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THE CHINA MAIL,

MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1960.

Cancellations of fixtures cause most disappointing rugby weekend

By PAK LO

Saturday, March 5, should have been April 1, or All Fools Day as far as the rugger community was concerned, for game after game was cancelled, without prior knowledge being available to the public, let alone the press.

Spectators turned up at the various grounds around the Colony, waited, and then drifted disconsolately away, muttering under their breath at the general inefficiency of rugby secretaries in general and of certain ones in particular.

The Club did last ninates switch. Having asked the Navy to help out the RAF they felt that they could not let the Navy down by nal turning up. There fore they swllthed and played their "A" team, or at least, ar- ranged to do so, and cancelled their "B

fame against the Wanderers is they were short of May

A mystery

This information was passed to the press, but it just folledi to beat he deadlines, and no mention of this alteration was enrried

Saturday's BMW-

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NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

10TH RACE MEETING

First Day 19th March, 1960

rice

The following conditions for 1960 Ponies for the above meeting, entries for which close ut NOON on Tuesday, 8th March, are an- nounced:-

1960 PONIES (1st Day)

MIDDLESEX STAKES. - Winner-$5,000. Second $3,000. Third 32,250. For Ponies of 1960 which have won or been placed. Winners of more than one race barred. Weight 140 lbs. Winners $3,000 and less than $5,000 in Stakes, 143 lbs. Winners of $5,000 and over 160 lba. Entrance $10. FROM THE 12 MILE POST About Half 好 Mile 170 Yards).

(1st Day)

RUTLAND STAKES.- Winner $5,000. Second $3,000, Third $2,260. For Ponies of 1960 which have won or been placed. Winners of more than one race barred. Weight 140 lbs. Winners of $3,000 and less than $5,000 in Stakes, 143. lbs. Winners of $5,000 and over 150 lbs.

$10. ONE MILE,

Entrance

(1st Day) CORNWALL STAKES. Winner $6,000, Second $3,000, Third $2,250. For Unplaced Ponies of 1960 whether started or not. Weight 147 lbs. En- trance 10. FROM THE 1% MILE POST (About Half a Mile 170 yards).

(1st Day)

SUSSEX STAKES.-Winner $5,000 Second $3,000. Third $2,260. For Unplaced Ponies of 1960 whether started or not. Wolght 147 lbs. En- trance $10. ONE MILE.

À. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1900,

NOTICE

THE HONG, KONG JOCKEY CLUN

Entry

Programmes and Forms for the 10th Race Moeting 1069/00 to be hold on Saturday, 19th and Satur day, 20th March, 1960 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretäty's Odice, Alexandra House; the Club House, Happy Valloy; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road,

Entries cloas at 12 o'clock NOON on Tuesday, 8th March, 1900.

By Order of the Btowards,

A. E. ÁÌNOLD,

Beerbtary:

papers, it was reported that Club arranged for It to be broadcast, so they at least made asne sort of attempt.

secondly what can be done มbout it for constructive oriticism is what is required. Let us say that there are too many minor, units playing, or scheduled to play. These units

But what happened to the "A" game is a mystery. It was dot held on the Book made up their fixtur list before pitch which was te official they had any real idea of their venue, It was not held on the

capabilities or their chances of Causeway Hay pitch, as RVC-

being able to field a team. cer was played there. All that were seen at the

Sookongoo

ground were angry and an- noyed spectators.

Next

Poor pitches

Nominate YOUR

HONGKONG FOOTBALLER

OF THE YEAR

Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current season.

It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced-Jater.

are:

The two qualifications for nomination

(1) Footballing prowess.

FRENCH MOVIE WINS TOP

AWARD IN THE

FESTIVAL OF SPORTS FILMS

here.

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Mar. 6. The French movle "Les Etolies Du Midi" today won another international prize. It was voted the best film in the 16th Festival of Sports Films "Les Etoiles Du Midi" (The Stars of Midi) depicts a during mountaineer- ing.exploit in the Midi mountains. It was awarded the Cup of the Prefect of the Province.

