THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1949.
END OF A TOURNEY
OF
ENGLISH SOCCER CLUBS ARE MAKING A FARCE WORLD CUP COMPETITION
SAYS ARCHIE QUICK
To underline my remarks of a week ago that English clubs were making a farce of the World Cup competition by refusing players to Eire, Northern Ireland and Wales Scotland have asked only for Billy Steel- comes news that Everton also turned down an application for Corr to play for Eire against Finland.
} West Bromwich Albion Chairman, Major-Wilson Keys, has-now told.me_thai_ Eire also asked them for the release of left-half Paddy Rynn, but it was refused "If Eire want as it was only suggested to take him to Helsinki as a reserve.
him to actually play in the next World Cup match against Sweden in Dublin we shall let him go; but not as a reserve", Major Wilson Keys sald to me.
Travelling back from West Bromwich RU into Southend United Chair- man, Mr Neville Nevitt, who holds the George Medal for bomb disposals. He has a scheme for the redistribution of the Cup draw. The burden of his complaint is that as it now stands the draw favours the First and Second Division clubs who are the Third Division and the lesser Comparatively comfortable financially whereas
clubs who are the backbone of Soccer insofar as they supply the players to the big battalions have to participate in an unseemly "dog-eat-dog" show in the First and Second Rounds.
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t :lt]『་w¢་¢- those 35 years have į sleeady three top-class player's seen in
the fortunes of the have been fans North Goston Club in Welsh Internationa George fuel, when Mr Peters started the international
they Lowrie
English at Newcastic,
Henry Cockburn re not a North Lonilun 4 lu
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Manchester United, nod way down of
Lammery of Manchester City. An at Plumstead Maysses Woolwich "Tid not thand, Auflierial told me in Birming-
presentation in the later rounds It has bera sand week for inalders and Fast Division
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It was a amicable karne and;
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1-1 draw an offside gool to Wily owalled penalty The whole of the Wolves'
thelen
stwo i all whal, big Dugile Rekj was allowed
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Whee Hancocks drove the ball z kame
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The quiet tempo of the mates. must have been a big disappuanku ment to the Fouthall Aasiaation offici ds who were there in furre, for hotir of the stars attempted | to live up to this reputations. und, in mct, Wright's deputy Hussell, was adinost The most
Impressive player on view. This
fortunate young man
thus golt medal
upon only second appe,tance in the Wolves Ardt team.
Afterwards
Football Association. Football League ant Players' Union officinis met and Umion Chairman Jummy that he was Guthrie told
alle i timl the negotiations would result in an improvement of the players' welfare.
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ham that the ruling body have VOTRE Cut directive to referens
·Telling them to starp down on
rough play and assuring the
of the Association's support.
REFEREE TRAINING What the FA also wants to do ddy anet and quakly is to increase the
10 *
$
kowi generally 35 Peters fell of a Tube
atalana platfurtn
MIRACULOUS
SAVE
Gooch, Preston North End goalie, makes
à miraculous save from a penalty taken by Robinson, West Ham centre-forward
fre
chiefly because of the gap of the war years,—the standard has fallen deplorably low.
..
ON THE RECORD Antwerp THE LADIES WERE Beat The NOT QUITE WRONG Wolves
the
10
area. Where they could have
Yet another Colony Ladies' | 'of course, have possibly erred "Antwerp, Nov. '. 1. Open Tennis ·Championship shoutthe geography of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tournament conducted by Ladies' Recreation Club is over and did not crt was in the con- the English Football Asso- and all speculation on who ception that their ranks were ciation Cup holders' and the the top feminine tennis stor in producing better players,
present First División lead- the Colony is over for another Mrs Eild Litton's estimate is year.
that there
ers, were benten by two were' never, so many 'good players here ever before goals to one by an Antwerp numerically, One could not Eleven here this afternoon. seck Д botter authority for Antwerp led 2-0 at half-
time.
The IRC went out of its way this time to cater to all
ankl
ahy who wished to see the Anals. It almost scented, they had bodily moved one tennis court to make way for Rent-
Jag .accommodation overlooking
their
"centre court" from the embankment above, as fine મૈં
place for entching all the thrills of the game as one could
hoor for.
It enst labour and money find the Ladies decided they would break Chib tradion and follow the end of the 1KCC In charging admission.
It had been whispered for
many
ព
weeka
The Tennis League season progressed that there were hort of new glars
that the about and
neknow- inded best would find it dit- ficult to hold
their inurels.
As the Open Singles reached the semi-ant stage with four newcomers to such an bracket, the Ladies were con- vinced that women's tennis was coming Into its own in Hong- kong
With a genuinely top-notch
such a statement.
