1954-04-12 — Page 6

GREAT BRITAIN 3, CHINA 3

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954,

POWER AND EXPERIENCE WERE MISSING FROM BRITAIN'S DEFENCE

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Across this game is written the name of George Armstrong, selected to play at right back for the Great Britain side but who, on account of a knock received against KMB on Saturday, had to stand down from the

team.

With Armstrong in the side I hølleve Great Britain would have won this game by a clear margin. Dowding, who took his place, did not have a bad game but he lacked the power and experience of the absent Club defender .. and powET

and experience were the vital missing factors in the Great Britain defence.

The gome was grand enter- half Litu Ycc. in spiration

into the net.

kick On the day there can be no

for this victory just nbout tainment und It was a credit to punched a scoring shot out of clinches the League title for ui! 1214 players that they, the net. Wells extractedl tull The Busmen, munugged fo Nerve up suck u sell and trove the spot satisfactory standard of soccer on such a treacherous surfaco.

The condone uxacted 1 heavy penalty from the players and many of them were very thred young men long before the end,

The Belfish ride lasted just a Jittle better

than their wp-

FIRE HAD GONE

With their Tead cut 10 " slender minimum the Chinese hugs tried very hard to resume control but the fee had gone from their play and it was th

neat pass from Lunnois

doubt that the belter team won. The red-shirted Kowloon huys were faster and cleverer than their opponents and in Szeto Man they had a forward capable of finishing off the good work of his teammates.

Club were by no means out- cinssed and for long periods

ponents aid this was reflected surprise when Jabling snappepiry was very even and in the

In the fact that they manages | MR.

to pull bwk a two-goal defelt

In the second In fact

self

several time

within an ace of winning gorize.

MYSSED CHANCES

power.

and brought the scores levet early stages of the second hair

CAKE የኒ

the Club

certainly enjoyed a sides territorial advantage which they

could not, however, into guals.

From then until the on! It

of both

winner time taking chances.

ruggling for the

nod

A

the

the nume

defensive

Gardner missec couple odd cloners to give his side the lend

Jik

It

↓

Firs

Arst-lane swipe al Д dropping ball and sent

Badn t

Dway wide of the goal and soon afterwards he ran

neat through Pask, moved

The left of the goal, and with the goal right in

Sights he sent a weak hulf hit left fou! sha couple of yards wide of the upright.

ね!

But

119 flying

transinte

The murprising factor in the *** | game was that Club persisted players who were Rabylously uncomfortable in their

fathen be Granger which turn-with most awkward ball agains

a most

that

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Serried tables, each with its intent, title-seeking competitors and attendant umpires, during the opening day of the 21st World Table Tennis Championships at the Empire Pool, Wembley-Reuter photo.

Finest Ever

Malayans Put On Badminton Show

Seen In America

Niagara Falls, New York, Apr. 11.

After a spelt of fairly even the cross bar and a typical goal team line-up although bath have play dining which The Great line clearance at the other end considerable reputations in the Britain Brain showed red by Flash Horry kept the score opposite position 10 that and

In tinchanged to the

and

which they appeared. For the China team Wal Fut- Falconer, who didn't Inok too kim again started the game at, was never more than ( without gloves anet the Brst willing trier at centre-forward tuse he handled the greasy bott whi; it was quite cient reminded him of his oversight | Gardiner was Itching to get up For he dropped it and only front to have a go at goal...as desperate recovery prevented D It was ใบส tendency to travel gon!.

upfield left Szeto Man a lot of Han Yung-ang and Lau Yee room in which to work. payed well although later ou Lau Yo got a lot of running

An hour later, Eddy and his | und eight=nl with the players brothers fell behind do by Tong Sheung alter Tang Yee-kil had made it about to ouce again dropped right out of | two with a magniflcent header gante.

