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JUNE MAY SUIT BLACKPOOL SOCCER STARS STEP

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Sports Diary

TODAY

Bacing

Happy Valley, 2 p.m.

Soccer

1

Jet Division: HAP v Tung Wah (Club), Bouth China v Club (c. Police v Bing Tao (BS) all matches at 5 p.m.

Reserve Division South Chintay Club (CI), Polles v Sing Tao (US) both matches at 3.30 DJA.

2nd Division: Caroline Gymnastic (Sub) 3.30 pm. Prisons v St Joseph's (Stanley) 3.30 p.m.10 p.m.; RAMC

FLAP 821 Telephone V Wan (HV) Alegrafi (iv), 5 pan; · Navy v

niko (Navy) 5 pm.

WORLD BILLIARDS

CHAMPION

Clark McConachy, the

New

Wet Weather Will Be To Their Advantage On Hongkong Visit

By I. M. MacTAVISH

One of the pet discussions in Hongkong soccer centres on the relative merits of Colony football and how it compares with the game as played in the United Kingdom,

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It is an argument which I have long considered pointless for the simple reason that it is dependent on far too many 'ifs' and 'buts', yet it is such a favourite topic that I make no excuse for raising it again in a slightly different setting.

er element under the

who

back by beating the

Such a success on the eve of the Asian Games would be football worth fts weight in gold. Morale, prestige, and con- fidence would benefit according→

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MONDAY, May 6

INTO £40 A WEEK CLASS

The soccer stars of England become £40-a-week plutocrat players next season when the Football Leaguę pass their new keep-'em-happy charter on May 31. Take the top brass, the Wrights, Finneya, Hayneses, and Charlions. Thoy will be on £20 a week, the new peak pay packet all the year round,

They will collect the current £4 win, £2 draw bonus,. 23 for matches outside the normal programme, £2 extra if they are televised, and the £50 for internationals and other representative games, Thus the crowd magnets join the carriage trade, and. about time, too.

The Football League have would be down to £17 a week tossed out the idea of 217 a for no fault of his own." week and £t fur appearance The Football League deserve money. I told them to do just a Wembley-size cheer for this. that when this achette camo up But they get Hampden roar Idet January The Players of approval from me for their Union agreed with me. I plo- suggestion that if a 17-year-old pointed the big flow that it tho is good enough to be out there star player rail inte injury he doing a man's job, then 40 should get a man's wage and be Included in the £20 a week pay packets,

Nominate YOUR

Hongkong Footballer

Of The Year

This is a grand new boost for the brilliant youngsters who come tumbling out of the in- creasing number of soccer baby farms which the Intelligent clubs are setting up.

Behind this move is the Fool- ball League's determination to cut the wastage of promising young players wH&'tum to the quick money pay packets of the factories rather than serve

football.

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

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It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.

Jace Meating (2nd Day. Anyone who listened to the commentary on the Scotland-England Inter- national which was broadcast locally by Rediffusion last Sunday must have been conscious of the frequent references which Raymond Glen- denning and the other commentators made to the fact the 22 of Britain's best footballers were unable to rise above the trying con- ditions of a hard, dry ground and a light ball. Glendenning must have made and his talented colleagues are own this point at least half a dozen to be complimented on their visitors. times. Scotland's old skipper success.

With the Asian Games just 3rd Divistuni: CATV Dodwell George Young certainly made it (Navy), 350 p.m. Mercantile y twice, and what they were around the corner every morale that star beoster we can get is invaluable DUAL-SAFETY TYRE 0: Redinision v Kin really saying was Godown p.m.

British playera world class and the victories at Macao an

out players were right of Singapore should now but our ly. Much will depend on the very boys in a winning frame ot teams selected for the job in conditions in which Hongkong's | mind,

hand but, as the selectors have footballer are their best. The Singapore visit is never a recently shown good judgement, look forward to the the players and we can The emphasis which the com- pushover for

officials of our, hear neighbours strongest possible sides being regard the annual meeting with selected. gets a Hongkong as

Бреста a very news occasion,

The victories we chalked up a request that I

Before a recent League match might peruse the various reports are all the more meritorious of the League games played when It is remembered that in England some of the players there on Saturday, April 12. our party had

the on both sides thought a couple sud- colleagues had The cutcome

without two quite journey

star of their'

denly Laken Icave of their astonishing. In pil I read nearly players-Lau Tim who had to senses. The two suspects were

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. 00 reforty in ave different news withdraw due to a badly-in- found hard grounds and light who found himself unable to The conversation was generous papers and, belleve it or not, I jured arm and Yiu Cheuk-yin tucked away in a comer talking football ne fast as they could.

