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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1960.

Happy Valley 3. Army

'TWAS A BOOTIFUL DAY

Referee reprimands Happy Valley for "not trying"

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Football is supposed to be a man's game and there is nothing more stimulating or more refreshing than to see a good healthy tussle in which no quarter is asked or given... O game but there is nothing so degrading as to see

a petulant blemished by conduct that would shame schoolboy.

A good crowd turned up at the Club Stadium yesterday, to It see the match between Happy Valley and the Army, was a lovely autumn day. There the good things stopped, although a hard grinding encounter ensued,

The game which Happy Val-, Army goal and of the field were ley won by three goals to two, was punctuated throughout by

a long sequence of petty fouls, by the wasted opportunities Happy Valley forwards..

and

a strange feeling that some of the Chinese boys up front were. not as Interested in the pro- ceedings as they should have been. The referee thought so

He

player, booked 100. awarded a penalty-kick.... and gave a warning to the Happy Valley skipper that if he did not induce his players to make a more genuine effort in keep

established with their Ing reputation and ability then the game would be abandoned

A marvel

The marvel to me was that

nut slow approval every time gut the ball.

was a very dangerous position

Kwok Mon-woh

missed a

to voice their dis-and the referee had no hesita- in awarding n penalty- which they dtion

Shi-woo did not the centre-forward kick. Wong

even see Myhill's blacktbuster ng The soldiers played with it Hashed from the spot to the plenty of enthusiasm. They back of the net. got the encouragement of early goal but they were woe-wonderful chance to equalise R fully weak at aside forward minute later. where Calder and Bellamy pressing futerents than the essenilai one of get- ting on with the game. It is one of the oldest sxioms in footbull that you cannot give the ball your full attention if you are wasting you time worry- ing about the man.

had more

serviceable

duftenve

Kelsey, who had a couple of grand saves in the second half, Lowther and Myhill made up a while some of the individual play-Bagley had a surprisingly good ers survived to the end,

tactles game at centre-hait, of the chudish

spectators

A

saw

which the were however, enacted behled

the

his

referon's back

attention Was

or when

Out of position

sadly Was

out and try

D

Ritcide diverted position at wing-haft

Level terms

Happy Valley got on level terms in the 10th minute and It goal that was a strange sort did it. After a long tussle ul- side the Army penalty area the bail broke loose to Leung Wai-

it' hung. The winger carried back upfield and swept it aeross to the 18 yards line. Kelsey seemed to have Tse Bien-kuen's shot well covered but little Nz Kwan-leung lifted his heel and cleverly diverted the ball into the net.

Success

elsewhere....but her cd not as he would be could not curb and noisy but just to show that

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his old full-back instinct escape the notice of observers.

started the trouble ang the ball up the Held. One Bellamy

booked in vain for the flowing start with 2001 after the

erash tackle passes that set an attack on the qulle unnecessary

nove. Nevertheless Ritchie was on Wang Man-wai, The wing-

far from being a failure in the half look his retaliation on the

game....

but he soldier ... and a free-kick pattern of the

was obviously always a player ... but was duly awarded

Calder's playing out of position, nothing flashing bout across the Chinese

On the opposite flank Mackin

the right ides. He boy's

while the players had legs lined up for the kick to be always willing to control

and nothing can ball and look for

excuse Co

tuke...

was

bellex

a

private war which placed mate.. .but somehow dangerous than before. No one

A desperate effort by Kelsey fails to stop the ball from going into the net to give Happy Valley their second goal yesterday. The shot came from about 18 yards away off the boot of Wong Man-wai. China Mail photo.

Wednesday's Cambridgeshire will be an especially difficult race to solve

45 HORSES STILL LEFT ON STARTING LIST

London, Oct. 22. The Cambridgeshire Handicap, to be run over one mile one. furlongat Newmarket on Wednesday, is always a tough race to solve, and this year it will be even more difficult than usual because of the huge field

due to turn out.

Forty-five horses were left in at last Tuesday's acceptance stage, and the

actual turn-out at the post may be as many as forty.

and

most appeal. Thames The victory of the favourite, King's Messenger looks a more make Alcove, in the Cesarewilch, first likely aort than his other three, Trader, a four-year-old owned log of the Autumn Double, has St Mark, Fougalie and Fair by Mr Stanley Wootton, is an

though Joe Sime, other with a good blend of had a big influence on ante-post Nicolle,

for Beasley's speed and staying power. He betting on the Cambridgeshire, usually retained the second leg. Cambridgeshire first string, will be on Si Mark. was third in the race last year (candidates coupled with Alcove Eddie Hide, one of the top when strongly fancied,

in big doubles are at false prices northern jockeys, will have the might well do better this time.

