THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951,
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"WHAT ARE 66. FIVE.GREENNES BROKER ❤
JUNIOR LEAGUERS OPEN SOFTBALL LEAGUE SEASON ON SATURDAY
By "GRANDSTAND"
The privilege of playing off the first League game of the season falls on the Junior Leaguers, with the Nine Dragons taking on the Delawares and the Wildfires meeting South China at King's Park on Saturday, commencing 2.30 p.m., in a twin-tussle curtain-raiser.
The Brat round of fixtures, which will take place over the week-end, include one Senlor "A" Division game in which the Overseas tangle with the Madcaps, at the same time featuring a trio of “B” Division scuffles,
The tour to Macao, which start off at midnight tomorrow, has been well supported by enthusiasts. Although this is the largest excursion of softballers ever to inke place from these shores, it is by no means the first time that such a trip has been undertaken.
Commities
As far back na 1938, during the Portuguese port, no doub: games this year in proparaison the Easter Holidays, a similar due to the migration of the for next season. The Canadicanes invaden took place when St popular sport from Shanghai are rumoured to be trying to Joseph's and Recreto, the then with the refugees. It is now form a ekle although their dominant teams in the softball the cherished hope of the two League entry was not received. realm. cross bals before the neighbours to Ree an amelal while the White Fangs.outfit will Portuguese community at Macao, Interpart bear fruit in the near be revived as soon as the weather
Wahoos and future.
cools down sufficiently for prac- while the feuding Wildesta
settled also
their
tice sessions. differeneca.
The usual trouble has cropped Al.hough n slight drizzle on
League fixtures for the scurou up again in respect of providing that cecasion dampened spirits have been arranged by the officiala for the League games.
a fair
of Management crowd somewhat,
and Only a handful of teams have spcutators turned out to witness circulated among teams in the sub
Le submitted names for umpiring the novel game of softball in various leagues. This important and scoring dulles and it is troduced to Maeno for the Ars: information is also contained in with great dimculty that the time.
Association's Annual Hand- Umpire and The
Scorer-in-Chiefs great deal of water A
book which is being published are abl: to allocate officials for ́flawed over the dam since then and will be ready for distribu- the heavy week-end fixtures.
and for the past two yearation before the end of the current
Those who are inclined to take League, games were organised at meath.
are re- up umpiring seriously The small number of entries minded that examinations will in the Ladies' League, which has con be held und, if successful. fallen off from nine to four in their names will be forwarded
Federation two years, has caused comment in thi
of Softball In some quarters. It is not for Umpires for registration, which them to several want of players that this team will colo shortage has
cccurred. bu: privileges. Scoring classes will I mainly because newly formed commence coine
teams are net keen on meeting November.
trong outfits like the Wahocs
WEEK-END SOFTBALL
The Softball League pro-
gramme for the week-end with and Squaws in their Ars!
umpires and scorers:
SATURDAY
Men's Junior League
2.30 p.m. Nine Dragons v. De-
lawares
(S. amet, A. Tipe: Eddie
Loureiro,
Wildfires v. South China
(Tony Rey, Charlie Remedios:
Samet Samy),
4.00
4.00 p.m.
Pandas
Rexes v. H. K.
(H. Louie, S. Louic; Tony
Kwok)
25 Bantams v. Aces
attempt.
It is understood unflcial serë
will probably
that several que formed and play
off many
Home Rugger
Results
London, Sept. 12.
The following were the results of rugger games
(George Ribeiro, Jackle Silva: played today':
G. Pong)
SUNDAY
Men's Senior "A" Division 4.00 p.m. Overseas v. Madcaps (F. Ewins, Hai Winglee, C. Pedruso; Bimbi Ablong)
Men's Senior "B" Division
10.00 a.m. Dodgers v. US Navy
Castro, (G. Pang. Les Souza; Irene Botelho)
11.30 am. Americans
L
HK
RUGBY LEAGUE LANCASHIRE CUP
First Round, second leg
Leigh 13, Salford (Salford eliminated).
