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· MONDAY, MAY 11, 1959.

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SOCCER ΤΟ CURE INSOMNIA

Season's Two Top Teams Hit Rockbottom With Dreary, Drab Display!

By I. M. MACTAVISH

A hot sunny early summer afternoon, a huge stadium two thirds empty, twenty two players involved in a game which is meaningless as far as the championship is con- cerned.. . put them all together and you have the ideal recipe for complete soccer drabness. Yesterday we had all the ingredients

measure.

and the result

in full

It was in fact a delightful summer afternoon more suited to The giant Hongkong sunbathing than playing football. Stadium presented a dismal picture with a few thousand spectators tucked away in the great stand at the far end, and the players of South China and Kowloon Motor Bus engaging in a match which had no significance for either side.

The game finished in a clear-

After that the club has to cu victory by alx goals to two face up to the fact that the in favour of South Ching....present line-up is just not good but oh, what the poor spectators enough to win the top prizes, had to suffer while that was I mit Is the real intention of being achieved.

Lin Kam-long equalised for the Busmen a few minutes later: The teams resumed for the second half with the score incked 41 two-all and KMB moved in- jured Law Pak out to the right- wing with Ng Tim-loy at right- back and Chow Shiu-hung at centre-forward. The switches did the side's alhing to improve cohesión.

the Businen then there inust be changes. The present side will This encounter, which should win gumes agalust weak opposi- have been one of the highlights on but I'm afraid it has had of the season, was as poor as its chance and failed at the job anything we have had to watch of winning the premier awards in the Current competition. It which the game has to Ter.

Play continued to be drab and minute was a game which will prob- Boldness in required ... yester-shless and in the oth ably be remembered - if Isday's threadbare display was a Lou Tim got his head to a shot remembered nt

for the resounding warning.

Crumbled

were

by Lak Tak-hay und diverted

fantastic number of passes that

1 Into his own goal to give went with almost unerring e-

South China a lead which they South Chlon added two more curacy to an opponent. In this respect

South China and the points to their impressive tatal hardly-deserved.but the goal the rat as far as KMB rise started ever having to Busen were just shout abite without

were concerned. Yiu Cheuk-yin good several to vall quite but it was really ve mediocrity. They staggering to sve players of this always the more solid side and who had made

and dribbles-carved his class

the ball under con- they had the forwards capable runs

chances to way through the defence twice and before trol, take ain, and then send it of turning their yards

wide of their intended | goals. In the eid their victory in three minutes

it they really knew what had hit target and right to the feet of a looked more decisive than

were frali- mor on the opposite side,,

really was for the score, was then the Busmen Icked at two-nl for a longing by nve gols to two. tine and the champions did Disillusioned Lot

'Paper Reputation

South China were well worth the win if only because they occasionally showed a spot of | forward determinations this tottering KMD side la going to require a lot of patching up if it is to cut a dish in next

Competition. Frankly, periods of sensun's the ten as proved the oldes axion in the game that among t no matter how big, do not of neersity make a winning cum- bination and while the Basme quot certainly have a healthy of alleged stars their paguer re- pulation has fur tog often been than more Impressive nuch their performances.

a

For weeks the side has tacked spirit and it seems to me the greatest problem now facing KB officials is to and a dominting personality.. player who can inspire the side to bigger things a player whu can prompt and prod this talented yet disappointing cos- lection of footballers into the frame of mind that will enable them to

true realise their potential. That is the unmediate ared.

not really get on top until the

The South China onslaught KMB defence crumbled bo- cause of a recurrence

of Law Was not yet over, however, and Pak's lajury and a knock re- in the 19th minute Ho Cheung- reived

partner Lo you pushed the champlong tatal lay his

The Busmen were up to six. Kwok-Jeung.

