1936-05-05 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, MAY 5,

1936,

66 WE WERE HEARTILY SICK OF FOOTBALL" Why Olympic Footballers Disappointed In Shanghai

ONLY WAY

TO GET

BRADMAN OUT

Is Offside Attack

(By "Four Countles")

During an interval of one of the Australian Tests of 1934 a very old hand at the game asked: оле of England's bowlers: "What method are you using to get Bradman out?"

"Oh Him?-him!" was the roply.

very

Disdain, and all that, is all well in its proper place, but you enn-i not disdain a dongerous enemy and get away with it.

Especially if your enemy is a born altacker, with exceptional eyesight, not so bad health, and la maturated | with n

a robust beller in Ego.

I quote this true story because it reveals what most people who under- atand cricket believe to be typical of the attitude of most of our bowlers when confronted by Australia's best batsman.

of

It is kirid of fatalism, wholly damaging to England's chance winning a Test against Bradman and the others.!

MUST BE DESTROYED This fatalism has got to be torn out by the roots and destroyed once and for at if our team is to stand a chance so long as Brudman is and playing

The Bradman-complex ill becomes our players. While it is there we can scarcely hope to win.

In 1030 an old friend met F. T. Mann, then on the selection commit- tee. "Been to a funeral, Frank? queried his pal.

"No, old man. I'm only thinking where I can find a bowler who can make this Bradman lift the ball!"

You ken here the idea of a method, or, at least, a search for somebody to use a method.

Bradmon must be made to lift the ball-and what is more he can, be made to lift the ball, though moré un our wickets, it is true, thin on Aus- tralian

And the secret, which is really no secret, is simply this. Flight, allied to an intensive attack on and outside side his off-stump

Bradman is human. He has not yet shown, any more than Grace,

50 PER CENT. BETTER:-Young Shiu-yik, who according to Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan played 50 per cent, better in Shanghai than he ever has, in Hongkong.

TWO REFEREES IDEA SQUASHED

By English F. A.

London, Apr. 27.

The two referees system, for which, there were many sup- porters, is out of the question, at least for the time being, the F.A. have intimated.

EVERYONE WAS STALE:

LEE WAS ILL

MUCH TOO STRENUOUS A PROGRAMME

FEDERATION OFFICIALS GIVE O.K. TO SELECTIONS

(By "Veritas")

Suspicions that the Chinese Olympic football players had gone stale through excessive play was fully sub- stantiated this morning when they arrived back in Hongkong from Shanghai on the French boat the Aramis.

Lee Wai-tong, captain of the contingent, made no bones about things.

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BIČNAINENNARIINAVIENE ALATI DHOLKABIFANATIKEL JAZEMITOUSESJERERENT

Mr. Ngan spoke highly of the vast- ly improved form shown by Young. Shui-yick and Cheuk Shek-kam, two South China "B" team players, who are also among the youngest of the "Why did the players perform Olymple quad. In Shanghai, he so disappointingly up North?"said, these two players had exceeded he was asked. His reply was: their Hongkong form by at least 50 nm

"Because we all went stale. Every player was heartily sick of football. Without exception we played 60 per cent, below

form.

"Now we are looking forward to a rest. It is what we need, and need badly.

"The programme up North was far too heavy, and we couldn't stand it. As for the programme ahead of us, it is enormous, but we are relying on the sea voyage to pull us together.

"What did the Federation Officials think of us! Oh! They were satisfied, I think. I pointed out to them how atale the players were and because of ilu they could not expect to see

per cent,

But if the players had become stale in the effort, at feast they fulfilled the main purpose of the visit North. They helped to swell the C.N.A.A.F. coffers which are to finance the Olymple tour, to the extent of some $20,000. If the reat of the tour up to the time of leaving India is as successful, their| games will have earned exhibition something like $10,000.

KA

CHINESE

RECORDS

BROKEN

them at their best. The officials ap Nine Athletes Qualify

preciated this and simply pointed out that there would be a need for more pep in our play when we reached Europe.