In the 27th, Szeto Mau fulghed a delightful forward move- Chin

Fai-nung. 05 LIFUN 1,

the far corner of the net. Kec-cheung, who winrted very

Just before the interval KM3 Kal-chlu showed his ability to in the second half.

well, found Cardner a big worry

might have

further ahead gone when up half a chunee snap

when

Yee-kit Teng forward the

Mok

slipped band 2

in notching a

ran himself into the rough the defence and tipped inínute 4

the ball

Mullett's head

Four Malayans today staged the greatest exhibition of badminton ever seen in Amerlea and walked off with a lion's share of the honours in the National Amateur Championships.

Little Eddy Choong, the pre-tournament favourite, rallied brilliantly in the men's singles to defent California's Joe Alston, 15-5, 2-15, 16-13, and complete his sweep of every open national, singles championship in the world.

AL the other end the roa bar and just gave Granger good assistance in preventing a

store.

The Chinese boys then came

Fight inte the game and

he had

couple of goajs, but

Laikas

Szulo Man opened the scoring for KMU in the 8th minute and

avea polished display but Ng met by crashing the ball in thrilling

In Chun-wah

the

en recurate cross from Luton to bring the score back to 2-1. Just before the interval Yu Cheuk-yin

with Fat through

half

Tackle from Toth and

The

over

of the

had their best.

brother, David, put up a game fight against their countrymen, Ong Poh Lim and Odi Telk Heek, but went down to defeat in a

match

interrupted periodically by thunderous ap- plause from the 1.500 specte

The scores were 15-11,

Vetoron badminton observers the men's doubles strungic was undoubtedly the finest show al court manoeuvering ever seen in the 14 years the tourna

ment has run. Miss Judy

tors. 15-4.

said

U.S.

MASTERS' TOURNAMENT

HOGAN AND

AND SNEAD TO PLAY OFF

FOR THE TITLE

Augusta, Georgia, Apr. 11. Ben Hogan weakened today but had just enough left to le Sam Snead at 289 in the final round of the Maxiera' Golf Tournament.

The two old regulars of the event will meet in un 18-hole play-off tomorrow.

Gambling to the lust, amateur par 32 on his front mina to te Billy Joe Patton of Morgantown, Hogen. Enead appeared out of North Carolina, missed his at this point and the ansjority long

shots on the back nine and of the crowd were pulling for wound up with a second-best 280 Patton. after he had tied Hogan at the 63-hole mark to quicken the pulse of 15,000 spectators.

Hogan had led Snead by three Strokes today, but the 1053 triple crown winner, retarded Patton sank A hole in one as the greatest golter of his with a 100-yard binst with a time, was not Himself today Not iron on the sixth hole. It except for the extra special was the first time an ace had something that got him lato a ever Agured In the last-round play-off.-United Press, stampede for the title, although

Ave have previously been re- gistered in the tournament, Including one thla

year by Leland Gibson.

Snead, with an even par 72 today, slipped in with his 209 white both Hogan and Patien werd spraying their shots on the final nine. With four hates yet to play, Hogan needed at least one birdle to tir.

It was a typical Hogan ahal- lenge and he met it by rolling 60 feet on In two tries from the

par five 16th and parref the last thret for a final round score of 35-mediocre Tor him,

HIGHEST EVER

The two 289* ware the highest scores ever to stand up

rounds through four

at the Masters". Hogan won last year with a record of 274, 14 under par, in contrast to his one over totál today.

The Augusta National Club, founded by Bobby Jones, an- nounced that the

prize money was being increased by 250 per cent to $25,000. So Hogan and

will Snead

'be meeting to- morrow not only to

decide which takes his third Masters' crown but to pad their pocket books as well with the winner's share,

Home Soccer Standings

The following are the up-to-

date Home soccer atandings:

Division I

Wolverhampton

West Bromwich 30

P W 30 23

Huddersfield

38 10

Balton

Chelon

Blackpool

Marichester 17.

