WEEK-END SOFTBALL
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1956.
ONE OF THE FOUR GOALS
Braves Consolidate Their
Grip On Top Rung In
Pennant Ladder
The
By "TIME OUT”
Buster Hollands' youthful Blackhawks, in a slugging softball duel against South China yesterday, emerged on the long end of an 11-8 count to push the Caroliners down to fourth position in the red-hot Senior "A" Pennant chase.
Consolidating their tight grasp on the top rung of the Pennant ladder, Ed Carvalho's League-leading Braves trounced a hard-fighting Warrior outfit 10-6 in s morning tussle while Jindo Hussain's Saint Joseph's was seen crawling into the runner-up slot when they blasted the Pandas with a shocking 23-4 acore.
14
On the distaff side, the young Readka obtained a life when Capanda Jasses, busted Drough his hard bounder towards short with
six russ in the six touk
hop and KO'd
the piny.
In 11-7 Rebb Leong on frame to empture
mad scramble for triumph from the League-lead-the ensuing ing
Wahoon, causing once the bill, Eric scored and Gerry Remedion settled at third. A moro a two-wy tie for top
Musi
through the keystone by honours between the Owls and
Cuseus Souza then brought him the Nam Wah giris,
The Caroliners, however, drew up in their half 011
and three
successivo walk Blogles by P. C. Wong. Y. K. Chan and Seidon Ma.
In
Kame
the only
played.
Collect
the
for
other ladies' the
girls wily recounted Tal cellar-dwelling Tung scholars, as they took the
schoolgirls to town with cost- vincing 27-0 trouncing.
UNDISPUTED
The
Junior
League p
I
Dodgers claime udpute
poshession
Lick
increas
at the Dodgers weakly yesterday's cuntain-mai Chinese Athletics tu h-leaguers
RCTOS
FORGED AHEAD
loaded, ba when, with bases
drive and seared B. Cheng's whipped the sphere to third to nip W. K. Wan off base.
BRAVES 10, WARRIORS Turning out a poor sample of bin usually steady form, 'Goose" dished Wony of the Warriors out nine free passes to first to see the icnding Braves score in but the fifth to every inning
muthit win 10-0. Though they outhit
mighty
opponents 9-7, Warriors bad Eddie Marques'
their
to take a back seat in their key struggle with the Braves as their
Once again the Hawks forged 988 sur hurler Wong came
across
The
next
days' to abral in the sund as Robert
*unc of those Remedios got a life on an ervor, Manuel
Nunes bunted neally yield nine earned runs.
Warriors opened in lip of the
muner op
Remedios Eric
got on atid fax when they ben!
through an her miscue to load top fashion as a single and two Seminoles 12-5
hurier successive doubles saw two quick the Bucks. Winning
b chalked runs
After up. their long string of victoring to
Braca then came through with
two outs, two more successive 13-traight, which lenves them
towering By that sailed way
Terry
Ewins and tangles by the only unbeaten. team hi }
deep
left-centre for
Miguel Ferras put another
tally four divisions this year.
billiant grand-siam.
across the pan. George Ribeira Jandy Splitting a twin-1,
With
their side going walked to the bases, bul Hussein's
Seministess 10 youthful
that half, the South
stirred the kup. machine crumbled avenged thet: Saturday defent China
breeze acally to refire the side. hands of the champion pieces in the next chapter ba
Adding insult to injury, Wong the walloping by
The Hawks piled on three more
and at his job on the mound walked Cul 11-4 In
ruhe on two costly errors and
errors and the first fair Brave battery to Tr
by Etle Remedios face for-master
him. Southpaw slugger Budji Dhuber then riited had to be satisfed with the Nam Woh luds Coming back mash along and over the third runner-up berta with 11 win to the game as Hawk hur bare line for a single but out-
his bearings over Wah Ying as they are two | Girnen lost
Belder Jmmy Chang muffed it five walks porary and issued and one hit to allow four South on the pick up and when it was corralled four runs had their China markers to go up on the Anally
scored, including Dhaber,
While the Warriors kept the Scoreboard,
sixth with Entering
clean the peoresheet
in the Black- narrow 9-7 lead, the Bawks op-
following innings the Braves full teling | plit
and, pressure
inched ahead with a run each gevond- } capitalising ubit and an
and third and in the second Umely blow by
Two each in the fourth clutch, insurance'
g
mes
the behind
Didr
who have
lea ting only
CO
Kamc left
schedule.
