Fage
CHARLESWORTH SAVES AGAIN.
·THE CHINA - MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1958.
This one did not get past the All-Hongkong custodian, Churlesworth of the Army in this raid by the visiting Yugoslav soccer team in yesterday's Interport match at the Hongkong Stadium. The visitors soundly thrashed the Colony to the tune of five goals to nothing-China Mail Photo.
ANNUAL RACE
MEETING
TOMORROW VALLEY
STARTS
THE
AT
By "RAPIER”
The stage is all set for the Hongkong Jockey Club's Annual Race Meeting, which starts at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow. This is undoubtedly the outstanding sporting event of the year and all roads will lead to the Valley. The fine weather of the past few days has rendered the grass track fairly witness keen hard, and, if this can be maintained, we may confidently expect to racing.
The day's progi atnie consists of 10 events, most interesting of which will be the three Sections af the Hopeful Stakes. The events will serve as an intro- duction of the new Australlan subscription ponies to the public.
publle.
Achats and Lominid are quite
good over this distance and will
be new at the Brisht
THIRD RACE Eastern Handleap Prac
Six Furlong
Here are my estimates of the Miles M. Samareg) chances
FIRST RACE
Handlean
Nik velours
this
Play will
Xer (list):
this The two beat ponies in
undoubtedly Thousand inco are
Wise and Leader (K Kwok ). Thousand Miles was second in the Epsom Handicap First Section)
over
the male at the last meeting and, Huidgut by that performance, it
way
ext home first, we must admit that his chances are very bright
#
because in that race he was con- coding a lead to all the runners,
I take in the circumstances, strong toney to a repeating.
Strathian ( Plumbly) and Golden Branch (W. K. Shieh) for arc iny recommendation
nor placings.
SEVENTH RACE Hopeful Stakes (Srcand Section) One Mile
This race
among
ALL-HONGKONG 0, YUGOSLAVIA 5
GETS A LESSON
HONGKONG GETS A
IN MODERN FOOTBALL FROM BRILLIANT YUGOSLAVS
By I. M. MacTAVISH
Don't start slanging and banging this Hongkong alde until you have given fuli consideration to the standard of the opposition they were up against. ...but you can start just as soon as you like acclaiming this brillant Yugoslavian side as the finest-If least emotional-football machine we have had the pleasure of watching in a long long time.
They played MODERN football with an old fashioned charm, that stimulated yet soothed and satisfied like mature wine. It was smooth: delicate; yet possessing however that subtle definable something usually classified as "vintage"....but this was vintage stuff with a kick,
At the end of the game I sat | curate pass, but somehow, Itthair, excellent football
they
of
A high standard
and exemplary
back and tried to decide if the never looked quite 90 good, showed visitors had over got out of-to when the long cross-feld Passportaionship borrow a motoring term-third was used. The inside-forwards field discipliite, gear. They were so casually Toplak and Mujk were tremen- competent that it would have dous without ever being flashy been most interesting to pce or trying to overdo the in how they would have reacted dividual effort. They made when under heavy and sub openings and scored goals with like this one
tained
VERDICT Makeshift tesans pro по match
Aides for international
which played 10 in competently
Yugoslavia'a colours. A very definite Colony
development plas cam necessary and the team must be given a chance to play to- rother... Congratulations to the of the HKFA who treat and members made this football
education possible. football The
huve crowd justified the The edarumittee's confidence
The
pressure
or when
when apparent case, fighting back to save the game.
Unfortunately this Latest Centro-forward Veselinovic Hongkong side was to put it played away behind his attack- bluntly outclassed, and as ing line but his fast threatening consequence the visitors, en burst through the middle always couraged by a first minute goal, spelt danger for Hongkong, and were always calling the tune as the goal scoring list shows and setting the pace.
him with three to his credit, it However, it is important that is obvious that the threat was the Colony efforts should be put very real.
the correct
Both teams were presented to perspective by examining the standing of the the Hon. Kwok Chan, President opposition The Yugoslavian of the Hongkong Football Asso aldo is a truly international one.
ne. clation, and almost before that It is built of players who are gentleman had got himself expected to carry their country's settled comfortably in his scat, colours in the Olymple Games the visitors had opened the ALL-HONGKONG: Charles- later this year and also in the rearing through Toplak. next World Cup series
worth; Szeto Yiu, Lau Yee; Tang Sum. Lau Tim (Lee Ping-chiu) Szeto Man, Chan Chi-kong;
in
CURRENT LEADERS
The twelve players who look part in the gume yesterday wêre dirown from 10 different chil sides. ...and as one of these <lubs --Vojvodli
considered good enough to
Glasgow in play Rangers, the current leader of the Scottish League, at Glasgow on Tuesday night-one can get some idea of the world rating of the representative side.
