10.
Holiday Soccer
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1949.
GOVERNOR'S CUP MATCH AT THE VALLEY TOMORROW
BY "UNOMI”
The Festive Season Soccer programme continues this week- end and as last week the fans once again have an excellent choice of games.
Briefly, the fare provided is as follows: Today, five first Division games together with a full Junior League card; tomorrow the eagerly awaited second game of the Governor's Cup series; on Monday, one First Division game and two Junior League games round off the programme.
All the Senior League teams with the exception of Royal Air Force will be engaged on League business.
One of the season's best games will be played at Boundary Street this after- noon, Kowloon Motor Bus v. Kitchee. These two teams have already met this season in a League encounter, the scare being 3-0 in Kitchee'sfavour. The League leaders, Kitchee, are still undefeated and on present form I think they are too good for the Busmen. Still, anything can happen in a “needle" game like this one.
KMB received a nasty setback Inst week from Commandos and if they hope to keep up their challenge to Kitchee for League honours they must win today. Lee Chun-fat, the KMB inside forward, is playing well below his usunt form just now. Laat week he gave a most pathetic display.
FLIES TO JOIN EMPIRE TEAM
When Britain's Empire Games
left women
for New Zealand, fencing star Mrs Glen Haig was not among them. As only woman member of the fencing team shc will to Auckland after
Christmas.
fly
--London Exprene Service)
Freak Bowler
He
The Bus team don't have the reserve power which their more
powerful opponents POSSOS.
Week after week they are forced to play the same players even though it is noticeable that they need a real. The KMB defence and middle line is good but they have only three reliable for- warrin. Tain Woon-cheung โร very weak and is not worth his place in the feam on his present
form.
Kitcher carry too many ex- perienced men in their ranks for the Kowloon team. They have the best defence In the
Colony and have a forwari tine which contains both youth arut EXPLORE
SPORTING SAM
By Reg. Wootton
Scribes Meet The
Belles
In Kowloon Bowl Classic
BY "STARDUST” ·
Locni softball will usher in the new year in real festive fashion tomorrow afternoon when fans will foregather at the spacious CBA ball park-dubbed the Kowloon Bowl by members of the Fourth Estate-to witness one of the most promising tussles of the whole year's softball calendar.
The Kowloon Bowl Classic-a name that rhymes with the Bowl Games that will be played off in the United States on New Year's Day-takes pride of place in the Colony's sports programme for the holldays.
Much publicity has been given both in the tabloids and around the grapevine circuit to this engerly awaited tangle be- tween 1he meinbers of the Association Committee and the typewriter thumpers, combined *** into a formidable nine, and the select representatives of the nodistaff lenps.
the meeting morrow, for
and CNAAF in the KFA second game of the Governor's Cup series. In the first garno played in early December the (NAAF won handsomely. Many
uf the Chinese players who participated in the list game aro included in today's team which is as follows:
Yu Yu-tak (Kiteboa); Hau Yung-mont (Kitchee), 14u Shul- ping (CAA); Chang Kani-hot, The Kam-ming
tussle
boilles
softball
Fresh from garnering their Arst win of the senson, the Delawares will be gunning for their second triumph when they clash with the Rexes but wil find the Loop leaders a tough hombre.
Braves should be able to The end their losing streak when
between the tangle with the Grifins in another game. The Blackhawks are pitted against the Pandan in another encounter which they should take from the Shanghal landers quite easily.
An annual these two partisans will certainly start the New Year off on the right foot. There will be no trophy at stake in this game, Honour
will be fought for--that at high
ost
IDEAS & TALENTS
The Committee, the gover-
win or lose. They have been absorbing huge defents in most of their games but the gals firmly believe In getting best experience mit of n Jost cause.
the
The Squaws and St Theresas
ក្ដ៥ ភ
crucink tussle In which the former team will bo out to avenge an earller 1039.
St Theresa bave the more ex- perlenced ball club and are ex- pected to win should their more youthful rivals falter in the clutch. This should be a top nf- traction on any one's New Year calendar.