to complete
With a bare minimum of nine men.
luster Hollands
hawks pounded out 11-8 victory twer the placed South China pull themselves into way the for third,
Ene Remedies
the
#
" fout th frane
squad to mor and a
startvl
the
ать
saw the
0
sixth to lead 10-4. three- Donel Remedios in the
the
more pushed two talhes across the plate,
Hawkt centreflekter Tony Rotriquca suved possible disaster in the tall-end of the Gerry sixth with a timely double-play
ball rolling for the Hawks in
Initial conte with
1 sash second after one bul Graca New out
through
Great
Struggle Ahead
For Cricket League
Championship
Royal Air Force beat the Scorpions by 11 runs at Kal Tak and Army North upset League-leaders Army South by one wicket at Sookunpou on Saturday to throw wide open the struggle for the First Division Cricket League Championship.
The Scorpions were not at full strength at Kai Tak, but did not lark their bowlers, as the Airmen knocked up 176, Henderson contributing 50 and Power 78.
Mike
Relo
by
and
Who
a
The seventh saw a desperate Last-ditch attempt Warriors after iwo outs, 85 Jocy
through got on fumblo and scored on Hank
a
Ruse Killeen's triple to let Meyer singled to score Killeen and Ewins on his second his of the day, placed runners on Bret and second, The rally died just as fast
started as it Ferras
poked
Miguel
wben
put
to retire the side. leeble fly to
chives of the Braves Dickie Chaves of the claimed batung honours with a neat three-in-three effort while pacing him for the Warrior side was Russ Meyer, who belted two hits in his four trips to the plate, Including a home run in the fifth inning.
cer-
WAHOOS LOSE
The ladies' tussle between the Wahoos and the chempion
Capanda femmes young tainly turned out to be a thrill- packed battle as this touch-and- go' nfair saw the lead changing
an hands several times during the game, until
the sixth inning
saw the Capandas crash through Birley WES still
wicket, } with six mins to put the game in bent Navy by form, however, despite the long Craiger gower beut Recreio by on ice.
une
holiday break, to take live for tive wickets. AIXL Optimista Cering the bottom half of 20 as Scorpions were all out reversed their first round defeat | the sixth on the long end of for 65, only Stanton (24) and
Campbell (12) reaching double figures.
the
by
total of 180 for
30
Boxall to 01 for the pecond, Billimoris was the only CCC
but after that come the deluge
With the Sing Tao custodian, Yue Yui-tak, helplessly on his knees, this pic- Lure goal off the boots of Army's centre-forward Morris had Yue beaten com. pletely. This goal was one of the four scored by Morris in yesterday's First Division Leaguo match at the Club ground. The Army won 4-1.-China Mall Photo.
New Zealand On Even
Terms With France In
Three Match
Sports Diary
TODAY
Meeting
Emergency Meeting of the Inter- KIKTA, 5.30 Sub-Committen.
port
D.m
Badminton
Seriesng and Unity Tram
Lyons, Jan. 15.
The touring New Zealand Rugby League side beat France by 31 points (seven tries, four goals and one penalty goal) to 22 (six tries, one goat and one penalty goal) here today to draw level in the three match series, The tourists led 12-11 at halftime.
Victoria
v Thailand
p.m.
Squash Colony Championship at Court. 5.30 p.m.
Boxing IIQLF boxing championship Onal at Macpherson Stadium.
Chines Monthly
A
France won the First Test 24-7 at Toulouse. crowd of 7,000 saw today's match, played in misty condi tions on a ground softened by recent rain.
winger
Gilbert
French Savone scored
a try after six minutes, and two minutes later Richard Haggle replied with penalty goal for the Kiwis.
Delpoux
for touched down France
In the 20th minute, but a try
frontrow forward by
which Henry Maxwell, from Haggie kicked a goal, put New Zealand ahead 7-6.
SECOND TRY
Gilbert
and Haggie was
with mark
his
Reuter.
П
In the 21st minute Alberti sent Savonne over for his second try. A New Zealand
tan try by
Grey
goaled by Hnggie, and a penalty goal for Francé by Gilbert Benausse took the score to 12- il in favour of the Kiwis at halftime.
swung from end
TOMORROW MeeOnk
at
Football Amociation Bioeling
Tại Trung Restaurant. 7 p.m.
