THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1938.
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INTERNATIONAL
FINAL WILL BE HELD ON
SUNDAY
ON CLUB GROUND
Sir Shouson Chow To Pitch The First Ball
STRONG CHINESE LINE-UP AGAINST
YANKEES
(By "SHORTSTOP")
SOFTBALL SERIES
WITH only limited practice during the past two weeks, the finalists in the International Soft- ball Series, China and the U.S.A., which will be played next Sunday at 2.30 p.m., on the Hong Kong - Football Club ground, are nevertheless "rarin' to go!". Having made all the medicine he can with his team, Abe Liu, the coach for China, confidently awaits the outcome of the championship.
China has the more impressive line-up with their roster of youngsters, the youngest being Earl Wong, 18 year old third sac- ker, who has made a remarkable showing in baseball the past two
seasons.
The line-up for China would even make a good one for base- ball. Chow Young, the "Wizard of the Whiff," has been playing in high competitive ball Leagues in Hawaii, and was the star hurler, for the winners of the pennant in the Honolulu Commercial Soft- ball League, before he came to Hong Kong.
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Working with him behind the bat is able Nip Lum, whose ver- satility enables him to play. any position on the field with surety. Nip is probably the best base-stealer in the League.
Hard-hitting Bill Woo, late of Montreal, will be at first; Al Lau, another hefty clouter at second; and Bobby Jan, star of Pui Ching Academy, will be seen at short. Out in the orchard, there are Tuffy Chinn, stocky leftfielder; fleetfooted Wally Ching at centre; and the re- doubtab.e Tommy Chan, veteran of four Far Eastern Olympics, right.
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TOUGH ASSIGNMENT The Americans have a tough as- signment on Sunday when they clahs with China as there is no one in Hong Kong who is quite as capa- ble as Abe Liu when it comes to coaching a baseballl team. However, anything can happen in a ball game, and many rehearsed plays can awry when least expected.
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The Yankee contingent are going into the melee with apprehension as, considering the relative merits
of each side, the Chinese have youth and the old fighting spirit which is a combination that is hard to heat NOT ENOUGH PRACTICE Although the Amercans are the more experienced aggregation, they, have had very little practice toget
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JIM FERRIER'S OUTSTANDING FEAT
Sydney, January 6. The outstanding golf perform- ance during the holidays. Was N.S.W. amateur and close chame pion, Jim Ferrier's, 137 for 36 holes at Manly on Monday.
With rounds of 67 and 70, he was seven strokes under par, and with them he won the scratch trophy, and the handicap, playing from plus 1. Incidentally, he is the only player in the State who is handi- capped at his club to concede start to par.
Gilloegly can cover all flies within two blocks of centerfield. "SWEET LOOKING POOL TABLE"
sweet looking pool table, but they have to be on their toes, and we don't mean ballet dancers, either!
All in all, the Americans have a
An oldtime baseball fan, Sir Shou- son Chow, will pitch the first ball to-morrow afternoon. Sir Shouson
first became interested in the game famous South China baseball team some fifteen years ago when the
ran away with the local pennant each season. Another distinguished per- sonage in the grandstand will be Madam, Sun Fo, who has kindly If it were not for the newly arrived consented to be the patroness of strengthening of five new players in the International Softball Series. the Colony the Americans would not even have had a showing in the pre liminaries.
her as a team.
AMERICAN NEWCOMERS
Of these newcomers, Rex Rechs- teiner 18 the most outstanding: Rex
TABLE TENNIS RESULTS
The results of the Hong Kong Table has made the best showing of any Tennis Singles League matches play- in the League at his favourite posied last evening were as follows: tion at the windy alley, and his hit-Chung Chok-yung beat Chan
Shui-fan
ting is beyond reproach. Between Cheng Kok-wing received w. ok. Rex and Butch McCall, the fans are from D. R. Speckling kept in delight at their speedy bullet Chung Wing-kwong beat Lee
Hon-kun
throws to Bill North, at the initial w. J. Skinner received w bag, who is pretty sure of his posi-! from D. R. Spreckling tion. Hank Madigan, whose berth Shu Shui-kow beat A. M. Bo- Lung Fai beat L. J. Reme- telho
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at leftfield is filled very ably, is also A mighty swatter; while Jimmy.
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SOFTBALL SHIELD
PRESENTED BY
J. J. KING
1938
The Internațional Softball Shield, above, was donated by Mr. James J. King. China and U. S. A., will meet in the final of the Internation- al. Softball Series next Sunday.
LETTER FROM COTTON
Thanks To Australian Golfers
Sydney, January 7. The British open golf champion, Henry Cotton, will not visit Aus- tralia for the proposed tournament during the Anniversary celebra- tions. In a letter to Mr. A. Keane, the organiser of the suggested tournament, Cotton wrote:-
FAREWELL DINNER TO F. L. RAPLEY
A dinner in honour of Mr. F. L. Rapley who is shortly leaving the Colony, is to be held at the Kow- loon Bowling Green Club on Satur- day next.
This will be followed by a con- cert and a presentation to the guest of the evening.
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"Thank you for your nice letter WRESTS
and good wishes. Please convey my
CANADAK
VICTORY FROM DEFEAT
Prague, To-day.
World
thanks to the Australian boys for In the semi-finals of the their appreciation of anything I have Ice Hockey Championship yesterday, done to help British golf
Canada beat Germany by 3 goals to
Godfrey Canada.-Trans-
planning to make the trip of the na-
"At the present time 1 am not 2. ture you suggest,
Germany was leading by 2-1 only although I am thirty seconds before the end, when grateful for the clear way in which Canada drew level. you have shown
me the financial In the extra period,
trouble you have taken to detail all possibilities of such a trip. Again scored again for thanking you very much for the Ocean. this for me, and if I do change my plans, I will certainly get in touch with you."
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