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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952,

THE FRENCH GO DOWN TO SCOTLAND

France was defeated by 13 points to 11 in the international Rugby match at Murrayfield, Scotland. Photo shows the French players making a determined attempt to prevent a Softish break through

THE SPORTS

ROUNDABOUT

These

Let's Cut Out

Helsinki Hangers-on

By W. CAPEL KIRBY and DAVID JACK

Despite numerous cash-raising schemes, it is by no means certain that Britain will send a complete athletics team to the Olympic Games in Helsinki. That's why the big talking point among our track and field men is the possibility of a large 1eam of officials moking the trip-to the exclusion of several competitors.

As one athlete said: "We could get by with three officials manager for the men, one for women, and coach Geoff Dyson.

ful

superflum

one team

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"There are going to be soare; tour of Turkey which has aist hear that not only is Bill doing very awkward questions of an is been famme des by Preston, wel in the sales department, bui rumoured, competitors' places at and as still upen to any first-class | The vet to return a score of over sacrificed

Du Wednesday he has English or Scottish whit

70 Chick! good chance ely just got

of scoring a het. Hangers-on,"

Muddlesex Musson l Jack Lee back stat. Frack

Alliance varvulatim sunne o last lost vetores to mark his third month

Says Denia in the South season 1:μ abroad, manager, Stewart McMillen

And that could muls to see sports than athletics

The hunt for Cup Final tickets į is just starting but we know one football director who would like

to get tickets for other sporting occasions a5 Parily as for the

for

"WHAT

A gently there's still room |

When sentiment in Sucre

Turquay United bariton pand Wembley aftal ile was in

fear Craciun Pembury. queue outside Wimbledon at Cardit? Chy were entities: to

6 am on a Saturday last July 1 half-sture of the for Aggarsente

NO VIP AT HIGHBURY Lang Tonguay's financial England cricksei Brium Close the

Welsbre

JAN

Inalch

is on Arsenal's book: H also a keen giler Last month Arsenal had

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Herts.

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WILLIAMS TO RETIRE?

LOUS

Very

al England

Bert Kokeeper Williams wondd retire this season recently We checked with Bert, Who said "U's complete rubbish. These a qnot have been going about leg some time, and i would The to kill them right away as completely untrue and false That's definite enough.

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Move

Derek Dooley of South Reading's centre-forward from a Sest team Head rigton, apprentire carpenter

Wolves 19-year-old wing half. fixture

of their Cup Sumie Chung, ] ។

la on your tail.

Norman Deeley. whom Juany which explains training.

Win hung, after

"A" SIX

Leam

regard as the natural successor Close had to respond to a phone matches, has grored 24 goals Hik

ไป BAI Wright, may Instead message to leave South Herts, sequence reads 3-3-10-3-0-5. but follow

in Johnny

Hancock's and rejuin third team

manager Teil Drake says "Chung footsteps. Manager Stan Cullis George Mate at Hendon

as only care of five good centre-realises that Deeley has There are no VIPs or privilegei | forwards on our bake " Lucky

wrong build for a half-back, su persons at Highbury

bos

Charlton Athletic with offers from Argentina, Turkey and

Reading

Corna Frampton

10

the

Stun has tried him on the wing

in recent reserve matches.

Sweden, are almost certain 11 champerour Britain's women The switch is working because choose Sweden for their summer | swimmers at Helsink! Her ap-after Wolves had beaten West tour. If they bring back another | pointment recalls an Olympic re- Brom's Central League team. Jeppson the trip will be well ord she shares with Bernard TinnsDes director. Normani worth while. Manager Jimmy

Joy Seed, incidentally, will soon be packing his bags For another South African scouting mission.

CLIFF-TOP WATCH CHA-top watcher for the Flying Enterprise was Ken Tewkesbury ex-amateur international Birmingham and Walsall goal- keeper. Ken, hard-working boss of a a horticultural business, is hon. manager of Falmouth FC and treasurer of the progressive South-Western

League, which bas 381 registered players. 108 61 whom

part-time pro- fessionals.

Russia's boxing

an

are

amateur

Helsinki. In the USSR Cham-

10

Both represented Great Bassett, said "Deeley beat us Britain at the 1926 Berlin Games, on his own. He's the greatest ex-backstroke champton Lorna prospect I've seen for years." then being a student at the same Hounslera school LET which Britain's Soccer captain was teaching.

