SATURDAY'S LEAGUE CRICKET
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949.
By “RECORDER"
LONG TIME NO SEE
RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
WILL BE A CLOSE ONE
Though Recreio are again four points ahead of Army by virtue of having completed one fixture more in the race toward the First Division Champion- ship the two teams are level on the number of points lost and the last five weeks of the League season should see a thrilling finish.
Recreio's opponents tomorrow are the RAF, and they have left the Optimists, Royal Navy, and IRC to play in that order.
Army's remaining fixtures are KCC tomorrow, and then Craigengower, RAF, Scor- plons and IRC,
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On paper, it would seem that Army is facing a more difficult proposition in coming through unscathed than is Recreio. But odd things have happened in the past three weeks of upsets and there is no reason why odd things should not continue to happen. Recrelo, winners by eight wickets
OTHER MATCHES last week, entertain tomorrow the RAF, who were losers,
Though they drew with Scorpions by eight, in the first round, I can't see Navy The RAF are, on paper, azcraping even a draw out of the
However
match at Chuter Road
tomorrow.
well they batting side. may have done in the early part art and White are a fair bowling but of the season, variely in the oppo- altion bowling has always upzet
Optimists or Recreio. There is too much solid batting
them and Recrelo has that varie Scorpion against any side.
Rugger Final Tomorrow
orelo will start the match with innings short at 170 or 180.. Navy's | Sookunpoo tomorrow
better batting and better
bowling to depend upon, Gambrill will bong kood
od for taking cheaply two or three good Recreio wickets
and
is still untried and Follett has yet
get some to get
First Division con- adence into his bowling.
Though one never knows these days, I find it difficult to concede the RAF even a draw.
the
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The Scotland-England rugger
at 4.15 strength in the Scorpions for an game on the Army ground at seen p.m. should prove A rousing batting has rever yet been
all Navy's affair. et its best, but should
looks On paper, England batsmen suddenly touch form they Hodgson may yet have a good day. will find it difficult to scrape up very stronger XV owing mainly to the of the other RAF bowlers, Crellin much against flowarth, Pearce, and speed and strong running of
Franklin-Brown their backs, the the rest of the Scorpions' attack..
University, without J. M. Gosano combination being especially in the side, will be a very much weakened team against the Optimistsenacing to the Scottish woktular, Pussible saving points At half-back, things should be more for the Undergraduates are the fact even, whilst forward Scotland have definite advantage in the tight. that Optimists lack the type The England pack are fast but tend bowling
stop the would
too quickly, thus University
Teaching three figures to break up much
have to without Gosano and University has throwing the ball away du the op
position To win they
out and the type of bowling that, with luck, could dismiss the Optimists for some push hard until the ball 150 runs, perhaps, with colossal luck, feed their backs the whole time.
Scotland played the right game for a lito over 100,
lost week, keeping the game close There is one blood match on the 10 touch and using a judicious mix- IRC ture of forward rushes and raking programme Craigengower
TOUCHER PROSPECT- Army face a tougher prospect against the KCC at Cox's Road. Both teams lost badly last week, Both have good but unreliable bat- ting. Army Is at an advantago in the bowling.
The luck of the toss and strategy will play an important part in this
that
BLOOD MATCH
Susan Page, 4, may have, been caught off guard but she certainly didn't-protest when she met up with a friend. at a meet of New Forest Hounds, Lymington, England. The member of the pack sealed the friendship with an ardent kiss.
THE KIBITZERS YAWNED,
ор match. Army can't afford a draw at the Valley. Despite their over-touch kicks to get on to their
op- SIMULTANEOUS CHESS EXHIBITION last ponents line, and If they use the Should the toss favour then, they whelming success over Army would do well to send KCC In to bat. Saturday, I can't see IRC doing as same tacties have every chance of winning. There can be no doubt of Whatever KCC manages, it wil well against Craigentored
their ba
... backs defensive ability and It for All that will be not be more than 150, whether for the loss of three or 10
David-Cenigenpower to wickets
emerge winners is a pity that John Henderson has Mathieson is now con and the Zimnems are fairly fast will be a contribution of some runs had to call of.
from the pack to full- scorers and there is also the unpre- from Ramchand and at least two withdrawn from
Henderson takes his brother's and back. dictable Blogging of Cowie to con- good partnerships Ramchand tend with. Should two of these Souza and again Souza and Trance, place at fly-half and Cessford moves the to centre; Major Cunningham com- wickets fall cheaply, KCC will barely as well as Billimoria touching
form he did against Recreio and pletes the pack scrape over three figures.
holding catch someone Crabtree's bowling.
