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5 THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 24, 1953.

Soccer EDWIN TSAI & MARY CHOW

kali tessons by the stars”.

of today and' tymorrow

Session

Yes, that header can make you- or break you

by BOB PENNINGTON

CENTRE FORWARD — the flashpoint position. of disaster or triumph. And here to give heart to every faltering leader is the spearhead of England's attack in the compact, taut figure of Bolton's Professor Nathaniel Lofthouse.

Hear that Lofthouse laugh. It is on the same grand scale on the 6ft. 134ins, tall, 13 stone frame of today's assistant master, Louls Bimpson, of LiverpooL

Let the professor (who

Happy, happy Lofthouse. Why?

broke a wrist-bone last October and has since had trouble with it) tell you himself. Says ho

The doctors allowed me to take the plaster cast from my right wrist this week. The bone bas healed and I play for Bolton against Manchester United at Belton tomorrow,

I om

am happy to lead the attack

ward a nightmare role. To me 11

pleamire.

loo. Some call centre for- has brought nothing but Nobody likes a "policeman" breathing down his neck for 9o mhutes al i stretch. Yet if you can break free for just a fleeting second there in always the chance of deciding

The match with one shot.

Shooting-hat's your two-footed test. From

any angle and from any distance where there is

an outside chance of inding the net.

PRACTICE FOR HEAD FLICKS

LEADING

П

can make or break you. Centre halves generally tend to be six-footers. I am 5. Dins, tall and have to make up in jumping and timing what I inek in inches.

At Bolton

our maningar, Bill Ridding, great centre forward in his day, has three foot- balls hanging from the beams under our stand: The height from the ground is varied and dally we practise angled flieks with the side of the head and full-blooded punches from forehead.

Bill looks on critically as we le by and he cun still show how it should be done.

Don't take the old with any axed plan on strategy. There are two types of centre half- those who come with you and those who refuse to wander. Experiment before you decide which game to play.

THE

STRATEGIC TIF

the

ready to seize

n

We had

that clay.

Lofthouse, esjes riveted on the ball, `times his leap to meet a high centre,

Bimpson, the Lancashire lad with the build of a heavy-weight boxer, hammers a punchball datij to improve his timing.

last minuic

A 5-2 victory

NOW. REMEMBER

GED 24, Louir Blmpson is A four years junior to Loft- house, shares the inme, happy temperament in the same tough positon. Says Bimpson:

Never let the crowd get you down especially your home HE leach type of plyot can crowd. They will groan and come unstuck when you mean if you shoot wide, but so stray from the middle Switch few scoring chances come your to the left or right wing, and way in these days of stopper there should be room for either tactics that you must have Inside forward to move up and go at every opportunity. towards the centre for the goal- getting.

Should the centre half refuse to budgo from his beat, that leaves you unmarked and virtually a spare man.

Here are some lessons 1 have

learned the hard way:-

Odds On

Marciano Shorten

SUCCEED ON THEIR THIRD ATTEMPT

Best Final In Many Years

By "ARGONAUT”--

al After: knocking at the door of Championship honours in the event: for two successive seasons in 1950 and 1951, Edwin Teai and Mrs Mary Chow succeeded in winning the Colony Mixed Doubles tennis title yester- day when they edged out their former conquerors, Mr and Mrs Ip Koon- hung, by 6-3, 3-6 and 9-7,

The third final meeting of these two topmost Colony mixed doubles combina- tions produced the best final in many years and perhaps in the whole history of the Mixed Doubles Championship.

:

Nata

Taking exactly 83 minutes service by 50-15.

