13. 1941
Teams Limbering-Up For League
Tulsa Trample Chung Hwa Youngsters Underfoot: R. Engineers Trounced
(By "Ball Fan")
Continuing their spring training, limbering- up sessions, local baseball teams dished up two more pre- season exhibition games over the week-end in heat- perspiring weather at the sun baked sand dunes of the Caroline Hill ball park, as ball fans throughout the Colony continue to dope out the chances of each team. this season in real hot stove fashion.
Grandpa Leung's Chung Hwa Maroons went down to their second straight southern train- ing defeat as Tulsa's mighty T rede roughshod home on a 12-4 "heh heh" win. The local Chin- esc "Connie Mack" had a gang of youngsters out there just up from the sandlots, who were taking in their first game under the big tent, and they showed a clear degree of back yard ball and inexperience in their pep pery efforts to retain a spot on the Chinese major league team this year.
TAKING a force shattering, lead in
21
the first two frames, Unele Sam's hard-hitting sullors found loop-hole in the offerings of Chinese hurler Al Lau to connect for thirteen solki sufelles with successive crash- Ing homeruns by slugger Maxwell and shortstop At Simmons featuring a 5th inning two run scoring attack.
Playing in torrid tropical Deal which had the ball players and
fans sweating to the core, the brand of ball dished up by both teams had a "weary-labelled" tog marked all over it, with a few of the diamond artists stripping to the waist or relief from the intense
humfully.
Tulsa's starting moundsman, "Mac" MacLanahan opened up highly
in
conndent style, but weaken- ed terribly in the 3rd canto to walk? six Chinese Maroons who only gor- nered two runs in this generous free paas melee. Relief hurler Strickland lossed a stendy game the next four frames to hold the Chinese to one soiltary blow....
Weekend Stars
Al Simmons and Maxwell, Tulka -Former led n. terrife Tulsa power clouting attack with a pro..." digious komer, double and single to drive in six tallies with a spec- tacular hickory-wielding perfor ance; laiter also figured in the devastating attack with a circuit clout and single besides pilfering three bags and coming home with three runs.
Dave Leonard and Baby Abbas, H.B. Beer-The old bam surprised his most ardent supporters by "hurling a steady game to set the Engineers down with five measly bingles and a lone tally, striking out six Sappers in the rout: latter's run in the second frame started
their run scoring splurge.
the heavy clouting Brewers on
MASS HORSE RACING
10,000 Prepared For Rassian Competitions MOSCOW, April 80 (Tass). The spring season has com menced at hippodromes in the southern districts of the U.S.S.R. Hundreds on thoroughbreds have been assembled for the Moscow, Lvov, Tashkent, Pyatigorsk and other hippodromes, and 10,000 collective form trotters and race- horses have been assigned for this year's competitions. The All-Union will be held at
trotting hippodrome...
the Odessa
The All-Union derby for race- horse and trollers and traditional contests for the All-Union summer
Bill Chang (Chung Hwa catcher) dropped the ball and Tulsa Prizes for 4-year racehorses und
scored one as seen in the picture.--Ming Yuen,
Cricket In America
Firmly Established
Figures For 1940 Season
3-year-old trotters will be for the first time held in Moscow as well as the U.S.S.R. prize of race-horses on 0,400 metres distance and saddle horses on 4,000 metres, 235 drought horses will participate in the racing contesta.
PEAKNESS STAKES WINNER TAKES KENTUCKY DERBY NEW YORK, May 12 (Reu- tor),--Mr Warren Wright's Whirlaway, winner of the Ken-
SAN FRANCISCO.-Cricket in the United States has gone along in such an unobtrusive manner since its intro-tucky Derby the previous week duction in 1751 that it is not generally known that it is played each summer from Boston to San Diego and from San Francisco to Philadelphia.
U.S. National ket Annual, there are nearly 100 Breast-stroke
According to the Illinois Cric-
clubs.competing for various As- sociation or League honours each
Record Broken
syasun.
New York State leads with 32
Don Bradman Recommended For
clubs (divided into four competitive Discharge From Army
BUFFALO, N.Y. May 2 (Reuter) groups); California is next with 20 -Lille Patty Aspinall, known as (10 in the Northern California "The Minnow with the Flying Cricket Association and 10 in the Fish Style," smashed the National Southern California Griffith Park Women's 220-yard breast' stroke|A.). Then comes the Massachusetts record at the age of 14 at the State C. L. with 11, Bilinois C. A. 10, Women's Senior Amateur Athletic New Jersey C. L. 1, Philadelphia Union Swimming Championships C. A. 5, Rhode Island and Central Massachusetts C. L. 4, Missouri C. A. 3, and Flint C. L. 3.
here.
