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LEAGUE FOOTBALL
By "SEE TEE”
BOUNDARY STREET DRAWS
TODAY'S BIG CROWD
games in
tho
In League matches in both divisions of the local Soccer
round League, and in tomorrow's fist Memorial Cup competition, followers of the Colony's foot- ball will find much to interest them.
The all-Chinese battle between Chinese Athletic and Kowloon Motor Buses will draw a big crowd to Boundary Street this afternoon.
At the Club ground, South China “A” should continue with their hundred-percent record at the expense of the home team; on the Navy ground at Causeway Bay this afternoon, the possibilities of the sailors' second string's match with the leaders of Division II, Chinese Athletic, outweigh the attractions of the senior game which follows' it.
It was
The season advances. We rench The may well take heart from Memorial the experience of the Police at the the first round of the Cup
rensen. by beginning of last tomorrow, competition which time many clubs will have early November before the Police completed one third of the season's scored their first League victory. programme of league matches.
Although it is early to take full stock of the situation, the inter- Puces are that those clubs which are grouped together at the top of the First Division, South China "A", Chinese Athleile,
Вия K.M. the Saints, the Army and Eastern, are the strongest First Divialun sides.
MIDDLING
Last season's champlons, Kitchee, despite their surprise victory over the Saints last Sunday, hold only middle position in the table todny with eight points from eight
matches.
There are sharp contrasts in the topy upd bottoms of the table. China One-hundred-percent South "A" with the full twelve points from six matches provide a sharp contrast to the struggles of Kwong Wh who have
win yet to
their first point.
Seven defeats in seven matches Ist Kwank Wah's record to date; another upbi1 Aght awalta them at Caroline Hill this afternoon where they are the quests of South China "B"
NAVY'S WEEK-END
This is the Navy's busy week- end. The senior service's senior soccer eleven has a dimeult league match at Causeway Bay this after-
noon.
rattled Eastern, the.club which South China "A" for a few moments last Sunday, are the Navy's, op- ponents today: while they meet the formidable Chinese XI in Memorial Cup tomorrow.
the
n1 Sookunpoo
It is the Navy's Second Division match which may prove the biggest The and best of today's struggles.
fourth
in Navy, who hold
place League II are at home to the leaders, Chinese Athletic.
After a somewhat erratic start to the season, the Navy has won three style. matches in very convincing
Chinese For that matter, however, Athletic hold a record which com- mandis respect.
It was only a fortnight ago when South China Juniors caught Chinese Athletic on an "off day." and de- prived them
thek of
hundred- wi.h percent and unbeaten record
the Athletic two goals, to which could and no reply.
result of A draw seems a likely today's game, with the odds very slightly favouring Chinese Athletle.
It is to the credit of the players.
officials and
of Kwong Wah that, despite week after week of hard football, not brightened even by the encouragement of a drawn The Athletic's closest challengers, match, they have usunily striven South China, meet the Saints' Juniors, hard and played a sporting game.
oday. The Saints lost 3-0 to the I saw their first match
Athletic last Sunday. They can hope of this i senson at Sookunpoo which for little more success this afternoon. Kwong Wab were beaten by the Army 4-2. I saw them lose 4-1 to
K. M. Bus
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team last
the strong week-end at Boundary-Street.
Kwong Wah” have two or three Incisive forwards and a copable
goalkeeper, but they lack half-back:
thetician in the aftnek,
Intercontinental Athletic Match
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1948.
SPORTING SAM
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Dear Sir
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SOFTBALL CHATTER
By Reg. Wootton
PAN SPORTS
By "SPECTATOR”
Last Season's Pennant Winners Just About Out Of The Race
This week-end may see the beginning of the end of championship hopes for the Senlor League defending champions. To remain in the pennant race, A. J. Hussain's St Joseph's. will have to win against Charles Figueiredo's VRC, whom they meet tomorrow.
A loss means aspirations nearly completely smashed. The Saints have already suc- cumbed twice. Against this record, Bill Woo's Canadians have so far downed all opposition to lead the whole field.
The Saint-VBC trocas, the best in the week's blll of fare, is expected to be close all the way, with an on- leinated bit of fireworks thrown in. Both squads are agressive in more Both have their Iways than one.
botheads, also colourful players.