Having been quite fair so far to the Hongkong boys, let us mince
no words and my quite frankly that pay, from Charles- worth and Ho Cheung-you and to a lesser degree Tank
trouble
13
Sum
the
of
soccer public and there are now some 27,000 good reasons why the expensive project in bring- ing this team to the Colony was a good otid,
TEAMS
McLennan had bad luck a few minutes later with a great drive which Veres turned over
| McLennan, Morris, Ho Cheung- the erves bar lor a corner.
you, Chu Wing-wah. The brilliant ball play of the YUGOSLAVIA: Veres; Cokie, Krstic, Crnkovic, brought Santek; Yugoslavian team gasps of awe and bursts of apBoskov; Kurtovic, Toplak, Vese
Mujic, Lipusinovic preciation from the buge crowd Itnovic, but they did not get another (Prijiticevic), Referee: Mr goal until the 16th minute when Jones Lau Tim pulled down Vessel- inovic in the penalty area. The centre-forward
took the kick himself and showed Just how The job should be done.
H.K.
BISLEY
ANOTHER GOOD SAVE
Another of Charlesworth's brilliant save helped the All-Hongkong side from a heavier margin of With the defeat as depicted in this photograph. Yugoslavian centre-forward, Veselinovic about to tap All. the ball through Charlesworth's legs, the Hongkong keeper gathered the ball to appeared to be a certain goal. The visiting team won 5-0--Chim Mail Photo,
Save
what
WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Canada Score 4-0 Win Over Germany At Ice-Hockey
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Jan. 26. Canada defeated Germany tonight by four goals to nil in an "A" Pool match for the eliminating rounds of the Winter Olympic Ice-hockey Championships.
The Canadian goala were scored by Gerry Theberge (one in the first and one in the second period), Ken Laufman (first period) and Paul Knox (second period).
Clean Sweep For Essex Regiment
at
wad
second year Individual
Despite a stolid German de- fence, the Canadians, who on the ice-hockey Championships
Oslo Olympics, way). the 1952
10. dominated throughout.
Austria drew with Italy by Union).
elimination round match for the
Olympic
ice-hockey Championships.
7.
8.
D
Theodore Farwell (USA). Helmut Bock (Germany), Kyetil Mardalen Nor-
Nikolai Busakov (Soviet
11. Vitezlav
stovekin).
12
14.
The
inceting Services
the Bn
tween
Regiment.
Winter
The
1 Austria 0,
Lahr (Czech
(Sovie!
Jan Raska (Poland). Aldo Pedrina (Italy) Leopold Kohl (Austria). 15. Yry Moch Union) 10. along (Japan).
Hiroshi Yoshizaw
17. Vlastimil
Soon after this Lau Tim was injured and had to leave the fold for medien! attention. He was replaced by Le Ping-chlu after an unduly jong lapse of there was no! player on our 12 minutes
during which the side who was , on this dis-side played with only 10 men
fis, play, to
and comparison with bad fost a third goal to Mujic. to stand Bis
number. The pass opposite
A tow
before minutes
the ing of the
bone players
wat
interval, we were again treated atrocious and the
their positioning is for the second
to that upen abuse of the The curtain
was often no better has a good chance of scoring Ajsavtion of the new AustraBan
Substitution Rule, which seeIS sprint event for Class 8 ponies
Whatever plan they had, cul- win here In the Laytown Handicap,
subs, and on their training form
lapaod about them and they tebe so much an accepted part satisfactorily concluded yester two goals to two in the first Wise Lender hns shown imrs- Second Day, from the 1% Mi
I believe that The winner will
were all too obviously nervous
of present-day football. Outside- the under
careful Blondie proveinent
Bulkan Tran
jeft Lipusinovte suddenly found day and for the Post at the last me 153 s gudance of Kwok
both the Services and overawed by the reputation during Monarch (Chun KID). Amethyst of the brilliant visitors. (M. Samure
himself being tapped on the carrying
and Team Championships we The shoulder by (A Ostroueff. Princess Ellen evorning gallops and must there-
dressed a fully defence came in second to May Blossom.
shaky from WDS R. Chuang) and Rebe! I start and Lau Yee was soon in
Player Prijuncevic, and told to would therefore appene that, fore be seriously considered
Emperor Delight ( P. Ng?
