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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1956.

SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT

Famous

THE LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE EVERY SPORTSMAN SHOULD Sports Stars SEASON GETS PROPERLY

BACK HKFA'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE FOUL PLAY

Says I. M.

MacTAVISH

I Have Met

Bill O'Reilly

have

By ARCHIE QUICK

camp followers Among the the Australian cricketers

to England what a host there are Bill O'Reilly, probably the best of all Australian off eplnera.

Should he use the space What is the duty of a sports writer?

brought with them some particular which is placed at his disposal to air his own views on subject or should he show impartiality and from time to time present other people's sides of the story even if these happen to be at variance with his own?

I have pondered that question at length during the past week and I now feel satisfied in my own mind that if a writer is not prepared to be impartial, or if he is not prepared to balance his own views against those of others, then his work loses much of its value.

These inental Drive

Kulik

Jast

UNDER

WAY TODAY

By "TOUCHER”

After a poor opening last Saturday the Colony Lawn Bowls League season finally gets under way this afternoon with a full programme of four First Division, five Second Division and four Third Division matches. Commanding special interest are the First Division reigning champions Club de Recreio and top contenders Craigengower Cricket Club who will both make their Initial roll-up this season.

Himal

against the Filipino Club, this cellent fighting spirit to Invari

much to ably end up among the top will probably be too

from them. A closu

three in the Division's expect game should be seen with the

League table. emerging winners Champions by a 4-1 margin.

The big bluff. baldish Now South Wallan is now past Afty With only eight was taking In this Division of the years of age, and this is his fifth part visit to the Home Country-two League this year, early season will have an important as a player, three as a journal-form

For them this afternoon a win st. And his opinions are very bearing on the Anal destination

Recreation against the Indian much to the point. He told me a of the Championship trophy.

MUCH EASIER

Club "Gold" is a foregone con- day or two ago: "While I agree This will be more for Recreio surrounds *NTI, they

will that

bowlers who It is

win and the Valley club who

In comparison, Craigengover clusion. will have a much easier match

of great importance to them matches-naturally I say that-

meet in an early clash at the would be accepted without un

the collection of vo commont and pubilety.and i concede that England Valley on Wednesday,

against the depicted Indian Re will be due

the trimmings that tranlikely to have a stronger speed

Champlons Both

ercusion Clay "Blues", and should points from this match to bring Last week I presented arther

sull think straight-

to avenge their 44-their aggregate be able op- form even the most

and spin attack. man's view on the present crop

transactions Australia

the tenders will have worthy win will just These forward of

first-round defeat last sonsöfi. ponents this afternoon, ROCTOLO heavy strija 11840819

Ashes back, players who into some sort of deeply hatch- jusanded to Jeral

against Kowloon the

and 14 ho

HKFA ed den

Green Reason, Hulton and Complaying away

Club Bowling

LA charged

with modemstanour

cannot be repined imin e Craigsgower being at home the Beld

Recreation Club That gentle 2 galay man

suggested that generally

are who the standard of munistimment w boo sever

meanderings | behaviour + their players dung which out of

n game in which the two claus my article Saturday regarding the severity had been involveti of punt hments being given to offending player by the appro- priate coinmittee of the long- Football Association. Personally I have never disr guised my views on the matter who bellove that a player

either an deliberately commits

premeditated impetuous U! offence during a guze dem:TVUS everything that coming him, except probably the mils-

uided

of partisan sympathy

ties.

to

to

I believe too that the general held conduct of a player is very an accurate reflection of of the controlling policy

uften

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Έμει know from past experience the in clubs where that background

thuence is good the feeling of regret is all the greater when 31 Unshyanary ingdeal occurs,

IA

mber

than

Pluss".

Champions,

of the how many I wonder €1

I have ben migration plans

have ve heve Austrnila told about will in fact work out and fur five day Teats, 1

batsten more consistent As predicted.

England hus. Harvey will prob Jally be the best bat on either side Allowing for unconscious to be statement jains Chrud respected

tha' ho

SHIELD SIDELIGHTA

th

You will

The Stanley Shield has bils several points among

altracted very imd as his optralory Plain Rave il

tu the Club Stadium.

speking. retrud of making the player?rrowd

of their actions It Generally repentant

of enthusiasts have had a good re- collection

their money, and Tor would breed bitter and discontented men

charity to will do well out of

efforts of the willing players.

