12
Tuesday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
FOOTBALL OFFICIALS
GIVE ADVICE TO REFEREES
But Obstruction Rule Not Any Clearer
London, Dec. 1.
Cricket
TRANSVAAL HELD BY TOURISTS
¡M.C.C. Håd Worse
Of A Draw
■
Johannesburg. Dee. 19. The match between the M.C.C.
tourists and Transvaal ended in a
draw to-day, with honours in favour
Transvaal declared their first inn-
Mr. Bert Mee, of Mansfield, Notts, president of the Referees' Association, and long established whistle-white-of the home side. you-worker, has called on Mr. Stanley Rouse, Footballing at 428 for eight wickets (Viljeon Association secretary, in a bid to end confusion over the 07. Langton 58). The tourists re- official "N.B." footnote to Law 12, Section E, writes Stan-made 109 in a magnificent innings of fey Hosley in the Daily Mail.
Though referees are delighted at This meeting between a Football | League referee and one of Soccer's some progress being made, they feel loftiest officials is almost historic. A that last bit about using discretion referee may sometimes rise from his in all cases," puls them right back Cinderella status und get a personal chat with na F.A. offein).
But it is rare to the point of be-
ing unknown for the F.A. to unhend
155 minutes In the course of which
fours. he hit two sixes and Ave
The M.C.C. tall-enders collapsed against the fast bowling of Davies, who leak six wickets for 82 runs. Against the M.C.C. "tail", he took his
Batting again, Tronsvaal had made at the beginning again. Same old four wickels for only 19 runs. story." I heard one comment. "Carry 174 for two wickets when stumps us so far, then drop us."
were drawn. Curnow was top-soner
Tunderstand that one referee of many seasons' experience suggested with 51.---Reuter, Consultation with at the meeting that the only sole and go into Lengue referee on a major point of way out of the trouble was to make a goalkeeper immune from attack palley.
within the six-yord line (penalty
that six-yard im-
Under Law 12, minus the foot-area). note, it wies the custom for referees
Is idep was
to allow a defender to protect his munity would prevent an attacker goalkeeper by warding off in al-making the often idiotic, dashes at a tacker irrespective of where the ball goallreper which led to his being obstructed by a defender, and which might be.
were the root of the trouble. This suggestion
re-echo miny oficial quarters.
CONFUSION
foothole stating Thea came the
Intended to 12 was not that Lonew penalise All charging; that charging was fair so long as the players con- cerned are Playing The Ball.
This immediately tipped many re- ferees into doubt and disturbance and general confusion.
Managers took to asking referees before the match exactly how they were going to interpret Law 12, so they could let their players know and keep them out of technical trouble. Harassed referees hung on, hoping the F.A. would do something. But still the F.A.'n answer was a stern "No reply." So the executive de- elded to go to headquarters them- selves.
Result of the Messrs. Rouse-Mee talks was an emeial F.A. atatement which was placed before referees and discussed at a secret meeting in London last night of League Re- ferees, Section 4 (Southern). It run as follows:-
Scottish Cup Draw Announced
in
Senior Clubs Steer Clear Of One Another
London, Dec, 19. The following in the draw of the "We must point out that there has first round of the Scottish Cup, to be; been no alteration to the law. The played on January 21:
v. Motherwell nole was inserted to help referees to Huntley
Stranraer interpret correctly the law concern- Edinburgh C. ing charging. During past years de- Kilmarnick fenders have developed the practice of charging on-coming
forwards Falkirk
without attempting to play the ball Clyde
In order to prevent them frum ob- Leith A. taining possession of the ball.
Ralth R..
"When this has happened in the
area many referees have Falkirk Ama. penalty over-looked the offence; yet when Forfar Ath. the same offence has been committed Blairgowrie in midfield they have promptly pen-King's Park alised the offending player.
"NO ALTERATION"
"Referees-enerally-appear
A
Y. Babcock
BADMINTON TIE FOR TO-NIGHT
The match in the "A" Division Badminton League between the Chinese Y.M.C.A. and University "A" was not played Inst night, but will the he decided this evening on former's court.
December 20, 1938.
LUCKY LAD WINS QUEENSLAND
WINS QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONS
Picture here shows the ease with which Lucky Lad, with Mr. V. V. Necda up, won the Queensland Autumn Champlons on Saturday when fle last extra race-meeting of the season was hell. Lucky Lad pald $39.20 for a win. The overwhelming favourite, Courling Eve, went lame and Lancashire Chips, the second favourite, was beaten into second place.-Photo by A. V. Wong.
Here And There
-With "Abe'
Met Three Times Without Result In The F.A. Cup
London, Dec. 19. Meeting to-day for the third time in the second round of the F.A. Cup. Halifax and
Football Also Has Its Mansfield were still unable to
Uncertainties As Well
arrive at a decision.
