THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1941.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SOFTBALL
SEASON UNDER REVIEW
Gerry Gosano Credited With Year's Pitching Gem
By "Grandstand"
BEFORE WE LOWER the curtain on the most successful Softball season, and usher in King Base- ball, let us recall some of the hair-breadth plays and split-second masterpieces that have combined to give us a most enjoyable season, and although play- ers and spectators alike have had occasions to hurl fiery barbs at each other, this corner is convinced that venom was never in their hearts. Yessirree, it's been great fun.
Of all the pitching performances, Recreio's ace- hurler Gerry Gosano's clutch pitching in their game with the Cyclones, in which the latter were nosed out by the only run in the tilt, stands out above all other chucking accomplishments during the
year.
Johnnie Alvares who drew the opening assign- ment, was toiling on the slab perfectly for five frames, but cracked up under the pressure, and before he knew it the sacks were choked with none away.
by the Chinese Baseballers 8-7 an then first encounter
Menton RI Naombe amme diately yanked Alvares from the hillock and placed Gosine on the mond, with uners dancing on The count was knotted at seven the base paths a spot to pin any all as the last inning rolled up pitcher m. But Goane was equal, Tuffy Chinn, who
almost
Wits
veteran
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
By "SQUADDY"
I understand that at the Annual General Meeting of the Area Sports Hourd the following sug- gestions were put before the com- mutter and passed for the forth-
coming sporting season.
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CROSS COUNTRY.
130 Stone: Winners :-- 12th Regt, RA,
BILLIARDS Garrison Billiards
ners
Scuts
C'us'
League: - Wate ILA MA Runners-up Royal
Garrlson Snooker League: - WIN. norg R.A.M.C Runners-up - Royal Engineers Sgts.
Qarrison Challenge Cup: -Winners KAMU Runners-up
Military Potter Garrison Soldiers' Club Cup: ---Won bers HK.V DC Runners-u}} -Ray ni Corps Signals
Individual Billards Harvey RAMCI
Large Units League: Winniers diesex Bexi
Solall Units Knockout-
The Area Cross Country Runs will be held alternatively on the Island and the Mainland instead! of always being held on the Mam- land, and a suitable course will be chosen by the Secretary for Cros Country Runs belre the next un nual runs
TP IN
and a very good idea will ove
the Finals stationed 137181 Ita HA Runners up HKS the Island a change from gong! KA over to the Polo Club ground euch Year Thus also
!! ་་ them baner in training for this event) *S the Units statiound on th Manland have the advantage 11 training over the course Eresford the actual runs
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WRESTLING
Colony So a Sufe Wint ex Rept
The "Chaplains Cup: Cartier Pla thetoon. Royal Scots
JOCKEYS'
& OWNERS' RECORDS
Following is how the leading jockeys and owners have fared at the Valley this year:
JOCKEYS
1st 2nd 3rd Un.
10 7 10 35
6 6 7 39
2 10
1 20
JOONTONEN-OUTNYOM-
28
1 2
D. Black
17
16 43
individual
Snooker
Champion -Upl
Champion: --Xpl
Harvey RAMCE
L. B. Chao H. C. Pih P. Y. T. Wel V. V. Necda H. J. A. Hearne *C. B. Molter
13
14 6 29
10 14
8 42
9
12 3 39
h
5 4 13
HOCKEY
Mid.
W. H. S. Davis
5
B
5 34
*F. Noodt
5
3 2 21
Winner
W. G. Poy
4
4 3 34
Ip Kul-ying
4
3. W. Pan
4
0
Mickie
R. M. Wood
0 0 23
H. S. Chang
3
5
5 35
CROSS COUNTRY RUNS British
Units Fu Winners thesex Hest
Mutter u Seats
"M. M. Sokoloff
2
6
4 15
Mud Hoval
D. H. S. Craven
of
2 7
S. C. Llang
2
2
Prades
The HA
Units Run Winets JKS KA Runners Up 2/14th Punjabi Regi ROWING Winners of Trophins Brown Cup": 241h Coast 10
B. L. Tao
6 43
P. P. 8o.clho
0 7 39
W. Yui
S. W. Lee
2
40
G. Treverton
2 37
A. D. Coppin
1
1
5
8. W. Tang
1
5 15
The "Ah King Cup":-32nd Pi Coy
R. K. C. Chiu
1
0
34
B. A. Prouix
1
2
2
T. W. Chattey
1
2
6
Voits
"H. J. Hoiden
1
Q
LI Shiu-fal
1
0
4
Chiu Ki-fan
0
23
Hoo Pak ming
0
1
37
*G. Pollock
0
0
0
J. N. da Silva
*D. G. Woo
0
2
and
S. L. Sung
L. J. A. Fielden
0
Y. K. Tu
B
appointed by
that
Tang Man.wa
14 1
every i Area!
The ath'etic meeting between Comal, ned Royal Artillery ani Crambined Mad'eses and the Ray- Bouts resulted in awin for Royal
Artillery be 38 pont. to 25
The line-
C. L. Gregory F. A. Sequeira
0
0
1 17
O
0
22
M F. L. Haymes.
