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SENIOR AND JUNIOR SHIELD SEMI-FINALS THE FEATURE OF THE WEEK-END'S SOCCER

By "SPIV

The Senior and Junior Challenge Shield semi-finals of the 1952- 1963 season are this week-end's special soccer faré.

Heading the programme is the Army-South China Senior match this after- noon at the Club ground, starting at 3.45 p.m.

SNOOKER

Tomorrow at the same time; and pince, Eastern will fight it out with Kwong Wah to decide the other Senior Analists.

By Horace Lindrum prospects for both the Shich

(World Professional Snooker Champion)

Course

corner

If the position I left you with last week had been a problem actually confront- ing you during the of your game, your firat stroke should have been to pot the easy red into the bottom left-hand pocket. Giving the cue-bail plenty of top left-hand side, its action after making con- tact with the red would have been to ricochet off the bottom cushion and across the table to close position on the black as shown, XI.

career

Lee

and Mok Chan-wah in the forward line.

with early tackling of their op- | posing wing-halves where the source of most damage to them will come.

of

Army's line-up will be Grins ford; Barlowe, Stevens: Hunt, Casey, Amold, Wells; Adams, Gray, Longland and Osborne,

THE CHINÀ MAIL, SATURDAY,' 'FEBRUARY 7, 1953.

South China Face A Stiff Battle With The Jaguars. Tomorrow Afternoon

By "KEYSTONE

Regular Softball League activities resume. this week end after an enforced period of idleness as a result of the inclement weather last week.

Highlight of Senior "A" Division. fixtures is the stiff battle the Jaguars are expected to put up against the second-placed South China squad...

Red Pereira's Jags succumbed to the Nam Wah boys by daily the narrowest of sergirs in a first round encounter, and will be out to erase the ignominy of their nrevious defeat with a hoped-for upset. With all pressure off their shoulders, the Inga may accomplish just that, and also write finis to what Pennant dreams South Chhin may have been cherishing this season.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB EIGHTH RACE MEETING 1952/53 Saturday, 7th February, 1953.

South China, who are strong! This will also give them д

better depth in their covering! and League Senior utles this movementa

Two other Major League after twilight dinners should they

defent for the Cape. Presently lose season, will start as favourites control of the ball and a more with

games are down for decision, out further play.

squeezed in between the leaders in their encounter with Army effective scheme

teetering Madcap The play-off tomorrow after and the also-rins, the Caps will drawing latest thin afternoon and are expected | centre-half Ko Po-keung out of Warriors

to play the third-spot noon should settle once and for shoot for a surprise win over to have Eastern as their opposition.

tomorrow morning all the final occupant of the the tough Warriors' in an

effort while St. Joseph's take on the owly second last place in this to hoist themselves to ponents in the final.

a more Both Adams ori Stevens are after the lunch-hour break.

Chinese rear-guard

Athletics division,

exalted position in the division. In their recent League match, fast and forceful enough South

Best game for

of the Junior

Rumour has it that the Capa China triumphed over such a game.

VITAL GAME An early goal,

Division will be the Griffins-will have avaliable the services Army by three gools to nit and which could then be maintain-

The mid-day fixture features Dodgers fracas, These wa If we go by the line-ups and ed as long as possible,

of their star player of yesteryear, the fourth

rth and vit

vitally current forms of the two teams give as a genit chance in portant game of the five-game fits are presently tied for first Sequeira, who will be in town

would

Im heavy-hitting, fast-moving cut- former It is very unlikely

batting-uitlist Rene. S. AHLUWALIA & SONS གམ་ that Army the third quarter of the game,

Ladies'

Senior Championship place in the Minor loop, each on vacation leave will improve on that score.

