1935-01-22 — Page 9

AS I SEE IT

CORRESPONDENTS AND SOCCER. INTERPORT

(Continued from Pago 8).

half back line, thus making way, for somebody else.

WHY I PREFER PILE

ADMITTING that Sydney Strange,

niore

Deller and Pile all play rattling good football, I still prefer the claima of Plis, strictly on a point of current fornt. This in, after all, the truest Judge, and in being guided by much a principle, the selectors are far less likely to go wrong than if they judged on past performances, or potentialities. It is worth noting that the Police, both on record and by popular reputation; can be regarded as 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 gamo for the Here then we have proof, not only of consistency, but of consistent bril- lance. Pile has all the attributes.

unbounded energy Youth,

(i.c "ALDNE." real soccer

■tamina) and Like A. V. Gusano, he is a "natural" player, and although he can take over almost any position and not disgrace himself, the fact remains that he is a particularly fine left back.

NO NEED TO WORRY

the forwards we W

WIEN we come

find the same story. We have threa or four players with almost equal claims, to fit in one or

Lwo

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936.

| MACKERSIN IS I

The 12,000 speciators who turned out to witness tthe opening of the Florida winter racing vehcon at Tropical Park, Coral Gabtes, were treated to some spectacular Enishes Here are two borsen rush- ing toward the Judges' aiand in the Coral Gables handicap with hardly a gleam of dayligbi, between · their nose. Babula. . Litzenburger 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."

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The spirit of professionalism prevalent in sports to-day was said to be partly to blame. Mr. Basll Henriques, warden of the Oxford and St. George's Club and of the Bern.

Babe Ruth

hard Haron St. George'a Jewish Plans to

bettlement in the East End; tho! speaker, said the clubs' tusk was to help boys to learn how to play the

game."

He held that elementary schools positions. This is why I find so much had little opportunity of teaching

None this kind of sportsmanship, Aympathy with the selectors.

the less it is significant that neither said:

"Speaking for my own district in

Turn Author

IF MANAGERIAL QUEST FAILS

Paris, Jan. 16.

TENNIS RANKINGS

Yamagishi and Nishimura Head Japanese List

DAILY AT

2.30, 5.10 7.15 p.m.only

BOOKING

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OPENING TO-MORROW

Stranger Than Fiction But She Swears it's True

At that perilous age when most girla ors behind the protecting grates of a finishing school, she "manned" the helm of a 'rokish craft, that salled the unknown seas!

WLOWELL GIRL ADVENTURE

FUJIKURA DROPS BACK Tokyo, Jan. 14. Jiro Yamagishi, and Hideo Nishi murn, students of Kelo University, were selected to-day as the premier tennis players of Japan. Yamagishi won first place in the singles ranking. with Nishimura a close second. To- gelber they took frst honours In doubles, according to the selection made for this year by the Japan Tennia Association. Yamagishi re- presented Japan in the Davis Cup tournament last year.

The biggest surprise was Jiro Fuji kura, student of Melji University and also a Davis Cup player last year, who dropped from third to thirteenth place in one year. The ranking an- nounced wan;~

of the three correspondents to-day | London-although I do not want to nor "Foothali Fan" yesterday, found suggest that the same is true for the

{Kelo); room for Biggins. Both "X.YZ." whole country the standard of

Singles: Yamagisht and "To Win" suggest attractive for-portsmanship which is to be found

Babe Ruth, baseball's major Nishimura, (Kelo): Toshisuke Hirni, the elementary school boys in ward lines; both prefer Fung King extra-ordinarily low.

homerun attraction for the gren- (Kelo); Chuji Kusumoto, (Imperial University) Shigeo Akimoto, Ka- cheung to lowe al centre-forward; "In order to encourago games, a ter part of 20 years, to-day arrived shien Club); Hyotaro Satoh, (Tokyo two agree on the outside right post-strong competitive system has been from the Philippines reiterating Club); Keigo Yamada (Kelo); Junzo tion, two concur with the inside right, organised with cups and shields on

a major Kinoshita, (Kunisarsity) and Masa- that he is through na

Gakuin Haya. and none have the same ideas about rewards. The winning of points, and league player, unless he is given shi, (Imperial the inside left job. Because of this not the joy of the game, has become

tonio Taukada (Melji). the selectors probable selections are the passion of the elementary, school. a manager's job for 1936.

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

boy."

Ruth asid in the event he was mura, (Kolo); Takahashi and Mura- difference. Frankly I think a loss of

Only one-seventh of the boy popu- not given a major league munkami (Kolo), Fujii and Kuramitsh the coin would settle several positions Iation, he said, continued their educa- in the Interpart side, and whatever tlou after the age of 14. The public agerial position he will spend the (Kwansei Gakuin); Kuwasawa and happened the Colony would be well schools

summer to writing a travel book Hattori, (Waseda University) and were dealing with an ex-

and Ozaki (Kwanse! served. There is really no more than

tremely small proportion of the of his experiences in the Far East Kinoshita that between the players nominated future citizens of England.

and Europe on his present tour. Gakuln)-Rengo, by the selectors and those suggested

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

six-sevenths of the boy population he is equally adept. tham willing to walt and sce

looked to-day to give them leadership what next Sunday's trial brings forth in sportsmanship, culture, loyalties The selectore stand or fall by that and idealism. Ile complained that game, but honestly I don't think they the public schools were not directing

to WOITY bove very much

about.

men to take up this great national whatever happens. It

worth work. remembering that when playing at Mr. F. Fletcher, headmaster of home the Colony has the whole of ita | Charterhouse School, who presided, "Bali-and Java-were--not im- resources on which to call, and further said his own-boys played Associationpressive." Ruth told the United that at the immediate present, those football with various elementary Press here to-day, discussing ports resources are fairly vast. That is schools in the neighbourhood and why I find it easy to reconcile my spoke always with admiration of the at which he has stopped since he ideas with those of the selectora. way in which the games were played. left Manila in December. Whatever they do, they can't go far

wrong.

Doris Kenyon and Walter Connally, as they appser in "Whom the Gods Destroy", the Columbia film which opens a rup at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

of

LEAKING BOAT WINS RACE

FINE VICTORY BY ERIC PHELPS

Eric Phelps, who may be Fog- land's next contender for the world's professional sculling

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

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

Ruth, during the several months of campaigning which American big-league stars did in the Far East during the cloning months of Inst year, was in active charge of the team although the group was under the direction of Cornelius "Connie" McGillicuddy "Mack".

championship, scored a brilliant SIR M. CAMPBELL victory in the final of the Sculling Board of Control's £100 Christmas! Handicap over the Putney Hammersmith course.

Phelps' victory followed an aceldent which brought him near to defeat in his second-round heat.

As his craft was pushed off, the

London, Jan. 14.

of the Whitney Straight, winner

African automobilo Grand South Prix, returned here yesterday in his bl-motored touring plane, small making the trip from Capetown in

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London. Jan, 21.

man in the stake-bout inadvertent Sir Malcolm Campbell's 2350 horse ly put his hand through the thin power motor car, "Blue Bird," In shell, which was split in two which he hopes next month to break. his own land speed record of 272 places.

miles per hour at Daytona Beach, The boat leaked at the stern Florida, was removed in a giant pack- throughout the race, but Phelps ing ease to Southampton during the won by half a length from S. week-end and will be shipped to the the Cunard Perrin, of Putney, with E. Ram- United States aboard

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WHOM THE GODS DESTROY

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