THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1959.
A group photo of the visiting Tao Kong lady softballers and the all- Hongkong team together with team and match officials before their match on Saturday at King's Park.
The visitors won the match by 5-1. China Mail Photo,
TAO
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First Airmen To Be Blarney Stone
Rugger Champions
R.A.F. MAINLAND CLAIM TITLE WITH HARD WON 5-3 VICTORY OVER POLICE IN THE FINAL
By PAK LO
seven-a-side competition an Air Force seven became deserving cham- pions.
KONG LADY SOFTBALLERS For the first time in the history of the Blarney Stone Shield Knock-out CHALK UP TWO WINS DESPITE THEIR INSIPID DISPLAYS
By OLLY VAS
The Tao Kong ladies' softball team from Taiwan came, saw and con- quered but disappointed with a capital "D" for on the strength of the reputation that preceded them to these shores much more was expected than the insipid displays they actually put up.
Of course they won their two weekend matches as predicted, taking the measure of the all-Hongkong team in the opening game on Saturday by a score of five runs to one and yesterday beating the Combined Chinese by 10 to five.
Our representatives covered | ball way over the head of left, worked like a trojan on the themselves with glory, par-felder da Silva, good for three mound, displayed a fine sense ticularly in the opening match runs.
of anticipation and covered up and had our coaching la the Exactly 50 ininutes had pass-home plate and third base on
highered when this happened and that the outfield throw-in ke two games been of a
would stundary the herdlines
was the Best and. Just bit of veteran, have been vastly different. The excitement the game produced. all-Hongkong side had a
left-fielder
case
ค
In a hard fought final on Saturday RAF Mainland overcame the Police by five points (one goal) to three points (one try), to claim the privilege of having the name of their team engraved on the trophy, After the match Mrs Stoker, wife of Mr. W. Stoker, Chairman of the HKRU presented the trophy to Martin, the captain of the winning team. Also presented were the hexangular tournament Trophy to the joint winners, Club and Army North, and the "31" Cup to Navy, win-
ners for the second year running.
The semi-finale
when started with evening.
BYRDS
they
were
The Champion RAF Mainland seven.
even this made jule The Pallee pressed back after airmen the airmen knew what had bEEL the
this upset but left it to the the favourites Green Hewards emerged the victors over Club happened they were five polats difference.
Mander scoring a The Pelice took a long time airmen to show them how to "B" ist managing 10
down, with scrape "A" by nine points (two tries,
Ho- to Keltie inlo an attocking play 'sevens' rugby. The Police through Into the next round one dropped goal) to five paints good try for the Green
wards and Morkhill converting. force but by eight points (one goal, one (one goal).
always however, were tacking and harassing and upsetting the covering extremely well and ty) to Ave puúnta (Cute geri)
This seemed to put the air-
Club whose passing again let | Martin just could not find the after extra time had been
mettle und them men
their от
down at the
threes critical gap to send his fast tackling well and moving momenta.
racing through. smoothly they soon tied up the
The final score was five paints Green
Howards defence. Be-
(one goal) to three points (one fore halftime, Sharp scored 4 try), and the closeness reflects try well out, which was not the play.. converted, and Uhren Moss dropped n
from lovely goal the 25 to put the RAF Main- land into a narrow one-point lesd.
played,
Green Howards "B"
v. RAF Mainland
The Arst semi-final put the Bankers out of the picture and satisfied those critics" who, after their previous narrow three- paint win in the second round, gave them little hope of pro-
competition. RAF Mainland nade short work of them by quick off the winning by eight points (one goal, one try) to nil,
The Kung Feld Hongkong Out Of Her Depth gressing much further in the
Frureless
JUT
last the
two
On the whole the all- of "big game nerves" right from the start as was eviden! from frames while they went on to Hongkong side can look back Frances da Silva's tally twice enore, once in the top with some satisfaction on this
except in of the sixth and again in the match
perhaps for booting of an easy rounder last frame when Lam Shou-lin Frances Beck the opening kaning of the game.
who was sadly The packed stands as well as
stale borne to put the game on out of her depth at third base. from the spectators
on the hillsides iee, the fruit score being 5-1 in har reluctance to move
the base to fold a hard-hit ball were silent when the first bitter Tao Kung's favour.
or the numerous foul balls and up, Tao Kong's Chui Ming-chue was Issued a base on balls by
her shying away Doma brilliant slide into the Back by Tho Hongkong pitcher Yim Lut-
For the visitors, shortstop | Kong player showed that she sheung. There was a murmur from the crowd when Chol was M. C. Choi, entcher L. S. Chol would have been more at home und pitcher Lani were out in her regular position is the tagged but in an unsuccessful standing. The outfeld showed University's shortstop. On the nttempt to steal second,
confidence supreme
in their whol it was o VITY
Lome handling of the fly balls which fair. come their way.
