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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 2, 1940
BASEBALL NOTES
EXTREMELY DULL AND UNINTERESTING MATCH H.B. Batters Show South China No Mercy CHUNG HWA TROUNCE BASEBALL CLUB
By "Grandstand"
IN ONE OF THE dullest and most uninteresting tussles seen for many a moon at Caroline Hill, Hong Kong Brewery overwhelmed South China to the tune of 14-1 on Saturday afternoon.
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Dave "Bambino" Leonard carried In the nightcap Chung Hwa bunched the Brewers to victory with his syrupy up their runs in the first two cantos twirling. The Bambino only allowed to give Hong Kong Baseball Club the Nam Hwa swatters two measly convincing 8-2 lacing. hits, struck out six and issued passes to first.
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H. "Showboat" Ali spoiled Dave's shut-out performance with his uncall- .ed for comic stunt in the last frame.
All All needed out there was a trained seal and a balloon to com. plete a vaudeville act.
Bill "Scoop" Smith was on the mound for Hong Kong Baseball Club and it appeared as if he had a flat iron tied to his pitching arm for the first two innings. When he finally bore down to blank Chung Hwa in the re- maining innings the damage was al-
The Wingleemen showed Nam Hwa❘ ready done. спо mercy, knocking 14 blows off hurlers Pau and Lau who took turns on the hillock. Only one Brewer fanned the breeze, when Joe Bowen marred his otherwise perfect day with the hickory by ingloriously striking out in his fourth time up. Pau issued -two Annie Oaklies, while Lau passed
one.
STARTED MASSACRE
Five Chung Hwa tallies in the initial frame just about demoralised the Mol- thenmen who miscued seven times afield and were only good for five bingles. The Liumen were in tip-top form, booting only two chances.
P. Choy, lead off man, was issued a free pass to first. Richard Chung was hit by a pitched ball and Choy ad- vanced to second. Tuffy Chinn rap- H.B. started the massacre with four ped a double to lett field to chase in
·tallies in the first canto. One run in Choy and Chung. Wally Ching sin- the third, a seven-run rally in thegled to left-field. Al Lau sacrificed a fourth and two markers in the fifth long fly to the left pastures to score .completed the. Brewers merry-go-
round.
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The members of the women's Auxillary Air Force are busy people these days, but nevertheless they have a good ration of sport, perhaps one of the most popular being cricket. A W.A.A.F. is seen here being assisted by an R.A.F. man when carrying equipment for the start of a game. They are not real- ly holding hands; this is an occasion when the camera did lie.
(Fox Copyright).
NO BOWLS
Tuffy, Grandpop Leung reached first MATCHES
when Doc muffed Eddie Rodgers throw to the initial station, and Wally Ching came tearing for home plate on the miscue. Babe Two-ton" Chin
Nam Hwa's only tally came in the last frame. With one away, Pang, who pinch-hit for Pau, was safe on first and reached second on Obear flied to shortstop for the second era- 'Arculli's wild heave to the initial sack. A passed ball placed Pang in a scoring position at third base. This is where "Showboat” All came in with
his comic stunt. Harry Chin ground- ed to shortstop and the "Showboat" came in all the way from left-field and crowded windy alley custodian George Souza, who could have fielded the ball cleanly, and prevented Pang from -scoring. All booted the onion and Pang crossed the counting station to prevent a shutout.
the
FINISHED
BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME OF OPEN PAIRS TIES
The following is to-day's programme úď matches in the Second Round of the Open. Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship:
AT K.C.C.
C. M. Silva and F. X, Soares v. W. V.
L. C. R. Souzn v. P. A.. Peckham and W. McNeill,
AT RECREIO
C. Dowman and F. C. Channing v. B. D. Evans and R. Hall; T. Coleman and ML
Ferguson v. W. C. Simpson and P. Young
sure. L. H. Chan slashed a stinging With the cancellation of Field and V. Chittenden; W. Hong Sling and single to left-field to score Grandpop Leung. Bill Chang grounded to the the Volunteer all-day exer- pitcher to retire
session. The cises, it was thought possible Hongkongites counted for one tally in that all the games arranged came in on a single and a wild throw for yesterday in the second husband; W. Harrower and H. L. Lockhart by catcher Tuffy Chinn.
round of the Open Pairs A. K, Suffiad and M. R. Abbas v. R. WI- Lawn Bowls Championship Hamson and C. S. M. Thom; J. G. Meyer would be played; the heavy McKelvie.
the first canto when Johnny Alvares
GAME CLINCHED
v. E. W. Simmons and F. Goodwin,
AT K.F.C.
and G. W. Deacon v. R. Morrison and J.
AT C.C.C.
The Abemen garnered three more downpours about 8 o'clock, A. Morton and H. J. Bicknell v. D. Munro runs in the second stanza to clinch the however, caused a postpone-and R. Main; W. J. Burling and M. N.
Choy walked and stole second on the next pitch. Richard Chungment of all the games.
Joe Bowen's two-bagger in the first | game. inning was the only long distance blow of the melee.
*HB. S.C.
4.0 1 7 2 0
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R. H. E. 0:14 14 3 1= 1 2 7
Sappers Blanked
Scoring in every inning Mindanao blanked Royal Engineers 5-0 in the opener on Sunday.
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On the Kowloon side two games were started but had to be abandoned after a few heads had been played.
Rakusen v. Y. H. Tang and J. N. Wong.
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
Following
are to-day's "B" Division
flied to shortstop for the first out. Tuffy Chinn reached first on Bill Smith's-error and rounded second Tony Alves' wild throw. Wally Ching rapped a resounding single to score
At Kowloon Football Club M. Alar- Tuffy Chinn. Wally pilfered second con and A. Kew were leading J. Gill and counted later after back-stop Joe and G. Duncan by 7 shots to 2 at the League tennis fixtures:- Higgins made a wild throw to the hot fifth head, while at Kowloon Bowling corner. Al Lau flied to the pitcher] Green Club L. F. Xavier and R. F. and Babe Chinn struck out to retire Luz led W. Mulcahy and T. W. Carr the inning and to end Chung Hwa's by two shots at the second head. scoring for the day.
Ski Powlawski started on the mound for Mindanao and went great guns for four innings, striking out nine and al- Besides playing a brilliant game at lowing only one hit. Crooner Ruel, third base, Wally Ching topped the who took over in the fifth, limited the batting list with three hits in four, -enemy to two hits and whiffed four. while Tony Alves banged two safeties The Sappers played exceptionally in three trips to the batters' box. loose baseball booting ten which cost Wally's double was the only long hits that number of runs. Only five of the fray. How the pitchers fared: -markers
earned were
off hurler Bill Smith struck out 4 and walked 4. George Denyer, who went again the Bill Chang whiffed two and passed full route for R.E. Denyer was steady one.
on the slab. He walked three and -yielded 10 hits including a triple by "Crooner" Ruel and a double by Tony Mascavoge.
Mindanao
Tony Mascavage took batting hon- Chung Hwa ours for Mindanao with a 1.000 per H.B. cent. average in three times up. For H.K.B.C. the losers Foley shone with the willow S.C.
R.E. wand with two hits in two trips to the plate.
League Table
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L.
P.C.
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1
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1
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2
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7500
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