HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931.
Week End Sport.
INTERPORT TRIALS
AT THE V.R.C.
GOOD EXHIBITION BY PROMISING TALENT.
MANY WELCOME SURPRISES.
WEEK-END BASEBALL.
SOUTH CHINA WIN FROM
*U.S.S. HELENA.
QUESTIONABLE UMPIRING,
LAWN BOWLS.
ONLY TWO SENIOR GAMES
ON SATURDAY!
K.C.C, WIN BY ONE SHOT.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
RIOT OF HOME RUNS
FOR ATHLETICS.
New York, July 13. The leaders in both the big leagues extended their advantage to-day, for in St. Louis 'the Cardinals gave the Chi. Pengo Cuba a drubbing by a score of 1 to 3, while in Washington the Philadelphia Athletics split even
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DOLLAR LINE SUED FOR DAMAGES.
ANDERSON INQUEST CON- TINUES IN V.S. COURT.
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Two casos, were, set for future hoaring in the U.8. Court før China, Shanghai, last week when Mr. Woo Zang Pao, represented by MF. N.-E. Lurton, petitioned for the sum of M. 534.07 for damages. done to his junk on the morning of March: 13, 1991; when it was struck by the Dellar steamship President Cleveland, and Mr. Chu. Chia Kice, also represented by Mr. Lurton. petitioned for. in a double-header With the Sena M. $1,089.30 from the Dollar Owing to the inclemency of the tore The Athletics for their BeSteamship Co. for the saING 40 presenting the Dollar Steamship. wenther, only two lawn bowls cond game by a score of 6 to. 4, plaint, Mr. C. S. Franklin is re runtches were played on Saturday, but they won the opener by 12 to Co. The date for trial has not yet both being in the senior division. 7, after a gamo replete with honvy been set.
On the Club de Recreio ground hitting. the League leaders, K.C.C., had à narrow escape from defeat. win ning by a single shot against the home team. K.0.0. lost on two risks, Fraser's rink being three lean or National Leagues. points in arrears, against L. Gutierrez's rink, while Gibson's four found themselves five points behind Lut's rink. However, a margin of nine points in favour of the KC.C.
In Pittsburgh, the lowly Phillies blanked the still more lowly Pirates by a sense of 1 100 No other games were played in either the Ameri
To win their first game against the Senators, the Athletics, scored seven runs in the eighth inning, when they bunched their bingles in a terrifle barrage of hits. The first
Inquest ContinueR.
Further evidence in the inquest,
South China took the baseball There was a full house" at the team of the U.S.S. Holean by a M.R.C. on Saturday when the first scors of 10-1 in the slowest game of a series of interport trials un of the season. Neither of the der the auspices of the Hong Kong teams showed any snap or brainy Amateur Swimming Association ball playing and South China had
on the body of Mr. Edward Ander son, American radio operator, who was hold. The sport was both keen the game from the start. A
was drowned in the Whangpoo, was brought before the U.S. Court and interesting and Hong Kong
E. Chang took the mound for the
for China. The engineer of the need have no fear that their re- Chinese and the sailors had first
Schiller Inunch allèged that he saw presentatives will not give an ex-bats. Chang played a fair game
Mr. Anderson come on board and heard a splash as he fell back and cellent account of themselves in but if he had had some real play
down. He never saw him come up, Shanghai,
ers coming up he would not have
The laodah of the Marden launch, had such an easy time." His team
which was tied alongside the pon- toon, stated that, he, was sitting on. mates did some pretty playing and
top of the pilot's house when Mr. on Silkstone's rink: held the runs down, • Gitzens
Anderson came on to the Marden -Witness testified that tossed the ball for the first two which was opposed to O Silva's saw the Macknog hit one
home run after another. Mickey launch.