Guitarist, by Tudor Minstrel, in before-the-event betting on mount of King's Messenger, who the second leg ruce, as book- won four times over a mile this is out of a mare by Sayani,

should not

be who won the race in 1946 under makers already stand to lose season and

for a troubled by the extra furlong the then record weight plenty on them.

throw-year-old of nino stone at Newmarket.

has At 100 to 36 for the Cesaro-

Fulshaw Cross, a very genuine | four pounds, Guitarist. witch Alcove was quoted zi Ally by Ror Du Diable, has won two good races over a mile no less than 25 to one x fort- rarely run a bad race this so- this year, the latest of them

the race, and son. She was destined to com- only 'n week ago night before anyone having taken a double peta in a big race France, event wager on him and a missing tire Cambridgeshire, horse

in the Cambridgeshire | but an attack of the prevalent Is on a nice dividend-pro- | scourge of coughing coused vided the second leg horse change of plana.

Good record

Three-year-olds have a good record in the Cambridgeshire, which is natural enough, 0.5 this age group shows more im- provement through the season than any older category. Froment m this class for Wednesday race

are Ides March, King's Messenger Fuishaw Cross.

of

and

Ides of March, to be ridden by Lester Piggott-now assured

on of winning the 1950 Jockey's

Charnpionship is a

Halimi-Gilroy fight

Wedesday expected

to be one of best

London, Oct. 22.

son of an assured stoyer. Premonition, and there is no doubt of his ablilty of stay the nine furlongs,

The straight trip on the New-

19 4 market track

journey.

testing

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This filly, owned by Mr T. Ohlson, is trained at Epsom by Harold Wallington.

Newmarket cour30,

uvez

Top weight

the

N

Lucky Guy, owned by Mr Jo McGrath, is co-holder of top Her alternative _target_ at weight of nine stone, with Mr Newmarket on Wednesday could ↑ F. G. Rowe's Sanctum. prove a successful one, for she McGrath's pink flower four- a considerable h28 staying power, finishing year-old had

and won touch of clans,

the speed and a keen reluctance to

Coronation Stokes at Sandown own herself. beaten.

Park in April by a length and half a length from Barclay, pre- vious winner of the Irish St sub- Aggressor, Leger, and sequent conqueror of the great Ally Pelile Etoile in the King Sixth and Queen acorge Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot,

to be carried Top weight, by royal jockey. Harry Care on Lucky Guy, may not stop the four-year-old following in the steps of Stephanotis, Irish, trained winner of the event in 1857.

Best bred Two other Billies have out- are standing chances, They Burning Eine, perhaps the boet bred horse in the race-- being s daughter of Blue Peter out of martand

Hyperion

Jeanne Michelle by Chumier out of an Umid-

war maro,

in the

Running Blue, third

M. E. Speciman's French- One Thousand Guiness, has her tramed three-year-old Net adde

share of weight for three-year-old

being

not:

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to the international flavour of to the race, and has been strongly carry 117 pounds in what seems si supported in the market. He has certain to be heavy going, but will be ridden by Jean Deforge. coll Mr M. P. Davis's

and pluck and of the younger horses Run- won three of his last six races, he has speed

Ides of March ning Blue and and last Saturday strolled home i will take a lot of beating,

Jeanne Michelle, another look the pick with the French in the easiest possible numer

but this danger. If one over eleven furlongs at Wolver- well-backed candidate, has six challenger Net as an obvious hampton, a victory over good pounds less to carry opposition which advertised his may not enable her to finish in horses acures then it ruay be

Lucky Guy for Ireland can front of Running Blue. chance Cambridgeshire

for Thames Trader, Guitarist and Guitarist

Newmarket name the Irish-trained Lucky Guy China Mall Special.

He has earned a six pounda penalty for the big Newmar- ket event, bringing his weight up to eight stane nine pounds, bal given the necessary ealy going he should put up a very good show under this burden, quite a big one for a three- year-old.

After this

Happy Valley lost their edge again and Kwuk Moon-wah lost his shoot- ing boots. The crowd got restive chance wasting was not confined shot to the opposition Calder weakly over the bar

when wits

glo:lous presented chance right in front of goal.

