MOST DRAMATIC
FINISH
IN HISTORY
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER
Dodgers And Giants Tie For The National League Pennant
THREE-GAME PLAY-OFF FOR RIGHT TO
TO CONTEST THE WORLD SERIES
New York, Sept. 30.
In the most dramatic finish in baseball history, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants tied for the National League pennant today and will meet in the first of the best two out of a three-game series at Ebbets Field on Monday for the Championship.
The winner will meet the American League Champions, New York Yankees, in the first game of the World Series at the Yankees Stadium on Thursday,
It was originally scheduled to open on Wednesday, but a day's delay had been arranged in the event of a tie in the National League race. It was only the third time in history that a playoff has been necessary to decide the ponnant and the Dodgers have figured in two of them.
in
In the fret in 1940, Dodger lost to St Louis Cardinals two straight. In the other-only une in American League history -Cloveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox in 1948 in a single
game playoff in accordance with American League rules.
TENSE UPHILL TRIUMPH It was a tens uphill triumph for the determined Dodgers who enjoyed a 13% game lead at one point in the pennant race, but
No Strong Fancy For Either Leg Of
The Autumn Double
London, Sept. 30.
lost six of their last 10 games and Anally slipped out of first place on Saturday for the first time since May 13.
By the sixth inning today with the score 8-5 bgainst them, the Dodgers knew by one, look at the scoreboard that the Giants had beatin Boston, 3-2, and they would have to win themselves to remain contention.
It
was
principally Robinson
who kept the Dodgers in con- tention with a Tremendous run-producing triple in the Arth inning, a spectacular catch
the
12th and
and finally with hi
the
335-foot home run high into the
lefthand stands in upper feverish 14th
It appeared
Philadelphia was
to pluck the pennattl out of
on
ה
Richte Asburn's grounder forced
Brooklyn's Angertips in the 12th when Robin Roberts, Phillies' With the classic races over for the season, backers third pitcher, opened with will turn their attention to the Cambridgeshire and Cessare-walk and moved to second witch Handicaps, an attractive "Autumn Double" which Eddie Pellagrini's bunt. affords the chance of winning a lot for little,
These races have been the subject of some extra-Pellegrini, at second. ordinary gambles in the past, and they always attracted the interest of punters anxious to retrieve their season's lossos.
D.
LOADED THE BASES Burly Don Newcombe, who won for Dodgers on Saturday but was pressed into relief in the of today's game, eighth inning
the nex was ordered to pars batter intentionally and loaded the bases with one out.
Those who fancy an owner pull off the "doublo" car American, Mr Ralph back the
Antique Strasburger's (Cesarewitch)
LC TCx* und (Cambridgeshire), but they will do well to remember that il 26 years' live an owner 50 successful.
have a This year's, events
to very open appearance, and there is us yet no strong public fancy for either race,
Kelling, winner of last year's Cambridgeshire, is the Joint favourite with Three Cheers at 100 to B for the Cesarewitch, to be run at Newmarket on Octo- ber 17,
-is-
arc
was
Newcomb slipped a fast ball Ennis the third strike
pas Tale wafers stepped inic
but Edd
curve ball and drilled t through the middle. In a flush Robinson leaped at the low liner. was in 1925 that Forseti caught 1 inches off the ground. and Masked Marvel nehloved then sunk to the dirt and rolled remarkable double for Mr A.K. over in pain.
Robinson jarred hist right Macomber.
of shoulder when he fell. After
A
1951
NEW TEAM MAKES THE GRADE
The European YMCA, hardly a force in local swimming for some years now, have re-appeared as such and finisited in the Colony Championships with two winners, three second places and two third places in the relays.
For most of the team it was just a matter of experience but, if there was. a point score, nearly all of them would Have:contributed a point or two to the score. It's a sobering thought that the least sucressful performer among them can justly claim to be officially faster in her event than. some 800,000 other women in Hong- kong.
They are from the left-Elizabeth, Grant, breast stroke finalist, Lorna May Mack, Colony's No. 2 diver who last ly only a half-point on a re-check of the final scores, Patricia McLaren, Breast stroke; Vanessa Giles, runner-up.in the 100 and 220 Yards Free Style. Heather Giles;. free style and relay, Molly Williams, Diving Champion. Helen Bendall, free style and relay, Jennifer Hart, Back stroko finallat and Dallas Russell Townsend; Schoolboys 100 Yards Back Stroke Champion.- China Mail Photo.
