WEEK-END SOFTBALL
REXES TANGLE WITH AMERICANS IN THE
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1953.
Old Vinegar THE Mug Is Yacht BEST Race Prize
GAME OF THE WEEK-END By "KEYSTONE”
This week-end's softball activities will be highlighted by a crucial third meeting of the hustling Rexes and heavy-slugging Americans in the Senior "B" Division.
These two outfits, presently sharing the lead in this Division, have already met twice during current League play, cach time resulting in a tightly-knotted score at the end of eight full innings when darkness. sus- pended further play.
However, a third drawn game is∙not anticipated, even by the most opinionated fan, and a break-up of the two-way tie in the red-hot Senior “B” pennant-race is certain.
some doughty opposition."
TOTAL COLLAPSE
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Ал ok stained mug
to
which was ence uned catch the drips from It vinegar barrel will be tho trophy in a yacht raco nt Cowes this summer."
Competing for the mug will be two crows, the Imperial Poonas (British) and the Re- volting Colonists (Americans). The meeting of the crews has
In origin
pre-war days when 23 helmsmen - mil
its
bachelors at Oxford Universi- ty decided to form a club with an unusual set of rules, The
Imperint Poona Club was
born.
VISITORS HEARD OF IT One by
the bachelors married, until only three
mained.
one
They dissolved
rc-
club, but It was re-formed after the war, this time admit- ting married men.
Angrist and catcher
third
the
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and
to start an
the
summer,
of
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Craigengower Will Have To Pile Up The Runs At A Rapid Pace This Afternoon
By "THE ZOMBIE”
With Army down to play Navy and Scorpions the University in this afternoon's Senior Division Cricket League matches, both the first- named teams are expected to draw closer to the League leaders, Optimists, who will be at home to Craigengower in what is likley to be a drawn match.
Both Optimists and Craigengower are flelding their beat teams this after- noon and the clash of the two strongest batting sides in the Colony should. Inevitably. produce a spate of runs...
in
In their first encounter In badminton he is one of the Optimists declared. their By Horace. Lindrumnings at 173 runs for 6 and Crai- Doubles. Learn which is strongly mainstays of the Tytom (“C” gengower had scored 130 runs fancied to win the title. for 7 when stumps were drawn.
A change of tactics may have to be adopted by both teams If a decision either way is to be arrived at and time, not runs, will be the prime consideration.
Optimisis must
may
I am sure many of the cricket. ing world had other sportamen in the Colony will join me in saying "thank you to these sportsmen for brightening the local sports Beld, and a wishing them good| luck and a happy holiday.
TODAY'S GAMES
First Division Army v Navy. Recreio v. IRC. University v. Scorpions. Optimists v. CCC.
Second Division Recreio v. Dockyard, Navy v. IRC, RAF v. KGV. University v..DDS.
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGES
The following are the League Cricket averages, in- clusive oľ’last week-end's matches:
BATTING
(Qualification
Senior "A" Division activities i
Cunningham.. Keeping the Jaguars company | pitcher
(World Professional this week-end are limited to two by the roadside to which old baseman ilts, with teams in the lower bones and time-worn sinews Varros.
Snooker Champion) Visiting Americans heard echelons of this Division slugging | have relegated them, the aging The youthful Rexes, on the
club in
in 1949. They want- it out against one nother to Saints have also reluctantly | other hand, boast of an array of
Arrangement of the balls offiliated
club. slave off the grin spectre of bowed out of the litle-fight this | ultra-fast glove-men in both the
formed the Revolting Fin last week's diagram relegation.
