ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
Tommy Atkins is delighted to direct a well earned spot- light on new hoys the 1/Royal Tank Regintent for their efforts in winning their first major athletic event since their arrival, the Land Forces Inter-Unit Swimming Championship, »
one,
Lust Wednesday at the Victoria Pool they practically
"swept the board," winning all events, except where they took second place in the breast stroke, and, despite being disqualified in one evoni OT) L technicality due to one swimmer failing to touch the end of the bath as he was turning, whích lost them a certain nine points, they still beut nearest opponents, the holders, Hongkong Signal Rgt. by seven points. With really outstanding; ed, and this display of world.
the Regiment have class perfection. swimmers
of technique once more proved that a good can only have been achieved by "average" learn is more aften montis, even years, of constant Than, not superior to al Team
practice,
The
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Well done 1/RTR, and hope Hot This is just the first of many foul Sporting successes.
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and
of
To the large number Servicemen
the cven greater number of schoolboys, and girls, the visit of Rafer has I am sure been an inspiration.
THE CHINA" MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1957.” ̄ ̄
BATTLE OF BRITAIN CUP WON
BY CHINESE TEAM 7-2 Victory Over The Combined Services
By I. M. MacTAVISH
'Sugar Ray' Gets $483,066 For Title Defence
New York, Sept. 24. 'Sugar Ray Robinson -won $483,000 and. Carmen Basilio won $211,620 in their bout here last night in which Basilio wreated Robinson's Middleweigłu crown, it was disclosed today.
The overall rate for the 18 round open-alr bout in the
The magnificent new "Battle of Britain Cup" passed into the hands of the Combined Chinese when they overwhelmed the Combined Services by 7 goals to 2 at the Club Stadium last night. The final issue was never really in any doubt, yet the Services forwards had some excellent chances to put a better complexion, on the scoresheet, but bad finishing Yankee Stadium was $560,467 spoiled some imaginative leading up work.
and the act was $481,417,
Robinson's lake comprised 40 per cent of the net gate plus a guarantee of $225,000 son tele- vision rights and $12,825 on
was 20 per cent of the net gate plus a share of television and broadenst rights. France- Presse.
After a defeat like this it would be easy, but grossly unfair, to slam the unindoctrinated Services side. They went into this Charity game in aid of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund with all the cards stack- broadenst rights, Bruille's slice ed against them, but whatever deficiencies there might have been in their ability and in their team work there can certainly be little criticism of their willingness to dive in at the deep end of Hongkong football, In meeting this powerful
skie Combined Chinese they sume close to tackling the best the Colony can put in the field. There will be but few changes in this line-up to the forth- coming matches against visiting tears...and in the opinion of mony this was a much stronger team than the one which re-
revenge.
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John Goddard Won't Make Another Tour Abroad
West
London, Sept. 24. John Goddard, the Indies cricket captain, will not make another tour abroad. He made this announcement when Uha West Indies cricketers left: London today to embark in the
Camito from Southampton on their return home.
"I am not giving up playing
to take part in perhaps DILE more Test series in the West.
des
built around the 6 two sturs, Propelling a diseus 155 feet
I Ins bents the Colony
The Services forward ine was the ball before eventually clear-i mule **PIC*
Land Forces record by almost
painfully inept. Tippet and Bell Ing. success in the Army individ 30 feet, and is 12 feet further
were profitless wingers. Leonurd Lin Chl-lun spened Championships, held Thurs than the existing Army UK re-
worked hard enough but his scoring in the 14th minute when day and Friday, to prove my
in his last demnon-
ball distribution and his shoot-he cleverly flicked a quickly point about lack of "lang", hat ord, and
stration the jnvelh as a fean they are well above through the air with the great-
ing were poor and it was dil- taken freekick wide of Wise- cult to identify him as the bitman's left hand, and two minutes average, rach 02:23 rremed
est of case to a distance of 188
ing. punishing, forward we later, Mok Chun-wah Anished knew so well last season. Nichol off the best movement of the the will imbued with
to win ferat @ Ins, to just belter the best and did
his obnost fu: his Colony and Land Forces distance
at inside left occasionally pro- whole game by lashing the bolt 198 tearn.
by a font, Perhaps it's as wellcently did such a wonderful job
duced a flash of really first class into the net off a defender's boot The Regiments scam con- that
he did stop at Ihrer in winning the Prime Minister'a football, but these flashes were after a cute slip by Au Chi-yin sisted
too few and too for between. Bede Cox, events er we might not have Cup in the Merdeka competition
the defenders Capt. 118
the 2/14. Constant, Trs. Jordon had any records left.