According to reliable reports France's former world bantamweight boxing sound advice was given to both

champion, Alphonse Halimi will be throwing sides in their respective dress- ing rooms at the interval but it

more than a punch when he meets Northern bad little effect on either set of players. The nasty little touches Ireland's Freddie Gilroy in the semi-final forsiderably.

and were still in evidence the

the world crown at the Wembley Empire pool Happy Valley looked no more

here on October 25. justify the

in a green shirt appeared to

aroma after s cruel eighth was waged between these three or other the big follow seems accept the responsibility of try- Twentyeight-year-old. North

round knockout detest by his and it was left American-born Halimi will be final the players right Lo

to have lost some of his speeding to score.

compatrict Eloy Sanches. whistle.

to wing-half Wong Man-wai to

giving all he's get and taking season.

This was Halimts big chance However, they were not the suco last

sokliers allack was show them how it should be The

all he can take in an attempt

into the world the 60th minute he only offenders. Lok Tak-hing mistue. The inside

weakness done. In

to win back the crown he lost to come back

This picture but blocking his come- the side und Lowther on

and carried the ball upheld and

to Mexico's Joo BecerID,

back road on Wednesday night

King's Messenger, a coll by the other were fortunate to find

from a position on the edge of

will be all the luck and the King's Bench, is trained by Pat the Dred a glorious drive may be his lust chance to stake the referee in tolerant mood.

his claim as world title fighter,

the Beasley into the Army net, a great

pluck of the Irish, packed into "Rufus" He failed io reconquer goal by any reckoning.

the muscular frame of 24-year- specialist-he saddled the win- title from Becera when he was sent to the canvas for the full. old Freddie Gilroy the reigning ners of the event in 1948 and

"two-timer" (a count in the eighin round at British and Empire and Euro- | 1949

Sterope) and in 1953 (Jupiter). their return ille fight, at Los pean champion.

Beasley has four horses en- Angeles cight months Dgo. The Irish southpaw has just

race, but This was heavy punishment to

wound up an intensive training gaged this year's the moral and physique of the programme of 120 rounds of boarding serious compact boxer who had sparring and before

of the plane taking him to London West Indies open enjoyed the monopoly knockout punches In his fists, be jogged over

After his second defeat the curtains beran to drop over his career until Becerra threw his crown Into the boxing

оп

Ultimatum

the

I have already explained that in turn may well explain whole thing. Johns always looking for

the

the

was

balt

With

while Duffy and Dolg ran many The incident in which

miks in vain. unproductive

Wasted chances referee issued his ultimatum to

On the Happy Valley side

front their noses in tho the Happy Valley skipper came

Wong

Mon-wai gets

Vailey still wasted just before the interval after

hlnekest of black marks for his Happy Kwok Moon-wah had raised

conduct. This brilliant young chances. However, it took one the crowd with o tie te of

pinyer, who is probably the great flying save by Kelsey to snap shol by Kwok series of inexplicable misso.

greatest prospect in Colony foot stop

the The centre-forward seemed to

ball at the moment, has no need Moon-wah from entering to the be quite irudifferent

to resort to such facties. He is netbut the goalkeeper never had a host of a chance when od scoring necessity

and ho too Ane a player for that... the centre-forward crashed a scorned the simplest D and even if he regarded the magnificent right foot drive shantes wher they were laid on for him by his mates. He early incident with Bellamy a from the 18 yards line into the also spolled other well planned Provocation there was no just net in the 81st minute.

fication whatsoever for main-

If the Amy were dead they

forward movements, by alinostaining the feud right through certainly would not lie down, casual Indifference to what was

the entire game. going on.

The crowd did not like it one little bit and the fans at the

GENERAL

TOP-QUALITY RETREADING by

THE

Easy task

his

In a good fighting anish Colder Moss wins first

the

swept the ball into the Happy Valley net to reduce the deficit to a solitary goal....and the defence, well com- same player almost saved The

Lau Tim, had day with a snap overhead kick manded by comparatively cay task in the last minute, against the soldiers valmprca- nive attack and long before the end both wing-halves were able to amble upfeld in sup- port of their own forwards, The less said about Kwok Moon-wah's Arst-half showing the better. The fleet-footed forward as been mentioned a possible nomination for the Colony side in the forthcoming series of games against over- scas visitors. Even allowing

for his late goal he will not get very many honours on this sort of performance.

half. of Pacific

Grand Prix

VERDICT: Happy Valley were the cloverer team and deserved their victory on that

Fort Ord, Det, 29. account alone... but if the

Stirling Moss of Great Bri Army had stazed their clon-tain easily won the first half of ing rally tile cariler they the

feature Pacifle 200-muc might have saved a point Grand Prix here today as he Finally ... let us keep it clean lapped every car in the field boys...there were no honours except second-place Jim Hall of awarded for yesterday's efforts, the US.