Recreio Beat
Army
In
Opening Match Of The
Hockey League Season
By
"OBSERVER?”
The defeat of Army, the 1949 and 1950 First Division League Champions,
at the hands of last year's runners-up; Club de Recrelv, featured the opening pro gramme of the hockey league season yesterday.
Altogether four First Division and two Second Division matches were played off and except for the huge score of 10-2′ run up by Army. "B" against Recreio "B" in the Second Division, all the games were closely contested.
ON THE RECORD SPLASHERS MEET
HIS EXCELLENCY
The Colony Swimming! Cham-↑ "The answer to thût argument pionships concluded, at the. Vie--is a' father's' race in which an toria Recreation Clubyon,Satur appropriate. Hahölçap, hosed on day with more records and the the apple-of-the eye's perfor prize-glving, His Excellency the finance in the 50 Yards flat Governor Sir Alexander Gran-- should be allowed. We would ham "άCMG, mceling the put our money" on Old Man Colony's sporting younger set Willams.
after patiently altting under n September sun that chose the VIP's stand as a special- target;
In all, eleven Colony, records
the second
His Excellency was in great were broken. We were told that form, Afler presenting a trophy Cynthia Eager's achievement of that required both of Cheong winning all the free style races,
in succession Kin-man's hands to hold, he
year slipped the accompanying, medal was unique in the annals of the into his pocket.
Colony Championships.. It has never been done before, we were
To our memory, His Excellency informed, not even by Wilfred hag never missta Colony Lawrence in his heyder. Championships přize-giving and
#
Choong Kin-man talled o
has watched the swimmers grow make a sweep of the men's free This interest is more ap-style events The 100 Yards Free than anyone would Style was all "Sonny" Monielro's. imagine who didn't attend a There were two bid., turna, by prize-giving.
The
concluding cheers oro wholehearted and the iger" reserved for H.E. has a personality of its own.
A happy augury may be drawn from the fact that H.E, was at here and Fijl did exceptionally weil at the last Empire Games. swimmers should do at the next
Fiji ber
before assuming his office
Hongkongy well
At
Empire Games, and they should do quite well at the coming
Games Olymple
Helsinki. which are not quite so far away. The next Empire Games will be held in Canada in 1952, the Olymple Games in Helsinki next
summer.
*
Though it was still late after-
being noon as the prizes were distributed the girls were all in evening Howns and it was almost a mannequin parade to the outsize cups
bring given nway.
Someone had to be
"SONNY" MONTEIRO
different Kin-man, but Monteiro had' de-
and that was our favourite per- infiely the edge and his record sonality of the Championships- Mary Elcanora
winning time
Monу") Williams,camper in on which
like a
up lik
of 54.4 seconds ("Coll
Me was equivalent to 60.3 seconds who marcheu
for the 100 metres, a performance some of the world's of goggles and a frack suit, outsize nations not to mention The cup presented the Colony's the speck on the map that is Diving. Champien was about ene-Hongkong-would send him, to third her size and Molly, who is Helsinki
best when left- to her own
Imagination, soon settled that
query as to what it was intended
of
However, the swimmer of tho
same
for by placing it end up on her year was Cleong Kin-man and head and looking: liko a Roman his feat in winning, the 220, 440 centurion, It was a perfect at. and 880 Yards Free Style and Coach the 100 and 150 Yards Back Unfortunately for us; "Lucky" Rose talked. Molly out Stroke, all in Colony record time, for us thus with her was, indeed, unique not only by posing trophy. It would have been the four standards but by those of photograph of the year. We are any other country in the world. surprised, at Molly that she let From the point of view of sport
lest herself be induenced, but at at least, we are,
anyone has eleven the best personalities are forgotten that, a
Kin-m". the Wo: saw Ilkely to be swayed by their elders.
evening as the official, greeter of guests at the Fortuna Swimming Or their last year's stalwarts, keeper out of position crashed the
Then it was Fathers' Hour at Club parly. It is in evening suit McKenzle In his usual inside- bail jusì wide of the goalmouth.
the VBC bar, "I can't imagine that the sweep of his shoulders left: berth was easily the best.
