THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1940
JUNIOR
ALL-ARMY SHIELD SOCCER FINAL Royal Engineers Score Narrow Win Yesterday
BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS
By "STRIKE"
There was a really keen Ten Pin game played in the Alleys on Good Friday night. Our old friends of U.S.S. "Mindanao"
played the U.S.S. "Gold Star". The latter Blount of the Royal Corps of Signals, with
team was one man short, and Corp. H.
his usual courtesy, filled in the gap.
The "Gold Star" lads won by the narrow margin of 78 pins, the individual scores being as follows:--
U.S.S. "Gold Star".
South China Had Only Themselves
To
Blame
By "REFEREE”!
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
(By "SQUADDY")
WEDNESDAYS exhibition Rugby
match between C.S.U. and RA.M.C., the Rugby League winners, was a very keenly contested affair, and typical of the many games play-
ed during the running of this League. 'Medicals, although without their star three quarter, Lt. Coombe, emerg-
ROYAL ENGINEERS earned the right to meet 30th R.A. in the Final of the Junior Shield competition on Satur- day when they defeated South China in the semi-final re-ed victorious by 8 points to three. play on Club ground yesterday by the odd goal in seven.
South China have only themselves to blame for their defeat and had they kept their tempers and heads better would surely have won. They were the faster team and displayed more understanding and combination 100 141 131 134 130 850 in the forward line.
1st 2nd G. G. H. Blount (Deput) 130 191 S. J. Pawlowaki 177 154 J. Class ...... 117 131 J. E. Cusick
U.S.S. "Mindanao"
3rd 4th 5th G. G. G. Ttls. 171 192 193 877 145 141 187 784
164 122 123 057
2068
156
179
BIG SCORING
the the
It seemed as though the Small Units would be too strong for The Chinese opened the scoring champions on the early run of after 20 minutes play through Chan game, and, when Keeble converted a Ching-yui and just before the inter-penalty goal, things looked black for val Fox headed in for Sappers.
the 'Medicals.' However the Champs applied pressure in the second half and, after they had drawn level through a fine try, into the extreme corner by Whybro, the positions were definitly reversed, with the 'Medicals' showing they were worthy of their attainment.
The Sappers took the lead shortly after the restart from a penalty by Fox and, shortly after, Iley sent in a hard drive to give his side a two goal
Engineers struck their best form in the second half when their weight D. M. Keplinger 144 171 226 133 830 helped them to a great extent and lead. E. F. Merrill... 159 137 135 126 738 | greatly upset the Chinese players, with S. Golden
153 116 156 141 111 677 the result that fouls were frequent J. C. Thomas.. 125 98 128 153 149 047
from both sides. 2890 South-China did most of the attack- Blount, deputising for an absent Golding in the first half and Moxham was Star player-was easily the highest scorer called upon several times, while with 877 in his bag, and Keplinger for Min-Chinese sent over some goods shots. danao-as usual-was second with 830.
Keplinger by the way was the only player
to register over 200, his effort being 228 in his third game, but, as I mentioned in my last week's Jottings, this is not unusual for this player.
BLOUNT'S LAPSE
I was rather struck, with Corp. Blount's good score, although it is hard to under stand how a player of his accomplishment could only register 130 on his first game and thus ruin an opportunity of beating his own record for five games in match play His average for the four last games was 187. The match itself was a good one although the total scores of both teams were not bril llant, the average per player per game for the Gold Star being only 148 pins--des- pite Blount's high score of 877-and only 144 per player per game in the case of the
Mindanao.
In the first game Mindanao were leading by 51 pins, but in the second game Gold Star drew ahead to a 44-pin lead. In the 3rd game Mindanao reduced the lead to only 10 pins in favour of their opponents! (1) In the 4th game Gold Star drew ahead little to be 46 pins up, and in the last game still further to finally win by 78 pins, it was indeed a close match and well worth seeing.
A COINCIDENCE ..
There was rather a curious coincidence in the Alleys, to say nothing of being unique. Mr. and Mrs. Landolt, Geo. North and Mr. Wilkins were playing a friendly Duck Pin game (a foursome) Jast Thursday night. The game finished up with everyone. tieing, all having 91 pins. I have never witnessed this before during all my experience of in- door Bowling.
