1955-04-11 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL,

GÖVERNOR'S CUP FINAL CAAF...11, HKFA.....3

SKIPPER HONNIBALL FAILS TO PLUG A LEAK AND HIS MATES ARE SWAMPED

By I. M. MacTAVISH

The men who go down to the seas in ships long ago gave us an axion that has been utilised in many an unnautical context. It is a simple saying of a vital truth...."If your ship springs a leak, plug it

·Up) . . . .

The skipper who ignores a major leak would be open to a serious accusation of hazarding his ship....and by exactly the same token a soccer skipper who makes no apparent or significant effort to plug a leak in his side simply asks for trouble....and at the Club Stadium yesterday he got it....to the 11th degree.

of

back.

3

Don't imagine that this final the St Joseph's

11- True, more than a suspicion of

their defence. Toth appeared to drop partially steadiness about score tells the whole story

Fal-kim apart from the game. If every one hid the into Nash's position, and Moss Wal true fact, it is the 11-3 tally took a step or two to his rear couple of good first half saves. that will stand for all time in ... but against forwards like had a shocking game and was the record book.

Mok Chun-vah and Yiu Cheuk-a long way from looking like a

casual adjustments Colory goalkeeper,

This was not soccer slaughter yin such

that the

shot

was

it was soccer sacrifice...simply courted trouble. and I say that with a full op-

Yet even with this preciation of the fact HKFA side suffered a crushing factory state of affairs blow when Nash was badly in were going fairly well, but the jured midway through the first second disaster, which came six half and took no further part minutes later was the one which really blow the game sky-high. in the game.

CAAF A harmless looking Up to that time the was a far from conviricing side, sem in the direction of the The Hongkong FA representa-Hongkong FA goal.

enforced

Lewis, who rund game, positioned to make an easy clearance but the ball struck Toth and rolled away into the other corner of the net. It

Live

with

many changes from the selected line- up struck a game from the start and their fast and IT- poseful soccer had the Chinese defence in frequent difficulties.

RIGHT PATTERN

Meurs

Was

Lau Yee put Osborne in his pocket at the start and kept unsatishim there right up to the end. things Hau Ying-sang was never really happy but this was probably connected with Ko Po-keung's uncretamly against Morris, Chan Fair-hung was the best middle- man but

but Tong Sheung was strangely quiet throughout,

Up front it was the

"Twins' all the way. They were having

im- himself mense and neither Ho Ving-fun

Chc

ever Wing-keung nor matched them in skill pece or ideas, Ho Cheung-you how- ever, loft his shooting boots at Caroline Hill and was not prominent as usual,

a was

2

heart- breaking blow for the team and it gave the Chinese boys a lead

the

that they interval

set the right pattemat of things when he vutjumped simply did not deserve.

10 In the gocbnout?:

Veryone

and the lane at the popular ends had the unusual experience of seeing a Wal Fat-kim was right out of form.

the 21st Then, in

minute, came the incident that changed

Toth closed in tow

the ball playi

Was crashed through 1

FAMILY PICNIC

there would be

effect

נו

a

who

In the history of Hongkong football there will surely be place for Yiu Cheuk-yin Mok "Chun-wah sɛ one of really great left wings

had them

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1955.

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SINCE 1938

The first official Australian Women's Tennis. Team to be sent on tour since 1938, listen to words of tennis wisdom from Manager Adrian Quist at Melbourn where the team had gathered for some collective training before leaving for Eng. land where they will compete at Wimbledon and other tournaments. They are (left to right) Jennifer Staley, Mary Carter, Beryl Penrose (the reigning Austra lian Women's Champion), and Fay Maller.-Central Press Photo.

EASTER SOFTBALL

PORTUGAL'S TEAMS WIN INTERNATIONAL TITLES

Comets trounced the Dukes 9-3 on Saturday to clinch the Junior Pennant behind Reggie Hamef's no hit superb pitching.

