1958-08-16 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1958.

SPORTS SPOT The Half Mile A

SATURDAY They Who Give Tone, Colour, And Even Controversy To Sport

By I. M. MACTAVISH

The personalities who give tone, colour

con-

and oven troversy ・・・・ to sport are surely the priceless characters who raise the ordinary to the exceptional. They provide the vital contrast against which the drab is placed in correct perspectivo: they are the spice, the sugar and the subtle garnishings which together give real satisfaction to the sporting palate.

I have been forcibly reminded of this on several occasions recently and it has also been brought home to me that there is a glittering sense of sporting humour abroad if one is fortunate enough to find it.

The

That team story g00% The main reminder on humaurį came this week in a letter from coaches took up the threads from on of He Blackpool players there and when the players of who visited Bangkong In June fameus elab reported for training wad cannot do better that re-one morning they found the man tell his fale oxacily it was eger and the head coach dressed sent to me, So here goes, in track suits waiting for them. When the league cams of wasn't hard to guess that come England resembled fur pre-fort af decline lay ahead. season training one of the chief topies of discussion amor!

laying staff was the World Cup compellin

the

the

According to ensunt inforina- t

tion it would appear that several very promising pogilists have

rrived into Army units in Colony but they may nd-even allowing for the almost inevitable retirement of Henry Wong-that the civilian opposition win healthier then ever before.

go

it was the head coach who Ambitious HKABA delivered the oration.

World

"After watching the There players who had been Cup" he said, we have me fortunate enough to see the to the sad ecclusters that many matches played in Sweden ex of you nen trying to be ex- pounded the merits of the ball i-per-before-yan klow the most Juggling Brazilians while semne clamentary things about feat train ofilelals liked the ideal ng bat being somewhere between that decided to styla and the powerful hard from the bemming".

Cer- hitting methods of West many topped off with the goal Scoring ability of the much un- derrateci French eleven,

'Old-Fashioned" This sort of topic led inevitably to criticism of the so-called 'old fashioned methods of the four teams from the United Kingdom und the wogs began to suggest all kinds of remedials to re-establish British football on a 'continental bosis.

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SANDEMAN SCOTCH WHISKY

The King of Whiskies

SANDEMAN

SCOTCH WHISKY

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have Flight

Carrying Too Far

Conglering! live fact there were several establish

internationalists 411 chir's books this was carevic; thing a bit far but klaunted the conch ported in regard-

es

"And now for lesson Number On" "This" he said, picking up a ball, is a football"

"That takes us on to lesson number two

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SPORTING SAM

by Reg. Wootton

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The choice fell

43-year- I have no intention of stirring, pression of views but I also be- as I feel lieve that when an individual is old, time-expired Quartermaster | the mud my further Sergeant Instructor Bob Englian certain the HKLBA will be

Investign tion when more of the officials and players have returned from Cardiff.

and he is now doing rent work carrying out its own

nt Loftus Hoad.

A New Era?

I IR a thousand pities this Commenting on the appoint-distasteful situation has arisen. ment: Jock Taylor, the QPR I am all in favour of freedom of

in is now

speech and unrestricted cx- manager, said "Bob

| full charge of physical training and general thess preparations, The boys have really taken 10 the new scheme of things and Hob-who is fall of refreshing new Idetula already

very popular member of our staff. I hink our opponents are going to And us the test collection of Rangers in years. . . .

some-

It has always been thing of a mystery to me why more use has not been made of the highly versatile services of these APTC instructors when they Aalshed with the Army. Maybe enterprising Jack Taylor

Harder Race Than The Mile Says Johnson

By CHARLES STEPHEN

Four-minute miles, and the men who run them, are the rage these days-n fact which does not

· please Derek Johnson, Olympic 800 metres silver medallist one bit.

selected as a member of a team. with TO official sistus beyond that, he should be bound by a gentleman's agreement of dis- retion not to make profound publie statemensis unless ather members of the team have In the same foclilea at the saine time.

World Of Sport

Will Compton Get His 40,000 Runs?

By DEREK JOHN

the

na started a new fashion and Lob English is but the first of

It seems that one great targat is going to clude Denis a new crop of soccer pergeant

will produce the Compton, the gay cavalier of English cricket. Ha majors' who

may never achieve 40,000 runs in first-class cricket. vital finess that has apparently been minding from British foot-

Only ten men have done it-Hobbs, Woolley, Hendren, ball in recent years.

Mead, Grace, Hammond. Sutcliffe. Hayward, Sand- ham and Hutton, Len Hutton only just achieved it, passing the mark at the end of his last season.

1,736 RUNS SHORT

Compton went into semi-retirement last season, only 1,736 runs short of the target. It was thought he might reach his 40,000 with a few games for Middlesex in the next few years.

But

Ar

so far he has been selected for only two matches.

a time when some counties are sacking their stars to make way for promising youngsters, Middlesex cannot afford to play part-time men, however brilliant their

past record.

The HKABA is nothing if not antstens and it might be all to the best mlvantage if it kept the public fully advised as to the prommers of its plans for sport-

It could be the beginning of a ng fans are not slow to respond to derprise and endeavour.

At the moment the founda-new "Jerks without jankers" Bens are being laid for what era for roccer!! should be new chapter in our boxing story and I shall be very i surprised-End most disapin-

is not an early The present short visit of hated-if there

minoticement that sume of the INS Mysore has provided a

Colmy timely reminder of the ap The biggest neines

parently Inexhaustible well sporting world have decided to support the AHA by starting a

her of hockey talent which is wildin besim,

available India today. present club organisations.

