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Festival Football Progamme Needs Drastic Pruning
Says HAROLD PALMER
The Football Association may have to revise their ideas about the Festival of Britain matches. The plain truth is that too many games are being arranged. Some- body must lose a lot of money. Home clubs are de- termined it will not be them. Will our foreign visitors foot the bill?
Visiting clubs have to pay their own travel expenses welcome, should be addressed and trust to getting them back through a 50-50 share to the Editor. business com- from gates. munications and advertisements
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What chance have the Turkish | cost about £3 a day. So for a clubs on this basis? There are party of about 20, here for 16 supposed to be three of them days, the tour must cost about coming, Galatasaray, Besiktas £3,000. and Fenerbahcr.
They will come by air, which is not only quicker but cheaper than the seven days' journey by £100 each. Then Coat is hotels here can be expected to
sen,
Draw For Second
When Galatasaray visited Park Rangers in Queen's September the attendance was about 0,000. The Turkish side took £300 as their share of the
1 think gate.
the attendance would be smaller in May, when most people have had enough football.
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London, Jan. 29. The draw for the second and third rounde of the Scottish Cup were male today.
The second round matches, to he played on February 10, are:
Albion Rovers or Stenhouse- muir veraus Clyde.
Then I question whether they
Coventry or Barnsley, so there must be a big defielt at the end of the tour and the Turks will not take the chance.
Clubs coming from this side of the Continent will not incur anything like the same expenses, but what sort of an attraction
3" going to be are "Halland Playing Leyton Orient, Walsall and Bristol Rovers.
There is going to be to much
the competition, especially for
The time of the year.
pro- Motherwell versus Hamilton
must be pruned-at Kramme Academicals or Elgin City.
once. Clubs involved must have Queen's Park versus Ayr
Only a meeting with the FA. United,
the attractive sides should come. Celtic or
Spurs even reject the idea of St. Mirren having a first-class sie here at
height of the season. Cowdenbeath English public have not learni to appreciate foreign club sides, their manager, Arthur,
East Fife
versus
05
Duns.
Rangers or Hibernian..
Morton versus Airdrieonians.
Verouk
East Stirling versus Hearts,
Johstone versus
SL.
Dundee Dundee United, Partick
Rath Thistle or Rovers versus Brechin City,
versus Third Aberdeen Lanark.
The third round ties, to be played February 24, are:
On East Stirling or Hearts versus East Fife or Celtic or Duns.
Morton or Cowdenbeath or Albion Airdrieonians novers Clyde.
versus
Stenhousemuir от
or
The remainder of the teams in the third round receive a bye.--Reuter.
IRISH CUP REPLAY
London, Jan. 29. Ballyclaire Comrades lost to Linfeld by one goal to three in a re-round, second replay match for the Irish Cup today Reuter.
French Victories In Monte Carlo Rally
Monte Carlo, Jan. 29. J. Trevoux. of France, won Carlo rally in his the Monte Delahaye, it was officially con- firmed here today.
The Comte de Monte Real, of a Ford, was Portugal, driving second In the general category and C. Vard, of Ireland, in a Lacura, was third.
The Ladies' Cup was won by Madame F. Hustinx, of France, who drove a Peugeot.-Reuter.
A
CHINESE
Turpin Will Defend Against Van Dam
no-
Amsterdam, Jan. 29.. Luc Van Dam, Dutch Middleweight Champion, has been officially minated to fight Britain's Randolph Turpin for the vacant European middle- weight title.-Associated Press.
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-London Express Service)
Hendon
He came Victor Lal stands by the high jamp bar up at 5 feet 8 inches. quite near to clearing this height and actually is co-holder of the University re- He was Victor Ludorum Lal after the University cord at a quarter-inch less. sports on Saturday and is the only postwar undergraduate to have his name al- tached to
Photo by China Mail Staff Photographer. a University record.