Inteld Benaon.
aid outer gardens to
makes an ideal position for Carey team-pilot Art Ozorio back up the incurving slants of Colonists,
Dr Reginald Bennett, MP for practising delicate stun and In tomorrow's opener, Arturo
score their 31 Ozorio's once mighty Salats will earlier in the season which netted
Bome fanoy horse-trading southpaw hurler Salleh,
run as fast as they can should Any deficiency of weight in British club, found the
Fareham, a member of the screw shots; at the same they take first lease of the be out to reassert their superior-him :eat acquisition and the hitting department is more
wicket can get an idea
and Live themselves ity over the lowly and much-
during his travels and put it time one einforcement to his team's than adequately compensated
time ample
to up as a joke. It was won by what really can be done on jolted Jaguars to whom they batting-order in the redoubtable for with plenty of speed on the
get their Have a collective heave-ho treat-bat of George Saunders.
base-paths and highly-developed back to their country, mounted
the
Americans, who took it a billiards table.
opponents out.
Should Cralgengower bat first, ment earlier in the reason. The
But sheer offensive power bunt and bingle sirotegem.
more utilisation of their slow Saints will shoot for a repeat alone cannot win every Barno, as Good, sold hitting also lies in it on a silver plinth and had wiry, but will have to cope with the Saints discovered to their the hefty bats of · firstsacked it engraved, But the mug was pot the red into the left-hand My Arst stroke would be tó
bowlers and more dependence on cotches thun on wickets and pifcher not cleaned.
corner chagrin. The weak spot was, of Ditta Karamdin
pocket, stunning the It will be raced for at Cowes white ball off the left-hand
give the Optimists better re- course, in their chronic pitching Salleh.
suite if they want to force a and allment. Power-hitting helped to
inside cushion and bringing it to pennant-hopea With Red Pereien's Jaguars, start-lay this nagging hurt some seeming
win. never during brighter after long America during the autumn. position X1 for a good angle
They will have the advantage CORONATION. RACE ing off the current season among what, but the old wound was
pot on the yellow. This allows of being of Years
frustration in the
P. V. Dodge (KCC) capable of Cowes
scoring the top-seeded outfits of
ruthlessly the
Corinthian opened anew
Yacht me to pot the yellow into the each Junior Division, the Rexes will
G. A. Souza (CCC) Senior cireult with a brilliant time the Saints ran into an out-mobiilse all the pep and hustle Club plan n 70-mile
have thrown away at least a 3-2 win
June 6 as Warriors, it with any weight at all behind in store to steal over the
lead on their dinghy race on
couple of matches in not being T. A. Pearce (Scorpions)
W. I. Stanton (Scorpions) auffered
Coronation of their sticks.
celebration. collapse
The closest rivals.
able to score more rapidly than R. W. Franklin (Optimists) team-morale which culminated At
Speculation is rife over their race will be round the Isle of this late stage of the last we
they did. week when they conceded Lecque, no radical changes In chances to
to weather the
Wight. expected
In their match against RAF a L. G: Gosano (Recreio)
Sqn Ldr. Kingsford (RAF) an unprecedented walk-over to line-up are anticipated and, barrage of base-blows by their
It will tako at least ten
fortnight ago, they knocked Up D. W. Leach (Optimista) given that the Jaguars put up a heavy-hitting opponents but, all hours to complete the the Madcops.
course.
only 138 runs in the 100 minutes L. F. Stokes (Scorpions) The Jolting Jaguars of prof late, the Saints will face the should be able to register a
more torceful brand of ball than factors considered, the Roxes The race is open to any class
left them, while on the saine Lt. Farmer-Wright (Army) of dinghy raced in England. vicus seasons dished up consis!-
day, the Scorpions, who faced as gloceny prospect of yet another first-round
Twenty win against tho
R. Macphasson, (Optimists) craft will ball in every defeat. ently good, tight
steady a bowling in their match Major King-Martin (Army) Americans and add further to patrol the 800, and Binghy game, especially against strong
crews must wear lifejackets,
against KCC, chalked hard-won laurels this
up 189 E. L. Gorano (Recrele) opposition. Though never hav-
runs within the same number of Muldoon. (KCC) Langue Ing won d
title, they
minutes. could always be counted on for inost embarrassing upsets as
the League leaders, current
the Braves, South China and the Old Champ Saints should blushingly recall.
10
A loint
The line-up is still basically.
be missing.
season.
