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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, · · 1957.

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Finney Is The Man Want If England Decide

Continental-Style Attack

Says DON REVIE

This is the busiest time of the year for England's selectors, as they travel the length and breadth of Britain checking on the current form of players in the running for the England team to play Scotland on April 6th.

As usual, they are being advised by thousands of amateur tipsters who think Bill Bloggs and Joe Doaks ought to be in the England side.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

TENTH RACE MEETING

Saturday 30th March and Saturday 6th April 1957 (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Cl) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20 RACES. The First Bull will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2.00 p.m. on both days.

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close 11.43'am. on both days.

MEMBERS ENCLOSURE

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NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.

Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House I ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

The 8th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladies wearing Lady's Brooches.

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

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PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

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I believe the hardest problem in schoolboy or youth football

are basing their style on his. selectors have England's

Let's face it, the days of the solve is this: Should we pick a

entre-forward daching

ure fast, go-chead type of centre- forward and have

over. In the modern game you striking, straight-running 1027 must have speed plus craft, and an ability to put the ball into on the wings, or ought we lo

Goal-scoring 1 nut. Continental-type,

110 Is choose D

mid longer the job of the centre- centre-forward scheming

forward alone; it la spread over put a strong, goal-scoring in-

the whole forward line. side-forward alongside him?

For yes, English soccer tens have thrilled to the swash- buckling contre-forward play of men like Dixle Dean.

George Camsell of Middlesbrough (my schoolboy Idol), Nht Lofthouse of Bolton and players of that typo.

It has always been argued in English football that the job of the man in the No. 9 shirt is to

therefore, we goals and, Gavo evolved for the ecnire- forward position a big, fast, strong player who is hara- chooting and extremely good with his head.

who The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable at

the Gate.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite lee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.

SERVANTS

Scrvants must remain in their employers' boxes, except for pasting through on their dulles. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures,

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets at 320,00 each per day and $40.00 for both days may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road), and 6, D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours and until 11,00 am on the 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 Uckets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000.

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WEEK-END SOFTBALL

Pandas Makes Final Bid For Senior 'A' Pennant

At

King's Park Tomorrow

By "TIME OUT”

With three losses to their name, Kenneth Chun's Pandas will be making their final bid for the Senior "A" flag tomorrow when they meet up with the League-leading Blackhawks in the feature attraction at King's Park at 3.30 p.m.

With three losses to their opponents' one, this game is a 'must' for the Cubs if they ure to keep their slim hopes alive in anticipation of a play-off later on in the League race.

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The fast-deterioraling South forining an impenetrable unit fame) will be keeping alen billed on of defence behind the plate. At Panda felders on their Chia out is

card first base. young Frank This week's six-aine they take part in

twin-bill, the curlait rat log morrow's diamond activities at 11.30 ngainst the Chinese Athleties and following im mediately with a clash against 14 pennant-contending rios.

Famous Sports Stars I Have Met

ALEXIS ERHLICH.

By Archio Quick

Way back in 1933 a sollow, lantern-jawed Pole came to London for the World's Tablo Tennis Championships at the Imperial Institute, Kensington.

He

shocked everybody by upon the Hungarian the extent that dominance o } the men's singles semi-inols rend: Barn, Bellak, Szabados (all of Budapest) and Erhlich (Warsaw). Boran won, of course, but that is beside the point. Erhlich had established the himself as a world nature in a toes game only just out of 1's "ping- pong" Infancy, thanks to the indefatigable efforts of the Hon. Ivor Montagu.

with some

in

throughout the game. Loureiro, who was sidelined last

Rounding off their Axtures week due to an era lajury, will be back is the line-up to por minor loopers come back Into ro with oid postponed games, the

Just 24 yor's Inter the vide aditional balting

In the limelight this week

Alexis

last Erhlich while the left-hand sector their inner line of defence will three games slated for decisions week eliminated from the same World's Champlonshing in feature War again

Nuries today. Starting off at 2.00 pm.. the brothers Robert and Manuel, the the Champlon Seminoles tackle Stockholm burly Yorkshireman Kennedy, and Brian former calling the plays at the Dodgers while at 3.30 the Brian

cellar-dwelling South Chinn ranks No 3 in Britain. He was short while the latter plugs up

meet the Overseas and the War born in 1933-the year, you will the gap at the hot-corner.

to Eagles entertain the Austers.

came remember, Erhlich London and caused a table tennis sensation.

