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RUGGER UNDER FLOODLIGHTS

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER

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A TENSE MOMENT

GUNNERS MEET REST OF THE ARMY AT THE VALLEY TOMORROW

By "PAK LO”

Tomorrow evening rugger fans from all over the Colony will be congregating at the Club ground at Happy Valley where, in the main event of the evening, the apparently invincible Gunners' XV faces its strongest test to date when it meets the Rest of the Army at 6.45 p.m. under floodlit conditions,

As an appetiser to this mighty battle the Club are fielding a team against 74 LAA on the same ground at 5.30 p.m. prompt. Part of this game will also be played under the floodlights.

The auto gotom of the even- Behind the serum the Rest The Club on the other hand ing has been one of the

have Keir and Sharpe. While have a fairly heavy pack, but Keir han not lived up to his promise of last your, he is still a very good by half, and he and Sharpe seem to have little trotable in getting going.

topies of conversation for sine te among rugger enthusiasts, most of whom will be going to the ground in the hopes of Bout ing the Gunner's XV lose their unbeuten record lly well

some hist clans tagge

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their threes

they are a little slow though the wing forwards have the speed and tackling power which will trouble the 14 LAA halves.

Behind the scrum V10 Club On the other hand Glen andve Cole and O'Kelly in the half positions, and they should Jackman have shown very jurove to be the better of the two As As litat δεν έχει expeted stendly promise throughout the

sets. Behind thein they have a Gunners have made no change, smson, and it noticeable that fairly strong and very fust three in their side, white the Rest of tilen has of inte been getung line which, given The chance, the Army " Wit the dis, the ball away from the base of can really go places. advantage of ma having played the serom fouler unl eleaner togethe

1 team,: than of yore.

However. Taken Individually they if anything look a Deter side than the Gunners.

BETTER FORWARDS

But it is in the forwards that

The 74 LAA forwards should get the ball from the inevuls and in the loose they are the faster

follow up and cover

are The Club

Bishop at full back is as good the Gunners have the advanttheir threes than

forwards.

On the whole this also zbould

more

us Rowe, and the combination ; age Without doubt they have of Munroe, Moore, and Camein Collett the finest ineout for- as the two centres and wing of ward in the Colony, and in Hill prove to be a fairly equal game.

of the best wing forwards with the 74 looking the whose play over the last few promising, years has always been a joy to watch

the threes has proved very effective in their games for the 48 Brigade.

If anything they have more punch in attack than the Gun- ters, and the Charim

threes are horlines to become a little rastged when closely harassed.

The Gunners therefore should get u

plentiful supply of the all from the loose and lineouts, bul Foster is the smarter of the two inconcis and since his team is about evenly balanced da re-

in the Hards weight

forwards

Girl Swimmers should get the ball back quite a

To Attack

World Records

London, Dec. 5. Teen-age girl sw.mmes from Britain and the Netherlands will go flat out in their attempts to break a string of world swim- ming records during the swim- ining

Isloworth, Middlesex, this Friday und Saturday, it was bonounced here. lexus

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A lot will depend on the Club backs' defensive play, and here they are in their clement for they have been tackling weli lately and the Club ground is by far the best in the Colony as regards condition.

For these two games a E gato will be

Services on charged. production of identity, $1.20 and Civilians $2.40. The whole Kale is going towards the high cost of the floodlighting, and this should solve one of the

problems that has been

bothering the rugby section of the Club.

fore.

TEAMS

Gummets Rowe, Harbor, Wyon, Gerred Minumder, Jackman, Olen, Chandler. Barker Cullett Kelly Robinson Full Gatehouse, Buckby

that both teams This means should

get an equal share the ball one way or another, and behind the scrums the Rest

This is one night that should look the more likely to score.

not be missed by anyone in Not that Wyss or Gerrard or terested in Fugger for it Harrison are unlikely to scor

score, promises some really excellent but again the Rest

backs shown a better sense of defen- sive play in the games they havo taken part in so far. On paper at least it looks as if the Gun- ners will at last have to play second fiddle, but spectators can

Rest_of_Army: Bishop, Stockdale, be assured that they will see a Bimcoe, Moore, Caine, Keir, Sharpe, and Tiden, Poster, de Cordova, Jealous, hard, fast, clenn

Forell, SigCulligh AN Other open game, whatever the result. Alien."

