PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941.
In the World of Sports
MIGHTY “T” BEATEN BY H.K. VALLEY TRAINING TIMES "AMATEUR TENNIS IS
BREWERS IN PRE-SEASON BASEBALL ENGAGEMENT Unexpected Opposition Put Up By South China In Tilt
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With The Mindanao Squad
BY ROY
A FULL PROGRAMME OF PRE-SEASON TRAINING MATCHES WAS PLAYED AT THE CAROLINE BILL ball-park during the week- and under a blazing sun that made things uncomfortable for play- ers and spectators alike.
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The U.S.S. Tulsa, newcomers to the local league competition, ap- peared in a double-header; in the first leg of which they chalked-up a 25-0 triumph over the Royal Engineers. Strickland hurled a one- hitter against the hapless Sappers who used two hurlers. Radcliffe and Heath. in an unsuccessful attempt to turn the Tulsa attack.
Maxwell paced the bluejackets' the "stellar performance with the Sluggers with four hits in six trips hiêkery was Dave Leonard's 3-in-4. to the plate. his bag including one that drove in three of the Brewers" was tallies. Slim Arculli, and George hitter two-bagger. "Longest Germonto, who hit for the circuit | Souza connected for three-baggers. in the Afth with the sacks loaded. Germonto paced the Tulsa attack Terry was a close second with a, with two bingles in three times at triple while Simmons and Norton bat, although Maxwell and Bud connected for a double. aplece. Guinn also garnered
hits Taylor slapped out a dinky single apiece, the last-naqued connecting i for the Sappers only hit, that rob- for a triple, bed Strickland of the honour of hurling the season's first "perfect game.
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Stockton and McClanahan ap- peared on the mound for the blue- jackets, the former being yanked in favour of the latter in" the fifth 10-4 TROUNCING
frame when the Brewers were lead- Fresh from their victory over the ing by nine markers to four. Lefty | Sappers, the Tulsamen cook on the, showed much better control than Hongkong Brewers UNI Sunday Mac, although the latter display- morning, but took a 10-4 trouncing. ed more fire on his fast un. as the winners staged three three- run rallies in the first, third and fourth frames.
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SPORTING
FIXTURES
TODAY
RACING. Entries
Close for Hongkong Jockey Club's Sixth Extra Race Meeting. 13 noom. TENNIS. Fourth Division: A.
T. C. v. P.OR.C. (1). OBA. v. J. R. C., I. R. C. Ffpino Club. KIT.C. V, South China A.A., C.R.C. v. CC.C.
WATER-POLO, — 8th Coastal Regt.j
v. Small Units (Army), 6.45 p.m.) Scots v. Middlesex B (Y.M.C.A.3. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 24 LAWN BOWLS — First Division:
Recreto "B" v. Recreio "A", Po-l dice R.C. v. Craigengower, Kow- -loon C.C. v, Kowloon Docks R.C.,
Kowloon B.G.C. "B" v. Civil Ser-1 vice, Kowloon B.G.C. "B" v. In-! dian
Second R.C.
Division:" Hongkong F.C. v. Recreio," Pri-
The following times were clocked during the training gallops held at Happy Valley yesterday morning:-
The Koala Bear Quick Despatch Angel of Glory National Courage Johnber
Cheerful Star
Joan and Amber H Rowan
Eve of Heaven
"Jus Gentium ..
son OC v. Hongkong C... Tal-· koo R.C. v. Kowloon C.C., Crai-. gengower" v. Kowloon F.C. Third Division: Recreio v. Craigengower, Indian. R.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C.. Hongkong Electric v. Hongkong F.C.. Hongkong C.C. v. Police R.C.
SUNDAY, MAY 25 WATER POLO. 5th A.A. v. Navy "B" (Navy), 11a.m.: 8th Coastal Reg. Y. Middlesex "B" (Y.M. C.A.). 11 R.M.
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C.B.C. GALA
The Chinese Bathing Club will hold their first swimming gala of the season at North Point on Saturday. commencing at 7.30 p.m.
The programme will include "two open events, a men's 200 metres relay and a ladies' 100 metres tree
Other events will be a children's
Hornpipe
Gay Fox
Mainsail
Gleaming
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Comment Draws Ridicule In
England
"I am afraid amateur tennis is finished
"Mere wishful thinking”-
"I think Tilden is talking rok”
Three quotes which, when connected, tell the story of W. T. (Bill) Tuden saying that amateur tennis is dead, and with remain down, a reply coming from H. Roper Barrett, former chatyman of the Lawn Tennis Associalon and a doubles champion at Wimble- don, with the third comment uttered by Miss Nors Cleather. Secretary of the All England Club. where the Open champion- ships are held.