11 should be remembered that the Blackhawks were the first

to lower the Pandas colours this year with a narrow -6 count in their first meeting. Starting off their season on the right foot, the Paudas ran uu a string of successes to lead the the In Lengue with no losses earlier half of the season until that fatal week-end when the stap-happy Hawk guns stopped them dead in their trucks with their selfial setback.

After that, nothing seemed to work right for the Cubs as the razor-keen Warriors and the veteran Saints followed up sue cessively with two more rc- versals to literally knock them out of the Pennant race.

Having with

FIRST SETBACK

Heking their

Issue

wounds from the last defeat, the Pandas will

in strength to be out

themselves and rederm

ihus their

first

setback. avenge

split

the Warnors

und Saints in their two-round clash, inentor Kenneth Chun's goal to- morrow will be Hawk defeat and the blowing up of this red- hot race that is slowly narrow-

down to three teams

ing,

Fons may be assured that he will

be digging deep into his call-out of tricks in bag effort to his squad out of

pay

CUP SEMI-FINALS

The Cup semi-futis go this work (March 23) Asion

Villa

playing West Jackio. Wei, who was blasted Bromwich at Wolverhampton again and again in their first and Manchester United playing meeting, will have the pleasure Birmingham City at Hillsboro, of facing the slap-happy young- Shefeld, All I hope wisters on the mound tomorrow to for once, the weather will be regain lost prestige, kind. Make по mistake, semi-finals are often tougher

the

ARRAY OF STARS

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WEEK-END GAMES

Today

2.00 pm, Seminoles v P Dodgers (G. Pang; H. Vianna;

Lau).

In the outfield, array of stars are available and the trio starting tomorrow will prove quito

to .problemn Vas. Olly

However, mentor judging by their batting prowess

3.30 pa, South China v and on past performances, tho trio roaming the pastures in Overseas (F. Diesta; F. d'Almada; this key game will be Erie Re-L Diesta). B, War Eagles v medios at left, Budji Dhabor at Austers (B. Low: M. Hussain,

Remedios at | G. Pang). centre and Jerry right,

Of course, other sporting ac- tivities will again be in their

way of putting their best nine out, and

unless thest

Tomorrow

China (Cooper; Forrest; H. A. 11.30 u.m.-A, CAA v South

Stewart).

clash with softball, sluggers 1.30 p.m.-A, Warriors v South galoro like Dhaber, Loureiro, China (G. Pang; R. Hamet; M. Rodrigues, Pedruce, the Nunes Hussain). brothers, and the Remedios clan

3.30 p.m.-A, BLzckhawks v and of Eric, Jerry newly Pandas (H. Winglee; T. Ewins; (of Bravesp. J. Law). enlisted

Junior

SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

Predicts 1960 Mr Mayer

Games Will Be Bigger

And Better At Rome

Otto Mayer, head of the Olympic International Committee, thinks the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome may be the last in their present form. Says Mr Mayer: "After 1960 we must get down to some than the actual Final. Players with his pitching arm, Wei has severe trimming. The present programme is a only 90 minutes away from recently developed a variety in little unwieldy and not as interesting as it might soccer's great show-piece are his pitching, interspersing slow be." on odge all the time. Deter- teasers with his fast balls to put mined not to

lose, they tackle anxious batters off stride. This

semi-

We

With old age fast catching up

With the Pennant but a few

CONTINUOUS TRAINING

Frank Sande, England's cross country champion, will not com- pete in track events during the

Sports Diary

Ron Greenwood, 35-year-old Fulham centre-half, is to be the new manager to Eastbourne United, Greenwood, who started his playing career with Chelsea In 1940, is also a staff coach the with the EA-họ coaches new coaches.

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Mr Mayer predicts the Games after 1960 will be as hard and mark as close as trick change-of-pace enables bigger and better and he expects twice as many athletes they possibly can. Whertag in him to toil the full seven innings and four times as many spectators. the Final, on the lush turf of instead of the usual four good Well, I most certainly would

Wembley, they concentrate on innings he had on continuous

Randolph Turpin, British coming season. Sando, who has never dream of criticising such

fastboiling. playing good football.