In the curtain raiser the

TA LAA: Jones, Carter, Netherlands 15-year-old Mary LAA XV consists to a large Anderson, Halliwell, Tinsley High- Kok, former holder of the world extent of the Garrison side, To-Dowling Preston, PROEK JOUR

cock, Cruan. Byrne, Singer, Sumner, record for the 100 Metres butter.

Club Dyer, MacCullen. morrow night they are without By stroke and Lenie de Nijs

Peamen Logite O'Kelly their best players as Parkir Russell. Thompson Wyatt. Cole, hulder of the world records for bique of the 880 Yards and 1,900 Metres Gerrard, Collett, Buckby and Ansdell, Hargroven, Mccoll-McCowan, freestyle are to attack the 440

Cutehouse are playing in the Weymouth Yards record of 5 mins. 7.0 secs.

major game. held by America's Miss Aun Chartis.

Beigan Fami Weat German swimmers will also compete

London's

really

74

STRONG SIDE

16-year-old Mar- Despite this they are helding « garet Edwards and Holland's strong side which should give Miss Jople van Alphen will at-

Club the

plenty of trouble. tempt to set a world record for

Phipps, and the 220 Yardh backstroke

forwards the

A Netherlands woman's team is to attack the world record for

the 4 x 100-yard relays, at pre- sent held by America,

On Saturday, Mary Kak will

for

By after the world record The 400 Yaris individual medley.

France-Presse.

Scottish

FA Cup Fifth Found

Draw

With Dowling, Preston

W the

A tense moment in a soccer match in England between the Aldershot and Yeovil teams at Southampton last week. Match was a replay, star performer was Aldershot right-back Tom Reddie, Aldershot won 3-0-Express Photo.

PUNTER'S PARADISE

Little Joe Forces The Track

Into £15,000,000 Face Lift

By "THE

SCOUT"

Joe Punter, of New York, saunters off to Belmont Park to "do" his dollars just as Mr Green, of London, goes off to Kempton or Sandown Park. Suddenly the Belmont Park authorities found Joo was not coming so often and they asked themselves why.

The

anawer

was

that Joe, after visiting more luxurious modern tracks such as New Jersey, Hialeah, and Santa Anita, all at once found Belmont uncomfortable and old-fashioned. Belmont statistics helped diagnose this lack of appeal, and so the "old woman” of American racing has ordered herself a face-lift.

Izod

Stone

stands will The present razed, an entirely new block erected, the

course itself

Six Foreigners In Sugar Bowl

Club pack will have to night all Tennis Tourney

the way, and behind the scrum the 74 have a fast moving set of threes backed by a very steady full back.

RAF Sai Wan Beaten In

Fencing Match

Force

Little Sal

Royal Air Wan defeated the Hongkong Glasgow, Dec. 5. Police by 20 points to 12 In a Draw for the fifth round of fencing lengur match as the the Scottish Football Association Central Gymnasium last night. cup to be played on Saturday, February 4. was today as follows:

H. C. Ardy of the RAF won made here all his fights in the folls

and aabre Newcomer C. H. Chau Hibernian va Raith Rovers; of the HK Police showed good Ayr United vs Berwick Rangers; form in winning two fights and Morton V9 Celtic; Patrick losing one against an experi- Thistle vs Alloa Athletic: Fal-enced hand in 3. Carter. kirk ve Kilmarnock; Rangers vs

F. K. Lau won honours

for

New Orleans, Dec. 5. Six top-ranking

foreign tenis stars will give the annual Sugar Bowl tennis tournamcul un international flavour starting December 29.

Douglas Watters, chairman of the Tennis Committee, said that Buch players as Roger Becker of England will give US Davis Cup- per Vic Seixas of Philadelphia | stiff_competion in the three-

day affair.

Besides Becker, ranked No i his homeland, the foreign stars include Bob Howe of Aus- tralla, Jean Barget of France, Bob Bedard of Canada, Johann Kupferburger of South

Africa and Armando Viería of Brazil,

Bedard and Vieria also are top-ranked in their countries d Barget is a member of the French Davis Cup team

Other Seixas

domestic stars beades who have BC- cepted invitations are former Champion Dick

Aberdeen; Stirling Albion ve St❘ the Police in the Epee. The wimbledon Johnstone; Clyde vs Dunferm-meeting was presided over by Savitt, Gardner Mulloy, ex- line Athletic; Brechin City vs Mr B. Clifton, assisted by Mr D. Sugar Bowl titlist Tom Brown, Arbroath: St Mirren ve Third Carrott in the foll

The Individual scores follows:

Lanark; Motherwell va Queens Park; Hearts vs Forfar Athletic; Airdrieonians vs Hamilton Aca- demicals; Duridee United Dundee: Queen of the South vs Cowdenbeat and East Fife vs Stenhousemuir-Reuter.