For the moment we can bu

and huje. Talking

the about

game wait and see

which they played on Wednes- day nude, the remark that nowadays it seemed that sheer Army football enthusiasts instinet had become as important will be glad to know thats individual skill in achieving there are top people in the

One of 10 ship's Meers soccer sphere who believe that certain old soldiers have countered by saying that it went even further than that "We something to offer for the honestly believe WD AFD tho betterment of the game. greatest nation of hockey players This hus been clearly de-In the world. We are naturally minustrated by a recent kappen- proud of our national team, but we regard that ne a reward for ing in England.

More and more football folks the fact that we have develop. in the United Kingdom have ed a hockey cult throughout the to the length and breath of the coun- been swinging round

Every village, own, and continental attitude that foot-ry.

line. Ateity is hockey-conscious: every bakers must be superbly Indian ship with enough men on

5. Hockey. athletes first and foremost and

bonn has a team: we take the footballers after-

very Zamo

serlously but competent wards. The view is that sen

enjoy it and we are proud of with a ball is wasted if it is

achloved not regarded

highly the success we have desirable

superstructure built Internationalty." over solki foundation of physient Alness.

At this point he was noisily Interrupted by a pleading voice from the middle of the group of players "Hey... coach... not so fast.. Delightful

Chink?

don't you

1 understand that the Hongkong Amateur Boxing Association is currently hatching ambitious plans to extend its activities beyond its present limits and that a real effort is to be made to interest.

of the big sporting clubs in the noble art of self defence.

some

-Ch

team success.

we

Interesting Lead where gamer frequently art

nt.

Rather a sobering, though! This is a most desirable move

when it's put that way..and 4 the right directina and, with

quile a contrast to Hongkong the example of the Hongkong Police Sports Association to

late....players often fall in turn point-the-way-fl-is-tu.be hoped. Everton-Rave_ag-Interacting-up... and genuine onthusiasm that other important orgafsa-

Icari a couple of seasons agus confined to gallant herd- tions will join in and support when they appointed fan worktag ninority. the IKABA in its efforts to Bachan a their Director

Now other put boxing right on the top of Physical Fitnes. the sporting ladder.

clubs are following the idea. The indications ore that We The most recent team to take are on the verge of the most | pacitive steps to make Alness progressive seator:

thin soccer keynote was Queen' Colony's boxing history and it Park Rangers and once the Lo- will certainly be no fault of the don club hed made its decision energetic officials of the HKABA | It turned to the Army Physical if this does not turn out to be Training Corps in search of the who recently returned from

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THE

WEEK-END

GAMBOLS

right man,

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. Snooker.

2. All won gold medals at the

recent Empire Games.

3. The maximum nufober of clubs that may be used in a round.

4. Yes, providing the elder's foul are inside the boundary

6. A gold medal, the laurels were trwarded to winners in

the mclent Olymaples.

7. forse-racing, crickel, motor

cycle racing, athletis. II. Folce.

9. Stoke City. 19. Willle Pep

Sports Diary

TODAY Bowls

18L Divisions: CCC "B" Recreio “B”, KOGO Y me koc v ሰር

Recreio "A" KCC

"A" V KFC NDC. IIRSA V

Beeren, PHC v FC "D"

Feeling is running high in Colony lawn bowls circles because of remarks attri-RC buted to one of the players

the Empire Games.

by Barry Applebye

WELL, DON'T BE

GROSS WITH :

ME

IT'S NOT MY

FAULT THEY HAVEN'T DELIVERED

YOUR PAPER

Division:

NCC, HKCC.

3rd Division: PC v KCC. HKFC V VIRC. SC v ccc, KBCC, PRE TC USKC.

Ladies League: 1st Divblen: CCC

"n" v KCC, KDC RBGC. TC Y цепс.

GAS IS TOPS

his contribution to "Modern Athletics" he auma up miling in the following way, "miling is simply a matter of great strength and elementary tactical ability, and it is made to look so much more difficult by what is often the sheer incompetence in the last category of those who excel in the first.”

Johnson feels that it in the balt, · Friedrich

the Hasenjager, mile which contains the most result of careful breeding. One of Revine blend of the three the 400 song of old Harenjaper--- athlotte virtues--speed, strength double Olymple · champion-and and tactice.

the best 1,000 women 400-metre and 800-metres runnory in Ger- many....

As the race is faster then the mile speed is more essential. But us it is not one long sprint strength la vital. And becouse of the pace of the race one tactical error can be fatal.

Koney and Vlasov, the Russian competitors, had been discovered as four-year-olds in the Pan- Russian Baby Championships and had since spent their entire Ilycs in sports schools without any connection with the outside

"we really lose our heads over any ono raco," says Johnon "we should lose them over the world.... hait-lle....Better still it wo took each event on its individpol merits,"

Jim Stoker and Ted Jackson lined up for USA. A small

Into stuck Thermometer

the muscle port of the area had kept 1996 And All That a check that each had reached

his correct warming up traperą. ture. Jackson was the complete Even Derek Johnson could not brainchild of the scientist, a foresee that anyone could be-¦arliftelal, insemination. come to. Fanatival about the half

Finally there was Erling the mite as Danish writer Koud Lundberg torecasts Lit "The Dane, the true amateur who ran Olympic Hope" (Stanley Paul for fun, and who was overy. 12 d.)..

bedy's choice to come last.

Stoker Werk Erling came Lundberg looks ahead and describes the Olympic 800 metres second. Hasenjnger had to be feel of 1990. The six competitors content with third place was

not content and shot himaelt.

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