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Saturday;
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 27, 1939.
TWO GAMES
GAMES FOR SOUTH CHINA IN BASEBALL LEAGUE
MADE
SCHE
WITH
TO FIT
PRESENCE OF U.S.S. MINDANAO
(By "Bingle")
South China Athletic Association have the toughest assignment over the week-end, as they are playing two games. Since the Baseball League has made up the schedule to fit in with the presence in this port of U. S. S. Mindanao, this unfortunate circumstance, in which a team plays one game on a hot Saturday afternoon and an. other on an equally torrid Sunday morning-cannot be helped.
Aller an unruffled schedule tust; year, without a game being postponed on account of rain. Inst week-end'ag washout was the weatherman's first interruption in long long spell. I'm afraid conditions this year will tre similar to those of the seasons of 30 and 37, when we didn't know whether we were n-foot or on horse- back.
weather permitting.
However, South China and Union Brewery will clash at Caroline, It to-day at 2.30 pan. Both teums are r'arin' to go, with the edge on "Beer Baron" Bennett's Beermen, who have won two and lust apne. On the crest of winning wave, the UB boys feel that this
another guine is
push- over but I don't know! They shouldn't underestimate C. C. Lee's stalwarts, who are all good leather players,
Lam Hwa, who lambasted Fotinny Alvares' speed balls-but couldn't even see Spotty Pereira's roundhouses should massacre Madeen Arculli's straight pitching. That there are so few lits off Arcülli has been a source of bewilderment to this correspon- dent. Perhaps batting eyes haven't been attuned to the atmospherie conditions out at Caroline Hill There are so anany muffed and mis- Judged dies out there that are binmed on the sun
Tehk! Tehk!!
Harvey-McAvoy Bout Now Postponed
London, May 26.
The fight between Len Har- vey and Jock McAvoy for the world's cruiserweight cham- pionship, which was fixed for June 22. has now been post- poned as McAvoy is having a boil on his right side.-Reuter,
Golf
AMERICA'S LAST HOPE VANISHES
DISORGANISED TEAMS
London, May 20. The Chinese Baseball Club take un America's last chance of winning Club de Recreio
in to-morrow's the British Amateur Golf Champion- opener at 10a.m. Both teams are ship now in progress at Hoylake apparently disorganised units this vanished in the semi-anals to-day season. The Chinese are without a when the Scotsman, Alex Kyle, de- leader, while the Rambling Recs have feated "Bill" Holt, of Syracuse, by changed their leadership this season. two and one after Holt had earlier But, before the season ends, I have defeated young Kenneth Thom in a a hurch that the Chinese Baseballers sparkling match by three and two.
Anthony Duncan, the Welsh cham- will find themselves, and really go to town. They have two good hurlers plon. Is the other finalist. After in Earl Wong and Wally Ching, and beating Dick Chapman, conqueror of Diminutive Nip Lum has already Charles Yates, by five and three, proved his mettle behind the plate, Duncan went on to beat Charlie Stowe while versatile Wally can also fil the by three and two in the semi-finals. bull as back-stop. Veteran Tommy The final will be played on Satur- Chun, who starred for a few seasons day-United Press.
with China's baseball squad in the Far Eastern Olympics, is their logical leader, to my mind.
succession. If he can, he'll be "Iron
inningal
The Rambling Rees, who are also Man" Lee from now on. As it is, seemingly unable to get started, have finging a 7-inning game in this heat good material to
work on. Thoy leaves a pitcher pretty well petered certainly miss Eddie and Linho out. But fourteen Gleanno. In their tussie with South Whew! China a couple of weeks ago, they outhit their opponents D to 8, but came out on the short end of a 7 to 5 verdict. Their hits were scattered,
of course, and six were left on bases A little more "umph" and th y'd have won the game!
I give the, edge
to the Chinese
Three
West Indian Batsmen Score Centuries
Here's the "Black Bradman," otherwise George Headley, star bain- man of the West Indian cricket team now touring England. He is expect- ed to make a lot of runs this summer.
"Capt. Foster" Selects The Following:
(By "Captain Foster")
There are nine races down for to-day's meeting and my selec- tions are as follows:
Selections Made By "Early Bird"
Last week's pep rally has given the Molthenmen plenty of confidence, and they feel they're due for their first) win. The Hongkongites will be 66 augmented by the
of flashy infielder
Paulino, Honorate sence
who switched his affections over to this Club after being released by the Union Brewery two weeks ago.
Larry Lawrence-and-Dave Walker South China's clash with the Hong-will again be the battery for the kong Baseball Club in the nightcap Molthenmen, and they have shown to-morrow at 11.30 am, will find the improvement during practice sessions. former aggregation a somewhat tired) "Colonel Dave Walker says that he 2nd outfit. They have only the one has the Indian sign on those buse-
squad in this tilt.
