THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1960.
Another softball upset
INDIANS BEAT CARDS TO QUALIFY FOR JUNIOR KNOCKOUT FINAL
By OLLY VAS
There was another surprise result in the Junior Knockout games when in a tense semi-final on Saturday the Indians account- ed for the Cardinals by 11-4. Despite the score the out- come of the game was very much in doubt till the seventh and last inning.
The Indians will now meet the Giants in the Knockout Final next week for the latter easily beat a game but inexperienced Auster team by the score of 15-4 in the other semi-final match played off yesterday.
Batting first, the Indians'
lead-off man Jobany Chaves
talled his side's opening va la į
a matter of minutes, He fot
the scored. But more was yel 10
to
come.
Alvaro then, Juggled an easy
tame and, after retung opposition out, we about catch up but to no avail. In the second and third inn-
Soul at right-feld
fly ball
on base and Cards catcher Cat-ings both sides played tight and finally failed in his attempt inho Viera then tested the softball and the scoreboard stillto mare it with one bare hand
were more runS ball to :<rund as Chaves made showed the Indiana abead by and to gistered. steal. I ended the
up in those three runs.
Tils was not quite all for the Centre-field where ficzny
inning Then In the fourth Vianna ehted after it, Henry Chaves again scored to make it moment. ACE to it but the ball snehaw 4-0 but the Cards repiled with the bounced off and leg and theļa solitary run to lower epeesly Chaves Scored a vial margin to 1-4.
run.
Next baller up Robert Olaes banted the ball and got lo first
Fought back
The game was by no means
th
when the pick-up was fumbled, over at this stage and when the The resultant overthrow by in Belder Lester Wu gave Olies any free plus all the way to third. Thea Francis Souza il a ane run and the Indian; were ahead 3-0 without even a batter being
retired.
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The Cards were rated even this early klage of the
Sports Diary
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Arnold Palmer wins Masters Golf after
thrilling
3-way finish
Augusta, Apr. 10.
Arnold Palmer, a faltering and apparently beaten favourite, birdied the last two holes in a blazing finish today and won the Masters Golf Championship by a stroke from Ken Venturl. Palmer came in with a final round of 70 and a 72-hole total of 282 to
Venturi's 283.
For
the crowd of almost by a missed birdie putt on the
40,000 that streamed across the previous green, be three-putted ule Augusta National Course for a bogey and Venturi
W115
today this anish was fully as ahead of him. exciting na lust year's, when At that stage he seemed to Art Wall birdind five of the have lost his bly chance to
stroke from Cary Middlecof,
The two qualifications for nomination last holes to win by Venturi, who, playing ahead of
(1) Footballing prowess.
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, China Mail,
his
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account his playing ability and The next batter up David sportsmanship on the field of play, is:
Viera then lashed out at the ball. It headed straight to. wards left-Helder Luiz Silva who tried a shoestring catch. He misjudged B and the ball went by for a home run,
Seven errors
inning went by without change to the score, the
The Cards had made seven Indians looked like they were on the way to victory but fa the folding errors before the con= bottom of the sixth inning the fusion had died down and they Cards were back in the game paid the price for it in the form with a pair
and of runs scoreboard now read Indiaus Cardinals 3.
the
4
The fast inning saw the istue being decided, in favour of the Italians.
With two runners on base, George Souz Jr was given a walk on four batls-deliberately, I would appear from the way Cards pitcher Lal Dayaram
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Then came the turning point of the game.
Lester
to play Wu elected the runner at home plate after up had hit the the next man
the Cardinal infield. ball to the excitement he threw wildly I to catcher Viera and a run was
In
of seven ruas to bring the Indian total to 11 but still they did not lost in the towel.
In their last attempt to catch up in the bottom of this seventh inning Llonel Guterres walked. Lester Wu laid down a sucrifice
tubt which
mdvanced Guterres
to
lo second, He then stole third base and came home en Henry
stinging double Vianam's centre which bouncer past out- helder Meno Baptiste and hit the fence, Vianna golog all the third. Carlinho Viera way to foul-tipped for the second out then Eddie Rozario grounded Apart out to end the game. from that disastrous seventh inning it was a fine game, play- ed off in the best of spirii by both teams who are to be cont- gratulated for providing grand rottball entertainment
Four D. Jones AND THE BRITISH COLONEL KIPS WHILE THE PIRATES PROCEED TO
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bim had birdled the second and | third holes arid picked up an- other stroke with a 15-foot 1stbirdie put at the sixth.