LEE ILL FOR TWO DAYS

For

Olympic Side

Pelping, Apr. 28,

In their preliminary trials for the China Olympic team, picked track

On top of this Lee Wai-tong went and field athletes from all parts of down sick. He was very ill for two China yesterday shattered two nation- days with stomach trouble, and only at marks, the shot put and 800 metres now is he beginning to pick up. Batman. the team was lucky regarding injuries.

Tsui, Mak And Wong Join Colleagues |

Tsui Ab-fai, China's lead. ing centre-half, Mak Sui-hon, and Wong Wing came down from Canton yesterday and this morning joined their Olympic, colleagues on the Aramia. Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, hon: secretary 5.C.A.A., and, manager of the squad also joined the boat here, so that the whole of the contingent, with the exception of Soon Boon-hay, who is in Singa- pore, left Hongkong this morning. Mr. Wong Ka- tsun expects to be back in Hongkong by the end of September.

TRAINING AND A DIET

FOR THE OLYMPIC FOOTBALLERS

TEAM'S CONDITION A WORRY

(By "Veritas"}

That most insiduous of all! bugbears to assail highly train-

RECOGNISED WORLD CHAMPIONS

BRITISH BOARD OF CONTROL LIST

London, Apr. 23. Defferences of opinion as to the rightful holders of world titles, are referred to by the British Boxing Board of Control In the statement Issued in London which' contains the Board's official list of World, British, British Empire, and European cham- plons.

World champlons of five weights recommended by the Committee," anys the Board, "aro in accordance with the recognition of the National Boxing Association of the United States and the New York State Athletic Commission, the differences being flyweight, bantamweight, and middleweight."

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In the flyweight the Board consider Benny Lynch, of Glasgow, has Justifiable claim, and the batam- weight title was declared vacant by the B.B.B. of C. because the last holder recognized Al Brown, was suspended by all Controls other than CAPABLE DEPUTY:-Recent ac-1 the International

the state- on pose of Wong Wing, deputy Olympic goalkeeper, who joined his ment, "a contest between this boxer and Baltazar Sangchilli, under the colleagues on the Aramis to-day.

L.B.U. Jurisdiction, should not be recognized, the suspension being still in operation.

R. Abbit's Article To-morrow

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the

R. Abbit's cricket article re- viewing the season's perform- of some of the clubs, is unavoidably held over uniil to-morrow. Our well known cricket commentator WAS participant yesterday In friendly shooting

between match the "Taipans" of the Colony, an event staged in conjunction with the Hengkang Riile Association's prize meeting. His activities' on the range prevented him

from completing his article in time.

ed and over-played sports ex- ponents-staleness threatens FOOTBALL the Chinese Olympic football- ers. There were hints of it before the players left for Shanghait their "games up

CHANGING

North have emphasised it. PENALTY

is

At their recent Connell meeting in Loudon they refused to consider the Apart from the customary skinned Chia Lien-jeu of Shanghai made a

If this complaint contlucy, or shins and bruised knees, they escaped new mark for the 800 metres of 2 recommendation of the Referees'

min. 2.2 sec., lowering his own likely to become more serious, there Committee that the law

should be scott free.

Lional record which he made at the is a distinct possibility of a curtall- altered to permit this step.

I asked Lee about playing condi- Inat National Athletic Meet in Shangment in the programme which has

bren Propaganda in support of the tions in Shanghai. He confessed they hai by 9 seconds..

arranged for the Olympic play- Trumper, Ranjitsinh)}, Shrewsbury scheme had gone on for a consider match-at-the-Civic- Centro..when the... The now-shot...put. record wasers between now and their arrival in were not of the best, notably in the

alps.

immunity from giving chances in the as members of the League Manage Class batsmen give at least Ave ment Committee were in favour of chances in the slips for every one they offer off an obvious leg-side uttack.

They have done so since the begin- ning of batting as an acknowledged Art. They will go on doing so until the last bat has been fashioned and used.

THE ONLY WAY

The only way to make Bradman sit up and his average slump down is clear.

It is by dosing him with a clever ilighted, off-side, spinning-away al-) tack, to a soundly placed field, hold- Ing never less than two alps, and two cover-points, one of them deep.