Stepto, Banton and Jones may be a fine bowling combination but can't see them running through the KCC wickets easily. They may well be content with conceding no more than 110 or 120 runs.
Batting second, I see Army with more chance of a win, particularly if not set more than some 120, runs to make.
Should KCC bat. second after letting Army pul up some 120 to 150 runs on first knock, they start off with a definite number of runs to get in a given time and they will probably get them or, worsi, play out me.
off
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Mr E. McLaren, will referee, The Shanghai Interporters are ex- pected to arrive in the Colóny the 18th and returai at the Northern There will be 18 City on 21st.
their The following will represent the members of the party but
4b0 Scorpions against the Navy at Chater names, or the composition of Road tomorrow.
Scorpions' Team
Hughes
J. E. Richardson, O. J. Kerr, D. B. Leach, M. Newton H, Owen (Cept) N. Macleod. t. II. Hughes, E F Gee. A. P. Weir, G. B. Gibbons, J. 1. Cingue.
Khalsa Team
actual team are as yet unknown.
INTERPORT
BUT DIDN'T GO AWAY
By "GAMBIT”
Serge Jiritsky, the former Shanghai Champion, had to bé content with a turnout of 12 boards in the simultaneous exhibition at the Peninsula Hotel last night. He started at 8.25 p.m. and had 11 board, eliminated within three hours, conceding one draw.
It was the 12th board, with Uie unpredictable Joseph Tausz behind it, that kept him until a few minutes before 1 am, and he finally resigned after what he later described as very seventeen nice end-game play.
The Hongkong Interport Fifteen to meet Shanghai will be selected, after Saturday's International Finsi from the following
All 12 boards survived two hours players: The following have been selected Lochlan, de Rome, Henderson, to represent
RAF. and, was Cpl. Walt thi Khalsa in the Franklin, Nelson, Robinson, Nolan, a 20 moves. First to be eliminated Hockey Association fixture against Henderson, Carrel, Meffan, Forsgate, three moves later, Arthur Gomes, the the Army ground, Brown, Bowman, Hutson, Taylor, Kowloon Chess Club's Hon. Secro- the Army on season and they would have done. Sookunpoo, on Sunday, at 10 a.m.: Wambers of the Committee will heary, resigned.
KCC have taken arst lease of the wicket in most of their games this
better. I am quite certain, If they hadn't. With a set figure to reuch, they are a steadler batting side, be it: 180 or 170 runs they require.
Lali Bingh; A. E. P. Guest, Subedar Bhagat Singh: Balwant Singh, M. J. Haman,, Prita Singh: G. W. P. Guest, Gorno, Mickey Ram. J.-S. Dillon and
8. Dulan.
ON THE RECORD
Softball Scribes At Work
of the
up
Minto.
The remaining boards lasted
eight packing present to watch the performance of several players before making their another hour, final selection which will probably within a move or two of each other be announced on Sunday morning at 11.30 p.m.
Ray Danenberg, the only Colony
finalist who
was
Softball League, lasted another 10 minutes
Canucks Saints Madcaps Khalsa RKDC
OverCAS Filipinos American
Standings
The softball, scribe is a very point that an Implement with which necessary adjunct to hur educational one attempts to chase away the heat one of summer should consider itself a system. I know of at least
and
apparently derive Chung Hwa school where that tireless personali- spectator
of entertainment or ty, the English master, decided to some form present his charges with a softball gratification from watching this. column and ask thein lo translate it Into English, It was being
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He discovered that his class was quite able to make sense out of what had always appeared to him sheer nonsense. The large majority of his changes was quite able to de- fine a bingle and a triple play. Quite a few oven knew what a humdinger
was.
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Three trips to the plate, he dis- with coverod, had nothing to do sandwiches in between innings One Boy was stumped on what a hind- matcher meant but he was as dull on Pythagoras's Pants.
When we reintroduce Shakespeare into our everyday language, we will sult for a brief while the efforts of our softball scribes to further forage Into the possibilities of verbloge
They are adaptable Inds, however, and, if we insist, we may yet get our softball reports la blank verso. Thus: "She hit three merry bingles in a
TOW
The follower of softball would not rend the same meaning into this Braved sentence. He would immediately Jaguars
Mohawk understand that by a frenk of for- Rece tune the programme of games in the Blackhawks
Rangura Wildnres Softball League this week was
and particularly entertaining one
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"The scalping Wigwammers perched
the threshold second straight pennant their
1. Eriksen VIC need a triumph
theirs. CuteTTER, and
the
Madcaps resolute foes tomorrow to keep gonfalon on their mantelpiece for D. Suva, HKDC
Bakar, Canucks... another year.”
