The Corinthians coming in to tiffin during last Wednesday's cricket match against the Kowloon Cricket Club at Cox's Path. From left to right are Pearce (hand in pocket), Len Bradbury, the wicketkeeper, and G. Dance. ("Mail" photo),
INTERNATIONAL SOFTBALL FINAL
TO-DAY
TO-DAY'S SPOTLIGHT
(By "SHORTSTOP”)
WITH glorious weather prevailing, the final of the International
Softball championship of Hong Kong, will most probably be
The attack is a thrustful one held to-morrow. with several sharpshooters includ- The Kowloon 1st XI will be at home
ing F. Fowler and Wong Mei-shun, to the Craigengower C.C. in a friendly who comprise the right-wing. Knox all-day game of Cricket on Sunday, is at centre-forward and Howlett commencing at 11 am. The following and Bickford teams have been selected:
Kowloon C. C.:-D. J. N. Anderson wing. (Capt.), K. M. Baxter, R. T. Broad-
bridge, G. F. O'Bryen, E. C. Fincher,
make up the
left
The Corinthians are expected to
S. Jex, R. E. Lee. N. D. Lloyd, T. A.win comfortably, but the Civilians Madar, W. L. McKenzie and F. `Zim- mern. Umpire, J. P. Robinson.
should fully extend them..
The teams are:
Both China and America are more than prepared for the melee, and a grand and exciting game should be seen at 2.30 p.m., at the Hong Kong Football Club ground..
Sir Shouson Chow has again pro-, mised to pitch the first ball.
"SPOTLIGHT"
Craigengower-E. Zimmern (Capt.), P. J. Billimoria,
The American team in the Interna- W. Hong Sling. D. Hung. A. K. Ismail, A. T. Lee, F. K.
tional Softball Series will be losing Lee, G. Souza, J. L. Youngsave,
Islington Corinthians: Wingfield; their first string pitcher, when A. Martin, Zimmern and F. R. Zimmern. Umpire, Whittaker, Bradbury;
Clark (Captain); Wright,
Joe
G. Ladd. Scorer. T. Lock.
Read, Tarrant, Morreale leaves to-day by plane for Sherwood, Avery and Pearce.
Hankow, where he has been transfer- red to that branch of the Texas Com- Sammy Tsang (East- Mak Siu-hon (South China pany.
Civilians:
COMBINED SCHOOLS XI The following will represent the Combined Schools in a friendly game:ern); of cricket against Mr. G. R. Saver's "A"), V. Costa (St. Joseph's); Leung XI on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Civil In-chan (S, China "B"), A. S. Bliss. Service C.C. ground:
Joseph Harold Morreale, tall pitcher J. L. Youngsave (Capt.). W. Gegg, "A"); F. Fowler (Club), Wong Mee-
(Kowloon), Lee Kwok-wai (S. China and first baseman of the Hong Kong N. J. Booker. C. Hoserood, D. Hollidge shun (S. China "A"), D. Knox (Kow-Baseball Club's softball and D. Parsons (Central
squad, was. British loon), Howlett (Police), B. I. Bickford born at Middletown, New York, 27 School): K. M. Rumiahn (Queen's Col-
(Club).
lege), J. Gosano (La Salle Gollege), A. J. Prata. D. Cary and E. Fisher- Reserves: Hussain (St. Joseph's), (Diocesan Boys' School). Reserve, Z. Gough (Police), D. Leonard (St.
Joseph's) and Ward (St. Joseph's).
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years ago.
Jop's sports activities began in earn- est at Middletown High School, where he won five letters: three in football and two in track, besides playing some basketball.
After one year at Gettysburg Uni- versity, in. Pennsylvania, where he played freshman football, he entered Colgate University, Hamilton, New
Joe Morreale, first string pitcher for America, is leaving to-day for Hankow. Joe is from Colgate Universite and can groove 'em in at the right time.
York, and figured prominently in the OPEN SQUASH mural basketball competitions of 1936, TOURNEY TIES
championship team that won the intra-
the year in which he graduated.
Joe didn't play much baseball in POSTPONED
school, but was active in the softball league, at Hamilton, during the year of his graduation, and learned more. în that one year playing in stiff competi tion than he had ever before.
Nanking was his first residence. in China and he was transferred to Hong Kong last September, Since his arri val in the Colony, Joe has turned out |for practically every coftball ga
which the “HK, Baseball4 Clüb ip and distinguished himself at the Back, and, latterly showing- up
pitcher with his decep
Owing to the unexpected move- ments of H. M. Ships, four of the last eight players remaining in the Open Squash Tournament had to leave the Colony on February, or 20
that these om. petitors will l “eturn" About the middle of Man and it has been decided to postpone the remaining matches accordingly.