On Teal's next service, an out- Mary was quickly in a 0-40 shot by Mrs Ip and a misunder- to be completed, it was replete with bright, high-powered deficit in the fourth game when standing between her and Ip gavo tennis of a very high standard Thai overhit and noited two lobs Teal a 30-0 lead. Mary Chow that reached a thrilling climax by Mrs Ip. and In scored with the nested a drive by Ip, but set within match in the 38-minute third set.

a follow-up backland volley Ts brought the Set points shifted from one Although she crept up to 30-40, point when Ip netted a volley side

to the other amidst hushed Mary conecded the gama when during an exciting rally. allence, from the gallery which she overdrove a short, backhand, burst out in thundering cross by Ip. ovation as Mory Chow come to the aid of her almost exhausted,

Ip lost his next service game

lead at 3-2, Ho

it brillant parber with a long to enable his opponents to take forchand drive that caught Mrs the Ip in a fruitless half-valley to return end the set nid match,

Ip

sult

comer to cover.

With both men

men equally dead-

An intercepting volley by Ip sooned, and running all over the court Ip brought the game to backhand volley. druce with a

Two muccessive errors by Trul gave the lps, montary relief na the score was tevelled at 5-5.

Mrs Ip held her service game take the lead at ho by 50-15 to

notted.

and

an

to his service although he recovered with

notted

Mrs

SECOND SET

little too Chow

an overdrive by overdrive by

Mary

THE FINALISTS

"

From the left Mrs Ip Koon-hung, Ip Koon-hung, Edwin. Tsai and Mrs Mary Chow-China Mail: Photo.

BRITAIN CAPTURES

METRES 6,000 RELAY RECORD

London, Sept. 23. Great Britain set a new world record for the 6,000

with a time of 15 minutes 27.2 seconds. Metres Relay at the White City Stadium hero tonight

The previous record was 15 minutes 39,2 geconds made by a Swedish team in 1949;

The British four were Ralph Dunkley, David Law, Gordon Pirie and Bill Nankeville.

The

*Swedish quartel

the ps within was

English League Win 5-0

At Belfast

The triangular attempt on the.

Belfast, Sept. 28. The

Football English

the League beat

Irish

FIRIE AGAIN

her Nankevilla.

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- Outstanding were ip Koon-ace and an error by Teal, 8.5, but Mary Chow came back hung and Edwin Tsai, both of overhit a drive-volley and was with the same score on her whom adopted the same pattern followed by Mrs Ip netting of play in straddling the fare another volley. A smash by Ip service and again the score was court and scaring wills all-out to the net on Mrs Chow's fob deadlocked at 6-6.

Adeuce game on Ip's service smashes, volleys, and drives to ended the game,

saw the: Ips again in the lead weak returns, especially by the

Keeping up a relentless attack at 7-0. Jady partners,

Tsai's next servico game saw and Mrs Ip at the base, (77) TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT scoring with a drop shot and the Ips within match-point at Teal showed tremendous in-volleys at the net, Tsai served 30-40 lp them had the bad

Aberg, provement from

bis previous to a 40-15 lead, and then lapsed luck to mishit a backhand inter-

Into two successive double-capting volley which was easily Ingvar Eriksson, Olle

Toro years' form and was yesterday

Lundberg And Suno ile

made up with an put away by Tenl. an equal if not superior to the faults.

overhead smash

A thrilling rally ensued with Karlsson, which also took part redoubtable who, though ove

and a drlyc

team, roturaed 15. retaining his usual speed at the along the middle to widen the Tsai putting in the final touch in the attempt together with a

with a spectacular ball-volley German

to also net, lacked his usual accuracy lead to 4-2, and confidence In his

Mrs Ip staved an 0-30 selback drive along the sideline. Ip minutes 29,0 seconds ground

netted a. formhand drive better the official record, In the next set ond, capitalising then strokes.

The German team, consisting Teal was

even more deadly on two errors by Tsai and an- and once again the score stood

2|of H. Lawrenú, Rolf Lamera, with his overhead smashes, and other by Mary Chow, held the level at 7-7.

hor Mrs Ip fallod to hold which

and Werner volleys

Gunther Dohrow packed much game with an Intercepting smash

service game despite gallant Lueg, clocked 15 minutes. 40.8 more power in them, and has by Ip.

and Ip in Mary Chow was conspicuous in attempts by her

seconds.. added to his, repertoire of force-

the game to deuce ful strokes a flashing fat-racket the eighth game when she pass- forcing forehand that time and agats ed Ip at the net on two occa-after being 15-40 down.

to The thrilling climax came in record was held in conjunction brought him beautiful winners sions to bring the score

to the 16th game of the third set with the floodlit inter-city League (Northern Ireland) deuce. In look the overhead with Mary Chow serving. The athletics match between London by five goals to nil here to along the right side-line..

