1955-09-26 — Page 6

Part 6

KITCHEE 5, ARMY 3

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1985.

HOME FROM MOSCOW AND PRAGUE.

KITCHEE SHARPSHOOTERS CAUSE HAVOC IN ARMY'S "BLUNDER-BURST" DEFENCE

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Against fast and active Chinese forwards defensive blunders are sure and free passes to defeat. If the newcomers to the Army team had any doubt about the wisdom of that quotation before yesterday's match at the Club Stadium they must surely stand adequately convinced now.

Kitchee turned in an attractive performance but their goal tally is really more of an Indication of a long crop of errors by the soldiers defenders. then of the any particular forward brilliance on their own part......although there is not slightest doubt that they made the maximum use of the gifts that were presented to them.

their lines.

to

The game started on a wet | Ashworth had all falled to clear

with surface and greasy difficult swirling wind blowing Intermittently. Both sides found the ball coming off the surface with great speed and it took the two sets of players some time to settle down.

The opening counter came in the 15th minute when Crompton was adjudged to have fouled as apponent in the penalty box. The first kick hit the post and went behind but the

referee ordered it to be re-taken for a

by Infringement pre-kick defender. At the second ul- tempt Tse Kam-ho converted.

GREAT SHOT

*

lo br

One minute Inter the first of the defensive mistakes saw the Kitcher tead

to two. gu up Ashworth,

away out in mid- field with plenty of timo 10 elear his lines, elected over clever. He misplaced the

before bull however and

you Mick

cyelld. Lam Sheung-yee was on it and from el of 25 yards sent a sizzling drive into the net. A bid error but a great shot,

uli

27

you

Morris brought the game lite again two minutes later when in typicat style he threw himself high in the air to head a magnificent goal from a fine centre from

comer.

Army: Lewis, Hogan, Ash- worth, Egerton, Crompton, Hall, Morris, White, Small, Dow, McLoughlin.

RAF 1, KMB 6

was

a

McLoughlle, A Don't let the score sheet fool tow seconds later he almost re-

Mathematically the dif you.

between theso two peated his success but this timeference Cheung Koon-hing anticipated teams

five goals but the brilliantly and dived across his real material difference was goal to push the ball round the

litle red shirted will of the wisp post for

with a

figure 'S' on his back With the score at 4-3 it was Szeto Man. still

but 12 anyone's match

Small in stature but standing

and minutes from the end Tse Kam-

shoulders ho ran into position to gather

In everyone this game, the Bus- a pass that came to him after men's

right thought, Inside

that four Army defenders had had a schemed, and moved just chance to clear the bull out of vital fraction faster than anyone

rising shotelse afeld. danger. His fast bunt Lewis close to the post.

UNRELIABLE

head

above

It was his ability to size up a situation that really finished this game a few minutes after the interval. The Airmen re- It is often unreliable to place

turned to the field a solitary too much reliance on Best Im-

arrears and it was pressions especially with two goal in

Kit Immediately obvious that they new tearres such as these.

all on a quickt were staking chec

have recruited well and will not be easily beaten by any equaliser. club this

whic with They threw everything into .and more steadiness

better the attack. Toth the main- Army spring of the RAF side-moved covering in defence the too will give a good account of far upfield but lost possession themselves. the

After this goal the Army

and

suldenly found their touch set up a strong attack on Kitchee gond In two minutes Morris reduces the defeit when

ran on to a good through pass, swerved to his right, und cracked a grounder into the netgood between Cheung Koon-hing and the near post.

several

season,

WIS

were

open

of the ball. Lee Chun-fat slip- ped it square to Szelo Mon. The inside right looked up trundled the ball to Ler Tal-fai and raved for the wide spaces on the RAF right hand side.

The ball came back to him in position and the inside-left

of steps he taking a couple lashed a tremendous drive into the corner of the net to give his side a safe three goalk to one

lead.

