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“THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY,⠀

SEPTEMBER 10, 1955,

SPORTING SAM

WEEK-END BOWLS

CRUCIAL LAST MATCH

SANDEMAN TODAY WILL DECIDE WHICH

TEAM GETS RELEGATED

The King of Whiskies

ASANDEHAN SCOTCH

By "TOUCHER”

The two lowest-placed First Division teams, Indian Recreation Club "Gold" and Recreio "Whites", come in for their share of the spotlight this afternoon as the Colony Lawn Bowls League season approaches its end.

The two teams clash at Sookunpoo in a crucial last match of the season to decide who will be the wooden-spoonists of the year and the team that will go down

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Into the Second Division next season.

The Recreio "Whites" Hre aheud by one point and have the extra advantage of being down by only 127.57 shots as against the 160 shot of the Indims. A 3-2 win will see them retain their position in the First Divi- sion, and even a 2-3 defeat still gives them a chance of edging

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By Reg. Wootton

Money Is The Root

Of Current Soccer Evils Today

Says DON REVIE

Down and down go the attendances at many League matches. and up goes the rating assessment on many Football League grounds. enough money coming into the game as there was in the boom years. much being taken out through one kind of taxation or another.

Up Not

FIRMANI GETS GOLF CLUBS AS A PRESENT

• Eddie Fimthen, the 21-year- old Sampdoria: (Italy) inside- forward, transfered from Charlton Athletic towards the end of the English close senson, will be playing golf with 慎 brand now bag of clubs this year. Mrs Firmänt" and one- month-old son Paul left London for Genon this week.

The golf clubs a gift to Fiddle from his old club in «re» cognition of his services-went with them.

Firmani 'madu 105 League and Cup appearances for Charlton, acoring 31 goals. Ho equalled the club's individual scoring re- cord in the League with Ave gonta tigainst Aston Villa February.

Jast

Low Hood, who starred in Australia's 5-0 Davis Cup win ever the United States, may turn professional, Jack Kramer has openly said Houd, looks the best prospect for his profession- al tennis circus.

Low, who is still only 20, will not commit himself. But he says: "If the offer is good

enough, how can I pass it up?"

SOVIET RUNNER

TooVladimir Kuts, the Loningand

to

They always had a grand time Irrespective of the number of shots they were down. the promotion of the Kowloon Dock Third Division team into

side, On the Craigengower

expected this division next season, a much

Fred Macar may be more Interesting

and

much to hold his own against Hassan, Lonard keener competition is in store but whether Stanley

to for the Second Division bowlors, can produce that extra bit

jead his ride through remains Congratulations go to the the unpredictable question On Champions, Talkoo Club, for regular form, the Indians have The Indians need at least a

winning the Second Division | a slight edge on their ® KCC's 14-1 win to escape relegation, tille and a deserving promotion In the second match,

the strength

of their do

the First Division. They Α. Lopes, E. R. Rosselel reshuffle line-up this afternoon | have played

bowls and C. R. Roscelet will start 1 doubt very much if they can throughout and we hope that off as slight favourites agains

Is it any wonder some professional footballers consider they belong to a take more than one point from they may be able to show some Craigetugower's

tressed industry? I don't expect many football fans will agree with that because they this game.

of our velvran First Division C. C. Ma and A. H. Sc

read so often about the big names on £15 a week, many with jobs outside football undersland that ore rink bowlers thing or two when who were not really impressive

which may put them in the £2,000 a year income bracket. when they won their quarter- take they join them next season. which O. Sadick will

fru

Scemin, Skip Tount.

35, then you aro OUT, over the st. p's role from A. H.

Two Third División games especially, will have to play But did you know the average were glad to get away from the about Seemin who will

corn that as bus con- play is lead,

and grime and poorly You can smoke will

side is "e" of a footballer is seven If his better this after much be played off will be considerably weakened

that the to get past the well-balanced years, and

average paid jobs. Many of them did ductor or night watchman and have Jobs, That is you can stay earning it a lot £8 a week? Now not even

of the Bill Johnston, one by the absence of Benny Omar. noon with the match between

aggres-income is Filipino Club

Kowloon KCC three with their

they concentrated on can you wonder why so many why

longer than you will at football most popular Australian cricket- Dock meriting some attention.

off from brilliant young players say "No mastering a football. That is

ers who was written If the dockmen win this match

con you wonder why thank

you" when football why, hour after hour, they

to big cricket because of a knee to become managers, try to sign them on practised

great every manager I speak injury, hopes to be able to play

raises the

complaint? professional forms?

players.

ngain in the current Australian There are

not so many bril season. lion youngsters coming into the game as there were before 1999,

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GOOD SEASON

and

cent Rix-

'Tho Second Division con- they will have completed the

100 per eludes this afternoon with the season

with a between Kowloon record, winning. all their Cricket Club and Filipino Club. teen matches. I believe it has been quite some time since that feat has been achieved. Cx-

done, Kowloon Dock.