Double-faults, however, game point with an

Ips took an early 30-0 lead, only and Stockholm tonight. plagued his otherwise vastly im-smash but tamely

night after leading three with to see their opponents drawing proved form, although yesterday Chow's next service

nil at half time. a volley New York, Sept. 23.

they

were limited

backhand short cross, Mrs Ip level at to only five. big Improvement could trove out the next service and by Tan 20-30 through a v

In Dublin iho Locigué of Ires The odds on Rocky Mar- If

any

The Foundation of the record land (Ebre) boat a strong Woith backhand sideline drive to ciano retaining his World have been made on yesterday's

Hold by Gordon Pirie, League him after leading 2-0 of match, it was Heavyweight Championship department. เท The Ladies' the service was just

but Ip lobbed her Britain's Six, Miles world record in time. It was the first Inter With both men long.

the tivo on the League match between, who, running Roland against

Tsal and Mrs Chow completed next service well within reach holder, Do not fall back under even here

LaStarza directing their foreing shots on

third leg. turned a deflelt of ten countries for 18 ykere, tomorrow shortened them, the ladies were subjected the first set in 20 minutes by of Tsal the heaviest pressure, except to

A short forehand cross drive yards into an advantage of eight scored three goals for the Exligh Nat Lafthours, cenite-forward, mark the centre half at throw- today from four to one on

to quite a gruelling time despite breaking through Ip's service

by Mary Chow

from the yards by the time he had hand League and Harod: Hasend the Ins; never head goalwards when to five to one on.

the fact that they were through with a love game.

milde at the baseline left Ip ed over the

baton to Bolan inside-left, scored two, Ono inside story with a

given only a small out the game c belter

and brought strategic

standing Marciano le expected to be an you can head back to a tip. England's team

Though the Irish League, di } placed colleague. Waiter Winterbottom, boss,

even stronger favourite by the

Ip was more in his element again, within set point. into the Shoot low goalkeepers are me the fighters step

thrilling rally she

thrilling last les, not provide a real test for the advised me to ile back deep in

ly at the forecourt, the ability of an aggresive game in the overdoneus was again Nankeville held off the chal English side, they deserved at the Wembley international more often beaten by a medium-ring for the 15 rounds bout at the

Polo Grounds,

of the women not only to return second set, when Mira 1p began called. Tepi's drop shot failed lenge of Bweden's Champion, leon gol. Our in match

agalast Wales last strength. placed shot. than

|fierce belt they can ́tip over the Inarest in the fight continued these forceful shots but return them strongly with placed shots ong Mr Jin Noris,

more pace in her shots permit the goal- to mount The idea was for me to draw keeper to clear the ball

BOBS DOES WELL the world's fastest 1,500 Metres Smyth of Disutio, akceper an-President of the promoting Inter- became the deciding factor.

Scoring the first point on Another

*Goggo

former Ray Daniel and

Robh the push

Mrs tional Booting Club, predicted:

was the

ame the los tenderstanding by so far clocked this your

weak ro weaker of Tsal's op handogs, drive. might, which was put owner by challenged → legitimate hares5= behind him as he advanced.

amateur International who is with a Daniel, however, stayed puting often means hle pass going fight ticket sales would the two ladies in this respect,

bring - Ka at least $300,000 Lacking the speed and low short Mrs Ip forced Tent into a couple Toni and Mary, Chow scored the

now a professional, with: Totten and the plan was changed.to the wrong man your man,

(£107,142).

drives of her vis-a-vis as well of errors with her sudden winning point with Class dismiss.

a similar

ham Hotspur, had a very Fatig 0,000 GATE

as speed and case in execution change of pace, and although forehand cross drive as in the

factory game and may ena full England cop, against Wales Ho estimated that, if the of her strokes.