In the other Senior "A" en-ther
Poon's last- counter, Frank place Chinese Athletics take on the Maticaps in another till the outcome of which does not nifest standings In the upper brackets of the Division.
BEST GAME
sound, but the old fight seems week-end will be the Rexes- Pereira manages to work up Americans
By far the best game of the
meeting in "B" Division.
If mentor
Senior
xome of the old aggressivengas
the
TODAY
WEEK-END PROGRAMME
Junior Division 2.30 p.m. CAA v. Griffina;
Comets v. Blackhawks.(
Benior "B" Division
4.00 p.m. Paudas v. Warriors.
TOMORROW Ladies Junior Championship Series 12.30
v. South p.m. CAA
Ares: Americans.
These in his boys this week-end, the two lead-sharing teams fought Juga may recapture a feather each other to a standstill twice China. for their bonnet in the struggle De
before in mighty battles that with St. Joseph's for
ended Jocal
only when darkness halt- ed further play. prestige.
Another
factor that helps spice this it is the fact that that team emerging victorious will take over undisputed top place in the Senior "B" stand- ings.
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Senior "B" Division 12.30 p.m. Pandas v. Wild-
2.00
p.m. Rexes V.
Senter "A" Division 11.00 a.m. Jaguars v. St. Joseph's; 3.30 p.m. CAA v. Madcaps.
Braves
rescue
Balling bottom right-hand, comer poc-aster than Cralgengawer, who G.. N. Goceno (Recreio)
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The free-swinging American outfit will be playing without the considerable services of their heavy-hitting pitcher Harry South China
His pitching Warriors Cunningham. signments have been taken over St. Joseph's by former centre-felder Jack
Midcaps Bordwell, who put up
a most Pandas creditable performance against US Navy the Pandas last week.
Jaguars
But the huge gap left in the CAA batting order remulns distress- ingly unfilled and this may Rexes
Senior "B" Division
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Here is an interesting position which actually confronted an op- ponent of mine in a recent exhibi. tion game. He falled to clear the table, tow would you proceed to play, austing you required
black and all the colours to, win. (Next wook Horace Lindrum wili demonstrate what he would do),
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ket, and with the aid of screw the cue ball should make con- tact with the red hall resting on the right-hand side cushion and knock it over the middle right-hand pocket. In the meantime, the white
ball would come into position X2 for the easy red.
Tho-last-red- is now-an-easy pot, but the control of the cue- ball continues to be the key. note to successful planning; therefore, when playing the last red into the right-hand middle pocket I would need to make certain that the white ball stops in the correct posi- tion, X3, for the blue.
Assuming I have played my last stroke correctly, the blue Ja now polted into the midle left-hand pocket with sufficient speed to send the white-ball into position X4, for the yel low. Addressing the cue-ball low from X4, for potting the yellow into the bottom right- hand corner pocket, would bring me into position for the green-X8,
Once again 1. must address the cue ball low-with right hand side--to pot the green In- to the bottom left-hand corner packet, and Ber
on to the
brown lying up against
the left-side cushion. Now at 20, the white ball must again be addressed low to pot the easy brown into the middle left-hand pocket to bring it into perfect angle position, X7, for the blue.
...
Potting the blue into the middle right-hand pocket is comparatively, simple but the cue-ball must be screwed down the centre of tho table for position X8 on the pink:
·RECORD LIKELY
Individual performances will also be noted with interest this week's, and the coming wocks matches. By scoring 34 runs last week, W. I. Stanton become the third batman this season to have reached the 500 aggregate.
end of the League By the ferson, a few more are likely to join this select band to make it a bumper baiting year for Hong kong feague cricket.
