Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May
1941.
Tracing Origin Of Baseball
Persians Had A Word For It!
1
1000-Year-Old "Diamond"
Discovered In Arizona
(By "Ball Fan")
Ever since that eventful day when Abner Doubleday, the Ballston Spa N.Y. Civil War hero, set up the first schemes for playing baseball at Cooperstown in 1839, malcontents as well as dis- gruntled archacologists, who delight in techni- calities and anachronisms, have opened up with a series of "who discovered the game," arguments, to the extreme merriment of modern baseball's fun-loving throngs who sure get a great kick out of hearing these “back to the ancient movement” scientists and others attempting to justify their `minute-laden claims.
Major Baseball
Tigers Humble Cleveland Indians 5-3
NEW YORK, May 26 (UP)— Detroit Tigers humbled Cleveland Indlaus 5-3 to-day in the only game scheduled in the American Baseball League. In the National, Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Phila- delphia Phillies 6-4. Scores were:
Detrat
cvetanid
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. IL E.
Battery: “Newsum, Thomas, Tebbetin.
3 0 0 Naftery: Snith, Ieving, Hemsley,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pislodeiphia
Bollery: Blanton. Warten.
Battery
Hattery:
4 10 3 ilcerat, Crouch,
Fitzsimmons, igbe. Phelps,
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We are informed that baseball was the national Brook spot of the Persians a good sized con back. They didn't Owen. call it baseball but it was commonly known as Chahel-Chicago toop, (chahel means game, toop means ball). The Per-, Geurge sians claims of priority were pressed by Prince Amir Hessaan Sepchr Ghaffari who was called "Butch" by his schoolmates in America.
"Burdi" över saw a modern) packed floor measuring one hundred
Baseball
game
until heland eighty-five feet by sixty-five) landed in Uncle Sam's demo feet. Along each side was a sloping
emburkment of earth about fifteen-
cratic land of opportunity, but feet high. came to the conclusion. after taking in his first tilt, that the! diamond game was similar, ini many phases, to his beloved Chuchel-loop.
around
A rubler ball was fount in a pottery far near the Santa Cruz River in Arizona. The pellet re- sembled small boulder, larger than the modern baseball and very fast. Its surface was black, hard and misshapen from the thousand year Inrial; bai even after this long Interim, the interior rubber was so good that the apparent "star" had a great deal of re- silience when squeezed.
......... 1 Olsen, Erickson, Pressmell, St Louis.........
12 14 0 Ballery: Shown, Ważneke, M. Cooper, Manean
The Pittsburgh-Cincinnat! lixture se algi stanu.
Whitsun Home Soccer Programme
WAH CUP FINAL REPLAY
Preston v. Arsenal,
LONDON CUP SEMI-FINALS
In the Persian pastine, the basesį are also ninety feet apart with nine) players on each side. The ball is made of wool-thread wrapped tight- ly
rubber centre
Reading v. Crystal Palace; Tollen- and.
hum v. Brentford, Covered with a knitted fabric. Thus
SOUTH REGIONAL far the cumparison appears to be Now the gune was played is in-
Aldershot . Portsmouth; Millwall favourable to the Persian nobleman's ferred from early accounts of the
iv. Fulham; Cardiff v. Wolverhamp argument. Even
The Chahel-toop Mayans in Southern Mexico where
Leicester V. Northampton; bat, a short paddle-like contrivance, contests were played with a rubber on can be cured to the bludgeons of ball on similar courts. There isntueen's Park Hangers v. West Ham
days. The ball is Exarly"
doubt about the fact that these Walsall, West Bromwich Albion. any flipped underhand in the manner of areologists inve really discovered SOUTH CHALLENGE MATCH baseball's dawningt era.
the vestiges of stone age athletic)
Brighton "Watford.
baseball's
However the chief difference les
But it is beyond all ball | with the Clubet-toop hurles whose fans why anyone should try to pur- aim it is, to toss the ball, high up sunde a credulous publie that this is into the air with the batter swing- the origin of baseball. It could just ing as the pellet descends,
Cer-as well he the origin of badminton, lawn pong. tainly is no resemblance there to ping
even Doubleday's fireball tosses from croquet. the sinh. To top everything. Per-]
pires.
bowls, or
Chester: Bolton
TONY QUITS—Portly young man is Two-Ton Tony Galento quitting fight with Buddy Baor in Washington. Ho claimed brokon loff hand. Trainer Frain was suspended for removing glove without referee's permission.
Boxing Commission Probes Baer's Claim to Title
Decision To Be Announced Later
_WASHINGTON, May 26 of (Reuter).-The
District
Lawson Little Accepted By
Columbia Boxing Commission, American P.G.A.
after hearing Manager Hoff- man's complaint that Buddy Baer had been "robbed" of the title match with Joe Louis, have announced that the Cammis- sion's decision will be delivered
at an early date.