Nominations should be addressed to balls were blamed for the poor nccept the honour of playing in y punctuated with ahs and the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street

Colony colours In Singapore.

With the Macao and Singapore though the others strained their such suitable exclamallona, but stolps tucked away in our

ears they could hear no familiar 'soccer belts so to speak,

Mathews 'This is what makes the argu-parations for restoring some house being mentioned.

must now concentrate on Pre-players like Stanley

....Blily Wright..Nat Lon- .. or should I say dis-at the international prestige |cussion... on relative mertis

Instead they heard some very we lost when the Yugoslavia of players of different countries national

unfamiliar names being bandled side came. here * valueless. The

about. British couple

ok scusons ago and players for example aro {12}- rather rubbed our nases in the doubtedly at their best on a holding ground and. with weighty ball.

Hong Kong. Tel. 72456.

30 Tonkin Street

of UK

Zealander, who won the world's mentators fald on this point cet professional billiards champion-me wondering and ship in 1961 against John Barrio called on and searching. 1 and has never defended his title regular supply since, Is In England, but cannot papers with find anyone to play him for the championship. He recently made a break of 1,191 against Amateur Champlon Leslle Drif- (Opposlle Kowloon Magistracy) eld-the first four figure break

in England for ten years!

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

12th RACE MEETING Saturday 19th and Saturday 26th April, 1958

(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20 RACES The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2.00 pm: on both days.

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.40 a.m, on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED, All persona MUST wear their badges prominently displayed "Throughout" die meeting,

Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable prior to the Moeting from the Club's Cash Sweep Offices, at Queen's Building, Chater Road and Nathan Road, Kowloon, only on the written introduction of a Meraber, and on production 41-hly Guest Record Card. Members are limited to guests each Race Doy, and will be responsible for all guests introduced by them.___

Tins will be obtainable at the Club House it ordered: in vdvancu

from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

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

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

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

ne the Gile.

The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requlilte fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the

SERVANTS

RESTAURANT.

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Servants must remain in their employers boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $40.00 each for both days and $20.00 for each day may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road), and 5, D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours and until 11.00 am. on the 1st day of the Race Meeting.

was

standard of play in over twenty of the reports!

meal

So Valueless

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to make

we

dust by playing a type of football we simply could never

match,

They do-not-and in fact, many

cannot belleve,

play natural game to advantage on a bone hard pitch and with a club side and with the current dry and in consequence overall decline in the standard light ball.

of Yugoslav soccer we may be With Hongkong the situation able to get a little bit of our is exactly the opposhe for tho Chinese players .... small, and

In the very near-future-an- their other Yugoslavian team will be in our midst. This time it is a

their

nippy delight in the very conditions which worry heavier British counterparts. They play the ball above ground level: the volleyed pass is part of their stock in trade: In other words they have instinctively, adopted and developed a style which is best suited to the which they environment in play,

Bone Of Contention Many people believe the long standing bone of contention will at fast be chewed to digestion point when Blackpool como bere. Much will, however, de- pond on the weather for June is often wet month. It may well be that Blackpot will and them- selves playing in conditions which suit them admirably.

SPORTS QUIZ

$

1. Which is the only country to have retained the World Soccer Cup?

2.

Which country has England played against but never

beaten in Test strits?

cricket

3. Which golfers last year won (a) the American Open (b) the French Open (c) the Brilish Open?

4. Which two countrica will have cricket teams touring England this year?

"Miracio

5. Who were the first three

runnere

the in

Games at Vancouver?

Two Suspects

They heard strange players like Ho Cheung-yau, Yiu Cheuk- yin, Mok Chun-wah, Tong Sheung and Ng Kee-cheung praised:

being

discussed and they heard

personar miniscences being exchanged: they heard too sighs of nostalgia,

The players were, queerly enough two goalkeepers. The one was peerless Mike Granger of York City... the other, his trilliant successor in the ̈ Army And Hongtong goal, Terry Charlesworth

Scunthorpe United.

