1959-10-17 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Down To The Sea In Slips!!

SPLASH!! Tomorrow is big plunge day. The Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association once again steps into the sporting limelight to stage what is to many minds the most important community event of the year.... Annual Cross Harbour Race.

The

The traditional Sunday morning crowds will flock to both sides of the Harbour in an effort to see the competitors start or finish and the jockeying for vantage points will start at an early hour. The world and his wife will be there.

The printed Information sheet covering the race shows all the

thoughtful

thbrdirghnest

touches

and

of erganising

which we have come to expect from the men who manage the affairs of the HKASA.

Competitors can be aksired that everything that can be dour to give them the best possible chance to do well has been taken care of by offietals well experienced in the handling of the many Problems which can, and sometimes do, arine In major event of this size.

By

I. M. MACTAVISH

ensure the well being of the children who take part. They are carefully watched all

From my way aerom.

on-the-spot observations

The

Own

the Inv

youngsters seem to enjoy experience of taking part.... a and anyhow few children do not like the limelight or The thrill of being part of the big

About 400 Swimmers occasion,

nu

of

Services Support

Jurt short of 400 swimmers will enter the water at Kowloon but only those

the ninong,

Once again the Services have competitors who are capable of Elven the event their enthuslas- making the crossing to the steps le support....and that goer well as the about 20 for the indles na Queen's Pler in

men minute have

The Hongkong Regiment way chance

Shiu also well Wan pushing brillant

represented and it mming off his prent pedestal would be n popular hatening ....and there is plenty of con- if one or two of the fighting drnice among the South China forces representatives were to experts that their little aquaflenish well up the list. On star will once again emerge the statistical note it is interesting lo Jearn that out of every seven

winner.

Wan has managed to maintain his the form over several years and it would be a major surprise if he falled to score. Another Success tomorrow. He has both the speed and the stamina for an exhausting event of this kind. Forty-nine ladies have entered for the rast and once again there are many youngsters, know there

number of folies who dislike this parculur of the arrangements. aspect They feel that the race should be confined to adults with a completely separate event being arranged

the ambitious children if the HKASA thought the idea was worthwhile.

2125%

However in the past we have had some pretty confident thy

and tota competing

some them have finished in surpris- ingly good times,

of

the race one will be a

Servicemus. A Very com- mendable effort by the boys in Ichnic and the two shades of blue.

Community Affair

The Harbour Race is indend community occasion. It is mora For a large than just a ruce. majority of the swimmers, lak- ing part is of much greater in- portance than winning and in fact high percentage of the competitors are well aware even before they complete their entry form that they have not the slightest chance short of a miruclo - finishing anywhere near the first ten.

That's what makes the race. so attractive: that is why it has survived down through: the years without any leasen- ing in its public appeal, Good luck to all who take the congratulations plunge....and

Frankly I think a lot de-

to the enthusiastic and com- tienda on the day and the petent band of officials witho weather. Last year it was | maite. It possible. That final cold and miserable al the remark applies equally to the тапу of Marine Police who don magni- Cross Harbour

Kowloon side and

the competitors-old as well) Advent job on

za young looked pretty un- Race Day. Without their co- cumfortable while they walted operation there could be no race. for the starting bell,

Such circumstances tend to depress the onlookers and chill inspired sympathy

warm admiration. however,

*

* Madrid Bre

un-

"Real

doubtedly can replace

the greatest I know,

club side in the world to- that the

organisers give the greatest thought to the day. They may, in fact, be safety precautions required

the greatest club side the

PREACHER DADDY PRAYS FOR

But Neill May Need Protection

by HARRY CARPENTER

known. world has over Yet, strangely enough, they are slowly destroy- ing the very soul of club football and club loyalty. They have become an international football circus."

Singapore

Golf Challengers

Four members of the Singapore Interport Golf team arrived by air on Wednesday and will be taking part in the Colony golf championship today and tomorrow prior to the Interport match on Monday and Tuesday. From left to right: LG. C. Thomson, P. R. Messum, N. A. Harvey (Captain), and W. J. Gibb.-China Mail Photo.

of football de away advance of anything we have in Bri- lain.

"So, although we should not enter the 'creus' business, let'n use it as a pinnacle of foot balt perfection which ever

of our players shotild strier to achieve".

ONC

Club football is still the basis of football progress and it is

That statement was made by within club ranks that stars of one of the most prominent per- zonalities in British

the future are given a chance to

and soccer few hours after the brilliant Spanish side had overwhelmed Manchester United by 6-1 11 Old Trafford a couple of weeks

go.

Not To Be Envied The Spanish victory trig- gered off some really healthy Int football's inner argument drole but one salient feature emerged from all the discus Lions

everyone thought

the Real Madrid outfit was mugilecat football machine, but no one seened to want to Ace British elius copying the |world-wide Lalent-collecting methorks of the fabulously rich Stanis organisation.

The point of view was WX- pressed in different ways by different people but Jock Hark- ness, the famous old Scottish enternational goalkeeper, put Very clearly in the Sunday Post

when-inter alia-he wrote:

They are interested only in the best players in the world. Yet, however much you ad- inire them, never for one mo- nest envy then.

