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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL

1958.

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WHITE CITY. LANDSLIDE

KOWLOON STADIUM PROBLEM

Changing Circumstances

Must Be Considered

Says I. M. MacTAVISH

The South China-Army game at Boundary Stroot on March 30 has given rise to much speculation among the Colony's football fraternity. The subject under discussion has, not bean so much the football fare provided, but rather has it concerned the ground whereon it was played. There are many points of controversy and it is possible that I may inno- cently omit some of them, but I hope I shall be able to cover the most important ones.

The first, and surely the most Important issue, concerns public anfety and many people were asking last Sunday if the Hong- kong Football Association had acted wisely in allowing the game to go on at the Polled

Ground.

Theoretically, of course, the game should have provided no real crowd control problem for, short of a litanie upheaval of form, few gave the soldiers the rematest chance of holding the current champions and recent winners of the Senior Shield... but if that was in fart how the position was assessed then some- one miscalculated badly on the affections or desires of the Kowloon soccer public to see the South China stare in action.

time at least there could have been trouble... and a threat to public antety.

who simply cannot

afford the expense of the cross harbour trip to see big games... and it I got to the ground nearly an is nico a gesture that would in hour before kick-off time and I the und enhance the standing of, to and beaeft both directly and walked all round the Агед get a general picture of what indirectly the members of the

Thousands of Hongkong Police Sports Associa was going on. spectators were perched on tion, every vantage point on every

In the opinion of many,

ROUND THE STABLES

ARMSTRONG APPRENTICES

ARE ALL BOOKED

By JAMES PARK

I cannot see any clarsle pro- positions among the 13 inmates of the stable, but quite a number will pay their way,

You have to hand it to Sam Armstrong. When racehorse training became a précarious business after the war, with only those in the big money able to make ends meet, he saw a lot of truth in the old saying that a good apprentice can be the best "horse" in the stable.

Some scoffed at the idea that little boys who had to stand on stools could look after horses, Armstrong thought differently. So did his daughter Susan who, when still at school, took over the job of training the appren- A no horsewoman, she tices. had the acumen to realise after whether a boy a day or two would make a jockey or not,

Susan has been so successful that today her father has cor- nered the apprentice market. races last year, and they may do even better in 1958.

The

Flattered

Complaint may

Irish four-year-old No be A Hittle flattered by his second in the but has Champion Slakes,

He thrived during the winter. appears at full strength for the him to step up on his previous

ride of the ground... but even arst enterprising stage of the Between then the boys won 120 fast time, which should enable

ot that many, many more had of necessity, to be disappointed ...yet through tactful handl Ing a dangerously delicate situation. was kept under con-

trol.

Some Aspects

I would not presume to try and Provide

a comprehensive whole problem answer to the The officials of the Hongkong...but I will tell you some of Polico Sports Association have the aspects of it which i have

In heard argued during this week. done a wonderful job

The mott obvious reaction their retources developing during the last few years. They which I encountered have without a doubt provided widespread opinion excellent faclities for the main-ernment should now realise the land fans to see their football significance

was the that Gov-

the development Boundary Street has been much appreciated and In consequence has proved the original investment to be a good

une

...the second stage could be even better in every way. The crystal gazers tell me that in the foreseeable future there is Uttle likelihood of another stadium

in being built opposition.. ground Is

at the caluable and too scarce moment to be converted into sporta feids. Calling All Care

Over...

changing of the

in

39

Interport Soccer

Macro

Loc

the

No Allowance

best

the

OL

three-year-olds, I thought nothing hod mada greater

Than progress

After Twelve, who should not be long for an makku amends in unlucky two-year-old season.

colt, Round-Up The Pinza who cost £10,000 as a yearling, will probably have his frst race maiden event at Hurst Park. That should tell whether he is as good as he looks.

·

The

Newcomers

two-year-olds

Cambridge thrashed Oxford at the White City. Their victory in the ...

After 10 successive defeats, University athletics match was not unexpected. Cambridge gained the victory by the wide margin of 32 points, 79 to 47.

In the 84th match Cambridge won 10 of the 14 events, six of them by the maximum score of 8 points to 1. They have how drawn level with Oxford in the series, at 39 victories each-including 6 ties.

Picture shows: M. C. Robinson (Cambridge, right) winning the 120 yards high hurdles from D. A. Ratherford (left), also of Cambridge, and R. P. D. van Rossum, at the White City on March 22.--Express Photo.

