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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

OF SWITCHING DEVELOPING SURPRISES

FOR THE OPPOSITION Inter-changing Forwards

To Bewilder Defence

(By "Rex")

THERE IS NOTHING really new in football, and most certainly the art and purpose of "switching" is no exception. I have seen it done by various teams in the Colony, but it appears more a spontaneous effort than a calculated But its full significance has some- movement. how failed to impress as a match-winning tactic, for it should be employed more often.

Perhaps it is necessary, before dealing further with the art and purpose of the switch, to emphasise that there are two distinct ways in which it could be applied. There are the temporary and the semi-permanent switches; the latter being a definite positional change lasting for some time with a specific object in view.

every

To be successful, moves have to be of spontaneous action, careful. 1y worked out and skilfully excouted, and must noi be ropested

Monthly Meeting Of Roforces Association

The monthly meeting of the Hongkong Football Referees' Association will be held in the Football Association rooms, Bank of Canton Bldg., No, 55, on Monday, January 8 at 8 p.m.

Among the business to ba discussed is the date of the annual Press v. Referees match, and the progress in connection with the erection of the club- house.

GARCIA MAY FIGHT IN SINGAPORE

PROMOTER C. M. HOUGH-

often during the same match. FerTON has received a telegraphic away 'at your centre, or. another forward; spoon-feel him till you reply to his challenge, sent on

Young

to Frisco, have the opposition going for the behalf of

who is re- man you have selected to be the Ceferino Garcia balt, then spring the surprise. Deceit is needed, and the greater cognised in New York as middle- the deceiver U10 greater the weight champion of the world.

From the reply, states the Singa- pore Free Press, it appears that

footballer.

every

January 6, 1940.

ON THE FOOTBALL

BUSY BOWL....Reputed busiest football stadium in the United States is the Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla., where as raany as four games'n week are played among high schools and colleges. Here's a capacity crowd of more than 32,000.

ASTONISHING GOLF BY JAPAN PRO WHILE PRACTICING FOR THE P.I. OPEN

Knock-out Football Competition

FIELD

FACTS ABOUT SPEED

World Cycling Record Broken

Elephant And Man 25 m.p.h: Cheetah 70 m.p.h.

Tommy Godwin, the Raleigh professional, recently broke the world annual cycling mileage record of 62,657 miles, made by Ossie Nichol-ing five tons, as big and son, the Australlan, in 1937, ungainly as a double-decker Godwin reached his figure bus, has been known to with more than two months to charge 25 m.p.h. An

raged elephant once took a car travelling at 20 m.p.h.

Elephants, you may think, are slow. Don't believe it. The African elephant, weigh-

spare.

T. T. MATCH TO DECIDE WOODEN SPOONISTS

en-

over-

The rhino is even faster. Stop- watch recordings have established the speed of charging rhinos at up to 28 m.p.l. They have been known to chase horsemen and nearly catch them

Once a rhinoceros tried to take

Over-

a car when its speedometer was registering 35 m.p.h, and did

not give up the chase for nearly a

mile. So speedily did a rhino charge a tree that its horn was buried eight inches in the trunk.

SCIENTIFIC TABLES CIENTISTS have spent years compiling animal speed tables.

Club-Police Game Should Be Interesting (By "Fly-half")

THE ON

NAVY GROUND at Causeway Bay this afternoon two interest- ing games of rugby should be seen when, at 4 pm, the÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷||~|~|-|-|-~|~|~|-|-|-|-|| Royal Navy and Army kick-

Buffaloes have known to charge ht

35 m.p.h., and the lion at 50 m.p.h.

Speed testa have oven been taken Panama

of sloths! Experiments In

off to decide which is to hold MAN RUNS 25 m.p.h.

Man can run as fast as an elephant

for a few yards, Greatest human speed is 25 m.p.h., reached by a

T. MIYAMOTO, one of the six the wooden spoon in the Triangular Tournament, and visiting golf pros from Japan, when at 2.45 p.m. the Club

sprinter in the middle of a 100 yards race. shot a sensational 18-hole round meet the Police.

