1949-07-11 — Page 6

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1949,

Why

So

Soccer Gains Friends OCEAN TO OCEAN Slowly In The U.S.

By CORNELIUS RYAN

Soccer football in the USA is now in the midst of its most strenuous campaign for increased popularity, and some of the new converts are wondering why such a good game has not always been popular in America.

Soccer leaders themselves don't agree on all the reasons, but Impartial observers think that one of the chief causes for soccer's continuance as a minor rather than a major sport is its close nationalistic affiliations.

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Soccer is played in only a few, mother tonguo la spoken cities in America-New York, much as English is spoken. To-

Chlengo, Boston, Philadelphia, a turge extent, tho average TITLE FIGHT Fall River, Mass., Kearney, N.J., | American is right.

and St Louis-and at each place And soccer is making no effort

a largely an adjunct to nationalistle docieties.

to broaden its scope to mako the game sland on its own as There are Spanish teams and an attractive sport. The present lungarian teams and Irish campaign for popularity includes teams and Swedish teams and importation of great European Italinu teums and teams of just} team-Belfast Celtic, Swedish

other about every

national Kamraterno, England's New- name, all carefully labelled as castle United and the Scottish representative of some national | International sqund.

group.

Nowhere is there a team coiled the "Hurricanes of the "Dragons" or any other fanciful tag- tearn which is Interested only in the game and has nu connection with any political or nationalistic club.

"SIDE PRODUCT"

These teams have given stir- ring, exhibitions of soccer at its best, but each city they

visit turns out Its Europeans to wel- come "helr" team, that is, the Swedes of Chiengo come out for Kamraterna or the Irish of New York come to see Belfast," and the unafflilaled sports publie toses sight of the soccer game in To the great body of Ameri-e nationalistie celebration. can people outside the big cities, Thus soccer gains friends very

slowly-United Press. is not identified as soccer sport, but as a side product of these "foreign" clubs. Soccer is regarded by the averagė Ameri- can in the same light he regards the

gymnastics which moss

for

Hitler claimed were sport

the young Nazis.

-

The average American fcets

soccer he would!

that to play

have belong to one of there

sport

clubs with

*L

name, and where the

European

European

MOTOR-RACING

Albi Grand Prix

A

Albi, France, July 19.- Juan Manuel Fangio, of Argentina, driving Maserati, torny Won the Albi Grand Prix with an average speed of 158.387 kilometres an hour (about 98 miles an hour),

Fangio's time for the 34 laps, totalling 300.047 kilometres,

seconds.

Second was Prince Biria, of Britain, driving a Maserati, with n time of one hour. 57 minutes. 17.6 seconds. Third was Louls Roster of France, on a Talbot, with n time of one hour,

40.2 seconds. Rosier miles, completed 33 laps.

55

Bunny

Appily

MY UNLUCKY COLOUR AND MY LUCKY NUMBER-1 RACING'S TRICKY-ISN'T IT?

German Derby

Hamburg, July 10.

Robinson

Meets

Gavilan

Tonight

Philadelphia, July 9-| Ray "Sugar" Robinson, an all-time "ring great," will defend his welterweight crown against dangerous Kid Gavilan of Cuba on Monday night if the weather permits, in the huge. municipal studium where mighty Juck Dempsey lost his heavy- weight title in 1926.

same

As the 23-year-old Gavilan completed training

today the

Weather Bureau's preliminary

George F. French III, 19-year-old Princeton senior, holds up twin bottles of water after driving his bicycle into the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica, Cal, to end a coast-to-coast bike ride that began at Asbury Park, NJ., nearly, 24 days previously.

One bottle contains Atlantic Ocean water, the other-newly filled-Pacific Ocean water. He had made several bets totalling more than $350 he could make the 3,046.2-mile trip in less than 30 days.- AP Wirephoto.

forecast mentioned "possible TOUR DE FRANCE

thunder showers" for Monday.

