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Week-end Football

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950.

BRAVES ASSEMBLE

THE KOREANS ARE HERE ONCE MORE FOR A SOCCER FESTIVAL

BY "UNOMI”

Today all roads will lead to Club ground, Happy Valley, where the visiting Korean team play the opening game of a series in another visit to Hongkong.

The Koreans paid us a visit in January of last year and proved their ability by decisively defeating Hongkong by a score of 5-2. The visitors' side for the present series includes five members of last year's successful team. The lanky, bespectacled Inside-left who was captain will be in today's line-up.

The Hongkong selectors have chosen a strong side, which introduces several newcomers to the Colony XI. Hau Yung-sang, who has only recently recovered from a leg injury, has lost a lot of his sparkle, but together with Ching, the St Joseph's left-bnek, can be relied upon to form a fine defence.

Hayes, the Commando centre- half, gave a sterling display in the International Chip Final lact week and if he produces the today everybody zame-form will be happy.

Santos,

probably the

al

and it is to be hoped that these and despite the slippery ball he will blend properly,

had everything under control.

The Saints' forward line wna pivot lively most disappointing although centre their attacks were always 1:1 kepl rousing the swift rakt style and

alarmed pace the Kitchee

and alert.

Ne Kee-cheung is at and Tans Yee-it, the

is of player, KMB forward" It will be a IK game played at player throughout. captnin

The their

Jet-balf, youngest ever to be selected to the Colemy XI.

'Little

need be rald of

the

capabilities of Ho Yinst-fun and Yiu Cheuk-vin, the Kilele pair who form this afternoon's fight wing.

Galvin will have his

A

fast

zrnclude

will vikiters programme by their last game on Wednesday, The HKPA: undireidet as to

defence

con.

St

When it came to good, strue live attacks, the playing forph

furwards had i1tl idea of this type of play, Can- taho fan seldom had such a

will make the better op-

position for the game, a uns quiet afternoon.

Kre- Bong XI or the Kitchee team Cheung, he tal! Kitchee pivot, centre-forward debat - which reently won the First Have the small

fem lets were useful in upret-i

In the Coliny team as partner [Diva on League Charapion-lap change in the air and his to Lee Yol-fai. Both are clever and the Sendor Shield. ball players who should be able

to combine nicely.

INTERNATIONAL FINAL

football Fre

Provident

The

The forward line En del by over the Easter Holidays was of Brown, The Army's ribing the

centre-forward, who has struck gum litween Kitchee unt top form in the past few weeks.

dry epla's was a port ang

He is a forceful player who, afrom, ht in true cup-the :tyle Tr given proper support, will be a constant incach to the Korean the full 90 minute. defence.

SUNDAY'S FEATURE

Im ang round attacks.

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The Braves, Junior League Champions for two years in a row, assemble here for a group photo as a Senior Division team that reached the Final Play-offs.

The Braves are:

Standing (from the left): Robert Remedios (Coach), Edó Almeida, Gerry Gosano, Avichỉ Yvanovich, Gussie Pereira, Spiky Guterres and Charlie Figueiredo (Manager).

Squatting (from the left); Chappy Remedios, Tony Osmund, Ramon Loureiro, Carlos Remedios, Tony Alves and Junior Remedios,

SOFT BALL

Senior League Play-Offs Continue This Week-end

BY STARDUST”

Softball's Senior League Play-offs continue this week-end. At the moment, Frank Cleary's Americans seem to stand the best chance. They have beaten the Braves and Jaguars in the first round, but it is not improbable that the tables will now be turned in the return engagement with Jaguars at 11.30 n.m. tomorrow. Braves, twice Junior Champions, will cross bats with the all-powerful St

One Joseph's in their second game in the play-offs.

interesting game in the Ladies' Junior League is down for decision this afternoon when Mike Lee's MeTycireans meet the Squaws of Beautiful Joyce Guest.

John Macadam's Columu

MUCH ADO ABOUT 16 LUSTY LADS

At a rough estimate, some 2,000,000 people in these British Isles and many thousands further afteld detached themselves from their normal mid-Saturday chores in order to watch or to look-in at the Bont-race.