She covered the distance in 3:07.4 P. F. Choy and Forrest Loong, minutes, slicing 1.2 seconds from the Chung Hwa's steady outfield duo record set in 1940 by Fujiko Katsu- and
veteran stars of last year's tont of Honolulu. heated season, came through with Patty swam the whole way using brilliant fly-shagging displays out the dimcult "fying fish" stroke, in there in the sand pastores, to
which the arms are brought out of in the well-known bud, many the water
scoring threats. The two fashion, Instead of the orthodox veterans appear to be rounding underwater breast stroke.
Tuisa
out rapidly into mid-season form
and coach "Connie Mack" Leung
Is banking heavily on these two
outfield sems to be standout stars this year.
Second string tosser Bill Chang coming up to the slab In the 6th canto was greeted with a shower of baschits Including a sizzling double by Fete Petersen. Four Tulsa talles dented the old platter in this frame ng the mighty T rode home with their third straight spring training triumph.
DHUN Ruttonjee's H.B. Brew-
-ers-sparked-off-their-sea- son's campaign with a big 10-1 opening exhibition victory over the Royal Engineers.
Hurling classy
ball in
Cosmopolitan Composition THE personal composition of the clubs in the Middle West and the Eastern States is unknown, but A double overhand out in the San Francisco Bay region the cosmopolitan side of the game is illustrated by the make-up of some of the teams.
'Spurs Player. Killed In Flying Accident
CARBERRY, Man., April 7 (UP). Leading Aircraftman David M. Wesley, 27, fatally injured in a flying accident near the Royal Air Force training school here, was a prominent college athlete and be fore the war a member of the famous Tattenham Hotspurs soccer Leam.
The captain of the cricket team of the Olymple Club (Ray Ockernal) Is from Adelaide (Australia); J. M. Anderson was born in Honolulu; C. E. and C. T. Carien, P. J. Coleman, S. R. Farley, W. S. Kennedy; and A. S.. C. Hulton in England;
F. W.
and Maurice Woloban. George Bones,
end, won the valuable Peakness Baltimore, by beating King
Stakes at the Pimlico
Course,
Cole by five lengths, with Our Boots, two lengtha behind, third,
Whirlaway is the son of Blenheim, the Englisli Derby winner of 1930. Ridden by Eddie Arcaro, Whirlaway covered the Pimlico course of nine furlongs in one minute 6846 seconds.
Electric R.C. Bowls Rinks
SYDNEY. May 2-Lieut The following rinks have been selected to represent the Hongkong Don Bradman, famous cric- Electric R.C. In a Lawn Bowls Lea- keter, has been recommended gue match against the Police R.C. at for discharge from the army
Happy Valley on Saturday, 3.30 pm: W. E. Macfarlane, R. F. Gregory, for health reasons. Recently J. F. Barron and L. de Rome. he has suffered from fibrositis Gardner and A. F. Paul. in the back muscles.
R. A. Owens, E. L. Groome, A. G.
A. P. Tarbuck, J. R. Way, C. E. Gahugon and J. K. Sloan.
Reserve, W. Stonehouse.
Anglo-American Boxing
Bouts For
War Funds
Mike Jacobs Adopts British Proposal
NEW YORK, (UP).—Promoter Mike Jacobs is Seineke in South Africa; and Jerry trying to arrange a series of six War bouts in Harry Hughes, D. J. MacDaniel, and six United States' cities between the best United States P. J. Peterson are American-born ot and British professional fighters for the benefit of the British parentage.
The president (and most consistent British Red Cross and Canteen Service. balanan) of the Golden Gate club! 3. M. Kealy-is from Ireland; C. McMorine __{secretary__and_leading bowler) and W. Cutler from Eng- land.
Не Was fatally injured early Then there is a group of Call- Friday when he made. forced formians-V. Weish, W. and R. Mul- Innding
near 'No.
33 Service grew, K. Dorking, and W. Strel-all his first Training School, 100 miles west of of whom played baseball in high
Home Soccer Fixtures For
mound effort of the current year, Winnipeg, after a routine night fight, school and college and brought with The Week-end
slab artist Dave Leonard cashed in He died in hospital several hours them to the Golden Gate team keen- with IL "ding ho" tossing perform-later. ance to limit the Sappers with Ave
ness, enthusiasen, and a highly com- measly bingles. "Hot tamale" Dave's
petitive spirit. Areball had the Engineers in a guess-
London Graduate
A graduate of London University. ing mood as he sent out six via the Wesley was prominent in rugger and whiff route.
as 11/1 amateur boxer during his The beer kings opened up in the college years. He was heavyweight 2nd stanza when Baby Abbas boxing champion at the university singled to centre, stole second and seven years no. Prior to the war third, and crossed the platter with he taught languages in intermediate the first tally on a wild throw to schools in London. first by Sapper moundsman Sars. An aunt. Mrs S. Sair, lives at
Beld.
