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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1981.

1, Young Boys of Berne

5, Young Boys of Berne,

GOLF IS

By

MY GAME

HAPPY FANS GO CRACKERS BY BOBBY

Magnificent double victory gives the Chinese

the Chinese New Year

a wonderful kick-off

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Twenty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty-six Colony soccor fans will never forgive themselves. That was the number of empty seats at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday after. noon when the Hongkong Selection, giving the greatest display by a Colony side in recent years, thrashed the national champions of Switzerland, the Young Boys of Berne, by five goals to two.

This was Hongkong football's most magnificent hour.

Not only did the Hongkong Selection outclass the visitors in every division

AUSTRALIA WINS HISTORY-MAKING TEST SERIES

Melbourne, Feb. 15. Australia narrowly won the history-making, Test series against the West Indies here today after a dramatic victory by two wickets in another thrilling match.

Australia's win-the climax. of a series which started with a unique lle and developed into one of the most exciling rubbers Ir. Test history-completed the full circle of recovery for Aus-

tralian cricket since they whe

of the soccer arts and sciences but they also resisted the most virulentato in England in 1056. provocation to reduce the game to its lowest depths and eventually emerged dignified as well as worthy winners.

Swiss ride hitting the locals with everything except chunks off the side of the Alps-with- put provoking retaliation-the game ended In a magnificent Hongkong victory.

ning total of 238 with two wic- kets in hand, They made 356 in their first innings. West Indies scored 292 and 921,

Final scoreboard FIRST INNINGS West Indies: 202. Australia: 356,

SECOND INNINGS West Indies; 321,

AUSTRALIA

Since that summer of 1950 when they were demoralised by the spin-bowling of Jins Laker

the Australians have beaten South Africa, England, Pakistan, India and now the West Indies to earn the un-

R. Bennud b Valentine disputed title of world cham-¡ N. O'Neill e Alexander b ploits,

n. Simpson b Gibbs C. McDonald Smith &

Gibbs

Worrell

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P. Burge b Valentine Presentation During that period they have. Harvey e Smith b Worrell 12 won 13 Tests, drawn seven, lost A. Davidson two and tied ene.

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The Young! Boys played

The Hongkong triumph was threadbare impoverished fintboll | complete 113321 absolute. The game was a wonderful personal without the merest hint of the class they are

triumph for supposed to

Lau Chi-lam who As the Hongkong side scored all five goals. .but 30. hit the high spots with a glorinus

this was no one man show, It

Verdle: A wonderful Hong- display of one-for-all-all-for-cne was without doubt the most dv- soccer the Swiss team resorted to lightful display we have seen kong victory,...and the best

from Coinny

Worrell side in many display by a local ske in many some atrocious tactie....blaigni

K. Mackey not out pushing,

elbowing, geurs. All the skills and art years...and the worst crowd in Arguing,

were there to be admired and Stadium history....to see the

Grout Richle Benaud, today's trium-w

C hacking and vicious tackling. The illy

Brilliant passing, worst performance by a visiting phant captain, has led them to appreciated.

Valentine men-in-chief were

clever envering. Intelligent run-side....maybe there is a moral victory in the last four series,J. Martin Tot out skipper Meier whose conduct was

shocking example to the rest of ning into the open space. somewhere

Well played waming 10, drawing Ave, losing | Extras the quick silver Hongkong-every one of you!!! two and ticing ane. the side....and substitute Fuhrurand always

thrusts of Lau Chi-1am 10 who seemed determined to bring coltret the goal dividends which

The teams everyone within reach down-to-their enterprise go richly de-

served.

flengkong Selection: Lau Kin- What a tragedy M War that chung. Luk Tok-hay, Lee Kwok enly 5,534 spectatora saw our wah, Lo Chung-kong, Kung representatives in their greatest Wah-kit, Leung Kam-yer, Au hour.

de Pang-un, Lau Chi-Jam, Kwok A display like this served a packed house....even if You, Tse Bing-quen, Leung Wai- the pposition WO: only hung. (Lo Kwok-tai). shadow of what we had every right to exprel.

miste

Unredeeming

The Swiss champions had not a single redeeming feature in their Une-up, They show ed hardly a scrap of football skill: their tactical plan was non-existeni: by comparison with the feet-footed stiek thinking Chince they were a stodey lot and for the see- ond ime in two days one wan felt wondering how they kathered their present putation... and how many honour were won,

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The Stadium much healthier under the refreshing rain with Lau Woon-ching and Lee Tak-wal unfit the hane side

had to make two changes in the selected line-up. Au Pang-nin er and Tas Blen-kuen came into The team but the latter did not last long and, after a nasty in- jury the 28th minuts, he was replaced by Lo Kwok-in proceeded to luni in a top class. performance.

