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Tuesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LUCKY

FOOTBALL OFFICIALS

GIVE ADVICE TO REFEREES

But Obstruction Rule Not Any Clearer

London, Dec. 1.

Mr. Bert Mec, of Mansfield, Notts, president of the Referees' Association, and long established whistle-while- you-worker, has called on Mr. Stanley Rouse, Football Association secretary, in a bid to end confusion over the

Cricket

TRANSVAAL

HELD BY TOURISTS

M.C.C. Had'Worse

Of A Draw

Johannesburg. Dec. 10. The match between the M.C.C.

tourists and Transvaal ended in a draw to-day, with honours in favour

of the home side.

official "N.B." footnote to Law 12, Section E, writes Stan-nied with 260, of which Leslie Ames ley Hosley in the Daily Mail.

runs.

Transvaal declared their firal inn- ings at 428 for eight wickets (Viljenn 7, Langton 58). The tourists re- made 100 in a magnificent innings of 153 minutes in the course of which he hit two dixed and dve fontes,

The M.C.C. tall-enders enllapsed. Though referees are delighted at This inceling between a Football League referee and one of Soccer's gone progress being made, they feel against the fast bowling of Davies, loftiest officials in almost historie. A that last bit about "using discretion whe teat six wickets for 02 referee may sometimes rise from his in all cases," puts them right back Against the M1.C.C. "tail", he took hi

"Same okit four wickets for only 19 runs. Cinderella talus and ret a personal fat the beginning again.

Batting again. Transvadi hud made story," I heard one comment. "Carry.

174 for two wickets when stanjas! chant with an F.A. official.

us far, then drop us."

Curnow was top-groter ut it is rare to the point of be- f understand that one referee of were drawn. ing unknown for the F.A, to unbendumy seasons' experience suggested with 3.--- Reuter.

the only safe į and go into Consultation with at the meeting that League referte on a major point of way out of the trouble was to make ta goalkeeper immune from attack policy.

within the six-yard Tine (penalty

Under Law 12. minus the fool-aren). note, it was the custorn for referees! 1. idea was that six-yard fm- to allow a defender to protect his munity would prevent an attacker oalkeeper by warding off an at making the often Idiotic dashes at a tacker irrespective of where the ball keeper which led to his being

night be..

CONFUSION

Then came the footnote stating, that Law 12 was not intended to nenalise All charging that charging was fair so long is the players con- cerned are Paying 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 interprel Law 12, 50 they could let their players know and keep them out of technical trouble. Horassed referees hung on, hoping the F.A. would do something. But still the F.A.'s answer was à stern "No reply." So the executive de- eldest to go to headquarters them- selver.

Result of the Mesars. Rouse-Mec talks was an official F.A. statement which was placed before referees and discussed ut a secret meeting in Landon Just night of League Re- ferees, Section 4 (Southern). It ran as follows:-

abstructed by a defender, and which were the root of the trouble. This suggestion may official quarters.

re-echo

in

Scottish Cup Draw Announced

Senior Clubs Steer

Clear Of One

Another

Landon, Dec. ID. The following is the draw of the arst round of the Scottish Cup, to be played on January 21:

Motherwell unlicy

V. Stranraer

"We must point out that there has been no alteration to the law. The note was inserted to help referees to interpret correctly the law concern-Edinburgh C. ing charging. During past years de- Kilmarnock Tenders have developed the practice

of charging on-coming forwards Falkirk without attempting to play the ball Clyde

in order to prevent them from ob- Leith Ath. Laining possession of the bail

Ralth R.

"When this has happened in the

referees have Falkirk Ama. pennity fren many over-looked the offence; yet when Forfar Ath, the anme offence has been committed Blairgowrie In midfelt they have promptly pen- King's Park alised the offending player.

21

to

v. Berwick

Brechin City

BADMINTON TIE FOR TO-NIGHT

The match

in the HAU

Division Badminton Leaggie

between the Chinese Y.M.C.A. and University "A" was not played last night, but will thal:: evening on the be decided former's court.

December 20, 1938.

LAD WINS QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONS

Pleture here shows the case with which Lucky Lad, with 51e. V. V. Needa up, won the Queensland Autumn Champions on Saturday when the The overwhelming favourite, Courting Evc. went Jame and kust extra rare-meeting of the season was held, Lucky Lad pald $39.20 for a win. Lancashire Chips, the second favourite, was beaten into second place. Photo by A. V. Wong.

Here And There With "Abe".