Bucks, Saints who in creation would have Lichy Luz, HKDC that half-savage abori Ferreira, VIC..
Woo, fines of the North American con- Dillon, it's tinent, who, it is clearly stated. are Leonard.
after the form of their named habitation, would within the limited space of that same habitation be able to accommodate a fireplace with a montelpiece?
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Danenberg, after the game, told me that he was more than content with a draw and that Jiritsky had
the pressure on him been pulting
him throughout the game, giving little leeway for any attack.
inally Jiritsky, when he was through with Tousz, said that quito carly on he had decided there were only two boards on which he did not feel sure of a win.
played in any big tournament for more than five years now and is very much out of practice.
FRANK BUTLER'S COLUMN
MEN WHOMAKE
SOCCER PAY
Has it ever struck you Soccer fans that Portsmouth, Arsenal, and Hull City are growing fat with success in the League and Cup this season unaided by three of Soccer's great managers, Jack Tinn, George Allison, and Major Buckley7
Few football managers can claim to be national figures-men whose names are known to folk who have not even seen a first-class Soccer game.
The name of Herbert Chapman to win the Cup and Woodcock to win would have meant something even the world heavyweight titlo.
to the non-sporting man. And so de the names of Allison, Buckley, and Tinn, but the rest are only famous among Soccer and sporting fans.
It was with deep regret that I recorded the departure from the rostrums of Highbury and Fration Park of those two lovable characters, George Allison and Tinn-as lovable they are, once you are allowed to come within the circle ot their friendship.
Spanish Soccor Wants A Dano Copenhagen, Feb. 10.-Aage Praest,
the
Danish International left- winger, who played for the test of Europe against Britain in 1947, is reported today to bo seriously con- sidering an offer to play for the Spanish First Division club, Real.
It is understood the Real club has
Yet what happens to the Old Gun- hera in their first season without offered Praest the equivalent of
This the man we had dubbed George £8,750 as a transfer fee. Arsenal?
They win the League would be the largest gum ever paid championship under the sound for a player from Scandinavia. handling of Tom Whittaker.
Reuter.
AND NO SPATS
More Extra Time.
Look at Portsmouth in their jubilea season. They've gone Ritzy, situng on top of the First Division as though London, Feb. 10.-In view of the they were born to be Soccer kings need to restrict interference with and no Jack Tinn to wave his spats. Industry, the Scottish Football If you look to the Third Division Association has agreed to an exten (South) you'll find Swansea Town 30 minutes play in draw Cup tica are on top of their world under the after this week-to minimine the guidance of new manager Billy Mc-likelthood of midweek replays. Candiers, who aucceeded Hadyn | Reuter.
Green last season,
Is it just a question of raw brooms sweeping clean? George Allison und Jack Tinn will tell you, without biting sour grapes, that the teams doing so well today are more or less the teams they built up themselves, which is largely true.
Tom Whittaker and Bob Jackson, their sucassars, will tell you that they have for many years now helped to build up those teams, which is also true,
Perhaps it all boils down to the fact that the crown is greater thun the wearer. The Arsenal developed by Herbert Chapman has grown inte roaring, healthy beam that will continue to be great under Tom
who has stuck by At- Whittaker,
senai es player, trainer, assistant- manager, and manager.
Portsmouth, too, will continue to stride ahead under the wise hand- ling of Bob Jackson, just ns in the days of Jack Tinn and the spats Only 29 today, a civil engineer by Portsmouth went to Wembley three profession, he was a topelasa Shang-Umes for Cup Anols. hal player eight years ago when he Yet on international-eyes, whether finished third in the strongest tourna in London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast ment in the history of that city to
Dublin,
And always
myself looking round for one of those two great characters, and feel a Bitbe empty when I realise they are not around the Soccer rostrum any more. NEW PROMOTERS
REMINDERS
Entrics for the Colony Open Badminton Cham- pionships close today at 5 p.m., as do entries for the Colony Open. Grasscourt Tennis Championships or- ganised by the HKCC.
the Viennese master, Dr Glass, and Kossovsky.
His opinion of Hongkong chess: "It is not beyond redemption.**
SUMMARY
or
TABLE TENNIS
CHAMPION
Stockholm, Feb. 10. Johnny Leach of England won the Men's Singles final of the world table tennis championships on Thurs- day
Bohumil defeating
·Vana
of Czechoslovakia 21-19, 11-21, 21-17, 14-21, 21-16.