Time taken to reach maximum Navy's win against the Club last! while practicing for the 1940

Saturday places therm in a favourable speed and failing effort due to fati-

the 100 yards average Philippine Open Golf at the Man position for dodging the bottom place que towards the end of the race re-

in the competition. Should they pro- duce daluyong links. He turned in a duce the same form which practically between 20 and 23 r.p.l.

paralysed the Club attacking machine, they will have little to fear from the++++++++

The temporary switch may be caught on and are baulking applied in several directions. To efort with apparent case, bring a good header up from the defence when a corner kick has been awarded is a temporary move which is as old as the pro- verbial hills. The idea is ob- vious; the player may have the required edge over the opposing defence and a goal may be scored. There is the interchange of partners on the same wing. The in- side man slips outside and the out- side man inside. As play proceeds, too, one may find, all of a sudden, IE semi-permanent switch, a cen-Garcia is willing to fight in Binga- that the man who should be playing tre-forward for an inside left or pore, and J. Cortez, promoter of the Al centre-forward la out on the wing right, is made after a definite period Garcia-Glen Leo batile has asked That particular movement ended, the of time and kept for the remainder promoter Houghton to cable his best

3 So there thel of the game.

There are several ob-purse offer. players concerned return to original positions,

Jectives to be gained by this type of chance of the Frisco-Garela batile being staged in Singapore in the switch.

near future. One, for instance, is to throw a

Frisco has oll the physical advan THAT these Interchanges pay de-

Garcia who is much pends, of course, on the players disturbing factor into the ranks of

tages over on the opposition as well as the the opposition, with the hope of an horter and scales about 11 st. Garcia

centre-half men directly concerned. The bass unsettling effect. The of this type of switch is that al-stopper has become part and parcel a famed for his "Bolo" punch, a IT is almost certain that 68, four below par, and the best terrifle looping right, however, and though the players change their of the gume. Playing positions, the general formation re-quarters of an hour or so against the whenever it lands squarely, it invari-the knockout competition score to be made thus far in mains the same. When the centre-same centre-forward, the pivot may jably means the end of the night. forward goes out on the wing there come to the conclusion that he knows

If when he Basketball is still some player in the centre alt his ways and tricks. forward berth.

has come to that conclusion, and is Unless one is a versatile player and playing confidently as a result, he capable of a great degree of vario suddenly finds himself in direct op- different player-and tion, one's play is recognised, and position to

methods of all players are here is where interchange proves on the

to start effective weapon. A sudden switch different--the pivot has from a dribbling inside man to a thinking all over again. And before Klek-and-run winger in his position, he has collected his thoughts, and throws the now complacent defence found the right answer to his new out of its stride, and the veriest problems, the damage may have been

That is one hope. hesitancy on the one side, a burst of dene.

body swerve on the. speed and a other spell victory or defeat.

for three

Japan Tourists Defeated In Manila

which the Football League is practice for the P.I. golf classic. to run on behalf of the Red. Miyamoto was playing with Nor- Cross Fund will be arranged man von Nida, winner of the 1936 tournaments, and Chin for the second half of the Seisul, who placed second in the

season.

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The scheme is to select a from representative team cach of the eight sections of that MANILA, Jan. 5 (UP)-La Regional Leagues so Salle, the National Collegiate seven matches will be played basketball champions, trimmed AGAIN, the centre-forward who is Rikkyo 32-17, and inflicted the in all--four in the first round the touring the semi-finals and the final. trying to force his way down the

Mr. Fred Howarth, secretary to be a tendency middle gets many hard knocks. The first defeat THERE seems

with most teams to adopt a-suc-man-playing-on-the wing does not Japanese team in Manila. cessful tactic over and over again get so many bumps. Therefore, by La Salle-led-at-half-time-by-17-13, with maddening persistency (to the these two players changing places, and in the second half the local spectator), and the first brilliant there is a fresh man in the middle, players went wild and dominated execution is sunk into oblivion when and the former centre-forward gets play throughout.