The belles play a twin bill. The While Fungs should keep on to their slim lead after the results come in from their game Before signing off, your scribe to extend to all his MeTycireans wishes with the comely,
Year. who are still seeking their first readers a heartiest New and victory,
May 1030 ve a happy year for about all of you and good softball The MeTreireans are Yuilof diamond doctrine, will have the friendlies: team in the loop, should be yours for the asking.
dieplay in netusi ortion ther Pleas and Infels
(Kitchee), Kwok Ying-ker
Kitchen, He Ying-fun (King body of local softball, chee), Chau Man-chi (KMH), the sports writers, the preachers!
Yee kil
(KMB),
k-in (Kitchee), Lee Tri-
The old "head" bai Shin-m (KMB).
ben fact,
win, i will or dangerous ever when in the vjelulty of the Opponents' gol The game will one played before a empacity crowd of most- ly KMI supporters and the hore team will strive hard to! be the Best team to beat the pre- sent Lengue fenders, but i can't see them ruceceding.
SAINTS MEET ARMY
As can be seen the Ferr tom have flekks there strongest feniti possible. The mind of or Kitchee and KM stars have
ven closet
Huzzberries and catcalls will
must kely be mingled with FOR FOOTBALL MANAGERS
Lound hurzia when these Harry | squads get lost in the heat of Lonflict.
Last season,
The one surprise selection is comedy of errors, the Commit- the inclusion of Lin Shut-plug Ice and Scribes dropped a close of CAA. He has been playing 21-5 very well thin searon and his in
decision to the belles, Fans
will still remember the alin- Tarion in the sie is wellamusing and convivial Invited. It will be Interesting sphere of the last classic.
They will still recall how Don St Joseph's most Army m T tr. watch the play of Kwok
Helen Robbins carried pelite retum Lengan game at Sookums - Vingt- kene who has been given
The first game sud-the job of holding the HKFA from second to third base after Ribeiro PIERY-back fashion postulay. ed in a drew 1-1 Army, vic-
danger nu, Brown, in check. torious in their past eight en- The IIKFA team in as follows: Don's back in her
Helen had stolen the shirt off marauding counters, should prove too strong
Leyland (Army), Roberts Don's
moves around the sucks. The for the Saints. The Army are
of Mentor P | antica football pinying picture
these (Club), Tozar (Navy), Spence move
Army),
(Army). Remedios on the diamond were days. They have a fine lender
Button (Army): Brown (Army). burlesque comedy of errors
Daly (Navy). Although a big Improvement the recent representative teams chosen by the HKFA, the to much
Tennuci
in centre-forward dhol Berry (Army), Conway (Army), which highlighted the t
Berry is another
Rame was
10
The Mullen (Club),
has reached peak form combination of Berry and Brown in last week's International Cup on
watch and delight I expect they will play havoc with the St Joseph's defence to- criticism.
The Saints have severati day. players on the injured ist
side
open
WISDOM & PATIENCE ARE NOT ALWAYS QUITE ENOUGH
Says John MacAdam
Behind the shall we say?-recession of Johnny Hancocks to Wolves' second string lies a story that Phila demonstrates clearly enough that a present-day foothall manager can have the wisdom of a Solomon and the patience of a Job, and still not find things running, his way.
com- Philo
The Committee-Scribe will be led by bination Remedios, who will personally direct activities on the dininond from the windy short stop alley Philo has assembled a bunch of veterans and players resurrect- armchairs for tomor- ed from selectors to row's classic. There is an over- goalkeeping | abundance of softball talent in
the Com of Locker. ested game will| ability
the contingent with umpire- of Navy and mante
Week after this werk this player turns in grand baiters in large numbers,
WHEN?
are expected શક field n weak When are the team for today's match.
recognise
The
*keeper.
An evenly contester! be the meeting Police at Causeway Bay afternoon. The Navy side will displays. He in a worthy sue- be all out to return to winnlag cessor to Powell, an old favou- vein after the
rite of the local fans who re- defeat they re- reived at the hands of Club last member the Commando tenta Saturday. Chisolm of Navy in of 1946-47.
grand goalkeeper and together
with Tozer and Thompson formas する resolute defince.
