THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1961.
SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT
IT'S 'LITTLE OLYMPICS DAY' WITH A SOCCER THOUGHT
OR TWO
By I. M. MacTAVISH
of
his qualities an oya to Tradership. In Henglong at the incment there are very few players who can be seriously causdered for the jobs of leading the Colony's reptesintalive eleven. They con
disputed sulhartly on ih That 1 how big-time football in Fun,
please don't tell me things are different in Hon- ..... whatever that meaŃS they are unly different because it sults come folks to have them that way.
hops that when the new cant. pellone get under way nast picsent September if the adininistrative celsup is dill i being that constructive
and thought will be kong sogressive alven both to the matter and equally important of appointing a practical une team manager. The Colony hus around and able coach là Lal He should be with Sulu-winz.
+ manager teamed up capable of planning and enforcing tactics and policy on the Held....and tho Butter gentleman must be one whose football knowledge is respected ty no plyers under his con- ucl.
Today is "Little Olympics Day" in Hongkong. Maybe purist fact Es erupted in the lingers the atmost
in-chlof Avory Brundage will cock an inquisitive eyebrow at a meeting which includes such gems of compotition as the bean bag the duck raco the monkey race relay and the hoop obstacle race, but at least he will not have to worry vary much about the genuine amateur status of the participants.
Once again that old warrior Billy Tingle parades his magnificently cos- mopolitan athletic institute In its annual sports day at the Hongkong Cricket Club and if you want to see some genuine soul stirring effort, with the honour of winning as the only príze, make a point of being in the vicinity of the Chater-road ground around half past two. After the traditional entry of leve it was in the article which rather like a reward for good
and franitly the gladiators for the grand christened this annual meeting attendance march the belt will call starters, The Little Olymples- linished most
blocks to their
for the fret with a quotation which hus times mentioned many exciting sprint of the afternoon. been According to current reports since. The words were those of this
several a father paying tribute to Billy event will see
work among but Tinglo's promising.
the potentially
Once opalt, roa- Colony's children. probably temperamental,
Atting Youth 16 on this year they makė n ners in action.
and I hope their ride however: The oldest, Anole to my story
w for many years to will be just short of his fifth, they birthday: The youngest will become..
were words n bounding new four-year-old. The Colony's 'Liftic Olymples ars indeed well named but only as far as the physical measure- ments of the competitors are concerned. The occasion is big in planning....big in presenta- tion...and bigger than big in Idenis.
80 EVENTS
Wh.ro cise today in this froubled old world could you And such a voluntory gathering of children of many different nationalities happily jained in a imple bond of physical educa tion and character building without probably reallsingor
pre even understanding-the Fence of either influmce.
In the programme this after- noon there are some 10....yes.
and 80....events
Loveral the hundred children between ages of four and twelve will, In moments of addition to their ecmpetiton stage a full scale demonstration of the institute's netivities.
For a healthy, enthualnatio band of our youngsters the Little Olympics are a treat occasion: chance for am-
bitious boys and girls to show anxious mums and dads just how much they have learned the progressed under and painless, intelligent brand of discipline which is the ball- mark of the Tingle technique. Two years ago in fact I be
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hand and there would still be digits to sparu. The obvious chalce is powerful, expakneed Ko Po-lcung. Oh, I know all the things that have ten tot are sald cut him, ard cctainly his fellsh with- drawal from the side that play- cd Madureira on the flimsiest of exevaca was hardly a recom- mendation, but with the right becking and encouragement be 13
head and at potentially
other shoulders above every actender.
Number two on the list is surely L Tak-hing who is the most courageous player we have in our midst at the pre- sent time. Cnly a sensational
ksa of form could now pre- Juster his Colony position and he has it in him to make
fine leader.
occasions no one would have known who was doing the job if he had not been required coin fer choice of te loss
The appointment. In ends.
There the list virtually ends, consequence, is currently value-
In certain circonstances Yiu less.
Cheuk-yin might be worth con- Thoughtless nomination of a
sidering but he is currently out skipper is neither il compli- ment nor a service to a player of public and official favour and who is not suiler to the task of many belleve his reign s Mrleading a alde; of making vital to star is fast coming to its
enit. Beld; and decisions on the above all, ef lifting a dejected struggling
out 421 its i trouble and despondency.
Tingle's work among children opLuks for itself and as a father I appreciate the fact that he bus given my son a chance to be a boy among boys...."
Indeed, the Little Olympics are today's big news....please Mr Weatherman be kind. Smile, Thank you!!
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In recent times we have seen among others-Ko Po-keung, Kwok Kam-lung. Ho Chung
and tie ynu, Yu Check-yin Work Chi-keune lead the colony side onto the field and caly the a coin....but trast observant er biased falks would suggest that all of them were practical captains of the tean.
