Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 14, 1941.
To-morrow
Brewers Tackle Asheville Squad
Sappers v. Mindanao In To-day's Double-header
All Chinese Nightcap
(By "BALL FAN")
HONGKONGIS melodramatic ball fans are dosporately hoping for a repetition of last Satur- day's perfect baseball weather, as the major ball loop settles down to its rogular three-game card over the wook-end. The gashouse mob are still gabbing profoundly about last week's grand open- ing fixture which just about reached to the dizzy heights of local baseball's "colossal affairs"— bringing out in its climax form, colour, drama, suspense and that well-known “razz-dishing" ballyhoo.
The triple header opens this afternoon at the Chatham Road ball park, at 2.15 p.m., with Mindanao's terrific M in a "hotcha" tilt against the fast improving Royal Engineers. The nightcap at 4.30 p.m. brings Chung Hwa Maroons in their opener of the season against the weak-willowed South China nine, in an "all-Chinese" classic.
H.B.'s powerful Browers ex- pect to hit into winning stride
to-morrow morning when they Weekly Wind-
tackle Tony Grovenale's "awish swash sailors from the U.S.S. Ashoville in a single Sabbath day fracas.
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WITH' dazzler Ski Powlawski already burning them over in mid-season form, the terrific M are set to consolidate their spot at the top of the loop with a win over Hamelin's Sappers in this afternoon's opening game.
Doc Malthen, Hal Winglee and Choy Ping-fun have been called up to handle this one.
After their sensational win In last week's "gala opener", Uncle Sam's China const ball tossers have been riding on a crest of winning fever and enger to chalk up their second straight win.
Centrefelder Wee Willie Wilson, solid three smashed out safetles to lead a dynamito alíack
Mindanao's
grand victory be the seems to
who
In
last Saturday,
- up!
V.R.C. Gala To Be Held
This Evening
THE Victoria Recreation Club will hold their first Intra-Club swimming gala 'of the season at 9 p.m. to-night, not 6 p.m. as pro- vlously stated, and at the con- clusion of the swimming a dance will be held in the Clubhouse. The gala is open to the public, entrance fee being twenty cents.
Events
The local ballyard alphabet- "A" is for apple, ilie term used by ball fans all; also the sport scrib bling gentry in place of baseball....... "B" is for Brewers, whom the base-
to the core in theTHE heals were held on Wednes ball paleface razz
pennant race "C" is for Chung day, and to-night's programme be (Heats IIwa whose aim it is to reach the with the finalists will
slands for "doggone times' in brackets): top-"D" right" used by the fans If they flop "E" is for error and "F", is to fan: which causes bad language by the gents at the pan.
hot
"G" stands for Germonto who Rometimes gets a hit-"I" is for Hussain, an H.B. star with the out- felders milt "1" is for inning and "3" is for Jack: which is pald In chunks to the baseball league large at the opening crack-"" is for Kowloon where our ballyard is banked-Walle "L" stands for Lou Leigh, a star of first rank.
"A" is for Morris, a swell fellow of marauding Mohawk fame--Who will soon be leaving us via a sky- for riding acroplane "N Norton, the Tulsa star: who at lays them down good and far
50 yards free-style handicap, "A" Class. No heats.
50 yards free-style handicap, "R"
Alves Class, P. Rull (31.2), L. G. Viera (2.4), A. Cruz (33.1), A. (33,2), J. Fenton (28.2).
50 yards Breast-stroke handicap G. Yvanovich (354), A. Alves (35.4), C. Marcal (35.4), Luiz M. Remedios (32.1), A. K. Rumjahn (33.2).
30 yards backstroke handicap-L. Viera (40), A, Cruz (46.3), A. K. Rumjahn (31.3), E. D. da Roza (34.3), F. Noronha (39).
50 yards Women's
free-style handicap "A" Class-No heats.
Women's 50 yards free-style handicap "T" Class-No Heats.
Women's 25 yards breast-stroke
iness in Ozorio, the mighty answer to manager
Ival Good- out-
mite: who on the Brewer bench man's prayer for a cloutloc
will sit pretty tight--"P" stands fielder on this year's edition of tre
for Powlowski with the speedball No Heats. pennant-holding team. The willp
toss: whom batters look at, whiff at pet Wilson is headed for his best
and take Coast, Reason yet on the China
season
ball-
Tony
Muscavage's
Women's 25 yards free-style, Be- big loss.
