'THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1959.
SATURDAY SPORTS
Take A Bow... Billy Tingle... Take A Bow
Wall done..... Billy Tingle. This virile veteran of deportment, development and decorum did a wondorful service to Colony sport during the week with two superb children's shows at the Hongkong Cricket Club.
What a magnificent job this tireless man is doing. It is ofter. difficult to assess the contribution which any individual makes to something as abstract as physical education. and of course it would be easy in a moment of glowing appre- ciation to use a misleading, yardstick.
probably
With these points in mind and it was impossible not to be
the into the Impressed by confidence std very quietly
complex with which bekground of the
the pint-sized activilles during, this latest athictes had become imbued. series of promotions by the Confidesics or rather, Juvelle
self-confidence......was Tingle Institute. I did so with the definite Intention of trying to weigh the reactions of the
that pectators brenitse uften be a very reliable guide
failure of lu succuss Ur
Teri,
+
can
IFS
It was an experience I regret I bod not thought of long ago. I wish you could have Been the undisguised maternal and paternal pide as T-springs displayed their dif ferent talents and abilities.
RU
expressions
of
the most signiscant feature of the double tuffair and Billy Tingin, are of course his tourn or hand picked Instructors, are to be saluted for the excellent resulls they have achieved,
Children are natural showron und the instinctive desire to put ox something extra special when the wn-ups are present is shared equally by boys and ris
ke. The showmanship in gredient oczed from the Tingle promotions.
By-
4
SPORTING SAM
SPOT NOW UMPIRES WILL
by Reg. Wootton
London Express Bervi CM.
GET REALLY TOUGH
ON THROWERS'
Says DENNIS COMPTON
In the Committee Room at Lord's, with its trophies and pictures that recall some of ericket's greatest occasions, a decision was made recently that would bring a new approach to county cricket this season-and give a warning to the Australians for 1961.
County Cricket Committee is determined to curb the bowlers who throw or jerk the ball.'
Football Association puts all the years and only the presence of situation with any of the tennis The Advisory
accepted reforms to shame.
Just
werk 1
ago the Emergency Committee met to consider the case against Colony goalkeeper Wal Fat-kim who
had been ortiered off in the Senior Shield Match against Tung Wah. The Committee
I. M. MACTAVISH
star Busman guilty unstinted praise which builts bis ef violent conduct and suspend- enterprise and Initiative 1 caned him for a period of several sure he will agree with me that weeks, Many felt the sentence contribuiida of the far-was woefully inadequate. the sighted officials of the HKCC who permitted him the use of their beautiful ground la hardly less significant.
while Billy Tingle deserves the found the
Fantastic
Now it's Important to remem- ber that Wel had earlier been
class players | leaders in the Colony and I'm pretty certain some of them
They will diangree with me. may know of other reasons for the cine. That, however, is the picture as i 100."
one or two good hos tended to mask it.
Montrs Ip and Tsai have enrried Hongkong tennis. on their back for a long time and my opinion, for what it's worth, is that quite Innocently these two fine players are basiently the cause of the prevalling [*deep depression."
Interest in a sport is stiffed
Well there's Gue considered upinlon. What do you think? ̧
To finish up
this week
If a couple of exponents stand here is a topic you might head and shoulders above
of like to discuss. spirit everyone else, The competition is destroyed and it nyoungster once gels the idea that he has no chance of win-
6001 Iosa interest. ning no matter how hard tries he The result Is that he elther turns to another game or plays his chosen one purely fur" ra- creation
he
|
The life of a sport is generated
1
tions in sport.
Umpires have now been told that they will have full omelat bocking in strictly interpreting the present rule, which says:
"For o delivery to be fair the ball must be bowled, not thrown or jerked: if either umpire be not entirely satisfied of the absolute fairness of a delivery in this respect, he shall call and signat no baik tastantly upon delivery."
A few days ago I got dingged
How They Jerk into a conversation in which o
of folks group
Hitherto umpires have never were talking about the embarrassing altya-been sure that strict interprelu- tion would have official backing. They were not so much In- | Now they are able to set terested in the frenk situations tough--and I am all for R. but rather in the sort of thing Let me make it clear what is tbut can happen fairly re-meant by "throwing" or gularly.
jerking."
It is when the bowler's arms
which he missed because of the deceptive speed and differen: trajectory from that of the normal bowles. Peter May had u similar experience.
