WEEK-END SOFTBALL
THE CHINA-MAIL,
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1957.
SPORTING SAM
By Rog. Wootton
TAIWAN GIRLS BEAT SOUTH CHINA 15-2 IN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT
By "TIME OUT”
The Taiwan Universal Girls softball team made an impressive debut yesterday at King's Park when, before a highly partisan" crowd, they trounced the League Champions, South China, by a one-sided score. of 15 runs to 2. The Taiwan lassies impressed with their aggressive batting and good positional play. A series of shocking miscues contri- buted to the downfall of the Nam Wah ladies.
In the only Senior "A" game of the day, a fighting South China squad went down to a narrow 4-3 defeat at the hands of the League-leading Blackhawks and almost pulled off the biggest upset of the season when they tled up the ball game at the bottom of the sixth inning.
In the Senior "B" play-off triple. Barretto
Rene
the
they
down
Fred Diesta's P. I. Dodgers won the Championship when
Comets by 12 runs to beat 2. Manager-cum-pitcher Diesta, notwithstanding a badly sprain ed ankle, displayed steadiness on the mound and scattered five hits for a well-carned victory,
was
thunderous uvation from the crowd.
With victory now assured, Jennings poured on the pressure and retired
Warriors the quick order to end the game.
Inter-Panda Match
In
ROO ONLY
RINGSIDE REFLECTIONS
ON THE EARL HAIG BOXING TOURNAMENT
By Our Boxing Reporter
A very big crowd turned up at the MacPherson Stadium last Friday evening to see the boxing programme arranged in aid of the Earl Haig Fund and only the most miserly could have left with any feeling that he had not had his money's worth. There was some thrilling boxing: there was an abundance of spirited effort: here and there in the Lawson-Henderson bout for example--there were flashes of fistic science with a sting: and above all there was enough controversy ‘o keep the fans... and the officials... talking for a long time.
on is own
in a
short
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LEAGUE CRICKET
KCC MISS CHANCE
OF
MAKING SURE
OF CHAMPIONSHIP
Army North played good, opportunistic cricket yesterday to beat KCC by 58 runs, yet the League leaders have very much themselves to blame for losing.
The KCC's first three batsmen-Wood, Lee and Carnell--accomplished the task of taming an accurate, though not overly hostile. Army North attack, and with 95 runs on the board and stable batsmen such as Coffey, Findlay, Lo and Fairhall to follow, thero was every prospect that the necessary runs for an outright win would be forthcoming..
were
not
The Kowloonites seriously behind the clock; they needed In fact to score just over a run and a half a minute when the second wicket fell
a not difficult undertaking on butsunan's wicket and with a fost outfield.
It
WRA
at this stage that KCC tragically throw away two key wickets. Findlay was called for a second run which Was 09 palpably risky as it was neecrsary, and he was run out.
un-
got the rang at worst they would have been held to a draw.
Army North, after extremely Indifferent start, batted in scimillating fashion and finally scored their 178 rung In 130 minutes, KCC fielding was not up to top standard, though Fairhall's catch which dismissed Bolland after he had scored 30 was spoc
spectacular. Ironically, or perhaps with poetic justice, Fairall when he went in to bat became the victim of an even more brilliant Coplain Gould Adopting the old axiom that
0
Worse was to follow from the Green pret it as a moral victory for inade it is always better to stort by Howards)
an impressive the man who is supposed to be KCC point of view. Konneth Le catch by Horwood at square leg.
Fairhall who had been scoring with fine full middle of his bat to leg. swept the ball with the looking on the bright side of first appearance In his Light- on the decline..
