Final Touches To Baseball League Preparations
Brewers Challenge All-Comers For 1941 Pennant
South China Acquisitions
(By "BALL FAN”).
THE HONGKONG hot stove ball league that mythical circuit where the hopes and fears of all local major baseball teams are boiled in red hot conversation all winter-has adjourned. Instead the smell of arnica is in this Colony's tropical breeze; muscles are creaking, and from now on, actions—not words—are going to build up or knock down pennant castles.
As the rapid spring training session swings into its final week, the H.K. Brewers are holding highest hopes of clinching this season's pennant, and taking the Bagram Shield for a one year safe-keeping.
The beermen finished right up near the top last season; after a gallant stretch bid, and have been scouting around for talent all through the hot stove season
The terrific "M" will be a pen- rant threat right down the stretch bid once again this year.
TULSA'S mighty "Y," the "up
and down" team of this to plug up the gaps which made year's spring tune-up sessione, the difference between cham- have shown inconsistent form on pions and runners-up last year, the sandy dunes of Caroline Hill.
From this angle the beer-hugging brewers seem just about set to start as sizzling hat favourites in the pennant chase. Rutlonjre's fuld botflers have a standout array of diamond stars signed for the cam- paign team that packs plenty of willow-power, with an experienced outfield
trio
to back up the veteran Stan Leonard, Tony Alves, Ge
George Sousa, Dave Leonard quartet.
spring training
sessions the have stood
out in a class by and with the Arcullt duo battery rapidly rounding into shape, slim Madeen should enjoy one of his best seasons yet, on the local ball: hillock. We pick these master beer men to head the chase at the final them toward the pennant, and should stretch,
The Usshermen have cashed in with big time wins in their pre- season exhibition frays, but have alsu hli the diet with meagre games the Brewer and Min- against danao. Known as the team will an unlimited number of herty ball mighty ***** tossing players, the
thic may hit their stritte during league season to surprise the cash customers by cruising in on top. Babe Strickland and Lefly Stock- ton have dashed a fair amount Plass on the hillock, and along Mac- Lanahen will bear the hurling burden for the coming campaign,
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The burly fars are banking heavily on high class offensive power to carry
Rist
past the platter in rapid fashiton | this your if their Hed Simmons, Maxic Muxwell, Bili Terry. Pete
Petersen quartet comes through with their waal slugging.
EFENDING champions and once again a dark horse nine, the Mindanao tars have centred their hopes for a second succes- WITH the acquisition of Kenny sive title on the dreball twirling
Moy, the red and blue gang of blonde Ski Powlawski and from South Chins should put up energetic hindamatcher Tonya spirited scrap in the title hunt, Muscavage.
But incking a real good clouter Uncle Sam's gunboat men on then their lineup, the Chinese ball China coast took a bad loss in the players will cling to the axiom departure of Big Douglas, and the that tight fielding holds a high lunky firebrand will be badly missed at the initial sock this year.
Crooner Ruel and Willie Wilson, mainstays with last year's champion- have returned to the fold
ship team ogain and will spark the ball-chasing gong this season; but the rest of the roster--rookies in their first appear- ance before local fans, will be out there starting with a big question mark.
The Caroline
ball artist.
Weekly Wind-up
Anollier sweet spring training || scasion winds up into that well- known half called "ball doings of
the past" after Hils wedered/
All teams are ready and
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to start another glowing season. Dame rumour tore across with the fact that the European Y.M.C. has organized # ball team that will take in practice tits this your South China's red and blue men are banking on Den Crury to toss them from the slab this year-The 0.1.C. apeedball twitter is out there on the Peninsula
diamond practicing dally ta unison with the appearance of the sunrise-Den is the allent type of player-Calm and collected, but with all the fight in the world.
The Canuck and Canuckette ball teams are taking a long distance ride out to Stanley to-morrow— Will call at the Mohawk stronghold In connection with their viall to the Maryknoll House.
The Madcap Athletle Club las come into existence in this high- livo in-Edille. "dat boogy man" is the revolving link behind the Madcap A.C, scene-Item No. 1 on this club's curriculum will be a genuine angrycap softball team in the local league next autumn.
Two wind-up exhibition games have been carded for this week- end-The U.S.S. Asheville ball aces make their inillut appearance at the year an a Hongkong diamond,, meeting ILR. Beermen to-morrow at 10 am-South China are booked to tackle H.K.B.C.'s marauding Mohawks at 2.30 pan. on same day.
The Asheville nces sent every local team,
they
niet, Li cleaners last year-They'll be Aline in for Tulsa in league games when the nighty T are not in port.
"Capt. Foster" Selects The Following:
Can you recognise the swing? It is Bobby Jones III who made his gulf debut in the Chattanooga School **** | Meet on May 1.
Cage Stars Preparing For Summer League
CLICKING OFF time before the Colony's summer cage season gets underway early in July, South China's "swish swash" basketball stars are slated to tackle a rangy, long- shooting Police A.C. hoop squad in a tune-up exhibition tilt at the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A., on Waterloo Road, to-morrow afternoon at 4.30 p.m.
The law-keeping quintette will spot in the winning of games. Shanghai ace, Johnny Schaberg,
line up with a few six-foot Indian have signed on Tommy Chan, signed up, and will pack in constables who have been out Wally Ching and Nip Lum from the tense slugging power in the coming season, and the Police ex- the court practicing steadily for the defunct Chinese Baseball Club, and opening month with Pete Fitch,pect to nuko a strong bid for the crowd- foursome who will add Mack Sperry and Frank Crews Colony League Championship and plenty of experience and defensive anchoring the Five Nation run the Wu Telchen Cup, emblematic
making threat.
of summer session supremacy.