S

HOUSE IS DIVIDE13

These were his personal views. der agree with arc however.

Our

The competition, as well 15

entertai There providing attructive others who

ment, has also provide i one or two interesting and even

oversial isaties,

and by the same token there are those wim are quite open fo stating that the players der eezed ail they got

Flus

A frue

an Hongkong but it is at any other park of the iworld and you chrubt me words

bring the week 1 tuiked with Let me tell you that only this

sportemen from both sides of high level ik loading teams mode

the argument One well-known approach to thwi

the counterparts

said, mensther side in order to offer their sinttaw apologies for the selena; the dials of one of ou

KONG JOCKEY CLUB TWELFTH (WHITSUN) RACE MEETING Saturday 19th and Monday 21st May, 1956

To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CON8137 or 22 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.un, and the First Race run

at 2.00 pm on the 1st Day

On the 2nd Day the First Hell will be rung at 11.30 am and the First Have man nt 12.00 Noon". The Tin interval is after the Fourth Race (130 p.m.).

The Secretary's Office at

Alexandra

11 45p to it Day la 19.00 m

House will close

ul

on the 2nd Day

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

THE 1053 SETS OF MEMBERS BADGES AND LADIES BROOCHES ARE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE CURRENT RACING SEASON,

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All prisa MUST

their badges prominently displayed

throughout the meeting.

wear

Mon-

The first of these ser un red fact |

Saturday when several people in the centre stand sputted the fact that the referee in charge He b of the jaimes

A REALITY

101

2

to take rally never failed

wickets wendy less than jearn of the four Test series

which he played against

Jardine's land, starting against textu in Australia m December, 105%, and ending with Brad-

England man's team

In then August 103 He was 33 aradt the height of this powers. who en say what would have been has reverd if the War had hot anterened

Tiger Bill gave a bit use his walipermen on the left wing of the the threet that was later to be. he took a realty when for 64 and five for 06 in Melbourne the Serend Test at

was

dingunia).

no

LAver

Countries

ita

27

such

bia

not

words, "If it happened to one of two attacks, nrd was himself come

to running a my players would fight it

LEFT the 1 think bliter

end 100

It was as strange an arrange

14 Janney 1033- capturing the BUS*ions are unrealistic and ment as we could expect to see

wickets

Wyall (twice). i am sure they will do more but I had a humorous ride ino.

Nuwab

Pataudi. Leyland, During the second half of the

Allen. harm than gʊxxi."

Sutcliffe, Hammond, Nol gan the refcrce, nway out 4912

Aues Larwood and Vore. Another official who has a long the left wing, watched intently a bad bag for a new recruit! He and didinguished connection

as the ball went out of play ariably finished wp of the with Hongkong football in many

from a scrimmage near the right Test averages after that, and is different capacities La just ashand corner fling.

all took 144 Test wickets against definite that the present method

immerlaten The of heavy suspension is the only

the offeint coked matches way to halt the dangerous trend decision us

for the line:mar Lo give his towards crude and unacceptabic

opinion.

O'Reilly made a joke of But he locked in vain

wtually baiting. More often than Hinesman was

double pressed fo When

be more to the

rench falled to standing a couple of yards behe delinite he said. "I have been in the closest touch

ama the things," but he did get into the with Colony hid hun on the left buchiinetgures "saving myself for betler

second issue

this thirties twice not out on each football for more years than 1 ike to recall and I could point

occasion at that--and then sur- out some of our present players

prised everyone, including him- who have been saved from them- corner was not a corner. It hap-seir, by rattling up 42 at Lords selves by the fact that the Asso-

pened in

the Sirg Tus-Army in 1939 against an attack com- ciation imposed heavy suspen- gaine. The soldiers were award prising Farnes Wellard, Wright. ed a comer just before the in- Verity and Edrich. That was in -Jons--arme

terval but before the ball could a gallant eighth wicket attempt lead in be kicked the whistle went forto gain half-time.

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UPN

...the

The The me night. tient

Was

came the

Lo

The

questions

Wit'n de-ide

them a long as !K months-and made the play- ealise once and for all that if they resorted to foul piny they would be the ones to suffer most in the long run.

house Gentlemen is divided. The present situas level on will be

victu! the current attitude towards it are good or bad, right or wrong, only in rordance with

org

Admus Badges at $10.00 ench per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Offer, it Queen's Building, Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Momber, who responsible for all visitors introduced by him.