Enlarging on all three com- have not been used and are being ments, and remembering what the nourished and kept in perfect or- average persons think. Tilden ap-der for the next championship' pears to lose the set after getting meeting."
in the first remark to hold var. Nol Tilden seems to be barking tage.
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TWO MISHAPS AT TRAINING
GALLOPS
Pigtail
Smiling Time...... Fleetwing
Araxy and Seal River" Shuttlecock
Tron Belle
Bendemeer
Cockleroi Jober
Arnieber and Catterick
Bridge
Graceful View
Longdon" and · Senorita Prairie View
CHALLENGE BOWLS MATCH
UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION The best of the week-end sessions The sailor lads tightened up con- was the South China-Mindanao siderably over the last couple of tussie, in which the navy läds re- Innings but could do nothing to gistered a close 4-1 victory. South reduce the lead as the Brewers China put up unexpectedly strong style. gave hurler. Slim Arculli every sup-opposition and gave a sound, field-i port to give the latter his first vicing display in support of Shang 50 metres free style, handicap: tory of the year.
hai star twirler Kenny. Moy, who. ladies' 50 metres free style handl- A challenge lawn bowls match Hank All registered the best bat- having not yet limbered up, con-cap: men's 100 metres free style will be played at Chatham Road ting average with two in two, but tented
throwing handicap; blindfold race; ladies', on Sunday
Kowloon straight fast balls. It will be in-100
metres breast stroke race:Football Club and a team repre teresting to see what this new- men's 50 metres tree style race and senting Hongkong. Softball comer to local baseball will. pro-an obstacle race. duce when he really gets going.
BADMINTON- FINALS OF K.T.G.C.A.
The inter-club Badminton Anals of the Kowloon Tong Garden City Association will be held at the clubhouse tonight following which there will be two exhibition mat- ches as follows:-
Men's Doubles: Club de Recreto v. Kowloon Tong.
Singles Match: A. "L, Fisher' vi any other player.
All members of Badminton clubs are cordially invited to the mat- ches as well as the dancing that will be held afterwards.
hiniself with
As in past seasons, the Chinese showed up poorly with the bat and managed to gamer only three safeties of the hurling of "SK!”· Powlawski who had eight of the Chinese lads fanning the breeze, beside leading the winning batters
attack with two hits in three trips to the plate.
The Mindanao gang got to May tor seven hits which included doubles by Willie Wilson and Pow- merited the
lawski, and fully decision.
sociation.
between
CROSSWORD
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For a training session the "feld- ing of both squads was remarkably sound, both teams committing but two bobbles aplece. Although the 12 Sheltered South China bunch were way be- side K.T.G.C.A. BOWLS RINKS
hind in the number of hits garner- 13 Fetid. The following have been selected ed, they did register the longest 14 Note of the to represent the Kowloon Tong hits of the game which were three- Galdo scale G.C.A. In the Lawn Bowls League baggers, by Nelson Ma and Kwan15 Obscure
On Saturday:
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SOFTBALL FRACAS
(pl.)
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Wing-tin. Judging from this dis- 17 Perfect
H. A. Castro, J. Tang. A. Madar, play, both the Mindanao and South 19 Man's name, A. J. Kew (skip); H. Gittins, W. MChina should give the Brewers as Unclosed Gittins. A. E. Castro, W. J. Howard keen (skip): N. A. E Mackay, A. W. da Pennant.
Roza, J. N. Wong. J. L. Stephens (skip).
A counter-attraction 'to the Min-
danao-South China game on Sun- 25 Brag day afternoon was the Canucket- 20 Court of - tes-Socony softball fracas at Lal
ADVERTISEMENT Chi Kok. After some downright
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB..
Appeal
(abbr.)
banditry by Tony Germonto, who 28. Pine family was calling the bases, the
tree Canuckettes managed to nose aut 29 Fabric the Oilers by, 13 tailles to 10.
resembling satin"
Hits were twelve apiece but the lassies' ten pllfered sacks, it is still 30 Maie
descendant Draft Programmes and. Entry being debated whether they were Forms for the Sixth Extra Race stolen by the baserunners or the 31 Symbol for
tantalum
umpire, turned the scale in their
32. To set firmly 93 Taunt
Meeting to be held (weather favour. pérmitting) on Sätürday, 31st As expected, the Oilers garnered May, and Monday, 2nd June, two homers to prove themselves 34 Severe 1941. may be obtained from the heavier hitters, but even these were not enough to offset the con-
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35 South...
