1959-08-22 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Here's A Fine Chance To Say "Thank You

If, as the old axiom goes, one good turn deserves another, what,

may I ask, is the duo reward for countless helping hands?

I am prompted to ask that question this week because I feel it

is one the Hongkong sporting public can answer very effec fively in the near future.

Next year the Army Physical Training Corps will celebrate its centenary. The heart of the celebrations will be at Alder- shot but in every corner of the world where the British Army is serving today there will no doubt be some suitable event to mark the occasion.

A hundred up. What a fine) record that Is! The APTC may be comparatively young. 能感 millary historical records KU but in its short life it has been built up into an organisation of tremendmas virilly, versatility, aand viriue, It

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around the sports Gelda

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big occasions: who stage man- boxing age swimming telas, shows, fencing matches, and athletic meetings with ag ap- stare Darenity inexhaustible

proud Corps: proud of Ogured prominently in

kitttering. collretive

and anxi

of the

indilvklual nchievements proud of its history, but above all is proud of the vital con. tribution it has made and making to the efficiency melern British Army in an are when the mechanles of war put an over increasing strain on the human frame.

the In the basis of

the Army

Physical 01

Corps but it in the

That

work Training manner of developing 'the healthy mind in the healthy body tat Кая

won the

respect of all, who have come

in contact with its members. Yet that is only part of the

glory, It may represent the grind in the Corps' endeavoura but the ll surely to be

In the unscl4sh found

CON- tribution which the APTC makes to the affairs of

every

community where duty requires

it to work,

Superb

tas

I have, in the years gone by, had the pleasure of co-opera- ing with the musclemen' many parts of the world und in many different activities. As advisers and organisers they were always willing and highly competent beat as 'doers'

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things or us people who gat things done, they were superb.

of bull Energy and knowledge, Many of the members have active competion and the Colony re- cord books are liberally sprink led with tributes to their sue- eeties. Olliers have gained re- cognition us competent reforces, expert coaches, industrious

MACTAVISH AND

THE HKAAA

In my article of August 8 regarding remarks made at the annual general meet- ing of the Amateur Sparis Federation

Olymplo

Committee of Hongkong I mude the comment "One cun only wonder if the NIKAAA would kavo shown the same anxiety lo disclaim one of its number

even if he was not eur- rently their official repre- sentative what he had suld had been praiseworthy Instead of the irresponsible ulterance we now know it to be."

I have now been inform-

ed that the HKAAA would have taken the same cœurse nu mutter what had bren MAIL and I am pleased to Lo ablo to

pass this Information on to the sporting public.

I. M. MacTAVISH.

In my year in Hongkong t

trainers and sagacious managers

have had a particularly intimate

By

SPORTING SAM

IN FOOTBALL

SEASON TICKETS

STATUS SC

by Reg. Wootton

the

con-

London Express Service While this particular expert) Hongkongito who wan present almost complete committes of

residents of lares

of permanent Roger Bannister asked for la, copy, of some ylews in principle ho belloves the notco so that I could have Colony.

This is a step in the right there may have to be some them. Such progressivo think- courageous revision of ao-Fing the speaker revealed direction but the grand

tribution which transient Dépted ideas on how world makes you think, doesn't it?

Strvices referees have, made to class athletes are set against

Hengkong football can never bo each other and, if you con-

overrated. They have done a sider that some of his sugges ziona are tiltra· futuristle or

une job both in a practical sense and in the committee, foon,

I. M. MACTAVISH

reward and I am reminded in

what I heard ]. passing of during a meedar which -I attended at The Army School of Physical Training ส Aldershol some years RED. "For you it is a case of work, work, and more work and your main satisfaction .must eine from the fact that you are per-

and sonally it enough

com- petent enough to go on making others fitter than they have ever been in their lives."

Boxing Show

far fetched you are getting‹ the right idea for that is exactly the sillade of mind which he set out to create. "We have come to the Umo In the progress of record break-

when we ing

may have revise our whole thinking on the subjrcl" was his opening comment,

to

He continued, "Unless we do just that we shall get to the point where a whole group of athletes will theoretically, at least arrive at the finishing Eine together. This is a distinct possibility In the shorter events. On September 12 the Army in the sprints, and it could give Physical Training Corps is 1150 to the development of u Binging an all-star boxing show "nishing technique" which may to provide Hongkong's contribu- not be quite in the true spirít tion to the

Centenary Fund. of foot-racing'. Originally It was planned

"Recently there has been an i hold the boxing in the new Tele increase in the number of sprin vision Studio of Rediffusion butters

who have resorted now the venue has been shifted throwing themselves at the tape to the Missions to Seamen in and if curried further we could order to provide

increased come the time when com- for those who petilors actually leaped or spectator space will wish to be present,

jang-jumped the last slage

to

to

Many of the avalable at a race. We may yet have to Neals have already been it round the table with inter- booked but there are a Rum- national experts and devise D fn restrye for those means of keeping racing withla members of the public who its original conception".

ber

this

thank Unusual Suggestion

like to take would Opportunity lợ say you' to the members of the Army Payxlcat Tralaing Corps ¦ for all their willing com munily service dawn through the years. Full particulars of the pro- |

trom Captain

the

Finally, congratulations to the Hongkong Football

Now our local, referees have Referees Association for

chance to show that they are Its steady, move towards fully capable of taking over -"homo rule.

their own aciministration....but

In order to ensure silli greater they, and the football, public, continuity of control the Annual will always welcome the General Meeting of the Associa-practical field contribution of

on has voted Trib office on The Services referees.