Wilb a shake, of his shoulders | wrong way. in Malaya. The Services boys
The little left Carter. Pucknell, Wilcock,
need not
dison twist of his body he would feel
winger raised unduly
total to three after Knell-Jones, McDonald, Villiers,
get, send one or two opponents run-the will spirited...they
fortning the wrong way, then he minutes when Au Chi-yin yet," said Goddard, "and I hope Meakin. Storey, Prat:
adequate opportunity
his pass would misplace
uf a beautiful back heel dummy to CSM Grims.
fluff his shot and disappear im- the opposition, but Mendum SOME FINE WORK
mediately back ime the soccer immediately went off on a long shadows for nother lout run mad finished it by cracking The true modesty of a great
a line shot into the net off the sportoman is quickly apparent
Wiseman will not easily for-period of activity.
And that leaves get hk debut in front of m
Brettell. 101 of the post. RfICT
minutes in his Hongkong 4.14 W
wasnt a fantastie character he crowd.
Chu Wing-wah restored the character comparty', as is his strength of
bentra
times without ist This time he turned out Chinese three-goal advantage ond delcemination, having very mucti
he converted chance to centre-forward and started off when
a rather with the bustling and this last characteristle ha
do anything about it. Ite
disposition. simple penally kick, and just class, of a
before the interval Au Chl-yin plucked some high buils out of doubt been responsible for his amazing success ut such
Goddard "We Then, when the score jumped on a poor pass bnele to a the air in the manner born.
Wisemani variety of athletic events,
and then recorted
and popped in n- to kicking as standing at 4-1 against his
other one to make it 5-1 at the His greatest ambition centres and scraping the ball off the de, he was presented with an
open goal at three yards range change over. but in typical fashion he took the opportunity to demonstrate the factual accuracy of the old saying that a miss is as good as mile...and only the strong concrete creclions at the end of the Club Starllum stopped the him from ball and prevented proving it
he
SECOND MAIN HOME
Neven
The Gulstaneling swinger in the individuals" can safely be rald to be 1/Cpl. Hay Falcini
if not the Hongkong Signal tel.
of the who
also etainis fame as
wit
Amy water polo star, He had obviously put in a lot of train-{ ing and reached his peak form but at the right moment,
ing 59.4 sec??
HAN
1
11.
B
swimmer to
goal
line in the mwest of
Many eyes were turned on young Mendum who had the unusual honour of captaining a Combined Services side in his first pume in the Colony,
on the top parition on a rostrum fashions, Neverthe!ss the goal- in a sport arent in Home keeping instinct is there and the 100 yards free style he sometime during 1000 when he during the second half he did the first Army beat 60 seconds, and in return to better the second some fine work.
**Position he nined at Mel.
"Oram we know Martin ond he finished 5.2
bourne, and take the winner's well. Neither will feel
vely strarl of Ple.
larry medal at
the next Olympic happy General Hospital Games in the Deathlon event.
about this 33
Kame
bnd Martin is st:11 home.
as puzzled by In the 200 and 400 yard events Personally I'm prepared to
the mazy meanderings or Mok he hat things all his own way woger my best beret, and even
Chun-wah as he was a couple of seasons age, and this lack of opposition may toss in the spotlight and all well be the reason why more lighting accessories that he recorde did not fall his way. Itepchieves his ambition, which was followed ini by that competen! -rounder S/Skt. Arthur Clarige COD in buth
ree distance events.
He is certainly a must attrac» To end
tive footbuller when he is in busy day a very tired Ray just missed a fourth I'm sure the many who have possession of the ball and higj winner's prize when ho wis seen you in action here, and goat in Ue first half showed beaten mio second place in the indeed the many other places that he has the right ideas. 100 yard. Butterfly alrede by you have visited ori this world į Like other Ho players who Dvr Ng-Chi-ping of 54 Coy-four, will be taking a personal have come to Hongkong he fre RASC
quenily. found himself Lanted Rome and it such support can and bewildered by the uncanny 56 Cay, brotté récord purister Ronce the result that gold inter-passing of the Chinese two by 0.8 sees, when he won
medial
The forwards and particularly as yours, as Bood
the ball jugglery of Yiu Cheuk- The 100 yards back stroke. in very best of luck Bafer now, Imin 13.0 sees, riosely followed
yin. and in the future, and our
RUFFLED HIM
ts
Der Ym Man-qwang, also i
will involve nearly four years of constant hard work to im- prove on what would seem to be his present perfection.
