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POLICE 2 EASTERN 2

THE CHINA MAIL.

ONDAY, APRIL 16,

BASSEY RETAINS TITLE

LAST SEASON'S CHAMPS PROVE THEMSELVES THIS YEAR'S PRIZE CHUMPS

Says L. M. MacTAVISH

If there is such a thing as a soccer, equivalent of the boxing term 'a sucker punch', then I am certain I should use it to describe Enstern's dismal performance in this match.

If ever a team allowed a game to topple around them, then Ko l'o-keung and his mates did on this occasion. With two-thirds of the proceedings over they held a commanding two goals lead, but for some unaccountable reason they became utterly, careless. They started wasting time; they began bickering among them- selves and in the short space of five minutes last season's Champs became this season's prize Chumps !!

out even a single point.

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and when only two minutes re- mained for play.

SLIP THROUGH

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the penalty area. appeared to be dropping in the nldst of five or six defenders but right out of the blue came MOR curly hand

... 4 Roy

and goggle of nick Eastern players stood transaxed as the bull flew majestically into the back of the net,

It was a great goal.

Tint, however, is only one

With just a little over four side of the story; the other re-

mirartes

lett for play fera to a truly magnificent

equnilser

ww WIN 100. late rally by the Police, a rally

glorious counter in that chipped every inch of the

A brilliant sip through by Away out in midfield Wakejich supericht Востот veneer off

touchline: he seemed Entern, sent them staggering Mak Wing-hung sent the ball Tied the ball down the left to weigh right to the feet of the the right back on their heels, panic carcering

Swinger: he had plenty of time up the Eastern retreat that was through their

at just the to aim his shot at the unprotect- taking place and, ... and came within ranka....

m ed lee of sending them home with Eastern goal only six yards right moment, he swept a long

tob imo but with two points Away there for the 1aking he slashed wildly over the bar. both the bull happened team would have got their Probably the only

found anything to admire in this due dematts. Eastern would have got the defeat their pre-impetuosity were the much re- leved Eastern defenders who sumptuous play deserved End the Police would have claimed were thus saved the indignity of the victory which would have most inglorious defeat. endorsed their thrilling fight

During the early stages of back after all and seemed lost,

play we were treated to some

Two minutes later the gallant had The Police

The out really entertaining football by

ulmast snatched both sides. The respective styles (policemen standing permatality afield

in

provided on interesting contrast, sensational victory. Wide swing- centre-half Hunter. Hi,

vit through the but for 15 minutes the wide opening paren Accomplished anu

Eastern could do the rot as Mak performance, Sure and pecuintive tacties of the Police defence and were every bit as effective as little to stop Ex the tackle and

pass und the frilly intricate work of the Wing-hung made his final thoughtful in

distribution, he 1950 Champions.

to Au

rest

Li Chi-yin. The soccer history. From was always in command of bly

a perfect on the stened to find

The wiles of Chu Wing-kong poultion

alx yards line eventually ted to Eumern's first (the winger shot high over the a) after 15 minutes. Chubur and Easter breathed a sigh of of relief for the point that went defenders out Enticed two

His play bear

the stamp of position and from the revaltant with it.

FUNG Tak-kit. bad vah class and on this form

side that simply In a Polite ülilleulty in scoring wheTE The for and away the best pivot ball was switched to brim.

slid not know when it was beaten Yuen Hoi-pong, Moss and Ng my return to ocked a shople enough cour, Chak-lam join star man Hunter the Colony. We had, of course; int that was only because and goalkeeper Kwok Man-sum the chance to de a spot

Chu Wing-koug's fine leadmy-h the homeira parade although Ko Po-keung comparing for

there were was in the Eastern line-up and jUP,

many other honest I'm all the present

indiced

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go to the prompt as

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have seen since

he is

talwart policeman who rolled the centre-half

pat-

beat at

the opposite end to such good

Nigeria's Hogan Bassey,

British Empire Featherweight Champlon retained his title on April 2 by outpointing Percy Lewis of Trinidad over 15 rounds. Picture shows Lewis missing, with a right swing and Bassey countering

with a right-Express Photo. **-

NO MORE THAN THEIR DUTY

BBB-Of-C To Hold An

Inquiry Into The Dower-Perez Fight

By DESMOND HACKETT

The British Boxing Board of Control has decided to hold an Inquiry into the Dai Dower-Pascual Perez Oght in Buenos Aires. They do no more than their duty to examine the World Flyweight Championship farce which lasted only 2 min. 18

sec,

ENTERTAINMENT TAX

An "Aunt Sally" Has Been Removed, But What Else?

