1947-12-29 — Page 10

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CHINA MAIL

FEW SOCCER SURPRISES MotorBusBeat Saints Lose Airmen 3-2 To Chinese

Yesterday's First Division football results were more or less as expected, though several close games were witnessed. Kowloon Motor Bus and Chinese Athletic, who are now in the running for the First Division title, were fully extended.

'Motor Bus were fortunale to beat Royal Air Force by three goals to two. Chinese Athletic after a hard fought first half did well to account for the Saints by three clear goals.

The Improved Pollee team beat Buffs hy the add goal in three and Club cóftreted both points

'from Royal Navy, whuning by the only goal of the match.

FIRST DIVISION

KMB-R.AE.

The "Goddess of Luck definitely

on the side:

Kowloon Moter Bus when they be the Royal Air Force by : goals to 2 in a fast and exciti

game at Seokanpo.

Vory much against the run improved

of play, the much

Airmen team was moal unlucky to lose. They played the Chinese a standstill. especially AD- dernon. acatre-half who

rocklike in his defence.

Was

On the Chinese side, infringe-

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

FIRST DIVISION.

St. Joseph's

2

2 K. M. Mus

Club

after working the ball down the floki, sent in a beautiful centre whleh Kitchen, dashing in from the right, missed only! by an luch.

Club carried out a number of spasmodic raids on the Navy goal, but their finishing tenches Navy fucked punch and the defence were able to clear theli Jhew without much difficulty.

Full time came with

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Chinese A SECOND DIVISION "A" Police

1 Taiko Royal Navy 1 South China SECOND DIVISION “B”

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ment was not infrequent the reside en many a dangerous oçer- terre found it necessary to cau- aion with his hat time tackle. tlun four players and took down

However, for their persis. the name of ona.

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Two of the goals against the airmen were penalties.

Noteworthy of mention was the last my wiren th top found it hand to gerve math the decision of the referee-- An- deraon..centro half, in a colli- alon with a Chinese

rewarded lency, Sewell was when he seured his second goal from a pars by Biznie.

El anfasoned penalty came from the final AVO actres whistle when Lee Sek-yuu sealed the Chinese victory.

Molor us: Sura Poson: Mak Sal-burn, forward to Tinang: Tang Sotu. Tam Kwang- had the wind knocked out of uk Peng Kwasing: Chrow Sel-kun, him temporarily.

raiding

Much to the aurprise of the apectafore, the referee awarded a penalty against the airmen.

The game opened at 4 fast pice with the airgen in Chinese goni ritht from the start fine.att from Sewell, entre forward," was unlucky to hit the cross-bar with the goal keeping out of position.

Manechi, Ler Rek-yın.

R.A.F.: Knucky; invi, Hawtar Connolly. Anderson, Campbell; Hall, Rowell. Davieve, Gray,

Navy-Club

Dienie.

Playing at horse, Navy were deridedly unlucky to lose by a solitar out to Club.

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winners of a clean

fought game by one

and hard

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Navy: Adie, Wheeler. Ceroitin, Jrrels,

| Flintham, Holloway, Kitchen, Davis. Bat

Lee, Arlon whd Yorker.

Club Leck. L. Stroner, F. Strange. Weller.

Mullen, Forrow, Deck, Wyker.

Redman, Okkford and Backes.

Police Buffs

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With the ball swinging at very fast page from one end of the field to the other, Police bat tled. Buffs to a two to one goals win at Houndary Street.

The result was quite a fair ene and the Palice deserved to win, for they played well to a man.

The same started at a fast pace and each side look up the attack in turn.

Bydee went close with a cross shot but Tsang cleared.

Pope put ncross a good paas to Collaco for the latter to put in Andreasen n high shol which partiv elcared.

Lilk Pak hing followed up by netting a good goal to give the

Half the found the Police a goul to the lend.

HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1947.

Nijinsky Returns

Vasiny Nijinsky, the genius of the ballet, who retired from the stage. In 1919, is now, tLondon with his wife. Nijinsky made his first appearance in London at Convent Garden In 1911 in "Le Pavilion D'armide." The occasion was the Royal Comniand Performance given to celebrate the coronation of King George V. Nijinsky is seen with his wife Romula, In Great Fosters, Private Hotel at Egham. Surrey, where they are now living. (APhoto).