Yesterday the spectators mast Low runnlig on deflated tyres have had

hard job staying air gears were slipping awake for there were long and inore in one of them

out of bud run

soccer RAS. dreary and ofton

a thoroughly dis. They looked Mistakes dismal play.

were

Musioned lot and 1! Was abundant and the first one

concerned came after only two minutes Keneral relief to All

Lyttle blow to when refeter when Wal Fut-kin falled

nerciful Brial whistle, intercept a swinging cross from

For South Ching this was no Ho Cheung-you and Lee Yuk-

training good tak leapt forward to head the harder than -

session. Lee Yuk-tak had his ball home.

bast game in a long time and apart from scoring a couple of goals be laid on several fine

for his mates, chances good Ylu Cheuk-yin and Ho Cheung- you were always working with purpose and the hard tackling

HIL defence Caroline

for the too strong generally opposition.

KMB will want to forget this en pathetic performance as quickly courages thein to rare back into as they can. They had Leung Ng Tim- the attack where Lee Yuk-lak KH.... Lau Tim

of Leung Wai- ran through the KMB defence to loy...... Anshum

bung anti precious little else, put his team' ahead again.

VERDICTY This was the sort of game that makes you rate-

Switches

quality Six mitules later was restored but there was more than a suspicion of offside about the KMB attack before Lau Chi- łam swept the ball into the net. The same player almost put his side in the lead in the 17th minute but a good save by Lau Kin-cheang kept South China on level terms and even

Nominate YOUR

Hongkong Footballer

Of The Year

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

It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until May 15, 1959.

are:

The two qualifications for nomination

(T) Footballing prowess.

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.

To the Editor, China Mail,

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking Into mooount ble playing ablility and his sportsmanship on the fald of play it!

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ful for the fact that the end of reason is almorton-US Even the keenest fans couldn't Extend very much more of this stuff from the two teams who aro supposed to be the best we | have. When lust did these two teams play to only 10,000 specia tors when last were they sub- jeeled to SQ many cat-calls,

howls horse-kaunis and derision? Were these the pent- up emotions of our worst soccer mason in years?

The Teams

of

Shock Opening To Cricket Season -

The English first class cricket season opened a fortnight, ago and as tradi- tion demands the first game was played at Worcester between the touring Indian team and Worcestershire.

The day opened with a shock as Test umpire Sid Buller no-balled Worcester's opening bowler Pearson five times for throwing, obviously in response to the recent MCC directive to umpired to crack down on bowlers who bend the arm,

Nevertheless, Pearson, finished the day as Worcester's best bowler with three for 39, his victims including both the opening bats Roy and Contractor, Photo shows Pearson, first victim of the "no-throwing" campaign in action on the first day of the match-Times Photo,

SOCCER MEN PLAY MARBLES

The footballers of Hautmont, in Northern France, are holding nightly practice actions so that this month they can beat the English footballers of Hebburn- on-Tyne--at BRIDGE and MARBLES.

local soccer erkeket. thom Instruction marbles.

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In

be

bridge ond

JACK BRABHAM WINS MONACO GRAND PRIX Moss Forced To Abandon Race

Monte Carlo, May 10.

The up-and-coming Australian race driver Jack Brabham today won the Mohnco Grand Prix race at the wheel of a Cooper racer to become first leader of this year's race drivers' championships.

Only five cars finished the 100-lap Grand Prix race and British ace Stirling Moss and French champion Jean Behra were the two unlucky heroes of the day.

Dehra, at the wheel of a pla. He was

Ragn off Ferrari, went into the lead from but in the following lap engine the start and stayed there until trouble took Moss of the cir the 22nd lap when he develop-cult,

Brain

Lap Record

ed engine trouble and wag pais-

ed by

Mo, Cooper and Brabhami Two laps later the

Moss Increased his end over Brabham until he had about a ininute to spare over his nearest rival, but in the 80th lap the British champlon drew into his

French driver 'was forced to The Australian Brabham held abandon.

In clear lend at that point over the other drivers but in the following laps he was challenged by slow starting British Ferrarl driver, Tony Brooks, Brabham accelerated to ward off the danger and in the 83rd lap he officially lowered the top record by clocking one minute .40.4 seconds,

European Inter-Nations Soccer Cup

Bratislava, May 10,

The previous offelal record Mike was set up by the late Mawthorn with ono minule 40.0 seconds, but it has been beaten unomcially in trial runs yester- day and on Friday by: Moss,

down to one mintate

by Moss. Crashed

Czechoslovakin beat the Re-Behra and Brabham and finally public of Ireland 4-0 in the brought second leg of their preliminary 39.6 seconds round European Inter-Nallons Soccer Cup match hore today.

