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SENIOR "A" FINAL
THE CHINA · MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1957,
SAINTS WERE FULL VALUE FOR THEIR 7-1
VICTORY OVER PANDAS
By "TIME OUT”
An obviously jittery Hongkong Pandas side proved no match for an experienced Saints nine when in the final play-off for the Senior "A" Championship at King's Park yesterday Bimbi Ablong's Joeys trampled" all over Kenneth Chun's boys by a score of 7 runs to 1.
A large and appreciative crowd witnessed the Championship game and got full value for their money as the Saints, capitalising on a series of errors by a shaky Pandas outfit, played heads-up ball to cop the title.
For the Pandas this was their firal appearance in Senior Chumplingship tuosta and they allowed themselves to succumb le on attack of "big game" neTVES Witch contributed their eventual downfall as the veteran Suints took full advantage of break that came their evely way.
The rooting section of the Pandan exercised their vocal chords to the full when in the top of the first inning Wally Ma singled to left field, promptly pilferta second and advanced on fumble by catcher Sherry Bux to the hot corner. J. Jen then foul-poppert to Bux and Y. S. Llang poled a sacrifice fly 16 reore Mi for the Pandas Arst and only run of the game. Lam Ping grounded out to close the inning.
SAW
then
rally. Charlie Leung_failed to connect squarely and Pugh was in there waiting for the ball to drop into his waiting glove.
nine innings they nosed out a tighting Blackhawks side by 3 runs to The handful of ans had very little to cheer about Wally Ma was issued a walk until extra time was decided but the best J. Jen could do during which period either side was to let a third strike go by could easily have emerged vic- while he looked over the scama torious. on the ball for the second out,
controversial Issue js S. Liang poled Py
д bord whether mentor Oily Vos of the grounder to Ozorio nt second Hawks showed bad judgment in base for the third out.
sending Manuel Nunes home
In this same inning, after from third base when Nunes A. G.night easily have scored on a two away, the Joey's Immali hit to centro-fiald and an later play in the bottom of the
Philip Hsu allowed | eighth. over-vager
The gamble falled to the ball to go through his long pay off as left-felder Lam Ping legs, After the contusion had made a magnificent relay to the died down Ismail was safely plate which had Nunes benten parked on third, with another all the way for nent twin- potential run in scoring position. killing. Hut Art Ozorio's infield fly was
by Hal Ong to rarel
Jenve Ismall stranded.
the
EL
The Pondan opened their oc- count in the scoởnd inning on^u sacrifice fly and the Hawks
Tum of the seventh the same way. Rene Barretto and Jackie Wel matched wits and strikes all the way and extra innings had played even ae-the shadows were falling on King's Pork.
tu
The Saints A G. Isigall Funs were beginning to trickle worked Jackie Wet for a free out of the park as nothing shortaged to tie it up in the bot- pass 10 first and easily stole of a miracle could deny second. Then a bad relay drat Saims the Championship, which on Ari Ozorio's infield grounder on the day's form they certainly 10 #teet-footed Ismall merited. The last stand of the crossing the plate for the ticing Pandas saw a stern-faced Lam
Ping striding up to 10.
the plot A lightning peg
thebt is long ty landed Kross
INRE!:
A rally by the Pandas in the diamond accounted for Ozorio into the nitt of left-elder
foolish bare-running when on a when he tried to make second. Mime Xavier for the first out, was nipped in the bud by
Phip Hsu swung half- heartedly for the ball to end up
Benny Omar looked over a third strike and Claude Pugh popped up to Y. S. Llang ni short to tre the Saints' half of this
nolak.
The Pandas seemed to have aculty in conneeling the strikes Sulich was tossing over the plate and went down in urder in the
Beny Omur's direction and one of Omar's characteristic lobs to Leonard hud ample, time to reach Arst bage for the second out,
awny
With Iwo
Raymond Tsao ended the game inglori in breaking up the were quickly by being truck out.