HOME FOOTBALL

Record Crowds Dare Weather

London, Dec. 27.

Polfes lead which they deserved. Defying a strong wind and heavy rain, nearly 800,000 people watched today's league matches and took aggregate attendances for the Christ- mas holiday games to more than 2,000,000 There were many unexpected results on the mudbound and gale swept pitches!

Navy were faster on the ball and showed belter combination, in a foul kick awarded the bet many scoring chances were

In the second period Buffs tried Chine, just outside the penalty | Frittered

unsteady desperately to equalise but ther found the Polico defenders right Binoy Mau-cher, +191

evenly on tou form. left, sent in a pile driver which was saved by the custodian in grand style.

kway shooting of the forwards. The first half was

tester, with Navy enjoying the better of the exchanges. alotor Bus drew flist blood! The Club defence was given hrough Chaty Chung-kam, in many anxious moments as the sle right, from a pass by game progresand and it is to Cheuk and kept this lead at the their credit that they were able fe held out against the concerted interval.

After the interval. R.A.Jnteks of the Navy.

flub presse! from the re- who did most of the attacking

in the first half, continued to start and should have early tal o the lead, but the shooting press the attack.

f one of their many ruits at of their forwards wa: erratic.

Following £1 erner ick, expense of the Chinese, Sewell, centro forward equalised. We opened the searing for 2. ไป

which penalty.

vns Club when he handled the ball awarded the Chiuer during af into the net, scramble outside 1 airmen's Navy retaliated strongly af- but they did goal, Lee Eok You took the spot ter this reverse, kiel and gave Motor Bus n 2-1 everything except get the ball

into the Pet. Jual

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(ob real bad two nar- ất bin dago, the stenen wert) Podia the Chinese goal cia- row vertonen pawards "the ent

On one occasion. Bellan con sisteilly-most of their were unluckly not to find its nected a well placed centre with ,mark.

his head, but Leck reso to the and brought off a Lre Tin-sangat left back, occasion worked like a trojan and gave, marvellous SAVE.

With, fifteen minutes to play!

Howlett went through to Whe goalie with on unstoppable shot to Undaunted by their reverse, the Five Police two goals lead." Buffs played with greater deler mination and kept on negging their opponenty.

They were awaried a penalle which Bydee easily netted to re duced the lead. Although Buff* tried hurd to even un matters they just had to admit defeat.

Pallees Tanor Wing. Kal-

Lack Wals: Pape, Gordon and Ne Wa Long Fodi-blus. Morris, Cullucu, Bowlett, Ferrier and

Buff: Andresson: Musch-Khadeen and Pedersen: Lillie. Mužendi aul Metizath:

Jensen, "Brice. Graveers, Cuningham and

Blockler.

Saints-Chinese A.

On the Club ground a weak St Joseph's side fully extended a trong. Chinese Athlette team and lost by three clear roads after a goalless first half.

Sooh after the game started the Saints were on the offensive.

Xavier an Omar were curly

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Hoppers To Sheffield Shield

Saints Continue Winning Streak

(By Grandstand)

The Saints continued their winning streak by notching up a triumph over Canadians in a slug-fest featured by distance clouts as both mace-mauling outfits found the springier ball. to their liking and pasted the apple for homers galore...

The Merry Matlcups

kicky to eke out a victory over tie rejuvenated Filipinos 11-7. mainly through an expensive muff-in-the-Best-inning with the bages loaded which produced! · for Madeup, runs.

Bakthallera

· This is the second near-upset which the Islanders created

Doc Molthei's elimbed up one rung, in the league ladder na they routed the Rovers 20-8 while Recreio trim- mel South Chinn by, an identical deore.

In the ladies lopp the Wildcats fought back with a lust inning 5-tun-rally to topple the Wahcoa Bd to knut the first round of the League in.a, three-way the-- the Wildcats, Waltoos and Aces suffering a defeat each.

Braves

The Janice Loop maintained their unsullied re- cord with convincing, victory over the Cosmos.