Corp. Blount again put up a good score on Monday-he made 238 made up as fol. lows:-starting off with two spares, he then made three strikes in a row, a spare, strike, spare, to finish up his game with four strikes in a row.
This is not Blount's best effort, for on February 15, he registered 255, to be beaten on the 18th of the same month by Corp. Watts a member of his own unit the Royal Signals--who bagged the highest score over registered it these Alleys, namely 278. Blount, however, has spored 220's and 230's on several occasions.
SUCH IGNORANCE!
I was rather surprised the other day, while crossing from Kowloon to Hong Kong on the ferry, when a lady acquaintance of mine remarked that she was very interested In Indoor Bowling but had never played the game, or even seen it played, except at the cinema, where a "short" was shown of the Kamel
From what I gathered from her remarks, it appeared that she and many more ladies were averse to making the trip to the Alleys, because of their lack of knowledge of the game and "shyness," For the benefit of those who feel the same way about it, I can assure them that all the, instruction necessary, is available at the alleys, pro- vided an appointment is made.
One of our friends of U.S.S. Mindango has handed me a newspaper cutting. from Stuart, Ia. U.S.A., which" quotes a remark- able achievement by a'boy of 8 years old nt Stuart, his name being Harold Janssen.
Although unly 47 inches in beight, ba bowls with the best in the country, his best effort, bowled recently, being -143 at Duck Ping not many short of "the" perfect game. · Of the many patrons at the local Alley at Stuart, owned by. Harold's father, only one
the
man has bettered this score, and by only
one pin.
́ ́A PRODIGỸ
Not only those who go to watch bim; but where and how this little fellow acquired even members of his own family wonder
his remarkable delivery of the ball, and such complete mastery of the game,
Chinese attacked strongly and were soon on level terms through Cheong Wing-moon and Chan Ping-to but just before the final whistle, Taylor scored the winning goal.
YESTERDAY'S TENNIS
The tennis programme at the Hong Kong Cricket Club yesterday, proved uninteresting and the matches mostly one sided affairs..
RESULTS
were
Open Doubles Wong Fook-nam and Lam Kwan beat I, and. B. Agafuroff 6-4, 6-3.
Pang Ol-lam and Leung Ping-chul beat J. L. C. Pearce and D. I. Bosan-
they play at Stuart is the same as played It is a moot point, however, if the game in Hong Kong Bowling Alleys. I am of the opinion that the game young Harold played where strikes and spares are made more was with the "Rubber Band" Duck Pins,quet 6-2, 6-2. frequently than in the straight Duck Ten pins (without rubber bands) played in these Alleys. Nevertheless, the score made, by this kid was remarkable to say the least.
Tulsa is back in port again and our old friends, Spenko, Peterson, Schreier and Moore, will again be in the limelight.
We can always depend on some really good Duck Pin and Ten Pin Bowling from this really good bowling ship. In passing I am sorry to learn that this team is without the services of that old favourite of ours. Felenko, who has left Tulsa.
A
Capt. C. H. R. Hyde and J. J. Fer- guson received a walk over from Kwok Hing-chung and Lui Kwal-fan.
Handicap Doubles-
Lt. Cdr. C. B. Nicholson and Capt. G. V. Hobbs (-2/6) beat F. Macleod and E. S. Hall (1/8) 6—0, 0-0.
Mixed Doubles Handicap (-15.2) beat P. Wynter Blyth
J. S. Theobald and Mrs. Churchill
Miss B. Fair (scr.) 6-2, 6-1.
and
a
Minney sealed the issue towards the end of the second half with real "Tank" effort and will undoubted- ly be pleased with this his last game in the Colony. Morgan Converted from the try with his usual sure kick which had been a feature of the excellent kicking for touch and was game. Keeble also shone with his the outstanding player on the field.
Col. Chatterton, before presenting the cup, congratulated R.AM.C. on their excellent performance, and in doing so voiced the opinion of all Units concerned.
It is to be hoped that this privately, arranged competition will continue annually, as it was a great success and, was thoroughly enjoyed by all concerned. The C.S.U. will undoub- tedly enter a team in the Army Lea- gue next year and on this showing will be a force to be reckoned with.
*
✡
THE C.S.U. cricket team were
not weakened after all by the absence of Logan and Young, and, as the scores show, it was just as well for them that these two fine players were off
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