Wigan 16, Swinton 5 (Swin ton eliminated).
YORKSHIRE OUP
First round replay
Bradford Northem in, Fea- therstone Rovers (played at Ball Club
(Wally Ma, Raymond Tsap, S. Wakefeld.-Featherstone Rovers Bubida: F. Dinsta)
2.30 p.m. Warriors v. Red Sox (Ren Barretto, Roberto Nunes, Sonny Abillo Remedios; Virgie Ribeiro)
Men's Junior League 1.00 pm. Griffins v. Black- hawks
(Bimbi Along, Rennle Sequeira)
eliminated).
T. Lucido: 17.
Dodgers v. Blue Sox (Umbe Mose, George Pang; F. ' Diesta)
8.
time
i
Home Soccer
THE WORLD OF RACING
APP
PRADE. THATS WHY
Results Racing Behind The
London, Sept. 12. The following were the results of football matches played today:
FIRST DIVISION Charleton A. 2 M'chester U. 2 Fulham 6 Stoke City Liverpool
0 Arsenal
DIVISION
SECOND
0
0
2 Notts County 1 Sheffield W. Cardiff
Barnsley Birmingham 0 Leeds Utd. Notts Forest 2 Everton
2
0
Southampton
Doncaster R. 0 THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN) Brighton & H.5 Ipswich Palace Gulingham Leyton O Norwich C. Reading iSwindon T. 0
3
1
0 Bristol R.
Torquay U
Aldershot
Exeter City Newport C. Watford TIARD DIVISION (NORTHERN)
Crewe Alex. 4 Scunthorpe
Bradford C. 0 Lincoln Wrexham
Celtic In mid-
2
Iron Curtain
By NIGEL GEE
St. John Ambulance Orders
Order by Comm. A. el Ar- culli. O.D.E., K.SI. J.,/ Com- missioner of St. J.A:D., Hong- kong District Order No. 37/01 dated 10th September, 1931.
Ambulance Builes, Hongkong...--- .14.0.01 to 22.9.81. th. Nam Divi« Mont 23.0,81 to 20.0.51, Ryanchat "A" Division. ·
Amance Duties, Kowloon.. 17.9.01. 10. 23.0.01, Kowloon, Divi- Kion: 24.0.81 to 30.9.51, Shumihulpo Divtilon
!
Подс Duties, Hongkong Sat. 18.0.51 0.30 a.m.. Repulse. Bay Shaukiwan; Big Wave Bay Wandtial "A"; ̧, Sbek-0 Central, 1,30 p... Bepulse Bay Wanchal "D" DI Wave Bay Confucion: Shek-O° En«» tern. Sila, 10.9.51 9.50 a.m.. : Re...' putes Day Chung Sing: Big Wave Bay Sih Nami Shek-O Causeway Bay. 1.10 p.m., Repulse Bay Wes- term Dht.: Big Wave Hay, H.K.Y.M.C.A, Sh:k-D 5.C.A.A. Penetration Squad Bullen Sep tember 10, M.Q. P.L. Ll. Denlist Dr Chan Mül-tek and Kowloen Y.M.C.A. Nursing, Division.” Next for duly M.0. K.D. Ling and Dentist Dr Foon Lain-fans,
Face Courat Duties-Saturday, September 22, Central Division.
Headquarters. Duties - Saturday, September
K.C.O... and Motor Transport Divisions,
Football Duties Hongkong. Saturday, September 15. Club Dround at 9.30 p.m. S.C.A.A. Division: Sunday, September 18, Club Ground at 2.30 p.m. H.K.Y.M.C.A. Division; Wedne day, September 19. Navy Ground ot 2.30 p.m. Causeway Bay Division,
Football Duties, Kowloon,—Satui - day, September 15, Boundary. St.. et 4.30 p.m. Mong Kok, Division, Sunday, September 18, Boundary
Divizion.