Bedminton Hongkong v Thailand Unity bad- minton team at CCC; 7.30 p.m.
Bank Colony Championship at Victoria again on the Court, 8.30 p.m.
Shoot goal kick.
Revolver Competition, Hongkong Gun Club range, 0.30 am.
SPORTS ROUND-UP
John Landy Hopes To Compete In This
Year's Olympic Games
John Landy, Australian holder of the World Mile record, hopes to compete in this year's Olympic Games. Play again
In a recent half mile run in Melbourne after a 13-month to end after the interval and
retirement, Landy came second to Lon Spurrier, America's Rex Percy within 10 minutes (New Zealand) and Jean World half-mile record holder. Both broke the tape to- Bouquetrol (France) each gether and clocked the same time-1 min, 51.8 sec. scored a try.
A try
by Grey, goolest
New Zealand
by
Brian Hewson, Britain's young four-minute Miler, may have to cancel his plans to run in the American In door Championships before going to the West Indies next a month.
A jarred calf muscle has put his training behind schedule.
Haggle, and another by Thomas
Baxter gave
23-14 loud.
France came back into the by with a try scored picture Jacques Marquey, from which Benausse kicked an easy goal.
was Firmani
answering Jack Gardner will, after all, fight befort he meets Don allegations in the Italian Press Cockel for the latter's British that he was Itellan for football and Empire Heavyweight titles purposes, but British for other
April 24. When promoter
grandfather reasons. Firtnani's Jack Solomons had his request was an Italian. for such a fight approved by the British Boxing Bourd Control, Gardner was quoted as view of saying he took a dim the matter.
Forward John Butterfield (New Zealand) and French on fullback Louis Poletti added further tries. Maxwell crossed for the last try of the game,
Inter-School
Football Results
Aberdeen
of
of
be
A
lead the Stirling Moss will
In this Aston Marlin team
car races. year's
major sports This means that he will But he has since changed his No 1 driver for two arms.
he signed as chief rand, and says his eyes, damaged month
driver in the Italian Maserati Kilione Lave, DI the Tonga team for ricing car Grand Prix he Mancrati agreed recovered in events,
should be free to drive British
In the controversial fight with
1.es, will have
me for him to have mid March,
趄
bout in
480
In six sporls car races--London
(COPYRIGHT)
Mrs Margaret Dupont, captain Express Service. of the
Cup USA Wightman team for the past two years will not be coming to England with the team in June, Mrs Dupont has decided that her three-year- old son Billy is too young to make the trip, and she does not dor six want to leave him
2 weeks.
Senior
La Salle Clementi Queen's Wah Yen Kin 4 SFX KGV
4
2 King's
0
5 St Louis
0
1
IRC with Д six-wicket i5-3 count, the Capanda girls victory at Chater Road.
blended three ty with six disastrous Wahoo · CITOTE to Following are the results Recreio smissed Lho very crash through with six runs, in- school football matches played Army South had first lease of the wicket at Sookunpoo and respectable
yesterday, homer by started promisingly enough seven wickets against Craigen-ng a two-run
left folder Shirley Cheng, opening gower at Happy Valey, Luig! The
fought back Interport
Wahoos with pair, Withali
Bedson, Gosano contributing 44, Mickey and
in gamely
their last stand, Eddie men ILIKE carrying the score to 38 for the Remediion
Alonco and Silva 'singing' in first wicket and
Alonco Withall and Gospo 37.
scoring. succession, Tracy Brown grounded out and Evelyn Cotton humered for two A moles of five more run,
the second out St Stephen's errota
Therese Roza Pereira falled to Q. Elizabeth getting
connect in the 'clutch' and was a wicket-taker as prolific
13 in among the runs, reached 183 Nach had been, taking six for for five
H. Madar thrown out at first to see the wickets an North scraped carried his 35, but Army
logo their second game bat for
Owls 62 and through
this to a one-wicket vic-
and thus tio with year Dhaber reached one of his now
South China in the top spot. tory.
rare half centuries with 61.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
reasonable
after
take any as Lipscombe took four for 37 bowler to
Greenhalgh for 30, the change out of the visitors with and
four for 53. Craigengowe pushed another tally home, but side being all out for 10.
