THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 2, 1940
SOFTBALL NOTES
TWO
BIG
SURPRISES
Dollano's Three-Base Hit Gives Victory To P. I.
INDIA OUTPLAYS U.S. IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
(By "GRANDSTAND")
THE DOPESTERS and Softball critics had a bad day on Sunday in the International series. Biggest upset of the day was in the curtain-raiser, when Philippines surpris- ingly subdued China 7-5 in a tilt full of excitement and thrills.
The Chinese were at least 10 to 1 favourites to down the boys from the
Southern Archipelago, but, playing PORTUGUESE
.one man short, spelt defeat for Chung Hwa. The Filipinos played just as good a game as the Chinese squad, but
I am of the opinion that if China had had the regulation nine men on the.
VICTORIES
field the story would have been differ- OVER G.B.
.ent.
I
were a
. The Chinese aggregation down-hearted lot after the struggle, specially the female species, who were
(By "GRANDSTAND")
SOFTBALL SCORES
ÄT A GEANCE
INTERNATIONAL Philippines 7 China India
8 U.S.A. MEN'S LEAGUE
3
Liga
13 C.B.A.
1
Portugal
FRIENDLY
12. Great Britain 10 (Girls)
P'tugal Girls 13 Great Britain 3
LEAGUE BADMINTON
Two matches were played in Mixed
Doubles Division of the Badminton League last night resulting in wins for University
and K.C.C.
University beat St. John's by 7-2:
K. L. Yong and Miss U. Khoo -(Univ.)."; beat N. L. Smith and Mrs. Strange 21-10
there in big numbers to give their boys Men's League, Liga Portuguesa blank-beat R. Beaven and Miss McCaw
the
some moral support, shouted at ump, in no mild tone, on a couple of close decisions.
Needless to comment on the jubila- tion of L. R. Ildefonso and his cohorts at upsetting China's tea wagon.
Both teams played on even terms, bungling five chances apiece; with the stick China registered only one more blow than the Filipinos' five..
a
ed Central: British Association · 13-0. C.B.A, fielded a very scrub team, while Liga was well represented for change. C.B.A. even fielded Joe Hig- gins' little son to complete the side!
beat Smith and Mrs. Strange beat Kwok and Mrs. Wilson
Y.M.C.A.
HOCKEY
SEASON WIND-UP
To mark the end of a high- ly successful season, in which over 70 men's games have so far been played, the Y.M.C.A. Hockey Club plan to hold a special cabaret-dance in the Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel on Friday, April 19th, to which all members and friends are invited.
On the next day (Saturday), the In the only game played in the beat D. Kwok and Mrs. Wilson ...... 21-4
.. 21-6 season will be formally closed by two. P. K. Hul and Miss Uheng Khoo (Univ.). intra-Club matches, the first start-
21-17 ing at 3 o'clock, when the Men's 21-11 Junior XI will play the "Y" Ladies, Miss winners, of the Caer Clark Cup for the fourth successive year. The sec- (Univ.)
ond match will be between the Civil- 17-21
ian and Service members of 21-18
the 21-7 Club's Senior team.
This defeat makes C.B.A. close neigh- bours of the Emma Gees at the bottom of the League ladder.
Gave walk over to Beaven and McCaw.
P. S. Bun and Miss J.:K. Hung lost, to Smith and Mrs. Strange beat Kwok and Mrs. Wilson
K.C.C. Win
In two friendly games, Portugal triumph-beat Beaven and Miss McCaw ed over both the male and female teams of Great Britain. The British men were top- ped by the Portuguese lads 12-10, while the
K.C.C. beat Talkoo by 8-1: The Chinese, who were first to bat, started femmes went down like a ton of bricks in a off like a house on fire with four tallies in 13-3 count against the Portuguese cutics. J. L. Anderson and Miss Stokes (K.C.C.). the first canto. With two outs Luke Bunn The men's game was more or less a get beat W. C. Bováird and 'Miss Pollock 21- 9 laced a stinging double to centre field, and together for both teams and, from the re-beat R. Main and Mrs. Main -21-15 stole third a minute later. Wally "bare-sult, one cannot tell how, strong or weak foot-boy" Ching followed with a grass cutter the British side is. Britain was without the beat H. O. Gillies and Mrs. Beatie.. 21-3
A. L. Fisher and Miss Pársón (K.C.C.). that almost de-armed third sacker Palma, services of their first string pitcher, Denham, and Bunn scored on the bobble. Bespecta- Crary and éled Al Lau came through with a double to score Wally. Choy singled to enable Lau to cross the plate and Choy romped home on Richard Chung's double. In trying to pilfer
third Chung was nailed at the hat corner, chucker Dave Amper assisting Palma to
· retire the session. ·
China scored one more in the third and - were blanked the rest of the way.