London, Apr. 14, i

British sports fans are wondering what the effect of the abolition Gof entertainment tax on all sports will mean to them personalty,

Has the Chancellor of the Exechoque“ really been ns kind to them as might appear on the surface? : They are wondering as they might well the. They can sco for themselves the effect of the changes in "hard" takation, such as the additional tax for TV sets and the Increase in the allowances for their school-age children, but what they will gain from the abolition of the spor only be a matter for conjecture..........

Home Soccer Standings

-tax cut

A1 Grst sight and, from what the bosite, of, many morta baye

already, said it would

uppe as if the man 'in" the, street in'

to gain very little ana

Tho

director have already warned fans that they may expect very little oft dify cash bencat.

SDOOGT

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IN A NUTSHELL.

London, Apr. 13.

standings Football - Langue

Jimmy Carter, ex-inter after to-day's games were

national and now Chairman of First Division

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comforts to tan ezduired for no many years that he would prefen to have smaller actorāniņam charges and hence a bit more money in his pocket to buy „öre cigarettes and beer,

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work.

Boxing Boord secretary Teddy Wal tham tells me: "We shall require a full report into all the phases of this fight." I for one am delighted. I pressed for a The Palice had a ragged spell | triers. wearer the Colony's No. 5 shirt just after the opening goal and I confess, however, I could see full inquest into this fight that never should have been because the public are

profitable purpose stood poor comparison with the only brilliant goalkeeping by little

entitled to know how this latest British boxing humiliation came about. wanderings. Kwok Man - sum saved them Wakefield's

For from a heavier deficii, One too often he was away out of

Immediately

(Don't after the fight |

bellove mo? Well, it was plain, he had no intention Pers Vale wir the fighters in the last of nghting. Dying save from a hard drive touch with the Easter inside 1 auid: "The Boxing. Board take

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when should come with me and get a Harringay boxing bill. by Hau Ching-to was a thrilling forwards and it

Hunter

ALMOST APPROVED Apot effort.

clunt

Joe Lucy, Bobby Neill, Terry оп the British non- 14 Hunter was the star of this

desperate covering: £ fur bim 1raining camps."

Spinks, Terry Downes, train ot The Eastern defenders also thai Fastern got their second spirited Pullec side.

repeat that challenge erstwhite Aarnour boy Au Chi-yi was the had thee xious moments and goof. disappointment supreme. He had two grand hendes by Moss and

TAPROOM CONDITIONS

purpos

left-wing and was blotted right out of the play by Toledo who was in one of his most tenarious mcods

had 10

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4

of

Chu Wing-koung is still the

operation

trom

a simply shocking game on the shot on the run by Ng Chak-master ball player and still the lau only just misted Yong Pui- thoughtful tactician, but in this dor's gual

without the

match his schemes often col- goalkeeper knowing very much

lapsed through lack of Co- about any of them..

his mates. Au, however, never showed For a short spell after the in-Toledo was again in sparkling any desire to make a 6ght of it. terval the Police defence had to form, and, until he decided to He was

all

get mixed up in the time wast- too easily dis- withstand some heavy pressure,

Kwok-wah podensed and it' he had shown but espired by Hunter, they in business, lo

the be half-brek. To Just a little more tits and enter-weathered

and,

things but the forward line as Ying-fun aid many clever

a whole was never in commandı of the proceedings. It lacked

the

else he could have caused the without ever producing the same not too certain Bastern defence | classy touches JA their op-

a lot of worry. His biggest ponents, they came back into blunder was reserved for the the fame with a bang. moment which should have been the dazzling climax of thou great closing rally. It came when the Police were back on level terms

ALIADOS CUP RETURNING

TO HONGKONG

soldiers 3-0.

port.

WAR

thrust and power und fell easy

the to not prey

tookling policemen,

hard

Most British boxers train in the clammy, smoke-ridden heat ca pub in East London.

First Ball At

1825 GMT

the

FAN WILL WAIT."