Yates of Army South proved with their standby batsmen of
INTERESTING
the current season
not
The First Division League85, and Rory Macpherson, four
table now shows the following interesting situation:
Army South Army North
RAF
Scorpions
Optimists
CCC
IRC
me
KCC
P
Recreto
Police
Royal Navy..
P W D L Pts
#
7 0 2 28
B
0 0 3 24
8 0 0 2 24
a 0 0 3 24
4 2 3 10
4 0
16
Against George Rowe, Ave for for 18, the Indian Recreation Club El managed to reach 94 | Braves at Chater Road, but despite the Saint Joseph's
of IRC bowlers, Blackhawks usual array Optimists only lost four wickets South China in reaching 90.
La Salle Clement!
2 Pool Sun 0 St Joseph's 5
Wah Yan
HX
0
Intermediate
NEVER GIVE UP
Eddie Firmant, the 29-year- old inside forward transferred from Charlton Athletic Italian club Sampdoria
to for
2 £35,000 in the close season has said in Genoa that he will never give up his British nationality.
• Balesions
• SIX Wah Yan HK 0 St Joseph's 0 Junior Tech Wanchat
3 Queen's
1 St Mark's
Benlor "A"
0 King's
W. In
4
1
Pet. Tak YoD .800
1 St Louis
8
Junior
4 ศ .600
500
tiendai
D
500
Wah Yan
,600
.420
St Joseph's
0 HK
0
Wah Yen
.186
Senior "B"
7
.033
St Louis
4
Hurricanes Comets
471
Munsang
1
.333
4
200
Ladies League
Warriors Pandas
CAA
10-3816 Not Possible To Delawares
2 0 0 40
League leaders Army South have lost the same number of points as Royal Air Forco, who have
But a game in hand, Army South still have to face
Hold All-German University
Athletic Meet
East
South China Wahood. Capandes Colleena
Junior Tech
1 Kla
0 Arlesians
5 KGV
HKFA Meeting
*
BADMINTON
Dane Beats Indonesia's Champion
Copenhagen, Jan. 15.
Indonesia's Ferry Sonneville.
TONIGHT'S
BADMINTON
PROGRAMME
programme for the badminton matches be- tween Hongkong and the vialt- ing Thailand Unity Badminton team for today and
Following is the
tomorrow
to be played at Craigongower Cricket Club at 7.80 p.m. ́esch evening.
TODAY
Ladies' Bingles
Miss Pratheong Pattapong v Miss Siable CorTOR.
Men's Bingine
Charoen Sao Tao v 8. K. Wong. Mixed Doubles
Atre Rumpal slubol and Direk Khajadbiyev Ramon Young or W. Y. Foo and Mim Cynder Ho.
Men's Doublés
and Sunthorn Butvanit Kamol Buphaphuo v Robert Tay and K. C.
Ladies Doubles Pretbeong Patlapong and
was beaten by 15-8,-15-9 in the semi-final of an international Wong. badminton tournament contested yesterday and today at Odense, Mrs Bumpal Stoboly Mi Uilan Funen (Denmark) by Den-Khoo and Mia Helen Kwong. mark's Palle Granlund.
In the anal, Granlund was beaten by the Danish Cham-
An emergency meeting of ieplon, Finn Kobberce, who won Interport Sub-Committee will 15-1 and 15-3-France-Preme, 000 be held at the
.600
A
· 15 · 444 0.10
Junior LeagUO
11
11
Hanover, Jan. 15.
Oversetta Athletic Tal Tung Germany RAF and Scorpione plus such office is today rejected a pro- potential "giant-killers"
as posel
by the West German PT Dodgers
that
All-German CAA Optimlats, CCC, IRC, KCC and federation
and Athletic Championships should Seminoles Hocrelo.
North Army
Engies. Scorpions are still very much be held this year, In the running for the Chameeting here that it would not Lion Cubs They doclared at a joint Wah Ying rst Division be possible to make prepara-OVETICA on Saturday, KCC ilons in time, Reu
ID other
Inionship.
matohas
Pral Tung
Association's
offler, Sports Road, Happy Val- 130 1,000 ley today at 5.30 pm, to con- 848 sider and or decide whether or 2
788 not to postpone the first Game 60571 of the Austrian Team Series 9308 from Wednesday, January 18 to 410288 2hursday January 19 in view 23 1121 or the late arrival of the Aue
Scotland Wins
TOMORROW.
