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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24,
American "Olympic" Team Put On A Grand Display For Baseball Fans
By “TIME OUT"
Local diamond enthusiasts were treated to a fine display of baseball by the touring USA "Olympic" Baseball Team at Caroline HM yesterday afternoon. Braving the nippy weather and slight drizzle, this season's largest crowd of fans watched with wonder as the "Olymple" squad ploughed through a baseball "clinic" showing the finer points of the game as it should be played, followed by a five-Inning scuffle among the icam members.
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Team cunch Sergeant Koziatek handled the reins in yesterday's performances, running his men through the various tricks and techniques of first-class baseball to the delight of local fans. Starting off, the correct batting stance was shown with batsmen facing the pitcher first on the right hand side of the batter's box, then on the left.
motion
through from
Cochran
but the bases fulled in the clutch and the side was retired,
The show then moved on to lond the great game-winning tactics of bunts. Players on the bench look turn in the box to
bunta drop
W the Infield, the whole going
time the
the pitcher wir up the batter in tho hittingg stanco position, then
the swift slide hands down the bul with the body facing the pitcher, the bunl
and the dropping run-out at frys base.
of
the
gamely
second hit and
QUITE A BATTLE
back Fighting Clement
the openod trame with an infield advanced On Poglalon's Inver through the windy-alley. rapid ouls threatened the rally when an attempted plck-off at first saw the ball sailing wide of mark and Clement scoot-
Two
hot on the heels of Clement on
O these plays the infielders executed some marvellous plek- across the plate. Poglaten, បងប្អូនទ on the Fun and in ane continuous
molioti
whipped The ball to the initial suck with warming accuracy.
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A ba
The drak bun буди then shown, the ball being pushed of the aux de pati: isteac dend dropping of the drop-bunt. was detached and the f.mous 'hods 5[]de' Was demonstrated. Star-player Riley straddled the sack while his mates streaked in for the slide Un given signal followed by the ball.
Dust was kicked up us the 'steal' was lustrated, first with the left foot hooking the bag.
thon with the right. System
tically, the play moved to in- Beid praetier with the rille- armed infielders relaying the old pilt back and forth with lightning speed.
and
to
WILT
the basepaths, also tried for the plate with the equaliser but th relay
and he rung true lastered for the third out.
With the drizzle making the clusive, the ball suppery and 'Reds' jumped at the opportunity
widen the gud.
After Kozintek
Got und Finch
Di safely on intichi miscues, second
Pfeffer lowered sacker
tie 'boom' with a ringing
three-run hummer, the ball
towering into the outfield to rest on the roof of the stadium al left field,
Black drew a free ticket to fral but Was left stranded the opposition settled down io steady playing to claim Riley. Lusser and Griesser in a quick que-two-three une-Two-
order
DS
that had
While 'Kozie' had his owti lads on the opposing side cal- ing out of his hands, his mutes With a runner on first base, chalked up one more tally in In this coach Kozialek showed how his the third to lead 6-1.
Cochran stote boys cut off the potential runs chapter catcher with double plays at the the show with his many crazy keystone
first
the eld base. capers on Questioned on the polat about fans rolling with laughter.
fut pitch double play with
22 Latching on to buti the
after
out, onc
he sent it being hit to the first buseman,
Weissinger screaming higli into left field. Colonel Manager stated that it normally depend- Following the ball on its fight Dolson over- ed on the situation of the play in that sector,
looked the slight embankment, but, more often than not, on a double piny commencing at tripped and sprawled on to the running track white the ptil first base, the pilcher takes the relay back from second for the casually dropped out of reach,
the wave-off And half of the twin kill as the
thoring
base, Cochran streaked second basemon will be needed
homeward only to be thumbed at his post for the cover-up,
back to Recond base ground rule. Cochran
then and went into his act, panting
whole with a ranting, aided
waving, to
NAILING TECHNIQUE Catcher Cochran then showed how he nailed base siealers on
lot of arm
the paths with his ripe-armed delight
whip
across [141
diamond. When he
01
a
the
of the vost crowd. Anally came across
Runners were planted on first with the tally, he stepped on with a slight lead, the plicher the plate, took off his cap and meanwhile keeping watchful
dulnily waved ■ 'thank you' eye to see that the lead was not
to the crowd. too big prior to the pitch.
On release of the pitch. the rurter made a break for second while Cochran, in a machine like motion, whipped the ball back to socond for, the pul-out.