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THANKS TO THE KIWIS Bradford Northern look "cert" to be rugby League team of the year and New Zealanders Joe Philips and Jock McLean are chiefly responsible. Full-back Phillips has beaten a 19-year-old got goalkicking record for the club while winger McLean has passed Northern's best-ever try-gelting figure. And there's still half a season 1 go

Walcott May

Defend Against

week rent for a

No

Matthews

Washington, Jan. 31.

were

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"REFEREES ON HORSEBACK AND BELLS BEHIND THE GOALS"—IT'S AN IDEA

Says IVAN SHARPE

"Referees on hors:back and bells behind t ́e goals!" a dear old friend of mine used to say of proposals to alter football laws. He died in the last ditch.

The longer live, the more firmly I believe there's room for new ideas, however popular the game.

Herbert Chapman of Arsenal was given the bird when he tried to introduce the white ball 20 years ago. Now it's the catch of the season. But it isn't per-

fect.

It's lighter in weight, as weil as colour, and this has knocked out more than one club in the Cup-les. So the Scottish FA are Arst

in the field with the order that it must be used from the kick-off or not at all. That's good

only 48 per cent have voted in favour He explains why Bath City and many other Southern League members oppose the pro- posal, potuts to the glamour of the FA Cup, and asks:

"Apart from

proposed Final at Wembley, where amongst the whole number of clubs taking part, would you get above a 10,000 crowd""

the

across and

Here are incidents advantage. reported by correspondents.

"A penalty-kick was awarded, but the game was delayed while the captain strolled held B conversation with his goalkeeper. Players, spectators and referce waited, and it must all have been disconcerting to the man waiting to take the shot. "If this was the idea it worked, the marksman missed

scoring.

By

for way of explanation, the Intermediate Cup sponsors state: "Our circularised plans do not arm ban entry for the FA Cup as well, so non-replies often mean that silent clubs are waiting to see the way the cal jumps."

THEY'RE SÜNK

Now

"A supporter near to me re- marked, in answer to a query. 'Oh, that's one of our team's tricks. We've tried it several times!" " Here's affair:

A

double barrelled

centre-forward set off with a clear course for goal, bul a defender leapt in the air and stopped the ball with his hand

IT'S NOT CLEAR Scotland also condemn the ine direct free-kick as punishment for obstructing, and will propose a direct free-kick by adding "or body to the ban on holding on] opponent with hand (Law 12). That's good, too.

Continental buddy-checking is as bad as illegal handwork Also, our referees are

using the in- dirent award to avoid giving

to something less con-

"The Besides, no one troversial-the Cup. I warned penalty-kicks. knows at present whether ayou there would be "uncertainty free-kick is direct or indirect, gone mad " 11 Isn't much use whether a goal can be scored picking 2, 4, 6 or 8 teams for the direct or not. That's bad.

Cup when 2, 4, 6 or 8 inches of Confusing rulings by referees mud turn the ties into a glorified prompt an off-side prop al about gamble. to be roade by a influential promised to examine mud- Football League club in the Mid-effects by comparing my fore lands

cast of normal results in the last with the results tha! an opponent" the player as you actually arrived. Here it is:

Before the

Normal Form Forecast know, so, is on-side. referee

his whistle, Div. 1. Div 11. van blow

Div. III however, Louch

13 sometimes

Actual Winners places an off-side man on-side This has brought goals

14 Mud is the leveller. Sunk with - heated debates

trace art out

huli the First Now let's try Division_teams. again. Fee, f. fo, fum, I smell 12 home wins in 16 games in the next round, working out this way: Division 1, 8; Division II, 8. Division ITI, 2.

# the ball has "last touched round

a

17

and

So this club wil lake steps to eut out altogether

the proviso about a mun being on-side it "the bull last touched an op-

was played by hum ponent or This on-side business has been a general nuisance, but must lake time off to under this one. THAT NEW CUP Here

Councillor Arthur Mortimer, or Bath City, to say of Intermediate the proposed new Cup that, if all the clubs in the leagues mentioned have been circuterised, it would appear that

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February 2 being in the frost- and-snow belt, I will let you know in due course the part Jack Frost and Co. play.

MORE TRICKERY Spotlight has exposed aber tricks of the trade dodges in 10 secure an unfair football

OPENS OLD

"MONTY"

UP AN CONTROVERSY

London, Jan. 30.

When the ball was placed for the free-kick, another man deli- berately stood within 10 yards until the defenders bad recovere position. As far as I could see. the referee didn't say a word to either offender."

Another correspondent. N. G.. of Stockport, says: "I have often wondered why Soccer does not | emulate ice-hockey and institute

a sin bin or penalty box.

Then a player could be sent off for 10 or 15 minutes to cool his heels, without the formality of name-taking."