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Bradman in his 1030-34 form here aİMZALANÇ would never have seen the colour of

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wind was so high, he explained, that ly of Shanghal and now of Hankow ball control was rendered almost im- who heaved the shot to a distance of possible. Even so that was not their 12.743 metres, bettering the national vorst trouble.

mark by .06 metre.

NINE QUALIFY

Europe

of

Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, manager of the squad, whom I saw yesterday on the team's departure for the eve Berlin, naturally pointed out that he could make coum

no def

definite statement: concerning this possibility. He felt, Judging from the Shanghal Press re-

RULE

PROPOSAL FROM SCOTLAND

(By George Allison)

Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan, who is in charge of the delegation confirmed Lee's complaints about staleness, but In accordance with the standards ports of the team's matches during The penalty kick regulations have he did not think this would affect them set by the National Amateur Athletic the last ten days, that most of the been changed repeatedly during, the fulfilling their programme of matches Federation, nine athletes qualified players were stale. He suspected it time I have been connected with foot- en route to Europe.

yesterday to wear China's colours at before they left Hongkong. It was ball, and there is reason behind the the forthcoming Olympic games

particularly noticeable with some of contention of many of my friends that The C.N.A.F, he said, had ex- Berlin. Those who failed in yester- the South China A., men in their we have not ye: attained the ideal pressed complete

which should ever be kept in mind. the selections, and appreciated that day's trials will have a chance, to im concluding Hongkong league matches. Weding the rules of the game: that China was sending her best football prove themselves for the next trials

in May. delegates.

zulisfaction

with

in

FRIGHTENING The Olympiads have a schedule of The nine who were picked yester games before them which is well nigh But their schedule in Shanghai

Liu Chang-chun for 200 frightening. If they fulal all engage- far

tool day wore: and Nanking had been

for motrea: Tai Shu-kuo for 400 metres; ments they will play no less than 22 atrenuous. It had called matches,

Sunday, Chia Lien-jen for 800 metres; Wu-maybe 24-matches between now Saturday, ON Wednesday and Thursday, four Pi-hsien and Liu Meng-chlu for high within less than a week. All they jump: Chen Pao-chiu for shot puts and their departure from Calcutta. seemed to be doing was travelling Peng Yung-ching and Chow Chang- and playing, and the players quite hsing for javelin throw; Chang Ling-

chia for discus throw.

CUP FINAL REFEREE LOSES JOB

a 200 against J. C. While either in it, and their hopes must have re- White's 1926 form or if White's field ceived a rude blow when the F. A... had beet sensibly placed. Which it refused oven to consider the scheme. was not on that velvet wicket at The decision of the F A. however, Lurd's in 1930.

naturally reacted to this, was pot unexpected generally. The That day Bradman, e Chapman, biexperimental working of the two re- White 254, was out to a brilliant catch forces plan was far from successful. at wide mid-off which had been At least the decision means something angled for for hours with the field definite after a long period of un- partly wrong!..

certainty. Bradman's phenomenal luck as re- gards weather cannot last for ever. The Football Association 'commis He has, writing open to correction,sion who inquired in the death of batted against

England galy twice on Thrope, the Sunderland goalkeeper, rain-damaged wickets, at Manchester in their match with Cheloca at Sun- in 1930, where he made '14, and in the erland on February 1 has oxonerated second innings at Lord's in 1934, the referee, Mr. R. S. Warr of Bolton. when he got only 13.

On both occasions he was out to a Do these two going-away ball. innings reveal nothing?

I saw most of Bradman's innings that mattered in 1930 and 1934. He was seriously in difficulties only three times. The Arst was for the Brst half-hour of the innings in which he June

Thrope's death has brought the question of the charging of goal- keepers and play in the goal-mouth generally Into the limelight, and the lat-cat suggestion is crash helmets for goal-keepers, modified versions of the helmet used by racing motorcyclists The will be considered

After 25 Years As A Miner

international board, "I have been told on reliable, shift, but during the present football made 252 not out in 1930 against but in the meantime a firm of sport authority," said Mr. Nattrass "that I season I have only worked five weeks

The second was when lie was outfitters has produced a tentative received my notice through losing owing to my many refereeing engage in the slips by Duleepsinhj model, made of leather with a ilning work due to refereeing, although ments. off Peebles for 14 on Manchester mud of asbestos. Leading goal-keepers there was nothing in my notice about SEASONAL JOB ONLY

Two

The existing programme reads:-- rames in Saigon, nine or ten in Java, four in Midan, one or two In both Singapore and Penang, an- other in Rangoon and another in Calcutta.

tho

punishment should, as nearly as possible, at the crime."

