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LEAGUE SOCCER

KIT LIKELY WINNERS

CHEE STILL

RAF Routed By Sing Tao

Kit Chee retain their lead in the race. for First Division League honours as a result of a two-nil win over Police at Boundary Street yesterday. Their nearest rivals. Sing Tao, beat a weakened RAF side by seven goals to one at Causeway Bay.

Kit Chee's two joints over Police | whelmed the Airmen'a defence. were not hard-earned. The Chinese won by two goals to nil, scoring one In each half. The winning margin. could well have been wider but for much misplaced energy.

The match was marked by a con- kiderable amount of misigleking, poor visibility and a sodden ground, The half-time score was 3-1.

KMB SWAMPED

There were severni ocasions when possible goals petered out as a re- At Happy Valley, Club over- ault of players being offside and whelmed Kowloon Motor Bus with several mure when the halfbacks an 8-2 win. The sodden ground proved too fast for their own for-conditions were not in favour of the word lipe Wosted pusses were, af

re, at Chinese side's short-passing game rome stages, one a mintto.

and Club's defenders easily firöke Up" the Chinese attack.

The Police side was a hard-work-

al through. The Ing one

half-

back line of Pope, Gordon and Ng

The Busmen put up a game dis- play but were unlucky in front of goal.

Club's forwards were in fine form, with Weller, Inside-right, the inspiration of the attack.

Top standings in the league table following yesterday's, gaines are:

Gools

Wni stifled many strong Kit Chee bids. The full-backs, Robert Ho and La Wal, were on their toes when needed and the goalie, Tsang Wing, was hard to beat other than with a slow ground shot. The two ho let in were both of that typo. Kit Chee The Police attack lacked sting. Sing Too

There were short of co-ordination S. Ching

In the forward line and long-pass- CAA

ing tactics falled us passes were con- KM Bus tinually

intercepted just ns the

attack warmed up.

Kit Chee played well as u team. The Chinese attack was held down by good marking 'and the forward lino's spirit appeared to wither as a result. The Half-backs were well up with the ullack and a good long kick from a Police defender would', slow up the game while a Kit Chee full-back ran some 30 yards to kick the ball back.

The only Kit Chee player to star was the right-back, Cheng ‚Ying-kl; who was a good spoller on the few when the Police broke Occasions through on the left-wing.

The first goal was scored in the seventh minute of the game. Wong King-cheung puting in on ensy

one between the goalie, and another defender after a melee In front of goal. The second came after five minutes play in the second half on a penalty award. Kwak Ying-loh netting.

SING TAO WIN

At Causeway Bay, the Royal Air Force tried hard to keep Sing Tho down but the Chinese, eight of whom ure on the Olympic team, were much too polished

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I DON'T WANT TO SHOW MY IGNORANCE BUT HOW DO I BACK THE WINNER ?

HOME FOOTBALL

Arsenal To Visit Portugal

London, Apr. 6.-Arsenal, prospective champions of the

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1948.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WATER BUTTERFLY

Don DeForrest of the University of Pennsylvania swim- ming team demonstrates the powerful stroke that may get him a berth on the American Olympic Swimming Team -for London. Here the ploughs through the water with the

butterfly stroke in a Philadelphia pool.

BY "RECORDER"

French Threat In Olympic Swimming

ALEX JANY AND VALLEREY SHOULD TAKE GOLD MEDALS

The French team, paced by Alex Jany, a near- certain winner in both the shorter free style races, and by Georges Vallerey, backstroker, who is more than likely to take the event, are a formidable challenge to the United States in the London Men's Olympic Swimming.

With Japon out of the picture, even were they able to send the distance-swiminer, Furuhashi, their only star performer today, there are no other team threats.

Hungary Is likely to place In every event but lacks potential gold medal winners.

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In the running for places Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Argentino, Brazil and Britain.

On paper the 20-year-old Jany looks good for two gold medala Wally Ris is a threat øver 100 metres and Jim McLane and Bill Smith over 400, but either-of-the- latter two is a good six seconds behind at his best to date.

A. Szegedy (Hungary) L. Linhart (Czechoslovakia) Roy Romaine (Britain) W. O. Jordan (Brazil) D. Selbold (US)

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Japan Wants

The Tote

Tokyo. Apr. 6. The city government is seriously think- Latest Olympic intelligence is thating of going to the dogs to pull the USSR is likely to compete. itself out of the red. Should the Russians enter, their

breaststroke stars, Bolchenko anti The city fathers are studying a Meshkov, may prove too good for plan to build an open dog racing Joe Verdeur. The latter is, how-stadium this autumn to swell the ever, improving with every meet.

depleted treasury by 250,000,000 yen Russia's participation could also rob per season-about $1,250,000 at the Britain of its only potential place. current black market rates.

