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AS I SEE

IT:

CORRESPONDENTS AND SOCCER INTERPORT

(Continued from Page, 8).

half back line, thus making way for

somebody else.

•

WHY I PREFER PILE

ADMITTING that Sydney Strange.

OT mere

Deller and Pile all play rattling good football, I still profer de clima of Pile, strictly on a point of current form. Thin is, after all, the truent judge, and in being guided by such a principle, the selectors are far less ilkely to go wrong than if they judged un past performances, polentialities. It is worth noting that the Palice, both on record and y popular reputation, can be regarded a the best European team in the first division to-day; it is a further point of interest to appreciate that only once this season has Pile been report- ed to have played anything but an Police. outstanding uniu for the Here then we have proof, not only of bril. consistency, but of consistent Hance. Pile has all the attributes, Youth, unbounded energy (1.0. slamina) and real nccer "sense." Like A. V. Gosaro, he is a "natural" player, and although he can take over

• almost any position and not disgrace bimself, the fact remains that he is

particularly fine left back.

two

THE HONGKONG✨ TELEGRAPH -- TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985,

¿HAGETRIZON · 1 $ • }

The 12,000 spectators who turned out in witness tthe opening of the Florida winter racing season at Here are two horses rusb- Tropical Park, Cora, Gabies, were treated to some spectacular öntshas

Ing toward the judges' sized in the Coral Usbien bandleap with hardly a gleam of daylight between their nosos. Sabuls. E. Litsonburger up, won the race.

Are Boys

Bad Sportsmen?

LONDON ELEMENTARY LADS

CRITICISED

It was contended at the Headmasters' Conference at Bristol that the standard of sportsmanship of London elementary-school- boys is "extraordinarily low."

So

The spirit of professionalism prevalent in sports to-day was said

to be partly to blame. Mr. Basil Babe Ruth

Henriques, warden of the Oxford and NO NEED TO WORRY

St. George'n Club and of the Bern- WHEN we come to the forwards we Settlement In the East End, the find the same story. We have speaker, said the clube tank was to three or

four players with almost help boys to learn how to "play the

gume," equal claims, to fit in one or

10 held that elementary schoola positions. This is why I had so much had Bitte opportunity of teaching kind of sportsmanship, and sympathy with the selectors. None the lean it in algnificant that neither

"Speaking for my own district in of the three, correspondents to-day, Louton-although I do not want to nor "Football Fan" yesterday, found suggest that the same is true for the Higgins. Both "X.YZ" whole country the standard of and "To Win" suggest attractive for sportsmanship" which is to be found ward lines; bath prefer Fung King the elementary school, baya in cheung llows at centre-forward; extra-ordinarity low, twa agree on the outside eight tusi-

hard Barun St. George's Jewish Plans to

room

for

and none have the same ideas about

this raid:

"In order to encourage games, a

tlon, two concur with the inside right,g competitive systere has been

organised with cups and shields rescants. The winning of points, and not the joy of the game, has become the passion of the elementary school-

y

Only one-seventh of the boy popu

Turn Author

IF MANAGERIAL QUEST FAILS

Paris, Jan. 16. Babe Ruth, baseball's major homerun attraction for the grea- ter part of 20 years, to-day arrived from the Philippines reiterating that he IS through as 11 major league player, unas he is given

manager's job for 1925.

Ruth said in the event he was

TENNIS RANKINGS

Yamagishi and Nishimura Head Japanese List

FUJIKURA DROPS BACK

Tokyo, Jan. 14,

Jira Yamagishi, and Hideo Nishi- mura, students of Keio University, were selected to-day as the premier tennis players of Japan. Yamagishl won first place in the singles ranking, with Nishimura a close second. To gether they took Arst honours in doubles, according to Lho selection made for this year by the Japan Tennis Association. Yamagishi re- presented Japan in the Davis Cup tournament last year.