Teal drew level to deuce with earlier part at this game. weather was good, the total gate

Playing from the baseline an "ace, he double-faulted his | 3047

THE RESULTS receiptu would be $400,000 throughout the whole game, next service and lost out to an

The League of Ireland, alde, (£142,850) or better.

she would have lielped her part- | Intercepting volley by Ip.

The results

Though the times of the in-made up of part time footballers, of yesterday's "With a minimum guarantee ner a great deal in wresting the

Ip again dropped his service matches were:

dividual runners were not work well deserved their unexpected of $100,000 (£35,714) for offensive from the opposition

Colony Mixed Doubles Anal: Edwined out, it is understood that win over the Weish team, com theatre-TV, Mr. Norris said, had she come forward los hor game by 16-40. g. a result

Tsai and Mira Mary: Chow, best Me Piric ran tha two errors by Mrs Ip and

fastest leg in posed entirely of players prom the fighters have every chance shots rather -than toko them

smash by

and Mrs H 1p. 6-3, 3-6 an 8-1: approximately three minutes 48 the Cardiff and Swansea clubs

Colony Ladies'. Plato' (semi-finale) ?

Welshmen The Hongkong Football Association, held a meeting of getting paid off on $500,000 from behind the baseline, leav-o drive and

looked only Tsai,

Mrs Fowler beat Mrs Albrow 7-8 Aeconds-cutor.

third raters.unt there was not à at their offices in Prince's Building yesterday for the pur-(£178,570)." Marciano was ex-ing Tsal ample time to come into The Ips, however, forged and 6-3; Mre Stamp beat Mrs Zyles,

0+2 and 4-2.

TWO SECONDS MORE pected to

$180,000 position at the net. receive pose of reviewing and re-arranging the fixtures liste.

good shot from the forward line. and LaStarza $78,000 Her hobbing, ottempts in the ahead to 3-1 on the next 1wgClub Mixed Doubles Open: 8. Squi games which they took by 40 and Alise Skinner beat Mr and Mrs The Chairman, Mr K. K. Ip, the date of the match, and that

first ce last her and Ip com-

held his Amstrong, 6-1 and 6-0; Dr G. B

Smart End Miss Fenton beat presided and stated that confir- this was insuficient reason to The bout, starting at 0230 pletely at the mercy of Taal in 30 and 50-30. sat

service game after

deuce was and Mrs Stuckey, -5 and 6-1. mation of the application from request a postponement.

GMT on Friday, will not be the first set, but her changed

exiled, but could not stop his Club Ladies Singles Hardcourt:

from w the South Ching Team to tour Mr Skinner, therefore, pro- broadcast or televised generally thotics at keeping the ball low

Winning thewald beat Mrs. Bernat, '..

three seconds in London to Irish team and Dwyer, scored Saigon which had been awalted posed that the game in question It will be televised over a closed met with much greater success in an eathe by deuce and the.

TODAY'S MATCHES night, Hungarian team the other goal-Reuter had been received in the form be played with the venue of the circuit to 45 theatres in 34 cities the following sole and had these

by 50-18. Ramo

bettered the old mark by one of a telegram and that this ques-game. Sookunpoo, being desia and towns In a coast-to-coust boen & Hile more fercatul and seventh

Mrs Ip dropped her service Colony Ladikar Doublém (finati (4) talen just a shoe calic, the was now in

in order. Henated.

link up.

Ip and Me Tão,

Agency, DPA, reported. tonight. added that South China had de- Me Ma asited that his request Marciano stayed at a friend's would have

soce as 3-5 there cerno e Tele not.

