1959-05-02 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT GIVE FRENCH RUGBY

A Fantasy Becomes A Fact SPORTING SAM

-Across The World To Be 'Up For T'Coop'

By I. M. MACTAVISH

When you are reading this and probably thinking about the top class football fare which you can see this weekend I shall be getting ready to go from a London hotel to Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup Final.

The visit of the colourful Costa Ricans to the Colony is a sporting occasion of the greatest importance and, even in the light of my tremendous satisfaction at being able to enjoy a privileged plage at what is still far and away the world's most spectacular soccer sight, I can feel a twinge of regret that I shall not be at Sookunpoo to see our star -studded visitors in action,

The news that I was going to the Cup Final. "Who knows By-

enjoy the luxury of a thelling you might at trip to London for the Cup Final | the man on the suon got around with all the the microphone, speed which is generally asso. ciated with a good story,

It has apparently travelled wide and cables with for and invitations to Juin in various official netivities while In Lon- den have come from the mast unexpected places. The world is indeed grawing smat- ler. Distance is being gobbled up by inodern Transportation and communication methods... and both of these together are really the background to how this wonderful sporting adven- ture ever came about at all, St happened this way.

An Idea Was Born

that..." said

other side of

With the advent first of the Britonlu mnd then ther Compt tametfil dreams came n wild neuter and. neurer to realien-

ins

When rolled, the parchment is | concerned. He spoke, too, of the, encircled in a two-inch wide warm welcome that awalled ing decorated in the Italian Hongkong's driegation when it colours of red, white and green Parrived there in 1980. and the whole thing is neatly tucked away In a beautifully tooled royal blue leather tube,

The Consul General had as his guests the senior offelals of our Amateur Sports Federation and Olymple Commitire headed by the President, the Hon. Kwok

I. M. MACTAVISH

tion on behalf of the Colony.

In a short speech the Itallan Consul General outlined some- thing of the progress which is being made in Rome as far as providing suitable accommoda- ilon for the Olymple Games is

fion. Last year I thought about county of cheep fares to every | Chan, who received the invita- trying it... but certain dit-engagement....have long been fleatles arose and it had to chärägteristic of lito In the wal until a couple of months

United Kingdom and many parts of Europe. The iden hea spread ngo when review of the 1959 Cheilities showed that

to other areas of the world and. BE

as was demonstrated when the seed possible in this modern

World Cup was recently held in let nge for a Cotony resident

national who felt so disposed to nip off Sweden,

supporters to London for o big sporting willingly unvelled many thou- sands of air miles to see and cheer their country's represents- tives in action,

event.

of

|

I could be that the trip which ar privileged to make enuid touch off a new idex in sports- men's thoughts....The idea of Sporting Specials' from smaller venires like oura right to hub of some great occasion.

the

Fur fclched?.... Maybe.... De but so was my dippant sugges- tion 10 3 Bone offel-1 twe

pany of SOI greatest names in British foot-

Makes A Point

by Rog. Wootton

London Excures Service. - theless ́ make ̈ every effort to be represented in the great parade around the new Olympic Stadium in Rome In Just over o year's time.

'Our Duty'

To make that possible the In his reply the Hon, Kwok Amateur Sports Federation and Chan made one point which is Olymple Committee needs the really as much YOUR coneera help of every eporting organisa- де is his even mine...tion in the community....but "Now we must struggle to find most of all i needs the little the nccessory funds to send a bits of individual help which team to Rome...." he said.svcry one of YOU can give. Sitting round the table with him when he made that comment were Mestrs A. de O Sales, If you want any assurance as Q. R. Sadick, J. S. Lee and to whether or not your con- A. Nery, his colleagues on the tribution however small — is Olymple Commilice, and all of going to be well used let mo them must have wondered just finish by quoting another Kwok how the money was to bu Chan comment: "We may not collected....particularly if it la j to cover the expenses of a reasonable-sized team.

The Anancing of important overseas sporting expeditions is on expensive pastime. It is however a vital and necessary element in athletic progress and while our hopes of collecting gold medals must of necessity be pretty small we should never-

win many-or any-gold medals but by sending a team to Rome we are contributing some- thing to the betterment of understanding between nations then it is our intention, and our duty, to do so."

