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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948.
NEW FOOTBALL SEASON
SEASON CLEVELAND PITCHER DON BLACK INJURED COLONY SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON
By "SEE TEE"
The Association Football season 1918-49 begins this afternoon with four First Division and six Second Division matches. Tomorrow's programme includes two senior and three junior games,
There are important changes in the membership of the Hongkong Football Association League. In the Senior section à notable absentee is Sing Tao; while the Army, instead of having three units competing separately in the First Division, has entered one combined team, with repre- sentation in the Second Division also,
The South Chinn Athlelie Assbela-(ganised this season), felded cloveň tion has been permitted to enter two good footballern only to find that! teams in the First Division.
they began to play as a team in the
After the excitement of last week-] Inst few minutes of their games. end's Seven-a-Side matchen, which produced much variety of play, locali football is now preparing to settle down to another full season.
While It is affcul to forecast
shadow:
There will be notable Absentees frorn the Royal Air Force team. The genial and speexty Sewell will be much missed.
will be much
fature form until five or six league in the Club's ranks many of last Although new faces will be seen matchen have been played, there in reason to belleve that the Seven-t-eason's stalwarts will be doing duty
The attack nitain. Side tournament casta i noticeable strengthened and speeded-up by the Introduction of Kiernan (now no Kowloon Molor Buses' success in longer in the Army), but defensive are sill puzzling the winning the Stanley Seven-a-Side weaknesses Shield was the reward of good fool-selectors. ball and cohesive teainwork, blurred only occasionally by a tendency to play to the gallery while the issue was still open.
The Army, who were handicapped by sickness and injury, showed that they are going to be a considerable force in local football. Much de pends, however, on their ability to blend their players Into a team.
Inst
This afternoon's big crowd will be at Caroline Hill for the meeting of
| South Chine's "B" team and KR-
chee, last season's football league: champions.
St Joseph'n and Eastern should provide fast exciting football at the Club Ground, The Saints beat Eastern 4-3 in the correspon<iing!
match last season.
There were many ocensions
At Boundary-street the Club open season when the Royal Navy, whose their season with a tough "away" First Division team was drawn from snatch. Chinese Athletic beat the many different units (after the man-Club 3-0 and 4-1 In their league ner in which the Army will be ur meetings last season.
SEE TEE'S, SERIES ON
The Laws Of Association Football
13.-IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS
A fortnight ago I promised to deal with the important amendments to Law 12, which outlines the different kinds of offences for which indirect and direct free kicks and penalty kicks may be awarded.
Perhaps the most important addition to the law is under "(a)" in which is introduced, the phrase "-attempts to kick or strike—”
In addition lo bringing this was guilty phrase Into the sections of the panent."
w the text of
now shows
very clearly which are the offences.
for which a penalty klek may be awarded.
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of "striking an
01-
Just as in boxing an attempt at blow may be discounted If it does not land (is not delivered), 50, in the past, the soccer Referee In the past these were detailed was nol authorised to award under "Advice to Referees" and penalty-kick or did not appear in ordinary publica-ngalast a
direal free-kick player who tried to lous because they were not in- strike or kick an opponent. cluded in the text of the law.
The Introduction into Law 12 of "attempting to strike" and "al- tempting to kiek" provides n fur ther check to The hot-headed player
The text of Law 12 now includes the following:-
"A penalty-kick eau be awarded. irrespective of the position of the ball, If in play, at the time offence within the penalty
but
shall it
is committed,
awarded only
nine offences,
for the following Intentionally
Con mitted by a player of the defend ing side within the penalty are
(1) fandling the ball;
(2) Holding an opponent:
Don Black, Cleveland Indians pitcher, is shown with his hand to his head after being injured in the second inning of Cleveland-St Louis game in Cleveland.
A "lumbar puncture" later was performed on the 'player's spine and fluid drawn out.
Physicians declined to say how serious his condition was, Black twisted his neck in hitting a foul ball. Coach Bill McKechnis is shown with Black, while Umpire
• Bill Summers stands near by. Player No. 10 la Lex Mosa of the Browns.—AP Wire- photo.
SOFTBALL CHATTER
First Finals At The VRC Tonight
By "RECORDER"
The first night's programme of finals In the Colony Swimming Championships will be decided at the Victoria Recreation Club' pool today with three defending cham- plons in five events.
one of the
The first final on, the programme | fending champion, Shauna Anderson.. will be the only one that misses o has not backed out while her sister, defending champion, Lal Tsun's feather, is in too despite the Rose You Sai-kwan, the holder, is not menace. competing.
This should produce The other
four of last year's fastest racus the Colony has yet seen. finalisis are all in with VRC hopes.in this event and a, new Champion- pinned on a much improved Sonny ship record. Monteiro who returned the best heat time of 2 mins. 31 secs., not fast enough to make the prize bracket in Inst year's final but two-fifths of n second faster than the other heat- winning the returned by Lal Tsun's Lau Tal-ping who was second lost Year:
THE BACK STROKE
Fourth championship event to be decided tonight is the Men's 100 Yards Back Stroke with A. V. Lopes.. the reiter, hot favourite to remain the reigning champion.