Jack Solomons Retiring?

VS

are as

Grant Golden,

Bartzen

re-

with

in

the

sur- and

ANOTHER ANGLE ON YOUNG PLAYER PROBLEM

LET CLUBS TRAIN BOYS

-FOR FUTURE OF

ENGLAND

Says CLIFF BRITTON (Everton Manager)

After reading articles about the conduct of professional clubs to- wards schoolboys who are potential football stars, I thought a few points of view from the other side of the fence would be of interest to readers and to the schools authorities who inspired the articles.

Now that there is rightly or wrongly — 80 much national prestige attached to international sport, the problem of making the most of our available talent should be the concern of all who are interested in our showing in the international field.

Our prestige in the football world has long since passed out of the hands of the England

amateur beam. depends upon professional football. If the amateur people will realise this, there may be better co-operation with the professional clubs.

I am fully aware of the fail- ings of the League clubs. I also appreciate that buys who have

gained places

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schools should make the comple.

tion of their education

primary objective,

OPPORTUNITY

But, where

their

buys are

steel

talent for

with outstanding

particular

Sport,

ort, f cannot under- stand the altulude of headmasters who have an obsesion Li this talent must not be developed by professional propie,

to

This is

more important boys who are graded in senior

moderu schools. If some of these boys

to have

depend on academic talents for their live- hood their future is not very bright.

stan.

to

Perhaps the only way these boys have of gaining a dard of Iving comparable boys of higher Intellect is by using this natural ability to play Why should they be denied the

opportunity? The professional clubs have cused of only being Interested in boys as potential footballers, matters relating to their general and that all other welfare are not considered. This

been

is unfair and untrue.

While clubs me chiefly con- cerned with boys for their foot- ball talent It is not to the ex- clusion of their other interess II parents wish their sons to have somno other safeguard for the future, then clubs are willing to

help.

PUT TO TRADES Every year wo at Everton Brrange for boys to be appren. tlood to the various trodse, or articled to accountants. Many of them will not make the grado larges footballers, but the benefit of are their becoming tradesmen con-

tinues after

our interest in them thes footballers has inished. Some ever reach the point of signing professional forms.

At the moment plans are going | highclass racing through for rebuilding Belmont maximum efficiency. Park at a cost of not less thar.roundings as comfortable congenial as possible, and £15,000,000.

be❘ crowds of spectators

assured.

The larger the crowd, higher they bet, the more goes back in stake-money to owners and their employees. So the ordinary stable-boy pulis in £25 week and owns a car.

"How does our racing

com- pare with yours?" un can

asked race-goer Laurel Park.

shaped, and subterranean space for parking 15.000 cars fashion ed below the racing arena.

Most owners und trainers 10- gret the passing of the Betmomt Park they have known. There is a lot of sentiment and tra- dition attached to this course and the Average prize-money Imounts more than £2,000.

ALL SATISFIED

Stewards, ownew, traincis of Jockeys were not responsible for demanding this enterprise. All these parties were quite satis Bed with what Belmont had to offer.

me

CLIFF BRITTON

Yet we are not permitted touch these mural

until after DYSOURCES

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und only

school leaving age, which is generally nearer 18 than 15.

By this ago many bad faults have become habits which

may never be broken.

The Continental team; huve gained an advantage over us in principles like ball con- trol, positional sense, and ac- curacy of passing.

Latsig

If our schoolboys could re- celve specialised training in the basic skills by experienced pro- fessional staffs from the age of ten onwards we will take a big step towards putting our gen

ero1 standard of play on sounder footing.

The

FEW FROM MANY

boys

number

of

1

nish with sport when they leave |-school.

Boys must

made ED realise that it DOES matter ic the ball is not used to advan- tage. From my experience of watching school football tha primary concern is to win the game. Boys are subjected to Those familiar old football erics of "Get rid of 41" and "Rick it. The result of the

game should be secondary: How it is played is the important thing in these formative years.

The "Old School Tie" attitude stands for much that is best in

our way of life, but it would be wrong to use it to strangle the development of those who may one day be called on to play for England.

