Tung Wah
THE CHINA MAIL- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1960.
Eastern
WEEKEND SOFTBALL
WHAT A DISMAL DEBUT!! Brilliant pitching by Koon as
Brilliant Tung Wah outshine Eastern's
jaded stars
By I. M. MacTAVISH
A superb defence linked by strong thrustful half-backs to an easy intelligent attack_carried_Tung Wah to an oh, so four-nil victory over much vaunted Eastern before 25,000 fans at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday.
he unleashed a sparking 30-yard drive which was well saved by goalkeeper Louey. :-
Yiu Cheuk-yin and his mates won more easily than the score- sheet suggests and had they chalked up another two or three goals it would have been no more than they deserved. Eastern had u shocking fireal any time in his long career ouling of the season. Their He got a nasty smack on the display was too bad to be fruehead late in the game but re- to finish as strong as and long before the end they covered
the ever. had dejectedly thrown in
Law Fak suffered a most sponge.
unfortunate knee injury mid Dutetussed them
way through the second half. He received ailemilon on the louchline but was unable to resume and the Tang Wah boys finished with 10 men... but they were Atill streets ahead of the opposition.
Tung Wak
In every phase
of the game sideboard is
and it their
10
provide a resting place for any
of the scawn's
Iraphies, they pretty
will have to do some
quick recruiting.
The present side is just not good enough. Goalkeeper Louey Woon-shun is woeful-
Poor pitch
the
ly inexperienced and made a
The attack elicked from long sequence of fundament-start and if top honours went to si mistakes. He almost gave away two more goals and be was far from blameless with three of the shots he had to
pick out of the net.
Only a shadow
General Yiu
Cheuk-yin every other forward played his part in The complete destruction of whatever defensive plan Eastern may have had.
One of the main topics at the stadium yesterday was the sur- prisingly poor condtion of the playing pitch.
Two minutes later it was the samo story but with a very different ending. From almost the identical spet Ng let go an other scorcher and this time it soared majestically into the net with the Eastern goalkeeper 'all-over-the- spread-engted place'.
Two minutes more and the Eastern Tares were blushing as red as their gleaming new shirts for they suddenly realised they Law were three goals down. Pak started the movement away back at his own end of the Bekt. His long clearance reach- ed Szelo Sum who sped down the wing. The winger clipped the ball back towards the penally spot and there was Lam Kam-tong in full flight ready to smash a magnificent goal.
Pathetic sight
*Doth Ng Tim-loy and his
We have come to associate the full-buck partner Szēto You are
their big the
with a beautiful reaching
stage
arena respective careers where they green sward but this time what imply have to get to the ball we saw was a miserable brown opponent has bone-dry surface on which the
of they are all markings the agricultural
the group the turn drainage showed through Ike great yellow herring bones. One would have imagined it was the end of a hard season instead of: the first game of a new one and unless something is done pretty quickly the pitch will be a sorry sight before next May is reach-
The crowd was
Arst.
Once an gained possession tco casily beaten on rad also in the sprint along the Lauchline. Szeto
I Ylu Toticeably losing his speed and yesterday he was but a shadow et the once great full-back who choice for an automatic every representative side.
However,
real trouble jed. the with Eastern was in the vitall half-back line.
was
Lau Yee had his poorest game in years. He could never time the bail and it was surprising
time lore him beaten
and again both on the ground and His obvious un- in the air.
his already pulled certainty struggling wing-halves into the middle of the Aeld but neither Chan Chi-kang nor Fong Tse- - of doing capable chey wero
side Lo- enough to pull the
gether.
The Eastern forward tine,
for all its big names W25
Blotted out
every
slow in turn- ing up and there were still long qutues outside the ground as kick-oft Ume, approached.
The 'first thrill came when roalkeeper Loury Woon-shun handled the bail outelde of his area. The free-kick was and only partially afeared when the ball rebounded to Colony Chan Fai-hung the *for tent grand shot Just wide of the Eastern post,
Glorious pass
Tung Wah's goalkeeper Yung Poy-dor making a save in the First Division league match against Eastern at the Hong- kong Stadium yesterday. Locking on is Ko Fo-keung, in white shirt,China Mail photo.