'Captain of Hongkong' ...... that is a title any Colony foot-Loss boller should be proud to hear. Down through the years in
other parts of the world out- standing
players ---- men of great personality have strug- gied and strove to make them- selves worthy of nomination to the leadership of their natlonat teams. Captaincy Is a goal supreme...... the sent on any epreer.
VALUELESS 'Captains of the right kind are worth their weight in gold' n former chief of the said Football Association of England and there is no doubt that in most places in the soccer realm the rather obvious with exception of Hongkong the Important selection captain is only made after tic. most searchlig?" examination of the player's qualifications for the job.
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BRIGHT FUTURE Portunately the future leuks bright, Youngers like So
end Lo Chungkhong. Man-po have the ability and the lem- Into the perament to develop type of players who command, and in fact demand, respect and there are others en no doubt the way up.
The tragedy in a matter like this Is that a playgr of the bosle qualities of tremendous Wong Man-wat should make himself quite unworthy of consideration
the because of apparently uncontrollable streak In his makeup. Wong has the ability to becime one of the outstanding halfbacks in Colony Football history, fle has
In fact of the lot only Po-keung, and in a lesser de Erce Viu Cheuk-yin, have come anywhere near the standard of cuptainey that one expects in a representative side. The nomi-
protund in@uence cin every nution of Wong Chi-keung for the Madureira game reduced the game in which he plays,...yet whole thing
wastes all to pathetic pan-he thoughtlessly tornime. The little fellow has thers attributes by his irrEG-
conduct. of
What ← alt the qualifications
pensible class player... tempma tragedy Indeed. mental artisi....a crowd pleaser Whatever else may be neces-
entertainer. But
sary in local football there is my mind he possesses 'not not the slightest doubt that our lngle attribute that makes him representative side desperately a leader. Ho Cheung-yau who has also had the job is too shy -and--retiring-
....an
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needs team
The Colony selectors should nominate a captain and build The their team around him. the
individual should be chosen with care discretion and with
Here, unfortunately, title of skipper' has been hand- ed
pround in
recent
years
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a regular leader. The present Rimless method of using the appointment 85
fr popular or face reward' induential Individuals docs the game no good at all.
It is now too late to do very i much this Ecason but
TERM
mennger'
even
far too long For
the term 'team
https been appiled to an official who dis penzes hospitality
slaps chils..... and dabbles general- ty in secretarial administration, Whol is badly needed is one who underetanus things like 4-2-4 funnci defence or tack defence in depth. "W
Dank formation ..... ... nad who can read a garne tactically, A football 'manager" today
sprotalist. The rintment la now much more practical than rodial,
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Let me finish with two quotes from remarks made by 0.30 of Britain's most famous managers. When accused of being inhospit uble on a Saturday he satù *if i have time to be neclable match day then 1 on not doing the job for which my club pays me. My place is with jmy players,
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On another cerasion, sitting in the directors' box at one of London's grounds, he made the classic comment "For me next week's game starts when to- day's final whistle blows". That L ̈modern coccer.
of
we
When we talk big and think in terms
England.. Real Madrid .... and the like, we have to plan big well. We have the money and scissors
can.car plenty more so let us the put the bread-winner' representative side on the tight kind of footing to realist Its potential.
Colany football keep abreast of modern trends it must revise Ils thinking on representative siden. It alcèsdy has a good coach..... now It needs a manager who is the complete boss aff the fold and
caplain' who la the
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Sports Diary
TODAY Feink
Hayal Hongkong Jockey Club 12th roco"meeting, trocand day) 2 pm.
Boccer 1st Division: Cataline 100 y Kit chee (Club); South China v Kwong Wah (CI NAF v Army (Pelite) all at 8 pm,
Reserve Divisions Caroline ili v Kitchen (Club); South China v itwong Weh (CBI) RAF ▼ Átny (Police) dil qt
2nd Division; CAA v Talkoo_{XV} 4 pm; Telephone v Five-One-Seven (IV) 4.30 pm.
Cricket Interport practice: Findlay'ı XI v Coffey's X at Bookunpoo, 1:30 pm,
Athletics KAMA
at Triangular Match Hongkong Stadium, 250 pm.
TOMORROW
Ist
Soccer Division: Happy Valley V Tung Wan (HK Stadium); AFS V Eastern (Club); ICMB V Police (Police) all matches at 8 pm.
Reserve Division: Happy Valley V Tung Wah ( Stadium): KMB V Police (Police) both matches – ni 3.30 pm.
and Division: Club v Koon Wun (C) 0 pm; Yuen Long V Wat- sons (Sek Kong) 330 pm...
Hockey Men's International Jingl at let us Recreio ground,
World football hig made tremendous progress while we have stood sill. Let us take a
Little practical step forward. Hongkong can be 'big' if it is given the chance.
South Bass
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