Would any kind observer of the human scene please tell us how a purely domestic argument between two schools of scholastic thought has built itself up into the greatest drawing-card in the sporting calendar?

Not a half of one percent of going and enjoy the scenery all the people professing tre- without the hazard of touching mendous interest in the affair another rower's onrs.

has the remotest connection But there it is. Year alter with either Oxford or Cam-year they go through with their glorious dissipation of strength,

bridge.

Apart from odd half-crowns and when it is over, they to

back 10 their colleges betted at the last moment or ot

anti

some sort of same-as-last-year resume their studies of the law, medicine, the Church, and the basis, there is no betting.

If you join one of the numer- rest of it. ous private parties for beer and sandwiches you see about three

minutes of it.

|

'IN MY DAY....'

And, in the appropriate stago come out on If you go on the towpath you of later life, they

or on somebody's run the risk of elther being the towpath

death or shoved riverside lawn, or on some club- Trampled to

house verandal wearing strange Into the deway.

If you get on a bridge you get Jackets and title caps normally British at the abdominal strain and rupture of forsaken by the

say things ke to say are of 14 and Achilles tendon, the nothing about rush-of-blood-te- "In my day....

Never mind. It always is their the-licad.

day. They are an essential part of the English reene, the English tradition, and there is as much chauce of changing that as there is of explaining it.

If you follow the affair in a launch you get drenched with say, and cold and get only a tuess at what's going on ahead.

WHAT HAS IT GOT?

If you listen to it on the radio or watch it on television you get bellowed at by the commentator, Ind.

one way and another. what's

that the thing got convulses the while country

year after year an account of

砚 is essentially

what

reen rivalry?

Sixteen husly

village

In carrying:

two small passengers pull them-

selves backwards around four anet

hulf niles of the nwkwardest

of the River part

like 20 Thames in something minutes when any of the rosette-wearing crowd on the towpath coull have told them they could do it with an out- board motor in half the time,

Castilho eventually switched Trust. The Senior Shield to antide-rwht, Xavier Bodhit!

Start the middle, but it was of gomes | so avail. Ng was imparable.

The winner hud a-good fence with Kwok Ying-kre, in Kitchen hard Dock e theft ones undument pre ilion

in winning the Shield, the jpt art, puree again howing i twinning good the only one of lies wmatility by turning in The Korean team will play a the matchs doing nowed in the the performance, Combined Chinese X1 on Sun-ket patmute.

Ni Kep-cheung's "display day on the ran ground and at They were, however, the bet- || centre-bait was flawled, The the same tune. When the two, fer te. They showed fine un-half-back line kept a tight grip teams met lact your it was the destanding of each other's play j. on the Saints' forwards. best match rif the torke Hog- pe found trip man with well- |

Wing-keting WHIN the bong managed to win by temps plered par m, but they were up player who dict the

a last minute unal,

Damant a defence secti to damage forward He wed his A full programine of Inter- At a meeting of the General The Rexes bowed to the The Chinese selection for to-

nene in the

speed to advantage and aften Hong ntil Midgets 1. sgue Chamed of the Hongkong Softball Blackhawks, being on the short morrow's Catge conting SIX Brown, Ru

Chian ripped open the opposition's de-rustches is scheduled, with Association, it was decided to end of 8-5, the Intter becom- Kitchee players four from the Leonard and Santos formed a fence, but the other forwards Stanvac-Civil Service and ¦ tie part from the usual procedure | Ing the first claimants to the Any fisherman could have told Kowloon Motor Bus term and i gand defence for the Saints

male like we of his Good Delassares-Accs matches taking of announcing the Most Valuable | Fenic Heather Shield for the then, too, that the proper way one surprise selection, Lai Wad which tackled hard and cleared work.

the spotlight.

