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THE CHINA MAIL. MONDAY, JUNĖ. 9, 1958:

Blackpool,....3, All-Hongkong

US LEAGUE BASEBALL UPSET

MAGNIFICENT MIDDLE LINE Cleveland Indians Crush

The Magic Of Matthews And The Power Of Charnley Are Too Much For Hongkong

Says 1. M. MACTAVISH

FENTON....GRATRIX........ and KELLY. In those three names lies the main story of why Blackpool beat All-Hongkong by three goals to one before a rain-soaked capacity crowd at the Hongkong Stadium last night.

This magnificent half-back line tackled with such tenacity and accuracy that Hongkong's much-vaunted ball-playing inside-forwards were never never permitted allowed to get the ball under control and they were an inch of room to set their familiar pattern weaving attacks in motion.

Roy Gratrix was superb. His speed into the tackle and his astonishing powers of recovery made Ho Cheung-yau's life a soccer misery, while Yiu Cheuk-yin did not make one single positive contribution to the proceedings in the whole ninety minutes so efficiently was he snuffed out by Fenton.

Kelly was the artful artist of capable, the trip but the bite in his chul- lenge for the ball was no less that of his mutes telling than and his ball distribution was a delight to watch.

That is the real story of the game. The Colony forward line, Drom which so much was ex- pected, was blotted out by three super craftquen who did and everything to much faster. so much stronger than the men they were up against.

Now lot me swich right to the pher end of the field and

Jes

FENTON... He effici ently snuffed out Yip Cheuk-yin.

offer a very special word of

commendation to ille Kwok

Kam-hung.

The Hongkong left-back was

fristad lie tried fo wall the ball into the net and time after time he was caught in pisserylon and beuten. looked a bit Occasionally he annoyed when the referee did not give decisions in his tayour after he had been dispossessed.

With the interval approaching Colony launched a strong the attack on the right, The roar of the fane rose to a cisching crescendo as Ho Cheung-you drove Wong Chi-keung's ac curate centre into the net

Delight

turand 10 dismay Personally I thought he almost immediately as Blackpool brought most of the troubles on struck

back and Charnley himself by his unwillingness plvoted on to a Matthews pass either to shoot or part with the to put his side ahead again. ball to a better-placed colleague, and his service to Matthews was Indifferent.

Matthew Wha new on an unorthodox wandering mission In search of the ball and during long periods in the accund' half he worked his magic from the inside-forward positions with

Starkey and Wright made up a very makeshift left-wing and wile there was fair excuse for the fill-in winger who was play-inch-perfect passes to right and ing right out of position there left, won litle alibi for Starkey who

wasted chances.

several Excellent Woodwork To Rescue

Charnley showed an unusuri turn of speed and surprising bull-control for such a big man and his three goals were due reward for some very attrnetive football.

tho

What is there to say about a Hongkong side in which biggest failures were the vary men from whom most was ex- the team pected? For this advisers must accept some of the blame for even when it was' painfully obvious that Yia Cheuk-yin and Ho Cheung-

you were being driven right, out of the picture by the, powerful Blackpool middle line no effort was made to exploit the strong- er and more direct methods af Lo Kwok-tai in one of the in- side positions. He was wasted on the wing.

Worked Lika Trojans

very

Chan Fal-hung had a Position but Mendum Yee worked like trojans to keep the Blackpool forward

set the vital task of marking ordinary game in the left half Stanley Matthews and that is job which has worried some of the greatest names in the left. backca trade union the world

over.

The woodwork came to Hong- kong's rescue twice more but in the closing minutes Matthew now back on the right wing hit a scorching left-foot shot for the far port, McNicol did well

Artful artist KELLY

of an artistic trio.

HE FLIES THROUGH THE ATB, 7. Hongkong rontkeeper yesterday's match," dopatia for Wai Fal-kim and bad very He change of stopping the shot at hout him.