Eighty-two Alms from 10 countries were entered in the mght-day festival, which is held euch year in this Italian

The French Aini won two mers. prizes in France last year and was voted the best movie at

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. mountain recurt. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street,

To the Editor, China Mail.

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account his playing ability and sportsmanship on the field of play, is:

It

of the

(Signed)

season, therefore, Over at Boundary Street the some sort of thing prevailed. would probably be better if the fixtures arranged before The second

there was only Kame

the besson starts arc those apparently cancelleri, though one thember of the 49 Field turned Including all the Pentangular up ready to play. The specta-tons, and those looms which tors agreed that it was nol can definitely be relied upon-

tcaras like the necessary for him to put on an

Whitfield exhibition. As far as he knew Wanderers who have now be- the game was still on up (t come an Institution, and teams Friday evening.

for any special right games up to the New Year. Before the New Year any minor unit wishing to play may make such The mwilching of grounds arrangements

other has not been so bad this season,

By the time all this had occurred, or rather had not excurred. was too late to go tu Sau Wai and see if the Police | played their match against the

Fusiliers.

Suggestions

This cancelling of matches nd lib has not been by any means un isolated incident this season. In fact it has became the rule, rather than the exception. Nor Is this the first time it has been mentioned in this column.

The solution

les lo

with any

(NOTE: No person is allowed to vote more than once in this poll).

minor unit, but NOT with one but the HKRU should, nex?

of the major teams.

Before the New Year then minor units will have the ad- vantage of assessing their own the KRU powers, and then

cun step in and arrange xtures among all the leams.

Club.

another, let the 11KRU bring huck the local Internationals as a night series.

We could have the four Home countries plus a Commonwealth

the International Mountain Fila Festival held recently at Tronio, another Italian mountain sort.

Second places

re-

"Let's go riding," a review of The U.S.: "Bay at the moon,"

Interplanetary techniques in horse racing pro- about

flights; duced in Britel,

"Indianapolis 1950," depleting "Konrads, swimming cham- the 500-mile auto race, and piors," showing the training of "Pikes peak auto race.” the Australian wonder swim- It was entered by the Australian Swimming Federa- tion.

Honourable mentions "Tennis at a glance," a series of shorts produced in Canada fer touching tennis to young sters.

Tokyo Treffpunkt," produced in West Germany.

cameramen, depleting underwater adventures.

silver Slx

medals for

"Gli arditi del Mare" (Daring second plaçes were awarded

men of the sea), produced by In olher

including tallon movies two from Britain and othe cach from Australia, Canada, West Germany and Italy. They were:

"British sporting personalities," depicting soccer techrique pre- sented by British soccer Stanley Matthews,

Other cups and honourable mentions were awarded to three movies entered by tho United States, two each from Germany, France and West

and

one each from Britain, Norway and Canada. They were:

Sonneville wins German

Open shuttle title

Bonn, Mar. 6.

minor XV. A proper competition could Ferry Sonneville, of Indonesia, wen the men's

season take into account the net that the pitches of Kai Tak and Sekong are very poor, and no games,

except matches should be played on grounds. These pitches these have been the ones which have aren the most charges,

Internationals

The night games have been

be inid out in which every tearn plays the others once or twice rich the HKRU so desire. Let us have the major teamsS VETMUS the Reit, brut nutter capabilities have been nesessed. In fact it does not really mat- ter what the HKRU does, so

singles title in the German Open Badminton Championships here today, beating Lee Kin- tat (Malaya) 15-9, 18-3, in the final.

Results of other anals were: Men's doubles: Bernt Dahlberg and Bertil Glans (Sweden) bent Athe Rasmussen (Denmark) and Sonheville 17-14, 15-12.

France: "Les hommes tans le cell," (The men on the sky) about parachute jumpers, and "Brevet de pilot No. 1" teaching how to ay airplanes,

West Germany: *Medau Gymnastle," teaching gymnastics to

young pupite, and "Meisterlips," tenching how to drive automobiles.

