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LEAGUE FOOTBALL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1948.

Kitchee v. South China Should Draw Weekend's Biggest Crowd

BY "SEE TEE"

Early season trials of strength in the senior division of local soccer are expected this afternoon both at Boundary Street, Kowloon, and at Caroline Hill.

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At the Police Ground, Kowloon Motor Buses meet a strong Army eleven, while an all- Chinese battle-Kitchee versus South China's "A" team-should draw the biggest crowds of the week-end.

Other First Division matches today are nt Causeway Bay where the Navy play the Police and at the Club Ground where St Josepha' are the visitors.

The new faviball senson

shine. Football

last Saturday

strenuous

warm, SEE TEE'S SERIES

opened"

in

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blaze of sun-

business.

crowds

On Sunday, however, rough weather prevented players and

rather

than

difficult for play,

assembling making conditions

At half past Ave on Sunday after- noon the scheduled time for senior matches for commence both Caro- line 1 and Sankunpoo presented nimest ideal football conditions.

There had been just enough ruin to soften the ground, while the winsl

dew only in ocensional and over-rong gusts.

not

playing

As I walked across the

1 was very pitch at Caroline much struck with how similar were i

autumn blustery conditions to afternoon at home. Compared with the hot sunshine of the day before, it was almost ideal for football,

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The trouble on Sunday, of course, was that South China's

apponents i

at Caroline Hill (the Police) were

possible suspension to and from Kowloon, while both the Navy and the RAF were "closed up" at Pough weather silious.

faced with the

of the ferry service

CREDITABLE EFFORT

are matches.

AN

to

;

THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

14.-MORE OFFSIDE POINTS

A player cannot be offside from a throw-in from

Jut touch, a corner-kick or geni-kick

that protection ccases immediately the ball is played by another player.

The fact that a player is in an offaide position (but taking good care not to interfere with the play) should not blind defenders to the fact that any question of off- side censes immediately the ball is played by one of them.

for discussion In The Referees Churt and Players' own questions Guide to the Laws of the Gane this column. Write to "See Tec", Wyndham of Bluminating! Hongkong plenty contains

He Street, advice for players, as well ferves and Linesmen.

Que particular point is well worth players advising mentuning. I

the book reads "If you are in on

ffsticke prition, you

cannot put yourself

enn

The best possible thing a player du should be And that he is offside let to stand perfectly still; if he should be impeding the gont- keeper's view of the play he should move away in the direction of one!

the touch-line. Above all he should not in any way, suggest that is trying to benefit from being offside.

The quick re-arrangement of the Wednesday muntch for Navy-RAF

creditable effort. Wednes- Was it

at Sookumpou Was is day's gan bright and sporting an occasion

these inter-servier of masal

narrow victory sailors' The Wednesday mnly goes part way offset the alemen's 8-1 and 1-6 vibe tories of last season;

The Police will visit the Navy at afternoon with Causeway Bay This

the memories of a 0-0 defeat at

This hands of the Navy in March,

struggle should be a keen, bright with the possibility of a draw as the result.

A player, who is offside, and con- tinues to move forward while one of his teammates dribbles the ball goalwards, as almost tout to be penalised for exploiting his offside position,

Telegraph,

The Blind Referee

By JERRY MCNERNEY

Medick.

FASTEST

HUMAN?

SWIMMING

COLONY CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDE TONIGHT

This year's Colony Swimming Championships, which have so far résulted in 11 ́records broken and two new ones sel for newly-introduced distances, will be concluded to- night at the Victoria Recreation Club.

It has been a terrifle year for local swimming and well justifies the goal that has been set-the British Em- pire Games at Auckland in 1950,

be u

Considerable interest will be not too far behind. It will centred tonight on the two 50 yarda | three-way race between this trio flat-out sprint races. Boll Shauna and the record has every chance et Anderson, who already broke the falling. Colony recorti In the heats, and Lykke Rose, who has already wan George Saunders ore expected to four of the women's open Uitlos. approach or belter their previous getting three Colony records in the marks.

process, should win a #th in the

be

100 Yards Back Stroke, as she will up against one of the Joint |record-holders, Shauna Anderson.

is very small.

