THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1960.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT BRAEMAR
to
There must
must be
be a way "hold the Tigers"
together
By I. M. MacTAVISH
If the whispers and the expressions of opinion are to be belioved it would seem there is a real possibility of one of the darker chapters in Hongkong football history repeat ing itself. The knowing ones are making no effort to hide the fact that they fear the promising young Sing Tao side will be ravaged of its talent at the end of the season.
Football news from other lands
By ARCHIE QUICK
In the Argentine they have
introduced heavy finos for fouling, and a player may have between £25 and £35 deducted from : his wages for kicking or hitting an opponent. In- fringements have dropped by fifty per cent.
A few years ago the officials each other, gave them a of Sing Tao found themselves ful weapon on the field.
They
The
SPORTING SAMAMOT
by Reg. Wootton
Association. It is a tragedy that
a cluts los Sing Tuo, for ex- pioneering work yet be constant-
ample,
should do 50
much
saying
London Expirena Bervier
"Strike while, boxers....preferably from the
the iron is hot,"
night Last Saturday
Services,
the
the end of every season they once again to the roers, cheers, ly haunted by the thought that Southern Playground resounded may lose the star services of banter, yes, and even the
to headlines in obscurity
the ing crowd. sports pages of the local press.
players they have brought from
know that already there is
boos, of a typically excited box-
The smell of resin, the thud of leather on flesh and the | characteristle, sportsmanship of the boxers combined le pro-
excollent entertainment. The fans must have been well satisfied with the return they got for their money.... and.
feeling abroad that only an end- of-May miracle will enable Sing power-Tao to keep their present play vide
ers for next season.
Is there remedy?
Is there any other way by which we team-building clubs genuine can be assured that they will be able to keep the players toy Bind and develop for a reason- able time?
free with the ad reallsation were no longer outsiders. was that their team was growing confidence of the officials old. In the line-up they had mirrored in. the players and with many famous names but reputa- it came a bubbling new sense Bon, willingness and spirit do team spirit.
not win perelous League points and the club had to face up to the problem of finding replace- ments.
An enterprising and far. Desighted - team-building (cam- palky was undertaken. The old hands were gradually cased out of the side and pro- untried youngsters
m
were blooded in their place. The blend of youth and ex- perience, guided and coaxed by grand veteran sportsmen Hike Bobby Honnibal) And Harry Hau Yung-mang, began to click...the fabulous Jeta were born,
What names!
ת!
Victories
of
The Tigers were back. Tivo fire of the Jola was rekindled
Bersonalities. noty
Vic- tories over Eastern and KK. chee In Guccessive weeks showed very clearly Just how things were developing .. but they
brought ulno realisation of the youngsters' potential to the notice of therm folks who are interested only in establiatied stars or ready-made top class material,
An interesting, point was made in my presence tho other day when one who has the „weifire -- of “football -at.
proposed that young heart players
under 21 years of age should be tied by agree. ment to
10x their club period of longer than 006 action.
Must be protected
For very obvious reasons such At least seven of the present line-up give promise of being proposal would meet with the tomorrow's potential interper strongest opposition in certain yet for equally ters. Young, enthusiastic, talent-placen....and
Lobvious reasons it could be д ed, fast in thought and move-wonderful thing for the stability ment, they have brought back a What names there
of Hongkong football. were in feeling of optimism In Austria, when a referee
that line-up! Unknown at the kong football takes player's name, the Ume but stars to-day. In the player has a black marke put Jels electrifying side there
13
black marks Buspension,
on the basis that a satisfied cus-
tamer will come back for more.
young Too many of our Chinese boxers try to model their style
Wonk. on Henry That
understandable.... but nothing could be less suitable for s ins of Won's physical makeup than al. tempting to follow in Henry Wong's footsteps. The stocky old Colony champion has very short reach and his par- ticular style has been devo- loped to OVERCOME It. His well known ‘get-indde' tactics were casential to his ring plan.
Woo has an unusually long He must be schooled to the HKABA should launch im-reach, mediate plans to stage another develop a strong left-hand nt- tock in the traditonal British promotion in the very near style and that is why I say it future.
No worries
pro-
would pay rich pugilistic divid- ends to get him the right kind. of training and coaching.
Could help
Boxing deserves' minent place in our sporung altairs and, if the pubile can
if Blity Tingle, who has now be assured of regular pro- grammes as good as the one become notive again in adult presented last Saturday, there boxing, could soare the time he would be no worries about could help the Chinese, boy plong the rord to fistic fame better .support.
The value of men like Henry than anyone else I know. Billy, Wong and Fong Ki-kong was with the experience of his own again adequately demonstrated. great ring career in world class bcams that the immediate profesional boxing behind him. In Hongkong is patient but firm...diligent Woo extent on but direct. Could young future of boxing depends to a great the Binding of suitable Chinese ask for a better guide? replacements for these willing, but aging, veterans.
It could be that the
In answer lies in the mediate promising fists and big heart of
Woo who, young Eddie though beaten, created a good. impression in his first appear-
Charity Show.
o Hong- The Sing Taus in our midst end that is need all the encouragement they A fact which has not been can gel. They must be protect against him in a register, Five were youngsters like Lo Kwok./missed by the loving eyes.
ed from a 1960 repetition of the earn a week's tal, Wong Kwok-kee, Wong
It is true that in a free de. player-snatching which destroy- Tak-fook, Yeung Wat-to, and
mocratic amateur competition ed the famous Jets ... one of the smarting under a 4-2 defeat by All of them are now with big the freedom of players to de recent years....and potentially
Argentine, by the way, are a little earlier, Ho Cheung-yuu. it is anthinkable that any re- most entertaining sides we have ance at the World Refugee Year
striction should be placed on had the pleasure of watching in cide which colours they will one of the greatest. cream wear.
