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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 29, 1988.

Softball Attraction Tomorrow

Draw For Ist Round

Of Jr. Shield

the

The following is draw. for First Round proper of the Junior Shield football competition:

Electric v. Royal Scots..

University v. R. Engineers. (E), R.A.0.0. v. 24th Bty. R.A. or St.

Joseph's.

P.W.D. v. South China (B). Kowloon v. Police.. Middlesex v. Stonecutters W/S. Kwong Wah v. South China (A). Eastern v. 5th Bde. R.A. These matches will be played on December 10 and 11. The grounds will be arranged later.

LOCAL SOCCER REFEREES' IMPORTANT RULING

GOODWILL TOUR GIVEN IMPETUS BY MR. CORDELL HULL

MANY OUTSTANDING

PERSONALITIES

Softball, which has yet to hold its second birth day in the Colony, will be given a tremendous boost to-morrow when 31 Ameri- can girls play a double-header. Pitted against them will be two teams of men players: first, a Chinese aggregation and, secondly a |Hong Kong nine.

Official impetus, given these girls by Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, makes this the first good-will softball tour. The manager, Mr. Marty Fielder, has been associated with baseball for many years, at one time being a first baseman for Cleveland, and is now the big- gest promoter of softball in California.

From humble beginnings on sand lots, the game has grown to such proportions that when the girls select sides, the fans fall over one another. From coast to coast, thousands of girls' soft- ball teams are "packing them in" night after night.

What the girls provide is far from sissy ball, with side-line an- tics and plenty of moise.

THE FAVOURITES

At the monthly meeting of the Referees' Association last night it was unanimously decided that, in the absence of an official ruling from the English Football Asso- ciation, the following procedure be Favourites with adopted in all local games with re-are bouncing, clowning Mary Irwin, ference to law 12 para. (e) of the who is known as the "Joe E. Brown" game, Law 12 (para. [e]) reads of the game; June "Gabby" Young, as follows:

champion chatterer of the diamond;

Californians

MANFREDO TO HAVE WORLD.

-TITLE FIGHT

Welterweight Clash With Henry Armstrong

Cleveland (Ohio), November 17. -Henry Armstrong, the Califor nian negro, has agreed to defend his world

welter-weight. title against Al Manfredo, of Los An- geles, in a 15-round contest on the "Cleveland Evening News" Christ- mas Fund programme here on December 5.

Armstrong will be opposed for the title next Friday (November 25) by Ceferino Garcia, who has agreed to meet Manfredo, putting the title at stake, if he beats Arm- strong. Manfredo has meet Gar- cla three times already, beating him twice.

(e) Charges in a violent or dan-Ruby "Beauty" Richards, whose in- gerous manner; or charges an op- cessant "It's & beauty! It's a beouty! ponent from behind unless the lat-keeps opposing batters fishing for ter be deliberately obstructing. wide ones. (N.B. This is not intended to penalise all charging; it is permis-year-old Kay Rohrer, best all-round care, I don't care!"

Then there's cocky little fourteen- WFXTQ277781731139||||||||||| sible as long as, in the opinion of player of the lot, and slated for the referee, it is fair and the play moviedom, a daughter of one-time

concerned are attempting to

pro catcher with Oakland, "Daddy" Rohrer. Or the. Hogan sisters: Ronnie, who pitches and who bursts into tears when they lose a game; and Pattey, who catches and stalks

ers'

play the ball).

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The Referees' Association point out that the note to Law 12 is not

to be applied in such a way as will

prevent:-

(i) A defending player from pro-

tecting his own goalkeeper by holding off an oncoming op- ponent.

or

off the diamond repeating, "I don't

ASSN. TEAM FOR CHARITY MATCH

EARLY START The games start at

3.30 p.m. at Caroline Hill on South China Athletic Association's with the prices ranging from thirty cents, 50 cents and $1.

ground

taken hold here, especially with the With the popularity that has

Chinese, a large crowd of specta tors is expected to watch the girls in action.

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

Ten Commandments For Soccer

Many and devious are the ways and means of English Soccer football coaches to get the best out of their charges.