Shauna is not likely to be pressed and will have to go all-out on her own. George

meets a Saunders field of analists that is about the the chance of this record hot going strongest ever assembled for the

Leung Ol-mui's record of 0% event.

minutes in the Women's 440 Yards His heat thue of 25.2 seconds in

Free Style should also totier with record effort af 24.4 the record-holder herself in the race seconds last year but the competi- with all-star talent like Lykke Rose, tion is more formidable. Sunny Monteiro and Lau Tai-ping should Wong Yuen-jing to chase her,

Heather Antlersan, John Enger and provide the closest challenge, but neither of the other two. Gerry

TONIGHT'S LINEUP Roza-Pereira and Cheong Wal-lam Is too far behind.

Though Mel Patton didn't win the Olymple 100 metres

far off his He still deserves the dash, he did win the 200 metres. title of "Fastest Human" for the furlong is à fuster race than the century.

In the short sprints, the good starter holds a distinct advantage. The incomparable Jesse Owens proved this by running the 100 yards, off n flying start of 20 yards, in 8.4 seconds, a whole second faster than the world record from a crouching start.

SOFTBALL CHATTER

In Danger TOO Arather record in danger in the By "SPECTATOR" seconds dat effort for the 100 Yards Breast Stroke set by Ng Nin of Chung Sing In 1940, Lau Tui- ping. the Lai Tsum star, turned i à 71.4 effort in his heat, with Gerry Rozh-Pereira returning 71,6. Cho01 Chiu-cheung, of Chinese YMCA, in

SOFTBALL SEASON OPENS TOMORROW AFTERNOON

Let's go out to the ball game! Tomorrow is the open- ing of the official season, Mr J. E. McKenna, United States Consul-General, starts the ball rolling by tossing the first Bob ball in the first League match. Manager-shortstop McGowan's American Club are to clash with Bill Woo's Canadians at 2.30 p.m.

cerc-

British Association All ronds lead to the Central ground, King's Park, where, preceding the game, a

rousing mony has been arranged to give the League a send-off. Registered players, men and women, will turn out in force in the uniforms of their respective clubs.

Tony

the last Most umpires and referees!

victory in Sperial guests have been invited listernational

Promptly, competition. the function. to grace

The percentage batters, including resent a remark to the effect that they're blind as bats. But as is expected, the players will ne not Cleveland's Charles (Chuck) up in appropriate groups in march Big Bill Woo himself, Junior Mar- ing formation under the direction kar. Don Robbins and A. 1, Bakar, there the side. Then remain on Df te ion. Secretary,

are those who bait done well be- Ribeiro.

fore: Kahaa Nazarin, the "old fox" of the hurling department, rough- Tarzan ismail. veleran rithing Johnny Delgado, speedy Lake Bunn, the oldtimer doctor Geegse Lee and go-getter George White,

Chuck knows the fans Are He is blind. right in his case.

Music comes in for its share in He's probably the only admit-mis miniature softball "pageantry," It has often happened that the

by Filipino Readman player with the bull may be abouttedly blind referee in the busi-A hand, led

it isn't a businessFred Diesta, heads the "march past"

of softballers. One of the advantages of Wodness work himself to a good shoot-ness-but

It's pleasure. ing position, only to see all his with him.

A pretty good deal of "sweat and day's Navy-RAF manich was that I

been put i for the gave the Services' selectors a chance efforts wasted by a fellow forward

He's a table tennis referee, and labour" lis

But it is ironical that form. The Services

who is blatantly offside. to see general

the only way he can enjoy a motel ball gone. Chinese Ira the tram to meet the

for lack of is by refereeing it. He has to be softball, well liked by not a few, is

a play Victoria Shlek match next Thurs-

close to the table to know what's left wanting

which answers to near all- ground day was chosen immediately after

going on.

round requirements. Wednesday's match.

Although the Army's 4-2 victory over Kwong Wah looks comfortable enough on paper, it will not satisfy many of the soldiers' supporters. A tactical brain in the attack and steudying of the middle line matters to which the selectors will be giving thought.

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are

of

Even though there was a lot rousing shooting on Saturday, parti cularly in the second half, the plain truth is, that the soldiers' attack was slow and tedious in using the ball. Against a quick-tackling defence of the type they will be meeting this afternton-many fewer shots would have been released.

shower Although Kwong Wah many finches of brilliance they were only

They are far from Bashes. knit together as a ten. Neverthe less, they got two goals, the second being one of the best of the

one

Rame.