Light-Heavyweight Champlon, been in continuous training since Breat players Dean and

will defend his title against 1952, plans to defend his cross Camsell,

scored goals As a general rule it is the

The infield quartet will be the Arthur Howard of Islington at country title next year and until galore. But the triumphant better

ball players

who win same stars that have been de Leicester's Granby Hall on May then will keep himself at by On Auch a great march of the Hungariane led Finuls.

corating the Panda diamond for 8. The date for the fight, which competing in club events. When from behind by their centre- casion, players are careful rot the past years, headed by ball- has been postponed twice pre-he returns to the track Sando

Nandor Hidegkut, to commit those niggling fouls hawks Y.S. Liang and forward,

Wally, viously owing to Turpin's hand intends to fight for

a place in showed

could have a that so often mar other Cup-

British

the team for successful

without 1 les, and the beautiful turf ex-Ma at shortstop and third base injury, was announced by Bri-the

Championships and battering-ram centre-forward.

erds an unspoken Invitation to respectively, while Harold Ong tish Boxing Board of Control European

the Empire Games, play text-book Soccer

and Bobby Tho cover first and Secretary Teddy Waltham rather

second base. Needless to say, Now, we have Tom Finney than to use the Big Boot.

peppery Raymond Tsno will be who has revolutionisexi centre-

Unfortunately, in recent behind the birdcage at home forward play in this country. years, the semi-finals have be- plate, Finney, like Hidegkul, plays come largely a matter of chance

He wanders on to the owing to the weather. deep.

yet so clever in his have seen these wings,

games played games out of their grasp, the positional play that he is fast in heavy mud or slush, giving young Blackhawks will be out approaching the 30-goal mark teams no chance to play elever for blood in tomorrow's tussle this season and he has "mado" football. In such conditions, it as the Pandas are one of their is usually the stronger- ackling harder hurdles and Hawk vic- many more goals for his Preston

team that comes through, tory will help much towards colleagues,

When Manchester City reached their end and that is, to be Senior "A" champions. Working Wembley two years ngo, by bealing

Sunderland at Villa their way up the brackets, the Hawks have captured all other chosen to Park, the pitch

inal In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets may lead England's attack against As a member of the City side, trophies in the lower divisions,

I never gave the game a second topping them off with the Jam 2nd Division: Army North HCC went a be purchased for each day of the Meeling provided that the second Scotland at Wembley, England's thought. We managed to get borie Ulla Inst year, overcoming vkov, KCC Hornets v Navy, Uni-Now after playing some basket Wasps, IRC Army Bouin, Recreio spent four months on his back. of forward day is on a date not less than five days after the first day. In all traditional style

ball and golf he is to practico other cases Through Tickels will only be sold for the whole formation will have to bo com through to the Final and that both the Braves and Saints en Ervity VIAF, Police v Dockyard.

was all

about. I cared

But route.

in the Hoadingley nots for the pletely changed. We would, in Meeting.

since

I've

let Division: Chib v. Kwong Wah been at Roker Park, As was Beca Tickets reserved and avaliable but not paid for by 10.00 am,effect, have the Continental

many of the players and sup-

last work, in (Club), KMB v South Chine fest time in twelve months. "will" spend`, a month with on Friday, 29th March, will be sold and the reservation cancelled style of attack with Finney porters have told me they think their encounter

the Stadium, CAA w Polled (B) all Cowan

matches at 4 p.m.

himself up for the building playing the midfield schemer, for future Meetings.

the game should never have Warriors,

hurler Vic Reserve Division: KM v South Another great player in the been played because the pitch Podruco is still the colony's best, China (HK Brdum), CA Police Yorkshire practices in the hope

that

he will be fit for first-class And I must agree His main asset is the ability of (US) at 2.30 0.21. running for England's centre was so bad.

2nd Division: Dockyard v Prisons cricket this suramer.

p.m.; CME v. Talkoo United's Tommy Taylor, who is players sakes this year there curacy forward position is Manchester there is a lot in what they say, throwing a fast ball throughout club) 230

That's why I hope for the the game with pinpointed ac- (LV) 3 pm. B & B V. Soliators Joe Bygraves the British

and with fast returning to fitness, Now will be good firm grounds, and stamina that makes him

horne-like (V)) 4.35 p.m.

