1956-01-30 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL" MONDAY.

SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE HKABA'S COLONY BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

By OUR BOXING REPORTER

It is seldom that a sports writer gets an opportunity to sit down and give prolonged consideration to what he is going to say about a particular event. Usually it is a question of rushing 'hot' news and first Impressions to a relentless editor for the next available publication.

However, with the week-end curbing editorial demands I've been able to re- view the HKABA's 1956 Colony Championships without the pressing urgency of deadlines and rushed copy. but even after a lot of second thoughts I retract not a single word of what I wrote immediately after the show on Friday.

1

201 #till satisfied What

the

Aras provided as fine an oven-

Colony at the and square by another grand

members of little fighter. time are

boxera in Lae present

ing'" sporting entertainment the Services.

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ane could possibly visualise.

Much

huh

niready

Abece

been

ON THE WRONG END

However, this is not a review

The Heavyweight tussle be tween official Analist Cpl Bowen and disqualified semi- merely finalist

Robinson

how fortunate Sigi of boxing politics. As far as

emphasised Mahoney was to be outside the the Betual boxing was cerned, the biggest disappoint-ring Robinson, who had out- classed Mahoney in their brief oficialment was connected with some

revealed *s A of the truly shocking decisions semi-final, was is

by ring-wise complete novice during

Bowen and be wisely called it a day after a single round in which he was on the receiving end from start to finish.

written and spoken, about the of ninast

complete boxers froin the civilian com nuity but it was obvious from thie

Is the Foreword programme that the HKABA nelthar oblivious or indifferent of the far reaching pocta of this problem.

However,

the

That turned

up carlier rouKİ of the compeu- tion.

When a man has trained as

Plesee don't

i would be wrduously for weeks in prepara- to sucklie the Association with

The fine support given to the tion for a competition only to

series parti- all way of the blame without

find himself on the wrong end Championship knowing exactly what has been

of an all too obviously wrong cularly by the big crowd at the golros ort bchod

verdiet, it is enough to destroy finals has done much to estab- Let I say only that rules are

lish the financial position of the hus enthusiasm for the sort. ruks. Jees i.re [uta and

the Chairman HKABA don't let anyone fange that at

tell me about said to me at the ringside " beast two of the best Chinese the ethics of good sporisman-

und this (the crowd) has done ship and all that for 'good us the work! of good. I am sportsmanship' is often a cloak really delighted at the support under which a highly

have strung we

received. , but athlete hides his dissappoint- fortunately the boxing tonight ment or his disquat at a raw has been so very good that I feet but in that I am everyone has hind value for their

and I um not re

monty...." generalising ferring to any particular boxer, I thought that Morales and Jones were the victims of two

RUCCER

Two Changes In

Ireland's Team

deal

DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

Against England glaring examples of bad judy The HKABA can take a great

on

Dublin, Jun. 28 Treinte maske two changes in their Hugby Union learn to meet Englau BL Twickenha February 11 front thu side which was beaten 14-8 in Paris yesterday

Kavanagh {Wanderers} and Fedis (Lansdowne) replace Kennedy (Callegtuns) and Cun- ningham (Cork Constitution) In the pack

ing and I thought that others, Hike Legerton in the semi-final, were lucky winners,

11

cir-

ARY

BEFORE THE SNAP

Chow Jor of the HKOR was comfortably over on this but further one at the Novioes Championships yesterday. progress was wiilted after he had cleared 9 feet 4 inches and This does not call for the pole snapped at the next height. letters criticling the UKAAA as polen, even staminium ones, have snapped under some of the world's greatest vaulters. China Mall Photo.

SOUTH CHINA 3 KITCHEE 2 This Was Not The Class

Soccer Expected

Expected From South China Or Kitchee

Of

By I. M. MacTAVISH

A surprisingly good crowd gathered at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday for this First Division game, but for long periods they were treated to a listless lackadaisical display, very different from the type usually associated with a meeting of these famous sides,

Kitchee played much better after the interval when they were reduced to ten men, and in fact, there was a time when they looked good enough to save the game. South China's strange, line-up took a bit of understanding but as they gathered two precious points with an infury weakened side, they will probably feel that all the chopping and changing was justified.