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this
The Saints
Inning.
tearlock as
Dave After Leonard had walked and Sherry Bux had let a third girike Roxit
past him, Meme Xavier lashed stinging drive in the direction of third base. This proved too hot for Wally Ma to handle and the Joeys now had two rimmers in scoring position.
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EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL
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It would appear that the hard- A hesitant Leonard then broke fuck Pandas are not destined to for home and what should have win major honours as this is the leen on easy twin-kliling turned first season that they have got- out disastrously for the Pandas ien through to the final, only to as Bobby Tuo, in the excitement come up agalast opposition which of the moment, relayed the ball proved just that shade too good to catcher Tsao miles wide for for them. Leonard to score.
baucer to
"SEMI-FINALS"
the Warriors
turn
Then, with one away, and sevens and when the dust Junior
In
to
DESPERATE MOMENT FOR NAV BHARAT
A desperate moment for the Nav Bharat "A" defence as Army "A" attacks in the Senior Leaguo Hockey final at Sookunpoq on Saturday. Army won this match 5-1-China Mail Photo.
KMB 1, ARMY 1
A Brilliant Save, A Great Shot, An Unlucky Penalty Kick, Little Else ! ! !
By I. M. MacTAVISH
A sun-baked, shirt-sleeved capacity crowd packed the Police Stadium at Boundary Street for the Army-KMB match yesterday afternoon. It was one of the hottest April days in the Colony's recorded history. It may be that the exhausting heat sapped the staming of the players, but in the vital closing stages neither side seemed to have enough in reserve for one last valiant try for a deciding goal.
and
an The
the
of his predecessor he of wonsible heat
Bame
of the
boll.
Colony Boxing Championships Arrangements
The following officials have been nominated by the HKABA for the Colony Boxing Championships to be held at the Southorn Playground, Wanchal on May 1, 2 and 3:
Referees for the Preliminaries klus, WOI Grimsey and WOI on May 1 from 7 p.m. Major Burrows; for 2nd day-Surg. Webb, Lt. Sheppard and SMI Clar. Linton, Maler Hodding, Harris; for the semi-finals on CPO Higgs, Major Ship, L May 2 from 7.90 p.m. - Mojor
Woi Grimsey, CSMI Webb and SMI Harris; for the wot Burrows and finals on May 3 from & pm. - COMI Holly; for 3rd day -- Major Webb and Lt. Sheppard. Major Hodding, SMI Horrie Judges for 1st day Surg. Major Ship, Sung, Car, Linton, Cdr. Linion, Major Turner, LF/Lt. Jenkins and Major Turner, Cooper, CSMI Kirkbans, CSMI Kelly, Woll Hogan, F/Lt,' Jen-
Naples Tennis Tournament
Naples, Apr. 28. Luis Ayala (Chile), who yes terday beat Lewis Hoad. In straight sets in a semi-final, was himself beaten today in the final of the Men's Singles at the inter- nallorial lawn dennis tournament here.
Italian
Orlando Strela, the Davis Cup player, won the title С five-set battle 4-6.6-4. offer 7-5,
8-0, 0-8. Mrs Thelma Long (Australia) reached two finals today, beating Mrs Nocla Migliori (Italy) 6-2, 6-2 in the Singles semi-dual and partnering Ayala to win 6-3, 6-3 against Silvana Lazzarino and Umberto Bergamo (Italy) in the penultimate round of the Mixed Doubles.
In tomorrow Women's Singles final, Mrs Long will oppose Chiaro Bamorino. (Italy) who hoat Silvan Lazzarino
when it worry
What a wonderful result this
a strange game it turned out to
the
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on
The HKABA Offoint in Charge will be Capt, J. Gilles RA, to whom all enquiries should be addressed.
The Medical Ofer will be Dr Eberle,
Masters of Ceremony will be on the Sgt. Cooper
first day, Ted Thomas on the eccond and PSM A. King. MBE, on the thlal.