Latest "stunt" comes from the pen of W. McCarthy, manager of Hibernian Club in the Scottish League. the He has issued his own "Ten Command- ments.

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Here they are:-

1. You are not the only man in the team-there are 10. others.

2. The ball is round, make it go

round.

3. Put spirit into your play, not your stomach.

4. Think before you shoot. 5. Spectators shout a lot - you shoot a lot.

6. Play football, don't dance. 7. Don't think you are a world- beater; you may only be a carpet- beater.

8. Never lose your temper; you may lose your livelihood,

9. Gentlemen are always gentle-

men.

10. Play to the whistle, not to your own dictates.

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Fortune To Improve Wembley

An

£80,000 improvement scheme was recently commenced at Wembley Stadium (Eng.). Of this sum £30,- 000 will be spent by the Empire Stadi- um authorities on making an avenue to approach the area from the Wembley Park station, while the remaining £50,000 is for road and station im- provements to be carried out by the local council and the Ministry of Transport.

It is expected that the work will be completed before next year's Cup Final. All this vast project is A direct result of greyhound racing success.

England's big stadiums were derelict, Twelve years ago, when most of

and prometers could find no use for earned the dividends which made im- them, greyhound racing arrived and

and White City owe their present suc- provements possible.. Both Wembley cess to dog racing.

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From the Philippine Islands, Soccer Move Against (ii) A player from holding off an

they jump south to Australia, and opponent when the ball is

this will be Hong Kong's only

"Shamateurism" kicked towards the goal

The following will represent the chance to see some spirited lassies

British sport is difficult to under- touch lines and going out of Hong Kong Football

Association battle with men in a game replete has just been investigated by the Foot- stand at times. A Soccer football club against the Chinese Federation in with action, colour and entertain-ball Association. play.

charity match for the benefit of the

The manager has relatives of the late Chak Shiu-wing: ment.

been 'suspended for the entire 1938-9 McAllister (Navy); Watson and

season and the directors and secretary Sheehan (Middlesex); Honeywill

have been severely censured, For what? (Navy), Dixon, Capt. (Navy) and E.

For paying amateur players Strange (Club); Grogan (Middlesex),

more than their actual expenses. Leonard (St. Joseph's), Fowler (Club),

The amateur players had accepted Hunt (Navy) and Reiersten (Kow-

payment for loss of time in travelling loon).

to and from football matches.

It was

In view of this they consider that a player may charge an opponent:-

די.

(i) To gain possession of the ball. (ii) To retain possession of the ball when challenged by an opponent.

(iii) To prevent an opponent gain- ing possession of the ball.

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(St. Joseph's), Hossack (R. Scots) and Reserves, Bickford (Club), Hussain

Blackburn (Poliče).

N.B.A.

Statement Of Policy

Punch-Drunk

Fighters

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not proven that they had made foot- ball their wholetime job. Just that they had taken money for out-of- pocket expenses.

This

is exactly what happens in

every other form of British sport. Why Soccer should take the lead in exposing

a mystery and why the public should feel that a terrible den of corruption has been exposed is another mystery. Suggested regulations for the confidential reports on all boxers well-being of boxers are contain-showing symptoms of punch-drunk- ed in a statement of policy issu-enness, with a view to fuller ex- ed yesterday by the National amination." Boxing Association (the boxers' Union.) They propose various limitations of time for the dura- tion of contests in which youth- ful boxers take part, and the im- provement of gymnasia and dressing-rooms.

UNTIL PASSED A1. :

The add "Where advisable, in the interests of health, men show- ing such symptoms or tendencies should be suspended from further boxing until passed A1.".

Proposing the sterilising of The most interesting sugges- gloves after each contest, the As- drunkenness and the sterilising gloves harbour germs, and are of boxing glovés,"".

grave danger to boxers and others. The N.B.A. want medical officers Blindness has been caused by dirty on duty at tournaments to make gloves."

LAIDLAW tions, however, relate to punch-sociation point out "Dirty, sweaty