THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 28, 1989
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Eddie Gosano
Gosano Again Shines
International Softball
Series Progress CARDINALS COLLAPSE IN WOMEN'S LEAGUE ·
(By GRANDSTAND)
ESPITE the inclement weather and slippery grounds a full sche-
Ddule of Softball games were played last Sunday. The Portu-
gal "A"-Canada clash, which was won by the former 12-5, was The by no means a one-sided affair as the score may indicate. "Canucks", led by "Colonel" Dave Walker, put up a great fight and although on the losing end, they gave Portugal "A" a good scare for the first three cantos of the fray.
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The Canadians were leading 4 to 2 at the end of the fourth frame, but the Portugurse heavy sluggers reversed the issue in their turn to bat, to garner four tallies on five hits and two costly errors. After the third inning, the Cana-hind the plate for U.S.A. Hie throw- dians could not keep up their ori-ing to second base was just as good ginal pace and were only able to as of old. score one run in the remaining four innings.
WILDCATS-AND HOW
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SUNDAY'S SOFTBALL
SCORES AT A GLANCE
INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Portugal "A" 12, Canada 5. China 9, United States 0.
WOMEN'S LEAGUE Wildcats, 14, Canadian Chinese 8. Baby Panthers 12, Cardinals 10. Filipinos 22, Pirates 10.
INTER-HONG LEAGUE Green Spots 27, Kal Tak Civil 7. Lacas 20, China Underwriters 6. Union Insurance 25, Texaco 10.
SINGAPORE
CHINESE SOCCER PLAYERS ARRIVE
Poor Refereeing In Manila
The 19 members of the Singa- pore Chinese Football Associa tion, who have been playing a series of matches in Manila, ar- rived in Hong Kong yesterday afternoon by the Boeing Clipper, all looking very fit and well.
Actually the team is five days jahead of schedule as they were stop for the Cardinals and made not expected here until the arri two hits, two runs and stole three val of the China Clipper towards bases. Phyllis Gittins and Marie the end of the week.
also outstanding for Several of the players when in- Roza were
complained of the Cardinals. For the winners L. Gut-terviewed, teridge displayed good form. at poor standard of refereeing in Manila and said that almost all in- the initial sack.
fringments classified as dangerous by the Football Association were allowed to go unnoticed!
MANY SQUAWKS
ALL MANILA BEATEN. They played all their games in the evening under artificial lighting. the Their best game was against All Manila side whom they defeated by two clear goals in a very fast
Both teams borrowing players from the Wildcats, the Pirates Portugal "A", composed mostly of players from Club de Recreio, In the Women's League, the Wild- bowed to the Filipino Gals 22-10 Champs in the Men's League, were cats subdued their Canadian Chin- in a game with plenty of squawks not up to their usual standard of ese rival 14-8 in an interesting on the Umpire's alleged miscalls,
Maudie Read commanded the play. Johnny Alvares pitched agame. The clash turned out to be
for the Pirates and was encounter. good game allowing only six hits a struggle between the four Louie mound and two walks. G. G. Lee, the Cana- Sister and the four Mar Sisters. touched for 14 hits by the Southern dian twirler, worked like a Trojan The battery of the Maple Leafs girls. Dimanlig was on the mound on the mound, but he weakened was composed of Mary Louie, pitch for the Filipinos and yielded nine after the 3rd frame, yielding 13 and Dot Louie, catcher Wildcats bingles. The Pirates played very bingles and five walks Five miscues had the services of Lily "Sunshine" loose ball, erring nine times afield. committed by his fielders made mat-Mar, on the slab, and Doris Mar, Naty Failadona was very outstand- ters worse for Gee Gee.
The Gosano Brothers kept up their good work on the baseball diamond. Eddie, besides playing a brilliant game at centre-field, clouted a homer, a three-bagger and a two-bagger.
"A. V." was a little slow on the field, but his stick work accounted for three safties out of five times to bat. Gerry caught four flies in the outfield and made two well placed hits. Len Alltree, a veteran hard-ball artist, guarded the right- field garden for the Maple Leafs, and did a good job of it. Len's three-bagger which brought in three runs in the first inning, made the Portuguese boy's look pale un- der the gills. Denham Crary and Wally Ching played good ball for the losers.
EASY PICKINGS
behind the plate. Mary, Mar cover-ing ed the left-field cabbage patch very ably and accounted for three runs, two hits and three stolen bases.
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Baby sister Gloria Mar, who played a good game at centre- field, created a sensation in the fifth inning when she made, a perfect bunt and stole second, third and romped home all in one breath! Rose Louie played like a veteran at Shorter stop, scoop- ing hot grounders and catching Infield flies.
Mabel Louie, at the hot corner, was sure fire for put outs and Frances would-be-base-stealers.
"Zaza" Lee, the Wildcat's new find at second base. was very depend- able in the keystone position. Wild- cats made eleven hits to the Canucks 9. Both teams miscued three times apiece.
HEART-BREAKING DEFEAT
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at center-field, for Filipinos, while Babida and Lucido were very alert at third-base and second-base, respectively.