Other
omalais-Chief Whip, SSI Croft; Clark of Soales, W. McDonald, Esq.; Ringmaster, SSI Moore,
Eu
WEIGH-IN Intending contestants are re- minded that the Arst weigh-in
the Misalon takes place Seamen between 0 and B p.m. anil that t on April 30 (tomorrow)
this be at for the preliminary rounds. weigh-in that the draw is made
will
Contestants should report to Capt. Gillet with their entry form completed. If you for any reason they cannot make it st that time they should ring Capt. Gillett through their boxing officer or club secretary. Every effort will be made to welgi them in at a more convenient time.
Smyslov The New World Chess Champion
for Moscow after the announce ment yesterday of Smyslov's. victory over former champion, Mikhail Botyinnik, in the World In Mos- BAF Championship series
red stralpht ai kim from very the bored a goal in be. The points went to the oentre-forward," set the 'pattern cow-France-Presse,
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he connected
was a really effort and I'm sure few RAF because they never stopped for the game where he stuck out
and Bow the ball
from the fighting
and почет
allowed
a · fool at a fast cross from Win-
to
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ngle to left field both Harold Ong, and Y. S. Liang tried to go for extra bases but
instead
Indications are that the num- go roa straight into the waiting
today ber entering is going to be 8-6, 6-3, gloves of John Pereira al third
greater than in previous years, and Donel Remedios at second.
In the Mixed Doubles final, even if the Army Individual It may be, of course, that both sides were instinctively satisfied with a
Juliet The Hawks then
Sampson and fouled things
Hugh Champions who did so well in point and there was certainly no display of disappointment as the teams strolled
Stewart (United States), who Singapore are not back in time. up badly when, with the bases loaded, Manuel Nunes
off at the end with the scoresheet all square at one goal all.
beat Erika Vollmer (Germany) was tag-
It appears that some will get will most un- ged mit at home plate in attempt.
run-of-the-mill The lack of fight in the KMB | dinary
en were the Army inen who parad-and Giorgio Facchin! (Italy) back and others
wait for Ing to score the winning run on
was played hard ed their wares to the best ad-10-8, 6-1, will face Mrs Long fortunately have to They went counter. It team surprised me.
and Ayala. felded barely yards
transport a fly ball
result vanlige.
it becomes avali. 1 extremely doubiful if the behind the
able. windy
into the game with added on- enough and with alley. Budil
The all-Australian final in tho The big crowd caused the Junior Men's Singles was wan couragement from the fact that always in the balance it kept
are n't Loont entries Pandar
the. their best Dhabber falled to come through showing, could have taken the in the clutcises and the game
South China had slipped up the spectators Interested right players some decision yesterday as, apart from went into the ninth.
badly on Saturday. I expected to the end. but classic foot- came to taking corner kicks and by Niel Gibson who beat War moment most encouraging and ren Woodcock 0-4, 0-0,-Reuter,all the popular Chinese boxCTE conspicuous only by I was surprised that Referee
have entered with the exception first-Inai Tumble
to see them make a real do-or- ball was the
by 10. The Parklas sewed it up then
die effort for the Two points its absence, our only
Jones and his linesmen tolerated
of Henry Wong. caurless inil throughout and field, inches inside the fo A line, criver Dux, the Saints played
when
Wei's freak hit to right
were surely worth their
respective skippers, Hogan the encroachment until late in
The Championships Finals are weight
gold.. in
.and I
a de- through the groping fingers of and Tang Sum, tried everything tde game before making
taking place in the presence of di put a foot wrong in the pushed Raymond Tsno дегозв
Caroline Hiu. mean that An error
in every sense of the they knew to inject a spot of finite attempt to give the players for run number two,
This The expected squreze play mittre gume,
was really great HE The Governor. rather hackneyed
often soccer harmony into the proceed- an unhindered Hurjer paid off as, with only one away,
run up to the triumph for the, RAF defence, Salleh played a de- by shortstop Manuel Nunes ac-
bill- in his teammates' counted for
third 'the Fundas'
misused phrase, manager Ablong gave the sign sive rule
ings...but stray passes, The Butanen wort without and-bash clearances, and faulty to A. K. Ismail who laid down victory, facing only 24 batters and final run to bring to a close
A fins thought....the play. Shepherd has never played bet- Lee Chun-fat The and allowing the Pandas only a mediocre game as the Hawks
who is under anticipation reduced their efforts ing pitch at Boundary Street is his command of the bunt. Bear-perfect Pandas dist-sacker, anticipating two hit whilst his counterpart, went down in quick order to suspension but Young Kwok- to a discordancy that we still in exceptionally good penalty area was the rock
which the South China boys this very move, felded the bunt Jackie Wel, although pitching a
In spite of the heavy foundered bow out
kit who look his place did very hardly expected from these two dillion
hardneral of the championship
.. and on willch well and there smurtly
fast good game, gave up five scattered | race, and suppped
it has had. can be no plea upper-halt teams.
