THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER- 1937
SHOULD RUGBY PLAYERS BE
INSTRUCTED?
HOW GENIUS CAN
BE STIFLED
FEW PERSONALITIES
NOWADAYS
(By H. B. T. Wakelam)
London, October 5.
N his comments on the Leicester v. Coventry game I see that Howard Marshall refers to the bril- liance of J. L. Giles. the scrum half, "unhampered by instructions.” There is very considerable food for thought behind the meaning of those three words.
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NEXT YEAR'S VENUE FOR
WALKER CUP
For Old Course At
St. Andrew's!
Landon, October 5.
It was announced at a meeting of the St. Andrews Town Council yesterday that negotiations were proceeding for holding the Walker Gup match between the amateurs of Great Britain and the United States, on the Old Course at St. Andrews next year, and also for the decision, on the same course, of the Open Championship in 1939. St. Andrews had been nominated as the Walker Cap reme, subject to an agreement being reached over the question of gate charges, and
yesterday's announcements indi- pect has been reached.
cates that satisfaction in that res--
EXHIBITION TENNIS IN AID OF CHARITY
Proceeds To Augment War Relief Fund
For the purpose of raising funds for the North China War Relief, the Chinese RC. will arrange a programme of exhibition tennis matches to be played on Sunday, November 14, - commencing p.m.
The exhibition will last from two to three hours and will sists of many singles and doubles matches The GRC will turn out its full "A" team which recently WOR the "A" Division Tennis League, consisting of Tsui Wai- pui, Tsui Yuan-pui, - W: C. Hung,
Now there are two kinds of instructions which may be given taught indeed, almost compelled-Paul Kong, Wong Shiu-wing, Lak to the player of every game, the written ones. in other words, the to concentrate on defence, defence Chun-cheong and others. code of Laws: and the spoken ones, which again can be subdivided and nothing but defence. The an- Furthermore, the Ramjahn co- into the advice of this or that man of experience regarding the swer to that is quite obvious the sins H. D. and S. A. have agreed With so local conditions, or the orders concerning a definite plan of team for brighter cricket, and the to join the exhibitions. cannaign, given but authoritively, before the kick-off, by those res-sheets.
state of most counties balance many prominent players participat ponsible for the running of the particular team.
ing, some good tennis should” 1- To go into it more fully, a man surely, is chosen for this or brighter Rugger, and the complaint
We have recently had the call for seen. that "big" game almost entirely unon his showing for his club or that the game is not the exciting, for seats, and 50 cents per head Admission will be $1 per head his county, during matches in which he has been able to exploit his fast-running and fast-passing spec for standing Advanced booking own individuality and natural plaving genius to the full taking ad-tacle which it used to be. Can it be may be either at the CRC or at vice, no doubt, from any former player of renown in his own parti-that we are spoiling it ourselves, China Sports Co., Ltd., D'Aguilar cular position, but, all the same, “ganging his own gait.”-
by being so hide-hound and cau-Street.
SOFTBALL
LEAGUE
The result? He produces those tious as to drive originality out of flashes of individual genius which our young men? I hardly like to make him rise above his fellows, be so severely critical as that, and and which cause him to catch the yet, where are our personalities to- selectors eves.
day?.
A decade or so ago often
BECOMES ONLY COG
one!
WARWICKSHIRE OVERWHELM LEICESTERSHIRE.
PROGRAMME Now for the other side of the pic-heard, instead of "Let's go down London, to dayOnly on Rugby
WEEK-END
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
ture. Having arrived, he is some- and watch Blackheath" (or Rich-Union County Championship match times so taken in hand and so drill-mond or the Services)"Come and was played yesterday. Warwickshire TWO CHANGES FOR led into the necessity of fitting into see Kershaw and Davies" (or Ar-swamping Leicestershire at Leices
a previously conceived cut-and-thur Young or A. L Gracie) ter by 27 points to mil-Reuter. dried plan of campaign that he is words which are seldom used to-t frightened to exploit his individual day, for, barring one or two out- genius for fear of meeting with of-standing Welshmen, there does not ficial disfavour, and thus he sinks seem to be a real personality about CBA-vs-The Filipino Ciao at 11.30 back to comparative mediocrity, And yet we read of the genius of am next Sunday, on the C.BA and, where he was a dangerous and Giles. - "unhampered by instruc-ground G. Fowler, G. Gurevitch S. Now that the Softball incident at times unorthodox attacker, he tions. I hardly think it necessary Fowler: T. S. D. Whitley, E. Fowler. |J. J. King: S. MacNide T Gaubert which occurred on the field of play now merely becomes a cog in a per-for me to say any more.
and H Millington:
EQUIPMENT WORRIES
(By "SHORT STOP”)
last Saturday in a match between haps none too well-driven machine. the CBA, and the English Forum One admits freely, of course, that has been settled amicably, a replay Rugby is primarily a team game, is
The following will represent the
will be staged sometime during the and that, actually, "backing-up" VINTAGE BURGUNDIES
coming week.
the be-all and end-all of continual There is no reason why the success, but all the same, every man League fixtures, should not be ad-throughout its history who has been hered to, and changes should only worthy of the application "great" cecur when no inconvenience will has had, and has been allowed to be caused to the other Clubs sche-juse, some idea all his own upon the duled to play during a week-end. appropriate occasion.strto
There will probably be another It was just that flash of genius time-change in this week-end's which made the heroes of the days schedule, in which the Machine gone by, the Poultons, the Owens,
WE HAVE A FINE SELECTION OF THESE WINES IN STOCK, THE QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE WHICH ARE UNSURPASSED
HONG KONG.
Gunners. will play, the English Fo the Nicholls, the Davies of the rum in the opening game, instead game, and here are some of us at of in the second. It is now learned times endeavouring to coach and that that the C.BA. versus Filipino mould all and sundry into our own. Club match will be postponed until pre-conceived and, I am afraid, not 11:30 am as there is a hockey always fully modern ideas! ES
CONCENTRATING ON DEFENCE Bouchard Pere Ef Eils game on the CB.A. ground at 10
WEEK-END'S GAMES
How often we have seen it at cricket, especially in the schools, Softball fans will see a good game where many a youngster with a na- this week-end in the match between tural flair for hitting the ball the Vets and the Canadian Chinese
Club The latter, holding top place
with the Forum, must defeat the of worry to the League ever since Vets to retain their position. The the inception of Softball, and some Forum in their clash with the Ma little time must elapse before this chine Gunners, are very likely to worry is eliminated
register another win, thereby assur- This week-end will see some new
them of the lead in this early balls being used, while, unfortun
lately, bats are still at a premium. hostilities holding up freight considerable difficulty has experienced – in purchasing uipment and, coupled with
of the Lea must be the key note until gear can be obtained.
It will be a toss-up when the With BA. cross bats with the Filioinos. traffic Bill Muir's boys are quickly learn- been ng the game, and their hitting was new
good in their last showing
SOURCE OF WORRY.
tha
Bats and bells have been a source ch
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
OF
IN
VOLNAY 1929
BEAUNE 1929
POMMARD 1929
CHAMBERTIN 1929
THE CONNOISSEUR COMES
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