Nevertheless

Live Caroline wing combination of Ho This game was not up to the

were below strength of course but even some of the established players were not up to par

For South Ching only Lau Chi-ping, “ Chi-kong, Ho

Chan

HU boys made hard work of Cheung-yay and Chu Wing-wah | atalard we have come to ex- it all and they should have to pair them off with a young peet from these two sidra. Both had the game well won long reserve. Họ maal played him- before the end.

sds to a standstill and he scored The playing

of Fong Bad a picture goal in the first half.

ot chey, an established pivot,

LACK OF POWER right-half, and regular

Kitchee on this form right-

are only half-Lak Tak-bay st centre-a shadow of last season's fine Cheung-you and Chiu Sin-ho halt did little to help the side. There were too many were

in South Ching really balance of the team. Fons | defensive mistakes ind up farm. Lau King-cheung was plogred

on Luk's toes for three-front there was a lack of power beaten twice standing on his quarters of the gime and in on the wings. Lau Käl-chu consequence the right-wing got however la, sili,

when he might well to my mind, have reached the cross bail had the minimum of service from the best Chinese

centre

*** | ho gune out for it..........and once behind.

forward We have La the

in the first half he revealed his As was to be expected the Colony. He Always up Immaturity when, In momen absence of Yu Cheuk-yin and looking for an opening and, as of peric, he took a wild kick at Mok Chun-wah urpisiot the his two goals showed, it he is

the ball and nearly gave away a rhythm of the forward line and given half a chance he will get

***goal, this was further aggravated by them....no matter how closely

Toledo and Kwok Yau were splitting up the normal right- he is watched.

the best of the Lau Yee once again operated defenders although Làu Shu- In the centre-half position but

Chm Fal-hung got ping and this was not

of the gums through a lot of hard work. The he will choose to remember, forward line was Lau Kal-chu He was never really happy and and Lee Hung-kee and made several bad mistakes,

LEAGUE CRICKET

Army South Consolidate Their Lead Without Even Having To Play

***

The Championships are over.

deal of credit from what hes be achieved, but until the

domestic mally

problems-of civilian clubs, of judges unt The individual

ring perfor

Jurles have been resolved there mances of the boxers during

can be no real or lasting sails- the (nels were excellent und

faction

1 10 Suo the the edpacity crowd was well

Army South had a bye in the First Division of the Cricket League on Satur- boxing public will watch future rewarded for its attendance.

developments with interest.

day and managed to get themselves very firmly entrenched at the top of the First difficult In such

to headline u par- cumstances

...and finally two

Division table without the necessity of playing. after- ticular

but for me, the thoughts... The ABA has now boul,

Division Of the three main challengers for First

Championship honours Meet-trouble-more-than-half-with some reluctance-die- Army North got within à point of the leaders with an excellent 78-run victory way* tactics of Pte Tomlinson | carded the generous theory that

against Recreio at Sookunpoo, the RAF lost three expensive points when just was the highlight of the night. the *missing gloves' Werc

about managing to hold the Optimists to a draw at Kal Tak and Scorpions, sur- borrowed by Ап McKelvey

merely In facing AB Smith, Tomlin enthusiastic competitor J. T

for prisingly went down to the Police by 82 runa at Chater Road.

# Gaston (Monkstown and Bally-son knew unly too well that he spot of home-work. The new

man with a theory is that they have

been J. O'Reilly (Old Bet- was up against nema), A

punch, vedere), A. C. Pedlow (Queen's tremendous

by some unprincipled University), S. Quinlan (High courageously staked everything type who has thus deprived our

(North of on feld). JW. Kyle

lauding Ireland), A. A. Mulligan (Lon- and how well the fast big blow schoolboy boxers of a promised

succeeded

and eagerly anticipated present now history....for In dos Irish and Cambridge Uni-

...A pity, isn't it.... vernity), C. Fugan

round Smith was laid low and (Wanderers) R. Ho (Landon Irish), G. Wood the

P. J Lawlor (Garryowen) (Clontarf), T. E. Reid (London Irish). N. Feddis (Lansdowne), (Wanderers) J. R. Kavanagh and 3 S. Richie (London Irish), eaptain

Team (Queen's

M. University).

you

bo 'won

13

one

soldier Won the Welter.. weight crown.

