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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER §.

AN OBSOLETE RULE SPOILED FOUR IMPORTANT

MATCHES IN ONE WEEK

By TOM FINNEY

(England and Preston North End Outside Right)

Looking through the football reports last week I noticed that, our old friend, Mr "Played Onside," influenced four important matches.

There, with Newcastle holding a

The most dramatic, perhaps, was at Stoke. point in 0-0 draw some two minutes from the end, Les Johnson, the Stoke forward, was apparently several yards offside. But the ball struck a Newcastle defender, re- Bounded to Johnson who made no mistake with a gilt-edged opportunity to win the i-teh.

This, I think, is the most unfair law in the football rule-book. To my way of thinking, a radical revision of the whole offaidle law would be, in the Interests of better and brighter soccer.

the

the

**། ་

the send every man out of three years ago. They expori-peunity area upfeld as soon os our goalkeeper, Malcolm New- mented in trial games with two special off-side areas bounded lands, or another defender, has by lines drawn come 30 yards the ball in his possession. You would be surprised how often from the by-lines. In any part of the held outside these line, it returns quickly to our goal- the attacker could not be of mouth and catches not one but several forwards offside. side.

But these tactics

are not al- per- than

way

*

the home

The "played-on" clause has many arguments. caused 50 Even first-class referees cannot ita interpretation. afree an Some blow the whistle as soon as, the pass leaves a forward's boot which means that even though the ball may strike a

That, I am convinced, would defender in tight, the man in an offside position is venalised. do away with spectators grum ways popular when wo

olher ball bles that offside plans produce form on grounds Others walt until

They negative football, and rule out Deepdale...... offcodor. reaches

Often blow only if the ball does not attractive forward movements. crowd gives us the bird.

tho go ail I do not

If they thought about things strike a defender.

the roati with these

think they little more, 1 along arguments. There are many in would realise that the people and on the ter- at fault were not our defen- the stands races who cannot appreciate

ders Rather is the blame to the art involved in playing on be attached to their own for- history "offside game." Every defender

getting caught in must time his movement to the

agree that teams, who seek to I would not stop at the de-split second. Any mistake leads such a simple trap. But I do

Wete I a inevitably to a goal.

catch a man offside in the mid- Jetion of this clause.

of Soccer Dictator and, to my THE OFF-SIDE GAME

dle of the field are guilty

football, rellef, I am not I think I We at Preston play thin off-

negative, destructive our If only from the spectator's would favour very greatly the side game. We add to it

little variation which suggestion put up by Scotland own

viewpoint, I should like to sco that cut out. And I believe two special off- the idea of side arens would do just that.

CONSIGN TO HISTORY! Any rule which can have two entirely different Interpre- tations is, I feel, a bad rule. And the best place for it is not the law-book but the book.

ON THE RECORD

ODDS AND

For sheer efficient organisation | could,

ENDS

wards for

LONG BALL REMEDY

the The only way to beat present offside barrier is to use long ball sent swiftly inside the

the full-back towards corner flag. Wolves perhaps were the perfect exponents of with a little training. | this some three or four years ago. They possessed in Jimmy Mullen and Johnny Hancocks who wingera two very fast could start from an

on-sido pass. position and catch the With these tactles they won the F.A. Cup in 1048 and were one of the best sides in the land.

There are

so soun after it has come into challenge for the colony records being, full marks must go to the in both events.

л quite

Icw H.K. Amateur Athletic Club, the

and Recrelo first purely athletic club in Gremlins, Dorians

au's history,

girls who look fast on their feet Hongkong's

Two Coinmillee meetings last-in a hockey match and may inut

total of some five hours decide to try themselves out in decided un a luve

variety of the athletic arena. and the pace gets so hot smitter: at a meeting that even Fother Lawler takes his coat off.

Two

sub

committees have into existence. One Sprung

the purpose elected for arranging for the Club's uniform and badges has already almost completed its work.

jast

scason

of

The Ladies Hockey League gets back into action tomorrow with the reinforced Victorians

With

result

TWO IN A ROW

Jack Young, Australian star and West Ham's reigning World Champion, created Speedway history at Wembley stadium, London, on September 18 when he retained his title by scoring four wins in a row and finishing second in his last This is the first time that a Speedway rider has won the world title in

successive years.

race.

