THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1040
BOWLING ALLEYS
By “STRIKE",
The Dare Devils are still victorious 'and have never lost a match.
They played the Argonauts in a friendly 5-game Ten Pin match on June 12, the match resulting in a decided win for the
Dare Devils by no less than 454 pins.
On this occasion Joe Harvey and Albert Odell were unable to turn out for them, but W. H. Lambert and E. L, Wood, both of U.S.S. “Asheville"; very sportingly filled in the gaps.
The scores were as follows:
DARE DEVILS
ARGONAUTS
¡H. Blount...
Total 870
791 W. H. Lambert.. 699
J. H. Watia..... 831 E. L. Woods
Total 'D. Hall
710 6. A. Ismail ... 702 D. E. Norman,. 679 G. Birkett
I was very favourably impressed by the performance of both sides, the scoring all- round being very steady and consistent,
Our old friend, W. S. Chase, for the Black
Gaugs, was the star bowler and his 473 was good, his average working out at 95 pins per game; it only required a spare or a strike to make him 500 for an average of 100 pins per game.
H. Ruel was not very far behind, his effort of 400 pins being really good consistant bowling; I have not seen such consistancy for a long time, as his score shows, 99, 99, 07, 90, 91.
ARMY TENNIS
Two further matches were played in the Army Tennis League yesterday.
R.E. V. SIGNALS
In a Second Division Army League tennis match at Sookunpoo yesterday afternoon, the Royal Engineers beat the Royal Corps of Signals by D sets to nll.
Capt. Bird and Capt. Freeman · (R.E.): beat C.Q.M.8, Swyres and Cpl.,Gorman
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ARMY SPORTLIGHT
By "SQUADDY"
FIRST swimming gala to be staged
in the new Swimming Pool in Victoria Barracks, took place on Wed- Re- nesday evening, when Victoria creation Club were entertained by the Royal Scots. The. V.R.C. swimmers
gave a num-
of
ex-
beat Sgt. Brakenberry and Sgt. Langley 6-2 | Royals v V.R.C. ber beat L/Cpl. Love and L/Cpl, Sewelly 6-0
Q.M.S. Rivett and 5/8gt. Quinnall (R.E.) to
beat Swyres and Gorman.. beat Brakenberry and Langley beat Love and Sewelly
The third best score was made by Bower- sox of Black Gangs, this player is new the Alleys and I can prophesy great doings 640 | for him in the near future. His average
was 02 pins per game,
2737
3101 Blount was again top scorer in the match, bagging no less than 670 pins or an average of 174 pins per game; he did not secure a 200 during the match, but was very close to it in his third game when he made 197.
Watts was easily second high scorer with 831; his closest score to the 200 mark was on his 4th game, when he made 193 pins. As a matter of fact Blount's 197 and Watts'
193 were easily the highest individual scores for any game during the match.
Apart from Watts and Blount, the standard of bowling was not brilliant, all the other players being a long way behind to average about 130 to 150 per player.
Also on the same day, there was quite an interesting match played between the "Asheville Razzers" and the "Asheville Wise Guys**.
On this occasion the "Wise Guys" won -very comfortably by no less than 369 pins.
Individual scores were as follows:-
WISE GUYS
Total
G. C. Merkel..... 014
· V. V. Vining....... 799 -L. C. Garrett
-C. F. Rozum..
723
717
3053
RAZZERS
The average per player per game for the Black Gangs worked out at 87.6 pins per player per game, while, for the Deck Gangs, the average worked out at 86.8 pins per player per game, so it can easily be seen how close the game was, and, how keenly contested. Black Gang won by the very narrow margin of 16 pins...
In the first game Black Gang were up by 2 pins only; in the second game they were only 7 pins up; in the third game they were 10 pins up, and were 19 pins up in the fourth game to finish on the last game by 16 pins. The question of winning was left in doubt right up the last game.
On Tuesday we again saw the Dare Devils in action against U.S.S. Tulsa.
