THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941.,
MASCAVAGE AND PAWLOSKI WERE THE SEASON'S BEST
By “Grandstand”
Well, the Baseball Season is over, and it's time. out for the over-worked players and the even-more over-worked scribes to take their hard-earned rest. Meanwhile the Hot Stove League, or the talking season, is just about to begin. It's great stuff, this Hot Stove League, you don't have to pay a cent to get in on it, and there is no umpire to make you accept his decisions.
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Averages have proven beyond doubt the supre-
both others in of certain players over batting and fielding departments, but one or two questions still remain to be answered.
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Tony Masoavage, left, declared to be the most valuable player in the 1941 Baseball League, and Pawioski, right, nominated the best pitcher for 1941, Both are from U.5.8. Mindanao.
CRAIG WOOD BECOMES
UNOFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPION
MINDANAONS, TONY MASCA- the Brewers, who were second respondent.
But what
CARDINALS
AND WILDCATS TO CLASH
By "Grandstand"
The glamour-gorgeous Cardinals tangle with Wildcats in their first pre- season Softball tilt-to- morrow at Kowloon Foot- ball Club at 10.30 a.m., whilst arrangements have been made for Eddie Mar- ques' Merry Madcaps to meet a team from U.S.S. Mindanao immediately afterwards.
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Manager Bill Ogden's Redbirds have been training hard for the past month and will be making a strong bid for the pennant this season.
Coach "Romeo" Hamet has signified his intention of starting hurler Effie Babdida on the mound with Marie Roza behind the bai. quartette will be selected from Alice Tsang, Kitty Bush, Gulomar da Motta, Betty Clarke, Betty Fitzgerald and Gladys Hutchinson, whilst Naty. Dolly Brown, Marle Figureido, Pat Mainaroneck, N.Y.. star Jeft Jorge and Linda Fernandez will WINNER OF THE NATIONAL! The OPEN AND MASTERS' TOURNA-Ghezzi and the week-end gallery gasp each have a turn at patrolling the MENTS BUT ELIMINATED IN ing with an opening 63, and his repastures.
sultant seven-hole lead stood virtually THE P. G. A. CLASSIC AS HE undented to the end. The sizzling round SOUGHT TO WIN A "TRIPLE," shattered the Mahoning Country Club's THE BLOND VETERAN TOOK 12-year record of 64 set by home pro. THE SHORTEST DETOUR TO, Tom Raklets. and bettered par by HIS GOAL.
Shooting nine under
par, he walloped Vic Ghezzi, the pro, king. In a special 72-hole match for the unofficial world championship. Besides
the mythical title, the 5-and-4 victory gave Wood $2,500.
"WHO IS THE MOST VALU-| The reason why the Champions ABLE PLAYER IN THE are "champs" will be seen in the LEAGUE?**
which NOW, DON'T ALL] aggregate balting figures,
On August 4 Craig Wood reigned over the world SHOUT AT ONCE. I HAVE NO reven! that the mighty
safely of golf as a climax to one of the greatest comebacks HESITATION IN NAMING THE from Mindanao connected HAMMERING
for HIND-SNATCH- for an average of 325
the in the history of the game, writes on American cor- ER OF THE MERRY-MAKING season, 14 batting points above
VAGE, FOR THE HONOUR, AND| best with five games. 1 DON'T THINK THERE WILL strikes me as most surprising is BE MANY TO DISPUTE MY that the aggregate sticking figures CHOICE.
of the Chung Hwa Maroons, who It is
interesting to note that finished second in the race with a commentators have games won and lost percentage of competent
whilst unanimously selected the mighty 667, only averaged 196.
in the who embroidered batting the Mohawks, fuishing history for the job behind the bat-second division, batted 258. ter in a mythical all-star line-up -the reul deciding factor being Maroons Have Laugh his might with the stick, when he had rival outfielders with their backs against the fence everytime he went to but.
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Moving into the pitching de- partment. we come into a bit of difficulty in pleking the stand-out hurler of the year. The choice nur- rows down ω Wally "Dimples" Ching and Lou Pawloski.