1 asked one prominent official if he considered any of the

Chinese missing

boxers would Middleweight have stood a chance of winning a title against the opposition. he had seen in action, His opinton

only Henry

Worry was that would have matched the standard shown in the Cham- plonsijai but whether could have stood up to Melgh was very doubtful Indeed... I wonder if we shall ever anthem in opposition.

The thrilling battle between Dinning, the new Champlun, and Dickenson will not be forgotten easily by those who saw it for these two husky Fexidis, 21-year-old wing hard hitting boxers put on a forward, is a newcomer to inter-pulsating punch party that was national football Kavanagh has indeed a worthy anni. already played nine times for Ireland.

AD Dunsford from Singapore his Last Internationgi

again what being against England last year. showed once

accomplished boy he is and his As well as the two changes family, particularly his father In personnel, the Irish selectors who

onc

the bonding of have nvanced

position

boxing

officials

Malaya, Jim Ritchh, who play would have been proud of his switch

forward against show. lock

L/Bdr Melver, his France, moved to wing forward opponent, must not be forgotten, эти Kavanagh takes over at however, for he put up a fine lock China Mall Special.

much

ed

+

SCANDINAVIAN TENNIS

Budge Patty

Wins Singles

Title

Stockholm, Jan. 29,

19

In

Ib

against fight experienced boxer.

The between Edwarmweight

more

Anal

and Childs, both from the Royal Navy, pro- vided a grand opening bout and really not the tempo for the

These two tough whole show. sallora slugged away at each other for three gruelling rounds and the fact that the decision in favour of Childs got a mixed reception from the crowd, was more a salute to a gallant loser then applied criticism of a good

winner.

SOUTHFAW STYLE

Whatever double there may Budge Patty, USA, today won have been

about Legerton's Men's Singlas title in the | semi-final win there was cer- The Scandinavian indoor tennis tainly no question of his Championships, beating Byen periority over popular Davidsson, Sweden, 6-4, 19-11, Abdul Wahid

the in 6-2.

Wahid had no

In the Women's Singles foal, Angela Mortimer, England, bent the American favourite, Alther Gibson, 4-6, 0-4, 0-3-United

Press,

British Women

final

GOLF

Remarkable

The Airmen's Championship hopes have dimmed very much as a result and Army North's

brightened have

up con- siderably.

Much will depend now, even more than it did be- fore, on the results of the two

matches to be played between Army South and the Scorpions.

one

Sould Scorpions win even of these matches, Army North should jump into a com- fortable three-point lead. Two drawn matches between the two teams would even please the RAF, but he

gian-killes will have to be found to mar Army North's further progress.

This is what the League table now looks like:

Army South Army North RAF Scorpions Optimists

some

P W D L Pts. 11

23 8 1 2 11 8 0 3 32 7 1 8 29 7 0 4

who

With Renton again very much the main from

people among the runs with a contribu- bother to come to the nets, no Uon of 66, Pulice declared at a matter whether their achieve comfortable 159 for nine against ments of years gone by are still

a legend. the Scorpions at Chaler Road,

of 47

but

to the one star

Don Welch tried very hard with a fighting 74, his highest score in League cricket locally. but the rest of the team could muster up only 60 runs between them and time was played out with the score at 134 for eight SURPRISE

The

of the

Jn

is

опо

little

elao....yet the strange fact is The Arst of these slips · come

that 1 looked a lot more the 6th minute and Lee dangerous when reduced to four

Yuk-tok was <012 the spot to make the most of it and put

then after the interval than it

South China into an early lead.had done when at full strength.

Play was very krappy. Pra

were sent astray by both gichos

and it took a touch of Ho

VERDICT

South Chino got two valuable

Cheung-you at his best to bring points and are doubtless sails- a flash of class to the proceeded .. but a casual visitor angs

The call came to him would have been surprised to awkwardly from the left wing hear that this was a top-of-the- and as he tried to get it under League battle. control hp was hard tackled by two Kitchee defenders,

South cheung:

TEAMS

China: Lau King- Lau Chi-ping, Kwok Kam-hung: Fong Sal-chow, Luk Tak-hay, Cham Chi-koms Chu Wing-with, Chan Wat-lem, Lee # Mactalk, Ho Chong Tau, Châu