0 0
1
J. Barrow..
0
1
H. C. Chan
0 0
0
1
performance of
C. C. Chan
0
0
timot Wit
who
that at Pie. Lever
the
Athlete Favel.n
Fekt
the ineeting!! which be and the Des
G. W. Cooper Lo
Kwong to Chanson Feng
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k
0
0
Yeung Wing kwas 0 K. 1. p
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0
0
10
Mo Mong ping
0
0
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S. L. Yuen
0
0 55
to the caston, and even attor | binded by Lou Leight's slushing was nervous he didn't show it, as drive through the box, was he forced next butter.
It was also suggested that Skelly placed by Earl Wong who tied out Razack to foul out
fist for the first out. Then
Indian personnel on the
of the Royal mitch for the first erasure. K M Tommy Chan strolled up to Artillery, and the Infantry Units Royal Engineers
the
SWIMMING Rumjahn, the big gun the plate and poled out a round-trip-should hold a wrestling tourna
Winners -Combined Cyclones was
Small the
themselves Viet.anper
to, Runners-up te-breaker, which ent
Middlesex Regi with
be conducted under their pop By which Gosatto eventually proved to be the win -
WATER POLO swallowed without as much eing run, as the Mohawks couldn't! wrestling rules which are far tit -|
Large Units Knockout Competition:- European rules,, Combined Small Prats moving an mich, whilst Markar dr push a tally across although theyferent from the
They also wrestle in a pit cut out
Small Units Knockout Competition:- slow pulte. Pad runners on the bases. 0124 A for the third putout'
was fosed ofth
Text
A Dazzling "Double"
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for
the
That Extra Base
for
amongst
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In the ground and not in a ring! Hong Kong Signal Coy This Tournament will be Pericl amungyt the Indian troops. Hut all was not lost the run by themselves, but a Secre|ATHLETICS No less brilhang was the dazzl-Mohawks, They
have!tary Would ing double play which paved the enched their gaine with the In- |Area Sports Board as for way for a pentant for St. Jo eph's dale For Coming down the home stretche the Budian wer all out! to d the Sant for went up the pe with a .ple be at the Ware
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Mohawk.
marang.
The hub
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forded
to kod
the
Comat
a play-off against Saints bait for sandiot have
JALAN
will be
thebet connected
Sport Board
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"Doc" Molthen had banged cut a long his to right, and JG ATTACHED have bee 11 sleated with a three
Bongers, birt wa The pay t
in text med tation: when he
at t
tw. tempted to stretch it to a tot
Why Is het 1, with mather
trkt!
" Buy in the let tures with the away and clutch hitter Joe Mort bat Lelty Areally shaaffled up to count up will be a subject for The plate and drew a new teket Hot Stove leaguers Anyway, th un the gravy tram on four pitched game dragged on into the ninth balis Here's the lowdown on bedore the Mohawks conceded th that pays Gonsalves just couldn't "heart-breaker”.
pitch to a fork hander.
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Souza
A Near Thing
PERSONNEL
with the
Mahlleses Regt brought up the point of having itember, of other Units attached to them uch
the Armourers and Piters, who, are always attached to them for number of years.
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There WO events and bettered two of
'matui
11** drew 1731t. 11',h
which he threw 11611. In ite also Won throwing the hamm with 104 3
Won
Visiting jockeys for the An- mual Race Meeting who have sance returned North.
Cire
The Arst event of the day was They stated Dat is the Are "Tarzan" Ismail smacked 11
that of the Pole vault which the Novies boxing compeutiom a pro- Royal Artillery won with a com-T. K. L. text offering good and hard
test was made against them hav-bed he ght of 1911 6:0s., and the start a hit and run play, and it
The international Neries also a member of the Cardnance
Midd esex/Rajputs 1981. seemed that the ball would beat came in for it's share of thrilling Corps attached to them 11
hurt-stop George
Royal Artillery itmoments. Indians, who eventually their Novives boxing team, ,,"
ant
the Hur- bounded
dles and the second, but emerged champions, were almost they had to withdraw him on the
last two hurdlers somehow Souza clamped his eliminated in the first round when night of the finals.
Capt. Skipwith, R.A, and Lieut. bands
Poltock, Rajputs, were a picture to the pull on
and tossed they only managed to nose out the The conimittee agreed that for out Arculli at second
watch. weak Canadian contingent, the future reference, any Ozorio who was covering
person at- the game being saved by flashy short-tched to a Large Unit could play Miles Relay in
Royal Artillery also won the 2 bag, pivoted to Stan Leonard at stop Huckjal Kitchell with two for that Unit, providing he
the fine time of first to complete the twin-erasure. dazzling pickups after the game not called upon by his own Unit, But for that double play the min- was booted. ners would have scored, as Na- zarin, next oan up. slashed out a sizzler, right through the infleld.
How Mohawks Lost The Mohawks actually lost the league when they were nosed out,
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With the last innings coming up. the Canadians were trailing be- hind in a seven four set-up. Bill Ing drew a puss and was sacrificed second 0211 Johnnie Fisher's dump. Gas Oliver slashed burning grounder along third which Sherry Bux booted, and even as the ball was rolling out to left-field, Kitchell darted In to scoop up the pill to toss out Oliver
WON
or by the Combined Small Units.