Brilliant Comeback
The Potent Polack showed signs? of cracking up in the middle of a torrid flag chase, but recovered towards the end of a waning_seo- son to stage a comeback in a blaze of glory, chucking two victories in as many days, a feat of pitching been un- endurance which has
these sunny shores, equalled in especially when considering that:
went into 11 one of the tussles frames.
him.
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Under the able coaching of "Grandpa" Leung, the Maroons had a successful season, and laugh's on me for doping them to finish in the lower bracket. Just for the fun of it, I referred to the predictions of other critics to And out how they fured. It was nice comparing the forecasts-It's that ways nice to find out other guys in the press box didn't know a thing either.
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The unanimous guess for the recipient of the wooden spoon came out 100 per cent. correct, and although South China im proved towards the end of the season, their initial defeat at the hands of the Sappers spelled doom for the Caroliners.
V
HOCKEY UMPIRES HOLD MEETING
was
ELECTRIC COY. PRESENTATION
seven strokes.
Shots Stray
Championship Nine
The Wildcats will have the same line-up as their pennant- with winning nine of last year, Thelma Collaco and Cynthia da Motta forming their battery.
their The Madcaps face real test to-morrow when come across Mindanao, mace- maulers of Baseball fame.
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From that point on it was merely a Sucation of how much magic Ghezzi's butter held. But the Deal, NJ.. sharp shooter never got under way, either on the greens ΟΥ with his famed short game, and ended with 118 pults, or 13 Marquesmen have so atrokes more than his toe. Several through with flying tunes Craig's tee shots, consistently chalking up five victories
indeed be longer, started to stray, but he always row, and it will recovered near the pin, once having feather in mentor Eddle Marques' six consecutive one-putt holes.
Six Strokes Ahead
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The match ended on the 68th green mad-cap if they triumph over the Members of Hong Kong Electric with Wood dropping a three-footer for sailors. Either Carl Silva-Netto or Recreation Club bade farewell to a half after Ghezzi's second shot rolled | Americo Lopes will start for
Madcaps. Mr. Jack McKenna, of the Com-off the carpet. pany's Consumers Accounts De- partment, and Mrs. McKenna at a ceremony at the Clubhouse, Ming Yuen, last evening, when Mr. Mc- Kenna was presented with a wrist- let watch and Mrs. McKenna with a vanity bag. The presentation and 10 one-overs. was made on behalf of the mem- The loser, 10 years Wood's Junior and bers by Mr. F. F. Duckworth. once his pupil, said that 63 was too Chairman of the Club's Commit- much for me."
"I guess you'd say I won it with tee.
They played out the 72 holes with the victor carding 63-70-68-70-271 and the Jersey pro 21:00:68-09-277. For the 68, Wood had an eagle. 14 birdies, and 8 bogeys. Ghezzi collected 13 birdies
DID YOU KNOW?
If it were not for the tremen- dous power in the batter's' box, Jimmy Foxx could earni league salary pitching. He has a good sinker ball and better con- trol than many hurlers.
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a big
A feature of the farewell func-mirrors." Wood declared, "Since-win-
Mrs. Julius Page, champion of 1937, There have bean one-hit and
tion yesterday was a lawn bowls ning the Open I had been having a lot
Helen Goldthwaite and 'the" in 1929,÷Mrs. match between the European Staff of trouble. Watching movies gave me Mrs. Betty Hocks Newell, semi-finalist
an idea, and two nights before two-hit twirling performances, but
and the Local Staff of the Com-match here I stood in front of, a mirror: Sigel are semi-finalists in the Amert- no one mound performance stands Out o singularly as Wally Ching's Mr. T. A. Tyas
elected pany, which the latter won 50-57.checking my swing. I found I was lift-can, Women's Golf Championship, now
W. H. Sousa. S. M. Rumjahn.
Sing my hands too much and opening being played at Brooklines, Massachu which no-hitter, regulation
la chairman of Hong Kong Hockey | even more shining in it's
Umpires' Association at the an-Yusuf, M. A. Adal (Local Staff) beat the face of the club.“
W. E. Baiser, E..L. lancy as Ching had only a totter-nual meeting he'd at St. Andrew's AG. Everett,
Groome, R, C. Butler 23-10. ing South China squad behind Church Hail yesterday, at which U. A. Rumiaho, M. B. Hussan, A. K. Captain, A. C. Martin, R.E., pre- Minu, M. I. Razack lost to R. W. Smith, sided, and others present were W. Stonehouse, A. F. Paul, J. F. Lun! Sgt. J. Gorman, Cpl. J. Tomlinson.ny 16-23.
