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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1935.

QUEER PSYCHOLOGY OF FOOTBALLERS

GAME TO-DAY MENTAL

OPERATION

BIRKETT OF MIDDLESBOROUGH AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE

(By F. M. Carruthers)

The footballer is a peculiarly fit- ting subject for the psychoanalyst. He would find many perplexing prob- lems in the dressing-room.

Why_should_n player or even a team of proved ability suddenly, and without

decline? At once rent renson

Villa in their present come to mind.

disturbing position

Some day we may

hivo ental appointed officials to study the reactions of the men to the game,

Soon after Mr. John Cochrane came from Scotland to manage the Sunder- Jand club he decided that success in English football was made up of 75

per cant. of conâldenco and Cit- thusiasm. The remainder he pleased to attriqute to skill.

Wha

A MENTAL OPERATION There is no doubt that so far as the trained professional is concerned, the game to-day is more a mental than a physical operation.

Mr. Herbert Chapman was a pay- chologist. He

spent

much of his time in trying to find out the thoughts of everyone his players and rival oficials. "I

to know what they out," he used to.any. are thinking

He knew all about the

private lives

|

LOCAL HOCKEY

Club Eleven Beat Destroyers

The Hongkong Hockey Club 1st eleven defeated the 8th Destroyer hockey match played at King's Park Flotilla by, two goals to mil in a

yesterday.

The

The game was fast, and although tho sailors put up a keen struggle, and it was not until the second half that the Club were able to score.

in the first half the Club came very near to scoring on several occn- iuris but the sailors put up a steady defence.

After the interval, the Club acored twice through G. E. R. Divett.

Recreio v. H.K.S.R.A.

On the Marina ground, the Club, de tecrelo drew with the second battery of the Hongkong and Singa- are Brigade, R.A. Puch team searing twice,

The Recreio were one man short, of his players, not through idle creditable performance.

despite this they put up п curiosity, but in order that he might

The game understand them and help them to being fast and even, The Gunnera their own success as well as his own were the first to open the scoring As a manager. It was through the after about ten minutes play, but knowledge ho nequired that he was

afterwards, the Portuguese

able to inspire them and increase their rough A. S. Xavier. The

value 50 per cent.

CASE OF BIRKETT

One of the most interesting pay **chological studies at the present time is Birkett, the young Middlesbrough outside right, who played for England against Ireland.

1

As a member of the Arsenal team his future. seemed unpromising. feared in fact that he might join that big band of players who miss the chance and eke out a living in un- distinguished company.

Then came his transfer and free- dom from the domination of all, the stars at Highbury. The Hulmes and the Bastina had overwhelmed him and given him a sense of inferiority, and can Imagine him sitting in the train on the way to his new club and any ing to himself: "I'm as good as they

are

them.

Mikilesbrough. I'll

μησιν

Probably without realising the mental relief which his transfer gave him Birkett became a new man and confident footballer with a belief in himself.

This is the change which has taken place, and it has been so tremendous that it han lifted him from a position of obscurity into an English Inter- national in two or three months.

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

one-all.

arrived with the score at

In the second half, the Gunners' attacked strongly, and gained the lead almost at once. The Reercis players then took up the offensive and after several raids drew level from A carner, F. Nolasco netting.

RADIANT MORN WINS CHAMPIONS

F. Marshall, on Radlant Morn, led in by Mr. D. Sassoon, after winning the Shanghai R. C. Autumn Champions at the Race Courie last week by five lengths from Rochester and Boston Drill.

GOLF COMPETITIONS COUNTRY CLUB CRICKET

Goodwin

17

4

Hung

3

(Continued from Page 8).*

Lee

13

Smithi

L.G.U. Contest Played

At Fanling

KOWLOON C. C.

for four. Itung was batting at the Fincher other end. Jenkins then came on for Madar and had Hung caught at the wicket after a two had been scored 104-3-5. R. Lee succeeded. But N. A. E. Mackay, e Lockle, b things were now going wrong for the

Madne

Results of the Royal Hongkong fiolf Club Ludies I. 6. U. com petitions played at Fauling on Tues-K.C.C. and at 111 Jenkins bowled A. T. Lay, b Jenkins day are as follow:

Arthur Loy with a beauty. He had E. F. Fincher, b Leuch Mrs. Gilmore with a score

of played

fine forcing innings of 71, W. C. Hung, Williams, b Jenkins 93-16-79 came first in the Silver Burnett had 1 three through the slips R.

