1959-10-24 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1959.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT Only

The Harbour Race Was Sportswoman Of The Year

Once Again A Tremendous Success

The 1959 Cross Harbour Race once again provided the com- munity with an excellent spectacle. This time it also pro- vided the added reminder that in sport there can never be such a thing as a 'cert' for, in spite of all the expert predictions and in spite too, of all the confidence expressed by his advisers, Wan Shiu-ming failed to add another success to his long and honourable list of aquatic achieve- ments,

The unexpected winner is the greatest stimulant any sporting event can receive and, quite apart from the personal honour which goes with his victory, young Ho Hon-yan has done the cross harbour race a real service by showing that even a favourite as 'red-hot' as Wan Shiu-ming can be beaten,

Since last Sunday I have listened to many, explanations, or if you prefer to call them excuses, as to why the popular little South China swimmer failed to win this year. It was inevitable that such speculative circumstances should arise even it Wan himself would be the last one to offer any excuses for he defeat. He is too good and too experienced a swimmer for that sort of thing.

Error Of Judgment

Frankly....and I Bay thin

after having had a pretty close. up view of a number of cross harbour races........I thought he miade a bad error of judgment as to the course he elected to wwlm.

Maybe

By

I. M. MACTAVISH

this year. It could have been, hope that when they get round quite a race,

10 crystalising these for the However, inquests are frult-record they will also add a pro- les and Ho Hon-yan doserves live line or two which will

praise the highest

for his prevent the most popular of all gallant and purposeful swim-our community sporting poen- ming.

sins from becoming a circus.

In my column last Saturday 1 |nid that the cross barbour rec was really more of a community occasion than a simple sperling event. 1. believe that that is the very essence of its greatness #nid he acted on advice of its popularity and for that which was given to him, but,son I think the Hongkong locking back over the face, it Amateur Swimming Associnlinn seems to me that this

should take the strictest steps lo which took him away towards prevent it from being turned inte the Star Ferry, was hot justi- condi-

fed by the prevaling tions.

course,

The eventual winner swam on a much straighter line und was about 00 yards ahead of Won Shlu-ming the end.

What wonderhd Anish it might have been if Wan hud deeldad Lo follow a similar ecurse, for, his own record me was only about 13 seconds better than Ho's winning effort

Doug Smith (150)

Wants 19 More

For A Record

Four-times-champion-jockey

sort of chreus to be exploited by those who might sect to chain a major share of the Amelight

In recent years Hongkong has undergone great changes both in the size of its population and in the distribution of its people.

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Mary Bignal, who was crowned Britain's Sportswoman of the Year is seen here at the Annual Sportswriter's Dinner, held last week.

She is aiming at winning four gold medals at next year's Rome Olympics -- in the 100 metres, 80 metres hurdles, long jump and 4 x 100 metres relay. This season Mary has jumped within 134 inches of the world long jump record, and beaten the best of Europe's hurdlers in Moscow. At Rome, In an 18-nation meeting recently in the Olympics Stadium, Mary, 19, won one of the two 100 metres races, won the hurdles, was in the second-placed relay team, and came third in the high jump. Certainly if anyone can equal Fanny Blankers-Koen's four 1948 medals it must be Mary,

Picture shows Mary posing with world 440 yards record holder Molly Hiscox (left) and sprinter Maraine Dew at the sportswriters' dinner. London Express photo.

talents they could well progress towards big things the future.

This all rates ű most im

question... has portant

the time come when major sporting organisations like the Hone- kong Football Association should give serious consideration to extending their interests to the New Territories? In fact, should they become Colony minded rather than slicking to the old fashioned idea that sporting life begins and ends in Victoria and Kowloon?

op-

incentives any game or sports- Many people liked the idea, man can receive. Imagine for the team bad clicked it example a well staged boxing would have provided a new show at Tripu, Un Long, Fanling Portuguese interesl whenever or in Taun Wan with the "local" it appeared In Hongkong and boys meeting their counterparts surely thxc players in Our from the Services, the island various bougue

would teams and Kowloon. A new sense of have welcomed the break of a healthy rivalry and keen

come regular feague visit to Macao. petition could be aroused and in such rivalry and competition there lies the secret of sporting

SUCORES,

community has seen great new townships rising in the Territories where previously by adopting unconventional there was no more than a num- tier.