The Men's International Anal was the best game of this season as both sides played a very tight game with very few errors. It was also a pitching duel between Vic Pedruco and Jackie Wei as both yielded only five hits The former whiffed Lour and walked two while the latter famwed three and passed four.

their superior hitting power and netted four runs before the side down. At the end of third, Portugal Ladies ted narrowly by 5-2,

The HKFA side fought a grand

unhill battle until the interval but poor tactics, and probably the heat, scuttled them head a beautifull cross from One felt that when the sides lorg before the end. Moss into the corner of the net. ¡resumed

Portugal's Men and Women took the International Titles on Easter Levis Vas magnificent in This goal enme pfter

three tactical adjustment to make

goal but never enjoyed

For Sunday by defeating China's Men and Women teams 3-1 and 22-5 minutes and it

The good nettled

Nash's absence ··· but tune's smile as he was twice CAAF defence.

vice respectively. Anthony Guterres and Mira Almeida were the hero and whatever plans were made they beaten from rebounds foBox- The ball swung from and to certainly did not appear so being brilliant rechn nothing heroine of the day. The former batted in the two winning runs for the

or con- saves. Nash and Hayes looked -end at high speed and the crowd put into

was treated to as fine a soccer Versely, if what did take place good at the outset but the Army Men's team and the latter connected four safeties out of five times at bat

Was in accordance with an left-back suffered in the general and five runs to her credit. display as they have had in a

of decline that hit the defence long time Near misses abounded reed plan, it took a bit

when his partner was injured. understanding.

"Toth at half-back was a real. asset... but after his move to and full-back he often endangered the his goal with fruitless tactics yet One heralded back-heels to here

being his goalkeeper

yards the path of the whole game. accorded the freedom

from two

DWD yards of the The Chinese, playing

football folly at its worst some

waş Club Stadium

and being

and

Neither side made any ad- Mis Ill-conceived The Line-ups were: Portugal- magnificent mau-to-man foot-

hold a demonstration of beating

Ozorio (2b),

Carian vance and the fifth inning ended bali carried the ball into the given enough room to

Mok Arturo

Reme with the same 1-1 deadlock. Chun-wah four times in a fewYvanovich (15), Junior pensity area. Hooniball and family pienie on the left wing.

Guterres dics (36). Anthony wwhut out the

Portugal, however, forged for- yards, only to lose the ball in Watched by resolute defen-

Frankie Loureiro (SS),

(e)ward in the sixth carto. Junior suddenlyders, these two have usually act five, was hardly what one Cuscus Souza and Gerry Reme- Remedios bingled crowd of managed

get goals. Here, expected from a last line players and it hit Nash full in stunned like two plague ridden fender in a side that was already dios (r), Manuel Guterres (e) down, and Anthony lobbed the

Gussie Pereira the face. He dropped like a g. victims, they had a real harvest.

(1) Mic ball into the no-man's-land be- The bal in the meantime re- and during the 45 minutes that bounded to near the perally the second half lasted

they

(3b). Y. S. Liang shut wily Chu Wing-keung out, Chan (2b). Raymond Tsao the plate. spot

switched to Yall collected seven goals. between Cheuk-yip, and, like a dash them, laid on a couple for Ho of the game speaks volumes

Saw Lewis but he was the skipper and (c) L. C. Poom (10), P. H. Lee near miracles to cure feet that he should have taken and Philip Risu (el), Jackie Wei

(p), the nearby Craigengower Cricket some practical steps to plug the

China won the toss and toole Club scoreboard from

S and the final score was the field Arst, Arturo Ozorio being pressed into service,

Walters, coming into the side was first passed and be alid_i

Star Portugal players were Portugal added another run at the last moment, did quite second safe when Wally Ma Time after time the ball was well, but the front rank finished muffed

Mira Carlau in the eighth by Cariau Yvano-four hits out of fye times at the throw, swung down the CAAF left

and Yvanovich was fanned wing and the South China twins" a thing of shreds

and vich who got on after one down buat and made five round trips, although it started Junior Remedios's sacrifice Quit and stole second on a sacrifice Palsy MacDonald who batted lound themselves with

and. advanced Arturo · Ozorio to By. Slugger Anthony Guterres patrolled acreage in which to off with loads of activity

third.

three in four and made three was again slamming hard forms and Yolanda Silva who hit perform their particular brand promise.

Another wild pitch sow the boner. However, his bat cracked four in six toured the diamond As the Osborne is not yet ready for vetran spedy Captai score of the pounding and the

ball score sheet shows, they

class of football

four times, Save nothing up

their sleeve, Walmsley on the other wing is the first run for the Portugal fell just over the shortstop for but they certainly bad plenty fast becoming a winning-team side when the catcher was silla luck hit on which Carlou

bobbling the ball

Anthony Ivanovich dashed in the back of the net.

star when his team is 'Up' Guterres was passed but he was the opposite end... The run of play simply so is he ... but when it is erased at second for the third. screamed out for a re-arrangedown he becomes a very ment of the HKFA defence.dinary "player indeed. Toth fiddled and footerad for

was

it

was in the-rei.

