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Everybody Loves
Gremlins
The
BY "RECORDER"
Never in the history of the Ladies' Hockey League have the Gremlins been so popular. The male world has long accepted them, appreciating the fact that the eye can wander among them from wing to wing and encounter nothing that isn't easy on it.
Now the Gremlins are popular with the women too and, even more unusual in the rough world of women's hockey, with their arch-rivals, the Victorians and Re- School crelo. All this as a result of their 2-0 victory over the King George V yesterday.
They moved Recreio, who helped themselves with a 4-0 University, to the top of the League and would have been of as to travel to Germany to meet Victorians if the latter did not have to postpone their match with
RAOR
Champions On The Junior Gremlins, much encouraged by the fact that the February 7.
Who their opponents will be watch their match, surprised with their second victory in nine is not known at the time of writ-against KGVS "B", by one goal to nil, Ing, as bad weather in Germany has held up the competition and
of
11 against
The Crookham Medicals, who also have a well-balanced side but not the scoring power of the Signals, scored eight points with put reply against the
would
HEAVY CASUALTIES
off the field,
the
bat- and
JUSTLY RATTLED
seldom
victory over the much help to the
the Dutch Ladies. Seniors stayed to
starts, this
time
Dolores Bonnar.
SPORTING SAM.
By Reg. Wootton
LEAGUE CRICKET
ARMY
DRAW LEVEL WITH THE SCORPIONS IN THE SENIOR LEAGUE RACE
almost
By "OBSERVER”
well.
A convincing double win by Army and a severe setback for the Hongkong Cricket Club "Scorpions" featured the resumption of the Cricket League matches in for both divisions on Saturday, and once again as last year It looks as if the race match, and Yot. neither Gremlins nor the second Sunday in succes-one goal of the
Bunnar, left-wing,
the Senior Championship honours will be confined to these two teams.
With eight matches more to go before the League ends, Optimists who are a number of games remain to Widgets can account for their sion. The quality of these two Dolores
victory. Both the School "A" at their best was casier to up- were an Inspired pair. be played before the end
and "B" teams were playing preciate yesterday against the Though the Gremlin Juniors five points behind may come into the race, but this seems rather remote.
ul won. the School were much
Army's
wickets ly to the off, whipped in very cloar win in the best analysis of four January.
But the men from Catterick.much better as such and the marking of the School trio
the Louise Warning, Pamela Wright the better team and should not
stayed long ball, rising slightly higher got who have an aggregate of 172 Senior Gremlins entered
a scratch fray with
forward and Jeanette Davis, particular-feel discouraged at coming out Bocond division, puts them al- for 11 runs. Major Wilson and low to the off-stump. A similar
most in na unassailable posi- Capt Campbell
been line.
ly the first named who was a the losers. points for and only
tockler und
Their left-back, from the five preceding rounds,
Deirdretion at the top of the league, enough to see 95 runs up on Stokes after Weller had tough tireless It was a rough and
With the scoreboard reading will
start hot favourites and In
tempers
Collar, put up a sterling per- and interest in this section will the board, and their side well caught at first dip by Kermani. last, wasted a clearance.
Louise's performance at left-formance, and centre-forward be centred on the runner-up act for a win.
MORE INTERESTING 72 for four, and with Stokes, deed are expected to go on and game with no
Weller ali win the Cup for the fourth clean on the rules but with a
hard-back yesterday would give ber Susan Howson gave the Grem-position, to which at least five
teams have a good claim.
The Scorpions-Craigenpower Kerr, Pearce and This will considerable amount of succession. me in not be a record, for the 1st Bat-hitting that saw the ball rip-a claim for preference against lins many anxious moments.
Indian Recreation Club who match at Happy Valley was a out, it looked as if the Valley to keep The teams were:
held Army to a draw in their more interesting affair, with Club would be able
the 120 talion South Wales Borderers ping through at head level al- the best in the League.
feat In the most as often as one
Gremlins "B": Rosemary first moeting. found that the the Scorpions being both lucky the Scorpions within accomplished this
Another dropped catch, It in an hour's
unfortunate. expect to see
match mark. The every and 1920s.
Read; Mrs Giles, Irene Smir-soldiers knew
however, cost them a valuabic worth of cricket.