Robinson, 28, seemed to bo having difcuky with his weight. He nanounced that he would not complete his boxing prepara- tions until tomorrow. Impartial trainers interpreted the cham- plon's last minute sparring an attempt to pare down to the 1-17-pound limit.

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The promoters expected only 30,000 spectators in the glant concrete horse-shoe where rain- drenched fans suw Gene Tunney beat. Dempseyin their first Bght 23 years ago. Pele Tyrrell,

Fiorenzo Magni Now

The Overall Leader

Pau, July 10.-Italy's Florenzo Magni today took the overall leadership in the Tour de France bicycle

race.

CORNELIUS RYAN TELLS WHY

Gertie Is Gorgeous

Gertrude (Gussie) Meran of Santa Monica, Cal, may not be America's best woman tennis player, but she is one of tlfe USA's prettiest players and there- fore is fast becoming its most publicised netter.

The word "glamour" 'seems to go with her naturally, and the question of her true ability at tennis recedes into the background. She is 25 years old, five feet cight inches tall, with long pretty logs and smooth dark skin, and has a sophisticated facial beauty.

She had movie offers a few proves her new-found Intelli- years ago, when the first won Renco and stability by carrying some attention in Southern Call-profound fornia tennis tournaments, but Freud and Karl Meringer, tomes by Sigmund nover worked seriously on a which she reads to help herself dlm career.

steady her psychology.

She did not work too serious- ly on a tennis career, elther. She

She has just been in Europe for her first try at the Wimble

lind good strokes former den titie, and she was content national champ Pauline Betz she would win until Gem Hon- Bald Miss Moran had the best hing natural all-round

beat

her. She already. game in holds the USA 1949 women's tennis-but she didn't Indoor title and has won several National know what to do with them.

"I used to be one of the dum- the West Coast.

important outdoor matches on best players who over came out of California,” she admitted. "I could have won a lot of matches by taking the net. I never did.

READS FREUD AND MENNINGER

•

Those who have seen her ad- mit her She has a competent net attack game is much better. now and can make drop shots off her forehand. She always has had a ne volley attack.

But even if she didn't win any title, she still was one of tho "I'm different now. I haven't pleasantest sights of the year on been

Idle pince the USA the tennis courts. She took five nationals last summer. I've pairs of shorts to London, and practised at least two hours each explained that they are

quito day under direction of couch | modest-"They're 18 inches long Dick Skeen, who taught Louise and that's not half as short as Brough. He's done wonders for the Swedish girls wear theirs,"

game-not

much for she said.-United Press. ground play as for ndvice he has poured into my head."

Mies Moran, who now always called "Gorgeous Gusale" by New York papers, also

my

Bobby Locke Wins British

Open Title

Blonde With A

Camera

Frankfurt, July 10-A blonde lady photographer knocked a big, league soccer team out of the first divi- sion here last week.

She asked goalie Schepper, defending the Öffenbach Kickers Sandwich, England, July net against the onslaught of the 19.Bobby Locke, the 31 VFR Mannheim in a crucial year-old South African who chen, to see into her camera.

semi-final game al Gelsenkir→ He wrested the yellow gwenter-symbolic of the attributes his leader from France's Jacques Marinell by winning

golfing He did. The shutter clicked. wizardry to American ex-So did the ball-right into the today's 195 kilometres lap from San Sebastian, Spain, perience, won the British net. to Pau. Marinel! had led the pack for seven days.

The ball showed up in the open golf championship to- photograph, which is being cir- Magni lifted himself from shot up from 25th place to Harry Bradshaw of Ireland. kept away from the newspapers, day in a 36 hole play off with culated privately among gloomy sixth place in the standings and eighth-Associated Press.

Offenbach Fans but carefully during today's race overcame a

LEADING FOUR deficit of 18 minutes 10 seconds.

Locke ended a 283 deadlock The An Italian and n Belgian also

Keneral

classification after the regular 72 holes with after the 10th stage was: made tremendous spurls to

two of which 10 of the 21 laps have hours, one

sub-par rounds--07, 1st-Florenzo move into the top 10 of the race

Magni

08; 135 to beat his minte now been completed.

rivet by 12 strokes.