season
the RAF success was bulit, Many Throw is Bobby Tao, covering hits, but had very poor support
that this was on under strength
eyes were turned on LADIES' WALKOVER
side, from his infield.
Griffiths who has been in the the initial rack, for the second
THE TEAMS
Mariin and Oram joined with Army: Allan; Lamb, Oliver; Wood to provide the sort of de- soldiers were without news a lot recently. The soldiers' out
st Paris, Apr. 28, In the only
The other gume
Jones.
their strong, powerful left winger flashed his lethal Hogan, Pearson, Fowler; Hen-fensive piny which Shepherd's Jarosiny Sajtar, Vice-Pres!- for the afternoon,
In this derson, Higgins, scheduled
Grimshaw, inspiration deserved, while dent of the International Cheas manager Bill Silva a the Por-vol, and centre-forward Brad-right boot three times
ley who both felt for the United game....once In an outburst of Martin, Grifiths, tugal Ladies International team Kingdom a few days ago,
Jaques once again conrmed Federation, is to present Vassily Concealed ill concou temper when he
KMB: Wai Fat-kim; Lo Pak, his steady improvement, Sinclair Smysloy with the gold medal at concede had to
a walkover to
Pearson, who stepped Into sent the ball into the crowd after Lo Jones' place, did his part nobly.au offside decision had been Lou Tim, Yeung Kwok-kit; a real tragedy when he was re-ceremony to be held in Moscow
Kwok-leung; Tang Sum, had a grand first half and it was World Chess Champion in China when his girls falled show up.
If he lacked the polish and as- given against
him. He gat a word Lau Kal-chu, Lau Chi-lam, duced to a helpless passenger shortly, the Czech news agency, Silva made every effort lo
surance
from the referee for Chow Shul-hung, Lam Kum- after a clash with his clubmute Ceteka, reported today. Sallch's tricky
The veteran Saints disposed of i and a sido for the gama had the
A little later get-the-ball-this
the tong, Lau Shu-wah. bo blamed for can hardly Wally Ma at third gavo Meme
Martin. This happened just ba away-from-the-goal attitude.... sume
Cateka said that International fore the interval and left the Chess Master Bajtar leti Prague in no uncertain the lack of Xavier all the time he needed to
and he was desperately unlucky I have caused unwrorssary injury co-operation from Lassles. It is
RAF 4, S. China 3 Almen to face the whole second cross the plate for run number fastilon by a score of B runs the Portuguese
to have a vital penalty awarded to an opponent, but when three, A
infield out to 4 on Friday to earn the right indeed a matter for regret that against him in the 31st minute number three he flashed it at a
half with only ten effective men. routine
to meet the Hongkong Pandas the Portuguêso girls did not ended any further scoring.
of the first half. The ball was fast cross ball in the 20th minute was for the Airmen....but what for the Senior "A" Champion- show enough pride to rally to
SET THE PATTERN The Saints went ahead in the ship. A series of bunts, coupled the colours.
close ran? And he had no op perfectly bottom of the third when after with a spate of infeld errors in
Lillington,
toll portunity of getting out of the million. Ozorio had walked, Benny Omer the bottom of the fourth inning. SATURDAY'S GAMES bunted safely 10 advance him to had the Warrior infeld at sixes
way.