Series. This bitterly-contested having dropped two games thus

housed

pennant hopes were South China will be streng-

Barlowe will have to do bet-tournament featured tight, see-

saw battles between

with thened with the return of Chiu fer than he did last time in the ow

fourth the Old

"The "Black Magic" Dodgers defeat at the hands of the Cher-wing and will field their use of their wings and keep on arch-rivals, the Squews, in all Grifins on games percentage full of fight as ever, and will

defence and If Army make full Champlon Wahoos and

their

are slightly ahead of the Queen Braves, the Warriors are still as full team out with 'au Kung pounding the goolmouth from previous meetings. ying in goal, Chiu Chor-wing

peints, but and Lau Yee the backs, Tong the sides, they should still make

a reverse would be out to prove that their The score now stands at two topple them off their tandem previous victory was no matter Sheung, Ko Po-keung and Seong a closer gume out of it,

to che in favour of the Green perch on the top rung and leave of Ling-sing the folves, and Lee

chance, Jucky another Owis, and

setback the Griffins ruling the Junior With the infleld bolstered by would be fatal to the yellow-reost. Kwong-ming.

Yuk-tek,

recent reinforcements and ntere wok yang-lek, Yue Cheuk-in

able decision would again even lethal array of heavy sticks, but behind shirted Squaws, while a favour- The Griffins possess the more all-round speed and

I their bats, the Warriors matters and force a play-off of the peppy Dodgers seem to hold are tipped to carry the day in the deciding Afth game for the a compensating edge in safer, this coveted title in the distaff more polished defensive team-

BILL OF FARE division.

work.

The nightcap game will be the Consequently, roofers for both A tight struggle is indicated main bill of fare tomorrow, with teams will be out in full force in this needle tilt, the outcome South

China again. throwing to give their favourites moral of which

may well and vocal support.

see the their Pennant chances into the crowning of a new Champion melting-pot against the Jaguars. are restricted

Senior "B" Division doings in the Junior League.

On paper, the Jaguars futni to two tits for

all the requirements of the week end. with the

APPETISING FARE espiring

The morning game tomorrow has Americans

quito unexpected pitted against the Red Sox this between Buster Holland's Mad collapse of team-morale which afternoon and the Pondos tang caps and the Warriors will precipitated an ling with the Wildares at the provide the enger fans

with cession of unceasing suc- hard-to-swallow-de- towor end of the "B" League plenty of appetising softball feats. ladder.

Sare

For sheer bad luck and close, With the Sox rejuvenated by In their first encounter, the heart-breaking defeats, the the welcome mound,

retur. of canny Madcaps ran up a top-llcavy Jaguars are rivalled only by the hurler Jock Brown to the score of no less than eight runs (equally hard-up Pandos. botter keep starp watch

the Americans had in the very first inning only to But now that Pennant-race for see this, seemingly untouchable pressiner iso, Maniger Red possible upsets, especially in lend whittled away run by rin Pereira may be able to whip up losses. view of recent crippling player in subsequent Innings by the some of the old fight in his squad

for the coming bottle. never-say-dle Warriors. Inst encounter, the Pandas and Wildfires called it sided victory

What started off as

Seeing that they will be facing a lop-

an"ancient":- well-hated, enemy, finally ended in quite with the score knotted another frustrating edge out the Jags are very likely to gum the works for South China with a long-awaited win.

did

Potting the block is

Army by no

not Jave 1 means easy because cue-ball con- i impressive passage Inlo the trol is vitally important for guin- semi-final, only just managing ing position on the yellow. How to edge out RAF by one goal to ever, I would play the back intoil, but did much better in their the bottom right-hand corner pocket with speed and running- side on the white, to come off the

bottom

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CUK-

BALL

GREEN

BRound

right side baulk cushion on to the

cushion and

50 into position for potting the yellow into the bottom right-hand comer pocket, X3.

The next stroke would be to pot the yellow into the bottom right-hand corner pocket, screw- ing the cue-ball on to the right- hand side baulk cushion with sufficient speed to get the white into position for the green, X3. Your next position stroke is 3. most important one for gaining the remainder

colours; of the therefore, utter the green har been patted into the middle left- hand pocket, the cuc-ball should be left in position for a cut stroke on the brown, X4.

The.cut stroke angle which i have let you will enable perfect cue ball positiarting for the blue. To pot the brown into the middle right-hand pocket, it should be played with speed and running side. The cue ball will accelerate If the boulk side cushion to make contact with the bottom and loft-alde cushions, career across the table on the top right-hand Bide cushion and come into

position for the blue, X3.