Bradshaw, the former Irish, open champion, fell away from five minutes the fifth hole, where he slipped

was one-hour, 54 minutes, 3 Seventy-thousand people saw President of the Philadelphia Baron Von Oppenheim's Arena, Incorporated, predicted a filly. Asterbluete, win the gate of $130,000, Dempsey and German Derby at the Ham-, Tunney drew $1,895,733. burg Race Course.

The tall, slender Robinson, at Asterblucte, ridden by W. tempting his fourth defence of Held, beat her sinble compan- the title, was favoured today at ion. the favourite Aubergine, the short price of 0-5 and heavy The fastest inp was made by also ally, by one length. support for the well-proportion Fangio in three minutes,

Court Von Spretti's Telbered-Gavilan indicated that the seconds, for an average was third of a field of 14 run-price might be 7-5 at the fight 164.834 kilometres an hourners.—Renter,

time. The 18-round scrap will (about 120 miles an hour).

be neither televised nor broad-sixth. Serafino Blasioni, Italy, Reuter.

144 of

Belgian Grand Prix Francorchamps, Belgium, July 10.-M. Chinnetti, of Italy, and R. Lucas, of France, co-driving a two-llire Ferrari, today won the Belgian 24-hour Grand Prix here.

the 210 laps, totalling 3,043 10 runners.

kilometres (about 1.082 miles) at

Louveler.

casi.

won a

ntss.

Raymond Impanis of Belgium moved from 24th position to

LEAGUE BOWLS

STANDINGS

FIRST DIVISION

Pis

P.W

L

Shots F

A

.. 87 1

550 417 32

520 437 284

8.4

15

.0

SECOND DIVISION

E

05 anci 19

seconds.

2nd-Jacques Marinelli, of France -65 hours and 20 seconds.

3rd-Fachleitner, of France-over

73, 147.

gonile. right beside the broadly smiling

Freud Was

No Help

Gussie Moran consi dered herself "the dum-... best tennis player who ever came out of Cali- fornia." In between ten- nis. she reads Freund and

At Menninger. Wimbledon she was seeded No. 4, but Gem Honhing beat her.- AP Picture

This Week's

League Tennis

MONDAY

V. USHC

V. HKCC

Mixed Doubles "A" Division KCC Schepper stopped

smiling LRC few seconds later. It was the luning goal for Mannheim.- United Press.

CRC

[CRC

par and carded 74. Lucerne Rowing c

65 hours, 12 minutes, 10 seconds,

4th-Ferdinand Kubler, of With conditions ideal for low

Switzerland 65 hour and 14 scoring, Locke put together

minutes. Reuter,

South China

Wins League

Basketball

a chain of three and fours and

stroke lead.

Y SCAA

TUESDAY

Ladies' "B" Division

V. USHC

v. Recrclo

Y. KCC B" Division

LRC

Regatta SCAA

Men's "1"

IRC

DAF Lucerne, July 10-John LBC went to lunch with a seven B. Kelly jnr., of Penn- USRC

sylvania University, won KT "White" From the afternoon start in the two kilometres skiff race hot sunshine, thero was no at the International Rowing doubt who would wind up with Regatta in Lucerne, Switzer- the cup. To the gallery, never land, today. more than 2,000, the only TO... maining

Interest

wns how)

CRC The Royal Nautical Society. KD

IRC

long Bobby could keep a five of Antwerp won the double Recreio

skiff race over the off his card.

same dis-USRC tance,

Y. KCC

V. CCC

V. CIC "A"

V. Recreio

V. CRC. "B

V.. HKCC

WEDNESDAY Men's "C" Division

V. SCAA

V. CRC. "A"

v.- LRC

V. KCC

Y. CRC. "CH

THURSDAY

Men's "A" Division

v. KCC v. Recreio

HKCC

USRC

Ladies' "A" Division

LRC

CRC.