Inside Out These two ne players talked Hongkong football up and down and inside out. .p.3 Charlesworth "explains in - a letter to me this week. They had to stand a lot of ribbing from theft respective colleagues, but this caused them no diamay as they were both too busy going over old times and re- calling old friends.

The two qualifications for nomination are:

(1) Footballing prowess.

To the Editor, China Mali,

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, talding into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the Bald of play ;

Granger is having a very good season, but Charlesworth, at present out of action, is x- periencing the run of bad luck which plagued Granger when All

he returned to the United King- dom. First he had a displaced shoulder and in his first gùme, being declared fit, he suffered a badly injured ankle.

'of the

(Signed)

.Club.

£5,000 PRIZE IS QUORUM'S MAIN TARGET

By PETER SCOTT.

Mr T. H. Farr's Quorum, second to Crepello in last year's

2,000 Guineas and a winner at Royal Ascot, Good wood, and of the Free Handicap, will again compete against the best milers in Europe this season. his training will be directed towards winning the £5,000 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over that distance on September 27:

apprenticeship

an In

Previously the babes in bools playing full time were limited, in 20 a week at 17, £11 at 10,

#1310 at 18.

Football League President Mr Joe Richards, the man behindi.

the new charter, told me rè- peatedly that he wanted to make

football an attractive profession for the Grammar School aud Public School boys as well es the talented playera who came from the elementary playing fields of Englana, This looks the right and proper answer.

It's A Safe Job Now

The new £20 woga means a £3 rise in the playing season

and a £6 vise in the close

season since the last pay boost last year.

And a £10 rise since the frsk maximum wage back' fa 1901.

So soccer becontes a safe and desirable coespatios' relih tha £750 benefis after dive years' service, £1,000 beneßt after further five years and a Prok vident Fund which gives players. a grant of eight per cent of all their earnings when they retire, The Football League havo marked time on the idea of players receiving two and a hal pur cent of transfer fees.

They stand by their augges- tion that the player should receive. R300 m oddíllori: to;any---- share of beneßt due. This mòrk- time is good sense.The per- centage angle has many sticky problems that need careful study before a Anal decision is mada,

All this, plus bank-boosting contrasts for articles, books, and/ plugging everything" | from hair cream to soccer studs, make them the merchant princes of sports.

Amended

And the Football Lenguo.com- -mundment Thou shalt not talk" to players and officials who write appear on radio and TV has been intelligently amended

10:

careful what you say

"Speak, but be

There public writers Dad speakers will be told that if they. say anything that reflects upon tho football bosses, players, officials, referees linesmen

10

they may be hauled up and aske ed for an explanation... Which seems pretty fair all round...

The four-up, four-down-aug-

Mr Farr told me at New | penalty in the City and Subur gestion between the Third und other day that ban Handicap this week, but the Fourth Divisions is still un- had decided against solved. The clubs aro' likely to

Even normal seasonal weather Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be for that time of the year will reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such Uckets ANJUTR the fine turf of the will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the | Hongkong Stadium being in Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for 6 | lush condition and Blackpool's particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not rench, the | powerful ball players will re- number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000.

vel in their game. Neverthe- In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets may less it will give us an oppor- 0. What is the job of a "fore-extensive stitching. A football late May. be purchased for each day of the Meeting provided that the second tunity to compare the respec- day is on a date not less than five days after the first der. Intive and contrasting styles

Fo

all other enses Through Tickets will only be sold for the whole the two groups et players even Meeting.

if it does not gives us a genuine Tickets reserved and avaliable but not paid for by 10.00 nan. | opportually Friday, 18th April, 1958, will be sold and the reservation relative merits. cancelled for future Meetingi.

on

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

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

The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also the right to remove any name from Subscription Lists without stating reasons for their action.

Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 10th May, 1933, at $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at:-

Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Aguilar Street on

Mondays to Fridays

Da to 5 y 9am to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, 19th and Saturday, 28th April 0a.m. to 11 a.m.