From this it will be clear that it is not necessary for a Referee to wait for a player to part with the ball before penalising a leam-mate who is off-side, and trying to gain

therefrom. What mat advantage

last played the ball. ters is who even if the same player has played several times, by dribbling it or by heading it two or three times it quick succession.

If at any time during a player's. his own one of upfield dribble.

to alte is

his opponents' goal-line and has not two opponents between him and the goal-line, the man who is offside may be penalis

ed.

It is

Nekter

up to the Referee. If he considers that the offside player is interfering with the play, by moving or behaving it such a zapas-to- affeet a defender's tacties, he may penalise him.

Chuck calls matches by ear. Even

contests, in the closest

he never makes a mistake,

Chuck sits there-right up by the net-following with his cars, just as seeing people do with their eyes, the progress of each match.

AURICULAR NICETY

it

A hard-hitting game is anticipat- What may be lacking in sound ed.

be more than defensive play will compensated by spirited ninek,

WATCH 'EM!

stars. Last season's

and

hilters

WETO placed: Gerry

Girlie

the

Patsy

Arthur Peall says:

FTFR pocketing the That red, Anker faced by the problem indicated near baulk cushion in diagram, Cue ball, yellow, and green are placed as shown, other colour

are morð or Lean

the pyra mid appt. ignoring any specu istive cliance of

striker did right whet he eat thasnooker an attowi.

Correct #trength to run through and into the poker in the dian

It la Bo thing to be sure about. easy, but try it and improve rout ball control.

An interesting billarda KSTOKE 18 whown on baulk le. Cue-ball in in hood, red and white are more out of baulk than in. Striker playa Cannon from white to red, sa shown. Upponent claims a foul became ene bail did not leave bulk-a mistaken claim in my opinion. I consider e atroke fair.

Here is the lineup for to- night's finals by lanes with the finalists' heat times:

MEN'S FINALS

50 Yards Free Style

1. G. Roza-Pereira (VRC)

25.fi 23.0

3. Lau Tal-ping (Lai Tsun) 25.4

3. F. Monteiro (VRC)

4. G. Saunders (VIC)

25.2

5. Cheung Wal-lum (Eastern) 25.8

100 Yards Breast Stroke

1. G. Randall (VRC)

78.0

72.4

3. Lau Tal-ping (Lai Tsun) 714

4. G. Roza-Pereira (VRC)

71.8

5. J. Yeanovich (VRC) ....

77.8

2. Chan Chit-cheung (Ch.

WOMEN'S FINALS

50 Yards Free Style

L. Cynthia Eager (VRC)

2. Leung Ol-mul (HKU)

3. Shauna Anderson

4. Heather

33.2

31.

(VHC) 29.6 Anderson (VRC) 31.0

5. Wong Yuen-jing (Ch. "Y") 32.2

100 Yards Back Stroke

1. Shnun Anderson (VIC) 2. Heather

Anderson (VRC)

3. Lykke Rose (VRC)

440 Yards Free Style

1. Lykke Rose (VRC)

2. Joan Eager (VRC)

3. Leung Ol-inul (HKU)

4. Wong Yuen-Jing (Ch. "") 5. Heather Anderson (VRC),

Colony's Swimming Champions

With six events, still undecided, here are the Colony Champions, so far, for 1918:

EVENT:

100 Yards Free Style 220 Yo Free Style 440 Yards Free Style

MEN'S EVENTS

880 Yards Free Style 100 Yards Back Stroke 130 Yards Back Stroke 200 Yards Breast Stroke 150 Yards Medley Diving

200 Yards Free Style Relay 400 Yards Free Style Relay

WINNER:

F. Monteiro (VRC)

Lau Tal-ping (Lui Tsun)

TIME:

57.0

2:27.2

Chan Chun-nam (Lai Tsun) 5:20.0

Chun Chun-nom (Lai Tsun) 11:14.0 A. V. Lopes (VRC)

A. V. Lopes (VRC)

Leung in-kin (Lal Teun) Wilfred Lawrence (YRC) Llonel Roza-Pereira (VAC) Victoria Recreation Club Victorin Recreation Club

WOMEN'S EVENTS

100 Yards Free Style 220 Yards Free Style

50 Yards Back Stroke 50 Yards Breast Stroke 100 Yards Breast Stroke

75 Yards Medley

150 Yards Medley Relay 200 Yards Free Style Relay

• New

till The CBA authorities have been holders are given here so you could most accommodating to have per-"watch 'em."