THE TEAMS Army player on the field, and
my kid being beaten by anyone is the most noticeable and he Recreio "A": Garcia, Nery; at Helsinki," sald one of them, looks every inch a Lambic at right-wing was ever dangerous when in possession Gonsalves, Remedios, W. Reed,
"Watch mine at Montreal," sald
Fortuna have Sequeiro, B. Gosano, Collaco, G another. All rather irritating to
other produced Gosano, A. Marques, Spiky this columnist, who is one of champions, quite put in the shade On the whole, however, Army Guterres,
Molly's supporters and chipped by Kin-man but nevertheless the were only about 50 per cent of Army "A": Holmes, Hammond, in with "How about Old Man big: men in their their championship form last | Pávey, Walker, Raynor, Clarke, Williams' girl?"
There is for example, Wong their main. weaknesses Taylor, McKenzie, year,
Clayden, There was dead silence for a Sik-hon, once one of the Colony's being a disunited forward line. Haydes, Lamble.
minute. Then the Champion's best. long jumpers and now the Chanrpion: There is no a weak goalkeeper and lack of good feeding by their haives. hard,
pearance is normally greeted by an owlish hoot from his suppor- ters.
The defest of Army yester= | day in their opening match did not actually come as a major
included surprise.
The team
no less. than six new players, and con- spicuously missing-was-their-01. the ball; dynamic Interport centre. forward Gardner, without when Army was just another team,
They
followed by Mon Prince, Barnacle, French Do- sign, Colibridge and Hellophila.
In the Cambridgeshire, to bo A trainer with a chance run on October 31, Anamnestos pulling off the double is Cap-five minutes of first aid he was the clear-favourite-at-10-tonin Boyd-Rochfort, with Lady helped to the dugout where ho one, followed by Gayowen and de Trafford's Backtor and The fell faintly on the bench. But Master Rocky at 25 to 1.
American woman owner, Mts any concers as to how, serious- Kelling has been entered for Josephine Bryce's Roman Way.ly he was injured was quickly both the Cambridgeshire and the
Backtor, like last year's will-dispelled in the 14th when he
Another conspicuous absenteo Cesarewitch and has been ner, Above Board, has not yet came up with two out.
INTO THE UPPER DECK allotted eight stone, 12 pounds run over the Cesarewitch dis-
was their former centre-half, but he is capable of In each case. His owner decided tance,
He swung all of his 104 Capt. Fitzgibbons, and although, 10 run him over the longer getting it. Roman Way, as the pounds into Roberts pitch. The Raynor iried extremely Cesarewitch distance and Eph winner of the Kempton Jubiles ball travelled on a high looping he lacked the clever positioning Smith will ride.
Stakes, has the qualifications are far into the upper deck for and feeding of his predecessor, for the Cambridgeshire,
and his 18th
certainly most Holmes, their new goalkeeper, vital home run of the season. was never at case, missing prae- DIFFICULT TASK
Although Dodgers now face atically every time he tried to Strathspey has been given a best two out of three playoff kick the ball. dimcult task in the Cesare- witch. With nine stone, seven with the Giants to determine The Services' rugger star, the pennant winner, manager Clayden, took. Gardner's position pounds he has 24 pounds more Charlie Dressen did not "savent Centre-forwant, and although
chances, parti He virtually emptied his bull-missing a few He will have to breaks twe
minute of play, and the inst race records to win. No horse pen, calling on zeven burlers in cularly an almost open goal in 1. including Ralph Branca whom he announced after the lacking the brilliant sulckwork of
Gardner, on game would face Giants
match that ho has played in Monday.
Preacher Roe, working with good company! only two days rest, started for race run in 1840, carried pine Dodgers and
was relleved by Branca after being clouted for Strathspey
Until last week the longest distance over which Kelling bad work was 13 furlongs. Then be won the Great Yarmouth Stayers Handles over the Cesarewitch dirtance of two and a quarter mites, and it was: probably this success that decided his owner. to let him take his chance-aver the longer distance.
not
NOT DECISIVE Kelling's
pedigree Is decisive either way. His mos: Immediate ancestors seem point to the middle-distance
than when he won the race two ne pitcher for tomorrow."
years ago.
ins won the race with nine Stone, seven pounds, nor has one tuloon the prize twice.
