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HONGKONG TELEGRAPIT MONDAY-

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VAGES

JOHN MACADAM'S

Where There's No Penalty Against Hands "GOAL ROBBERS" ARE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS

SAYS VERNON MORGAN

a certain are becoming

London, Dec. 11.—"Goal robbers,” the men who save goal by using their hands with the goalkeeper beaten, more numerous. Indeed, they have caused many to ask what the penal- ty should be for such an action.

As things stand at present, all the referee can do is to order a penalty kick, which may either miss its mark or be saved by the goalkeeper.

For many years now there have been those advocating, that the referee should be empowered to award a goal under certain circumstances of which the foregoing would certainly be onc.

Many a defonder in a tight corner, knowing full well that unless he trans- gresses the rules a goal is certain, automatically commits the necessary foul, Ho is certainly no worse off if a goal is, in any case, scored and he may be the means of saving the game.

action

If such win for his side tell his

results in a member of the Football Associa- then he may tion that the referee should be that his empowered to award a goal it. team-mates

would them £1 each. In his opinion, a gent

action earned

the bonus difference between alive been otherwise scored but

for a foul by the defenders. win and a draw,

£1 FOR NOTHING

it results in his side colleagues, drawing, then his and of course, himself, get £1 oach Instead of nothing,

What would you do? It in casy to say: "Play to the rules." But put yourself in a similar

The proposal was thrown out i but it can be said to have led to the Introduction of the penalty klek, which was first introduced in 1891-Reuter,

FRANCE ELIMINATED Florence, Dec. 11.-Yugoslavia situation and think again Pro-beat France 3-2 here today to perly

footballers should not be unlify for the final series of the put in such a predientent. ItWorld Soccer Championships in la rather Ike leaving money Brazil next summer,

on neutral Tho tcuma met about and not expecting any one to lift it. Honesty can be ground as their home and away tried too far.

matches had been drawn.

sides were still level after today, minutes 01 play

One day, perhaps, the power will be given to the referee as po

referee

it is in Stugby football. By no Yugoslavin scored the winging means everyone realises that Amal in the second half of extra

for me.-Reuter, can award a ter obstruction, because Its very rarely happens. Is that not be

what cause the players, know will happen if they do trans- gress the rules?

WOULD SOON DISAPPEAR

If such a rule were introduced into sorcer, many would be very pleated, for the "goal-robbers" would soon disappear.

A very long time age, back in 1880, a rule was proposed by a

BRIGHT

DENMARK BEATS

HOLLAND

Amsterdam, Dec. 11-DET- mark beat Holland by one goal to nil in a soccer international here today. A crowd of 63,000 saw Lyngaan, the Danish out- ride-left, sebre the winning goal 11 minutes after the interval.--- Reuter.

CRICKET

AT COX'S ROAD

By "RECORDER"

programme

10 two Though rain curinlled "the matches, the week-end saw some of the brightest cric- ket in the League' this season as KCC tied with the Optimists by scoring 120 runs in 87 minutes.

Wickets were thrown away in an endeavour to get the runs fast enough and it was a case of hit and run through most of the latter part of KCC's innings.

and

The Optimists,,had followed Robble Lee, Hari-Baker the same principiéntiet having [C.-K. Smith hit out at anything. over their Two wickets tell in the last over, 35 minutes Arst seven runs, Kermani having six maiden avers in his opening spell with the ball.

taken

IRC WIN

At Sookunpoo, Indian Recrea- The Optimists' opening pair tion Club, helped on by `n first br: Loarie Kilber and Noel wicket stand from A. H Madar Arthy than speeded up to put and A R. Kitchell, bea; Royal

the next 21 Navy by 73 runs. d41 runs t minutes. The pace then slowed camo

down unul MacPherson

A former Shanghal Interport Madar, put up hia in, on the, second wirke: down player,

League and took 21 minutes over his highest score in local

20, the Optimists finally declar-cricket, hitting up 07, and A. R. ing at 120 runs for five wickets Kitchell contributed 30 to the in 110 minutes.

IRC score of 133 for eight wie- kets,

The match would have do- Lancashire League nghted a

Lan White, back again as crowd and the fielding on either the mainstay of the Navy at- side did not break down despite tack, was hit for 55 runs in 17 taking five of IRC's the tactics. There were sume overs,

best once. who

excellent catches, particularly wickets inclusive of the threa one by Franels Zimmern caught out Kilbee with a one band grope into the sky effort behind the wicket.

