1948-10-18 — Page 6

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

"THE "HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948.

HERO & HIS CONQUEROR

RECORD CROWD WATCH SOUTH CHINA BEAT MOTOR BUSMEN 4-1

Probably the greatest number of spectators to watch a local· Association football match since the re-occupation, were present in and around Caroline Hill yesterday afternoon to watch the First Division match in which South China "A" beat Kowloon Motor Bus by four goals to one.

It was a thrilling struggle from first almost to last. A snap-goal in the eighth minute gave the Motor Busmen an interval lead, but with in forty seconds of the re- opening of play South China swept the ball into the Kowloon net. A typical Lai Shut- wing goal in the thirteenth minute of the second half, a penalty kick four minutes later and finally a simple goal by The were unanswerable by the wearying Kowloon men.« South China won the loss and attack. Tang hattled alone, so did the Tang kicked off with the heavily populated Leighton Hill behind him In a trice South Chins had snatched the ball and the crowd roared ny Tam's hands held a hot, rising drive from Fung.

came

from

The early menace

South China Kowloon and iho

twice as the middle ne faltered unmarked Lee Shek-yau reamed at will. Twisting this way and that Tang Yee-kit

through the broke phalanx of defenders wils Chang Kam-hol roaming in mid-fleld.

It was not altogether a surprise movement when a quick forward saw the ball run ribbon-like right aeroas, the home goal; there was a sharp scramble and Kowloon were The crowd a goal in the lead. reated: the crowd buzzed, but there a great hush as Fung set tho ball rolling again. Here was the moment of retaliation.

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For the next half (nearly) It was a tale of football craft being frustrated by speed and

With drive.

Tom's Crest hunds holding the hollesi ni shots and the other defenders still able to recover when all seemed lost, the South China men any one flashing Ro down movement after another Jike the setting sun.

ls

The crowd roared and bubbled Tam bent away one of Lai Shul- wing's best, held its bitanth as the ball was scrambled away with Tam out of goal and excelled itself as the nimble Tank and the two Lees streaked like trncer-bullets into the other half.

deep

TERRIFIC VOLLEYING Blunted and confused South A boxer China's attack stood like with a bloody nose. They watched wave after wave of Busiren, break up under the terrine volleying of Jau and the stendfastness of Sount. the home pivot. It was fast thrilling play: football drama

unrelieved, even in those quiet moments when the ball soared deep into the crowd. But the interval curtain fell with Kowloon justifying their one-goal lead by the valour of their hearts, the drive of their unwearying legs and the hope of the great prize which still seemed attainable.

Hardly forty seconds of the second half had ticked off ere Bouth China had Indeed, ofte won- levelled the scores. dered whether the taste of oranges still beniused the Kowloon men as a thrilling right wing thrust carried the ball home. It was shock from which they never recovered. They fought back, they de fended with might and mal, but the great hope was sinking fh their hearts. As the South China attack descended on

far from it) and Tam Wan-chung, could

The quality of play reached quite. Lees wide out on their wings, hut Chow high standards at Umes, and the not find the open space in which to trend was never one-sided against work the trail. Above all flau Yung-sang two well matched sides.

was a counter beyond measure,

must.

Rippling away like the tide on Ahok-O beach. Fung and his fellow forwards stretched the Kowloon defence to its ut: Lai was fouled in the area and the pot kick ripped to the beare went

net. From then on slowly the out of the play. Desperate deeds were done at both ends, but the quality of South China shone through at the finish The fourth goal was the logical answer to what scented a simple mathematical problem.

Although K.MD. may shake their heade in sorrow at the result, itoy may treasure meinaries of a game fought with a great heart against tremendous odds. The indedness of Chau, the late injury to they Fung, reduced their power, but

THEGAMATUNJANTZIANA TATATERTORIALS ARMANNANOBNEJENAMATUMIZE

Ladies' Tennis Championship

Miss Dawn Kent, the

An interesting feature lay in the comparison of defensive methods. While R.A.F. were rather loose in their marking plan, the Chinese inclined to the other extreme. Although this meant that the Eng- lish forwards usually had to outwit two men aplece, it falled to subdue them all of the time,"

Week-End Sports

Results FOOTBALL

FIRST DIVISION

Army Chinese AA Club Kitches defendings. China "A"

won RAF

champlon, and Mrs Stroebach the opening matches of the Colony Ladles Open. Singles Championship at the Ladies' Recreation Club this morning.