In the Men's "A" Division, Bil Woo is the most valuable player mitted the use of their ground.

They should be thanked for their

A. A.

Remedios However, if and

(Junior) consent. generous

thal honour in the "" Beulites regarding venues have yet carries to be faced by the hard-working Division. Girlle Gaan won amongst Oftentimes, after particularly bell-management. It does not do justice the women. Gerry Gosano and Bill

ald Woo hit the most home runs. to henr the game to liant recoveries, Chuck looks up and that where it is played you cannot The senior batting crown is held exclaims:

And a spot to follow it enjoyably. by Gerry Gosano, Jean Lee holds "That was a benuty."

view The spectator's point of

the title in the feminine loop. Or, "I didn't think you could get

The "Big Ten" in the may often be critical but his pre-

as it in the "A" are the to that one."

calling of onesence is important because, as it Chuck's accurate

has been aptly said, "Spectators order they

Leonard, particular shot in a recent tourna make the game every time. Indeed, Goane, Bill Woo. Stan Roztuo, Junior Cicero

Markor, the haunting cry since the reoccupa

Sabu ment, prompteil a question from a

Hobo Gomes, tion has been for a ground with a Don Bobbins,

Sequeira and A, H. nearby spectator.

stand to accommodnie-the-rooters. Samy. Ren

The Association in well aware of Baltar.

Keep an eagle eye on these femmes

to way it. In a message at the close of last season, the President, the same Doc who slugged their

spotlight: Molthen, spoke out:

Gaon, Jean Ice, "Softball is

is more of a spletator sport than any other game, and libeiro, Melvie Soares, Eme Babido, satisfy these enthusiasts to whom Alice Mar, Celly Guterres, Thelma Irene Castilho, Cilly and Terry we owe the popularity of the same. Watson, It is essential that the standard of Winglee. Hilda Soares

nutshell, Noronha. play be improved. In a

If

fase swinging very the primary object of the Associa

The Goose's outstretched of play and to provide fans with and very far, it would probably be the tion is to encourage a better brand hard and hitting the ball very often

Girlie Chan again. She won suitable accommodation.

measure 84 inches-exactly mfect. "In order to achieve our object, slugging average the last time. If sec three femmes going from we realise that it is necessary for you the Association

its own station to station faster than any to have playing field on which grandstand express, probably they would be Teresa Baptista These different sounds

enable this

can be erected. Several venues in Terry Noronha,

and Alec Mendonce. Jean Lee is the direction are being

explored,

since reigning Home Run Queen. but we

the assistance also need him. to "see" the matches. He can

The term "length" in horse racing By the way...The entry tell when a player chops at allces but

sport, for no one will help those American is now called American has no official standard dimension, no two horses usually corresponding! It with

fat drive. And the dis who do not help themselves. Players the ball, puts top spin on it, or hits of everyone interested in this grand

The Management was afflict-

and was fickte. in size from nose-tip to tail-tip. tance from which the sound comes

and fans can help us a great deal en by the weather

However, a "length" generally s The original St. Joseph's v. Recreio sort the right tells him how deep the shot was.

by propaganda of Chuck is a 25-year-old graduate make

the American-Cantillan fracas sub-when the average horse is in full when the time

stride. ut recent games, sily. He lost his sight as a result

stituted. student at Western Reserve Univer- and, Judging from the support given opening game was struck out and considered to be 12 feet 4 inches

comes for inancial ald, I am sure of an explosion when he was six

we will not be let down." months old.

The ball had hit the top of the net, and had barely tanded on ite POINTS TO CONSIDER

Knowing that other side.

Chuck There are two things which the depended on his cars to decific who in desling won the point, he was asked how Army Referee must consider

hit the with goal-keeper who offers the he knew the ball hadn't

net and dropped ball to an opponent in order that bottom of the

a fault.

With u predominance of Roya! Artillery men in the team again for today's match in Kowloon, should be sure both of a lot of sup-

experlener

of several players with of local football.