The Novy team was not quite as strong, as it has been In recent weeks and its batting The stund by Kilbee and collapsed before the blowing ot Minu, who took seven Arthy for 48 runs was the first AR.

for 22 runs in 13.1 respectable one by an Optimists' wickets

overs opening pair this season..

two

HOW THEY STAND

-KCC bowling had one of ita poorest afternoons of the cur reul season and It took changes of bowlers before the Army

fell. Scorpions Optimists' second wicket

RAF Optimists' bowling also con- Recreio unaed to be mediocre and most KCC of the KCC wickets were thrown awny.

University Optimists The last few minutes of R. Navy the game had the specta Commandos

a continued:pitch IRC excitement

Leriou. CCC

fors

of

A. T.

by:

Lee, G., White, One tle

ON THE ISLANDS = 1}

ENTER,MS DARLINS:

LTA Starts Training Youngsters

London, Dec. 11.-Deter- mined to raise the standard of British lawn tennis and "with an eye on the inter- national field, the England Lawn Terinis Association will start the New Year with the first course for at promising youngsters their new training school in Sussex.

Young players likely to reach international standard have been invited to attend a special training school at the South- dean Sports Club, Middle-e Sen, near Bognor Regis, Sussex, during the first January,

weck

In

the LTA's

In the past year, training committee have scour ed the country in their efforts to find young players of class.

Jack Kramer (scaled, centre), "the "Old Pro" of tennis fame, is surrounded

here at a New York luncheon by his four-man tennis troupe.

The others, left to right, are Pancho Gonzales, Pancho Segura, Bobby Riggs and Frank Parker. There are ovidently funny stories that can be told about tennis;

or are there?

The White City Gets The

Woodcock-Savold

Fight

Jack Solomons has booked the White Clly and set aside an evening in the for the heavyweight sight between last week in May or the first week in June Britain's Bruce Woodcock and America's Lee Savold.

Next morning-win, lose or draw-Mr Woodcock will collect from Mr Solomons a "percentage" cheque valued at approximately £15,000.

If Woodcock happen not 10 have been present at the White City on the evening in question then he himself will be doing a Itulo cheque-signing-to the Lure of £4000, made payable to to the afore-mentioned Jack So. lomons.

RINGSIDE

George Whiting

...........

As a result, 16 boys and seven girls will have the opportunity

If anybody is missing it won't of getting a week of intensive

he me, Bruce told me. I believe training and coaching under the Half that amount is a non-him-rather than the whisperers supervision of Britain's leading appearance penalty. The other and the wiseacres who fed "duff

represents professional coach, Dan Maskell. half

compensation gen" to Nat Fischer, paid by Solontons to Savold- SEARCH FOR TALENT but not reclaimed from Bruce-

The object of the school is not only to give youngsters ex- tensive instruction, but also in select the most promising for further and advanced coaching throughout 1950.

when Woodcock hit a tree in- stead of heavyweight lost August.

NEWS HE GATHERED

for

*ALL RUBBISH'

England. We in the south know him only as a steadily climbing bantamweight

ever Has any other boxer fought for a British champion- ship in his first appearance in London?

-(London Express-Service>

Puzzling ABA Games Trials

SPRINGBOK TEAM FROM ENGLISH LEAGUE SOCCER

South African footballers playing British League Soccer are quick to take up the Iden, first propagated here by Billy Strauss of Plymouth Argyle and lateri backed unofficially by the Football Association, that British South Africana v. Select would provide a good tuning-up match for our Rio-bound boys.

Best prospective team to hand so far is a joint Strauss-O'Lini (Charlton) offort and goes thus: Kelly (Barnsley); Hewic (Charlton); Willemse - (Chelsea); Forbes (Charlton), Nielson (Charlton), Lovy (Blackpool); Strauss (Plymouth), O'Linn (Charlton). Arneson (Luton), Falconer (Blackpool), Williams (Plymouth), Twelfth man: Davio (Clyde).

That looks to this eye like a In winter quarters in Glasgow. to Stewart took a night job so that good enough combination give any national side a run-he could get out on hig daily out, but there are so many of leg-trnt to keep himself within the boys over here now (could training distance when next you say they were making senson starts. their presenco veld?) that even

Ifo took a tumble in the dark Strauss and O'Linn have over-at work and is recovering new looked some.

from a nastily damaged leg. Anyhow, hero te volatile Coming along nicely and carin young Doctor Herbert Kramer, to get going" ogain on the old hot from Johannesburg, to com- mileage.

plete some medical studies and,

In his spare moments, to seo në much of our football, and par- Uicularly tho South African share in it, as he can.

INTENSE INTEREST The doctor 1 M.O.