I still doubt the superiority
Mrs Minty
last year's
.
A capacity crowd of 45,000 at
of any of the present top- the Berchem Stadium: saw the
against rankers Champion, Miss Dawa Kent, Wolves suffer their second-defeat now home in Australia, or, for of the season.
The Wolves displayed One that malier, against Mrs Litton
technique while the Antwerp herself in her best days.
side relied on thrust. Devos Flug In Mes Ip Koon-hungiened the scoring for Antwerp Chow And Mrs after half an hour, and Coppens Cooper the Colony certainly increasent the Belgians' lead four pussesses a top three of a stan dard that it never hud before, Then there are Mrs Litton.
SRC. first guling since being in- Williams, of the Mrs
jured in the match aqppadust Wales Mrs Stroobach, Mrs Slagter
last month, scored the Wolves' and some half-o-dozen Interse who would make the First Ten goal clalt minutes after the In-
terval,--Reuter. n more elite set than it over has been.
minutes Inter.
Billy Wright, the England captain and right half, having
ARSENAL BEAT RCF Paris, Nov. 1-The English Also, things ar getting quite homely. The Colony
Division Mixed First
football Club, Doubles Champions are a Mr Arsenal, gained ther first post- war victory over the Racing & Mrs There were so many
Club
and Club of Parls by two goals to Tomity patra in exalted
Lengite tournaments this that I had o
About science
The Ladies Recreation Club Open and Club Cham-organisation that kept games pionships concluded yesterday with the presentation of on schedule, umpteen and lines- prizes by Lady Morse. The picture above shows the Club Champion, Mrs Diana Cooper, receiving one of a basketful of trophies.
Below are the Club's Men's Doubles Champions, M. Heenan and W. J. D. Cooper (right), with the runners. up. J. D. Mackie and D. Nolan, Mackie won the Club Open Singles Championship. Telegraph Staff Photo- grapher.
CRICKET
RINGSIDE
North Zone George Whiting
·Holds Out
Patiala. Nov. 1.The. match between the Can- monwealth cricket team and North Zone ended here to- day in a draw. North Zone. after following on, were 1554 for four when stumps were drawn on the fourth and last day.
They had made 188 in the first innings in reply to the Com- nonwealth's team's total of 813
for seven declared.
bay
Mills Will
Fight Anyone
Say 99 to Freddie Mills and
women authoritative, the cups of ten hot and the lemon squach
cold, they ant down to the task of making the public conscious of the fact that women's tennis] had come of age locally.
Оле
tickets may have been sold yesterday. The poorest day's inkings
or two
dozen
in
three amounted to $2, and out of that the Government in tok-
ng a cut.
Yel, the
wrong. The
Ladles were 112 public Was. To general conception the Club is situated kunewhere
the clouds at the top of the Peak.
Taxi drivers contribute to this conception by Inking fare up by t kon: and
ulous route that reaches end where the than al wheel turns around and JL- nounces that the rest of rond is cleaned to his oversized
Car
the
cir-
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the
more lively
¡winge
femining
in other gunies.
year one today in their annual match. Arsenal's Ane approach work of con-
In the first half was marred by advocating M
interest missed chances in front of goat-
and the fast, keen Frenchmen took the lead just before the when thelr centre- nterval,
Finally, It is difcult to pack
up the typewriter without frst forward, Roger Quenolle, scored commiting its record that the from 40 yards. winners of the Inter-Hong Arsenal switched their attack
the
half and second
took Challenge Cup are not the best in
with periods of fina Hong pair in town. I will not command venture a Suggestion that the football. Mercer equalised after too 17 minutes and Logle scored the flank, Ewo or Taikoo are intereste to Inter Hong winning goal five minutes from cricker to bother about hongtime.-Reuter, honors in tennis.
GOALLESS DRAW
If the strongest hong tentris Brussels, Nov. 1-A London Team in Town challenged for Football Association team played the Challenge Cup, it would non goal-less draw with the Bet- Jonger permit any genuine gian Diables Rouges here today Competition for it Now, what but it was a dull match with
ever is the name of this hong
so strong In tennis?
I had that is the Hang- kong Sports Store, in a position
very Bttle enthusiasm among the
10,000 spretators,
The result was n pleasant
at the drop of a racket to put surprise to the home side, which on the court both Tsul Wai-pur Division
hind bern chosen from First
and Tsul Yun-pui.
"RECORDER".
clubs equivalent to England's Second Division. Usually Belgion national sides are selected from the Division
Cobeston was missing from Though
Mixed Doubles Tonneur.
the Won By Mr & Mrs the Engilsh attack, however, and
Then one nlights and chances are he may go
realising way towabill before that there is nothing resembling A day- tennis club in sight. deen past the important furn, such as are not a phone a second too late, and Remgraphy of the area are lost.