We things let us review the 6-blis heavyweight bout against LAC
ran into
consistency throughout the sea. some more Playing heads-up bolt in the
of the evening,
O'Connell" (RAF) who is one of | Indifferent refereeing ይኼ son, was called for a third run apparently a certain boundary: tall-end of their doubleheader,
the Away out
real characters of our box the Kan Mo-Speedy Morales after a neider had already ob- but Horwood took the high and their
hard hit with the Talwan team kept
superb non- and bout when The third man
tained possession of the ball, | sinte clean with a slim 3-2 vic-xing sense was the excellent ing world. Gould,
contest between Cpl. Lawson (mocky but with powerful arms in
ring Was frequently and he was left stranded half-chalanco. That catch signalled the end of KCC resistance to the their counterparts, Groen Howards) over be meeting fory
by and L/Cpl and legs, carried the attack to fooled
the oldest way down the pitch,
Army bowlers. Henderson (RMP). Here wala hefty opponent from the tricks in the game. In the early
Such
n reckless Benteh for who had two
the referen
the odd run could hit beginnkig and his well directed stages of the bout
two brought or
The result of the game pro hard with the knuckle port of blows were in marked contrast was absolutely correct when he
about the defeat of the League vides Optimists with a splendid were not to O'Connell's swinging right warned Morales on several oc- leaders, though full marks cun chance of winning the Longue the glove and who afraid to step inside heavy leads and pawing left. strong as casions for holding and holding be given the Army North bow-championship. To do so they and powerful books in order to these were when they landed. and hitting....but later on Kan
fers who quickly seized the in- have to beat IRC next Saturday. A clearcut and undisputed vic-
Ma wi
who took quite a bit of Blative after these unexpected Should they be held to a draw Victory
The body.
tory to Gould.
punishment, turned these cir- KCC reversals, and had the re- or a tie the KCC and Army have been
The final bout of the evening cumstances to his own advantage mainder of the batsmen a middleweight
South will be joint champlone. went to Henderson, and it went |—
contest be- by making it look though pletely tied down.
It has been a keen and to him because he realised early tween saldieboys Gilchrist and Morales was holding. Several Earlier in the afternoon the
contest for the honours, Wilson-put
exclling the right seal on on that Lawson's flashing left
times this brought an interven-
Army North captain made a but the KCC must be feeling Hook was the one that had to the night's fisticuffs. Both boys tion from the referee and got generous declaration which left somewhat rueful about those be watched.
entered into their work with n As a result
but it also Mo out of trouble will. They
the KCC 140 minutes to score two wickets they presented to raised his right glove a couple but Wilson soon found that his deserved reprimands for several
exchanged blows carned Morales a series of un- 179. And had not two vital Army North yesterday. It de- of inches and many of Lawson's
wickets been thrown away by prived them of the four points best blows
oppenent
Hitle defence variations of a holding offences were blocked
foolish judgment It is highly which would have secured for diverted away from a vulner gainst a swinging right and so which he did not commit.
probable the KCC would have them the championship outright. able spot.
well did he exploit this weak- ness that he was a good winner it the end.
the HK Pandas.
It took an over-the-fence | gratitude of his teammates when the game practically triple by routhpaw Tony Rod-ho won
to decide single-handed with a deep fly rigues of the wks
fence for a that cleared the the issue,
then weitled to business and retired side in quick the South China order to end the game. Barretto this season Arst game in his
holding did a creditable job, the Caroliners to mix hits whilst
P.C. Wong losing hurter nicked for 11 blows, The Hawks will the HK Pondas tomorrow al
This game SAW A pilching 6.30 pm, in a postponed League
till between HIK's Jackie Wel Fame and will have to do much better if they expect to win this and the stamina-pucked | vital encounter. If form is any
Bings. Wel gave up only five criterion they will be in for a senitore hits whilst Jennings,
was coasting opposing hurler who hort time as Joelde Wei of the HK Pandas is no-hitter until the currently in the fettle.
the 8th inning, gave up only Iwo measly his. The Hawks have not been too
of Tute impressive
The Taiwan and will
Pandas jumped lead in the top to an early have to pull up their socks, as the HK Pandus, with three de- the third when, with one away, feats to their
name, will be receiver Dick Johnson slashed going all out to topple the one through the box. A single, League fenders and a victory
Lory * daring double steal and e for the Pandas would throw the sacrifice bunt saw two runs cross
Taiwan Universal v. South China
After Mrs Annie S. K. Young had pitched the first ball to open
with the series
the
Taiwan Universal Girls softball team, the visitors opened the scoring
Lin when pitcher
Fung-ise singled to right field to bring in battery mate Shen Mun-shes for the first run.
Championship race wide open. the plate.
A battle royal is expected and fans who troop uut to the bull park on Tuesday will be in for a treat when this game takes
place.
