Football To Stop
During Air Raids
English F.A. Issues Order
FOOTBALL MUST STOP during air raid "alerts," and the spotter system recently adopted by some clubs must cease, states a message from Lon- don. This is an order of the Football Association to the clubs under their jurisdiction.
Spotters on The Roofs
Many clubs, spectators and players are of the opinion, now that the warning is regarded as an "alert" that games could continue safely until imminent danger threatened.
Some clubs introduced spotters on the roofs of their stands, to signal the approach of immediate danger and the matches have con- tinued despite the warning. For this reason the Football Associa- tion, after consultation with the When approached on the subject; warning football matches should Football League, recently suggest- the F.A. said: "The Ministry of be suspended until the "raiders ed proposals to the Ministry for a Home Security has informed us passed" signal. Managements variation in procedure after warn that they do not feel justified in were told to advise spectators to ings. As can be seen from the accepting the risk of bombs falling take refuge on the ground under above, however, the Ministry are on a crowd of spectators in the the stands or in any other shelter sticking to their original order. open and feel bound, therefore, to on the ground, but not to leave It is understood that the main request this Association to con- the ground to seek shelter else-reason for the Ministry's action is tinue for the present, the practice where. Spectators were at liberty the possibility of a wild rush for of suspending matches when to go to their homes.
the warning is received."
These gen- the shelters when
spotters' eral arrangements were, however, warning
been given and At the start of the season, the subject to any modification the casualties being caused before all Ministry of Home Security decid- | police might consider desirable for the people could reach them.-- ed that in the event of an air raid any particular ground.
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YEARLINGS SOLD FOR £5 EACH
THE SLUMP IN PRICES AT THE SECOND AND CONCLUD- ING STAGE OF MESSRS. TAT- TERSALL'S BLOODSTOCK SALES AT NEWMARKET RE- CENTLY WAS VERY PRO- NOUNCED. THIRTY-EIGHT LOTS WERE SOLD FOR ONLY 1.195GS.. MAKING THE TOTAL FOR THE TWO DAY'S 7,554GS. FOR 147 LOTS, WRITES A COR- RESPONDENT.
An average of a httle more than 51gs. for yearhngs which in nor- mal times would rouse the keenest competition in the sale ring means a very heavy loss te breeders. Some of the yearlings were almost given away.
For example, opening bids of £5 were sufficient to buy colts by such well-known sires 38 The Black Abbot, Tommy At. kins, Allshah and Tai - Yang. "I never thought I would live to see the best blood on the turf sold for less than the price of bullocks" remarked a prominent breeder.
The highest price of the day was paid by R. J. Colling, the New- market trainer. He gave 200 guineas for the four-year-old, Holy Terror, who dead-heated with Heavy-Weight at New- market in May.
The chief buyer of yearlings was Mr. F. Gwillim, a West Cour- try farmer, who trains at Pon- trilas. He bought 20 lots for total of 300 guineas. "I bought a lot of horses during the last war and did well," he said, "If there is a reasonable amount of racing next season IL should not he difficult to place some of my pur- chases to win. I might make a big profit."
It is understood that Efegina Babida, Cardinals' first-string hurler, sustaned an arm injury during the week which will prevent her from pitching for her team against the Canadian Chinese to day. She will probably he scen at third basc as a result.
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"'Grandpop" Leung. conch of the Chung Hwa softball team. potential Junior division' pennant winners, has just returned from Kwangst, where he has been doing relief work, and it is possible that he will be included in the Chung Hwa line-up for future games,
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