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Chinese Beat Thais 1-0 In Soccer Here

The Combined Chineso "Blue" team were lucky to beat the Thai Olympic team in a soccer match at Boundary Street yesterday. The score was 1-0, but a draw would have been a better indication of the run of play.

The Hongkong team, playing below form, scored a question- utile goal early in the fire half.

Alan Moss Kwok Yau appeared to be off-

Named To MCC Team

London, Sept. 21. Alan Moss, Middlesex fast bowler, was named by the MCC hore today as the additional player for this winter's cricket tour of the West Indies.

side when he wored the goal from close range.

STAMINA

The Thals, inferior to the Hongkong team in ball control and teamwork, made this up by. stamina. Outplayed in the first half, the visitors, fresher than their opponents, did most of the second half. attacking in the However, they lost chances to score by fully ball control.

The That team will play the Combined Chinese "Raxi" termi LomarTOW it 120 Kangkung Stadium uixier in the touring | Football Club

His selection brings the num.

ber of players

arty to 15. The other 14 were floodlights, beginning at Harned last month,

The M.C.C. said last month that they might add two 19st bowlers to the players alrendy announced. Today's announce- ment revealed that they bad decided to mit the party to 15.

Mass, who is 38, toured the West Indies with the 1953- 54 Team and played In the first text. This season, hy despite being troubled injury, he took 96 wickets at 18.70 runs apiece-Reuter.

'Vogel' Enters

U.S. Classic

Laurel,

Maryland, Sept. 21,

"Vogel,"

un

p

8.30

BRITISH FOOTBALL RESULTS

London, Sept. 21.- Football results were:

League 1

1 Everton

Bristol

Lischber

1

League 2

2 Charlton

League 3

3 Marsafleid

Barley

Girimaby

Pulchester Coventry Pert Vale Southend U

Yurk City

Aldershot

Australian Stockport horse now owned by Roy Faircloth of Johnson City, Tennessee, today became the fifth official starter |

for the Nov. 11 running of the $100,000 (£35,700) Washington D.C. Inter- national.

originally Faircloth

hoped to be represented in the mille: and three-shxternth classic by "Sharpsburg" but Ar injury took "Sharpsburg ru of training. He later died.

Faircloth flew to Austral secting a replacement and after "Vote!"

the Gruigle stakes in Sydney, he purchased the horse.

won

America's top representative

0 Queen's Park

Bradford

League 4

3 Gateshead

• Torquay

-UPI.

THE CHINA MAIL,

BOWLS CHAMPION

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER – 22, 1959.

George Souza (left) of Craigengower Cricket Club, won the Hongkong singles lawn bowls championship when he bent M.B. Hassan 22-19 in the final on Saturday. The two are shown in picture.— China Mall Photo,

GODFREY THE

GREAT QUITS CRICKET

4 By FRANK ROSTRON

WORLD SPORT SURVEY

Stadium SPORTS SPECTRUM

Santiago Is Expanded For The World Series

By 'ALL ROUNDER'

London. CHANGE OF FORTUNE. During the summer Harry Evans was "sacked" by Aldershot where he had been manager and general factotum to one of the poorest League clubs. Now he is assistant manager and coach to one of the richest --- Tottenham Hotspur. Mr Evans met with little success at Aldershot, but then he had no money at his disposal. EUROPEAN CUP ATTEND- | |man be'ag out before a ball has ANCES. More than 2,000,000 boèn bowled? Colin Cowdrey people watched the 54 matcher tells the story Jack Hobbs and opened in A of the European Cup compeli- Herbert Sutchle tion last season—an average of match in India Always after nearly 40,000 a match, Non quick single, Hebbs patted the wonder Manchester United and first delivery to mid-on and Wolves, ns League champions, called for a run, A rapid re-

ay it is a money-spinner.

turn ran out Sutcliffe, but it WELL PAID PLAYERS, Boca was a no-ball. I did not count Juniors in the Argentine pay in the art over, but Sutcliffe nach of their players 1

was back in the pavilion! bunus of £20 per polit wolt and HE GOT AROUND. Brian £10 for every goal scored more Green, during his six seasona than the opposition. Thus when with Rochdale, played by every Boca beat River Plate 5-1 ench position except goal and centre- man received £80 In addition to halt, But he did play centre- his wage and they pre astro-half for the reserves. Now he

is Southport's centre-forward,

NOT DEAR OLD PALS.