The following are the world's best performances over the standard bounds in Japan. But the dog racing Olympic races last year:

100 METRES FREE STYLE First Division of the English Alex Jany (France) .. Football League, is to play two P.O. Olsson (Sweden) London, Apr. 6-Three of games in Portugal at the end. Ris (US) the four Indian visitors playing of the current English football B. Weinberg (US) today in the Men's Singles of season.

Bill Smith (US) the Paddington Club lawn

G. Kadas (Hungary)

tennis tournament here won would play their matches, the only one to lose being R. V. Madan.

All four were playing in the second round matches.

suc-

Scoring many points with power- ful forehand drives down the side- lines. Narenora Nath made a cessful debut in tournament play in England by defeating A. D. Hunter 6-0, 6-1,

Arsenal announced today that it the Portuguese Club Benefca, in Lisbon on May 3, and a selected side at Oporto on May 8. -Associated Press.

E. Szathmary (Hungary)

BOXING

One Olympic Event That

We Can Win

BY GEORGE WHITING

Forget the notion that our under-nourished, austerity rid- den sportsmen will be pushed about by the world in the Olym- pic Games In' boxing, at least, wo have better prospects than any other nation.

Our amateurs Have nover been beaten by an international team this country. Since the war they have whipped America, France, Switzerland and Denimark. and shared honours with Ireland.

STOKER COOPER

One of the strong possibles was on view at Nine Elms recently. It there is a faster or more furious young light-weight knocking on the Olympic door than Stoker Ron Cooper the West Ham caller who holds the Imperial Services title, I don't know him. Cooper's boxing against Arthur Grovea was good enough to beat any amateur of his weight in the world,

ilat

were

Yet we h e an even brighter hope in the welter-weight class. If "tarting price" compiled of every boxer in the Olymples. I think we should And Company Sergeant-major Johnny Rynn, 23-year-old Welshman in the Army Physical Training Corps, topping, the lot at the shortest of odds.

He has earned universal recogni- tion as the best amateur boxer in the world.

FEATHER RIVALS Feather-weights? Ask them on

the-Continent-and-they-will-toll-you- in all honesty that icy have no Ost.

with amateur to compare

elther Peter Brander, apprentice electrical engineer from Southampton, .or Charlie Tucker, airman from Cam-

berwell. The almost Inevitable

battle between these two lads for a place in the Olympics is going to be the scrap of the season.

Take it as an encouraging sign, that the acknowledged best 100 amateur fly-weight in Europe boxes for an organisation known as the Victory Club in Belfast-and has every chance of becoming our Olym- ple royesentative in the 8-stone class. Ils name is W. E. Barnes- and he is way up in the Johnny Hill category.

BABE RUTH was greeted with One hitch is the absence of grey-

a big kiss by Babe Zaharins at committee hopes to get around the Miami, Fla., where Ruth wax obstacle by using specially trained the honorary referee at a golf Japanese canines and Importing match between Babe Zaharias greyhounds later in the year.

and Louise Suggs. The match 57.2 The present plan calls for the was a beneft for the Cancer 57.0 construction of a 400-metre oval fund and a local youth centre. 58,2 track seating 20,000 with an 80-day

55.0

58,3 season-United Press.

58.7

58.0

M. Lunden (Sweden) ... J. Marik (Czechoslovakia)

59.5

50.5

5. Rodriguez (Brazil)

50.5

400 METRES FREE STYLE

Alex Jany (France)

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4:42.5 4:42.7

1.500 METRES FREE

4:45.7 4:47 4:47 4:46.5 4:50 STYLE

H. Furuhashi (Japan) J. McLane (US) Bill Smith (US)

MAJ. BUCKLEY RESIGNS Hull, England. Apr. §.—Maj. Frank Buckley, Secretary Manager of the Hull City Football Club, which plays Section-of the in the Third Division-Northern | J, IN (US)

English Football A. Yantorno (Argentina) League, resigned today because "for Ryan (US) some time the Board of Directors G. Mitro (Hungary) and myself have seemed to disagree M. Duranonu (Argentina)

J. Hale (Britain) on policy,"

Buckley, 04. Is regarded as one of the most natute managers in British football. He specialised in making

Surant Misra was brought to three sels by C. Hovell, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. H. Bose beat M. Lucking 6-4, 6-0. In spite of a hard fight in the second set, after he had lost the "stars" of players he found and

Art, Madan was beaten by his op- developed from an early age--| ponent, F. Wallis, the score being Associated Press. 6-4, 7-5.