Its Football Also Has Uncertainties As Well

of the

CRICKETERS may keep on talking | Colony there were many phases of about uncertaintles of their the game entirely new to players in game, but quite often even soccerites Hongkont. Wo had heard have their turn to do the talking in "etopper" 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 stances. When the South China "A" had never struck local backs that met the Royal Scots at Sookunpoo an easy way of getting out of a tight in the opening match of the season, corner is to pass the ball back to goal-keeper. The Islingtoninns the Chinese won by 10-0, displaying the

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 Mansfield were still unable to arrive at a decision.

In the first match played between the two teams, at Halifax, the result was a 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 failed to produce goals.--- Reuter.

4-Inch "Cue" Causes

Snooker Scene

London, Nov. 15.

Alec Brown, playing Tom Newman in the Gold snooker tourna ment at Thurston's, Londen, yesterday, issued a practical challenge on "What is a billiards cuc?" by pulling a four-inch cue like a Fountain-pen from his waistcoat pocket, chalking one end, and using it to make a difficult stroke.

Newman, staggered, turned to jused it elsewhere without having a Charles Chambers, the referee, and foul given against me." wald: "I say, he can't do that."

cue.

Brown asked: "Why not? It's a It has a tip. There is no de- finition of a cue in 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."

He thun penalised Brown seven points, declaring that the "fountain- pen" was not cue within the

an all-round superiority which made taught how to do it, and now this third-rate is becoming quite common in local the Scots look like a |tean. Yet on Saturday, the South matches. Furthermore, before the Chink "A". playing on their own Istinglonians came, we

had never Around at Caroline Hill, were beaten seen such fine and close co-ordina- and by a goal to nil by the Scots in the tion between bnlf-backs and inside. Some years ago, he represented

return encounter. Though I stated forwards. Now we begin to appre-Canada in the Davis Cup competition, waning of the rules. on Saturday that the Chinese would clute how attacking movements and more recently he has been win- Brown sald afterwards: "The rules

although vern St. Cuthbertat have things their own way, I should be initiated.

confess

nol expect that the few local teams have yet been able tens laurels in Shanghat do not define the size or shaps: of a

Three or four years ago, he was on a cue." Scols would be able to turn the to develop that fine understanding visit to the Colony during the grass-

as displayed between thie Islington court championships at the long- "Nearly every enthusinst bas tables on the Caroline Hill skle Corinthians' half-backs and their'kong C.C, and was induced to join., horl cue to use in awkward spots. completely. Apparently, the Chin forwards. But we are learning, an' But midway through the tournament, themselves were of the same opinion the time will come, no doubt, when when it was obvious that there as myself; for, secure in the know- ledge of their superiority, they did our halves play a greater attackin: nobody in Hongkong who could not field their full sler-and paid park in our matches. the penalty. Fortunately for their

Rangera

V

St. Johnstone

Y.

Alrúrio

V.

Glasgow

Rangers

V.

Elgin City Hibernian

v. Dumbarton

V. Babcock

Wilcox

Alloa

F

Ayr United

Queen's Park

Y.

Wanderers

Rurnt Island

V. Celile

Easter Stirling

Hamllion

V.

St. Bernards

Y

Girvan

Dundee United

Y.

V

Artick

*

Arbroath

Albion R.

V. Buckle Thistle

V

Morton

T

V.

St. Mirren

"NO ALTERATION"

"Referees-Kenerally-appear 10 have taken the view that it is the prerogative ot

full-back charge or obstruct an opponent, not in possession of the ball, in to protect the goalkeeper, or previt his u opponent gaining possession of the

nit.

Bo'ness

Dundee Duns

East Fife Cowdenbeath "We la emphasise that there Queen's O'Sth. has been no alteration to the law, A Aberdeen referee will give satisfaction if he Nithisdale enforces the law with regard to Dunfermline charging irrespective of where such Third Lanark charging takes place, and should use Hearts his discretion in all cases."

چرم

Ster'muir

Montros

Clachnacudden

Penicuik

--Reuter.

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RYEN LUCAS BOLS

I did

SO

hopes in the championship race, the Hecht Turns."Pro" Royal Navy also failed, though it

was only partial failure. Expected

was

proach him in singles play, he w recalled to Shanghal. Otherwise the Hongkong title would have been add- jed to his long string of victorles. Hecht, the youn Farr Slips Again to beat Kowloon, whom they had Carch Davis Cup player, ha trounced earlier in the season, the joined the ranks of the professionat sailors could do no better than draw, Recording to a Trans-Decan and therefore are still a polat be-published yesterday. He has

hind South China “A”,

May Visit Us Again

MANY soccer enthusiasts in Hong- kong still recall with plensure the visht 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 had to hear that there is a distinct possibility of the famous amateur English football team being with us again in 1940. It has been reported that the Islington Corinthions are making negotiations for more tours, und according to the Rangoon Times, they have written to the Burma Athletic Association on the subject and will be given to understand that they will be welcome if they could 10 to Burma in September or Octo- ber of that year in the tourse of their tour to the Far East.