NEW ZEALAND'S WORKLY.

London. Farewell, Godfrey Evans. 'England's greatest

wicketkeeper of his and perhaps any, genera-nomical. tion, announced his surprise retirement from big cricket the other night-at 39. Surprise because, although because of his brilliant batting. now increasing in weight and but I can't understand the considered by muny Australians; choice of Andrew at the age of to be past his peak. Godfrey 28, after he has talked of quit-

ting cricket,"

0

still among the world's top six 'keepers.

D

Wolves Made Favourites

weli.

And Surprise too beenuse, althauth

Evans sald the or A, R. Brown, bitterly disappointed at his

night; " would gladly have onission from

guise to West Indies had I been i M.C.C.'s Wist Indies touring team, his

chosen, but obviously my Test! malu

career is over end I had bolter i ambition was to play in

concentrate

business my CHITOUT."

nine

troca

was

2 more Tests to bring his

, 2010

Surprise too because he due for a second benet with Kent in 1001. The Arst raised £5,249.

London, Sept. 21. Wolverhampton

Wanderers, the English League champions, WITE made favourites for this Football Association

yeur'a

Challenge Cup at the first callover on the competition here today. They were quoted at 10-2 against.

Tottenham Hotspur followed 100-9. Manchester United, Arsoul and West Bromwich were grouped un 100-7.

Nottingham Forest, the hol-

is expected to be "Round Table." | ders, were quoted at 20-1 -UPI.

Ruster.

Evans missed four Tests last winter, two in Australia and Iwo in New Zealand, because of « broken Anger. He was TU

placed by Surrey's 25-year-old Roy Swetman.

This year. when Evans was dropped, the

England seleelers announced it was merely to give younger men a trial.

DISAPPOINTED

The laference was that God- frey would still be one of the two 'keepers seat to the West Indies.

But when Swetman and Keith Andrew (Northants) were pre- ferred to him, Godfrey wns kuri, He said:

"I could have understood this if Jim Parks had been chosen

live

Many New Zealand footballers Jimmy Mulkurin was transfer are moving to Australia to join red from Accrington to Tran- the profesional cluba

mere only two days before the there

League, but Five of New Zealand's recent clubs net in the International eleven have made he "made" three of the the trip. Former Chelsea capools against his old colleagues. INTER-SERVICEK SOCCER. tein Ken Armstrong is a success Matches in

the Inter-Services as chief national coach in New

Soccer

next Championship Zealand, and London

referve, a dol Royal

March will be played as follows: Nuvy versus RAF at Reading Army v Royal Navy at IS TINS A RECORD? Wiener Aldershot;

Army v RAF at Sportklub (Vienna)

became Wolverhampton. Austrian League champions for

EUROPEAN CUP PAIRINGS. the second successive year, and

former Black- Bill Gormlie, have gone 30 matches without bura Rovers' goalteeper, will Evans is associated in bus) defent.

have a particular Interest in the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ness enterprises with former.

the Found of Preliminary Middlesex caplan, B VENUE. The National Stadium European Cup

competition for Edrich, Just-retired England In Santiago has had its accom- his Anderlecht Club (Brussels), spinner Jim Laker-and in a ¦ modaison, increased from 00,000 which he has coached for many Jewellery business.

to 100,000 for the World series years, plays Glasgow Hangers. in Chile In 1902. Osorno, 60 On the same miles south of the cupital, wapte bacts, Wolves

on

TIK

home and away Cricket loves a wicketkeeper

Vorwarts meet whose nerobatics alone were a stage some of Germany's (East Berlin), Linfield (Nor- show, a swashbuckling bats matches there; forty per cent of thern

play Ireland)

IFK, Arxi mat, und un effervescent, jovial] Osorno's population is German, Gothenborg

(Sweden) peatonality who often diepelled. the

OUT BEFORE THE START.Shamrock Rovers, of Eire, are #doom it! England's 11.ve you ever heard of a bats-against OGC (NICE). |drusing-room

>

MAURICE TREMLETT, 36- year-old skipper of Somerset has past four years, for the been sacked from the captaincy. because, say the county com- mitzee, he did not bring the young players into the games enough."