Whether It would be possible to reach this isleal in relation to penalty i kick awards is an open question.

In the old days the referee had dlacretionary powers concerning in- fringements of the rules by defen- ders in the penalty area. If he diđ not think the offence warranted a penalty kick he could givo, a free- kick.

That discretionary power was taken

This schedule succeeds a league away from the referee, and now, for season, for the majority of the play- penetienily pilot the

My own general impression is

that referees often healtate to panish offences in the penalty area

**Therefore contin Union.

MARCEL THIL

"With respect to the middleweight, Marcel Thills recognized na he suc cessfully defended this title against Len Harvey of Great Britain and has not since been defeated at the weight"

The Board has decided to recognize as an Empire title contest any fight arranged between the reigning cham plon of Great Britain and an official champion of any Dominion.

Similar recognition will be given for European championship purposes. in the case of contests between British titleholders and champions of European countries, irrespective as to whether the said champion is res cognised by the International Boxing Union as champion of Europe.

WORLD

DRITISH Flyweight Benny Lynch Benny Lynch

(G.B)

(Scotland)

Vecant

Bantamweight,

Johnny King

(Manchester)

Featherweight

Freddle Miller Nel Tarticton

(American) (Liverpool)

Lightweight

Tong Canzoneri Jimmy Walsh

(American)

(Chester)

Welterweight

Barney Ross Vacant

(American

Middleweight

Marcel Thil

Jock McAvoy

(France) __(Manchester)

Light-Heavyweight John H. Lewis Eddle Phillips

(American)

(London)

Heavyweight

James J. Braddock Jack Petersen

(Wales) (American) EMPIRE

EUROPEAN

Benny Lynch

(Scotland)

Flyweight

Vacant

Bantamweight

Vacant

Vacant

Vacant

Featherweight Vacant Lightweight

Laurie Stevens Vacant

(South, Africa)

Vacant

Vacant

Welterweight

Vacant Middleweight

Marcel Thil

(France)

Marcel Thil

(France)

Light-Heavyweight

Vacant..

J. Petersen (G.B.)

Heavyweight

Max Schmeling

(Germany)

JAPAN'S CHOICE FOR

OLYMPIC ROWING

which they would not pass over it Plans for 1940 Meeting

committed elsewhere, because they feel that the penalty kick for cer- tain minor and technical offences Is- too severe punishment.

Still Being Pursued

crs, of 20 league games, Interport, defending players in the penalty area, Senior Shield, Kotewall Cup. Lol Wah he must award a kick from the Cup, Governor's Cup, International twelve-yard spot, Charity Cup and various exhibition matches, together with the recent five matches in Shanghai and Nanking.

Such a strenuous programme of football is clearly too much when one! le expecting the same players to visit Berlin and perforts creditably against

Tokyo, Apr. 28. the cream of Continental teams, and

A little while buck there was a The popular and cherry-tree-lined Mr. Harry Nattrass, the New Seaham miner who refereed the Chinese Amateur Athletic Feder- the Football Association Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield atlon may well be advised; even at proposal from Scotland which had, Arakawa River, near Tokyo, will be United, lost his job at Vane Tempest Colliery, Senham Harbour, this late stage, to cancel some of the as its main object, what might be the scene of Olympic boat races in engagements which have been ar- called the "grading" of penalty kicks. 1940, provided Japan gains the award owned by the Londonderry Colliers Ltd.

ranged during the voyage.

This proposal, so far as I remember, of the next Olympiad.

Plans for the construction of a ONLY ONE CURE

was roughly to the effect that tho There is

is only one cute for stoleness, twelve-yard spot should be deleted, regatin course at Toba Maru, Saitama.