Not too long after Mrsnolf; Dlanne Saunders, Mrs inch of their home plich, and did not start until 2.05 p.m.
After having scored Winning the loss, Alec Pearce 38 runs. Groundwater had put the Vinnna, Tommy Wiseman; Na- were soundly trounced by eight Gremlins one up, right-winger
and sent in Siokes and Kerr to bat only a single, Knight cocked up When all was over, the crip- Simmons, justy rattled at the talle Colon, Coreen Ellery, Lorna wickets. "Puddy" Ismail
full zan" Temail was too surprised Two full dlang a good start of 47 runs played very Army ples crept
in it two-up with
Crabtree's opening to catch. straight, made reply wi full details, location and School of Education, and wil Gremlins counting the heavier suggestion that she can't shoot Coxali, Noreen Campbell and K. M. Rumah gave the In-on a lightly soft wicket that ja vitter to midon, which "Thr- A bright knock by Campbell KGVS": Margery Revie; for the first wicket, but after tosson a-well-timed long shot from
fours and a little later, Stokes who hit six foure in his score an acute angle of the kind that Katherine Davies, Deirdre Col-Ismail wont, there was no one over prevented Stokes with two
Norma to stay long enough. Vanessa Sun and Pat James;
Rumjahn's chanceless innings was given a life when a shoul- of 27 and a 15 by Ruffett put ly accomplish.
Butcher, Susan of 03 was the only saving fea- der high drive to long mid-on the Scorpions back into a com- wingers dream about but rare-lar; Claire Marchetti,
This early lead did not up-Giles, Lelia
ture of the IRC's bating. When was dropped by Divecha. Stokes manding position with 167 runs they declared thelt he left with the score at 105 went on to score 50, Kerr was when
have
a slightly innings at 3.53 p.m. bank on their staying powers Ford.
for five, bowled by Corfeld in unlucky to
short ball from Kermant kick trying to hook
EXACTLY 95 MINUTES *** slightly her shin on which three bulls to give them the better of the
and in trying to hook it
Opening their inning at were scored..
A Pt short ball, a procession follow-up,
p.m., Craigenpower had ed, only four runs being added sited the ball to Billimoria.
the next Alec Pearce was these were to the
score, and
man and for the first time this exactly 95 minutes to make the from extras.
A new bowler in the Army's season at least, was out to a runs, In the first over, Divecha, A good length ball playing forward to Cull, gave League bear this year, Lt fast ball. Nicholson finished up with the from Bilimoria pitched sight- snick which was well taken by Knight behind the wicket- Joined keeper, Kermani by Ismall and began scoring with delightful hools, but with the score at 22 lost Ismail who played on to Weller. Next man Ragi and Kermani looked as if they were to make stand, bub at 29 Kerment was Eiven lbw to a ball that appear- ed to be going away from the leg stump.
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and more of the interval.
of
this is that if you succeed in defence to hit teaching the clean for a long clearance, then keep out of its way.
The Gremlins were short of Madras, Jan. 20,
of Detroit centre-forward Hilda Reid and Fred Kovaleski gained the final round of the inside-right Renate Kerr. Sybil South Indian Lawn Tennis Groundwater, back in the game Championship today and quall- after a dozen years, took over field to meet Irv Dorfman the centre-forward berth scored a goal within n Now York for the title.
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HOW THEY STAND
Recrea Gremlins "A" KGVS Victorians
Dutch
KGVS
second half and had, in fact, game after the
Gremlins Where the
were they felt concerned, however, like winners and nothing could Universtiy them from then on. discourage
the They never gave up trying for E the third goal and when School had more of the attack in the later stages of the game
The School's attack their defence refused to crack. handicapped by a slowed-down Maureen Hodkinson, nursing ankle injury. Maureen's sud- den breakaways are normally
the tkle-turners
attack at School's Joan Gerrard inside-right and had very little weren't very
Valerie yesterday. do. Left-winger
to
Shade also had few opportuni-
ties and most of the Gremlins'
an
the in and there them many of
Valerie Jolt was dangerous
attack fell to other the right on the right wing and at least
of
Nocie
the runs in one of her solo wing combination
first half should have finished Simmons and Shella Abraham with a gom if she had not out-
to the inside trio of Doris run her inside trio.
and Barten, Marjorie McNell
The teams were: Sybil Groundwater.
or
The Simmons-Abraham com- bination was in grand form for
Second Man To
Vault 15 Feet
Robert
ever
of
mons,
Kay
didin't
Britain And Portugal Reach The Final
By "GRANDSTAND”
4.10
Playing before the largest crowd of softball fans ever seen at King's Park,and Great Britain played brilliant ball to climinate China from the International Series with a 4-3 noseout, while Portugal shutout United States 3-0 to qualify for the finals.