Africans of
Dutch descent
the Secretary's Office, Exchange sistency of the umpire's judgment. Building; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong
On Saturday afternoon, a deplet- Club; the Sports Club; and the
ed Cardinal squad Journeyed to Stables, Shan "Kwong Road,
Stubb's Road to tackle the True “Entries ̈ close at 12-o'clock Light-schoolgirls who maintained- NOON on THURSDAY, 22nd their promising form by chalking
up a convincing win over a squad 38 Tempo May, 1941.
that gave some good displays in 39 g the Ladies' League.
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Secretary.
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He painted a gloomy picture of almost Imagine him saying "Waal, the amateur side of the game raised an "argument anyway." when replying to a question. "If He admitted that, whatever hap- you mean what will happen to the 'pened, play-for-fun tennis Would game as considered from the big survive in the United States. In business angle big gates, big that case. It is hard to Imagine and so forth it that ft will remain as such, with-
stand it be able to
very out competition, leading to world- "The Davis Cup is wide championships and Interna-
This is serious.
over, of course; it won't work for tional fray, following, and that, In good many years as a result of its turn, completely buries Tilden the war, and it doesn't look to me opening remark. as if Tnternational sport can be teckoned on at all because International competition is the backbone of lawn tennis."
That last comment is worth analysing because Tilden, in one
of equal, if not greater interest to his comments on amateur tennis, was Tilden's opinion of the great- est. wornan player ever to the courts. He names Suzanne Lenglen
grate
breath, says that the Davis Cup is He was not forgetting Mrs. Roars over and in the next he says it
won't work for a good many years,, (Helen Wils Moody) or Miss Alice If, after a good many years. as he Marble and after admitting that," suggests, it will work, how can it, for fine day-after-day play, Mrs. be over?
Roark was more consistent than
.
strokes
Now people are wondering who will "be the
Mile. new "star." Lengien died three years ago, Mrs. Roark haj virtually retired and Miss Marble has joined the tessional ranks.
pro-
Tilden "snot mis mouth off Miss Marble, and that Miss Marble, his compatriots in America would in her best day, was the most.. say, for nobody else believes that brilliant of woman players, possess
range of this War will have the good effecting the widest of bringing into being a rendly while being the finest of all women volleyers, he still names the "Open" champlonship, with ama-
French girl as the greatest of all-... teurs and professionals competing Two accidents occurred in the together, just as they do in golf.
time...... course of training at the Valley but that need not mean that the yesterday morning. Mr. G.. Trever-
amateur game dies."any more than ton being unseated in the first, though it appeared that he had not; amateur golf is dead. been hurt, and a Chinese trainer. As H. Raper Barrett replied. Ah Yee, being hurt when thrown "mere wishful thinking: who can by Triumphant Day.
tell Tilden is entitled to his own Mr. Treverton was riding Atxas, opinion and we can leave it at that. 30 old Australian Subscription, We might think otherwise." Griffin, when on reaching the dis- tant post the pony became rest- less and unseated its rider, who
Still more to the point is Miss will succeed to the throne of Queen Cleather's response "I think Tilden of hwn tennis. Listen to what was taken by surprise.
The second accident involved a is talking rot! Alter a lapse of Miss Dorothy Bundy says of her: collision between Triumphant Day years in the last war, lawn tennis "She has the spirit, physique, and Blue Gown, ridden by Mr. came into its own again and was strokes everything it takes but Wong Yan, a novice jockey, at the stronger than ever. After the pre-most of all, she has that fight and seven furlongs post. The Chinese sent war- Wimbledon will come endurance, she could play all day." trainer, Ah Yee, was thrown, his again and so will the Davis Cup. Of such qualities are head striking the ground, and had Our centre court and Nos. 1 and 2 adel
to be carried back to the Chinese Trainers' Room at the paddock.
Triumphant Day was limping
when it was caught.
SHAI PLEDGES AID TO WINSTON CHURCHILE
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Fervent faith in final victory. was expressed in a cable sent to Mr. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, recently "by the China Association (Shanghai branch) on the occasion of the anniversary of Mr. Churchill's as- ¡sumption of the Premiership, re- ports the North China Daily News, Associated with the China Asso- ciation in the message were the British Women's Association and.
of British Chamber Commerce. The cable read: "On the anniver-
sary
of your becoming Prime Minister we again assure you of our unwavering support, confidence In your leadership, and fervent faith in ultimate victory."
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