In the first match played between the two teams, at Halifax, the result was a 1-1 draw. At Mansfield last week. cach side scored three goals. but although extra time was played, there was no decision. To-day, neither side was able to score when they met at Doncaster. Extra time again
produce goals.—
failed Reuter,
to
the
4-Inch
"Cue" Causes Snooker Scene
London, Nov. 15.
Alec Brown, playing Tom Newman in the Gold snooker tourna- ment at Thurston's, London, yesterday, issued a practical challenge on "What is a billiards coe?" by pulling a four-inch cua like a fountain-pen from his waistcoat pocket, chalking one end, and using it to make a difficultTM stroke.
Newman, staggered, turned to jused it elsewhere without having a Charles Chambers, the referee, and foul igiven against me." said: " say, he can't do that."
Brown asited: "Why not? It's a cue. It has a tip. There is no de- Anition of n cue la the rules.
A spectator called: What is the rule? Read us the rule.
Chambers turned up the rules and read Rule 6--"All strokes, must be made with the tip of the cue."
CRICKETERS may keep on talking Colony there, were many phases of about uncertainties thele the game entirely new to players in
ol game, but quite often even soccerites Hongkong. We had heard of the have their turn to do the talking in "stopper" but had never seen one this respect The week-end pro-here until Whittaker showed us the two striking in- uses of the third back." Also, it gramme provided
had never struck local backs that When the South China "A" stances, met the Royal Scots at Sookunpoo an easy way of getting out of a tight corner is to pass the ball back to in the opening match of the season, the Chinese won by 10-0, displaying the goni-keeper. The Islingtonians an all-cound superiority which made taught how to do it, and now this the Scots look like third-rate is becoming quite common in focal team. Yet on Saturday, the South matches. Furthermore, before Chlon "A". playing on their own
Islingtonlans came, we had never ground at Caroline Hill, were beaten seen such fine and close co-ordina- and by a goal to it by the Scots in the tion between half-backs and inside- Some years ago,
be represented pen was not return encounter. Though stated forwards. Now we begin to appre Canada in the Davis Cup competition, meaning of the rules.
hung attacking moveinent: on Saturday that the Chinese would clate
and more recently he has been win- should be initiated, withough very few local teams have yet been abling tennis laurels in Shanghat do not define the size or shape of a
Three or four confess
he was on acue." years Scots would be able to turn the
to develop that fine understandini: visit to the Colony during the grass-
"Nearly every enthusiast has Lables on the Caroline Hill side soisplayed between the Islington court championships at the Hong-
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Corinthians" half-bucks and their
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Berwick
Rangers
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Brechin City
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Rangers
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Elgin City
V. Illbernian
v. Dumbarton
Wilcox
Alloa
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Ayr United
[Queen's Park
V.
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to
Wanderers
Burnt Inland
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Celtic
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Bo'ness
V
Easter Stirling
V.
Hamilton
V.
St. Bernards
Girvan
V.
Sten'muir
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huve taken the view that it is the
of prerogative
full-back 10 charge or obstruet an opponent, not
in possession of the ball, in order to Dundee
Dunk
protect the goalkeeper, or prevent hla Dundee United opponent gaining possession of the
all.
East Fife Cowdenbeath
"We again emphasise that thereQueen's O'8th.
A Aberdeen has been no alteration to the law. referee will give sailstaction if he Niflisdale
the Inw with regard
to Dunfermline enforces charging irrespective of where such Third Lanark . charging takes place, and should use Hearts
his discretion in all cases."
Montrose
v. Artick
not have things their own way.
1 did not expect that the
He then penalised Brown seven | points, declaring that the "fountain- a cue within the
Brown said afterwards: "The rules
completely. Apparently, the Chinese forwards. But we are learning, ant kong C.C, und was Induced to join. short cur to use in awkward spots,
themselves were of the same opinion as myself; for, secure in the know-
a
the time will come, no doubt, when when it was obvious that there was But midway through the tournament,
1 have been enrrying this pocket reale of their superiority, they did partial tour in herenler attackin: Bobody in Hongkong who could op has a fold. Founting, en ell (and
him in play, he was
fountain-pen clip ut paid in matches. the penalty. Fortunately for their
recalled to Shanghai. Otherwise the band) for eighteen months. lupes in the championship race, the
Hongkong title would have been add- cd to his tong string of victories. Royal Navy also failed, though it was only partial failure,
Expected to beat Kowloon, whom they had
v. Arbroath
V.
Albion R.
7.
Buckle Thistle Morton
V.
