1954-01-27 — Page 7

THE CHINA "MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954.

MANCHESTER UNITED.. MANCHESTER CITY

Two minds with a single thought......that of clearing the danger.. but with different ideas of execution. Berry, the United right wingman, has put a dangerous low centre, Trautmann dives flat-out to intercept, but skipper Roy Paul gets there first and kicks the ball into touch to concede a corner, This League match at Old Trafford ended in a one-all draw,

Across

TACTICS THAT SPOIL RUGBY

Grave Disquiet In The Rugby Union World

By D. R. GENT

There is grave disquiet in the Rugby Union world at the nature of much of the football that is being played today.

It is quite true that there are more clubs in membership with the Union than Equally important is that the game But that is far from being all we want. should be clean and attractive, and I feel very strongly that much of it is not.

ever.

QUEEN SEES RECORD SET

of

Dunedin, Jan. 20. The Queen and the Duko

Edinburgh

Miss

JANE

Yvette Williams, the New Zealand and Olymple woD- man's long jump champion, break her own New Zealand record at a sports meeting

at Carlshrook today.

feel

Mizs Willams jumped 20 eet three inches -- an inen longer than her previous re- cord but two and

five- eighth inches less than her Olymplo record.

Her record is subject to confirmation-Reuter.

The

these

into looked Boord wards

modifications and made scrum- maging chaotic; and the modern "game" is the result.

UNSATISFACTORY An

extremely University match

the

our

KEEP THE MINNOW CLUBS OUT OF THE SCOTTISH CUP

་

Says HARRY ANDREW

A number of things in Scottish football, néed de-bunking. And none more than the Scottish Cup.

Thus, with the first round due next Saturday, I am happy to report that a rebellion in brewing, I only hope that this time the rebels have sufficient faith in their con- victions to stand up and fight for them.

Briefly, they want an end to a system which gives 14 pinces in the Scottish Cup proper to the "minnows" of the game. I could not agree more with them.

The trouble with the Scottish Cup is that the truth about it has been obscured by a lot of mumbo Jumbo about the "romance" of the wee clubs,

People like to cheer The underdog and get a tremendous kick out of the thought that, kel say, Peebles Rovers might achleve Q thousand to one chance and knock out a big shot ilke Celtic.

UB

DISASTROUS

INTERPORT HOCKEY

PRACTICES

The Interport Hockey series against Muezo, the “piree di ros sistance" for local stick-wielders overy year will commence next Wednesday, February 8, at the Army Ground, Sookunpoo, and extend over a period of two days.

On Wednesday, Che Mono

Yet, I tell you straight that happenings of that fort are Schoolboys will clash with the nothing short of disastrous to the game as

a whole. And I will prove it.

Consider the case of Falkirk. They played four Scottish Cup Hes last season, one of which- against Celtic-gave them a new ground record.

Yet Falkirk LOST money the competition.

in

In the first round, they went to Newton Stewart, and scraped a 2-2 draw. Their share of the gate was £32, which would scarcely pay their travelling expenses. The replay, against unattractive opposition, Jitst

AWAKE OF NIGHTS Bolleve inc, the danger to shine of the shoe-string "B" Division #ides keeps their | officials awake of nights.

local Schoolboys at 2.30 p.m. and following this game, Rest of

Macao kong at 4 pm,

will play Best of Hong-

on

On Thursday

the JAIDE ground, the Ladies from both Colonies will meet at 2.30 pm. and this is followed by the main feature the Hongkong v. Macao Men's Interport-at 4 p.m.

On Thursday evening at the Skyroom, commencing at 8 pm, the Interport Dinner Dance will be held.

Final practice matches for both men and women have been

2.30

Men's

Host of Hongkong:--Boxal) (Army), Поч (Recreio), Kelly (Army), Vieira Recreio), Yusuf (Thunder balla)---Caplain, 2 Andrewa

(RAF) Ven Steenbergen (Dutch), Hand Police), Ditta (Thunderbolts), Ebra-

(Thunderbolte). htm

Cosano (Ra. creio).

Reserves to attend: Couto (Ar- gonauts), the Qutierrez (Recreio), Harris (Army), Soares (Nav This season we have a good Bharat). Wahab (Thunderbolta).

Ladies first round. One of the big

Hongkong-Lbn (D.G.8.), reasons ly that five-non-leaguers boog (c.6.V.), Brad (Victoriana), got byes into the second round. Ramsay (K.G.V.), Aloneo (Recreio). (K.G.V.). But I see no reason for rejoicing | Ferrara (Recreto), Hall that such as Tart Rovers Hewson (K.G.V.). Hale (K.G.V.

Captain. Adams (Victorians). Corren Duns, and Coldstream have (Reoric),

Lam-

covered itself. In the second arranged for Sunday on the round they went to Forfar, won Anny Ground, Sookunpoo At 4-2 and collected £07.

p.m. (Ladies) and 4 pm. and the following are Now, Falkirk, like half the (Men) International

"A" Division clubs, work on the selections for the respective representing England, Wales,

baru margin. Two or three teams: Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New

13- weeks without reasonablo

Hongkong: — Poniah (Argonaule). Zealand and South Africa-will

It has always reminded me of come means the difference be-

Chagat Singh (Nav Bharat), Nery be considering "the state of the

tween comfort and poverty.

