1951-12-01 — Page 13

Are Sheffield United

Too Hot A Pace For Themselves?

Setting

London.

Home soccer fans are asking if Sheffield United are not setting too hot a pace for themselves in the race for the Second Division Championship.

A fortnight ago, following a run of eight successive home victories, they Last week at Griffin Park they were beaten 4-1 by crashed to Nottingham Forest. Brentford, who on this showing seem much more like promotion prospects.

As a result of their defeat, inside-forward and captain, not lefie!.1

have United dropped to second place with Bentsord only one point beneath

Dow

What might have happened had Hagan, hellicld's Inlaatina!

Gremlins Play Victorians Tomorrow

Gremlins meet the

די

aiter OBLY 15 been injured

story IN a dillerent manutex,

He resumed on the allugeiner le wing alter treatment but wad a retipicte "passenger

10s injury

thew the whole team out or order and we saw nothing of the fast moving tur- ward ine which in the previous, 22 games had scored 31 goals.

T

WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE

I would be an unferitmule Jur Shelt Hagan's injun,

Without were to prove servous, hin: they appear to lack purpose and their promotion bid could come to a full stop.

Vic. the

The connitions under which

game was

For a while after the interval Sheffield threatened to fight back. dismayed when They were not inside-left Sperrin put Brentford three up following a fine dribble in which he beat three men.

They

threw caution to winds and with right-haif Hitchin acting as an extra fur ward they launched a succession of powerful raids.

the

From one of these they weir awarded a free-kick and Hatchin banged the ball home through a crowd of players to become only the second visitor to score at

season Griffin Park this

But the pressure could not be Green- kept

up. Centre-half wood rallied his defenders and Sheffield were playel were

thrust back on Heavy ron, which their own side of the field.

And torians at Boundary Street persisted unt shotly alter the shortly before the close Brent tomorrow, bully off at kick-off, left the pitch water- ford scored again when Monk 2

thegged an even the best efforts lobbed the bell over the head of in p.m.,

one Ladies' Hockey

League of the foral fire brigade, working the advancing Burgin.

with pumps, could only partially most

[counteract the

juevious 18 hours

These are conditions Brentford revel in. The more the mudure

season's

mutches.

of

important

.

It's always a classic DEVASION when these two teams meet an

ii is customary for the winin coach to be presented with

gar. The Gretales certain that it

mentor. G T

are dead will go to the Pretai Palmer

The Gremlins are brimm cer with confidener and, hay over

afcicals

effects of

the

WELL DESERVED

This

score

them hervy.

are

was Brentford's highest of the season atid wall they deserved it. Their ability to overcome the conditions was a favourit witticism AGOR

the key factor and it is difficult the fans on the terrace And su

Sheffield to imagine many sides beating at proved this tune.

when the grounds made

the great mistake keeping the ball close with the

Sir Stanley Up in the stand. result that the

Inves orola

Rous, President of the FA, was dewar

and 1 Lizne

a2016

an interested onlooker. Apart Brentford exploited the long pass

from Greenwood, the other ing had a bye last week, had and this paid dividends

back line of Brentford player to catch his eye tielt scorts at Sunkunpop study-

The user half

and must have been wing-half Hull. ing the Victorians' weak points, Harper. Greenwood

whose distribution and tackling They do not share the option, quickly showed the We Eu

were flest-rate. On the Sheffield that they ve a half-bark line

They broke my early Inal the Victorians".

vide the most impressive were rofesor in

Sheffield

with

Hitchin and goalkeeper Burgu. we hear from the most reliable taking and jung korkans And

During the interval a collection courts that there is likely to b

with the unamtunate injury to -lume of this dramatic

Hogan thea task breunge po Tire that wall bed anvoke ang

maneasat tut they assumen moze or less rampleft

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is

SUCCESS

of the centre of the fold

demptions.

Gremlin de toralé The

considering

strategi chenge in the forward line set- and this ADY involve a weeping transfer from wang ko

FINE GOALKEEPING

and

made for the Hurricane was Relief Fund following an ap- peal made by Lady Huggins, wife

of the Jamaica.

Teams:

former

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1951.

SOUTH CHINA-SAINTS MATCH THE WEEK-END PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHT

By "GRANDSTAND"

While all Softballers faithfully believe in the saying that while there's life there's hope, there comes a time in every series in which teams find themselves facing the crucial moment when an adverse de cision might very well wreck all their chances for the coveted banting which represents diamond supremacy.

Still clutching at the last straw, South China, with four losses against them, will face the high-riding Saints at 11.00 a.m. tomorrow in a lust stand to feature the Senior "A" Division schedule, while the Pandas are all set to have another crack at the Overseas who handed them a humiliating shutout experience a month ago in their first-round encounter."

An interesting Junior League tussle is also carded for this afternoon with the Griffins and Pandas striving to better each other, while the powerful Wahoos meet the Squaws in a return engagement in the Ladies' Loop.