You then sädross the cue-ball on the extreme right, for potting

the blue into the top right-hand

corner pocket, and finish

League · match against South China than the 3-0 score would indicate.

They held their opponents to only a 1-0 lead in the first hall, end both Hunt and Gray missed at least four goals between them. They will be without Williams, Pownall and Marston this after noon and will be fielding three w players-Grinsford, Arnold and Longland-In place of them,

SPIRIT'S THERE

Although the odds are against them, Army are a team with one outstanding merit-fighting

quailty. They never play better than when against heavy odds and this afternoon, with nothing to lose and everything to gain,

bold change of tactics give them much better chance of pulig off an upset.

may

In a 90-minute inalch, Army have in the past always relied until holding their towards the end of the second

01

half.

own

SHOULD BE CLOSER

Tomorrow's match between Eastern and Kwong Wah is ex- pected to be much

closer, though probably not reaching the standard of this afternoon's game.

for-

In their first round League come out easy match Eastern winners by 4-1, but in their return encounter, on Jan. 10, Eastern were extremely

for tunate to get away with a 2-2 draw after being 1-0 and 2-1 down at the beginning of each half. Easterds equalising second goal creme only seven minutes from the end.

round team, with an especially Eastern have the better all

strong forward line in Ho Ying- fan, Le Kavck-tal, Chang Kim hol, Chu Wing-keung and Hau Ching-to.

Their vulnerable spots, hot- ever, arc the two wing-holt berths and Lee Ping-chlu and Chan Ka-an11, the two backs, though steady in their heading and in the fackle are a little slow when caught on the run.

Against them will be pitted Instead of following this the strong datensive Kwong general line of play, Army could Wah XJ, whose fast and youth- probably do bolter by playing ful forward line is perhaps the an offensive game from the very most unpredictable in the whole beginning and wresting

reaching the League,

times the but falling right from midfeld peak of brilliance

aff to mediocrity at other times.

hitiative

You To Play Until Next Week

BLUZ

in

GREEN

BROWN

position for the pink, XG..

The block is now on its own spot, and when playing the pink Into the top left-hand

comer pocket you should strike the cue- Call high with a follow-through rue-adtion to come off the top left-hand side cushion to finish in perfect position for potting the black into the top right-hand corner pocket, X7.

INDIAN TOUR

As a result of my recent tour of India I have received many enquiries as to the standard of play

In this country, where, incidentally,

game of

the

Snooker Brat originated gained

is

The Impression I have

|that" la billlards"and snooker

India is ori

with any other

English-speaking Müzi

community in

the world that a very

The game has

highlevel, and. I must pay tribute to those amateurs who, teaching

themselves,

reached great

have

heights in the

guards India has reached

In

a stage where it is possible that players will be able to beat CVérong champions.

Climatic conditions Targely influence the games, and owing to the beat play is not always cary", but and humidity often affect the speed of the table, althuigh Indiats players seem to have mastered the mitum tion well.

TATA ANA TATT AVGU

CUR-BALL OCED

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YELLOW

Practise cue-ball con- trol from the position set out in this diagram, How would

you go about it? (Next week Horace Lin- drum, will demonstrate what he would do).

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In their

First Division

Cricket

League Championship Be Decided Today May Be

By "THE ZOMBIE"

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South China's line-up. hardly changed all in the past three seasons, will feature slow-ball artist C. Wong on the slab. with "One Bounce" S. C. Wong receiving behind the plate.

The infield, a tried and true quartet, will comprise rubber- Jointed C. of. Trang at first, Y. T. Chan at the keystone. Rabbit Leung et short and Y. K. Chan at the hot corner. The outfeld patrol will include galloping P. H. Lee and L. C. Poon.

TODAY'S GAMES Junior Division 2.30 p.m. Griffins-v,-Dodgers;·

Bextor "B" Division

The Senior Division Cricket League Championship 35 Bantams v. CAA. On their dorm in the quarter- finals, Eastern should quality may be decided this afternoon when the holders, Hong- for the final by A narrow keng Cricket Club Scorpions, clash with their clubmates sex. margin,

and current League leaders the Optimists.

