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INLAGRAPH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER(UB) 1994.

INTERNATIONAL SPORT AND FRIENDSHIPS

"Veritas" Replies To Critics

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The plea is put forward (officially and by the correspondents) that it is impossible for a club to guarantee the Impeccable behaviour of its players. I agree most heartily. But has the committes demanded any auch guaranten? I don't think so.

It asks that the club shall do its utmost to see that their players do nothing to cause them being sent off the fold.

NOT: DEFENDING THE

ASSOCIATION.

Until any new facts concerning this case sro proved I shall stick by my. original article, for. it is based, not Actually my suggestion was quite on what I heard second hand, but on different. I put forward the pro-an official letter from the Young position that it seemed the Young Indians. The veracity of my article indians had not learnt the lessons of has not yet been offelally denied, and suspension last year, seeing that although my within a month of restarting football, with the conclusions drawn therein, I critics may disagron they were again before the emergency see no reason to amend anything, ex- committee.

pressed all in good will in the original cept merely to reiterais n, hope, ex article, that the Young Indians will not make hasty decisions, hurt will reconsider the whole question in its proper light.

RELATIONSHIPS NOT LIKELY

TO BE JEOPARDISED

Y.M.C.A. TURN DOWN MOTION

Many interesting points were raised at the European Y.M.C.A. last night, when a debate of great current interest was held. The motion before the house, "that international sporting contests áro j imperilling international friendship," was defeated by a narrow margin.

May I here any that I do not myself ontirely agree with, the committee's stecisions over this matter, and at no Now it is not enough merely to be stage have I stood as defender of the incurred in an "incident" to sacrit the Association regarding them. But uxtreme penalty of being sent off the knowing the futility of taking much fold, and consequently "put on the drastic stepa as withdrawing from the. If they feel they are being unfair- carpet" before the Emergency "Gont-league, and realizing that the Youngly treated, by all means make an mitice; and a passive vletim of pu Indians have the means of secaring a appeal. That at least, can be guar- attack-by another player cannot be re-hearing if they adopt proper con- nieed fair hearing. But these per-assisted by Mr. F. R. Price,

The proposer was Mr. 5. A. Groy, motion and to show care why they no harally treated. The committee's stitutional methods, I have, and will emptory withdrawals

while ought to think that international warning applies quite obviously to a continue, to protest against such an highly ineffective in result, and too supported by Mr. S. Dinsdale. Mr. International friendships. This 10- usually for the opposition was Dr. E. Allen, sporting contests were not imperilling tano where a Young Indian is sent off action and attitude as they adopted, often become reactionary.

ho fold, and he can't be sent off un-

T. J. Price presided over the function. cond was to "unmask" Mr. Gray and I must emphasise something which im he has done something to was apparently not made sufficiently

In proposing the motion, Mr. Gray to show why controversfes hat arisen aid that ten years ago, it would have in international sport. nerve I

clear in my original article. I ΠΗ

i am accused of alleging, or at eant inferring, that this warning to he Young Indians was based largely the bad record of the club. What he correspondents have failed to add, at what I added, was that the club in official letter admitted this cord.

are

not attacking the Young Indians at King's Park yesterday afternoon, have done, a direct negative to the between nations was not only a neces

In a friendly hockey match played been laughed at, providing as it would The speaker claimed that rivalry the Young Indians. To me they are the Hongkong Hockey Club just a football team. I am not even defented the South Wales Borderers national sporting contests. However, life. It acted as

senjors | Carontial' nim and ideal of inter-sary but also a vital element to human concerned about any past "dark by one goal to nil. The point was like most movements which reached endeavour. As long as there

a spur to human record." I am attacking what in un-aintained in the first half through A. nation-wide or world-wide propor- nations, they must have rivalry, he doubtedly an unconstitutional act, and 7. Lay, who scored with a fast rising tions, it had developed a reactionary submitted. I would do the same no matter what shot from a pak from N. A. E characteristic. club had been guilty of such an action. Mackay, on the right wing.

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Tracing the trend of internatiouni Dr. Allon further submitter that sport, ho described the world of 1918 international sporting contesta which was groping for common themselves did tend to draw nations denomination by which a more solid closer together. If they spw another structure of ponce could be built. nation putting into an úthletic field a Under the conditions prevalling at team capable of beating anything. the time, it was not unnatural that they themselves could bring against most of the countries should turn to them, they wore then prepared to sport to provide this new cementa- | look upon that nation as an equal. tion of international friendship and it was necessary and better for goodwill.

nations to prove their worth in the football field, in the boxing rings, and on the tennis courts than in question- juble means.

