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Home Soccer
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950.
NO LUCK FOR
"SHOCK" RESULTS LIKELY IN LEAGUE PROGRAMME
week.
London, Jan. 17.-Many of the teams battling for points in Saturday's English Lengue programme face important Cup matches the following Players with the Cup "on their minds" are usually careful about risking Injury, and teams often lapse unaccountably Immediately before a vital Cup tie.
This unpredictable factor may help in the production of "shock" results on Saturday.
One of games in which it could influence the trend of the play is Burn- ley's home man against West Bromwich Albion. Burnley, well up in the First Division table, seem very likely to win on form, but hey are still in the Cup, while West Bromwich Albion are out of it.
win unless the imminence af Cup Us affects their piny.
Burnley's and defence gives | Leeds United, who last week
they away and
should ended Tottenham's long unde- feated run, Are Another team have raced up the table who unter
unpromising start. They free a powerful side free from Cup worries in Southamp- ton. bun with home advantage they should win
LONDON RIVALS MEET
The meeting of the
rivals. London Fulham, may
Chelmen
local and provide tel: the closest struggles of the day Home in the premier Division
adv nutage does not court for
much in these matches, where the visiting tenn has the stage- of A band port
followers. but Chelsen should
win. Before loating nway last Saturday they had
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Sunderland2, who
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Brentford have pulled them selves up from near the bottom of the table with great rally. but Chesterfield, who have
soumul defence may bent theen for Über eighth vtory of the season
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Bol teamTAN taxat stil in the Cup
Manchester Cay, second from the bottom in the table
experimented wairly
to find
Winning Tram, but have not hieved ausrosa New enstle's away pecure shows only wine from 14 mulches, but twi even with a 'up muntah manisare ent they may lake Ewu ketend from the Caly.
FOURTH GAME
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London, Jan. 17.-Luis Romero, the Spanish and
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CINDERELLA
EXPRESS
With her leg in plaster, Swedish skating star Maj Britt opens her New Year parcels and gifts. She was going to London to lead the Cinderella on lee show. Her place is being taken by Czech skater Eva Nyklova.
hampion, tonight beat Ron HOME SPORTSFRONT Draper, of Southampton, ¦
who retired at the vial of The sixth round of their 10. Pounds International COF- Fred here.
foanern muaking his first op-
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Famous Amateur Soccer Club
To Be Revived Next Season
BY
ARCHIE QUICK
Good news for amateur Soccer is that the famous London Caledonians Foot- ball Club is to be revived next season. A ground has been obinined in suburban London and application is to be made for re-entry to the Isthmian League.
The "Calides" who have produced such great players of the past as Andy Slonn, John Noble and the brothers Eric and Basil Gates, closed down during the War, but re-started afterwards, sharing a ground with Tufnell Park.
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Pancho May Have Beaten The Gun
New York, Jan. 17-Pancho Gonzales, who pre- sently Is occupied in making a lot of money as a tennis professional, will have to wait until January 21 to learn if he is America's No. 1 ranking amateur for 1949.
This is when the fawn Tennis Association is sche- duled to hold its annual meeting here and either to approve or disapprove the national men's list for last your submitted by the Ranking Committee. A delicate point of tennis law is at issue.
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To Win Tests
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AFTER ORTIZ
Boxing Jones flare to lif
Melbourne, Jan 17. British radio cominentator, John Arlott, has caused storm in Australian cricket
eireles with his new any book, "Concerning Cricket,''' in which he was quoted here
Australian for As saying that cricketers have "a single.[Champlum,
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UNLUCKIEST FOOTBALLER
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player in League Stoky Cly's inside-
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JOHN PEALL OF CUE FAME IS
ALL OF 95
Hail at the turn of the mid-century a man celebrating his 95th birthday who was in his games-playing prime long before the century began. None other than William John Peall, of Hove-not to be confused, please, with a certain other John Peel.
Not know Penll, you youngsters? In his day he was a celebrity—the great billiards champion whose fine touch was so unfailing that the laws of billiards had to be altered' to prevent him from scoring too many.
He developed the "spot
·Sportsman's Diary
EDITED BY
Brince Harris
stroke"--the potting of the red af the top of the table, which he carried on like a recurring docimal Back in 1890 he made- his biggest break, 3,304, largely by using this role-he put the red down 400 consecutive limes.
His stature? Five fect.
SON AGED, 73
Budapest-Harry
Bernard Crouch, both colleagues, Dennis Lee, who, Londonere. With those already
had unnaturally,
never announced Leach, Bergmann" heard of Peall, to make his ac and Simons the men's team 18 quaintance over the telephone brought up to five,
for
I invited one of my younger and
not
a mere lad of 73.
zona
ม
Venner
to Hove, He had to de so st That veteran of 38 and former pecond hand, for the call wan
Victor Borna plays champion answered by Peall's con Ernest,his last competitive single in the Ulster Championships at Bel- He mentioned that the birth-fast next work Beginning in day party would include two 1832-3 Barna won the English
and
daughter, two
upen championship five times. grand-children and two great- grand-children. A granddaughter
DEADLOCK and her husband ense from Switzerland for the vcension.