Badminton
League season
L
opens today
The Colony badminton league season opens this evening with a Men's "A" division match
U.S. Navy upset Cheyennes
in week's only Senior match By OLLY VAS
A thrilling sixth inning rolly in which they scored two runs enabled the U.S. Navy's softballers from the “Union” yesterday at King's Park to nip the Cheyennes in the only Senior League game of the week. The score of 3-2 showed how ‘tight' the game was.
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In other matches, New Asia surprised the Pandas 7-6, the Wolves won over the Antelopes by the same score while the last game of the day— that between the two Junior pennant contenders, the Stardusts and the Giants-resulted in the former losing by 9 runs to 3 in a most dis- appointing match.
As for Little League baseball' the Lions went down Giants 3-7.
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the
There was a good crewd on hand to witness the Navy boys play the hitherto unbeaten Cheyennes.
Bad base-running
Batting first the Cheyennes' Manuel Xavier got a walic of plicher Larry Koon and ad- vanced to second 011 Chaves' routine infeld out, Koon to first baseman Jack Thaxton. There Xavier stayed for Onofre Souza and popped up ib Thaxion Robert Remedios did not even to strike see Koon's fast riser out.
Russia now almost
assured of
of Chess
Olympics title
Leipzig, Nov. 6.
at Craigengewer Cricket Club The Soviet Union led the United States by six
between the CCC."Green" and Hongkong University.
Altogether eight events will
points after the tenth round of play at the 1960 Chess Olympics today and has thus virtually won the tournament.
Pretmen are always look- ing for unusual football ple- Lures and just before the in- Kave terval Chan Fai-hung
Eastern near the zol a chance to snap some- thing really exceptional when his blockbuster from 18 yarða missed the goal and scored, a direct hit on A cameraman.be competed, for in the League If the man behind the lens gofree in the "A" division,
There was only a theoretical, then go on winning all four. 111h that hall in fight he has the three in the "B" division, and
one each in the "C" and "D" chance for the American play round games tomorrow. picture of a lifetime,
Divisions.
Lo era
draw level with the Just
Although the entries In the Rumians they must win the lower divisions have been fair-games adjourned today in their satisfactory, those in the "A" clash with Czechoslovalda and division have again been dis- appointing, there being only three teams in the Men's "A",
before the interval
Eastern almost scared but ever vigilant Lee Kwok-wah popped up on the goal line and hended clear.
The second half was all Tung Wah. Eastern were a pathetic
Ladies."A" and Senior Mixed Buchholz, Mackay glowing Doubles events. all the sight after stories that have beon circulat-
Cralgengower Crickel Club,'i ing about them. They were:
will be Belding equally outclassed and outlasted by who much better and more versaille balanced teams In the Men's
to join
side and when Lo Kwok-tat "A" Divisim, will start as fa- Kramer's troupe?
crozs vourites
to win the premier
volleyed Ng Wai-men's into the net to make it 4-0 after division's title, although a very 03 minutes the fans staried close 3ght is anticipated between their trek to the exits.
their "Green" and "Yellow teams.
a
Com-
The line-ups for this evening's match, which will sturtat 73 um arc;
ccc "Green": Chu Sal-wah, Wong Wal-hung, Fel Tat-chung, K. Y. Tso, S. K. Ng and Robert Toy.
Today
Melbourne, Nov. 7. United States
tennis stack Earl Buchholz and BETTY Mackay
and
Italian Nicola Pietrangell are reportedly - al-
to turn most certain
profes- this sional immediately after year's Davis Cup challenge round.
Melbourne tennis
To enable the Americans to pull even, the Russians must drop all their four 11th round That appeared highly games. unlikely according to expert opinion at Leipzig's Ring Messehaus where the Olympica are belag staged this year.
