1957-11-02 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1957.

THERE ARE STILL MEN IN SOCCER TO LIFT

THE GAME ABOVE CRITICISM

I..

WORLD OF SPORT

England To Have Five

WEEK-END SOFTBALL

This

Story Will

Make

Test Matches From Dodgers v. Cheyennes Our Administrators

Junior League Game Think And Think Again

Now Until

Until 1964

By DEREK JOHN

Every cricket season from now until 1961, and maybe beyond that, England are to have live Test matches. The New Zealanders are the 1958 opposition; they have Ove-day Tests even though England's 1954-55 touring side bent them twice in three days in their own country. This Test match surfeit seems absurd. It is bad for "English cricket to have the county championship

always pushed into the background.

Advantages?

And next geuron Test matches

It ensures that vall deprive Sirey of the a bit is seen. And, so the services of their ster players--at | Russians claim, it will do away titors probably four in number i with the costly and eumbersome lut koven championship 8x-yketrle foil now used by world

championships but too expen Tur cremis title justification |sive for most club: to buy for for five-day. Tests against New training purposes

tanel. In the most recent At

recent divmonstration tries the New Zealand totala omelals of 28 countries

mort impressed.

tures.

- retead from 20 to 200 with a

average of 121 an innings.

Moreover, the planners are waking unreasonable risks Marting The 1958 Tests on Thursday. This year three of the England v West Indies Tests Anished inside three days and

not

were

America has 3,000,000 golfers men, women and children, Sp says the latest survey by the US Golf Association It

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estinaled that 85,700,000 rounds are played enefi 'Cur No

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a result Saturday crowds aldeter the Yanks are so tough get their money's worth tu bout at this game, which has It is the ernwrls who will al- been greatly popularised eritainty suffer again. Prodent Elsenhower. Chield is one entertainment where you can't get your monty bork

performance is cut short.

Good Losers? Well, well, well, Who said that Latin Americans were not good losers?

Another Event In South America recently, | Uruguay wore beaten 5-0 at Plane are being made to start Borrei by Paragimy. The losing another Commonwealth sport-"| players made a public apology. ag event-an Empire Winter to the spectators and then Games which would supplement offered to play exhibition games the British Empire Games in the the total proceeds going to

the Olymple Paraguay.

Way

Winter Games are part of A Olympic Games.

Now Faraguay are shock qualifiers for the World Cup

Some of Britain's most pro-finals in Sweden. But if they minent sportsmen are working tromice any European teams in out the arrangements. They such tashion 1 advise them not plar

organise to

ex-flo hold out their hands for any perimental Empire Winter | favours. They might get a rap

Moritz next on the knuckles.

Games 21 January:

an

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A Brs! "the meeting will be Reducing weight is easy it unofficial and not connected you have a tie know-how, plus directly with the Empire Games lone mackintosh and one to be held in Cardiff next July. {Jurap.

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The Main Attraction

By "TIME-OUT"

Interest in softball activities over the week -`end at King's Park will be centred on a Junior League game scheduled for 2.00 p.m. tomorrow when Fred Diesta's unbeaten PI Dodgers take on Robert Remedios' Cheyennes. This should be a hard - fought encounter with no quarter asked or given as a loss for either side would definitely be a blow to Pennant aspirations.

The Cheyennes with one loss to date can hardly afford to be complacent about the outcome of this game. A mediocre 5-games softball pro- gramme is offered this week with very little chances of the under- dogs producing upsets.

'Tie

Says I. M. MacTAVISH

Every once in a while one hears of a little incident which rokindles the belief that, in spite of all the high com- mercialisation which has hit soccer, there are still in the game men with the flash of genius to lift it above modern criticism.

Football today is so truly international that such incidents make head- lines from where they take place.... und although this latest one

happened in England I make no excuse for reporting it here,

It is the sort of story that should make many of our current crop of foot-

ball administrators think.... and think again.

