1955-01-15 — Page 17

SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935.

AN UNCOMFORTABLE SPORT.

THE CHINESE FOOTBALLER IS AN ACCURATE KICKER OF A DEAD BALL

By I.M. MacTAVISH

Whenever a penalty kick is awarded there is usually a temporary hush of anticipation or apprehension among spectators and players alike. There is obviously something extra-special about a spot-kick. This is because it is in many ways the 'capital punishment' of soccer. There is no doubt that the odds are all in favour of the kicker and yet it is surpris- ing how many of these kicks are missed.

There is an expanding epidemic of misses in British League football at the a go at moment and almost every sportswriter in the United Kingdom is having

British explaining why this should be so. Strangely enough it is not confined to footballers alone as recent continental visitors have also shown a strange ability to miss from the spot.

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ercellent, bonus of $10 on the transaction .. and was quite willing to do bassiness with the original holder at a profit-showing price!!! No further comment is necessary. WEEK-END GAMES

that п chaner has been tom of pissing one of the local Chinese oficials the honour of tending this all- Chinese team in a game that is

Chinese New really absolu.els attraction.

weut hesitate to suggest Any real prason for this spate af mizses egprelally when try considers all the circumstances une who masi remain still until the ball hit, whole goal to shoot al yet the record of

inues to mount.

12 yards from the goal

singl Doponen!

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That by the current trend and one wonders why this is not do privatent here in Hongkong. The record is

hns been very pond and relatively tow kicks have been wastert.

Chinese footballer Is wil arcurat kier of a dead stil end, whether the hard drive un accurate Klide method of inking a penalty kick u the local players do the job welt and very few post-match heartaches are murd by vital Xumes or points being the d 1 miares from th: spot.

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TALKING POINT

From Ume the I receive

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vr'bus aspects of football.

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: contents are unsuitable fri rubilea ja elther because they personal com- which criticisms

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Year

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C'ULL-

I have no way of knowing what led the appropriate mittee to make the appointment than 11 tel.

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it was

con-

and

It may be that sidered to be the best one for particular Decision therefore I take up no sides in the matter, but there is more than just a hint of commonsense In the letter above.

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NIGHTMARISH

Everyone who is interested in will in Hongkong Keine

cx- readily endorse the views

another columnist

prused by

With

the Grasshopper visit local fans only a week nway

full programme of have En League games to put a keen ølge

n their big game appetites.

The full schedule as ful-

lows:

Today

KM!! v. Serath China ut Cotuline Hill at 4 pm

St Joph's v. RAF at Danao- way By at 4 p. m

Club v. Army at Scok unipoo at 4 pm.

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Catch-as-catch-can wrestling is apparently an uncomfortable sport, judging. by this picture taken at Madison Square Garden during a match between Antonino Roca of Argentina and Don Les Jonathon of Salt Lake City. Jonathon here is hia opponent.-Agence France-Presse being strangled by the powerful legs of

Photo.

Let's Have Some More

Melbourne Wickets

Says DENNIS HART

COLUMN

DESMOND HACKETTS (

Never Say Die

That's The British Spirit

There is scarcely elbow room among the sporting citizens who wish to raise the toasting glass to Frank Tyson, the "Test we could not win," and the fighting spirit of old England.

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Admirable! Splendid thing! We should applaud more. But you would think from the way these chaps are carrying on that this battling business was something entirely new.

All I can say is that you Vladimir Kula to lipht up characters with long, rejoicing London's White City' with an thirsts have extremely short other 'great moment! memories.

England

in

for

What about that Lord's day And, we can Jose Just an

June last year when one gallantly as we can win, Re and all were reaching for crapo) member Jim Petera In the and up sprang Trevor Bailey Marathon massacro of Vancou-, and Willlo Watson to save vitat ver? His exhausted body crack- Test match with a Waterloo ed long before his tremendous brand of defiance,

heart gave out ... oh, yés, we have them all right.

Recharge thoon glassca drink to Roger Bannister

and

and

the fighting spirit that beat the Arst four-minuto Mile,

SLEEVES UP. STUFF

SALUTE PEACOCK

There was cyclist Cyril, Pea- cock, hand town.

eyes closed, tooth gritted, to win the world" aprint championships, ... Gor This spirit of England's don Pirlo laughing off cricketing cavaliers is no rarity, doctor's instruction to stay out Remember those sleeves-up of running and going jauntily Soccer scraps by Wolverhamp-off to Brussola and to win on that licked Russia's Spartak what can bo rated the world and then ran Hungary's Honved cross-country titlo against supermen into breathless de Iron Curtain automatons. feat after they had

two We cantered confidently, goals ahead,

been

for of

tho

off to

Baslo aid with ca extremaly ecratch team won the European Spread this English spirit to Three-Day Horse Trials Cham Britain and cheer Scotland glving Hungary the fright their footballing lives. the

Maybe they lost, bui, It was a famous failure.