For the Pirates Maudie Read, as usual, was the most outstand- Mrs. ing player, and at bat. Stone played a very brilliant game at centre-fleld, but was un-
The team members are being ac- comodated at the St. Francis Hotel.
Lee. Wai-tong, South China Athle- tic Association skipper, Mr. Mok Ying, S.C.A.A. soccer manager and
other committee members of the
Chinese club were at Kai Tak to wel-
come the players.
Mr. John Then, the player-mana- ger of the visiting team, was pre- sented with a bouquet by. Mr. Lee Wai-tong as soon as he left the Clipper.
fortunate in the last inning, ENGLAND XI FOR
when she actually caught a fly off her shoe string deep ́in cen- ter-field, but the umpire ruled that the ball was caught on the first bounce and the batter safe at first base!
GREEN SPOTS SWEEȚEN
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HAMPDEN PARK
London, To-day. The following will represent Eng- land against Scotland at Hampden Park, Scotland, on April 15:
London Bid For World Weight Title Fight
Woodley (Chelsea); Morris (Wolves) and Hapgood (Arsenal) (Captain); Willingham (Huddersfield), Cullis In the Inter-Hong League, all (Wolves) and Mercer (Everton); Mat- three games were one-sided and thews (Stoke), G. Hall (Spurs), Law- Goulden (Manchester there isn't much one can say about ton (Everton),
City) and Brook (Manchester City).—— them. Green Spota sweetened a Reuter, bit more by giving the Kai Civil aggregation a 27 to 7 wallop- In the second game in the Inter-
The Flying school lads looked as national series, China had easy After leading by nine runs till if they were participating in a pickings, trouncing the United the sixth inning, the Cardinals gave blindfold event from the manner
San Juan. (Puerto Rico), (By Air States 9 to ril. Tommy Chan was the game away to the Baby Pan-in which the Orange Juicers had Mail) -Mr. Johnny Best, the Har- in great form on the mound forthens to the tune of 12-10. It was a them running around after the ringay promoter, wants to match. China. He only allowed two measly heart-breaking game for the Car-ball. Heavy slugging. by Green Peter Kane, the British holder of hits, one by Ernie Hearther and dinals to lose.
Spot Sweeties featured the game. the world's fly-weight champion- another by Lawrence. Doc Molthen,
Every Green Spot batter made a on the slab for the United States,
hit with Ernie Abbas taking hon-ship, with the winner of the world | bantam-weight championship be- had an off-day, yielding six hits
ours with the stick by rapping two
tween Sixto Escobar, the holder, and making two costly errors to
circuit-clouts during the melee.
and K. O. Morgan, of Detroit, which help in his own defeat.
takes place here on April 2.
The game was scoreless for two innings.
Mr. Best has cabled asking the winner to name his terms as quick- ly as possible after the fight for a trip to England to defend his title against Kane in an open-air con- test in London on Derby Day, May
For the losers, Stanley Lee and Fuster were the only ones who play-24 ed ball for the Flying School lads.
In the first of the sixth inning the score was 10 to 1 in favour of the Redbirds. At their turn at bat in this canto, the Panthers rallied brilliantly, scoring no less than 11 Stan Leonard, in spite of his ex- runs to put them in the lead with tra flesh; took the limelight in the two runs to spare. The whole Car-Windy-Alley, letting nary à ball In the third frame China. broke dinal team just blew up for no good pass him and for good measure, the ice with Hong Sling, Richard reason at all, and the Babes took made two timely hits to bring in five Chung, R. Chang and Earl Wong advantage of the situation, chalk runs. crossing home plate one after an-ing up eleven counts on eight hits, other on three walks and three hits. three walks and four bonehead China garnered three more runs in errors. the fourth frame and two in the Up to the fatal sixth, Addi Zim-Fuster smacked a homer and help opposition to three measley hits sixth to cinch the game.
mern pitched great ball, yielding to keep the score down when he Union Insurance beat. Texaco R. Chang made s some beautiful only one hit and two walks. Irene took over the twirling assignment greasere quite easily. Remedieos, of catches at centre-field; while Choy Tavares started on the mound for from Lawrence, in the last stages the Union, hit three homers. off played a good game at short-stop the Panthers, but in the third in- of the game.
at second base. Willie Rapley pitch- in place of Wally Ching, who play ning she was chased to the show
The strong Lacas team swamped | four-bagger and played a good game ed for Canada instead of China. ers after she had allowed eight China Underwriters Nine 20 to 6. ley also hit
Its homer. For the Americanos, Hanus Wag runs.
Soares, on the mound for Under- Schmidt, of Texaco, cloutéd goner and Harris shone brightly in C. Marques and Irene Pereira writers, had a trying time holding Frank Lesan's pit the the windy-alley and hot-corner shared mound duty from the third down the Laces heavy-slugg buted good respectively,
inning till the end and held the
no avail acan chalka Redbirds to three hits and two runs
hits including two in five innings.
Florie Wong played well at Short-
Oldtimer Tommy Thomson play- ing ball for the first time in many moons, gave a sterling display be.
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