Loxi

season Manchester United again. The soccer endisis

to beat Aston Villa and win the Every year in England the Cop FA Cup. It is soccer history winners meet the League Cham- that they falled. It is also plong in the FÀ Charity Shield soccer history that the chreum-match and as Manchester United stances of dieir defeat touched had won the latter title it meant off one of the greater post-war the Cup Final being fought all controversies, as well as inclting over again.

usually violent criticism The game was duly played at against one of the central Braires Old Trafford just over a week vital incident which 380 and a strange thing hap- many sportswriters declared and pened. In spite of the ballyhoo cheated the favourites of their less than 30.000 spectators turned out to see it. It has since been due reward,

suggested in sorne quarters that many intending spectators stayed away as they did not wish to be witnesses to what was generally expected to be a dogfight.

fed were red hot favourites sat back and walled,

I don't pretend at this stage and distance to be able to take sides in the matter but let me remind you briefly of what happened

wooden pitching his arm and heart out if they entertain any prospective

hopes of spoonists, Wah Ying start the "}} au endeavour to throw astopping the Pandas. ball rolling this afternoon when monkey-wrench in the Seminole they

Both sides play unpredictable tangle with Sheridan machite, but he will need a jot] Hamel's Comets, The

ball and although the Pandan in the Wah of help from his fielders or it

of better all-round Ying side, under the capable will be a losing battle from the ean basst

trength the Athletics cannot be of veteran Yvel word "Go". management

written off so easily since they Jick-fai are an extremely keen Qult w reputations went bunch of rookies.

They hud down the drain when the Warve shown that witen the chips are stacked against them they two merciless thrashings - | efors tasted the bitter pill of

good o surprisingly can play ficted on them by the two top defent prescribed by the Pandasame. teams of the minor circuit but three weeks ago. Still smarting returned for more and almost from this reversal they will not came within w inch of Up

be sparing the feelings of the setting the strong Dodgers side unfortunate South China team at the start of the season. They which will be plited against are not expected to offer more them toinorrow morning al than taken opposition to the 11.30 am. The Caroliners are Cometa who will be trying to languishing at the bottom of amenda for lost week's the League table and have yel make defeat

at the hands of the to register that elusive fires Chevenges.

win. Pitcher Chan Yue-foi of South China and "Goose" Wong of the Warriors will vie for supremacy. The nod is given to the Warriors to take this game in a caster..

Star Hurler

The magle number "19" coines up at 3.30 pm, when Ed Carvalho's Seminoles, favourites to retain their Junior tile, talte on the fighting servicemen from Shatin, Dave Cooper's Austers,

Butt in 1902 it is hoped that Before his recent title fight. They will be recognised as an South African Denals Adams, integral part of the Empire | the Empire Flyweight Cham- Garmen

plon. was a pound overweight. But using this equipment he Rd spots may decide future kicked off the offending pound Olympic nel World fencing in teen teaming minutes, championships. The Russians Weakening? The crowd

new light-thought have invented -weight foil which Is tightly floored by champion Frankie

packed with a mixture of cotton Jones in the first round. wool and coloured amuona. in the third round quick-slim- On making a kit,

The Austers, with only red marking Adams Bayoed the champ appears on the opponent's white with a sledge-histamer punch, wi to date in four starts, will Jacket and then fades as the

be fighting with the backs to; rumonia dries.

the wall. Dave Cooper will be

So when Adains was

--(London Express Servier).

(COPYRIGHT)

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Main Attraction

The moin ultraction to- The Seminoles are on the way orrow features the Pi Dodgers to ticing the Junior League and the Cheyeuses at 2.00 pm. record of 19 straight victories The former were interested set by the Blackhawks and wilt bystanders at the Choyennes certainly not allow the Austers versus War Eagles Bit last week La Dayaram, and what they aaw has certainly to bar the way.

end. They slar harier of the Seminoles, inspired them no

the witnessed will be watching from

an over-confident stands as either Baker Hussain Cheyennes ride play a very in- or Ray Pacheco handle hurting different brand of softball con- But chores.

trary to the general opinion that the War Eagles would be easy pickings.

