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LEAGUE FOOTBALL
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1948.
Kitchee v. South China Should Draw Weekend's Biggest Crowd
BY "SEE TEE"
Early season trials of strength in the senior division of local soccer are expected this afternoon both at Boundary Street, Kowloon, and at Caroline Hill.
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At the Police Ground, Kowloon Motor Buses meet a strong Army eleven, while an all- Chinese battle-Kitchee versus South China's "A" team-should draw the biggest crowds of the week-end.
Other First Division matches today are nt Causeway Bay where the Navy play the Police and at the Club Ground where St Josepha' are the visitors.
The new faviball senson
shine. Football
last Saturday
strenuous
warm, SEE TEE'S SERIES
opened"
in
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blaze of sun-
business.
crowds
On Sunday, however, rough weather prevented players and
rather
than
difficult for play,
assembling making conditions
At half past Ave on Sunday after- noon the scheduled time for senior matches for commence both Caro- line 1 and Sankunpoo presented nimest ideal football conditions.
There had been just enough ruin to soften the ground, while the winsl
dew only in ocensional and over-rong gusts.
not
playing
As I walked across the
1 was very pitch at Caroline much struck with how similar were i
autumn blustery conditions to afternoon at home. Compared with the hot sunshine of the day before, it was almost ideal for football,
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The trouble on Sunday, of course, was that South China's
apponents i
at Caroline Hill (the Police) were
possible suspension to and from Kowloon, while both the Navy and the RAF were "closed up" at Pough weather silious.
faced with the
of the ferry service
CREDITABLE EFFORT
are matches.
AN
to
;
THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
14.-MORE OFFSIDE POINTS
A player cannot be offside from a throw-in from
Jut touch, a corner-kick or geni-kick
that protection ccases immediately the ball is played by another player.
The fact that a player is in an offaide position (but taking good care not to interfere with the play) should not blind defenders to the fact that any question of off- side censes immediately the ball is played by one of them.
for discussion In The Referees Churt and Players' own questions Guide to the Laws of the Gane this column. Write to "See Tec", Wyndham of Bluminating! Hongkong plenty contains
He Street, advice for players, as well ferves and Linesmen.
Que particular point is well worth players advising mentuning. I
the book reads "If you are in on
ffsticke prition, you
cannot put yourself
enn
The best possible thing a player du should be And that he is offside let to stand perfectly still; if he should be impeding the gont- keeper's view of the play he should move away in the direction of one!
the touch-line. Above all he should not in any way, suggest that is trying to benefit from being offside.
The quick re-arrangement of the Wednesday muntch for Navy-RAF
creditable effort. Wednes- Was it
at Sookumpou Was is day's gan bright and sporting an occasion
these inter-servier of masal
narrow victory sailors' The Wednesday mnly goes part way offset the alemen's 8-1 and 1-6 vibe tories of last season;
The Police will visit the Navy at afternoon with Causeway Bay This
the memories of a 0-0 defeat at
This hands of the Navy in March,
struggle should be a keen, bright with the possibility of a draw as the result.
A player, who is offside, and con- tinues to move forward while one of his teammates dribbles the ball goalwards, as almost tout to be penalised for exploiting his offside position,
Telegraph,
The Blind Referee
By JERRY MCNERNEY
Medick.
FASTEST
HUMAN?
SWIMMING
COLONY CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDE TONIGHT
This year's Colony Swimming Championships, which have so far résulted in 11 ́records broken and two new ones sel for newly-introduced distances, will be concluded to- night at the Victoria Recreation Club.
It has been a terrifle year for local swimming and well justifies the goal that has been set-the British Em- pire Games at Auckland in 1950,
be u
Considerable interest will be not too far behind. It will centred tonight on the two 50 yarda | three-way race between this trio flat-out sprint races. Boll Shauna and the record has every chance et Anderson, who already broke the falling. Colony recorti In the heats, and Lykke Rose, who has already wan George Saunders ore expected to four of the women's open Uitlos. approach or belter their previous getting three Colony records in the marks.
process, should win a #th in the
be
100 Yards Back Stroke, as she will up against one of the Joint |record-holders, Shauna Anderson.
is very small.