St. John Ambulance Orders

Order by Comm D. W. Macintosh, CMG, OBE, C.St.J., Commissioner

St. of

JAB, Hongkong District Order No 5/52 dated January 31, 1952

Ambulance Duties, Hongkong. 5.2.52 to 9.2.93. W.D.WA. Division: 10.2.52 to 10.2.52. Confucion Division. Ambulance Duttes. Kowloon, 4.2.02 to 10.2.52, Kowloon Y.M.C.A Division: 11.2.52 to 17.2.52, Mong Kok Kowloon Division

Race Dates-Saturday, February 2. 1962, HKY.M.CA, DIvision: Batur- day, February 18. 1062. Confucian niviston.

Headquarters putles. Saturday. February 2, 1952, Confucian & Motor Transport Divisions: Saturday. February 18, 1962. H.K.YM.C.A. &

Motor Transport Divisions.

Penetration Squad Duties-Pene-

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's suggestion that the Olympic Games should be open to professionalstration Squads will not go out on as well as amateurs today aroused opposition from lead- ing British sports representatives.

Field Marshal Montgomery, in a letter to the British newspaper The Times today, said that since the Soviet Union, whose sportsmen were all professional, had been admitted to the Olympic Games, the Committee should "draw the logical conclusion" and make all events open to professionals and amateurs.

and

Britain's Team

Will Still Go

To The Games

The

February 3, 1952.

Football Duties, Hongkong --Satur- day. February 2, at 2.30 p.m., Navy Ground. W.D.W.A. Division: Caroline

am Ground. S.C.A.A. Division Sunday, February 8 at 2.30 pm. Caroline Hill Ground. S.CAA Divi on Club Ground. H.K.Y.M.CA

Division

st. Ground, Kowloon Division.

Football Duties, Kowloon.—Sunday, February 3, at 2.30 p.m. Boundary

Brigade Dinner-The, Officers of the Brigade will entertain the Cam- missioner-in-Chief, Lt. General Bir Otto Lund, KCB, DSO, KI SLJ., ta dinner at Headquarters оля

the wvening of Sunday, February 10. 1952.

Lord Burghley, Chairman of the British Olymple Association, said "The intemational rules clearly Tay down the definition A tentative agreement of an amateur

Omcers who intend to be present and, therefore,

are asked to inform Headquarters was reached on Wednesday professionals are not allowed to flyweight

RA Bon as possible, and not later between Heavyweight participate in the Games champion, 21-year-oldi

than Thursday, February 7, 1962. It is regretted that no acceptances can Boulakov, looks a good bet for

One of the best young wingers Champion Jersey Joe Wal- do feel that professionalism

be entertained after Pebruary 7 A Olympic gold medal at in Soccer-he's already played cott and Harry (Kid) Mat-separated. Fach has its own par amateurism should be

view of the catering. table and Geating arrangements to be made for an FA XI-nearly gave up thews for a title bout some play and both do t success-

in connection with the dinner. pionships he handed out a hiding the game recently because pay- to Finland's Hyattainen, who re- ment of £5

time in May.

fully. But as regards the Games,

Recipients of Long, Service Medals. presented Europe in the American furnished flat left him penniless.

they are for amatours only,'

London, Jan. 30. "Golden

she was Sonounced for Mr James McIntosh, Secre- Gloves"

crisis out in overs235 Recipients of Long Service Medals tournament. He's now living in another flat at the proposed match, Other Russians who might win half the cost but must still envy

tary of the Amateur Boxing As-travel allowances for British are requested to report to District Olympic boxing titles are welter Soccer's glamour boys who pay meat

Detalls of the proposed agree-sociation, said: "Lord

no expected here Officer L. Bones at 9.30 a.m., at the Montourists wes

Athletic Association at announced Tichinc

Ground, отт and heavy weight nominal rents

Sundays. February and live

gomery should study the Olym-today to stop British athletes and South Chinn in news conference attended

1952. The safety-pin, Schotikas.

by pic ideals before making sug- officials going to Helsinki next and 10. £3,000 houses.

Harry Hunt,

which the Medal will be amxel. Los Angeles gestions like this.

the Olympic Games. July

should be in position on the left side promoter:

The Olympic Bocchicchio, Newport County

would the jacket, three and a half inches "Imagine putting Britain's

special stated. ward Tony Nelson, son of former goalkeeper of Newcastle's Cup Hurley, who manages Matthews, fessional

arices, Treasury official stated. District Officer Bones w check this Don Cockell Cardiff, Newcastle and Southend winning side, tells us he hopes a Seatile lightheavyweight.

and

Mr K. S. Duncan Secretary item on the 3nd and 10th February International Jimmy Nelson, has

amateur Feter Tech, in the ring

Recipients are asked to note that to be playing again shortly. The

of the British Olymples Associa- " I they will fall in on the left side of refused several offers to turn plaster which righted his broken Hunt said he had offered fulltime

together. Cockeit is training tion, said today that it was not the Dais, behind the Patrimis and pro. Tony's ambition is to play thumb is removed and there has Bocchicchio

while Tock

is soldier- a guarantee

known how many, people surgeons of the Brigade, of

yet and training when he can. would be going until the result ing for Wales in an amateur inter-

Final Rehearsal of the Annual been no recurrence of his $250,000.