Sin-ho.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

FIRST DIVISION

Kitchow 2 Bouth China Bt Joseph's

0 NAVY Kwong Wab 1 Bing Tho BECOND. DIVISION Kitche

# South China Bt Joseph's A Jardine

THIRD DIVISION

3' BEME Gyminstics

Bollettor KMB

Tamar

נייי

FOURTH DIVISION

# Dodwell

4:

2

B

2

0

3 HK Aircraft 0

Ebs Godown 2

JUNIOR BIIELD

4 Prisons

Royal Navy. plodding B & S

bottom of the University along League a usual in grand style, gave Craigengower 100 to make Blog To to win #t Happy Valley, bu hardly Craigengower

CAT

Ampon Beaten In Philippine Singles Final

Manila, Jan. 30.

the

0

Kitchee: Cheung, Koon-hing: Toledo Liu ShR-ping: Chan Fal-hung, Lau Yee, Kwok You; Kung Wah-kit, Lee Hung-kes, |Lau "Kai-chu, Tam Ying-kan.

Lam Sheung-yoc.

Stirling Moss Wins Buenos Aires

Auto Race

Face

Tony Weller was in form with four for 34 and continued as the star turn of the home side with A contribution Scorpions total,

not proved

quite enough and the Pulice won by 32 runs.

sald to lack run-getters, They The situation seemed to be tried, but could only reach 138 quite safe from o Kitchee paint, The Optimists, with only John | for eight wiekets.

of view but with a spot of in-

Buenos Aires, Jan. 29. Leader really contributing much

spired football genlus, Ho spun to their innings of 177 for six

round, left the defendtas sprawnight won the 1,000

Britain's Stirling Moce to- kilometre ling behind him....and from race here driving a Maserati (he made 51), declared yuzy comfortably against the RAF at

five yards outside the

the penalty

9,000 ce car. Kal Tak Neither Hendersom

right area he sent a magnificent nor Birley proved very effective

foot shot high into the net,

The

counted for the against steady run-making,

This goal put South Ching rare-drivers World Champion- two goals ahead and they looked ships and 27 two-men

tears like coasting bo a comfortable feed the starter in their super- when Kit- sports cars. victory, particularly thes resumed after Interval

The rivalry between the two without Tam Ying-kan who took great Italian firms of Maserati

part in the game. and Ferrari Champlon, Federico Deyro, 25-

ended in victory Any idea

co-driver serted his superiority over againg over was quickly dispelled in the

was Menditeguy. Felicissimo Ampon whom he 47th mimrie when Lau Kal-chu defeated yesterday for the metro outjumped everyone in the goal World Champion Juan Manuel Tire Indian Recreation Club, politan tennis title 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 | mouth

Eugenio and, headed a fine goal Tongio and Italy's which has in the past few weeks and 6-4.

from a corner kick.

Castellotti abandoned on their lost match after match as every-

In spite of their ono-man Ferrari in the 88th lap of the London, Jan. 29.

ene blamed everyone else for an Deyro and Ampon are Philip advantage South China were race. They had engine trouble Harry Ryder Cup team

Weetman, the British- Meanwhile, of course, all four inability to click together as a pine Davis Cup players.

nover in control of the game in the early, part of the race, and leading teams have golfer,

still nine team, surprisingly scored an

although they increased their but managed to pull back to

had a remarkable round of 58, can happen week by week as KCC at Cox's Road.

sed through to Chlu

to Chiu second, about 31⁄2 minutes was pushed today

Croham Hurst

the current season seems to be

by beating Ellen Uy 6-2, 6-1 to Sinho and taking deliberate hind Mons-Mendileguy shortly course, to which club he is pro- one in which great displays by Tony Myatt took five KCC retain the women's singles crown nim the left-winger fired a hard before, they abandoned the race. fesional.

the also-rans

are more a fale wickets for 10 runs, but the-France-Presse,

start at goal. Cheung Hood Italian than an exception.

Individual stock that went up

hing threw himself hull length highest in the team was that of

in an attempt ́· to... sava: but "Baby" Abbas who managed to

although he managed to get his take the wickets of Davidson:

hard to the bellife could not and Fairhall, KCC were all out

stop it entering the not, for

81 and it didn't take the Indians long to win.

Round Of 58 By Weetman

KCC

Police

4*

12

11 4 1 6

11.