For Kitchee, Chan Fai-bung Kwok Shek. The Kom-ho and Tam Yong-kan. who gave Hogan a real runaround, wat throughout, and Lum Shoung-yee

always a dangerous man in front of goal. Much of the trouble in the At this stage the soldiers were

Army defence came from the calling the tune, and they came

who

fre- wing halves pear to equalising on ocensions. Just when it seemed quently caught too far up seld. Fat the interval would come

The forward line looked eap- with the score altered, Lewis able of getting goals with Dow, carelessly miskicked a goal kick Morris and White catching the Straight

to Lau Kai-chu who eye most on this occasion.

Verdict: Both sides have stilling lofted It back over the goal- keeper's head and into the net.to settle down but there is at-

Both sides re-started cautious-tractive football in the line-ups.and the three goals that follow- The referee handled the gameed merely served to emphasise ly but the

moved E was

the value of a strong goal- about with speed and skill and well. His decisions were always

chasing forward. the crowd was well entertained, given promptly and he was al-

Actually however the Airmen ways in good position to decide

word of sympathy for are due

Saturday Hill on fair and foul.

ball

TEAMS

QUICK THINKING

This example of quick think- and brilliant execution finished the game as a spectacle

ATILIS

Three victorious womén athletes (left to right) Miss J. 'Scrivens, Miss Thelma Hopkins, and Miss Diane Leather, pictured at London Airport on Sept. 17, when the British Athletle team arrived home from Moscow and Prague, Misa Scrivens has won all her internationals, Thelma Hopkins won the High Jump in Moscow and Prague and the Long Jump at Prague, while Miss Leather had a

Central Express Photo. hard race in Moscow, but won at Prague. ----

L. MANNING Resumes His Mission To Moscow Talks And

Discovers

--

RUSSIANS PLAN IN SECRET FOR SPORTS

A NEW CROWN

Moscow.

TRABERT PROBABLY WILL TAKE TOP SPOT IN WORLD RANKING LIST

Says AUBREY HIGGS

London, Sept. 25.

Tony Trabert, 25-year-old husky American, seems assured of being hailed as the World's Num- ber One Lawn Tennis player of the year.

nctiתפילת

Though losing his Davis Cup challenge round, Trabert probably will be a unanimous choice for top spot in the unofficial world ranking lists which several, authori- tative tennis writers compile at this time of the year.

By winning the

Tingay gives Vile Saites Wimbledon and United States (USA), former Wimbledon and fourth Singles tiles and the Doubles American Champion, title of France and. Australia in place. Other positions in hia the Samo year, the Cincin order of merit are: nati ace has achieved the finest record of any player in postwar

termls. better

There

may have been players during these years-men Ike, Frank Seigman hht Jack Kraner-but none could match Traberl's Cham- plonship success.

successful

Kramer, now professional promoter, certainly has no doubts as to who is the world's premfor amateur. He has been quick to appreciate Traber's worth as a potential "crowd puller" by coming out this week with a record profes. sional offer of $80,000. Trahert is thinking it over.

Fifth Rex -Hartwig (Aús- traila).

Sixth-Budge Patty (USA).. Seventh Ham Richardson (USA).

Eighth-Kurt Nielsen (Den-

mark);

Ninth Pjaroslav Drobny. (Egypt) Joni tenth Sven Davidson (Sweden) and Mervyn Rose (Australia).

Tennis enthusiasts may won der why there is no offteldl World ranking. The answer is

of the

worl that

question ranking has never been raised at any meeting of the Interna- tional Lawn Tennis Federation, the sport's ruling body.

In reply to: a question, Mr

In the first of the 1953 un- official manking lists to appear-- that of Lance Tingay in the London Daily Telegraph-Tro- bert is given the pride of places. B. Reay, British Secretary d with Australians Ken Rosewall and Lew Hond second and third respectively.

for

Cup.

Though Hoad accounted

the Davia Trabert in Tingay preferred Rosewall for second place on the strength of

his

the Federation, said that in.

view it would be unlikely that any such proposal would be adopted.

"An omcial world tanking would serve no itseful 1161 his Australian Singles title vic-purpose," he declared, "Further in the United States Champion-difcult to

tory and for Anishing runner-up more it would be extremely

On September 16 I returned with gratitude and relief the shapely green-and-gold silk pyjamas and enormous red-and-black dressing-gownships. which at Botkinskaya Hospital is the lush uniform of a VIP walking wounded.