The loss of a goal and player was a sud blow to the Hongkong FA but the situation was made even worse for there sctmed to be no emergency team plan to cover the loss of

Don't Miss

C

50

Harry

of soccer magic

Odell

says

"THE WOMAN

IN THE WINDOW"

NOW SHOWING

at the

:;

and,

de-

two

(P) China (10) C. Trang (1b), L. Pween the elders for a safety

Pedruco

short, 2 man middle and the fact

Honniball played well in the

that he188).

leak in his defence,

un-Patches

may this

Morris and Moss ran

and, while no one would think changed the whole

game the

*

of blaming him. for the defeat,

and

OT-

walk and stole second kicking them-

only Ma of China drew a

an

alter the actual

and Junior

bach

Remedios

1

During the fourth it was all. over for the China Ladies as the fairs could hit as Portuguese they wish and 10 runs came in

crossed before two down. Though

Chinese changed the

series

Though Portugal was sept

without further crop China went out one, two, three and now Portugal enjoyed sim 2-1 lead.

home from

FUTILE ATTEMPT

af

the

pitcher ensted and another dve runs came in before the final side out. The game ended after six and hair

Almeida

India Beats HK 9-0

In

Thomas Cup Zone Final

Bombay, Apr. 10.

Hongkong were humbled by India in the Asian Zone Final of the Thomas Cup badminton tournament which ended here today.

India won all nine matches to qualify to meet the United States in the Inter-Zone semi-final in Malaya next month.

Nandu Natekar, India's and 13-1. P. S.. Chawla, India, Champion, gave his country a beat Robert Tay, Hongkong, by winning 5-0 lead by defeating 15-6 and 15-2.--France-Presse, Pomeroy, Jr. 15-3, 15-4 in the first match today. „

Natekar was superior. In all. facets of the game but Ramon Young and Robert Tay did slightly better in their matches against Anrit Lal Dewrin and Parduman Singh Chawla,

Hutton Near

A Record

Young began well to lead 3-1 The Indian against Down,

Len Hutton needs only to however won the game

South Co-captain England against ceding two more points. In the Africa in the summer, to set up second game Dewan led all the a World Record.. He has already way to claim the match 15-7. equalled a $5-year-old Eriglish 15-4.

Test captaincy record of 22. Adricen the South Includi Tay opened promisingly

Tests, Hutton should reach 28, against Chawla with vigorous

25 by The previous best was tosses, smashes and placements. Bill Woodfull of Australia. But his stamina failed him and the match proved almost a walks- }; over for Chawin.

The Professional Golfers'

In the doubles. Tay and Pat-Association have given their £1,000 in prize rick Wong gained points through blessing, and

tournament, to a new errors by Manoj Guha, who was

money partnered by Gajanan Hem- the British Professional - Closed mady. The score reached 6-8 Championship. It will be a 72- but from then on the Indians hole stroke event from July 20- showed their best form, scoring 22. The venus has yet to be nine points in a row to win, în arranged. the second game, the Indians ran to a 9-1 lend and eventually won 15-3.

the

The

Natekar and R. A. Dongre ap peared a little rattled by hustling tactics of Pomeroy in another doubles match Hongkong pair levelled at 5-5 but their efforts petered out and the indian pair went on to 13

15-1 The second match cupied less than five minutes. Reuter.

obtained who

Chris Chataway, Britain's 'ace mladle distance runner former pace maker for Roger Bannister is in great demand these days. Having recently re turned from flying trips to South Africa and Canada, the Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association want Chataway to run a Mile in the annual Police Games at Toronto on July 25.

Following were the results of matches played today: Incita's Arsenal, who normally carry Nan Natekar beat H. B. one of the largest staffs in the League, are to cut Pomeroy Jr, Hongkong, 15-2. Football and 154. Naro) Guha and their present strength of 48 by Gajanan Hermudy, India, beat 12 or 13 at the end of the

Eastern

Counties 15-8 ami 15-5. from Hongkong, Anrit Lal Dewan, India, beat League, and will concentrate on Ramon Young Hongkong, 15-7 grooming their youngsters m The London Mid-werk League and 15-4. Nandu Naticar a and in their youth side which Ravindranath Dongress, India, beat Dr K, S. Low and was forced this year. Pomeroy Jr., Hongkong, 15-9

Robert Tay and Patrick Wong on the

season. They are withdrawing

-(London Express Servics)