(A Trevert). withough given top weight of
and retire from the gume. against fast has the best and Rebel II (A Travert) may
Balle 159 bs. Blondie
Monarch is easily the accurate right-wing. Chan Chi-
With 4
remark that must have something to
with
test of this bunch, and I have kong is still a long way reconumendation for w with if a have
been from been something like Just regard to the turd position, but
no doubt that it will win. good position is drawn
being ready for this class second, Chum' Lipusinovic re- Hui-di't think they ear win
Amethyst has been whispered toolbail and his fatal misplaced mainc on the field long enough
to take a corner kick....before individuals taking part. horse" In this paas often put his males in
who are difficulties. und for those
making a graceful withdrawal. prepared to take the risk, a bet The attack was Ho Choung-
THE WRONG END each way may turn out to be you and nothing else. Szcio profitable
Man was to blame for much of
in Prijincevic found himself the trouble by trying to play
trouble temporary
with Hetions
during in several positions at the same rerce Jones and was on the whole
the of the first day's play for the
rounds Both the Essexting
of the ume. His team mates never wrong end of a free-dick award "A" and the HMS Newfound
Ice-hockey 'Champion- knew where to find him and for playing the ball, before he land teams tied on team points, ships The order WES
they gave up trying. bad permission
Madrid, Jan. 26. In the but as the former had a higher follows. akpearo
have might well
Japan will soon see her first Canada,
one match, two About game, but this apart, the blatant aggregate total, the trophy will 1. *Much Ado
bull fight, Shozo Kurabayashi, points,
nil four goals for and especially for Morris abuse of the rule was accepted be awarded to them.
The resulta ,although let it be said that
of yesterday's
Japanese President of the Tokyu against ard McLennan. They ran for
"International Artistic Friendly 2. Austria and Italy. Each miles during the 90 minutes but in games like this, the referee is shooting were:
Hes hut in a light spot,
Society" told a Madrid press they accomplished very little.
The "S.W, Lee" Cup
with one match, one point, two
conference If he is dogmatic about the winner-3/3 Qurkha Rifles "A" at wts, goals for and two goals against.
tonight and in the end it was dimoult to say just what positions they International relations if he
they rules, he is accused of upetting Second-24 Gurkha Rif "B 31 pl
The Terry": Cop
4. Germany, one match, no Kurabayashi said he had al- were lung.
points, no goals for and four ready bought 22 young bulls Winney--1 North Staffordshitre "A" Chu Wing-wah
arrived in Spain since he against. badly misplaced on the accepts the situation at its face Second-Command Worknop
fortnight ago. The "Mora" Cup valuo he is taken to task by the Jeft-wing
They will take where he
The two teams with the most thought
Winner--1 On Cam PAN 101 p
part
In Oghts organised on the and played like
but there is not the an outside slightest
purists
Becund---1 Northamptons "A" doubt
points after playing their three
cycle-racing tracks of Tokyo, that the
Pool "A" matches will qualify Dmka, Loka and Nagoya, THE "KALD.” Cup Ini- right.
Vendetta, under W.R. men, con unplaced in the above race and should give a good tr count of itself over this distance with H. Kwok up tomorrow if it does not actually win. There are other ponies, however, to be reckoned with,
especially Mourne (P. Plumbly) and Many Relum (C. L. Liu), both of which are quite expable of caus- ing an upset, while there is also Blazing (A. Ostroutuff) to ue considered.
BECOND RACE Hupeľal stakes (First Sertian) One Mile
FOURTH RACE Jockey Cup 1. Milea
A perusak of the entries In 203 rate for Novice Jockeys kenves the impression that Tumblewrod (Albert Lam) has a good opportunity of winning it is in splendid condition at the moment.
Senorita (Allis Chan) musl be borne in mixd as the pony is improving during morning gallons.