CONFIDENCE IN CREED. So firmly convinced was everybody that in International sporting matches lay the path of true world peace that "Rani" who was the idol of every The speaker instanced the case of social reformers, ministers of the Engilsh school-bay in his young days church, politicians and journaliste rose in a body to

The fact that "Ranji" was an Indian) Announce their sublime confidence in the creed. The did not matter at all; it was, his pro- bellof in the power of the new move. Weas with the cricket bat that was ment amounted almost to fanaticism, Important. Frenchmen had carried and despite the disillusionments of the last decade, a large number of people were still clinging to it.

Unfortunately, the speaker

went

on, that from which so much was ex- pocted, very little of benefit bad Como. The lutense rivalry between the nations and' the desire

of

the participants to achieve in dividual famo were contributory factors to the failure of the aim, he anid.

off innumerable prizes from Wimble don, but it did not prevent the English crowds from admiring the French nation. In China, he had seen trouble being smoothed over by sim- ply sending a team of sailors short to play football with the populace.

Japan might be anxious to show that she was an equal to other ca- tions. She showed it by military in nexation, but she also sent her ath- letes to other countries to show her worth in the field of sport.

CONTROVERSIES EXAGGERATED.

Dr. Allon contended that the con-

Although this began to manifest itself nearly ten years ago, the gener- al public did not begin to appreciate the development until 1932 when the World Olympics, the test big inter- national sports meeting since 1928. were held at Los Angeles. At that trovoice quoted by Mr. Gray had megling, all the bitterness which boen groṇaly exaggerated by overy- could only be generated when sperts body. It was a case of making a specialists came into opposition, was mountain out of a molo-hill. A thou

manifest. There were free fights, and couples happily married would disputed results, water poló

teams receive no attention at all by tho leaving the wimming baths

Press, but if only one of this 1,000 gestures of protest against official couples went to the Divorce Court, rulings. Bickerlngs

the Prean would be shouting it out among the teams, and

with shrilking headlines. They would reactions of intense nationalism among planes crossing the Channel safely, nover hear anything about a thousand the general public. The World but If one were to meet with an ae- Olympics of 1932 were made memor cident, everybody would know about able by two things-the number of now athletic recorda established and the loss of faith, goodwill and friend-

Sporting contests, he continuod, did ship between the leading nations of will between the nations. The trou- not arouse hatred, jealousy and 13- the world,

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were common thore were

TEST MATCH CONTROVERSYĮ

it in a short time.

ble generally was that the ill-will was already there when the contests were

Heri

upon the Los Angeles held, with the result that every tiny squabbles came the Test match con- incident was picked out and magni. troversy, which had put a mother fed

Dealing with the Far East-

country and one of her most valued dominions at loggerheads ever since. ern Games, tho speaker

skid The rights and wrongs of the con

the hostility between China and troversy were not of great purport to Japan was not the outcome of the The discussion, but the effect of the Games. The initial hostility was "misunderstanding" wax of paramount not the outcome of them.

brought the Games and certainly importance.

The speaker then quoted London spoko, after which several members Messrs. Price and Dinsdale also pressmen's experiences to strengthen of the audience voiced their views his argument, and drew attention to on the subject

the intrusion of politica! influences

Contrary to the impression given

in the Far Easter Olympics of 1934. by the views of the audience, the The unfortunate episodes Gomes and the constant bickerings motion by a narrow margin.

of the voting resulted in the defeat of the between the competing antions finally!

ted to the disbandment of the Far Eastern Olympica Federation,

life.

SIR. J. GILMOUR DEFINES BRITISH ATTITUDE

London, Nov. 7.

After commenting on the recent NO STATE LOTTERY. America's Cup contest, Mr. Gray said that from all these squabbles one was forced to the conclusion that sport had been made too important a factor in national and international The present position appeared to be that the public, and not the selected During a House of Commone athletes and players, were, the par-debate on the Betting Bill, last ticipants.

The speaker concluded by quoting John Gilmour, again emphasised night, the Home Secretary, Bir a remark by a sports writer who sak that the Government would have

Whereas once upon a time, sport nothing to do with any was merely playing with war, sport, for a State Lottery,

is now warring with play."

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Ho argued they had proved vicious in their effect 00 com- For the opposition, Dr Allen said meron and credit, and were liable two tasks devolved upon him. The to lead to first was to prove a negative to the British Wireless.

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