"Kibed Divisiok (Sammy rosters | The sports themselves ? "Ind«E"

5. A. Pia, obviously benefit now that the 17:40 04 bruge

BUITIS of money which 30 10 hitherto went

Colohoster: Torquay

The board almost approved | Ipswich Thoman A Becket pub:

this non-aggression act by fining ton Dave Chornley at The Green

A Bournemouth. Man. Ceorge Dormer and Ron Charles a fea-bito £200.

that time I niso objected that Reading ou Bedrup at the Duke of Fife.......... and so

who Solomone, It looks

should have Wall It goes on.

(LPP. Imagens been summoned only us Elrentford andre of a pub crawl than

witness, was almost given the Browskiy fight.

Northampton freedom of the sitting

Newport

4

So we haven'i "onic so far sier the rumbustious, bære-ßst days of Tom Spring, Bendigo, pointa, and Ton Sayers who under The conditions.

The public remember these waterd

They raise them again | Aldeenige

1 Settberi trained now, They want to know:

Plymouth Coventry taproom the Boxing Board a force or a

farce? And I would also like Chiningham

It should be given Cryi Pal. ari answer. Dower and his chief clearly and fearlessly after windon mourners, manager Nat Seller and Jack Solomon, will be the ruthless probe into the blight of Norwich chter figures at the inquiry, and It will be illuminating to hear their story.

Buenos Aires.

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12 13 12 68 40 thing else, but the question is 48 18 34 11 73 23 44 in what respect. The fan will have to wait awhile to spe just what the governing bodies are going to do with the money. One thing, however, to oun bo sure of and that is that the nctual aport and its official wil på 65 30 bemelt much more than he dr

she will individually.

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It has been the pastime of 16 3 60 30 such sports as have subered

175 20 30 drop in gatos or whone per 4:10 15 10 00 05 23 former have singularly falled

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41.13.6 23 56.93 31 in international-competition do 41 7 14 20 55 20 lay the blame at the door of Division (North)

Third

Brasli Flash:-Dower

Was Derby

Acrington rated Afth in the world rankings | Werkhad

Now re National Boxing Bands

York City

D.L.A. Pts the entertainment i

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The standard of

Washington, Apr. 14. President Eisenhower in- augurates the 1957 Baseball The band, however, did

Season tomorrow by throw include getting the ball into the

ing out the ceremonial first net and after they had chalked

Tho British publia, already before the Perez affair. VERDICT: For a long time ball. up several near misses Eastern

thed by

inaction from British the American Elsenhower's fifth successive boxers and the

43 21 8 13.84 : Ashirany ado complacent Association promoted Dower to lockport broke away and awept up to this was nothing more than an the other end. Again it wou ordinary game. The late rally opening day performance is let's-forget-it attitude of the fourth place.

(1826 Chu Wing-keung who did the by the Police elevated it to a scheduled for 1:25 pm.

now level. however, and it GMT), a Low minutes before British Board, are now bilterly planning and when Hunter

two 100 to 1 shots-the Battle abgered by this latest let-down. pulled out of position the Wanished

but, for Au Chi-yin's last min-more Orioles and the Washing Knowledgeable man around thoughts. was crossed into the pensity ute lapse, it would have been a Lou Senators-ect, out in, quest | the fight business Joe Bloorn.

arta.

prairie. He took careful alm be-

It came to Lo Kwok-tai in o space as wide as the tone

real thriller.. A

sportwriter's gift from the soc- er gods, Oh....and a special

praise A word of

for fore crashing the ball into the Browning who did a grand job Referee Macro, Apr. 14. net....yet good shot an

WILE of work with the whistle. Kwok thought goalkeeper

►

of an American League Pennant | of the Cambridge Gymnasium, which the New York Yankees London, says: "This fight should are heavily favoured to win never have talcen pince. I accuse tho Board for allowing the The rest of the Major Lengua fight,

Solomonk Jack teams open their BOULSDEL on instigating it, and Nat Sellor as Tuesday.

manager for accepting it."

again.

The weatherman predicted

for

Harrow

Hull City

These boxing hosses vertainls Chemerfield make you thifike most unkindly Rochdale

-London Express Service):

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REAL MADRID MAKE SURË

ringmaster {zhip today when they scored

Scunthorpe

Carlile yamlington

Oldham

Bradford

Southport

Brummers

Chanice...

