
just that. The Palestinian athletes will Mexicans will expect 1,000 pints of milk Kosher food, the expect week (which they are prepared to Import from the U.S.), 300 live hens and 150 live turkeys, not to men- tion the grain with which to keep the birds alive until the appropriate
moment.
́SPANIARDS PLAY SAFE
This week's fixtures centre round Dave Leotard banged a powerful the Madcaps
the played on the CBA ground honour of being the first to do it at 11.15 nm. when Doc Molthen, Gas since the new, neat fences were put 2-1 for Itantkong bore the appear-
bali park. Dale ative of anybody's game,
Tomorrow is an all-Service day Rosario and Bobo Games will act around the CBA
While Goth teams can Carmer sent one of his as umpires,
smokebali pleasant Spekunne park. Suer's lameness took the bite out
DOW hardly challenge the Mighty Sunday specials and Dave obliged Bulls v. inniskillings attack after the ins
(their of the visitors atta
Best Saints, who have clear two-gome with a grandstam round tripper." meeting in the Hongkong league) is lead, they will be all out to view for terval, but the psychological effect
Dale was pitching his heurt followed by a return match between superiority to be the next best. on both sides, of two goals in the
and hitting that way too. He first four minutes of the second half the RAP and the 26th Field RA. On
Thr
Badcaps will probably start of the tops in the latter department. took much of its interest
November 5 they drew 1-1. away.
with a weakened niru two star8
Two neat safeties came off his bat. From each competitors departed Hongkong piled on the pressure full
Boundary-street. Chinese players in
shortstop Robbie Rocha) in
el in his eagerness he swung for his with a higher opinion than ever of of excited encouragement: Shanghai, Athletic,
week's 1-1|and pitcher Dale Cramer being on last bingle with all he had. In the British hospitality and sportsman- bewildered and little disjointed, Struggle with Kitchee, hope to repent
the injuret list. their varly scaron 2-1 defeat of the peppery
responsible in no small On the other hand, consequent spin after the swing he ship, and _fell_back_on_the_defensive.
Herbie Quon has returned Police. Feeling run very “high
not himself entangled, got his knee degree was Herbert's smooth manage- in in the Canuck side, fis return has hurt and had to be carried off the ment and bilingual powers. this match.
bolstered Conadis strength, fold-o casualty Inmented "loud and
LOTS DOING although he is yet not it to pitch, long" in Madcapville. The score in His Olymple Games job this year The Spaniards, perturbed by the where he has excelled with speed favour of the Saints was four
rus is the greatest of all. The fitting stories of British austerity, have sent burling.
was on the, receiving in one. He
The trend of game was that into workable prograromes lasting
preliminary lecture on dietetics to Kaush Nazarin in his last the winners were on top most of two weeks
of all the swimming.
with accompanying elaborate menus malint. This Kumu may serve
to the way.
which Dale Cramer's pitches, on riving, water polo and boxing their athletes expect to be fed
indicating the standard on give the Canadians revenge from which the Madcaps depended much
the including opening and
closing: their first round defeat by the Mad-on. was found less threatening
Whereas the maxi- to ceremonies, throws
Bghting Btness. particularly cupmen.
|seasoned bitters of St Joseph's.
heavy burden on the manager; and man diet for a British heavy Indus- CANUCKETTES' THREAT The to doing this in addition to his usual full time job of running re- Fielding a weak contingent, mostly
reinforced Canuc- A powerfully sailors of the U.S. Navy here, U.S.A. kette contingent gave the pennant gular daily events. National League hockey continues until May, and Great aspiring Madeap Accs the jitters for varied other important contests carry were severely yanked Britain. The scalping was a 21-4 six long innings, during witch Alice walk-over. The Americans foiled Mar's Maple Leafers held the lead.on until Olymple eve.
gatne.
INTENSE PRESSURE
The
It is often a mistake to adopt a defensive role at sich a stage of a On Wednesbury, N. 2. Lee. who was coplaining
visiting team, rkl not call his inside men back
into the defence until mid- way through the second half. Then, Hongkong's pressure, on Singh
Simnghals two goals lead, was becoming more and nure intense. In the last quar- Ter of an hour the visiting attack consisted only of Roboostof Barl Lee: nevertheless, these two claim
•રી the attention of four local Chinese defenders.