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First goal

Real

who

of

The gout gave the local boys the encouragement they needed but, although they continued to Pconfèol the run of play they could not get the ball into the net again.

Just before the interval they almost lost a goal through tem- porary, slackness in defence but, with the goal at his mercy. Durr shot weakly witle of the post,

The visitors made a couple of substitutions to try and improve their display but it had little of feci.

Young Boys of Berne: Elch. Grundi, Haldimann, Schnyder, Walker, Bilger, Rey. Meler, Durr, Helder, Allemann. (Fuhrur and Sing),

Referee: Mr Sammy Tsang.

Wednesday's match

Eighty-three minutes had gone and there at long fast was the ball tucked away in the back of the Swiss net.

Sobers b

Smith

Bound was today presented Tutal (for eight wickets) with the Frank Worrell Trophy.

Fall of wickels: 1-15, the comter-purt of the England- Australia "Ashes", inaugurated 3-154, 4-170, -200 6-236, by the West Indies to com- 8-250. memorate the first tie in Test history at the beginning of the current tries.

Hall The prentation was made by Sobers Worrell, the West Indies cop Worrell tain, amid tremendous scenes of Gibbs excitement after, Australia, indValentine scored a hye to reach the win-

They had a grand

full-back

In

In Anton Schnyder, a less than discreet wing-half in Fuhrur, on industrious grafter Schneller, the hardest worker

and nfield in Gilbert Rey

Anton good winger in Allemann,

The men in committee got a real practical vote of confidence

irled.

JONES

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The importance

of swinging

Some thirty-odd years ago I discover- ed that an effective position at the top of the golf swing could be reached from a normal address position by making just three separate consecutive movements -first, from the position of add- ress, by employing only the hands and arms, to lift the club directly over the right shoulder (as though to bash the ball into the ground), assuring a full cocking of the wrists; second, to excute a full rotation of the trunk to the right, keeping the head Immovable and using the spine as an axis; third, to lift the hands and arms straight up to the normal top-of-swing position.

Upon the execution of these three movements, the player will find himself in perfect postilon to begin his hitting effort, Inck-

clubhend ni the top of the awing. head at that point will be too To whatever degree this feeling low, and the subsequent are will is present, the result is that the be iso flat, cocking of the wrists is com- ing only the sense rhythmpleted as the unwinding of the that he can have only by pass- Ing through this position in a complete swing.

The sources of power герге- tented by the windup of the trunk, the cocking of the wrists, and the swinging of the arms are all there. The player's per- formance will be determined by the efficiency with which he em- ploys these sources,

It is desirable that both

upswing and downswing should originate in the trunk,

Swing from Trunk

If the clubhead has been pick ed up from the ball or thrown from the top of the swing with the hands, it is then too late for is the hip turn to catch up. In the one case the backswing must 258 proceed outside its proper path, and in the other the wrist-cock- 2-75,ing s sed up before the un- 7-243 Winding of the hips can have its effect upon the speed of the clubhead.

MR W

The swinging of the golf club buck from the ball is undertaken

for the sole purpose of getting the player to a proper position

The main thing is that the backswing should be long enough

one

trunk progresser.

s that there may be no need There is nothing more im- for hurry In the downstroke.

whole portant in this

pro The aim ixuld be to blend the cedure than holding the bead backswing and the early part of

Into back, or even moving it back the downstroke ward, in the mot of striking. ·

smoothly flowing movement cul- The golfer speaks of "hend- minaling in a maximum effort

and "looking lifting"

up." and a maximum clubhead speed he does no lift his Actually,

when the face of the club cen- head because of any avereager- tacts the ball.

ness to observe the result of the Hit through a ball

stroke. When trying to strike the ball, the most natural thing

"cul-

The use of the word

Immediately in the world is to look at it. In minating"

above the almost every case,

head may not have been the result of I am wrists an entirely happy choice, comes up because the have been uncooked too soon, a bit fearful that it might have and with the angle between the is it a suggestion of too much left arm and the shaft of the Auality, for it is an Integral part club being less acute, the head of this conception of smoothness and shoulders simply must come that the motion the clubhead up in order to afford room

for should not be stopped, or even the completion of the swing. impeded as or after it strikex

the bail.