The last Olympics, staged in Munich, were also won by the Russian chess wizards
Results
Toxiny's "results were:
GROUP 'A
(Vietors Group)
Holland-Bulgaria, 1-8,
Yugoslavia-England, 1-1, two
adjourned,
USSR-Rumania, 3-1.
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Bade-running by the pick-up and Azevedo advanced
thema tho railers cost
op-to scoring position al third. portunity to open the souring Manuel Xavier fanned but the for with Rom Ankney On Dick Chaves singled and base and mone 三 Glen Azevedo crossed the home plate Smith, popped up to third to put the Cheyennes one up. bassian Sours and In the ening run-down play Ankugy was trapped between the bases and tagged out. This double play relieved the prasure on the Cheyennes and then Ron Rice grounded out to close the first inning with both sides unable to tally the first run of the EQTIC.
Danny Gosano and Tony Rod- Koon's diguss fell victims to
both striking tricky pitching, out and Dave Malig fled to left in the second inning.
Resounding 'homer
a
of
INTER-HONG CRICKET
Onofre Souza became 'Koon's sixth victim vla the strikeout route but the losers were now In the lead although a silm one.
Mic The Navy could not the game in their turn at bat.
Thu
four frame was a scoreless one and in the top of the_4fth inning, the Cheyennes' Rodrigues, Ribeiro and Azevedo were relired in succession with the score still. Cheyennes 1. U.S. Navy D, but the sailors fighting back in the half of this inning.
CEITO bottom
A bunt by Dafoe was badly floded, catcher Ribeiro tossing
The Navy were out in 1-2-3 the ball into right field after fashion in the beltom of the picking up. Koon bunted a Dafce second inning and In the top third tirike to sacrifice of the third Cheyennes opened from second to third and Ank- the scoring. After Georgeney then hit à Texas Leaguer Ribeiro had struck out which shortstop Chaves feld Carlos Azevedo doubled to well. Chaves appeared to be Ket on base. Left-Belder off balance when he relayed
made
the the balt hash
to home Rice
plate and
Dafoe
between slid Riebeiro's legs. Umpire Wally Ma declared him 'safe' and the scoro was now 1-1. Bob Boyd struck out with the scare now deadlocked.
There was anich applause from the Chayannes meh from the stands when in the : top of the sixth inning .Dlok Chaves connected, squarely in left for a resounding-hother. Fielder | Rivo wna badly out ⚫ borition and eöuldably. “ wateli hulplessly at the bält salled over his head, A
WAYFOONG DRAW WITH B & S
cricket
In in Inter-hon match at Chater-road resterday, Wayfoang, drew with Butterfield and Swire.
WAYFOONG Hancock e Meffan b Gallo-
why
Galloway b. Rooke Menzies c Lowls & Mattan b Robson, Scolte Mesian b Robson Watson b Jones ......... McLeod c Meffan Jones. Brockman b Golloway ... Nelson & Esther b Robson Nolan by Róbekm”................ Remedios e Galloway
Jones
Castro not out
Extras
Tolai
Hungary-East Germany, 1- Robson
two adjourned,
1-2. one adjourned.
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Winning run
this In their turn at bat in vital sixth inning the Navy ́re- plied with a vengeance. Glen Sraith struck out, then Ron Rice
made up for his felding lapse by banging # hard rounder
päst pitcher Malig. Clifford high
Henry followed with
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bouncer which the Cheyenne
Infield could dot lay their hands on and Rice'ran all the way tô third.
Heartbreakingly enough pitcher Mally then tossed a wild pitch into the dirt and Blee scored to ile it up again at two all.
Jack Thaxion then hit a kard drive which did not go past the infield and v Henry dashed for home and tafiled the winning run as Thaxton WRI being put out: ut first:
Dodd
Med to left Geld vid close the Navy inning with the mallors now in the lead 3+2.
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U.S.-Czechoslovakia, 1-1, two Jones
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adjourned.
Galloway
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It stayed that way. for Cheyennes could
the
not
solve
Roon's tricky spins and risers
cock
11
as the Navy pitcher bore down
31
on them in the top of the seventh to enablé the Navy
11
5
to register a notable uöset.