This will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered l advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811),

NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during For the purpose a Child is a person under the nge the Meeting. of seventeen years, Western Standard.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable ot the Gale.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admision,

MEALS and RESTAURANT.

REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the

SERVANTS Servants must remain in their employers' boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may un nu account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $44.00 each may be obtained from the Cush Sweep Offers at Queen's Building, (Chater Road), and 5. D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours and until 10.00 a.m. on the First Day of the Race Meeting

Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such tickets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards a particular to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for Meeting If it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved

the series 1 to 3,000.

in

Hen

The

ch

cull-

ciso

en-

points to

and give from two matches their bowlers mure confidence when they meet Recreio, CCC and KBCC.

Newly promoted Talkoo Club, who failed in their First Division ed a good opportunity of stoning debut last week, will be afford- for their defeat when they enter- tain Filipino Club this afternoon. A 4-1 and even a 5-0 victory for them seems very likely.

SECOND DIVISION

Second Division top In the

Dock "B" favourites Kowloon will be given the easy task of

I doubt, however, if they will be able to do so by the same The very successful margin. Open Championship season Joyed by the Valley Club Inst 'The without the services of the two year has had the pleasing effect of altracting wider interest in Luz

and brothers

"Spotty" the spurt among His bowlers, and Pereira, are notext for their slow has enabled it to field three start. Last year they opened the

teams this year.

with senson by beating the Recreio

As is usually tho "Whites" by

4-1 and then lost lawn bowls teams, the greatest to Kowloon Cricket Club and difculty in to have the right Kowloon Bowling Green Clubman play in the right position. This is far from being solved in successively by 4-1 marginu.

the Craigengower line-up and The Bowling Club, however, may likely cost them one point

mates, the "Whites", A 6-0 win have lost no fewer than six of at least against the Indians and ping it up against their club- their last season's players, in probably the first crucial match will keep their hundred per cent cluding Colony champion Erie against Recreio on Wednesday.

The "dek horse of the First record in two matches. Second favourites Liddell and skips Alec Harvey,

Recreio Jack McKelvic, and M. E. Division this season is Kowloon

Cricket Club. The KCC bowlers dropped one point last week to

will have Purvis,

this atlernoon appear fairly tmine on paper but the Police, and have me and again registereti make it up creditable wins with their stendy against the unpredictable Foot- ball Club squad to keep close to and consistent bowling and ex-

With Dock Kowloon

en advantage on their side should be able to take at this from four points

is not impossible, An upsel Eart tlespile the ски form shown by the Bowling Club Twelve last week in their match

Softball Association's

Annual Presentation

Dance On June 2

By "TIME OUT”

Anmial

4

"B"

to

Icast game.

Both the USRC and Filipino Club registered good wins last yoek-end and will be two teams for both Kowloon Dock "B" and Recreio to watch. The clash be- twee

the two this afternoon should

Br excellent provide game, with the Services Club

enjoying a slight edge.

Kowloon Cricket Club, with already five points to their credit, ars expected to enhance their position is another top contender for the Second Division title. Apaket the Police, four points Pre-seem to be fairly certain for them. Whether they can take their fifth point depends on the ability of the rink that will be matched against Hollande and his men.

on

The Hongkong Softball Association's sentation Dance will be held at the Peninsula Hotel

This annual gathering of diamond Saturday, June 2. artists and fans has always been a ringing success and this year's dance, held a little later in the year than usual, is being very much looked forward to.

At Stanley the Prison Officers open their senson by taking on the Cricket Club and can look forward to at least three points from this game.

Master of Ceremonies will opportunity for people who 'en- unce again be Joviable Jindo joy the sport to help promoto Husson. Wahoo second-sacker | interest in the game and at the

THIRD DIVISION Most Interesting of the Third Dorothy Mendoza holds the dis- same time have any evening of tinguished title af Secretary, fun.