Hal Winglee from the Brewer
strength.
Den Crary and Johnny Fisher, late)
However, this dynamite trio will be If sandlotter Joe Moore
pre-season hold-outs, have come to sky-riding inland before the July comes terms, and silent Den is slated through with the OK. sign atake over
to heat wave sets in, and manager the mound job when Honus Waggoner's rellet problems
this isie ofw start in once again.
shortstop and Jakey Powell pults Kenny Moy leaves
them down in the outfield "a la" "budding buddies."
his namesake on the NY. Yankees
ball team, manager Ival Goodman's
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Entries for this year's hot wea- ther cage loop will be received by the Kowloon Chinese Y.ALUA., physical department, on June 10. and will probably close about twe weeks later.
worries for a strong defensive mine HONGKONG Baseball Club's experienced lineup-a team who are to install floodlights around the
should just about be answered with narauding "Mohawks" have
n big victory prayer.
been strengthened with
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The ball-busting Braves are expected to start the season with an
knack" in baseball, but from this real familias-with-every little inter the perspective we can't see the gallop- ing Iroquois as serious flag contei- ders after the redoubtable trio make their getaway from this Colony,
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Y.M.C.A. To-night AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY
The interest of Colony. swim- ming enthusiasts will centre to- night around the gala that will be held at the European Y.M.C.A. commencing at 8.30 p.m.. between Lai Tsun Swimming Union and the European Y.M.C.A.
Two events that will be of excep- Plans have already been completed and 220 yards free-style.
aul interest will be the 100 yards In the mittee will stage alt games during who last spacious open air court, and the coin David-Hutchinson-will-be com
peting against Tsang Cheong-ming. the evenings.
year of but won the Colony 50 yards championship, and League Prospects - in the second Chan Chun-nam, COMPETITION should be pretty champion over the furlong, will re- hot in this year's loop with a ceive great opposition from his club- few foreign teams booked to enter at mate Lau Tal-ping.
CHUNG Hwa Maroons have a the opening toss-up, giving the hoop
peppery team of youngsters league an international atmosphere. It is to be regretted that the Vic- Tulsa's mighty, may enter totoria Recreation Club Indles have grandpa five basketball fans that American found it impossible to enter a team
tinge, while. V.R.C.'S swimming for the Open Relay. acquaeaders are a definite entry and
in the making under the experi enced guidance of Leung.
to
gashouse SPORTS
ADVT.
The Maroons are putting plenty or have been putting in sizzling jam hape in the ability of hurler Al Lau sessions at St Joseph's cernent court. to come through with the O.K. â Bang of signal, a snappy flelding ninc
young offset weak clubbing at the platter, moisters, led by Frankie Neves, and a silent prayer.
former St. Joseph's College star, are all set to make a driving nab for the Bill Chang's precious soupbone Wa Teh-chen Cup. Another big problem facing the Chung Hwamen, and the back-China A.A's claim of basketball But strongest opposition to South stopping see is hoping for a rapid supremacy will probably come from cure before the opening game gets Sing Tao's veteran outfil, and the tre underway,
Pui Ying quintette.
Veterans Forrest Loong and Choy: Ping-tun have dished in with high toned fly-shagging class in the prac tice sessions, and may be the twosome who wil lead the Chinese Maroons In their fight for an upper league- standing berth.
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THE Royal Engineers will be
Week-end Lawn Bowls
out there again with the League Schedule
same enthusiastle team of other
years. The Sappers are just To-day's Lawn Bowls League about tops with that old fighting| matches will be as follows:
v. Recreio "A" v. Kowloon C.C. V. K.B.G.C. "B" SECOND DIVISION
spirit and
the eagerness
to
FIRST DIVISION learn, but definitely do notĮ K.B.G.C. "A" possess the fundamentals of Police Abner Doubleday's great sum- Civil Service mer pastime to even approach the thought of a pennant in the offering this year.
Hamelin's willow-wind
Recrelo
v. Tatkoo Hongkong C.C. v. Hongkong F.C. weavers Kow. Tong have two speedy slab artiss in Raddy Kowloon C.C.
v. Prison O.C. Radcliffe and Hank Sarsfield, but this
V. Kowloon F.C. duo are still rough on the rudiments
THIRD DIVISION of clever tossing the control and
finesse that make masterful ball Crolgengower v. Electric twirlers.
Recreio
V. K.B.G.C.
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Keyatoner Sarg. Welford has dish-Kowloon F.C. v. Indian C.C. ed up n peppery brand of ball play-Hongkong F.C. v. Hongkong C.C, ing during training, and if his trickt knee holds out with the league pace, he should be out on
tho diamond
playing his best ball this season.
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Youn roess is as good if not better than mine, Hero's, the way I've doped out the pennant, standing in the final round-up.
1. H.D. Beer.
2. U.S.S. Mindanao.
3. U.8.8. Tulsa,
-: 4. ILK.B.C.
South China.
To-morrow
FIRST DIVISION
Indian R.C.
v. K. Docks, THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.
THERAPION NO. THERAPION NË 2
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
The SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING will be held, weather permitting, -RATURDAY, 31st May, and MONDAY, 2nd June, 1941, comment- Ing at 2.00 p.m. on Saturday and at 11.30 am, on Monday,
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p. on the first day and at 11.00 a.m. on the second day.
The tin interval will be after the fourth race on the second day.
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Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentle- men and $3.00 per day for Ladies (both including tax) are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon the personal or written application of Member, such Member to be respon- alble for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.
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Tiffins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Bay (Tel. 21020).
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