Koon was the
here of the
Standings three claims the
Standings after today's 10th Low Hoad,reund games were Ken Rosewali and Spaniard USSR 31, Uued States 25 wo Andres Gimeno in the six-man adjourned, Yugoslavia 21% Tour world nerics to be staged by adjourned, Hungary 19 two ad- promoter Jack Kramer in the journed, Bulgaria 194, Czecho- Leader e Lewis b McLeod, United States in the arst week slovakia 18 two adjourned, East Jones st Menzies b Brock-
Germany 17% two adjourned, of January-AF.
Argentina 10% two adjourned, West Germany 16% oho ad- Journed Holland 18 one adjourn ed, Rumania 15 one adjourned,
AP.
Tung Woh should have gone
The game was over as never in the game, Lau Chi. jahead in the 16th minute when
Cheuk-yin split the de serious contest but Tung Wah lam worked hard enough but Yiu
the fence wide open with a glorious continued to run the hapless it Was somehow
desperation through pass only to see first Eastern defence into the ground of endeavour
Lam Kam-tong and thea and they might have scored on rather than the surge of suc
Kwong Yineying miss the ball at least two more occasions. cessful effort.
completely with the goal
VERDICT: A great prestige They their mercy
victory for Tung Wah. Eastern who were struggling were never in any trouble and The sting was taken out of to And some sort of combina- they never looked kely to HKU: (From) K. T. Goh, Low Donald Lawrence forecasts this the attack right from the first tion made a brief attack in the lose. Eastern received a first Weag-din, Dr T. B. Teoh, Dr in a newspaper today.
Dr T. T. Chin, and, when Lay warning of things to come. The | Kenneth Hui, whistle by big. Lau Kal-chu's 21st minute
Lawrence handful of well-doh Tuck-klong, Ke Wal-kok, players will join incbility to shake off the aften-Shiu-wah turned the ball goal-side was
The Po-keung. tion of Ko
wards instead
shooting, known names and nothing else. Douglas Chao, Low Weng-kee. of centre-forward lost
Kai-chu Tung Wah's middle line took
WEEK'S PROGRAMME round. Eventually he moved to centre-forward Lau the sight douchline in search of tried a snap shot only to and all the honours and returee
manoeuvre but he goalkeeper Yong Pui-dor right Brian Douglas carned a space to
spot to clear away mendation for a good ninely
Men's "A" Division: ccc. found the biting tackles of Lee on the
minutes work. It's hard to "effective downfeld. It proved to be a 1233 Kwok-wait
effort for os the move forget the scorched appearance "Green" vs Hongkong Univer- good than those of the pivot.
Tomorrow Ho Ying-fun was biotied out developed Lo Kwok-tal slipped of the once beautiful stadiumsily.
the middle and pitch... and somebody goofed new- quietly into
Men's "C" Division Section just as effectively and
I: CYMCA vs HKU, RÁF, vs' comer Scong Kwok-jing must Was waiting for the ball when have wished he had slayed in it was crossed into the Eastern
not slow to voice their dis- CCC.
Junior Mixed Doubles Divi- Saigon, He quite clearly did not goalmouth,
approval of seeing the players like the rat-line tackling of
trooping off to retrieve the ball sien LRC vs CYMCA, KCC vs the Tung Wah definders and)
when i went out of play. Well CCC. long before the end he had shot his boll. He was injured twice and finished with a mass of white bandage round his head incidentally reminder it is
unprofitable pastime to creek skulls with
It took medical attention to tough-as-tak Ng Wel-mani.
Former KMB lager Lau revive the over but he was Sliu-wah made only a toll soon back in the middle of the tary contribution to the game
perfect way laging en when he flashed a fine pass from Which Szeto Sum
...a
that
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For a moment it seemed that goalkeeper Louey had
falling to provide the usual ballboy service. The fans were
gat la I first but in fact his played Tung Wah... oh dear,
appeared to Eastern ! flying punch.