Wicketkeeper Harold Stephen- son will be offered the job.

-(London Express Service).

Charnley Must Improve His

Punch For World Title

London,

The road is now clear for

By ARCHIE QUICK

Dave Charnley to have bis fight with Joe Brown for in the American Negro's Charnley world lightweight cham- finishing the affair. plonship. The contest will ulmost

touble carly in the bout. |

took a long time

certainly

The surprise of the Streatham third protes- in evening was the

slonal defeat of Terry Spinks, Olying cold medallist. His conqueror wos Derry Treanor, of

the Eire, and

boy from Dublin now resident In Lon- don-was clearly a polnis win- дот,

Charnley does not seem to his weight like be punching

ho met Peter be did when Waterman, and he will be in difficulties galust tillo-holder does not Joe Brown if he possess a damaging panch in Houston,

SURPRISE DEFEAT

The defeat hus dimmed Spinks' prospects of lifting the featherweight championship from Bobby Net.

་་

Fight

Streatham show through pneu monia, to fight a final elimina- tor. Not that Charnley will be available before the Now Year.

Sports Diary

Baseball

BRAVES DOWN PIRATES,

NOW SHARE LEAD IN NL WITH DODGERS

Pittsburgh, Sept. 21.

The Milwaukee Braves went into a tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League lead tonight with an 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Southpow Warren Spalun, Two brawis followed in sue- with roller help in the ninth, cession with the Pirates al but picked up the victory to become in the fourth inning, with short- Felix Montilla of the à 20-game winner for the 10th slop

Ho nddixi Droves involved

both in- time in his career. more polish, to his performance stances.

Dick Sturri, racing to second by tying the National League carcer record for inest games buse when Don Hook's grounder won by n southpaw established took a bad hop for a single, Time by Eppa Rixey with 260, Rikey, collide with ManLK. whose career with Philadelphia was called when Pirate Manafor net Cincinnati spanned from Danny Murtaugh protested that 1912 to 1933, excluding the year Stuart should have been 'allowed 1910, lost 251 games. Spahn, third base because of inter- who made good on his third try ference. for victory No. 20, has lost 172 But then ManUlla and

Stuart traded punches during his

surpluss career to

and

BOOT were Hixey percentage-wise.

surrounded by players from both teams who stormed out of the dugouts. The combatants rolled on the ground but finally order waa restored tromantüelly, However, Pirate each San Narron charged onto the Aeld 2 FIGHTS

after Mantilla and again the near-riot was repealed with Mathews smashed loser Bolt players streaming back onto Friend's offering over the roof the field. But the umpires re- of the right field stands, a feat gained control and the game accomplisherl unly by five players previously Including elected. Babe Ruth, Pirates Ted Beari and Bob Skluser, Wally Moon and Mickey Mantle in an ex- hibitios. game.

TO-DAY

Diving Colony Fancy Diving Champlon- ships, Victoria Park Pool, 0.30 p.m.

Itacing Entries close for Firel Race Meet Ing. noon.

Boccer OMeial dimer in honour of tivo

Olympic Thalland

sogoer

team SCAR pavilioEL,

1.2. Tepala Colony Ladle Doubles Anal at Forbes Field,

take place amid the oil-wells of Houston, deep in the heart of Texas. I expect it to take place just before Christmas, and Charnley, so recently of the Royal Engineers, will receive

Els manager, Arthur Boggis, Another shock was the points about £5,000 and liberni

defeat administered to Southern hopes 10 give Clamity, a training expenses for his warming-up fight, most likely Area lightweight champlon Dava party from a group of against a welterweight, before Stone by Spike McCormacit, of Texan businessmen,

the. Big Night, and he is to ask Belfast. Stone, former Army, LRC, 6:30 p.m. -

Imperial Services and European two of the leading exponents in Dave overcame an awkward the United States, world welter. champion, has his sights set on Don Jordan Charnicy's crown, and this beat- obstacle when he stopped Bel-weight champion

In eight and Johnny Gonsalez, to assisting scis him back. fast'a Jianary" Brown

After all, he has not yet got rounds in a one-sided contest at with Charnicy's training. Some- Streatham Ice Rink, but the how, I cannot see a world cham into the climinating series and vital spark sponta to have gono plon consenting to become from Brown these days, and, sparring partner! Charnley has quite frankly, after having him beaten both of them.

