WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1930.
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HOME FOOTBALL.
Cup Finalists Win, Away.
Apart altogether from the pre- sent industrial atuation, which would almost debar a professional from serving two masters, what employer of Inboar, even in normal times, would ever dream of having on his staff a man who would of necessity, if he were a professional footballer, require to be away from
TENNIS.
THE
CHINA MAIL.
E. C. Fincher in the Semi- Final.
TO-DAY'S FROGRAMME
E. C. Fincher defeated Ho Ka- au yesterday at the H.K.C.C.,“ thus entering the semi-final of the Open Championship Singles.
Fincher played a forcing game was often fluster- and Ho Ka-lau ed with the swiftness of his op- ponent's attack. The Chinese
London, Yesterday. In the only League game to-day Burnley lost at home to Hudders- field by three guals to one.-Reu-business for days on end in the in-played pluckily and effected some terest of a football club? The we placed back hand shots, but he answer is pretty sure-none.
ter.
Burnley
Division I.
1 Huddersfield League Table to Date
3
43
Goals. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Wednesday .31 19 6 90 40 44 M'chester C. 35 18 7 10 80 03 Derby... .35 18 7 10 71 62 43 Blackburn .36 16 6 14 80 85 38 Liverpool
35 15 8 12
50 62 38
Aston Villa .34 17 Huddersfield 35 16 Leicester ...36 13
09 73 36 .34 16
63 51 38 Leeds West Ham .36 15 5 16 74 69 35 Bolton ...36 14 7 15 04 60 35
50 Portsmouth .35 13 8 14 60 34 Shefeld U. 30 14 5 17 78 77 33 Birmingham .33 13 7 13 54 40 33 Sunderland 34 13 7 13 55 84. 33 Arsenal .33 12 6 14 57 AR Burnley
08 .37 12 8 17
87 32 Middlesbro' .35 14 318 71 74 31 M'chester U. 35 13 5 17 Newcastle .33 12 3 18 61 Everton .35 8 10 17 69 70 26 Grimsby ....34 10 6 18 40 79 23
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Is It a Full-time Job for Players?
WELSHMAN'S OPINIONS
Rowe Harding, the Welsh Rugby internationalist, and Cambridge University "Blue", has recently expressed the opinion that profes- sional football as a career, in a full-time capacity, is one which is not in the best interests of the player. In giving such an opinion, he does not in any way detract from the merits of "Soccer" as a game; rather does he give it unstinted praise. Nor does he de- plore professionalism as such, but what he does think is that, where a man devoting the whole of his time to football as a means livelihood, he is very often left with too much time on his hands. He sees a danger in that to the extent of a possible demoralising effect on the player when his active days are over.
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Coming from such a source, that opinion is rather apt to be general- ly accepted as a fact, but, before arriving at such a conclusion, one would be well advised to make a study of the postilon as far as it is possible to do so. Possibly when he formed his opinion, Harding would have regard to the position as it affected the professional elabs in the South, and, bearing that in mind, perhaps it would be advis able to pursue the subject at this
⚫ juncture from the angle of a full- time professional player coming within the scope of the British Football Association: If so, what do we find?
It is common practice for the British League clubs to run throe teams the League cleven, a second eleven, and an A r Colts eleven. Large staffs of players are requir-
Difference in Scotland. There are some lucky players, of course, who, by special arrange-
Our Sports Diary
LOCAL
Football — To-day — Divi- sion -Club v. Somersets; Police v. Recreio; Division II. St. Joseph's v. Navy: Club v. Eastern; Chinese Athletic "A" v. R.A.; Somersefs v. S. China "A"; University v. Ewo, 5 p.m. Thursday-Referees' Asso- clation, 5.30 p.m.
Saturday-Junior and Senior Shield Finals; Division I- Chinese Athletic v. Kowloon F. C.; Division II-H.K.F.C. v. Kowloon F.C.; Somersets v. University; South China "A" v. Ewo; St. Joseph's v. R.A.
Tennis To-day — H.K.C.C. Tournament (weather permit- ting).
Hockey-To-day - Club v. H.K.S.F.A., Marina ground, 6.15 p.m.
Friday Club v. H.K.S.R.A., King's Park, 4.45 p.m.
Cricket Saturday — Divi- sion 1: Winners v. The Rest; Division II.-League: Hong Kong C.C. v. LR.C.; Friendly →R.A.0.C. v. University, Way- foong v. Taikco.
Racing April 6 and April 19-21-Extra Race Meetinga.
Fanling Hunt-April 13- April Meeting, Kwanti, 3 p.m. Golf-Saturday - Captain's Cup, Fanling.
Yachting and Rowing-April 12-Yacht Club Interport clos-- ing cruise.
Rifle Shooting-April 20 and 21--Volunteers' annual rifle meeting, Stonecutters.
HOME
Rugby Football-April 21- France v. Wales.
Association Football-April. 6-England v. Setland (Wem- bley).
April 12 Amateur Cup Final.
April 96--English Cup Final -Arsenal
Huddersfield, Y. Wembley.
Rowing-Apr 12—Oxford v. Cambridge.
Racing April 23 Irish 1,000 Guineas, Curragh.
Hockey-April 5 --- England v. France.
April 19-England v. Hol- Jand.
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ed. It is a general rule for the ment, manage to combine business Colts to participate solely in mid- and football.