(Recreio)-Caplain, Furde (Army), Ran ut their meeting in Edin- the old Greek cynic's comment

Surely our national competi- Pelters (Anny), Collaco (Recrea). burgh when the Coletis Cup on his attempts at improving his

Gardner (YMCA), Marques (Recreio), moneyspinner Jr Remedios (Rearelo), De Wos

Cru well: I tried to ttopy a to-called match is being played there

health"1

should not threaten the Baan-(Army). Anthony (RN). March 20 There

am worse.' are some be better:

taking The "wing" or "loose" forward cial future of the clubs things in the Home countries

part in it. Yet it does. iminediate is a real confusion. His work that should receive

destructive is almost entirely attention.

He rarely and not constructive.

in the scrum. often Ansatifactory shoves

breaks away from the crum on December 8, memorable for a general lack much too soon, and is more often than not a greater hindrance to of restraint and skill, though not

side than to his op- devoid of vigour and pluck, has his own set people talking bitterly about ponents.

game

Serior The decadence of orthodox for- universities, and it is very much ward play is mainly due to him, for the to be hoped that the players at and it would be better

way he were Oxford and Cambridge will take game in every

into the serum and clasp

counsel with themselves put back about the depressing effect made to shove, teaving the backs which the 1953 on both sides to look after them- uverywhere

kave

the solvcs. matches

had on followers of the game.

Keen

rivalry can be allied with skill and good temper if the spirit is there. Four days ofter the University game, I saw the match between at Leeds

Then there is the fiasco that Yorkshire and Lancashire, with lineout work has become-an an equally honest partisan crowd orgy of useless Jumping against side of the "Big Six". No league Get the facts straight. Out- and a finer ex- the background of obstruction:

Scotland has big position of the gume I have no!

and there is the frequent practice club in

safety margin. But seen for years,

of violating one of the basic financial for instance, this principics of the game-Inter-ALL of them have very is not commitments. We depend whistle blowing fering with a man who business and the number of matches that

Won Often we have with twenty

or thirty for breaches of

France's Big Challenge Will Be From of spectators,

'Unknowns'

Ad

By RICHARD BAERLEIN

The

penalty goals.

by

when

become

Serummaging

hao farcical-scrum half-backs can- not get the ball in, and forwards cannot get 11 out!

LINEOUT FIASCO

been given "walkovers,"

14

Do you know that in the ties of just season's first round, there were only three gates over 10,000 and only one over 20,0002 Do you realise that a "full house" at Eyemouth to see Celtle meant 4,000 people?

The following Ron of the Colony Ladies Team have been selected to play the Colony isa Sma

Reece. Roza-Perriers, Bones, Hon. dyelde, Richards. Gam-Des-Lay, Cal- verley. Stokes, Noromba, Osl, Del.

The umpires selected for the Inter- port matches are as follows:

SchoolboysFit Lt E. 3. Corden; Rest of Colonies 7. B. Gonsalves; Ladies'-—Maken Singh: MROBU

Hongkong-Maj A. C. A. Walker.

Big John Bromwich

on

possession of the bail them for our top class football. Beats Trabert In actually

This season the "kick and Nobody has the right to threaten follow up" style of football has their existence.

Five-Set Match

There is a big difference matches between the English and penalty kicks French Free Handicaps for the laws offside or obstruction, two-year-olds otherwise we es a rule.

the There were more than twenty could easily say that

the In

England-Wales inter- French are going to be no

match national

at Twickenham. trouble to the British- What makes it so bad is that now) trained thoroughbred this year's classics.

great majority of our Derby winners run at least twice as two-year-olds, and almost all our 2,000 Guintos winners have been high-class two-year-olds. When Cambridge beat Oxford in France there is a far greater in 1919 at Queen's Club by a

in penalty gccl tendency

It caused quite a to keep horses

A. thing reserve for their three-year-old sonsation--such career without

seeing a race never been done before.

two-year-old.

NO SOLUTION course at all sa

DERBY WINNERS

To amend the laws is no solu- Bois Roussel, Pearl Diver and My Love are three recent Derby tlon. In fact, I think we have winners whom the French two- got into this muddle by meddling year-old handicapper had prob- too much with the laws already. ably never heard of-unless he the old days the laws were tow and simple: the rest was a went round the stables,

matter for the spirit of the game. This

the which you picked up as you natural British enthuse after went along.