Deadlock has been reachod The cake had B candies-one in the proposed deal in 6,000 for every 10 years,
Crystal Palace Football Club Mr Penil is still in good shares which was to have been health, does the daily rhopping completed by the end of De- and until rectly was a keen een
cember. Result: control of the motorim he has held a leener club is unlikely to be changed since 1890 lic abaritoned after all.
motoring on public roads only
You
a year ago because he fell that grout. The
trustees
remember the back- of the if he had an decident his age former supporters' club desiring i would blamed
(control, opened regoliatlong last
August for the shares,
BILLIARDS SOMETIMES
for
Let us hope that Peai) zone- pleten las 100 hrrak--In 1954.
THREE ZEALOTS
As for billards, he and his sight lets him down; he plays only rarely with the cue he has treasures for 77 years
Prall still talks of the "good l days" when he rode a penny, farthing
1871 Cycle
and fof a rup in his home presented 14o him to 1872 by a thui närhen Wainwright. Soon afterwards London, Jan. 17.Fred Wainwright whd banged Davis, the holder, gained an | murder. interval lead of 10 frames Alee Brown The sent me to right over
in their quarter-final match October 16, 1948, he rustised in the World Snooker Cham fran lured flail and the right tex | pionships Rt Accrington, abound the Trojan when playing for the Patters Lancashire, today. MIST
The interval
(with IS team againy Uuter
! Doves Gent) were 65 to 28, 20, Stewart and Neville Bright- Forhees he hand twice beken
All
23 years old. 56, 63 10 37, 94 to 14, 50 to well an an On August 30, 1947. 57. 82 to 34.
The object--to be the first denztele flucture wi
Ta London, Sidney Smith led ferm to represent New Zealand which was a fracWater Donaldsam by 11 frames
the Table Tennis World Aund 1, 948
their Championships at Budapest in To seven at the interval heat of the News of the World | late January tournament, The Interval scores
with Smith
Arst) were 49 10 61, 02 to 44. 20 to 28, 16 to 60, 113 to 18. 95 to 5p.
DOOR INCL 2011 A1151 faned on
Manchester i
Klinghardt
Leads Chess
Tournament
Won I Klinghardt fourth consecutive game in the four-
the capital by the fracht waged by rival promoters Jack Solo- |
the items and Jack Cupel for bet vices of Manuel Chbz
Folomon says he has buket
world Bantamweight of the Kowloon Chess Club
21
might
PATIEN
Working their JANBOKES Star--Lon- don bound from New Zealand--
Crossley, John :ietT
Jonn
HORNE AND FAULKNER
of the
Now The chairman trustees, Councillor . L. Ken- dall, has written to Mr Percy Harper, chairman of the club, informing him that while the trustees are still willing to pur- chase 0,000 of the 7,500 shares he holds they will not pay up to £4 each for them, as asked by Mr Harper.
BEGAN AT £1
The original value of the shares was £1 ench. The trus tees say their attention has been drawn io an FA decree that there are certain limitations on the amount of profit on the sale the football profit on the sale
toutball club shares. of
The trustees would allow Mr
A Harper "sentimental_margin"
on his shares, but will not pay each for
sure
them
LI 10s. Star
Said Mr Harper:
"As far as I'm concerned I
have made an offer, and they
be left alone to mind
Ryder Cup player Bet Horne, either accept it, or they don't.
I didn't think they
would, any- who is going to the Argentine
Perhaps the Palace FC February with Max Faulk-way. In the with frame of the day 1
will , will play in two tour- Smith made a break of 03
nde a
Inants. One is at the Mar del the six Davis won five of
Plata club, which is celebrating evening session frames 10 nits 50th anniversary,
11 has t Prease his lead over Brown aged course and a magnificent of directors."
the clue of the day's play to clubhouse
15 frutes to nine The scores
or
its own business. If anyone is
£5,000 willing to invest £10,000 in the club, we shall be pleased to put him on the board
the h--
སྭཱརུབྷཱ 1ཛདྷ per, twith bats drt) were 99 to 3. 1stkers of the ball, will also 38 to 75, 77 to 47, 84 to 42. 90 play in exhibition matches and
some Faching.
to 27, 15 45
Smuth won all six of the evening frames
In le match
Tur jazzage from Caldina ment for the Championship against Donaldson and at the i
The
Jus
asked
how-
manded determination to! Capesil say Defiz has phoned the Peninsula Hotel to wn initiative and lead the field by a point.j win the game--to win with-
1 Mah the European Three other players, in the laws, hut if necessary Champion. Spanish Romero in ever, have yet to lose
just limit within arcelona for a purse that 1 draw.
ont of Salomons' reach.
to the them."