Thoroughbred racing in Russia was the last into the Geld in Europe and it was the first to die. At the time of its inception, the eighties of the last century, Russian nobility travelled widely over Europe and became infected with the enthu-St. 1 150 p.m. Kwong Wow. slasm of their French and English peers for flat racing.
Courses were built in St Petersburg, Moscow and other principal cities; the five classies pattern was copied from Britain; horses in training, stallions and mares were imported.
no
and are started any form of gate or
strangest feature
race meeting is silence in which
of u the
$110
The raw material at first was little doubt that Russian race-sandy track 1 only seront class and the Ruralan horses would have been amongst without
breed made
headway. the best in the world today, |stall Breeders, however, suffered no Such, however, was not to be, The 2 restraint from inck of funds and for the move was shattered as Russian
they soon startled the English it gathered force., The Revolu- Arctic market by appointing a com- mission to purchase a top class sire. They laid out £20,000 on the Triple Crown winner of 1897, Galtee More.
0 0 Workington FRIENDLY MATCH
3 Newcastle U. 3
-Reuter.
Arsenal's Whittaker Will Build His Team On Youth
By ARCHIE QUICK
ilo
to
len of 1917 marked the end of events are con'ested. It is not the Russian thoroughbred.
that the Russians are unemo- tional; at soccer the crowds excel any people in their vociferous enthusiasm
We continue the story from that point, not because Russian is in any way_com- racing today retumed with them
parable 10 the sport outside the One can only suppose that Russia like a visiting monarch USSR nor because the Russian partisanship, pure and simple, is and was set up in a new stud in horse has any influence on the considered healthy, but
par- South Russia, the only area with racing breed. The survey goes unship for the sake of personal
clement enough climate for cu because today Russin is a profi
In 3y
emcini eyes the nurture of thoroughbreds. world within a world and what "undemocratie." At the same
There he served only the unest goes on
behind the "Iron time betting has the blessing of The dividend Imported mares.
Curtain" is always of sociologi- the Stre, for the government instantaneous. Galtec cal interest..
has a dnancial interest in the running of the Tole.
| More eigh; years later to Ger-
mai.
His departure was succeeded by en orgy of spending. £75,000 When Arsenal football team failed to hit the high was offered, (and, refused) for spots for once last season the wiseacres sald the players the Englah
were getting old together and Manager Tom Whittaker Lemberg. £15,000 more
was paid in more infinted times State,
would have to enter the transfer market in a big way.
St. Leger
Callover
Allocation of ties for aca MeetingSaturday; 23.0.31 Duly st. Race Thome, Central Division: Duty at Headquarters, K.C.O.D. Diclaton, Saturday, 6.10.51 “Duty at Race Course, K.C.0.0., Division; Duty | at/- Headquarters, Central | Division./Monday, 8.10,61 Duly “at Race Cour.. Wanchal "A" Divis sion; Duty at Headquarteru, S.C.A.A. Division. Saturday, 20 10.01 Duty at Raco Course. S.C.A.A. Division: Duty at end- Wanchal "A" Division. quarters. Saturday, 27.10.81 Duty at fuck Courre. Sih Nem Division; Duty, as Headquarters, Shaukiwan Division. Saturday, 10.11.61- Duty at Race Course, Ghaukiwań. Division: Duty at Headquarters, Sih Nam Division. Duty at Race Monday, 17.11.01 Course. Fastern Division; Duty of Headquarters. Wanchak "D" Divi sion. Saturday, 24.11.51 buty, at Race Course, Westchal "B" Divi- alon Duly, at Headquarters, Eastern Division. Saturday, 8.13,51 1013 at Race Course, Chung Bing Divi- slon: Duty at Headquarters, Cause way Bay Division. Baturday 15.- 12.51 Duty at Race Course, Cause- way Bay Division; Duty at Head- quarter, Chung Bing Division. 1. Four members should be on duty at Headquarters at each Race Meeling by the Diviziona concerned,
2. Six members should bɔ on duty at the Race Course Public Stand at each Race Meeting by the Divblons concerned.
3. Motor Transport Division
supply a driver far ail Raem Course duties.
