WEEK-END SOFTBALL
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1953..
JAGUARS HIT THE PEAK OF THEIR OLD JOLTING FORM
BEAT SOUTH CHINA
TO
By “KEYSTONE”
Hitting the peak of their old jolting form, the Jaguars stamped “paid” to their long-standing account with their rivals by humbling the second-placed South China team 5-2 yesterday.
On Saturday, the Black Magle Dodgers squeaked past the fighting Griffins 2-1 after a long, tight struggle. Their fatem win virtually assures the Dodgers of the Junior Crown this season as they hafe only one more game to go and that against comparatively wenk opposition.
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In the Senior. "B" Divizion, i Chucker Google Marques en- jappens to be in a most favourable the Americans accounted for joyed
Lucky day
ponition to cop the Sentor "B" the Red Sox 7-3, despite the the mound, allowing only pennant this season. But both vallant but lone efforts of Sox two hits to the opposition and fof their outstanding games, are hurler Jock Brown, The Wild- striking out six, although he against the hustling Rexes, who fres clobbered two Pandas also issued no less than th./teen | intend very much to stay in the pitchers for a total of nine hits free bases.
running. To win 13-10 and dump the Pandas Into the second Inst slot for good. The
Panda girla handed their Chinese Athletic cousins another merciless thrashing to match the second game of the Jutilor Championships series by
30-3, basketball score. Having already
beaten their closest rivals, South China, In this three-team tournament, the Pandas are virtually assured of the Junior Championship, which title Pool To voluntarily vacated by withdrawing from play in the Junior serien.
SLAMBANG START The Madenps-Warriors tilt started off in slambang fashion, with the Warriors collecting three runs in their first time at bat. Hindsnalcher Vie Vianna poled the ball through third for a single, advanced on a fumble by the catcher. and reached scoring position when Nazarin's grounder to shortstop Kasa was bobbled. Keystone sacker Hank Killeen then slashed out a vicious liner into left for a chasing in both runners,
tripe Pereira was walked,
and when next
the
Opposing hurter Silva-Netto
The Americans need but one was nlcked for seven rūps and
more win to figure at least in a permitted nine walks.
His play-off, while the Senior "B" team pulled off three double- | title becomes undisputably theirs plays 12 support, but the should they pull off a clean defence eracked
the sweep of the Rexes series. up in crucint last
when At the bottom
AI
of the end runners were
on base
and Senior "B" Division ladder, the allowed the two winning runs hard-hitting Wildfires gleefully to score.
uled themselves up one step FORCEFUL BALL
by shoving the unhappy Pandas Dishing Lip the brilliant down to the second fast rung brand of forceful bull of their of the League ladder, yesteryears, Red Pereira's The Fires roared into high Jaguars blasted South China flame from the Very start, pitcher P.C. Wong's slow whaling Panda pltcher Tony drifters for ten damaging Wu's lazy flonters for four blows to run as a convincing | ringing blows. including h 5-2 victory over their enemies | three-run homer by left-felder of long standing,
C. Vieira. South China opcried the The Pandas retaliated with scoring when lead-off man P. II. three runs of their own, mant Lee tickled 22 lazy twister to factured around three hits, but eft eld from the southpaw were blanked in the following baller's box to arrive safely on innings till the big sixth funing.
ral, He advanced w Third on
the Meanwhile,
Wildfires two successive bad pitches and built up a ble lead with two Tsang dropped rowed the rubber when C. M.junearned runs in the third and abunt which three more on two hits la the
C. Vieira was heaved wild to first. Jaguar fourth when
made chucker Vic Pedruco then bore his second hit of the game with
down and retired the next three a rousing double that drove in batters on two infield pop-ups | two more runs, and a strike-out.
An all-out effort in the sixth the Pandas live The Jags bounced back in the fining netted second canto with two load-runs at knotted the count at matching runs when three costly eight-all. Tony Wu arrived at errors completely disorganised first on a fumbled catch, but the South China
feld, A was subsequently crased at the dropped outßeld Ay and a plate when he attempted to fumble at third put two runners score on a following play. on base, and when Red Pereira's A wild throw and a fielder's
Dickie
drew no play to second
he went
down on the pitch. Alfred
Oliveira then lifted ay to centrefield and Killeen scored from third after the catch was made, but Pereiro was trapped between bases when he also tried to nd- Vance after the catch, only to sacrifice bunt was heaved wild to choice, put Albert Cheng and find himself on the wrong end first by P. C. Wong, two Patrick Tung on base.