Photo shows him in morobeto Ling""for the ball which actually nalled past the bar. Others in the pleture are Blackpool's Charley and Hongkong's lap Yee. -—-Chius

Milf Photo

Denmark Beaten 6-3 By

Indonesia In

Thomas

Cup Semi-Final

IT'S THE HEAT SAYS DANISH MANAGER

یا

Singapore, June 8. Indonesia beat Denmark by six matches to three in an inter-zone semi- final of the Thomas Cup Badminton World Championship series. Indonesia will now play Thailand for the right to meet the cup-holders,

Malaya.

Yesterday, Denmark lost three matches and won one in its tournament with Indonesia.

Tonight, in the first match, Danich star Flan Kobbero, rated by some authorities as the best badminton player in the world, went under to Indontia's school- boy National Champion, Tan Joe-hock, 31-1, 12-15, 10-10.

patient Kobbero into trying for winning strokes, and faulting.

Tan allowed the Dane to beat himself.

Yankees

In Doubleheader

The Cleveland Indians surprised New York's largest baseball turnout of the year today when they crushed the Yankees 14.1 and then engineered a sweep of the doubleheader with a 5-4 victory.

Ray Narleski limited the Yankees to nine hits be- hind an 18-hit Cleveland attack in the opener and Dick Tomanek won his second game in the nightcap when Russ Nixon's sixth-inning homer snapped a 4-4 tie. Rocky Colavito had a homer, triple and double in the opener and also homered in the nightcap.

Johnny Kucks was routed as; Petrajtjes. 000-000-201-3—D~~ | starter in the first game and Walton picked for the Indians" winning Fun in the second game to PRE quffer both defeats, It was the Necond time thle season the Yankees dropped a twin blu. The crowd was 40,003.

106-001-20sers – 2 Eurce Morgan (7) Aud tory (1) and Wilión' ftamo), Hyre.

WAS Cortney.

-2005-- LP-Morgan 10:41. Leinon Tous). Zerniat (41)" (F. Balling (th), Marlin (3rd).

List Game, 10 Innings) Micago

Fierce (4-5) and Lallar; Bruwer, Wall(1) Kiely) Daley (10)

to (19) and white.

Ruddin (4in). Gerners (in). jenaqa a fiath and 13th).

(2nd Game) Chicago ......010-006-000 -I-Ģ-1

Donovan,

The Kansas City Athletics moved to within 7 games of the League leaders when they split a doubleheader with the Daltimore Orioles, winning, 2-1, After á 1-0 defeat. Duke MeOS, nided by Virgil Trucks, won his Boston ...... 000-017-00Ű third gamb for the Athletics Lollar 172 Stern) and Butler, (-) and Gerbert after Skinny Brown and George -Donovan (2-1), RS-Landťš Zuverink combined in theist, Piertal) (68), Stephens thric

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1st Game)

opener's seven-hit shutout.

Chleagu

Four Homers Pittsburght

000-000-0000-11 The Boston Red Sox swept a Kline, R. Smith 13 and Folies:

800-100-004 doubleheader from the Chicago Drabowsky 14-5! and R. Taylor. White Sox, 0-5 io, 10 innings | LP - Kling (0-0),

KRS-Banks gud 4-1. The Red Sox made (17), Maryn (12th).

(1st Game, 10 Innings) only five hits to the White Sox's Philadelphia 052-410-601

19 in the upener bul the Boston St. Louis

231-10001011

hits Included four homers--two | Roberts, Farrell (8), Meyer (9),

by Jackie Jensen and one each rara (10) Morehead fond

Lopata,

Lommett (9); Jackapn, Magr 20%. Stamets and

Anderson 2 (5 and Bth). Port -11. HRS-Cunningham (3rd). Indi. Boyer 10th).

by Don Buddin and Dick Ger- nert. Dave Sister pitched a WP -- Muffett (3-3), six-hitter for his fifth win 1 the second gome.