Was More's alock swept the board. Then for reasons best known to Nether racing nor, strangely. Galee betting has been proscribed as themselves they sold
"bourgeois," The sport flourishes grcally as upcoular diversion. The Moscow Cippodrome, how- ever, resembles Ascot as much as the Circus
resembles the Ballet. the Derby winner
Khan All racing is organised by the
All the runners some 30 years later for the great owned by the various collective farms and betting is tione
London, Sept. 12. Nearco.
the medium of the They were no discouraged, through
Although he maintained and however,
They returned offletal tote.
his position at the head of home with the late. King
From the spectators" point of Edward's Minoru, Louviers, the view the day's programme offers the St. Leger market, the " horse he beat in the Derby, and
odds about the Begum Aga better value for money than the Epsom Aboyeur, who won
anywhere else, in the world. Khan's Fraise du Bois were classic on an objection, and the There are 24 races a day at an increased one point. at the has mores they
rc- purchased
Interval of 20 minutes through-Victoria Club callover to- presented much of the cream of out the afternoon and evening. European studs.
Mr Whittaker did nothing of the sort. In fact, he had the effrontry to sell one of his star forwards, Ian McPherson, back to Notts County. Instead, Arsenal for the first time in their long and honourable career began to rely on youth instead of the ready-made.
[
Jie
n car
Marden, commission to and players. like Youngsters
already he me that Daniel, Holton, Smith and Shaw told were drafted into the side, made offered a Scetish, International good, and here are Arsenal rid- £4,000 down, £20 a week, a ng proudly in steond place in long-term contract and he First Divisien. And there is and villa in sunny Italy, but the as "his no sign of diminishing power player turned down among the old brigade of Mer-wif: preferred Glasgow!" cer. Barnes and Swindin-not on their display against Sunderland
'NO' TO INFLATED PRICES
Other League Matches
Bramley 11 Balley 2. Dewrbury 10, Huddersfield 30. anyhow.
RUGBY UNION
Penarth 0. Cardiff G. Sidinouth .0, Torquay Adetle Saracens 0, Middlesex County
Maesteg 14. British Police 3.- Reuter.
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ITALIANS OFFER £4,000.
TO THIRD LANARK'S
JAMES MASON
By GEORGE CHANDLER
London.
is
TROTTING & FLATRACING.
night.
"
4. The Ambulanes
2
at
should arrive the Race Course before 1 n.m, sharp on days other that. these marked when it should arrive by 11 ..
B. All members should arrive at the Race Course - Dzfore, 1.30 p.m. other than those marked It should arrive by 1030' 4.m, Members on duty must be le ul uniform with havernacks and waterbottles. Members on duty are requested not to leave their post of ration
uniform and belting lo strictly prohibited. First Aid Lecture. There will be 1 First Aid Lecture given by Dr F.. Tseung on the alteratione and edition of additions of the 40th F.A.-Textbook-at-Headquarters - st Omicers and merbars of Hongkong District Are requested to Attend
From Leave To Active Birength...-- Shamshuipo Nursing ́& Division—.
Amb/814, Lam · Pul-chun: Fraurned) active member w.e.f. 1.9.31.20
The-closing-offer-was.11.to.2. Two-thirds of the races
8 p.m. are as against 9 to 2 on Monday, All devoted to treiting, a sport in D probables received a quota- which Russia has been pre-ion, but offers generally eminent for more than a century, moined at Monday's level.
The honours
for a season's
racing are not decided by one race or a series
The best backed horses were of graduated Expeditious, Aquino, Sea Parrot classics, but by the aggregate of and the Eclipse Stakes winner, points awarded to each horse in Mystery X. All his performances. The points, the time and
form
his of previous races, his pedigree and the professional sin. of his rider are all printed In the voluminous racecard.