Scoreless Innings The next butter up. Ng Yue him #led to lert held for the second out. Chol Laj-shu then fit 0:27 easy grounder which Frances da Silver kleked around to enably Choi lo end up. ht seonid base hut the next batter up Lai Ching-tre could only ninage feeble grounder (D third to be tossed out lo end the Inting.
In Hongkong's turn at but, da Sliver lifted a dly ball to the outfield for the Best cut. Helen Lung then binsted a fast pitch peat second base but on ati ut- templed steal was easily pit cut by an accurate throw fruin Tai- won catcher Chui Lai-sint to shortstop Chol. Margaret Lam hil safely to get on but Ceellin Ozorio failed to beat the throw to frst end the game's reeend frame gol under way.
With two down and the first run of the game in the elling when Tao Kong had runners on second and third hares Ngan Wah-mat half-heartedly hit on outside plich Cecilia Ozorio, Hongkong's first-sarker made a beautiful kunging catch to end the inning and spoil the visitors' bld to score.
Neat Double Play
In Hengkong's, helt of this inning Kwok Lai-ying gut on
base via on paper Saul-Ees „Beck's hard-hit line, drive to centre was well fielded and relayed to first to catch. Kwok off base for a meat double piny, Pot Ewing was out on a fly" ball to centre felf and the third inning got goink with the score- board still blank for both sides. Tao Kong were out in 1-2-3 order during their turn at bat.
Up to this stage the game had keen as dull as unpolished sil- verware but it suddenly took n turn for the better in Hong- kong's half of the third inning. Too Kong led baseman C. T. Lal, with one down stop- ped a sizzling that off the bat of Carmen Mottos in typical Benny Onar style to cara A round of applause but failed to toss Carmen out.
Franccs da Silva then pushed her to third by hitting a long double lo right field, Helen Lung got her second hit of the game, a sharp single to right to Acore Mattos for the game's opening run.
Home-Run
With two runners in scoring position the situation called for hit-and-ran tuelles but no in- structions to bunt were forth- coming and the next two bal- ters could only litt pop flies to cloes the inning with Hong- kong now in the lead by, solitary run.
In the top of the fourth: Tno Kong had a chance to draw lovel but they frittered away scoring chances and the fifth opened with Hongkong st nhend 1-0.
Helen Lung put her foot in the way of a rounder and when she picked up the ball Tao Kong's Ng Yue-him already safe at first.
WAS
Adouble by the next batter followed.
"
With two on,... Innky. L Ching-tze alushed a home-run.
Outstanding
Tao Kong will play their final For all-Hongkong the pick of Rome this Wednesday, against
bunch was the
unclaubtedly the HK University at King's
She Park at 4 p.m. pitcher Lim Lat-sheung.
FOUR D. JONES
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Big Surprise
The second last quarter-final Saw the seeded Pollte team squeak through by six points (two irles) to five points (one goal) Into the Demi-finals, where they
joined by Club "A" who scored the only try of the match in the very last second with Steven touch- ing down to give them victory hard guing Ceylon "A"
over a
Seven.
were
The
Green Howards were mark and before
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A minute before the end Radclyffe settled the issue with a nice try well out, which was nol converted.
Police 'A' v. Club, 'A'
RAF Mainland v.
Police "A"
Then Itiach broke away but could not connect up with his Inside-men after his run down the wing, and a linecut resulted. This became a set scrum and Johnston getting the ball, broke over the away, kicked neatly airmen's
zzced heads, and through to gather and score well out.
While the crowd waited with ............Baited breath Johnston took the kick, but it called just clear of the uprights. With the game in its dying seconds the Police had no hope of scoring again, and
Mainland ran RAF
off the victors.
This final was from the spec- Intors' point of view an excit Ing match with the fortunes of the game swaying from one side to the other.
with
il
The airmen started Firong attack from a neont A *********** Scop in their own half but
their marred forward DORS
Annl Johnston
the FAF balf
Club "A" had to bring in chancca, and
old sipper their
Muurke play back into O'Kelly, as eighth man for this with a kek. - The second semi-final pro-wave Ashman, an American match, after Browne had been
Police continued to presa and Injured in the previous game, vided the big surprise of the U.P.I.
were awarded
for a Donally effside and Haigh silcod it. The airmen fumbled the kicks and Haigh who was following It up fast got to it, but in his turn fumblest his chance under the posts,
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After this the airmen swung onto the attack and making full use of their fast threes had tho Poller fighting desperately to keep them at bay,
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
EZR
(N0380)
Martin broke through but his pass was knocked on when the way seemed open. Soon there- after the ball went to Ahom who scored under the posts, White to play and mate in two
Martin converted to make 3-0.
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