Indeed, The player must niways be aware that he must hit through the ball and not merely at i

Cocking of wrists

As nearly as I can describe the sensation of striking a gor ball, it is a combination of

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pull through with the left side, He should strive for the feel- with n slapping action of the ing that throughout the down-

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for striking. So the one influence right hand and forcorm, the left; stroke he is continuously build-

for keeping ing up momentum

factory progression of the swing the swing on track. is the clearly visualised contact groove, and the right being the possible speed, at which

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until his or in a clubhead reaches the maximum point bringing he should turn the whole thing between club anti ball still at agent responsible for the forefront of the

the movement player's

a well-timed loose and allow the weight of the club and the effort of swing- how hard all three of them mind. Just as the backswing climax us the ball is struck.

An ample cocking should not begin until this pic-

of the Ing to carry him along to ture is adequately established,

wrists and the retention of proper finish. The contrasting colours of the | so the movement should continug

the greater part of the angle A graceful, poised position at two teams-red for Hongkong until there results an awareness

for use in the hitting area is the finish of the stroke is not not only important for good an end in itself, but it is never- and yellow for the vidtors that the player has, beroine can- made it a bright holiday picture able of striking in the intend-

thetheless a very goezi indication of set against the returning green led manner. of the Stadium pitch. crowd was quickly in a humour as the Colony scorned reputations and

men

The

good

side pro- from

I stress this point, and in- tend to continue to do so, be« *LT- cause I know that the relenting effort to play golf in this way can do more for a player than anything else he can possibly do.

ceeded to give the

wel- Switzerland a very waren come. For a long time play

When every mave of the swing was in favour of Hongkong and viu Cheuk-yin, Wong Chi-le dominated by the determina- Chan Fai-hung, Hotion to strike the ball in a de- Cheung-you and Mok Chun-wah finite fashion, the complicated all had good shots. Some were sequence of movements must ac- Just wids of the mark while gutre purpose and unity alialn- those on the target were well able no other way. handled by goalkeeper Anger- Crucial point

met.

Winning goal

.one

movement.

This

two are necessarily in opposite directions. Yet the expert player actually accomplishes just this. In the swing of the expert

The side did nothing to con- firm that its international re putation was justified. They played simple orthodox football but the team kicked a real por- The opening half was all, in To the accompaniment of sonallly and missing too was Favour of the home side and Lau

of the unexpected surely the that touch what WIS Chi-lam got his fest

which one looks for in a club | the game after a quarter of an biggest concentrated ca-

kcung. that enjoys such high status... ! hour when he jockeyed for posi- | cophony of exploding, in fairness,

they did im- tion in the penalty area and)

recrackers ever heard in prove a bit in the Inter stages. scurest

with a fast ground shot | icle

the Colony little Wong" to the

Goalkeep- post.

Best dressed Chi-keung received the Der Elch looked very slow in get-

ting down to the bail.

back clapping, almost

The Hongkong selectors must

I have already said that the crippling, congratulations have been very pleased indeed

The visitors also had a couple backswing and downswlag ne of his delighted colleagues with the boys who took the of chances but they were slow nearly as possible should be for the goal which gave held in the Colony's gleaming to snap them up and the quick blended together so as to com-

red and

silver kit-in- tackling home defence kept its pose Hongkong a

thoroughly new

this cidentally

was the best goal intact. There was no score Sounds like a tall order when the deserved victory against

dressed Colony side have yet at the interval. the grossly over-rated

scenfor every nan Jack of Young Boys of Berne be- them gave a maximum effort. fore a capucity crowd at

The visitors, who had been a there is no single stage at which the Hongkong Stadium on

from the men on the pitch. The great disappointment, improved all backward or upward move- Chinese New Year's day. big successes in the home sice a blt in the second half but it ment comes to a halt and a fixed The final score means very were Lok Tak-hing who had a was still Hongkong who called position is attained from which tile. The Colony representa- wonderful big-time debut and the tune although the Chinese the downswing begins. This tives won this game-morally has surely made the right-back boys could not get that all im- transition from upewing to down. and stallstically--much....much berth his own for a long Ume | portant goal.

swing is a truly crucial point, cnally than their to

who come: Ko Po-keung ....more

moment the fans had and it is here that pinety-nine solitary goal suggests.

proved beyond a doubt that be awalted so eagerly care just out of a hundred bad golf shots They were betler then the is sull the best pivot around seven minutes from the end. The are incubated. Just let the play- tired, jaded visitors in

Wong ball was swept downfield in arr's hands move a few. fnclies every these parts: pint-sized phase of the soccer arts and only Chi-keung-the diminutive big fine burst of inter-passing and, toward his front, or let him turn a fine sure-handed display by o'tricks with the twinkling toes when it went, to Wang Chi- his head a few degrees toward goalkeeper Felix Ansermet kept and a heart a litle too big for keung, he beat his man in the the objective, and the shot will

and be spoiled beyond recovery, the leaden-footed Swiss boys his own good; and finally sea-space of a ten cent piece.