E. Elliot of Scotland and Gizi Farkas of Hungary won the Women's Doubles Barnes defeating Pinkie
and J. Crosbie of England 21-10, 21--11 and 21--18. --Associated Press.
Zatopek Out Of ·
British Games
London, Feb. 10-Emil Zato- The Southern Area Council of the B.B.B. of C. will discuss the proposed pek, Czechoslovakian winner of lleence for Earl's Court, of the pro- the Olympic 10,000 metres in moters Ezra and Braitman and the record time, has not accepted ani list of fights they propose to put invitation to
on.
compete in the
The new promoters are already two miles event in the British experiencing teething troubles. They Games this year, it was stated have sewn up Cerdan, but Dick here today. Turpin's manager considers Turnin, Zatopek said that his training as British middle-weight champion, schedule would not permit him to to be worth around £2,500..
engago in any distanca less than Ho promoters are trying to beat down 5.000 metres for next season.
the world then Intends to attack They are splashing big money record at 10,000 metres.
which to mc The countries which will about for a match
that sum.
The
now
Here is the summary of Jiritsky's seems too one-sided to be funny, be- take part in the Games are Belgium, cause it Dick Turpin has a chance Holland, France, Norway, United of beating Cerdan, 1'11 'take Yeovil States and Great Britain-Reuter.
performance:
Opponent R. W. Carter E. G. Ross
Movea
Result
37
W
34
W
A. E. Gomes
23
K. Hagedoorn
34
J. Tausz....
47*
34
10
33
20
43
34
One of these was Danenberg's and A. Archangelsky the
other
K Hagedoorn's. The E Tausz
latter had mistimed his development J. Itamier
when in a very round position in Cpl. Watt
the Ruy Lopez and had then gone A. Briedis .... to pieces, resigning with the other R. C. Danenberg.. nine players eliminated at 11.30 o'clock.
and
Danenberg's game, Jiritsky said, had had been well planned worried him the most
THE SURPRISE
to
Women's AAA Rules For Maureen
Belfast, Feb. 10. The amateur status of Miss Maureen Britain's foremost Gardner, woman sprinter, was not im- paired by the publication of in advertising leaflet connecting
• Both Danenberg and J. Taus her name with an article of
atarted several moves later than the others. The table above is arranged in seating order,
clothing, the Amateur Athletic Board announced today.
no
The Women's Amateur Athletic Jiritsky Anished with a score of 10 out of a possible 12, or 875 Association were completely satisfied percent considerably better, against that Miss Gordner's amateur status 12 players, than Karel Welsa's 34 was "unimpaired since not only was hor, consideration received by out of a possible eight two years but what was more important from ago, though Weiss's opposition was
use of her name and photograph not in quantity. considerably stronger in quality if the International point of view, the was made without her knowledge or consent."
The manufacturers have expressed fullest tendered the
Nas Gardner is joint, holder of They have taken steps to withdraw the leaflet fcord of 11.2 seconds with Mrs Funny from circulation.
Hänkers-Koen of Holland-Reuter.
American Team For their deep regret for their action
TAURZEŃ
In her track÷smit
Came down on Effie. She had left over a banner but, will the historians off Co. or the Treasurer, Mir bio zemes other side of the board, miscalcu-Thomas Cup Match apology to Miss Gardner, and have the Olymple: 80 metres horálen re-
his face.
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trailed New York, Feb. 10.-The States badminton team, to play Malaya in the Thomas Cup Inter-
The surprise was Joseph Tausz. In a very complicated late middle alamme, developing from the Alek- The latest standings in the three loops hine Defence, Taust held and beat back the support to a passed pawn INTER-HONG
position that, if not extremely dan- All Hongs Interested in competing in gerous, was still menacing. the forthcoming Inter-Hong Berton are
Jiritsky, changing his tactics reminded agalit that closing data for en- is conceivable that a tribe It
offries, to be sent to either the Secretary, And all the fury of the Canuckettes American Indians would go to war A. E. Ribeiro, c/o Standard-vacuum an attempt to queen a pawn the
the plate,
enlighten us, where did they got do c/o Mollers Limited, is February 15.lated the strength of a rook, knight The Sentaiive date for the Junior Loop and pawn attack with which Tausz championship play-off between the Braves With nervous towns on bases still hoki of one of Italian design?
as taut."