Aussio Problem
Ordinarily, of course, this sort of full tots is one of the easiest balls to score off. It certainly is when bowled by a fast bowler whose arm is straight,
The whole problem, of course. has been brought into the time- light by the way the Australian bowlers, notably Meckiff and Gordon forke, "throw" Peter May's team to win the Ashes-although I'm not hedg- ing on my opinion that the
better leam won,
out
But it in fact that before our team left for Australia, the
The Colony Beeds more of this co-operation sert of thing in the Aslan Cup at Manila but no competition It slowly wastes Most Embarrassed is bent as he runs up to deliver | M.C.C. considered the question
to
hap
the
selected to represent Hongkong la competition and it there
One almost walted for the
und the international nature of once he was suspended he was way. That is what has DT shirt 'pink of waistcont
Innocent causes 1, see it are Co-Operation the youthful clientele of Tingle's no longer eligible to participate.ened here and, as I say, buitans as mesculine chests ex-
The Tiny Tots Boxing com- Institute I understand that One would have imagined that Panded to generous proportions
live for tennis and who have asked immediately casual but petition was a real muccess. Its around 20 different nationalities the Interport Committee would two of our finest sportsmen who ใ
with
very conceptlon was an inspired are represented at the present have been
select another goalkeeper gone to great lengths to foster calvaladed That's a 135 -
it inust become untime shows very clearly that pression. Or maybe you would thonglat.
can be a lasting bond ...but that apparently is not it in Hongkong. preferred the admiring annual event. have
Still Good Programmes like those 18-between peoples of many lands the Hongkong way. Well mother using her eyes t
and where belter to start than understanding Alenily a proud story the real-duced at the Hongkong Cricket
such Cino de arb to counter all the
among the chlidren. les palatable suut we have to twu days it was o
Finally let me tell you a very other spheres most exhilarating experience tolerate in
simple story that I shall not forget in a long time.
ly wanted to shout loud.
Through
W
I
Bring Back Baynham For England
says STANLEY MATTHEWS
WHO will be England's #Dal-
keeper
tal Colla now
Bomo McDonalds out for months with a broken leg? I know that Eddle Hopkinson (Bolton). who has already played for England, is the "econd team" cholre. Ile may get the job on April Scotland at Wembley. BUT...I think he is going to
and
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...
To Be A 'Boy'
in
21
As though to prove that football at least Crime same- times pays the KMB goalkeeper was invited to go along as guest with the official party to Manila and enjoy a free holiday, travesty of What An utter justice. That this player, who hed blotted the name of the game, should be accorded the hospitality of the Association while over players who have upheld its honour stay at home ja irreconeliable. It is in fact quite fantastic!!!
Sad Reflection
In conversation with a father whose son was taking part in the show I'discussed the merits of the Tingle Instute. As was turning away I popped parting question on his son's sporting future. "What do you want him to be?" I asked and got this surprising reply. "I want him to be a It is a sad reflection on the. They
some BOY. I he develops, without real success.
present handling of our such Д must choose the right inside- special talent that's all to the football affairs that forward
with good, but first I wont him to be thing combination
A has happence .. and that's what
under punch AND skill, They musta BOY
player
suspension-no And power and speed on the Mr Tingle ls giving him the
matter who he is and no matter chonce to bo", wing.
his what
previous standing How superbly that was put has been has no right Bryan Douglas of Blackburn has
not yet reached his top form I'm sure Billy Tingle will be
10 be parading in Colony a leg Injury, but he as proud as Punch when he colours and enjoying the privi- could get the job of right|rends it for it came from a man icged position a non-playing wini. Failing him. I would who is one of the Anest sports- Hongtrong representative with pick Danny Clapton, of men in the Colony,
an official touring party in an- Arsenal.
ciher country.
Where else in the world could such a crazy thing happen?
really embarking on a new scheme of **Playing Field Peace Through
. it Pampering".
curtainly looks Ülke 11. Hoildaya ahoy!!!
Alce against
be seriously challenged by Kini Baynham of Luton, who is tr
He has im- brillant form. pressed me very much in Cup with and
games Leagtic Blackpool this season.
HIS VITAL PART
Ron, who was last expped in 1986, has played a vital pari in Luton's victorious march to the Cup Final and it could be that he will ret Wembley preview in the England team, The full-backs, Don Howe and
Shaw, should hold Graham
positions, although ihotr Jimmy Armfield of Black- pool brust be
strong Howe,
Armfeld rival to
Improved has
Immensely
la the TRIL alx weeks and as captain of the Under-
23 side he must be on the short list for promotion.
I expect the half-bucks, Runnle
CHALLENGER
ส
we
On the left wing fancy Albert
that It is probable I strongest chal- Bewulon. tenger
Bolton's Dour shall see a new outbreak of Holden. But the Manchester physical violence in Hong Unlied player is direct and his thoning power would be kong football.... in fact I welcome.
can only suggest that our Then we
come to the Con- soccer stars are rather slow troversial inside trio. Wen.
on the uptake if they don't we must have the thunderbolt
Franch of tabby Charlton, start flinging fists and feet
elfher
at Inate-right centre-forward,
if the electors pick two hall-
• playing inakde men ilke Peirri Broadbent and Johnny Haynes,
about in happy abandon.