Gutierrez (21.4), B. "Q" stands for Queer Plays: of ginners.-B. which we see many on weekend Britto (22.2), J. Silva (22.3), G. days "R" is for Runs, not in a silk Jorge (27.4), stocking: but the runs that collect
Boys 50 yards free-style handicap. when the batters start socking-R. Sequeira (30.4), J. Anderson, "g" stands for Strike which brings
which (35), C: Guterres (34), W. Ribeiro pitching lads glee: be
balters and often the umpires can't (34.2). T. Lopes (29.2).
and is expected to be in there, con- tinuing his early bursting pace. Backstopper line driving four-bagger just about stole the show in the HB. game, and
clouter will the long distance back behind the platter again this afternoon to spark: that steady in- -Deld-quartet-of-Bob Struhl, Crooner Ruel, Joe Moore and Bowie Hower-
SOX.
The Sappers are linkg up with the same starling nine that took South but China Into camp last week, tuven't acquired enough of that ball- playing instinct yet, to approach the class of Mindanao's terrifle M.
Engineer moundsman Sars Sars- held thrown them over with: fair steadiness, amount of speed and but a slight change of pace, now and then, would give this Sapper twirler that added effectiveness which willow-weavers have a dis- like for.
THIS afternoon's nightcap at
4.30 p.m. brings together those foremost of rivals, Chung Hwa's fighting Maroons and South China's red and blue men. Ski Powlawski, Welfie Welford and Tony Muscavage are booked to handle this one.
Both teams have shown a clear weakness with the Lapisville Sfur- peenllar characteristic of most Chinese leams. The Maroons have a veteran quartet in grandpa Leung, Choy Ping-fun. Al Lau and the nucleus of Chang to form
Chan
see,
and
Boys 50 yards back-stroke,~C. “pe is for Tyrus the front name Guterres (434), R Souza (47), R. of Cobb: the pride-of-all-ball Sequeira (15.3), A:-Remedios-(46.2), rokels, who was always on the job T. Lopes (32.2).
is for umpire: a big bum a porch-climbing robber, a dope and then some" is for Vaughn rookle outfielder with Mindanao: whom ball fans
Saturday labelled and stamped with a big K.O.
"y" stands for Watkins, key- stoning Tookle and an Asheville tar whom fans believe has the is the makings of a star- mark in the score card you see: for Macpherson гон when Isase Fibber McGee is for Yow, a the gents: sound coming from when a fellow like Babe Ruth hotsis the ball o'er the fence—"Z" stand for Zunck, a sound you have heard: when a wild pitcher's fast: one collides, with some plate-hug- King bird.
Referees Class For Civilians
The
Hongkong Referees
Mixed Relay. No hents.
In the bleachers Their Excellencies, Sir Geoffry North- cote (Governor) and Major-General A. E. Grasset (G.O.C.)` at the opening match of the Hongkong Baseball Season last week- end.-Ming Yuen.
They Sought To Play
Baseball-At Lords!
LONDON. The keepers of Lords Cricket Grounds in snooty St Johns Wood reeled as if the Empire had been and Canadian struck a solar plexus blow when American newsmen asked use of the sacred sod for a baseball game.
Water-Polo
Tournament Fixtures For Next Fortnight
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Sunday, June 13
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The near international hici- The House of Quality & Service
dent happened thusly:
Associated and Canadian Press re- parters, Inspired by the arrival of home newspapers giving details of the first major league openers, arranged the game.
Thie situation looked desperate when a search of London's sports stores revealed no baseballs or bats. Finally the Canadian Press war cor- Ross Munro, produced respondent,
the equipment, thanks to the Cana- dian Army.
The place of the proposed game turned out to be the royal grounds of some kind of a royal regiment and YMCA. V. v. 6th A.A. given, would take a week to get.
R.A. ("the man with keys said permission, if poo!) 11 2.m.: Middlesex text, BA ("Y" pool) 11.30a.m.; B Costal Regt, H., v. 30th Battery, R.A.