The Cheyennes have all the make a top-notch material lo team but they appear of lute 10 be having some difficulty in pui- ting over the runs in the early stages of the game with the result that they have had 10 strive hurd later to overinke their opponents. The Dodgers place great reliance on hurler Reuben Despa and if he striken the form, he is capable of, the Dodgers, who are a very aggres- sive team indeed, will noi slow in taking the offensive. The game seriously if they wish to Cheyennes will have to take this slay within striking distance of the League-leading Seminoles.

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To round off the day D. S. Ling's Pandas will take the Beld against Mark: Kwong's CAA. The Athletics, behind the steadying influence of veteran plicher Kassn Nazarin, sur- prised the fans with

a grand performance against the Cham- plon Saints just last WEEK. Only

nelding between second and third bare lost the game for them and they wil! have to do something about this

poor

The Reward

the

SPORTRALI

-MAR-

to

"You wouldn't care step outside and repeat that?"

London Express Service

SPORTS QUIZ

Soon after Uw start of #he gume at Wembley Stadlum the gical crowd was struck silent as Peter McParland, the Villi left winger, crashed into Ray Wood the Manchester goalkeeper.

Badly Injured

Wood was bedly injured and was carried from the field. He did return to the game later but was never more than a helpless passenger.

Small Attendance

The small attendance was modern disaster. The thousands

whe stayed away missed one of the greatest acts of courage ever seen on a British playing field. Mony sages had confidentally predicted that

tactics of

į A well-known Jocul koccer personally went lo a senior game recently with the inten- tion of writing a report. He sat through the first half but midway through the second he

his sparse notes and Went got up from his real, deciroyed home,

He told me he was shocked by the conduct and one of the teams; disgusted by the appallingly weak refereeing; nd uthamed of the depthe to which Colony football had sunk to produce such circumstances,

I did not see the game so I decline to add any comment other than that the Individual concerned is one for whom

have the opinion I

highest respect, My enquiries from others who were present, recrpa to confirm that things touched "preity low level.

The truth of the matter la that already demotion dospera- lion is creeping into many Polnis are assuming »

McParland-or games. his club-would find some good face-saving value never known. and valid reason why he should before and some of the senior not play....but when the Villa clubs are ventising for the first team ran on to the pilch theme that relegation is not just boisterous Irishman was there es

myth that could never happen large as life....and of course to them. Ray Wood was back defending The other player involved, the Manchester goal., I looked the fact that the

All this springs partly from

rabbits are? McParland, resumed after alten-tery mieli ns though the stage managing to collect a fair ration. tion and apart from scoring was set for the expected re- goal he played a most important prisals.

of points. Jardines and Tung part In Aston Villa's victory.

Wali have shown they do The refete an out with the intend to lose their newly won ball Dod when he whistledentor status without Bitter controversy raged infer the enpinins to toss for

angt.

110t

press and public for a long time, choice of ends a shocked silence CAA and Kwong Wah have

Many

famous sportswriters hit declared that Wold's injury could have been avoided. They opined that McParland was to blame for an incident which ruined the whole game.

The

revealed Accept

determination 10 the crowd....McParlund

the challenge and Wood were sten running relegation

of the to the centre of the field and

principle.... and there over a hearty and sineste Club has demonstrated in the above all the Hongkong Football bandshake they scattered to the four winds all the cheap it in not going to be the Aunt most practical way possible that malicious predictions of those Sally' of the party. who like to think only the worst of everyone and every-

Early Showings

same

Out of that Wembley game arose a new outery for sub- stitutes... particularly as far

were con- thing in the game. injured goalkeepers cerned. The British soccer world

British A famous was sharply divided

The Police have not yet ful- football on the

writer wrote issue....but smouldering under

Jater "I have filled the high expectations that it all was a feeling that McPar

never been so prou of four looked likely after their early

Much land's tackle. of Ray Wood had

men in my long London.

The connection showings. 1 South African cricketers really started something.

with the game. I felt a glow applies to Sing The who have have played

the Villa winger became eleven Test

of appreciation marked

for

two already lost too many points to Marked

players who, with inctches against Australian man,

not only handshake, had slapped

simple be rated among the possible 1 touring sides. How many opponents but by the partisan

the challenges for the season'a matches have they won? spectators on every ground where faces of those who had declar- honours.

he played.

ed they would be enemies for The Army-in spite of their life: but I felt, too, a warm victory over Eastern--and tha respect for Erle Houghton and Royal Air Force sidos have been Matt Busby, the managers of great disappointments so far and the two clubs. They conceived they are already right out of the idea of making the central the League title race.