After the epic Third Test at Melbourne three topics occupy the talking and thinking time of England and Australian cricket-lovers. England sings praise of her great

Australia bemoans weak batting. Both speculate on bowlers; mysterious wicket.

thu

Always in the past it was cold that the reason for covering the wicket was to make the match lost and bring in the customers and the cash.

Tomorrow Kwong Wah v. Sing Two a Club Stadium at 4 p.m.

Eastern v. CAA at Sookunpan at 4 p.m.

The unexpected behaviour of that 22-yard strip of Melbourne turf led to that Ryid Navy

v. K tthee

sensational finish, to Tyson's great bowling and to the eclipse of Australia's batting. Causeway Bay at 4 p.m.

Test on the For the

successive second

Funny to think that it all to fix a timeless wook KMB and South China

came about because the au- Melbourne pitch.

Did the wicket go too far in and thorities were

Intent P that serious consideration should will occupy the limelight

is certain lo be another | shielding

batsmen, favouring the bowlers? 1 think "Colin

the Cowdrey. be given to the present black-here

their "Protect the wicket," was the nut. to see market provoking arrangements capacity crowd

Caroline Hilt this

Potherwise ery,

the ball may youngest player in the match, contra

for the pre-sute of tickets in meeting at

not come through at the right, scored afternoon

century on it. plains

After the success of South height for batsmen to show off May, the recend youngest, nude day and a half early. Despite would be much better referred connection with Important games

in the Colony.

then uns wer 1. Charly China last week it would be strokes and make big semZIEN,"

there for batemen with ability, that to suggest The days Immediately preced-bleed risky

The wicket was duly protect; ; And they plene derve them they whl not repeat the

Huge eavers ing the Sintor Shield Match be-

were placed this link but that fighting cd.

The lover it. Iween KMH and Soull China

Burmen in-

They were only taken were nightmarish for anyone comeback by the

are capable off for the half dozen playing with oven the most nominal dlcates that they よう

South China hours a day uf piercing the connection with the administra.

defence and the rosull Ative side of the game.

this time may be very different from the last one but much depends on Lau Tim.

dirvel 10 particular cerned.

tho пр the people

organisation

-1103

Occasionally, however, o let- Ler movies a talking point whatever

feels Jul une against the subject inaller. And I have one like that

it Kocy: Dear MacTavish, I am

Londoner d

the

have

dose

'Old friends and 'best' friends appeared and multiplied with astonishing speed only to disap

it was realised pear as soon as that the person approached was not in a position to supply the proclous dockets. Howover, one story going the rounds is worth at Sookunpoo the Army will be revelling

St Joseph's should continue their current successful run by getting the better Causeway Bay

of HAF at while over

WHAT HAPPENED

NOT CHEAP

Peter

Were

wickets too cheaply gained? Again I think not. Ask Ray Lindwall. In the socuad

Innings he bowled 18 ccnocded 52 Fung end wicket. The heat pitch then was a le easier. But in the first innings he look only one wicket for 50 runs, and he did it bowl one maiden.

What happened? The sun, overs, beating down on the covers, didn't tako caused A turnate-like underneath.

This cracked the wicket caus- ing the ball to lift and shoot, and then, to complete the irony, pace.

it

Wickets, then, weren't wo be hod for the asking.

deen in the Colony for some years and I like my football, The Chinese players have captivated me with their close

up moisture to give if it is diff-doing their best to take revenge sucked play and if I can manage to gel a ticket i seldom miss seeing a cult to check the authenticity of for the surprise, but neverthe

Less decisive defeat they

No, the pitch was fair, Eng- match or two each week-end. all .c facts.

received from the Club on the Peor batsmen, No runs on land won because she had two one fortunate aume

carlier in the ground

plate. It seems that

They had to be fought | gest bowlers, Tyron and Stat- for. Given encouragment, the ham. two tickets who had

We mustn't forget Stat- WEISUN bo would not

bowlers fought too. They wonham's part. He took five first and finished in a bluze of glory Innings wickets and two in the with Typhoon Tyson completely seend. Commented Australian Australia's second skipper Ian Johnston on the shattering innings.