There are two easier
used to the
| the Cruiserweight ("hampion
of the World will immediate-i ty talk in terms of the next Garden Terrace which aut
of going up by either side fight.
It is Just 98 nights and '13 years since the Bournemouth
Why's
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the
journey by ezer lo half it less than that.
nat
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But the Ladies,
who
know
Fighting for a draw, the North Zone batsmen kept nine Com-Bomber pocketer his first few where their Club is, could not, monwealth wwwlers
shilluts as a professional in as West-country booth. Nowadays, throughout the day.
Freddle is supposently beset by and Naidu, super-tax problems though his
Dalhinder Singh
DICK TURPIN WINS ON TKO to- so mercenary Is Ruske people Birmingham, Nov.
Dick Turpin, the British His chief concern these last Middleweight Champion, few days has been the finss of beat George Russ,
who opened the second mungsoutlook on life is nothing like after tea yesterday, were gether until half an hour after belitve. Innch today, and their partner- ship of 10 helped to put their side in a safe position regarding the Ums factor.
1.-
the
This wite-now happily separated Champlon of Canada, here:
from a troublesome appendix.
bandled
tonight, the referee stop
Ip Koon-Hung
The Inst three
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“Roy" "Bentley, Chotsea's- centre-forward and a candidato England for leadership of the finaline, often tried hard to score he matches of the LRC Colony had no support from the other and Club tennis tournament Givard, Inside-left, and Binet. were played yesterday.
forwards.
centre-forward, were outstand- Mr and Mrs ip Koon-hunging for Diabies Rouges and, but won the Colony Mixed Doubles for the alertness of Ramsay, the henting W. P. Taul and Mra London right-back, Binet might
have scored more than once. M. Heuter.
Itt 8-10, 6-4, 6-1.
W.J D. Cooper and Heenan bent J.D. Mackie and D Nolan 8-0.10-3 to win the Club Men's Doubles Champion - ¦ ship.
CRICKET
TEAMS
The following will represent Services ground.
Club Fitzroy WKCC against Comuned
on Monday on the sing a 11 am
The Inter-Hong Challenge Cup was won by F.T. Orr and JJ. Remedios (APC) who beat L. Goldman and D. Hans (Gilmans) 0-3, 6-2.
Both men in the Colony Mixed T. A. Peace (expl), L. P. Stolice. Doubles monopolised the play 9. 1. Ketr, N. H. Onver, L. D. Kubec, A. F. Woller, K, G. Craig, and i times forced their part-1.1, Newton, F. Howarth, T. 3. ners off the court in leave great Mahan, 1. 3. Cull, W. 1. Howard holes
the defence.
12th man) P. 5. Purry (acurer); ip opened the match and each W. Tingle tuinpire),
represent tho The fullowing will puyer won his or
Isoyal Air Force lungkung ist XI Mrs tmtit
the lost hers In In a League match versus the seventh Kame fo make Royal Navy at Kai Tak on Satur-
4-3.
from day: score
buck the games
S/Ldr, Goll (Cept), W/Car. Pan- Gambri, iht. Ball, and forth and the net was finally . F/O.
Dunn, $1, FILL. Vaughan, DEL with sot-point at 40-30 in the P.11. Cunnington, ll. Baker.
and Mrs Litton Moorhouse, AC. West, AC. Tyrer, won by Tsui
Jack Pettiford, the New South Wales
lock legbreak bowler,
Mills's immediate future hosping the bout during the Two wickets for 37, Frank Wor-
been lately rell,
about seventh round of a 10- the the West Indian T'est
generally. Only the champion rounds non-title contest. player, claimed one for eight himself has kept silent-unt!! I and Wally Langdon, the West
The referee intervened due to Australian all-rounder, one for 12.-Reuter.
-Reuter,
REST TEAM TO MEET. COMBINED
SERVICES
match.
at
got from hin A breezy word Ross having a damaged left eye.
or two.
I had to telephone
Ocl.
31. The
then
18th game.