THANKS TO SCHOOLS

Some of the "Old School Tie" brigade feel it is wrong that boys should get mixed up with professiount sportsmen. Yet, by helping a boy to become a Pred Perry, Len Hutton, or Billy Wright, the school authorities will have done as much for their country, and the boy, as they would by helping him to get his hor him to a desk in somo school certificate, which might anchor

corner of an office for the rest

of his

Finally, let me say tribute to all the work being done by schoolteachers in their own time for the benefit of boys under their carc. I also

agree that, next to the parents sometimes before the parents-they the ones most concerned with the well-being of the boy.

מתם

But many headmasters have

of pro a wrong conception fessional sport because of their lack of knowledge of It.

I am sure that if there could who be a little more co-operation ou would be involved in the suboth sides to go more deeply into. gestion of specialised training every aspect of what is in the

very

mali. In Liverpool best interests of a boy's future there are 29,008 boys between well-being, many of the present the ages of 11 and 15-plus at-

removed. problems would be tending couneli schools.

Yet at the end of last season And all might benellt, Everton and Liverpool signed only nine boys.

the

If possible, boys should go to would their local clubs. This stop

svetion of schoolboy talent which cun divert a boy's love of the

KEING channels.

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Nashua Awarded into other Second Post-Season

Honour By TRA

In professional football, as in the business workt, boys are in a competitive market. Manage ments are looking for the best Ameri-talent and that is their responsi If school authorities will not at bility. But, even for the boys co-operate with the clubs, then

who

the Football Association could do not malto

the grade. one cannot say that the three supply couches to train these "Please remember," said 1,

Miami, Florida, Dec. 0. schoolboys years they have spent i selected

regularly, "that we invented the

sport with a first-class club have been

Nashua. Belair Stud's

was Instead of coaching the masses. You have adapted

bis 11,

second It

post- wasted.

is of little use

spending Awarded

ho mechanised it, and made your

season honour today when who have 110 These boys have been deve-time on boyn own improvements. Our people loped physically and given a aptitude for

was chosen as Champion three- will games and

of year-old

1955 by the Thoroughbred Racing Associa→

your the

have already copied example by installing photo-finish and introducing broadcast commentaries.

Dr four

code of discipline during adoles- cent years. Thorn who return to to amateur football are able pass on valuable experience "And I can sce other ideas gained with professional clubs.

Many boya can be transplanted-

grateful this and much of the informa- more rading is

sporling. offers tion about promising amateurs is obtained from those players who have passed through pro

which

our

though natural, more more variety,

are

INTERNATIONAL STAKES

Hone

for US Jockey Accepts

Invitation To Ride At Melbourne trouble

Earlier in the year the Daily Racing Form and Morning Tele graph also named the strapping son of Nasrullah as the best of his division.

Nashua bent out an old rival for the honour but had as little ficking Rex C. Ellsworth's Swaps in the voting Arcadia, Calif., Dec. 5. as he did in their match 'race Veteran American Jockey Inst summer at Washington They would not do this if they Johnny Adams today accepted Park.

The stands were comparable with Epson, more convenient than Ascot, and years in ad- vance of those gaunt reminders of bygone days from which we watch racing at Newmarke; ond Doncaster.

There was a tug at my sleeve, | fessional clubs. But..

not good enough for

and an almost-forgotten voice, the man and woman

the voice of Mr Green himself, who pay whispered: "Tell him we have their dollary at the turnsties

NO SCRAP HEAP

and expect amentities equal to bookmakers and tie-lar men and thought they had been throw an invitation to ride in the In- Thirty-seven of the 40 votes"

all the exciting atmosphere they on the scrap heap. They have|ternations Stakes al Mel-cut by the racing secretaries of

those offered by Garden State, Atlantic City, Laurel, Hollywood Park and elsewhere.

That is why the stands of Belmont Park "the Newmarket of America," for it is a training area as much as a racecourse are being pulled down and re- built ut such tremendous cost.

customer

the

Create."

Brave and have not. They are will ay to the 40 tracks were for Nashua

had the chance to make the

satiated,

Now to the wider issue of

Dec.