Yes, they have let me out after convalescing briefly in unexpectedly luxurious surroundings fit for diplomala, stomach-aching sports editors and visiting ETU shop stewards.

If ever Jimmy Guthrie gets n headache or ulcers he should come to Moscow. His footballers* cattle market speech went down well here, and everyone asks me if it is true.

I

any partly, but if we did not have some control maybe we would finish up with only two good teams like Moscow Dynamo and Spartak. And they say: "What is wrong that that?"

RUSSIAN TV

During the

Dast week, al- though receiving by tortuous news channels such items as the

nt Caround the season in the defeat of Zatopek and Cockell,

In the 50th minute the Army the lead again when reduced White scored with a spectacular drive from outside the penalty area, but in less than a minute Loule C. Ping, Lau Yee, Chan and did not take his place on Lom Sheung-yee restored Kit-Fai-hung, Ng Kee-cheung, Kwok cher's two goal advantage when Shek, Tse Kam-ho, Kwok Yau, the field. he cracked a loose bull into the Lau Kei-chu, Lam Sheung-yce, five minutes old and his side a net after Hogan, Crompton and Tan Yung-kan.

they Kitchee: Cheung Koon-hing, worst possible way.

unavoidably

HUNGARIANS COME FROM

BEHIND TO BEAT

CZECHS AT ATHLETICS

Prague, Sept. 25.

Hungary came from behind today in their track and field match against Czechoslovakia at Bratislava to win the men's encounter by 115 points to 97 and the women's by 54 to 52.

The Hungarians were a point behind, 47-48, after the first day yesterday in the men's match but won first place in all six truck events today and in three of the five field events.

Emil

cleared

-

two

metres (six feet 6 inches) to take the High Jump.

The womenys 800 Metres was

wou in the good time of two

Toth was delayed on duty

until the game was

cowniening Roa

The

of the guni senior se

season which came atter Three

minutes was really the result of two short demonstra

one bad and one good. Bons

The dishonour of the bad one fell to RAF right-back Brettell who

successful but Rave

legal demonstration of goal- keeping when he punched

scoring header out from under the cross bar. Lee Tal-fal then look a hand, or rather a foot, to demonstrate just how penalty kick should be tucked away in the net. Time-4 minutes.

I

the magle of Blackpool and the sat "walkever" of Meld, nightly staring like many thou sands in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Stalingrad, und elsewhere. Doing what?

which Watching "Televisor," is the nearest I can spell Rus- sian TV.

Oh yes, we're civilined here. Why there are even no panel games, but snappy demonstra lions of chess and play put over with Eamonn Andrews' fair.

Plenty of all sport, but they spoll a good spectacle by using only one camera, So we hardy of Pirie-when saw a close-up he was so far behind Kuts

They Will Pay Return Visit

DRITAIN

B

meet

Rumla and - Czecho- slovakiù in full-scale inter- national athletic matches in London next year. This is one of the outcomes of the recent

British visit by athletes to Moscow and

Prague.

Me Jack

Leam

Crump, the maid at manager, London Airport when the British team arrived back: "We shall see the best of the Russian and Czech athletes here in action."

planes in the air. When they estimate they can win a Grand Prix they will enter.

Not many weeks ago some payout tickets for Anding the winners of two successive races

жете

3,000 roubles. worth nearly £300, which made odds of about 300 to one. Incidentally It's all tobe botting, and по round-the-corner bookico,

then my Sportsview has limited to hospital chit- chal, but there without doubt Is great national Burge towards physical culture in a big way. You encounter evidence every where, and in little ways.

for been

yesterday

So

Mall Special.

compile."-China

Yugoslavia Beat World Soccer Champions 3-1 At Belgrade

*-* "Belgrade, Sept. 25.

Before a 60,000 crowd at the Army Stadlum here today, Yugoslavia beat the World Soccer Champions, West Germany, by three goals to one after lending by 2-1 at half time,

Milutinovic (81st minute) and Rajkov (88th minute) scored the first half goals and there was no change with I only seven minutes to play.

. For instance, passed 0 school playground. Teenage girls were throwing the

Thert

Vesalinovic increased discus and javelin to each other the home sido's tally but just as enjoyably as ours might buy. over a minute from the end a box of chocolates and go to Max Morlock scored Germany's the "licks."