The call 10 Olympus strong....It must not unheeded for the want of the necessary dollars.

New Boy Baldry Should

Give Batting A Boost

HAMPSHIRE'S splen- didly bright play

The Bene amelals mut I disk cussed every unpect of the pro- Bet at great length. I alt made a lot of sense....and the net result is that wille

you are watching the All Hongkong During a sports broadcast on siin sloing battle with the Costa Rediffusion's Vuice of Spurteans I shall be sitting among

190,000 Inns In the

The Wembley some two years ago I d opportunity to discuss the stands the excellent com- changing face of sport and alsu examine the contribution which

ball watching Luton Town short years ago that I might last season not only took pylation hed zonde to chunges, The Interview

and Nottingham Forest enjoy-

soon be able to have a long with an offejni of Bone and the most momentous

weekend In London for the them to second place in when one remembers that to their respective Careers us they have never

the Championship; it tonk place in the days before they fight s ether the Belianin or the fought before for the most

EL is strange how In this injected a welcome shot Comot entered the For East Highly prized honour in fool modern materialistle jet age Service on

ball....The FA Cup. regular basis it

dreams do still come true, with, in the arm to county will be appreciated that vtlil

and keep your fingers very cricket as a whole. further and even more

signi-

tightly ercssed....maybe the flant changes have taken place since then.

Whe

Responsibilities

das

Cup Final....

JOHN CLARKE continues his tour of the counties with a visit to HAMP. SHIRE, shock team of last season and leading advocates of brighter cricket."

next magic carpet of sport will "And," tays Colin Ingleby-play execlly the same way this

have ticket attached for you. I hope ro. I appreciate mine.

Please believe me when I say tum not unmindful of the It was pointed out to me at extent of the privilege which that time how modern air has come my way. The magic travel facilities were making it carpet of modern travel, com-

natione, clubs und bined with the thoughtful and I had the honour earlier this possible for even individuals to mout In willing co-operation ol the sporting contests which bad many folks previously been virtually im- possible; .except at great inconvenience 45 Lif and travel.

The Boac official concerned in the interview pointed to the tre- mendous improvement in inter- national sporting standards and exploi d' how mally experi observers had given it as their opinion that air travel, having eliminated the necessity for long sen voyages or firing and tedious overland trips, had trade a most signideant contribution to these better standards and to the ever Improving world records that went with them.

Dream Came True

There was an awful to ef commonsense in that argument and I con well remember that as we were inching made the

tu whorit i owe

| responsbilities in Hongkong, venture have made possible which alust surely be the envy of countless thousands of fool- ball Cans in every

corner of

sound. the world. By pieture, and the written word have to share it with you when return.

week to be present at an Informal lunch at Mar- chiaro,* The delightful Deep Water Bay residence

Mackenzie, the amateur who led side with the zeal of an evan»

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Relist and the energy of piral-captain, *WO mean to

season--to entertain."

Too bad that people outside Hampshire excem more apprecia- tive of the team's efforts then Those inside the county.

He considers Jimmy Gray one of the best all-rounders in

Fa

the game, and will be disap- pointed if Malcolm Heath- doen not equal or improve on the 126 wickets he look lost season.

Mervyn Burden, "though he Only 4,000 have paid la to join start of the KCRBON," will come Laker at the may not look a the supporters'

club.rather on, says Ingleby-Mackenzie- fewer than pay full membership Just as Peter Sainsbury has, subscription. And Hampshire have just invested most of their ravings in a fine Indoor school

of Mr Adalberto Figarole Mactavish And at Southampton.

di Gropello, the Italian Consul General.

IL

was G very pleasant excusion and one that was

Cup Final

Snys

Nightmare

Of his own dynamic influence Ingleby-Mackenzie mys nothing.

cer only report that the dynamo does not seem to have run down during a winter that took him on a brisk MCC tour

-(London Express Service.),

secretary Desmond of South Americo | Eagar, from under the backlog 9it, I read in Thursday's of work that piled up during his

What does this wonderful telp | probably quite unique in Colony Mall that your Sports writer six menths with the MCC in prove?

Firat of all think item- phasises anee agains the fact that the pail ef football in the United Kingdom is something which no extriate Briton can resist. Maybe it groves too that the sense or problem of distance is shrinking....not only for the hopeful competitor who travels the world in search of athletic perlection but also for the 'comp icllower-the man who wants lo be present when a super- sporting specinele is being enacted.