16, he an- nounced at his home here,

GOOD POINT?

while only three went for Swape, who defeated Nashua in the So I told Joe Punter: "My national prestige,

The noted rider will be the Kentucky Derby in May. friend from England, Mr Green, authorities may say It is not viled to compete in the race at The school only jockey from the U.S. in~ has made a good point,"

tul-

Nashua was a repeater on the their concern to provide England Caulfield Park Tho raco raster of Champions for he also "Sure," conceded the Amerl-with players, yet no one should features jockeys from every was selected as the top to can, "they're a picturesque part the schools. Our future prestige world competing by invitation. be more vitally concerned than

major racing centre in the year-old colt by the TRA lart of the English racing scene.

reason. This year that honour dictator of American racing. But tell me, how can you afford depends on the schoolboys of Adams said his cabled Invita-went to Mrs Anson A. Bigelow attend the The men and women

who to have such

tion did not say which house Nail with Howell E. Jackson'a a luxury over today races

there there?" out

To raise the general standard ho would rido. Adams Nasrina chosen as the best, two- betted a total of £700 million Jr.

Bookmakers a "luxury"] It of play, the professional club nouned he would fly back bere year-old Filly, Bernard through the racecourse pari-

after the Mei- was an angle that had occurred or professional coaches must be immediately

Nashua currently is at Clai and

Ailan mutucis

(Audited to neither of us. in 1954. Morcle

able

to get hold of prospective bonis assignments at Senta tho

in order to carry born farm at Paris, Ky, while figures-sovej hundred million!)

professionals in school football out Eddie

executors of the Zalo Cham- Moylan, 1955 RAF Little Sad Wan: 8, Davies plon, will defend

"If there is anything to be much earlier than they do at the Anita racetrack as contract rider William Woodward, Jr. estate his title on From 3. Carter the clay courts

this won 1. lost 2;

SOTTIO figuro

for Hasly House Fatun, dispensed with in English racing moment. loat R. C. Ardy won 3, low 0.

The Belair of the New £35,000,000 went

State I think I'd sooner scrub our old

ponder hl fate. JIK Pollos: C 1. CERCA Wars Orleans Country Club-United taxes, and the equivalent

The majority of boys hum He hoped to be back here by beauty already Jins earned lost : G. Barthy won lost Press,

wabet-in-the-dark tote than the whom we recruit have a natural January 3 or 4 in order to get $045,415 through 61 victorias in H. K. Tad won 1, out",

banded W the executives.

racecourse bookies,” came back Mr Green gift. It is there long before they in some mounts in the second 20 races and le topped only by.

staunchly.

leave school, and most of them week of the Santa Anita meet- Cllation's $1,086,700 on the list Each racecourse.profits, from Was he right?

have made up their minds that ing which opens December 20. of the world's leading Op enterprise. Put

| winners--United Fress, they are going to be footballers.-United Prest.

Polla

RAF Little SA) Wax7. Carber won 1. lost 2;. R. C. Anty wors 0, lost 2.

HK Police: T. K. Lau “WON 2, lout 0; D. Carrolą won 1, lost 5,

Sabre RAF Lita Bài Van: J. Carbur won 1, lot 1 R. C. Ardy won

HK Police: D. Carrott won 1. lost 1: P. Chick won 0, lost 3,

London, Dec. 5. Mr Jack Solomons, leading D British boxing promoter, may give up organising fights and retum to his one-time job of manager, It was learned

here tonight.

Was

understood that Bolamoris would tako this decision in June, next year, it budnem did not improve, be- be claimed that he lost the "past three

Panin's big fight m

Sports Diary

TODAY

Gor

Target Cup second round.

TOMORROW

who has organised lights" · în Gunnere v Tieel" of Army under Byleden, Australia and South Code et Club ground at 8.30

Africk and has close contactar

with

Americans promoters, has

considered formning a manager's Combined Chine

A good boxin

HK

Cagers Win In Singapore And Pnom Penh

Singapore, Dec. 5. Hongkong: best Medan.77-71

| in tho... men'e section of the basketball competition for the Nanyang University Cup today.

Reuter

Oxmbodian Tourney

Pnom Penh, Dec. 8. The Philippines last night best the defending charmplona, Gama boʻllan!; Chinnés, "@78-31; in the

zational bats (her Coun

in

THE GAMBOLS

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ING WORRIED

by Barry Appleby

I KNOW. THE NEW DIE CONSIGNMENT ISN'T UP TO STANDARD BUT DON'T WORRY, MY BOY

HUT VEORGE CAN I HELD WORRYING

What on earth can I ghe Saga for her, supper: 2

Money

For the most refreshing THIRST QUENCHER

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