The biggest surprise was Jira Full- kura, student of Meiji University and also a Davis Cup player last year, who dropped from third to thirteenth place in one year. The ranking an- nounced wIA:---

(Kolo) Singles: Yamagish! Nishimura, (Keio); Toshisuke Hiral, (Kelo): Chuji Kusumoto, (Imperial University); Shiges Akimoto, (Ho shien Club) Ilyotaro Satoh, (Tokyo Club); Keigo Yamada (Keio); Junza ctnoshita, (Kwansei Gakuin); Hays. shi, (Imperial University) and Masa-

tomo Tsukada (Meiji).

the inside left job. Because of this the selectors' probable selections are

Doubles: Yamagishi and Nishi- peculiarly fitting; they have split the

mura, (Keio); Takahashi and Mura- difference. Frankly I think a toss of the coin would settle several maltions Intion, he said, continued their eduen- not given a major lengus man-kami (Keio); Fojil and Kuramitsh, in the Interport ske, nad whatever

The public agerial position he will spend the (Kwansel Gakuin); Kuwasawa and and happened the Colony would be well in after the age of 14.

were dealing with an ex-summer in writing a travel book attor, Waneda. University)

and Ozakl (Калье served. There is really no more than

proportion of the of his experiences in the Far East Kinoshita that between the players numinated renely small

and Europe on his present tour, Gakuin).--Kengo, by the selectors and thone suggested future citizens of England.

To this same few the remaining and playing lots of golf at which by our correspondents. Because of

boy population; he ls equally adept. this I am willing to wait and seeix-nevenths of the what next Sunday's trial brings forth looked to-day to give them leadership fall by that in sportinianship, culture, loyalties The electors stund or

and dealism. Tie complained that game, but honestly I don't think they the public schools were not directing kave very much to worry alinu, whatever happens. It is worth men to take up "this great national

work. remembering that when playing at

Mr.F.-Fletcher, beadmaster of home the Colony has the whole of its resources on which to call, and further Charterhous School, who presided, that at the immediate present, those said his own boys played Association pressive." Ruth told the United football with various elementary resources are fairly vust. That is schools in the neighbourhood and Press here to-day, discussing porta why I find it easy to reconcile my spoke always with admiration of the at which he has stopped since he Whatever they do, they can't go far way in which the games were played. left Manila in December.

iden with those of the selectors.

wrong.

Doria Kanyon and Walter Connolly, as they appear in "Whom the God Destroy", the Columbia film which opens a run at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

LEAKING BOAT WINS RACE.

FINE VICTORY BY ERIC PHELPS

London, Jan. 14.

of the Whitney Straight, winner

African automobile Grand South Prix, returned here yesterday in his bi-motored touring plane, making the trip from Capetown in

The hefty Bambino, idol of ban-! dreds of thousands of school kids throughout the world, is leaving for New York on February 21. m after a vacation in St. Moritz.

"Bali and Java were not

ine-

"I don't like the women there. they are too chesty."

Ruth, during the several months of campaigning which American big league stars did in the Far Fast daring the closing months of last year, win in active charge of the team although the group was under the direction of Cornelius

Eric Phelps, who may be End-{"Connie" McGillicudity "Mack”.

land's next contender for the

world's professional sculling

championship, scored a brilliant SIR M. CAMPBELL

victory in the Gnal of the Sculling

Board of Control's £100 Christmas!

Handlenp over the Putney to Famous "Blue Bird" Car

Hammersmith course.

Phelps victory followed

an

neeldent which brought him near

to defert in his second-round h: ut.

An his craft was pushed off, the

For America

Landon, Jan. 21.

In

mau in the stake-boat inadvertent- Sir Malcohn Campbell's 2350 horse ly put his hand through the thin power motor car, "Blue Birl."

h:11, which was split in two which he hopes next month to break th own land speed record of 272 places.

miles per hour at Daytona Beach, bant leaked it the stern Florida, was removed in a giant pack. throughout the race, but Phelps in case to Southampton during the won by half length from Swerk-end and will be shipped to the Pirrin. of Putney, with E. Ram-United States aboard the Cunard shaw. of Newcastle-on-Tyne.White Stor liner, Anultania, on Wed. third.

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--OPENING TO-MORROW

Stranger Than Fiction

But She Swears It's Trua!

At that perilous age when most girls are behind the protecting gates of a finishing school, she "manned“ the helm of a rakish craft that salled the unknown seasl

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL.

JOAN LOWELL ADVENTU

Here is the thrilling com. era record of her ad- venture in for comers of the world... actually Almed on the high seas and in equatorial regions.

GIRL

Her book, "The Cradle of the Deep", smote the world with unbe- lief. Could things like this be true?

A VAN BEUREN PRODUCTION

Directed By

Hermes Rayhater RKO-RADIO PICTURE

He fled from the world that made him a hero yearning for a glimpse of the son he loved and the woman who wor shipped him!

WHOM THE GODS DESTROY

WALTER CONNOLLY

ROBERT YOUNG DORIS KENYON

from the story by Albert Payson Terhune Adaptation by Fred Niblo, Jr.,

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