1955-11-19 — Page 17

SPORTING SAM

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1955.

By Reg. Wootton

Softball Spotlight On South China-Pandas Tussle Tomorrow

By "TIME OUT"

This week's softball spotlight will fall on the South China-Pandas tussle

buts in A The other Senior "A" Division game featured in this week's card will see the hard-hitting US Navy boys in a clash against C. C. Lee's Chinese Athletic contingent at 11.00 a.m, in the morning.

at King's Park at 2.00 p.m. tomorrow when these old arch-rivals cross diamond duel.

The Senior "B" Comets, still nursing the wounds from their recent defeat at the hamls of the Delawares, will be having a field day when they take on the cellar- dwelling Hurricane nine for the second time.

The Laubes” seçdium only pro-

g the newly Bevuustoa Kamle defence utirist vides une tussle this week as tho League-lending Wahoos meet' very much seasoned Nam Wah the lowly Overseas basses in the south. Tony Wu's Pandas cap morrow curtam raiser *The ods pels en The unexpected to

a reaktari

allow the beam bone through

tive skirmish the afternoon. will the limelight focusing on the razor-1ke' stuggie between Wah Ying and the Eagles 4.00 pm:

With her age-old frud ti going strong. The South China lots will space nothing in their Bugles with the Pandas in t0. morrow's feature g

Com-

Show Haller Richarst then will probably to the rubber In Die Parra with revente reinstated Raptrol Pak, a affe-mem ball. Hawk of obl Panila fame, durven.

skities behind the bird Kr Labky Harold Ong will be posted ad ins tonal position Mart bane while key man of tended quartel, Y Laung,

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"Looks as if Gaye's planning a picnic for this afternoon

I wanted to hear that football broadcast

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Relief hurler Wille Woo wit| take the stand at the keystone while newcomer J Chen covera the

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VISITING TEAMS' ARE NOT ENOUGH

HONGKONG FOOTBALLERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE TOURS ABROAD

Says I. M. MacTAVISH

"There is not only the problem of continuing to exist; but of making life fruitful and existence worth while”. So wrote Aristotle some 25 cen- turies ago.

Such a quotation and its originator may, at first glance, seem a long way removed from the football field, and certainly when I came across it the other day in a professional journal I did not immediately translate it into terms of soccer, but the more I thought about it the more I felt that there was in fact a wealth of wisdom in it as far as the game was concerned. Let us see how it connects up with the Hongkong football firmament.

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No longer today is it possible, rialise, Clubs tours serve a most influenced by injuries to or beneficial to look at football, useful purpose but they are not, goalkeepers a a vital stago of a in isolation or consider it as it and never can be, a substitutė | match.

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tinent.

in order to evaluate any indivi- dual circumstance or achieve-

whole epidemiology of the game work of

meni.

is played within the confines of, for full blooded representative The greatest objection to the a particular country or cum- tours abroad.

principle of substitutes is that 1. Exploitation The various territories of the is exploitable. If I may be allowed to misuse a term I would say that world have developed their own icods to open abuse, and that in

сек styles and the must nowadays study the

methods turn leads inevitably to trouble. within the general While there is undoubtedly a the FIFA rules, certain amount of logic in the and while we may be able to idea of substitutes there is also

a certain glean something of these from

'X' factor which is visiting teams It should not be very much suspect....and that forgotten that

tho

different is the establishment of a yard- visitors are expected to conform stick against which the inability

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interpretations while of a player to continue can be they are here. It is therefore fairly judged. much better-on a long-term basis for our men to be sent themselves to out 10 submit the interpretations of other football communities.

Against this wide panoramie background it is worth white to consider for

how Hongkong fits into the overall pattern,

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not

a moment

ure

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Our first great drawback

Theoretically it is easy enough surely our geographical position.

but in actual practice it is not The premler too.belling coun-

Lo. However, in spite of the ri

the world

far

arn almost con- shortcomings I removed from the Colony,

ünet

Memories are often short but vinced that now I must place while the wonders of modern

we only have to look back a myself on the side of those who air travel have gone a long way

{ew inonths the South China advocate the replacement of an towards solving the difcuites

tour of Australia to have ample lajured goalkeeper at any stage reminder as of distance and movement, they

The last line of still u of any game. that we are and, Dosier

yet sunplifted the

long way from being hardened defence is a highly specialised proved by their victories, they have

usecutiontie problem to any great and conditioned to the variety job and the premature loss of a look as got om te leid

of conditions that crop up in keeper is too big a handicap to they do on paper. Having their degree.

international events,

be really acceptable to genuine one weakness of just years,

sportsmen. The patching department, rein- of forced by the appearance, To many of us There is no Wong, longer windmill artist "Goose'

anny doubt about the the the squad has hung on to

ability uf the Chinese ced place position and stal remain ho on the trail of the footballer. He has a generous ration or all the essential Le-leading Braves.

quanties with the possible exception only of physique, but

The names of veterans like

BASIC ABILITY

Rabbit' Leung, M Thankin

in recent years he has shown

Seldom Ma, L. C. Yoon and Y. K Chan need little mention as these big Auns" buve ways remained deep in the minds of the many Chinese faua who trop out to the park week in and week out.