The match resulted in a 289-pin win for Dare Devils, who thus keep up their un- beaten record,
The individual scores were:----
DARE DEVILS
H. Blount.. Total J. H. Watts. C. J. Summera 714 | E. P. Hollis. D. E. Norman.. 693 | R. E. Skiven.. E. L. Wood.... 645 W. C. Cooley... 632
2684 Merkel and Vining, for Wise Guys, were undoubtedly the star bowlers of the match, the former player's 814 working out at 163 -pins per game and the latter's, 160 pins per game; the rest of both teams were well be "hind with about an average of 140 pins per .player.
was
No doubt the fact that this match played in the early afternoon, and therefore in the full heat of the day, was a contribut- ing factor to the very lowly scoring. ever, made the match a very interesting one to watch,
U.S.S. TULSA
Total
Total
943
F. Spenko
784
780
A. A. Borg
783
773
E. J. Moore...
684
7.19
P. Peterson...
675
3215
2026
Again on this occasion Blount for the Dare Devils, was easily the highest scorer for the match, his bag being 943 or an average of 180 pins per game; had he made another ? pins to total 150; he would have averaged 190 pins per game.
The next highest score was made by F. Spenko for Tulsa, with 784 or an average of 157 pins per game.
Watts for Dare Devils, was third high score with 780 or an average of 150 pins per game.
On the whole, with the exception of Corp.
6TH A.A. v. 36TH H. BATTERY
to the 38th Heavy Battery, R.A., by 5 sets The 5th A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery, lost to 4 in a Second Division Army League tennis match yesterday.
Sgt. Hicks and, 8.M., Mills (5th A.A.} lost to Capt. Mills and Sgt. Simpson.. 3-6 lost to Sgt. Coughlin and Bdr. Savage 1–6 beat Bdr. Fiddy and Bdr, Barraclough 6–1 Bdr. Geadenough and Gnr. Wooldridge (6th A.A.)
hibitions which delighted the large crowd that G-0 6-a witnessed them. Despite a 16-seconds 64 | handicap A. K. Rumjahn easily beat L/Sgt. Spencer and L/Cpl. Shaw (R.E.). Cpl. Sutherland in the 100 yards back- beat Brakenberry and Langley beat Swyres and Gorman..........
8-4 stroke, Lieut. Hunter coming a close 6-0 third. A. J. Hussain, the other beat Love and Sewelly
V.R.C. swimmer in this event, who conceded 11 seconds to the squaddies, was unplaced. In the 100 yards Free- style, Bandsmaster Jordan dead-heat- ed for second place with C. Huang,. David Hutchinson being an easy win- ner of the event. The Inter-Company team
four race was decided over lengths of the bath (133 1/3 yards). 8-4 The winner being Headquarter Com- 8-3 38pany No. 2 team, with Headquarter (5th No. 1 team close seconds; "B" Company filled third place. A great effort by 6-2 Lieut. Buchanan, when he swam his 6 length in 19 seconds, almost secured the victory for his team. The winning team was composed of Lieut. Dunlop, Bdsman. Slayter, L/Cpl, Morris, who gained valuable yards on his opponent, and Bandsmaster Jordan. No. 1 team swimmers were Pte. McHugh, Lieut. Buchanan, Pte. Davidson, and Pte. Byrne.
beat Mills and Simpson. beat Coughlin and Savage lost to Fiddy and Barraclough
L/Bdr. Whitmore and Gnr. Burgess
A.A.)
beat Mills and Simpson... ................ lost to Coughlin and Savage lost to Fiddy and Barraclough
YESTERDAY'S TENNIS
1-0
Despite showers late in the afternoon, three "D" Division League tennis matches were
The healthy razzing and good fun. how Blount's good score, the rest of the players played yesterday.
were bad, averaging only 135 to 156 pins,
BLOUNT'S GOOD BOWLING As a matter of interest
MOLTHEN WINS
Doc. Molthen played F. P. Hollis of U.S.S. Mindanao in the third round of the Singles Handicap Competition on Monday. The match resulted in a win for Doc. Molthen by 43 pins.
Doc.'s handicap was plus 20 and Hollis" plus 26, so Doc. Molthen was concerding 6
for pins per game or 18 pins
the three games played.
The Individual scores were as follows:-
1st 2nd 3rd Receives Tti.