Three more runs were notched up on the scoreboard when the Nam Wah Infeld committed a Berles of errors and the visitors enjoyed an early lead of four In South China's turn of ruins,
after T. Y. Chan had fanted. Helen Lung beat the throw to first. C. Y. Lam then connected squarely and the ball ended up in deep left field for a two-run homer. The next two batlers fanned to end the imung. Undaunted by this, the visi- tors really went to town in the
Pandas neserted uided by next inning, when
The Taiwan galore and six fielding errors
their superiority
their over well-scattered hits, eight runs Hongkong counterparts and a were tallied. The Nam
Wah pick-up Warrior side when in a girls were completely hand-doubleheader they triumphed ouffed by brilliant pitching on over the HIK Pandas 3-2 and the part of
Un Fung-tse and the Warriors 9-4. Hero of the against a defence which played | day
the WILS undoubtedly
The Narn
AD
Taiwan Pandas v. Warriors
in their half
Jez-
along to " boltom of
of the fourth, second-sacker, the HK Pandas Bobby Tao, had extremely bad luck when his hard-hit grounder to third, which looked good for extra busc was brilliantly Belded a la Benny Omar" by S. M. Lam who made a back stab for i across the diarnond
to first for a sparkling out. Jennings, facing Y. S. Liang, then tossed his one and only wild pitch of the series but soon regained his composure and retired Liang on a fly ball.
A
од
sir-tight ball, and gave nothing visitors' mound artist, Morvin the HK Pondus scoresheet was
away. the South
China si Jennings, held scoreless for the rest secutive
'
of the game.
afternoon,
who pitched 15 con- in the same innings with
Except for
the fourth
sixth innings, when
of
an insurmountable
load when
uttack the
lot
men
And it must ever so narrow
GAVE AND TOOK
Both boys
locat
gave and took
he
O
a
had
Gordon
its
the
who
one of
5
Finally on the debit side we had a rank bad match which put Albe Seaman Ruddock into the
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com-
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
TENTH RACE MEETING -
Saturday 30th March and Saturday 6th April 1957 (To be held under the Autos of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race ru at 2.00 pm, on both days.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close 11.45 om. on both days,
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
al
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
Admission Badges at $10,00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Tiffins will
obtainable at the Club House if ordered in
advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
debit now what about the ring against Colony representa
side? The uproar which tive Fong Kl-kong. Ruddock of punishment without greeted the verdict after the Was soon revealed as a zaw surrendering an inch of ground, opening bout was one of the novice but, be it to his lasting Just to prove that all the power most hostile I have heard here credit, Fong did not take a single was not in the Lawson for a long time. To put it liberty against an opponent who Henderson had his son gloves fly long time. the ball and whipped
absolute did not belong in the same ring. canvas governl
and how three good Referee Webb quickly spotted times during shocker, bout
which
men and true sitting at the thrilled the crowd men
the limitations of the sailor and and brought forth well earned ringside adjudged Gnr. Williams stopped the uneven contest mid- rounds of applause at the end, the winner over Cin
way through the first round, What
a pity it was either man shall never know.
From these comments you will The hadi
to be on the losing end.
shouted crowd derision to Another exefling bout 19
that probably realise that the Eur such purpose The string of goose-eggs the Featherweight tussic
the announcement of be
Halg Fund show of 1937 had a the next tween
Sgt. Moore (RE) and bout was completely swallowed bit of everything to satisfy the broken in the top half of the
Wong boy Pak-ling (Ching up in the general bedlam that fans at the time and then keep Bfth when Wally Ma
finally
This provided a Gym).
them talking for weeks ahead real ensued, Me....? I was with the the range
of Jennings'
as well as a styles
a crowd every inch of the way contrast in
but it surely also provided only 20- 60t
.the verdiet looked to be a the
constant flow of thrills. The th tricky upshoots and belted
a significant headache for the and minute break between games, ball to deep left for a beautiful
miscarriage of soldier looked a little the South and still had plenty on the ball triple and the HK Pandas first
officials of the fistic ever vigilant appre- gross side refused to be in-
HKABA who did so much good at the end of the day.
