Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 2, 100Y
China
"Ball Fan's" Baseball Notes
Deserves
United States Decimated By
Fighting Far Easterners U.S. Navy's Charity Victory
Prolongs Local Season
Local baseball's fortune-telling belle again crossed up Colony ball fans over the weekend to prolong the ball-playing season as high-lighted post loop games brought in plenty of that "moochy pecunia" to the barren league coffers. It was an all-smiles" weekend for the local ball moguls after the head-on events of the league
season.
A red-hot playing ball nine bearing the mighty colours of a great China flashed across the Chatham Road ball yard-with dazzling baseball, to annex the Mamak Shield and the International championship with an 11-3 win over the United States. Ski Powlawski came back with a tight twirling game in the opening of the Sunday doubleheader to halt the Colony All-Stars 7-3, in the third game of the Charity Series.
with o THE 1941 league season made Choy drove in two tailles
its forlorn exit in the Sab-soaring single to left and with the American infeld playing in close for a bunt, outfielder Chung popped a bath nightcap when Honus Waggoner's depleted Mohawksbingle over second to send Al Lau checked in with un 18-6 "my and P. F. Choy gangling across the: bench, my bench" win over plate. It was a case of bad Ameri
infield ball playing strategy. South China's Caroline Hill- With # squeezer in the offering,
mem
NEGOTIATING that time-lit trail to a victorious end,
Showbout All's perfect sacrifice bust drave in the fifth Chinese run in
this high-scoring stanza. Bill Chang grounded to shortstop for the third
out.
With the American masterminds sill content to continue with the this duo' after battery same
Answer To Problem second inning Chinese uprising.
This is a case where the officlal scorer makes the decision and nuti the umpire, as some seem to think. The hit should be scored as
of the aaschit if in the opinion scorer the batter could not have been put out at first base, and as the play is described it seems quite probable that he could not been put out.
there.
Was
Season's Last
་་་
League Match
Doc (Bonesetter). Molthen, Hongkong Baseball Club's
newest pitcher, showed his stuff over the week-end against South'China, but didn't get this one over the plate. Cecil Winglee, South China, connected for a clout to left
fold.
Catcher is Higgins, while Welford, of the Royal En- gineers, is the plate umpire.---
Ming Yuen.
International
Weekend Stars
Dick Chung and Wolly Ching. China-Former played a big role In China's high-scoring win with two timely clutch-clubbing bingles to drive in three runs. It was n ble moment for the veteran Dick; latter again hurled masterful relief
ball, using a tricky change of pace to set the United States flag- bearers down with one measly bingle in six tumings.
and Ski Pow-
U.S.
Wer Wille Way Fleet-footed sensational bullet-liko tilic's
double at Laut of first, highlighted the initial Navy Chart ty Series win. latter went to the hillock despite a twirling arm that's really gone west for the sea- son, and hurled steady ball to set the All-Star down with six sent- tered hits.
Doo Molihen and Nip Lum, Mo- hawks-The baneselting Doc sur- prised all with a clean-out mound job lo lake his first win of the year; latter led the Redskin clout- ing attack, pizzling out three bin- gles, crossing the platter with three runs and driving in another.
Major Baseball
Another Victory
For Cardinals
Lawn Bowls
Success
Draw For Rinks, Pairs And
:
Singles Championships
Jel. 28151.
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27 LANE CRAWFORD'S
Several Interesting Matches The House of Quality & Service
DRAWS for the Rinks Semi-finals, the fifth round of the Fairs, and the Singles First Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Championships were made yesterday, and several interesting matches have been arranged.
At Kowloon C.C.-C. I. Basto v. Y.
At Kowloon FCA, Byde-Lay v. J. Abbas; 11. F. da Luz v. A. E. Costes. Shepherd; T. A. Madar v.. F. McGowan,
The strong rinks from Craigen- gewer and the Indian R.C., skipped by U. M. Omar and L. R. Abbas respectively, have been drawn in opposite halves of the Rinks com- petition, and it is on the cards that Lo these
will meet iwo rinky
though Omar, contest the Anal, especially has another stiff burdiev. in the Bowling Green four led by A. J. Hall.
The ground for this match has not
Kecided upon. yet been
Af Civil Service C.C-M. R. Abbas v. G. Gowland: K. M.-Omar V. A. Lapsley. At Pollet R.CW. V. Field v. 5. M. Rumjohn; J, S. Landolt v. II. Overy.