LAC Hill (RAF)
N. E. Arthy (Optimists) Lt. De Cruz (Army)
H. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions)
G. T. Rowe (Optimists) P. Rogi (CCC)
W/Cdr. Kettlewell (RAF) Capt. Haycraft (Army) J. Lerious (KCC) K. Y. Tam (CCC) A. R. Abbas (IRC) F/Lt. Graham (RAF) A. R. Arculli (IRC). L. Edwards (Army). Li Alexander (Army) N. Hart-Boker (KCC)
R. W. Franklin (384), Sqn. LAC Orbell (RAF) Leader Kingsford (430), T. A.} L. D. Kilbee (Optimists) Pearse (302), D. W. Leich (305) and N. E. Arthy (304) are all capable of reaching that mark.
The considerable improvement shown in general not only in the
150 Runs)*
Inn Runs N.O. H.S.
13 000
5
12 556 3
4 187 0
13 523
& 302
12 384 3
12
14 430
9-240
2
10 305
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218
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11.108
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11 107
18.7
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BOWLING
(Qualification
batting department but also in|A, P. Pereira (Recreio) the bowling, where 14 bowlers Sgt. Spence (RAF) have an average of below 15, is K. L. Spinks (Optimiste) ample proof of the good that the G. N. Gosuno (Recrzlo) visit of the Australians has dong H. O. Hubble (Optimists) to the game here and a-- email -A. T.-Lee (KCC) voice has been head mentioning J. S, Muldoon (KCC) the possibility of a Visit of the F. C.
F. C. Herridge (Scorpions) South African Test team on their S. A. Vanar (HKD) way back hanet
C. B. Connett (Scorpions) rol out last Sqn Ldr, Kingsford (RAF) wock, P. V. Dodge reached his C. H. P. Pritchard (Optimista) G00 runs this
season. Records D. Bottomley (CCC) have not been available as to the Alexander (Army) highest aggregate in
Capt. Grant (Army) League
G. A. Souza (CCC) sexon, particularly in the pro-
In scoring 44
A
(Optimists)
war years, but N, E. Arthy did IT. P. NDIKIS
074 runs in the
4-
knock up
1851 S. M. Teh
Ragl P. reason end Len Stokes was also H, Owen-Hughes (Scorpions}
(CCC) anund that mark three seasons. M. Davidson (KCC)
H. back,
With only five more matches Major Bailey (Army)
LAC Hill (RAF) to go, it does not seem likely G. Hong Choy (CCC) that the 1,000 mark will be reached after all this season, but Dodge will still have a good chance of establishing on ag- gregato record for the post-war years. If not the pre-wer,
FAREWELLS ..
As the season draws to a close, there will be reluctant farewells to some of the cricketing per annalltics who have brightened the past season.
Captain Haycraft, skipper att the Army XI, who did so well. in the matches, against the Australians, scheduled to leave for home within the next few days.
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Star his short
stay here, During Bob Haycraft has not only de lighted cricket fans with hia square, cuts and drives, but has won a host af friends with his would now play the pink ever cheary manner" Into the top left-hand corner
will
pocket with plenty of top left-⠀⠀⠀ "Another departure soon hand side on", the white, and 'be Hint of Lt. Alexander who is
with speed, so that it reaches expected to leave around
fa perfect position for potting the black into the top right- hand corner pocket "from" X
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·CLASSES · MAKING.
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Halder Rd.
February 13. Alexander, hon
ever, expects to be back in about six months, time and will be here for the next season; He to be able to put in some matches while in
England, Another low not only to
Colony
cricket but also to other. branches of the Colony's spórte Ing world will be Squadron- Leader Boy Kingsford who Er due to mail for home in
His
Mpresentative match will be asteaptain of thd, 'Cóm- bined Servicek in the annual "two-day ∙match against
the Hongkong Cricket Club on Februmy 14 and 15. janu
Roy Kingsford has figured | prominently. In: Hongkong: DOD only in cricket, in which gather he In regarded as one of the best all-i rouiders in the Colony, but'sho
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DRY
SKIERS
Trying on their skla at Chelsea Barracks gymnasium aro (left to right). Cynibla" Brämham, Diana Greene and Pamela Thomas, At the gymnanlunt,' they are having 10 lessons la "dry, škling" prior to their aking
ziholiday in Norway; mi: Extirosa Photo: Penta