Riterrest
13:
your
at Kuccess
by Ple Pley and Tor Makingstuful thanks for showing us
DAIH
with
URTH, and the third record to captured by L/Cp) Bun RM who chopped half a stond from the 100 yard breast stroke thing when he related Trin. 17.7
Some viry ultractive
seen from SSL
now it should be done,
OPENING TRIAL After a very successful open Ing trial match at Stanley, the nicial Rugby Football season will get off with a bang when at diving
tonight at Wuse Club groun APTC, from the five-mere board selected XV's of Rugby's Chair- spectators can see the 1830hrs which gave him first prize, and from the spring boord al one
man Mr de Rome, who has, if I metre, Dvr Ng Shui-kee of GG may
may say so, wisely chosen uing eloge Anny players among his XV to Coy RASC, after a very struggle with Major J. Rabort meet the best that the Club can son, which produced some very provide. the game being con- good diving, took the premier rolled by Major Trevor
Vaughan Grimta RAOC,
award.
The
forthcoming squatir events wil consist
Clive
to very
in
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leader.
born
half but Mok
Vallant work by Wisemen kept the eager Chinese at bay in the second Chun-wah managed to smack two
the net before headed. his masterpiece to make the lunt score 7-2.
info
Pakistan visits the West Indics next season.
a
West Indies expected to make profit of about £30,000-the same figure as on their previous tour here in 1950.
"We enjoyed the tour," sald established A record in not losing to a county side, but wo wish we had done better in the Tests. England were very much stronger than in 1950. Chinn Mall Special.
und Yiu Cheuk-pin American
WINNING
more Brettell
CAPTAIN
·VERDICT
Later in the gaine
The Combined Gurkha Pipe proceeded to put his head to n
Bands delighted the crowd before Hazing free kick by Poole to the game and at the interval. score the sort of Tommy
The players were presented to Lawton goal that rolls the the Air Officer Commanding. spectators in the aisles.
Oh, Hengkong, before the game, and you can slate him
.. you can in his turn the AOC presented slam him..
but you certainly the Cup to u Cheuk-yin, the write cannot
him off in n -winning captain, at the end. couple of words.
and Mr N. C: Chan, President of The Chinese boys moved with the HKFA, presented an As50- all the confidence and under-ciation chickd to
Squadron who have Leader Reg Britton who is leav- standing of men played together hundreds of lng the Colony on the Nevasa times. Some of their move today. ments were delightful to watch and, as the sore shout suggests, many of them were as pure poseful as they were preity. NEAR FULL THROTTLE Apart from Chan Chi-kong and Chu Wing-wab, who both had a strangely juleL
Raine Unfortunately he let it rulle every inuu-jack of them turned him a bit and he had to pay in a top class performance.
urly for a second half Indis- and yet they never seuned to rellon when a free kick award-be going at mything near full
against him started a typical throttle, Chinese ate-two
Play commenced punctually which produced the seventh at the advertised time well goal. Lesson Number One is... never lose your heat against these cool, calculating Chinese sharpshooters.
Cawley looked
力
by
movement
steadler centre-half as the game pro gressed. Once he started going forward to intercept the ball rather than whit to tackle the man in possession he did much beller. Poole was strong, I unartistic, left half but against opposition of the class of the Combined Chinese it was vir- tually useless to bang the ball away upfeld and hope that a defender would make a mistake. Such mistaices are few and far between.
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Lifter Sets World Press Record
Tel Aviv, Sept. 24. American Olymple Feather- weight Weightlifting Champion, Isaac Berger, today set a now world record for the press movement in the featherweigh! calegory on the last day of the "Maccabinde" Games (Jewish Olympics).
Berger lifted 117.1 Kilos in the press movement to best 'the previous world record of 186 kilos set up by Evgenyi Miaper of the Soviet Union during the Melbourne Olympics last year.
Minney Anished secondă to Berger for the three movemonts total at Melbourne.
The playing pitch at the Club is in really magnificent condition,...but the lights still need some adjustment, partleu-
The "Macenblade", which larly at the clubhouse end.... Some of the Services
brought together sportsmen Players from 20 different countries, con should remen ber one of the cluded at the Ramat Gan post axioms in the rane... Stadium today.-France-Presse, "An unconfortable player is unlikely to be able to give of his best...." Poole, Nichol and Brettell spent
periods Cycling Worrying about their stockings which were trailing over their Third Asian Games?
lung
won
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Event For
The Third Aslon Games
the
In
Amateur
LET'S HAVE MORE
IDEAS LIKE THIS!