LEE'S TASK
slabman, C. C. Lee, to rely on, and runnera with larceny in their hearis, I doubt if he can pitch two days in We shall see what we shall see!
Co
001, slender, clear-eyed, with a complexiom:lika a wild rose--yet"khie's seldom missing when cocktall tim rolls round. And she's seldom in bed before the small hours of the morning.png
Then how can she keep thist - willowy figure and that soft peach bloom of a skin? Tip- too nearer, and peep over her shoulder you'll find" "the" - Answer "In her glaan, Her
drinks are !! Gimlets,”! made with Rose's Lime Juice, just as they were in the good old Hong-Kong days.
And here's another secret, but keep it under your hat. She happena to know that Rose's has a quiet -way of kllling off a hang- over before it comes to lifa. No morning-after headaches after" Rosa's. It neutralizes the aftermath of alcohol.
The following selections are made by "Early Bird" of the S, C. M. Post: 1st-Baco-
Courting Eve Snowy River Criffel
Race
Conquering Time Jennifer
Moonlight View
3rd Raco
Murkaman
King Kong
Celtic Star
4th Race
Double Chance Night View Ebony Idol
5th Iaco
King's Privilege
Torondo Star
Vixen Tor
Gib Race
Just In Time Jober.
Avon
7th Race
Sports Venture Talkative
Gallant Marshal Bama Bay Janber Ruby Star
9th Race
Some Hope.
Guinness Time Kut Cheung
Daily Double
King's Privilege & Sports
Venture
BRITAIN LEADS IN DAVIS CUP
BONDI HANDICAP
Courting Eve
Snowy River
Double Finesse
LEAD MINE HANDICAP
(FIRST SECTION)
Jennifer
Hoetlo View
Red Feather
Marksinan
TOURISTS DEFEAT OXFORD
Results Of Matches
In Brief
Middlesex 1402 and 8-1) defeated Hampshire (183 and 2241 by nine wickets,
Gloucester (353) beat War- wickshire (181 and 156) by an innings and 16 runs,
Lancashire (464-8 deeld.
and
243-6 decld.i beat
Leicestershire (361 and 294
for 8) on first innings.
Glamorgan (162 and 170-4) beat Northants (191 and 138) by six wickets.
Essex (406) beat Sussex (149 and 244) by an innings and 13 runs.
West Indies (480-7 docld.) beat Oxford University (232 and 243) by, an innings and five runs.
Yorkshire (350-2 decld, and 104-11 beat Cambridge Uni- versity 194 and 369) by nine
vickets.
POSTPONED SOFTBALL FINAL
To Be Played To-Morrow
The postponed game in the final
for the champlonship of the Inter-
Softball Hong
between Lengue Socony and Dutch Barkers will be played to-morrow at 4.30 p.m., at the Kowloon Football Club. Prior to the game, two exhibition tits will be witnessed, between members of
BY AN INNINGS:
ESSEX ALSO WIN
Middlesex, Gloucester, Glamorgan and Essex won their matches in the County Cricket Championship pro- gramme which concluded to-day. Lancashire beat Leicestershire on first innings, while both the Universities were defeated, Oxford by the West Indiana and Cambridge by Yorkshire.
The West Indians seem to have gol into their stride with the advent of
CARDINALS BEATEN
warmer weather. Batting only onee Baseball against Oxford, they declared at 480 for seven wickets--the highest total of the programme. Three batsmen, H. P. Bayley (104), J. II. Cameron (100) and E. A. V. Williams (120 not out) helped to swell the score.
Helping Yorkshire. N. Yardley, last year's captain' Cambridge, scored 140 not out against his former team-mates and was to.
D. of
N. W. D. Yardley scored 140 not out against old
Section A and Section B. These are scheduled to begin at 3 pm., and all players are requested to be on the feld by 2.45 p.m. Admission into the team-mates, stand will be twenty cents.
Line-ups for the two championship contenders are as follows:
Pos Dutch Bank
p Cociho-
Socony Figuereido
Silva-Nello-
c. Pereira.
1b
Beltrao
2b
Brown Castro
Pearson
Gosano
Baros
3b Souza
⇓ great extent responsible for Yorkshire's victory by nine wickets.)
Results and defalls of matches are cabled by Reuter.
LEADING PERFORMANCES
The leading individual perfor
mances were:
BATTING
BY BRAVES
New York, May 20.
The following were the results of matelies played in the Major Base- ball League to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg
R. H. E.
17 0 Batteries, Tobin, Brown and Berres Chicago
5 11 1 Batteries, Lee, Lillard, Harrell, Russell, Mancuso and Garbark. Boston
2
7 11 Batteries, Walters and Lombardi, St. Louis.........
