1961-04-29 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1961.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

The "final" chips may Iranian wins British title

be down to-morrow -but what then?

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Tomorrow is Senior Shield final day. But maybe it is much

more.

- even

Maybe it is judgment

FINAL judgment-

day for Hongkong football as we know it at the present time.

If the game which is played tomorrow produces an affair as degrading, cither in spectacle or principle, as the final of a year ago the repercus- sions-following on top of recent happenings could be powerful enough to rock the game to its very foundations . and beyond.

Moke ro mistake about it. When South Chine and Tung Wah run outo the lush greca turf at the Hongkong StadRim they may very well have in their kelping

the

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registered

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peas, are no mare tolerant. You may recall that out of and certainly no less Indignant, eight goals ofeinlly about what is happening in that game Bve were around and behind football by players against their own thin anyone else.

sides, and even the unofficial in arms They ure hating every minute bookmakers were up future of Colony soccer. it of it and as has bern shown about the result. there is the slightest suspicion lately they have now been pro- of anything untoward or un-¦voked ta the stage when they zavoury .. it there is anmay rebel violently against both then adverso public outery the individual instances of trek ...or if there

is another fullon and. the whole overall Proverative shaibles like the system which is making then Kitchee Tung Wah fual last possible. year it will surely be impossible for ofeiaklum to remain either or Indifferent An3"

toletant

Jon Dr.

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get the Impression that there comments are born unly it The confervative columns of the English language Slashing, accusing

Again this reason the Tung Wah eleven has failed badly to. win public favour and recently quite apart from the dropping of several of their stars

underlined SO MUCH DEPENDS

It is often said that nt present it is only the love of a gamble that is putting in the fans, There may be

a great deal si truth in that assertion .... but, Just

offended perion as the

cenets In militon: hodility ta cheat 10 a ganze of cards so almost inevitably will the Colony football fares hit back at those who have had them on the wrong end of a bad bet. *****

artielta have dominated theventually

spordi pagka of the vernacular sinve lusi Sunday's fantastic touthall puntomime when Happy Valley and Tung Wall shared six goals in what zurety canland as the season's mt brutally blatant example

lite recnes whe

There is no doubt that for a time big names and called

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from

the Colony side-their standing with the fans wo graphically when Arat their

match Sentor Shield semi-final with KMB and then belr teagre gume with Happy Valley coaxed only small crowds to the stadium.

PRESTIGE

If there is a good crowd to- morrow-and I feel confident there will be- will be a ribute to the prestige in which South China are held.

The champion retain the affections of the fans in a way that most be the envy of every, other Chinese side in the com munity. There have been times when I have

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T. Drahanbakhte of Iran, who won the British middleweight wrestling championship al Manor Place Baths, Lendan, keeps a firm hold on his inverted opponent D. Ickringi

Manchester. Dgabanbakkie, who is studying in England, is a former world lightweight chatuplon.

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The game and the fans who Earlier this week you no support it not, accept another Insult.

will cannot, and

im-

soccer.