Home Rugger Sports Diary

London, Apr. 5. Following are today's Rugby Union Results:

3

TODAY

Perez-Arias

· Title Fight On April 19

Buenos Aires, Apt. (1. Razlog

Pascual Perez, 32-year-old Easter Race Meeting (2nd day) | World Flyweight Boxing Cham- Happy Valley, Nood.

plon, left here by air today for

Aberavon 21 London Walsh 9: Aberikry 3 Orom Keys ; Bath 2 Birkenhead Park 3; Bristol, 3 Lal. oester 5: Cardif bariens 0; Cheltenham

14: Pontypridd Coverty Glasgow High School Captain's XI. Former Pupils 12; Ebbw Vale 3 Dolphin 8, Exeter 11 Old Cran Interport: Hongkong Bchrals Jelgharia V: Falmouth 3 Sarpoons 10, Macao Schools, Kinga Park,

Fylde 14 Bradford 8: Gloucester p.m.

11 Headingley 9: Huddled 21 Ballymena 6: Lonely 15 Nuneaton should Maesteg o Devonport Servicom 3: Newbridge 3; Moath XT

good

I liked Armida, a Blue Peter ally, Never Whisper and Golden Glory, two daughters of Never Say Die,

N. Pearson, who has lost the allowance and is just back from India, is now in Sweden to ride for Scottish

Killick; trainor Wally Swinburn is joining Paddy Prendergast's stable in Ireland; Gaston will be second to C.

Smith for Geoffrey Doug

alable: Brooke's Newmarket Matt Fenkes has first claim on J. Gifford and Poul Tulk will Aride for Sir Malcolm McAlpine Tomorrow our Colony when Billy Rickaby cannot da

will be treading the weight. In comfort and at a very reason- position and build a stadium in presentatives

uneven surface of able price.... and there is Kowloon. There are many merite the bumpy

They are all still serving their prove a better lat than last year not the slightest argument that andes we have seen with the the Football Stadium at Macan

Stadium certain in the annual Interport match apprenticeship with 3am Arm- and much interest will be taken both they and the enterprising Hongkong. clubs who have seen fit to play drawbacks in such a scheme. Itgdnat our good friends in the strong at St Gutien, Newmar-in Saricgall, a half sister by the provide an nearby Portuguese community. ket, and there are plenty more American horse I Gall to at Boundary Street have carn- would certainly

to follow.

Sarcelle. When she has levelled wena which could be the focal

This is always a gala occasion ed a generous financial return

The ordinary racegaer may not out, Sarlegall will be while and that certainly would not have point of all athletle activities os

know how all this works out, looking ally. come their way if the games well as being an adequate foot

..and of course, Portuguese boys are generally It would have all the amenities outclassed when they play in The usual rule is that the trainer had been played on the Island. ball stadium

is entitled to the frults of his For that reason alone It

Ifongkong they of a modern construction.

arc # very I reaction-and easy to understand why there is

The second

different proponition when they labour and usually takes 50 per nowadays such a willingness to

believe it is the most logical

have the benefit of the impascent of the earnings of his op-

prentices. I play at Boundary Street ...

several and practical

sloned and vociferous support

No matter how successful the a ground which only a couple heard discussed-is that the

of their home crowd.

horses at St Gatien may be this of seasons ego-was-regarded as Hongkong Police-Sports-Asso..

top vividly year. It is any odds on Armstrong something of a necessary evli s

ciation should now go ahead far as some of the crowd pull

tails betices than the 10 per cent for -ing clubs were concerned.

1934 game with our tween our legs affer brilliant horses that get in the money.

given the Augusto Rocin hatt Hongkong side a roasting and,

two

goals, cracking Ils Kowloon, with

vast with

his 11 the carried population nestling

for decent inagnificent 3-2 victory. I shall foothills, is hungry football. The fans have shown never forget the crowd that day their readiness to turn out as they roared and shouted their heroes to success. It was soccer games their thousands to see

and supreme that wouldn't have reps the pandemonium

mtha cost of checkers at the three there is no doubt in my bid

tho stodia on the Island. They that it was the magic of this

carried deserve some consideration atmosphere that

a game und I cannot believe that any-Macao boys through in thing the Police do to provide which they had been given

lillo chance of winning. the necessary facilities will not In 1958 the story was rather

Only One Side

scome

That, however, is only one side at the story and, in speaking to many of the harassed Police oficials at the ground last Sun- day, I heard

of the difficulties that confront them swith д when they are faced

such situation saturated daveloped in the hours before the South China-Army on- counter.

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The great worry sooms to be that the ground as it stands at the moment is vulnerable to the possibilities of mass in- Altration probably sparked off by a few irresponsible hotheads

of

I remember sli

with their plans for a Greater how we all came back from the carning more out of the appren- Boundary Street. Stadium.

tu

Vast Population

ጊዜው

team

who And themselves locked Expenditure should not in the well as the opposition.