TOO EASY FOR CLUB & ARMY
IN THE PENTANGULAR
RUGBY TOURNAMENT
By "AXIOM"
easy win over the The Club maintained its clean record with an RAF by 33 points to three while the Police could not cope with the Army's reorganised and thrustful back division and went down by 40 points to nil in the Pentangular Rugby Tournament on Saturday.
the 3rd Tank Regt The most even and interesting contest of the day saw defeat the Club Strollers by nine points to three. The "Tanks” merited their victory individualism had no for a whole-hearted and enthusiastic performance in which part, combined effort being the keynote,
In contrast, the Strollers, except in the early stages, relied on individual effort in which most attacks broke down through lack of support.
kicking,,
NO DIFFICULTY
If Mackie and R. Campbell some nicely adjudged defensive displayed a peculiar aversion for had received intelligent support, the Strollers would have run out handsome winners. V. Roberts look a great load off his tiring forwards in the scound half with
The Club First Fifteen bad no difficulty in accounting for the RAF, who throughout the match
Are Confident
Reaching Fourth Round
Amateur Football Cun
(FROM OUR OWN
CORRESPONDENT)
Of
Of
ON THE RECORD There Must Have Been Giants In Those Days
of
Victor Lal-Winner of the
One of the University's gloom- tween. This is what some iest and athletic meets in them accomplishod: years was watched by a hand- ful of spectators--that is, com-high jump, long jump, hop, step pared to the normal turnout & jump, high hurdles at low last Saturday and produced no hurdles.
recorda. One was cqualled in
the women undergraduates' section.
Gerhard Wagner--winner of the Mile and 10,000 metros runs,
It wasn't the best of after-second at 440 and 880 yards and noons for records and a kind in the discus throw, third in the word must be said for Victor) 100 and 220 yards.
Lal, who eventually finished up Dick Honson-winner of the Victor Ludorum and took four tries at improving on the high jump record of 6 feet 7 inches which he jointly holda with K. J. Chun, who set it in
1035.
Victor equalled this record only last year and he is the University athlete 10 even cqual
a record since prewar Indeed, style days. He may, himself in future 'BS Victor Ludorum Loi.
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There were apparently giants In the old days, men of terrific speed like Lee Hab-liong, who set the 100 Yards record at 10 seconds flat in 1931 and E. Wong Tape, whose records of 23.0 seconds for 220 Yards and 54.2 seconds for 440 Yards, both set in 1928, still stand.
of any
152
10
at
In 23 years the University ins not produced faster runner than Wong Tape and, looking is led to through the records one think that it is a love of tradition that makes the present genera-
attempt tion shy suggest to the world of today
13 that the University least 23 years old.
It was in 1028 Tape set his two records, as did
record of 18.0 seconds. Per T. W. Chong his High Hurdles favour of J. Middleton Smith, record at 5 who set the Mile minutes 6.4 seconds, trace the history of the Univer- sity back to 1924.
tha
Wong
we can
Any attempt to run a mile in tackling low, preferring to em-
for or alter- a more respectable time brace their opposites
student of, say. natively endeavouring to break a University
all combined
passing somewhere nearer 41⁄2 minutes, down moves by shadow tackling and would, one is led to suspect,
bring a Intercepts.
charge against
of 10- upstart the play enterprising
the about of writing history in through lack constructive efort. Layton was same way they do it in the
As a consequence suffered
Arst over the line for the Club totalitarian sphere. within five minutes of the kick
off but Minto failed to convert from the side line.
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easier for To make it aspiring athletes, the athletic Following Gome midfield meet was considerably advanced scrummaging, Peyton-Bruyl was in date this year. The
100 yards, second at 220 yards and in the long jump, hop, step & jump and Javelin throw, third
the discus throw. Norman Lo-winner of the 220, 440 and 880 yards, second
on
Inge Renner, winner of four events at the Univer-
meet sity athletic Saturday, won one more than usual on the mini-
Her mum of training. athletic activity this year was confined to the heats and finals. China Mail
Photo.
idea at 100 yards and fourth in the short for the Airmen with a was to give the swolters for long jump.
Paul Yap-second in the shot penalty taken just over the exams a chance. There were, as put, high hurdles, high jump and half-way line.
usual, very many entries, an low hurdles and fourth in the many as 28 dn the 220 yards. 100 yards.
The Club, although slow to sattle, were having the best of matters when J. Henderson con- verted a penalty,
However, per old cuslom, most
as Dick
Charles Huang-winner of the
throws.