Burnley

Charlton

Cardit Arsenal Portsmouth

Presion N.E

Aston Villa Tattenham Shefeld W. Newcastle U. Manchester C, Sunderland Steeld U. Middlesbrough. 33 Liverpool

**

Leicester

Binokburn Everlion

Nottingham F. Aleminghafri Rotherham

Luton Town Fulham

Bristol Rovers Leeds United Doncaster

Stoke City West Ham ... Actually the tie for the play-dneon City off was anti-climactic after the Bury 23-year-old Patton, a Carolina lumberman, shot a four-under-

BASEBALL

early and trading smushes and

several drops, made

LTTOTH tis the Alsion then Took a 13-0 ig, winners ran out the score. Fluying cautiously, the Amurt-

This was the third Ume this con made six straight errors und year that Ong and Oci defeated watches a Cheong Eun and the Choongs for a national title. the title sweep past him,

In the mixed doubles, Alston RELENTLESSLY

teamed with his wife, Lots, to In the doubles battle, Oug trounce Wyun Rogers and Mrs Oxi had the Choong Hulet Smith of Arcadia, Calif.,

On the brothers

defensive 16-10, 15-10.- United Press. throughout. They smashed re- lentlessly. sometimes 10 Limes Junction off the hu

and often forced a row, post and cross "bar.

floor us he Club

Eddy fat on the spell just after the interval and

tried for a return.

The first game featured long Devlin, 18-year- light marking only

by

old Groucher College freshman volleys as Ong and Ool pulled KMB defence kept them out. It was

from Baltimore, Maryland, cap-away to a 10-4 lend, mostly on during this period of

tured

both women's pressure that we saw the

She recovered from a one-game briefly near the end but were standing incident in the game.

defeit to

their op win the Ladies Singles unable to withstand from Miss Margaret Varner of ponents aggressive attack. in the shorter second game, the South Hadley, Mass., 8-11, 11-0, 11-6, and

then paired with her elder sister, Sue, to defeat Miss Ethel

Marshall and Miss Ben Marsman of Buffalo, 10-15, 15-7, 15-13, to win the doubles title.

who

packa

the

later Gardner got his head to ground but the others We only to see it come back into

only effective In patches play Although Ylu Cheuk-yin gol through a lot of hard work.

Granger was again & saviour the Great Britain goal and Bust during one period of the half it was duly his determina- tion and skill that kept the score within reasonable limits. in reased its score Dust same neroballe herows by Wells, who

Dowding got a tough baptism headed two full blooded shots in representative football but he off the goal ne within seconds recovered welf from of each other, saved the allun- tion.

the ball, resisted hearted Jushed the ball past Granger,

The China team very nearly

After the interval the Chinese began to fire and slowly but surely the game swung round in favour of the British boys The Chine Defunce lost jose ph midway through the

Against

skin disease and itching

Mitigal

A GENUINE BAYIR PRODUCT, BAYER

MANUFACTURED IN

LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY

start.

the

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tu

IN TWO MINDS Falermer, racing through thethe left of the goni, had the

LWO

minen when, instead of trying a left-foot shot, he suddenly hooked the Bali away to the fur post with his right foot.

It looked all over a goal but

with ying leap

<rowns.

13 IN A ROW Eddy Choong, only 118 pounds on his five-foot frame, started the

to his left four-inch

smashcя.

Tha

Cheongs rallied

Fight

side positions. Reeves is one of noticed. did not pass un-times doubles winner, mastered it was announced, here to

who

Fred

SEASON OPENS TOMORROW

New York, Apr. 11.

It will be time to "play ball” once again in the Major Leagues on Tuesday.

County

30

游

30 15

Hull City..... Derby County

wansen Town. Brentford Plymouth A.**

... 37 Oldham A...

iviston

Brighton

Ipswich Town Hristol City Watford

Bouthampton Reading Northampton Torquay Gillingham Norwich Millwoll Leyton Orient Exeter

Southend

Rwindon Town

Coventry City

Crystal Palace Newport

Bournemouth Aldershot

Shrowsbury Colchester Waisall

37 7

40

Division Iff

Bradford C. Sounthorpe Mansfeld

Aperton Rochdale -Crowe A,

Workington Grindby Tranmere

York City

The

Haripools Halifa Darlington Chester

BeottLab

Frazer. who took over captaincy from Armstrong, defence in

Cockell Invited played a Trajan's part in koep ing the mager Chinese forwards at bay and he got good support

To From Toth, but Hughes was better in attack than in defence and was sometimes caught out

Hein Ten Hoff

It promises to be a good season with prospects of Queen's Park increased attendance and perhaps exciting pennant races of position when the bell was

Wal Fat-kim gol bis hands to singles match as though he was sent behind

although once again it is the same old story-the New him.