Miss Kent beat Mrs V. Slagter 6-1, 6-2 in a match that was more closely contested than the scores in-

diente.

Mrs Stroobach dropped the Arst set to Mrs Colinco at 1-6, but turned the tide nt 6-4, 7-5 against a rapidly tiring opponent.

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R. M. Bus

Kilchec Navy

Dockyard 0 Army (IK) Army (K)

St. Joseph's W. D. Chiurse 1 Chinese AA South China 3 Talkoo

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were beaten by a very good team. and Tang were their best men.

For South China, Fung was a general, well alded by Lai.

S. China "A" again the quality of Hau and Soang was lost when they tried to be both entielent Club

Yue in goal may Kitcc and demonstrative, have been overshadowed by his illus trious opposite number, but he made one K. M. Bus

Police very fine nave inte in the first half.

South China "A"-Yue Yu-tak: Hau Navy Yung-sang. Tae Kam-hung: Lau Chung S. China "D" sang. Soong Ling-sing, Cheung Kar- RAF

Fung Ho Ying-fun, Chu Wing-keung,

0 0 4 5 13 0 Lai Shui-wing and Te Kwong Wah King-cheung,

Second Division Kam-ho.

Kowloon Motor Hus-Tam Kwan-hon; Les Tun-fat, Tam Tean-fai: Tang Sam. Chinese AA.. 7 Hung Hing-yul, Fung Kwan-sing: Leo KM Bus Tal-fal. Chow Man-chi, Tang Yeo-kit.

Kitchee South China Tem Wan-chung and Lee Shek-you.

Navy Army

(K) Tramways

(HK) Army St. Joseph's. Talkoo

RAF WIN

By the only goal, R.A.F. gained over Kwong Wah at the spalla Boundary Street yesterday.

The Airmen Just about deserved game which their success in a

the Kowloon guni again and again, riding always held interest born of the ex- in grandeur on the backs of two attack- ing wing halves, the possibility of a South Pectation of something likely to China victory grew into a probability.devolop at any moment.

That wise old campaigner, Lai Shui-wing mado a certainty in the thirteenth. minute of this sweiling second half, Two men tried to dispossess him but his shot rat home along the ground only just be- Jund the reach of Tam.

DETERMINED RAIDS

Determined Kowloon ralds followed,

Omars Win Open Rinks Title

PCA

3 3

4 0 1

3 1 1

Police

WD

Chinese

D 60 1

University. Solicitors Club

Dockyard

IKBC Saints

but there was not the same cohesion in After knocking at the door for Khalsa

4 0 0 4 2 17 50 Q5 1:27 0

SOFTBALL .SENIOR LEAGUE

years, the Omar-brothers Canadians

Hockey Results achieved their ambition vester-Chung Hwa

Braves

Rexes

1 VRC

17 Americans

Madcaps --10--Recreio

16 Filipines

G Police

JUNIOR LEAGUE

day at the Kowloon Cricket Overseas C. In the Hongkong University Club when they won the Colony versus Cable and Wireless hockey Open Rinks Championship by match played yesterday at Sookun the score of 21-15, in a thrilling Mohawks poo, the Undergraduates emerged easy winners by 14 goals to one. game, the result of which was in They had everything their own way doubt until the last wood of the and scored almost as they pleased match had come to rest. Five University players scored the match with Thelliah and S. M. Teh each netting four goals, L. B. Lung three, S. F, Lam two and I. C. Lee one.

In

Other results were; RAF 3 v Dockyard 3: HK Police 0 v Civil Service 4.

The members of the winning rinki vero, I. M. Omar, K. M. Omar, A.

Omar and U. M. Omar (skip), while those in the runners-up rink were E. F. Pope, A. E. Atkins, G. E. Thompson and L. Sykes (skip). The standard of bowls played way The match between the Army and very high, and ail eight players sent Navy scheduled for Thursday will down some brilliant shots at one Ume now be played on Friday at Soo- another. kumpoo, at 3.15 p.m.

Coming Events In The Sports World

TODAY

Basketball Inter-School League at Caroline Hill, 6 p.m.

Tennis-Colony Ladles' Open Singles: Miss Law How-yeo v. Mrs Gelz. nt the Ladies' Recreation Club, 5.13 pan.