One can
of the entries made it easier by shot put, discus and Javelin Excellent combined play be- withdrawing for such outstand- Honson, tween Campbell and Stewart ing athletes
Wagner, sent Roberts over for another Norman Lo, Gerhard
Iron men, indeed! Lai, Paul Yap and Imagine them turning out for a try. Farquharson was oft mark Victor London, Jan. 29.
with the conversion.
Charles Huang to reach quite a lookover by some experienced series of
From the kick off a fly back few finals apiece.
American coach. He would prob- ably stop Wagner from running sent the ball over the club line
Honson's 10.3 seconds in the and tell him to concentrate and Eden touched down a dif- freit bouncing ball which D. 100 yards and Charles Hung's the discus and try the pole vault. receive probabiy 104 feet 4 inches in the discus Lai would Henderson failed to gather.
throw were the only two marks orders to stick to the hop, step Again the kiek failed.
accomplished that a University and jump and Norman Lo to the Champion can look back to as 220 yards. After two seasons of being anywhere near what could coaching, they would turn in win a University Championship respectable marks. anywhere else in the world.
Hendon Football Club, who are to visit Hongkong in May for a matches, are at home to the winners of the Dagenham-Walthamstow Avenue re- play in the third round of the Amateur Football Cup on February 10 and are con- fident that this season, for the first time in their history, they will enter the fourth round of the competition.
They have good cause for confidence as Walthamstow are regarded as favour- ites to beat Dagenham and Hendon have already once this season defeated Waltham- Their victory, by three goals to one, was gained in the first round of the stow. London Senior Cup competition.
Hendon qualified for the third League side. The smaliness út round of the Amateur Cup oy the ground disturbed the Hendon their 3-0 victory on Saturday players to begin with, and at when away to Bungay, a Norfolk half time there was no score,
IN
MAY TAKE PART
OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE
BOXING MATCH
Lightweight Jerry Ibbotson,
After the interval Hendon got into their stride and goals came international centre- forward Roy from
Stroud and out- sido-right Johnny Westmore.
Westmore, who is fairly cer- tain to be included in the Hen- don party to tour Hongkong, will be paying his second visit to the Colony. After the War he was stationed for some time In Hongkong with the Army,
Cambridge of
whom
ON THE WRONG FOOT Layton scored his second try by brilliant change of direction, racing
defenders past three caught on the wrong foot. Henderson converted in front of the posts.
J.
Again Layton was on the mark from a blind side move and grounded well out but was un- fortunately, injured
the process and left the field to take no further part.
Club continued to enjoy the upper hand after the restart and D. Henderson ocored well out. MacCallum'a kick from the touchline was a beauty.
Henderson, a penalty
and convent, and further tries by Hoberts and Stewart completed
Hendon's two outstanding playera in Saturday's match were left-halt Laurie Topp and centre-half Dexter Adams, both
will play in the the Airmen's rout
for international University boxing captain from Clare, may be amateur
England against Ireland next calling on a Chinese for the annual match Saturday. against Oxford University at Cambridge on March 8.
He is K, Shing Leong-known as Shing when he Famechon To
boxes, as Leong when he played scrum-half for Downing College and in the University rugby trials.
Fight
Burgin
New York, Jan. 29.
Roberts in his first big outing did well and only over-engerness prevented him` galning further scores.
two
Stewart and Campbell were much too good for their opposite numbers whilst Layton, up to the time of his injury, was 'in dashing form. The Club pack Shing 5 ft. 2 in. featherweight from Taunton
contented themselves by sup porting School, Somerset, has shown abounding gameness and his
Meffan, who gave Buchanan a very lean time, cheerfulness under pressure has led to his unanimous
Ray Famechon, still hop- Allpini, Norris, Macmillan and RODO HOUSE "election" as team mascot. There will be no more popular
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was over-ruled on appeal, and the knocked out the Chinese in the Brut round of their second metting.