Force meets force in a clash. It's
to going
be Interestinel Center hands will to prevall, otherwise it may rouble and defeat. For the legians it would be curtains.
terrific усту have spell Col-
On paper, they are stronger than the Victorians, However, they may have in the side une or two who play for average. It WDS noticed ihat lack of co-ordination contribute ct to their previous two defeats.
In Though seasoned pinyers are the Salnit contingent, some of them might have thought it was "initia- tive" not to play under one leader- ship. Manager Jindoo Hussain has a
Small Profit
From Games
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dimcult job. If they play as team. I don't see how they can lose tomorrow.
suro
with three hits, the most banged out in the whole fracos. She sparkledi Much is at stake for the Saints. Alex Mendonca, Wildcats-This bolstered her been fleet -ali-rounder However, most of them have in tight sports before, being old-side's outfield with lots of lively timers generally, and they are ex leather chasing, sure catching and She was an -èx- pected to come through with flying heady throw-ins.
press on the base paths. She made colours and to fight on with more intense vigour to make up for lost but one hit, but her part in the at- ground. It's indeed an uphill fighttack was felt. for the mighty Saints in the current pennant battle.
The VRC take the field with powerful all-round sqund. Rough- riding, temperamental generally, they are expected to exhibit flashes of brilliance. Will they be steady enough to get the better of their opponents? That constitutes a ques tion mark. When forceful attack is needed, there are Pepi Malig. Alec Azedo, IEMAI Eriksen, Alvaro and Xavier, Mano
Gus Pereira, Gerry Roza-Pereira and Fred Bynd- man to shoot the works,
a
JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN
FURUHASHI MAKES
A SPLASH
Maybe it is as well for quite a number of the parties concerned that the Japanese were not invited to compete.. at the Olympic Games, for advices just here from Osaka. Indicate that the little brothers have among them the nearest thing to a seal that humanity has yet produced.
Konoshin Furuhashi is 'the name. He is a 19-year. old student at Tokyo University, and ho has recently slipped nine seconds off the world record time of nine. minutes 41 seconds for the 800 metres, which is by way of being quite a cut.
us his
Not content with this, the Nip- Robert is 50 years old and claims ponese water-baby bettered his own possesalon of the Canadian 100 miles unofficial world
recont of four recordi (number of days unspecified). minutes 33.4 seconds for the free-le had what he describes style 400 metres by 1.4 seconds, last serious race in 1939,
Tho official world record, memory serven right, is held by the Frenchman A. Jany, at four minutes 35.2 secя.
But Furuhashi is constantly among recordz. In Tokyo last June, he knecked 19 seconds off the official world record for the 1,500 metros.
HIS PLANS
Yet 15 months ago
very few people even in his native country In knew this phenomenon existed, this short time he has become un- crowned king at three major swim ming distances, which is not bad going.
Travel abroad is, of course, pro- hibited to Japanese at the moment, but as soon as it is permitted again. Furuhashi will make for Europe. He is particularly anxious to try himself out in England, and there isn't much doubt. that, given pro- gress at the present rate, he will. burn
up any European pools he swims In.
was
This athletle performance apparently achieved in Alberta with, as opponents, a horse and a jockey. Over a week Boys Robert, he won by one and a half miles and, £0 Stewart fancles a short amble from Lontton to Brighton, why, he will be glad to accommodate him.
There the matter rests at present.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER
In the All-Japan championships in a 30-metre pool in Tokyo, Furuhashi was clocked in the 1,500-metre event at the remarkable time of 18 minutes 37 seconds, clipping 21.0 seconds off the world record of 18 minutes 58,8 seconds set by Tomikatsu Amano of Japan in Tokyo on August 10, 1038.
Shiro Hashizume, a teammate of Furuhashi, also cracked the old ro
when he lost by a yard to cord Furuhashi. In time was 18 minutes
Thelma Уликол, Wildcats-She the bunched her two hits early in game which scored runs in for her tearn.
much to That helped
de moralise the WahooB,
78 seconds. A. H. Bakar, Canadians-Again attention this "Big Boy" attracted
and his teammates made short as he work of the Filipinos. He was power at bat with two hits in three attempts. There was no complaint whatsoever about his fielding at first base, as usual.
