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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932.

World Record Soccer

Score

Sidelights On Historical Game

Now that the Football Beason has started in earnest. In England the account of the world's record scoring game by J. D. Forbes will prove of Interest.

Flooked up an old file of a daily newspaper, dated September 14, 1685, and read the report of the world's record scoring match, when Arbroath, in the first round of the

had fought against unconquerable' odds right to the last kick.

Ned Doig & Spectator. Ned Daig, Scotland's famous goalkeeper of wondrous national memory, had not yet "arrived in the kingdom of football, but he was an eye-witness of this game.

Many years afterwards when I met him at Liverpool at the time he wore a wig to hide his almost total baldness, he told me he lost a job over that match because he could not tell a prospective employer, Scottish Cup-ties, defeated Bon-just after the match, how many "Accord, Aberdeen, by 36 goals to goals had been scored.

Of this historical Arbroath com- nil. Nothing like It had ever hap pened before. Nothing approach-pany, Jim Milne, the goalkeeper, ing it has happened, since, and yet Collie, the back, and Bruce, the

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THE CHINA

GERMAN SWIMHER ATTACKS ENGLISH CHANNEL.

家

Swimming With Grest Regularity And Good Time Expected.

Paria, August 23. The German swimmer, Fritz Fischer, who at 10.30 Monday morning - started from... Cape Gris Nez in an attempt to swim the Channel, was, accord- ing to latest reports, sighted ten miles off the British Coast. The weather was favourable and the sea..calm. Fischer was swimming with great re- gularity throughout and it" in "expected that he will be able

to finish in good time,

game brought a touch of comedy. By a miraculous chance Dundee Harp, the same day, had benten Aberdeen Rovers by 35 goals to nothing." "A rivalry almost amount- ing to hostility existed between the Dundee and Arbroath clubs, and a

HOCKEY

FULL LIST OF ENTRIES FOR MAMAK SHIELD.

Twenty Seven Teams Competing.

"SEVEN" CIVILIAN CLUBS.

"Twenty-seven – teamın have entered for the 1982:33 Mamak Hockey Shield Tournament is compared with seven. – last.

PERSON.

Among the notable absentees are. the Hong Kong, Hockey Club, 'thè Y.M.C.A., and the South Wales Borderers Regiment. The Argylla are leaving Hong Kong shortly and 30 are unable to enter a team.

The following are the teams entered:

1. Radio Sport. Club (holders), 2 Central British Association

(runners-up).

AL-BROWN'S BANTAMWEIGHT *ITLE CONFIRMED.

Special Committee Reviews

Paris, August 25,

"A special commities of the “International Boxing - Union yesterday gave a majority vote confirming the victory of Al Brown over Kid Francis at * Marseilles on July 18 when a number of":"ample.sant/in- cidents occurred.

This decision allows Brown to keep his title as bantam- weight champion of the world,

OLYMPIAD RESULTS SATISFY FRENCH

Golf In A German Prison Camp

Tournaments Inaugurated

(of

the

Our chief dinculty was to pro-

from

At this season of the year my ing a little of the crushed granite thoughts often revert to the time over the surface. A spel when I was a prisoner of war in water on the approaches Germany and to the queer little ball bite, and it was quite easy to golf course which we made in the atop the ball if properly struck. | "Offizier Kriegegefagenenlarger" at |

Weird Clubs. Clausthal, writes Cecil K. Hutchi- son in the Morning Post › The camp was some 2,000ft up In the cure clubs and balls we incêsaded Harts mountains, and snow lay well in getting them through the ca Into April. When it cleared away I believe that they came at last, we set to work to make a Baden-Baden, and *. weird hard tennis court.

derful collection they were. There was a piece of rough supple-shafted cleeks and irons pre- ground adjoining the court, which suitable to our purpose, as our

dominated, which were entirely un Cherbourg, Aug. 25. was too sloping for tennis, and longest hole was not more than 50 M-Mericamp, Secretary General the idea occurred to me that we of the French Athletic Federation, might get some fun out of a minia-

yde. in length. who arrived here from Los Anture golf course. The existing turf quarter. The camp electrician-as Help came from an unexpected geles, declared that the organisa-was very poor-quite hopeless for dour and disagreeable a man xs you tion of the games was perfect. putting or approaching, so I ex would meet in a day's journey, but very long wire, giving almost as

M. Mericamp praised the perimented with the same material a cunning worker in metals suc big an account of the match as

courtesy of the Administration of that we were using for the hard, cessfully altered the left of the appeared in the Monday news-

the Tenth Olympiad. He further court This was a mixture of the heads and converted the unpro papers, but emphasising the fact 10. Royal Army-Ordnance Corps stated that the athletic contests light loamy soll of the place with that the Harp had established

were particularly hard in view of finely crushed granite, which wesembling mashies and jiggers.

mising material into something re- world's record in goal scoring,

The Arbroath gentleman, in his

extremely hot weather, and said could obtain locally at a small coat.

