Fantastic last-inning rally fails to give Pandas their fourth
·By OLLY VAS
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In one of the tenseat late rallies ever seen at King's Park the Taiwan Pandas yesterday scored five runs to draw level with the Senior League champions, South China AA, but the visitors lost the match 6-5 when a suspect umpiring call by plate umpire Bill Silva handed SCAA the winning run on a silver plate a few moments later in the same inning.
A capacity crowd turned up to watch the Pandas play off their fourth match of the tour and after a short delay in getting it under way because of the customary formalities preceding the exhibition match, the Pandas sent their first batter up to the plate.
After W. S. Chu and S. C. Leo him over the plate to increase confused at the goings-on and So had led to second bare man the SCAA lead.
dlved over the plate for. run Sallch and right Selder P. K
Pandas were again re- | number two. Yeung respectively for the first | tired in order in the top of the two outs. E. Ho hit one of fourth but the SCAA outfeld Junior Pang's fast pitches over despite its two catches remed shortstop Klandiko Wong's head shaky at the long balls coming to get on bad. He stole second their way. In the bottom half of but was left stranded there, as this truing SCAA added two S. C. Wong hit a very long (ly | more runs to their tolly to ball to P.C. Wong at centre field, I make it 4-0. to close the inning.
In the Caroliners' turn al bat Y. K. Chan hit the ball straight to the Pandas shortstop. 1. H. Cheng who made a beautiful pick-up to toss Chon out at first and earn a round of applause from the stands Eddie Youn and L. C. Poon wore retired and the inning closed without any
score for either sido,
Opened the scoring
After P. C. Wong had been caught out, Salich singled and stole second baso. K. 15. Bij was awarded a base on balls on an alleged interferenco by catcher Ho and the decision the was mildly protested by Talwan team but to no avail as pompire Silva atuck to his docialon.
both
A force play accounted for one Taiwan runner, them two is put two moro men on base. curing a rumer ahead to make tepalon the score 3-5, and the became unbearable,
Lofty 5. C. Loo struck out but then up came H. K. Ho to bat. He hit a resounding triple and two more runs were scored to make it 3-5 but Ho overTEN third base and was tagged out,
Winning run
Poon foul-upped for the first out. Then Klondike Wong came up to bat. Young promptly stolo second. Catcher So tossed. a wild reiny to second base. It
P. K. Young advanced users on a sacrifice bunt and ended up in the outfeld. Then now it was two down with run Yeung dashed for third and an nors on second and third. Junior overthrow from the outfield hit Pang looked over two strikes, the fenes and the ball bounced then laid down a surprise bunt back into the field, still in play which caught the Taiwan infield but umpire Silva waved Young completely by surprise. This mu- dacious bit of play, on
in on a pass ball The bali had Showboat Al's instructions, paid not stayed put in the dugout at DIL hat had only bounced fo dividenda ou Salleh dushed home before pitcher 50, with ball in the winning run and it was all front of it. Anyway that was
coach
The Pandan were retired In 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the second and in this Inning BCAA opened the scoring. Klondike Wong was on third base after a hit, a successful steal and a sacrifice bunt off strode up to the plate. He con- P. C. Wong's but when Salleh
from the nected against one of pitcher hand, emuld recover
the player-after almost two hours of risers and the ball hock. Sit scored en
lense softball. took an awkward bounce in too, as So, after a moment's
A very good game indeed with front of and eventually
hesitation, tossed the ball to third baseman S. C. Wong's catcher. Ho after Sallch had pitcher Pang of SCAA outstand- of Ing and shorratop Cheung head, Secing
chance crossed the plate and Ho in turn the Pandas matching him โร
on Klondike Wong dashed for home relayed the ball to first base. and scored to pul SCAA one Sit dashed home from second in fensive plays. A pity that one the fleld with some terrifle de- the confusion which had arisen side had to lose! in the Tajwan infield.
So's slow
run up.
over
The Pandas' first baseman went down low to field on Inclics-of-the-ground drive of
The last inning
K. K. Sit's bat for the folding The Afth inning was a blank
tho gem of
day. P. K. Young one for both sides and in the was than lessed out at Arst and bettom of the sixth inning, the SCAA inning closed with after the Pandas had failed to Salich left on base.
The Pandas had a chance to
get that clusive opening run a fight defence the focul
tle up the score in the top of scored another run
by
the third inning when they had and thought they had the game runners on second and third in the bag. P. C. Wong scored with only one down but the SCAA's sixth run when foul-tip, caught catchershortstop Cheung failed to step K. S. Sit, and a long fly ball a drive of K. K. Sit's bat. straight into right felder P. K. Young's glove dashed their hopes and they trailed 0-1 as SCAA took their turn ai bat,
Then came the top of the Reventh and that Inning an A fantasilo rally by the visitors.
With one out-Pang having illed out to shortstop Cheung-Y. Facing a five runs defeit they K. Chan hit the ball to left Aeld. never gave up hope. Klondike S. C. Lee seamed to have made Wong missed a hard grounder to an easy catch of the line drivej put P. H. Cheung on bare. Pit- but to his teammates' consterno- cher So was given a base on on the ball tipped his out-balls by Junior Pang. S. K. Hon stretched
Chan then hit the ball to centre field and rounded the sacks to give SCAA and Cheung seared amid sustain- a 2-0 lead.
ed applause, to make it 1-5. C. L now hit the boll, this Eddie Yeung popped a hit time straight to shortstop Wong, over the Taiwan infeld to get on The two runners on base dashed 2 base but neither Boon nor off with the crack of the bal Klondike Wortg could push | The SCAA shortstop
appeared
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BY LEONARD BARDEN Forty-nine-year-old
Mikhall
Botvinnik looks Bet 10 regain the world title from 24- year-old Mikhali Tal in Moscow, With nearly half the match Dyer, Botvinnik leads 71-3) and has upset all the forecasts.
He has won the last three ganes in succession with almost ridiculous ente, and calmly refuted Tal's desperate attempt to surprise him in the tense game by opening with seven successive pawn moves.
Tal's play has been so weak in the last low games that it has been described as a cox- hause #2710 breaking all the rules of strategy given in beginners textbooks.
Botrianik has been playing soundly and well. No one in shoes bistory has ever lost a title match after establishing food as great as four game
Solution No. 6049; (a) ... Q-Q1: 2 R-88 ch1, BXR for ... QXR; 3 QxB mata): 3 R18 mate. If 1 . . . B-K4; RXB, P×B; 3 Q-55 mate.
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