10 Batteries, Warncke, Shoun, P. Dean, McGee, and Owens, Franks,
· AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicugo
2 10 1 Batteries, Dietrick, Brown and Tresh.
Cleveland
1 11 2
Batteries, Harder,
Dobson
and
Pytlak.
Philadelphin
D
0 0
1
Batteries, Pippen and Brucker. New York
4
Batteries, Hilderbrand and Dickey. Washington
2 0 1 Batteries, Leonard and Guiltani, Boston.....
4 10 2 Batteries, Rich, Heving and De- sautels-United Press.
To-day's Badminton
"At Home"
If this morning's rain continues, the Hongkong Badminton Association "At Home", arranged to be held in the ground of St. Andrew's vicarage, will take place in the Church Hall.
The function will start at 4.30 p.m. with ten, after which the season's prizes will be distributed.
bridge
102
Iddon (Lancashire) v. Leicester 100
*Denotes not out
gs Alves
Sequeira Marques Lopes
I Remedios
of Cosano
W. R. Hurmond (Gloucester)
v. Warwickshire
102*
ri Ozorio
Paynter (Lancashire) v. Lel-
cester
-159
WHITSUN HANDICAP
At the conclusion of this game, Mrs. LR. Ildefonso, the wife of the Pre- Compton (Middlesex) v. Hamp- aldent of the Hongkong Softball League, will present the China Sports N.W.D. Yardley (Yorkshire) Plaque to the winning team, and also modals donated by Lane, Craw-E:A.V-Williams (West Indies)
v. Oxford................. ford, Ltd., to the players.
Nichola (Essex) v. Sussex
140
ahlre
Cambridge
143
140*
BOWLING
120*
Goddard (Gloucester)
J. H. Cameron (West Indies) v.
Oxford
Warwickshire
€ for 65
100
Buswell (Northants)
V.
A. H. Brodhurst (Cambridge) v.
Yorkshire
Glamorgan
B for 30
100
H. P. Hayley (West Indies). V.
Oxford
Robinson (Yorkshire)
V
0 for 80
104
Hutton (Yorkshire) V. Com-
Bowes (Yorkshire) v.Com-
bridge
4 for 31
King Kong..
Cello Star
SHATIN HANDICAP
(FIRST SECTION)
Dekko
Double Chance
Night View
SPENCER HANDICAP
Crifici
Blandford
Vixen Tor
LEAD MINE HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Just In Time
Jober
Avon
STONECUTTERS PLATE
National: Honour Opening Batsman GOE
WARWICK FARM. HANDICAP
Janber
Ajax
InDan Har
SHATIN HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Some Hope.
Ileddon
Magor
DAILY DOUBLE EVENT
Criffol/National Honour
Tennis Tourney At K.C.C. To-morrow
Weather permitting, on American tennis tournament will bo hold at the Kowloon Cricket Club to-morrow
Hare And Wilde afternoon, starting at 3 o'clock.
Win Doubles
Dunn Scores A Triple Win
Sydney, 'N.S.W., May 5.
D. B. Dunn, the young Sydney Unl versity champion athletle, and Aus traila's prospective Olymple repre- sentative, had triple win here after only three weeks' training following an appendix operation.
At the Sydney University athletic championships Dunn won the 100 yards in 10% seconds the 220 yards) in 224 seconds, and the broad jump with a leap of 22ft. 4 in.
Armstrong Splits Bone In Thumb
London, May 28, After an examination," the "doctor i reported that Henry Armstrong, who | retained the welterweight boxing tile against Ernie Roderick on Thursday evening, has split a bone in his left thunb.United Press.
Billiards Match HMS. Kent beat the European the YMCA. The scores.
at
Y.M.C.A. at billiards yesterday
were 4.3 follows: Y.M.C.A. names first.
Timm 180, Fletcher 117; Sykes 180, Grey 127; Purson 101, Gratton 150; Champelovler. 100, George 1650; Kent| 840, Y.M.C.A. 509..... Yvon Petro and Pierre Pellizza by | 0-3, 6-3, 3-6; 4-6 and 0-8.
* Snooker The Frenchmen led 3-1 in the first A snooker match was also played, set but the Englishmen recovered London, May 20 well: Hare and Wilde word erratic ending in a win for the Y.M.C.A. Great Britain took the lead to-day in the third and fourth sets, but their Lomaev 38, Cothill B1; Curtis 76, In the Davis Cup tie against France, inderstanding was; regained in the Deacon 21; Austice 55, Whittaker 32; when: Charles Hare. and F. H, D. Atth, Wilde finishing the match with McKenzie 50, Beaver 23; Y.M.C.A. Wilde won the doubles match against a lover game.---Reuter.
|30, Kent. 118.
Cambridge
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