Chile. It was the first time they bud been defeated by that country in 49 years-42 matches it all.
Chinese players, coached by Hungarians and Russians, have made great advances in their standard of play.
nome clubs.
In one fell swoop the of what could have been one of the finest young sides in the
ranks
Colony's post-war competitions
scattered and joined the
of other sides. The are in the remaining Jets subsided. Sing Tao were back in the doldrums.
The thankless search for
At the same time one cannot
help but feet that domestic
The tall thin youngster has an of the intelligent appreciation basic points of the game. He is as plucky as they come....but would seriously suggest that if they wish to help him on the homely
Hongkong Amateur clubs like Sing Tao, The
way a the top, the HKABA who work tremendously hard Boxing Association should should try to arrange for him to find, develop, and coach row!
follow the advice in an old i to train and spar with British ability into pollshod talent de- serye same sort of guarantee or Assurance that, they will be
Hungary's Olympic side, for promising talent had to start! Kiven a reasonable chance to all over again but as arst dives enjoy the pleasure of their
instance, beat the Russian "B" alde in Moscow 2-0, but could only draw 1-1 in Poking against China, They lost 狂 match by an only goal. There were 80.000 present-an eye-opener for the Western world,
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sion players do not grow on trees the process was a long second one. The Tigers had to survive two very ordinary seasons. They people had to fight hard to keep their surely heads above the low water
| mark of relegation.
France are giving their Inter- national players an Identity Card so that they may walch any game in the country free of charge.
1
an
Chile have organised enterprising European tour as preparation for the 1902 World
Cup series of which they are
hosta.
Few hopes
At the starl of this 200501 there were few hopes that the Sing Tro alde would achieve very much. Most judges con- sidered the team 100
young and too inexperienced to offer
serious challenge any
to the star-studded teams they would have to meet.
Certainly there was nothing in suggest
the Tigers' Larly form
work.
Club loyalty
real desire to
How can there ever be any search for up- and-coming boys, train them, coach them and encourage them when there is the undercurrent of feeling that as soon as the newcomer catches the public eye he will be offered a peg in someone cise's dressing rorem?
players
The big-time exercise İremendous power in Hongkong football and there la not the slightest doubt that they are molly-coddled by the FA
This week's
.
talewaggers have a soccer flavour. South China's registered colour is red, Kitchce's is blue. Apparently to udd "variety to last Sunday's big game the teams swop- ped colours!! Anything goes and no one seems to mind.
"See you in Manila" is the
catch current
phrase down the alley. Even the Peruvians are using it!!!
FOUR FRIENDLY RUGBY GAMES THIS AFTERNOON
By PAK LO
Four rugby friendlies' are listed on the fixture card for this afternoon, with the major game of the day being the one between Club "A" and the Sappers on the Army Boundary Street ground at 4.30 p.m.
In an earlier match on the same ground, the Gunners of 32nd Medium Regiment are at home to the Police at 3.15 p.m., while at Kal Tak at the same time, the Airmen from Kai Tak entertain 49th Field Regiment.
On the other side of the har- By all means give the players bour at Sookunpoo, Club "B" a fair crack of the whip; by all take the Beld but suddenly the confidence... means give them a fair alice of
that the prophets were wrong,
4.30 p.m.
Their national side will play and patience of the Sing Tao liberly....but never let us lose against the 1st Royal Tanks. Portugal at Lisbon in March, officials were rewarded. All the sight of the fact that club loyalty and they follow with
The two games, ai комен
long hours of coaching and train- and team spirit are the two ngafrist France
Paris, In
ing began to pay off, The greatest ingredients in the game. Street are expected Switzerland Bt Berne
and youngsters in the familiar yellow Those clubs who work hard to the crowds and in Lausanne, Germany at a venue and black shirts began to and give the game fresh new per- game, the Police, yet to be chosen, and Spairs at that their speed, and their in-sonalities deserve
some protec-should produce Barcelona.
stinctive understanding with ition from the Hongkong Football difficulty a certain victory.
THE.
WED GAMBOLS.
AMIREL
VAST WEEK
HOW ABOUT
A NIGHT
OUT?
Gird
TUXE MANICURIST
HAS A PANE JUST LIKE
'MANIGLIRIST'
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. by Barry Appleby
DID SHE
ENJON IT?.
NO
THE FOOD WAS TERRIBLE
GRL
LATER
VINE-
on
This
But the Poller
paper lineup. Give them the hard and the Police in practice, ta-me and they play like cham- pions. Give them an, easy one pecially in "friendly," are and they play like tyros. two very different things, and all leads up to the fact that the In these minor matches they result of this game should be always seem to lack the Area fairly even and open match.
them in.
to comes Tournament game,
Boundary to draw the Arst
that
on paper. without
It does not seem to maffer who Police is not available in the
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Ensarrasconal
wae in JAPAN, đề ra chủ
"Japanese do."
GAS IS TOPS
Better forwards
Police certainly have the bot- ter forwards, and this should ensure a steady supply of the ball, whereas 32nd Medium have in good set of threes who could play havoc with the Police do- fence if they get the ball. They should get a certain amount of li but it will bo Insufficient to en- sue victory for the Gunners, and Police should leave the field wearing the victor's laurels.
In the Club versus Sappers match, the Sappers have a vory strong pack which should mard than hold the Club paok, The Jailer, of late, have lost a lot of their fire, but are all a force to be rockoned with in the looBÉ, Behind the scr Club aro much' superior and with a red- sonable supply of tho balf ehould havá ́no trouble L breaking through and producing winning score, for in the backs Sappers have the weakest links.
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