Division games will be that be while Prize Convenor will bc

JAMBOREE SERIES

tween

KFC

and

KBGC. Highlighting the closing none other than Ed Chief Cor-

the Bowling Club this year's softball season the bowlers collected full points

first innings company with Bill Brown. Corners count of course in this

Everybody, including Brad- competition if the teams finish

man, bad failed in face of an goals and they are English total of 494, but O'Reilly valuable as cl therefore

**** and Brown were the chief rea- sons why Australia's, score got interval score was actually an- nounced three time; first of all

to 422. Brown's contribution was valho. giving the soldiers the benefit of

out. 200 not

"My only Test the award, then taking it away batting success," from them, and finally restoring modestly. the HKFA is presenting a united it to their scoresheet Indeed.... front in determined bid climinate the unsatisfactory when is a cerner not a corner?

whatever

onal views you have on it.

so close

BC

It

10

elements from our football then

MOST CONTROVERSIAL all praise to them. I am sure

The most controversial situa- that every sportsman will back

in them

took their efforts, even if tions

place during the they do not always agree with Army-Kitchee match on Tues- the modus operandum".

day and although I know I shall believe that the reat thom- be disappointing some people by in-the-side and the fact which not crilarging on them I feel of all is that the that the weight of public and hurts most

word and heavy punishments have arrived press opinion in

in the heels of the picture has already been so infamous, but well remembered, forcibly expressed that it saves

lask the

of The

unpleasant sequence quashings. events has Indeed been unfor- labouring the point,

However, the game served to tunate.

cmphasize still further....A thing that has been most notice- able during the competition. It in some parts of the world

is surely 'unfair to ask our and naturaliste are SpŪTĪŠIČ 11

junior referees who have spent closely interested in the annual the asces handling the slower misation of birds. In Hongkong football of the lower divisions It seems that the greatest in- to take charge of streamlined terest in migration concerns the seven-a-side

which Kamen

ANNUAL MIGRATION

of

me

star footballer who make on feature two tog class sentor annual flight from club to club.

teams.

In the case of two-day Race Meetings. Through Tickets may be purchased for each day of the Meeting provided that the second day is on a dato not less than five days after the first day. In all other cases Through Tickets will only be sold for the wholegular in their habits, but the catches them unawares and they

Meeting.

Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00a.m. on Friday, 18th May, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.

Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.

The reservation of any particular nuznber does not confer on the registered holder any rights whathoover unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder.

The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also the right to remove any name from Subscription lists without alating reasons for their solion.

Cash Swoop Tickets on the last rate of the Meeting at $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offees at Queen's Building (Chater Road), G, D'Aguilar Sirect and 382, Nathon Road during normal office hours and until 12.00 am, on the 1st Day and 10.00 mm. on the 2nd Day of the Moeting.

until

TOTALISAYOR'

The birds are said to be re-

The pace of the whole thing

left for behind the only apparent regularity about are often

play

sometimes surge of the habits of our soccermen is

behind to give on-the-. that they migrate.

Their too far

spot decisions. destination is

а frequently

Incidentally one quote from closely guarded secret,.. or

this game will stop a lot of at least it is supposed to be..

unnecessary argument the The 1980-30 season is still speaker is Cheng

Koon-hing with us but already the yearly the Kitchee goallo "We were ball was over and the very lucky, the storics, the rumours preciofions about the future the ine before I caught it-but activities of this player and that the referee waved piny on-and

that's what I player are going a mary round. could be fairer than that?

did," What

1 shall embarrass neither

clubs by pin- players nor pointing the stories simply be cause I feel that much of what is being said thought gotip started maybe by thinking...but It healthy symptom betraying in the most significant way what is going on behind the scenes and the plans which are indientes being hatched in certain minds.

There win certainty

uri-

POP

of

Other members of the Com-Association says O'Reillymittee are Alex Mendoza, Virgie Double Elimination Series open om

to all teams, commencing this ballers claimed a more-empled ta and Marie Ribeiro, Diana Pires,

Sunday. Bobby Lev, Tracy Brown, Eddle Marques and Bimbi Ablong.