STILL AROUND

Another remakablo veteran. wo constantly encounter at all these football occasions is Joo.

· McBride, B4-year-old

vico. chairman of the Irish FA., still to the setting around like a youngster, biggest Soccer club in the yet it's past 15 years since he

thought we. Oscar Wilde when we quipped to 60 to him. "Tho Irish never beat every about the Bush. They drink it." Dush for those of you who don't

Iriend,

Union, The Marists, coached pretically by our old Liverpool Nivvy, and fielding up carefully graded sides

week.

were

Interest in Soccer out there is know, being a spirituous liquor. intense but, apart from Arsenal known best in Telfast.

And then, in Manchester, wus and such clubs ay have visited like Charlton, Liverpool, and evergreen Billy Meredith de Fothom,

to manding:

"Why shouldn't the confined mostly

players have a closed shop, and homespun products..

"I was thunderstruck at the why shouldn't they use force to difference in quality of your get it?" profesionala here and our en- Billy and his old team-moto thusiastic, nt but less-polished Billy Dyer, aged 74, now of amateura. The Arsenal defence Barnsley, where the Chops used was a revelation to me."

to come from, recalled his part Otherwise

In the 1008 stay-out players* strike when 14 of them held out for as many weeks.

Stewart

Vance, veteran Austrailun mar- athonist, in the wars again.

THE WEEK-END SCOREBOARD

Football

SENIOR SHIELD News Vendors RAF Commandos 4 KMO Kitchen

Army

1 S. Chins

2

Club

Kwong Wah

4 Navy

2 Commandos

0 Army

4 Police

1 *Kilcheo 0 CAA 1 Club

Re the alleged wifely request, Bruce added: "All rubbish, As the Amerteans, tell them

By GEORGE WHITING I'll be there OK, with every in- tention of puiting Savold on the

All of Britain's 8-0 box-CAA My friend Nat Fleischer, re-floor-and keeping him there!"

over Belgium Polloc Expenses will be met by the vered and unrivalled commenta-

If Woodcock is kidding, then ing winners Lawn Tennis Association, in- tor on the boxing business of the

JUNIOR SHIELD cluding railway fares from the world, has recently returned tone in putting on one heck of an plus seven of the almost

different teams st. Joseph's " RAF pupils' homes to Bognor Regis. New York from a newsgathering act. Normally, when out of train- entirely

ing, ho would weigh about 10

against Ireland in Dublin PCA Hotel accommodation will also trip in Europe. be provided.

As a

result Nat's travelogue stone. At the moment he is un-

der 14 stone, а condition are among the 32 amateurs Yard Poller

Nova Acknowledged ns Britain's tells the

folks back home that brought about by five-days-a named by the Amateur Box- 9. China foremost coach, Maskell, who

not many of us here in England week redwork plus regular ing Association for the En-Talkoo will have two assistants, bas balleve that Woodcock will go spar-sessions. busy week ahead of him. Work-through with what Bruce him. ing daya for the puplis will be-self calls the Savold job next gin at eight o'clock in the morn- Ing and end at six o'clock at year.

The Brilsh have lost faith in night Also some evenings will

Nat be devoted

instructional | Bruce Woodcock, writes to nims-Reuter.

"The impression I got in London is that lie prefers to retire. His PAKISTAN TITLES

wife has requested him to do so, 11 Pedra but certain outside influences Lahore,

seem to keep him in an undeter Massip, top-ranking Spanish mined state. player, today

Men's won the Singles title in the Pakistan Ternla Championships Lawn

Dec.

0

Prisons

to

2 *New*

Vendors .....After extra...time.

1

Hockey

19

Nomads

University

Don't tell me that kind of pire Games trials at Luton Eastern routine is merely for the sake of on December 17.

The Trials are reputedly the body beautiful!

England-repeat Eng i find an MORE PROFITABLE?

New Zealand land-team for Man of the moment in boxing next February. It comes Is 28-year-old, thin-on-top, something of a shock, therefore, Army Teddy Gardner, whose sudden to see a lightweight from Wales. Recreio "A" B Recreio "B" elevation from provincial semi-a bantam from Ireland, and a HKHC obscurity to the role of cham- middleweight from Scotland in KITC

Pak 80 I passed this piece of pes- pionship challenger in London the Luton list. sunism on to Woodcock himself has set

Best known of the forelgier Commandos is my good friend Charles to his wife, Norah, and to his cars.

last season's ABA here.