Despite the morning drizzle, the femmes braved the elements and staged the Great Britain v. Portugal semi-finals in which the Portuguese had no trouble in chalking up. an overwhelming 17-0 triumph.
•
TRANS.
д
win
Ragi followed suit when he mistimed a short length bat
when skipper
George
kicking ball Souze, mot with the di-fucks of Weller off his glove to Pearce, dancing D the Scorpions had the game most within their grasp, Hong
Gremlins; Maud Read;
minutes, bringing up the score Choy and Tay stayed for 23 to 74 for 7, and the Scorpions to tako the Baldock, Anne Fowler: Shella Abraham, Marjorie McNell, Sim- Naomi Abraham; Nocle
Junior League games over the fourth Y. 5. Leung led off with the ballgame hinging on whether had 28 minutes
inst throe wickets. A magni- Joan Garrard, Sybil weakend
were comparatively a neat single and was sacrificed he would be able to hit safely.
Looking over one strike Tsang cent stand by J. C. Koh and Rabbit Leung'a
pitch and S. Ismail, now that Groundwater, Doris Barten and tame affairs as the Blackhawks to second on
a lazy grounder to Valerie Slade.
stretched their string of triumphs bunt. Another dump along the swung at the next
every attempt to make them KGVS: Sheila Graham-Cum- to 12 straight when they pushed baseline pushed Loung around bounced
to third base from where he Brown on the slab, who neatly was out of the question resisted hit out. Kob did smack the ming: Shirley Winterton, over the Falcons 10---1, while scored when P. H. Lee rapped picked it up and beat Tsang to hat
Grifing avenged a former de-
the bag for the end of a hardly ball hard on several occasions Louise Warning: Mary Elliott,
reach the boundary on Pamela Wright, Jeanette Davis; feat when they subdued Aces one on the ground.
Neither side made further duelled game.
and to be the Ruby
Wally Mar and Buzzy Wade to Scott, 10-0. Valerie Jillott, New York, Jan. 27,
truant agal headway in the fourth and fin Hilary the Maureen
Pirates played Hodkinson, Richards
frames with both sides dishing both connected for two hits in nine occasions, Flinois Athletic Club pole Hale and Shirley Read.
and failed to show up, the points on an air-tight display on the three times at bat, and both in- topscorer for his side with 47 going to the Squawa
With Balmoria and Crabtroo 15 ft. Inch at the
field, but in the sixth stanza eluded a double in their achieve- HAPPY WIDGETS vaulted Millrose Indoor track meet to-
GREAT BRITAIN 4-CHINA 3 China siimmed the lead when ments. Britain outhit China by the last two men to go in, it the second
didn't night, making him
The Junior Gremlins
Playing an almost errorless Wally Ma halsted a two bagger 8-4 in a well deserved victory
the Scorpions might have made man in history to reach 16 feet.
look likely winners when they
to the applause of the Dock of and will now meet the Powerful was more likely than not that
Ma scored Portuguese side in the Finals.
it, if they had succeeded in Cornelius Warmerdam,
started against KGVS "B" with game, Great Britain once more.
when they partisan Cans, and proved themselves
PORTUGAL 3-USA O broaking the Koh-Ismail part- LTD-retired, is the only other vaulter their very valuable centre-half, appled China in the semi-finals when V. S. Leung laid down a Uncle Sam's representatives nership.
ver to clear 15 feet, Ho did Rosemary Read, dropping back of the International Series. Jock, saariace.
away on business and The seventh and Anal Inning were it 43
43 times, Richards, in making the 15 to deputise for a missing goul-Brown toed the rubber for the
keeper. Rosemary, who
British side and registered a moved around and Britain left folded only a scratch team but, ft. 1 in. mark, won the pole en
scem much taller than the pads superb performance, while his Willie Sprinkle stranded on third aided by the inclusion of the vault event for the fifth straight she wore, made up for her lack mates backed him up through-base without adding to the 4-2 Everett trio of the Criss-Perry Ime in the Millrose games-of bulk by adopting a crouch; lout..
count, while a determined China battery and Mayfield this United Press.