GRAND PRIX ST. CLOUD

Paris, July 10.-M. Andre Lombard's three-year old colt, Robinson is the big question Medium, won the £2,700 Grandmark in this contest, His re-. Prix St. Cloud today over one maskable record of but one de mile, four and a half furlongs feat and two draws in 83 amateur and 08 professional at St. Cloud.

Ridden

by Paul Blanc, bouts proves him to be one of Medium beat Riquebourg by the greatest all-round fighters Chinnett and Lucas covered one and a half lengths, with in history but it is uncertain how

Goody,

a head away, third of much of his prewesʊ he con CCC

calvage if he is weakened by Beer 'A' 8 6 2 an average speed of 120 kilo-Guy Lequleux, The_favourite,

Riquebourg was ridden by weight-making.

IRC

4- 485 438 23 KBGC 84-4-498-458 22 -an hour-(about-78-miles] Tanagrollo, was -metres-

att hour).

fourth.Rou- He was unimpressive when KCC 0 1 3 301 340 142

ho lust defended the title on PRC Second

..72 Wns Henri

3BD 440 12

South China Athletic As- June 28, 1048 at Chicago, Ho KDC82 8 nad M. Jover, of France, who SIR GALLAHAD III DIES

410 547 10% sociation's power- covered 206 laps in a three-litre

15-round decision over Reer 'B' 8 Z

It came on the par five 33rd In the foursome race with 340 470 9

packed hole, where Locko was wide of coxswains, also over a distance Delage.

Johnson and N. Lexington, Kentucky,

Bernard Docusen of New Or- July leans but he appeared to lack

basketball team clinched the the green with his brassie and of two kilometres, Swiss Rowing Backenbury of Britain, were 10-Sir Galahad III, who was

the 1949 Hongkong Open too strong with a chip and a Clubs outclassed their opponents CRC third in n 2,500-ce Aston Martin, bred in France and has sired his usual speed and explosive-

Basketball League cham-putt. Ho falshed the round from Belgium, France after completing 204 tops threo Kentucky Derby winners,

and Reuter.

died at Mr A. B. Handoon's

Recrolo

Apionship over the week-end strongly with three, three, four. Italy. 408 349 2719 Last September, Sugar Ray KCC Claiborne Stud here, aged 28 ferfelted $5,000 when he failed F

Oarsmen from eight nations a well-earned

Bradshaw, a professional at: 474 441 22 with

44-35

Kilcroney, 14 miles from Dublin, are taking part in the regatta. 400 380 224 win over a fighting Chineso to make the 150 pounds, three TDC

500 454 211 YMCA quintet.

went from bad to worse and trailed by 11 strokes

THE RESULTS 404 404 17

after 23 385 436 15% It was the SCAA'S third holes. Birdie threes on the 27th

Two Kilometres Skiff Raco consecutive Hongkong Open and 20th holes got two of them

John B, Kelly jar., U.S.A. championship in three years, back, but did not close the gap

Seven minutes 30.5 seconds, during which time the Caroling enough. Hill cagers have not lost a Locke collected £300 for his Seven 42,7.

2. IL. J. Keller, Switzerland, single League

The victory in the open. He said

3. H. champions have worked up on it was "the most coveted title I

Kalt, Switzerland. Impressive record during this know," Bradshaw drew £200. Seven 40.6. period, winning all League Associated Press.

4. J. Poncioni, Switzerland. 7:48.9.

Budapest, July 10.-Franco Double skin without cox

took the fead in the semi- 1. Soclete Royal Nautiquennals of the European

Zone Seven minutes 20.0 Davis Cup tournament today when Marcel Bernard, teamed Bagres and with Henry Boleli,

defeated Jozsef Asboth

and Kalman Feher in three straight pels in the doubles match, 6-1, 0-2,

Shots

P W

L

F.

5

8 5

3

years,

the Tour Lake Garda malor cate in 1925 for $125,000. race here today, Villorest cover-

TOUR LAKE GARDA Rome, July 10-Luigi Vil- After racing In France and above the welter limit, for his lores, of Italy, in a Ferrari, won England, Sir Callahad III was non-tillo 10-round bout with the 2,000-ce category event of bought by an American syndi Kid Gavilan-United Press.