Competition has bern tremely keen In this division this Reason—even keener, fet, than in the First Division. Victorles have been registered by such teams as KCC, USRC and HKCC over the top-placed teams and an excellent. spirit prevalled in all these games.

Only Police Recreation Club proved to be that shude weaker, than the others, but a word of compilment must be paki to the Police bowlers for the very line manner, in which they took their defeats during the seapon,

Sports Diary

TODAY

swimming

Ist day of the Colony Swimming Championship Anais at EYMCA.

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There is not

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Open the Colony Triples event will reach its final stage with the play-off of the: two semi-finals at the Kowloon, Bowling Green Club.

Both

games promise a high standard of bowls and excreme- ly close fights.

The

Craigengower Cricket Club has been again. lucky in draw, having its two surviving combinations in different halves, and its representatives will be given that oxtra urge of making it an all-Craigengower final as they have done in the rinks event.

George Hong Choy, F. 0. Madar and S. Leonard, con- the Luz brothers, querors of have been drawn against Indian Recreation Club's I. Ali, M. B. Hassan and A. M. Omar in the first match.

Both threes, have been play- ing some brilliant bowls in their recent matches and much will depend on the form of the day. For the Indians, both Hassan and Omar will have to be right int lop form if they expect to go through.

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IRC “Blues" v. PRC

KCC v. FC

as a pro-

BTEADY JOB

What lad today is going to

ballers to give up a steady job

quit the pit to play football? and loke up soccer fession. This

书 problem He may love the game, but on which must be faced resolutely the one hand he has a steady to job which over the years will sooner or later,

bring him in far more than he will earn at Soccer, unless is one of the lucky ones. Second the

World

Put yourself in the position War, most of our footballers

recruited from the pits of the average footballer. You They have £8 a week until you are and Industrial

Second Division.

If we are

meet the continentals on level

terms.

Before

Third Division

KCC v. HKERC FC v. KDC (Skips' *Tables are on Page 17)

were

areas.

SPORTS SURVEY

They Should Give A Medal To

To Fred Lane

For Long Service

Says "ALL-ROUNDER"

he

So

Game

is

sailor who lost by a stride Chria Chataway, when the Eng- dis-ishman broke the World's 5,000 Metres record at the White City inst October is in the Soviet team to meet Britain in MoR- Chat- cow on September 11. away and Kuts have each benten the other once and each time

was a world record,

Yet how different the

The June

Johnston injured his knee at East Molesay in 1953. ranlage went again in during the last Test against the West Indies. Doctors of first thought the damage was beyond repair,

situation on the cuttinent where they have a glut of top class talent. Kopa the French centre- forward told me he is paid FOUR TIMES CHAMPION

£150 a month, plus a £20 bonus if his team wins, or £10 Eddie Firmant if they draw. has left Charlton Athletic to go

Italian football on some→ into what similar terms: Can you blame him?

Johnny Leach: the former World Table Tennis Champion, heads the English National In ranking list Just published London.

Richard Bergmann, four times World Champion, is ranked A rich prize awaits the consecond.

with Brian Kennedy, tinental lad who is prepared to the 22-year-old YorkshiremURAL work hard to reach the top He; third, the Women's section,

the effort is worth the Rosalind Rowe is ranked No. In British fopball there is with sister Diane and. 16-year- comparable incentive for old Ann Haydon joint second.

the many youngsters la laire

Alec Slock, manager of Ley- did. same risk their fathers

ton Orient Football Club, And the list of first class play-been elected team-manager

feels

risk.

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bas

of

crs who also talve jobs outside the League, Division Three football for their future security (South) side to meet the Third steadily grows.

Division (North) in the second of the armual games between the two leagues on Accrington Stanley's ground on October 13.-London Express Service,

Tom Finney has his plumbing business; Len Shackleton and Ken Chisholm have shops: Roy Bentley, Nat Lofthouse, Trevor Ford and Ken Armstrong, wre all salesmen. Even these great players dare not rely solely on

that is all wrong.

Thirty-one years a footballer; thirty years a club secretary. That football for their future. Surely

is the proud record of Mr Fred Lane, of Mint FC (Birmingham), who has just announced his retirement. Now sixty-five years old, he played for the club from 1914 to 1945, and has been its secretary since 1925.

have two

He has also helped the cricket, boxing, badminton, table tennis, lawn tennis and billiards sections of the club, and was boxing secretary and trainer for twelve, years. All honorary. They should give him a medal.