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FASTEST EVER IN HONGKONG
South China's Pocket-sized Rocket-Lam Kak-lan-holds off`six-foot" strid- ing Deborah Hurlbatt in the fastest 200 Metres race ever run in Hongkong. The clockings were 28.1 and 28.3 seconds, pushing the legendary Mui Shun-ngan's 28.4-sec. performance back to third best.-China Mail Photo,
HOME SOCCER REVIEW
Five Teams Improve
Their Chances Of A
Cup And League Double
London, Feb. 7. Five of the nine First Division soccer teams still left in the Football Associa- tion Cup Improved their chances of achieving the much sought League and Cup "double."
All wore victorious,
stone.
MR
BRUNDAGE IS WORRIED ABOUT MELBOURNE GAMES
Chicago, Feb. 8.
Mr Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee, said today that the situation about holding the Games in Melbourne in 1956 wns" “much more serious" than he had thought.
His increasing concern resulted from the 'resignation of Mr Hugh Weir from the Australian Organising Com mittee. Recently Mr Brundage thought that he might. have to fly to Melbourne to appraise the "unsatisfactory situation", but today he said "Now it seems that 'I won't have to go."
Mr. Brundago was scepticul Ha added; "Unless Mr Welr when it was mentioned that Mr supports the present alto I Weir had given us the reason think Melbourne can give the for his resignation the necessity Games away. Everything. pos- to attend to his own businessible should be dóno to get him matters.
to change his-mind” akik
You will have to read be- tween the lines of that," Mr Brundage said-Router.
AUSTRALIANS TOO
Melbourne, Feb. 8. Melbourne is now in greater
danger than ever of losing the 1956 Olympic Games, according to Councillor W. Barry, a mem-
In Sydney tonight, MrWeir confirmed that he had tendered his resignation from the Or gantsing Committee for bush-
ness reasons,"
tlan
ber of the Organising Commit-short term leave instead.
tce.
The Committee Secretary, Mr Edgar Tanner, said the Com- milice had refused the resignn- and granted Mr Weir a Mr Weir declined to comment Mr. Barry was commenting on a statement by the President on the action of Mr Hugh Weir, of the 10C, Mr Avery Brundage. there were Australia's senior delegate to in Chicago, that the International Olymple Com- plenty of placen more convenient mirtee, in tendering bis resigna- than Melbourne for staging the tion from the Organising Com 1056 Games-Reuter. mittee, yesterday.
Mr Barry said that Mr Weir's nction was an indication that he would submit an unfavour- able report to the International Olympic Committee on Mel- bourne's chances of staging the 1058 Gümes' successfully.
Mr Barry gak he believed the decision to switch the Olympic Games site from the Oval at Carlton, an inner Melbourne suburb, 10 the Melbourne
Cricket Ground, was the reason
for Mr resignation.
Weir tendering his
Archery Club Tournament
by the
arrows re-
Light Blues Win At Chater Road
In the annual Värsity cricket match played at the Hongkong Cricket Club at Chater Rond yesterday, Cambridge defeated Oxford by five wickets,
The Light Blues showed them- selves definitely the better teám in both bowling and batting and proved it by equalling Oxford's hard-earned score of 131 inan hour and a half and putting on another 28 to make 179 whet [stumps were drawn.
Those, who took a step nearer were the new leaders, West Bromwich Albion, second placed Burnley and Arsenal, Manchester United and Blackpool.
the Walthamstow Avenue, Chelsea's win, Arsenal |
coupled with trouncing their near neighbours City's detent,
side which did so well in the took them away Tottenhum Hotspur, who also from the bottom of the table. FA Cup before going down to have hopes of winning both Cop and League.