Wiser If Poorer

By HENRY LONGHURST

I have been gathering impressions, in which I am sure every golfer will take a lively and sympathetic interest, from some of the young professionals, in particular John Pritchett of Sunningdale, who have lately returned from their "hardening" tour in the United States. They played in eight tournaments on the summer circuit," mostly in Texas and California, and returned much the wiser if none the richer. The other four were Peter Allies, Tony Harman, Bernard Hunt and John Jacobs,

opening United States are pretty hard a total of 257, or 31 under

there is not the slightest doubt ably did not enough it prob- the first inming ended at one all the morning as expected. Their able to force a series of miscues EMPIRE THEATRE that must shoulder a great deal of the responsibility for its

LARRY ADLER

HARMONICIST

at the EMPIRE

15, 16, 17 April Booking during holidays

at the Empire Theatre.

Against

skin disease and ifching

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extent.

REGULAR INTERVALS

this

score was 8-3 in favor of the

Cornets.

cases they could not survive il

JUNIOR PENNANT

Comets turned the Dukes trước đảo đo take the Jumor

Their tale is a refreshing onean exfootball star from Duke Pennant on Saturday. They willingness their part to University-about whom an proved their superiority de lecom and on the part of their American friend had just China made a futile attempt Anitely by outlisting and out-hosts and golfing superiors to previously written to me. This too much to be an asset at full selves into the ground in

out running

ing their stackening beach them all they could. The ind should be no flash-in-the- back

and Moss spent most

up a shower dust. CM. Tsing on their turn and went

ponents:

tournament professionals in the pan if he takes care of tumsel" of his time up in the attack effort to keep things going, and was whiffed and L. P. Lhan three straight in the last inning. They were right on

in the

the San Antonio Open. with the result that there was Murray, who showed lots of popped. Y. S. Liang came up oral at last regained Inter- the offensive

rational championship from canto and took an early nover really any right half-back, football skill early on, faded among the cheers and he un

China by 3-1. Skipper Honniball persisted VERDICT: The loss of Nash

badly later on.

failingly slammed ..

lead. They added another four they were not but "anything fours, including one round of 60. timely one- baser to Tight which scored.

Pritchett described the course Portugal Ladies retained the the fourth to put the game they could do for us, said in this line-up to the bitter end

espect of Wally Ma, Y. K. Chan next International Crown by trounc

on ice...

Pritchett, was no trouble at es about 6,400 yards....rubber China popped for the side down and ing

all. Ladies 22-5 in

The Dukes,

mat texs....very narrow with however, were

Houston. Demaret, Burke, woods on either side but, if you 15-rum fourth inning rally exiled in the sixth to net three runs

Mergrum, Mayfield and Barker get away with your drives, a SECOND FRAME result. For half-an-hour was excellent staff that had the

all hopes for their opponents of to save a shut out. The final gave them a dinner at the good many wedge shots for your crowd really yelling but, In the second frame Portugal staging a come-back.

[seeing it was Texas) "fabulous" second.” Oh! these defensive Lactics

Shamrock, Hotel, where Don ... went out one, two, three. Ray-

Scuchak was out in 33. His the China Sea could have mond Tsao of China singled and GAL Yolanda Silva (3b), Shella The Line ups were-PORTU-

Cherry, who is to visit us in May final wire holes really, I think, flowed up the right side with L. C. Poon fouled out. P. H

The line-ups were:-COMETS | with the U.S. Walker Cup team, deserve to be put on record: CAAF goals came at regular out wetting a blue-and-white Lee's sacrifice

and Dina Pires (cf), grounder put Patsy McDonald (2b),

-R. Maher and David Fong was crooning over the radio for 2 44 3 8 3 3 3 2-27. Lintervals throughout the second Jersey,

But let's hand it to Raymond Tsao on second, and

Bay Lee (25). S. Kadir his supper. Ed Lowery-who as a

MOST EXCITING half. Yu Sheuk-yin got four, the CAAF. Whatever the cis-he went to third Mok Chim-wah got three, and cumstances they got an with the pitch. Jackie

(ss), Mira Almeida (c).

Most exciting location of their Wei frustrated

(1f) Hamet (1b), A. K. Ismail Francis Gulmet and Valarie Fernandes Reggie Hamet (p), A. N. Rader

in the great trip was the Thunderbird Club He Cheung-yau made it a South job of scoring goals and the effort by striking out him-

Colabo China

(f), Angela D'Aquino party by getting the that is the whole object of the self,

(10), (3b), R, Osman (et). DUKE play-off for the 1913 U.S.

