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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1985.
FAMOUS HOME-RUN HITTER NOW A CATCHER
JIMMY FOXX SHIFTED. VISITING HOCKEY XI BEATEN
Ju
FROM FIRST BASE
Athletics Hope To Benefit By Revolutionary Step
Lack Team Work: Colony Team Reveal Very Good Form
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into use and had bad luck not to (Continued from Page 8).
WILLIAMS DISAPPOINTS And the not early on in the game, Villiama, at right half, dia- Neclmeler and Stuhlmann proved'à. Fort Myers, Fla., Apr. 13.
game was the brilliant displays on appointed and was very weak in strong left wing combination, Why has Connie Mack made a catcher out of James Emory the part of Tiefenbacher, the Ger- the first period of the game. In Stuhlmann being prominent with Foxx, greatest long-distance right-hand bitter of all time and one worth, who was between the sticks little better but was still giving ing.
goalkeeper, and Hollings- the accond half he showed up his hard hitting and accurato.pass- of the three foremost first basemen in baseball? Why did Foxx for Hongkong. Both brought off Neclmeier and Stuhlmann too much The visitors' right wing, Kucips consent to the switch7
splendid saves with first-time kick rope, with the result that the Ger- and Wetzell, were seldom in the There is litle question that it will hitter. He is capable of playing any ing, seldom, if ever, using their man left winger was able to sur-picture, most of their attacks be- shorton Foxx's brilliant major league position, and can pitch, too.
sticks when clearing, and thereby prise Hollingsworth with shotsing concentrated on the left flank. career. The wear and tear is vastly Buth and other remarkable pitchers taking no undue risks. Tiefen from almost impossible angica, With Hongkong the opposite was greater behind the plate than at first switched to the outfeld, where their bacher was especially prominent The strength of the Colony at the case." base. There is much more danger of hitting could be brought into play in saving hot shots taken from tack undoubtedly lay in the right From the initial bully off tho the Maryland farmer being injured. every day, but you have to go back corner hits, with big view practic-Bank with Garthwalte at inside Germans took up the attack, boing
Mack, 72 and launching his 62d to Roger Brosnahan to find a case ally obscured by players in the right and Divett on season, realizes all this.
the wing repulsed by Rodrigues. Play was anywhere near parallel to that of deo. tail tactician's explanation Foxx. John McGraw transformed
The pair combined well with Singh transferred to the other end and stresses the importance of catching Bresnahan from
In defence work Hongkong, was and proved too much for Siemseen after many concerted raide Hong- fly chaser to n and the scarcity of receivers. catcher quite early in the Duke of far better in intercepting. This to hold in check. Divett was hardkong took the lead through Gur-
"With Foxx catching, the Athletics Traloe's career.
was noticeable in a comparison of working but a blt kolflsh,
bachan Singh. In the second half have a chance to win the American) Bresnahan pitched, caught, and per, League pennant," anys Mack, shading formed in both infiold and outfeld, his pale blue eyes from the Florida but if Jimmy Foxx fulfils the, wily un. "We could do no better than run Mack's expectations, he will supplant Afth in 1934 largely because we did Roger na the greatest all-round bail not have a catcher of real worth and player who ever lived, in the opinion one who could hit much more than of many whose memory extends over his weight.
three decades.
The
"I couldn't buy, borrow, or beg a catcher who figured to hit more than 200, but in Alex Books, purchased from Tulsa, I have a first baseman who should hit at least 275. Ilooks,
TO TURN PRO?
with an average of 310, lost the bat More Rumours About
ting championship of the Texas Longue last season by only Wo points."
FOXX FAVOURS SWITCH
"The boss made the decision for me smiled Foxx, the 300 hitter. | "After all, my being put out of the game for any length of time means more to him titan it does to me.