The other two old-timers who have kept their places are two of this event's evergreens, VRC's Wilfred Lawrence and Lal Tsun's Lopes, who won in 70.2 seconds Chan Chun-nom. The newcomer in last year, relumed this year's best this final is Eastern's Cheung Kin-heat time in 71.8 seconds, far ahead of Wilfred Lawrence's 74 seconds in winning the other hent.
MAN..
the
Next on the programine 1s Women'R 100 Yards Breast Stroke Championship from which the de- tending champlon, Heather Ander- son, has stepped out, leaving the race to the Danish star, Mrs Lykke Rose, whose only opponent will be Miss Wong Yuk-bing of Lal Tsun.
The Championship record should fall with a clatter in this event and the Colony record, perhaps, as well. New Championship final is the Men's Fancy Diving in which Wong
A. K. Humjahn, who was second last year, finished behind Lawrence and is considered to have fallen far off his last year's form. The other two ingliste ure Cheung Wai-lam. (Eastern) and C. A. Guterres (VRC),. both newcomers to this Angl
The Inst Championship event on the programme is the 200 Yards Free Style Relay. Last year a Victorin Recreation
By "SPECTATOR" Sik-hon is expected to be spectacular distance In Club four managed the
Third Post-War Pennant Race
Gets Set For The Gun
A
The third post-war pennant race gets set for the gun. The new League session makes a start with a flourish of trumpets on Sunday next week. 20-piece band leads a march past of all players in the usual Opening Day ceremony to spearhead the re-start of ball playing.
The "cream" of talent, the "darlings of the diamond,” the "brains and brawns" will all be there for the occasion. Not all will actually play. The battling spotlight will be beamed on the defending senior champions, St Joseph's, and Club de Recreio, arch rivals, who are matched in the senson's opener that should be an eye-opener in scintillating play.
It dogs appear that softball has come home to roost. After a highly sloppy start after the re-occupation, the last season was, comparatively, a marked success. This time, indica- tions are that things are getting even better. More teams have entered the three competitions as a whole. Twelve squads are to compete in the men's “A” division, eight in the "B" and four in the Women's Division..
The beauteous Madcaps Aces and to be at the helm. Words go round Bees.have faded out this season and that the big-hitter brothers, Bertle the Pirates quantity),
(unknown quality or and Lino Gosano, are returning to
by managed
Rennie the Rambling
Ree camp. That feminine should boost slamming strength Remedios, are to vie for superiority. The other weaker (?) which had been wanting. sex contingents ΠΓΕ title holders
Wahoos, under brain-storm Hal
Alice Mur, the Winglee, the Canadions, steered by all-rounder, and Prexy Doc Molthen's fighting, colourful Wildcats.
under
Big Woo, as per custom, will be sending out a powerful Canadian combination. Last season's sensa- tional Madcaps, the glant-killers, are out for blood again under the able guidance of Busier Hollands.
There is now added interest in the
The Jolly gang of swimmers from Seniors. A welcome return to force ar Fortunately such incidents do not are the all-U.S. All-American and VRC who did not care two hools ares often disgrace football. Neverthe-all-Indian
Then Khalsa.
the about results last term may have to heless, it is clearly a good thing that Chinese, who
behave differently, for managerial the remedy is there in the hands of well represented with two
prefer football, ure
teams old-timer Charlie Figueiredo "rules" the Referee: for this, coupled with participating-Chung Wah,
with an iron fist. There are some of the fact that a player shall be popular Dick Chung, and Overseas ordered off the field if he
the must promising players in the is Chinese, a team of keen youngsters. side, sprinkled with old hands, and Euilty of violent conduct" shows Their inclusion in the softball fold they are expected to shine. plainly that anscelation football to will give the game enhanced support
Music-maker day is well guarded against those from the predominant "masses" of
Fred Diesta who would spoil it.
the Filipinos and the merry-making China.
Hongkong Baseballers of Doc Mol- then form another battle squad. Jack Dempsey's Police will be in- dulging lots of leather chasing in- side of crook hunting for yet another season. They did plenty It tast season and will get more practice without much hope-not that they cure-of winning,
(3) Striking or attempting to
strike an opponent;
(4) Pushing an opponent; (5) Tripping an opponent: (6) Kicking oraltempting
kick an opponent;
1
to
(7) Jumping at an opponent: (8) Charging violently, eter (9) Charging from behind." The important difference with offences whleli. fortunately,
LAST WEEK'S POSER
Bob McGowan is running the All- American The name soumis sure was designed | Impressive--s, we'll see.