KEEPING FIT-BY RADIO

goal.

Yugoslavia stormed into the

Wellington Star Sets New

attack at the start but though Rugger Record

a

the

Twice overy morning on

а German defence was radio network nationwide musical keep-fit sessions, flex tle shoky It managed to keep

miracles, and inculcate them out.

Did mo

I cannot confirm the technical Russian detalls, but, believe me, if the zest for athleticism. standard of high-speed driving good in bed too. is similar to that of Russian taxis, then the Soviets will not lack any Stirling Mosskies.

FIRST GOAL Gradually the German

for-

Auckland, Sept. 24,

Ron Jarden, brilliant

wing today set a

Wellington's three-quarter, new individi

SEISOTH

So now I take a couple of wards found their feet but they record for first class rugby in day's rest before this week's big could not pierce the home de- New Zealand by carrying his round up. Recently I reinforced fence

total of points to 170 for the and Yugoslavia were Incidentally, chr

Insurance myself with Russian sausages for back on the attack. here is voluntary, which makes the first time.

The first goal followed a you think as you venture serom I am a glutton for gastrono-rebound off a port and the 25 the wide roads. with narrow mical punishment, but I bet pocond was a lofted shot over Zealand record of four tries. La white-line safety zones in the vindimír Kuts docen't train on the heal of the, German. Foal-a first class representative, game middle.

A set hero costs from £100 upwards, plus a monthly licence of 176. 6d., but divide by three to The only safeguard is that approximate tho layout for drivers can lose their licence on Russians. Many homes now the spot, and driving tests are have TV, but, as was the case reportedly

difficult in

more

As soon as Toth took the field

Airmen

started to play the clever constructive football and the right-half was all over the

in Britain, it was once almost a Moscow than London. trying to force on

of class distinction. The next goal

Russians

settled

TROTTING BEASON equaflser, but the

that. It came easy to a nation

The Russians are mad keen came at the other end. A mast

whose

Peoples Railways

motorcycle racing,

but right wing left back Martin too far

some trains have as many as six on

these different classes two inter- there is no betting

That is re national, two soll and two hard, thrilling contests.

served for horses, Tote

unita BACK TO SPORT

movement caus

rilan It home.

Lou Tim was suffering from Injury which was treated on the side line but when he re- tumed to the fleid he was little

Just more than a passenger. before the interval he used his bands to stop a ball in the penalty area and Toth, in spite of a valiant dive by Wai Fat- kim, opened the RAF acccount.

IMMATURE

on

on

them.

(COPYRIGHT)

RAC TO SET SPECIAL RACE DRIVING TEST

London, Sept, 24, The Royal Automobile Club,

keeper as he came out.

For a time in the second half Yugoslavia were kept on the defence and were once lucky when a shot hit the upright.

Then Morlock, had a goal but ng disallowed for offside,

the second half progressed, the Germans seemed to tire aid, though they did eventually are 17s. 6d. The trotting season the organisatkin which patro core, they were a well beaten is in full swing now, having nises and controls British auto-side at the finish-Reuter, taken over from the flat for the mobile race events, intends to winter.

make certain drivers pase a

Against Auckland he scored points, equalled the Now

and passed the record of 165 points he set last seasÓN.

in

Jarden had scored 27 pointa his previous game-Chlawa Mail Special.

HERBIE FLAM ELIMINATES

VIC SEIXAS

Los Angeles, Bept. 24. Herble Flam today, eliminated defending champlon Vic Beas of the... Pocille southwest tennis tourney.

But back to sport. My probe as you know, began paradoxie

And I mean winter, because special race driving test, follow- DOUBLE VICTORY in semi-finals cally with the appendix, yet one secret I have learned airoadly. when snow falls deep, crisp, and ing this year's fatal accidents ut

The Russians, secure in the even, out come ploughs and on Le Mans (over 30 spectators and FOR YUGOSLAVIA belief they have world come the trotters. No trouble one driver killed) and Dundrod supremacy in athletics and foot at all. ball, plan to crash international motor racing, in which they see double crown of sport and engineering, and good salesman, ship of their cars,

(throo drivers killed) the *Evening

Standard"

the R.CA Tuxpertioxed

reported

sido was

Flám dowied the defender, 9-7, 6-3,4-0, 6-3, to win one of the two final- bertha, for which four Americans fought

Bolgrade, Sept. 25. tordny.

