THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1958,
American League Baseball'
Vic Power Sets New Record
SPORTING SAM
by Reg. Wootton
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SOUTH CHINA PRACTICALLY ASSURED OF LADIES' SOFTBALL LEAGUE TITLE
Dispose Of University By 17-3
By "TIME-OUT“
If Miss Margaret C. Y. Lam, player-manager of the South China ladies' softball team has already selected a prominent spot on her sideboard to display the Softball Summer League trophy you could hardly blame her for her confidence.
Nothing short of a miracle can now prevent the Caroliners from winning the title for at King's Park yesterday they disposed of their nearest threat, the Hongkong University girls by scoring a resounding 17 runs to three victory,
their final tum at bal to com- | players at least three times plete the rout.
everyone just stared at it.
Confusion reigned lon in the vietuity of the bench when their coach couldn't renumber who
With only a few more game: to play and there against token opposten "it's in the bag" as
Wambug pitcher Kwan Yick- The expression goen.
South Chan's May Pau open-ching gave an her grand pe ed the game with a walk off fortunee, Simiding the quasi- | pilcher Caringan Maltos, loca tom to only fou measly life was out last. The result was and striking pai seven. U's that site of the U players were advared to the int mood,
rollet hitler Carmen Mullos | balling out of order quite a few corner on a droppe Mhird strike
nicked for 11 hits.
mes...and and eventually scored the fest
KOL South Ton of the time on a fieleku
Chine Wern worthy with it is! It really shouldn't choice.
winners as the 's standard “f] be necessary to constantly check play was absolutely shocking. with the rever on whose furn
Nobody called
for the it to 1.1. The but
rench could When felding if the pop flies.
have easily teked off the names the built drapped in between of his players of his batting list.
1. Y. Kwok made it 2-0 a few minutes later on an inteld nut. The University girls were put out in tick order, to close The inning
In the boltom of the stond
a elmer for the Undergraduates
to KEL ott level toms WAS thrown away whe Maria Djeng bunted. foul ball and "Dinga" Ozrio was caught wit in fer bane by he relay attempt to complete a double- Diy.
Went To Pieces The University girls went to pieces in the top of the fourth
when frame
South Chimi
Catcher reglaterent dee Margaret Lam blasted a tour- bagger good far three runs, and the ether two reas Come from Cecliia Wang's triple shortly after.
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was IKIW question of avoiding a shut-out rather then catching up with South China and the University "girls nnlly broke the string of zeroes da the scoreboard with a trio of runs in the dying stages of the game, A wild row, two hits and a steal home accounted for the U's three face-saving talles in the thirsting.
L. Y. Kwok's
iremendous
blast between left and centre feld cleared he sacks with three South China runners on In the top of the sixth anci although they were now in the Jend by 16 runs to three the Caroliners added another run in
New Ball Please Cries Ian
Peebles
Cricket's players
Haws, pitches, even spectators have been blamed lut the Esme's decline. Now a respected authority on ericket has named a new villain-the ball.
Jan Peebles, former England leg-break bowlo:, says in his now book, "Batter's Castle" (Sauvenir Press: 16) that it seems impossible to prepare pacey wicket that is not fiery, So he suggests that some life be put into the bull.
"
am
convinced,"
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Peebles. "That the logical place
to make adjustment between balanjan and bowler is at common
they
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HOW DO YOU FIGURE ITT HONEST RECORD, FOR "THIRTY YEARS, THEN DOES AN IDIOTIC THING LIKE THAT!
Away
STEALS HOME TWICE IN ONE GAME AS INDIANS OUTPOINT TIGERS 10-9
a
10-9 slump-
New York, Aug. 14. .
now American Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians set a
League record today when he stole home for the second time in the game to give the Indians breaking victory over the Detroit Tigers. His sudden dash to the plate with the bases loaded and two out marked the first time that an American Leaguer had Not even the stolen-home twice in a single contest. immortal Ty Cobb had performed this feat. The only two previous players to score a double-swipe of home were National Leaguers Joe Tinker of the Cubs in 1911 and Larry Doyle of the Giants in 1912.
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Mickey Mantle was ejected from the Yankees' game for toes- ing his bat and helmet in pretest
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Power's first steal er home in the game. caine during a fve-run rally in the righth inning. His second came at the expense of pilcher Frank Lary, who had a 2-1 count in pitching carefully 14 slugger Blocky who had hit two Inners In the game. Power red him slid across the plate just ahead of catcher Charley Lau's tag.
steal ended dramatie The both a Ave-game Indian losing streak and a five-game Tiger wlaning streak.
First Homer
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called third strike. in-house (4131).
Drott But the League-lenders hardly
Teny Kubek Clevelan blasted two doubles and a single and Bank Dauer ceded a double end triple to pree a 12-hit attack. Johnny Kucks, relief for Duite Maus, was the winner.
Five Hits
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(and Greet: Bookly Gary Beli, who
and victory
Antonelli. Grissom 1957 and Tharian. lved in the ninth inuing to fourth straight Fere the side after the Tigers ninth of the scent The Sox W. Antese (13-10). Muffeti (4-4). S-Spencer (130) Mays "the wrapped up the game with four had tied the score, was
in the sixth Inalag. Vie Wertz, in uns winning pitcher. his eighth at-bat since recover Frank House pucht: a homer Chicago Ing from a laken ankle, pinch for the A's in the ninth hit his first homer of the season for the Tribe.
In the only other Amerlean League games geheciuled today, the New York Yanker; beat the Boston Red Sox 8-2 m the Chicago White Sox downrd
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