Fred Perry
MAY MAKE FILMS
the play of Rodrigues and Metcalfe, Dawson, acclaimed the biggest the Colony attacked strongly and the Colony backs, and Melchers find in local hockey this season, was in spite of numerous corners could and Sommer, then failure. Time and again he not increase their load until Northern full bungled efforts and gave faulty Gurbachan Singh broke through to backs. Rodrigues passes to Senior, who was playing score with a neat rising shot. The was perhaps the on the left wing, a position foreign Germans made bold efforts to pull pick of the four, to the Army centra-forward.the game out of the fire but they his accurate long What work he had to do, Senior failed to get the ball past Hollinge- passing to the did to the best of his ability.
right wing being
a prominent fea ture of his play. ¡
Rodrigues.
Nigel Metcalfo. was not on form and only picked up towards the closing stages of the game.
Melchers did good work but was Inclined to get his feet to the ball when clearing in the circle, thus giving the opponents Innumerable short corners. Sommer cleared
Los Angeles, Apr. 13. Interviewed by Reuter this after Bonn, a member of the staff of the R.K.O. Radio Pictures said that Fred Perry, the British tennis ace, well, negotiating with them for pro- fessional contract.
SINGH'S EARLY FAILURES
Gurbachan
worth.
THE TEAMS
The touma were as follows: Singh did not Shanghai German Hockey lead the attack at Club: H. Tiofenbacher; H. Mel, all well in the chers and W. Sommer; K. Rem- early stages of mele, R. Berg and A. Siemsson; G. the game as he Kuolpa, H. Wetzell (Capt), ́ H. appeared not to Mueller, G. Neelmeler and n. look where ho Stuhlmann.
was swinging the Hongkong:-Pte. A. Hollings- ball. More often worth; Llout. N. W. Metcalfe and than not it went Dr. A. M. Rodrigues; Lieut. J. P. straight to a Williams, W. A. Reed and L. Gernian defender, Olveira; G. E. R. Divett. Lieut. He was much bet. C. C. Garthwaito (Capt), Gur- ter in the second half.
| backan_ Slogh, Llout, E, M, Daw-
son and W/O P. H. Senior.
Umpires:-Mr. A. A. Dund and Capt. E. J. C. Rybot, R. A.
C. Singh.
"I simply had a chance to do some business. Mr. Mack made it worth
Hongkong's Intermediate Bao while for me to catch, Fo here I am."
He stated that Perry might sign was best served by W. A. Reed, Foxx reveals that he is to be given this afternoon, though it is more like-pivot, and L. Oliveira, who proved a bonus each reason if the Philly that he will do ao on Monday. a worthy deputy for Parker at left Mueller acquitted himself well There are no definite arrangements half. Oliveira's stopping was good as the leader of the German at- yet.-Reuter.
but his Hitting was inclined to be tack. He put his clever' stickwork
adelphia club wings up in the first division.
The Sudlersville slugger is so posl-t tive that he and his team-mates will attain this end that he already is counting the extra caah
"I should collect between $65,000| and $75,000 on the now three-year) continet 1 signed at the conclusion of inst season," he
nhe beams.
From that you easily can reckon | the approximate amount of Foxx's fint salary annually.
Bebe Ruth, whose major leagus home run record of 60 Foxx hopes to break, was paid $80,000 for the season of 1930 by the New York; Yankees.
Ruth had vastly more colour and bucks office apponi than Foxx, who | swatted 58 home runs in 1932, but the difference in their pay well illustrates how fortunate star is to be in New York and working for an owner like Colonel Ruppert.
Foxx, who is only 27, has been male captain of the Athletier, and is working with a new apirit at Terry Field here."
-A'S-MIGHT-WIN,-SAYS-JIMMY-
"You will recall that a year ago |I predicted the Athletics would ixt on top again in four years," asserts Foxx, "and- I wouldn't be at all nur- prised if we won this season. We have the stuff. It only has to be) brought out. It is to be a wide-open race."
Mack considers Foxx the most versatile top-ranking player in the history of the game, as well as the foremost long-distance right-hand
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The Fourth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 20th and Monday, 22nd April, 1935, commencing at 12.30 p.m. on each day,
The First Bell will be rung at 12 o'clock NOON.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary, Hongkong.. 15th April, 1935.'.
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