1959-10-03 — Page 17

THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Should The HKFA Hold Its Meetings In Private?

Should the Press be excluded from all official meetings of the

Hongkong Football Association?

That may seem a strange question to raise at this time but it is a subject which is allegedly being given a lot of thought in many places at present.

There is apparently an ever growing school of thought that all meetings of the HKFA should be held in private and that an official press release should be issued after the business of the meeting has been concluded.

The Iden La nither original por new ant wille rome propis certainly will not like It there pcem no suggestion that it is a move to interfere in any way with the freedom of the press,

The feeling appears to be that under the present arrange- ment whereby important-ond bitterly controversial...

even

matters are discussed in what

By

I. M. MACTAVISH

With these points in mind!

is virtually open forum there there is a growing desire for! must be times when members greater of council and committee with-and

hold pertinent views because circulating at the they do not want to be quotest definite move

in the prese.

privacy "at meetings | accontling to storice moment 0 soor De made to exclude the Press from official

the gatherings until business of the evening has

been transacted and

.on it of proved statement

You may SAY that such circumstances are the uflemiant hazards of accepting a seat on the council but there are course equally strong counter arguments.

Growing Desire

Newspapers simply do noi have the

space to report EVERYTHING which la mald and done

meeting of and several hours duration quite naturally sports writers seek the *Juley' mortels on

which

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1 Cricket.

2 Gottfried von Cramm.

3 Hockey. The country: India,

4 Hop, stop and jump.

5 Baseball.

€ Bowls.

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seven.

THE

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With this subject oral

The little clubs can now go Into their encounters with the elite, confident in the know- ledge that name and reputation never win anything, and that, nowadays, the wide gulf be- tween the top and the bottom of the Arst vision is no and uncon- longer a wide querable as it was even as re- cently as a year ago.

Drop In Standard

The simple truth is that there has been on

overall drop in rehern) standard. For example The side that

Breaststroke Champion Gets Her Reward

Among the nine records established on Thursday during the first day's finals of the Colony Open Swimming championships was the 1 minute 37.2 seconds metres women's Jualor 100 turned in by Margaret Chan Sin-yee in the breaststroke event. Photo shows Margaret receiving her winner's medal from Mr Ed. Da Roza after the race, with Mr A. De O. Sales, Chairman of the HKASA looking on. Second was Chow Lai-wah (left) and third, Yuen Shiu-sum (right). -China Mail Photo.

dvelded shortage of

roccer tame: they lacked punch, spirit intelligence', Craft, skill, and and understanding and on this split second thinking are the form they-loolad to be in real viini essentials of a succcestui į trouble. forward line and the Ingredients were not too successfully mixed: last weekend.

The big question, of course, is what to do about it?

Th

Some folks have acclaimed Kitchee's nine gopis as a reliablo vmple of their potential power

achievements.

nt least--the deliberation stage Es far og individual members nre Conterned it is interesting

turned out Au Chi-yin Rumours and fuume 10 recall that when QU

South China's colours Inst important personage was

Ap-

Sunday must have brought o proached to stand for high

blush to the face of many of office in the association some their long-term oficials who Years ago he made it a coridi-have basked for so long in the tion of acceptance Bhat the achievonenia cf brilliant Press would be excluded from elevens. The ragged, unlalled, el! meetings. Tho condition hit-and-miat stuff the cham- was apparently not acceptable piens producod £gainst

Polioc surely hit an low for the Caroline Hill outfit. A certain amount of credit for this must of course go to the Police but even that could not mask the shortcomings of South China team.

don't agree. The opposition was no poor that the final score was no more than an indication of the difference between a Leam with place is rife rumoury concerning the future with lis tail up and a bunch of diallusioned youngsters of Au Chi-in who to my mind:dly istili the best napper-up of many of whom were right out

The of their class. the chances in the business. all-time gossip-mongers have it that he has firribod with the game

&t that timKX

No Complaints Now it would seem that some folks are having second thoughia about it and maybe they are be- inding to wonder if they made the right decision after all,

For SCHONE revolved round

the

completely; that he is out of favour with the Police team officials and the players; that if

has the side the wiles

ot all it will be for ho plays some other team, I don't be- lieve a word of any of them.!, Au Chi-yin loves his football. and He's too good a player to be out nimble brain of Thu Cheuk-yil of the Umelight and judging by Provided the press is given Fund now that he is no longer last Sunday's, efforts the Police adequate, trank and informs in the line-up it is rather sur-could do with his experience tive releases after meetings prising to find such an astute and his abillly in the forwart there could surely be no organisation as South China ne. Ineling complaint.

There still trying to play exactly the might of course be some some old game without him. Initial disappointment and This is football fully of the even hostility at loss of privf highest order. There will have lege but if thể lKFA did to be sweeping changes in good public relations Job that tactics. Awould soun abate.