3rd Division: Univarsity v Hoi- Empire Heavyweght Champion Tommy fits

landia (IV) 3 p.m.) A/S v R from Birkenhead, will defend ddle then there can be no complaints, effective'as the gama progresses patt into the trdɗ

(FV) a p.m.; Alecraft v nediffusion he title against Dick Richard- of England

(IV) 450 p.m.; 8 & 8. Zamar v centre-forwards, although he,

son of Newport at Maindy My, selections for the Wembley Southpaw Tony Rodrigues Dodwell (KV) 4,30 pm.

Stadium, Cardiff, on May 27. Hockey Ing out, 10.

Marcus Sousa on bla departure tournament, Boundary Street, 1,10 seven-1-side boclory wings to draw the Aston Villo, stoppe Centre-hald from the

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and has fitted in like a glove, ) p.m. centre of the gold..

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

the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticket The reservation of any particular number does not conter on bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced

by the holder.

MIDFIELD SCHEMER

Should Finney be

The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also tonal stating reasons for their action.

star

the right to remove any name trom Subscription Lista without too, is, a great one, fóg wander- (Finial-Manchester United and i took over catching duties from

SPECIAL CASH SWEEP

Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 11th May, 1957, at 12.00 each, may be obtained from the' Cash Sweep Omees.

TOTALISATOR

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after the "all clear" signal has been exhibited.

Old-timers will disagree with the present ideas of centre- forward play because they recall the Rams golden dra when centro-forwards stayed in the cenky of the field and made use of the wingers' crdssch. But that

ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE style of play is rarely successful ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN BELA modern, fight-packed ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE | defenfor OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN.

Whether you are a Tom Finney

BE MADE ON TORN OR fan on hot, the fact remains that

WILLE NOT PAYMENT DISFIGURED TIGHTIS,

Bookmakers, Tie Tec mon etc, will not be permitted operate within the precjungle of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

By. Orden of the. Stowards,

AJR. ARNOLD,

`--- Bucrátary,

thebatfam of attack ha

to change reat deal. Nowadays, practibelly Fall centre forwards wund** way from the contre of the Dukk, But, in my opinion, the man who plays the vi"w, crafty miyle bowb of all la Flaney.

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Mick Cowan, Yerkshire's, fast loft-arm bowler, who as a boy dreamed of a cricket career, will know in the next few

1st Division: CCC v Pollee, RAF weeks if he can continue in the Amy North. Army v IRC, | game. Scorpion Not My Suther

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Humper packet

Tho Pole is now 43, ад advanced age in this sport in which ho has wandered the face of the earth.

The travels of "Gulliver Erhlich are not generally known.

He never returned to Warsaw from those London Championships, Well I remember the protestations or hla team manager, and Alox's He was Aloyz In adamancy. those

I recall. Instead he days, went

Budapest with Hungary's "Three Musketeers

Baran, who is now naturallmed by the turn of the wheel, England's captain in Stockholm; Szabados, who is now domiciled Australia, and clowning the Belink, who is redent United States

in

PARIS OTTEZEN

Ethlich did not stay long by the banks of the Blue Danube. Instead, he became a' PTO- fessional coach in Brussels, Inter did much fo in Ghent, and establish the game in Belgium. After that he was teaching in and now, I seo, as o America,

entered citizen of Paris, he is under the French Association. He is a professional, of course, but in table tennis there is no differentiation they nré all How much simply "players" more honest than other sports I know,

Echlich is reported as having said to Kennedy in Stockholm after their game "You played stupidly. Why did you not bit out at me; I am an old fellow, But if and cannot run about"

know my Alex, or Alexia, or Aloyz, he is still the willest of

all the leaders of the tabla tennis courts, letting fits brain save his "old" legs.

SPORTS QUIZ

1. How

far.

approximately, does a referee run during the course of a first-class soccer match, half a malle, Avo miles or 15 miles?.'*

2. In the new MCC proposals for County Cricket fog bow many overs would a sião be allowed to bat in the Arst innings?

3. Name two sports in which

www formations have played a big part.

4. What are these “W! ftama-

tops?

1. Anagrama; Who are these

mixed NONĚJY DVALES,

AHODI

6. What is the

7. Who grored it, who and

wheat

8. In what sport would you

shatch, brash and jorkā 40 9. In what sport is a prize of

£1,000 competed fost

10. For which countrion did theso rugby players play, Bob Scott· VÕkíé "Çatlist and Prince Ob

(Answers. Sta. Faro 133:

BRONS

PRECIOUS OMENTE.

CHERRY RING