THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 22, 1941
TWO SPLENDID GAMES ON TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME Mohawks Out For Blood Against The C.B.C.
Cyclones Should SOFTBALL Do Well Against PROGRAMME
Recreio Aces
By "Grandstand”
AS A CHANGE from the dull games which have been witnessed on the Kowloon Football Club Ground during the last few weeks, interesting tilts will feature to-morrow's three-game Senior League programme, when Sunburn Omar's Cyclones tanglè with the Recreio Aces in the opener at 1.30 p.m. and the Mohawks come to town to battle with Abe Liu's Chinese Baseballers at 4.00 p.m.
The Waggoneren we all l to avenge then beteat at the hat
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Group Lumen When 01
he first White etched and Won League assignment after meund
almost Cluim
line drive
Tuffy man talinded with a detalic off Lou Leight's bat
With
three
setbacks chalked against them, the Mohawks intest win This
one to preserve their pennant hopes. Cy "Screwball Jones will be in there chucking them to Joe Morris for the Mo- hawks. whuist Ernie Hearther, Chuck Waggoner. Pete Fitch and Lou Leight will take care of the bases. Ballhawks will be Hank Sperry. Johnnie Schalberg and Frank Crews
Gosario
LECDIS Tur
and
the Fripmos, interes have wared
Alle Gerry Figum de will again be the bat
Stacked up tery for this game. against the depleted Ramblers. |
team Sunburn Omar's defensive of "fightingest"
should players have a good chance.
Either Kelly Silva-Neito Pinky Pineda will be on the hi- lock, with Skelly Razack receiv-
Infield will ing
be the Usual Markar Jr., Brst; Barney Abbas, short- second: Ahdor Rumjahn, stop and Sherry Bux, third. Out- fielders will be K. M. Rumjahn. Bakar and Markar Sr.
Indians A, Snip!
Denham Crary, Bre-ball tosser.
After battling their way through will toil on the slab for the Chi- the schedule to within one game nese with Nip Luni working be-of the Lengue-leading St. Joseph's, hind the batter.
the Indians meet the Canadian Huckjaj Kitchell, Kassa Nazarin Chinese at 2.45 p.m. Not even the and Caeo Marques will be officiate | most ardent Can visualise the ing.
Canucks taking the Indians for a ride.
Another Thriller
as the
FOR TO-MORROW
SENIOR LEAGUE
(At the Kowloon Football Club Ground)
Cyclones Recreio Aces
(1.30 p.m.)
W
Herbie Quon, Tommy Chan
GG Lee i
Indians
(2.45 pm)
and
Y
Canadian Chinese
Jishnnie Alvares, A V. Gusano and
Chuck Waggoner i Chinese Baseballers
44,00 pm 1
H.K. Baseballers
A Kitchell. Kassa Nazim and
(aro Marques )
LADIES LEAGUE (At the Kowloon Football Club Ground) Cardinals
V Recreio Rambleretten
Hall Wingive, Nip 1. and Rimla
Ablonk 1
V Wahoos
Wildcats
10:30 am 1 Du Molthen Charlie Figues eidder
and Caer Marque 1
(bul Jiw
V
Little
Flowers
12 ou noon F Nick Beltrão, Nip Laum and have
Walker 1
INTER.MONG LEAGUE
y
(At the Chatham Road Military Football Ground) Hong Kong Bankers Texaco Oiters
(10 00 a m (Bob Laurel, Art Ribeiro and Vaney
Marques #
Cables
111.30 am) ("Texaco" ('.
V
Greenspots
W
Ng. Mancio Souza and Tony Pereira)
COTTAGE CLUB FAREWELL
WILDCATS TAKING NO CHANCES
AGAINST THE WAHOOS
By "Grandstand”
SPOTLIGHTING to-morrow's ladies' triple bill
at the Kowloon Football Club Ground at 10.30 a.m. the Wildcats tangle with the Wahoos.
In the previous encounter, the Geenshuried Owb, nosed out the Untamed Felines, but since then the laller have been practising seriously under roach Nip Lum. and, after a re-shuffle of the in- die d, prestat a formidable squad.
The Owls, too, have mproved. the oul of and although edged pennant race by the Canuckett ja fortnight ago, are determined to
Lepeat their former victory.
Favoured to cop the gonfalon, the Wildcats will be presenting their strongest line-up, starting with Thelma Collaco and Cyn- this "Sailor" da Motta as their battery.