Penleufk
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Farr Slips Again
F Tommy Farr beat Lot Novas
Hecht Turns "Pro"
Hecht, ADISLAUS
the Carel Davis Cup player, ha
to a Trans-Ocean cable and therefore are still a point be published yesterday. He has
le will come bene at Christmas hind South China "A".
or very shortly afterwards." Thus n bortedly ninanci
ircent message from England. But ontract joining Farr was beaten by Nova in their Donaut, which took place last Friday. udge-Ellsworth Is he now returning home? It wi cost him £750 to fight again in the front Fangiand, if the award of the British nk of leading Boxing Board of Control of unt
May Visit Us Again
MANY soccer enthusiasts in Hong-
M^
kong still recall with pleasure the visit paid us by the Islington Corinthians at the beginning of the year in the course of their tour round- the world. They will no doubt be glad to hear that there is a distinct the famous amateur possibility of English football team being with us It has been reported ngain In 1940, that the Islington Corinthinus ure making negotiations for more tours, and according to the Rangoon Times,
written
Burma they have
to the Alliletic Association on the subject and will be given to understand that they will be welcome if they could go to Burma in September or Octo-
year in the course of ber of that their tour to the Far East.
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SEABISCUIT. VOTED BEST RACE-HORSE
New York, Dec. 12.
Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit,
turf history, to-day was proclamed
in
the Turt and Sports
Promuter Sydney Hulls stands up in conqueror of War Admiral in one of the most spectacular match races in law. The award was made in con- nection with the Farr-Schmeling match which never took place, and he outstanding race horse of 1938 a nation-wide pull of sparta ige's, for in-in consequence of the award not be writers in the United States con Lane; but thing paid, Farr, the Board claims, hag
ducted by ery fact that h
been suspended everywhere except signed
the place where he is doing all his Digest of Baltimore. he dotted line aghting-New York State, where the The rugged Ave-year-old son of
indubitably eans that the writ of Mike Jacobs
Hard Tack and Swing On was gamed ppusition to be runs. Why the visit home of Furr champion over Samuel Ruddie's rovided by
is contingent on his beating Nova is Man-O'-War's four-years-old son, zecho-Slovakia rather puzzling, Possibly the CX-War Admiral, who last year just bent in the Davis Cup planation is that he is by nature a Senbiscuit for the season's highest competition next thrifty man, and defeat by this new-turf honours-United Press. year will b comer to the Jacobs clreus would negligible. Hecht
and
Roderick wipe out all chance of another con- Menzel have been the mainstay test with Joe Louis. I and, when. of the Czech team for years: Farr comes home, however, we may
Hecht.
but Menzel, "Who Is Sudeten expect to hear his name put for- O for Mr. Wong Ka-fun, of the German, has been reclaimed by ward as an opponent for the new
South Chinn Athleife Associa- tion, who arranged for the visit of the Reich. Now even Hecht is gone. British champion, Len Harvey. Farr Hoth Menzel and Hecht are well would still be a big attraction if he
the amateurs to the Colony carly this known in Hongkong, having passed chose to enter a British ring again, year, has not heard from Mr. Tom through two years ago. They gave in spite of his many defeats recently. Smith, manager of the Talington ons. sparkling exhibition on the Hong-After all, he did relinquish his But, Mr. Wong told me yesterday, before Mr. Smith left he said he kong CC, courts during their short British title without being beaten.
A Cue Described would do his best to bring another stay in the Colony.
team
out to the East in 1940. It
may be that Mr. Smith is now sort Mixed Doubles Title
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FOR the first time in the 307-year billiards, the shape CONGRATULATIONS to W. A. Hand side of a billiard cue were laid ("Sucks") Duff and Miss Ann down recently. The Cantral Council which he intends to travel, to obtain Tylor on their success in the Colony of the Billiards Association, meeting re-action to the scheme, and if they Mixed Doubles tennis championship. In London, passed this law: "A bil- are favourable, he will then com Their victory in the final, played at lard as recognised by the Association and Control mence arrangements. Hongkong, the Chinese R.C. on Saturday, over Billiards feel sure, will be pleased to see them Commdr. Kennedy and Miss Mudge Council shall be not less than three here again.
Grimths was well-deserved, as they feet in length and shall show 110 were the better balanced pair. While substantial departure from the trad!- Kennedy and Miss Gridlihs were very tional and generally accepted shane. steady, it was Duft and Misa Tylor, and form. The reason for this law NY keen student of the game who were the more brilliant and the was the use by Alec Brown of a winning "fountain pen" cue. Ave Inches long, ennnot have falled to notice that more llable to pull out, a the Talington Corinthian team has hot. Duff, of course, has not been, in a match against Tom Newman re- left its mark in local football. Be-in-Hongkong for long, but he is al-cently. The story of the incident fore the amateurs played in the ready n well-known figure here. appears elsewhere in this issue.
Left Their Mark
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Chambers said: "In my opinion this fountain-pen. Instrument is a travesty of a cue. It is against the spirit of the game.
Why, they'll be turning up with croquet mallets next.".
It is expected that a rule saying: wit A cuc Is will result from Brown's action.
WOULD YOU
CALL THIS A
BILLIARD CUE?
This picture shows how the balls were placed when Alee Brown need his "Tounfalu pen" cue. Cuo ball, is tucked into pack of reds, and black......
only playable colour-on top cushion.
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