Until recently, Gerdner was Piggott, manager, Tom Hurst. Having

champlonship Mrs Heraldo Weiss, of Argen-talked with all three I can re-applying himself to punching lightweight

Women's Singles port that the only "outside in- only as a sideline. He ruas the finalist from Covenby. He is a KTTC Una, took the event. Reuter.

fluence our Heavyweight Cham profitable Middlesbrough Hotel Welshman. pion is concerning himself with at West Hartlepool. Now, thanks

พ

Arthur Peall says: THIS WHITE LOSER'

IS A WINNER VERYBODY'S choice would not be the ssine when deciding how tacklo my diagram top-of-the-

table billiards leave. The widest possible variety of coring strokes, a cannon.

or FOR losing hazard of either object bail.

offered.

BLUEG

RED

I Pts.

ing whito over

I rate the direct

bail-to-ball cannon lowest because it raustapilt the halla badly, Fot red would serve if aling shot" was Desirable, bly sug Rention is to play In-off walte at con ident strength. three-quarter ball run through drie- the right contre

at the moment is "brass" £15,000 of it

to the

us southerners by the

waist- development of

0

4

YMOA

4 3

Chand Tara

Polico

HOW THEY STAND

Army Recreio "A!!! Commandos R. Navy Recreio ""

of AKU

WHAT HAPPENS? The Luton selectors appear | RAP line by Stan Rowan, Teddy sub- Plus £15,000 or minus ciltutes for Stan in a fight for also to have interpreted rather Nomads

British

the nationalities £4,000. That is the picture con- the

.Bantamweight loosely

Pax 8.C. who Police D. Bell, fronting Woodcock, And belleve Championship against Danny bantamweight

Ireland, and Dutch H.C from me, there is nothing wrong with O'Sullivan at the Albert fall on comes

J. McCartney who YMCA his Yorkshire perspective. December 18.

middleweight

Chand Tara k is a Glasgow Scot. What happens Bell

or McCartney wine weight at Luton?

LAMOTTA MAY DEFEND TITLE

New York, Dec, 11-A World Championship Middleweight fight between the Champion, Jaka LaMotto, and Robert Ville- main, the Frenchman who out- pointed him in a non-title bout on Friday, is planned by the In ternational Boxing Club.

The contest is expected to take place in February or March next.

Save for Service scraps in In- dia during four war years with the RAF, plus a couple of trips to Belfast, Gardner's boxing has been confined to the North of

Reg Harris Outraced

Zurich, Dec. 11. Reg Harris, of Manchester, the LaMotta is to confer tomorrow World Professional Sprint surprised to sto a capable with Dr Jim Norris, the Pre- culeman fail to fay a snooker with

sident of the International Box Cycling Champion, finished

this yellow.

if Piggott.

and

Cos): Ramsey

SLewis

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RUGBY CUP TOURNEY

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"We agreed to strike for more money in an hotel," said Billy, "That's now the property of a pools Arm that is getting out of the game some of the money the players could be do- ing with": -

of A neat twist fate.

—(London Express. Service)

La Salle Wins Schools' Athletics

The Alih-annual Inter- Schools Athletic Meeting under the sponsorship of the South China Athletic Association con- cluded yesterday,

when Mr

Xwok Chan, President of the Association,

distributed the prizes to the successful compe- titors.

Balle College won the the championship in the boys "A" Division with 50 points to their 1eredit, closely followed by Ling. 0 Ying College with 30 paints.

Pui Ching College won the "B" Division championship with 41 points.

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St. Mary's had no dificulty winning the girls "A” Divi- sion with 40 points. "B" Divi" elon honours went to the Kow- loon Tong School with 21 points.

Highlight of the day was when Johnny Braga, of La Salle, created a new record for the 200 metres event for boys covering the distance.'in' 28.8 seconds, beltering the record of 25.1 secs. established by Lam Wah-keung, of Tak Ming Col Rege, last year,

Miss Mul Shun-ngan, of

of St. Mary's, established

a new ro-

cord for the 80 metres low hur-

6. E. NAVY 24 Police

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Sound

Results yesterday were:;

BOYS' "A" DIVISION

4. I

In the absence of major sur- prises at Luton, England's four for the Empire Camer, are al Clab most certain to be picked from Army the eclect company of bantam-Commandos 12 RAF weight Sammy McCarthy doubtful starter for the trials

Brander leatherweights Peter

1,500 metres: 1, Leung Win-ptul Ling Ying); 3. Leo Kuen-chuen and Charlie

Ughtweight Tucker,

(St. Joseph): 3,Woo Chun-king MEN'S SENIOR LEAGUE Latham, Ron

welterweight

(Chi Hang). Time 4 mins, 143 secs. 7 Cum- Terry Ratcliffe, cruiser Canadians

200 metres: 1, Xavier (La Balle); bancheros 02. Wong Ching-tao (Ling Ying) weight Donald Scott, All, at

