Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 12, 1941.
"Bail Fan's" Baseball Notes
Sappers Suffer Year's Biggest
ACTION AT THE PLATE. Nip Lum, Mohawks, trots across while Bill Chang, Chung Hwa catcher, reaches spectacu- larly for a high throw.-Ming Yuen.
Joe Louis Admits That He's "Slipping
""
DETROIT.-Joe Louis, by his own admission, is
"slipping."
"I ain't near the fighter I used to be," the heavyweight boxing champion asserted.
my
"I guess I've slipped pretty far, Won't know how far until next fight with Lou Nova in Sep. tember," he continued. "If I find then I've slipped too far. I'll give It all up. Ain't no use goin' on- Just to get punched around."
Conn Battle
WHAT made Louis think he had
Nineteenth Defence Of World Title
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UP)
Two Records Broken At U.S. Aquatic Meet
Beating
Mindanao Take Custody
Of Bagram Shield Maroons Trounce Mohawks
"High-scoring wins"-
'—a term literally sprayed throughout baseballdom as a pain-producing heart-ache to scorekeepers and umpires, yet a heart-throb with a Turkish Delight thrown in, to the winners--gave the local two-game baseball card, the first progamme in many a week, that added "merrily we go around" flavour. The scat- tered few in the stands looked with dismal awe as hickory batons and horse-hides took a terrific pounding.
Mindanao's terrific M, sailing down the clear home stretch toward the Bagram Shield, smothered a really weak Royal Engineer nine with a heavy avalanche of runs and baschits 27-4. It was the highest platter- crossing tilt marked up by the Mindanao scorekeeper this season in their clear dash toward the pennant.
THE Chung Hwa Maroons
barged into the first division for keeps, lamblasting Charlie Waggoner's Redskin Tribe 19-8 behind the five hit twirling of Al "spectacles" Lau.
CHAMPIONS for two years in n row and pride of American ST LOUIS, Aug. 8 (Domel).—— Brented, swimmers from Hawall ball fans in the Colony, the Kwept through the final day of the pennant holders closed out their national A.AU. swimming meet series with Welford's Royal En- with a flourish that put a convine-gineers in dazzling style, pound- Ing touch to their string of vicing out a sixteen hit barrage
three-day tories throughout the tournament, breaking two national to sweep twenty-seven tallies
across the plate. records in the process. Records were hung up in the 8004 metre race by Kiyasm Nokama, will a time of 10 mins 0.2/10 secs and the 300 metre medley by José Balmores, with a time of 3 mins 50.0/10 secs.
Adolf Kiefer provided the lone break in the string of Ilawalinn swimming victories with a triumph in the 100- metre back-stroke.
Results
The events and times of winners
follow:
100 metres free style-1. Tekeshi Hirose fifawaii). 2, Otte Jaretz (Chicago Towers 4. Diek Club): 3, Ball Prew (Detroit); Lynn (Callfernin Athletic Club). Time
100 metres
Mike Jacobs, promoter of the min 1/10 stroke-1, Adolf Kiefer (Chicago Towers): 2. Fred Gass Dalins. A. C.; Bruce Donaldson (Washington 4.C.) 4. Bob Tribble Nunnu, 17.0.C.A.1. Time-1 min 8 3/10 secs.
Twentieth Century Club, Madison Square Garden, announced to-day that Joe Louis, world heavyweight Boxing champion, will defend his title against Lou Nova, at the Yankee Stadium, New York, on September 19.
gone back so far? "Why," he answered, "what hap- pened in the (Billy) Conn fight. I lave him in the third round and hgain in the fifth, but I can't finish him. I knew then that I've slipped. "Chapple Jock Blackburn, his trainer) kept telling me that no littic fellow should beat me, especially no pounds Httle fellow who
WaR 25 lighter'n me.
Neva beat Max Baer Impressively "But I can't stop him till the twice and also defented Pat Condste thirteenth round. Then, I think another promising heavyweight. No
beat hisself. He has not, however, mel Joe Louls be- was Con who Aght hisself out in the twelfth and fore
Tony Galento knocked out Then I Anish him in the thirteenth." "Tough Grind
Lou
Nova In 1939, but it was later reyenled
life.
200 metres breast-stroke-1, Jose Dal. Y.O.C.A.); 3. Carlos Rivas, Honolulu); mores (Hawaii); 2, Counsilman, (St Louis 4, Halpli Wright, (unattached). Time- mins 45 5/10 sec.
D/10
The league leaders played n "hurry up" scoring game, garnering their grand total in five frames.
Weekend Stars
Wille Wilson and Ski Powlaw- Aki. Mindanao-Former smaslied out the longest bit of the fray, alzzling triple in Uic 4th canto and also crossed the pan with five talltes in the champions' blg win: latter played a versatile game be- hind the plate and hurled shut- out ball in the rellef rale,
Chan Yu-lin and Wally Ching. Chung Hwa Maroons-Former led the Maroon slugging attack, niam- mlug cut three bingles and coming in with four runs: latter marked up three Chinese runs and hurled steady rellef ball in the hald heat.
W
Sending the slugging Tony Mus- cavage to the hillock in his first Waggoner's Mohawks figured start against the Sappers this year, the season was all over when opened up their only six Redmen showed up at the Terride M tremendous spree, in the last of the the ball park. Initial frame after the Engineers had walk and u tallied a lone run on wild throw by third sacker Bower- Sox.
With Bill Silva, Eddie Marques and Smudge Smith given contracts in a fast minute grandstand front office deal, the Mohawks started the game with these additional rookies.