Player of the four Leagues be-Jumby League Championship to propel a rowing bont is by of the Pulice: Youth and

well. Brown was called upon Ho Ying-fun and the youthful

fore the end of the sea: on,

vince the protnation of the standing up in the stern and perience mingle In the line-up continually to defend his

Yiu Cheuk-yin were elever, but

Braves, Junior Champlons for pushing,

pulling. That Shiu-wing

Chang

two years, to the Senior League.[way, you can see where you're Rain-hoj slowed up the line, A noticeable feature of the Rame was the continual switching of beat the Jaguars in the first positions of

of all five Kitchee route and there is every remon¦ forwards. This, however, did to believe that they will go all. not upret the resolute stjout to repeat their triumph. Joseph'

Big Chlef Jaguar Ollie Vas

teal

Woodcock Is To Move Into The Royal Suite

What sort of a Saturday story can we concoct from n man called Salts, Queen Victoria's bath, a Rolls-Royce. an ancient castle with an unpronounceable name, a 712h, baby, the Heavyweight Championship of the World, and the relief of Ladysmith?

defenders, Full marks

to the Saints for providing us

ALL OUT

Frank Cleary's

Americans

is cerlain to sen.l but his

Instead, the winners of the "China Mail" MVP Awards will be announced during the Pre- sentation Hall at the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday, April 29.

RED LETTER WEEK

Last week

for W*g༠g༠];

with such fine entertainment strongest gang unto the diamond Championships were decided.

the Americans

letter was a red softball as three The Junior Challenge Shiek was won by Aray, who de- view of the life and death"

Pakisian annexed the Hong- cisively beat the Commandes struggle which

kong & Shanthai Hotels Lid. by 3-0. Army were much faster are sure to put up,

International Sield when they on the ball thin their burly The battery of Vie Perruco humbled Portugal (the holders) opponents. The inside-men gave and Frankie "Samba" Correa with a convincing 16-5 triumph. a grand display.

their will

ixt 1 menace to the winga 11th ling crossfeld Americaus paren,

Mariden rented, a spectacular Road, dribbling past four de fenders, to stun the bail into the el.

IT might go something like this: Bruce Woolcock, due to fight America's Lee Savold-Chim

V.

Although beaten

This is the first lime Pakistan has won the coveted

by Charlie trophy. Feature of the match in the first) was a spectacular shoe-shing hopes Tuneatch by Benny Omar at the hot

corner.

not

Curious Statistics On This Year's

Cup

Final

By ARCHIE QUICK

-London Erpress Service,

CHAMPION

This is Willie Hoppe, a champion who is looking for a worthy challenger. Willie is the World Three- Cushion Billiard Champion and he heard about Ezequiel Navarra, of Argentina, as a possible challenger. So he has gone to Argentinu to investigate and play a match with Navarra. If the Hoppe

When burly manager George Kay sits in his Argentinian wins. 111

manager's touchline seat at majestic Wembley Stadium will take him on la a title watching his team, Liverpool, try to win the FA Cup for match. the first time against Arsenal on April 29-both teams will have to change colours, by the way-his mind will inevitably wander back to the first Final ever played New Parliament there. That day in April 1923 was a milestone in Soccer, the day which has as its landmark a policeman on a white horse quelling the unruly crowd.

In this game Beautiful Joyce Guest, one of the Big Five in the batting list, went hitlers. Britam

Should Play Better Cricket

Wembley takes 98,000 people. That day, it is said, 200,000 got in, but, by a miracle, the match was finished | In one respect-and per- committed 23 errors and Portugal and Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United by a goal haps there is more

scored by David Jack, now manager of Middlesbrough.

Figueiredo's Bravia, rout, the Saints high once again. INTERNATIONAL FINAL

Captain Dave "Bambino" In the Ladies' Division the The International Cup Final Leonard will see to it that no holders, Portugal, defeated Portugal-played "corksmengs" or "howman Britain 17-4 to retain the Ball last Monday was another close ship" will be allowed to creep Woo International Shivid. at the White City on June 6, is almost certain to round game., China won by the

into the Saints' quad The Abergele, Northgoal in ve, the winning

Saints are a real peppery out- off his training at Gwrych Castle at

Leing seuced fromi disputed

fit and should come out well on penalty kick awarded against

than 1981 [Top. a minute from foll

one respect the new. Par- plural

The Braves' stock has gone 18. me,

liament is an improvement showerl Roglich

their since

show fluci right

the Saints opened japaist

mel

George Kay the Petite Helen Ribeiro scored the

was captain of ton that memorable afternoon, on the old. It should play home run for

West Ham, He told me in New- hat already been back better cricket. #cornk then Maesden Jaguars in the first round, and only

castle recently that his ambition Terry"

manager of Blackpool two yeDIG once they are expected to beat the "Gorgeous Chinese Rolls-Royce. Fancy equalised. The

was to go bacit there after 27

As for the policeman who lead and held Saints in their return engage-pitched a brilliant game for the crs are Woodcock's one real again to the

Whether

the winnerH or not

'yours. Joe Smith, caplain of Fol-

cleared the pitch-I ran into him on to it grimly until five minutesment.