Anderson attempted to step about innings and part of the third and zink, made victory possible for the Cochrane, Jimmy Foxx, Maxthree feet to the Schiller launch but before he was jerked he let the league leaders, whose record to Bishop, Al Simmons, and Jimmy lost his balance, fell over, and went Chinese pile up six runs to aidate shows ten successive wins
Williams each cracked out a four-under. The sailors decided to make some
The inquest will be continued sacker.
indofinitely. drastic changes in the third and put Shellenberger in Gitzens' place. Gitzens went to left. Aeld and ten shot. Thompson came out to first.
W. Lawrence won the, 100 yards, free style, in convincting fashion with 9. V.Gittins taking second place. Lawrence qualified in the heats in the excellent time of 59.2 seconds and in the final he took
One.
muore second for the trip. dittins was a good second and E.B. da Roza Was third. The only
Chinese competitor who qualified to start in the final, C. II. Tan, did
noi Ince the starter.
In the 100 yards back, strokes, Reza Pereira and Leung Sui Min were the only startera and they finished in that order. Leung Sui Man led over the first two lengths and created the impression that this event would fall to him, but he tired too rapidly over the third length and lost what little lend he had. Over the last lap, although he had a better turn than Roza Peroira, there was not enough left ik him to give the Portuguese can- didate a race. Pereira won in the excellent time of 74.2 seconds,
The 100 yards brenat strokes fell to the Chiness, Yeung Yuen Wah, a member of the South China A.A.
In the first inning H. Fong hit a homer out to the left held with. two men on base, The play was nothing startling and was as much the fault of the fielder as it was good luck.
Nothing was done on either side in the second but the same trick was pulled by the Chinese as they did in the first. Fong repeated his performance and brought, in two more men as well as himself.
The sailors chalked up their only
swimming team, winning convine-run of the game in the fourth when
ingly in 18.2 second with W. Schilling, came in by a wild peg to Feraita nishing, second in 82.2 seconds, Yeung won his heat easily third. This was bum play on the and in the finals he gradually drew part of the pitcher as he threw away from the otlier competitors to win eventually by a matter of six Jards. H.M." Atemedioji finished third, Leung Tit Sang fourth and Wan Kwong Tin, the record-holder, Inat,"
In the contest for throwing the water polo ball, Hong Kong has a worthy representative in S: H. Wong, who was bead and shoulders above the cther contenders for this event. Faget was second with a couple of godu throws but the
competitors were by no means near interport standard.
the ball to third in such a way as was impossible to grab it. The Chiness came to bat and brought in three more men before they out. Shellenberger were called walked three men two of whom grossed the plate for scores.,
The game was pretty stale for the next three innings and the Chinese only brought in one other man in the sixth."
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On the Police ground at Happy Valley, the Bowling Green won by
DIVISION I.
Fecrelo. Kowloon 0.0. Playing at home, Club de Recreio lost to Kowloon CC, by one shot.
Scores: Recreio.
C. G. Silva L. Marques A. H. Basto 0. Silva
(Skip)
E. L. Barros P. Yvanovich C. E. Marques
Kowloon 0.0.
E. O. Fincher J. A. Howe "J. Hyde
The Quakers were favoured by excellant pitohing and they held the Buccaneers to five well scatter ed hits, To beat the Cubs, the Cardinals staged a slug-fest of the sort which made it impossible for them to lose.
Scores and Standings. Following are the scores:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Washington Philadelphia
16
A. E. Silkstone
(Skip)
Washington
Philadelphia
L. Gutierrez:
(Skip) 21 A. S. Gomes R. R. Robarts
C. R. Souza R. F. Luz (Skip)
H Hampton C. J. Tacchi A. Hyde Lay J. "Fraser
(Skip) F. Goodwin H. 'Overy
J, Q. Lyal
4.
J. Uibson
18
21 (Skip).. 16
Total
35
Total.. 50
Poilca v. Bowling Green. Playing at home, the Police lost to the Bowling Green Chib by 10 shots.
Scores:- Polica B.O.. Doubtful Umpiring?