Warwick Wants

Edgbaston Chosen As One Of Test Match Grounds

An all-out effort is to be made by the Warwickshire County Cricket Club to get its headquarters ground at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on to the Test rota.

"We

consider that we have an enclosure better than any other in the world, with the possible excep- tion of Lord's," said Mr Leslie Deakins, the Secretary, "and I give Lord's preference only because of the atmosphere and tradition."

This progressive administrator, | who has been the prime mover in bringing Edgbaston up-to-

mate, went on: The Melbourne

three of his players will forco their way into the England Leam in a year or two.

Bannister, Cart- Thompson,

look at what they have done, of sporls teams and, of course, gramme and arrangements cm one of the most popular of all Headingly, I consider that we named Bridge.

are still doing, And in fact almost every day of the year.

To many in the elvilian community the Instructors of the A.P.T.C.

thode fomillar And immaculate figures who are seen buzzlar

ATC

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. Tommy Burns.

2. J. W. . T. Douxins in 1908. 3. Roger Bannister heat John: Landy in the 1954 Brill Empire Garies Ara Van couver, Conuda,

4. False. Britain Won

at

Forest Hills, New York, in 1025.

5. George Showell,

0. Roy Swetman.

7. (a) Austin, (b) Tyron, (e)

Piric.

0. Max Schmeling, John Henry Lewis, Juck Roper, Budly Bear, Tamt Mauriello.

9. Nandor Hidegkuti, centre-

forward.

10. (a) Athlettes, (b) tugby

Union (e) Cricket,

THE

WEEKEND

the senior officials of the Corps he hat

in Hongkong have always Hiven Murdoch-Muirhead, the DOPT, generous support to the governat Land Forces Headquarters. ing associations of sports in the His teleplione number in 34121 Ex, 100 and be will be pleased Colony.

to help intending spectators, Their Contributions

*These Fire achievements.

the

the

spectacular They are eye-catching contributions which the APTC seems to make to our community almost as a malter of routine but individunt mem- bers also make other contribu- tions of the greatest value, which Ket little pablletty. but carn them great respect,

Ja Teent years .I have watched instructors working under privileged among the children and bringing great happiness to their drab lives: 1

The show, which is being staged in cloce association with Rediffusion, will be televised.

Here indeed is your chance to prove the truth of the saying one good turn deserves another.

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hiy address speaker made this most unusual suggestion regarding the staging of the Mile.

"Tile has nowadays become

both with A track events.

pelitors and spectators alike.

"Milera have now reached such a peak of clitetency that tactles are once again begin ning to play an ever greater -part and, as was clearly de- 1be monstrated, recently at While City, thines are actually getting slower in normal races. "Runners have gone back to

Mr Deakins is quite correct the old practice of running against each other rather than The other provincial English ngainst the clock. It times are grounds are out-moded compared with Edgbaston. Here they have to go on improving, or at least

a ground surface bigger than if we are to encourage runners

breaking any of the others, and nothing to strive for record efforts rather than just beating has been forgotten in catering There is a fine their opponents, we may have for the public. to do something revolutionary, big restaurant, with an excellent "One suggestion which has service, bars, enterta been made to me is that racer ground completely circled with of 449 yarly and more should righ terracing and plenty

on track which scals, both in the open he staged measure exactly 440 yards in a under cover. single complete top. The next Yet, such is the iron-barrod the diehard MCC I have been privileged to re- lep may be to make the 440, strength of

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"The body knows no absolute limits, Records will be broken as long as athletes race against one another.

These words were written by Ruger Bannister who won his uwn place in sporting history as the list miler to break the four-minute barrier.

recall at least two others whose work among crippled children was watched with admiration by welfare olicials the blind children, too, have enjoyed the altention of the Army's experts dinner speech which was made în diness, while the Boy Scouts, to a private house parly in the Girl Guides, and a host of London recently. The speaker other similar urganisations was a prominent Brilish sport- would offer whiling testimony to Ing personality who has in re- the excellent work which the cent years devoted much of his Corps han dene on their behalf. time to physiological research In spite of all these things and, as he puts it himself, to the Corps has never craved the commonsense mechanics of Chm limelight

sought record breaking.

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Mke Smith, the Club's rtin- Lungry caplain, who, at the time of writing was only a hundred runs short of his 2- 000, "feels karo' that two or

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