R. Lee, & Stokes, i ndar Division on the Old Course, and Miss and then cracked Leach to long-off for . C. Burnett, e Jenkins, b Mular C. Crupnell with a score of 87-1968 four and repeated it to long on. He F. A. Mann, Jenkins, b Lecklu was first in the Bronze Division over was pretty rough with him next over S. V. Gittins, not out the New Course.

YACHTING

Wins, for Lobo And Eunice

too, and also hit Jenkins very hard.F. Goodwin, é Stoken, b Leckie 136

went up and Pat Madar relleved (P. S. W. Smith, e Williams, Leach, and got Leo cuught at back- Madar ward point by Stoker. 130-5

S. Jex, e Booth, b Madar

Runs still came freely until Jenkins Extras caught Burnett at long off from une of Pat Madar's deliveries, 164-0--

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

Two events. för "A" class and wax mixed classes were sailed yesterday, at long the winners being Lobo

Total

A RECORD BREAK

SNOOKER LEAGUE

RESULTS

7

The Hollowing A1% results of

matches in the Steel Coulson Snooker

| Lengue played recently:

Garrison Sergis, R.E. W‚O's, & Sergia.

Mewa

Digby

Smith

Trim

Lench

Eycott

V

Mean

60 Slack

50

83 Collins

50

27 Chant

.85

04 Finney

15

41 Warr

The Royal Engineers, Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Mens' won by threo games to two.

[C.P.O.”& P.08.

Club

C.P.O.

V

St. Patrick's'

Club

Matheson * 47 Soares

40 Kass

C.P.O

Jenner

|G.P.O. McClean 60, Marlin

C.P.O. Todd

82 Funnell

C.P.O. Randa!! 61 Nuttall

81

85

#1

Chief Petty Onicors and Petty Offlcers Club won five games to nil.

Tha

Catholic Union

Dockyard Recrea

Club

1 tlon Club

64 Smith

21

Pereira

81 Lowin

Santor

Newnham

ភ

51

GIII

Antonio

20 Ash

Mr. da Luz 112 Norris

The Catholic Union Club won by three games to two. Mr. da aiz mado a break of 22 in compiling the highest score ever recorded in this

COL

F. Serg's. Mean v_Prison Officers Sgt. Beard

Sollis

CQ.M.S

71 McTavish

11

43 Perry

50

60 Mason

30

C.S.M. Dale

49 Dr. G. I. Shast 13

Freeman 49 T. File

28

S

Cheetham

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers Sergis.

won by four games to une.

Naval Yard Police v Civil Service C.C.

Down

Stafford

Brotherstone

Bellamy

Philpott

A. Bowers

32

40 A. W. Grimmitt 18

89. C. Strange 27 2011. Westlake

57 66 G. E. Bentley .46

The Naval Yard Police won by four games la one.

SCHOOL MATCH

Diocesan_Boys Draw With Engineers

A cricket match played between the

71 Diocesan Boys' School and the Royal

6 Engineers on the former's ground

5 yesterday afternoon resulted in a

6 draw. It was a thrilling finish, the 12 last overs being bowled infailing

9 light.

10

Batting first the Royal Engineers lost four wickets for only 13 runs. Sergt. Eaton (50) and Cpl. Skipp

of (26) came to the rescue and the total reached 127. R. Broadbridge dismissed three batsmen for 19. 173 When stumpa

wero drawn

the

Fall of wickets: 1 (Mackay) for 71: School had scared 121 for nine wickets

And Art-2-(Fincher) for.03;-3 (Hung)-for-104fter they were 103 for three! Brond

The Twelfth Extra Race Meeting / Griffin) in the former and Eunico the Balore the ground as Williuma

will be held (weather permitting)

at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 16th November, 1935, commencing at 2.09 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN.

Secretary. Hongkong 11th November, 1935.