Shauna is not likely to be pressed and will have to go all-out on her own. George
meets a Saunders field of analists that is about the the chance of this record hot going strongest ever assembled for the
Leung Ol-mui's record of 0% event.
minutes in the Women's 440 Yards His heat thue of 25.2 seconds in
Free Style should also totier with record effort af 24.4 the record-holder herself in the race seconds last year but the competi- with all-star talent like Lykke Rose, tion is more formidable. Sunny Monteiro and Lau Tai-ping should Wong Yuen-jing to chase her,
Heather Antlersan, John Enger and provide the closest challenge, but neither of the other two. Gerry
TONIGHT'S LINEUP Roza-Pereira and Cheong Wal-lam Is too far behind.
Though Mel Patton didn't win the Olymple 100 metres
far off his He still deserves the dash, he did win the 200 metres. title of "Fastest Human" for the furlong is à fuster race than the century.
In the short sprints, the good starter holds a distinct advantage. The incomparable Jesse Owens proved this by running the 100 yards, off n flying start of 20 yards, in 8.4 seconds, a whole second faster than the world record from a crouching start.
SOFTBALL CHATTER
In Danger TOO Arather record in danger in the By "SPECTATOR" seconds dat effort for the 100 Yards Breast Stroke set by Ng Nin of Chung Sing In 1940, Lau Tui- ping. the Lai Tsum star, turned i à 71.4 effort in his heat, with Gerry Rozh-Pereira returning 71,6. Cho01 Chiu-cheung, of Chinese YMCA, in
SOFTBALL SEASON OPENS TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Let's go out to the ball game! Tomorrow is the open- ing of the official season, Mr J. E. McKenna, United States Consul-General, starts the ball rolling by tossing the first Bob ball in the first League match. Manager-shortstop McGowan's American Club are to clash with Bill Woo's Canadians at 2.30 p.m.
cerc-
British Association All ronds lead to the Central ground, King's Park, where, preceding the game, a
rousing mony has been arranged to give the League a send-off. Registered players, men and women, will turn out in force in the uniforms of their respective clubs.
Tony
the last Most umpires and referees!
victory in Sperial guests have been invited listernational
Promptly, competition. the function. to grace
The percentage batters, including resent a remark to the effect that they're blind as bats. But as is expected, the players will ne not Cleveland's Charles (Chuck) up in appropriate groups in march Big Bill Woo himself, Junior Mar- ing formation under the direction kar. Don Robbins and A. 1, Bakar, there the side. Then remain on Df te ion. Secretary,
are those who bait done well be- Ribeiro.
fore: Kahaa Nazarin, the "old fox" of the hurling department, rough- Tarzan ismail. veleran rithing Johnny Delgado, speedy Lake Bunn, the oldtimer doctor Geegse Lee and go-getter George White,
Chuck knows the fans Are He is blind. right in his case.
Music comes in for its share in He's probably the only admit-mis miniature softball "pageantry," It has often happened that the
by Filipino Readman player with the bull may be abouttedly blind referee in the busi-A hand, led
it isn't a businessFred Diesta, heads the "march past"
of softballers. One of the advantages of Wodness work himself to a good shoot-ness-but
It's pleasure. ing position, only to see all his with him.
A pretty good deal of "sweat and day's Navy-RAF manich was that I
been put i for the gave the Services' selectors a chance efforts wasted by a fellow forward
He's a table tennis referee, and labour" lis
But it is ironical that form. The Services
who is blatantly offside. to see general
the only way he can enjoy a motel ball gone. Chinese Ira the tram to meet the
for lack of is by refereeing it. He has to be softball, well liked by not a few, is
a play Victoria Shlek match next Thurs-
close to the table to know what's left wanting
which answers to near all- ground day was chosen immediately after
going on.
round requirements. Wednesday's match.
Although the Army's 4-2 victory over Kwong Wah looks comfortable enough on paper, it will not satisfy many of the soldiers' supporters. A tactical brain in the attack and steudying of the middle line matters to which the selectors will be giving thought.
#1
are
of
Even though there was a lot rousing shooting on Saturday, parti cularly in the second half, the plain truth is, that the soldiers' attack was slow and tedious in using the ball. Against a quick-tackling defence of the type they will be meeting this afternton-many fewer shots would have been released.
shower Although Kwong Wah many finches of brilliance they were only
They are far from Bashes. knit together as a ten. Neverthe less, they got two goals, the second being one of the best of the
one
Rame.