Bocchicchio said he It stands to

Parade and national-but he's still waiting shoulder trouble.

mspection 1952-731 reason that Toch

of the national appeal for funds anal rehearsal of the Annual Parade accepted on this condition:

would be at an for his first trial.

enormous dis-

was known.

and Inspection will be held en He first must get a release advantage."

Competitors and officials would Sunday, February 3, 1952, on Sout's Chelsea

China Athletic Association Ground. half

from the International Boxing Alderman H. E. Fern, Secre Mitchell would like to return to

in Northern golfing Club which has an exclusive tary of the Amateur Swimming probably number between 200 Caroline Hill Road at 9.30 a.m.

and 250. The British teams Divisional Superintendents -will "I am very the Midlands-preferably with circles who thought burly Bill contract on Walcott's services, Association, said: his old club, Birmingham City. Shankland would repent at Bocchicchio sald he will fly much averse to the idea and I would spend about 10 days at report

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Frank

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Jack Fairbrother, wisecracking Walcott's manager; and Jack two leading cruiserweights, pro- | probably be given in allow above the button of the chest pocket.

SHANKLAND'S HAT-TRICK?

Folk

TOUR OFFER STILL OPEN leisure over his decision to leave to Coral Gables, Fla., to meet think Viscount Montgomery Derby County were originally Templenewsam, Leeds, for Fot-Jim Norris, head of the IBC, had little justification for mak

on Saturday-Associated Press, ing it."-Reuter. offered the attractive close season ters Bar, will be interested to

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St John Andeki Ball-Ticke's arm

I to be held at. the Hongkong Motal on Tuesday, February 12, Tickels ens

COTOR Officers when Divisions are correct. the Games.

Brigade Burgeons-It wilt, be ans The

British tourist agency,preciated if all Brigade doctors will Thomas Cook and Son, said attend the second gehegraal, to he today that about a third of the that they will attend if possible in held on Sunday, February__3; and 3,000 overseas helldaye they uniform. were arranging for this year would now be out of reach of now available for the Asus Ball the British publie..

The majority of the bookings the obtained from members of the they had so far received were Committee or from the tongkang

10-day holidays which and Pealneus Hotels. would still be possible with only turns Divisions for the your

Annual Returns-The, SMİLUZĪ slight adjustments

ex-nding 31.13.61 are agw due. It wil bosappreciated it the Officers in penses.

People were still booidag for holidays abroad and there bad been. ng rush to cancel arrange Mients tready made:

Omat of British

for

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB THIRD RACE MEETING Saturday, 2nd February, 1952.

There are Bruces. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 um. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 pm.

Through Tickets (8 Race: $10.00) may be obtained at The Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Special Cosh Sweep on the "Pearce Memorial Cup" scheduled to be run on 16th February, 1952.

Through Tickets reserved for this Meeting bui not paid for by 10.90 a.m. on Friday, 1st February, will be Fold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

THERE WILL DE NO SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE.

To avoid congestion at the Club's Office at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Offices at:--

5 D'Aguilar Street, llong Kong

382 Nathan Road, Kowloon, TOTALISATOR

The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following rules.--

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given. The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light And/or a white sphere at the Totalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR"

SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED,

Totalisetor Tickets should be examined and checked before leaving the Selling Counters as inistakes of any description cannot be rectifled later.

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters 3s no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters.

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be presented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, bat none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run

In no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on torn or disfigured tickets.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are remintied that tirey and their Jadies MUST

thetr badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

wear

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Broocher of Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rocms at $1000 including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will be on sale at the Race Course.

The Branch Offices end the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close et 11.00 a.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11:45 am. The Treasurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House, A limited number of tiffints will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1. Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of admission, to the Public Enclosure is $300 including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN. ETC., WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG. JOCKEY CLUB,

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAIN- ABLE IN THE · RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

·SERVANTS' PASSES

Servante' passes will be seized to private box holders: only; who are requested to distribute them with discrimina tion and to endorse their names on the passes, Holders of ́auch passes, are not permitted in the Members Enclosura except for passing through on their duties and must romain in their employers' stands,

Owing to the congestion In the Members Betting Hall' - and of Booths' adjacent to Boxes in the. Coffee Room, Box- holders and Members are requested to ensure that their. servants "moke" use only of the Pubile Batifig Hajl. – Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure 10 ensure, that this regulation lo adhered to."

By Order,

Becretary,

"Corps' Božerintendent,'