Braves weakness.

will be up to the from the finish.

standard of which they are England's

capable is always problem. atical, for their playing has been inconsistent.

Wales.

thei

Back to normal after

Bruce, in fact, is looking for arrival of his b dochter, beyond Lee Savahi-as far as

Heavyweight! undisputed Woodcock in haviu; his name, the

**

Tom Hurst, travel 15 Ahernel! Championship of the World, plus fighting spirit. China to tie-up details with the sole the cqually undisputed owner- the owner of the castle. Mr Leslie lop of a 7. Salts.

If arrangements are satisfar- tory, Bruce and party will move Suite-four the Koval rooms, including the bath used by Queen Victoria-during the Arst week in May,

into

*m

"WILL SHOW HIM"

in the last

centre forward, "I know all about Savold, "I'll

is the Woodenek Brown, proved his match-win- how him!"

In philosophy expounded the ability by netting one of privacy of his own family circle. his goals after chasing a long frui 11nyos, the Mr Salts, who bought Gwrych. Then, all being well, we'll clearance.

ECHO AND RE-ECHO Collecting and from Lord Dundonalds how fory Maxim likes being centre-half, descendant of one of the heroes on the other end of the kind of carrying it on to score with a

Softball has certainly caught he dished oul to smart shot from 10 yards out. of Ladysmith-is planning

on again as witness the crowd a punches

penally The

of

Sunday. spectators every vle Woodcock welcome in the Freddie Mills,

about minute taally settled the issue. Snithal's 1919-50 season is the He is also

talks "Everybody, banqueting hall.

England were most End Charles. Outstanding for other Savolt, Maxim

controversial und, In putting up a ring and

Hayes and

several ways, the oddest that training equipment in a marquee Well, what am I doing, sitting Faltbrother, Tozer,

Thackyard Wooton. China was well served the game has ever known. big enough for 2,000 people tean a form out in watch our heavyweight champion Let Tom Hurst get any or all of by Yue Yiu-tak, Lal Wai, Ng

King-cheang in ring with me

sprightly The number of entries re- through his sparring paces.

forward line.

ecived in the six organised The Royal Suite at Gwrych la knock flot over!"

CX- Leagues was well up to Just talk? Maybe-but it is going to be a bit different from:

coming from

pectations. For the first time the stable loft in which I used refreshing

and there is a

Division League | in the local history of the game train at English tighter, to watch Woodcock

last Sunday, Kowloon there are the finishes and the Dalby, near Doncaster-but the real and unaccustoried menace game

Motor Bus, who were at full chimpionships have is a 1050 Bruce

much more behind it all.

Woodcock declares lic is strength, disappointed their decided on the results of play- adaptable fellow than the thy

lime, supporters by losing whose rarin to go. And,

2-1 or tussles in both the Men's countryman, young

spoiling the against a makeshift St Joseph's Senior and Junior Leagues. was to shuffle away at there will be no instuct was to

If side. ship for a ha'porth of tar. the approach of strangers.

that Hsu King-sing In the Sahits"

is generally agreed A lot more confident, too. Our needs be, manager Hurst told

Ane many is tackling me today, a couple of American goal had

more people are taking to the No. 1 Heavyweight

the youngsters are same l what he calls "the Savold job" sparring partners will be im-Pitman, a newcomer to the St

was prominent | developing to take the place of in a frame of mind that bodes ported to share the galleries of Joseph's team,

In the pivot position, allowing veterans who have been in the no good at all to the man from Gwrych,

game long beyond their time. -London Express Service, Tang Yee-kit little scope. Minnesota.

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K. O. CANNON

THANK GOODNESS FOR PROFILE'S CAR- OTHERWISE WAT WOULD

HAVE BEEN STUCK THERE FOR THE NIGHT!

this

an

and a

KMB-DISAPPOINT

In First

saves.