THE GAMBOLS

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ON THE BAMÉ OČKLED

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TO-MORROW Swimming

Bocery

Bt John Ambulauice Brigade anus cala. Victoria Pool, 7.30 p.m.

Thalland Olymple Tean v Com- bined Chinese Red, HKFC. Badiunt, athene may be oppiicallons try 8.30 p.m. Badminton

Treanor and Barney Boale, who hast

Badminton Executive Lo withdraw from the Mödling. Si George's. Illdg.

Lie Barry Appleb

Į THE SCALES

HAVE DESAL REFRANZED,

Communities

Eddie Mathews drove in 'Ave | Bravec' runs with his 42nd and 43rd homers of the year. Hüs Best creat blow came in the fth inning with two men on and was a rare achievement at

AIR-INDIA

APTS---draámh of a worță for which clicht is good enough"

was

résumed with no one

The Pirates then tied the Kore af 2-2 Mazeroski dngled home Stuart. when Bill

FUMING

But the twin fights ignited the Braves' determination. Man- tilin, still fuming, opened the aft with a single but was forced by Spahn. Al Spangler, batting for Bill Bruton, who left the game with an Injured foot, singled. Then Mathews fol lowed with his tremendous blogi,

B. E JANT

Mr Wong looked, unusually glum as he sat at the end of the bar. He had a large pile of news- papers in front of him and it was obvious to even the most casual observer that he had been giving the sports pages a pretty thorough going over.

It

Was hot and humid Dulalde and stil the alreonditioned atmosphere in' the club did; very Kila ́lowards keeping Mr Wong cool. It was inner, and not outer, heat that wan worryng him at the moment. "Olve me a long well chilled beer,” he called to the No. 1 Boy. While Wong awaited the delivery of his order, Big John came into the bar in company with an athlelle-looking gentleman who seemed to be in particularly good splzīts,

As soon as the format introductions were over and Blr John had praviited for the liquid needs of both his companion and himself. he turned to. Mr Wong, and with an raky smile. Look up the threads of the conversation.

PREFERENCE

"You seem to have just about all the cares of the world on your ahoulders this hot and sticky day so let me cheer you up by telling you that I've just seen one of our biggest travel archis set back on his heels by our friends here. We dropped in to the office to fix up his departure. We got general efficiency of a the usual long story about the parucular airline and we heard a typical recital of the I'm afraid my advantages to be enjoyed by travel on IL. sporty friend rather altook the gentleman by commenting *ir picture of the relevant that he would prefer to see a hoster than worry about the technical merits of the line itself."

Big John chuckled away to himself at the memory of the incident but his mirth subsided when he realised that the story hadn't shifted the misery from Wong's cloudy countenance, "Alright come on, out with I." ho commanded in harder tones,

*what L this time? Another domenile upheaval? I'

the sure your fiddle-like face cannot be due entirely to fact that You Cheuk-yin has gone from South China Tung Wah."

10

Mr Wong turned over the pages of the newspapers in front of him, took a long draw at his beer, and almost blew a rasket as he grabbed the chance to let off steam,

"As you know, John, I've been more than just a little interested In Colony sport for a long, long time, I've now come to the nad conclusion that has never been at such a low .and from that observa- ebb as it is at the present time. tion I except only lawn bowls in general and the star- spangled Souras in particular. There isn't another single sport where we deserve better than fifth rate ranking and low In some of our activities we don't merit even that assessment of out capabilities.