Another angle of this afternoon's match is that it may throw Highti
upan some of the contentions con-
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- Harry Owen-Hughes and Ted Fincher, going out after tiffin to resume their partnership for a Hongkong eleven against the Combined Services on Chinese New Year's Day. The pair added 84 for the fourth wicket, and the Colony team won the match by an innings.—Golden Studio." -
YANKS YANKED
by
to held a pitcher of caline. They "Long-time-in-see" in the achieve-
were
unes
meut columns,
Celly
Guterres
anded prominently once again
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There was indeed a far ery Canadians
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In Bespectacled, personality-impersoni- her team's recovery to edge out the led Vivian Lee is a livewire of
runs to 10 after anball player. She brought off frame. She
Inch scored the fielding game, catching one
then from the ground after a long run.
ind
the throw by
after beating the
cateher.
now
medioere twa user altogether they were banged for hits. for that Masleapinan, Dale Cramer, who rose to the zenith in his short extra tentire on the local diamond. Dale equaliser in the last stanza,
winning
ira it the Betty Li is n cool first sncker and injured in the Madcap-Saint drove the [Brown did duty for the British. Sally went after a catch after such a 101 vielan Yue who ratches, Travelling i stanza. Peppery Celeste has a fine style with the bat and can, League affair. Selly Saul and Jock additional
hit 'em top. Non-stop express is conceded three hits in four innings long time-for balls never went her jand Jock allowed only one in three way in game after game--md the from Arst base, she was called out
stanzas. Prettominating
the British Caught the pill like every day's miles, but could not stop at the base
ness. attack was "Babe Ruth Dave
Celly has had her day again! Leonard. "Included in
The Maple Leafs ran Into big average.
That' passing it, goi tagged. four hits in six which was
A lend trips.
as dynamic Jean Lee and how come the non-stop-you know Yue Watson? This In my methorls, "gentle" Mary Bunn homered. two sizzling three-baggers. China
popped out a brand new the first stanzas, the users shone in girl is a plucky and safe pitcher, namely Lau Chung-sang. He fielding too when old-timer, retiring Ulian Kon was not playing for the twirled a starry two-hit game in the pitcher but powerfully bali-playing Canuckeltes last Sunday, and
chased and caught
with the reinforcements and with a Chinese 14-0 pasting of the Filipi- Mary Ng
flies Bawlessly. Then pitcher Chief full team, the Canadians are strong, SAINTS WERE OUTHIT Alice Mar stopped a slinging drive But it is a pity the pennant-chusinj! slugging Saints were outhitraight towards her. However, Bus-is reaching the home stretch-sa
in isn't it too late? five to four, but thele equily classy ter Hollanda Aces pegged on
inning. Power-packed every
Ace
Tomorrow's Oxtures are as fol- defence rose to the occasion to save Girlie Gaan banged the old apple lows: the day for them. However, their merellessly. It was hit for a triple
Men's "A" Division hitting was timely and when any and a single. Orders to bunt met CBA ground-6.30 a.m. one baserunner needed! pushing ahead, either this or that Josephian with some amount of success and itv. VRC. 11.15 am. Madcap v. Con
dlans. was there to do the job. In this large measure was responsible for Recreio football ground-0.30 a.m. connection. Chieftain Stan Leonard the Aeed, last-minute iriumpli. Baseball Club v. St Joseph's,
11.15 did two good jobs with clutch drives.
THREE NEWCOMERS a.m. South China v. Rovers. Bombino Dave Leonard and power-
Recruto softball, diamond-11.15 welding Jindoo Hussain helped
Introducing the three new Can- "just nicely.".
cukettes for Truelight School, whom. Recreio v. Police.
Women's Division The Madcaps flelded miserably, by their initial inclusions have help- committing no less Than seven ed the Canadians to give such a he CBA ground-2.30 p.m. Wildents v errors, Absence of sparkplug Rot-show against the top-placed Aces. Madcap Deen.
N103.
The
SPORTING SAM
was evident that teamwork in
-
By Reg. Wootton
Filipinos
for
It is too early now to name names, but in spite of everything there will he British albletes present aв good as the best and some of them bet-
ter.
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