Cordova II has Then the legalistic mind get been allotted top weight with to work: the laws were the colt, Le Geographe, in the plained." litigiously-minded for- French

Free

been much more to the fcre I have nothing against the than usual, for

New the

little clubs. Indeed, Wo need have as one of them, too,

Sydney, Jan. 20. But in their proper Zealanders their min forms of altack-ali

Veteran John Bromwich of sphere. And I suggest that is Australia scored stunning part of the game, of course,

But far too often it leads (and where they should stay.

second-round upset over Ameri- I know the answer. I will get; can champion Tony Trebert to I am not referring to the tourists

hat I am trying to stea

steal all the to charging into a man in most of these infringements are and there is the other case, that stuck a

before he has fielded the ball. glamour from the Cup. Well, if day, 1-6, 1-0, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, m the Australian National Tennis three thousand people

Championships, deliberate. Time

of charging into a man after he stuck around on out-of-the way players were ashamed to have a

has played the bali, of which

country pitch is glamour-then I

In other second-round mat- am all for the unglamorous ches 17-year-old Ashley Cooper penalty given against them, and I am sure there used to be rarely there was a batt lestince in the

University

reality of big-time football, match.

of Melbourne followed up his more than a dozen given during

first-round defeat of the Davis THE REMEDY

FOOTNOTE—The "minnows" | a match.

These are a few of the seriosts haven't even the excuse that Cup player, Clive Widerspin,

mar this great they enliven

beating Bill Gilmour, 6-4, the competition 6-2, 6-3: Rex Hartwig, trounced blemishes that

As I have sad, the re-with fairly amo. medy does not lie in modifying Indeed, since the war, no non-0-2; and Ken Rosewail defeated Jean Grinda of France, 0-4, 6-0, the laws.

Where

does it lle League side has beaten any team Abe Segal of South Africa,^644,' then?

(1) In the players, that they from "A" or "B" Divisions. the game and learn the laws. play only in the best spirit o

should

reading that

Handicap.

Cordova II came twice to

England last year and Anished

third on both occasions. At Ascot the ground was said to bo

Boxer's Wife

had

too soft for her and at New Wins Fight For

market physically.

she had done badly

But there was no need to make

(2) In the clubs, that they allow only such players to figure in their sides, however effective they might otherwise be.

(3) In the crptains, that they not only lead the sides in the matier of tactles but control them.

regular

shocks.

-(London Express Servica)

HANDICAPS FOR SATURDAY RACES

6-3, 6-1,

Another player to qualify fo the quarter-finals of the men's singles was the Wimbledon champion, Vic. Seixas, who beat. Neals Fraser, Australia, 9-7, 8-6, 7-5 in the quarter. finals,

Melvyn Rose, Australia, beat Bob Perry, United States, by

(4) In selection committees at The following are the handi-12-0, 6-4, 6-4, 7-0. every level, that they

caps for the Third, Ninth and

choose

men for their skill and restraint Tenth Races on the third day of and not primarily for their the Annual Race Meeting of the ablity to win matches.

Schoolboy and youth football Hongkong Jockey Club which Le to be held at Happy Valley on always a joy to watch, and it is sad to pee such a falling Saturday, January 305-947 off in spirit whom the game reaches its adult singe. -

Racq, JyWay Handlowy, Glam Tr. 1/4 K.P-Blue Bird 240,- Enge liths Cabbage 101. Glacup 14 Krhlights Jobs Halling 100, Lawrence 162, Outsider 130. Bowenies 160, Straight Flash 184, Tom Thumb

boxer Dutchman Beats Winning 18th 167,

with

Alex Buxton

Maintenance cxcuses for Tulyar and Pinza Miami, Florida, Jan. 27.

A Miami court wo cannot start making

yesterday and excuses for horses as high in the ordered the withholding of ali

il. It is prize

to handicap as Cordova

money due truo she won both her races in Archie. Moore after his light-

title fight heavyweight France.

Joey Maxim

tonight. wife

told Alice,

the At the same time the English-

she was destitute and to be pourt trained Allies appeared well behind the coits last season hungry. She alleged that in the and, as Cordova II at weight last year, he had squandered for sex comes out the best two-

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DOUBLES BEMI-FINALS

Trabert and Vic Seixas, play ing with the co-ordinated bril- liance that marked their triomph In the Davis Cup doubles, moved to the semi-final of the doubles with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Billy Knight and Tony Pickard,

America's other doubles tan- Adorn of Ham Richardson, and Race Tally Ho Handicap Class Bob Perry lost out in their 437153 MIND-Alled. Viesury, quarter-final match to Auriru- American Carrol

[1]A's:3,"top÷sseded cobsbine of Btar 1 Cassar" 150,

Mervyn Rome and Her: Hartwis (Barred), mant

6-4, 17-10,%.6«2£

London, Jan, 20.. Wim Snoek, the Lightheavy bolar Kruph Weight Champion,, best Alex Buxton of Britala in mading $100,000 (about 30,000) ότι

ten-round vbout at « London's & Aut other women

Royal Albert Hall today. He year-old In France, the colts Tie have little chance of catching

court granted M ter won on polute in use hall round. Caporaly Injunction preventing | Bašuxion was wärned on the English,

cance will the boxer leaving the mate The danger frosts France come this season from the und "And I ordered thei known divialonas it always has of today's fights fot. done in the past, BASTOSU him until "the", "mainte

up

safi

(Zander Kaprun, Servies), clilm was seilled.-Beut

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