The rewards are juicy.
On
...or
Arc
*
we
the
of serfing and throwing as it was realised that some Aurica- in bowlers were addicted to it. It was deelded to' postpone decision in the question until
the tour was over.
My
B
view is that #6 - unfortunate that something was not done then in consultation with the Australian authorities. It would have saved 101 of difficulty and trouble.
As for the coming mason in England, what is vitally neces sory is that the umpires shall know that they will hove emcial support if they do take aetion and that there will be na repetition of what happened
the ball and then straightens it the man sug- at the moment For example
the ball is gested that a player who was released with an action similar ordered off in a soccer matche throwing a stone at a target. and had to make a long walk What advantages can it bring room ranked to the bowler? high on the 'most embarrassed' to the dressing
A jerker or thrower can con- list: another mentioned the serve his energy because he cricketer who goes in to bat of tends to run up to the wickel a critical stage in the game and core slowly and therefore la gets bowled first ball and able to bowl for longer periode. "Even in their declining years so it went on, but, with mento-
On un casy-paced wicket he Ip and Thai were and are still
ries of last week-end's racing is able to get a great desi more beat anybody stil frustratingly vivid it was speed and devil-and with less good enough to
could put hally
B and generally agreed effort-thon straight-amm local organisations
Yet their mere against them.
that there can
be no bowler. embarrassing situation) As for the batsman, ho 13 presence in competitions hid the more
which were faking than that of the jockey in the never really of case against a present situation saddle of a well backed horse thrower, however long he is ai place. The
who finds that the animal the wicket, because then the past, speaks for itself.
"Now I want to make it clear stubbornly refuses to start when
am giving you a purely the gato goes up. that
Seeing our two unfortunate personal opinion because you have asked for it. I have not
Jockeys during the Easter Meet- had the opportunity to discussing I am inclined to agree...do the ramifications of the present, you?
revages
Selectors Have
surely
Done
deliveries vary so much in pree, height, and direction.
Trevor Bailey told me that in Austraila ho received two "thrown" full tosses from Isa Meckiff outside the off stump
A Good
Job In Choosing British
'Lions' Touring Rugby Team
By DEREK
JOHN
Britain's rugby selectors deserve high praise for their choice of the 30 British Lions to tour Australia, New Zealand and Canada in the forthcoming months.
They may not have produced a side capable of winning a rugby Test series in New Zealand for the first time. But they have already done the game a valuable service by cocking a timely snook at England's un'imaginative, safety-first selectors.
Chester Incident
There were two cares where umpires found themselves in situations where they felt that, if they acted, their actions would not be endorsed.
The Ars of these brvolved Frank Chester and the South African bowler Cuan McCarthy, at Nottingham in 1951.
Sitting in the pavillon before funch we noticed that Chester, at square leg, was obviously watching McCarthy bowl as it he wished to Indicato something was wrong.
that
We suspected, and it was inter confirmed, that Chester · cori- sidered McCarthy was throwing. At lunch, when Chester came of the field, he indfeated what his views were but apparently was told that it would not be diplomatic to act on them-
and he didn't.
The other incident was when
umpire Fred Price no-belled Tony Lock at the Ovai ini, 1953. It does seem that Price's” Juter career 05
umpire WIS udversely affected by the
decision he took. I thinlt his
decision was the correct one.
I feel that both thoro ineldents are basically respon- sible for the situation in which we now and ourselves,
Surrey Suspects
The term low ebb has bean used several times lately in describing the the other hand I may standard of tennis in have completely misjudged the Colony.
shall yet we need a crackerjack teader HKFA and maybe I
They have chosen three men didn't go one step further and ¦ and must be one of the tallest IL seems to be generally-ace
wing-forward find that they have started a
Peler ignore Felt Butterfield, Eng- serum-hutves in the game-a like Chariton.
frail-looking gangling almost plan of Peace through greed on every side that things Robbins, International sprinter land skipper and centre, It Dennis Viollet lays in the now
have slipped down the hill John Young and the
man of 6 11⁄2 in. dour middle then Charlton must be Pampering".
are of bit and I asked ong
of the serum-half Dickie Jeeps quite: Butterfield gets in because inside-tight with Haynes at We are living in 36 of leaders on our sporting alfalte inexplicably discarded by the there is a dearth of first-class What contrast to the short our own parish, I take the view Inside-left. We cannot afford dying"
But It attacking centres in the home and thick-set Joops. io face, the Sents without a paychologists tell us that it is if he could explain why it wax England selectors this season. wrong to spank children.... so. His reply makes interesting
countries and so doce Malcolm would be dangerous for overseas power-house attack.