But as far as the week games, and in some parts of actual playing of the game is con- Britain competitions are organised corned, it will be seen that the to give a continuity of fixtures. player's time is pretty well occup- With professional football now so ed in travelling to and from well organised, and what one might game, so that, he has not much op- term part and parcel of the life of portunity for idling.
community, these Colt elevens Now one might ask what he is are essential to the well-being of doing when he is at the club's the big clubs, as feeders for the headquarters on days other than League.
match days. The answer is keep
was no match for Fincher who held the upper hand throughout, with the exception of the third set which he last after some splendid
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The full scores were: Open Singles:-E. C. Fincher beat Ho Ka-lau 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 0-1. "A":-H. Handicap Singles
Owen Hughes (owe 4/6). hent E. R. Price (rec, 2/6) 6-3, 6-1.
Handicap Singles "B":-Dr. C. H. Burton (rec. 15) beat M. D. Scott (scr.) 6-0, 6-1,
Handicap Doubles: Very Rev. Dean Alfred Swann and L. Forster (owe 3/6) beat H. Graves and C. G. Johnston (rec. 4/6) 6-1, 6-1.
The match between 9. E. and D. S. Green against E. J. R. Mitchell and G. E. R. Divett was stopped after the score had reach- ed one set all and 8-8.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
To-day's programme promises some excellent tennis. The Rumjahn brothers come into con- flict for the right of entry into the semi-final. This game should be full of thrills and it is extra- ordinarily hard to predict the win- ner, though C. A. L'e play gives the impression that he will just do
It.
The other Open Singles match is the game between the present Champion, M. W. Lo, and Ng Szc- cheung. This match has been at tempted on two previous occa sions, but had to be abandoned when the players were on equal terms.
The full programme is as fol-
lows:-
Handicap Singles "A":-P. W. J. Planner (rec. 5/6) v. Dr. L. T. |Ride (owe 1/6); 1. S. Harris (rec. 2/6) v. Very Rev. Dean Swann (rec. 2/6).
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New Zealand Player Disappoints.
The New Zealand champion Clark M'Conachy, was extremely disappointed over his first game in London, the attendance through-
Open Singles (fourth round):- C. A. L. Rumjahn v. S. A. Rum-out being far below what he had jahn; (third round), M. W. Lo been led to expect. While his, v. Ng Sze-cheung.
and Newman's. play was, on the whole quite interesting, and the 983 by which M'Conachy won just about represented the difference between them. it is quite feasible. to suppose it would have shown some Improvement in quality had the prevailing conditions not been so depressing.
There are
not wanting signs that public enthusiasm is on the wane, in-London at least, for, in
to former
Handicap Singles "B" Bruyn (rec. 4/6) Y. H. (rec. 4/6).
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A HIT FOR 56 ! The Brightest Cricket
in the World.
England and Australia should send all their slow-scoring bats men to the Solomon Islands for a lesson, for there is played the brightest cricket in the world. The time-limit for two-innlaga o alde matches is 24 hours and there is no such thing as playing for a draw.
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distinct contrast casions, very few people showed any desire to see Lindrum when he began his six weeka' season at the Memorial Hall. One explanation of the fact is that many people, who might otherwise have rushed to the hall, were content with the prospect of seeing him at any time during his stay,
Amazing Skil
The amazing scoring skill of Lindrum`was illustrated when he In one match recently 56 runs reached a quarter million points were scored from one stroke since the start of his tour in Octo The ball. was hit into the sea and the square leg feldaman, strongly objecting to wetting his skin in the cause of cricket, was finally thrown into the water after it by the other members of the side.
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At the beginning, and at the ending himself fit, and a call at an down, the batsmen meanwhile
of a season, League games during English League clah's ground, piling up the rune. mid-week are the rule rather than when training is in progress, would the exception, and any club secur- convince the uninitiated that dur- ing a fair measure of Cup tie suc-ing these forenoon and afternoon cess must of necessity take part in training hours the player puts in mid-week football to wipe out the hard day's work with little idle
arrear of their League fixtures..
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ber (against the aggregate of his opponents of 209,722). This is a world record..
Lindrum to-day made his forty-minth thousand break with 1,012 compiled in thirty-five minutes.
M'Conachy beat Lindrum, the scores being Lindrum 23,787 and! M'Connchy 24,224.
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but there are others who are pre- Steve M'Call has many critics,
pared to swear that he is capable of beating
Len Harvey. While I am not prepared to go: Bo answer our question. "Is profes- far as that, I do believe that he alonal football a full-time job?" has the makings of something for the affirmative. Morever, with the above the ordinary.-A Daily In Scotland where, with very few profession, it is safe to say that in
class of men who to-day are in the Chronicle writer, Having shown to what extent professional football in first-class exceptions, only First Division the majority of cases they are mak G. P. S. Macpherson proved on circles is played on days other than League clubs employ fulltime mening provision for the day when Saturday (mali week), Saturdays, the next point is to con- the position is slightly different their playing days must end. Many a doubt an oft-repeated conten- sider the composition of the League owing to the geographical situation players in the past made good in tion that he is not only the geographically. A glance at the of the clubs. Here it is possible business after leaving the arena, best centre three-quarter in the map will show that long railway for a player to combine business
Stockholm journeys have to be undertaken in and football with a greater degree and we may safely leave it to the four countries to-day, but
present-day generation, with the probably the outstanding man in Copenhagen the course of a season, which call | of Биссека than his English added educational facilities they his position since the war, not ex-
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