-Doc. Molthen
(plus 20) F. P Hollis
(plus 26) ...
165 194 161
166 179 114
18
520
C.B.A. V.C.C.C..
I have been Central British Association were losing through Corp Blount's records.. In his last 50 to Craigengower when rain set in and 10 Ten Pin matches he has scored no less the remaining games were abandoned. than 8,568 país, the average per match being E. Bull and C. Semmelmann (C.B.A.). 856.0 pins, and the average per game ifør je.
the 50 games played being 171.2 pins perlost to K. M. Au and C. M. Lee game. This probably constitutes a record lost to N. Leonard and A. Hung in these Alleys.
T. Lockhart and V..C. Bond (C.B.A.). lost to Au and Lec'
+
In the above match it is worthy of note
reached the 200 score, he securing 200 on that Cpl. Blount was the only player who his first game, and 221 pins on his last game.
.
On Wednesday, there was a very interest- ing and closely-contested five-game Duck Pin match between. Royal.:Signals, and Min- danao, resulting in a win for the Signals by 477 60 pins only, the scores being as follows:
ROYAL SIGNALS
MINDANAO
Total W. 8. Chaãe... 451 H. Ruel ...... 436 H. Bonder
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Doc. Molthen's average worked out at 173 pins per game, which is undoubtedly lower than his capabilities, while Hollis' average, including his handicap of 18, was also very low for him. In his third game he only managed to notch 1141
There was a very exciting and closely fought five game Duck Pin match played on Monday last between U.S.S. Mindanao Black Gang and U.S.S. Mindanao Deck Gang, the . scores being:-
BLACK GANG
MINDANAO
Total
H. Bonder..
W. S. Chase................ 473- H. Rust.....
466 421
J. F. Jatecki... 392
1762
Total
Cpl. Blount 6. Neate......... A. R. Wilkins. G. Birkett
Total 495 451
417
388
J. F. Jarecki..
1751
428
378
1-0 08
0-6
lost to A. B. Hamson and H. P. Lim... 1-8
G. Gurevitch and N. Dunne (C.B.A.). lost to Leonard and Hung
C.R.C. v F.C.
Chinese beat Filipinos 6–3,7
H. A. Ribeiro and F. Gonzalez' (F.C.). lost to Y. Y. Lam and S. Cheung beat L. F. Hon and Y. W. Chung lost to C, Y, Tso and C. Y, Tse
L. Sion and A. Kwan (F.C.). lost to Lam and Cheung lost to Hon and Chung lost to Tso and Tse
1691 A. Banker and L. Souza (F.C.).
lost to Lam and Cheung beat Hon and Chung beat Tso and Tse
From the abové scores it can be seen how keen and close was the match, the average score for the Signals per player per game being 87.2 pins, and for the Mindanao Black Gang, 84.2.
SOUTH CHINA v K.C.C. South China beat Kowloon 8-1.
K. T. Ng and K. C. Wong (S. Ċhina). beat E, Gillard and E. Eymard beat R. Turpin and H. Crabb beat A. E. Perry and H. Stokes
Blount again was top scorer with 495, or MINDANAO DECK GANG.
an average of 99 pins per game. Signalman Neate for Royal Signals and W. S. Chase J. D. Bowersox 462 for Mindanao Black Gang tied for the hon T. A. Slater... 441 our of being second high scorers with 451 E. Sangiorgio.. 433 in their bags, or an average of 90 pins per C. S. Wong and S. T. Li (S. China).
400 game. Both of these players were steady
J. B. Cook.......
and I feel that I will have some excellent 1736 scores by these players to report in these
columns, in the near future.
A SURVEY OF BRITISH
SPORT
(Continued from Page 24)
like all other sportsmen they have contributed magnificently to charities.
war
Old friend Ruel was again amongst the top-notchers as usual with 436 or 87 plris per game.
On the whole the scoring all round was satisfactory and `the match was a good one. In the first game Black Gang were leading. by 20 pins; in the second game Royal Signals wiped this deficit out to lead by four pins; on the third game Black Gang was up by one pln, and on the fourth game
lost to Gillard and Eymard
beat Turpin and Crabb beat Perry and Stokes
K, Sung and K, C. Wan (S. China). beat Gillard and Eymard beat Turpin and Crabb beat Perry and Stokes
League Table
Royal Signals were three pins up; in the last game Royal Signals came up to lead C.R.C. "B" by 60 pins at the finish.