hensive about the first blow in justice. each rally
The third bout on dated by the heavy artillery
the pro- work for this programme, player has hit off Jennings. Raymond Tsao
act
as 600n do it versatile This
ramme brought Tor, Groc (7 landed he flashed back into re- visitors, the
We Taiwan made a name
then singled and Ma scored to in local softball
With the Colony Champion- Hussars) and lassies scored at will and took by his unique performance in
reduce the margin to only one
vastation
and he was so per- Goodenough (HMS Tamar) Inte zon they must be having serious Able Seamanships already on the fistic hori- sistent
that the tough and in run.
action, Chinese A momentary lapse by Jen- strong they brought in another tiree pitching three days in a row
This was an unneces- misgivings about the general boy was fre- four games for 20 consecutive
nings allowed the HK Pandas, in quently glad to break of the silly punishing bout due in the standard of judging and referee- runs in the later stages of the
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premista during registering 33 innings and also the final score strikeouts against
main to poor refereeing. Neither the game to make
top half of
exchanges. the sixth, to
At this show only Referee the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age the Colony's bring in the tieing run. Y.S.
boxer punched Wong read 15 runs to
correctly but South China's
cool, confident
Webb measured and blows
up to of seventeen years, Western Standard. struck with two.
top softballers.
the inside championship standards, but of Liang poked a line
menacing drive to
In attitude, stalked and the heel of In the distribution of honours, let neld scoring the The visitors
his man relentlessly
the glove course Sub-Lieutenant Jack from start during third socker,
runner
the early to finish
exchanges Shepherd of petite Lin Mei-tzu, stole the mention must be made of the
the Royal Navy from third, To the consterna-
dangerous we and his
were allowed to pass without will almost certainly be avail- the Gate. limelight with a brilliant three Taiwan captain and left-ride, on of mentor Kenneth Chun,
swinging blows
were always adequate censure and the situn-uble who stole the
likely to end the bout inside the tion
for the Championships. in four effort, which included N. C. Cheung,
Charlle Leung who had been
was further distance-if
aggravated His experience will be invalu-
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the iwo resounding doubles and a melight in the game against the straddling second base ejected
they landed but when one of the men took Warriors with resounding ****
Moore was
able and in fact an unwilling and long
essential in requisite tee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission, triple which she stretched at rarum that cleared left to hang on to third base like
count from what must the most important competitions clusive
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the target and Wong's victory have been very nearly a fore- of our boxing year.
RESTAURANT. fielder L, C. Poon with yards to it was his most treasured posses-
must have been as sim as it was sion while the left-feldier was
arm blow, Green got the ver spare.
popular with the
Chinese diet but the crowd had lost real The Warriors Jimmy Chang fumbling with the ball and a
contingent the crowd. the golden opportunity to
interest in the bout long before Another good contest was the the end. started the ball rolling in
one between
Adarna FLC.
(1 first inning when he got to first the lead was muffed.
Cin. Hancocks, the FARELF walk. Al Oliveira Y. S. Llang then pilfered
Green.
Howards) and Able Light-Welterweight Champion, popped up and Junior Remedios second and when Wally Ma was Seaman Parry (HMS Alert) la also worked Jennings for a free hit by a pitched ball," the fen the Lightweight Division. Both made a belated return to lickot. With the crowd scream-sion was electric. However, re- men put everything they had into ring and, short of fight-practice ing its encouragement, Claude celver Johnson's bullet-like peg their work and after three hard he was, his performance was a bitter disappontment. In a Pugh bliged with a neat bingle caught Wally milcs off-base and punishing rounds there was dying effort ho to controlled, scoring Chang for after Wally had nonchalantly
struck enough so little between them that the blows to outpoint SAC Pendric the Warriors' first run.
taken a big lead and the rally
verdict in Adams' favour rebut this was no championship was nipped.
ecived a mixed reception.
a four-bagger,
Losing
peldier L. S. Yim of South China Fielded 14 telling safeties whlist her opposit number, Lin Fung-ise, showed good control and gave up only
three measly hits,
Blackhawks v. South China
a
The morning encounter saw a depleted Blackhawks side take on the lowly Caroliners in free-swinging game in which the score was surprisingly low. The South China nine jolted the
base on a
snatch
A sacrifice fly brought Reme dios in for run number two. Pugh himsdit scored when L. C.