TOMORROW

Lawn' Bowls Open Singtes Quarter-Final: C. S. Rosselet v. J. S. Landolt; K. M. Omar v. A, J. Coelho, at KBGC, pm; L. Sy v. S.. Yusuf, M. B. Hassan v. J. A. da Luz, at Craigengower, 6 p.m.

Tennis Colony Open Champion- hips: Mrs E Litton v. Mra M.

How-yee

The difference of six shots

in the final score just about represents the superiority of the winners over the losers. Sykes guve U. M. Omar a grand fight; but Omar was just a little shade better and slightly more consistent.

NATHOO. FAILS:

New

York, Oct. 16-America's

three-year-old, " crnck

Citation, today

the US$100,000 raen for the International Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

won

Phalanx was second and Caro-

third, line A.

The Aga Khan's Irish Derby winner Nathoo, flown across the Atlantic for the event, was seventh In the field of nine.

Bayeux 11, came in last after

break-

The other European challenger. the four-year-old Belgian champion ing badly and trailing all the way. The win puts-Citation-a grand- son of the Epsom Darby winner

Chow. Ladies' Doubles: Miss Law Hyperion-into second place in the

& Miss R. Lung Cheting v. Mrs Christiansen & Miss P. Ward: list of the world's leading money winners, with a life total of 8820,- 250, less than $100,000 under the United Press.

tal won by Stymic-Reuter and

Mrs Collaco & Miss M. Ribeiro v. Mrs Chiu & Mrs Bradley.

Mixed Doubles: AT. Dow & Mr

Mr Gelz & Mrs B. Jones V.

slart nt Strooback. (All matches

Ladies' Recreation

5.15 p.m. at the

Clubs.

WEDNESDAY

Mrs D.

ITALY LEADS AUSTRIA

Wildcats

16

2

3

Less than five minutes after one of the most astonish- Ing efforts ever witnessed toward achieving the seemingly impossible, Chan Chun-nam, on the right, Hongkong's first hero of the Interport swimming match against Mapils, poses with his conqueror, Serafin Villanueva, who beat him by a touch,

In losing to Villanueva by a touch, Chan_improved on his own Colony record for the 880 Yards Free Style by 10 4/5 seconds. Entering the pool with a reputation Manila second string, well below that even of the Mahamad Mala,, Chan seemed just about ready to be over- taken by the latter at the three-quarter. way mark. His finishing spurt over the last 100 yards, making up about remembered ns 10 yards on Villanueva, will be long among the biggest of Interport thrills.

The next evening, he could do no better than third in the 440 Yards Free Style, but he again improved on his own Colony record-in this event-though only by a fraction of a second.--Telegraph Staff Photographer:

Olympic Sprinter Wants To Turn Professional

By CORNELIUS RYAN

Barney Ewell, American sprint star who was second in the 100-meire and 200-metre Olympic dushes and ran on the winning 400-metre relay team, will turn profes- sional if he can do so profitably.

"I'm 30 years old," the stocky little Negro said, "and so I don't expect to be an Olympic runner in 1952. I probably will retire from running, unless I can find a way to run professionally. But I am interested in oppor. tunities in any profession."

It is unlikely that Eweil- - will-

to make a have any opportunity

good-paying career

out of his

sprinting, for there is no profes- sional track sport in the USA.

The best he can do is run ex- added attractions to 4hibitions as

baseball

3 Vikings

0

1

Wildfires

4 Jaguars

LADIES LEAGUE

27

11 other sports, such as

games.

Canadians

8

DIES

Kid Dinamita (above) 22, Santo Domingo welter- weight boxer, died in the Cook County hospital, Chicago, about five hours after he suffered a tech- nical knockout: in a bout in Chicago Stadlum

September 29.. "Padus, Oct. 17-The lawn tennis

Austrin,

V; Mrs match between Italy and

Mrs the start of which was delayed yes Missterday because of the bad weather,

began here today.

Tennis Colony Open Champion- ships: Ladies' Doubles:

Kito &c. Mrs Jones Standaloft & Mrs E, Litton; Golz & Mrs Stroobach, v. Dawn Kent & Mrs A. Showan.

Mixed Doubles: R. Segalen & Mrs Slagter v. A. A. Ayres & Miss R. Lo; Tsul Wal-put & Mrs E Litton v. C. Kolewall & Miss P. Ward (All matches stert at 6.15 p.m. at -Ladies Recreation Club).

THURSDAY

Hockey-Army -Sookunpos, G.15.p.m.....

Y.