THE ARTISTIC

TAKES

BOXER A CUE

FROM TAM SCOBIE

By SYDNEY HULLS

You cannot be too careful when you interview a boxer....especially a boxer who culs hair, paints portraits, sports a beard on occasions, models in clay, and gets Into arguments with a talking doll.

"When is your next fight?" I asked Vic Herman, the 23-year-old Scottish fly- weight boxer in the comfortable surroundings of his London flat in Mylne Street, Finsbury.

Vie said nothing. His com- panion, a glassy-cyed creature named Tom Scoble, did.

In a throaty Glasgow accent he growled at me: "Och awa wi' yo. Titch hisna any time trusy: for fighting noo-he's too lucking after me!".

"Titch" indeed! That's yn way to address, a boxer even though he is only five feet two inches.

SHEER IMPUDENCE And when you consider the speaker was à tousle-headed, red-coated, tartan- trousered three ventriloquist's doll, bare fect high in his thick crepe savour- soles, well, the remark ed of sheer impudence.

Herman, a black-haired bun- Bob dle of dynamite with a

end of his Hope tilt to the

mind "Don't nose, laughed.

," he said. "He takes his good check from meas

doll should."

14 something This Herman different in the boxing line.

Known to the sporting public in the British Isles as a 112 lb. chunk of fighting man, Vic in by trade a barbor and a mud clan by hobby.

for the

THERE IS NOTHING SPECTACULAR ABOUT JACK YOUNG

The 100,000 crowd at Wembley waited expectantly às the four riders 'coaxed their machines nearer the tapes. The Speedway Championship of the World was at stake and Jack Young of Australia needed only to come second in his final heat to win the title for the second year in succession.

With a roar from their 81⁄2 h.p. engines. the riders were away. Into the lead shot Bob Oakley and there on his tail was Jack Young, unbeaten in any of his previous four rides. Would Young try for another victory or would he content himself with second place and the Cham pionship?

The UNSWET SOCI became evident as they roared around the track. Oakley set the pace

and

follow.

Young was content

HL great effort had

W.P. Tsui And

Been made in an earlier heat. Mrs Litton Win

when he beat Freddo Willlars, the 1050 Champion, In grand- stand finish on

the Inst bend.

Now Young was satisfied with the two points which gave him.

the title.

Mixed Doubles

By masterful strategy, Mrs E That is the man all over. Litton and W.P. Taul beat Mrá Theru is nothing spectacular. Took and K.C. Dao 6-2, 7-5 about his technique. He travels in the final of the Colony Mixed fast but without apparent peril.Doubles played at Ladies' Re- His great attribute is the ability | creation Club yesterday, · to produce results. Ho wins, wing and wins again.

Dao

Tsut The veteranıs

(former Colony champion) and FINER LEVEL Speedway supporters may feel (former Shanghai champion) de that the lack of high speed lighted with hard drives and cornerings with legs a-trailing, crisp volleys.

flying cinders and numerous

Both the men form

splls which were their lot be- fore the war have taken some

thel

were in great and did most of the courte, whilet out of the sport. They get coverage of the

however, the ladies hugged the net in the compensation, from mon like Jack Young who hope of killing a stray shot. Few produce o higher quality of rac- came their way and the game ing and a finer level of achieve was mostly fought out between ment.

the men.

Married, with two children,

Young came to England in 1849

Mrs Litton played a sound

to ride for Edinburgh, in the game but Mrs Tsok appeared to second division. He wiped up be playing below form.

So successfully The winners won their first set twelvemonth he easily,

the opposition

that within

was the envy of every club in games. the country.

Last year

conceding only

LONG DUELS

two

in a sensational However, playing inspired ten- triple-tle which necessitated anis Mra Tsok and Dao quickly ride-off, he became the first man took the first two games in the to win the World Championship second set, but their play de- teriorated and Mrs Litton and while with a Second Division Tsui smashed in to take the next

club.

the Shanghai champion levelled A serious bout is out of the build up to eight one when At the beginning of the present three. However, on Dao's service,

season he was transferred to next six he's perfectly fit and at last question

games weeks. Why? Vie is taking a he's found what he considers West Ham in the First Division at 3-3, but the winners went un

to be the correct remedy, for a record fee of £3,750 and to take the next two body-building course to put ou

within And how doen Scable, all

couple of months had after some long duels, ..ས weight.