Billy Wilkinson, Lichy Luz and Manzo Sour-These three husky guys from the Ball Club combined their slugging ability to help win a decision agtalast Frank Poon's Over- scas
Chinese.
They are nearly the whole team, yes, but all these dashing guys can do plenty when in the mood. Some- times they aren't, though. And Joe Franco, their hurler, can be relied on for a bingle then and again.
Also, he looks to me to be above the average in pitching duties. It By HOWARD BERRY is a strong bating side, but the field- Ing is considered weak in spots and The British
Gamer not altogether dependable. Olympic
only a
Flashy but unreliable may be the authorltes expect to make
overall
young profit
of
description of this 14th the small
squad, sometimes moanfully de- Olympiad.
Oficials and auditors of the British scribed by their boss. the Old War Horse Charlie Figueiredo, as "so Olympic Committee Are st!0
uncontrollable-but good 'uns all!" wrestling with Agures but an Interim | Sure, Charlie, it's your team, isn't hits. His sure-throwing to
out
statement is expected towards end of October,
the it?
A anal balance sheet, however, will not be forthcoming until early
ext year.
next
Over 1,250,000 persons paid to now be- The Ingue-Plans are
watchh the strength and the control of a ing discussed for the holding of an
Olympiad during the international athletics contest be- fortnight's duration of the seventeen
Unitco tween
various sports in August, according Europe and States every two years, the firstto unofficial estimates. to be staged either in New York
Arthur Pealt says:
TBEACH ANY
Spor
LACK and pink. the opis balls
in play, were touching, wi vlack on the brink of jelt top pocket And quo- DALE 10 *100, diagram.
Scoron wote lare), ao sinker blared up the tablo so slowly
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cuc-bali
Lopped well Bort uf pink,
The referee ruled a deliberate foul
and awarded game against him.
Striker protented that "six away" for missing pink was the correct Denalty.
as
In iny opinion the striker qulity of a deliberato foul, which the referee dealt with in the right way. In diagram on right player opened the gains of "rtinning a coup into the top pocket, a bad sizoko, sinda bla opponent followed out and striker was compelled to hit the spotted red from balik,
London Express Serrkon
the
or Amsterdam next year.
The proposal was first discussed concenses, however,
in London during the Olymple Games, and
enthusiastically Was received by American officials, in- the Brundage of cluding Avery Olymple committee and Dan Ferris, secretary of the American Amateur Athletic Union.
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The contests would be either be tween Europe and combined North and South American team, or a triangular tournament with teams representing Europe. North Amerl- co, and South America.
If a straight contest between two teams was Anally decided upon, three competitors from each would
ench compete in
event; if three tearns, two competitors would com- pete in the match, which would include all the Olympic events with the exception of the Marathon and
walking-Reuter
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WAHOOS PASTED rookie Wahoos?erred 22 times
Champion Wahoos or ped-green
to
Was
too.
set an all-time record for title-1
Wildcats, who holders. against the gave them a 22-9 pasting.
The victors did not get anywhere near the champs in errors, of course, but were also superior in the at- Receipts are estimated to have tack, nine hits ngainst seven. topped $2.000.000 with an additional Wahoo Aelding as a whole $60,000 for film rights, and other miserable, only sparkled, in the monotonous fumbling by a double were heavy. play by shortstop Irene Castilho who They amounted to between $1,800,- caught a shoestring drive to force à 000 and $2.000.000 according 10
runner out off rst, present estimates. Camps for the Catcher Patay. Ribeiro was foreign athletes and officials alone usudi a "stick of dynamite." Her cost about $480,000.
homer did not help, however. These camps were re-decorated Soares swiped tourmaster- and improved specially by the Headwoman Terry Noronha hit British Ministry of Works, which is twice in four trips. now negotiating with the Olymple Against the sloppiness of Wahoo Committee for a substantial payment į felding, the Wildcat defence was for services rendered.
nearly perfect. Their Infield was The final balance, however,
nirtight. Margie Xavier at first, into Inez Soares at second, Peggy Barros confidently expected to run four figures which, according to at third and Helen Ribeiro ut short- Olymple protocol, must be given to stop form a well-nigh impregnable British amateur sporting organisa- bulwark.