DARK HORSE
leads
Last week's poser to draw attention to a wrong Idea which is often being repeated and accepted as authentic. It was
Big- with gested recently that "arging
This year's
durkhorse is the referce" dents the
can now lead to a Khalsa, force of hockey fame. free-kick; my question was whe- Manager of this new squad is
In the Juniors, the champion do not occur frequently. In the ther this was new, Le, whether, in "Stoppy Giant"
Norninder Singh, Draves enter the arena with can- post if a player struck a blow at the past, players could argue with who may lend his two-ton to the
Adence galore ugainst apparently Indinn an opponent and the blow was the Referee.
machine when thought weaker sounds. But, of course, this nvolded, J... did not land, it
necessary. Leading this hard-hitting
game and anything can could not be said that the player
bunch of youngsters on the field is
Arthur Peall says:
THEN YOU play for safety KU Wanooker remember how oftent 15 Dare to put as much distance an you can between cue-ball and object
REEN
bail.
My dia
shows
and cue tined near
Fraue
ball
botto cushion. Green 13 ball on and
∙ls to play a slow stroke
trioklin green tom wards blue.
a bad sizoka on the: Be of the baite. Best stroke is played fine and sharp 04 groen to learn cule-ball near the middle of table, where distance for infoty la assured.
*After white bali wa pocketed, billiard stroko on right of diagram was played with strong side on cum Dell in order to leave a double baulk sindicated. It is feasible, but I prefer to cut red into taulk with decided, stroke which senda que-bali round the table and back into baulk.
'SPORTING
SAM
OUR
Super
AUNNING BHOR
the past 20 years at least the laws dashing Captain Barney Abbas, who,
The answer is very simple. For
have contained the statement that together with Skelly Razackt, S. K.
a player shall not by word or Khan and Z. A. Abbas, form a action show dissent from any de- formidable bulwark. This is going elbion given by the Referee.
to be the team
to upset lots
of
applecarts. More is to be heard.of
enuid them,
If necessary the Reforce award a frob-kick for such con- duct, and the inw has contained that authority for many years,
.AND THIS WEEK'S Aware that his opponents may be penalised for dangerous play, should they attempt to kick the ball from his hands, n, goal-keeper stands with the ball held between his two hands and offers it to the attacking centre forward.
The centre forward, however, Irles to charge the 'keeper into the goal. He does not do so, but in
charge avoiding the
the goal- keeper in forced to make half a dozen steps, still holding the ball. What should be the Referco's
action in such an instance?
The keepers of the Major League Shield, the mighty Saints, häve voted a brand new manager, none other than versatile A. J. Hussain. Dame Misfortune is dogging the champs. Former Dig Chief Stan Leonard is a doubiful starter and face hurler Jock Brown has walked out. Still, It Is too early to weigh the Saints' chances of retaining the
veled Doc Molthen Shield.
is the ball happen.
+
BY THE WAY....
It
The Management is still having difficulty geiting Venues for League games. The CBA ground, as good as the next, has been mado available again Saturday and Sun- day afternoons. But there will be be a good number of fixtures to pinyed off and one ground
cannot necommodate all of them. Will it be ciations to extend a helping hand to asking too much of clubs and asso-
a "worthy cause?"
of
The Opening is to be held on the CBA ground. Club de Recreio was
usual, for use approached, as their field for the occasion because The title had been "wo near and it is bigger. "No" was the answers yet so far apart to Recreld. Always Some softballers are raving mad. a formidable outfit, they had pre- vlously come to within a throw of it, only to fail for some reason or the other.
"Surely the ground could be spared stone's just one day," they say. "We'll get em. When the Reed want to play their games at "homo" they can keep on wanting." But, surely, it's not
Is it too many cooks or "master-ns serious as all that? minds" spoll the soup? Tony Gon- Bulves has again been given the nod Last season's
By Reg. Wootton
Association
Secretary Hol Wingles has resigned from a job he did exceedingly well. His untiring work, many will con- cedo, contributed much to bringing the Lengue to its present popularity, Tony Ribeiro, Hal's successor, knows his job and the association is lucky 'at that
-
"Fed up," said Inl, when asked why he quit. He must have good. rentons. Is there too much argu- · ment amongst the management? Ära members prejudiced, blased? May be_a."warning"- at this stage foʻnot out of place. One cannot help re- calling some peculiar incidents of protests and decisions of last;sengoti, Let's play to win, of course, but not by any meanside do quad
••
but to fall short on the points against veterans Llonet Roza Pereira and Ed da Roza. The fourth Analist la Wong King-woon Eastern.
of
RACE OF THE EVENING
Then comes the Women's Yards Bock Stroke. Here the de-
50
seconds a leg.
or
average
of 20.1
The standard at the VRC has im- |proved but the Club has decided on
nice having a
Intra-home crowd. struggle in this event and is split up into three teams with Eastern and Hongkong University providing the opposition.
ATTENTION HORSE OWNERS
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We have recently imported from U.S.A. photographic materials and films in technicolour.
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