Interbong Handicap: (3) A.Ç.A elded, in view of the opening of be put to the vote, and on this home at Long Island today and cloneca di the oven. ip. moremo by 15-40 and with the Mr Stoop and Milsg. Philip v Mrs Becond, the West German News

Mory Chow, or the other hand, drawn us on Trek's service Hopkins and 3: A. Anderson Mer

The Hungarians clocked. 10 the season this week, to curtall

minutes 20.2 seconds, the (Jardines); Puncheon their tour of Indo-China and Yong, was defeated 4-2, i did several miles of road work shotmod none of those weaknesses in the ninth Edme which insted cantile Dapk) v. Blott ad.G. (0) B. W.

Britain's time It was, therefore, decided that The challenger was still at his were due to return today. the Kitchee v St Joseph's 1st camp at Greenwood Lake, New and was a youtobio amet both of my 10 makes and went do Wheeler and H. Morena (Nation Agency said.

Mr J. Skinner then submitted Division game tako place on York, and was remaining there the net mt of the baseline; from see dues before the Ips son al city! Barker of NVR was 10 minutes 27.2 seconds.

proposal to review and Sunday, September 27, at Soa until tomorrow morning, when where she repeatedly passed Tp.it ko aim the second set by and Dow: Gibb, Livingston) Heater wherever necessary reviso the kampoo

Instead of at Caroline both fighters are due to weigh capodiely at the crucial silages of 9-3 in 25 minutes.

the grand cross drives. 1th her shat que with

quarter-

FINAL SET axtures list. He stated that Hill.

in at Madison Square Garden owing to the absence of mull- WEEK-END FIXTURES at 1700 GMT

el-Chow

WHTO pair

Without any break, the players | Mira Brame, The meeting proceeded with LaStarze did five miles of deserving winners also in vlow resurged the third pet sund I lost

work today. It was sug-

season.

puss It

Instead I took the ball to him

with my inside men alongside

tion

bar: never

-(London Express Service;

HKFA MEETING

cleat fencing at the Navy

to control the crowd during. im-list, which is given below, portant matches, it was neces

a

another

to keep the ball low and pack in mr was called.

"Advantage re-Sune Karisson, who has run e Irish team

opponents

service

of

round, resulting in the inability | further. revision of the. fixture that he would go into of their being a rouch smoother no time in-takinr 18s fratiof lead Saturday, September 28 the sing tomorrow night with a combination. Tsal covered his on this service with a love being 1st Division! Kwong Way Club slight beard, but Al Weill, Mar-partner's bookband extremely as a was still recovering his mary to postpone a number of Sockumpoo at 5.16 p.m.; Navy Viano's, manager, had no come understanding in speedy The effect of the last

and both showed well;:

excellent breath matches until the required. K.M.B, postponed.

game in renees, which were at prostora Club at Bookunbo 40 m. gestion-Neuter.

frant, Division "A" Kwong Wah y ment to make on this sug-

to forehand pool- rannoeuvring

the previous wet told on Teal in the courge of erection,

tions and placing of their shots, his service game, -- which i Не Navy v KM, of Navy na 240 FIN completed

B. Cina v Eastern postporiod.

**!". THE PLAY aw dropped by a love score. Hunday, Heptember 21

Ip won the toss and served to Bookupon at 5.15 p.m.: Follow V **fał Zivision: Kitchna v št Jogeph'a CAM-imundary Biosta 6.10 PTTYY SUR

"and Division'

English Coach

reiver

a

“Club” Mers: Singim. Open:018. Saúl v 2. W. 20. Brjunt; (7) WCIL Williams v Saubolle.

Club Muxed **Troubles Handicap Cendrand Mira 3 nigge v.. Me, and

Home Soccer Results

Intermediate times were; 1,500 metres, 9 minutes 63.4 seconds with Germany, leading

3,000 metres, 7 minutes 43.4 seconds with Sweden leading;

metres. 11 minutes 33.0 on Orjober 10. seconds with Britain Icading.

