Mohawks Play Heads Up Baseball To Beat Up Mindanaoans
South China Strike Form To Down Sappers LEACH STILL GUNBOAT-HURLER PAWLOSKI YANKED IN
TOPS S'HAI. AVERAGES
Following the League cricket matches in Shanghai last week- end, quite a re-shuffle has heen ffected in the baiting and bowling averages, and though Donald Leach still tops the batting with an average of 82, his figure drop- ned by about 50 per cent. Next on the list is L. F. Stokes, ther Shanghai cricketer wel-known in Hong Kong, whose average is 41 for 4 innings played.
A Comparis. I between Agures and
follows:
Leach
Stokra
I ncb's and aure
FIFTH: ARM
INJURY PREVENTS MOUND WIZARD FROM PITCHING AT HIS BEST
By "Grandstand"
CORRESPONDENCE
BASEBALL LEAGUE DECISION
Sir,-"Sportsman," in his letter
PLAYING HEADS-UP BALL ALL THE WAY LAST SUNDAY, CHUCK WAGGONER'S MARAUDING MOHAWKS DISPLAYED EXCELLENT FORM BY TOPPLING THE LE AGUE-LEADING MINDANAO MACE-MAULERS 7 TO 4, FOR THE SEASON'S BIGGEST UPSET, WHILST SOUTH CHINA CHALKED UP THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON BY SHADING started, dropped a game. Under
ROYAL ENGINEERS 8 TO 7 ON SATURDAY.
The Mohawk upset just about ends all hope of Mindanao rejecting the points forfeited by Hong Kong Brewers, and the : ffair might as well as be
1. H S. 1. N.O. Avg filed away as finished business.
4 76 16-4 4 40 123
*
H2
3
41
While Leach is fairly low down in the bowling uverages, with 6 wickets for 114 runs, Stokes ነፍ second with the same number of wickets for 39 us Top of the
list is F R. Kermani, whose 18 wickets huve cost him 8.5 apiece.
runs
League standings to date are-
P. W. L. D. Pts.
S.C.C. Wanderers
S.C.C. Stragglers
Pelice R.C
Reca
Tyros
Recs Colts
Parace C.C.
*
*
0 0 12
4 4 0 0
12
4
1 ?
煤
22
0
6
+
0 3
1
1
4 0 4
0
REDDINGTON
BEATS ROBINSON
ON POINTS
slants.
the platter.
additions to the
complete
BASEBALL LEAGUE
TABLE
TO DATE
W. L.
Petg.
U.S.S. Mindanao H.K. Brewers
5
1
633
4
1 ,800
Chung Ha
3
2
.600
U.S.5. Ashevillo
1
1
,500
H.K. Baseballers
3
.429
Royal Engineers South China
2
4
333
1
4
.200
yesterday, summed up the whole || agree with him that an exam- "baseball dispute" in a nutshell. ple should be taken from Club de Recreto's very sporting gesture.
Min- Incidentally, I see that danao have, since the controversy
the circumstances it can be hard- ly expected that the baseball public will stomach any sugges- tion of a withdrawal of the H.B. resignation from the League now, so the obvious thing would be for that team to apply for permission to meet Mindanao in a charity. game in nid of the Bomber Fund, After all the publicity they have had
The unpleasant incid- ent, they should prove a wonder.. ful drawing card-Yours etc..
HATS OFF TO RECREIO.
was labelled, with a single-handed stab that had the stands on their Irect.
tallied
twice
could
Although Mohawk mound victor Larry Law- rence, the Lone Star Ranger, in a return to the hillock, was nicked for nine safeties, six Mindanao- men went down swinging at his teasing side-arm
He only passed four to first. Losing pitcher Pawloski @ two-in-three figure, whilst Bowersox banged out 1 double was chased off the hill in and a single in his four trips to
box in the second frame, after The Caroliners the fifth after conceding.
Nip Lum and Johnnie Wong, walking one and conceding four more in the third and fifth frames four blows, fanning three latest
First-sacker Mack Tribe, hits.
Shaw, to chalk up a total of eight and walking two ---
in he worked
harmony called in to finish the game, doled markers, whilst Sappers around the key-stone and com-out three safeties, whiffed three, only manufacture one in each of I was, however, nursing a pleted the only twin-killing of the and handed out free tran rta-the third and fifth, and that was
strained
Caroliners, the way they went into the last Henry tusse. when Nip Lum froze on to tions to first to five "Crooner" Ruel finished, layed the pill to Wong to double tained a
Bowersox's stinging liner, and re- Nam Hwa hurler Paul Lau sus-session.
cramp in the sixth and derricked in favour of Nightmarish Inning the game, but the damage Tony Muscuvage, who left second was
with the crack of the bat. Five "Shorty" Pau. had already been done. Waggonermen died on the sacks,
whilst eleven potential Mindanao Sappers' Bases Loaded ed in their half, whilst pilot Hal Winglee went grabbing for the runs were left stranded.