Dut,

course,

to

до

eventually, bo rewarded in the different Hongkong scored a moet handsome fushion,

cleareut victory and succcod- Much of the required materialed in subduing the crowd

ready

on the on-the-site

not laxi neid. In fact in that particular resources of the KPSA

100 gume the

Macao side was S In saying that I am not im-severely. I appreciate, of

and there seems to be an im- plying that the authorities could that the ground is really part ept as the crowd was quiet... portant moral in that some not deal with the situation but, of the facilities of what is in

but where club bad it happened last Sunday fact a private

further develop- when a crowd estimated at be- belleve the tween 7,000 and 8,000 above ment of the area would be a

real community gesture. the capacity of the ground con- gregated in the vicinity of Boundary Street, then

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It is too a gesture that would for a carn the gratitude of thousands

Nominate YOUR

Hongkong Footballer

Of The Year

Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current season,

•

It is a popularity poll organised by the

China Mail, and nomination

A Strong Side'

This

to Maco

year we, go with a strong side even if Yu Cheuk-yin

not available through choice und Lau Tim is out through injury. It will be a major surprins if we fall chalk up another victory... but of Klorious uncertainty ccer is what makes it such a great game.

the

Hongkong football loses

to

D

good servant this week when CSMI Freddy Kirham of the Amy Physical Training Corps salls for home. In his tenure

Of the colts the ones to make most appeal were Rossignol, a Cupper little Chanteur Ian Signal, a delightful Blue Peter whom I found difficult to fault.

-(London Exprem Service),

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

IN THE HIDE-OUT. OF THE TOUGH *PROTECTION' GANG...

NEY, GUYS--THE BOSS SAID HOLD

· IT DOWN--HDH-I

Northampton How Bedston Londan rih 3 North of Ireland. Hoecital 0; Plymouth Albion 6 Old Halifax 0; Pereys 17 St Thom Merchant Taylors 3: Partypool Engilah Universities 5 Redruth Bedford 11; St Ives 0 Old Paulines 5; Awowed 11 Harlequira 3 Torquay Athletic Old Millians 6; Wor- 100 14 Wap 3.

Dewsbury, 18 Costinfare 15- Feather-

Cricket

Hockey

KCC Intra-Club; President's XI v Caracas, where he is to defend his title against Ramen Arias, the Venezuelan Champion, on April 10...

TOMORROW

Васев

130

Exhibition Games: CAAF "A",

A 8.10 p.sn. HER Stadium) CAAY "E" V HRFA "B". HKFA 0.30 p.m.

Tennia Inter-school: DES Y St Joseph's, St Stephen'a v King's in Pus v Queen' College, 10 m. ›

MASTERS GOLF

The champion was ассол panied by his wife. Reuter.

World.Epee

Title For Russian

Bucharest, Apr. 6.

The Soviet Union's Chernikov tonight won the world epse title for, fenters under 21. France's Jeanneau

second and was Italy's Saccaro was third.

Chernikov rocked up wins, Jeanneau five wing with 28 hits received and 30 given, and Saccaro live wins with 28

Rugby League Results Blackpool Borough Barrow 5;

atone lovers 16 York 01 alifax $7 Bramley 13; Hull Kingston Ravers, 2 Donengler 3; Ionsol 1 St Helens 33; Keighley 25 Huddersfield G: Leeds Liverpool County Oldham 10 Wigan 7; Rochdale Hatnets 8 Batkey Salford Swinton 10: Whitehaven Working tournament here today with a hits received and 32 given, *** ton Town 10; Widnes 16 Leigh 6--- ・Boular...

|

Augusta, Apr, 0. Arnold Palmer, of Pennsyl vanie,

.won the Masters Golf

four-under-par 284.--Reuter,

By Lee Falk and Phil Dovia

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

I GOT HIT--WITH- BUTCH

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SOMEBODY THREW HIM AT KET WE'RE RAIDED! THERE'S A WHOLE MOB CUT THEREI

FERDINAND

By Mik

SNIFF

In the Colony has proved NANCY

himself bo be 110 of our most prudclent referees and his

pleasant manner and honesty of all who have come

purpose are fully appreciated by in touch

with him..

Refereeing is often a thankless tesl because until some couponsmathematically perfect robot in designed to interpret the rules

will be accepted until the closing date to and to do the whistling the

'be announced later.

The two qualifications for nomination are:

(1) Footballing prowess.

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play, Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.

To the Editor, China Mall,

human error of the referte an the one hand" and the human nature of the offended, offender, and their supporters on the other will remain high Hat of the great irreconcilables.

on the

The biggest clash, however, is usually between the referco and

the critics at the press and

provided the one realiser that

the other is being basically

honest in his approach to the

BRADOR-LEITER.....................*** job in hand, then there can be

difference of opinion without.

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking | scrimony. into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on tho field; of play, is:

(Signed)

try

That is how I like to regand association with Mr Kirkham. I have praised him or panned bim Rs I saw each

I have navor game... but doubted his worth or under- estimated the value of his con- mibutions so the game in Hong-

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