It was only in March that a Royal Artillery team held the Busmen to 3-3 draw at Boundary Street. This afternoon's meeting of the Army and KMB should throw some light on the comparative qualities of Chinese and Service teams.

port in the crowd and, which may he shall try to kick it out of his stratght down for be more important, of the service hands. (Remember, it has long been "Why, if I couldn't call that one sitting out the law that it is not permissible I'd have no business for a player to attempt to kick the here." Chuck said. "That happens

all white the goal-keeper is hold-many times in tourments.

an easy shot to call. The net at nut 10).

The referee my firstly consider the top is much tighter and the ball has an altogether differ- that the keeper is deliberately in-hitting it than when it sirises the

a play in elting in opponent to

bottom" manner which is dangerous,

If the Referee is of this opinion REAL TEST TODAY

(and he will be sure of it first) he Although due notice must be would be quite right in ruling that Kitchee's bir: victory last the goal-keeper is guilty of ungentic- Saturday, the real test of the reign-manly conduct

Above all it is the duty of the in championships will be

China's "A" Referee to enforce the Laws: if he gome with the South

player trying to team today.

This may prove one of the most in opponent break these Laws he popular games of the week-end, should do something about it..

If the Referee were not satisfied featuring as it does so many local Chinese atnrs. Although South that the goal-keeper was inciting his dit opponent to kick at the ball, and he in-allowed

inken of

China's tents are somewhat ferent from last season, it is teresting to recall the results their two league meetings.

their

Ces

1:e

goal-keeper

tp

Fac

You've got something there, Doc! you'd Lots of luck for the success you and He works so competently of charged while he still held it, heihink he had been refereeing table, your co-workers deserve!

would take care (1) that the charges tennis matches all his life. Actual- were fairly delivered and (2) pen-y, he has been ut

South. China were beaten 1-5 In allse the goalkeeper when he ex- the first meeting with Kitchee last ceeded his ration of four pnces when senson, but enjoyed jubilant ven-carrying the ball, geance at Christinastide when they swung 1-2 dellelt round to a 3-2 vletory in a dramatic second half rally.

THIS WEEK'S POSER

only one year,

SCALPING BEGINS!

Are the Americans going to scalp

you can't get any closer than a The Site in their big bats.

In that time he has called more the Canadians? The latter are a than 1,000 tournament matches. strong squad, but Uncle Sam's. Chuck said he was forced' Into boys could be awfully tough, so refereeing: "All my friends took who knows! The American Club is up table tennis and if I wanted to

a brand new ountingent, therefore enjoy their fun I had to st EUS It is not possible to anticipate the A shot is fred at goat and the close as I could to the table. And Clubbers' strength.

the ball high

has it they pack. Delighted South Chinn supporters goalkeeper, punches

the air. Ho rung forward referee!"

tony of "chalred" their favourites from the Into feld at the end of the match.

He called the final in the National Then the underground says they about ten yards and eniches the ball

Chiengo Jast The Club and the Saints were before It falls to the ground and Championships t

are at the moment somewhat rusty. think that's In any case, it is expected, they are honours even On Jost season's before any other player has touch- year, "but I don't

Is this in order?:

much to write about," he protests. a colourful gang. balance sheet. A 3-1 victory for Sted it,

weekly

When Chuck referees a touma of series

these Before this

Blt Chief McGowan Bads countered Joseph's in October was when the Club won 5-1 in the New articles on soccer law is wound up, ment, the ears have it! From the Americans: Andy Anderson, F. X. Cleary, Jimmie Nelson, George Year,

readers are invited to send their Louisullic Courier-Journal.

Gallop, Dob Porter, Mike Malone, Frankle Wallace, 1111 McCane, Harry Ayres, in Wibur and Fred Rodgers, Interest will follow hur ier Bob Porter, for It's a long time since this scented islo has seen o smokeballer. It's not Bob's fault,

If he is not the guy we of course, are looking fort

The Canadians are pretty hot. Stalwarts who did well in the lust. session, are Bill with them. Two new acquisitions who should bolster Gur Bill Woo's Canuck power are Oliver, well known to local base- ballers as a player of standard, and Tiger Hussain, the sensational youngster who lent to advantage his reliable bat and glove to India's

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton.

Club.

you see a

AllTM

LONGEST REACH

Roscoe (Goose) Tatum, centre of the famous negro professional base- ball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, is belleved to have the longest reach of any sports star.

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