The Leonardmen added three more runs in the next frame with A. K. Omar Showboat All and Jindoo Hussain eruising home on a single and two errors after Tarzan Ismall
was tagged out at second.
North Battinlord.
Adamson Cup Golf
J. M. Thomson 77-9-68, and M. A.
The Royal Engineers checked in Cairns 86-18-08 tied and qualided for with their lone tally in the 3rd on a the May competition of the Adamson single by Vie'Foley who stole second Cup at Happy Valley Golf Course dur- look third on a passed ball and rushing the week-end.
has
. Test Standard ·
baseball THE
experience proved to be especially valuable in the matter of fielding and it is no exaggeration to say that one see Delding in some of the games of the Northern California C. A. that would not be surpassed in a test match between England and Australia.
can
Cables were sent to London asking-if-siz suggested British" pugilists could." obtain fur- loughs for a team trip to the United States. It is believed that the furloughs can be oh- tained because the proposal
of the war matches originated
in England.
LONDON, May 12 (Router).-Tho
Jacobs said he following are the Home soccer fx-promote these bouts in New York, was eager to tures for the coming Saturday:
Los Angeles, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphin and Chicago. He was LONDON CUP
confident they would draw big gates Arsenul v. West Ham.
fand make robust contributions to the British Red Cross and Canteen funde. Rival Organisation Cardiff City v. West Bromwich JACK Kearns, former manager, of Fulham v. Millwall; Leicester v. Tot-announced that he has formed an Albion; Crystal Palace v. Southend; of Jack Dempsey, subsequently tenham; Northampton v. Chelsea; organization to Portsmouth v. Aldershot.
SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE
HAMPSHIRE CUP SEMI-FINAL Queens Park Rangers v. Walford; Reading v. Brentford,
promote boxing shows throughout the country for the benefit of the British-American Am- bulance Corps.
High Scorers SOME of the American-born boys
In addition to staging his own were among the high scorers of
shows at strategic locations available the U.S.A. for the 1040 season.
to men' in training camps and to George Bones of The Olympic Club NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE those active in defence projects, scored 106 retired against Sacra-
Kearns will cooperate with other Blackpool v. Preston North End; promoters in providing cards mento and Jerry Wolohan of same team had a high score of 70 and City: Everton v
Wanderers Bolton
Manchester Bnances for their ambulance corps more markers in the 4th inning and K. Omar who took first on an infield finished the season with an average Grimsby. Barnsley.
Sheffold United; ghis. Ten percent of the gross gate finished off with a two rum attack in error; showboat Ali's stinging dou- of 38.75 per Innings-the highest in
will automatically be assigned to the the 6th when Charlle Manson open-ble to right drove in his two mates the Association.
corps, he said,
ed home on an overthrow.
Leonard's beermen added three
ed up with a single followed by A, to end a high-scoring brewery win.
Insect bites
CUTS
-Prevent infections
with reliable Absorbine Jr.
Don't take chances on in- fection from insect bites, cuts, abrasions, scratches or open sores-apply antl. septic Absorbine Jr. It kills the germs and draws out the polson-helps healing. Keep a bottle handy,
ABSORBINE JR.
BENTALLINNA
For years has rellevad sora masclan, muscu
far ashes, bruises, auto,/«prviss, abrasional
Balan Agentai Mullwy Masiaan & Co., Sner
B
In their initial ball playing BD- pearance of the season at the train- unc section of the Caroline H sand dunes, HB.'s beermen seem to have a pennant aspiring lineup that has real classy hitting power with plenty of experience and ball sense out there on the diamond. and should start as one of the fa- voured nines when the season rolls around in the near future,
Another, Bill Wright of the
V.
OUNTHORPE CUP Huddersfeld v. Bury; Tranmere Venice Club of Los Angeles, played Rovers v. Chester." an innings against Santa Barbara that would have won him the cheers of cricket fans the world over. Out of a total of 72.runs he scored 60 of them in sixes.
During the season he batted 20 times for a total of 650 runs; his highest score was 94; and his average 22.41 per innings. V. Welsh's 71. was the highest score for the League- RINGING
Gate a grand ball season to a Cup-winning Golden
Club highly successful climax, the team. annual softball dinner dance held It may seem strange to stress the over the week-end in the Rose Room fact that so many American-born of the Peninsula Hotel went off with boys are doing so well in ericket out a hitch as a gala crowd of soft and the only reason for doing so is ball players and gashouse fans made because many Americans on viewing merry to the sweet tunes of Art a cricket match for the first time. Carneiro and his tic toc rhythm always remark that it is much too tame and slow for the youth of this) country,
makers.
Centuries
CHESTURE COUNTY BOWL REGIONAL MATCHES
V.