They proved to be still somewhat that the nine victories scored by It made the most wonderful sub fearsome weapons in the hands of reply, scorned verbosity, but drove

French athletes constituted a satis-stitute for, greens, and it was quite the unskilful, and casualties were his point home in a three word

easy to regulate the pace by scatter numerous. Owing to the very telegram, "You're a llar."

limited space, crossing was un- avoidable, and it was quite com- mon see a

1 found a small paragraph of half-back have said good-bye not Harp supporter sent to one of his cleven lines giving a brief sum-only, to football but to life. The most hated rivals in Arbroath mary of the match and finishing others, with the exception of John thus John Petrie was the most Petrie and Jim Milne, the centre successful of the Arbroath goal- half, sought careers outside their

native town. Every one of them scorers with 15,

The old-time footballers were was an amateur. The two men

tioned live "in certainly not inspired to great

comparative the obscurity in Arbroath, but are still deeds by the wealth of

famous locally by their exploita on

publicity they received, and it does seem to-day something in the Bature of a comedy that the greatest individual scoring feat in our great game should be sum-] marily dismissed in a paltry couple of lines. There was not even a heading on the paragraph.

This remarkable game was play- ed at. Arbroath on September 12,, 1885, and not on. the 5th, as given in most of the lists of records. John Petrie, who is a very old friend of mine, has told me many interesting episodes that occurred during its progress, though he always assured me, with a twinkle in his eye, that he was too busy scoring goals to remember all the details.

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the field of football.

The evening of this phenomenal

Wing Forward Again

IMMENSE AMOUNT

OF HARM.

Elimination Desired

PLAYER BORN DURING 1905 VISIT OF NEW ZEALAND FIFTEEN."

1

1

3. Roy Engineers.

4. Royal Corps of Signals..

5. 12th Battery R.A.

6. 20th Battery R.A.

7. 24th Battery B.A..

8. Royal Army Medical Corps. 9. Royal Army Service Corps.

11. H.M.S. Parthian,

12 H.M.S. Tamar. 13. H.M.S. Wishaft. 14. H.M.S. Veteran,

18. H.M.S. Kant.

16. H.M.S. Medway

17. H.M.S. Medway "B"

18. H.M.S. Herald.

19. H.M.S. Phoenix.

20. H.M. 4th Sab. Flotilla.

21. H.M. 8th Destroyer Flotilla.

·22. H.K. University. 23. Incognitoś.

24, Hong Kong Police, 25. St. Andrew's „Club. 26. German Club,”

factory result.

Golf A Healthy Game?mes eight to the player fald out

China Mail Sports Diary.

*TO-DAY.

· HOCKEY—Trial matches, on Club, ground at 5p.m.

SATURDAY.

SWIMMING — V.R.C. Night,

it kept one from growing old. His second reason was very altruistic --the game afforded a good outlet | for the energien of the young fel lows: taught them how to taks 27. Kowloom Indians Club, knocks as well as give them; and Any person who is qualified and how to exercise self-control. To is desirous of officiating in the encourage such, he considered was matches of the Mamak Tournament- one of the greatest services that as a referee, is requested, to com- any man could render to the youth municate as early as possible with of his country.

the Hon. Sec., Mr. E. V. Marshall, Other toasts were: "Our at 14, Lock Road (1st. floor), Wing: Bon-Accord were not a great

Guests" (SM. Roberts, Selkirk lock Building, Kowloon, side, and probably knowing they

The president of the Scottish Club; reply, Dr. C. S. Nimmo, It will interest entrants to know would get some sort of a hiding

Present that a handbook is being prepared they preferred to take it at Ar- Rugby Union, C. Sturreck, was Jedburgh); "Past and broath, even though they had one of the guests of honour at the Players (J. Irvine; reply, J. A. which will shortly be on sale at Selkirk B.F.C. dinner, held in the Waters, captain of the Selkirk Mamak and Co., for 85 cents, in choice of ground. At this time,

V W. H. Lawrie paid tribute which the full list of officials of Arbroath, with nothing other than historic ball-room of the County Club.)

Hotel, Selkirk, when W. R. to the chairman, and a special the tournament, the teams and home-bred players were able to pretty well hold their own with the Mitchell, president of the club, pre-tribute was paid to Captain and their secretaries, the list of re-

There were also present Mrs. Oakley, of the Country Hotel,ferees, and the rules and regula best in the land, and this recently. formed team from Aberdeen were representatives of most of the for their services in connection tiens governing the competition, as

in their other Border clubs.

almost sa common ́alay hands..

"Gamp" For Goalkeeper.

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sided.

The toast of the Selkirk club was proposed by R. Jagger, Gala. He paid tribute to the pioneers in It rained all the afternoon, and Selkirk and how well they had laid | Jim Milne, the Arbroath goal- the foundation for the club to-day. keeper, five minutes after the game 'J. B. Hall, who was the first pre- started, accepted an invitation sident of the club, which was form- from one of the spectators to share ed in 1907, replied.

the shelter of his "gamp." During The Scottish Rugby Union was the whole of the game the Arbroath proposed by Alex. Macdonald, who goalkeeper stood beneath the um-; described it as "guide, philosopher, brella and never once kicked or and friend" to players, clubs, and handled the ball. The only time he spectators. Dealing with a "e was on the field of play was when cent speech by the president of the be crossed the pitch at half-time. S.R.U., he said his plea for a ret His friend with the umbrella went vival of the old typical Scottish round to the other goal.