With runners on first und
EASED Ut
Pressure soon eased up and both aldes reshuffled their positions, Finch Look
over mound dulles for the winners In The Arth while Cochran third, The cut-off play was stepped into the hol spot at shown, catching the runner the windy-alley. Tagging Seeing Poglaien's liner at short, laugh- break getter Cochran side-stepped for the plate on the relay to neatly while lazily stretching Use second baseman uut a gloved, hand to shag the races across the diamond to cut ball en route off the throw and whips it back
from third at the plate. the runner from third
stcond,
With the wall of defence at to the plate to nail the incoming the plate being considerably base-stealer.
weakened by Cochran's absence, With the baseball "elinie" the blue-shirted sido scraped in these team split up
mare tallies, but 1wo
their five-inning game that featured were quickly erased in
half by
the
clutch- brilliant plays trom both folding
hitting bickory of coach Kuziatek whose timely
uver, the
some
sides.
for a
swat
On the blue-shirted side were cleaned the bases for two more the team's defensive sirength
ta make the Anal with five pitchers and two markers
read 8-3 in his ride's culchers Alling in the various COTO
favour. spots in the field, while the red- shirted side featured their
six
staro in the batting
~ The most had a rather baa
Cho
was Finch had the
spearehead in the offensive day at the plate as top hitter bunching all their sluggers and Riley walked off hitless in his drat-stringers in the squad.
time at bat Coach Kozlatek holster the
sed twice) while, mound flag for the latter and one hit in two trips to turned in a fine rame, holding pinto. In the outfield, Colonel the opposition to four scattered Jamison stole the limelight with hils while speedballer Martinez a brilliant catch of Lasser's was teleged for the loss, yielding liner in the first frame with a telling blows, including 期 running catch at right field homer and triple.
while Dolson paced him with With the 'Blues' falling to a beauty in the fourth "a la score their inlifal chapter, the Dominic DiMaggio". At the Reds' Jumped into an early lead crack of the bat he spun Starting off, centro-felder Finch around and raced into deep toweroxi a long ball to left for left field, stopping and turning
ground-rule double and
at the precise moment to let advanced on a fumble.
the ball plummet into his mitt. Preffer polod a long onn to It is a pity that we could not centro for the first out and put up a team against this Finch scored on the catch. Black touring squad for then local followers of this sport would then doubled into the left-field olandia while slugger Riley was have seen what Arst class baseball is like in a garne rather ... than an exhibition.. Lasser then First Ecker
Is a series of mehibition lasted a screaming Bror to Kamus in Australia, right-centre field that bad extra | American "Olymple's 'squad buses" written - all over it, but won 413 out of the 14 played. Colonel Jambot,cally playing in the Phillippines they aplik right" field off-position, netted two be with "b hữu the ball on fight with a National Baseball Tour, min brilliant catch for the a
tops in this fine
Д
this
fowards Grigezwor's grounder. iowa
viiltors will be spending second akipped through the their Christmas holidays : 1 outstreichen: legs of Methyl Hongkong, and are due to leave mel Black denied the rubber on the morning of the 25th, for for tun number twa: A “beab their bases in Tokyo, Korm ball forced Zucco to first to Ozinawa, oto after disbanding
Yesterday's was a grand per- formance by a grand team and I am sure that in the hearts of Joen) softball the welcomo mat will always be spread out before any member of this team who may one day honour us with his return.
BOFTBALL
Fans are reminded that the International Series, our annual diamond highlight, will Commence with the first round on Boxing Day, December 26, at the Association's ground at King's Park.
Raising the
this eurtain on gala affair will be Y. S. Liang's China squad as they take on Fred Diesta's Phillipines outit at 10,30a.m. In the afternoon game, at 2.00
Portugal's p.m.. bats
Miko with CTOS nine Cooper's Great Britain outfit.
Veteran ballhawk Bill Sliva, keer follower of this game and one-time master tactielan behind Portugal's conquering nine and chief of the rampaging Braves, has been called back to active duty to handle the reins for the Portugal team.
1956.
Sports Diary
WEDNESDAY
Babeer
Bummer League: South China - Y Kwong Wan) (CH) 8 p.m.
SATURDAY ·
Rugby
Hexangular Tourney: Folies . V Club (83) 530 p.m.; HAF v Army Bouth (Kal Tak) 3,30 p.m. Army North v Navy (CB) 3,30 p.m.
Boccer
Div, 1: Eastern v RAF (Club); South China v Police (01); Club St. Joseph's (Skp). All matches at 3.30 p.m.
Reserve Div.: South China V Police (CH); Club v St Joseph's (9kp). Both matches at 2 p.m.
Div : RAF Sai Wan v Saltelfors (Club) p.m.
RAMO V Prison (IV) 2.15 p.m.; Telephone v Jardines (HIV)=3,45 p.m.; Band 3 v Dockyard TV) 3.40 p.m.
~ RIL Div, 3: Kowloon Qadown (HV) 2.18_p.m.; Mercantile v Be- diffusion (KV) 2.15 p.m Dodwell v CMB (BV) 3.43 p.m.
JK Army Referees Association Meeting, Neetu Chib, Chatham Road 10.18 m.
Jackie McGlew Withdraws From The First Test
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Johannesburg, Dec, 24. Jackie McGlew, captain the South African cricitet team, has withdrawn from the side for the First Test against Eng- land which opens here today.
McGlew has been troubled by a shoulder injury received play- alling for Natal against the MCC.
Clive Van Ryneveld will now be captain and John Watkins is flying from Durban to fill the vacancy.-Chino Mail Special.
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