Navy

the

The results were:

Gorl (Italy) bent Hartwich "8-0, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0,

(Austria) bent

Reol and Huber

Medici and Panlasa! 6-2, 6-2, 0-11; 10-8.**

Del Bello and Belardinolit (Italy) at beat Wedse and Schnwein 6-8, 0-3,

17-8-Reuter,

on

1

Dr Roger Vaughan, night superintendent at the hos pital, sald the boxer died of "an apparent cerobral haemorrhage." Dinamita,

only way Jesse That was the Owens could and to capitalise on his fame after the 1930: Olymples, and Owens, winner of four gold medals and; holder of threa world records, was much more widely-known than Ewell is.

Dn the

comment Turning American track team's post-Olympic tour of Belgium, France, Czecho

and slovakin, Germany, Sweden Denmark, Ewell said:

"It was a wonderful trip as far I as treatment is concerned, but we had only fair luck in our competi- tion.

At Gothenburg in Sweden the weather was wet and cold, and nt Sandviken, Sweden, Fortune Gor- dien missed a new world record in the discus because he stepped out of the ring a a fraction

WORLD RECORDS

Warsaw, Oct. 17-Two new world records were set by Russlan and Pollsh women in Saturday's Russia-Polish track field meet.

Poland's Lomowska created a new record, lo the shot put when she made a throw of 50 feet 3 Inches. Russia's Andre- jowa was second with 47 feet 2 inches.

Russia's. Nina Dumbadze then toppled the discus record for women with a throw of 161 feet 9 inches.. -United Press.

5

European

study the chance to styles," he added.

"Perhaps the training is good, and the mental the foult may lie in

Europeans are attitude, for meat most interested in the middle and "But we were trented ke kings long dis.ance running events."

very

every country. Everyone

courteous."

Wes SPLENDID RECEPTION

Bremen. Oct. 17.The touring |

Ewell sald that possibly belter Swedish athletes met with training methods would help splendid reception when they com- Europeans to improve their abilities pored with German athletes

here

In the sprints and the field events, this afternoon. The match of 11 where Americans are for the most hart supremo.

events ended in a draw, each side Lwinning six events-Reuter.

"can't make any definite sug- 1 get. gestions because I didn't

European Hockey Championship

Amsterdam, Oct. 17.-Holland and Belglum shared first place in the International hockey tourna ment which was played hero over third tho week-end. Britain and Franco fourth

WOR

WCTO

for com Only these four countries peted and as Britain and Holland gained second, and third places respectively in the Olymples Games and Belgium and France close up, this tournament was re- garded as the unofficial European Hockey Championship.

Resulta were as follows:

SATURDAY

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Holland Belgium

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Britain Holland

Britain

Franco

SUNDAY

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ARCHIE QUICK ON THE HOME FOOTBALL

ENGLAND'S PROBLEM IS

THE FORWARD LINE

While England's soccer solectors dither in their choices, Blackpool folk are satisfied that Stanley Mortensen is centre-forward and not inside-right. Contention in the Lancashire seuside resort is that Morty's tremendous speed off the mark, shooting power and uncanny sense of post. tioning make him an ideal lender.

It is a remarkable and unnoticed fact that he has scored 75 percent of his goals for. Blackpool from the · centro-forward position. Is he destined to be Lawton's per- manent successor?

He himself prefers Inside-right Burnley are 'not'`in a hurry to because, as he told me, first of all select his successor. They have re- It allows him to play with his lös), { celvěd over 100 appllenties for the Stanley Matthews, "and nobody post and they're carefully

alfting else understands Stanley like I do," them to obtain the right man.

secondly, anu,

Blackpool are not concerned over allows him more scope for his quick dashes which their indifferent start to the season..

Manager Joe Smith attributes. It are not possible with the restricted

mostly to pa excessive crop of freedom of a contre-forward.

injuries. Strange that he doesn't want the centre-forward job, nor does Jackle

They Have certainly hnd Milburn, England's latest cholce, abnormal number of mon off at = And talking centre-forwards. Bloomfield Road, and even had to Tommy Lawton's dethronement

he play third team in the First Eleven. nfter a ten years reign coincides fare than

that, My Smith with

of Jack Howe, deplores the great number of games the recall Derby's left back. It was over in the first three weeks of the year ago that Lawton told me that season-10, plus two or three he thought Howe was the best full-

representative games which deprived back he had ever played against.

them of Matthews and Mortenson.

of

to

Howo himself must be a little dazed by his return

favour, Equally

dazed must bo Aston, Manchester United's

defender, whom he replaces.