Czechoslovakla who led i-g half-time qualified on aggregate

.

Brabham succeeded in hold-

to meet Denmark in the firsting off Brook's challenge to win round proper—Reuter,

out in 2 hours; 15 minutes 51.3 seconda

TAIWAN UNIVERSAL LADIES'

SOFTBALL TEAM END H.K. TOUR WITH UNBEATEN RECORD

By OLLY VAS

The Taiwan Universal ladies' softball term decisively defeated the local champions South China AA by eight runs to one yesterday at King's Park to bring to a conclusion their five-game series without suffering a single loss.

In their games here they scored a total of over fifty runs and registered about the same number of hits against the best we had to offer, which wasn't good enough.

Blankod

Bouth

entire

L

Both sides failed to add to the with the pick-up. Olive Yum

that backfired,

France's Maurice Trintignant In a Cooper-Climax was placed third, two lengths behind the first two.

were.

Among those to abandon, apari from.

Behra and Moss, Sweden's Joachim Bonnier (BRM), Arnerican Harry Scheel (BRM) and Britain'a Roy Balavadori (Cooper-Materail).

The three formula, two racões

(her driven by Cliff Allisson rari), Bruce

Halford (Lotus) And Wolfgang Von *TTAD (Porsche) crashed together. at bend in the second lap and were forced to abandon.

Tho three drivers escaped unhurt,

AFP.

France Leads 2-0

In Davis Cup Tie Against Denmark

one. Pierre the nest singles defeating Lotter

Hautmost visits Hebburn, its English "twin-town" on Mny 22. But the English Fools! Association has banned their

With the niemory of projected soccer game

China's 2-1 victory over the score in the third frame but in and Margaret Lam his ground- visitors caplers to the infleld and on the cause the football season in 7 Kong ladies only last year the fourth the

to first base, England ends on May 8.

6th fresh in their minds the tolised on a series of errors by subsequent playe

China to match up four Kwok scored face-saving run. went about South Hautasont's

Universal team councillor, chtet

Copenhagen, May 10. the big blow coming off Peggy Wel's high ball to left- Jean Nivesse, saya "Time is their business with purpose and runs,

Chen Bih-ju, a feld ended up in the outfielder's France took a two-nil lead Lin Fung the but of too short to try to teach our determination and

double to right held glove to bring the game to a over Denmark in their second team to playte, their star pitcher, showed rousing

visit which caught the outfeld by close.

round Davi Cup tennis en So we pre calling she is the best post-war

complete

For surprise, Ahead 5-0

the winners in Fung-counter in Copenhagon today. together to get expert ing lady hurler to play here.

and her battery-matc, She had such superb control now the Universal team seemned tee

France's number catcher Shea content, to defend this lead,

Man-che, were chàt die did not walk even a

outstanding. The besneled Darmon wok in all the five

Double Play single batter

plicher gave up only four hits. match, "The Tyneside soccer team can games she pliched and the per-

In their hall of the Afth The chubby Shea amteed the Wimbledon finalist Kurt Nielsen then choose which gume they vices of reliefs Chen Bih-Ju and

China had would like to play."

a glorious spectators with her rapid-fire 10-2, 7-0, 0-4. Kwan Yick-ching. were never South

opportunity to lower the mar-chatter which upset the South

Robert Hallat won the second. But he added: In any case our needed throughout the

gin but Ellen Chan bunted, bad- } China battera no end.

France beating team will be taking boots endeties.