Dick Hyde preserved Pedro Chelanati .... 100-200-003-11-1 Bamos fourth win with ninth- San Francisco 000-020-100 3H

Lawrence (3-3) and Ballay: inuing relief as the Washington Mccormick Gel (4). V Miller (); Senators offset three homers to Brissom Worthington (9) and heat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, Jim Behmidt. LP-Grissom (4-2), HR Lemon homered for the waukze

Senators.

Moc Drabowsky limited the Pittsburgh Pirates to one hit an infleld single by ponderous The next match was the decl→ Ted Kluszewald-today to plich der, and both the Indonesian the Chicago Cubs to a 4-0 (vie- captain, Ferry Sonneville, and tory that moved them to within the Dunish All-England cham one game of the 500-mark. plon, Erland Kops, knew II. The 22-year-old Drabowsky The second singles of the

missed nu-hil fame when Sonneville the veteran, one Kluszewski beat out a grounder night, between Denmark's Palle

Indoricala's of the most artistle badminton and Grod und

In the second inning. Second Eddy Yuroof was the dullest players in the world, played the baseman Boboy Adams went to of the series so far:

butler game, and although Kops, the edge of the inflet grass The twp pipddled ont

for fought

magnificently, he was but was cut of position to throw point in mediocre beaten in straight sets to give out Kluszewski. The mercurial Dane played a point alter duzzling game in the first Sct, play before a silent crowd. Indonesia the set, the game, and

Ernie Banks and. Walt Moryn atlock with The big Dane eventually wonen entry to the Cup semi-final. paced the Cub but Tan in the second and third

denl Ron found the strategy to beat him,

The remaining two doubles homera that helped Tan condned himself to re- This left the score for the

his sixth loss. The -turning everything the Danesories at-4-2,-and-Dumarie had were shared by Jedonesia and Kne

scheduled secand game of the Denmark, throw at him, and eventually to win all the remaining games

double-header was rained out. the long rallies forced the im- to win,

After the tournament, Ferry The Los Angoles Dodgers Sonneville told Indonesid in made it three in a row over the jh_special_radio message: "Chir Milwaukee Braves, 12-4. The have diono splendidly Cincinnati Redicga beat the San and well to beat Denmark." Francisco Cianis, 6-3; and the Philadelphia Phillies bent the St Louis Cardinals, 6-4, in 14 janings after losing the opener, -5, in 10 Innings In other Na loal League activity.-U.P.I.

15-8, 15-0.

European Zone Davis

Cup Quarter-Finals

Warsaw, June 8.

Paris, June . and Lau

Poland's Davis Cup team 10: France qualised for the semi- day qualified for the European finals of the Davis Cup today line at

Cup semi-finals with 3-2 win when Plerre Darmon beat Uit bay. Szeto Yiu had a very easy time against Wright and Ewok to push it out bat in the en over Mexico when Skopecki Schmidt 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to give his

have Aulag melee Kam-hung'a tribulations

the ball hit Szela at Merico's Contreras in the country a three-two victory in was its quarter-finals match against Yiu's back and Charnley carried final singles. The score

Sweden, it into the the net to finish the 6-8, 0-2, 8-0, 0-4. scoring.

Wizard Of Dribble already been mentioned.

The South China defender McNicol, who deputiset for never really looked like solving Wal Fat-kim in the Hongkong the mysterious wiles of the goal, did very well and had little Wizard of Dribble but, be it to or no chances with the goals that his lasting bredt, he never best him. stopped trying and he never reớm. sorted to anything that savour- ed of shady "ico

Slepley did all the things the polball world has come to ex- Beet of him. Every now and nggin had dusted into the pic fure with typical Matthewslims

In

VERDICT.

Polanki will meet Italy The game was a which shut out Denmark by 5-0 in a quarter-final series which great spectacle and If the foot- ball was a little disappointing as ended yesterday in Copenhagen.