There was no doubt it struck think.
the
final of the Men's Dave Leonard earned deserving had cleared
KO
him on the scries, four precious runs Remedios Cheyennes were ex-
Robert similarly there was no doubt ther
his foot until it adversity in the shape of a most field and had the satisfaction of right. Winfield, apparently applause from the crowd by had crossed the plate.
in the back of the net...unfortunate Grat half injury
Seeing the ball Dash into the realising the value of his fight, leaning on n waist-high pitch
tremenly fortunate to emerge
ho did not deliberately handlo
2011-root of of course, that was an Sinclair to upset their
the net The score belied the standard
Det. This goal came signalled to Leonant to take the the ball but his physical but then, nd sending it out to left field, of play as a shaky Warrior de victorious by of
shared with centration,
Yow minutes after the start. ·kick. "And-œ beauty it was spo scoring both Ozorio and Omar fence, revolving und Jimmy to 1 as Dave Cooper Austers Intervention stopped the bail
KMB
goalloc Wai Fat-icim!!! South China lost simply be- Chu Wing-wah oqualised in
and to finish ft in appro- at shortstop, just could inch of the way before conceding
Cheyennes every going to a well placed Busmann Chang
I sat back expecting fireworks cause they lacked the doler- the 20th minute but immediately priate style Winfield beaded At this stage, with a four not click as a combination in
and the referee had no hesitation
after this : equalizer, but for minaticu to rise above the Lillington worried the South briliantly, Into the Southa Chipa "Turis lead, the Saints were the
of
The Austers hardly in making his decision. It was
some inexplicable reason neither circumstances of having to take China defence into an error an spark plug playing spired ball and Salleh Stephen Xavier. The lead
not. deserved to lose the decision and dimcult situation for the man side scemod willing to changn
discard the field with two reserves, in he had the easiest of jobs in
South China struck back bút was in unbeatable form as a
only senaticss buse-running with the whistic, for no matter twice in the early
caution and go after the win-
the middle
line....but with tapping the ball into the Tret the map and the contributed to their downfall,
polish. had demoralised Pandas squad tried hands
tho
what he decidech he was on anos.
both game but a surprise
.although desperately to
stages of
teams very few exceptions their star-
China were showing come back into 20
gone from their forward play Both Cooper and Vianna were bunt on a third strike by the the game but could not make
and although". Mok · Chun-wah bird' to a brickint from one side nearly got toe as the result of studded eleven falled to twinkle signs of strain and disappoint- in good form as cach_hurler Joeys' any headway against a detence receiver George
Sherry Bux caught
or the other and it was good to. errors by opposing defenders in anything like the way It has rent and these turned to dedece got a third counter for his alde Ribeiro flat-
gave up only two hits. Trailing which gave nothing away,
Bon when Leonard hooked, a the 1-2, Austers hnd everyce the soldiers accept what must Lou Chi-lum, for example, is done in the past, footed and lanky Benny Omar chance to pull the game out of
the final Whistle, sounded with have been a very bitter blow probably still wondering how a
corner between the vital goal still in favour of Saints added
Cheung-yau and Yu Nichol two 100te Irsurance runs in the bottom of ber for the ticing run in the seventh, but a sparkling double-
was not slow in denting the rub- the Are in the bottom of the without protest,
hook shot missed the Army goal Cheuk-yin have never beer, less King-cheung and the post to the courageous eirmen, the fifth when. Benny Omar | UM,
Tang Sum accepted it with after it had been virtually leed effective, In the beginning this make it 3-1 at the interval
VERDICT," This match pro started
bottom of the off with a single over | HOTAR
third. Three
P the same spirit and slashed piny when an impetuous Funner
up for him by an opponent,... was directly attributable to the Cooper moved into the left.duced the minimum of skitful second base. Claude Pugh tata successive well-iald bunis plus a
tried to make third base` on a tremendous shoe into the not to and at the other end fine headers industry of Jaques and Sinclair hair berth for the second half football but it did produce a got a pass to first and both wild pitch and n costly aver souling infield out killed the put his side ahead,
by Higgins and Martin were but later on it was advanced to
the Saints' throw highlighted scoring
rally.