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PRESS V. INDIAN R.C.

The following will represent the Hongkong Press eleven in a friendly cricket match against the Indian Re- creation Club 1st, eleven at Sookunpoo on Saturday, November, 16, at 215 P.M.;

32. A fine slogging

Gitting

canio-in-

for Leckle 111; 6 at the Pavilion end and had Munn (Burnett) for 161; 7 Munn) for 164 scoring 24. Hoddinot claimed three caught in the slips 104-7-0.

B (Goodwin) for 172; 9 (Smith) for wickets for 22 runs. Goodwin smote the ball hard but it) 173: 10 (Jex) for 173. Usually went to hand, and then he

Bowling Amiysis was magnificently caught by Stokes g leg off Leckie. The catch was (Col.

taken six

was running across. Baker (E.S.O. Dunlop) in the latter events. 172-8-5. Smith was caught at the Stokes

was Kowloon Rock wicket for a duck at the same total, Elliot (S), Channel Rocks (5), Rumsey and Jex fell three balls later, very Madar Shoal (P), Chunnel Racks (S) and well taken at cover: Club line, a distance of eight miles.

The results were:

"A" Class Started 14.45

Finished Corr. Pos.) Carpenter A1 10.29.20

(Miss G. R. Edwards Lobo A2 10.22.11

The

course

(Col. Grifin)

La Linda A5 D.N.F Joss A8 D.N.F. Cienda A10 16.27.05

(Mr. G. B. Portman) True Blue A11 16.22.46

(Major 11. Thoyts) Pat A12

16.22.69 (Mrs. D. W. Perase)

Mixed Classes Started 15.00 Diana Hi 16.35.14 18.35.14

Colleen HE 16.33.22 16.28.02

Full scores follow:

4

SHANGHAI

E. M. P. Williams, e Goodwin,

Burnett

1

J. B. H. Leckie, Lb.w., Smith

E. C. Baker, b Goodwin

S. R. Kermani, not out

10

116

I. F. Stokes, hit wicket, b Good-

1

win

J. C. Jenkins, Goodwin

H. Madar, not out

B

Extras

2 G. B. Elliott, Hung, b Goodwin

G

3

10.5

Hoolh

Leach Jenkins Jackie

LEAGUE CRICKET

1.R.C. Juniors Against Club de Recreio

The following will represent the

Total (for 7 wkts. dec.) 270 Fudian Recreation Club juniors in Fall of wickets: 1 (Williams) for 1aguo cricket match against the Club

F. D. Pereira, V. H. C. Jarrett, C. E. Wong, J. R. Luke, E. MacNider and A. M. Omar (S. C. M. Poat), A. II. Rumjahn, Y. l Arculll, and G. W. Giffen (H. K. Telegraph), C. Angus, and A, R. Markar (H. K. Daily Prras).

LOUGHRAN WINS

Outpoints New Zealander In Ten Round Fight.

London, Nov. 13.

Tommy Loughran gained the de-

20; 2 (Buker) for 37: (Leekic for de Recreio at King's Park on Satur cision over Maurice Strickland, the 05; 4 (Stokes) for 141; 6 (Jenkins)

for 233; 6 (Leach) for 244; 7 (Eliot)y, November 10, at 2.15 1. For 249.

(Col. E. Kirke)

(Capt. M. Syddail)

Rollo H3

16.43.18 16.33.18

band

(Misa . Kirke)

Eunice G3

16,53.30 16.21.50

(Mr. E, S, O. Dunlop) Sirius G7 16.49.11 16.25.51

(Mr. W. Newinan)

Burnett

"EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT"

P. Madar and R. Booth did not bat.

Bowling Analysis M. 10 1 01

R. W.

New Zealand heavyweight champion.

A. K. Ismall (Capt.), M. R, Abbas, in a ten-round boxing contest held

H. T. M. Barna, A. Kitchell, A. K. Suffiad. F. M. el

Baker, A. R. here to-day. Arcull, M. Afzal, A, R. Suffed, M. I. Razack and A. M. Rumjahn. Reserve: and Strickland at

Loughran weighed in at 192 pounds

188 A. Rahmin.

pounds. United Press.

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