I

.Kitchen did little to suggest that they are a great team. They did a competent enough Job of running up a big score mainly because their two wing halves could wander upfrid

at will and because Aing Tao

pathetically WERK were centrehalf.

Test For Kitchee

Al

of Kwong Wah and the Army

and I was most impres

ed with the general fitness, con- duct and playing plan of the roldiers. They used to say in the United Kingdom that if you

the roa wanted to know strength of a club you should go and see their reserve team in action.

rdłabio If that is in fact o

then the indication of strength Army look well set for a good SCOOT There are certainly one or two players among the ones saw who will be fighting for a first term place very soon.

As a 'talo-wagger' this week

I offer, without comment, the Football Association's editorial in the Intest Issue of 'FA News'.

The editorial states:- "There is a danger that some administrators can easily come to believe that because of their This weekend will give us work and knowledge and ex- much better indication of Kit-perience in administration, they everything That that raust have been as chee's real strength for what- know best, prici obvious to the astute Police ever the circumstances they will mould be done their way with- officials as it was to me and I and South Chim a very different | out criticism.

for edministra- forecast

without

"It is well the kettle of fish from the founder- benefit of any inside informa- | Ing youngsters they over- fora in sport to remember, that tion, that we shall see the whaled in their opening game. they are pubile trustees, hold- little fellow back in the Une; The caly other football 1 saw ing the well-being and charac- up before very look.

In the wookend programme waster of the game in trust for the that between the reserve sides poople at large KMB's fallume to beat newly died with tact and firmness If it Polles has been widely acclaim-promoted CMB certainly set the is in fact brought to an officialed and there is no doubt at all tongues level for consideration. At the that the middle-of-the-road or vengeance. moment it merely smolders.

The situation is very interest-

ing. Il involves important

issues. I will have to be han-{

Humpty Dumpty, for all his lasting fame, never took a bigger fall than did some of our soccer giants last weekend,

The topsy turvy results which several of the games produced

Police's Problems

The success Mord

by the

wagging with

Pretty.Shoddy Lot

impartint fans enjoy seeing the big fellows being knocked off their perch once in a while... but i solle of their victory I cannot believe that the Police, whose new coach, Mr Gill, has team, can be fully satisfied with feel You may their line-up. that tenm good enough to heat South China should be the season good enough for ahead....and there is also

le brought fine freshness to the

an

boys locked

Jot.

The

A

I did not boo the game but aid. reliable 'spectators who

that the Kowloon a pretty shoddy Certainly side failed to impress. Their Inability to take two points from this game against opponents having their first taste of SOCOLT in the senior competition hardly suggests a succussful reason and the validity of that point of view will be put to a stern test when the KMB-Police match is played at Boundary Stroot on Monday evening.

Is the best thing that has old, soccer saying that it t happened to Hongkong football wrong to change a winning but for all is success in years. It does the game the team. world of good to see the the side that beat South China Goliathe successfully mitten by still has its problems spols.

1 badly needs a steádving day. the Davids of the

Influence In the full-back livision. Individually tho Last Saturday afterbon I present pair ar competent watched the now Kitchee in They run up in big enough but both Jack stability action. under pressure and that makes score against a Sing Tao sido luxury that was just about the worst them

expensive an when things are going wrong, arst division combination I have The middle line did well on seen in Hongkong football. The Sunday but un tront there is a Tigers were the tamest of the

although to be qulle truthful it of the would seem that some current big, names are in fact Collaths in muse only.

The defeats bf South China, and Eastern by Tung Wah Pollée, CAA and Happy Valley to respectively puts the stacon into

reasonable, perspective.

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by Barry Appleby

RIGHT

TO A -MONTH-

Sports Diary

TO-DAY

Racing First Race Meeting, Happy Valley, z p.m.

Cricket 1st Division: RAF Y CCC, Garrison IRC, KCC v Opimista, Roczelo Police, Scorpions v Brigade. 2nd Division: Univraty v RAF, IRC v Gorrian, Century KCC. DES V Pareto, Brigade v XGV.

Boccer

+

1st Division: Happy Valley v CMB [Club, Tung Wah Sing Too (CH), both matches at 5 p.m.

Reserve Division: Tung Wah v Bing Two (CH) 3.50 p.in.

2nd Division: Caroline Hill Hon Xing (Club) 3.30 p.m.; Ka

Tak v Taboo (Navy) 330 pm.: HAF Bai Wan v RL (Navy) 5 p.m.

Club (Stanley) & p.m. Pro V

3rd 17ivision: D5v For Office (HV) 3.30 p.m.; 1 Cr V Bi (HV) 3.20 p.m.; Si Zuwoph's v Mer- comite (V) 3.30 p.m.: Sik Ying v University (RV) 6 p.m.; Dodwell Kin Godown (HY) & p.m.; No- diffusion v Yuen Long (HV) & pm, Bowls Colony Open Bäixed Fairs Chip

p.m. at KBGC,

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