THE TEAMS
have
Here are the facts outlined to us by Manager Stanley
Cullis.
The scene opens in the managerial office at Molineux with Stanley busy at desk. To him enters Johnny, the little fleetfoot who normally decorates the outside-right on his fairly recent
appearance for berth, although England he was placed outside left.
Now Johnny has a proposition. sky, the fastest
man who ever
It is that if he were to play con pulled n Rugby jersey over lus sistently at outside left for his head. team his chances of being again selected for England would be
The members of the Commit-
who will tee and Scribes
be greatly enhanced. He does not, seen in action in the tussle, are: perhaps, use this precise langu-;
*Mor Alice "Bloomer Girl"
but that is the idea. De manager regards him for Lec Take a Christmas orange (if
"Grandstand" Wing Bini
Melthen, Don a moment, "Doc" any are about for the taking)
and then asks the Roberts has been life form bonesetter and work out how that new
I think for the Club
Robbins, every Saturday, "Flash"
Philo
question that may have occur- Australian frenk bowler Jack flowit and "Glage" Gordon hut in he as experienced against "Bleacher Remedios, Charlic red to yourself: If we play you Iverson evolves his spin.
"Star- their Chinese players us Rocha of St Ole Hoss" Figueiredo, can manage to encourage
on the left, what happens to the will be trying it a year hence Pallee team to anis at least one, Joseph'87
dust" Moosdeen. G. O. Jockey" gentleman who is and has been against our crack batsmen.
a considerable Lime Jones, Buster "H, Disney" Bol- for some point. Iverson
elderly-35-to
Spence of the Army is a lands,
Chief
Chapin, Dickornament of the position? WILL ATTRACT take his bow in big cricket. He
ether dublous selection. is Gft. 2ln., weights 14% stone,
The The meeting of Commandos Drarsley of the Navy is about Chung, and Rennie Sequeira,
following ladies and use to try his spinners in
the host half-buck In the and Club at Sookanpuo will n-
gentlemen the Australian army, where he
Hoth teams Colony but he is not included been invited by the tract the crowds.
to oppose them: was told to "slop bowling that
In the stole. had good wing lost Saturday and
Patsy Ribeiro, Helen Ribeiro, Melbourne re- rubbish." My
Another surprise selection is Dolly
Effie Babida, Brown, porter describes his action thus: should be a keen tuiste, Com-
le bowls from the front of randos prefer the robust style Daly of Navy. 1 admit we have Avarita Choy, Aileen
Chinfer the hand over the lot of the play they displayed against few good European left-wingers June Lee, Shelia Howard, Marie KMD last week and with hefty at present in foent soccer but Baptista, Josette Tiampo, Joyce thumb and propels the ball by
Watson as
leader, I think they Daly has not the the bentinck middle finger. His
Guest. Yvonne Souza, and Bon- that is KO for the power stock slow ball turns from the will prove too strong
the Club In-gainst the Chinese. off, but he occasionally upjus
Widger, one from leg or pendis
side man, was once again on the or
mark with his two.clever goals straight through.
against Royal Navy inst week.
IGNORED AT SCHOOL
Club htoyst
He will be directly opposed to Suggers, the strapping Com-
necessary
11 shouki be
* Fame will which
the krep on thele toes for tators
the
nie Chen.
Mike Lee will omelate bebind
another
~~(London Express Servicm)
4 England Boxers For
The Games
Who Can Fell Woodcock?
FOUR WILL ACCEPT
£100 CHALLENGE
the
. Those anything-but-penecful] Len Boyd and Johnny Jordan people, the boxing managers, two regular- members of seem more than usually bel- team, and Ken Green, recently out of the ride through Injury,
ligerent..
Tom Hurst, who looks after all come from West Ham area... the affairs of Bruce Woodcock, Right-half Boyd, find full- spent Christmas in Aerith buck Green, were both born in Before he left he gave world a good-will message le Navy, and so Flymouth Argyle, the effect that anybody who
who received £13,000 for bla transfer to Birmingham. Green,
Dne-time
Millwall amateur,
Sportsman's Diary"
EDITED BY
Bruce Ho
д
was with the Army in the Mid- to Bir-
lands when he applied
mingham for a trial.