IL

The Riddle of the Red Domiro

DID YOU RUTICE THE PUO'S Y I'LL SAY HE WAS WELL, WHISPER, PROFILE FACE AS HE TOLD HIS TALEHAS SENT HIS LAST RED DOMIND.NO MORE

TO THE POLICE? THE ONLY WANNINGS FOR HIS VICTIMISOA YOUR THING THAT HE MADE'

THEM BELIEVE WAS THAT,

HE WAS LYING!

FATHER,ER?.....

“I DON'T KNOW HƠNY TO “THANK YOU, AIR.CANNON,

YOU'VE BEEN SO GODO TO WHISPER..AND TO ME, WHEN WE'VE HAD A HOLIDAY, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF YOU ---I HOPE,

YOUNG MAN....

to

bo

Portugal. Noronha

BREAKING THE TIE

Nee Chi-kuen, Shanghai Warriors' guard, breaks the 34-34 tie with Arellano University in the match al Caroline Hill. Picture shows Nee leaping up to catch the ball if it rebounds off the edge. His team-mate, Wo Warriors led 36-34 after Ching-chang, backs him up. this, but the game still ended in a tie at 37-37.

Telegraph Staff Photographer."

#go.

The two Houses may be able

the strongest to Beld one of

has A fixture

Saturday, n year or two ago. He is now shies for years. publican al Havant, near Ports-been arranged for

June 3, when eleven members- mouth.

There are some curious statis-Peers and Commons-meet Pir-

1 Cricket Club tics about this year's Finial. For bright

Pir-

Commons

in players Crawley and Hubert

instance, Arsenn have travelled bright Common.

As nucleus the only eight miles from Highbury Stadium to Toltenham and have two county back for

for the neutral semi-final Alan M.

with Chelsea-to get to Wem-Ashton 42 on Easter Mon-

bley

All their previous ties were at

day,

Parliamentary

Under- played for home, and only Burnley were Secretary for Air, First Division opponents. Liver-Oxford University and Kent.

Ashton, now 52, Conservative pool's passage has been equally easy all home ties except the member for Chelmsford, turned

semi-final with Everton, out for Cambridge and Essex. and the only visit to Third Divi-

STRACHEY OUT FOR 3 slon nearby Stockport. No other First Division opponents except Blackpool,

NOT IN 30 YEARS

Not for 30

it

the Cup

years

That

Test ericketer played

Final.

ni Mr. Strachey, who was

College, Elon

and Magdalen Oxford, is a cricketer, 100.

recall that ho played for the has Lords and Commons last

year

in against Westminater School. He.

caught after

was made ing

Len

Others who can be called on,

Andy Ducat of Surrey and rainuten Aston Villa. Now it s Denia

Compton's turn. Then again, if engagements allow, are Lord Dunglass and Lieut-colonel W. Arsenal's captala, Joe Mercer,

who may

Footballer

well become "The H. Bromley-Davenport. of the Year", hos

a business near Liverpool and

trains on the Anfield ground.

Also Paisley, Liverpool's wing-

EVEN WINNIE

Mr Winston Churchill has

half, won an Amateur Cup medal done most things worth while with Bishop Auckland in 1930, from, winning ware to painting can land a meritorious pictures and building walls. But "double." Only three other men never Ull the other day had I

heard of him as a cricketer.

start have done it.

Apparently he was no won the Arsenal have

Cup

performer at the game, for 82- twice and made four Final ap-year-old Harry Allen, a former pearances; Liverpool have been member of Sandhurst

In the Final but once and that 30

Collego of

years agol In the Cup both sides ground staff, has just sold

{hn: have knocked the other out

"He was not a great cricketer twice; in the League this season and I often had the privilege of Liverpool bent Arsenal twice. taking his middle stump at the

And so to the most curious nets for shilling." statistic and it is record of

Allen was recalling Mr Chur- all Arsenal have reached the chili's days at Sandhurst. Ilo coveted goal with a team whose now lives in retirement at average ngo la 32, youthful, woking.

athletic,

wicket-keeping Lestio

Compton being the "daddy" at

S

BRUCE HARRIS -(London. Express. Garuice).

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