7 5

2

8 5

IRC

74 3

CCC

Ho

KBGC HKFC HKCC

was ho leading siro

in the

cd the 131.2 kilometres in one United States in 1930, 1931, 1931 tour, nine minutes, 10.4 seconds, and 1940.

for in average of 113,6 kilome tucky Derby tres per hour.-Reuter.

He sired the Ken-

winners Gallant NBA Rules On The Fox. Gollakad and Hoop

NEW WORLD CHAMPION Junior-Reuter.

Assen,

Holland, July 9— QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES Britain's Freddy Frith won

the world motorcycle champion- ship in the 350 ce class to-day.

* Ascol July '0.-There

370 430 1312 373 414 13 421 464 11% THIRD DIVISION Shots

P W L

Pls

Heavyweight Title KERC

KDC

04

2 383 310 2014

3

410 303 20

POC

€ 4

2

Washington,

Frith, on a Velocette, Anished Queen Elizabeth Stakes,

a surprise result to the announcing its now

first in the 154 miles event in over one

Dutch Tourist

the

and a

tille..

it

of

for Ezzoru

game,

Reuter adds that Locko's was

course.

tho

Inches.

lain Chim Sit-gon's long bag record for discus to-day with a to The NBA took its position meet South Africa In the first of-labelled shots from the cor-He made the throw in

1.

Antwerp.

V. KCC

· FRIDAY

Mixed Doubles "D" Division CRC USRC

V.

LNC

v. CCC

France Leads In Davis Cup Match

6-3.

Franco is now leading two matches to

onc..

The last two singles will bo Associated Press...

games by comfortable margins 351 207 1844 and displaying a brand of bas- KCC 3 14 34 423 443 15% ketball that clearly puts them one of the most perfect rounds: July 0. The KBGC 83 3 331 360 1315 in a class by themselves in this on the Royal St. George's

ecconds. was National Boxing Association, Recreio 5 24 24 314 200 111 Colony.

PRC.. 7 2 quarter-

5 358 445 1014 In their final League

2. Mladost game run ly ratings, said today

Orvenz Xvezda, Belgrad, Yugo over the week-end, the power- half miles, will recognise the winner

ful

Discus Record SCAA Hoopaters turned

slavia, 7:25.7. Trophy here this afternoon when Lord the forthcoming Lea Savold-

3. Nautilus races

a few yards ahead of Derby's. St. Leger favourite. Bruce Woodcock fight as being

on the pressure with the open-

Rowing Club, Lisbon, compatriot

July Rugby Union Testing toss-up and took Bob

9.-Fortune | Klagenfurt, Austrin, 7:37.0. Foster, who Swallow Tall, who was backed the

a com- contender also rodo a Velocette.

manding lead on

of shots Gordien, a member the Foursome without cox set-up This win, following successes am 11 10 telor, failed to finish Charles new NBA heavyweight Capetown, July

team,

Rowing 1. Reuss among the first three. -

10. The the flashy Poon Hak-lim touring American track

Club in the Isle of Man and Borne

-New Zealand

listed world | Lucerne, Slx minutes 51 seconds. The race was won by tho

Rugby

from the bucket orca and Cap shattered Union races, made Frith world cham-American-bred colt, Lone Eagic,

touring. All Blacks team

2. Lake Club, Zurich. 0:54.0. toss of 185 feet four pion. His time was one hour which beat

3. Lake Club, Lucerne, 6:58.5ployed on Monday afternoon, the Irish colt, notwithstanding the

a dual 47 minutes

4. Socleta Canottieri Sebino, 52 seconds-an Beau Sabreur, by half

fact that Test hore on July 18

YMCA's tricky under- was anders.