W. H. Ponsford, former Test A stern rule of the assabori, No 2. Parker to No 3, etc batsman, said that the Aus- says that no player who turns Frankie is in the elvar, Though tralians had never asked any professional befre October 15| he is playing in the same pro- | quarter In Test matches may aspire to a national ranking troupe with Gonzales, he cate-dul they give ally. "Nothing It so happens that Conzales, in fully wrated unul after the
In hurry to eash in on the Na- deadline to join the union.
tional Championstup he had Forest Hills, was Just won at sworn in as a money player in Sept 20.
THE OTHERS
10 0
Completing
liral the matters stand are Nu. 5. Gard- CAUCHT BY A SWITCH nar Mulay: No. 6. Arthur Lar- Eari Cochell; No 8, sen; No.
No. 9, Edwardi sub-Sam Match: mitted at the annual meeting to Moyland; and No. 10, Herbert throw out the Oct. 15 stipula- ¦ Fiem.
A resolution will be
tlon, and it thought that il Mrs Margaret Osborne Du- will passed. Bet in the pont of Wilmington, heats the meantime, both Pancho and the women's ist submitted by the Ranking Committee are caught | Ranking Committee. by switch.
uppears
1
REPUTATION
"Apart [21 each player's to do his best they all desire realise their country's reputa-
at stake. tion 15
thurn.
Tests WETE otherwise there
Khoghardt beat P. K. Proko- | The battle has not cuted yet.
Day In a Queen's Gambit with the black plecos. Prokopov held u CYCLING CLASS.C
pawn lead at one stage, though Brighton having a slight positional dis- Glasgow rave, organised by the advantage. British Leage: of Rucing The end came when Prokopor Cyclists, will be extended from fell into a bad error in the late
six
Next
to
person'
and the course will be;
ton-London,
The
game,----even
Earlier
to the an he
seven. -- Reuter.
17 frumus
Lo
FOR BUDAPEST-
Two men
have bee
added
If the deal is not completed on December 31, the Supporters' Club trustees forfeit a deposit or £50 paid to Mr Harper,
Back
MERCY ERRAND
from Dublin,
Tom
to the English table tennis side Whittaker, of the Arsenal, after
mission of typical, kindliness.
IN
AMERICAN COLLEGES
KEEP ROPING FOREIGN ATHLETES
By CORNELIUS RYAN
New York. There's an old saying In American politics: "If you can't beat 'em, join"'em", and that seems to be the feeling among some foreign athletes.
They are not exactly joining the Americans, but they are coming to America in increasing numbers to get the kind of coaching and competition which will make them stars.
This busy manager had spent three days in taking home" 19- year-old El Duffy, reserve centre-forward of fine promise, who has fallen ill with chest trouble, and is expected to be out of the game at least till the end of the season.
When I suggested to Whit- taker that someone else could have escorted Dufy, he replied;. "No, I think it was my job to explain things to the lad's mother. I didn't want to depute the task to anyone else.
"The doctors'
in reaction Dublin, where he is going to hospital, is that if Arsenal could to such lengths for Duffy it was up to them to go all out to out him right. If it is at all. possible he will be brought back to football.”
The club provide the medical
—¡London Express Service)
Five Soccer Interports
convince me that every player representing England tit a Test is any less determined to tu seven days, with a modi- middle game.
fled rate and the introduction
NO UPSETS the Australians," he win than
of a time-trial
Wol- elage from
The other games said.
went very verhampton to Nottinghamn, via
Walling
and much on eurrent form, Street Cailey
A. Birtukott Won his third 10 miles, nckley, a distance of 10 A sporting journal is sponsor-consecutive game, also, with the
black
pieces, against A. D. ing the event and is providing £1,000, half of which will be Tuskin, relying on an orthodox trust sperat c prites and the re- QGD, Jack Ryder, former Test cap minder on administrative ex-of the way-went to 45 moves.