the Match Race champion- added

Mrs Tsok here found her spruced up in brand new paint! FIRST SINCE WILDE

and a well-cut sult, foci about ship to his world title, beating form and sent over some win- Dil you get that? The little his sponsor going into battle? Ronnie Moore, the 18-year-old ning smashes. The losers took

"Ahm reconciled,"

Tasmanian who.

for the ninth and the tenth games fellow is worried because he

poundage! He's nounces "Scoble in broad Wimbledon.

| but failed to maintain their form can't put on

No rider has ever won the two thereafter. The winners made to probably the only flyweight in Scots accent. "Vic says if sh captivity and the first man gio him ten percent oma titles in the same year, and until mistake with the next two games since Jimmy Wilde who has wages fur actin as my agent Young's success at Wembley which they took for set and

25 he'll gle me percent of no rider had pulled off the match. Vic

has been grievously his purses, fur actin' as hiạ”** Championship troubled by his inability to

-(London Exprata Hervice) years.

had that trouble.

But now there are very few inside forwards who can open up the game as Jesse Pye and Jimmy Duna

did in those golden days at Molineux. More and more sides are following Got the short-passing fashion entering the lists on even grounds with the Gremlins, who are re-up by Tottenham Hotspur and WINE ported to be short of several of Manchester United. They are the teams who can be caught their regulars,

Watch out this season for the so easily in the crafty defen- Mure important, the Club has Dorians too and remember the sive net.

And they are exactly the fact that Recreio are unlikely to into already set

operation conching Sub-Committee, headed indulge again in over-confidence. sides who would benefit from a

In the Gremlin camp there is free area in midfield. by Mr J. E. P. Blenkinsop and Ft.-L. R. J. B. Roach and this a shortage of talent and the perhaps 30 yards in which they could not be caught offside, sub-committee is already getting whole Gremlin plus Widget or-

tractive attacks with down to

to the business of laying ganisation stands at the moment, they could develop their at

greater 22 warriors. um told, at exactly aut a coaching and training pro-

Victorians freedom. It is, after all, goals Crighton's Joan

tor and not free-kicks which pro- Kramune.

the services of Mr Blenkinsop has already have acquired established a reputation in the former King George V caplain vide. Soccer's thrills. I am all-Tam," caching line, among his charges and centre-forward Valerie Jillott in favour of any development

of 1-3 instead of 1-0. and will soon have Ruby Scott which might lead to a Stephen being

back on the wing. But, they Xavier, our Champlon sprinter,

valuable have lost two most now recovering from an ankle

Tam- inside-forwards in Adi injury;

Ft.-L..

gone worth and Claire Negus. has through a Loughborough College How did the world's fastest

A third course on coaching, member of the coaching sub-woman, Marjorie Jackson, dis- committee is Mrs Van Vliet who cover the Kowloon Cricket Club? long story, more com- will look after some of the field

plicated evon than that of how

assured Exciting football is events.

An invitation is being extended we discovered she was there on

Wednesday afternoon, but it today when the quarter-finals, to F/Sgt. K. E. Wake, the field started with her having known semi-finals and anal of the events all-rounder, to give a

Seven-A-Sido

'commission to portray James (of helping hand. Volunteers who no other than our and KCC's old Stanley Shield

Soccer Competition Carmichael, M.P. for Bridge ean coach any particular event friend, A. E. P. "Bertie" Guest Chority

home country.

are played off on

the Club ton, in her

Glasgow, are welcome on the "staff,"

Marjorie will

be returning Ground, commencing 2 p.m.

In an off moment you will On conclusion of the from Japan via Hongkong after

final,

catch him with a lump of put- October 15 and the chances are the trophy will be presented to

ty, moulting it into strange winning team by will see her in action the

Mrs shapes Herman's first steps in that

sculpture or you may find him through a

The first game between Army chipping away with a new set

China (B) of wood-carving tools. (B) and South

ANNIVERSARY GIFT should produce a keen tussle, with the odds slightly in favour

the Chinese. of

Following this game, Kowloon Motor Bus (B) will meet Kwong Wah. On performances to date, the busmen should qualify for the semi-fanis.