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and 1930

Course Record Tied In First Round MANILA, Jan. 5 (UP)- Jug McSpaden, of Boston, tied the record of the Wack Wack led the field in the first round golf course with 69 when he of the Philippines' Open Cham-

of the League, who will-be-res-pionship to-day. says that in the first round he ponsible for the organisation, proposes to select various sec- tions to play cach other instead

member of a football side can be of making a draw. said to get a rest,

The matches he suggests are: The purpose epitomised is this: When the oppost- North-Western v. Western, North- tion have tumbled to your methods, Eastern v. East Midlands, Midlands try something different. Spectators v. South "A" and South will agree that it adds spice to the South-Western. A play-the spice of variety,

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THE following ore the league foot- ball fixtures for to-day and to-

niorrow:

To-day

"B" V. draw would be made for the semi-finals.

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METHOD OF SELECTION HERE will be no difficulty about getting suitable grounds on which to play the matches. It should prove n most attractive competition, and sectare good public support.

Other scores were: coat we ma 71 Emoy Zimmerman (Port Landore), T. Miyamoto (Japan), and Larry Montes (Manila).

73-H. Williams (Austra lia),'

74-Norman Von Nida, do- fending champion (Australia), A. L. Zimmerman (America).

1938 and 1939 championships. Von Nida had a card of 73, while Chin shot a 76.

Miyamoto scored five birdies, shot one hole one above par and the rest in par.

His score card follows:

FIRST DIVISION

No declitos has been reached as Hongkong F.C. v. Kowloon (Hong-

to how the teams from each section kong F.C.), 4 p.m.

be selected. One idea is to Police

will V.

choose a player from each club; the Par ¡St.), p..

Royal Scots v. South China. "B" other is for the League Management Score

Cummittee to select what they con- (Sookunpoo), 4 p.m.

Middlesex (Boundary

St. Joseph's v. Royal Navy (Caro-sider the 11 best players in each scc- Ilne Hill), 4-p.m.

SECOND DIVISION "A"

tion.

Care will be taken not to let the knockout competition interfere with

For Score

Kit Chee v. Hongkong F.C. (Caro-League matches.. line.), 2.30 p.m.

RA.O.C. v. 5th A.A. (Sookunpoo),

2.30 p.m.

Evidently football is going to con- tribute a substantia! sum to

war

30th R.A. v. 8th R.A. (Stanley), charities. A recent match at Ever- lan realised nearly £1,300: chief ex- 2.30 p.m.

amounting to £60, ware borne by the Football League.

Eastern v. South Chins (Hongkong penses,, F.C.), 2.30 p.m.

SECOND DIVISION "B"

In all the representative matches no expenses will be charged to the

Kwong Wah v. University (Kow-Red Cross. loon), 2.30 pm.

R. Engineers v. Kowloon (Happy Valley), 2.30 p.m.

Polico v. R. Scots (Boundary St.), 2.30 p.m.

Signals v. RAF. (Happy Valley),

14 p.

THIRD DIVISION

Badminton

Easy Victory For Recreio "B"

Outgoing Nine

4 3 4 4 5 6 4 3 4 30.

4 4 3 46 4 3 3 4 34

Incoming Nine

3 4 4:30 44 45 4

4444 3 3 4 4-34

Joe Louis Wins Fighting Award Again

NEW YORK, Des. 25 (AP)-For the unprecedented feat of flattening four aspiranta for the heavyweight throno In 1930 Joe Louis to-day wor the Ring Magazine's 'nunual award As the "Gghter of the year." Louis har won the award four times in the lut five years.

Scots v. 5th A.A. (St. Josephia), Over Kowloon C.C. No. 1 groups. Ceferino Garcia,

2.30 p.m.

IAS.C

Kumaons V.

Joseph'o), 4 p.m.

12th R.A. V. Electric (Stanley),

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To-morrow

FIRST DIVISION Eastern v. South China "A" kong F.C.), 4 p.m.⠀

THIRD "DIVISION International v. South Ching kunpoo), 2.80 p.m..