2 Where was the International Canada Cup golf tournament held this year?

i At the start of this sccson

Aston Villa

were involved in come preity 1ough matches many outspoken words were levelled at their harri-

Bgures in the Wembley In- I have watched Kichce on Iutting tactics. Usually

stald cident their captains for the several ocensions and I can find writers felt disposed big occasion. Their Inspired Little to enthuse about in their

3 Who won the heavyweight | and

boxing title st the 1950 Olympic Games?

4 Who is the only woman athlete to have competed in four Olympic Games?

5 As a batsman is playing the ball is cricket cap is blown off and dislodges the balls. Shags - iss the umpire's verdict?

6 He played cricket and foot- ball for England and once broke the world's long jump record. Who was this great all-rounder?

sporis

underground whispering cam- paign suggested that the real fireworks would come when the Vilia had to face Manchester.

EMPIRE GAMES

to comment in the bluntest action put the tottering game play. To any they look like n possibio terins

but

the right back on the pedestal of collection of star players who public opinion were it belongs. fall a long way sort of being

"I was

10 proud

Je con- R

football team, Their latest nected with the same...and showing against Kwong Wah on my way back to the oülce was pretty poor stuff. tole my report I had To think hord to remember that Manchester United bad taken revenge for their Cup Final defeat by beating Villa by To save confusion by the con- four goals to nil. But it was start playing of "God Save the clean revenge....and I attach Queen", each of the countriese litlic Importance to the competing in the Empire ÇOKE"

What a wonderful story that

And what a wonderful is toolball when such stories can be told.

With what sporte do you associate a) Joe DiMaggio b) Joe Erskine e) Joe Davis?

Games at Cardiff next year has Who is the odd man out been asked to nominate a "Vic- James Jeffries, Tommy tory Anthem" for their winners, came Burns, Jack Sharkey, England has chosen "Land of Georgies Carpentier?

Hope

and Glory" · Major- 9 In 1077, Spencer Gore General D. T, Cowan, CB, CBE,

became the first winner of a

DSD, MC, DI, has been now famous championship.pointed Camp Commandant of What event did he win?

Let the Empire Village in Cardiff.

me show you another side of thd picture. Unfor- eral Cowan commanded the tunately the location this time

and in Hongkoni 17th Division in Burma

the and is Malaya and later the Common- pleasantries, of the Manchester wealth Force in Japan. He was affair seem remote and strange an International hockey player. by comparison,

Colne Boys' Brigade in Nelson (Lanes) Sunday School Lengue have been offered 2 "feed" as a reward if they win just one of their. remain

Their ing games this season. Picsident is the templor, and 10 Rex Williams beat Jack Rea Late of the Indian Army, Gen-

the reason for his offer?

The

team have played jour League matches so far this season, Jost the lot, have not scored, a goal; and have conceded: 05.

POP

YOU LOOK IN. -

CONSIDERABLE

DAIN, SIR

22 fromés to 15 in a recent tournament. professional What were they playing? (Answers on Page 17) -

VE BEEN STUNG

ILL SEE THAT"

BY ONE OF YOUR

BLASTED. BEET/

Hongkong Location

Hive of iniquity

Eastern did a great thing for : the competition when they humbled South China låst Sun- day but there is a grave doubt abow. their overall playing re-i sources. They may lack the reserves to keep. them in the race to the bittor: end.

A3.1 see things at the moment t looks like a two horse race be- tween South China and KMD with the odds now slightly in favour of the Busmen who have a 100 per cent record and a valuable two points lead In the championship race.

It will be a long hard siruAR- gle ......ieťa hope it doem't get too bitter as the situation sorts itself out for the final effort that can mean a championship for one.. sind a spell in the Second Division for others.

PRECIOUS DROPS

MOMENTS.

CHERRY HEERING

JÄRDINE, MÄTHISSOM & COF-IRD PAR