Mansfield Doncaster Rovers | Stoke City v. Chesterfield,
COMBINED COUNTIES CUP FINAL. Middlesbrough v. Leeds United. LANCASIUBE CUP FINAL Manchester United v. Burnley. OTHER MATCHES Walsall v. Aston Villa. 8COTTISH_CUP FINAL REPLAY (AT GLASGOW) Hearts v. Rangers. CHARITY CUP FIRST ROUND Partick Thistle v. Clyde.
+
and
Of British Origin A GROUP of prominent Briitali
sportsmen" originated the Idea Jacobs announced." They wrote to Nat Fleischer of New York, editor of The Ring" magazine, asking him to contact Promoter Jacobs
regarding possibilities of his staging the bout Jacoba
proposal.:
WES
the The British team who Tommy Farr,
gave Loula hard 16-round fight back in 1937, and
current Ave
British champions: Len Har
Harvey, heavyweight; Jock
McAvoy, middleweight; Ernio
Roderick, welterweight; Erle Boon,
TOWELLING
Jd. 28151. Jel
SPORTS
SHIRTS
NAVY
OR
WHITE
IDEAL FOR THE HOT
WEATHER
COOL & COMFORTABLE
$595
THE LADIES SALON
LANE CRAWFORD'S
The House of Quality & Service
NIAGARA FALLE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
ALLURING ALAIKA
DILURE TRAINS
Going on Leave?
SEE AMERICA
the Canadian Pacific Way
THE ACME
OF COMFORT
FAST EXPRESS AIR-CONDI- TIONED TRAINS-DAILY-THROUGH MAJESTIC CANADIAN ROCKIES.
000 MILES OF UNSURPASSED MOUNTAIN SCENERY, THEN ON TO TORONTO FOR A SIDE TRIP
·TO NIAGARA FALLS AND MON- TREAL AND QUEBEO, FRENCH SPEAKING.OITIES ON THE ST. LAWRENCE.
STOPOVERS ALLOWED ANY.
WHERE ENROUTE
RATES - EMBARKATIONS-IN » FORMATION
From Travel Agenoles.
or
Canadian Pacific
WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVES SYSTEM
UNION BUILDING
HONG KONG › TELEPHONE 20751
THE FELLOWSHIP OF
THE BELLOWS
The R. A. F. has done its stuff
AGAIN
SO BLOW TO IT
April Score 385
ghght, and Jackie Patterson; CLOSING DATE FOR APRIL — Tuesday, May 20
Read your Fellowship Booklet carefully for detalled Instructions regarding "blow-ins" and "windfalls". then deposit your April "blow-in" (in a closed envelope with your Fellowship number), In addition to official collectors for firms, there are collection Boxes at:-
Star Forry Wharf, Kowloon. China Light & Power Co., Ltd.,
Hung-hom.
In addition
to the Louis-Forr mátch; another heavyweight en- counter would pair Harvey and either Lou Nova or Maxlo Baer, McAvoy could tangle with either of middleweight champions, Keri Overlin and Tony Zale,
Roderick
could engage
Welter LK. & Shanghai Bank, Kowloon. champ Fritzie Zivic; Boon square off
Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. against the lightweight king, Law
our
Addressing the large gathering from a well-defined spot at the "mike." President Ildefonso gave a brief but clear review of soft-
AT least four players in various) ball doing during the past year, paris of the United States and thanked players, managers and reached the coveted century with]||||| all connected with the game for the highest (known) Individual understand that he is a very valu-Jenkins, and the world flyweight title Far East Oxygen & Acetylene Co. their fine efforts in bringing soft-ccre for the season-being that of able man to this team.
dispute could be finally gated by Ltd, Kewison. 140 made by Stanley Jones of
the
of Scotland Venice Club of Los
Angalen.
Caravan, Kowloon. Dado,
י
in Chicago.scored 114 not out
bail to is present pinnacle in the realm of local apori.
A. Tindall of the Hyde Park team Patterson SAE Little | European Y. MC, A., Kowloon, Prizes were distributed by Mrs Li Kwok-ying and Mrs Dhun Ruttonjer, an aggregate of 800 runs for an 100 retired... and J. Layne of the purses, while the British boys wouldTook Club, HKTO He was at bat 25 times and scored George Bones (The Olymple Club) american aghters could keep their Holbal Bank, H.K zīInstiinte, ́HEN and the large gathering made "heh average of 35.98 per innings. As he West Indies team in the Massa- donate the shares to the British hch until the early hours of the also took: 111 wickets at an average chusetts CFL ran up a score of 102 funds. In addition as portions of the Lane Crawford L44; ILK," morning en
of 6.83 runs per wicket it is easy to not out.
all profits also would: gal to the funds Pr
Chins Light & Power Co., Ltd.
Argyle Street,
H.K. Star Ferry Wharf. H.K. Hotel, LK, SE H.K.Club. Bank Gloucester Hotel, ILE, II.K==>>Whampoa @Dock Recrea
*