TWO SCORELESS INNINGS
first-sacker Terry Leonard. lost to Bovaird and Miss Pollock 16-21 White took beat Main and Mrs. Main "Smudge" Smith and George turns on the mound for Great Britain, while beat Gillies and Mrs. Beatie Portugal had the services of three hurlers P. Wynter-Blyth and Miss Harker (K.C.C..) in Kelly Silva-Netto, Jackie Noronha and beat Bovaird and Miss Pollock..... 21-13 Johnny Alvares.
Portugal showed some real power with the bat, with Eddie Gosano belting two homers and Nick Beltrao and Miguel Mendonca coming through with a 1.000 per cent. aver- age with the hickory. The losers' only long
nard's two bagger.
The Filipinos were blanked in the first hits were Joe Higgins' double and Al Leo-
from two stanzas. In the third the lads down yonder dented the counting station Gonzales and -with-two- counts. Frankie
BRITISHERS NOT SO HOT! The Portuguese girls had easy sailings all
beat Main and Mrs, Main
beat Gilles and Mrs. Beatle
King's Good Win
Weather permitting, an open air tea will be given on the ground and photo- graphs will be taken.
POPULAR FUNCTIONS
Y.M.C.A. Hockey Club dances have always proved to be very popular in 21-18 the past, and every effort is being 21-14 made to ensure the success of this one. It will begin at 9 p.m. and will last till 2 a.m., to the music of Art Caneire's Band.
21-10 21-16
At St. Andrew's Church Hall last night, King's College scored a good win over St
Andrew's Club in "B" Division of the Bad- minton League:
Tickets for the dance may be ob tained beforehand through members or at the counter of the Y.M.C.A.. Double tickets cost $3.50 and single tickets $2.00, and the proceeds will go to the British War Organisation
Vency Marques scored on a miscue by Al the way to take the British cuties to town A, E. Brown and W. Gillies (St. Andrew'a). } Fund.-Contributed.
Lau, a wild pitch, a walk, a bobble by Luke Bunn and a wild throw by Wally Ching.
Philippines scored one more in the fifth, and jumped ahead with a four-run rally in the sixth to bag the game. Dave Amper doubled and Dave Bautista singled. Johnny Delgado popped, to shortstop for the first .out. Palma was safe at first on a fielder's ..choice to load the cushions.
At this stage of the fray, players and spectators alike were
pins. and on needles with the tieing runs on bases. Bob Laurel grounded and Dave Amper, who was forced home, was safe when hind snatcher Nip Lum, had his foot off the plate after receiving the ball. Frankle Gonzales sacrificed a long fly and Bautista counted to knot the score, 5-5.
Hero of the day was Fidel Dollano, who connected for a three ply clout, longest hit of the game, to chase in Bob Laurel and Palma for the two tallies which meant victory.
China tried desperately in the seventh but the Filipinos held them in one-two-three
-order.
Tufty Chinn twirled a brilliant game for China, wiffing five and walking two, while Dave Amper, the Filipino southpaw flinger, fanned one and passed one.
in a 13-3 count. The British femmes did not look any too good either on the field or with the bat and I fear the Chinese damsels are well prepared, for a long merry-go-round next Sunday when they meet Maudle Read's squad. Anyway there's nothing like trying.
that the Indians outplayed their opponents in all departments of the game. India boot- With the ed only three to the Yankees' six. willow and the Indians walloped Doc Mol- then for not less than nine solid blows, in- cluding a double by Madeen Arculli.