Though the morning fracas between Uncle Sam's boys and the Chinese Athletics will not be as hard-fought, fans can expect thrills and spills aplenty as the gobs often dish screwy brand of ball in con- nection with their noisy chat- ter to supply the bleachers with loads of fun.

Athieties

up D.

have

C. C. Lee's been shaping up

considerably during the season and with the requisitiondag of veteran Kasse Nazarin in the pitching depart- ment, have been holding their own against the leadera their League.

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that in his natural environment he con play ☐ type of game which minimises this deficiency. It is indeed tmely to reucet on all these various points for the first of our seasonal visitors will soon be with

During the months aheau we shall have #w pleasure of

fool- seein ballers trom very different parts of the world, and while there is nothing but praise for the enterprise of the HKFA which makes these visits possible, it is wul for the soccer publle to WHA remember that they will bo seeling the visitors in action in condens which in Jnany cases--will be very diferent from those in which they usual- ly perforın.

With all this in mind it would be a sure stimulant and a real progressive step

***

Football is still a game, om- may be....50

Don't you feel that this is a matter that is well worth con- sideration

in Hongkong? here There are many who do,

WEEK-END GAMES

If the HKFA mercialised as started now to arrange an over-let us be ready to maintain a

as tour for next summer.

sense of fairplay us for as in- How

right Aristotle was jured goalkeepers are concerned. when he made his statement i just is not enough merely to allow our

'exist football to It has to be made fruitful so that its existence will be worth- be made while, but it cannot fruitful in our own backyard.

und com- International travel petition are the ideal fertilisers to sumulato the growth and fruition of the game.

Footbal judged in terms of ip-a comparauvely modern Innovation: it can still gain benefit from the reasoned thinking of 2,500 years ago.

SUBSTITUTES OR NOT

There is a restricted list of

In the Senior games

Division this week-end with two games tomorrow. today and two more Here is the list.

Today: Eastern v. Police at v. South Caroline Hill; Navy China at Causeway Bay.

V.

Tomorrow: Army Kitdives ut Carvilne Hill; Club v. Sing Ino ut Club Stadium.

All games will start al 3.45 pm.

To substitute or not to sub-

that

the question. sututa...

nor South Neliner Eastern China look Great interest is al present being

in

much Vey in this matter by the laken

and both should danger today soccerites in the United Kingad a couple of points to their dom; and the buttle "for" and already healthy totals at the "against is being waged with

expense of Police heat and fervour.

respectively.

This leads me very naturally for our own to the necessity 12

For years there has been un- men to get out into the high-disguised hostility in the home Locked In a three-way ways and byways of world fool-

countries to the acceptance of and start gathering the

circum- last slot in the bull

substitutes under any for the second

Dia- same sort of experience,

stances, and as everyone is en- Senior "A" tables with the Bluck.

time, and finance are tied to his opinion I make no hawks and the Pandas, the Athes tance, ties nine will be fighting more difficulties to be overcome: they secret of the fact that I align gainet for their morale than anything must not be regarded as obsta- myself with the antagonists for

tomorrow as the result wiles insurmountable. Do count in the official stand-

CISA

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ings,

ste the

their

recorda

unblemished clean as they tungle with the Tai Tung and Overseas respec- tively

of a

and

Navy

The best game of the week. end will pretty certainly be the dash of Army and Kitchee at

Lomorrow. Caroline Hill

COME: A hefty cropper

Eastern

und will be keen to get back on the win

and they will

cheo

1 dislike the substitution prac-hing road, but

The soccer wealth of Mozam-tico intensely. bique in talent or money

I like to see a match played The Junior circuit

should certainly no greater than that of

on the merits of the original P.. Hongkong and League-loading

the visit

twe selections, and I have al- Dodgers and Seminoles keep team

from the area merely

that if the ways regarded the matter of in- Juries to players as one of the underlines the fact Colony is to become a real force accepted hazards of the game. in international competition, However, the botility of any and be accorded world class

or of individuals → does not recognition, then it must under particular group of associations take similar tours abroad. of necessity make the point of view the right one, and recent happenings in Britain have given rise to many second thoughts on the subiect

Both these teams

have not suffered a loss in five starts and are well ahead of the other members in their division.

The Wah Ying-Engles Ch-

CAUSE FOR HOPE Last year there was cause for com should provide the young-hove that the HKFA would send a representative team to Europe some thrills 115

counter at 4.00 p.m. this after-

er

Bet with

The current wave of Interest these teams stand as neighbours and it was a blow to the logical has been encouraged by the fact in the tables with the latter progress of our football when that the outcome of several im- holding the top post.

the projected tour did not mate-portant games has possibly been

by Barry Appleby

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a the soldiers after a couple of weeks rest will not be easily veaten.

Sing Tao should get a brace their meeting of points from with their near neighbours the

boys The Club.

Club

ara

Anding it hard going this season and the footed Tigers should bo too strong and too fast for the veteran "defenders in blue and white.

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