From this it will be clear that it is not necessary for a Referee to wait for a player to part with the ball before penalising a leam-mate who is off-side, and trying to gain
therefrom. What mat advantage
last played the ball. ters is who even if the same player has played several times, by dribbling it or by heading it two or three times it quick succession.
If at any time during a player's. his own one of upfield dribble.
to alte is
his opponents' goal-line and has not two opponents between him and the goal-line, the man who is offside may be penalis
ed.
It is
Nekter
up to the Referee. If he considers that the offside player is interfering with the play, by moving or behaving it such a zapas-to- affeet a defender's tacties, he may penalise him.
Chuck calls matches by ear. Even
contests, in the closest
he never makes a mistake,
Chuck sits there-right up by the net-following with his cars, just as seeing people do with their eyes, the progress of each match.
AURICULAR NICETY
it
A hard-hitting game is anticipat- What may be lacking in sound ed.
be more than defensive play will compensated by spirited ninek,
WATCH 'EM!
stars. Last season's
and
hilters
WETO placed: Gerry
Girlie
the
Patsy
Arthur Peall says:
FTFR pocketing the That red, Anker faced by the problem indicated near baulk cushion in diagram, Cue ball, yellow, and green are placed as shown, other colour
are morð or Lean
the pyra mid appt. ignoring any specu istive cliance of
striker did right whet he eat thasnooker an attowi.
Correct #trength to run through and into the poker in the dian
It la Bo thing to be sure about. easy, but try it and improve rout ball control.
An interesting billarda KSTOKE 18 whown on baulk le. Cue-ball in in hood, red and white are more out of baulk than in. Striker playa Cannon from white to red, sa shown. Upponent claims a foul became ene bail did not leave bulk-a mistaken claim in my opinion. I consider e atroke fair.
Here is the lineup for to- night's finals by lanes with the finalists' heat times:
MEN'S FINALS
50 Yards Free Style
1. G. Roza-Pereira (VRC)
25.fi 23.0
3. Lau Tal-ping (Lai Tsun) 25.4
3. F. Monteiro (VRC)
4. G. Saunders (VIC)
25.2
5. Cheung Wal-lum (Eastern) 25.8
100 Yards Breast Stroke
1. G. Randall (VRC)
78.0
72.4
3. Lau Tal-ping (Lai Tsun) 714
4. G. Roza-Pereira (VRC)
71.8
5. J. Yeanovich (VRC) ....
77.8
2. Chan Chit-cheung (Ch.
WOMEN'S FINALS
50 Yards Free Style
L. Cynthia Eager (VRC)
2. Leung Ol-mul (HKU)
3. Shauna Anderson
4. Heather
33.2
31.
(VHC) 29.6 Anderson (VRC) 31.0
5. Wong Yuen-jing (Ch. "Y") 32.2
100 Yards Back Stroke
1. Shnun Anderson (VIC) 2. Heather
Anderson (VRC)
3. Lykke Rose (VRC)
440 Yards Free Style
1. Lykke Rose (VRC)
2. Joan Eager (VRC)
3. Leung Ol-inul (HKU)
4. Wong Yuen-Jing (Ch. "") 5. Heather Anderson (VRC),
Colony's Swimming Champions
With six events, still undecided, here are the Colony Champions, so far, for 1918:
EVENT:
100 Yards Free Style 220 Yo Free Style 440 Yards Free Style
MEN'S EVENTS
880 Yards Free Style 100 Yards Back Stroke 130 Yards Back Stroke 200 Yards Breast Stroke 150 Yards Medley Diving
200 Yards Free Style Relay 400 Yards Free Style Relay
WINNER:
F. Monteiro (VRC)
Lau Tal-ping (Lui Tsun)
TIME:
57.0
2:27.2
Chan Chun-nam (Lai Tsun) 5:20.0
Chun Chun-nom (Lai Tsun) 11:14.0 A. V. Lopes (VRC)
A. V. Lopes (VRC)
Leung in-kin (Lal Teun) Wilfred Lawrence (YRC) Llonel Roza-Pereira (VAC) Victoria Recreation Club Victorin Recreation Club
WOMEN'S EVENTS
100 Yards Free Style 220 Yards Free Style
50 Yards Back Stroke 50 Yards Breast Stroke 100 Yards Breast Stroke
75 Yards Medley
150 Yards Medley Relay 200 Yards Free Style Relay
• New
till The CBA authorities have been holders are given here so you could most accommodating to have per-"watch 'em."