Their performance was one of Manchester United on Thursday, the best of the day, for they were also eliminated from the The gates at Highbury were
were two goals in arrears after Amateur Cup today, when they closed 45 minutes before the half an hour, but fought back lost their replay against Weald- with Miles Spector, 10-year-old
followed "Twangs" kick-off, and a crowd of nearly
STAT schoolboy winger 10,000 saw Arsenal continue the settling down well in his first SCOTTISH CUP TIES
arvishes of flying magnificent form which had
sounded at the Boundary Street swept them to
Scotland's accond round Cup- | Army victory in the League match.
Playground yesterday, previous seven home games."
After two successive home tes provided fow surprises when the Hongkong Archery Arsonal's eighth Budocssive wins,, Wolverhampton
dis- i though, two gapes will have to Club held its first Inter-Club
The credit on the bowling sidö Д double-play. Jiminy untamed runs erased the pay-Cheng reached Arsi to load the home win brought their goal appointed at Blackpool, where be replayed, Change led to Arsi for the station.
must go to McLellan, who cap- third out.
run 10 sacks on another fielder's choico, aggregato, for this
30
The meet started in the mor runs.
tured six Oxford wicketa: fot. 30 A tro-bagger by Viz Peduce the third baseman S. C. Lee goals for eight against. Warrior pitcher Googie Mor-and a clutch single by shortstop came through with a rousing ques' peculiar brand of inshouts Claude Pugh put the Jaguars
clutch double, scoring Albert held the Caps Bitless and score-ahead by another sun in the third Cheng and Patrick Tung, South- less till the third inning when Inning, but South China kept paw P. H. Chang followed with Kolly Silva-Netto drew a walk themselves in the running with another run-producing hit. Two and was pushed across the plate a second minsker when Y. K. more runs crossed the homeplato with acrilee hitting.
Chan go on through badon sacrifice, hits.
of
4
Shortstop Johnnie Pereira got throw and scored on another free ride to first to open the brace of errois in the Jaguar in- Warriors third inning, but was Bel.
doubled
nt dext base This gun proved,
fly to
right
WALKED FOUR Going Into
Bnal inning with the
the
score
pitcher Willie Woo walked four
Wildfire
batters to allow the a total of
-starter which Google Marlive ente-hits-in-the-fourth, fifth stole..second and · scored-the-tic--
Nazarin
dying
on
when the next batter was walk- en down three successive of C. Vieira.
hits by Gerald Langenberg,
ed. But Johnnie Pereira set up some kind of a record by figuring in a third double-piny when he flied out to left and the peg-in hipped Nazarin at second for a
twin-erasure.
the runner
two
no answer.
This success look Burnley in- to second place a point behind
INTER-HONG
(wo goals by Brown gave the Queen's Park, the amateur Tournament.
were
the
to
Thistic,-Reuter.
First Divisiors
{-Ing.
Oxford
K., Greece, v Melannan ... YOUNGSTER AMAZES
A. Hirby, Dodge MCLENNAN Straining at a taut bow taller L. Bawistle, b McLennan...... than himself,
12-year-old T. Rowe.& b McLeman ..
B.V. Gittens, b' Barlow....... Coorge
Willertons Trom the . Goodhar, by Franklin vai Junior section of the "Columbia, A. Todd, 3 Dodge .... Shoot" and amazed the archors A. Abaster, hot olis
2. Tyrer, bfrenidly. ........ and spectators by his accuracy, C. Rothery & Badious
Lennan LA FILA very promising archer," was the general comment.
Goaln
The ladies showed good form and their events ware keenly contested.
B. Weldon, b' Meeeman
CEXTÍLI
Total
nowing Analysis
club, looked like bringing off teom both points.