Wally Ching's muff 'in the opening
Wee Wille Wilson lined Mickey Sarsfield's second toss into left field for a clean single. Ruel took first on a wild throw, sending the stanza brought Nip Lum tearing fleet-footed Wilson home with the over the pan with the first Mohawk champlons first tally. Ski. Pow-run, but the Maroons came back in single tally when lawsk walked and tivo more runs their half with crossed the plate on two errors. Choy Ping-fun walked, stole second Tony Muscavare cashed in with and
crossed the platter and the fourth
Fun In this opening
Lum's gifted miscue, frame on another miscue. The loose fielding Sappers threat-1
on
Nip
The Chinese took the coveted lend In the 2nd frame with a lone run and
400 metres free-style.-1, B Smidi (Jinwall);
une meires.-1. Kiyoshi Nakama: 2, BIK Smith. (ilawati: 3. Buamel Nukaam: 4ched with three runs in the second crashed through with six markers in. Chinrles Odu. Time-20 mins 6 210 res canto when hurler Tony Muscavage a high-riding 3rd stanza on four
300 metres medley-1, Jose Balmores wenkened momentarily.
bingle. walks, three errors and Time mbi 50 9/10 seen,
George Harper ran all the way to Continuing their desperate move 0 metres relay, Hawali, Ilrose, that Nova was suffering from a blood! Bahnoren. Oda. Smith; 2. Pasadena A. first base on a muffed third strike.for more runs, the Chung Hvamen infection which later threatened his C. Rimington 40-50 secs Vive After Davis and Pele Fox both added three tallies in the 4th canto 16-metre diving-1, Faria Clark, Ohio whiffed in the sweltering breeze, and climaxed their fifth win of the Joe Louis has a wonderful record to Stain University): 2 Sammy Lee, Foley walked, Mac Shaw's driving year with eight runs in the next diate and has only been knocked out eldenial College) a. Nerman Sper. (Santa bingle through third sent the rookie stanza. once during his professional career Barbara); Harry Pes (Santa Barbara).
The Kmetres free style, Dil Smith, Harper and Feley riding caross the by Max Schmeling, of Germany.
over third driving in lanky Mac He has 3 Paul (unattached,Honolulu) Negro will make the 19th defence of 5 put forren unattached); Dan. Blondie Taylor lifted a single hl title on September 19.
4. Michael Priane, Flathush Boys Club.
Welle Welford fled to left Show. in training since November 13, and fought seven times at the Yankee
Brooklyn). ain't had but one litle vacation el Stadium, where he beat Prino Cornera 300 metre Medley Relay-1, Tower Club, field, ending the Sappera high- two weeks between fights. "I guess my training for Buddy Baer in Washington helped some, too. The building I trained in had a tin roof. It was awful hot there.
WHAT did he really think caused
him to slip so far? Dunno for
wald. Aure," he "Guess it was a couple of things. I been working too hard. I been
rounds.
(Italy), Max Baer (U.S.), Tony Galento (U.S.), Tommy Farr (Great Britain), Jack Sharkey (US) and Arturo Godoy (Argentine).
I noticed that in my sparring I was
tired getting
after two
Anyhow, I know I ain't as good a Figured it was the heat that done it. fghter as I used to be."
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League Tennis
South China Overwhelm K. Tong 8-1
SOUTH CIHINA trounced Kow- loon Tong 8-1 in the "A" Division
of the local tennis league yester-
Breaking loose with a vengeance
Highlight of the game was the dazzling double play in the 1st In- ning when Nip Lum nabbed BHI Chang's sizzling liner to double Morocco Chanoff second with a fast throw to Mac Wong. Starting twirier Smudge Smith
in their half of the 2nd, the Ameri- was sent to the showers in the 3rd can gunboat nine rolled through frame. Relief hurler Mac Wong with n six run outburst, on a walk, found trouble in locating the plate two
wild pitches and successive and Doc Molthen was sent in to singles by Crooner Ruel, Ski Pow- finish the game. lawski, Tony Muscavage and R. J.
Wilson
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Scores:-
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R. H. E.. 10 1500 8 5 10 118380 x 10 7 Batteries:-Smudge Smith, Mac
This inning featured Reg what Mohawks man Daniels, in his first starry Chung Ilwa game with the champions The
popular Daniels, Mindanao's No. 1 Wong, Doc Molthen and Chas. Wag- ball fan,
crashed across the plate oner, Nip Lum; Al Lau and Bill with his first run of the season, on Engineers
Chang.
Crooner Ruel's smashi The Yankee tars blasted away
Ave more
in the 3rd runs
with
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Batteries:-Mickey Sarsfield, Mac
day at King's Park. E. Lee and stanza, stormed through the Sapper Shaw and Foley; Tony Muscavage, C. C. Ma were the only pair to take defence with eight "count 'em" runs Ski Powlowski, Tony Muscavage, a act for the losers, while T, E. in the 4th frame on five staggering Ling and 8. K. Kwok conceded blows, and finished off their scoring three scis ou walks-over.
Scores were:
rampage in the 5th with four final runs. as the weary ball-shagging Engineers took their worst trimming of the season.
8, C. Dow and P. Sze-lo beat r. 11. Kwok and F. Fletcher 7-51 lost to E Lee and C. C. Ma 0-7: walk over from T. E. J Ling and 8. K. Yee.
i Ip and W. IL lo beni Kwak and
Fletcher 6-3; beal Lee and Ma 8-2: 'walk over from Ling and Yee.
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