C. Marquez, E. A. R. Bux, À R His 12 strike-ouls for that nine S/S G. P. Shorthouse, and Sgt. E.
Minu, C, G. BlIvalost to K. Crawford, inning scuffle constitutes the high Lander. in whiffs for one tilt this season,
Election of officers resulted as K. F. Gregory, J, K, Sloan, A. G. Gard-
ner 20-24, but Pawloski's amazing feat on follows:-T. A. Tyas (Chairman), that sunny afternoon of July 21 Cpl. W. Hodge (Hon. Treasurer last year, when he fanned 16 of and Secretary). Committee: Sat. the 21 batters to face him in alw Wathan, Sgt. E. Fishlock, Bdr. "no-hit, no-run" seven inning Vasco. tussle, bears no equal, and will probably stand
That was before his transfer to Chung Hwa
high,
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Captain Martin was nominated all-time as the Army representative. Naval and Civilian representatives will
IN VIEW OF PAWLOSKI'S be nominated at the next meet- CONSISTENCY ON THE HILL, ing, to be held in October. WE GIVE HIM THE NOD FOR
A complaint was brought
up
SOUTH CHINA'S
BASKETBALL CA
SUCCESS
Two Open League Basketball matches were played at Chinese YM.C.A. last
THE DISTINCTION OF BEING regarding unfairness to umpires night when National University beat THE SEASON'S MOUNDSMAN. on the part of various clubs dur-Ping Ching 63-39, and South China beat
ing the last hockey season, when Indian Police 42-31. umpires. on arriving at the sche-
Mindanao Strength
The concensus
at
the
TABLE TO DATE
duled grounds of play, found that the matches had been postponed Chinese Y.M.C.A.
beginning of the season was that without their knowledge.
South China National-University. this wah Klu
it would be a two-way fight be- A letter of complaint to Hong Sing Tao tween Mindanao and Hong Kong Kong University regarding Brewers for the pennant, but, with matter was read, the much discussed H.B. walkout
The next meeting will be half-way through the season, any on October 31. doubts as to the ultimate cham-
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MRS. COOKE BEATEN.
FEATHERWEIGHT
CHAMPION
Black Cats
held
Indian Police. Youths
A new world featherweight box- ing champion, as recognised by the New York and Maryland authorl- ties, came into being when Chalky Wright, Los Angeles negro, knock~| ed out Jooy Archibald in the eleventh round of a fifteen-round The
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One Hit Wins
Oldtime 'baseball player Clyde
At East Hampton, scone of the fight on Thursday night. American women's invitation National Boxing Association re- tournament, on August 1, the gards Ritchie Lemos, Mexican, as wreckage included Mrs. Sarah champion as he beat Pate Scalzo Atteberry tells the story of a game that was won with a single Palfrey Cooke's winning streak
in July. of six tournaments and Virginia
It appears to need a meeting batted ball,
The first man who came up to the Wolfenden's hopes of improving now between Lemos and Wright plate in the game between Gllos and on a mediocre season. The res to determine who is the undis-Clarendon in 1994 smacked the ball out pective wreckers were Louise Brough, 18, of Los Angeles, puted champion. Reutor.
2,6-4, and Hope Knowles of Football's aftermath-chlofly" a logacy Philadelphia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, of lossas Bury lokt £447 last season. MEA, Cooke later won the Na-70ool may show a deficit or about tional titlo after 10 years effort. £1,400,
into a masquito dal, Atteberry said,
"It rolled down a prairies dog liole, of The umpire yelled 'play ball but we, couldn't play, It was the only base ball in 40; mileage
Giles won by a hoing ruhi.
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