Ip
her service
alld went
RAF
LAMOTTA COLLECTS First, of course,
The ips recovered in the The following will represent the undergo the usual
Detroit,
second set and they won the firglanayal Air Force Hongking 2nd XI Middleweight Champion, Jake two games. Thier opponents wolf in a League match verstis the Hogst comedy-in which Freddle, Lamotta, WILS first-rate actor, seeks the identity mission today
given
per the third, fourth, fifth and sixth, Navy at King's Park on Baturday: to collect the of his caller in a voice pitched June 18 title purse of US$14.002
F/L. Holmes, F/Lt, Marshall, The last set saw the Ipa play- somewhere nor that of a stage held up pending a return Aght trouble
ing their best and they had no 5. Perks, F/Sgt. Gascoigne, W/O Scuti, F/Lt. Taylor, Sgt. Davenport, Chinaman. A handy ruse
winning 0-1. Tsu! Sgt. Cuellin, Cpl. llurst. AC. Fol- with Marcel Cerdan, Cerdan and Mrs Litton taking the sixth leit, AC. England, dealing with the importunate was killed in an airplane crash
for
The Michigan Boxing Com- missloner, Floyd Stevens, in- structed Abe Greene, National Boxing Association President, to surrender the purse to Lamotta Immediately.
had a miraculous escape when intensity of referee training for, the tram pulled up only inches from him. LAST DITCH EXPERIMENT
Twice in the past week i have Something new in Soccer sen inexcusable lapses. In the the experiment to be tried by Leyton-Palace game there was Birmingham City. Two captains a flagrant case of obstruction un
to be the penalty area and the at the first eleven
The following have been but do not rely on It, for Mills last week. appointed and goalkeeper Gill-force, who is among the first six selected to represent the Rest of can turn on the braso profundo beri Merrick will take charge in the country and already the Colony against United Ser-<qually well. of the defence while Bobby among
International vices in a charity the THE INSPIRATION
Brennan skippers the forwards, honours, have a 12 yards spot Saskunpoo ground at 4 p.m. on Guthrie, by the way, was the We must wait and see whether kick instead of an indirect kick. Monday:
AGAINST ANYBODY captain and Inspiration
of this scheme of division of con- In the West Bromwich- Portsmouth when they defeated trpi on a football feld will work. Chelsea game, a forward and o Yue Yla-tak (Kitchre); Itau Wolves in the sensational 1939 but it
Preliminarles starts at a time when goalkeeper went up for a high Ying-rang (Kitchee) (capt),
pasped, the (9JFC): Lau Cup Final at Wembley, and it Birmingham are firmly routed bouncing ball and lot It was in heel
Kit World Champlon came Chúng-sang
ncross Hung Hing-yuk (CMD), with this statement of polley. was interesting that the only at the bottom of the First Divi.
Santos 1937C); Ho Ying-fun (3Cit- survivor of that match after 10 sion.
(Kitched). It was a physical impossibility cheel, Chang Kam-hot
I am ready to defend the years
Charity In test
Ko Po-keung (SCAA), Chow Man- forward to There is also a North London for the shortish
chi (HMI), Lee Tai-fat Shield game was
now against Jacy (KMB). Utle right Barlow, the
curiosity which
bo outreach the tall goalkeeper who Reserve: Tam may
Kwan-kon (KMD), Maxim, Uncle Tom Cobleigh, or the also had outstretched arms. It se Kam-hing duplicated elsewhere in
thitchcel. Kwok anybody else. of course
and Ying-keo (Kliches), Chu Wing- provinces for all I know. Last was "hands"
of the 45,000
keung (Kichea).
Tang Yeo-kit season Spurs lost, promotion everyone
(MB); Team manager: Atr· Mak Ing.
Portsmouth inside-left.
Aldershot
Bill manager McCracken-member him us
મ
season
the net.
crowd
Nien
game.
Cricket Club ape reminded of
Inani
KCC
The KCC TOURNEY
following will represent Members of the Kowloon KCC 1st XI in their match against
University at KCC on Saturday!
W.M. 1.E. Loe. E.C. Fincher, the "Progressive" All-Day Davidson, W.il. Colledge, A. Zim- American, Tennis Tournament mem. .3. Zimmern, A. Stepto, N. Hort-Baher, J. Lertot, C.P. Smith.. to be held next Sunday; com- 3.A. Seliars. 12th man. F.A. Ker mencing at 11 am.
These popular Tournaments The 2nd XI, aleo against Univer
regularly this sity at Pokfulam, will be represeIL" will be held winter and because in this sed by CJ. Smith, V.C. Bond, A.T.
Luke, earnings would be held in
case the number of players hus Leo, T.A. Sladar, D.O. While, D.
Langston-Jones.d.R. to been limited 40, Those in- Į Guest, FA. Broadbridge, V.C. escrow until he gave Cerdan atending to play
are asked to Seymour, E. Randall, 12t a rematch. The meeting. was
the list on the sigu
Club's G., tosselot. set for December 2 and Cer-
dan was
Before getting his champion- ship shot at Cerdan, Lamotta had to agree that in the event he defeated the Frenchman his
Arthur Peall says: AVOID THIS SNOOKER TRAP SHOT
SNOOKER
MANS LEADS DONALDSON
mar.