Washington, Apr. 11. the ball and turned it wide of going to waltz to victory. Lunnon

Bo And Gardner

York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers are overwhelm-Pot were the post.

British Heavyweight forwards who

scored 13 straight points, con- "It was maltered

great try, And a tinually forcing his 27-year-old Champion Don Cockell has ing favourites to meet for the third straight time in the Gateshead with the Club contre- brilliant save and the first one

World Series, forward confirming quite de-.

opponent from

South Pasadena been invited to fight Ger- to offer his congratulations

Where will be for the second be considerably smaller if there west fam initely that he is much happler the goalkeeper was Falconer who

to into

Into errors.

man boxer Hein Ten Hoff straight wear a new city in the is rain or cold weather at my chesterfold when up in the attack.

had so nearly scored. It was a

In the second game, however, in an exhibition match on Major League scene as Baltimore of the eight cities involved. Bradford Recves and Jobling never tied gesture well worthy of this fine 1951

Alston, an FBI agent who was

U.S.

in Southport Lilist

and three May 20 in San Francisco, returns to the American League The long-range forecasts

Borrow up with each other in the in-player and

most carlisle with a salvo of alvie enthusiasm dicated mild weather in

the

players

and a pretty mediocre ball club spots with a possibility of rain stockport his specialty drop In a compact

shot from day. is suffering

the lost

St. Louis in placed

and and competent the boseline. He ended coumt»

Pittsburgh, Boston from too

football and KMB much

side every

Kirsch, 'Ten Hofl'a Browns of 1953,

Detroit. man justified Jess long volleys with a perfect manager, nid that the bout is sent many passes to an opponent his place with a special mention drop over the net.

However, because 'of the The day's biggest crowd may white Jobling found the pace of going to youngsters Lee Shiu-

being arranged by Jim Murray, novelty if nothing else there be in Detroit for a battle between The third game Was the game beyond him and he fat and Kwan King-shun on the

close a San Frandisco promoter, for is sure to be a big attendance the Tigers and the Crioles. More did little except score the vital wings, and to Szeto Man for his

the clly of Good Hope, П boom for the Orioles in their than 135,000 fans are expected to third goal for his side.

match-winning punch and goals.

charity show.

revamped Municipal Stadium file into Briggs Stadium. McGregor on the left wing

Club never really struck the

He suid Murray offered which will eventually sent Glants and Dodgers will draw was out of his depth in this game

Cockell $15,000 for of which

the have

ap- 54.000.

upwards of 36,000, possibly of football and should recently shown themselves

pearance In a cable 10 the In Milwaukee, where cap-

40,000 if the weather is good for Hearts won the game

with a role. Mullett was blamed for o Empire Pool, Wembley, British boxer's manager, John National League attendance re- their opener in the New York Clyde glorious chance just before the couple of the goals but the fact

Apr. 11.

Simpson.-United Press.

Junckén cords were broken last season: Polo Ground. end.

is that in each case loose cover- The individual events in the

as the Braves were transplanted: Chicago White Sox ometals Particle VERDICT: Hard work for the ing in front left him with but World

LAberdeen Table

record opening Queen of South Tennis Cham-

there from Boston, it is pre-predicted players but good entertainment the slightest of chances to avert pionships at the Empire Pool,

dicted that the attendance for crowd of 30,000 for their start Renters for the big crowd. Both sides a score.