time prison
Their methods reading,
absence explains hat old
the Thomas of Wales, Both are players to underestimale Cough- "The present situation" he chief weaknesses in an England men who are past their best trie. He is a clover. taculeian word misguidednna... that. sparing the roa does not in fact has not come upon us side which has falled to score but whose long-experience will with Aure:marvion.
intost suddenly. In fact it has been apoll the child, but the
to klek well a. single try mil season. It's a | be
on an arduous and the ability remedial effort of the local developing steadily for several
pity that the British selectors 33-marick tour.
under pressure. And he has a flair for doing the unexpected,
CCBX1B Billy Weight, and [rn think, will beat the
HUT FIRM THAturbe mbok antzen The attack in all the big headers and qualify for the South American tour at the ache for the selectors. Many permutations have been tried
THE
WOKER ENDS
end of the stakon,
-London Express Service).
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THAT ADVERT
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MOTHER ANY LONGER
HIM BACK TO US
SHELL START ME "DIGCHING THE GARDEN IF SHE DOES
conventions
by Barry Appleby
THAT ZEMINOS ME GEORGE ...
LATER CHEER UP GIVE
DON'T BIT THERE MOPING
WIGHT Gulpen
OF RECH GHET GEEN IT
AS SPRING'S 10 CLOSE I'LL NEED
A NEW LEKT
Cooking Problems Solved
WITH GAS
OH WILL, I STILL.
ALATE ONE BABY
TO LOCKE AEFTIOS
PARIS
valúoble
Greatest Strength
centres
Tho other Malcolm Price
(Wales)
0.10
At forward, the selectors have wisely plumbed mainly for tough, and young and heavy men, and they David Hewitt (Ireland), two have an outstanding hooker and youngsters of great promise, leader in skipper Ronnie Daw-
as yet untried in tough pon of Ireland. overseas rugby.
but
Hero I believe they have The Lions' greatest strength chosen well from the availablo, talent But when one hears of Hes on the wings where they should be well served by Peter New Zealand men like P. F. Jackson, John Young, Neil Jones, 17 stone and capable of a Brophy and Tony O'Relity:
10 secs on the 100 yds track, it is dificult to be optimistic about Young and Brophy are bath the Llums pack. Olympic-class sprinters, while
the flame-haired, handsome O'Reilly has been called the
But on this season's form 1
A Giant
best three-quarter in the world, Only at full-back can the British Lions be completely Terry Davis has sutisfied. rank Jackson for above, any emerged as a plent among full- three-quarter in the home coun backs, while deputy Ken Scot tries. His covering and tackling and can be outstanding m have been faultless; his kicking defence or is attack as an extra is highly intelligit; and he stil
has
run.
that devastating, Jinking
Surprise Choice
threequarter.
In South Africa in 1955 the British team'kicked only 13 penalty goals in 24 matches creinst 34 kicked by their Britain's strength at half-oppements. I expect a fas back is uncertain.. Fly-halves beiter record this time as they Mike English and Bev Rismen have A selection excellent have, had Umited international goal kickers in Davies, Rizminh, expertence, though Gordon Sortland, Hewitt and Thomas. Waddell, named as utility back, has had a wealth of experience in New Zealand? If they can The Lions' chances of success in, this position.
-
hold the massiya Ail Fischs Surprise choles et scrum-hall pack, I baileve. they have the
We must now make a start in
that there are some players in England about whom a decision. will have to be made this
cRBON,
Tony Lock in suspect when ha pushes Die ball through on turning wickels and Peter "throws his bouncer and his Loader,
am convinced,
slow ono.
I
But the new togahnem in the rules will have its greatest Effect in 1961, when thu Aus- traliana come here again,
Tintres the Australian
• "Ekowers," including Mackiff and Rorke, sig thefr actions, they will certainly be no-balled in this country. This would be unfortunate, particularly By Meckiff and Rorke have so much natural ability.
But the laws of cricket are
there to be obeyed—and bowlers.. must not expect to dodge them,
=-(London Express Sérolce),
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Grand National course
(about 4 miles 856 yards),
2. Tony Trabert,
3. The Quee
4. American Rugby.
5. Charles Bannerman,
Australia, 1877.''
De Fazal Mahmood,
7. "Arsenal" Seven:
6. (a) dolf, (b) Boxing (0)
Horse racing.
9. Billy Coon and
Laterza p
Roland:
is Stan Coughtrie at Scotland es potential bohind the acrum to 10 Tale, W. Pettersson
säternative to Joups.
an
Hewin, But I fear the Llong. Zained his "first dad this season battle will be lost as forward,/
Bweden wan" the:event-i
1900.
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