Ladier Douhlas
Miny P. Filopong and slan Burns pal Biotol v šálm 5. Khoo and Mins
D. Rhajadbare ✦ Hamon Young or G. Ma
Ladies Singles. Mles P. Pattanong ♥ Mies, Diana
Men's Deukise Ma Mullingar, Ireland, Jan. 18.
[K. Butyánit and By. Suphaphum v Scotland beat Ireland by five W. C. Cùm and Prong, Waldung.
“Where Doubles RSS boule to four in animateur
MAP. Pattapong and Buythorn International boxing match here supéwphún. Sakom. Haben lowong tonight China Mall Special.
"Page" 7
LAND FORCES BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Every Possibility That McMenamie-Dinning Bout Will Steal The Show
By OUR BOXING REPORTER
One of the most important events of the Colony boxing senson will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Kowloon, this evening when the Army slages the finals of the Land Forces Individual Cham- pionships.
Every weight from Fly to Heavy will be keenly con- tested and in addition there will be at least two special bouts of exceptional interest. The full programme is as follows:
Flyweight Gnr Flanaghan (27 HAA Regl) Va Our Donnelly (27 HAA Regi).
Bantamweight Bdr Carrington (42 Fd Regt) ve Spr Chan Shu-sum (82 Ind Sen RE).
A few weeks ago when not as
as he would have liked ho took on McMenamie at short notice and found very quickly that his fellow Scot was a boxer of real ability, so much so, that at the end of three hard gruel- ling rounds the verdict went to McMenamie. Both boxers have Sgt Hilton (N Staffs) vs Gar since been looking forward to a
return and thla опо
gives Fidler (27 HAA Regt).
promise to being one long thrill Lightweight L/Cpl Melah (N_Staffs) Pte Tilson (King's Own).
Lightwelterweight
Featherweight
Vp
Ch Legerton (Dist Wshpal vs Pte Gildea (King's Own).
Welterweight
Bdr Ledsham (74 LAA Regt) va Cpl Nolan (Northamptons).
Light Middleweight L/Bdr Dickinson (19 Regt) vs Li Chaffey (N Staff).
Middleweight
a
The whole bill is, however, something of
promoter's cucam. There are great possi- bilities in every bout and there biz is almost certain to bo
crowd
hand
see the modern gladiators in action.
on
ما
Ringside seats are priced at $6 and $3 and it is understood that some will be available for Admission to Fale at the door.
the unreserved portions of the it costa $2 and $1 and arena
of will be very much a case first come first served.... so be warned....be carly.
Gnr Davis (42 Fd Regt) vs Pto Allison (Dist Wshps).
Light Heavyweight Cin Benton (att N Staff:) vo Plo Johnson (Northamptons).
Heavyweight
Opi Bowen (N Staffs) va Onr Etheridge (27 HAA Regt).
SPECIAL CONTESTS
Lt Welterweight Sgt/Instr Madden (APTC) (Scottish Champion) vs Cpl
Carey (N Staffs) (Hongkong Charoplon).
Middleweight
Japanese Girl Scores Second
Billiard Win
Miss
Manila, Jon, 10.
Katsura of Noriko
night scored her
victory match
Wenceslao 250-55
of the
with high
with along
K.
an
Japon last
consecutive Gnr McMenamio
(74 LAA second Regt) ve Cm Dlaning (Dist in a billiard exhibition Wabps) (South East Asia against M. Philippines Champion).
In spite of the tremendous in runs of 84 and 70.
Ketsura, terest that wit undoubtedly be abown
Championship Miyaguchi and C. Ribo, are at in the finals there is every posibilty present making exhibition here against Philippine that the McMenamie-Dinning tour match will steal the show.
billiard players.
Miyaguchi in a three cushion Dinning considered by many
Marto Gozum to be very unlucky in being dismatch defeated
he 30- 10, qualined C Friday when
Miss Katsura will tackle Jose aimed on upper-cut at a rising
tonight targel is by far tho
in a 200-point most Cablat
tail match-FrADE+ popular European boxer in the straight
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