Saturday, 12th Apri

322, Nathan Road, Kowloon

Mondays to Fridays

Saturday, 12th April

Saturday, 19th and Saturday, 20th April

› TOTALISATOR

10. p.m. to 4 p.m.

9am to 11.18 a.m. 9 s.m. to 11 a.m.

►

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after thé "all clear" signal bas boen exhibited.

ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE FRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE

to

435059

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The success of the Colony team in Singapore is most re sssuring. Three straight vic- tories over the best opposition. the SAFA could put in the field against us clearly indicates the superiority of our representa- tives, and skipper Roy Moss

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB •. • Programmes and Entry Forms for the 18th Baco Mooting 1957/58 to be' held on Saturday, 10th May, 1958, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Ofèo, Alexandra House; the Club House, Happy, Valley;;

ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN and the Stables, Shan, Kwong ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE Road. Upang da

OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO HE RUN.

· PAYMENTS · WILL NOT BE MADE ON TOIN OR

-DISFIGURED TICKETS.

Bookmakers, Tie Tac zuen, ete will not be permlited to openin within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Chib,

By Order of "the" Stewards

'AGE ARNOLD, Secretary.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Wednesday, 00th April, 1953.

By Order of the Stewards,

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

caddie" in golf?

7. When was the last all

American Wimbledon men's singles final?

"

Viitors who have seen tho experimental round mile at Newmarket during the last two days are almost manimous in their approval for the Jockey Club's new attempt to brighten the spectacle of racing at head-

annual meeting in May.

My forecast: It will be three-up three-down decision

-(London -Kaprass Sepples), DA" (COPYRIGITT), 54

This was bad enough, but market the Mile" at the 1954 Empire while waiting for It to repair he Quorum would probably have stable

suffered a bad accidant to his his first race of the season in a sending him down because of make up their minds at the lund which necessitated come conditions event at Newbury in the possibility of arm going.

accident 7 Not a bit of it. "We have given him a long The blonde goallo was chopping rest since that York defeat last firewood in the backyard when August and Quarum has not the axe allpped and eut deeply been hurried at all during this

cold spring," he said.. Into his hand

Charlesworth is now happly Unfortunately it is dimcult to married but freely states that find races for high-class older quarters. far this season he has not mere in. the first half of the managed to reproduce his best season,

Newbury but after Hongkong form. Ho is locking Quorum will probably run for forward to better times next the Queen Anne Stokes at Royal season

and he | Ascot, senda hia very best wishes to his many friends in Colony soccer.

One Interesting paragraphy in Charlesworth's letter mentions

8. The last world heavyweight

tille fight to take place out alde the United States was held in London, Paris, Sydney or Rome?

9. What do Louis Kid Kaplan, Kid-Chocolate, and Hogan Kid Bassey have in common besides their nickname?

10. What's the name: "Optician by profession...given species gold medal by Prince Philip....how covered dis- tance of 20 salles 385 yards in-world record time. (Answers on Page 17).

POP

MESTELESE

that

Interesting

The outstanding weight carry- verantile Tory Hogan Ing teat of Babur in the was recently back in Hartlepools Rincolnshire Handicap suggests flast team at Inade-forward; that

Non-Stop Football:

Only criticisan I have heard Is that the move has not gone darChlorido Recreation TC (whi

ugh and that the now course operato in the South-East Lans should be on a much bigger cnshiro League, have been, so ocals with a longer run in,^~ „successful, this sodron, in Cup competitions that they face a Admittedly · enlargement

enable racea sufficient to

pile-up of "Lengué: gvenor). They Jiko

still have the chamos of winnJENE the Cesanowitch to be muy in full

low would seriously Interfare three Cuper, but their big worry with the gallons on racecourse is that they will now be playing

this ave-year-old.. Js aide," but this surely so worth three or four matches a week to. Hogan played many fine games Quorn's only serious rival at while saerlace whom the whole hero' as fallback and in the mile in northern stabies, et fuential furre of, Newmarket middle lua but he always It would have been interesting races is at stake. wanted to be a forward,

to see Babu, carry his Bib |-| London Exprem Serulca),

·

NO, MATS

Takon for a ride

clear off the League atrodrg From Good Friday to the follow

are down ing Friday they play five times,

PROPS

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