The straight win or each way bet familiar to backers outside
CLOSING PRICES
The prices on offer at end of the session were:
11 to 2 Fraise du Bois, 6 to 1 Sybil'a Nephew,
to Zucchero,'".
1 to 2 Expeditious, 10 to Aquino
the USSR is not permitted. One Parrot, can choose between a forecast (first and second) or a double the winner
The recent attempt of the Italian club, Lazio, to obtain the transfer of Scottish international Inside forward James Mason from the Third Lanark club has had a disturbing effect on both English and Scottish clubs.coupled with the winner of the They fear that the Italian club's action will add fuel next). Flat races are run on a
to the already smouldering fire of discontent among soccer players over the rewards for their service, In League competition.
of any one race
Australian Jockey- Decides To Stay
in - Singapore
What is causing anxiety
to
fact
the
II and Sea
1009 Myslery X, 100 to B Tudor Castic, 100 to 7 Talma IX, 25 to 1 Daneshill,
33 to 1 Noureddin,
40 to 1 Sun Prince,
50 to 1 Medway,
88 to 1 Turk's Rellance, 100 to 1 Signal Point, Va Vite and Whinsaire,
200 to La Doutelle and Glid- cd Hour.
had been routed by a Lishman hat trick. "Arsenol are always the butt of clubs when they seek a transfer. We have been culled the Bank of Eng- land team, and that is what they think we are when we bid for not a player. When we were doing so well last season the old
raised, but parrot ery was have not in fact
bought
a player since I cbtained
Lishman from Walsall wo
two years ogo. "We have brought along the
centre young men, of whom forwards Holion and Goring are examples, and I have many more up my sleeve In the second, third the and fourth teams. Milton,
The Lazlo club sent their re- clubs during the past two sca- Gloucestershire cricketer, for in-
presentatives to Glasgow to pur- sons. perman- stance, may well ent berth in the first eleven this suade the Scottish soccer star to
Singapore, Sept. 13. hen change his club. They offered Compton, when year, and Lesile
Australian jockey Athol that their stars could sign for Mulley likes it so well in he finishes eficket, will have to him a flat payment of £4,000 the British clubs is the non-League clubs at the figh: hard for his place against and the club, which occupied a This oil makes for place in the premier division Ray Daniel.
ginning of a
season. Tids Singapore and Molaya that he yer has decided to stay for a while, A player that, better play. Nothing so bad as of the Scottish League, a sum
their would mean
. -for a foreign- could sim up a player having an assured place, of £10,000 or more us.....
1. pu
ut, out share of the transfer, true. that
of club without payment it is.
transfer fee, whereas at · pre- feelers when I heard that
was Becund. Matthews
sent the clubs are protected by of a string of race horses. He Madame Henri Corint's Olympit might leave
27 winners since was but that was more to provide
finish for third place, photo It was a great temptation for FIFA rules if, a player is a has ridden box cffles nume rather than to Jimmy Mason. It meant that member of a League club.
Trim Curry being placed third A field of be in need of a right-winger. he was being offered over dive
Mulley originally came for a by the judges. Roper will do me there, and our times the amount he could ob-
three-month stay. But now he seven ran, new plan of three centre-tain if he stayed In Scottish The move by the Lazlo club, has been joined by his wife The betting was: 100: to. B forwards with Logle occasionally soccer for a period of 18 years, in consequence, is expected to and two sons to make Malaya Orgoglio, 8 to 1 Olymple, 33 to switching to the wing is werk- abart from The wages
Trim Curry. Ing.
Italian club was prepared to pur the British clubs into ac a temporary
tion to zolve this situation. Press. Present at the Arsenal-Sun- pay.
They will endeavour to reach derland game was an agent of
an agreement with the foreign clubs in the amount a player should receive.
GREAT TEMPTATION.
the
ca Kallan club with a no-limit The maximum a player can receive In English or Scottish soccer is £700 after five years
MAY SEEK AGREEMENT
bq-
service. Assuming that the If the British clubs try to Italians To Make player received this amount for
A nei callover will be held on Friday evening. Reuter, CHAMPAGNE STAKES
•
Doncaster. Sept. 12.