Roach

It's

a

Stanley Shield

Final

Today

He has played instrumcals the bagpipes Included of course ever since he was quite a Ittle shaver back home in the Gorbals,

Singles To Be

Be Included

In Three Divisions Of

Badminton League

an-

in

rides

successive Results of Club tournament 2 good-looking, matches played yesterday were: Mixed Doubles: JLP. Wallis lightly-bullt man of 20, has and Mrs Kite beat E. Zulauf and now won every "major_honour Mrs Calderara 6-2, 6-4. that Speedway has to offer, For

Men's Singles: K. Greene beat In addition to his individual 3. Hanicbos 6-0, 0-0. successer he has captained Aus- trulla in Tests against, England.

AT HIS FEET

The Speedway world is at his feet. His popularity cannot be doubted. When he rode in to the pits after his Championship Immediately Victory he was

was obvious.

anxious

and to con-

WEEK-END

TEAMS

Their sincerity The following are Club sélec

tions for League Cricket; and

Both singles and doubles matches will be included in besieged by fellow-riders the forthcoming Colony Inter-club Men's A, B, and C mechanics

are due to start gratulate him, Division Badminton Lengues, which some time next month.

hand what a reception awaited Lawn Bowls Ixtures.

the presentation when, after of the

Cup by Sir William Slim, Australia's hext Governor- 2nd XI v Kowloon at King's Park on Saturday at 4.30 pa—HP.D. General, he

he and the two runners- Ozario (Captain), P..N. da Alya, aboard the Guterres M.A. Guterres, HF. Özdrio, jumped

IJ B.A. D'Amada Remedios,

A new event to be introduced this year will be a Men's "C" Division Doubles League for C division players who do not play in the singles-doubles league.

CRICKET RECREIO

...

These were among the revised | Kwok, Z. Tack, O. el Arculll were up, Freddie Williams and Don 95) Daro, A

Oakley Casually you learn hg is also league rules which were adopted | re-elected Hon. Vice-Presidenta Wembley tractor which sweeps D'Aknada Remedios, J.A. Soares, C. a procient oil-painter with a at the Annual General Meeting while newly elected Hon. Vice the track for a victory ride round A. Yvanovich,

A month back his attractive wife Fay presented him with wedding Mr Coble as n drst anniversary gift.

Result-ventriloquism is No. 1 on the Herman variety, bill.

So easily has two-fisted Her mon taken to his two-voiced

be 'featured in a West night club mo

the Hongkong Badminton | Presidents were Messrs. Denis H.

South Hazel and F. H. Kwok. Association held at the China Morning Post Boardroom yesterday.

the stadium.

Mixed

was

д

The Annual Report of the The revised League rules also Association for the past season, make necessary the registration which was unanimously accepted, mentioned inter alia. that the of a minimum of six players in

season the

Doubles, Ladles 1951/1952

New Doubles and Men's "C Doubles memorable one. League, and a minimum of four were broken by me

during the course of the season in the other Men's in introducing

the Colony's badminton enthusiasts and

to world-class The promotion system of pro-

new moling all the members of the

all-time champion team in the lower attendance record was established divisions to higher sub-divisions at the exhibition series featuring for at least the next season is the Malayan players between introduced, and a restriction is

players Divisions of the League.

A

It may have been Young's slowest ride at Wembley. It was certainly his greatest.

|- -{Landon Repriza Bervice)

Colony Swimming Championship

bad-Heats Concluded

EAF 1st XI v Indian ILC. at Bookunpop on Satinder 1.30 p.m.--Squatr Kingsford (Captain), We/Car Kellie- well, Sqn/Ldr Orbell, Fil/Lt Graham, P11/01 Stappard, W/O Waller, Cpi West, A.G. BIL, AC. Derinlon,' A.C. Orbell, 19gt pence. Umpire-Opl MacMahon. Scorer.A.C. Trowell,

2nd XI v loyal Navy at King's Park on Saturday at 130 pm-ty But Goose (Captain), 7/01. Met- calfe, et Mitchell, Bet forshar, W/D Edwards, Cpl Barnett, A.C. Woodward. AC. Tarno nê Ph A.C. Fry. A.C. Sakter. Umpiro Sqn Ldr Bleeck. ScoretÅ‚Æ. RÍOD- good.