Sher-

the

Britain's "Sports of wood," Norway's "Ellly skier," and Canada's "Gray cup 1959,"

which told of football playing techniques (Mariotti Marsolto).-AP,

Everton's frantic effort to avert

relegation

London, Mar. 6. Everton manager Jimmy Carey has paid out around £93,000 for new players

Divi-

in six months in a frantic effort to keep his team in the English First sion Football League, Last week he signed his Bith Women's doubles: Inger new star of the season-Jimm Dundee Kjaergaard and Agnete Frlis Gabriel, 23-year-old (Denmark) beat K. Rasmussen and Scottish Under-23

Annette Schmidt (Den-national

wing-hilt mark) 15-13, 13-0.

Everton £25,000.

Once a team is scheduled to play, then play it must, Any teran falling to do so must be dealt with by the HKRU, which

and the should immediately concet vil that leam's fixtures, unless they

warned have been cancellation well in advance. The period of notice for can- cellations could of course be Let us therefore consider fixed by the HKRU but must why this has come abuut, and not be less than three days.

have

I

HKRU's hands, but to date they

dilatory been very taking any action, and it can be presumed that no action will be taken this season.

of the

FOUR D. JONES THE ANCIENT CRAFT SAILS ALONGSIDE THE

by MADDOCKS

£7959.

EMPIRE HIT, AND FIRES ALL CANNONS **** SHATTERING AND SHOWERING THE SHIP WITH SHOT

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NANCY

CAN I JOIN YOUR CLUB ?

CLUB HOUSE

NO

THE SECRET FOUR

BRICK BRADFORD

KRIG RISES TO THE BURFACE TO esa Where HBS GONG.....DJOCK MOTIONS TO HIM...

very successful, but again the fxtures for some of these were made too far in advance, with the result that they, too, have to be switched:

Lo This is more cult

but instead of teama playing one

arrange, various

GOOD GRIEF IT LOOKS LIKE INDAR'S ARK

...AND IT'S ATTACKING US, MATE

I'VE NEVER

SEEN THE

long as it puts its foot down and makes rules and regulations and ensures that terrns abide by them and play when they are scheduled to play. In doing this they will find they have the sup- port of every thanking member of the rugby community,

HEAVE TO.

YOU SLOB5!

By Mik

I'LL SHOW 'EM

By Ernie Bushrallfer

CLUB HOUSE

THE SECRET ONE

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IS DRAGGED THROUGH THE WATER AUCH FASTER,

A) TOWING KRIS, PAM, TRY TO DIRECT ME TO A BREAK IN THE

PIRE...

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BUSHM

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Women's singles: Eva Polter- sen (Sweden) beat Karin Ras- 4-11, 11-1. mussen (Deminark) 11-5.

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Mixed doubles: Bjoen Holst- But Christensen and 1. Kjaergaard (Denmark) heat Hugh Findlay (Britain) and A. Schmidi (Den- mark)

9-15,

15-11, 15-9.- Reuter,

Weightlifting world record

London, Mar. 6.

Inter-

He cost

for all the expensive talent in the team, Everton still has a long way to go before making Division I soccer safe for its fans next season. After drawing 2-2 at West Ham last Saturday it was still fourth from the bottom of the League stand- -ings,

One star, bought in Everton's spending spree has already been dropped from the team. fe is entre-forward Alon Shackleton, Soviet lightweight Anatoly who was transferred from Zhgun set a now world weight-Leeds early in the lifting record by snatching 120.5 210,000 pounds, kilograms at a Moscow meeting

today, Moscow radio reported.

season for

The other big-money recruits

He bettered by 0.5 kilograms are Tommy Ring, (£12,000), the old reebtd set by Boylet centre-forwürd Roy Vernon champion Nikolai Kostylev last (£37,000) and winger Micky

1 Lin (£28,000)—AP. yeur, the broadcast sald.—AP.

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