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THE CHINA MAIL,

14. SATURDAY, JANUARY

1961.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

Is it hoaxer-

coaxer

or

really

Real Madrid?

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Do these old eyes deceive me?

Real Madrid

really to be asked to come to Hongkong?

.. a wishful thought

proposition

are they

Is it a practical

or no more than

a deliberate snatch at the limelight by the man who made the proposition?

I was privileged to see the magnificent Spaniards give that never-to-be-forgotten exhibition of modern football in the European Cup final at Glasgow last summer. It was generally agreed to be the greatest display of soccer ever produced by a club side and it is doubtful indeed if it has. ever been even remotely approached by any international combination of players.

Football folks who saw it wit alf bout it all their lives. To dangle such a succulent sucrose before the Colony publle Is really to temp them to the alt for no matter what u”y-

y about it. insy

Inducing Rest of Madrid to tour the Far East, with long hops and many Banially introductive tion, nié aurely slim.

0012 chane

1

Iowa-

SPORTING SAM

by Reg. Wootton

A DISASTROUS

Landon Express Bervice.

YEAR

FOR U.S. TENNIS

By JOHN COTTRELL

Never, in modern times, has American lawn tennis suffered such a dis-

astrous year as 1960.

For the first time since the Wimbledon Championships moved to the present Church Road site in 1922, net one American reached the semi-finals of either singles event.

For the first time siren 1939, | Sederman and McGregor, Head: American amateur tennis. At the Americans filled to rezea j and Rosewall, and then Cooper, he has an excellent record, The referee nevertheless For a long time football folks the Davis Cup challenge reund. and Anderson.

tremendous power, and reminds Certainly, to remove have been unhappy about the New they have lost their two ordered the player

now, stare emerge¦mo of burly Tony Trabert, 1955

suddenness in Wimbledon champion. the helmet but, barked by his present method of calculating top Davis Cin players to the with remarkable captain, team-mates and clubs this so called goal average and professional ranks while a third Australia and the United States. Witners how Alex Olmedo oficials, he refused....while the it is exclient news to hear that player has been suspended.

jumped fren Peruvlan obscurity crowd shouted impatiently for the Soviet Federation in seeking FIFA permission to make an

in American fame, winning the The game to proceed.

in their

Cuy virtualty ingle. The opposing officials foined experimental change

of calculating their players in protest and with system

handed in 1958. the vitation geiting a bit de- average in the LeagueTM Cham-

gcrate the goalkeeper great, pin-whip next season. without prejudice to his future. Intentions, to discard his heid

tard and the match got under-

It is no secret that their recent "millionaire" tour of way.

South America, where studia of huge capacity are order of the day, took nearly three years to arrange.、、 while even to make the cont- paratively short journey from Madrid Lo London 10 play Toltenham Hotspur The Spaniards were offered the astonishing

guarantee of £12,000, or if you prefer it in Hongkong currency $102,000 !!!

That was the fee бен спе single game to be played during the Spanish season and in this context it has been reported in the United Kingdom press that the Real Madrid team has actually received as much as £22,000, or HK$352,000 for one match In South America.

Can't afford it This kind of money Hongkong simply cannot start to consider with its present stadium facilities ond, while it is conceivable that India and Japan might be able to Lecommodate The <rowd needed for this sort of revenue, Singapore, Malaya, Indonesia, the Philippines. Formosa and Korea just could not look at it.

May go up to FIFA

According

10

the!

The death-knell?

Does this sound the death- knell Joal

Inst for the United Slater as one of the two Or powern? greatest tennis can the Americans make a big Instead of vaing

come-back this year? femlltar practice of 2 ratio

It may be argued that the between goals scored for and Americans wil soon recover against, the Russians propose from the loss of Earl "Butch" to introduce another method Buthhciz and Fry Mackay. which seems both logical and just as the Aus alluns found simple.

new stars to take the place of

the informa tin which is available the goal

They want the DIFFERENCE keeper and his club have deelweis, the number of goals to clied to take the matter to their count!! parent association and if neces Sury arrange 10 have the in-