This time i was a three way rot right to the shot wild Venturi Finsterwald waging a head- to-head duel for the lead and
And
Palmer, starting raggedly, striving to overtake them,
Second victory
bui ail through the tourna- ment Falmer hade shown the ability
forget mistakes and mako his best shots when they were badly needed; He did it again on the last two holes today.
worried Palmer said he was
It was the second victory for going to the last two holes be
memory of last Palmer in this golf classic, play-cause of the ed annually before huge güllerles) year, when he missed putts on on the beautiful 8,050-yard, par} both of them. If those two haệ 36-36--72 Augusta National dropped, he could have tied
Course. Two years ago he shot wall.
The tension was released
a 284 score to win from Doug Club. Ford and Fred Hawkins by when the putt on the 17th, later
stroke, but that victory lacked measured the suspense of this one.
Palmer bad rounds of 67-73- 72-70 for the toumament. Ho took the lead on the first day and held it until the third hele i today. There, apparently shaken
Tough week ahead for Wolves in their quest of the
f
coveted double
London, Apr. 11. Wolverhampton Wanderers today begin a tough programme of four games in nine days that could win or lose them the English League Cham- pionship. Altogether Wolves have six more games to play and Tottenham Hotspur, their neck-and-neck rivals, have five. Both teams have 47 points and Tottenham leads at the moment by a slightly superior goal average.
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at-37 fcet, trickled into the hole. He draped high In the alt and raced to pick his ball from the cup.
Venturi watched the finish by television in the clubhouse. Ho didn't Bay wond when Palmer'a winning shot went in the hole. He just shook
Mia
head and stared through misty
eyes.
Venturi, who says this is the first Masters in which he hasn't-ja been haunted by the memory of his 80 in the final round four years ago, made a tremendous charge to the front on the first nino. He shot it in 33, three under par, and seemed to have shaken off everyone but Finster- wald.
Penalised
through
the
"They duelled back nine until Finsterwald hli trop on the last hole and took a bogey that put him out of it.
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Boxer sustains
serious injury during fight
Madison, Apr. 10. A 22-year-ld University of Wisconsin student rated on one Collegiate of America's top boxers was in critical condition carly today after three hours of surgery for a brain hemorrhage suffered in the finals of a National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament bout.
Charles Mohr, a senior m Merick, New York, was TO ported "holding his own" at the University Hospitals,
cautious player who won't risk a second-place in
Mohr collapsod in the dress- -effort to win, could have been ing room on Saturday night 10 the victor this time. A two- minutes after being stopped at penalty incurred on 1:49 of the second round by Stu the first round for an unin- Bartell of San Jose State, a 23- tentional rules 'violation was year-old cophomore from exactly the margin by which Brooklyn, New York. ite lost.
He was penalised for taking
a practice putt after heling but
styligh Mohr, a
southpow battler, wag the defending champion In the 105 pound class.
game against West Ham until
on the fifth green. He didn't and has been rated the out- With the Easter weekend Ax know then it was against standing borer of tast tures ahead, that means one of local rule and didn't report it NCAA moet.—AP. the hardest weeks Wolves have until the next day. Then the
ever faced,
They will be expreled
tournament committee decided penalise him only two beal West Ham tonight. On strokes instead of disqualifying Saturday they visit Newcastle,
an improved team that since him for returning an incorrect Christmas has climbed from core.
Palmer the bottom half to sixth place winner on the pro golf circuit the leading money
in the standings.
The Wolves have two games this year and today's victory with Nottingham Forest at his fifth of the year-probably Wolverhampton on Easter was worth about $15,000, Monday' and at Nottingham the next day.
The exact amount of
the
prize monty wasn't immedi- ately announced, The MasterS The decider usually increases ils mínimum Tottenham, meanwhile, has to pure, Usted at $20,000' aŭttírd- At fa three games between ing to the size of the crowds- Friday and Monday. Two of anti they were huge.—AP,' them are against London rivals Chetses, an unpredictable side that shocked Arsenal 4-1 Tast Saturday. The other is a home match against Manchester City The real deolder may come later this month. Tottenham hau to visit Wolverhampton. There
sell-out will be crowd for that ramo if the: two teams are still fighting out.
Successful title defence
Frankfurt, Apr. 10. Erich Schoeppner, the Ger-
and European
light- man heavyweight champion, success- fully defended his file when Tottenham also has to play he outpainted Helmet Bali, ef
to
Blackpool at home. Wolves' re- maining fixture 1s away Chelsea.
Wolverhampton has a double Incentive to win the race. It Ince Blackburn Rovers in se Cup Final on May 7 and bos a chance to land the biggent prizo In English Soccer-the Cup' and League double, No team has achieved thai since Aston Villa in 1897-AP.
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West Germany, over 15 rounds here last night.
Schoeppner, who meets world champion Archie Moore later this year, gave an unimpressive performance though clearly the
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