Says Stanley Matthews
LONDON. Manchester City' Scots boss, Leslie Mc- Dowall, is a manager with imagination. He thought up the now famous Revie plan which re- volutionised City and took them to two Wembley finals in successive years.
Now he has hit the football world with a new idea a strength-through-defence plan. He posts his inside left with a roping commission behind the centre half. The job is to bolster up the defence, and at the same time keep pushing the ball through to the attack.
team.
It was an unqualified success when tried in mid-week. It may turn Manchester City into a title-chasing machine
It may fall down with a crash. But whatever the result, we can only admire Les McDowall for bringing a new stant to the game,
That is what we want...more ideas...new crowd.pulling attractions...something to life fool-
ball out of the humdrum.
Remember the Regie Plan? Everyone wanted to see how it worked...almost everybody in foot- ball talked about it. And the crowds went to see it operate. if this stunt works, you can bet they will rush to watch it.
AN OLD IDEA
But I do wish some enterprising manager would give another run to an old idea -- the at- tacking centre half..
The third-back pivots have ruined football. With them kiek-and-rush football came in and the old brilliant attaching moves went out,
Nowadays ball-playing inside forwards are unable to do their jobs properly because they meet too many opponente. Defensive attacks are the cardinal rule, and attacks are, More or less, .sporadic
Can you wonder the man on the terrace grumbles at the poor standard of the game?
Some teams are now developing, the attacking game again. Manchester United go out on the attack from the first whistle. They never let up.. Every player from the goalkeeper sets out to keep the attacking moves going. The result? Look at their League position.
Everton, perhaps the fittest team in the League at the moment, are another all-out attacking side. They are also reaping their reward.
So let the other clubs drop the third-back cen- tre half.
Let him do his normal job of defence and attack, let him go through with the ball like the old stars did.
.
We'll not be sorry, and the crowds will see a brand of football that's thrilling and worth watch- ing.
It will also encourage the return of the ball. playing inside forward. Young players will be able to develop their own natural ability.
(London. Express Service).
(COPYRIGHT)
BASILIO HESITANT ABOUT FORSAKING HIS WORLD. WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Now York, Sept. 24.
Nowly-crowned double champion Carmen Basilio said to- day that he was hesitant about forsaking his World Welterweight title for the Middleweight crown which he lifted from the tired head of Sugar Ray' Robinson Last night.
Basilio, who aked out a 15-round split decision, told
news conference he would have to accept the Middle- weight title in case Robinson Insists on the rematch provided for in their contract.
П
done the organisers -- and the
boots. Poor preparation? opening 15 minutes were note
The Chinese won and worthy for the even balance
deservedly
.. but
there
Manila, Sept. 25.. the play. Mendum
talent In some of these new The Philippines quickly Services enught the eye with some neat little more experience of Hong-
may press players and
with for the inclusion of eyeling in footwork and a slick pass up- feld, but Wiseman caused the Kong football they should give Tokyo. first big scare when he dropped
a good account of themselves,
The Philippine TEAMS
Athletic
Federation (PAAF) Combined Chinese: Lau King-announced this yesterday. cheung: Lo Pak. Lau Yee; Tung Earlier,
Basilio, Sum, Ko Po-keung, Chun Chi- Cycling
rugged Halim~ York State Boxing Comiteslonj American
Basilio Committee
automatically lost slugger, sald kong; Chu Wing-wah, Lau Chi-mended that such
a move be would "of course" agree to the Welter crown when he won the kun. Au Chi-yin, Yiu Cheukalon following the Philippine that Robinson "ahod of re- yin, Mok Chun-wah,
rematch but he added hopefully Middleweight title.
Basilio said he did not feel. after firement"
Jast night's be made a good fight last night bout,
cager to because he was too Basillo
was speaking after win and thus "took too many
the emerging from
hospital chances". He said that Tonj" room of alling Jim Norris, Pre- Demared hịt harder thno Bident of the International Box Robinson and that Kid Gavilan ing Commission, who said he and Billy Graham both seem-
HOME RUGGER
London, Sept. 24. matches played here tonight Results of Rugby Union were:
Coventry 8, Oxford 0. Penarth
8. G., V. Wynne- Jonas Team G.
Camborne Rosslyn Park 14. -Bewer..