TODAY'S MATCHES

Challenge Shield Semi-skonta Senior: Army v South Chinal (Club-3.45 p.m.)

Junior: REME (Club-2 p.m.)

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A repeat win by the Optimists will place them in an almost unassailable position, although they still have three hard matches in their way those against CCC, Recreio and RAF.

A win for the Scorpions will, Leach will have to work doubly however, make pozalble a more hard to get the runs. Kitchee interesting finth to the League: Another Interesting match

1st Division League Club Navy (Navy-4 p.m.)

Club

V

2nd Division "A"

Polico

(Navy

2.30 p.m.)

2nd Division "B" (ILV/4 p.m.)

Western v Jaguars Prisons v Little Sai Wan Yord Police v PCA

RAMC v Gimnastic

CMB v Dockyard

- 3rd Divialon (HV-2.30 p.m.)

Aces v Dairy Farm CAT v AFS Rediffusion v C&W,

I

S & S Tomar v Lane Crawford

TOMORROW

Challenge Shield Semi-finals

for

4.00. p.m.: Americans v. Red

TOMORROW

Junior Division

9.30 a.m.: CAA v. Griffins, 12.30 p.m.: Comets v. Black- hawkes.

Ladles Senior Play-offa (4th Game). 12.30 p.m.: Wahoos v. Squaws. Ladies Junior Championship Serles

9.30 a.m.: CAA v. Pandas.

Senior "B" Division

2.00 p.m.: Pandas v. Wildares.

Benfor "A" Division 11.00 ...

Madcaps

in which at least three toms should be that between Army will be left in close competition and RAF, where Army will have

henours-Scorpions, top

definite advantage over the Optimists and Army,

will be without Airmen, who Should Scorpions win today's their skipper, Squadron-Lender match, and taking that they, the Optimists and Kingsford, temporarily away in Army seemed to have taken

new lease of life during the | Jaguars. weeks and have

for granted

Japan,

Army, who have played each other twice already, win all matches,

the'r

remaining Optimists will finish up with 30 past few points, Scorpions with 55 and decisively won four matches is Army with St.

The

row,

"VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP". TAKING NO CHANCES

The match for the "Valley. Optimists will have exactly the same team

today

Championship" between Craigen that beat the Scorpions by two Club at Sookunpoo should see gower and Indian Recreation wickets ins

first-round match, and the Scorpions are the honours, this year going to!

who Won the taking no chances in their last Craigengower,

the

ditch defence of their title,

first match.

Warriors,

V.

2.00 p.m. St. Joseph's v. CAA 3.30 p.m.: South China

NOTICE -

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

V.

9th Race Meeting 1952/53

THE AINSTY PLATE (For 1953 Ponies) Alee Pearce takes over the The Indians, who are including

of the Scorpions and some new blood in their tour, Entries will be accepted captaincy although they will not have mag still provide their favoured from the owners of those Frank Howarth In this return opponents with come anxious ponies, which may qualify at match, their bowling depart moments, particularly if they ment will be a little stronger manage

to get

Race Meeting, for then the last me with the in- but first

race up till NOON on Tues- rung Horridge.

Craigengower with be further day, 10th February, 1953. The Optimists, however, stul weakened in their bowling by have the edge in the bowling the absence of P. Rugi, who is department, and in what should | Eusy, preparing for his depart.. be a bowler's wicket today, Alce ure to India next Wednesday

and

the 8th

· Cralgengower" fo

Senior: Eastern v Kwong. Wahỉ clitsion of Tony Weller and F. to under, 180eep them down entry. In the above named

(Club -3.43 pan.)

Junior: South China v Eastern (Club-2 p.m.)

2nd Division “A” ·

CAA v RAF (BS-230 p.m.)! Pearce, Stanton, Blokes sha for six months' furlough.......

Cold reception

By Order,

H. MISA,

Secretary.

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·H. HISA,

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