"Real Madrid have everything pet. in winning everything, they have lost su much. They have ceased to be a football club as we kno

IL.

Done Harm

zon

"Atunnai every Scoltish youngster has an ambition at one time or other to play for Rangers or Celtic. But, today. the very most small boys in Madrid can ever hope to do is get enough money to buy a itéket to watch Real play,

"So, with the schoolboys robbed of football ambition, Real Madrid have really done harm to the game in Spain.

"At the same time we must never lose sight of the fact that this Real Madrid standard

their feet, develop and reach soccer maturity, it would anything a tragedy if happened to destroy the rystem and that is true no matter in which country the

game is played.

·II is an intriguing train of though!. One that would repay any time spent in anutysing i

Some months ago I wrote an account in this column of the enterprising forts which were being mude to organise a marathon swim in the Colony,

another For one reason and obstacies delayed the event. Now 1o hear that I am delighted

marathon Arst Hongkong's swim will be held on Suh- day November 1. starting મ 11 a.m. over M five mile course between Wang Ling and Shuen Wan la the Plover Cove area off Taipo In the New Territories.

Terrific Trio

Hongkong Once again the Amateur Swimming Association has issued a comprehensive set of governing rules and all in- tending competitors would be well advised to read them thoroughly.

From a

study of the in- structions I would

day the organisation is first class but for all that the HKASA bas very correctly offerred strongest possible advica swimmers to have a complete medical check-up

This could easily develop into another major sporting occasion shall looks forward to and we this inaugura swim with very special interest. It would make atting third event in a terrifie irto...The Cross Harbour Race, Ti Walkathon....ahd now, maybe....The Marathon Swim.

several representative garpen

Morgan and

Wis soldier, 1 photographer, who played for the airmen with the full blessing of the Army *****

decision to switch the attractive First Division match between Police and Klichee Boundary Street this from afternoon to the Hongkong Stadium next Wednesday proving popular on Hongkong side of the Harbour

the football crowds in Kow-

the

There are really several as it is proving unpopular with

short wags.....

In this loon week's "Tale-wagger.”

and Anally Bert Allen, the former Amy goalkeeper, is First of alt let me say that as present turning in some bril- the present situation which liant displays for East Fife. A tinda RAF star Watson in Army recent report made the inter- colours is not a precedent. It esting point... Big Bert seems

some i hay happened before 17 to have brought back

Oriental magic from his tour in reverse.

A few years ago the Royal Air the Far East. There was eer-

Morgan who

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and fashioned commoṛtense should be carefully observed. Entries for this First Hong- kong Marathon close on Wednes- day, October 21 at. 6 o'clock by

DAVEY'S SAFETY which time all entry forms, to-

The preacher's son who hopes to make $250,000 out of fighting in the next three years waved a neat brown fist to make his point and said: "My Daddy never prays for me to beat a guy up-he just prays for me to

be protected from danger when I'm in the ring.'

"

Well, it isn't trim, goster, seven, Ricardo, five, David, 19 Willie Ketchum — and if you bearded Davey Moore, feather-months, and Little Lyalse-she's can Walnic of a better name for weight champlon of the world, just three months old, man." a talent-scouting fight minnnger who is likely to need protection Dapper Davey allowed he than that, I'd be glad to hear wher he fights for Harry know very little inderd about it-strolled over to remind us Levene at Wembley Pool on this guy Neill. "But that Baa- how Davey hadn't lost a fight October 20.

-ey, wow, there's a tough since they teamed up three Moore's poppy, the Reverend le fighter. Don't ever let years ago.

onlyone toll you different. I

Howard More, of Springileid was real pent-up when I incl Ohip, should offe a prayer or two for British champion him the first time" Bobby Neill, Davey's: oppoñent In a non-uitle 10-rounder.

тап Then the little browIL casually let drop the fact that in 40 cash fishta, be had never had been eater de Umes.

Tribute To Bassey been knocked out, although he

Reminder.

It was unnecessary to rub.

1 thought, that in this tough ittle pro, Moore, he had

very valuable property who is Rokong to give Bobby Neil sine acet uncomfortable morneni

However, we got our own

Last week, 25-year-oldy, Sit "Knocked down? Oh sure back by reminding roly-poly 3in Moore, the pocket battler I've been put down once," who twice forced Hogan Kid drawled Moore, eyes lifted to Ketchum that he hat yello Bassey to dult it world title neuver as: It In alle reproach score a win in Britam with his fights, signed in at a luxury that poppy's prayer for protectors.

tion should have been over-Let's see," I said, "there wor

West End hotel after an sOVNÍH

the Pole-hop from Los Angeles looked.

Jimmy Carter

and who what

the other one?! He sounded, quite a peaceable "A guy called Charley Nile I don't think it was guy on the throwled lazily!

dropped me, went on this non? | thai-

-“Imi d married guy, man, with i sapling

Ketehtan mouthing comp siree cana,

gether with the requisite fee of $20 per competitors, must be in the hands of Mr Ed. A. da Roza, the Honorary Treasurer of the Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association.

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