thrills half of the fourth and Ablong's
Allan was back in the Army scrambled away but might as over-analety and
much better than be
generous ration of - position on a bad fumble by
Robert Remedios added an- goal and he turned in a top easily have finished up in the frustrations. Of the others
Lensa ellmax as tho Air- boya led -2, catcher Tano.
chher „feather to his cap when class diaplay. His handling of net.
Mox Chin-wab
Luiz 16/11]y had done and The Saints forged ahead in the his Cheyennes ladies' team Just With the stage" all set, two
the ball was impeccable and VERDICT: A gruelling game ping played to anything like of the deficit midway through
ly and Lee Yuk-tak chalked one mers strove to protect
harrow. lead. successive infleld outs saw both bottom of the sixth when, with scraped through to a narrow 0-5
brilliant in most unfootball-like weather, their normal f
brated big
thepherd Omar and Pugh scampering two away, Sharry Bux singled victory over the Hongkong header by Lau Kei-chu was a An all-out effort in the last ten the absence of players like Chan the second half
day...the velcran plyat re across the plate for runs number through the plicher's book to push University ladies whilst in the truly magnißcent piece of goal-minutes would have paid divi- Kar-sau and Luk Tak-hay Thit was the challenge the fused to put a a number on the. six and seven and as far as the Dave Leonard across and Bux last League game of the Man's
dende for eliber team. Lo Paki makes all this difference to the Airmen needed and they raced occasion, but on this supset crowd and the Pandas were con-himself accounted for run num- Junior Division a tired Austers BUN-OF-THE-MILL- Tang Sum, and Lau Tim west South China, side Chen they has to the other end in a brisk af- showing hos Is surely the cerned, it was all over bar theber eight on an overthrow byrsine lost to the War Eagles by
A few highlights apart, this the star Busmen, Allan, better got them back soon or back. Lau Chi-ping" conceded youngest and friskien "old man' shouting.
Jimmy Chang to first. With a
was never better than an or- Oliver, Hogan and Fowler the Championship will lip an unbecomry corner on the In the game, Now falling by six runs, the six rung lead for insurance and score of 18 runs to 4.
IN PASSING Pandas opened the sixth inning one-nway, the Saints relaxed a. Skill auit thrills, bad, bresks. with grim determination, but little but were jolted out of their and heartaches, fine sportsman-
their last turn at bat scored two have been the highlights of on more runa to narrow the gap exelting seasce which wound up to 4-8.
that was as far as the honours in the Senior A But
with an unibagettable the for Warriore got as Salleh retired Division;
"A"
curtain is finally and a fovered on a memorable season,
great time. Out on the fold
bean declared
and the port The Saints wern
ints were full value for their Annual General Meeting their victory over a side from all, it would not be potiball: If
mostem.
beging After at Ying King Restaurant at 6
which much was expected, but the back-stat boys did not have pm, today.INSE
to hold the The President, Mr. Chan Nam-nately for mentar Hank their chance
Killcon his Warriors were. Imaginary managerial reins. unable to get, going when; runs It is perhaps opportune that a The business of the day or were needed most and when review in petrospect be inventy
in the process.
The
runners
absence
fought
defcat.
the
save. frum
koping, dini
**
only the most optimistic would lethargy when Kleon's boys in ship and tricky pinys-theto THE GAMBOLS
have darod hope for a late-indings
Annual Meeting of
Hongkong MFA pop-ups to Tight Reacher
the next two balions, on easy Now the
The Hongkong Miniature game which never
Football Associatlon
cheong
will hold heights,
be in the chair.
Recolve and consider
the report and accounts for the
did come through the vwrite. ing was already on the wall concl
year ended March 31, 19676 After your of frustration, the plate comedia and Alb
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