BASKETBALL TREAT
A big crowd of basketball fans at this İs
evening expected Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street. to witness an interesting game be- tween 20th Century Fox Film basketball team and All-Star Hong Kong quintette.
Prior to this game, a Kowloon girls starlet teain will be seen in action against a Hong Kong all- star quintette in a curtain-raiser. commencing at 7.30 p.m.
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Although Cynthia has been laid up for the past two weeks with a severe cold, she is now in form.
The proceeds of this match will again. Doris Mar will probably be donated to the Chinese Youth take the initial satchel, with Irene Medical Relief Association and to Pereira and Lily Mar forming the the British Bomber Fund.
combination, keystone
whilst
Bill Woo, coach of the cham- Gloria Mar's position at the hot-pion South China A.A. cage train, corner 's indisputable.
has been chosen by the committee On the mound for the Owls will to handle the Colony's all-stars Be Therese "Big Chiel" Noronha, and the following players have who has plenty of "stuff" behind been selected:-- the her offerings, while Jackie Ander- son, who has been resting from her arm injury sustained recently, will probably be catching. Uin- pires selected for this important game are "Doc" Molthen, Charlie Figueiredo and Caco Marquês.
a
On Sunday evening, after
be Indian battery will be Kassa point-to-point, there will
Cottage Nazarin and "Torzan" Ismail, with farewell supper at the Fans should be treated to a
"Romeo" Hamet, "Baby" Abbas, Club fer that well-known Dutch other thrilling Rame when
Obear sportsnar. and rider, Mr. Willem the Huckjai Kitchell and Cyclones cross bats with the Re-Shorty Arculli
base Van Damm, who is shortly being creio Aces at 1.30 p.m. It will be guardians. Mentor Ahwoo Omar transferred to Batavia. remembered that the Recs nosed will personally look after the left His participation in the point- out the Cyclones by the only run garden, with "Slim" Arculli and to-point on Sunday will probably Savage Hassan patrolling the cen-be his last appearance on a horse at Fanling for some time to come and his friends in the country will miss the familiar combination of Van and his pony Rastus,
scored in the previous game.
The Rees have dropped off con- | ire and right patches. siderably since their infield was broken up by the inability of the Gosand brothers, Lino and Zinho, to play, and are no Jonger the flashy team of yester-year when they annexed the championship without a single defeat.
Canadian Chinese line-up is still uncertain, but Herbie Quon will probably assume mound duties.
Judging from the scratch team that was fielded last week against
LAST BIG
TEST FOR
ENGLISH HORSE IN SANTA ANITA RACE
HELIOPOLIS, THE English-bred horse which
WAYFOONG ran third in the 1939 Epsom Derby, Challedon,
By "Grandstand"
Coming into the home-stretch
famous American thoroughbred owned by Mr. W. L. Brann, Mr. Charles S. Howard's Kayak II and Mioland rank as the "big four" of the seventh run-
of the Inter-Hong Softball League ning of the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, the without a single defeat chalked up world's richest stake, at the Santa Anita race track, against them, the Hong Kong Bankers tangle with the Texaco Los Angeles, on March 1, 1941.
Ollers at 10 a.m. in their last
Challedon, on whom Mr. Branh
serlous ubetacle to the pennant. is counting to win the great purse- A Wayloong victory will just and so edge nearer to becoming. about wrap up the pennant for the world's richest morey-win- them, whi'st a loss would make ning horse, has been assigned top the inter-hong flag-chase more weight of 9 st. 4 lb. (130 lb.), interesting, as both the Texaco ant the same weight carried last year Shell Oilers are right at the by Seabiscuit when he won the Bankers heels, with une loss, event. Seabiscuit Is the world's piece.
leading money-winner to-day, The Texacans started off the with a total of $437.730 to his season rather poorly, but with the
credit. addition of Lone Star Ranger,
(129 Second weight, 9 st. 3 lb. and Larruping Larry Lawrence; heavy slugging Mohawk centre was given to Kayak II third (125 16.) weight of 8 st. 13 Ib. went to Heliopolis, and Mioland
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felder, Johnnie Schalberg, the team has been bringing off some was given an impost of 8 st. 12 1b. Brillant victories,
The Bankers, composed mainly (124 Ib.). of players from the Junior Lengue│› V.R.C. team, have better team- work, and will probably romp home with the bacon to make this their fifth, consecutive. win.