The Chairman of the Commission. Mr Claude Owen, who said that Louis "very difinitely" hit Baer after the bell ending the sixth round, said that Mike Jacobs had agreed to match Louis and Baer again for the title in Washington in September or October.
NORTH REGIONAL
Blackpool v.
Mr Owen expressed on behalf of Ohm: Bury v. Manchester
the D.B.A. that they would recognise City: Baer as champions it the Commission Liverpool v. Everton.
ruled that he won on u foul, but also GLASGOW CHARITY CUP FINAL were tied because of local Indicated that the Commission's
regulations that specified that the referee's decision was not reversable,
Rangers v. Partick.
Whitmonday
SOUTH REGIONAL
Aldershot
Y., Brentford; Crystal
sian Chahel-toop requires no um-MANY people insist that the English sport called round- ARIZONA archaeologists insisters is the senior partner to baseball. They point out that they have discovered not rounders has three bases-so only baseballs but also playing has baseball they claim (gen- surfaces various bits of
OR
erously ignoring home plate).Palace Reading; Queen's Park paraphernalia which were sup. However, recalling the early Rangers. Fulham: Leicester v. posed to have been utilized by facts, the American fellows who Nottingham Forest; Portsmouth the aborigines for a game re first played baseball had no
Southampton. sembling baseball at least 1
bases at all-then only a single HAMPSHIRE CUP FINAL thousand years ago.
base-gradually others werewest Ham v. Millwall. These "unctent time" discoverera reveal that the first "stoneage" ball added. fick they identiled was situated if baseball-is-a-direct-aduptution near the Gila Pueblo at Snaketown of rounders, why were there not on the Gila River Indian Reservation three bases at the beginning. Many
V.
Hockey
mem.
MIAMI BEACH.-Lawson Little, the open golf cham. pion, may be made a ber
Professional of the Golfers' Association by spe- cial dispensation in time to compete in the next P.G.A. championship. mo
The big fellow who swept the amateur field on both sides of the Atlantic in 1934-36 and then embraced the money game, has appealed personally to President Tom Walsh of the P. G. A. to be permitted to join the organisa- stipulated five years of making clubs tion without going through the and bawling out caddies.
Walsh wants Little in the fold and so do all his fellow professionals with whom he has become genuinely popu- int in the last two or three years. The only thing holding them up is
Competition On that rule, and it can be stated that
Roller Skates
A TRIANGULAR hockey competition on roller skates be- |tween_the_Middlesex Regiment, the Royal Scots and the Kowloon Everton v. Liverpool; Blackpool v. Skating Rink will take place on
-NORTH-REGIONAL-
in Arizona, in 1935. They found also state that the American national Preston North End.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
The SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING Will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 31st Мау. and MONDAY, 2nd June, 1911, commenc- ing at 2.00 nm. on Saturday and st 11.30 am, on Monday.
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. on the first day and at 11.00 a.m. on the second day,
The time interval will be after the
fourth race on the second day. MEMBERS ENCLOSURE
No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members Enclosure, Such must be worn throughout the
summer pastime had its first, open- ings via the cricket realm.
British first encountered what they considered then to be a progeny of their classic game of rounders *way back In 1874. Occasion of the Britishers' intro- duction to Baseball was a tour of England by eighteen players from America's embryo major ball lea- guc. Baseball exhibitions were the only activities in the plans of the ball pros, but these failed to stir much enthusiasm, and to thắc things over they were glad to de- cent u n chance to try their hand at crickel,
results of their games are now considered Inter national sports history of the past. Spurning the advice of form and finesse expected of them in playing
this
The
REGIONAL
Wrexham v. Stuke.
Thursday at Mongkok,
There are possibilities in the future of there being a roller skates hockey league.
Manchoukuo Plans Fo
Celebrate Anniversary
they are going to get around that by forining a special "examination com- mittee to take care of such excep- Honal cases us the open champion's. Qualifications
Little put in two years as resident pro up at Bretton Woods, N. but he has dropped that now and is devoling himself to travelling around giving exhibitions and lectures for a sporting goods house and playing in the money tournaments, That doesn't count toward the P. G. A. decree.
.
"I don't want to get in Just to play in the P. G. A. championship," Lawson says, "I think it is a ine for the organization, doing good game, and I would like to do my part."
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unpleasant inemorles of the chiding they ceived because Little, fresh from his HSINKING, May 26 (Domei).-Invitations are being sent onen triumph, was not eligible for lust P. G. A. title event nt Hershey. by Manchoukuo Sports Authorities to Japan, China, Mongolia, They explained at the time that it Indo-China, Thailand, the Philippines, Hawaii, Malaya, Burma, wasn't their fault. India and other Asiatic countries to participate in an East Asia
The games
Only One Game Played In
“A” Division Indians Beat H.K.C.C.
gentlemen's game, the slugging athletic meet being prepared Americans. In their initial match here for next year in celebra- against the famous Marylebone "All Eriglish" eleven, lunged ni balls of a tion of the 10th anniversary of League Tennis duration of cach Meeting in such type which highly trained cricketeers the founding of the Empire.