Navy pool).
Monday, June 14
What About Lords
ORDS then was suggested, "What?" gasped the startled
Navy "A" v. Royal Scots "D" (Navy Lords' telephone operator.
pool) 3.30 33
Tuesday, June 17 Royal Corps of Signals v. Navy "A" (Army pool) 7.15 pm.
Thursday, June 19
Navy "A" y. Navy "B" Navy poolt p.; Y.M.C.A. y. Navy "C" (tlavy pool)l 30 p.m.; Middlesex v.. Royal' Scola "A" (Army pool) 2.15 pan. Combined Small Unita v. 36th Battery, H.A. (Army pool) 7.45 p.m.; Royal Corps of Signala v. 5th A.A. Begt R.A. "Y" pool) 7.3 p.m.; Roynt Scott" v. 003th Battery, H.A. ("y" poot) 7.43 p..
Saturday, June, 21
Bih Coastal Regi 1.A. v. 965th Battery, I.A. (Army pool) 12 Noon.
Sunday-June. 22.
"You want Lords for what?" *. "Baseball," was the reply, "Baseball," she snorted.
that's
"Oh yes,
[Amer some thing they ploy in
Then came a long silence. Finally a man got on the phone.
"This is very unsuni," he said. "Very. I've been here nearly 12 years and it's the most extraordinary thing I've ever heard of."
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We then tried diplomacy "Look," toe said. "America
how about Lords
| lending and iced one morning?"
just lending
"Quite," said the official. "What?"
Quite Extraordinary- ath. Constal Hegt .A. v. Navy "C" (Navy pool) 11 am.; DESth Battery, R.A. with Battery. It.A. (Navy pool) 11.3 THIS is very extraordinary," he sald in a polned tone. "Look Members Novelly Race--No heats.m; 5th A.. tegt H.A.. Middlesex "A"
"Y
11 m YM.C.A. v. Middlesex here, you shout, pop about and have 11 h man Navy Bevnil sorts of doings in these baseball Royal Scots "A" (Army pool) 11 contests don't you?" Royal Scot "D" v. Combined Small Units
What's Inside (Army pool) 11-30 8m.
A Hot Dog?
Lord Halifax At A Baseball Match
CHICAGO.—Lord Halifax cn- foyed his first American baseball gamo Saturday, but balked at one of its traditional trimmings-the hot dog.
Tuesday, June 24
"Oh this is not a regular game," we told him remembering the sign on Lords' fence reading "no unneces-
puts
Y.M.CA. V. Doyal Scots "A" (Army vary not us in a deuce of a fix,
This
pool) 7.13 p.m.; Royal Navy "B" v. Royal Corps of Signals (Army pool) 7.43 pm old boy, the man finally said. Royal Navy C v. Combined Small Unita
There was another silence, broken (Army pool) 0.15 pm: Royal Navy "A"
Middlesex "A" "y" pool) 7:15 pm by whispers at the other end of the Middlesex 11" v Royal Scoin "B" "Y" wire. pool) 7.45 p.m.; Bil Coastal Regt R.À. v.
Bth A.A. Begt R.A. ("y" pool) 4.15 p.m. Greadfully sorry but there's a game "I say," the man finally said, "Pm
Thursday, June 20
:
here to-morrow between a team and
"Okay Bub," we said, "We under.
Y.M.C.A. v. 30th Battery, A. (Army the Metropolitan Police." pool) 7.15 p.m. Navy “A” v. Royal Scots
"Who's the last team?” (Army pool) 7.53 p.m.; Royal Corps "Police, Constabulary" of Signals v. Middlesex "A" (Army 1,000)) The British ambassador to the 1.15 p.m. Royal Navy "B" v. Cornbined United States entered a box without Small Units ("y" pool) 7.14 p.m.; Navy stand."
"Cv. Royal Scots "B" ("Y" pool) TAY fanfare during the fourth inning of
p.m.; Middlesex "B" v. D65th" "Daitery,| the Chicago White Sox and the De- | KA. ("Y" pool) 8.15 p.m. troit Tigers game, but he made his exit at the end of the seventh. Many spectators applauded and he smiled and raised his hand to the brim of This Homburg hat.