In the Men's "A" Division, Bil Woo is the most valuable player mitted the use of their ground.
They should be thanked for their
A. A.
Remedios However, if and
(Junior) consent. generous
thal honour in the "" Beulites regarding venues have yet carries to be faced by the hard-working Division. Girlle Gaan won amongst Oftentimes, after particularly bell-management. It does not do justice the women. Gerry Gosano and Bill
ald Woo hit the most home runs. to henr the game to liant recoveries, Chuck looks up and that where it is played you cannot The senior batting crown is held exclaims:
And a spot to follow it enjoyably. by Gerry Gosano, Jean Lee holds "That was a benuty."
view The spectator's point of
the title in the feminine loop. Or, "I didn't think you could get
The "Big Ten" in the may often be critical but his pre-
as it in the "A" are the to that one."
calling of onesence is important because, as it Chuck's accurate
has been aptly said, "Spectators order they
Leonard, particular shot in a recent tourna make the game every time. Indeed, Goane, Bill Woo. Stan Roztuo, Junior Cicero
Markor, the haunting cry since the reoccupa
Sabu ment, prompteil a question from a
Hobo Gomes, tion has been for a ground with a Don Bobbins,
Sequeira and A, H. nearby spectator.
stand to accommodnie-the-rooters. Samy. Ren
The Association in well aware of Baltar.
Keep an eagle eye on these femmes
to way it. In a message at the close of last season, the President, the same Doc who slugged their
spotlight: Molthen, spoke out:
Gaon, Jean Ice, "Softball is
is more of a spletator sport than any other game, and libeiro, Melvie Soares, Eme Babido, satisfy these enthusiasts to whom Alice Mar, Celly Guterres, Thelma Irene Castilho, Cilly and Terry we owe the popularity of the same. Watson, It is essential that the standard of Winglee. Hilda Soares
nutshell, Noronha. play be improved. In a
If
fase swinging very the primary object of the Associa
The Goose's outstretched of play and to provide fans with and very far, it would probably be the tion is to encourage a better brand hard and hitting the ball very often
Girlie Chan again. She won suitable accommodation.
measure 84 inches-exactly mfect. "In order to achieve our object, slugging average the last time. If sec three femmes going from we realise that it is necessary for you the Association
its own station to station faster than any to have playing field on which grandstand express, probably they would be Teresa Baptista These different sounds
enable this
can be erected. Several venues in Terry Noronha,
and Alec Mendonce. Jean Lee is the direction are being
explored,
since reigning Home Run Queen. but we
the assistance also need him. to "see" the matches. He can
The term "length" in horse racing By the way...The entry tell when a player chops at allces but
sport, for no one will help those American is now called American has no official standard dimension, no two horses usually corresponding! It with
fat drive. And the dis who do not help themselves. Players the ball, puts top spin on it, or hits of everyone interested in this grand
The Management was afflict-
and was fickte. in size from nose-tip to tail-tip. tance from which the sound comes
and fans can help us a great deal en by the weather
However, a "length" generally s The original St. Joseph's v. Recreio sort the right tells him how deep the shot was.
by propaganda of Chuck is a 25-year-old graduate make
the American-Cantillan fracas sub-when the average horse is in full when the time
stride. ut recent games, sily. He lost his sight as a result
stituted. student at Western Reserve Univer- and, Judging from the support given opening game was struck out and considered to be 12 feet 4 inches
comes for inancial ald, I am sure of an explosion when he was six
we will not be let down." months old.
The ball had hit the top of the net, and had barely tanded on ite POINTS TO CONSIDER
Knowing that other side.
Chuck There are two things which the depended on his cars to decific who in desling won the point, he was asked how Army Referee must consider
hit the with goal-keeper who offers the he knew the ball hadn't
net and dropped ball to an opponent in order that bottom of the
a fault.
With u predominance of Roya! Artillery men in the team again for today's match in Kowloon, should be sure both of a lot of sup-
experlener
of several players with of local football.