10
THE CHAMPIONS
8mins. 42secs.
Throwing the discus was won
Mrs. A. E. Grasett by Middlesex/Rajputs
Loc Bros. with
G. Tinaon combined length
of 218ft. 11ins. Chalce
the Royal Artillery 193ft | Sallbad the Sailor
and 10'
Individual
has 116 m. as fur as
This was
This past sporting season boen very successful
a better throw #Units are concerned and the fol-his throw for the Command Ath-
lowing are the results of all sportleric meeting when he threw
activities ing
during the
past discus 115ft 7ins.
year.
FOOTBALL First Division: - Middlesex Rekl
at Brst for the second erasure, Fourth: Royal Scots (fin). holding Ing at third.
out a
Second Division:-Royal Engineers (ehamptons); R.A.SC. (runners-up!.
Third Division:-R A.F. tchampions); Signals (runners-up}
Bernie Johnson banged single to score Ing, Bill Woo next slashed out another grass-cutter paution:-Winners:-H.Q. Coy., 1st Bn..
Small Units Football Knockout Com along third which Bux fumbled The Middlesex Regt.:
gain, and even as Indian
Runners-up- fans D coy.. 2nd Royal Scots. were groaning, Kitchell dished out
RUGBY the second fielding gem by tossing Large Unite, Aupby. League:-Win out Johnson by half step at her-Royal Engineers: Runners-up:— second, to end the
Combined Royal Artillery. Canadian threat. Pinky Higgins, Den Crary Winners:-Royal Engineers: Rushers Small Units Krjgakout Competition:- and Dan Fittinghoff, all known up:-Royal Scots, hitters, were coming up next, and Army Seven-a-Side Winners-Ray a hit would have meant an Indian Engineers: Runners-up-Royal Arul defeat.
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Bad Base-Running,
[lery.
CRICKET Large Unit :-Winhera:-Royal En gineers, Runnofs-up :-Combled "Small", Unita.
Small Units: :-) nerg Runners 5th
OWNERS
1st
2nd 3rd
10
9
7
10
5
4
Lan.. Eve
8
9
8
7
8
2
S. W. Lec Necan Marber
4
3
4
2
1
3
7
9
Eu Tong Ben
3
4
Mrs. Chuong Ho-yen 3
1
1
Li Po chun
3
1
1
3
0
2
2
2
2
1
throw;
Pte. Lever
V. M. Grayburn
2
Golf
2
Penn & Taol
2
than Electricity
2
the
Lee Chi-choh E. 8. K. C. H. Dynasty Diamonds Kong Bros. 0. C. F.
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3
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Real Artillery were winners of the 880yds. relay and won by 10 lenths.
Culture
Throwing the Javelin was won by the combined Royal Artillery Blity who won with 323' 9".to 318' 2".
Lever was the best individual Why with 173IL. 111⁄2 ins. beating Gredmaka the command throw by 7ft. 8ins.
Royal Artillery won the Mile Miss Li Po-chun team.race and the Three Miles 9. K.
Collene
Kia Ora
team race.
They also won the 1 Mile relay, wai Shiu-pak the weight, Long Jump, High Vitala Jump.
The Combined Middlesex and Toots
L. W. 8. Rajputs, won the 440yds, relay F. A. Button which was, the best race of the afternoon.
KCC TENNIS TRIAL
In the ladies series, Great Bri- tain almost pulled off a sensational upset against the strong-Chinese squad, when they were nosed out]
Inter-Unit, Novines Coming! through bone-headed base-runners:-Royal Scots,«Runners ning.
ülesex Rog Jeannette Yolle who was perch-Inter-UniTeam Championships with be ed on second with the tieing run, nera: Reval Scols:. Tunners-un – Mid- with two down, forgot to pick up. diesex Regt her dogs as alster Yvonne holsted Winners Middlesex Hert Runners,
ATHLETICA.. ona which centre-fielder Margaret upsth Coast Regla BA Young dropped, and only made.
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--TUG-OF-WAR-
third, where she diedas Kitty .110 Stond Winners:-12th Bush tapped out a feeble roller Regi
A
NEW CHAMPION
な
DOOOOMNODO-DOOM2NT-OOOM DIN
A tenn League trial was held at Kowloon Cricket Club yester-
new World Middleweight day
was a fairly large boxing champion was crownød-on turn-out among those-participat- Friday night when Billy Soose, SEC Fincher, A. former collegiate star and triple Crawf EF Fincher, G. C. amateur champion, out-pointed mern, A. E. P.Guest, R. S. Capell, rounds. Burnett A., Gray, F. R. Zim- Ken Overlin, the holder, over 15 NAE Mackay, R. T. Broad-Overlin amassed a good lead on Bridge A. L. Fisher, N; Bebbing-points and appeared to win at Coast ton, H. C. Eardley, H. Crabb, D. least eight rounds, and the deel-
glon was unpopular-Reuter
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