Fuddy Ryan, Irish Interna- [ years in Australia as n conch tional, recently transferred from at Melbourne, West Bromwich to Derby, has been made County skipper, He the from won the wishbone chicken at Derby's dinner table at Southport. Would not break it: put it in his wallet instead. "That can wait until wo struggling," he said.

GREATER REWARDS British football cries out for great players and personalities: yet we will never attract the the intelligent type of chap game needs unless there is more Incentive. Certainly I idow more and more professional foot... ballers are worried about their future.

Burnbank Athletic (Lanark) is becoming a real familly con- cert. Already they

The first positive step is to sols of brothers-the Shiels and

Now they have offer greater rewards. Even more the Stewards,

added another couple-James | Important is that youngsters and John Shepherd from Birken- coming into the game should be shaw United,

so safeguarded that they have another trade or profession to Gayfield Park, Arbroath, was rely on. This should be written

place Greenock Morton into a player's contract.

thetr Bcottish Cuptic,

And what of you, the fans? but it was not such a gay trip..

to Without greater support at the Morton did not get back Glasgow unill two in the mom-turnstiles the game will decline ing and it was an hour or so even further. The solution may not only Soccer after that before some of the be to have

sports centres, bome. Right grounds, but players reached

two where the people of a town car winger Bertle Hill, had

every type of hours in bed before reporting participate in

sport. to his factory job.

There is quite a story behind the signing of George Hunter, Derby County goalkeeper, by Exeter. Three years ago Hunter fillness and suffered a serious was sent to Switzerland to re-

So too cuperate. are

was Frank Houghton, of Newcastle United. Houghton is now

Exeter the Worcester Clly, Southern player, and when City wanted a played Leaguers, are to receive an in-keeper he remembered his old centive bonus this season. Each Alpine pal. player will get ten shillings extra for every 1,000 spectators at home matches over 6,000. It will pay them to be attractive.

No, the great Tommy is not leaving Arsenal to add Villa to his previous Everton, Burnley,

Chelsea, Notts County Brentford clubs. The Lawton who has signed for Aston is Terry of that ilk, a 17-year-old local..

Dai Recs, who will captain Great Britain in the Ryder Cup In America, had the shock of his life when he visited Fish- wick Hall Golf Club, Preston (Lones) to play and give coach- ing.

Sobber will not die in this Harold Bell One of the players who

has just played country. But we must counter- other the asked him for instruction was his 400th successive match for

challenge of Division Mr Robert Iddon. He is 92 Tranmere Rovers in

to be Three North. With that almost forms of entertainment by mak- years old and believed

For the player, it must be an the oldest golfer in the country, incredible record ever be sure occer field more attractive, It is not likely. More occupation more competitive 4 SCHOOLBOY'A FEAT

that Harold has 20 FA with the rewards of industry. Cupties and 81 local cup and

matches friendly

in an un For the potator, not only Is there an older cricket cleven rune la a: good per umpire thun Mr Alfred Babing-formance in any standard of broken fun of 457 games in the better football is the answer, nine seasons. since the War: but now "ideas for new times, lon, of Darwen (Lanes)? He is cricket. It becomes outstanding Normally a centre half, he has better amenities and the pre- 78 years of age, and says he when it is performed in schior just moved to contre forward sentation of such extra items as Intends to carry on in the company by a sixteen-year-old

OLDEST UMPIRE

All ten wickets, for only

games

ild mooting or Junior local Cricket League next sum-schoolboy. He is Alan Wood,, of and scored one of the goals In gymnastle displays, minor athlo-

before Longue matches. mer. He first played the game Shefeld, and he did it playing his 400th Leagle tch

had three for Braithwell against Adwick.

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SPORTS

QUIZ

have

The

1. What fectboll clubs

the following nicknames? (a) The Roma Lambs (e)

(b)

The Moppies

(d) The Robins (e) The Canaries.

2. What is the most famous annual Yachting event?

3. How many players make a. tearn in (a) Rugby Union football (b) Rugby Leoque football (e) Folo (d) Water Polo?

4. What is the name of the Yachting Cup competed for between Great Britain and America? Nationalities,

5.

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please, those famous sporting per- Bonalities: Learic Con- stantine Eddie Firmand, "Jack

Young Randolphi

Turpin

6. When did. England fast win the Wightman Cup?

Anagrams: OMT

7. SUNNI, RIS NEXLSTA OSRU, CKAJ BEMACHHT, OYE WEOINSRUNE.

6. Which Negro

We the

-World's Heavyweight Champion in the 1930's?

9. What is the difference bd- tween the off-side rule. in hockey and in soccur?-

10. What is the lowest waight

category in boxing?

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