Hiberian HOCKEY FINAL Wembley, today opened with n

1954 will go well over 2,000,000. with the Cleveland Indians in a hall their chances to win the Armstrong ond Tarpey de-ansational defeat for the men's

sarap between the two deading St Mirren The aft-postponed Internal

*Kant Fire Wells game...und

'Yankees, challengers to the and Haufended well although both of and

FIRST PITCH Women's

Rwith R. World Singles tional hookey match between Yung-sang, Who

About 12,000 are expected ouch cleared them were often Beft with 'more *Champions, Forene

Sido Portugal and Pakistan has been President Bisenhower, who in turn out in Philadelphia to sen Sterling twice from the goal line, can than their fair shore of respon- (Hungary) and Miss Angelica re-fixed for Wednesday, April the past has preferred a day at Boston Red Sox anki tho,

Brand elbility,

Rozeanu (Rumunia).

21, the HK. Hockey Associa-the golf course rather than one Philadelphia Athletics, Partnering each other in tho tion

announced yesterday. at the ball park, will toss out In other National ed hard enough but the pivot Mixed Doubles, which they Combined Services and the the ceremonial first pitch on CIDER, Cincinnati expects WIS often beaten. for speed

won in Budapest last year, Civilians

will meet this Tuesday at Washington, whate usual

Hollout through the middle. Gardner Sklo,

opening day who has made 81 ep. Wednesday.

the Yankees will open the de- 30,000

with Milwaukee confirmed that he is now fully pearances for his country, and All clubs ft and his tontonry to go up

are reminded that fence of their Championship opponent, while 20,000 loyal Third Lanark Rozeanu, holder of the world tho end-of-season Knockout against the improved Senators Pirate fans are expected to be Albion Rovers ***** flald shows that

the old lust tille for four consecutive years, Festival will be held at Soo- before an expected crowd

of on

to *** for goals

o Pittsburgh Dunfermline is still there.

were beaten In the second kunpob on Sunday, April 25, 30.000. It was up forward that Club round by the Czechoslovakian starting at 11 am. Entries for

against the Philadelphia Phillies. For

Queen's Park **** had

That could be one of the day's | Another 20,000 are expected in Allos their biggest worries. pair, L Supek ***** McGregor tried hard to arroad

and Mrs E. both men's and women's teams largest crowds. Some 220,000 St. Louts where the Chicago Dundee U, Krencover, 10-21, 10-21, 22-20, should reach the Association by

oppose the Cards, Afbroth

Cowdenbeath the play but only Mullen show-21-11, 21-10-Reuter.

fona. are expected, to see the Cube will Tuesday, April 20.

openers, but that Agure could United Press.. ***ed the inclination to hold the

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THE MacTAVISH

STAR RATINGS

GREAT BRITAIN

GRANGER

DOWDING

WELLS TOTH

FRAZER

HUGHES

LUNNON

REEVES

GARDNER

JOBLING

MCGREGOR

CHINA

WAY FAT-KIM

HAU YUNG-SANG LAU YEE CHAN FAI-HUNG

NG KEE CHEUNG

TONG SHEUNG

HO YING-TUN

CHU WINGSKEUNG

LAU KAI-CHIU

YIU CHEUK-YIN

MOK ·UHUN-WAH`

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they

MacDonald and Forrow graft-

****nbout

bail and

draw the defence. **** Paton Ind a poor game but.

**Pickering wire looked dangerous, didn't see a lot of the ball.

VERDICT: There is no doubt

this

game. .victory ***** went to the botter side of the day's play. Pleasant memories **** are of KMB's 'spectacular second *** and third goals....and Tal- coner's spontaneous display of

| sportsmanship.

THE TEAMS KMB-Wal Fat-kim; Hung ***** Hing-yuk, Siete Ylu, Tong Bum, Ng Kee-cheung Lee Chun-tot, Loo Shiu-toi, Bxeto, Man, Tang Tal-fal, Kwan ous in strength on Saturday at

Matett: Amstron Caroline Hill to see this game Tarpey, MacDonald, Kowloon but the resuls must have meant Gardner Pon

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