Chen Bih-ju, at first, snared singles for ly to pitcher Lin who relayed Jerseys with them. Perhaps

the ball to first base to com- every throw coming her way Torben Ulrich 644, B-0,4-0, 6-1. the match clandestine can stage b game at down in some secrét The Universal were blanked plete the double play as Pegay and she deserved the sustained Cirich abandoned

caught yards, off base applause that greeted her diving during the next game of the fourth set with a severe case of Tyneside field.

in the opening inning as South Wei was

leg cramp. "After all, the French get away China played light defensive on the attempted squeeze" play catch of a foul ball off the bat

of Peaty Wei in the second tur with clandestine cockfighting forbell to retire the visiors. In

Ah-ha hadh bottom half of the thing in Northern France."-- Lon-urder after su

inning ady softball,mutch don Express Service,

managed to get to arst bute practically decides the eventual ilarough a walk, but was left to nutcome and it proved no ex- cool her heels; there teplou in this case,

The near capacity crowd

Tho were groans from the gave the local side big ovation Hongkong supporters when this when Helen Lang the first bal rally was nipped in the bud by up singled sharply over the double play. Lilian Chan second to get on base. There lifted a alow fly ball to Uni- She stayed, for the next three verzal pitcher in to close the batters failed to make headway inning with South Chinn still agulaset Lin's pitching

unable to break into the rearing The Taiwan girla opened the column. scoring in the top of the second There was no scoring in the a fielder's chalce sixth and the last inning opened pozmitted Chen Billu with Universal still leading 8-0. to step over Horné plate as the It was soon 8-0 as two succes

Bochum, May 10. which

England and West Gerthany but houth China first-baseman L. lot alone win it. local defence is at sixes and elve hits and a bad fumble by chance to tie up the ball gamo

fumble and set runners | Y. Kwok let in three noch runs, covens. Two Ruccessive

A dne match and a grand drew 2-2 in an under-23 soccer only in scoring position und

By now it was obvious that advertisement for ladies' soft-international hero today.

The score was

1-1 at half- ball. The great pity is we don't some poor base-rimning by the Lin Fung-two was aiming for a

time.-Reuter, visitors spoilt what could have shut-out but L. Y. Kwok bad have thore teams like SCAX. Then we wouldn't lose by the been ut lost, two chances to other ideas. She opened South

usual proverbial mile, as has reglater some more runs. Three China's last tura al bat with à Taiwan runners were left on single to left-feld and went to been out lot these past few

second us the outfield groped years, base in this inning.

GREAT GOLF DOUBLE BY FRENCH GIRL

winner of the French girls golf

ter

SOUTH CHINA. Lau Kin-

inning on Chi-ping, Kwok chung. ' La

Yee, Lo Kom-hung, Luk Tat-hay, Lay Chung-kong, Wang chl-keung, He Cheung-you, Lee Yuk-lak, Yu Cheuk-yin, Hu

Chi-kwor

Parts, May 10. Mlle Brigitte Varangot, recent

the French championship, won women's tile at St Cloud here today, beating Mme Monique Barton two and one in the B6 and holt Anal,

KMB: Wal Fat-kim, Lo Puk, Lo Kwok-leung, Leung Kit, Lau Mlle Varangot beat Britain's Tim, Chan Chl-kong, Chow Siu Mis Tessa Ross Steen in tho bung, Lou Chi-lam, Ng Timinal of the French girls' cham- ley, Zain Kam-long, Leung Wai- plonship also at St Cloud, last kung,

mouth-Heuter.

TAE GAMBOLS

GO AND WASH, GRORGE, AND PUT ON SOME CLEAN PYJAMAS

• Barriz Anolly

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THE ROOM TIDY BEFORE TIME DOCTOR

́NG GLAVE, IM ART STRONG ENOUGH TODAY TO BEE THE DOCTORS

Able Support

Halllot was leading4-1-when- Ulrich trying to smash a ball buuldenly collapsed pain and The rest of the team lent abla was eventually carried off the support siled and at the plate. court. Halllet was then de For South China Yim Lai-clared winner of the match. sheung pitched her usual steady The doubles. will be played game, giving up eight hits to here tomorrow.-A.FF. Universal.

Olive Yuen at left showed a safe pair of outfelder's hands

The rest did their best to sich

by the tide of runs Universal but after the Ave-run splurge by the oppositien mid- way through it was quite ofear that South Chind never had d

MARIS

Soccer

Under-23

International

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

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