Tamerlane
of as the "dark race,
Frincess Ellen and Rebel Lil are good but I am afraid they are not good enough against the (above-mentioned two ponies.
EIGHTH RACE Routhern fatidicap: 14% Mües
written First choice in this group 11
Nothing in medioere field is Mainsail II, It is able to out-
Chun-Tal) Plumbly up. (Laj ant Tune-phore (Herbert Lee) also dangerous and must not be overlooked,
FIFTH RACE
In this cure for the first lot subs. 1 of the new Ausrullan don't think I shall be far wrong Eastern flandicap (Hecond Section):
Six Furlan N in stating that the ponies to
It is hard to conceive of any watch
The Chemb (M.
of beating Ma pany capable Sommeq), Billy Boy (11. K. Hung, Adonis (1. Y. T. Wel) Cherie (C. L. Liu) to the finish- ing post unless it be Good Girl (H. K. Chuang) which
T
and lambard (W. R. Holmin).
The Cherub is my choice and fine condition
I think it should win, but Billy moment. Bay is not to be ignored us this pony is quite dependable over has plenty of thts distance.
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
Tho KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB'S
annual Chinose New Year's Eve Dance
will be held in the clubhouse
on
at the
class a field of no fewer than 17 starters, including Cover Girl
nd Brivisto.
und
was
to join
scores were: Austria a Austria and H. J. Cap!
Italy Servicemellie is Italy 0-Italy 1
Individual again the Champion. During the
Both teams are in Pool "A" of past four days the two top trophies had the eliminating rounds,
Melich been seriously contested be with Canada and Germany.
Austrian goals the various
were (Czechoslovakia). France- teams and scored by Kurt Kunz and Hans Presse.
Wagner and the Italian
goals The winning scores this year were scored by Bernardo Tomei, were slightly lower than those and Aldo Federici. of last year, due no doubt to The more difficult shooting prevailing meeting
Canadian tettm Was
condi- leading in Pool "A" at the end First Bull Fight
101
....and what of the visitors quitous rufe is wide open to Winner-8/Set A.E. Clarke 40 ps for the final Pool, along with the [75
abuse
certainly recently,
and abuse it has been getting here
In the 13th minute of the second half, Veselinovic got, a rd-bound from one of his own
second Capt Middleton
Tindlu anbahadur Rana |_ The -“Guldbeck-MacGregor” Cup Winner--1 En Essex "A" 38 team pts, Second-IIMS New-
foundlare
30 team ply. The Jockey Club" Cup Wipper-Capt. Orpen- Second-S/BRAE Duke
Pools "B" and "C".
the
In
Japan Soon
A
Thin-3/ Gurkha “A” - 42 team y Herbert Leomhardt '(Germany) 1000 as well as two. tor-
best two out of the 3 teams in Kurabayashi has also engaged Spanish matador, Rafael Lorente.
banderilleros Pedro SKI-JUMP DRAW
Aparicio and Miguel Polo De Lynn Levy (United States),} Lá,
reador
"Charlot comedians, brid Tormod Kmitsen (Norway) Ramper" and "Afonso Lopez
Third-8/W'R "Bear"
The Final Mixteen”
The former will have W. R. Holman
Brivisto, which up.
last time
out, finished fourth will once again be ridden by A. Travert.
Souvenir, Albert Lam up, is in good form and has an outside la in chance of registering a win. 03 individuais, Veres Boon famous present Orange Beauty, it appears, has made us forget that
scidom run
was missing honestly, but if goalkeeper Bears
the from the line-up, and his sure Teil-me-more (M. Samarcq) novice Edwin Mok can get
bundling class and maypony going smoothly, it may
and acrobatic agility offer some opposition, while Potspring a surprise.
stamped Birh
as a top-class goal-shots that hach bit the bar and O'Gold (W. K. Shich) could
keeper in his own right. NINTH RACE surprise if it gets off to a flying Hopeful Stakes (Third Section): The Yugoslav defensive plan. gnacked the ball into the net
minutes Seven
later he got was excellently conceived One Atle
an another good goal and brought In this race the following competently executed. Full- should attract the most atten= |backs Cokic and Sahtek
were the score to flye nil, After what we saw of Night tion-City of Victoria (R. C. top-class footballers who show- From then until the end, the People (K. Kwak) in the Pihl, Norse King (P. Phumbly), ed fine ball control and good visitors contented themselves Stewards Cup over Six Furlongs Ben Nevis (M. Samareq) and ¦ positional sense, but it was with consolidating their position at the Fourth Race Meeting, Oat (K. Kwok).