'forward play would and a ready re Arbroath actually scored over sponse. They wanted a revival forty goals in this match, at least of the essential Scottish charac- half a dozen being disallowed for teristics of the game. "off-side, "hands," a fair amount, of | J. G. Sturrock, in replying re- charity from the referee, and also ferred to the financial aspect of to the fact that thaf official lost his the Union, and reminded them thất pencil.. One of the many unique there had been a movement features of this remarkable game year or two ago to "sack the lot.”“ was the players actually grinning, He, for one, would never stand in when the referee disallowed a the way of younger blood being point.

introduced into the Union Com- Petrie's performance of scoring mittee, but let it be a gradual pro- thirteen goals from the outside cess. They would

realise the right wing position will probably responsibilities resting with those stand as a record to the end of thee who administered t chapter. John vividly remembers when he told them that the assets. the opening goal which he scored of the SR.U were in the neighb almost a minute from the start, hood of £200,000," Buick, the centre forward-an'

Should be Eliminated,

elder brother of Albert, of pleasant He went on to say a word about Tynecastle memories intercepted that abnormality in the game, the the kick-off and slipped the ball wing forward. In his opinion, out to Petrie on the wing. John, the wing forward was doing an left the half-back- standing, and "immense amount of harm to the gazed down the wings, Tackled by game. He was an obstructionist the back, which was Just what he pure and simple. They had evi- had hoped for, he rounded him, cut, dence in' International matches in In and espying a space of about a the past season of what the wing yard between the goalkeeper and forward could do to

the post, he made, that his targ not only from the

The ball hit the goalkeeper some«, from the spectators' point of view:

with one

of the most successful well as a photograph of the trophy, sporting functions "held at Selkirk. I will be included.

Pleasing

to the taste and also to the throat!

tasting

Fata.

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SHOOTINGHOL

Kong Rifle Club's - All Comers Competition (Kowloon Tong), 280 p.m.

the side of the course. We could only manage to get six holes, but they wanted playing to get the cor

VIEWS OF A DOCTOR rect figures

WHO PRAISES TENNIS.

Agility Not Fostered

TENNIS GIVES QUICK MOVEMENT AND

SHARP TWISTS.

Dr. P.

Bunkers were easy to make. The

crushed granite was an excellent

substitute for sand...

Our course was never officially recognised by the German authori ties. We never actually obtained permission to make it; but the Golf Platz was always pointed out to the various Neutral Commissions which visited the camp as constitut- Ing one of the many concessiona made to the mad Englander by a benevolent commandant.

Charmed Life.

Is golf a really healthy game? This question is "raised by well-known physician,

It was very funny to see one of McBride, in a book that is likely the German officers strutting about to cause many arguments in club the course, and absolutely ignoring house, pavilion and the home about both, the players and the balls which whistled past his devoted head. I his conclusions.

In a general chapter on health, did not regard it with equanimity, as I knew that if the Herr Haupt sport and games in his new mann was struck It would probably volume, "The Philosophy of Sport" put an end to our golf. However, (Heath Granton, Ltd., 75. 6d.), the he seemed to bear a charmed life," and we were left in peace to, im- doctor says that, in drawing up a

prove our little course till it was health balance sheet about golf really vary amusing. It certainly and its effect on those who play it, became most popular, and indivi- duale would get up early, or even go he doubts if there is actually s

without the midday meal to get favourable showing..

clear round

Even two rounds a day are not enough to keep a man quite fit, it, seems. Dr. McBride anys:

Tournaments were inaugurated, and with the aid of selling sweepa proved to be highly popular, and created quite a lot of interest They will not keep a man in amongst the members of our com- anything approaching the best munity

possible candition Anatomista- wahallinever forget the finish of tell us that the game calls many one tournament, which, by the way, muscles into play, and we do not, were always, decided by foursomes, for a moment dispute it; but we to enable the maximum of players shall allow ourselves to add that to-play at the same time. The it would gain in this respect if bnat round, was halved, and the we all carried our own clubs and match had to go to the 19th. Now teed our own balla”.

this hole

hole was by no means easy. Even the anatomists would ad- It was situated on a small plateau

mit that there are some muscles not unlike the famous left out, and that golf lacks all St. Andrews. incentive to quick movements, and therefore does not foster agility

CLUB HOUSE DRINKS

The people, however, most affected by the value

are those who, being engaged some

day a week and spend

links or on L

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house

cleventh @RE"

The Guard Turned Out. Amidst intense excitement the

where on his left side, and

hoped right into goal, right

the spectators, for there

nets in those days.

He would ro

say that

should be

Imizzt.

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