No News Yet

ADISLAUS

cabl

re-

ortedly signed

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6TF Tommy Farr beat Lou Novn, he will come home at Christmas Thus a or very shortly afterwards." recent message from England. But i tract Jolly Farr was beaten by Nova in their Donaldbout, which took place last Friday, udge-Filswort Is he now returning home? 1 will 'ines Fronycost him £750 to fight again in al in the from England, if the award of the British

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que, which is property tipped (and "I have been carrying this packet has a gold fountain-pen clip and band) for eighteen months, I have

SEABISCUIT. VOTED BEST RACE-HORSE

New York, Dec. 12.

ints of ding Boxing Board of Control of that Charles S. Howard's Scabiscuit, Farid player amount against Farr in favour pf techt's loss to promoter Sydney Hulls stands up in confueror of War Admiral in one of the most spuctacular match raees in be amateur cir-inw. The award was made in conturf history, to-day was proclaimed

may not nection with the Farr-Schmeling

Kreat match which never took place, and the outstanding race horse of 1938 Judges, for in consequence of the award not be a nation-wide polt of sports tance; but thing paid, Farr, the Board claims, has widers in the United States con- ery fact that he wen ruspended everywhere except tueted by the Turt and Sports 0 signed the place where he is doing all his Digest of Baltimore.

he dotted linenghting-New York State, where the The rugged five-year-old son of eans that writ of Mike Jacobs indubitably Hard Tack und Swing On was named pposition to be runs. Why the visit home of Farr champion over Samuel Ruddle's rovided by is contingent on his beating Nova Is Man-O'-War's four-years-old son, Czecho-Slovakis rather puzzling. Possibly the ex-War Admiral, who last year just beat in the Davis Cuplanation is that he is by nature a Seabiscuit for the season's highest competition ex- thrifty man, and defeat by this new turf honours.—United Press. year negligible. Hecht and Menzel have been the

Hecht

will be comer to the Jacobs circus would Roderick wipe out all chance of another con- mainstay test with Joo. Louts. If and when

of the Czech team for years: Farr comes home, however, we may but Menzel, + Who is Sudeten expect to hear namb pul før-

O for Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, of the German, has been reclaimed by ward as an opponent for the new South Chinn Athletic Associathe Reich. Now even Hecht is gone. Bellish chanlon, Len Harvey. Farr tion, who arranged for the visit of Both Menzel and Hecht are well would still be a big attraction if he the amateurs to the Colony eatly this known in Hongkong, having passed chose to enter a British ring again,

Tom year, has not heard from Mr.

Othrough two years ago. They gave in spite of his many defeats recently. Smith, manager of the Islingtoniarts.

a sparkling exhibition on the Hong-After all, he did relinquish his But, Mr. Wong told me yesterday kong C.C. courts during their short British title without being beaten. before Mr.

Smith left he said he stay in the Colóny. would do his best to bring another

team out to the East in 1840. It Mixed Doubles Title

may be that Mr. Smith In now sort

of feeling, his way around, fo is

A Cue Described

FOR

AOR the first time in the 367-your history of billiards, the shapo

Chambers sald: "In my opinion this fountain-pen instrument is a travesty of a eue. 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 what

n cue Is will result from Brown's action.

WOULD YOU

CALL THIS A BILLIARD CUE?

probably writing to the various coc-CONGRATULATIONS to W. A. Hand side of a billard cue were laid eer goelations on the

In (Sticks") Duff and Miss Ann down recently. The Control Council- route In which he intends to travel, to obtain Tylor on their success in the Colony of the Billiards Association, meeting re-action to the cheme, and if they Mixed Doubles tennis championship. in London, pansed this law: "A bil- cue na recognised by the are favourable, he will then com- Their victory in the anal, played at llard

Control menco arrangements. Hongkong, 1 the Chinese R.C. on Saturday, over Billiards Association and feel sure, will be pleased to see them Commdr. Kennedy and Miss Madge Council shall be not less than three here again.

Griffiths was well-deserved, as they feet in length and shall show no were the better balanced

While pair.

substantial departure from the tradi- Kennedy and Miss Griffiths were very tional and generally accepted shape steady, it was Dulf and Miss 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 cannot have failed to notice that more liable to pull out winning "fountain pen" eue. five inches long.

This ploture shows how the balls were placed when Alco Brown used the Talington Corinthian team has shot. Duff, of course, has not been in a match against Tom Newman re his fountain pen" cus. Cue ball is ideked into pack of reds, and black-

of the incident left its mark in local football. Be in Hongkong for long, but he is al cently. The story

only playable colour-on top cushion.

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