Misrn's match with Hovell was Davis Cup "rehearsal," for Hovell

soccer

is among those who have, bean today were: take part in the Cup

chosen to

H. Furuhashi (Japan)

G, Mitro (Hungary)

G. Hoogerhyde (US)

H. Voros (Hungary)

W. Heusner, (US). Matt Mann 11 (US)

| Jim McLane (US)

C. Oda (US) Stewart (US)

G. Vallerey (France)

10: 15.4

-AP Wirephoto.

Schmeling Not Wanted

In United States

Washington, Apr. 6.-The State Department vetoed, for the present at least, former heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling's plans to return to the United States for a series of exhibition bouts.

Rep. John McDowell, Pennsyl-away after taking a boxing lesson vanlan Republican, who registered from

a strong protest against the German fighter's proposed visit, revealed the Stato Department decision today.

10:28 19:44.2) The State Department pointed out 10:53 in the letter that American consular 19:54.8 omcers in Germany are permitted to 19:57.2 Issue vizas only to a very select 19:57.5 group. 19:59,9

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rounds.

clever Home. in the early

The champion entered the ring a three to one favourite but his timingt was off and his Valley Stream, Now York, rival stayed on his feet throughout,

Rocky donated his share of the gate to charity, collecting only one dollar himself.

risk his

titlo

Graziano will The letter continued: "As Schmel- ing does not appear to come within against Zale in Newark, New Jermy, any of the categories, there appar- June.

100 METRES BACKSTROKEently is no action, which may be He has been suspended indefinite-

LEAGUE RESULTS London, April, 6-The results of and rugger games played

Third Division, Northern: Oldham practice matches at Wimbledon next Athletic 2, Barrow 1: Rochdale 1, week-end, with a view to the Lincoln City selection of Britain's team to meet India at Harrogate.

Rugby League: Dewsbury 8 Wor- rington 14; Rochdale Hornets 10 St.

G. Vallergy (France). Not once did Hovell give the im-Helen's 15.

Harry Holiday (US) Alan Stack (US) Although in a scrappy second set ho 7.-Aneintex Press,

R. de Groot (US) made fewer errors.--Reuter.

BLOW FOR NEWCASTLE U

Fonseca e Silva (Brazil) Newcastle, ADY. 6-Newenstle L. Zins (France) United, who are fighting for promo- 3. Kovar (Czechoslovakia) tion into the First Division of the B. Borg (Sweden) English League, received a sovete P.O. Olsson' (Sweden) Lowrie, their expensive forward

pression that he could master Misra, Rugby Union: Falmouth 0, Cardif

TODAY'S TENNIS

To-day's Road courts in the Colony Open from Coventry City, may not be able Doubles Tennis Championship will toʻplay again this season.

Lowrie, whose fee is estimated to be, weather permitting:

Loe Chun-kit and Y. Y. Lam v.be £18,500, hurt a knee on Easter C. K. L. Wu and C. Lau (Court 4); Monday, and it has now been found

Szeto

and Marsland Ma v. that he also fractured a small bone Kenneth and Thomas Le (Court (8), in his wrist-Reuter.

i programme at the Chalor when it learnt that George M. Chaves (Argentina).

taken at this time with a view to

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providing him a visa for admission ly from New York State rings for lo report bribe offer. 1:07.8 to the United States United Press, failing

Fourteen other state boxing com- 1:03.3

missions Havo- outlawed him 1:00.0

"forever" because of his bad war

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CRAZIANO BEATS HORNE 1:09.2 Washington, Apr. 6-The middle record. Graziano did not take kindly Life and went' AWOL 1:09,2 weight champion, Rocky Graziano, to army 1:00.2 came back after a 10-month layoff which cost him one year on 1:09,2 to defeat George "Sonny" Horno Federal rock pile-United Press.

decisively in a gruelling 10-round non-titlo, fight.

ZOO METRES BREASTSTROKE

5. Bolchenko (USSR)

L Meshkov (USSR)

Too Verdour (US)

Don De Forest (US)

Dob/Sohl- (US).

250

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Graziano, who has not fought anyw 338 ono but the New York and Illinois 2:950 boxing commissions since he took 2:30.0 the middleweight crown from Tony 2:38.8 Zale In Chicago last July, won going

WIN FOR PHILLIPS

the

Amsterdam, Apr. 6.—Welterweight Jack Phillips of Britain lost a hard fought ten rounds declalon tonight to Jan de Bruin; of the Netherlands.

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