Estilor today, Mexico's Liema yesterday's times we can maybe put it down epite of

heal. The Colony was notice the score at two-all when to lorrential rain the pitch at the Hongkang Stadium was a credit disgraced but on the other hand he beat Licke 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, in the some of our players missed a the the ground staff and

| third singien-France-Presse, delighted rare opportunity to thaw their

real ability. Rinckpool party were with the playing conditions.

was a big, cheer for

There

The strong but

absolutely Blackpool

sug-

that kamboozled the opposition each teain. as they paraded fair tackling of the and delighted the crowd. Then round the ground to be presented defenders was something of a he would

quietly disappear to Ille Excellency, The Com-revelation to the Hongkong for- from the scene to bide his time Imander British, Forces, Lleut-Wards and they never until the right moment come (General Si: Edrie Bustyan, who gested that they knew how to for a timely re-entry.

appeared to have a special ward deal with it. Holding onto the The yedrs have done nothing | af welcome. for Stanley ball as they did they played

right into Blackpool's hands. but good to many aspects of his | Matthews,

His ball-control is still game.

The visitors should have The fans were impatient to nstonishing, his ability to send

their goals and his man the WTODE way I see the maestro in action and scored more

forward line as he was pitchwork

WOE impaired, and his personality there was a groan

twice In very lopsided. and exemplary presence have besten to the ball

vintage quick succession in the opening minutes, but he was soon in the picture with romie uncastry an unfortunate knock In the

groin midway dribbling and accurate distribu-

only mained insto splendour.

Stanley gol

through the drst half and hobbled

about for a time but towards the end of the game he turned on a apqt of "Wembley 1953' stuff und,

tion,

Easy Proy--

Matiberwys is still magnificent ...what a thrill It was to see him in action again.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Borla Open Triples: "Matches at CCC. [HKGC. HXIC, 18G KEGG!

FogIAL Dinner in enour of Interport Blackpool Team at Gloucester Hotel, .30 p.m.

players

Beaten By Hept

The Dukh Manager, Borge Frederiksen, said his team had bean beaten by the heat

Also, he said, he was die- appointed with the umpirilag, and with the linença,

He said he had seen "glaring errors."

some

The Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1st Game)

Cleveland...... 205-042-000-[4-1£«1 New York...... 900-000-100--`]– [-] Ngrlend (7-4) at Nixon, Brown (Kuck, Ditmar (3), Chrten (8) and Berra, Howard (B). LP-Kucia (1-2). IIR-Cələylio. (6th),

022-001-000--0-1-1

In die Keps-Sonneville match, Earlier Sweden's Sven David- Fan

(2nd Game) or he said, "Sonneville was foot is beat Robert Hallet

faulling all along, but he was New York 930-210-0034-9-0

Cleveland pre France 0-4, 6-4, 6-4.-U..I.

only penalised twice."

Grant, Tomanok. (51) Malelni. (7) and Nixon, Brown (1) Magile, Hacks 191. Duews (7), where () and Barrs.

omanele

Baldini Wins Tour Of Italy Cycle Race

after

Erland Kops, who experts. generally conceded left his best form in Europe, said: "I could not get used to this terrible hest I knew it would be warm, but I did not think it would be so ine tense."

The Results

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Schmidt (8th).

001-210-000 4-1{-} Los Angele¤......... 430-203-00x 13-19-1 Couley Jay (3), Johnson (21. Robinson (1) and teamtall: Padres (0-6) - and Roseboro, LP-Conley (0-3). HRB-Crandsti (tan). Aaron (9th)-0.P.1.

SPORTRAIT

"He says he can see a c45% of light--- ·

London Express kérvice

Bradman Junior Forsakes Cricket For Athletics

John Bradman, 18-year-old (2:39 Luck son of the

great Sir Donald, (13) As Colago (1) Blooks like becoming an interna-

Marike (36), “Niton"

(lat Game)

tional sportsman-but not as a Karas City..... 000-000-000--0-7-1 pricketer. Dalsimore ...... 000-100-six-4-4-9.

Qarver, Gorman (3), Barretto" "(8)

| Triandon (1146),

dle is doing so well in athletics and House; Brown, Zuvorink (1) and that he may get a place in the for the 1900 Tandon, berg (D). WP-Brown Australian team (10) LP-Over

Yet only five years ago John Kansas City ........ 910:900–910-8-5-0 was africken wlip pello. For beat Daltimore DD-000-0101-1-0 eight months -he lay in bed' in

18-carro. Lotman (9) and. Triandas.