Hot Dawg
Park someone handed him a hot He unwrapped the paper nap-
this year's Chung Hwa men, while Association propose to hold aN the midst of his visit to Comiskey South China are relying on Tommy class on the "Laws of the Game"
Wally Chung, Nip Lum and for Civilians during the summer. dog. Hal Winglee to carry the red and blue colours fluttering through with Those desirous of studying to become referees are advised to
a win.
Twirler Al Lau is stated to start enrol with the Hon. Secretary, on the Maroon slab and will have the Referees Association, c/o problem infield In their first official game of the senson. Outhelders the Treasury, so that the Choy Ping-fun and Forrest Loong necessary arrangements can bo are manager grandpa Leung's prize made. . No fee is charged. fly-shagging duo, and are banked on
to produce that steadying influence Subject to sufficient enrolment
on an inconsistent line-up that has being received, the class will be played mengre calibre ball in pre-opened sometime in July,
season tune-up games.
The Carolina Ifilmen have lost
promising Young Kenny. Mor
lanky slabman, but are expected seemen in a lone Sabbath en-
to alago a terrific fight in this au- counter.
Important Chinese classto. Tommy Asheville's -new fireball twirling Chan's rang took a surprise loss in ace, Charlie Sawyer, gave
મ nent
their initial tilt and are dead-set speedball display on the mound, in on breaking through Into the win-subduing the marauding Mahawks, alox column with a victory over and will probably get the call onco their arch rivals.
jagain to-morrow.
in gingerly, and asked:
"What's inside it?"
He was informed that it waN SAU- sage and that, moreover, the King and Queen had eaten similar fure at the Roosevelt estate In, Hyde Park, N..
"I know it," he stated, but he didn't eat it.
Challengers For British Welter Title
LONDON, June 6 (Reuter). -Ernie Roderick, the Britüh welterweight champion, now in the R.A.F., will find plenty of opponents available when he can manage the time to \fight. •
At least three men think they have sound claims to $100 fights. They are Norman Snow, Paddy Roche, the Irish champion. Harry Lazar, the 18-year-old East London Bghter.
Roche, who la joining the
and
Irlali
Guards, recently beat Arthur Dann- har and George Odwell. He is now challenging Snow and is anxious to secure a fight with Roderick.
The powerful ILB. Infield' shquid start clicking in a big way against i the sailors and will carry a big edge up at the platter, in fielding anything that sizzles around within
The start of one of the races in the inter-Hong swimming range and in ball-playing experi
his gala at the Y.M.C.A. on Wednesday. The wimmers are R. ence, against the runboat crew. Asheville's pellet-grabbing out- G. Castleton (B. & S.), C. Salter (Dodwell's), and D. G. Day
were un-
Boy Discovery. ABOUT a year ago Lazar-real name Lazarus--was being halled as
boy discovery, Critics animons that he was a champlon in the making. Coming from a family. of boxers, Lazar showed a natural WITH a heart-breaking game
apiliudo for the game. He could already erased as a happen-
punch; he had style and, above all, ing of the past, H.B. Boor's
Possessed the cool lead of a veteran
young shoulders. 'gashousers will be out at the
Lazar disappeared from boxing ball park on masse to-morrow morning at 10a.m., eagerly fold looked pretty weak in their first (H.K. Bank); R. Goldman starter. Behind are Miss T. Jex for a time following his suspension game of the year, and manager Tony (Jardines) Miss R. Cockburn (B. & 5.), L. A. Bonn (Dod- by the British Boxing Board of Con trol for appearing in unlicensed hoping for a Brower win Grovenale faces a big problem in his. Dhun Ruttonjeo's beer hopefuls desperate effort to produce a winner well's), Miss D. Dodwell (Dodwell's) and Miss M. Booker tournaments, and little is known of
\\ {H.K. Bank).--Ming Yuen. tackle U.S.S. Asheville's Tennes-this season.
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his present form.
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this drink, above others, was one to keep figures slender.
And with that discovery came another, that even a mere man who insists on Rose's Lime Juice tonight. avoids a beadache tomorrow.
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