THE CHINA MALL, JUNE 11, 1941
ASHEVILLE HAVE EDGE OVER MOHAWKS IN CLOSE GAME H. B.'s Run Of Wins Broken Sappers Delight Supporters With First Win
By "Grandstand”
THE HONG KONG Baseball League went into a colourful start when H.E, the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, performed the traditional rite of tossing the first ball last Saturday at the Military Football Park at Chatham Road.
U.S.S. Mindinao, who were matched against the Hong Kong Brewers for the Opening Day' Classic, nosed out the Beermen 7-5 in a ding-dong battle which had the fans on edge, as the leadership changed hands with almost every ing.
TO-NIGHT'S INTER-HONG GALA
The Inter-hong-cwinming gata in ald of the Bomber fund will take place this evening at 8.30 pm, at tha European Y.M.C.A. and some good sport is expected,
Fellowing Hongs will he competing: - Hong Kong Bank, Butterfield and Swire, Hong Kong Electrls, Kowloon Dock, Dodwell's and. Jar. dinc's.
BOWLS TEAMS
the day, and left hurler Arculli right behind the eight ball, with ducks in the pond and Tony Muscavage coming up to the plate. Tony flied out for Wilson to Score while M. M. Wilson singled for Powlawski to trot home with what turned out to be The following have been..chos- The Asheville none, deputising the winning counter.
len to represent their respective- for U.S.S. Tulsa, eked out a nar- Hindsnatcher Tony Mascavage 'clubs in the Lawn Bowls : League" row victory from Hong Kong gave his mates some anxious on Saturday: Baseballers on Sunday morning, moments when he dropped Tony
RECREIO First Division ("A" v I.R.C., Home) whilst Ruyal Engineers up-"Peewee" Alves' third strike and
Jos Luz, C. E. Marques, J. F. V sel all the dopesters by taking gave Alves a life with two outs.
Ribeiro and C. G. Silva (Skip). South Chinn 9-5 mi Pie afternoon Dave Leonard was next
L. F. Xavier, H. A. Alves, J. E. failed to come through with a Noronha and F. X. Silva (Skip). safely and forced Alves at sec- ond, to relieve the tension. for the Mindinaomen.
Out-hitting the Brewers, the Mindinaoans' victory Was high lighted by Tony Mascavage's smashing clout which went four bases with one aboard.
for
Ski "Bad News" Powlawski, who went the route for the Minnies, had six Beermen lunging at his side-arm benders and walked nou
whilst Madeen "Slim" Arculli, who toiled on the slab for the Brewers. WIS nicked for eight blows, walked one and only fanned one.
in
Blanking the Mindinaoans the first frame, Brewers chalked up two markers in their home half on three bunched up hits and a wild heave by hind-snatcher Tony Mascavage to take a short- lived lead.
Powlawski Deadly
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Willie Wilson came in tor batting honours by slashing out three singles in four trips to the platter and pilfered four bases, whilst Tony Mascavage connect- ed for the only four-bagger of the week-end.
Extra base hits were returned by Slan Leonard, Joe Bowen and Henry Ruel with a double a-piece.
With angels
the on
paths and
Ski Powlawski bun'ed into a ď play, for the only twin-erasure of the action-packed game,
none
away.
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F X Soares, C. Roza-Pereira, P. V. V Ribeiro and R. F. Luz (Skip).
First Division ("B" v P.R.C., Away)
D. C. Alves, C. H. Barto. C. M. da Silva and J. J. Basto (Skip).
F. A. Machado, J C. Remedios, Eddie Souza and L. J. Silva (Skip).
(F. Vas. A M. Xavier, A, M.
Rodrigues und A. P. Guterres (Skip).
A.
Second Division (v C.C.C., Home) A. J. Osmund, E. L. Barros, A, V. Burros and O. P. Remedios (Skip).
L. A. Ruzario, F. J. A. Marques, C.
Lopes and J. R. Soares (Skip}, A. P. Pereira, Fred A. Xavier, J. A. Remedios and C. C. Pereira (Skip). Third Division (v .R.C., Away) E. Cunha, F X. Monteiro, M. P
Pinna and P. A. Yvanovich (Skip),
F. Sequeira, H. M. Xavier, A. F. Noronha and M. A. Carvalho (Skip).
A. Pinna. E. A. R. Alves, M. Mendoncu and M. Alarcon (Skip).
H.K.E.R.C. Third Division (v K.F.C.. Away) Tony W E. MacFarlane, R. F. Gregory, smash A. G Cardner and L. de Rome (Skip). which was labelled, in the first AP Tarbuck, C. E. Gahagan, A. F. frame, whilst Bob Strahl handied Paul and J. X. Sloan (Sktp),
A eleven fielding chances at the R
Owens, E. L Groome, J. F. initial s'ation with nary an error. Barron and R. C. Butler (Skin).