Boskov at left-half who plotted and played just hard enough to when the brown gelding romp- City of Victoria, in view of and planned every move,
keep the Hongkong side In
LEON R.A.J. Bartoli check. They still managed to its convincing gallop over Bix This brilliant wing-half was keep Charleswort busy however. 10. Road Ba furlongs in 1.20-last quarter 28 just about the most unobtrusive and the Army goalkeeper kitur Purung seconds on January 24, could player afield, but to those of many brilliant things in keeping . 2/10 KG. EVE
us who had been tipped off to the But, on the other hand, Norse watch him closely, he was the limites
is also known to have done complete football artiste. King a good gallop over the mile
FORWARD LINE. distance.
start.
SEXXTH RACE P. & O. Cup: One Mile
World Welterweight win
Title Fight Postponed
Chicago, Jan. 20.
Ben Nevis should have some thing to say at the finish.
The fight for the World Ost is quite good over this Welterweight boxing title be- distance.
tween
Saturday, February 11th, 1956 Saxton,
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
It will take the form of a
Fancy Drem. (Optional)
of Dance
Supper
the holder, Carmen I nominate City of Victoria Basille and challenger Johnny to win, with Norse King second
due to
in and Ben Nevis third. be held Chicago on February 15, has
10TH RADÉ
▸
been postponed until March 14 Phaethon Handicap (First Section)
becausó Basilio has a slight at- Lack of influenza.
Announcing this to the press
#tx Furlongi
A dispute on superiorily will
be settled between Diana (P. X. 2. Wel) and Mascot (CR
here today, a registative of Rentrew) in this last-race of
the bout organisers, the "Inter the day. national Boxing Club”, said that Basilo's doctor had advised him
"་་་་
will bu recalled that Former managed to
Special Decorations to stay in bed for a while to get through an inside opening to over his customed the bent the latter over the same
The IBC organisms would do their best route on the accond day of the to staged Biddleweight, bout Third Race Meeting, S | between Eduardo Cantare (Argon- Thele chief wor
of the speedy." DRY,
Admission $10 per beze
TABLE PLAN NOW OPEN tine) and Bobby Bord (US) In patel one with ved at the
AT THE K.C.GENE
The forward line was brilliant when exploiting the short as
930INT
within
יי
1. Capt H.J. Orpen-Smoille
2. Set A... Clarke
2. 6/W L. Bault
4. Sgt Blackcatını
5. Caps WICHT
7. JW, Morley
reasonable 14. Bedingdad 道 The visitors got a big ovation
Inter-Servic from the crowd at the end. They Men will take
the deserved every handclap of it, rete and Kau
Carlsberg and every chour, for apart from cornglated for de
THE GAMBOLS
CAN I BAKE THE DADES WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED SUITH IT. DEAR
HALF AN HOUR LATER
DONT VOU THIS ROOM RATINGƏ
place, today
18 pts will be the first three to jump Gutierrez,
000 p
Since
Japaneso lav torbide
ep in the combine ad-jump event Total for the Winter Olympics to be blood sports, the bulls will not be killed in the area; Kura- ais ma contested here on Sunday,
The draw for this men's bayustil said they will later be F23 drent was made by
the Nordic slaughtered and the meat given
600
So
675 pts, was as follows:
combine jury here today and to institutions for poor children,
1. Lynn Lovy (US);
2. Herbert Leomhardt (G-
Tormod Knutsen (Nor-
2,
(way),
Uno Kajak (Soviet
Union),
Jundia
-France-Presse.
SQUASH FINAL
The final of the Colony Squash” Championship will be played to-
5. Josef Krweptowski-Daniel | day at the Victoria Court at 5.30 wilan (Poland).
tha
Eero 6. Bako (Finland),
Barry Appleby
YOU IZBAC
THE NE
That stopped far thinking),
aleaoračinect the rodita,
"thought that questio
maka, him give me
pape
pm.
The Analists are Cof Sullivan and Simm.
So Tender
and
Tasty
FRANCIS MILLERD'S GREAT NORTHERN FANCY RED SOCKETE SAEMON STEAK
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.