Joszef Asboth of Hungary, length. the former light heavyweight nounced as follows: average speed of 86.73 miles per The Aga Khan's French colt, champion,

baskot artist,

meet between Portuguese' and | Lovere, Italy, 0:60.5. Cheung Shul-

beat Marcel Bernard of France Gus.

6. Societe U.S. athletes....... hour.

Lesnevitch, Bey, last year's French Derby signed this week for a lite bout

tong, found the hoop range

Nautique Basso R. Scott, P. Henderson, R. with well-placed lob shots

The listed mark for the 'dis- Sein, Paris, 7:12.4.

3-6, 6-0, 6-3 and Robert Abdo Nello Pagani of Italy, riding a winner," was one and a half with Charles at New York in Zoggs, J. Kearney, L. Savage, time the champions ted 26-21.

Lividge, 1 F. Allen (captain), E.

6. Soclete Royale Nautique Adam of Hungary 6-1, 6-3, 6-8, selam pl Franco beat Adbrag Mondial, won the 125 cc class lengthis away third.

cut the SCAA lead. At half cus is 181 feet 1 inches by September, Lesnevich failed to J Simpson,.

Adolfo Consolini of Italy-As- Antwerp.

7:22 event and gained the world Thero were seven

8-0-Asspelated Press, runners get any NBA ranking

Catley, K. title for that class-Associated and Swallow Tall Onished in heavyweight

in the Skinner, J. McNab, L. Har third quarter last-dlich bid to

sociated Press. ...

Press. YMCA

staged a powerful Prons

division-United vey, C. Willocks, L, Grant and pull the game out of the fro Press.

N. Thornton.-Reuter.

and held the champions to a ip-and-tuck struggle in this canlo, The furlour pace began to tell on the lasers in the anal quarter and SCAA's razzle- dazzia forward line switched on their famed late scoring puncti to breeze through with a com- fortable win.

• AND AT THE 'MON DESIR".

the rear-Reuter.

Mister Conquest

I'M LATE-

"HOPE RENO IS STILL HERS{"

·WONDER HOW OLD STRIPSY

GETTING ON WITH HIS RE-UNION,

LIBERTINE!

SATYR! BLUBBERAD AUGCATI

LAND AGAIN AT THE MON DESIA'.

(BUMEY

MINED

OUR FRICT

to

Associated

County Cricket Standings

London, July 10-The County Cricket Cham- plonship table prior to matches starting on Saturday Is:

South China's newest star, Yorkshire the fast scoring, Poon Hak-lim,

Middlesex found, the mesh for a solid K

Worcestershire - points to lead the scoring Glamorgan parade. This youngstor was Gloucestershira: the outstanding player on the Warwickshire court, getting up basket-labelled Essex plays and checking in with an Northants affective, defensive game. His Burrey teammates, Chin Bit-gon, and Derbyshire Lanky centre Lee Cheuk-man, Kent Beaided coring Jaand 11 Notle points, respectively, also dished Somerset-

la "with" alallar role. YMCA's Bussex, Cheling Bhul-tong CCAMedis, Lancas with 11 points to laks, top, BODE.

In honours for the-losar Leicest

W

lat Inn No Dec. L D Pla. 0 4 .100 0 0

100

ITALY WINS 4-1-. Rome July 10-Italy wound up three-day Davis Cup semi- Analo today with A winning scare of 4-1. Drago Mitte won the only game for Yugoslavia in the final match, beating, Vani Canepeio, 8-1, 6-4, 6-3,

The victory advanced Italy to the European zone finals. United Press.

The Italian team of Gianni Cucelli and Marcella "del Bello boat the Yugoslavs Drago Mille and Joset Pallada 6-4, 6-0, 7-0;

72 Bungary and France shared the two singlen played on the first - dayay of the comb finst of 'the European zone of the Davis;

Cup tournamenty

68

do

IRISH SINGLES. Dublin, July 9-M

Tigima Ba. Long not, Australia won the

women's singlos-in-the "open" Mwandtennisrench

23 plonships today, beating Bali 20 Fry of Akron, Ohio, G Reuter, 9-Associated Pres,