Yugoslavia completed 0 The London evening news double over West Germany in today.

Walle would soccer matches today. Odds used to be very small as poper sald

wianing British the senior the same old fields becamo familiar to the Runsky punters. race-drivers to study a racing here the "B" team beat West to Germany "B" in the Glovenian They are already producing So horses were brought from code" and to pass a test special hush-hush racing proto-Hungary, Poland, and Czecho "quality to hold e fall compel capital of Jubljana by eight types, which are said to be as slovakia to beat the stable touts tion Tcence, authorising them to goals to zero, scoring four times

run."—France-Presse.

in each half-Router, good on the track as are their land confuse form.

and as the ball came across the BOST The women, who began four inch) and Jaroslav Kovar of 2081 Tang Yec-kit was there to points down, 20-24, took four of Czechoslovakia their six events today,

The Hungarians scored full points in the 5,000 Metres run, won by Laszio Tabori in 14 minutes 8.0 seconds with Erno minutes 9.3 seconds by Aranka Beres second at 14 minutes 72 Kazi of Hungary.-Reuter. seconds.

POLAND BEAT NORWAY Zatopek

Czecho- of slovakia, who was beaten into

London, Sept. 29. third place yesterday over 19,-

In the two-day men's athletics not start in 000 Metres, did

match at Poznan, Poland beat the 5,000 metres,

Old timer Tang Yce-kit gave to 70 Sandor Rozsnyol wen the Norway by: 134 points 3,000 Metres Steeplechase for according to FAP the Polish fine exhibition of Johnny-on- Hungary in eight, mins, 48.6 news agency, quoted by Tieuter. the-spot tactics to notch

They had led by 72-45 as the second half hat-trick and bring

events his own tally of yesterday's

to four-indeed a Vlastimil Brlicu finished end

entisfactory start to his setison, + accond in eight mins. 49.4 secs. Reuter.

There's not a lot wrong

with to beat the Czechoslovak re-

the losers team. Here and cord.

there player looked immature, but in Martin, Tolh, Burns and McLellan they have staunch fighting materini, Clark blew his bellows in an all-out arst. half effort and faded to the game progressed. Lack of A scoring forward was the real deficiency in the line-up, t KMB · Bro

seconds.

RECORD FOR SECOND

Similarly.

Mihalyn,

Запоз

though second in the waight putting, set a new Hungarian

record with his throw of 10.55 moires (64 feet 3 inches).

KUTS RUNS 3.000M.

100

A

IN 8:02,6

Belgrade, Sépt, 25. Vladimir Kuts Soviet stor Jiri Skoblo, Czechoslovakia's athlete and 6,000 Metres world European Champion, making record holder, today, bent the Champlons.

this They have grand bla first

G. appearancs, after.

Soviet record for 5,000 Matres players of established reputation Boot inftiry, won this event with a time of eight minuten 2.6 with 10.72 metres (64 feet 104 seconds, according to the Tanjug but they have glaring forward inches)...

Arency.

по

weaknesses that even be efforts

of Stato, Lian and Tang Yetkit Andther Hungarian recbrü He was competing in on cannot coricoat!

Jikbit of was broken by tile, women's four international track and fickt Fut-im'a, times

100 Motres

Relay meeting at Zastreo (Yoday); loking anying, kick, at a todo, quariate, whoes Uime was, 10.8 but drie, lime old not. Approach (bol; authig) than using his hands

world best of seven minartes with again for avklarice

aconda standing to the MAVERIMURT/810a Liên on th

Hung Binder, other in

changed the result,

THE GAMBOLS

WHAT: ARE YOU DOING BEAR PI

MAKOINTIN

by Barry AB

DAN LENTDO

"WHY NOT

[LENT BIS

YOUR

Tony Trabent, and Hamilton metin txxloy's Richardsor other top men's singles match.

Flam will meet the winner of the crown bản this match for morrow-United Press.

GOLDEN CHURN