Sporting Specials'

history for it was arranged to give the Consul General-who Incidentally proved himself a fine hest-un opportunity to present his country's offcial Invitation to Hongkong to take part in the Olymple Games at Rome in 1000,

Just For Us

The Invitation is in itself a work of art, I reveals all the traditional, Italian oppreciation of beauty.

The scroll is prepared on purchment and corries the mesa- sge of the lavitation-neze in travel continued to improve we

Italian and then in. English. It should get to the stage when

́han just enough of the individual folks in Tougkong would be "Football Specials"... or touch to make one feel that this riend wrokend in more simply in which carry, pleed of work has been made London for big occasions like loyal supporters of club Just for us.

THE

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I HAVE

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•

YOU'LL NEVER GUECE

WILAT MURIEL TOLD AG

THIS AFTERNOON

JO

"I'M MACT is off to England Australia: "We have played ell to see the 'Coop The' between this brighter cricket, yet it lea Notla Forest and Luton Town nightmare to keep going... today and also that the local

am sure there must be public will have his blow fer 50,000 people in Hampshire who blow account of what he sees would join the supporters club of and in the game. Glood, if you asked them. And of those,

One Of The Bost Ingleby-Mackenale admits the heavily on two

It is to be hoped that he does about half would probably join not get exciled during the match the club's 1-a-week football In the manner in which he does {pool"

here in Hongkong when he is | describing a football match by shouting at the top of his volco when one side is attacking near side Jean the gool, as it his life depended players fast-medium bowler upan the result and drowning Derek Shackleton and opening every word that should arrive hairman Rey Marshall.. over the aThe batting is weait ir - the |--

In fact, I've got so "ted up" | middle of the order, and to that I prefer to wait until Sun- corset the middle Dennis Baldry day's papers arrive-domfndanukshas POMERONTOL from bidding the results.

sex. "We hope he will do great NUTTY things," says Ingleby-Mackenzle.

By Barry Appleby

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A FAIR DEAL

Says DEREK · JOHN

France are International rugby champions for the first time since they entered the competition half a century ago. Following their great vic- tories against Wales, Scotland and the Spring- boks, they have become self-styled. champions of the world.

Yet

rugby greatest rugby nations should be denied membership of the International Board.

this powerful natten has no voice in the governing of the game. French- men cannot take part in the framing of laws, the settling of International disputes, or the planning of the International tours.

The exclusion of France is apparently, a "hungover" from the early 1930s, when the home unions broke off relations with

the French Federation "owing of to the unsatisfactory state At present, all these matters the game in France?"" are in the hands of the unions

At of England, Scotland, Ireland,

that time, there www Walca, Australia, New Zealand | many instances of rough, :even and South Africa - the coun- | violent, play in the Recaly-. tries which have representatives fought French Championship. Fontball Board. on the International Rugby And the home untons were particularly displeased with the They are undoubtedly very amount of **veiled pro- capablo harīdis, But it seems fessionallem" in the French iudicrous that one of the

SPORTRAIT

Boys

BILLIARDS

"Very foug, vous Johnny now do you mind replacing the billiard ball Instead of that wretched

ping pong effort?"

London Esprafy Verwien.

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. 26 miles 385 yards.

2. Goomes Carpentier,

3. (a) Cricket, (b) Swimming,

(c) Table Tennis, 4. France.

5. Aston Villa

6. 1038.

Moody.

Mrs Helen Wills

7. 140. F. R Schroeder beat

J. Drobny.

B. Bowled by Eric Hollles, O. 9. The England-Australia Test, at Old Trafford, Manchester.

10. Henry Collon and Bobby

Jones.

TRITIO.

A Great Power

So there were no international matches between France and the home countries until 1947, when it was clear that the ad ministration of Fretch rugby

had been greatly improved,

and

The

ships.

Since then, France has be- come a great power in the gamo B. worthy participant. In Infernational Champion- Yet there are still die- harda who fear that French rugby may fall back into "the bod old ways" of the 1930s.

Bul

I say that France de- serves greater trust. She has made valuable contributions to the game on the rugby fold. She deserVICE a place at the conférence table.

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