On hin

debut International ngainst Switzerland last May, Howe played a great game but, he was dropped for the Denmark matcht. Aston did well at Copenhagen and

he toes. now

The rent reason

I think is that

a

the

ARSENAL WIN

an

"Dublin, Oct. 17-Arsonal, Britlah Football League champions, defeated the Dublin Boheinlans 0-0 yesterday 12 crowd of 27,000.---AS- before sociated Press.

PARIS MATCH

Paris, Oct. 17-France and Bei- flum tied 3-all in an international match at tho Colombes soccer stadium today.

At half-time, France was Rading by two goals to one.-United Press. SCOTS PICKING A NEW TEAM London, Oct. 10-While Eng- land's football selectors "to

rely mainly day, continue to

Scotland have the "Old Guard,"

OR

with Cockburn and Pearson in the side against Ireland at Belfast, the selectors didn't want to call on third Manthester United player,

comes Pearson

back because England's real weakness in absence of Wilf Mannion is at in

club side-left Hagan is a grand player for Shefald United but he doesn't fill the International role, to my mind does Pearson. Mannion is badly missed but he may soon be bnete with the Lanca- shire Club. You will have noted one to the other extreme and have that the captaincy of the English embarked on a team-building policy team has been passed from goal-involving wholesale changes.

Scotland lost all three games keeper Frank Swift-which was

tournament ridiculous position to have captain-the international to wing-halt Wright. Billy, nt 24, is season and, in an effort to find u England's youngest captain ever, winning team, they have discarded ago he was tried and trusted players and, have and only 15 months

introduced seven now "caps" for the captain of the Army site.

match against Wales at Cordist on Cctober 21.

11

game,

of the A great student Billy is the fittest and most com- plete footballer in the country to- day.

"Stan Culls, Wolves' Manager, 19 contemplating moving him to inside left to pep up the Wanderers'

attack.

Is he the answer to England in- side-left. prayer? It is interesting that six of England's team against Ireland played for the Army during

the war.

BLACKBURN LOOKS FOR

that

!

Inst

Only two "Anglos" are included. They are the obvious choices-Billy Steel (Derby County) and Johnny Kelly (Barnsley), a newcomer who hos, however, played in wartimo internationala,

Only three players who took part in last season's disastrous campaigo (inside have been retained-Steel left), Shaw (left back) and Young (centre half).

Оле old international, Waddell NEW TALENT

(outside right) has been recalled. Blackburn Rovers, joint holders Undoubtedly, the biggest surprise.of half back five times all is the dropping of with Aston Villa of the Cup-winning record, are determined Arelile Macaulay, who is in grand to fight back to what they consl- form for Arsenal this season. der to be their rightful place in

However,

team of the selected Division One.

realizes only Howie, the Hibernian right Manager Jackie Bruton that his intensive scouting campaign, back, has not had big match ex- searching for local talent. is not perlence. The others have all ap- cnough

ready-made peared in füil® Internationals, inter- and players must be bought. His Board League games or wartime interna- of Directors have given him carte tionals. blanche powers to spend on the right men.

There is apparently a dearth of Rovers are among the clubs who good centre forwards in Scotland.

Will Man-The choice of Reilly, normally have made an offer for nion, but Mr Bruton is not very outside right, and Howie, who has optimistic of landing this big fish been playing full back for Hibernian because he has rione sufficiently at-only because of an injury to inter- tractive to Middlesbro' to offer in national Jimmy Govan, indicates exchange and, moreover, he doesn't the length to which the selectors

his wish to lessen

own play are prepared to go in their experi- ing strength in ulty way, Ro-ments. vers are however interested In Hou-

in striking contrast, with their 1son, Queen of South and Scottish League centre-forward as well as opponents, Wales will have only two....... in one or two other players north new caps in their side. They are Faul (right half) and Lucas (inside of the. Border.

vight), both of Swansea Town, who.. are doing well at the top of the Third Division, Southern Section.

BURNLEY IS SAD

an

Over at Burnley they are sad at the

Lucas has played in a wartime departure of Manager Cliff Britton

international for Wales, and Poul to Everton. Turf Moor folk con- sider him their best manager ever. is useful player who has played fullback. centre forward and all the and Cliff's League and Cup record with Burnley certainly justifles the hall buck positions for his club-

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