The

which appeared so strong on Hamburg, Sept. 23; Britain broke the official wealdade-left, hit two goals for the

Only

few hours before per

McQuaide, the Waterfordin 6,010. Moires Relay record by

English Women's Golf Ch'ship

Rosewall Unfit year-old

For Military Service

Sandwich Kent, Sept. 23. Miss Jeannie Blond, 20 year-old British Inter and Miss Jean McIntyrojald former Yorkshird won their way into Champion, won the anal of the English Women' Golf Championship here, faday Mias Blawood, English Cham plon 'In 1951, beat Misa: Mary Hampson of Worcestershire Id and five in the semi-final round. Bydney. Stof 23. and Miss Mcintyre deresini Ken Rosewall, Australia's Miss Mavis Gildewell of 18-year-old tennis star, today don by one hola-Reuter. undt was declared physically London, Sept. 24.

for the compulsory,throo The following were the

fouths of military training „Kurs traging for his country's 1953 Junior Water two points Chow came: to the remous with played today.

DIVISION 1-defence of, the Davis Cup wait forehand sidelino drive to the

Polo League Title ***On his serylog

December, servion which left to standing in Wod sday * 31 Newcastle U.. drive-volley to Mrs ipe tob, but the middle of the Loomooteka

DIVISION

The final standing of the 1953: Robert Rosewathe you Junior Water Polo League te County made up with dousThe Ips broico da Mory Everton

Keng baj of crowds did not apply mind Diveron Bouth Chic year will be given a boost in drive along the minie. 80 doube was called to lead by "l

tamash and a sixxiing & form, and Chow next service gume after DAV TIL (HÔT KRNJE

suffered

boyhood from sulted in the winpers being HOL ||Tin with 21 points closely follows: chronia, durmátus therefore will be played us

October 1All let November with the arrivni, from Praha suryod"a", double-29 Jonly tolikoo „DAR TO perThursday.

Expter 3. Swinich T..

od by C.CS, 20 pta, and South England of Thomas Bledan, and Ip and reported ( pohodule.

Hons of the main and Chim and Dolphins, coct! With of Britain's best i coaches to dr. hundle, the

ande training

cooch-at de Mird in lobbed

une trailing.

would

Is The following are the tabulated- my of the Philippine team, second depe

hoavy arn will wide to Tal's service and Teal concern

took the game with an ace,

The temporary loss of the use of this ground as well as those of the Club and South China which were not yet ready for play,

"and" was pro- posed to

the Nayr v postpone match scheduled Saturday accordingly. In the

of the

1 3rd Division games, this question of control m

the fixtur. Vi#90; Uno, nevision of Joseph's Navy kt 3.45. pm: Army

KMB

IB

and

Mr Ma Man-tal representa tive of Klich chce/St Joseph

then requested that ind rame Armaged for Sunday be

also on the grounds that Kitchen's torm was not com pielen yél. He was informed by Më kinnojë that

registration 6 pelection

would have been complete kiler

Cymatio-Sookurgoa #1 348 Police v. GA-AMBoundary BL "Tačiday," Brotember | 19:--Eastern Y Navy portpoped. - Clet Diviation),

Wednesday, September 28:-Club, v South China' postponed.

Diylston znatches, postponed.

CHESS CLUB

MEETING

For Philippines

Mrs Ip after a 15-0 lead, was a 40-18 lead as Teal netted and soon tralling behind by 15-40 overdrove, iwo services and failed on her service and although point to got to a backhand side-line Tai gave her a further volley by Ip...In-spoke :

Soccer Team ect with an aco. for, the rat when his .. forehand ♬ sideslips | results of football matches wbleh, threatened to interrupt Hot Tin: Wins",

Manila, Sept. 24. Philippines chances in fast- ball in the Asian Games next

of drive want of the court, Mary

a

to

servico

by

Araby 0-40

Djevel sk Bri on his end

love teme on Mrs

short fore» other Jave game on Mir

Simon Philippine på, atao ditorus bei in his in--| Torgcæruleo andito 373 'with, an“ |

be to, tutor

tional football foam on the falest trandays in smalball. After the w

General Asian Games, he willend his banden from my driv

Ubig lavening Amateur.

||titll his threw year contract 6x-

by Mary and sideline

Trnambith

not be

In