The teams Army: Kelsey,

of

ten miles roadwork through the streets of Beltant.

In four years of professional boxing Gilroy has scored 14 of his 21 victories before the limit against one points defeat at the fists of Mexico's Ignacio Pina.

In his five years of profes

Hallmi kas sional pugilism scored 28 victories, for three de- feats.

Good omen

Australian

race

tour tomorrow

д

for

Bunbury, Oct. 23. Frank Worrell will lend a strong West Indies cricket team against

West Australian Country XI In the first match of their tour starting here on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Like Gilroy it was another

The team for the two-day Becerra-who Mexican-Joe beat Halimi by two knock match is: Frank Worrell (Cap- Caimle oula in their title fights. A tuin), Conrad Hunte, good omen for Giiruy in that Smith, Rohan Kanhat, Garfield Gerry Irishman Jimmy Carson gaya Sobers, Peter Lashley, Halimi his first defeat in a Alexander, Sonny Ramadhim, the All Valentine, Chester Watson, the world Tom Dewdney, Twelfth man:

Lance Gibbs.

when

bout non-titie Frenchuman Wan champion. World champion road racing The fight which promises to driver Jack Brabham of Aus- be one of the best and toughest over 13 Lowther, tralia was five lape behind after batamweight bouts Myhill, Ritchie, Bagley. Mackin, his car had a flat tyre early in rounds, if it goes the limit, is Bellamy, the race at Lagung Soca Race to be televised over the Euro- Dog Cakter. Duty, Jolms

Course. A crowd of 05,000 pean network. Happy Valley: Wong Shlu-watched 08 25 professionals Moxico's Eloy Sanchez meets The skle sadly missed tho

woo, Lau Chi-on, Chan Chan reared off the 1.0 mile course Brazil's Eder Jofre in the other steadying influence of Chu lom, Lak Tak-hing, Lau

Tim, AP.

semi-final at Los Angeles. Wing-keung but even with Wong Man-wad, Au Pang-in, weakness at Inside-forward Ng Kwon-imung, Kwok Moon- they should have been able to woh, Tee Biom-kusen, Loung press home their general Wai-hung. superiority it only because of the versatility and enterprise of their wingers. Lanky Leung Wal-hung made enough open- Ings to win the game ten times over but, somehow, whenever the ball reached the middle the

HONGKONG TYRE whole thing Azzled out.

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The game got off to an ox-

Referee: Mr Marsden-White,

Sports Diary

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ON TOMORROW.

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close to the 13 yards line. It Choriek ma t

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The West Indies' first-cins gam Western Australia

beginning Mall Special.

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Clean sweep for

Ferraris in French Grand Prix

or

Montlhery, Oct. 23. Olivier Gendebien, Belgian winner of this year's Le Mans 24 hour race, and Lucien Bianchi, also of Belgium, won the 1,000 kilometre (about 720 miles) Ile De France Motor Grand Prix in a Ferrari here today,

Another Ferrari, driven by Willy Matresse (Belgium) arid Wollgning Von Trips (Ger- many), was seconă.

Forraris took the first Ave places in the overall classidea- Lion Jo Schlesser and Andres were third, Simon (France) Pierre Loustel and Fernand Favino (France) fourth and Graham Whliehand and Henry Taylor (Britain) fifth.

An Aston-Murtin driven by Roy Salvadori and Innes Ire- land (Britain) was sixth,

Gendebien and Blanchi cover- ed 1,00.2 kilometres (about OZA

8 hours miton) in seconds at an average speed of 145.40 kph (90,34 mph).

Mairease and Von Trips: had a time of 6 hours 56 minutes O poconde,

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by LEONARD BANDEN..

Schlesser and Simon were two

Here is a problem n, R. J. de opening laps behind at the finish, Loustela Andrada (New Zealand against and Taveno were 've laps be- Chaasalnyar, 1946), White to at Perth, hind, Whitehead and Taylor play and mate in two motes. Friday-China saven laps and Salvador” and

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