Willonyx (1911) and Hunter's
Won Moon, who of
a .
substitute
to auccess.
to
the Cambridgeshire as being his best drip.
was
showed in his first
Recreio elded their best team- available; with the pos- sible exception of G. J. Sequeiru instead of Toby Alves.
Once again It was their brilliant defence,, headed by evergreen centre half'. Will Reed, that brought them vietors. -With-right-back Nery, and right-tral A. A, dos Remedios Jr giving:able support, the odds' were in favour of the Portu- #uesa team even when the game was barely minutes old, despite the fact that the forward line lacked cohesion.
Joey Maxim To
Defend Title
Against Cockell
London, Sept. 80.
Tho London boxing promoter, Mr Jack Solomons who returned from the United States recently, said that the World Lighti Heavyweight Boxing Cham
stone, five prried nine stone Ave hits and four outs in one and possessing, a good turn ofson's absened from the game, by i plon, Joey Maxim; would.
His grandam, Sweet Hainault,
the dam of Wychwood Abbot, five pounds when he failed to and a third innings. one of the most brilliant middle-reach the first 13 in last year's Tommy Brown, an ex-Dod- should be heard of more often
Stakes.
task
· ACQUISITIONS
Thế standard of play was not sides Distributing
the ball well up to expectation, both
showing the effect of their sea opportunism, he speed and
defend his title against the frequently missing the ball.
British Champion, Don distance horses of prewar years wood Cup running behind
Cesurewitch. But,
his Goodger, opened the second inning as the season progressés,
· OPENED PROMISINGLY the with a
homer after
Cockell, in London in the Granny Two valuable new nequist Wychwood Abbot won the Cam-wood: bridgeshire and the Champion French
Army opened promisingly by new year. · winner, Pan 11, apart. Hamner's double was followed tions by Army, however, were he has shown himself to be in by two singles and a walk that their left-back, Hammond, and pinning Recreio to their own "You can
take this as de- Kelling is faced with a stiff great heart this season, having accounted for a total of four the left-half Walker. Ham-huif. In, the first: 10 minutes of inite," he said, “but” there ard though he has not risen so won four of the six races he has runs. Branca relieved Roe. mond' was yesterday the maine |¦play, búk a disunited forward | one or two things to be dis-
United Press,
stay of the defence, much in the Handleap es Sierope, contested.
te Recreatine waway several golden cursed with Cockell's manager. His inexplicable running In
again breaking up the Recrelo chances of scoring. who won the Cambridgeshire in
thrusts with clever back-stick .. successive years in 1948 and 1940, the Goodwood.Cup, in which he
work.
Recreio sinried going then Regarding a possible return R. HE
Walker, who played for Ar-and in the 15th minute: a roll-out between Randolph Turpin
Ray Robinson for 0 17 1 gonauts last year, although not in into the circle was deflected World's Middleweight crown, # 18 1 producing his best form with off a defender's stick.
Me Solomons) said: "This is and (14 innings) his clearance
feeding classical cricket style, Gerry bound to take place. I hope to 3 0
passes, played a valuable part: Gosano leg-pulled the waist-get
get it "for
about next London oin the defence with his good high ball into the goal. 2 5
June, But unless + enn get per -Reuter. positioning:
mission to put 30,000 people Winto an arena insiced of the
Sterope went up two stone after was last of the four runners;
his first victory, whereas Kelling was put has only 10 pounds more.
THE SCONES: National League
down by his trainer, Nool Cannon, as an "off-day." Brooklyn Still, apart from Sterope, only In his next race he dead-heated Philadelphia two other horses, Christmas Daisy with Chinese Cracker, one of the (1909 and 1910) and Hackler's best Bride (1003 and 1004) have won two years running.
THE
Dilles three-year-old
of New York this season, to whom he was Boston conceding 13 pounds.-Router.
GAMBOLS
BURELY YOU'RE NOT TAKING THAT DIGORACEFUL OLD CUN HAT MENAJENG
DUR GHORGE" (D. veŝN. FORD "OF THE OLD HAT
TASK FOR
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by Barry Appleby
EUG LIKE LOWINGTAN OLD FRIEND.
