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I. M. MUTAVISH

OUR RELUCTANT

HEROES

The way things are going it seems more thon a pos- sibility that we shall see no Senior Shield Soccer until

Bar

1962.

The undignified hickering over reviset dat

first-round

Bu!!

inpoints once

Again the

pration of the in

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1961.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT

TWO

A grand show for Two WRONGS DON'T

a great crowd

MAKE A RIGHT

The heartiest of hearty congratulations go to the officials respon for some time it has been an

sible for the staging of that superb and refreshingly imaginative Urban Services Sports Meeting at the Hong- kong Stadium last Sunday.

open secret that con. troversial Wong Man wai was in indirect contact with certain interests in Australia.

It was a great day for many little men and women who seldom

get a chance to enjoy the limelight. They responded magni- For his own sake many folks ficently to the cheers and counter cheers of some 35,000 portison spectators who stayed to the last possible moment

throw

volunt wi commitier

t planned, aguia 1 ground of the expertenes th

ve previous an make

1. JIPS.

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Fascionable une far le

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worket

staff of the Celtend

Department

Service to get

as Brick snes a tha an out

ES

of the competition

Of course you would never gel oficial acknowledgement that this I really the vital delaying issue at the moment As far as many soccer folks financial ouncerned the tragedy of the day is that the rason's four most successiu, sides have found themselves paired in the first round.

are

worst they pre going to t only one big mones

WH!.

Bfter that

nt firm date by the HKFA, 1 carros etul are reaking certans

iginal

Ket a good harvest day."

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THE WRANGLING

their familie.

They planned wel WILN

highty Competit inter departments) kaletin mersing to set the para food to satisfy the in makads, wonderful i det uke of trucifona?

Chinese te

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hoped that if he went; Down Under' it would be

DIM

THE STARS ARE

In recent years the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee

of Hongkong has done a tremendous amount of excellent work in placing Colony sport on a footing which guarantees its status

world affairs.

acce

6:0 ph of this

thai AR BKPEY

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dures

with past efforts as an example Ano encouragerneni -- we can be

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ment and

displa spectacular werks to send aid and yung happily on their way hem

600 competitors

500 erumpetans

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Maybe the lines rose aand by 14

winners evidas will not send a

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individual or group who reach anywhere near the standard of 1 what is nowadays rather mis- leadingly called 'world class'.

Only A few short year; agu Bad brilliant table Tenis players who werN riga

Ele

world rankings lawna verimis

of the

the Sport Federatas had two carry on the good work to peting regularly benent of our sport, apt en and sportswomen.

However, it is worthwhile. as another year draws to its close. to look at our athletes and enquire just where we stand in relation to neighbours in the Far East and in fact to the world at large.

But Brat

Dismol picture

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if

Stars

Wear: Cur ladies were ... tours participants

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under a 'working banner' and would have no apparent or publicised soccer significance.

for

Regre fably however

heffer or for worse, things have now changed as far as that later situation is concerned and, with some knowledge of the back- ground to the develop- ments, it is maybe timely to make a few observa- tions.

IN under

First of all Wong Mon-wi suspension. Secondly ALL soccer in Australia is currently out- lawed by FIFA. It is almost certain to remain so until the late summer of 1962 at the earliest

and maybe for much, much longer.

As ability to Rover has improved so, sadly, has the perlorinates of our reprentatives deterioratovi. At the present fime the Ainutur Sports Federation and Olympic Comunitted venuld be hard put. It has been suggested that as a parting gesture the HKFA might lift

his suspension. Frankly – in view of his previous failure Lo

the

To bommate a single Hongkong ·

tai

anvitation pod in any

Best class materna-

El mal etpetition

Why?

It's a sobering thought

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up an mur men in the Theuns Cu th two great interi

inational baduten competitions we had the craft of Higary Wong in d ring ready and willing

1 lake on all comers at his weight, and

we had young Stephen Xavier at the track and Ho Cheung Adri on the soveer held both Showing real promise Today we have established personality the controlling borty are both 10

prospert well developed.

pa selectors paying an por und may be tr

af is a pretty dear and wonen who look pot HVE BO LATTUDA ambition

Yo me

Take a moment or tw stars of truck tl

self and try to name one I for mvh the sethall know

standing tural sporting Des femel staff will nove: find a

CH like sonality-excluding place in the schedule of events Australian

Peters-whu at full-scale athletic meetings would justify

inmediate but the competitors by their enthusiasm. the spectators cutest.

a major entry in

international by their

loud expressions of

Ken

At the moment of writing the wrangling is at its height Cre would have experied the BKPA to part its fool down writ kill Meial dates but, having lived ith a number of folks a losels rusted in the situaton. Thi impression one gets is that tie-

the huldup Is due to

ilit participating clubs cannot each agreement on when THEY want to day

of mine A Chinese friend made one enlightening eam- ment when I talked with him He said that the other day.

the draw for the Soon after Seater

Shield Was made approval and encouragement Let's gu even further and ask known a group of fasis pooled and the organising committee you to name a 1eam or party their cash and tried to get a by its foresight and intelligent that could be sent abroad with quick 'double bre that both planting made the 1961 sports genuine confidence that it woulc first-round

creting an occasion of which games

prostire creditable perform ance and maybe even score a victory worthy of the headlines.