SPORTS QUIZ

1. Last year Meld, a ally own

Werhner, ed by Lady Zla won three of the biggest races of the flat What were they?

war?

season,

a

lowered

Although

1 has rigged up

from PRC Tast week, the FOOF-

cular

victory when

$10

HKPSA

Togeth

the

Eight entries have been re- relved with the curtain rising

on the Chinese Athletle-Navy

i

colours &

with

The normal fee of $10.00 per head will be charged and cupper game ft 10.00 a.m. These games rank as the top favourites for will be served from 8.30 p.m. to

9.39

On the Island, tickets can be obtained from 'Doc' Molthen and Wille Woo, while in Kowloon,

Third Division title and the

Both HKERC and HKPSA should

experience little difficulty next

in collceling at least four points for this from PRC and FC and Craigen-

gower making Its first appear

p.m. (no meal being served will be five-inning affairs, fol- after 9.30 p.m.) There will be lowing each other hourly from outcome of this game will have four distributional centres for the opener at 10.00 am. and an important bearing on the down on this Championship title. The Bowl- tickets, two in Hongkong and eight games are two in Kowloon and team tables thrill-parked card. At the con- ing Club team seems the better-

clusion of the day thd semi-balanced can be reserved in advance finalists will be known and they

will meet for the title through these distributors.

week.

Herewith the draw week's programme:-

Sunday 10.00 am (8) CAA v.

11.00 am (b) Saint Joseph's v Blackhawks.

12.00

Braves pm (c) Pandas.

1,00 pm (d) Warriors v. Pl Dodgers.

2.00 pm Winners (0) v. Win- ners (b).

ance in the Third Division after US lapse of a couple of years, will be given a good chance of start- ing with a win against Kowloon Cricket Club.

V

2. How many times have New.Ed Carvalho and Jindo Hussain have the honours. Bookings for castle held the FA Cup? 3. How many

London clubs team tables can be made through Navy have won the FA since the Ed Carvalho and Jinda Hussain, while private parties not con-

with nceted Britain held

any teams may have 4. Last year

their Wimbledon ille for the first tables reserved personally time in 18 years. What was at the Peninsula Hotel by bring-

ing along their tickets it and who won it?

naming the seating space have times many 5. How

quired.

3.00 pm Losárs (a) v. Losers England beaten Scotland in international

As the Souvenir Programme (1).

since

md

C-

has to be printed in advance, 4.00 pm Winners (c). v. Win- What are the national sports teams wishing to send in team ners (d).

the war?.

6.

Laya.

7.

What is Eskimo boxing?

of the following countries? photographs or action shots are 5.00 pm Losers (c) v. Losers Switzerland, America, Ma-advised that the closing date (6)

B. With what sport do you connect the Harlem Globe- trotters?

Squash

9. In 1930-31 West Bromwich Albion fulfilled two fente, What were they?

holds the Who 'Open' title?

(Answers see Page 17).

10.

for entries is Saturday,

May

REPLAY ON MAY 20 19, and all photographs are to

A Council Meeting of the be addressed to the Hon. Stere try, Mr Wille Woo, c/o Mollers Hongkong Softball Association

Queen's Building. Ltd.

on Thursday decided that the There

tere will be the usual no- First Division match between

valty dances, contests and games Saints and Braves will be re- anal best of all, the moment that played on Sunday, May 20,

had invalidated every sotiballer waits for the Braves

of the Most April 22 match against announcement

on: neiding Valuable Player Awards in the by

This is aniplayer, various leagues.

MORE LIKE

IT'S AN OWL

IT SOUNDS

WHAT'S THAT

be

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets Fafter the "all clear" signal has been exhibited. ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AF DER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN MCHEDULED TO BE RUN. changes before next season and PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR I know that riveral of our star DISFIGURED TICKETS

men will be changing their the colours of shirts ever: If their next ones are not exactly undamiliar to them

Bookmakers, Tie Tay men, aby w not be permitted to operite within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club..

By Order of

of the Stewards,

AJE, ARNOLD

Some ennusi changes are in QUITADIO Bag Úrobably, they iwire - abipout" of the cureless

and someshes milikits sor

A MOOT THAN A HOWL

their

Saints unregistered

+

Twit to woo -

WELL, HOWL'S

TODAY'S GAMES

First Division KBGC v. Recario CCC v. IRC “"B" TC v. FC

IRC. "G" v. Kcc

Second Division

Recreio v. 'HKFC | |--

USBC v. FC

POC v. HKCC

KCC v. PRC

KDC “W” v. KDC "B"

Third Division KCC v. CCC HKERC v. PRC HKFC V. KBGC

FC v. HKPSA

TOMORROW Valley Shield

CCC v..PRC.

WEDNESDAY First Division ccc v. Recreio

PRECIOUS DROPS

CHERRY HEERING