NO CHANCE

"Talking internationally we have not at this moment a tennis player, table tennis player, badminton player, footballer, boxer, swimmer, athlete or golfer who would be given a reputation ghost of a chance in achieving waything of a outside of Hongkong eller now or in the immediate future. some -Ob, I know we have a few veterans who have kad

measure of succes said I appreciate too that there are number of performers, footballers in particular, who brok .but don't In a certain amount of purely local limelight.. forget what happened to these poor distilusloned characters when Blackpool turned on the heat Just over a year ago." "I told poor old Lau Yee had a particularly soul-destroying experience against Stanley, Matthews," Big John com- mented as Mr Wong look time out for a drink. "That's the truest words you've

replied ever spoken.” Wong, as he resumed his sporting review, "and to be quite honest I don't believe he's ever been quite the same player xlace. But personalliles apart and we have few enough of these the important thing seems to be the necessity for retung Hongkong sport in general back onto the ralis,"

The parent solutions doing about it? "But what art our

answer, I'm afraid, Is 'not very much. The HKFA which is far and away the wealthiest sporting organisation In the Colony has no progressive coaching policy or even plans and certainly the big clubs are so busy trying to make sure that they are the best turnstile clickers in the community that they simply have no inc for such fiddling lttle fanda- mentals as preparing promising young players for the future. They en to belleve that all they have to do when the time arises for a vital repincement to be obtained for their team is to go out and pinch a player from someone else. That's why we

1959 were the worst team in the Merdeka tournament and why the Talwan lesɛfrom Hongkong, of conrie-which recently played a double- header against Thailand was reported to be the poorest Chinese representative side seen in sollon in ten years, "For. different reasons of course the situation is much the same to other sports. The old stalwarts have kept the various games at a respectable level for a number of years longer than should fairly have been expected of them bul that they are deciding to call is a day there are no youngsters capable of alepping into their shoes.

SAD POSITION.

now

"It's a sad and disappointing position for the Colony to be in at the present me. We now hava, several first class arenas! an excellent swimming pool that complies with the highest international standards and now there is a strong move afout to build a grand ladoor stadium,

"We have achieved so much yet so little Just at a time in our development when we should be seriously considering the postbillies of ataxing a great International meeting, like the Asian Games for example, we find that we haven't got even a handful of local sportsmen who would stand com- parison with the teams other Far Eastern communities could enter. Boy, bring me another beer. All this talking is dry business.”*

While the trio walted for the drinks to be served, John's visitor

took up the issue.

"Really. Mr Wong, you surprise me. Semehow I always thought of, Hongkong as a sporting paradiso and to hear you two talk Uke this rather puts me off my stroke,

"It seems to me Hongkong should be able to do much better than you are at the moment. I must admit that when was in Malaya Just over a week ago the folks tliere, mezo saying some very uncomplimentary things about both the play and conduct of your footballers, and, I also gathered that the badminton indies you sent'down to play in the Über Cup didn't exactly, set the court on fire, so I suppose you'll all have to resign yourselves to a long fight back, to top

class."

At that moment the telephone rang and the Caplain signalled to

Air Wonk who excused himself to lake the call

THE SOUZAS

to put the Braves in front to After a brief oɑnversation he dashed buck lo the bár, gulped down

stay.

After Malhows belled a two-

his boor and, sitnost, withosis, yaplatiation made ready to bo off.

run homer in the ninth inning. | «Hey, what's the paule” oled pig John.

{The. Pirates chased Spain, with ibuye successive hits. Don Mc- Mahon come

on in reller and was greeted by Bob Clemento's angle that drove in the second rim of the inning. Dile Groat, who doubled home binchhitter Dick Schoeld, scored after Smokey Burgmine: 2ller3; cit But..Mahon tapod Hoak to and the threat and time

He didn't get a chance to finlab hís quéation before Mr Wong

shouled over blà shoulder na be made for the door. "It's theme - bowling · Bossza again. That was tho' missus on-the phone. Since Irene and George pulled off their astonishing double singles vistory-If you get what I mean-ike missus has insisted that “T-bave--ette-hour rollup with her, every evening in preparation for next season. What a life," Big John's visitor' kursi Info imeru of, Installer, na Mt, Wang Che-"-

appeared. "Sport" Ii, Hongkoda. Is" indeed a 14′′jadatio problem,' he called between his load poils of laughtárgy