Romford man and
Jordan the inside-forward, Is
was on Well Ham's books as an -am- ateur.
FULHAM'S WINNER
could knock Bruce over would be paid £100. The idea is a toughening-up
course in pre-
If footballers, like fce-hockey paration for Woodcock's fight | players, were credited with with Lee Savold next May. Passists". Fulham centre-forward HERE'S HIS CHOICE Arthur Rowley would be very Four fighters, represented by high on the sonson's merit list. two managers have immediately He has scored only five times accepted the
In League games, but has had challenge-In | in appropriate terms.
n hand in most of Fulham's· Snya Jala Simpson: I've got other 10 goals.
three lads who'll take him on.
Time and again he has mid- He can have any or all of Jack died the ball from one of the Gardner, Don Cockell or Tony wings, as he did for Jezzard to Lord on thone £100 terms.” score against Manchester Uni- Ted Broadribb, on behalf of ted. And ot least two goals Johnny Williams, s Even have
followed when he has. quicker to the punch-like this: saved time by taking a throw- "Williams has an eye on the In before the opposing defence. British and world titles himself, reformed. and is prepared to act as o "door-mat" for Woodcock for 1ho ime being. Anyone whoj wants Woodcock will have to get there over Johnny's dead body."
Peace on earth. Good will towards men.
JUST TO SHOW THEM Unusual "weigh-in" faces Cockell, Tired of being re- garded offeinlly As n heavy- weight, he is to step on the scales at the offices of the Board of Control--just to prove that he can still make the cruiser-
weight 12st. 7lb.
If the authorities are sollsfler. Don hopes to be cluded in tho official seriemus, eliminators for the British title held by Freddie Mills.
la Immediate plans include n fight with Charlle Collett at Reading tonight, a match with a French opponent, 27-year-old Andre Lefranc, at Streatham
Ice Rink on January 17, and o series of three contests under the Braitman and Ezra banner at Empress Hall.
The Streatham match is at 12st. Dlb, over ten rounds.
GROUNDED GIANT Harlequins, delighted, with the rugby football played by Paris University Club, havo arranged a return match for April 23, in Paris (writes Hylton Cleaver).
At Twickenham they did not encounter after all that giant forward Dr Adani, whose boots де size 12. He was provented: by his mother from entering the aeroplane which was to bring them because the conditions were too windy.
There may perhaps have been something
FAREWELL TO SQUASH
Mrs Margot Gordon, who, as Margot Lumb, won the women's' squash title for the five years preceding the war, will compete in both English and Scottish champion. ships in February for the Inst time. In March ske flies to Kampala with her sons, Raymond he is. with her hero--and Eleo, join her husband, to Colonel W. H. L. Gordon, and set up a home in Uganda.
-London Express Service)
In this maternal Is Ice-hockey tables scorers: solicitude.. Many of the team have two points, the man who
who travelled by ship arrived makes the opening has~~one- too seasick to play and reserves point. took their places!
Does
PLAY IN WHITE
a
man, от
DON'T BLAME THE BABY
You have heard no doubt of woman, the soldier who, having sur- become a better games-player vived four years of war,
was if he or she, dresses the part? killed by tuxi-cab immediately I think so; and so, apparently, he landed in England. Infinitely does Mr H. J. Knight, secretary less tragic but of the same or-
a mishap which lately
of two of West Surrey's popular der, was owlings. England
Quite right loo.
a bit, but is worth the effort.
Would Len Hutton's off-drive
and Hayes amateur forward,
Rawlings was in his y
his wife and
one day when it began to rain. His wife sold: "Take the baby, He turned round quiskly and in reaching for the
Jack"
Ewich.
cricket competitions, these for befell Jack the l'Anson and Miller Cupst
Standard of play has deterlor. By GEORGE WHITING
ated and reforms are suggested The reference, of course, is to
Mr. Knight sald to representa- with Jimmy Mullen, and it appears
tives of the village clubs com- England's boxing team in from Johnny's bearing that the
Empire Games at
peting:
should 1ako mutter had not occurred to him the
New Zealand, "Players with any force. But, now it was Auckland,
reasonable steps to take the Johnny next
will be well.
the muscles of chEd strained February,
field dressed as cricketers and mentioned,
and brown shoes, red his backt. would stul like to play at out-featherweight Peter Brander Binci side left.