Prefecture, half-an-hour's ride from it is complete rest, both mentally and and that kicks should be taken under the heart of tho Capital, have al- physically from the game for at least present penalty conditions that 16 ready been perfected by Mr. Seiya a fortnight, preferably longer. It is with only the goalkeeper to stop the true that no serious games are on tap shot, from the spot where the offence Yokohama, an engineer of the Tokyo City Planning Section. The course for something like fourteen days, but was committed. "It must be remembered that foot- the value of this moratorium may be Has this proposal been put aside to bo dredged and the shores boll refereeing is not a full-time job cancelled out by the very heavy pro-i for all time, or has it merely been beatified at the cost of Y.1,200,000. Other altes, for regatta courses pigeonholed, to be brought out mentioned thus far included the Mr. Nattrass received his notice and where the season is over instead gramine which follows,

sgain in due course? There wan Tamagawa River and Lake Diwa. some days before the announcement of going back to my work at the Happily Mr. Wong Ka-tsun is fully

much to recommend it. alive to the dangers, and with him as

the championstilp, because I am He was all at sea in the second The law relating to the charging that he was to referee the Cup Final, colliery I shall be on the dole,"

"I have since found that the matter Mr. Molcolm Dillon, managing manager the players are in excellent

certain that we cannot; but Innings in the first he got himself of goalkeepers may be changed of my notice was under consideration director of the Londonderry Col- hands. Mr. Wong told me that he a few rounds. out lashing at everything and was before the start of next season,, Boll for a fortnight before that," he said. lerics, Ltd., when approached said he inning off the field, and that he said, "is to play as they did in that

want to show the world that the "All I want our boys to do" he intended to keep the men in strict!

Chinère can play football, and we caught behind the wicket on the off-the English and Irish F.A.'s are "I was not surprised because I had knew nothing about the case. side once more.

stated to be in favour of banning been off work, through refereeing,

special diet, al-last exhibition game in Hongkong. I Although a referee receives five would institute a

also want Itongkong to feel satisfied On the first

with our performances. They are of these occasions M. 3) C. Allom's bowing hens charging of the goal-keeper within for 11 weeks previously owing to guineas for the Cup Final, his League though what form it would take he want to see them play as cleanly as

to they did then, and as cleverly from our two big aimus. | the six yards avoa, stone-cold for half-an-hour-all the

mid-week and Fifteen years ago the German foot- often taking me long distances from guineas for First and Second Division divulge.

Saturday matches engagements bring him only three did not, at the present, care

the football viewpoint. For the first "I am sincerely hoping that our- time the off-ball going away. So ball authorities banned charging the home.

matches and two guinens for Third As to their prospects, how could he time in the ten years that I have men will learn valuable lessons from Alfom was taken off. Kept on, a goat-kooper, but it was found that

eny anything? They were absolutely watched South China play, I saw no the. Continental teams. There is no Homon holiday might have been just as many men were hurt, and

"I have served the Londonderry Division games.,

A referee does not have a match in the dark as to the type of oppost- gaps between the half backs and for- reason why they shouldn't. spolied!

"In any case you can assure tho the experiment was abandoned. The Collieries Ltd. for 25 years, at Sea-

Telegraph readers that they will do grin in England dates from the mo- the British Isles will be awaited with years, at Vane Tempest Colliery,

That was on May 1, and Bradman's result of the change, if it comes, in hom Colliery and for the last six every week of the 36 which comprise tion they would meet. All they could wards. That is how it must be in

the season-he is fortunate to be hope for was the luck of the draw Berlin."

We are going there. not to win their very best." ment Allom was taken off.

"Last close season I never lost a engaged three weeks out of four. and the possibility of getting through

in the fourth Test of 1930, and the and club managers are sinted to have football, third was in the second Test of 1934, given the proposal their enthusiastic when rain on the Sunday gave Eng-support. land a game Australia lost by bad

running between the wickets on the

Saturday.

interest.

PROBABLE Change

London, Apr. 26.

"I WAS NOT SURPRISED"

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