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will "Include athletic neglect, manner as to be readily identifled.
Badges admitting Non-Members to their way through to a 107-105 sur-events, football, tennis, softball, base- the Members Enclosure and Club prise victory over the "All English ball, cycling, basketball, volleyball, Rooms at $6.00 per day for Gentle combination. With the exception of table tennis, kynnasties, and other men and $3.00 per day for Ladles solitary draw the visitors clouted contests as well as swimming evenis. (both including tax) are obtainable their way to slugging cricket hope to open the way for Oriental Organisers of the athletic carnival through the SECRETARY upon the torics over all opposition encoun personal or written application of altered.
championship contests. Member, such Member to be respon-
The Manthoukuo Athletic Federa- sible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, IN 1907, fourteen years after tion which will be the principai ar-
Abner Doubleday's death, a Ven
en 600,000 for pushing preparations The Secretary's Office, 1st floor, commission, specially appointed for the meet. Exchange Building, (Tel. 27704) will by the major leagues investi- Construction of "Olympic Villages" close at 11.45 am. on Saturday, and gated all obtainable facts and already under way and is expected Tiffins are obtainable at the Club nanimously declared that base-Japanese sports authorities are offer- completed by August, this year. Ilouse provided they are ordered ball had its origin in the United ing full support and all possible co- in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. States, and that the first scheme operation for the project, while plans 21020).
No children or amals will be for playing it, according to the are being considered to send a big admitted to either Enclosure.
best evidence obtainable at the Japanese team to the Hsingking meet. PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
time, was devised by Abner
ele
at 0.45 a.m. on Monday.
The price of Admission to the
to be
has set aside a budget of
Doubleday at Cooperstown, in Water
per day New York, in 1839.
Public Enclosure is $1.00 Including Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at Uniform are admitted Half Price,
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretory Hongkong, 28th May, 1941.
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NEW FRENCH REMEDY. RAZIONING.
PIONINĖ. 2 APION N
A survey of Abner Doubleday's
Police
career and accomplishments outside Beat Recreio the baseball realm, shows us that he
almed the first gun fred in defence | of Fort Sunter in 1881; that he was vices in the Civil War; that in San brevetted Major-General for his ser-
Franelco he obtained a charter for
A billards and anooker match took place yesterday at Telmaha
isul when the Water Police Station entertained Recreio and won 703- 100. A. J. Osmund, former
INDIAN R. C. beat the Hong- kong C.C, G-3% in the only "A" Division tennis match yesterday. The Kowloon-Recrelo game Was postponed owing
Volunteer dutles. and the South China- Chinese R.C, match was put off due
to
to the state of the ground.
The Rumjahn counsins, S.A. and II.D., were the outstanding partner- ship, winning all three sets,
the II.K.C.C. M. - Pagh Shields-Goodman took
for
losing the third. Scores were:
༈ ་
while
two
and Rats,
8. A. and H. D. Rumfahn beat Shields Goodman and M. Pagħ b-z; beat C. IL R. Oxinde and A. H. Darwoll 6-3; bent T. C. Monaghan and T. J. Gould 6-3.
A, H. Madag and A, M. Minu lost to Goodman and Pagli 2-0; beal Oxiado anıl narwell 0-2; drew with Monaghan and
Gould 6-0.
■I._M. A. Razack and A. R. Kilchall fost and Barwell 2-0; beat Monaghan and Colony to Goodman and Park 0-0; lont to Oxlade
Gould 7-6.
the Brat cable street railway in the billiards champion, playing for the United States and that he was an Portuguese, lost to C. File by nine. expert engineer.
After the match, Mr. D. Terren gava an exhibition of snooker.
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However Important there achlovaments appear to us, the 150-141; H. Matches lost to P. A.
The following will represent · · Kow- Yvanovich 141-150, sports-loving public will always
Shooter, Campbell beat C. Roza Loon Cricket Club in the Second Divi- remember and laid Abner Double-Pereira 97-60; W. Morris lost to E. M. slon against Kowloon Tong to-day: „day" as the man who created #Soares 79-118; L. - Haynes- beat, C. A. E. P. Guest and F. Grose F. reitonal athleile game called base-Cunha 100-80; S. Bradwell beat J. C. Zimmern and R. T. Broadbridge; F. J.
Remedios 118-70.
Kengelbacker and N. A. E. Mackay...
Billiards Pile best A. J. Osmand Kowloon C. C. Team
"Please explain that We want Lawson lu," Walsh said. "There has been no bad feeling because he didn't sit down at some club and spend his five years there.
"As matter of fact, Little has been extremely honest about it. If he had wanted to he undoubtedly could have found some small club that would have felt honoured to
have him isted as its professional,
even if he hadn't given a lesson thero from one year to the next. But he refused to use such a subterfuge and we feel he should be rewarded."
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