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Home Soccer Fixtures
Following are the Home soccer for tomorrow and
ixtures
Monday:
Fit Division
TOMORROW
Newcastle
Armenial
V
Leade
Aston Villa
Leicester
Isotion
V
orristut
Bumley
Everton
V
Blackpool
Manchester C. V
Tottenham
Nottingham
West Brom
Pretor
Chelook
Wednesday
mingħan
Wolves
U.
Sunderland
Luton
Hecond
Division
Barnsley
Wex
Lan
Bristol R.
V
Liverpool
Derby
V
Ipswich
Doncaster
V
Cardif
Pashan
Sheffield
Rudderwrid
Leyton
❤
Middlesbrough
Lincoln
↓
Grimaby
Rotherhain
V
Bristol C.
Swansea
บ
Blackburn
Chariton
Nolia C.
Bloke
Third Bivision (South)
Aldershot
Cokbester
Noumenoutl
Gingham
Brentford
บ
Coventry
V
Walsall
Crystal P.
V
Feeding
Newport
V
Southend
Norwich
Y
Plymouth
Exeter
l'ort Vale
y
Southampton
V
Swindon
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Barrow
Queen's P. I.
Ikighten
Shrewsbury
Northampton
Thled Silvleton (North)
Bradford
Catal
Darlington
Crewe
Gateshead
Oldham
Itochanie
Scunthorpe Southport
Wrexham
York
Brolih
Airdrie
Celio
Dundee
Foot Fife
Hibernian
Partick
Queen of So
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V Лестицион
Hartimoots
W Tranniere
บ
Blockport
Workington
Mansfield
Hury
Halifax
Bradford C.
Chesterfield
Jul
Chester
rague "A"
Clyde
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Motherwell
Kihnamock
Queen's Park
Rangers
fleurs:
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1957.
SHORT-CUT VICTORY FOR TURPIN
Randolph Turpin, the British Cruiserweight Champion (right) in netion against the Frenchman, Ahmën Bougroune, at Harringay on September 17, Turpin' was the winner, the referee stopping the Ight in the ninth round. ---
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Raith
St Mirren
V
Aberdeen
Third Lanask
V
Falkirk
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Scotiah Iragua "1"
2 Lite Othello
Arbroath
Y
Ayr
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Dumbarton
Fast Stirling
Hamilton
St Johnstone
Steph'muir
Strung
Stranrarı
Forfar
Berwick
Dundee Dunfermline
Alloa
Marton
V Albla
Montrose
MONDAY
Third Bivkina (South)
Colchester
い Northamplon
Queen's P. 1.
Southampton
Third Division (North)
Accrington
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Plymouth
Port Vale
Gateshead
Hull
Yuck
Newport
V
Chester
Stockmort
V
Manafekt
❤ Bradford
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MARKS THE
THIS SOFTBALL SEASON
SEASON MARKS COMPLETION OF TWO DECADES OF ORGANISED LOCAL GAMES
By "TIME OUT":
The softball season is with us again and once more the faithful followers of the sport are making the usual week-end excursions to the ball park. They have done this year after year, sons following in their fathers' footstops, the young gradually roplacing the old in the true tradition of softball fans-but how many people roalise that this has been going on for the past twenty years?
This 1957-58 season marks the completion of two decades of organised local softball, including the war years in Macao when interest never waned despite the trials and tribulations brought about by global conflict,
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Regular weekly games are girls, nevertheless recalls the saw the inception of the amusi, in 1939 that certain players were now taken as a matter of course complete loss of control of the Presentation Dance which is now betting on outcomes of games, and It Ls commendable enthusiastle crowd that swarm- 11 Traditional end-of-season as a result of which two rulings achievement to have softball as ed all over the ground and affair,
wore made. Firstly, players # permanent fixture on the local refused to budge an inch from
found guilty sports calendar, considering the the baselines,
In 1938 softball was at the amateur
of violating their status were barred fact that it was first Introduced
height of popularity and ladiestran further anticipation and, to Hongkong in 1935 by a hand-
softball was introduced, So secondly, cominercially spongr ful of Overseas Chinese tossing
many games in the two leagues ed teams were not allowed around an oversized ball, then As a result or this visit had to be played off that at one play In the League, the termed an indoor baseball"-a tremendous interest was stimu- time ve different ball alightly smaller than the
Popular Demand Inted amongst Incal spotismer. (loaned by sympathetic clubs) kind now used in miniature and taking up this new sport season. Up to this Ume only one had to be used throughout the football,
with the -ounce ball was easy as falling off in tog sine umpire officiated at games and the system of having two more the majority of participants then
ta nesist at games did not come comprised experienced base- ballers. In those days more
about until spectator control than ever the players went out incat Chatharn Read, where entre Inio effect for the first without any acrious consider fans were properly seated in the tion of vleing for individual honours. It was the team and the team only that counted, Il is a sad reflection on Colory softball today that this atillede to the game is a thing of the
were
At that time the game wns played with
hands and barc There
six teams only partielpating. It required very He
space and the venuez were the CBA ground at King's Park and the present bowling green of the Filipino Club. Spectator interest in the new
sport was so high it was not unusual to have
fans sitting along the baselines, All games were on a friendly bacis 10 it was not unul two years later, In 1937, that the Hongkong Solt ball Association was established.