Al Hongkong F.C.-W. Mair v. C. B. Rosselet; b. A. Rosorio v. N. F. Ainicon. At Craigengower C.C.-A, Brookkbank S. 11. Marvin: E. G. Pest v. 3. 3. Basto,
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10
Bowling Green.-E. At Kowloon Soltza v. C. W. Lam.
de
At Police R. CW. V. Harris, v. J. Jayward: R. M. Ogden v M. E. Purvis
On Wednesday next at the Clyll At Hongkong F.C.-A. G. Gratian v. J. H. Gelling: D. A. Mansell v. A. W. Service C.C., there should be a fine fireark.
son OMeers Club-W. J. Begley same in the Pairs when L. J. Silva
C. 1. and J. F. V. Ribeiro meet D. A.v. Rosario and J. S. Landolt.
Singles Matches
IN
THE
.
At Civil Service C.C-D. M. Khan V. G. J. Perkins; W. Simpson Omar.
v. U. M.
are Kowloon F.C-It, M. McKenzie v. M. N. Rakuson; J. McCutcheon v. TE.
SINGLES there several games to watch. On Mon- Coleman, day at the Kowloon C.CA. L. At Craigengower C.C.-A. M. Holland v.
Bradbury, V. S. Ebbage.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 Eastman nects B. W.
the Bowling At Kewinon Dowling Green.. E. while on Tuesday on Green rinks there are three matches Hanson v. II. White: 8, A. Gray v. W. J of nute. J. G. Meyer meets R. Dun-Howard.
Dyes.-W. K., Way, T. R. Hunter, A. enn, W. L. Walker meets L. Sykes Shepherd, J. Noronha, Jr., M. Ferguson. and F. Channing is opposed to R. S.. Hempsey, E. Zamern, 11. F. Harper, F. X. M. da SJIVA, C. M. da Silva, B. Hasto, W. & Bryn A. Gough,
A. Gillard: W. Hong sung. c. G. Jordan. A. E. Carey. A. R. Dallah, H. Bar, E. A. Atkina and R. A. E. Mackey,
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 ((UP).—S!) Meadows. Louis Cardinals continue to steer a -straight.
On the adjoining Club's green-the „course. towards the K.C.C.-R. F. Luz should have National League pennant, and great game-against-A.-E. Costes.
resulted n recarded another victory to-day at The complete draw the expense. of the Pittsburgh follows!
Pirates. Scores were;
NATIONAL LEAGUE
F.
3
11
0
4
New York
OPEN PAIRS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10
At Kowloon F.C.-W. Walker and Duncan,hehhington and
McGowan.
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At Cv Service C.C.-L. J. Bilen and F. V. Libeiro v. D. A. ilozario and J. Landoli
THURSDAY. SEPT. li
At Police CA. M. Omar, and U. M. Onar v. H. R. Pinna and B. Basto.
At Kowlton Bowling Green.-S. R
Beck, Livingston: Solina and K. M. Omar or S. Ecclestak
Leung'a hustlers grandpa "turkey" hustled in with another big five markers. the next canto on hits Pittsburgh
Battery-Heintzelman: Davis. by. Morrocco Chan, Nip Lun and St Loula
Chan. I
Battery-Wille; W. Cooper. China's Itankus
Battery-Hughes, clean-up stanza and the old bali Palladeptiln game was sewn up right then and farm. Bill Chang's neat sacrifice in the 8th saw slim showboat All flush over pan with the final Chinese tally the at in the big win. pitcher at tempted др Impossible Nelding chance and the batter reached dest on it, exactly as if the pitcher were the second baseman trying for an impossible stop. There is an im pression that the pitcher is not an infielder. He is.
The
have
the All-China Stars made "hay" with one of those scarce daya
and J. Shepherd v. 11. A. Alves and F.
4 3 V. V. Ribeiro.
Battery-Carpenter: Danning.
Cincinnall Chenger
G
1
0
Battery-Dettinger; Lombardi. Battery.footy: McCullough.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Battery Chandler,
Terpsichorean Hank Chan shade like a sparkling beam of a noon- day sun on a midnight "pow wow" at first base, pulling them in from New York anywhere and everywhere-frem nosar high, low, wide to handsome. He Philadelphila was the foundation of the Kuo Min Wagner. Infield and inspired that extra con- Washington Adence in a tight playing win. It was his classic effort of the year.
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Battery-Harris,
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Ferrick.
19
Dickey.