ber of rentiered rural centres. Girl In Manacles

Wan, Towns like Toun Long, Fanling and Telpo is a vital ele- becoming rent ha Showmanship ment in any sport and many | zetivity. There is tremendous events would be pretty drab development, 100, in the Kam without the electric personalities Tin Valley and

If the Castle who light up the big occasion | Peak district: Indications are but I cannot believe that there that the future will sce this Is any place in a legitimate race! trend speeded up and that in the for a competitor who, sa hap-immediate years ahead there pened on Sunday, wom the will be a great consolidation of harbour in a pair of improvised population at the rapidly rising hundcuffs.

the border of Football is the obvious game centres beyond Had it been done by AN Kowloon.

to the others to give the lead

because it is the most if one takes the trouble to it only adult it would have been bad ensuch but when

visit an infant

these various areas it is important crowd-pulling sport

see how the ancillary in our community. girl of nine years of age is put easy to

life are into the

of community water in manacles | aspects

bring atted into the new then to my mind it is neither

pattern. clever nar acceptable. Oh, it was a good story ni the

Television time.

cameramen,

Not A Good Example

Maybe this is the very portunity that we have walted for in the hope that our sporting | Services have taken effeirs would move out of the doldrums.

Doug Smith rode his 150th press reporters, and broadcasters winner this season at New- | were on to it like a shot when market last week on Chris, the little girl climbed from the water onto the steps at Queen's in the Queensberry. Han-

Nevertheless, the more I Pier. dicap.

thought about it afterwards the

There is undoubtedly a place for stunts. I do not think it is in an event organized by one of our most important sporting or- ganisations....and I know

With never werks of the Flatiers I liited it. ntill left Doug seins assured to top 108 his best-ever. in 1955. Trainer Billy Nevett, cock o' the North as a jockey, said: "Chris will not run again this Benson."

Petite Etolle, besides giving Joy to owner Aly Khan, enabled trainer Noel Murless to set up all-tire England training record with over £144,224 In prize money, when winning the Champion Stakes

An

Sport In The N.T.

Football To Lead

A thriving and successful soccer team in Taun Wan for example would be 1 Teat There is a big, fast Ching growing population well able to support a local team and also make it worth while for the ofty-bound big names to pay them a visit on league business.

The

It is true that recently the some of their belter rugby malches to Sek Kong but as the game has very limited appeal amung the Chinese population it is not a good example on which to try to csess the volume of public interest,

A few years ago when the Sek Kong sports ground was first taken into use the Army gave very serious con- sideration to seeking per- mission to play some of their senior league games there. In fact as a feeler they staged the. 1958 Army Interport against the Portuguese Army from and Macao on the new ground

it attracted a very big crowd of Service and Civilian spectators Police

at

although there was no intention ground Stroet is a

at the useful

time of making, that and I believe the particular game anything more

then a military occasion.

Boundary. barometry enthusiasm

which it

has

Welfare, health services. entertainment, domestle tradės all and communications SKO expanding in sympathy with the demands which are arising yet it is surprising to find how little has been lone fu the Way of widening the bounds of Colony sport, to embrace the new township, generated could be repeated at These thoughts were prompted several locations in the New by reports of the enthusiasm

Territories. which has surrounded the entry of an Un Long team

The lime into the The Ilongkong Amateur Hongkong Football Association's Swimming Association was al- league competition. True, at ready planning the arrangements the moment, the Un Long side in the 1960 cross harbour race is engaged In A very Junilor their new disposition. while the swimmers in the 1958 sphere but with a growing popu- event were still in the water.

that

some of the folks who watched the race on Sunday felt the same way about it.

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out of their dwindling resources and seck entry to the first division the Hongkong Football

when those who administer sport short me one team should give thoughts to taking right build ticle activities to the people in

Local Interest and local par- of

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I lace on which to draw their i tisanship are two of the best Association.

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The project got a lot of back-alley discussion bui, as so often happens, it was al- lowed to firzie

and Oul eventually it apparently died. Now, however, new -situa- tion has arisen right within our own territorial boundaries, New townships are already establish- cd. They are being peopled by hard working folks who deserve rome prompt consideration the matter of sport.

The new foolball team at Un Long has plyen the right kind of lead. Now it is up to the various associations to show Their understanding of the sporting needs of the new com- munities. There is a rich new feld of interest, support and mayby even talent at hand. It simply cannot be ignored.

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