Le Kwok-tal's bonnect with chin stounda after the little ineide-right had nodded the ball into tie net.
fray.
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Thursday
Men's "C" Division - Section The teams
I: LRC vs Indian Club, Chung Tung Wahi Yong Pui-dor, Cheong vs Nav Bharat.
Men's "D" Division: KCC vš Law Pak, Lee Kwok-wan, Chan Fal-hung, Ko Pn-keung,
Ng CCC, St Stephen's va Chung Wai-man, Szeto Bum, Lo Cheong. Kwok-tal, Lam Kam-tong, Yiu Senior Mixed Doubles Divi- Cheuk-yin, Kwong Ym-ying.
alon: CCC "Green" vș CCG Eastern: Louey Woon-shun, "Yellow".
Tse-choy, Lau Yee, Chan Chi-
augular shot just wide of the clipped the crossbar with Ng Tim-Joy, Szeto Yu, Fong
post in the 'untucky for some rasping shot,
13 minute. He should have Acored and had he done
the game miilit have had a different ending.
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The
Roses all the way For Tung Wah-except skip- por Ko Po-keung and Law 'Pak who suffered painful injuries. it was rosed all the way. The sido 10s never played better. defenders täckied Uké ilgers yet hard as they fought for the ball their tactics were always fair. The chief architects of victory weld Chán nil bute the 1 Wai-man. These two U threign chtough work for h a daten and quite apart from Aletting their immediate opponents out of the picture they were able to find time to twerp. Traild turport of their attack wa
Big bustling K Po-keung has foland new. Jeane óf life and at- the "monent he, is probably playing, as well as he has done
In the 34th minute Ng Wel-kong. Ho Ying-fun. Lau Chi- man-made, one of his forward lam, Lau Kal-chu, Boong Kwok advances and with the defence Jing. Lau Shlu-Wan waiting for him to alie a pass. Referee: Mr Brian. Douglas.
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Date for European England 14% three adjourned.
Table Tennis Championships
Vienna, Nov. 6.
The 1983 European Table Tennis Championships will be Held In Stockholm, a meeting of the European Table Tennis Union agreed here today.
Entries for a new Exropean Cup for men's teams, made up. Friday
by the national champions, will Ladies' "A" Division: Recreio close on Dederber 15 when the draw will be made, and the vs CCC
Junior Mixed Doubles Divi-| first-round will be played sion; RAF vs HKU.
January-Reuter, · ·
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Total (7 with) 130
Did not bati, Hagori. Robson. Bowling Analysis.
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I would like to bring to the at- Hanedek
tention of Mr Oily Vas that Brockman the Indians, in addition to the McLeod Cheyennes, Seminoles
Btardusts, have also supplied umpires when called upon to do SD.,
take this opportunity
of
writing you in the hope that Mr. Vi will las future”, dót make such a rash stafèméht.
F. X. BOUSA.
· service sublime and food divine
care there all the time
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game, striking out seven and elving
only three hits. It'
has been a long time since we have had such. Uvely damne of softball at King's Färk and the other Beinr teams had bet ter be on the Ipolcout against this American side which hit and field arid has a slendy on the mound to boot Congratulatioris go to the US Navy for a ind display. The loxis deed not feel: dia- ́appointed." They were beaten by a better tent--on the day's showing anyway.
A victory for
the
Don
Johathreshing, Nov. 5, *throwing trupe" un nounced by MOC for PAdastralia's-1961 -tour of
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nus to bowl Meckin" for the rém: of the, tours but matild
offer to cancel thú four. As Ertland did in Mistredia, ins
| Mait sports citat, Whittington predicts that no staspire, who repótis adversely on Australian dust bowler for - › Mockiff's-nétion will officiate
in the Footscrier. "The Australian teatrs manages ment vid aingly say Meckin has breu passed arby. Australian Talcatan, Indian
Gyõulumpirés mást be wKODET
whitington aid the best aut
geilion was that there should be a loul amnesty, regardling suspect póliori in kallimation? cricket for the baxtlinbe
charles Fortune the South African radio. dommóntatór
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