Plate-Power

The Saints displayed plate power when they downed the Canucks: in tre needle game of the day, and while the Maple Leafers also belled out long Swarms of Frasshoppers In-hits, erratic fielding was the vaded the pitch, and play in cause of their downfall. the Sheffield Shield Match be- Australla and tween South

Adelaide, Dec. '27,"

Jock Brown on the rubber for the Saints was his anal stoady self aud held the Canucks hit less for three innings, but suf- fefed one or two lapacs which

Olympic Games In Scotland?

Glasgow, Dec. 28. The Scottish Tourist Board are undertaking pre- liminary Javestigations organisa- among sporting tions. civic and other au- thorities, to find out whe- would, be ther Scotland Justified To Inviting the Committee. Olymple Ganies

to stage the games there n 1956.

Dundee's Lord' Provost Committee yesterday agreed to support in principle" an invitation to hold the 1956 Olympics in Scotland.-Reu- ter.

FANAR

This happened to Jagar-first- baseman Emil Leon, who was walked to first base on four balls in his five trips-the fact that he scored four runs in this game`is incidental.

Trailing behind the Wildfre# 10-9 at the end of third' innlig. it seemed that the Rexes were

for their second defent when they turned the tables in the next frame with a four run splurge sparked by hurler Fram Jehangir's triple,

In the next frame Fram homered and the same, was put the Woomen took advantage of on ice with a six rum out-break. The Wildfiren siečombed; Antilly without hesitation. *

Junior Loop

HOME RUGBY

London, Dec. 27. - Rugby Union results Guy's Hospital 7 Old Milhillions 3: dil. Cron- leighans 11 . Feltegian-Loir-

Queensland was held up several times today while the batsmen tried to sweep the pests clear.

Ron James, stucky, hard hit ting bateman who formerly play ed for New South Wales, also wielded his bat. to good purpose against the Queensland bowlers, or the losers, mound artist by 21-12. carrying his score to 210, the re- Kassa Narin togsed well but suit of six und three parter bedted away the game with fiery

play.

to third-backer George ours of Plantralin 132 fer 2 white which went, astray, thus overnight, were all nuk for: 400; apdlling several double-play set voining a dres Innings tijd of 212 Queensland scored 101 for UPS- 2 before the close and still need 141 to avoid an innings' darat.

In the Junior loop the Jaguarsellonian 19; Old Pauline's 3 At one time it looked as if Charlton were one of the 14Johnson (fant medium) hand trampled all over a weakened Old Alleynians 3; Richmond 12 the Leicester-Brentford match clifba to achieve the holiday capped by a blistered heel and a Rabgers outfit, most of the Harlequins 3; St. Mary' Hospi- sprained leg, took seven, wickets would not be played but the re-double.".

"Lowly Grimsby galned a for 114 runs in 45 overs: Test regular of the latter being at a 5 Blackheath 24; Aberavon the 25 Penryn 3: Bedford 10: Ros- feree decided to start the game

linci had to be re- lucky win over Chelsea, whose bowler Colin McCool, who were finiment away from

slyn Park ; Bradford 3 Otley The

during the inter-göälkeeper, marked

Medhurst, after his spinning finger raw in trying Cofuity for the Holidays,

to dislodge the early South Aus- Gefry Langenberg's Jaguar 8: Bristol Newbridge $; Car- tal and the leams after: a gathering a harmless looking trollan batsmen, yesterday, did notched 92 runs before they diff 11 Watsonians 0; Chelten- quick change were soon cover centre, let the ball slip from his boy

Old Edwardiana 0; bowl today.

decided to: éüll'It a day. The hints for Grimsby's winning

Brown, the Test penin with mud again but

Jaguar Juno Remedios start Exeter 5 Old Blues 8; Glouces batsman who, injured his agera

Athletic 18 Universities match was finished with Brent- goal. ford gaining their first away

yesterday, is a doubtful atarler eit the ball rolling with a reuter Balch Carter, England's in- for the Third Test, beginning at Ing double and, after Nel Sousa Unien 5; Headingly 12 Sale 5; sider right, got two goals for Melbourne on New Year'a,day.lashed out a triple followed by Leicester 19 Birkenhead Park win of the season,

The tstanding surprise Derby who outplayed Black- Reuter. Was Arsenal's first home de- burn-Reuter. fent, Liverpool demonstrating: Gheir mastery to a crowd of 59,-* eon-the biggest of the after-

open.