It was only in March that a Royal Artillery team held the Busmen to 3-3 draw at Boundary Street. This afternoon's meeting of the Army and KMB should throw some light on the comparative qualities of Chinese and Service teams.
port in the crowd and, which may he shall try to kick it out of his stratght down for be more important, of the service hands. (Remember, it has long been "Why, if I couldn't call that one sitting out the law that it is not permissible I'd have no business for a player to attempt to kick the here." Chuck said. "That happens
all white the goal-keeper is hold-many times in tourments.
an easy shot to call. The net at nut 10).
The referee my firstly consider the top is much tighter and the ball has an altogether differ- that the keeper is deliberately in-hitting it than when it sirises the
a play in elting in opponent to
bottom" manner which is dangerous,
If the Referee is of this opinion REAL TEST TODAY
(and he will be sure of it first) he Although due notice must be would be quite right in ruling that Kitchee's bir: victory last the goal-keeper is guilty of ungentic- Saturday, the real test of the reign-manly conduct
Above all it is the duty of the in championships will be
China's "A" Referee to enforce the Laws: if he gome with the South
player trying to team today.
This may prove one of the most in opponent break these Laws he popular games of the week-end, should do something about it..
If the Referee were not satisfied featuring as it does so many local Chinese atnrs. Although South that the goal-keeper was inciting his dit opponent to kick at the ball, and he in-allowed
inken of
China's tents are somewhat ferent from last season, it is teresting to recall the results their two league meetings.
their
Ces
1:e
goal-keeper
tp
Fac
You've got something there, Doc! you'd Lots of luck for the success you and He works so competently of charged while he still held it, heihink he had been refereeing table, your co-workers deserve!
would take care (1) that the charges tennis matches all his life. Actual- were fairly delivered and (2) pen-y, he has been ut
South. China were beaten 1-5 In allse the goalkeeper when he ex- the first meeting with Kitchee last ceeded his ration of four pnces when senson, but enjoyed jubilant ven-carrying the ball, geance at Christinastide when they swung 1-2 dellelt round to a 3-2 vletory in a dramatic second half rally.
THIS WEEK'S POSER
only one year,
SCALPING BEGINS!
Are the Americans going to scalp
you can't get any closer than a The Site in their big bats.
In that time he has called more the Canadians? The latter are a than 1,000 tournament matches. strong squad, but Uncle Sam's. Chuck said he was forced' Into boys could be awfully tough, so refereeing: "All my friends took who knows! The American Club is up table tennis and if I wanted to
a brand new ountingent, therefore enjoy their fun I had to st EUS It is not possible to anticipate the A shot is fred at goat and the close as I could to the table. And Clubbers' strength.
the ball high
has it they pack. Delighted South Chinn supporters goalkeeper, punches
the air. Ho rung forward referee!"
tony of "chalred" their favourites from the Into feld at the end of the match.
He called the final in the National Then the underground says they about ten yards and eniches the ball
Chiengo Jast The Club and the Saints were before It falls to the ground and Championships t
are at the moment somewhat rusty. think that's In any case, it is expected, they are honours even On Jost season's before any other player has touch- year, "but I don't
Is this in order?:
much to write about," he protests. a colourful gang. balance sheet. A 3-1 victory for Sted it,
weekly
When Chuck referees a touma of series
these Before this
Blt Chief McGowan Bads countered Joseph's in October was when the Club won 5-1 in the New articles on soccer law is wound up, ment, the ears have it! From the Americans: Andy Anderson, F. X. Cleary, Jimmie Nelson, George Year,
readers are invited to send their Louisullic Courier-Journal.
Gallop, Dob Porter, Mike Malone, Frankle Wallace, 1111 McCane, Harry Ayres, in Wibur and Fred Rodgers, Interest will follow hur ier Bob Porter, for It's a long time since this scented islo has seen o smokeballer. It's not Bob's fault,
If he is not the guy we of course, are looking fort
The Canadians are pretty hot. Stalwarts who did well in the lust. session, are Bill with them. Two new acquisitions who should bolster Gur Bill Woo's Canuck power are Oliver, well known to local base- ballers as a player of standard, and Tiger Hussain, the sensational youngster who lent to advantage his reliable bat and glove to India's
SPORTING SAM
By Reg. Wootton.
Club.
you see a
AllTM
LONGEST REACH
Roscoe (Goose) Tatum, centre of the famous negro professional base- ball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, is belleved to have the longest reach of any sports star.
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