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THE CHIRA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1936

HOW HUNGARIANS PLAY FOOTBALL

ENTERTAINING MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND

RESULT OF PRO. COACHING

(By ALEX JAMES)

London, December 2.

MUST, confess that I looked forward very keenly to this afternoon's match at Highbury between England and Hungary. Ever since they beat England at Budapest two years ago by 2 goals to 1 I have been wondering what sort of footballers the Hungarians really are.

The Arsenal, you will remember, were well represented in that English side beaten by the Hungarians, and our popular trainer, Tom Whittaker, went over as team attendant. All the

lads came back full of the Hungarians' display, and for a long time hardly a week passed without someone referring to some point or other in the match.

keeper.

Lee Wai-tong, above, China's soccer "idol" is staging a come back on New Year's Day in the charity football match between the Combined Chinese and the Rest of the Colony in aid of the Saiyuan refugees.

NEW RULES FOR YACHT RACING Size Of Head Sails Limited

CHANGE IN RIGHT OF WAY UNLIKELY

(By Major B. Heckstall-Smith.)

London, November 24-

OXFORD'S TRIUMPH

IN THE RELAYS

GREAT QUARTER-MILE

BY A. G. K. BROWN

CAMBRIDGE MISS SCARR IN SPRINTS

(By BEVIL RUDD)

London, December 4.

OXFORD beat Cambridge by five events to two

in the 17th relay match at Fenner's ground, Cambridge, yesterday. They thoroughly deserved their victory, but Cambridge had the misfortune to lose the services of M. M. Scarr in the sprints.

Moreover, they only lost the low hurdles by inches, and in the high hurdles were well in the lead until A. Hughes hit the eighth and ninth flights over the third distance, and lost the advantage, so the contest was considerably closer than the score indicates.

Only the half mile lacked interest, for at the very first change-over the two Oxford men, E. A. R. Davies and B. Great- batch, muffed the baton so hopelessly that Gressbach did not continue the race, and the Cambridge four, with A. G. K. Brown finishing, broke the tape in Imin. 29sec., less than a second out- side the recorti

From all accounts it was a Hungarian Rhapsody, so fine was the ball control, akin to that of most Continental footballers, and so quick the first-time passing of our conquerors. The happy

Brown then decided to run astonishing improvement. A C knack the Hungarians have of moving into the open spaces to

the last quarter in the mile Markby had the measure of T. L receive the ball suggests that they have benefited by the coach-

relay, the last race of the day,Lockton; C. L. Pasinelli gained 2 ing of the professional players who have gone over there from

and, although Oxford had al-yards on R. A. Powell, and A. this country.

Tready won the match, Brown Hughes was holding of F. V. It is not only a player here At a meeting of the Permanentan one of his fastest quarter Scopes by that distance when he and there in their side who Committee of the International

miles.

almost crashed at the eighth and knows the value of positional Yacht Racing Union, over which

Pennington's Effort ninth fights. This mischance en- play, the foundation of success Sir William Barton presided at the R. E. Markham gave him a 15-abled J. P. Knight to race home at Soccer. Attacking move- Royal Thames Yacht Clab yester-yard lead on Alan Pennington, the an easy winner. ments start right from the goal-day, it was decided to place a limit Oxford secretary. Brown went Oxford now led by 3 events to 0. upon the size of Genoa or balloon all out, and at the tape had in-but Cambridge promptly scored Even In Defence

jibs in the Six Metre and Eightcreased his lead by four or five their walk-over in the half-mile Even in defence the Hungarians Metre International Classes. These yards. My stop-watch made after the Oxford baton had been are cool and clever in getting out head sails have developed extra Brown's time 47.8sec., and two | dropped.

Then came the low hurdles and of difficulties and using the bail ordinarily large dimensions in re-jother unofficial watches recorded

cent years.

inside 47 sec.

a 6in. victory for Oxford-which to advantage for the purpose of at-

The new rule is that the fair- It was a redoubtable effort; nor decided the match tack

lead for the sheet of these jibs on mast Pennington's run. be forgot-

Once more the somewhat despis- They tell me, too, that our visithe deck of the vessel shall not be ten, for, faced with a hopelessed Cambridge hurdlers were equal tors of to-day "do not use the more than 3 metres abaft the after task, he nevertheless ran through to their opponents. Only A. W. Fround so much as most Contin- side of the main mast in six-metre the distance in under 48sec. The Selwyn, the Oxford high jumper, ental teams to "move" the ball-yachts, and not

than 4 Cambridge time of 3min. 225sec. could gain any ground, and then preferring to kick it about knee metres abaft the mast in eight was only one-tenth of a second. P. S. Daniel, mesmerised by the bigh.

metre class yachts.

THIS IS ALL WRONG

·BUT

H.B'S ALL RIGHT!

Obtainable Everywhere

BREWED AND BOTTLED BY HONGKONG BREWE

more

New Rule

A further new rule was passed preventing the gooseneck of the mainboom being placed too high

outside the record.

starting-gate gadgets, threw away the advantage and started off on the last 220 yards level with D. L. Nichols. And they stayed level: actually as they went over the last hurdle.

Dust On Home Pitches

Pennington began well with a This. I gather, is how the Hun-

magnificent sprint which won the 400 yards for Oxford. Brown garians play football in their own

started Cambridge off with a four- country. Over here the condition:

yard lead against E. A. R. Davies, are doubtless very different from above the deck at the mast. The B. Greatbatch and H. M. McMillan those that obtain in Hungary, maximum height allowed for the reduced this gap slightly, but Pen- where I believe there are no boom above the deck will be 1.20 nington had three yards to make "sticky" pitches as we understand metres in the six-metre class, and up on J. T. Boon in the final ap to win by inches. At least I hope the word: it is usual for dust to 1.20 metres in the classes of eight for the tape.

to 12 metres.