The outfield was well looked atter tlons for the furtherance of sport.
British experts in close contact by Big Chief Thelma Watson, Alex Collaco. with the Games are of the opinion Mendoncu
Thelma that this balance will be small since Dolly Brown and Effie Babida com-
bined to be the usual clossy a large profit would be contrary to the spirit of the Games.-I.N.S.
tery.
All of them were not wanting In the attack. Elther this or that girl came through to score in teammates. Their hitting was timely.
BIG NAME BOXERS MEET
Light-heavyweight ex-champion Gun Lesnevich (left) receives a visitor, middle- weight champion Marcel Gerdan, at his training camp at Loch Sheldrake, New York,
and
bat-
The score of 22-0 speaks well for itself. The champs were beaten pretty
thoroughly. Best batting averages for the winners: Peggy Barros had three bingles in six at- tempts and Thelma Watson made two neat singles.
INCIDENTS
It was in the Rexes-Braves game. The Braves, last year's Junior win- ners, won again. It was an easy victory for them. There was nu over-excitement. Yet, I saw 11 youngster Indulging in what
one spectator called "daredevil sliding" in two instances. The fielders were waiting to receive the ball for the ing. They were not in front of the bases. There was no need for the "ying," feet firat "alides.”
They, I observed, were intended- "to get the man," I call them dan- gerous plays, and when indulged by nyoungster, who perhaps thought It was colourful, it is the more re- gretful. Coaches - should point out to youngsters that such bad -sports-~| manship must stop.
"Com'on Philo, that's a bit," pro- lested a player to the hawk-eyed oMcial scorer Philo Remedios, in-
Civil the very hard-working
to
Tregsurer of the Association. Whether Philo was persuaded change his mind or not was not as certained. Incidentally, batting averages have been published games so far played.
for
five
I am not saying that these Searlera influenced the scoter: Sherry Bucks, A. H. D-kar, Igmar Eriksen, Kelly Silvn-Netto and Dave Leonard. But I do say if any player attempts to influence à scorer in or- der to get a good average, ho simply vising unfair means.
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WEEK-END STARSTM Ferry Barros, Wildcats For long, long time much classy infeld playing was not seen as that exhibit- ed by Perry in her team's game against Wahoos. She stopped almost averything that was driven to third base. And her pegging to Orst wan nearly perfect. She followed up
Sherry Bucks and Roge Lobo, St Joseph's-Sherry made three sizzling hits and 'Roge had two. They con- tributed most to their blasting of the
gang
to pieces. The Khalsa Khaisn gang retaliated meekly in the pro- cess of which "power-house" 5. K. three, Khan slammed two hits in which Included a triple.
Fezky Remedios, Braves--Baby- faced Pesky toro the hide off Rexes as he slugged powerfully for
as catcher teft little to be desired.
-on
He is small and compactly built
the lines
of a Judo wrestler, and gets his speed by his right arm thrust and a six-beat kick.
con-
While his times are unofficial, it appears that they have been per formed under strlet Olympic
jurisdiction of ditions under the responsible oficials pi Japan's National Swimming Association.
CHALLENGE
So much for the youth of the Enst, Here's news of the aged of the West. We spoke the other day of 64-year- old Stewart Vance, the morathon runner from Australia who is at the! moment in Glasgow under the wing of Dunky Wright.
Stewart will take on anything on two feet, and it would appear that four he might easily find just what t seconds looking for in Robert Bower, of
Southampton.
Then in the inter-collegfato cham- pionships hold in a 50-metre pool. in Osaka in September, Furuhashi won the 400 metres froe-style the world record time of 4 minutes 33 seconds as compared to the re- conised world mark of 4 minutes 38.5 seconds set by Willinen Smallh April 6, 1941.
a 25-yard pool in Honolulu on
In the same Osaka meet, Furuhashi also won the 800-metre free-style flme of D the phenomenal in minutes 41 seconds, clipping 0.0 seconds off the world record Ume of Smith of Honolulu.
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