W. MeHardy W. Clark umpire Frisque. The team race and water polo Bome were both of a high standard, some obvious safe runs out, once A. N. Reynolds
He J. C. West especially the latter when two well-on third and again on first.
(Skip) matched sides took the water. The called the centre fielder for the Blues represented by the following, sailors put on first in the Afth T. Gooding
Johnson won by tap goals to one against when the runner made the base at the Whites:- Silva Natto, Kwok the same time as the ball got there. J. Shepherd Fung Sun, E. Zimmern, H. M. The worst call was in the seventh W. Mair
(Skip) ...... Remedios, Itza Pereira, D. when Thompson was trying to get Laing and M. Railton.
to third on a two base hit by W. S. Dall The Whites were represented by Gitzens. He slid over the base and A. R: Brittain the following:-T. L. Knight, serambled back before the baseman. Orem
R. Sonres, Li Yeo Lang, E. W. Railton, W. Lawrence, 8. H. Wong and b. Itora Pereira.
The Whites were the first to score, but just before the interval, M.L. Railton equalised. In the second half, the Blues managed to secure the goal which gave them victory.
Diving Exhibition."
(Skip)
Tutal
20
Bowling Green.
A. K. Taylor.
T. B. W. West G. E. Roylance
D. F. Warren
(Skip).... 15
S. Eccioshali.
G. F. Sherif
H. Niah
17 (Skip)
R. S. Nichol
17
W. Russell
18
G. J. Chambers
844148
E. W. L. Hogbin E. Guy
(Skip) 10
21
47
Total
57
was able to recover a fumble. All F. E. E. Booker this wouldn't have been so had it the umpire had not called him out before the ball hit the baseman's glove..
If the baseman had not fumbled the ball, all would have been good but the ball dropped and still the runner was called out.
Line-up.
South China.
U.S.S. Helena.
The programme included an ox-Gitzen collent diving exhibition by Ed. Mijkn da Rota, who is undoubtedly the Sampson best man Hong Kong has for diy-Clark ing. Roza's exhibition can best be Bauer judged by the fact that he gave Thurman perfect examples of the following Thompson dives-From the spring board Lawler Swallow dive, Running Jack Knife, Back Jack Knife, Back Swaliow Dive, Back Somersault, Somer Bault, Flying Dutchman, Molberg, Divo.
From the platform Jack Kaife, Swallow Dive, Falsa Hender, Hand atand Dive, Back Swallow Dive.
From the top platform: Swallow alive.
The ladies handicap over fifty yards produced two interesting heats followed by an exciting fin- al in which Miss Dalziel boat Mrs. McMahon by just a touch.
Results.
The results wore, as follows:
E. Chang
C.
M. Chang
· 1b.
C. Y. Tan
eb.
George Ng
3b,
H. Young
H. Jan
If.
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ef,
H. Foox Albert Fong
Schilling rt C. P. Fun
Substitutions:-U.S.8. Helena: Gitzens for Thompson at left-feld, Shellenberger for Gitzen at pitch, Thompson for Sampson at first, South Nuby for Mijkn at catch. China, C. C. Loung for George Ng
nt second.
Score by Innings.
1 e 3,4 6 6'7' T.
US,S. Helena 0001000 1
LEAGUE TABLES.
Division I.
P. W. D. L. Pts. Kowloon C.C... 10 10 0 0 90 Craigengower * 8 0 1 16 Taikoo B.C.......
9 60312 Club de Recroid 10 4 10 6 8 Civil Service.. 9 4 10 58 Kowloon B.G.C. 10 40 08 Kowloon Dock... 10 3 076 Police R.O.11 0 0 11
SHOTS FOR AND AGÁINET,
For Agst. Up Dn. 571 444 197 0 587 409 118
Craigongower Taikoo R.C. Kowloon CA ... 011 891. 90,0 Club de Recreio 598 556; 0 Civil Service 501 537 Kowloon Dock... 644 698. Kowloon RG.C. 333 107
South China:30 33010 10 Police R.C... 532 693
Umpire: Gibson, Base Umpire: Frisque.