Vardon and "Alex Mendonca and Cecilia C.

Ryder Cup other two.

Guzzie Pereira opened the Oorto (10). CHINA-L

"L. Azevedo (33), Tony Navemeted them with a car. They where this year's

match is due to be played on (1b), Micky Bugo (ct), Cypres played in practice with the Morris showed that given the

Portugal with fo:

Lim

(18); Helch chance he could beat the de-

sate roller, and reached third

Ladeline Criche (C), Jerry Morales (22), Byron Nelson, and Ed Furgol y Fawkes. Day ($%). Cheng

Madeline W. Jessop (11), A. M. Tascan whose left arm was withered, ten 6,500 yards with big watered The course is dead fint, about fence by getting one for the CAAF: Wai Fat-kim; Hau sacker after two down. But the Galing and C. Lee (1b), (p), John Chaves (3b), M. Roza nc HKFA, and a deceptive lob by Yung-sang, Lau Yee; Chan Fallest batter was danned. China Margaret Lam (2b), S. M. Chu

inches shorter than his right, in greens und fully grown pain, Walmsley made three.

it

hUDE.

Ko" Po-koung, Tong went out quickly 400 though (a), L. W. Chan and Stells. Ph the goals tally mounted, and by Cheung-yau, Chu Wing-keung, reached second.

Chan (36), Y. C. Kwan (p).. Junior Play-Offt is as follows any standards, 14 goals and lotsThu Cheuk-yin, Mok Chun-wah. Portugal again went out three of clever football certainly gave HKFA: Lewis; Nach, Hayes, straight in the fourth but China China batted first and L. S. Comets them value for their money. Toth Tonndoil, Walters; came back fruitless though L. C. Although the CAAF victory Osborne Moss, Morris, Murray, Poon singled and reached second was decisive in goals there was Walmsley.

on a steal

game.

THE TEAMS

third

J

#

A Collaco

Sheth

Bernal-Silva (p), Irene le ), George Kotwall (c), Garry little box-of ten caddied for

Amy

S

(r).

Kby the desert of Californis,

The Chinese fans cheered DG Sheung: HoYing-fun, Ho C. M. Tsang bunted safe and (r), Goret Chan and Peari The final Standing of the who last year won the U.Si por or two ago, together with

THE GAMBOLS

WHO? FLO. „ARE YOU E BURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER? YES. THIS IS

GAMBOLL.

Yim drew first blood for her Blackhawks 'B'.

side in the opening canto. How-C.A.A, Jr. ever, Portugal Ladies showed Dukes

Barry Applebyy

1 REMEMBER. GEORGE · THAT, WAS THE COUPLE WE MET: ON", HOLIDAY THREE YEARS AGO AND WERE SO FRIENDLY, WITH AND PROMISED. TO ALWAYS 1= HAVE JOUR HOLIDAYS TOGETHER

an accident at the age of 11 and free transplanted there maly a Opert, proved

"a wonderful janothom.

"Fabulous" clubhouse PWL Pct.

fellow."

What good news that surrounded by week-end cot- 3.0 1,000

be is to play in the British Open tages for the members. 21 607 at St Andrews! 1 2 3 0.3

GOLDEN CHURN

CHUR

better batter

WINEK WAGERINE ÆLTD”

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INDO

NOT A LOT

Presiding, genius is none other than Johnny Dawson, who mado so many friends over here in the Our young friends were sent Amateur Championship of 1929. by their respective sponsors with Having quoted what some of enough money to get them there these young professionals may for and back-and, if they wanted themselves about their trip, let anything better than fourth class me add that I have heard from while they were there, they had more than the unimpeachable better win it for themesives. Source that they lett a very In such competition they did good impression behind them. not win a lot, but on one splendid in fact, congratüzifons to one day Jacobs and his three and all.

amateur partners tied for s second

in a "pro-amateur" and the ihalder of their ticket in the

**

sweep put 1,000 dollars into the common

Incidentally the winners of this event were 32 under-par

• 38 holes Le

the

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER

Lisbon Apr. 10:

They were present, too, et two Portugal's team beat notable performance one when Luxembourg by three goals to the diminutive Jerry Barber, one after leading 2-0 at half- needing a four form 65, holed time in an International foot his second at the 18th Top 3: ball match at the National the other when Mike Souches, Stadium here today-Reut

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