Minor, Leticke 18) and Cafu: Porto: metal frame. WP-Mas (3-4). 18-Portoptero (43).

(7-1). Halympic Games in Rome.

(2nd Game)

Drobny Loses

·Slowly he responded to treat. ment. He wont swimming. started to fit a toanis ball against a wall, played billards then graduated to This father's game" and scored a Contury

Milan, Jutie 8.

SINGLES Erente Baldini, 23 year old. Tan Joe-hock (Indonesia) Italian Champion today won Finn Kebbero, 1-10, 18-12,

D'Italia the Giro

(Tour of 10. Itály) cycle ryce!

Eddle Yusuf (Indoncala) lost Baldini took over the lead in to Paul Granlund 8-15, 9-10. the generol classlileation

Ferry Bonneville (Indonesia) winning the second stage in beat Erland Kops, 13-12, 15-9, the 20-glage, 3.826 kilometres (2,000 miles) race, He stayed

Oslo, June 0. Two years ago he took up at or near the top for the rest Tan Joe-hock and Lie Po-dian

Budge Patty of the United: running: Within a few months of the event.

(Indonesia) lost to Flan Kobber States, won the Men's singits in the broke the State 100 yards "I am very ́rdleved to have and Hombergaard Hansen 6-15, da International lawn tennis record for under-17-year-olds. Combined Chines Blackpool won,"

"So many B-16.

tournament here today.

the Aus Now he has won Football Team,

Ngo Kim-ble and Tan King- UK Stadium, 43 people tried to slap me on the

He bent Jaroslav Drobny, of trailan junior 120 yards hurdics back along the road today that gwan (Indonesia) beat Erland Egypt, furuger Wirabledon chems Ujle" and "is training for an I nearly fell off a number of Kops on. Ole Martz, 10-11, plùm, ky 0-8, 2-0, 1-6, 17-16, 6-4, attempt on the "spalora" record. Open Triplog Natibor at BKO times." Reuter.

Finally congratulations to 9m. both sides on a fine sporting show. The visitors were satis- Bod with the mateb control of Heferee Mak Yeung-fi and hals Uncamen

quite apart from the havoc he The Hongkong forwards were wrought among the Colony vary prey to the effaide tactics defenders, it took dying save of the Blackpool defenders and by BeNicol to stop him getting they were caught in embarass bis name on the goalscorers' list. ing lagiation behind a line at The crowd loved every duquny defenders on several occasion from their first encounter with and every dribble.

4 the Blackpool defence was · The first thrill

and the chance to see if the And now to Tunday's game

Hongkong players have learned

workmez:like

the determined was a knap

First class from goal to left half shot by Hagan which clipped tactics of a British professional the forward line, wha-generally the Hongkong put but the side,

apreking a big disappointruent. opening goal was typical Stanley Matthews and Chern- touch of Mathews. The wừ thước.

ley were the only attackers who cut his way through,“ slippel

The Teams

renched the standard of the men the ball to Hagan, who dropped. Hinakona) MeNicol, Breto behind them, Ball-artis Jiminy it neatly in Charnley's path for Yiu, Kwok Kam-hung, Menduin, Hogat was but a shadow of the the centre-forward to push it Lau Yep, Chan Tal-hung, Wons player he was' and stijl can be into the net, when the mood is on, hlm."...

Not Once

52 thì e thu Chi lan. Hồ

| Cheung-Yiy, Yiu Cheuk-yin; Le

The goal came after Kwols-td.!! minuten and Ho Cheung-YEU

had a chance to equalise a lišilo Blackpooli, Farm, Armeld. Not once in the ninty minutes later but his ill-directed shot | Mysia. Kenton, pigus. Kelly,

www any of these wearing was smothered and cleared by Palatinera sijaintieke bt which he is so bir: George Farm.

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