ARMY SPORTLIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL,, MAY 23, 1941.
UNIT BASEBALL LEAGUE IDEA BRINGS RESPONSE Entries For Water-Polo Competitions Close To-Day Draws To Be Made GRAPHICCOLE ANTI-SPORT ARRANGEMENTS
To-Morrow
By "Squaddy”
The much awaited Water-Polo League between Y.M.C.A., Navy, and Army got under way on Tues- day, Middies playing Y.M.C.A., the latter winning, and Royal Corps of Signals, beating the Navy "C" team by 2-0.
Middlesex have lost two of; much chance in the Small Unit their best players in Sgt Fresh. League as the Signals were play- water and Pie Berry, who haveing the same team for both events left the Colony, and Pte. Goodair Although the Signals do not replacing Berty in goal, gave it come up to anywhere near the good account of himself Sgt | strength of Royal Scots or Middle- Freshwater's place was taken by sex as Large Units, they Ala Sgt. Plummer,
stronger as a team and have the advantage of playing together 'hroughout in both competitions.
Signals, winters of the Barge Units competition last season, are training hard again for honours and from what I have seen of them they are still a force to be BASEBALL
eckoned with.
Entries for the Large and Small SINCE my Units competitions close to-day.
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last notes on this Sport, I have had several The draws for these competi- letters on the forming of a Base- tions will be made to-morrow byball League for Units in the representatives of all teams.com-Colony, and it has been suggested peting and the Secretary for that a meeting be called of Units water-pojo, Lieut. H. A. W. Millar, who wish to participate some of Royal Scots.
time next month.
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This year the points for water- 1 am sure that anyone interest- polo competitions will not counted in this game will be able to towards the points for the aggre- get all the information they re- gate swimming cup, as in pre- quire if they get in touch with vious years. and this should en- S/Sgt. Welford, of Royal able teams to have an equal gineers. Wellington Burrücks. chance at the swimming meeting. Construction of the stand at Lust season. Combined Small Chatham Road will shortly Units and Royal Corps of Signals started and it was decided at the were in the finals of both the annual meeting of the Baseball Large and Small Units water-polo League, held on Tuesday. that all events, and success in both gave League matches will be played Combined Small Units the points, they needed for the
aggregate swimming cup
This was a grand effort on the TENNIS part and shows the fine spirit among their group, but when teams like the company teams of the Royal Scots or the Middlesex, who had to play the Signals last season, were representing their Unit and the Small Units, it did not give them d
there.
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✪WING to the ruin during the East week the Area Tennis. League, which was due to start both at Tuesday, will now conumelier Combined next Tuesday, if fine,
Some very interesting matches.
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CRAIG WOOD
MASTERS
OPEN CHAMPION
SWINGS PUTTER HEAD IN PENDULUM FASHION SHIFTED FROM JABBING TO STROKING BALL
4.25
WOOD'S PUTTING
By Best Ball
Craig Wood, Masters' Open Champlon, has been knocking the door for some little time. He has had a number of championships in the bag. sewed up and about ready to take home when things would go haywire. Once before in this event, he apparently had the championship won when Gene Sarazen blasted a 225 yard spoon shot directly into the cup.
Wils
A couple of years ago Wood far from a top notch putter. Since
the en he has changed his style from a uching stance to a more mwight one: from jabbing the putter head at the ball to swaging it. The taller stance allows smoother stroking and in Wood's ease, facilitates the pendulum type of stroke he employs. This change appar- ently was just the tonic Yood herded, f* }}s Buthing over the Augusta National course
ft little to be desired.
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ELEMENTS ACTIVE
THE ANTI-SPORT ELEMENT}
FOR THE DERBY
Announcement yesterday of ac- ceptances for the New Derby and New Oaks Stakes, substitutes for the peace-time Derby and Oaks classics, confirms that the Derby will be run on Wednesday, June 18, with the Oaks on the follow- ing day.
There are 26 acceptances for the
HAS BEEN USING PETROL Derby and 20 for the Oaks, both WASTE AS ONE OF THE CHIEF races being over a one and a half PLANKS IN ARGUMENTSmile course at Newmarket.—Reu- AGAINST WARTIME
RACING,ter. FOOTBALL AND
OTHER SPORTS, FREQUENTLY CALL- ING ATTENTION TO THE LARGE CROWDS OF MOTOR- CARS AT SPORTING FIXTURES. NOTABLY THE WAR
CUP FINAL AT WEMBLEY RE- CENTLY.
THIRD DIVISION
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Abdul Wahab Anished off 16 slots to the Kpod in his game with George 1.</t In this match. young 1 Arquil was outstanding for very CON-
It is now announced that in- spectors will visit car parks 21 horce-racing, greyhound racing, tootball, cricket and other 011- tertainments where, it is an-sistent bowling as Nu. 1 in the Indian nouneed, they will check up cars and other motor vehicles.
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It is interesting to note that he is the son of E. el Arculli, for many seasons a member of the Craigengower senior team If it is found that suppleinen- 0. Madar, bowling wonderfully tary grant of petrol is being abus-welt. scored 20 against A. J. Coelho's
There was, ed, a decrease in the extra allow-
however, nothing out- standing In this game and but for A ance will be made or, if circum four and a stances justify such a step, it may and a triple for Coelho, the scorus ali couple of two's for Madar
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