The above players are asked to on his way to New notice board as soon as possi meet at the Star Ferry whaste
ble. Already quito n "Where? in London, if pos- York to begin training when players have entered.
few Hongkong side, at 1.30 p.m. the Newenstio offside maestro-muinly because they won only saw it except the referee.
sible....where I ain under con he was killed-United Press. had a long conversation with
three of their 21 away matches. Even the goal scorer looked
tract to Jack Solomons and Portsmouth Chaleman Vernon This
WILLIAMS TO DEFEND Tottenham
Club ageretaries' must ́nolity' the won guilty! It cost Chelsea a point secretary by Thursday whether where the crowd and I are dear Stokes in the Boardroom at their fist three away games at but, nevertheless, West Brom their players will be
Philadelphia, Oct, 31-The Arsonal; and as he told
Avaliable or old pals. I've never boxed in ne Cardiff. Plymouth
Brentwich deserved to draw, even to not. дод
Cham- World Lighhtweight afterwards he wants on ex-ford. In reverse, Arsenal lost win. They have made the First Players are to report to the team America, but if they make the plon.. Iko Willams, will defend perienced man, to control his only three home matches last Division grade, which is more manager in the dressing room at match there I shan't start any his title against Freddy Dawson
arguments forward line. I should not be campaign, yet this season they than can be said of hapless Ful-.10 p.m. sharp.
of Chiengoat Convention Fall on 'surprised if it were Barlow.
November 28, .promoter "Don't make too much of the Pit Glassman announced
10- tax business. We all love to dny. pay our whack. I remember the The 15-round bout will be the time when I'd have been glad third meeting of the two with to have income-tax worries,
the most recent battle here on January 28, 1040, going to the Trenton, N. J., champlon on a close decision. It will be Williama fifth defence of his tillo.—United Press.
lost each of their three first|þamı.
Mister
STRIKIN
CAN GET IN BED
BITES
FIGHT!
OF
Conquest
TRUST THE GENTLEMAN
HAS NOT GUFFERED
WITH AN ACCIDENT},
Jerseys "and" stockings', whit supplied.
BATT LANNIGAN! E'LL BE AFTER (BASHIN' LIDM,
TRIP
COME OFF WID VEJ
V WERE AFTER IN BASHIN THE GENTLEMAN, SQUINT O'HARA.YG'O ONEY BAGH THE
OTHER.
London Express Bervice
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"THREE MORE YEARS"
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BEE players send the sneaker cu-ball in-off even when they know that a foul de almost certain With pot and in-of both on, they
BLACK
COPRIK
BLUE
fated to
London, Nov.-Fuler Mans, tho
Snooker South African
Champion, receiving 10 points
In each frame, led the former world champion, Walter Donald.
lot drive:son, by 10 frames to cliht at the end of the session today. In their 36-frames "News of the World","
and throw す
velublo
Doluta,
isit-bal
left centre pocket typical, Pialis bell contact
tournament match at the Leices
ter Square Hall here,
Eachi
won three of the six
frames..
Herbert Holt, of Ealing, led H. W. Laws, of Chiswick. by 13 frames to Ove at the end of the, carly acasion in the 35-frames. qualifying match for the World Championship at Battersea here.
· Holt
of won four Trames
"What is all this talk about my retiring? I am only 30, and right now I feel pretty good." I
Calling All Cars reckon I am OK for another three years in the game at my Buenos Aires, Nov. 1-Police- all football present rale of a fight a year. supervision of
matches Will
In future ba shown, send white into the left top "Now I must hop it. The strengthened as the result of and not bad luck, as so many wife's in hospital I've got the inclient last Sunday, when a average players think, but thoroughly shopping to do and I can smell British referee. Mr R. H. Madad Day, and Ave Away" la
pakaity, my liver and bacon burning dron, stopped the First Divi-void trouble by striking the cus- Chedzio!"
alon match between Boca Juniors ball lower pidesis efective, but
makes the pot more dimeult, and the Racing Club.
& low sad does not affect accuracy."was ahead by 10 frames to. 1L (and white; rebounds" at the broken line wide, sugtey to: hth the top
Holt led Laws by :17 frames otishio: added to neven at the end of the day's
* London Express Service
Cheerio, Indeed, Freddie. Mr Maddison took this nation Here's wishing: you safely and after some of the 50,000 specta lucratively past 99 100 etc etctors had invaded the ground-
London Express Sarvica) Router.
Tead by...! held on นมส winning three of the six evening frames and, at the close of play
play-Reuter.