The injury has only just im of this (Slough Centre BC), light- pullovers, cloth caps and trilby Th While appreciative
proved in time to let Rawlings, tenacity of purpose, Stanley does weight Ron Latham (Hickde-hals, etc. should be eliminated."
"Eliminate" take his place at inside-left in team in the am- not see his way clear to accede ton Main, Yorks), welter them by all means, in the in- the England the rubber with Bimby "Tiger" and says so. Whereupon Johnny weight Terry Ratcliffe (RAF terests of self-respect. It costs nteur International trial' at Ip-
suggests that maybe Ablong and Bill Silva on the club would take different und Bristol), and cruiser- spec- base paths. Popular Wanda view, and would it be possible weight Donald Scott (Pre-be as good and graceful if he 36 WAS TOO MANY "
undertake the for him to make his position mier BC, Derby) full ninely minutes. I think Rodrigues will the Chinese should have little onerous duties of scorer in this
more clear to the club chairma
Reserves are featherweight and the tussles dimeulty
(HAF Their Hame of errors and base hits.
and This is arranged and, as you Percy repealing
Lewis made him turn to inedium pace
Several League games
wolterweight Eric might guers, the chairman takes Trinidad). bowling. Then as a civilian he the highlights of the game,
and Wollaston), reverted to spinners, fought his
the teams Loop, MONDAY'S CAMES
wil! In the meantime, the effects of and cruiserweight Victor Har- way into the Victorian Shefeld
start on the second round of these tete-a-tete will be studied rison (Birkenhead), Shield team this season and in
South China nt Caroline
Spartans schedule. The three first-classes matches has and
The only Hame on Monday their
with Johnny still on the right The team is exactly as I fore- Hill The South, China team in the First Division is Kwong will be out to beat the Aces in wing and in the second string cost early in the season-but from taken 24 wickets at an average
gave a good display of construc- Wah and CAA. Both teams are their return battle. The latter And there the matter rests, of 17.
Brander's selection comes after outfit look a close decision with Johnny refused a transfer.a defeat in the Empire Games Inst wek-end
in innings their In his school eleven but is now incked
but they fight hard to gain the points. extra
first
trials at Luton recently, FLATFOOTED FLEETFOOT player who could shoot CAA look the more likely side meeting.
Poter was outpointed by the The Overseas and the Jaguars win this game.
RAF
and Imperial Services A
pro- Here is another fleetfoot who
Trinidad Champlon,
Percy great insportaneo
Overseas
will be worthy of your atten-Lewis, will be played gramme. The
who gets the rezorvo on Monday at Club Ground, out the Jags 7-6 when they first tion-an 18-year-old boy called Kitchee v. News Vendors. The crossed bats earlier in the sea-Geoffrey Coombes, of Westwood, position for New Zealand. latter team is undefeated in this son. The Jags have been. Im
near Trowbridge, who oppurent- division and their opponents proving of late, and should are their nearest challengers. average this setback.
helwean the pair
in
Discouragement in the Army mando left-hall be one of victory as in the previous game.be plaved off on Monday. In the the same view as his manager. Davies (RAF
The
other Senior Divisio game today is between Eastern
Junior
football against Kwong well down the League and will live Iverson could not get a place wal
considered to have bowled him for goal. This is a serious prob- and should, Division game of tangle in the pick of the
Golf into the Australian team to tour New Zealand in the New lem and if a sharpshooter is not Year.
In method though,'ai course,
included In today's line-up it may well cost them the points.
in no other respect, here is a
NEW YEAR'S CLASSIC sort of duck-billed platypus
All roads will lead to Club among bowlers.
Valley, to- (London Express Service), Ground, Happy
QUICK WHERE E THAT.