+

client discussed at FIFA

before you Now

Jump in over your head with a person ai deelaion let me remind you of several things that have happened....and are happen- ing today

The field of

Fr example, at present 60- 30, or a ratio of 2 to 1. I better than 100-54 which is a ratio of

1.85. The Russians feel that difference of 46 goals is better than a difference of 30...... and few will digite the firet that if goods are the 1teblog of soccer a team which has en- gaged in a number of games producing altogether 164 goals has certainly provided heter A few years ago two well-football entertainment than known Scottish footballers

has only produced and incidentally neither of them side which

90 pools in the same number was a goalkeeper .. played in

of games. protective helmets. They were a wonderful life full-back by the name of Puggy Allen of Humilton Accies and Mother-

play.

Praiseworthy

The Russians

are to be com-

well, and Airdrieonians' contre-plimented on their progressive half Peler Gordon. They were thinking and according to top line slats Allen was in ports they are confident they fact on Internationalist and

will get the necessity permi their headgear

a familiar WOR

sion to make the innovation in sight wheneve they were

the 1961-62 season. oction.

ק!

Leyton Orient in the days when they were known 11

Like everyone who follows football I would dearly love to Clapton Orient also had on Inside-forward who sported a ree Real Madrid play again. As helmet whenever he played. things stand however, we could while just before the last war not offer appropriate or testing there was one of the top Aus opposition but with 11 Httle trian International players who Imagination even that difficulty wore a similar protection. might be overcome....yet in 1 did not know the proposer of the idea as well as I do I would put the whole suggestion down as one of the biggest legpulls of all time.

Of more recent vintage of

Even the ultra-conservative Football League of England has been stirred by the proposal, Secretary Alan Hardalcer com- mented: "At fra glance. it seems reasonable. It sounds П very interesting experiment and sanctioned by FIFA we would watch it with very great Interest".

......And so say

all of 113,

course are the controversial although as far as the current altuations which arose in Colony First Division Cham- England when players took pionship is

part

Important games-in- cluding a Cup Final at Wem- bley-wearing protective casts on their arms.

concerned it looks

45 though we shall have to use

D

Best prospect

zur- But his power is not ficiently controlled and such is his Temperament that I can- not see film, developing champlon's game for another year or so.

*

Withoul Buchholz and Mackay, Yet I cannot see the Americans the Arzilcars have only one making suck a dramatic reman in the current World's 'Tep covery this year, unless the Avs- | Ten-Bern::d "Tul" Bortzen, traftans lose more sturs to the ¦ ranked No. 9, with three Aussles professional ranks,

above him--Neale Fraser, Rod Chunky Charles "Chuck" MC, {Liver and Bob Mark. Kinley, the suspended St Louis, pityer, is the best prospect

Britain given next

chance to challenge

for America's Cup

New York, Jan. 13.

in

The New York Yacht Club has announced its in- tention to give Britain the next chance to challenge for the America's Cup, regardless of who wins the United States-Australia match

in 1962.

vided the challenge is made promptly.

Promising

Barizen scored victories Inst year over Laver. Buchliz and Roy Emerson, but he is a clay court specialist with no great achievements

fast On

13ES courts,

Ron Holmberg. then ranked No. 4.in the United States, did not impress me at all at Wimble- don. But ong mast promising American performer was Ameri- can Junior champion, 17-year- old Dennis Ralston, who

Won

the men's doubles in a scratch partnership with 21-year-old Rofaci Osina of Mexico.

Here is real promise, bat again I doubt whether it wit be realised this year. In desperation, of course, the Americans might conscript the Mexlean for the Davis Cup just as they called in Olmedo to help them in 1958.

Osuna, prodigy of the great Gonzales, has been living in Les Argeles and studying at the University of Southern Call-

The famou old New York Club, which hoя tenaciously held on to the International It would agree to the substitu- Trophy since bringing it across tion of another club in the United the Atlantic 110 years ago, makes Kingdon it the Royal Thames ré-fornia — just as Olmedo did, its 18th defence next year against quested this. an Australian syndicate headed by publisher Sir Frank Packer.

Memorandum

12-metre class

And the girls?