13 Chung Hwa 1 Wong-Xin (Ling: Ying), Time 115 St. Joseph's are Englishmen.

are the trials mon; St Theresa 9 | Americans 5

Javniin:1, Loa, Yu-chan (Ling Flyweight-R Jones (Mid- Daredevils 2. Paka

Ying): 2. Blu Tu-tong.(Wah Yan); (Northern Pandas

7.1. WAL, Yu-xi (8). Paul's). Distance

31.45 metres, (RAF)

CMadcaps His stroke was too fine and a shade ing Club, on the question of fourth in the third qualify (London).

terms, "I will defend my Utling race for the European Bantam Icke (Midlands): mytime Mr. Norris says the Indoor Sprint Champion B Jelley (Northern Con) S.Baseballers forfelted to Over King) Height 165 metres Cust

D Bell seas, word," the champion said--Reu-

McCarthy (London) ships here.

(Aruly

4 MEN'S JUNIOR LEAGUE Feather P Brander (Loh- The Dutch ‚nce, Arle-Van Vilet, won the event and corSkinklas (Northern

don). C. F, Tucker (London, S

Braves solidated, his lead in aggregate

(Army). Minhoney. with 22 points.

B Jaguars Light Latham (Northem Aces Harris tied for second place Cos.): DAC Piggott: (Midlands):

6. Delawares Spartans In the aggregate with Jon Derksen, of Holland, who was Tarrier (London); D Light Rexes 10 Pandas

LADIES' SENIOR LEAGUE third in today's race each foot! (Midlands).

5. Ratcliffe. Candátania: 20 Pirates having 17 points.

ints, Weltor T

(RAF) E. Davies (RAF) LADIES' JUNIOR LEAGUE The Tialian, Astolf, moved Rafo (London) L Barnes (Redz St Teresa's 24- MoTyclriang: 8 into sixth place with 10 points and Horta); i after finishing second Vans Vist, batiy

too hard. A thicker contact would have brought yellow few inches cicar of the cushion-with- while Alciont directly behiness Service

London Express

Mister Conquest

*E VITEL WAIT THERE

THE SCORE

(OH)MIT!..

EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON

NOW!

IN THE VILLAGE .....

GLORY BS. LOOK, BAT, IF IT ISN'T THE BOYO HIMSELF,

WHO'S HERE

...

behind Middle,

(Northern Coo): W Becket

Griffins

(After 7 Innings).

High Jump: 1, King Bum » (Wah- Yan): 2, Chan Wal-thuen Tul 'Ching); (03, Teng | Ell-ling" (Lmg

400 metres Hurdles 1. -Chu Xam- wing fat. Joseph's Chen Ying- Tot (Ch Hang); Colacao (la, Salle), Time, BBB mees

200 metres: 1, Johnny, Braga - Z Falle); 2. S. Xavier' (LA (Balle): 3,

14 | Wong Tung-keunggidag, Ying).

Time, 23,6; necs (record) ZRKADIE 11

- 1:600 mofron Halayı. 1. La Ballet

*3* Overcas

Black

hawks |

2

3

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Switzerland's Oscar Pattner (London) R. King (London) ARGENTINA WINS and Belgium's Jan Scherens, J. McCartney (Army Japanes with 10 points:

equal fourth, ch

stand

POLO FINAL

* Bt. đune phần 3. Chi Hang Golla a Time, Asning, 50

GIRLS

SPANNEN

[100 metres: 17 MINKAMI Shin« rgan (81; Mary's Park, Kim: Rm. Lei-sun (61) Mamale à 5 Ming "Erzu Sto-mal (Ling" Y}na) PoTune, #145)

1400 metres Relay:

3. Tak Ming: J; Puikio,

200 metres: 21, RibeiraSt. Mary's); Ti-wan (ang Ying); Chun-ying (Pul: 105 660 metres Low/

E. Scott (Mid- Cruiser, D. Ferlands), V-Harrison (Northern was The fourth and "thal race for Cos) PJ. Mosservy (RN) R Buenos Aires, Dec. 11-Ar- secgARVAS the charapionship will be held Hackett. (Northern Cos.).

gentina won the World's Polo Mulus prane

in Gheat on Christmas Day Naija Heavy-A Darvill (London't Championship today, defeating Kim Yang bent the A Worrall (Army). Hobbs the United tates Meadow" z zamNG.

one kilonistre record for (London); A, Halanya covered tracks b

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