Extra Innings had to be played when the scone stood at two the the end of Poon beat the throw to first by a hair's breadth. Jock Collaco runs each at League leaders out of their fanned to end the inning.
seventh, The HK Pandas were lethargy when hurler P. C. The Taiwan Pandas were not unable to make further headway Wong singled sharply to Ieft slow in retaliating. A single against the untiring Jonnings field to bring in the tieing rụn
successive walks load- and the Talwan team wrapped in the bottom of the sixth. ed the bases, N. C. Cheung the game up when, with two The rampaging Hawks started then latched onto one of Goose on, C. L. Ng singled sharply Wong's deliveries and sent it through the keystone to drive in off in promising fashion when, with two on, Johnny Pereiru into right field for the visitors the winning tally. hit a hot double over shortstop first run. A double and sacrl-
Y. K. Chan to score both run- ners, It looked like an easy game for the Hawks at this stage, but slow-baller P. C.
and two
COMING GAMES
fice grounder accounted for the next three runs and the visitors
in the lead, by F The schedule for the Talwan were now solitary run.
Universal caries against Hong- Wong
Yong, However, in the fourth in kong is as followe whose teasers have baffled many ning, the Warriors came right Wednesday, April 3, at 5.30 a batter, had other ideas, The back into
the gume when an |2.m. --- ys-Hongkong Combined Hawks' guns were allenced as overthrow by Dick Johnson, European Ladies. pitch after pitch landed in the the visitors plate guardian Saturday, April 6, at 2.30 walting mitts of the Caroliners, saw Goose Wong scampering p.m. - vs. All Hongkong Ladles. and the Hawks were unable to over the plate to de up the ball Wednesday, April 10, at 0.30 make any headway,
game at four-all. The Taiwan p.m.- vs. HK Men's Junior Pandas regained the lead in the League Champions (Seminoles).
In the bottom of the fourth, top of the fifth, when W. C: Lam Thursday, April 11, at 5.30 after Y, F. Chan had gotten to smacked the pill into deep left p.m. va. Mixed: "Overseas" first on an error, shortaton Yeld for a four-bagger,
and
one
Теал.
Benefica FC Win Portuguese League Championship
R Chan hit one of Rene Bar- With only one run separating retto's fat offerings between left the two teams, both aides played centre for a homer and the right defensive ball for the next score was tied at two-all. In two innings. The final inning, the top of the filth the Hawks regained the lead when south however, saw the visitors in an paw Frankie Loureiro tripled to out, Jennings
unassailable position when, with contrefeld and scored on Johnny with his tard, hit of the day. came through Pereira's grounder which was
an error placed A walk and fumbled.
Lisbon, Mar. 31, two zubnery on and the sacker Benefica FC, of Lisbon, won.
brimming were now
Portugal'a First Division Soccer P. H. Cheung filled out to left League Championship / doday fold for the second out. It was whom they beat the Cademien - C. Wong singled sharply to left all over, bar the shouting, when Club of Coimbra 2-0 in the con field, and the game was once N. G. Cheung zeroed in on Acluding league match. again led. In their last turn at waist-high pitch nad sent the The crowd swarmed on to the bat, with two away, Jerry ball way over left field for a pitch at the end of the game and Remedios singled and Tony Inilliant grand slam which queried the Depodaní players oft Rodrigues emned the undying | brougit well-earned godd | aboiideg high--Beuter,
The Nam Wah boys camo back into the game with a ven- geance when, with one, on, F.
big
tally I
I thought he just his success on account
effort.
the
Ah, well. The Earl Haig show quite apart from its charitable purpose does nothing if not stimulate our discussions and provide virile controversy. but that is all for the good of the game.
HK Police Beat Macao Force 4-1
NO OPPONENT
Macao, Mar, 31. What was to have been the Hongkong Police beat Maçao of his mere calculated punching which was invariably aimed highlight of the whole show-Polico 4-1 in a
soccer match straight at the target. In the the Dinning Bout-ald not here today after leading 2-1 at heat of the exchanges Parry materialise as the promoters halt time. tended to become speculative in were unable to find a suitable The teams were introduced to his work and his blows some opponent who could.
Governor, or the
Commander times failed to land with the would tackle
popular Pedro Correla the
Barros, before Who a big disap-the start of the match, watched same planned accuracy as those Scot. This of his opponent.
pointment, but many will inter-, by some 4,000.-Reuter.
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