Now, however, I have a pet- sonal viewpoint which you might person like to consider. I don't think found that it

'friend'-a

Very

trust

thu:

second innings, "If Justice had boen done Stathem and Tyson would have had an equal. shore of wickets, They were equally magnificent,"

Tomorrow Kitchee should the Chege officials are getting puribic to go to the have little difficuity in disposing a fair crack of the whip at the close

type was given the of Novy: Eastern should clso be present time and I don't think werthy'

on the winning side when they Hongkong football will be mak- Uckets because he had solemnly Ing its maximum progress until stated his keen desire to see the tackle CAA, but the outcome of

Wah-5.ng -Kwong two

Tao

What will the puthorities do they do.

game, and he got the

tusile may be In the balance now to shelter batsmen? With tickets at face value. example of Take the latest

to the right

end with out doping wickets there's little the originat Some time later what

minus Honniball, netion they con take. Fersonally The Grasshop-

Stog Taq mean,

England also had batsmen to bow to their op hope they do nothing. pers Football Club is coming to holder found that he would after having

who showed more fight. It has porrents. Hongkong as the main foolball all be able to attend and hope-

that England's hia 'good' approached attraction over the Chinese New Rally

For this Malbourne struggle tong been said

batsmen There is alsó a special

Bren't enterprising at really was a Test match, a test Year.

have friend for the return of the picked

Club Ground of supremacy between bat and enough; that they make dimeul- all-Chinese tickets: This was most awkward traction at the strong a

Tuesday

when ball evening

under conditions

for fair to ties

themselves through team to represent All-Hongkong for strangely enough, the friend next

which both. It produced four and o

over-caution. This may be true. and, having regard to the timing has also found that he would the All Hongkong side

not be able to go and had in fact has been selected to play against bit days of real cricket, the stuff But it is possible to go too far. will meet the to attract and thrill spectators, weren't prepared to get stuck other way. The Australians the time to

Hongkong Selection. This game 300,000 of them.

"The

Selectors

WBE

(1),

which resulted in, their second innings rout.

of the big game, it would surely already let the tickets puse into Grasshoppers have been a auing award the plum of managing

ing the hands of a third party.

is intended to give the playws When the explanation the team to one of the Chinese

The wicket provided the oficiais. Instead and I'm afraid presented to Mr Three by Mr an opportunity to play together

Let us answer to the bane of cricketers' I don't know who does the One the truth was revealed. Mr before the big games.

We lives-the match that, from the

reminded of the Two had hope there are no injuries and nominating-[I see in the news-) 'Oh so trustworthy

first day, goes according

can only end in a West Indies battting in Aus- papers that a European manager only allowed the tickets to pass that everything has been appointed.

he had received a to plan.

draw and a rum glut. No need tralla three years ago,

THE

WEEK-END

WEDNESDAY

No need for ma to

catch Gage's cold

GURGLE

on when

GAMBOLS

THURSDAY

DRINK THIS HOT WHISKY. AND MILK. DEAR WHILE I' GET. YOU TWO MORLE

BLANKETS

MOVE OVER, GEORGE, 30 THAT I CAN PUT THESE ( HOT WATER BOTTLEB IN

bry

SATURDAY

SNEEFF

·Barry Appleby

TO-DAY

IT'S TOO HOTA

AASOUGH

DRINK IT AND DON'T BE SO CHILDISH ↑

STOP WORRYING DARLING ·YOU'VE ONLY GOT

AT1 15102,

Oh dear hust have a high Cemperature --he seems

were

Don't 'Gamble' on`results!

When the light is tricky When the subject is difficult

When you want a really good photograph

Capture it with

The Melbourno Test ended a

that, over 300,000 spectators turned up and paid a record in gate money-£47,093.

Let's

Lhe lesson hape learned by the authorities.

la

We are on the up, up, and up

plonship from the highly drill- Contin- ed, heavily subaldisad entals,

Maybe we have been a little backward after that sports- but halting aftale of the war,

back by Frank Tyson we are in business with the old slogan won-Never Say Die

In this sporting world. What a grand example from that juvenile jockey Lester Piggott, who, as an 18-year-old, the Derby on a horse that sets spirit for this gallant the calendar of Briush sport Never Say Die.

This symbol of England gradely lads into sport, revival was blazoned Across the running vest of Chris Chataway when, in four glor-- ious paces, he dung himself in front of Europeta

The Tyson touch does Tot surprise me. After all, he's a laddie from Lancashire and, when it comes to putting some you bonnier won't find

scrappers anywhere.

The toast!

The Test, Tyson and Uncle Len Hutton and all!

-London Express. Service.

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