HOW THEY STAND

Arsenal

Thu in three days, the two clubs deprivat each other of inter their unbeaten home records.

Other upsets of ferm inclad-

Prepon

Derby

i woltes. ed the first home defeats of U. West Ham, Bournemouth and Aston Villa

Everton

DIVISION I

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two more safeties, in succession 8; Llanelly 15 Bath 8; Münches- by Langenberg and Dietrichter 21 Halifax 11; Newport 25 Ranger hurler, Lino Marques Warps Northampton 85 were given his walking papers. Rugby 0; Nuneaton 3 Coventry

Tiny Harland Taylor,

who 14; Penarth 9 Nenth 9; Stroud was called in to put out the fire, Old Merchant Taylors 5; Taunton 14 Glamorgan Wan-

1. W. D. L. P. A. ris was just one more cousin to the Swansea 11 Londen Welsh 0; Rotherham 22115 ambat-happy- Jaguars.

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a brillial display, waving hisl In the other instance, Youker, prominent with some good moves Chester, Lincoln lost their first Man. Chts,

but their good passes to D. Leonaway game and New Brighton, Mesh ard were wasted,

After an even first half neither the only club in the league Liverpool

without n home win hitherto, shefi U... 28 10 10 3 11.3 Bradford took two peints from Stockport.date.at 789 32 27 27 Oldha

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U.S. Made Three Errors In Panama

Panama, Dec. 28.

Foreign Minister, Ricardo Alfaro, today accused the United States State Department of committing three fundamental errors" in negotiating for de-

The former Panamanian

- fence. Basés in Panama. The agreement was relected on Monday by Panama's National Assembly

I-Failure la express categorically sociated Press;

Its positing on expiration of the 1942

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side scored.

"In the second perlof Chinese Athletic were all over the. Srints and only the good goalkeeping of MacDougall prevented the Chine from scoring-

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"A" DIVISION

direk Hime he's had the op- post Stanley 2; St. Helen'a 5 Chinese Athletic's second goal tlon..

P. W D L F A.Fportunity of marking up five Wakefield Trinity 6; Swinton 5 cana-as-the result of a ponaity

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at the head of their respective Torgham

by Chan Koon-put. The last scoal Queen's Park Rangers remain Cardig

of the match wus, notted by Loo! Chunc fat,

Chinese Ainteles Yu Ka-yan: Lee 1tor-division. пат arido Pink: Cheung Kam-hoi,

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"Luton: ly linked peoples in the world." Ching-big and Leung Pingekwall

Bl; Jalapa's MacDougall; Hussin and their opponents' half. for somb

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most of the early attackling Fulham and Stubbins scored before half Plymouth Legends Un SECOND DIVISION

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Joe Louis will be paid £20,- Alfaro deglarca), however, that the

US.000 for his appearance in the already begin withdrawal of

Signals pressed continuously dell bad increased Liverpool's Queen's P. 83 1684-47 29 41 Haminan 19 troops from tambalan bass is British Health and Holidaye

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The reappearance of Stanley Exeter

said that. If the U.S. bad des why payment should be made Tao oquailped through Young, in Matthews, England's star right Bris elded to main sin. troops at the ban in dollares

aldo-right with a well thood ground winger, on his old club's ground Newport despite refretion of the agreement Mr. Beverly R. Miles, reprobot Pankmamond bave termicil

"After the broather, both teams attracted Stoke's biggest crowd soulbend illegal, and the; world would have senting Health, and › Helldays, seen that the Action' war nothing but told Reuter that "Lodis has playing improved football. tried to since the war-just under 48,- Fori, Vale

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"Achilles" To Be Sold To India

London, Dec. 284

The Royal Navy's 7,000-ton cruiser H.MS.

Achilles, conqueror of Hitler's pocket battles, ship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate eight years ago, is to be sold to the Govern- ment of India, it was announced officially to- day, gen

040-20 Billing A 102, 122027

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