18 0 34
R. E. E
7 13. 0
19 11 4
6
10
4 10
NATIONAL LEAOVE:
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
1
5
I
1 1
12 19
Following are the standings of
the clubs in the major longues 15
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Won Lost Pet.
St. Louis
33
.31.
.830
New York
45
31
.Bin
Brooklyn
45
30 .555.
Chicago
42 37 .531
10
.508
Philadelphiz 35 47.
.126
Pittsburgh Cincinnati
44
.421
97 34
.013
1
Buxton
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphin 37 24 *03
Washington Now Yerk Cleveland
St. Louis Detroit Chicago
Boston
31 .828.
44 3o .570
40 39 .500
.35 42 .444
31 49 .387
30 49 *:384
27 50 ,350
A NEW BILLIARDS RECORD.
BREAK OF 1,843 AGAINST NEWMAN.
Adeladie, July 9-A new South Australia billiards record has been Bob up by Walter Lindrum at Adu- Baide. He made, a. break of 1,643 against Tem Newman, the English player.
WATER POLO AT CANTON,
A TOURNAMENT ARRANGED.
With the object in view of pro moting international friendship and arousing an interest in aquatic sports, an International Water Polo Tournament, under the direction and auspices of the Yuet Son Athletic Club, has been arranged
0 54 to take place at Tungshan, Dan-
0 04 0.103
Division II,
P. W. D. L Pts
Kowloon B.G.C.
·2·13·
100 yards Free Style (Interport Kowloon C.C... 9 6 0 3 12 Throwing the Water Polo Ball: Trial): 1, W. Lawrence (V.R.C.), Club de Recreio 0 6 03.12 - 8 H Wong (ILKU,); & Timo, 00.2/5 sec.; 2, 8.V. Gittins Taikoo RC. 9 0 1 3 11 Paget (K.8.C.)..
100 yards Back Stroke (Intor (V.R.C.) Time 62.4/5 secs. This was Craigongower pory Trial)-1, L. Reza Pereira u all V.R.C. final, C.H. Tan Civil Service (V.R.C.), Time: 74.2/5 BOCB.;,of the 8.C.A.A withdrawing. The Yacht Club Siu-man (C.B.C.), Time, 7.4.4/5 other finalist was EB. Rozn. Electric RC.
Seck.
80 yards Ladies Handicap:-1, Miss S. Daltiol. Time, 35 4/5 asce,; 2 Mr J. McMahon
50 yards N.R.C, Members' Han- dicap:-1, AA Guterres, Time,
410 6-8
9 4 0 5 8
0.25.6. 0 10 8 2 SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST
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ton, A
A silver trophy, kindly given by Mr. Lin Yun Koy of the Provincial Government is to be awarded to the best all-round player in the tournament. It is hoped that many. teams will-come-forward to parti- cipate, and it is understood any one regardless of what nationality may be entered in the teams, N
Water Polo has of lato made a For Agst. Up Da strong appeal to students and 30 ROCE 2, JJ, King, Time, 30:1/8.
Taikoo R.C.
600 481 110 9 others at Canton and the tours- ment is therefore osusing-mile. 100 yards. Bronst Stroke Inter Bixa-Bide Tom Krce Internart Kowloon C. C. 883 488 B
200 spread interest. It is reported pott Trial):~-1, Yeung Yuen-wah Trial)-Team captained by 8V Komloon B.G. 44 470 83
Gittins won from team captained Club de Recreio, 541 521
that there is a possibility of Craigengewer 510-839 by D Laing Time 2 rains, 30 Yacht Club 491 816
entering teams 488 620 Water Polo (Interport Trial) Civil Service
Electric RC. 410 638 (Continued at foot of next column) Blues y: Whites 1..
(8.0.AA) Time 78.2/5 secs.", 2." W Foraita (V.R.C.), Time, 82.4/8
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0 298 tournament.
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