Mr Pill Bull's Orgogilo won
six-furlong Champagne) S.akes here
afternoon.
Mulley, of Sydney, rides for the Burma Show, Chinese owner
last May,
home Aproclated
this
Thero
1
Orgoglio won by half length from Olympic, with tão lengths 'separating Olympic and Trim Curry-Reuter."
DONCASTER CUF,
Breast Stroke Too Slow For Channel
London,, Sept. 12. Sept 12. Ernest Storbol, of Welsbaden, Eight probable starters, with who entered the Jockeys, for the Doncaster Cup, Germany, water at Cap Gris Nez at Ba.m. to be run over two and o
bring their own ideas of pay- three five-year
It periods,
Into such a would still not amount to the ment to players
club discussion they are doomed to Rugger History' total which the Italian
was prepared to pay the fullure as it is most unlikely
that the continentals will sur London, Sept. 12. player. MAHADEV e render the powerful money GMT today in an attempt to quarter miles, at 2.30 pm. The Societa Sportives from It is this situation, which has ever they now possess swim the Channel, gave up at GMT at Doncaster tomorrow Rome are playing London. Irish | begun to worry soccer cluba
Rickaby) at Blackheath in a rugby in Britain. They realize that One sports commentator. 8.20 am GMT when he was are: Strathspey (A. Breasley) snatch on December 29,
*Morning He returned to Calais in his They are the first liallan are concerned the sky is the "The clubs may feel aldrmed rugby team do take párti in a limit" where transfer payments about their own interests, but escorting Ashing host wow!
Carry, Snowdon People 10-ile, escort” sald: he
Richards) Ráldikli match in this country. Last to a player, are involved, Tuin bolled down on individually cone years they gave the Dublin had been parikantarillus sacrations, Blason (cannot runtered from sealekness wae (Dordoninu)) and pros teamy cold Belvedere, a hard trated by that parmetits to criticised for conseringsha badly trained and his breast
Swedish abgegs stars; by Italian Laslo proporale Unted drost struke was too slow, Reuter Wood (J Sino) Guler"
Fax: as far as the Continental clubs summed up the situation thus: six miles from the French coast. Guadelupe (W
W.
an
Divisional Equipment. Those Divisions which have not yet for- warded to Headquarters Ests of their Divisional Equipment are re- quested to do so at once,
Resignations-Confucian Asp0011- tion Ambulance Division-te, resigned w.o.t. chơi chung. 29.5.81; Ple. Lau Kwan-yuen se signed w.e.f. 1.0.51: Pte. Wong Kow resigned w..f. 31.7.51
Enrolments-Kowloon V.M.C,A. Nursing Division—Amb/§ia... Lee Yuen-ing enrolled w.c.f. 7,9.01; Ambulance Kowloon V.M.C.A. Division-Ples. Ted Les. Lok Ho- man, Ho Junk-yui, Yuen". Shiu- 'shing. Mørk Hon-chor. Tom Bee- ki. Joseph Sung, Ka Taking.
Kwan Barg- Cleang Kong C
Am-
I took, enrolled w.r.f. 10.9:41. Promotion-Sleeman Cadet bulance Division Cadet Officer Chung Yoo-pul promoted to Cadet Superintendent w.s.f. 15.0.81.
College Lexignations. King's Nursing Division--Amb/81e. Au Sele-sio, Chiang Sau-wing resigned w.0.1. 31.8.61. Chung Bing Nurs ing Divisjon Amb/Side, Lze SMu- yin, Poon Kam-har, Ching Lai- fong, Chut Wai-yung. Tu Bau chun, But Sau-fong Kong Chi, yag, Poon Yee-hing. Ma. Bik-tang. Yuk taing, resigned *w.e.t. 31.8.51.
(B%d) •3o` KANG-PO, -8.0.81.J.,
„Corps Superintendent,
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