Manchester United found Villa the surprise of the round, when ing with the "Clout Shoot," In
Jed The difficult Cup task facing easier to beat than the amateur they Arsenal next Saturday at Burn-Walthamstow Avenue
powerful which the archers, armed with
On the botting alde, Franklin aHibernians, but a hattrick by their bows and KATOWI of hilt out lustily all'round" the ley was emphasised by the week uga
Reilly helped to overcome the divers colours, were forced to wicket to make 79 before retir manner in which Burnley over- For the second week in succes- amateurs.
move to an adjoining field in ing and possibly won the match ran Sheffield Wednesday,
sion Newcastle were beaten. at
arder to shoot from a distance for Cambridge. He was materia?!- Buraley
inside-forwards, home. Stoke City's win today where 40,000 saw Itangers play of three rounds and eich arship with Coombes, who had
Biggest gate was at hundee, of 180 yards. The shoot consisted ly helped in this by a partner Shannon, Holden and Mellroy, was not as emphatic as that of gave an exhilarating display Rotherham the previous week in attractive football to romp easy cher was allowed 10 arrows a very nice innings of 38, and Wednesday's defence had the Cup, but they also profited winners against Dundee,
was fol.. rand. The "Clout" by Newcastle's poor shooting. Stirling Albim, noted for kowed by the "American Shoot" when Al Oliveira lofted another be the last Name, however, to
For Oxford, Kirby and Good- Cardiff, promoted at the end their ability
tho "Columbia ban did well to make 32 and 37 finally rise to the and and the throw-in Jaguare settled down to steady,
of last season, were beaten. at
Shoot." beat Fereira back to the bag.
respectively under difficult con- effective ball Lo blank
opposition to reap the
Ken Vivian of the Royal Airditions, ・ ・ though Girby was West Bromwich, who scrambled home, and have now dropped to occasion against mora famed op- The Warriors
three five back-breaking runs. went a little Chinese ouißt in the last
home against Manchester City 20th poskion after seven League Donents, held Celile to a repiny Force proved to be the out-lucky to be dropped early in the further ahead it
Reggie Mattos got on after the fourth innings,
and to dusted Wolvertinmpton games without a win
While Rangers are hot favour-standing archer of the day. "Ifa game. stanza
The Jags uncorked a total of his By to shortstop was dropped
beaten at Binckpool' from the
Division leaders. Shemeldtes for the Cup, Clyde are also is also an excellent rifle shot" Rowe bowled extremely well with centreseki
leading position.
United; beaten in the Cupon well fancled." The following
Excellently led commented Mr John Rool, the at times and obtained his four bingle. He stole down to second, ing a single time, no less than batters went down on pop-ups,
and sixth Innings without cor- breaker,
Wednesday, suffered irs theby McPhail, they always had the Chalmart of the Club, who ab- wickets in two overs. and was pushed to the scoring seven rutinere
CHELSEA WIN
Loague today. being beaten by upper hand against Purticis stained from competitive choot- perch at third on an Infield out. bast-paths. But they chalked up
the but Willie Woo dug himself a
Lincoln City, hole
West Bromwich by walking the next three
did a drove a hot
The Division If runners-01P, good Ilter a couple of insurance through the
runs in batters in a row to choke the turn for Chelsea, their rivais in Huddersfield, won convincingly LEAGUE STANDINGS. mound to score their fast time at but when, after bags and face the dangerous bat Marques,
the second replay of the fourth at Hull and Luton continued reached second
round Cup-tie on Monday, and their splendid run at the expense after Saturday's matches were: Football League standings In return Chelsen helped West of Leicester, Claude Pugh and Nelson Souza fourth hit of the game, scoring He promptly slapped out his
Bromwich to overcome Sunder- Everton were the highest put the game on ice for them.
on third. Another land, one of Albion's challengers scores of the day with a 5-0 For the winners. Vie Pedruco base on balls pushed a third racked up an enviable pitching run over the plate. An infleld
for the Championship.
win over Brentford.
Hickson, the Everton forward, performance, allowing only three bobble and a wild pitch scored
accomplishell the only hat-trick Burnley
W. Bromwich' mearly bingles and one walk, two more Wildfire runs and the
of the afternoon. Northampton Wolves while striking out two men.
fiasco only ended when the
also scored five, beating New- | Arsenal Losing pitcher P.C. Wong was tenth man came up to bat and once again confronted with the grounded to third for the final
port County.