The best game in the quarter- | Job, that his cross-talk act will being made to all Colony Open October 20 and November 2, concluded at the Victoria Rẻ- Numlahn

their

of

of

#

1952.

Mo

Women's athletics in Hong- kong will receive a much-needed here. Fossibly a 120 metres run A. McAlpine. boost this season

accidental development. against our feminine sprint stars purely Most of our feminine athletes are covering 100 metres or a relay also League Hockey players and affair against teams of two or

of our fastest girls. three both the Women's Hockey League

With 20 metres more to cover, and the athletic meets used to be

Marjorie will have a job of it Sunday affairs.

With only This should bring back into catching our girls.

métres moto-curious' but

The heats of the forthcoming star 16 the athletic fold such

Li XI v RAJ, at Sookumpoo on sprinters

trup-she may not hit the tape

1.30 pmÂÂ" as Hilary Hale and

Colony Swimming Championships Baturday hrst.

A. R. Kitchell, A. B. Shirley Winterton, who, I hear,

Our men are too fast for her,

MA Rahim Abbas, M. I Samad, creation Club yesterday.

M. Yusut samad, K. Nazarin, A. K. may be going away soon, and

matter what legends on others

Unlike the three previous days mail, A. R. Inail, B. R. Khan, might have no who

End Championship junior and senior some

finals should be that between Marjorie's speed this colure may Kowloon Motor Bus (A) and

The Report added that on of the heats, no records were 5. A. Ismall, Umpire. M. Dutt. tzied athletics but preferred the

title winners from participating

Scorer. M, Wahab. build, and it is doubtful that

barber Yes, the demon | Army (A). The League.

soldiers, who

in any Junior Division league for November 22, 1052 the Associa- broken.

Those who qualified for the Anata and University at "Soalan- the the Aght-raill is a man

at least fivo years after their tion traversed further, ground on

wore as follow Mario Meikle, the Gremlin Marjorie could have made the

on Bunday at 1.30 pm-M. A. parts. final in the Colony 100 Metres are strong favourites for

the road to International com- Men's 100 forward, is a good high and long (Men's) Championship last April. Shield, can be relied upon to

winning the title.

zards Free-style. Wabati A. Rashid Abbas M., A.

Kenry

Bux. M. Yaqub Bamad, A. ""D. Occasionally he grows all out to eliminate one of jumper by local standards and

Among the important changes petition when I arranged for a Cheung Kin-man Wortisnal So nolther our boys nor our

beard as an outward expres- most

In the Rules of the Association group of local players and en- the Fortune) Lam Kwan-ngar Ebrahim, T. El Chibs. 8. 7. Chagia, girls need feel too discouraged

dangerous rivals,

(CYMCA) Wuillain, Teo · (Portuna), B. Aboo, M. Sany, B. E. M. Bax, Actor Humjahn. Umpire, K. M. The last match in the quarter-slon of his artistle feelings.

to made at the Meeting were the thuslants to visit Malays to watch and Lam Kam-shing (Hol, 710) about not being in world class.

pitted

Ho may not have time finals will see Club (A)

Women's 100 yards Tree-style Om LAWN BOWES (B). Although

think of fighting now, but alteration of the financial year the Thomas Cup semi-finals Wong Yuk-bing (Fortuza), Suzanne

participate in against Eastern

Favor Hewson (CYMČA); "Cynthia

HKFC mentions from Sept. 1-August 31 to July Anal, and also to the Chinese have a powerful whenever anybody

League match v Kowloon Bowling Green Club at Hopper Valley Non Cheong Kin-man and Cynthia combination on paper, it is felt the British dyweight title, ro-1-June 30, and the provision for the Unofficial World Champion-VRC), Chan Ching-muls(Fortina)

Men's 200 yards Breast strokeASaturday at 4 p.m. II.L.B... Dyw Eager for not having recorded that it Club adopt the right cently left vacant by the re the Annual General Meeting to ships at Kuala Lumpur between and Vaness Gutes (CYMCA)

tirement of the West more fully their record-breaking tactles, they should

Hartie be held

the month of June 4 and June 7.