Can

you think of just one name in either category?

1 have tried bard. offer ong suggestion in

the season's bik

involving four sides

would end in a draw. They got a frigid_reception | from the bookmakers overkore

Cainese equivalent of

on your " net inuen

Thei

"We would

The Urban Services Department can be very very proud.

First defeat

AL

1

cannol the

sphere of 'popular sport' Edinburgh. Dec 15 that kimi of wager Edinburgh Academicals at with a bargepole." It seems the Cambeldge University 8-0 in al trans are more evenly matched | Rugby Union match her today : them league performatices would

to end the Universaly's unbeaten

Be all that as it may, it seems that if you are one of these fans who enjoy the unique thrill of knockout soccer you will have to be patient a bit longer. There's a lot of tulking still to be done

run this season.

Cambridge, who hard wenn all: their previous 1 matches wer below strength. They ided only one of the sale which beat Ox- furd at Twickenham cariter this; week-Ruter.

No spectacular

wonders why it shoud be so in this comitrumly where elimate and conditions are almost perfect for many athletic activities anti

The where enthusiasm an efficiency

Christine puts 'em in a tizzy

By Frank Rostron

Christine Truman is back in tennis. The losing heroine of this year's Wimbledon final, who two months ago debated retiring from the sport, last week unexpectedly returned to the old grind of hard training.

It is true of course that our For Christine, who dejectedly rifle and pistol experis com- wondered whether to continue pare

very favourably with making sacrifices in her private their counterparts IKE other life in the bid for that elusive parts of the world...and it Wimbledon championship, has may be that our lawn bowlers accepted an invitation to join will yet emerge as major prize Mike Sangster,

Haydon, winners in the Commonwealth and Deirdre Catt in a tour of Games. These two enthusias- South Africa starting at Christ-trip home

apart, there is no

the teams

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More havoc

The immediate result is more

Christine will miss the fare- well party of her brother Philip, chief officer of the Rustenberg Castle, due to sail on January 20 after its refit in Glasgow.

• Sister Isobel, a nurse in

her anal Calgary is making

before in January returning to marry and settle in Canada as Mrs Beverley Green.

Se Christine has asked to

from return

South Africa a

havoc in the Trumpn family week ahead of the rest of thei

social life. Christine and her mother, Mrs Aimee Truman, i told me of these necessary

terations in the family plans:-

al.

term.

Sorry

1

sway

Appeals Board - this is most unlikely, particular- ly as he is alleged to be going to a country which is already on the soccer blacklist and is operating outside the FIFA orbit. An

ill-advised act by the HKFA in respect of a player openly involved in # move such as this will surely find little favour at "Headquartere."

Think again

The situation facing the!

player who, but for his suspension, might by now have been earning rich reward in the front rank of world football else. where is complex. He has to face up to the fact that there is little chance of a remission of sentence.

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5TH RACE MEETING

•

Saturday, 16th December, 1961.

Even if he waits until his (To be held under the Rules of The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club)

suspension is over and

then plays in Australia he

will also have to face the

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THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 8 RACES

The First Bell will be rung at

at 2.00 bmw 2.30 p.m. and the First Race ever wants to play else- The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 1. where within the FIFA 8.Th, Said Mrs Truman "Thai's

sphere. birthday the worst

al of having such Woodford closeknit family. Though I'm

Wong

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• Christine's 211

fur party, planned

Essex) on January 18, is pust-mad about tennis myself. I'm "I'll sometimes sorry Christine be- poned. Said Mrs Traman. have to notify friends and re-

champion." lations and replan everything."

Said Chrislide: "It may mean two comings of age, one in Dur- ban and one when I get back. We'll have to have

a birthday telephone call instead.

• Christine last week had to

Mrs Bea Walter, Christine's Wightman Cup captain, sald; "We are hoping they'll le Christine come back early be- cause the will be in hard training for her clash with Angela Mortimer in the British tell a friend, Sorrel Quirk, she covered courts championship in

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Man-wai is un- doubtedly the greatest prospect in Hongkong football today. If he still has ambitions and if he has learned his lesson he could go right to the top of the soccer tree in Hong. kong or in many other places except Austra lia.

Think again, m'boy, before you do something you will regret for a long time to come ....

but according to reports there is at least опе other important obstacle which will have to be overcome before Australian football be- comes a realty.

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No person without an Admission Badge will be admitted. Admisión Badges at $28.00 each are obtainable only on the written introduction of a Member, Admission Badges maly be obtained during office hours from the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club at Prince's Building, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); D'Aguiler Street; King's Road North Point and 382, Nathan Road. ADMISSION BARGES WILL NOE DENON SALE AT THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS, AZ

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