Preston N.L. Before the game at Barnsley. Manchester U...
dunderland disheartening realition
KEDU that out
the 10,000 spectators observed a Blackpool ultra-slow bloopers are at last
two minutes silenco for Mr Charlton The Pandas made a last gasp
Angus Seed, the Barnsley Man- Tottenham, Jaguars solved his
dled earlier in the Ager, who ing away three reviving runs, pilches with a heavy barrage Cheng's sock to centre and P. scoring twice through Albert
day. Fele McRao wid Bernard
In the final of the Inter-Hong Silve ten solid blows, with short-Tung's bunt
Barnsley's defeat worsened Lawn Bowls Pairs Competition their League position. They are fanned step Claude Pugh and outfielder hand were unceremoniously out, while Mike Sanders fared Nelson Souza gurnering two hits recor
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at the Kowloon Bowling Green at the foot of the table with little better by drawing a a walk
| tocond on
heave, and
Club yesterday, R. Morrison and only 14 points from 28 games, while aplece, wh Vic only to be smuffed at acconad by rapped out the only extra-baso Lee was issued
Pedruco
ruco Tung was sacrificed home. 8.C. J. McKelvie (Kowloon Docks
"D") defeated
Francis and base on balls, throw across the diamond.
BRISTOL "DERBY" blow of the game with third but P.H. Chang went Caps pitcher
W. McCall down Netto
Docks Silva
(Kowloon inning double.
The clash of the two Bristol made a lone wolf effort in the
"B") by 25 shots to 17. Four costly errors
swinging for the third and final
clubs in the Southem Section Morrison and McKelvie drew attracted over 35,000 spectators last inning when he drew antial socond and third innings
SECOND DIVISIÓN. out of the game,
Batting walk and scored on three sue by the South China field allowed wildfire left-felder C. Vieira, honours want to
ahead decisively
in the sixth
--easily the highest in either | Shefela U, cessive sicals. But the War the Jaguars to
and kept their lead of the Third Division.
Huddersfield T. build up their who collected four solld hits in throughout, although they were
Luton Town ... riots scored once in the sixth wirming margin which throw the ve trips to the plate, including once
Rovers dropped a point, but irmingham C and twice in the seventh
seriously whole Nam Wan attack out of a three-run homer and a
challenged in brought their
of sequence the
Leicester C. two- one measly hit to offect all the gear for the rest of the game.
15th, when they had
League matches without defeat | Plymouth A. efforts of the Mudcaps
run double..
bare lead of two shots.
to 22, and they are still well Nottingham Winning pitcher Roberto the next head, however, ahead in the Division,
In
Leeds United being six Fulham Silva was touched for seven they drew away again and after points in front of Northampton fatherham U In tight game that saw hits and conceded four walks,
West Hats U. that the result was never much their first four batters go hit- but struck out three.
in doubt.
After three games without a win, Oldham struck their best Everton less, the Americans disposed of Pandas pitcher Tony Wu gave On the whole there was no form again
III Notts County League the Rod Box by a comfortable | no free bases, struck out one
very brilliant
play, except (North) to lead the section
by 7-3 margina an Saturday. und was rapped for six hits in sometimes by McCall.
four points from Grimsby, who Second sacker Warwick collect foar innings. Rellefer Willc
Morrison and McKelvio were lost at Hallfax. ed two hits in tour, whlie team- Woo, called for mound-duty in a steadler
combination ond
Gemmell's first goal for Old mate left-Holder Brimley put up the fifth, was jumped on gained about an equal number hom was his 100th in the League a sparkling three in four effort three safe blows and issued of points each, at the plate.
since he joined them." With the usual powerhouse which remaining puzzlingly Americans were
LAST DITCH RALLY The Caps staged a last ditch rally in the sixth which netted them three runs on an equal Eric Remedios. But
number of walks and it hit by being solved. The nothing") try in the bottom of the seventh,
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| Club "dance,' at which the ar-
chers were garbod in colourful Mateman Robin Hood and William Tell Dodge uniforms.
Frankr Hellemann At the conclusion of the shoot, Barlow Mr Root told the Press that an Cowperthwaite additional 20 applications were received which
Cambildig brought Club P.V. Dodge, at Gromo b ́Bálhéry
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| Wilson; 3; EP" Jandali -
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2. Jarnen Field; 3..J. Edwardi
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Junior Columbiami, G. Willerton; 12. H. Wong: 5. A, Wong.......
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