DECISION VICTORY
Foderation's
recom-
Combined Services: Wiseman; ment that it was ready to pend Cycling Association's announce. Martin, Oram; Mendum, Caw- ley, Poole: Tippet, Leonard, Brettell, Nichol, Bell.
The Stanley match may nut have produced an above average swimming match between the diglay of rugger, but it did Hongkong Regimant and the cuuse the selectoru to dome Army for the Terry Trophy to away with a warmish feeling be held at the Victoria Pool on that all with be well this season. Friday Sept. 27, and the follow- In addition to last year's known ing Thursday Det. 3 there will warriors, now blood
Capt be two waterpolo matches to
Gilbertson
RAMC select the European team
was unit teum will tackle the op- impressive, while Capt meet the Chinese selection. Peter Bede-Cox 1/RTH, playing al
position, thus giving Regimen- wing threequarter ran. Hard as
teams an opportunity of awaited visit of and straight, and Lieut. Abbott, necessary match practice, in The eagerly
playing
together, plus the Raler Johnson, worki record although not match holder in the Decathlon, saw feeling the tent, did enough to Championship.
preparation for the FARELF several records go overboard, live up to his reputation. the first of which was the
diendance of an
The Army must feel satisfied unexpectedly large crowd which undoubtedly justice has been done when broke the ground record, and it announced that 16 of their Incidentally nearly stopped the players had been choosen for demonstration, at Boundary the first of the Colony trials vited to the monthly meeting of
held to select the team to travel the Army Referers Association THE GAMBOLS
Street last Friday,
It
wps
At and
SOCCER REFEREES Soccer referees, would-be | referees, and eritles, both pro- fessional and amateur, are in-
In addition three which will be held at the been asked to NAAFI Club at Chatham Rodd
which will next Saturday..
The meeting opens at 1000
to Singapore. indeed unfortunate reserves have that recont knee trouble robbed attend
the match onlookers of an opportunity of take place at the Club ground seeing him run, and although a line of hurdles was lete tempt-1 on Thursday Oct. 3 commencing hrs for members and Associa ingly in place he failed to rise at 1830 hs with foodlights tion business will be transacted, to the bait and spectators were available if necessary.
followed by break for not able to see this world class
freshments and at about 1100 hurdler in nciton. They did
After the Christmas festivi. | hrs a discussion will be led by however witness at far too close the Army will only have Army Referees Chairmars Major range a 60 feet Sine, shot putt, toam computing "In the Dick Webb, RAMO. All aro welcome, players, spectators nad
certainly a Colony and Land Hexagonal tournament, and to
KE
Forces recurţi, and indeed it ensure that those unfortunate unyone who would like to leam passed the Army UK record of enough not to make the senior a little more about fils fascinat- 47ft in
FIELD EVENTS
Rater impressed by the seam ingly effortless manner in which there Geld events were perform
nido get a gamo, plana are ing Zone, afool to run "B" XV from "The HK Branch of the Ro Royal Navy, CEO,
Epilog nust i forvos Amapolation moeta at tha possibly others, and friendly NAAFI Club on Friday, Sap-
matches will be arranged but fombor, 27 at 2000, has and it is fostead of running an Army, họpe that an Armor members "B" XV the proposal is that at will" atletid.
Tokyo, Sept. 24. Japanese, Orient Feather weight Champion Shigell Kaneko beut Fillpino Fin Elorde by a decision in a ten- round non-title bout held here tonight-Reuter.
HOME SOCCER
London, Sept. 24: Results of Football League matches played tonight were:
Division Three South
Filipino tear should cycling become an event at the Tokyo Games-France-Presse,
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the
WALKING RECORD to organise the rematched more ring-viso.
al Miami In Flordia neat
Basilio's manager, Joa De: February. Moscow, Sept. 24.
John, ruled out any bout be- Soviet track star Leonid RIVAL ASSOCIATION
tween Basillo." and Europei; Spirin today broke his own The riyal National
Middleweight Champion Boxing
Humez walking Association notified Basilio to Charles
of France, 3 Carlisle United to record, clocking one hour, -5 day that he had ́ten days; to on the ground that the gata! Friendly Match
minutes, 18. seconds, Tuse news choose between the two titles. would be "too small"-France-i 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv z agency reported.--Finco-Presse, But under the rules of the New Pressa.
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