IS I THOUGHT THAT YOU'D DONELET
DELIBERATELY - PD... I'D
LEVER-MIND VIDYARI CREA, BUY YOU Á NEN?
the
fend. The
however, short-lived, for Army equalised three minutes later. A free-Present 20,000 limit;. I' stand no just outside Recrolo's circle was chance against American COMA well-stopped by Haydes, who petion"Reuter, (lokad: the balli' across" for ‹ Mc-
Kenzie to strend", through
bg-
!
tween the backs and push the Indian Cricketers
ball past: goalkeeper Garcia.
Just befbre the Interval, Rebrcio forced a short corner, The
Come Home
ball went to Gerry Gósano 'who Art, Bömbiéy, Bapt. 29. 2 pusbad it to Willy Reed! A good
Three Indian: "Test": "ericksters drive by Reed went straight to arrived here today in the liner left-back Hammond in the sell-trottimura after sezonin mouth and deflected off his the Lancashire. League in: Engi
the net,
j
how man knitt en evan! That clouden winad Mankad,
excntura Cond
battu Phadkar and Polly wing hard | equallsen Uhrigar, felf that the MCG
hachaigion;
· own- <
evetta.
father elected himself spokesman. Divinston given why his ap-
"Not at Helsinki," he said, "he hasn't got a chance."
No Draws In
League Cricket
Matches
Neither is there one for 'why Cheong Kin-man is known John Bell is best is that Cynthia Eager has invented that and it has stuck. Kin-man; at 19, is all set to become a big noise, If that is possible; in the swim- ming world.
Though
he 'is of the impression that he will make a big o splash
as a business executive, as he The League Cricket sea- has made in the pool; his men- son started on Saturday to gre trying to decide between Yale (which produced John with four outright victories Marshall, Wayne Moore and In the First Division and Jimmy MaLane among others)
Salle
(Philadelphia); another four in the Second. and La
Army "A", the League Cham-hicture. He is likely to take which produced Joe-Verdeur, for plons, triumphed over Ammy "B" by five wickets at Sookun-Up Physical Education as his poo and, with strength In both at Pontianak Dutch batting and bowling, appear: all
who the
the
Born
set for the Championship march Borneo. Kin-man has spent most of his life in Hongkong and is agalo,
other winners,.. RAF, quite defnitely a Hongkong boy. beat IRC decisively by nine Wah Yah College seems quite set on the fact, not! Being) forgotten wickets at Kai .Tak, look
that He is a Wah Yon boyy only challengers for Champion- ship honours among the teams that played on Saturday. Their The Hougang Swimming As- batting is as strong as it was last sociation has already nominated year and their bowling, stronger. Cheong Hinman and Cynthia University beat Craigengower Eager for the Olympic Games. by two wickets at Bokfulam Kinsman is a possible Amlirt; in and KCC beat Navy by five wit- the 400 Metres Free Style and kels, at Cox's Road.
semi-Analist, -, and Cynthia da SECOND DIVISION"
possible finalist in the Women's. Both the Schools KGVS 400 Metres Fice Girl the and DBS. dic not
show up
However, in addition, all first as challengers In their
other new record-holders are also matcher of the season, the in Olymple class-a Csuggestion former lasing to University, last we would not have, dared, make year's wooden spoonista, by 52 on year ago and the fact is that runs and the latter bowing to a Hongkong, swimming, has arrived strong. Necraĵo them by seven on the world's aquatio:mape wickets?:
KCC, a well balanced team, beat Navy by 04 runs, RAF beat IRC by two, wicket.
Kin-man told me that the Philippines swimmers are much better than their performance (at the last Asian Games wouli mag».
gost and that they went to New
Delh! oud of messon; delsnɛthey Badminton Meeting would have bose Bingapore a
Neo Ches-woka The fist Executive Committee
hterport in Meeling of the Hongkong Bade Manila, however aloud te vas
jenthia minton Association for the 1951 mushi Kin•man'asf_andel the final whistle blew, there was party now on its way to cour 1963 shatons will be held at the Bayer showndahould be the
thrilling moment when, Ciny India was a well balanced skleRoot Gardens of the tongkong urget: brillant in blefoond oan raced up to through par that will fuky a lot of bestiary Hotel on Friakyr. Din: Quiches wi
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