Kassa Nazarin limited the Americans to four hits, the longest of which were a triple by Doc Molthen and a two-bagger by High- pockets Wilson. Doc struck out one and passed one while Nazarin fanned two and walked one.
EARLY STAGES SCORELESS The score-board showed nothing but goose eggs for two innings and a very tight en- In the third, counter was anticipated. India started on their way to victory with two tallies, Madeen Arculli and Abdul Omar crossing the pan on a hit by Madeon and two American bobbles,
In the fourth, India added three more counts and from then on India had the game Навчал reached first when A neat double-play was completed by the in the bag. Filipinos in the fifth inning; Johnny Delgado Badrick let the ball go through his lega at to Dave Bautista then to Vency Marques to the windy alley: Sherry Bux and Huckfai Kitchell got on on hits and all three scored get rid of Wally Ching and Al Lau.
and o Two doubles by Dave Amper and a two-later on a sacrifice fly by Nazarin bagger each by Luke Bunn, Nip. Lum, wild throw by Red Kiplinger at the left Richard Chung and Al Lau were the other pastures. long distance hits.
Philippines ..China
India made sure of victory with three more runs in the sixth on three hits and a muff by Dick Venezia at right field.
The Americans could only reply with one run in the sixth stanza and in the last canto the Americans were disposed of in easy anmanner to end the game.
R: H. E. 002 014 x-7 5 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-8 6 6 SECOND UPSET India gavo United States of America, 8 to 3 trimming to cause the second upset of the day. UB.A. were not such hot favour- ites to beat India, but all the same nobody would have given a row of pins for India's chances of lowering the boorti on the Stars and Stripest............
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A dazzling, double-killing was pulled by the Yanks in the second frame. Doo Molthen to Ernie Hoarther at firat and then Ernie to Juphald. Cogdill to nall
Sherry Bux at the hot cornerina Carpe Fielding gems of the game” were Sherry To be quite candid I never expected: IndiaBux and Ernie Hearther. Sherry gathered to give the Americans such a walloping and | Wilson's long fly off his shoe string; for the I am sorry-now that-I did not take a bot best catch I have even seendince Red from my buen amigo Willie, from Thimon- Keplinger nabbed a fly off Bill Woo's bat on tin way, who tried to get a lemonade off me thể C.B.A. ground, and Ernie Hearther's against his quart of beer that the Ameri-one-handed catch of a hard drive of Hara cands will top the Indianos in the second san'a stick had the crowd shouting for more. \game of the International series. We were infra «-wrong- again Williet
India
As the score book shows there is no doubt |U.6.A.
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• 21-15- beat H. T. Woo and K. L. Lui lost to S.. P. Chan and W. C. Chung 21-24 beat K. H. Lo and P. Lam
21-2
E. F. Fincher and H. Kow (St. Andrew's). lost to Woo and Lui
lost to Chan and Chung beat Lo and. Lam-.
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VOLUNTEER OFFICERS TO PLAY ARMY
The following will represent the Officers
.A. E. P. Guest and M. M. Davies (St. An-H.K.V.D.C. against "An Army XI" at the drew's). lost to Woo and Luf 10st to Chan and Chung
lost to Lo and Lam
BADMINTON FIXTURES
K.C.C. on Sunday commencing 11.30 a.m. 7-21 sharp:-) 2-21
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Lt. Col. E. J. R. Mitchell (Capt.), Major R. D. Walker, Major H. Owen Hughes, Lt. A. E. Perry, Li, J. S. Hardie Scott, Lt. E. W. Stout, Lt. A. M.' Rodrigues, Lt. D. J. N. Anderson, 2/Lt. D. McLellan, 2/Lt. W. Stoker and 2/Lt. T. A. Pearce.
man Smith will play, C. Au and P. H. There has been a re-arrangement Wong; to-morrow at K.C.C. at 8.30 of the Badminton Championship fix- K. L. Yong and H. F. Chew will meet tures for the week owing to the in- A. M. Silva and M. A. Oliveira; and ability of H. Eardley to play on on Thursday, at Recreio, C. Au will ' Wednesday.
meet H. Eardley and P. H. Wong will This evening, commencing at 8.30 meet K. L. Yong in the semi-finals at Club de-Recreio, Eardley and Nor- of the singles event.
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