THE NEW BOYS
assumed that at Ren❤
STRAIGHT WAY HO E
never gavo up
POLICE UNLUCKY The Police in the first half A third bout with were-decidedly unlucky in the
of their
Two of
very count
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on
try, the
However hard the University The aspirants to the title of Athletic Union Victor Ladorum really put in undergraduottes, who are noted some hard work One could for a contrary nature, will not
stick to tradition. Three
have been act their records since the war.
of
year Inge Renner,, a fifth medical student, equalled one on Saturday in specially made size 3 spikes. Inge won all four of the events she entered for.
There were as many as 14 entries in the 50 yards, but all the finals were contested by the same sets of tour or six girls, that is, by one set for the sprints and jumpa and. another Bet for the weight events, an Occasional girl making her way Into either set.
When all the records are final- ly scrutinised, the admission, has to be made that 13.2 seconds for 100 yards, 4 feet 3 inches for the high jump and 14 feet 4 inches in the long jump are poor marks by any standard,
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However, the girls' interest in athletics is confined to about ono week in the year, Miss Reamer's training was confined to the heats and finals.
The undergraduettes are con- trary, the undergraduates
Thera tradition-bound.
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clough iron men and iron wo- men about but the giants are gone. They have been lost to
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Cpl. T. G. Grove, of the Leicestershire Regiment, badminton and tonnis. won the Open Half Mile at the University sports. Running well behind for the first two laps, he out- ran Sgt. West (Royal En- gineers) in the last 50 yards-China Mall Photo.
of com- even ex- Students
An
the first four scores were 19 cricketers, eight of whom will European champion from undoubtedly imock-ons but un- have to be left out of every Paris.
fortunately for the lawmen the match. Too many watchers are bad. for the morale of a touring)
referee was unsighted by break- Farkschon, woriting at the Cyo ing packs.
Except for the very few thero alde.
seemed to be a lack Gym here with Chico Vejar, is As for New Zealand, it is in ready to stop in if anything goes unsettle the Police
These early scores seemed to
petitive spirit. This and they mack the MCC's two new chums, conceivable that Hollies, who wrong with the fourth Wille never regained any form of con-
tended to the Past. Statham and Tattersall, will hates flying will be the only Pep-Saddler match, tentatively
Race and the Staff Race. have their first outing against a player to travel home direct heduled for Madison Square soldiers pank went on 40 ay fidence and as a consequence the
announcer. had- to appeal for S. Australia Country XI. They from Australia by aca. To fly 18 Garden on February 23.
entries for the former, inforn- have been practising at Mel-
to two managem
the foundation of a players and bourne with Mcintyre,
ing all present that it would New Zealand. would bọn big| The Pop-Saddler bout looks win.
even be appreciated that any It is asking a lot to expect froncial strain, and bid, may more definite now that Pep ban Henderon, Thomas, Rodan
in cracking read it in their exhausted efforts past student and Wynter were two now bowlers, strange to go round for vo
not near to tho to takoj taken a fight with Tommy Baker | P
forri throughout arid with in the final event of the day, gravo" enter to make it a rùco. Australian conditions, to bring the direct path
at Hartford, Tuesday.
Goldschmidt ronding out a the Inter-Hostel relay, themselves to Test standard in Close has Army leave of
Where the Staff Race was Club grand service the backs only bad Bailey absence until revelle May 3. about a fortnight.
International Boxing,
Wagner must have run any concerned, the Vice-Chancellor the finishing touches, undt, Statham may be played He is eager to go to Now Lea- ometala say Hekets for the Pepto pole second bait the Army where between 10 and 13 miles very nearly got a walkover. In the fourth Test at Adelaide land, but cannot do so unicas Sad er bout already are in In the
present pack took matters more into altogether with heats, relay legs after considerable persuasion, on February 3, but Tattersall he dies home or unless extended order. There do no more likely to find his way into leave is granted him because plans for any postponement from their own hands and wore and finals. He placed third in three challengers tood the mark the Test.
the main party will not be back the Feb, 25 date, according to chiefly responsible foxta con the 100 yards and won the 10,000 with him.
metres (just over six milem), "We have long needed a stock unt May 6 Avokdance of New Harry Markson, Boxing Director vinding win
"RECORDER". bowler, mul. given reasonable | Zealand would save a month,
placing at every distenos in bew! of the IB.Chavolated Press,:
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