The days of such extreme

The Australian challenge. The New York Club said that And the girls? In 1960, no accepted nine months ago, Just if the Australians win next year) American woman reached the beat to the post another British it will stond back to allow the Wimbledon semi-finals The

the challenge — by

Royal Royal Thames, or another United Ladies' singles for the first fime Thames Yacht Club-Intended Kingdom club, to challenge, the since the 1920s when Suzannė to avenge Columbla's roul of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Lenglen, jelgried supreme.

Be- Sceptre In 1958.

Normally a club losing the Tro- tween 1916 and 1950, U.S. girls phy would be given the Best occupied 39 out of 40 semi- chance to recapture it.

final places, The New York Glub also aņe Under present rules the Aus-nounced that, while it holds the a yardstick rather than a destralian challenge, as the first in, Cup, challenges will be conald-| domination by one nation will cimal pointage to ossess the had to be accepted. But for cred in order of receipt, except never return. But this year the difference between the cham-time there was discussion in when two challenges are receiv- Americans can recover a little nions and their nearest chal-yachting circles on both sides of lengers.

the Atlantic about the alterna- tive of Commonwealth boats first However, we do not have to

racing a series of heats, with the go overicas for examples suck

winner maklug the challenge as this. for in quite recent

of the Criticism....how some of the Commonwealth representa Barnacle times 'Buff

Force (and

our football folks hate itive. The Australians, however, challenger after a Cup series has York Royal Air

maintained their right. even when it is justified But the New York Yacht Club After last Sunday's shock-Chy), Lon Casey of the Army (ord Chelsen) and of course

yet is kept both con- has now issued a memorandum do.

and controversy structive and relatively designed to

about challenges for the renown- mild.

ed International Trophy.

Time will tell, and men of foresight have been scoffed at before....but Real Madrid in Hongkong....io it a serious thought...n whim.....or just n hollow pubitcity stunt? I hope it is real... Real Madrid,

as

Local examples

Ing "bruteball" match at Butte Mok Chun-wah of South the Hongkong Stadlom China have all appeared on the got talking with a select Colony's pitcher with protection their injured arms. group of enthusiasts and casts on

There was also another Chinese

п

I thought of this. the

other

we finished up by having player who did the same thing day as I was gianeing through very interesting ex-but for the life of me 1 cannot a well thumbed 1900 copy of wast you 'Green and White' the magazitte change of opinions on an recall who incident which happened remember drop me a line of Saint Joseph's College,

in an important game in

Europe recently.

Here are, the inets

ts they

have been given to me and you can have, a go ai ds. have elding what you would cong it you had been the feree involved

The two teams were alrede 'kicking-in' when the referee and his linesmen walked out for the

start of the game.

"In that case you'd be criticis-

I and it me know,

came across a magnillcent morsel It will be most interesting to on the subject and I offer it now As a tranquilizer for those who bear how the current Europera

finishes but if the adjude- love to blow their tops when the cators had scen the South breath of criticism wafts in their China-Happy Valley affir last direction.

feli T quote...."Anyone can avoid Sunday they would have Justified in authorsing the crilicism. Just tay nciking, do T- nmodiate use of body armour nothing, and be nothing.

and harness without quibbling

for saying nothing, doing about the ecceptability of aed temple, and if reports are to be nothing and being nothing." believed, harmless heat pro-

....A reassuring thought to tection on a guulkeeper's dead.

carry into the new week that The two captains went to the

By the way-two referees lies ahend....but in fairness I centre of the field to less for who were in last Sunday's die should point out that the 'morsel' ends and one of the

emcursion did not quite agree on appeared in a section of the plained to the referea that the

their respective coursed of book under the heading A Re goalkeeper on the opposing side

action-so, to helmet it-have a nonsense now and then is re- was wearing a crash helmet.

go at a decision 111

ushed by the wisest men'. Ah, When the official checked up

well....... he found the statement was accinate

bill the other cuplat in his turn challenged the referee's authority, to for bid the goalkeeper to wear hla rather unconventional protée- tion.