(St.

The magazine also announced ring rankings for the year of 1939 plac Ing the undisputed champions alone the Filipino battler, and Al Hoatak, the world's mid- both claimants 9-0dleweight crown, comprised group 4 in the mixed doubits section of the one of the 160 pounders,

RECREIO "B" beat the ECC.

Badminton Leaguo last night..

H. F. Consalves and Miss M. Xavier

(Recreio "D") bent J. L Anderson

and Misa . Stokes 21-11; beat Me. GARCIA-ARMSTRONG

and Mrs. Kovan 21-0; bont P.

(Hong-|Wynter-Blyth and Miss Harker 21-14.

BOUT SETTLED

M. A. Beltrao and Miss F. Remo- dios beat Anderson and Miss Btokes

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 (UP)—- 21-9; beat Mr. and Mrs. Kevan 21-15;

that Ceferino Garcia, (800-beat Wynter-Blyth and Miss Harker it is stated

middleweight champion of the world, |21-14.

who recently defeated Glen, Lee In C. C. Pereira and Miss C. M. Silva Manting. will meet Henry Armstrong beat Anderson and Miss Stokes 21-18: in a full firtat at 185 the, despilo re-

Signals v. 24th R.A. (Hongkong F.C.), 2.30 p.m. ·

R. Engineers v. R.A.M.C. (Sookun, beat Mir, and Mrs. Kevan 21-8; best porta trimi: Armstrong is attempting to (poo), 4 pm.

Wynter-Blyth and Miss Harker 21-8. cancel the baut,

Army.

hour.

to

machine Lo the

Ridsdale returna to the Army pack, showed that a sloth, which normally by the use of treal- about several players being avaliable. can be speeded un and up to the present there is doubt bustles along at half a mile an hour,

Navy are without Drury, who last stimulants. One sloth after

Bottom of the speed list with the week kept Stewart in check on the ment dashed off at 1 mp.h. wing, while Bax, Pearce and McCann, of last week's team, are nisa missing, snail is the tortoise, whose rate of ond their places will be filled by Wad-progress is one-tenth of a mile an dington, Kennedy, Taylor and Gale.

FASTEST OF ALL CLUB-POLICE Game

sprinting Lastest GAMES between Club teams and THE

nature has produced the Police have been in favour of the Police, with one outstanding win to cheetah, which has been timed at their credit, when, in December, they 70 m.p.h. The maximum is neater beat a fairly strong Club side. On eighty. No wonder the cheetah has a long heavy that occasion, disappointment was felt streamlined fur and that Chub were unable to field their tall to help it round corners.

What is the fastest speed of a race- strongest XV.

The team for to-day's gamo s horse? The famous American horse or two regulars. Man-o'-War once did the quarter- again without onc

in twenty-one seconds 43 Bidwell is off with an ankle injury, mile

The Derby is run at .35 Salter who had been reinstated asm.ph. The hooker for this game is on the "sick

m.ph. Hist, while Needham and Heaseman are on duty.

A greyhound has reached 30 m.ph.. but many animals are faster, includ Capable and equally efficient sub-ing the fox, the zebra, the kangaroo stitutes are available, however. Bur- (which has been timed at 45 m.p.h.). ford is to hook: Castleton and and the giraffe.

Wanklyn replace Needham and Hense-

J. M. Thomson, serum-halt who

man; J.

has had to call off, is replaced by except for Heath who is convalescing Henderson who has come up from after an operation. full-back, and F. M. Thomson comes

Navy and Club teams to-day are; Paul Dowden. Cessford resumes at into the team.

Navy-Waddington; stand-off half, thus relieving Charter Stevans, Kennedy: Carter, Clark; Barlow, King, Ferris; Taylor, who takes over from Hutchison in Brown. Palmer;

Charles, Gale. the three's.

The Stewart-Charter combination should be a great success, as both are robust players and hard runners.

Police will bo at full strength,

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