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Capacity Crowd
past
Whs
"The point-
stands,
High Standard
and teams were so evenly matched that
seldom scores reached double figures.
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Hong League
By popular demand the Inter-
came into being. the following year. This League alimcted numerous entries from
business the various
organiza- tons and what was lacking in
than #uftill "know-how" was more round keenness, with the bat composated for by all.
rivalry rampant umongst the three
companies: For The entrance fee was only 20 the cents and games were wall sup-ing parade
time, ob open- ported, a crowd of 1,000 being regular feature of
of terms (now quite common on Sundays.
each year's An Opening Day) in full uniform Interesting feature of Chatham was introduced. In this 1939-40 Au ¿utbreak of sprained digits Rond days wan when fansreasen, the Inauguration of the and blackened eyes lentured the made Sunday saffball an all- Men's & Lodies International early beginnings of softball for day offále by bringing along Serics added spice to an already in those duys neither gloves nor their lunch boxes-und one m-
full programme of Lergue and masky were worn, The sole ferprising player even went so Hong gincy,
louch
of arbiter took his position bebintar as to erect a hot-der stand. "Americana" was evident when the scribes started using such The visit of Marly Fielder'a the pitcher and if ever he
terms as "swinging on a rusty Hollywood Glamourgirls in 1936 by a batted ball he hat
Fate" unit "fanning the breeze" milestone in the history nobody but himself to blaz
Sunday morning games were
and other expressions peculiar to It was indeed silent testimony a ball and it was indeed an of softball in that for the first
ine the present-day 6-ounce a regular leature.
to the high standard of play extremely busy year for three ball was introduced. Two games larity of this sport caught on
that fans wiltgly spent their were played off at Caroling and soon interest was so wide-1 entire Sunday watching softbol: gidentally held office until we overworked offelals who in- Hit with the series breaking "pread that teams were must even, the All-Hongkong Men's rooming in every section of the
1941. team losing 1-3 and the Con- community. In the year 1937
When more and more young- All scoring at games then was tera took up the game the Junior bined Chinese scraping through became apparent that son 10 a 2-3 victory.
sert of control, was necessary in These two
the duty of the press and um- League come into existence in order to establish the game on
1940 pires were, believe it or not, co-
and the sfato of affairs games played off on the same
an organised
when footbig. Omeers upted on the spot! The Assõela-
hostilities broke out in afternoon drew capacity crowds, This writer, then still too young fraternity had amongst its ranks effort late in 1940 by staging a
were not difficult to Bind as the tion also contributed to the war December, 1941, was much thật Just before quite a few of the to appreciate the very happy
men with the ability and series of exhibition games which Colony's softballers responded outfits worn by the American
patience to govern the affairs of raised a sum of $1,700.00 for the to the call to arms, softball such a sporting body. The scad SCMP "Somber Fund."
boasted 1 well-matched teams having been sown these men
The only thing marring what in the Senior Division, elght. In "nursed the copling with care and was otherwise a very successful the Ladies and countless Junior the success of the sport in the season was the discovery carly League teams. years following is a glowing tribute to their untiring efforts. The Hongkong Softball Asso- clotion was founded in 1937 with three men
forming the nucleus of what was then known as the "Softball League," All the affairs of the Associa tion were in their hands and their meeting place was the Brook Club in Middle Road, Kowicon. The Asso.lation was to Lened by this connection with the Club intofer as when the Club wound up Its activities the balance of its funds amount. ting to Just over a $1,800.00 (not to be scoffed at in those days) was donated to the Soft- Loil Association.
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First Constitution
The first Constitution of the Association was as brief ng one could possibly imagine. Twa typewrition sheets were com- olled
and retained by The Honorary Secretary and it 19 doubtful if any
team inanager ever bothered to refer to this Constitution. Managers had no voting rights und any decision In softball matters was the sole pretive of the three men who were the Association, Protests were few and far between but when these graše the League onicals prevalled on the wise council of more experienced men to arblirate and there the matter ended. Appeals were unheard of since decisions, favourable or otherwise, were accepted with out question in the true spirit of sportsmanship, The scribes for the three English news-
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In a quarter-final round on- counter, Natekar beat Choong by 15-5, 15-1,
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