Yeung-wan (CYMCA). So Chi-la! biggin, KD, Balcer, EF, Goe, LG. come out pool publican, Teddy Gardner, August year, so as to give Other prominent highlights of (SCAA), Young Pul-kuen (Fortima), Young: A. Verraŭ, X.A BAZIT, R.C. performances of the past few

Builer, F. MaCutcheon; 5. Riddell, Herman's wistful look shows the in-coming Committee more the past season mentioned in the and Vanessa Ghee (CYMCA)

Women's 100 yards Backstroke, W. McColl,.0.1. 5b3., J. Gioan. days in the heats of the Colony on top, in this tussle. Swimming Championships.

quite plains that he still has time to make preparations for the Report were the invitation ox-

Giáo Sn veo (forum), Wizabach

KEGO cham season. The quorum for Execu- tended last year to the two Grant (EYMCA), Kwok Ngandrung

· Leaguo match v Hongkong Toolbati hopes of securing that

tive Committed Meetings of the Philippine players, who were the YMCA). Cathla (VIC) Cho it Happy Valley on Eura

kod Fung Ying-cheo (CYMCA).

at 9:30 pmlčí, Volchsuri, 7XL. Muir, Association was

first foreign competitors in the women and Treats A. Harvey L. Robertson; A. Boiled reduced from fret 30% to six members,

European Hongkong Open Championships, TateChinese YMCAS

P. 2. Gadai, TIL Brown, 0.C. Kummira The election of once-boarers the successful experiment of the YMCA. Ching Wing Union, Fortuna

W.C. Simpson. for the coming year resulted as into the Men's "A"

introduction of singles games DivLion follows:

President Mr Wal Kee-yan League, and the very ralitying Mrs Turpin Seeks

to the Schoolboys' Vice-President Mr W. Gillesponse Hon. Secretory-Mr RT Championships. The afflation in last year's Schoolboys'

A Separation!

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Special Cash Sweep on the Kwangtung Handicap

*

This column · apologises to

Time was

when the Cheong-

Saturday, 11th October, 1952. Eager duo only made it a habit Pamela Davies Wins

of taking a fraction of a second Tickets in the above at or one or two of their-old re-

English Women's

$2.00 each may be obtained cords. Now it's become a matten Golf Championship at tho Cash Sweep Offices of of a half-dozen or a dozen

the Club at:--

second and there seems to bo

Westward Ho,

Devon, Oct. 2.

Mien Pamela Davies, of!]

plonship for Scolland.

QUEEN MOTHER REGISTERS

HER COLOURS: London, Oct. 2

today The Racing Calendar

Molher

Caring

It'u hardly, news any more. Coventry, 22-year old former stated that the Queen When one of them stops, tho

girl champion, today won the has registered her colours for (reselected); appropriate heading will be

events

and

1.

...

Rugger Results

London, Oct. 2,

382 Nathan Road. Kowloon. "Has....reached his/her Umit? English. Women's Golf Cham-le under the National Hunt Hon. Assi, Secretary-Mr. 2. A; of three new clubs was report. British lightheavyweight Rugby Union matches played".

Telephone House, lát Floor

no end in sight to this theft of lime.

6 D'Aguilar Street -

Over

· 200,000. Lickets sold

H. MBA,

Sosrotary.

date.

Following were the romits of the Report. And who's wearing one of these plonship, when she beat Miss Rules as blue and buff stripes, Abbas

black

Treasure-Me P. H. The Statement of Accounts and middleweight, boxing titles today: USAREN and gold спр

which was also unanimously holder, Randolph Turpin, tebe Cheltenham, 16 Gloucetter to "Dan't I tell you?" expressions Jacquelino, Gordon, alx and five blue sierver,.

0.-Pinzin.co. These were

Hon. League Secretary-Mr Cadopted ahowed an exces of In- ing sued for a judicial separation Redruth the colours

como „over" expenditure of by, his wKEYE carried under the Jockey, Club Lam Rules by her horses last season. It. A. Bilen, Aw Swan, D.fund of $12,587.94.

Mesars, S. A Gray, Daniel $9,984.00 and a total accumulated The action is defendad Pontypridd Abertillery Of

Renter

in, the 30 holes final hero,

thal's about a mile wide? No

Mis Davis turned one up and olher than dur Olymple coach, on the use at the alet, having "Lucky"! Rose,

taken the previous three holes "RECORDER" Router,

--Heutor.