Hearts

Hongera

Airdrie

The Hongkong Ay Doccer should have saved it. The ball team won the Allados Cup tou

THE TEAMB day when it beat the Portugues was certainly travelling fast It was the second and it may have

Police: Kwok Mar-sum; Ngin swerved a

Many bluntly ask: "Who runs Chaw iiltle on the way, but the goal- Chun-sing,

Bing-wing; match of the Army Soccer Inter-eeper was in good position to Yuen Hol-pong, Hunter, Wake Griffith Stadium opener sunty Jack Solomons?"

#ta nicc day" for tomorrow's boxing the Boxing Board or

· Madrid, Apr, 14.- save and he looked a little sur- field; Won Slu-chol, Ng Chok- and a bit wärmer with the

Reni Madrid, Manchester Rant Roces The Hongkong players were prised when it beat him.

They point out that the board United's

Aberdeen LE laus, Moss, Mbk Wing-hung, Au temperature rising towards, 60

apponents: in the Motherwell leading by a long goal scored by

Chi-yin

degrees.

largely depends 'for its income European Soccer Cup semi-inal. Hibernat their inside-left with a power

At this stage there was stil Eastern: Yong Pui-dou; | Elsenhower will tio his on percentages "received", from nasured themselves of retaining Selfie.... ful shot from 25 yards in the half an hour lell for play, but Toledo, Lau Yee; Kung Wah pitch chore from the Presiden such big fight elreuses as those the Spanish League Champion Part first half,

Instead of presing home their kit, Ko Po-keung, Lee Kwok- tlal box near the home team's presented by advantage Eastern began to wah; Ho Ying-m, Chu Wing-duyout. Then the professional | Solomons.

2-1 way victory. over Zara- 6 Miran After the resumption the left-relax their effort. Everyone

keung, Fung Tak-lit, Lo Kwok- | pitching will be turned over to

Queen's Parke winger increased the Hongkongpened to be interested in get-tai, Hsu Ching-to.

They dəki ""Are there any

Falkirk two erstwhile replief pitchers -- lead with a nice header which ting into come soot of net or

Queen of So Sky Brown (9-7) of Bali-Independent fight managers in Real, 42 points, hold a four- East Tite

con-point lead "over""" their nearest Dunfermline, more and Bob Chalcales (44), Britain or are they all

trolled by Jaak Solomon:?"

Tivals. a pair of surprise starters.

Apr Wared

Offcial and unofficial Washing- • The pubile recall that odorous Barcelona and Sevilla are clyde tott, an estimated 27,000 persons, affliction in October last your next in the table, each with 38 Third fasade,

·ex-world. will, watch Elsonhower carry Whan

champlonpoints.

Morton fanta a custom imeagurated in Ezard Charles collibled £3,000

Albion RovELS 1912 by another Republican, for

Dick appearing against

Barcelona. had, a chance of

Stirling · Albion William Howard Tatt, who throw Richardson, |-

catching-Real," and they fast. It | pun out the first "first ball" th Charles was sucked from the by going down 2-0 to 'Espanol chin City

Arbroat Press,

ring after five minutes because I today.--China Meli Special.

gave the tiny Macat goalkeeper ather. Ko Po-keung, who had no chance of saving. The third developed a bit of a limp, had

*t outsida right, and

gohl was scored by the Hong-chard Ho Ying-fun |

kong centre-forward who drit- bled past three defenders before patting the bar into the net.

After the match, Bridgadier Central, J. C. de Portugal db

apeste

appeared to be operating as a half most of the time, and we even had Chu Wing-keung among the full back,

Time-wasting tactics also crept

Suveira presented the Allados into thele play and there was Cub to the captain of the visit-precious ditie sympathy Ing team, and small replices to them when Mak Wing-hung

for

WEST INDIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND

London, Apr. 14. The West Indies cricket team,

each of the Hongkong players start the Potion sally with a who are to tour Enginna: this France Prese

great, goal ten minutes from the summer, urrived at Southampton "today on board the sa "Goláto”, Since the ship was inte in doclo- ing at Southampton, Peter May, Even with the scoito at 9-1 the England captain, was unable. Eastern did not appear to opere-to moet the best-train in Lon- dlate; the, threat that was, while còn.

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