CAN-UPP
Mister Conquest
LOOK! SOMETHINGS. CLASHING ON THAT~
HILL!
-HOW BIG 19 YOUR
ZOR.
AND BELOW. - KIT STILL PLAYS FOR TIME* **
“AND HOW COULD YOU
GET AWAY WITH TUS.
ADMIRAL'S RIG?
WHO-EVER QUESTIONS
A NAVAL CAPS
SCRAMBLED EGGS ON,
AUTTLE BLUFF AND A BIT OF BRAID
'GO A LONG WAY,
MY BOY!
•DID YOU
CONQUEST
Will
In
nosed
On
Jockeys and trainers com- played it in a trilby hat and brown shoes? I doubt It. pinined about the number of Clothes, in sport as in Business, runners in the opening race at do help to make the man-or Sandown Park, for which 36 wornan.
went to the post. 11 too many for the main number beard, BEN BARNETT, OF BUCKS Leading trainer Fulke Wal-
wyn said it was positively dan the telephone with mo
Barnett, gerous. He had another entry, Slough-Ben Who
used to keep wicket in addition to Playhouse, which against us for Australia. Now he would like to have run ir been divided to he is settled in England, and the race had
for jockeys and will be joined here in February make it fair by his wife and two sons, aged
Wed horses.
Playhouse was beaten by four cight and two.
lengths by Paljoy. Barnett has been transferred to England from Australia by SUPPORTERS FIRST his firm, Aspro, for whose side,
At Brentford the parent club. though he is, he will be and the Supporters' Club aro....
45 Latham-Ratcliffe and Scott handy recruit batsman-hand-in-glove. His prowess is testifled to by all won their trials at Luton wicket-keeper. He will play Evidence is the allocation of Vic Lewis, Westbury Harrier, Twenty-year-old · Latham, a whenever he can for Bucks in one ticket for the third round who has won races over every vigorous and uncompromising the Minor Counties' champion-FA Cup-lie against Chelsea, on distance from 100 yards to 20 body puncher-but none too ship. milcs, and has a stack of silver fight in defence--in lightweight || ***
ly has been half-millog in around two minutes,
block-in the dollar gap. 3
Body Punchor
זי
January to each of the sup
in the Wilts Junior cross-coun- and a boiler-maker by trade, touring first by the war, Eagland (according to local.
been broken.
All
pota that would make a big champion, in the Northern Barnett toured England in porters. There are about 5,000,
Counties and of the National 1034 and 1038, and played his of them.
lost first-class match in. 1040 SOCCER IN SILK At Melksham on a recent Coal Board
for Victoria against the MCC Terry Rateliffe, 19 years old Saturday Vic watched Coombos
· sido; in Best-dressed soccer. side. His cricket has try championship paralyse all has done consistently well in
half
TRAF representative matches. A
during which he was a prisoner claims) is Norwich City, opposition over four and
Japaneso hands, then by silk canary yellow shirts with miles of plough and fallow to solid puncher. Anish well within himself and champion and Olympic runner-
Donald Scott,
groen collars and cuffs,AN
Supply will go on. Norwich, named lls younger Coombes is widely upped in UP, is employed in the building Ross after Ross Gregory, also weavers say they will continue the county that produced months with injured hand and
of Victoria, who at 20 played to give the club as many shirts two Test matches in Australia as, aro-needed. Scott la Unbeaton tbig 11050
by himself
in
former ABA
.business travels.
His
son is
trade. Out of the sport for many
G. George and Jimmy Kibble-
white for next Olymple honours
and Vic was naturally surprised S
Tho.
to hear that he had been re- Mallin as manager, will leave
team with Mr Harry serving in the war with the
Australian Air Force, Jected for
son?: Flat Vico, Rea-this country by air on January
Note to above. Most famous flatfoot of them all was Obolen-
22.7
--London Express. Service)"
No
BACK TO LONDON
Midland team bas Q
a feltter-out!!!
What is the terment term
Burcly hot a
stronger East London flavour plant, perhaps
than Birmingham City: CNA V-London. Empress Herito