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RINKS SEMI-FINAL
BUNDAY, SEPT. 14
W. McLeod, W. B. Harris, W. S. Dall and J. Shepherd v. J. Hoosen. A. M. Rumjahn, R. Dallah and M. R. Abban A. M. Omar. K. M. Omar, B. W. Bradbury and U. 1, Omar v, L, Sykes, W. McNeil, B. Duncan and A. J. Hall,
OPEN SINGLES (FIRST ROUND) MONDAY, SEPT. 1
At Kowloon FC.-L. F. Xavier v. J. 1 C. GI: J. C. Atkin v. E Curtis, Hadley; At Kowloon Howling
Battery-Carrasquel. Kennedy, Zuber, Masterson: Evans, Boston
13 18 Battery-Harris, Ryba, Polter, Wilson: Peacock,
Chicago
when they just couldn't do any-SKI Powlawski staged a bril-Battery-Lee; Treali.
thing wrong.
liant comeback to form in The Far Easterners came through checking the local All-Stars 7-3, with brilliant fielding and played to chalk up his first Charity peppery ball behind the masterful Series win. onc-hit relief twirling of that smil- ing Waikiki. beau, Wally "two 'o dem" Ching. It was 4
lighting Chinese team that fought back savagely with all the night in the world, to clinch, the title after a disastrous Ist inning which saw the Americans push three runs across the plate.
The high-flying "Skler" bore down with iight "hide and seek" ball in the pinchies, bringing out that experience formula in its highly classified manner to limit the Hongkongiles wilt six scat- tered blows, and sending six, out via the whiff route. Showman Grandpa Leung's All- Fleet-fooled Wille Wilson Stora set out with alone tally in the opened up with a clean 'bingle to initiai frame,
centre and shot home on Skl Pow-off with a hen Nip Lum, headed
lo centrefeld and lawski's sizzling liner. Crooner chot home on Tony Alves' sacrifice. Ituel hobbled to first an Al Lau's. The American Naval tors mushed last of ‘bungle and slugging Tony Muscay- over with two tailles in the age holsted a neat sacrifice to the 1st on Crooner Ruel's rous. 4 single by rabbit centrefield, driving in the blonde ing triple. "Skier." Mae McKenzie grounded Wilson and a wild throw; adding fer
the second out, but the singing another in the next stanza to give Crooner rounded over the platter the powerful "Skies" that wee bit of
the third American run on confidence.
Gerry Gosano rade home with a Greasy Moore's single down the
base line. The "Greaser" slagle All-Star run in the 2nd, and
"Thanksgiving.
#pecial" took the count stealing second to end Uncle Sam's only run-produc. Leung's ball tossers led up the old game in the 3rd frame when Nip Lum cruised. scross the plate on-an overthrow.
with
first
Local twirler Lau weakened. in the tight going, allowing tour Naval
Finning. The Cathaymen come back with a canto ta In the second vengeanco send Chinese ball fans into a soar- Jag mood of frenzied chatter.
Morrocco Chon started the fire stars to score in the 6th frame on works with an opening single to left, Ave (count 'em) blows, putting the stole. second and look third on wally game on the cooling bag
Ching's sacrifice. Sox Bowersox Crooner Ruel sparked off this. tumbled Hank Chan's roller and Al eventful inting with a single to con- Lau walked to All Use bases, putting tro. Hefty Tony Muscavage followed. burler Tony Muscavage, in the well suit with a aizkles down, the third
nown unit spota Veteran TURN to Paron Sh
Cleveland
Battery.-Bagby,
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Brown,
Battery-diarris, Caster, MeKab, Swift; Ferrell, Detroll....
Green-11. F Shields v. A. J. H; A. E: P. Guest V. L. A. Gutterres.
At Civil Server C.C.-E. Kerman v. 11. E. Strange; T. C. Monaghan v. F. Nolan,
At Cralgengower C.C. W. Harrop A. 11. Rundahn: C. Dowinan V. W. C. McLeod.
At Club de Necrelo-E. C. Fincher v. J. McKelvic: . Leigh v. W. Nash.
AL Kowloon CC-N, Nish v. Y. H. Eisenstal: Tag: A. Esatman V. B. W. Bradbury
A Hongkong FC. 9. Riddle V. A. M. Omar; W. Ward v. It. T. Broadbridge. TUESDAY, SEPT, 9
13 Newlin.
0 13 Battery-Benton, Newsom; Tebbetts, '
At Kowloon Bowling Green-F, Chan- 1 ning v. R. 8. Meadows; J. G. Meyer v. R. Duncan; W. L. Walker v. L. Sykes,
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