Ing tiger attitude and
Tony Kwok was 'not available contingent went in to bat in a base, they put
fight as they only must have helped put off
for duty and South China's P. C. last ditch stand.
30 School attack.
Wong took over pitching chores,
P. H. Lee Jifted one of Brown's almost the galaxy The Junior Gremlins put up and although he allowed four pitches between centre and right!
Portugal chalked up a pair of IRC 10 terrific game. There wasn't bunched up hits in second frame, helds which was almost snared
much more combination than he returned a creditable per- by Gratiam Crookdale, but the markers in the first frame on there is usually and the Wid- formance
horschide got away for the only couple of wild heaves and ad-
ded another in the Fourth. The University got victory was due largely to Great Britain lost the toss and British error of the game.
victor's pitching duties were the "no-quarter" game put up went in to bat first and while
Lee pilfered second but, while handled by Chapple Remedios Sydney, Jan. 28.
by two of the defenders, right-wilic Sprinkle and Umbe Moce
Y. K. Chan grounded out, pinch- and Vle Pedruco, the former Army In the first Australian Lawn back Mrs Giles and left-half
were erased in quick succession, Gary Luole of the Junior allowing two singles while the Police
Recreio Eriksen
bolted out a Tennia
be Dionne Saunders. Championships to
Ingmar
KGVS played on a Sunday, Frank
Mrs Vianna went back
the first hit of the game. League Dragons came through latter pitched three inning of to single-the
with in the clutch with a single that shutout game, Sedgman and Art Larsen, centre-half and the combina- Dave Leonard followed
"Criss toed the rubber RAF Jimmy spective champions of Australia tion of Saunders, Vianna and rousing line drive but Eriksen chased in Lee for the margin to
narrowed to 4-3.
for the losers,
and while his IRC United States, today, Tommy and the
Wiseman
third base and formed ajovarella
was be
Rabbit Loung advanced Loule deadly pitches Handcuffed the reached the semi-fimis.
half line. very solid
With taggod out for the early uprising
around to third base with two opposition, the ragged support on Larsen defeated Mervyn Rose Rosemary Read back at pivot, to be snuffed.
for away, and excitement reached the field proved disastrous; as Royal Navy 2-0, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, and the Junior Gremlins will have 7-5,
Rabbit Leung started
out, but fever pitch when lefty C. M. time and again fielding chances Dockyard for China and grounded Sedgman beat George Worthing- a very effective half line ton 0-2, 7-5, 6-0,
Lefty C. M. Tsang wheedled Tsang strode to the platter with were booted at cruelul periods. University their remaining games.. opponent in the
22 walk and was Sedimang
Lorna Coxall,
a: newcomer Brown for semi-final will be Dick. Savitt,
put up a very nalled at second base when Buzzy United States.. who defeated to the team,
↑ striko QVLT John Bromwich, Davis
Cup promising performance at centre- Wade pegged
Wally Ma singled forward ond inside-right second base. player and former
champion, Coreen Elery, who scored thebut C. Y. Lu fallod for A, 6-3, 6-1.
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Manila, Jan. 29, Larry Montes, ten times first Philippine Open Champion, crossed the plate.
East Open singled
to
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The second frame was a Big Inning for the British as Gerry Wade and Langenberg, Buzzy
hit safely to load the sacks. Lor Castro out o sacrifice ay and the run of the Game
Jock. Brown
another mudge captured
the Far golf Championship at the Wack mun over and in a daring base- Bangalore, Jan. 20. Waele Golf and Country Club stealing effort, Croolatad, dented Lesilo Amer. Kent and Eug with a par 12 final round for a who ruber. The ion
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Mysora
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wickets with Cornello Reyes, each. The third trame was an exhi- were 180 Fun for nine with woring 003. Montes sete 2,000 bition of deceiing folding on both ona wicket in hand they are poros of the 7,500, prize moueri aldos and no one. zenched Art
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