He pointed out that the filmet, which was aýykent – ly of light, metal, had no sharp edges, no loose paris 'and was no less or no more dangerous ta. an opponekt

· Gram Shru • XaKINGSPORTE - KRUIZ,

the teams are level on points, goal average will | A decido...how often have you read these or similar words and, felt that there was a very definite short- coming in the policy of declding a whole senson's League competition by such mentis,

TALE-WAGGER:

Ono

Junior club following up the matter of the ground ''pull' shore-out is reported to be currently interested in a suggestion that a club NOT in the First Division may in fact hayo had a share of the post möñéŸ........

It said that if it successfully · defends against the Ata- tralians, it will definitely so- cept a challenge from the Royal Thanies Yacht Club for match in 1903 or 1964, pro-

MOVES TO AVERT FOOTBALL STRIKE

London, Jan. 12. Final moves to avert the Bettish footballers' strike limed for January 21 will be madź next Wednesday.......

It was announced here tonight that representatives of the Football League Management Committed, and the Profes sional Footballers' Asociation will meet at the Ministry of Labour under the Chairman rhip of the Chief Concillation Oficer Tom Clarý,

It

is expected that a number of alternative methods to avoid the strike will be explored by both sides privately over this weekend.-FP.

lost prestige through the chal- lenges of Darlene Hard, twice Wimbledon runner-up and now U.S. champion, and 17-year-old Karen "Baby Kar Hantze,

Indeed, if Miss Hantze-the since Moureen

cd within 30 days of the end of the previous match. In this case the New York Club will deter mine which challenge to accept.

This provision is intended to prevent a scramble to be the first

ended by giving all clubs a rea-best prospect sonable time to decide what to "Little Mo" Connolly — tyllis her great premise, the Americans The New York Club said will ba able to regain their that for the presen, it intend- ed to continue defending in the International 12-metre class. two years' and would give notice of any intention to change to another class.

'Trial horse'

menopoly of women's crown.

the Wimbledon

Sports Diary

TODAY

Soccer

Sat Division! KMD v South China frac Stadiumj 330 pmj Police v RAF (Polles) 3:30 pm

Bi

Many American yachtsmen ars sceptical of the ability of the Australians, starting from scratch In this class, to build a success- ful challenger in so short a time. But Sir Frank Packer's dealgn-

Eeskira Division: KAD8 v South er, Mr Atan, Payne, has made Chic Stadiumy 2 pm: Folion v several

to visita the United RAF (Follow) # pay

and Dreion: Telephono v Gym- States, and the Australian synastic (cf 239 pm: Koen Wun dicate has chartered the Ameri-

Wato (CH) 4 pm; Prisons can Yacht Vim as a “trial horse" | Joseph'n, (8sanleg) 4 pm. against which to test their new Sid Division "A":"TramwAYS. Y (JV) 1,20 pm; editTasion → yacht.

Telman (livý 250 pm; 102 Airerary Vim, bullt before the war, v don Ying (UV) 4 pm; Bik Ying v gave the last defender, Columbla, University (117) 4 pm.

hard run in Cup trials in the summer of 1958.

1st Division: OCC V BAF, Rocralo Mr. Arlbur, G. Róbb, design- & "Optimalite, Scorpions (eg “u, er for the British Red Duster, Brigade v trg, 100 “A“ ▼ Police. Syndicate the Royal Thames.

Nornade, Divison; RAF vi Yacht group, handed by Lard dentaire v Recreio, DBB V KGV, Newport, ind v Brigade, Garrison v Univer- Craigmyle-vlatfed Rhode Island, laat autams to alty Judge the conrio conditions for himself.

Cricket

Athletics

La Salle College annual Kihlatlo college He has been making ökf:ustive meetings Boundary-street, tank tests of models at Saunders around, 3 pm. Roe in Cowes for almost 18

Rugby months, as well no other develop Codimlarioner Pollen XV v Com- ment tests with the old British XV. Club,

Tipan's Ky V

12-motre Norsäga.

Dan Wandeld sel. Boundary The Red Durier contender the expected to be built at thời chi bf i atrava,

the year, giving her plenty of tid »". Hat time to tune up for the 1962 mesi) 17% Laklar o un had tilt #dn. China' Mall Opdefal.

Bak Kong, 30 pen,