The mar
the old natch between penses. Including those of for tun, said that all
rivals--Ray Danenberg from France,
and eign competitors
Kurt Nellsen of Denmark,, McLane in the Olympic
1,500- service. hard-fought. would not much interest to
Polnud and aly,
Eugene Tausz-weat to over 80
perhaps Europe's mest promis-metre free style and is a fresh- The
will Ice
from moves, start
finishing in an
McLane al In an end game in tennis player, is attending man
teammate of Mrs Dupont won the 1949 Doug Ring, a member of Sir Brighton on Sunday, August 6, of a rook and three pawns aside. the University of California at Yale,
Bradman's 1948 Test
Tausz proved Brigh-
the On the list announced recent-National Championship by de- Donald
steadier
Per Andersson of Norway in ly Gonzales
least fouling Doris Hart in tre anni team, said that at no time in o
London-Weston end-game player while Danen-Los Angeles, where he is get-
ting the coaching, the competi- attending Alfred College in up- temporarily in the No. i spot, at Forest Hills. She announced Test had Australians been more super-Mare; Weston Wolver-berg threw all caution
tion and the favourable weather per New York and last year set followed In order by
hampton; and Wolverhampton winds and lost. she would not defend the title ruthless than their opponents.
which made Ted
Jack Kramer, a new stato record for the one- Schroeder, whom he defeated
"Collectively we might have Nottingham,
refused to claim a win when Pancho Gonzales, Ted Schroed-mile run, Karte Velling of businesslike and From Nottingham ranked looked more
a devious Tausz was offering his rook tree fer Pauline Betz, Margaret Norway is a distance runner on little 3, possi 2 and Miss Hart No,
possibly a
grimmer, but route has been chosen across on what
obviously national crown; Billy Tal- No.
and an Osborne DuPont
many the U. of California team, Pennines and this despite the fact that the that probably was due to the the
Bradford to bert of New York City
other Californians great tennis All of these athletes, with the In the only other game play stars. Frankie Parker of Los Angeles. Florida girl beat Miss Brough fact that every player, whether comprise the "mountain stage."
possible exception
The Hongkong Football Coun- As in 1948, the the in the semi-finals of the nation batting, bowling or fielding, was
lengthened they fail to rescind
Ε, Led, M Marchetti beat V. V. ANNOYING THE IRISH intend to compete for their cil decided at a meeting yester course from Bradford to New Kolatchoff, making it a clean will ascend to No. 1. Talbert to Press.
he said.-Reuler.
castle will be used and the final | sweep
John Joseph Barry James home nations in the next Olym- day to hold five Interport games during the Chinese New Year sweep for black. to the King's Opening saw both Ireland are at Villanova College American coaching by beating players tied up in positions in Philadelphia, and will try to the USA at its own specialtice, on February 17.
in America Three of these matches would where attacking chances had to win places on the college track Barry was born
team. Some Irishmen resented his parents when he was four and Burma, all at Caroline Hill, but was taken to Ireland by be played between Hongkong be held in check by the neces- sity of looking after a wide open this
while the other two games aro. defence. Kolatchoff lost a piece Olymple stars, but the boys years old-United Press. and the game on a bad oversight explained that the sports pro-
both Aramme is beter in America and
BELGIANS TAKE" the academle advantages just, a good as in an Irish university.
TO BASEBALL Morris Curottn of Australia, one of the best spinters and
Brussels, 440-yard runners in the world, baseball has become a recognis
Jan. 17-Amateur
in a druntic_five-set_final_
the
It
is 1950.
Louise Brough was for
- rulo. Schroeder automatically at tournament. ---Associated determined to do his utmost,"
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irregular Flanchetto Defence Riordan and Coman Clancy of pics, and to show the worth of holidays which will commence
on the 27th move.
CHINESE XI
mass exodus of
their
between Hongkong and Manila,
at Boundary Streat Following are the matches
0 17, All Hongkong. v. *Feb, 18 All Hongkong Mantio: Feb. 19, Combined Chinose v Burma, Feb. 20, Combined Chinese v. Manila,
A. Combined Chinese XI will entered Seton Hall' College in ad sport in Belgium, following Feb. 22, H Eleven v. Butrin
play the RAF at Cralgengower next Sunday. The match starts at 11 am, and members of the Chinesa XI aro:
tion.
New Jersey because he preters
The draw for the semi-final" American training and competi-s recognition by the Belgian
Olymple Committee.
Nearly
50 teams compete in matches of the Challenge Shield AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS minor league
matches, mostly resulted as follows: H. T. Heah, G. Hong Choy Australia also sent two great in the Antwerp area.
Senior Feb. Hitchco (Capt.), S. M. Teh, A. Zimmern, swimmers to
The Belgian Baseball Federa-Club (Club); Feb. 9, KMB of Melbourne is at Lion is the only one in Europe St Joseph (Seokunpoo); C. L. Huang, D. Honson, A. IL Marshall
University and Ismail, J. B. Huang, J. C. Koh, Yalo
John recognised by the International Junior-February 4, Club E. He, and one to be selected. Davies is at, Michigan, Marshall Baseball Federation. Associated Commando (Club); Febr Umpire is E. Lo.
was second to the USA's Jim Press.
"Army v. CAA (Sookimpoo).
Amerian-John