The Caroliners counted oneo, smelling salts as the Sappers when they managed to piece to- counted five times-one short of gether a walk, a steal, a sacrifice knotting the count on five costly
Jones was
pegged off and a single in the first canto, but errors.
night-marish really started going to town in second to end the the second semester as Ernie Moy, inning.
South China Paul Lau and Cecil Winglee spiked
right gardener the rubber on a trio of safeties. Willie Kwan slashed out two
arm.
Minnies Score First
The Nam Hwamen were blank-
Nip Lum, Chuck Waggoner and Den Crary went out in order in South China Improve the initial frame fur no count, whilst the Minnies dented the South China showed a marked pay-off station twies on three improvement by nosing out the seld blows in their half of the Sappers 8 to 7 to avenge their franie. In the next canto Pel former defeat. Conceding Alf. Robin-Elder slashed out a two-bagger. Sapper moundsman Mickey son, Leeds, 4lb., Tom but was left stranded as Waller Sarsfield was blasted out of the in the Sappers' half they produced singles in his two batting attempts
grounded out, whilst the Pawlo-
Reddington, Salford skimen added another tally on a heavy-weight, defeated single and a fumble.
In the
third
Lame
of
a real threat, as Jimmy Welford for a perfect 1,000 Agure, drew a pass on the gravy train, o Sapper Bob Foley, whose main single by Mike Sprsfield and an-stock-In-trade, consists of banging.
sacks cut sharp cingles through the in- DID YOU KNOW? Mohawks
other walk, saturated the him on points at Belle broke the ice with a cluster
with Sappers and only one out. field, connected for a handsome Elmer Flick, Cleveland, won the The uprising was quelled as three-in-four figure, and Inciden-, Vue, Manchester, staging four tallies on two hits, assisted
by a couple of bubbles, to take American League batting cham- Gray fanned the breeze for the tally is the first one to park a ball
eraguro, the best fight of his career the lead, but Bob Strahl evened pionship in 1905 with a slim 306 second
whilst centre- out of the park at Railway Corner,
Ecribe in
got despatches all the
successive average. Larry Doyle of the Giants gardener Cecil Winglee ran back Your process writes the count 4-4 on two
was the National League title- a couple of clty blocks to pull crossed up last Saturday,' and Norman Hurst.
holst, Luin ho'der in 1915 with a 820 figure. 'down Cork's long
which gave the credit to Flash Rateliffe.
He boxed cooly and cleverly, paving the way to victory with a stiff left to the face in the early stages.
"The contest was open, and a hardfought one from bell to bell.
Robinson found ton late that his best punch would have been a right to the body instead of try- ing this blow on the bobbing head of his opponent.
I have watched Reddington in many matches, and viewing the constant danger of the hard punching Yorkshireman's de liveries, I rule last night's victory as the best on Reddington's record.
the into
fifth
fumble. singles and Coming singled, whilst Waggoner worked relief hurler Ruel for a pass. With ducks in the pond, Den Crary hoisted a fly to right which gar dener Kennard muffed for Lum to cross the plate in a cloud of dust.
Waggoner Scores
Lawrence flied out 10 right again, but Waggoner scored, whilst Pinky Higgins tapped out a roller for Crary to ride home with an- other marker. In the Mindanao half, Bowersox stood still on a groover. whi st Kennard an:i Strah! flied out for nu gain, In the sixth Wong, Oliver and Lum were erased in order for a Mohawk The crowd is now asking for no-run, no-hit chapter. Reddington and Martin.
A wild heave, followed by a Fusilier Pierce Ellis, Manchester, perfect dump, put angels on the met Len Massey, Salford, wholly pathe for the Minnies. Tony substituted for Kid Tanner, the Maccavage, cloud-bumping hind- referee stopping the fight in the snatcher, Etrolled up to the platter third round after Massey had with his pet mace, but to his dis- been down for a count of nine,
puct and the Mohawk rootora'
Gill (Nottingham) beat Jones delight, he was given an inten- (Coalville) on points; Wilson tional pass on four pitches, to load (Salford) defeated Britner (Man- the sacks. With the tieing run on chester), fight being stopped in bace, keystoner Ray Wilson took third round.
MCAVOY'S CHALLENGE
Jock McAvoy, middle-weight- champion has challenged Tom Reddington, Manchester, to a bout at 13st..
three healthy cuts at the ozone for the rally to die out.
Coming into the seventh, still three runs.behind, Bowersox poled. out a ripping two-bagger, but the Waggonermen dished out some smart flelding to smother the last- minute effort..
C
Newcomers Shine Henry "Crooner" Ruel. and Tony Mascavage' both clouted for
But Reddington's manager, Mr. Walter Metcalfe, points out that he is now a heavy-weight and could not entertain the idea of a contest at the weight stipulated.
He offers to meet McAvoy at.. catch-weights,
Edwin B. Hill, West Indies all-round cricketer, will play, professionally for Spen Victoria fe le 13th Test player engaged in Bradford League,
ONE-PUNCH LOUIS
Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis throw only one punch on July 11 to knock out Jim Robinson of Philadelphia in the first round of a scheduled: four round exhibition bout at Minnea polis,
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