Right now fuel for the hot-jit can only end in disaster-this The record shows that South China have four losses against stove League is provided by the hay happened before, is still

Jaguar them, but those are only figures, sensational

erack-up happening and will continue to playet happen whenever any wants to don the mentor's rube on the quiet. We hope it was a lesson well learnt.

WEEK-END PROGRAMME

for Programme

for the Caroliners have dished last week in which they dropped out brilliant ball in those games only to lose out because Dame a 7-4 decision after building up four-run cushion in tac Fortune happened to look the a

initial chapter. other way. The Saints know this. too, and having kept pace with the League leaders so far in this

To those whose eagle eyes torrid flag chase, will be field-watch every movement while the

diamond

batte it i gladiatora ing their strongest available.

out on the field, the Jaguars end: Opposing hurlers

will prob lost the game when they trotted ably be P. C. Wong for South out on to the fold with the China and Tony Kwok for the undercurrent of protest visibly Saints, unless the latter cracks exposed on their facial expres- ersions, wide open in which ease veteran to work Sherry Bucks will have the old soup-bone again. South China is not in the same happy

too rely position, having

whole pitching Wong for the sunt

paper

b1

TOUGH TIME

the week-

SATURDAY: 2.00 p.m. Pan-

das v. Griffins: 3.30 p.m. Dra- gons v. Dodgers (Junior Lea- gue); 3.30 p.m. Squaws V Wabcos (Ladies).

35

p.m.

Bantams Overseas "A"); 3.30

SUNDAY: 0,30 am. Red Sox Aunericans (Senior "B"): With only nine men to held, the abers being unavailable 13.00 a.m. St Joseph's v. South that afternoon, bossman Frankie Chine (Senior "A"); 12.30 p.m. Barros had a tough time setting Wildfres On

the Saints have up the best possible defence (Junior): 2.00 every

advantage-power-hitting against the Madcaps booming. Pandas (Senior combined

p.m with stone-wall de

US Navy fence in

every position, while

(Sentor "B") the Caroliners are only equipped ward oft attacka without much strength at the plate.

to

guns.

While not underrating Umbe Mose's ability as a catcher, even the greenest rookie in the game knows he is not the best in the Jeguats' lineup.

Then why did bench Less Barros field him?

The Saints should be able to tuck this one away unless they let the tricky squeeze-play better them, This, however, 15 the South Chine not likely, as Governor of

strategy of bunt-play is too well- The answer which we gather- known, but there are no flies oned, and subsequently confirmed, mentor Art Ozorio of the Saints was that Steven Xavier and who can adapt his outfit to any Ingmar Eriksen had more in- portant roles to play, but so long surprise attack.

By half-time Brentford were, Brentford: Gaskell; Horne,

up through outs! e-left: Munro; Harper, Greenwood, Hill Ene Widget is being rom- Patun art centre-forward Monk, Dare, Coote, Monk, Sperrin,

sidered for promotion,

a hard wanker and clever leader. ¦ Paton.

not been for sume The Victeruns, with a strong And bed

enfem

Sheffield United; Burgin; and a set-propelled half- fine goalkeeping by Burgin, who Furniss, Cox; Hitchin, Lathark, Apex 112, uze not wearing wors is a goal-keret of executional ¦ Toner; Kingstead, Smith, Howks-

UNETtions."RECORD- / ubrally, they would have doubled worth, Hagan, Hutchinson.

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Wally Ma, who is the brains With the very first plich, 11 behind the Pandas, is still was obvious that mound-artist griping over their provious set-Vic Pedruco was not in his.

of mind. His back at the hands of the Over-regular frame #eas, who dumped them un-concentration was ruffled to the with a blankout,extent that he walked three graciously That was the

the first chapter, and Decasion

men in When the Pardas set the mark with with the logs of confidence, he his pitches, und 17 errors, each one costlier than eased up on the other until they couldn't do they proved to be

to the Madcaps. anything right.

The Pandas have since lived that down with several con- vincing victories, and with hurler Jackie Wel in his cur- rent top form. Wally Ma has nothing to tear.

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What happened is in the re- cord books--the Jaguars went down five runs and never re- gained the lead again as a sense of frustration smote them.

This is not to detract any credit from the Madcaps for This does not mean that the their brilliant win, for they Pandas can take things casy, really played heads-up ball all for although the Overseas have the way after that handout booled runs

recently, but would they have made those bossman Frank Poon can still breath-taking catches with vic- patch up the cracks in time to tory in their grasp? I'll leave avert.

disaster-an example of this to a psychologist. ihis came last week when he

away

yanked Sammy Louie from the As long as every player in the mound just in time to grab a team thinks he is the manager,. losing game out of the fire.

Opposing Jackie. Wet will be Lara Ping former Junior League hurler who has made the grade in his first senior

year, while will be hustling Harry Louie behind the batter calling the plays.

This will be a good game, and fans will be out to watch if the Overscaa can duplicate their previous feat to show it was not a flash in the pan, Odds are against them doing it, but who can tell what may happen in a balgame?

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