Reserves: J. R. Way and W. Stoker.
Hank Ali dished out a fielding
by hauling down geni In the second semester, Pow-Mascavage's trolley-wire lawski displayed his deadly form by fanning the next three batters to face him. The Minnies broke into the scoring column in the third canto with a cluster of three i despite an injured knee.
runs, on two hits assisted by Mighty "A" Win
George Souza's pair of expensive. bobbles. The Beermen came back · with a vengeance and grabbed the lead once more with a pair of tallies, but Muscavage, batting in the clean-up slot, poled out a round-tripper to deep left with one on, for the lead to change hands again.
The
Bo'h moundsmen, Sawyer for Asheville and e Crews
for the Waggonermen, fanned five and walked three on balls. Langford of Ashev je
guilty of two passed balls com- pared to Joe Morris' one.
have of victory would margin
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CHESS RESULT
was
Taking advantage of five errors in the third frame, the Mighty In the Colony Junior Chess "A" chalked up four counters to championship yesterday. To Yu- take a narrow 6-4 decision from lau beat A. Morton. Hong Kong Baseballers, Mohawks left eight potential runs stranded on the sacks whilst only
their first victory of the season, four Ashevillemen died on
the In the sixth,
at the expense Stan Leonard bases.
of South China. Charlie The Caroliners only managed six was given a life on Moore's mis-
afeties off hurler Mike Sarsfield cue. Lefty Joe Bowen, the Brown Bomber, pinch-hitting for Jindoo
whilst the Sappers were, collect- Hussain, cam * 4th
ing nine blows of sipster Brune and chased
Moy, who ringing double
in
derricked after the sixth. Sarsfield struck Stan Leonard to knot the count.
out whilst the Bomber himself cross-
The six but issued five free tickets to first, whilst Ernie whiffed three ed the pan with the tie-breaker on Obear Arculli's timely single been much more were it not and walked six. Wally Ching re- to right. With the last inning Dan Fittinghoff's brilliant catch placing Moy on the hill in the coming up, it was now or never in the centre patch, after he had seventh, showed surprising form
Speedy Willie raced back a mile for the Minnies.
to gather in by fanning Cork, Taylor Wilson singled and burgled sec-
nailed Shaw in order. long hoist and Sawyer's ond. George booted Powlawski's Red Morey at second base, for
Both sides were blanked in the grounder for his third error of only twin-killing of the scuffle. Arst half, although Ching singled The Mohawks drew Arst blood for Nam Hwa, but was left strand- Schaberg singled, ed at second. The Sappers broke burgled second, and dented the the ice in the second canto on but South pay-off station on Pete Fitch's three infield errors, grass-cutter which found third- China evened the score with a
when sacker
Hal handcuffed, counter DiGiacomo
Winglee grounded another counter 1
out to SCOTE and added
Wally Ching. In the fourth frame the Frank Crews' double in the sec-
score was still tied, both teams ond frame.
chalking up a marker each,
MEN! HERE'S HOW
as Johnnie
the
and
S. China Miss Chance-
soused in the glxth
Defence Cracks. in Asheville's batting half of the same chapter, the Mokawk
Taking advantage of another defence cracked wide open, and South China epidemic of errors; when the hectic inning was over the Engineers pushed home three. four runs had already trickled more runs. Two timely hits with Fover the platter on only опе
(count It) hit. Bearing down in the sacks the next frame, the Mohawks produced another cluster of four tied the
count with a pair of runs for the Sappers to put the TO KEEP IN TRIM. tallies, but were blanked out for game on ice,
The Caroliners · missed...... their. | Learn to bowl! You'll find that the rest of the tilt as the Asheville chance for a rally in the sixth, men dished out a brilliant error when hurler Mike Sarsileld bowling will keep your body fit less nelding display, and stowed walked three in a row to choke and your mind alert. And the the game away in the old bat bag the bags. Wally, Ching slashed best part is that you can bowl with a tally in each of the fout a daisy-cutter which Heath
frames. Langford, In the evenings. We'll give you and sixth. all the instruction you need. Try Johnnie Schaberg and Frank fumbled, but recovered in time to force out Ernie Moy, who was Crews were all good, for a two
still finding his way down to in three batting performance, the
second? latter cracking, out the only,"extra base clout with a two bagger. Engineers Triumph
HỒNG KONG BOWLING ALLEYS
LookHars:
The Royal Engineers" delib Weir supporters-by, thải
Nip Lum and Flash Radcliffe both wielded the willow for a neat | .667 Agure in their three: batting churices-tite Intter chos ng in thi of his mates with a single and double.