and the Jaguars will be Bunday, March caught him. tu. the tussle to be played off respect
on the CDA, park. Following on this By the rules of Simultaneous national tournament at Glasgow, on As I watch "Bleacher" in "Bleacher," many a teen-ager and it, the Ladles Loop features the crucial Chess, the last survivor is entitled to February 21 and 22 will leave for
the Britain study, caught dead after many a man and woman of voting Waltoos-Wildcats deciding game. brown
Bext Sunday. The Finals of the International Series take his time thinking over
The United States team will be utmostage is now able to define a gonfalon will be played off on March 20. Pertu- movea he wants to make. having exploited to that famous line "All the pentas a pennant that is awarded the gal will tangle with Pakistan at two pip
Dave Freeman of
of San Diego, Cali- up fury of an ancient animosity team that finishes top of a softball while Britain meets the Portugiese gals lookers stayed on and there was a past two years, Carl Loveday of An appreciable number of on-fornia national champion for the I see a first spark of hope down on lengue
to decide the winners of the Bill Woo International Shield. The venue of this fair amount of kibitzing as everyone Mont Clair, New Jersey. Cin In a minute he has hit the errant With the advent of softball and double-header is the C.BA. park. Hall on its errant hedd: The keys the men who record its history, they are to submit their proposals for the vinced, won one way or the other.
All team managers are reminded that saw situations that, they were con- Stephens of Baltimore and Bobby Williams of Niagara Fallk—Asko- of the typewriter race. The new we have in our midst people whose ends of the forthcoming Extraordinary There was a good deal of yawning ciated Press.
from a fathomless reputation. was product, fresli
garnered In 10 General Mesting, which is slated for the but the silvation on the board was
Green Room, Peninaula fotel, on Feb- imagination, is "All the frustrated scoreless innings of pitching Just a
ruary 24, to the Secretary before Tues interesting enough to keep anyone others whose
day, 15th Intuit. animosity of a pent-up vindictive fortnight age and
moving away. Tausz whistling bludgeon tras pounded It is hoped to feature an exhibition considered at' ono stage to
have Blow To Brentford DCS5."
game between the Gals who played soft- fences on many occasions.
ball in Shanghai who are at present in thrown away a win but he refused to We have other people who "A big barrel
this port and the cream of the Colony's be rattled and won very nicely.
Feb. London, clutch loftball belles next month. Arrangements shed this week and
twirlers, deadly fana will be standout
Of the rest of the opposition, blow has been dealt to treated to a battle de luxe tomorrow swingers, and slant-shooters. When are under way, and more news of this
they are praised, they get it in diamond titull will follow.
Jiritisky was debinitely a beller ford's Cup hopes by the on the sandy Recreio diamond."
piece up. Not being in a glant of the club's captain and centre hall. What do you make of that one? bouquets as do concert singers.
With a battery of bludgeon Tilden Sentenced killing mood, he falled to exploit Jack Chishpin He has acute ton- The initiated could imagine it
types
who
the silitis and is unlikely to play in the and men
this and was. a loser like
Ofth round tie against Burnley at meant that a barrel of good draft swinging
Los Angeles, Feb. 10,-"Big_Bill" | others, :
Griffin Park on Saturday, beer is in a shed somewhere, that apparently, like David, know how
If Chisholm does not the barrel in hot more important to use the old-style sling and stone Tilden, former world tennis cham
plon, was sentenced to
play Tom year'a Opinion after the match was that staged in an atmosphere of pageantry normally keep clear of places where imprisonment on Thursday, his 30th Jiritisky was definited a better Manley will move from left half to than the fact that a battle is being with which to down a Gollath.
half and alther George player than anyone in Hongkong centre and that, prezumably, some microbes Boftball
One day an Insidious curiosity: Superior Judge A. A. Scott, found today, but none would boy that he Paterson or Vivian Woodward, for- are involved as it is being staged on may draw me there again. The the limited arena of a very inferior peculiar personality, want to meet him gulity of violating his proba- outclassed such local top-notchers as mer Fulham player, will come in at Jeft half. There is no denyinir the diamond that belongs to or once was the custodian of the windy alley contribution to the deliqueney of a
tion on a previous conviction for Karpovich, Sequeira and Barnett.
A point to be taken into considera- effect on Brentford's chances by the the properly. of someone called
“RECORDER” boy of 14-Associated PresI. ---
tlon is the fact that Jiritsky has not absence of Chisholm--Reuter.- Reerelo. It is still rather a curious! ---and
of fun is in the
played.
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birthday.
from
was
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