4 5 12 2 2 7

ទូ 3

Recreio Royal Navy 12

The national tennis singles no furthat the match was for Maserati, Moss's

Ampon's sister, Desideria

former match play Champion, matches each to play and much easy five-wicket victory against made up for her brother's defeat / Lead in the 65th Ralice, The the front again and were lying

Length of the course is 6,071 yards and has s par of 74.

NO GOOD START

Weetman had 10 birdles (one

Army North did not start under par) and two eagles (two | wall against Recreio..

They under par), playing magnificent were at one

atage six wickets second shots and approaches to down for 87 * as “Spotty" make putting easy. He

Bo up to next Saturday at wes Pereira suplaying

Look for 32 when in

a captain-profes Turnill and AB Honni

Wetherall changed least the team heroes will be competition and his the fortunes of the games with "Baby" Abbas and Tony Myatt figures

were. outward

in that order of importance, answer to 3,4,3,3,2,4,4,4,4 equalling

an eighth wicket stand of 70, 31;

some retired stalwarts will Legerton's southpaw style and inward no defence against his power- China Mail Special

Lipscombe and 2,9,9,4,2,3,3,4,3–27. —-

Greenhalgh, alle triumphantly and other who through the weeks have will muke, but the problem will ful boty punching. He look

been maturing as the most effec- remain much the same. several long counts before

Live combination of wicket- being sent down for the full

takers in local League cricket, A solution

has long been ten seconds in the second round.

them ran through Recreio for 02, suggested by at least one faction Lipscombe taking five for 30 and of the club and that - is that Greenhalgh five for 21.

the team should be picked in

There was one very untisty- ing thing about the two special

Peking Youth

contests staged during The Team Beaten 4-2

and

evening. "They both served to clear: the Lightweight Heavyweight.oire.

Athletes Can Wear They were really unofficial

finials, for in both case the

By Yugoslavia

White Shorts Now actual pallets was meating the tour, now touring Communist

The:

London, Jam 29. Women's Amate

Paris, Jan, 20 The Yugoslav, national sOCOOK beaten semi-finalist from the China, today defeated a Peking other half of the draw...in fact youth team at the Klangwan whom It had been confidently they were meeting the opponents Stadium, Shanghai, by fou

News Agency reported.

· Athletic Association Inst· salaus dirpected they, would have moale - ta turd the New China!

decided that ...... British | Someth Athletes can now weer white of (pakbol-shocks shorts in cotoneti

Love:

Artile making, diar marxlatory waa, abólimba

Mite dela

shorts

meeting all voted in Esvpany.

the omel fnist won clearly fr the final...and in each calo

and decisively.

Vice-Premier Ho Lang, con= etrranty Chairman of the Physical Culture anda. Sports: In a scintillating "Lightweight Commimion, watched the garde L/Cp1 Meigh-beat L/Cpl played before a cheering crowd

the game, Vice-Premier

bands withy

THE GAMBOLS

HAD MY HAIR DONE PERENTLY

FOU LIKE IT

OLYMPIC SOCCER

EGYPT BEATS ETHIOPIA 41

hall

bo

Woman Champion Meria Theresn de Filippie and hit the edge of the circuit in the 31st akidded ́› barily

lay. Her... car

.WEN badly damaged," but she was not very seriously Injured;"," SPECTACULAR GOAL

a sting, in

Second Kitchee still ha

in the 1,000 kilo- their tail and with six minuter metres aporis, cars Bod. Was Jew for play, Lau Kai-chu Britain's - Hu

Heigion Adilla Ababe beaded andther spectacular goal. Gendeblen on a 8,500 co Ferrari, Ethiopia, Jam 20.

With their dedcit now cut to a goals to one in the first leg of mesure in an effort to

Egypt beat Ethiopia by four single goal Kitches plied

Third

Jean - Bohra the football qualifying the of equaliser, but the nearest thing

get the (France) and Joes » Gonzalez (Argentine) on 3,000 co the Olymple Games here today. to a score came at the other end Masera, fourth was. Toenewi Egypt fed 2-0 at half time when Chu Wing wah missed a (Italy) on a 1,800 cơ. Mismorati great chance by sending - an [âng fifth the Venezuelan pair, The return match takes place | angular shot wide of an open Muro ·and PolaƐomein -Ferrari in Cairo on April T-Rouler: many.

2,000 60.-FTBC100¬

Barry Appleby

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