S.C.A.A. E. J. Moore of U.S.S. Tulsa has, up to It is estimated that in the first six time of writing these Jottings, registered C.R.O., "A"!
for the highest score for Ten Pins -months of the war a noble sum was
this Filipino Club raised on the playing fields of Great month; he bagged 230 on Monday his scor 1.R.C.
ing-sheet showing:-commencing on his first K.I.T.C. Britain for the most deserving of all frame with a spare, he then made six K.C.C. objects, and no charitable cause to-strikes in a row, a spare on his eighth c.c.c. day appeals in vain to the sporting frame, to fall on his ninth frame to make C.B.A.:
a nine; a spare on the 10th frame and a strike with his extra Ball,
· fraternity for help.
As the summer rolls on cricketers DNA MISS, NANCY NG AGAIN and tennis players will add their This young lady has the highest score for | Ladies at Ten Pins up to writing these Jot- quotas to charitable funds, and it is tings; she knocked up a 211 on June 11; had hoped to stage on the Centre Court at she made another spare or astrike,, "she --Wimbledon matches in which many would have beaten her own record of 222, stars will play just as they would which score she holds with Mrs, 8, A. Ismali
as the Alley Zecord for Ladión. : have done in the calmer years of peace for their country in Davis Cup matches, or in the famous championships in which all nations used to compete and -thrill many a British crowd.
3. A. Vaško of Tulsa has the highest Duck in score for men up to the time of writing,
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An exhibition of Diving was given by E. da Roza and Stanley Lee of V.R.C. Their performances were ex-
cellent, considering the high board at the bath is not the regulation height from the water, Something should be at any done to rectify this matter early date.
Last event of the evening was a Water Polo match between the Royals and V.R.C. Again the absence of re- gulation nets did not improve the game any. Many water polo fans are asking when the nets will eventually appear; that is a question that no one seems to be .able to answer. The water polo committee requested that first round matches in the Small Units' Knockout should be played by June 17 and absence of nets, no doubt, has been responsible for some of these matches not being played. The Royals, however, prepared some makeshift 4nets, which served their purpose fair- sly well. V.R.C. opened the scoring and Lieut. Millar replied a few minutes 1-4 | afterwards, but the V.R.C. soon began
to exert their superiority and 2-0 leading by 3 goals to 1 at the interval In the second half the score was re- peated Bandsmaster Jordan being res- 7-5ponsible for the Royals' goal. Bankier played well in goal and Lieut. Hunter was a 'tower of strength in the de- fence. Slayter was always active, as was Sutherland, who might have been more useful had he kept further up the bath. Fielding and Jordan both kept swimming for the ball in an un- tiring. manner and together with Lieut. 6-2 Millar, were greatly responsible for
avoiding a great defeat.
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6–4.
6-2
6-2
4--0
6--1-
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Tennis
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2 2 0 0 13
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T the present moment there seems
to be
a lively interest in Table
and to-night Service
will Corps
be battling against the Pay Corps at the Cheero Club. Both the "Newgate Blues" and the "Pay Blokes" are sup- posed to have good Table Tennis talent amongst their players. The "Newgate Blues" have games in the offing with other Units and their
Secretary has issued, a challenge with out restrictions to all units in the Co- olóny. Those interested should write to The Hon. Secretary, Table Tennis, R.A.S.C., Queen's Road, Hong Kong.
TO-DAY'S WATERPOLO THINGS have certainly been looking up in the Army terinis world, the Army Tennis Club -“B" Tennis League team having won
There will be a waterpolo match at the Eastern Swimming Pavilion at North Point, commencing at 0.30 p.m. his fort being 141 made on Tuesday. There to-day, between Eastern Athletic As a doubt that e Vasko had the aim to sociation and the International water put in moto practice, he would probably be the best Duck Pín player in the Alleyviral polo team.
both of their last two matches--a great improvement. Now the "C" League team have woken Kup and won their first match by 8 sets