The all-important feel that I in with a chance.

Any result other than

experience as the swing changes clear cat victory for Hongkong

the noise

the direction is one of leaving the would have done a grave in-

The Colony also got good ser. Year of the Ox was in danger Justice to the local side who

the dressing room and was the unce again

vice from Wong Shi-woo, Chan of becoming the year of PROVED that in

later taken to hospital. It la Wong Wel-man stod ox at its very begin- the current world set-up they i Fal-hung. -~

now understood that he has The traditional cheers Ining. are not so badly placed at all. until he red a little towards

were drowned in the thun-

made a good recovery, the end and, to a somewhat international en-

The teams things up a bit after this and counters they have distinguished lesser degree from Kwok Kamerous clouds or flashing bang-

Ing firecrackers.

Won't ÅLL HONGKONG: during a heello exchange in the themselves against the

star-bung.

The visitors had a late chariée The malo Hongkong penalty area Meleristudded Peruvians....the much

disappointments

but Wechselberger Shi-woo, Lok Tak-bing, Kwok to equaliso inade the most of mistakes by | vaunted

Bicans....and

in the side were all up front.headed over when it seemed Kom-hung, Chan Fai-hung, Ko Chow Shiu-hong failed to easier to put the ball into the Po-keung,,

Wong Man-wai, Lok Tak-hay and Kung Woh now cgainst the champions of

grab his big chaften to aliing in | rét.

Wong Chl-keung, Ho Cheung- the top class, Ho Cheung-ysu VERDICT: A

Chow thoroughlyyau,

Shly-hung. Ylu found the pate of the Fame deserved Hongkong victory Cheuk-yin, Mok Chun-wab. away beyond him... and

YOUNG BOYS: Anaermot, over a sadly disappointing Mok Chun-wah just could not visiting team....Mr Marsden Schnyder, Bilger, Fuhrur, Walk- find a consistonlly Euccessful While who referred the game er. Schneiter Wechselberger, way to bical Schnyder. Bút collapsed just after be reached Meler, Schneider, Rey, Allemann.

The second Half started in sensational fashion. Within two minules Lau Chl-lam crown- ed brillant forward move- iment by scoring his side's ne cond goal. Sixty seconds later he caused ponic in the Swiss defence and when a defender pushed the ball back to his goalkeeper Lau nipped in, left the goalkeeper helpless, and Hongkong were three up.

Mistakes

The visitors started roughing

not,

In recent

Costa

kit to reduce the deficit...but Switzerland who just a year ago Lau Kla-cheung looked a bit were in the advanced stages of al sea as the ball went into the tha European Cup....n team, in fect, which ruve shoulders on In the Bist minute Meler got level terms with the greatest another goal when a shot which club sides in the world, was going wide was diverted

the move.

into the home net by a defender. Poor advertisement

In spite of these interludes Let us however, fuce certain the Hongkong attack was still facts about the visitors. On the tearing the Swiss defence to; form they displayed in their riisbona every time it got on opening match in the Colony they were a poor advertisement

their country's football. In the 73rd- minute Lan Chi-for Iain scored another grand goal Basking as they are in the the to make it 4-2 ...and two of national champions wo ex- ninutes later he deceived the pected something very specia‡ heavyfooled Swiss defence to from them. We did not get it and notch his th goal of the the side was no more than on afternoon. This was a glorious indifferent band of successors to and there was no the fine Grásiliopper team of five Justilention whatsoever for the yeaATA AR). aft-side claim made by the visitors. Lau Chi-Jam was well onside when the ball was CrÒSG- ed into the gontmouth,

header

The Chinese footballers pro-

creded to give the visitors, a noccer lesson but in qne break- away buri agan missed open coal

and with thoj

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They had filio in, the waz of, a iscilest plais and their stfacking centre-half polley failed through lack of vitst positional ogvering by the other defenders. .and be. vpure, Ilia. Scáth as a wholź was vírangely desølent in mobility, skill and match fitness.

The

soned campaigner Yu Cheuk hit a grond law shot into the yin who worked tremendously | net. hard, throughout.

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timing and

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also absolutely necessary in order to enable the player to strike downward and so pro- duce backspin.

the

When the angle between left arm and the shaft of the club. becomes straight too early

the in the downstroke.

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