The
Blood Match
Slow Kit-man (Capt.), Sek Chen-tack, Cheung Yuk,kwan. Cheng Chol-sun and Sek Chen- chea (South China A.A.); Leung Lo Kok-dock, Poon Yu-kwan, Chen-heon, Lee, Pal-chick and Tai Fook-shing (Sing Tao); Luk Tack-chiang (Chinese Y.M.C.A.}; Chan Siu-took, and Chan Sin-kae (Kuo Min. University); Ng Ching- Cardinals-Recreio Ram-chu (Canton University); Hyul blerettes tilt at 9.00 am. should, Man-fut (Eastern Athletic Asso- as both ciation). also be very interesting teams are
The: out for blood. Cards just managed a win their first game, after two extra innings were played, but since then have improved immensely. The addition of heavy slugging Rosita Baga- lawis, who will be working behind the plate, will just about cinch the game for the Redbirds.
tery.
TO-DAY'S HOCKEY
com-
Elegena Babida, who chucked a no-hitter against the Florinhas In addition to the two hockey last week, will be on the mound games arranged by Y.M.C.A. at again for the Cards, while Gerry King's Park this afternoon, there Jorge and
Melvie Campos will be a friendly match between Hong probably be the Ramb.ereite 'bat-Kong Ladies and Royal Engineers
at Sookundoo which will Arbitrators for this game will mence at 3 p.m. be Hal Winglce, Nip Lum anc
Following will present Y.M.C.A.: Bimby Ablong.
1st XI (v. Nomads at 4.15 p.m.) -Benweil, Taylor and Yourieff; Jordan, Coombe and Waldron; Smith, Morgan, Hitchcock, Oleson and Dunne.
Another Stern Fight
At noon, the Little Flowers, meet
2nd XI (v. Khalsa at 3 p.m.)- what should be another battle of Cleggett; Railton and Whitburn: Ella Chinn's Chung Hwa lasses in the century. After a ding-dong bat-Smits, Gorman and Spencelayh; tle, the Florinhas took the decision Macey, Olson, Dormer, Fancey in their first meeting, but don't let and Banks. that fool youths is still any-
body's game.
Umpires for this gigantic strug- gle will be Nick Beltruo, Nip Lum and Dave Walker.
VETERAN
TO-DAY'S TO RIDE RUGBY
Following have been invited to represent
OOLONG
Heliopolia's fine, recoed), in
Combined Services It is learned: from Mr. V. V. England before he was sent to this country causes him to he against Combined Club and Police Needa that Mr. George Pollock, regarded as a strong threat to to-day on the Clubs ground-at-4.80 veteran Shanghai jockey who is American, horsts. on this side p.m.-Honywili (Navy); Richards down here on a visit, will ride (Army), Douglass (Army), Paul Colong, winner of the Hong Kong Jock Brown, first string hurler, of the water, will take the pitching assignment, Challedon's present turf, earn (Navy) and Birrell: (Army); Care Derby, on Monday.
(Navy) and Rutherford It is to be hoped that the other. with Pitsy, Barrados in reserve, ings are $322,860, Victory in the whilst the Gosano brothers, Gerry Santa Anita Handicap would still (Navy): Sutherland (Army) Wat- veterán jockey from the North, and Bertle will probably take in- not give him sufficient additional son (Navy), Bempas (Army); Mr Eric Moller Br. who faces field positions..
money to surpass Seabiscult's total King (Navy), MiliarḤ(Army); Fina | under the name of Cire, will him- but he will run in several other Kerton (Army), Berry (Army) self take out his pony Velvetlight, and so lend extra colour to the major stakes at Santa Anita, apit and Fodle (Navy)...? map by winning some of thest At 3:15 pm. Club and Polico, race, which would then become a
reak "Veteran's, Stakes.” beat Seabiscuit's Agure.
"A" will meet Serviers.
At 11.30 am, the Cables meet the Greenspots. Both games will be played on the Chatham Road Military Football Ground
ter
GOLF PLAY-OFF
Capt. A. C. F. Drew-Wilkinson, who tied with Major, K. S. Simp- son in the second "South, China Morning
Bomber Fund Post"
Won Competition,
the play-off with a. card nf ɔne up.
Original scores were: Capt. Drew-Wilkinson (15) five up twins prize); Major K. S. Simpson (20) five up Wing five balls; Col, H. B. Rosb (9) four up wins four balls; D. S. Edward (4) thite up wins thred balls; Rev. J. ∙Word (24) tw up wins two-balls; G. M. Park (7) one up wins one bell, 11 Megatry (8) one up wins one,ball...
The Stableford Competition held at Fanling between February 15 and i10 wos. won by J. Stirling Lee who returned a card or i 10 18-30.
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