Daniel's Narrow Win Nichols was just in front, but in the run-in Daniel thrast forward

He had caught Boon after 70 he did. I was judging the event A rule was also passed debar-yards and he won by 24 yards. with R L. Howland, and we found ring loose-footed mainsails in the but had Scart not stramed his ourselves in unusual agreement, classes of 12 metres and under. thigh muscle the previous day he after one or two quizzical glances.

No limitation will be placed up-would have ran last for Cam- on the width of spinnakers in fc-bridge and then, I think, Oxford tore in the classes of 12 metres would have just lost. Scarr has land under, but the present limita become a consistent even-timer.

tion of the length and luff ropes

of spinnakers for these interna-

tional classes will remain changed.

Disqualified Yacht

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Vital Two-Mile Race

Then came the critical two-mile

As the match was now over Cambridge withdrew Hudson from the four-mile race. He is wanted for the cross-country meeting to- morrow week at Horton Kirby, and it was pointless to strain his very nervous resources. But had

relay. The Oxford president, he run I believe Cambridge would

B. Teesdale, met W. M. F. Hndson

over the first half-mile. Hudson

have won this event.

As it was it was only an extra-

dy every time a ball is kicked.

It should not be forgotten either that the leading Hungarian players appear in so many matches, together that their international

14 ft. dinghy class were amended a commanding lead, but Teesdale Hawkey that gave Oxford their

·teams are more The our league is exact accordance with the pro-hung on tenaciously and was al-fifth win. Teesdale ran a Amia. club sides. And their preparation posals of the British Yacht Racing most level at the change-over 35sec. mile and opened up a 15- for a match of this afternoon's Association Dinghy Committee. calibre is much longer, and pre-!

Both men were inside Imin. 57sec-yard lead from S. E. Large. The Swiss national authority, E. P. R. Jourdain (Oxford) and sumably more thorough, than that the Societe Nautique de Geneve, G. E. Lambert (Cambridge) had a

Glorious Battle of representative English sides.

The rules for the international strove might and main to establish ordinarily gallant effort by J. K

No Home Defeat

asiced the permanent committee of tremendous duel in the second GS. Taylor, running in place the LY.EU. to intervene in the half-mile, passing and repassing of Hudson, gained slightly on L But when everything had been the Swiss six-metre yacht in the dain's stronger finish gave Oxford; (Oxford) and P. R. Smith (Cam- matter of the disqualification of each other. Eventually Jour B. Clement. Then D. E. Martin said in favour of the Hungarian Olympic yacht races at Kiel The a six-yard advantage. by friends who had played in the yacht was disqualified for having

bridge) had a glorious give-and- country I could not bring myself on board a person who was alleg C. A. Owen, ran pluckily against ford man emerged a breathless Oxford's American Freshman, take battle, from which the Ox- to anticipate a home defeat, oled not to be an amateur within the a rather better runner in G. D.victor by five yards. even to imagine the Hungarians meaning of Olympic rules. The Woolley, and although he lost the getting as near to winning as Aus permanent committee decided the lead, his successor, J. T. H. Mac-12-yard lead. P. R. Fraser, a Hawkey promptly raced into a tria did at Stamford Bridge four subject was outside its jurisdie-Nair, was soon in front of E. Huch better miler, very unwisely

tion.

Price.

did not counter this spurt, and MacNair's action is not so eary was content to remain that futile

years ago,

At the same time, it is not very

Right of Way

COME TO OUR

easy to explain how it is that we Mr. Harold Vanderbilt's propos- as Price's, and just before the distance behind Hawkey. Possi- keep on getting beaten on the Con-led revision of the sailing rules re-final straight it looked as if the bly he expected Hawkey would tinent by teams which present no lating to the right of way was Canbridge man would win. - How-crack, but the little cross-country very great difficulties over here. I brought to the notice of the per-ever, MacNair is nothing if not runner was quite invincible. suppose it is the home atmosphere mament committee by members of robust, and he found wave after A despairing rush by Fraser in which calls so strongly to that na- the North American Yacht Bacing wave of fresh energy as he raced the straight reduced Hawkey's tional feeling which is the hall Union. Mr. Vanderbilt's propos-for the tape. He bent Price by 6 lead at the tape to six yards, and mark of every Continental team,(Continued at foot of next Cot.) yards, and the Oxford team's time each man best 4min. 23sec.

of 7min. 56sec. beat the 1933 re- cord by two-fifths of a second.

Historic Quarter Miles Crashed: A2 Two Hurdles

Finally we had the historic The high hurdles followed and quarter-miles of Brown and Pen- here the Cambridge men showed nington. Nor were these the only significant performances in this Jals have been circulated through-mile relay. My usually reliable out America and Europe. They("watch" timed E. M. Roberts" (Ox- include suggested amendments of fad) and E. A. Palmer (Cam- a very drastic nature to the rules bridge) to do under 50ses, for the governing the right of Way first quarter, and H. A. Melford These were discussed by theOxford) was just on Süsec, hen permanent committee, but it ap- he caught up a couple of yards on Ipears unlikely that any radical anch a capable runner as E. E. changes will be made in the time-Markham over the third distance. honoured rules of yacht racing. It was altogether a splendid The following were present: izometing, and hut for the constits- Britain and the Dominiors: Birtional crisis in the Cambridge [Ralph Gore and Capt R. T. Dis †LE · Germany: «Herr Bricks

Norway; M. Jokon “Anker Swe Sir Rolf Heidematan Pele Holland: Mr. Lost,

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