INTER-HONG softball
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1948.
GIBB'S SHELLACKS APL TO TIE FOR THE LEAD Play-Off With Stanvac Next Sunday
By "STARDUST"
The well-balanced Gibb Livingston ball machine rolled along to another victory yesterday morning to complete their Hong schedule with a 4-and-1-record and tie with mighty Stanvac for the loop title.
The T gang from Gibb's steamrollered ari erratic squad from the American President Lines in a loosely-played tussle to snatch a 26 to 4 runaway triumph.
Gibb's win sent the race for the coveted San Miguel Hong Shield into a photo finish with the Flying Horsemen from Stanvac reaching the wire in a neck-to-neck deadlock. A single game play- off tilt will be scheduled next Sunday to decide the flag issue.
At all checked the booming right field. The spree further bals of the APL Eagles to Ove skimpy bingles while his mates pounded two APL fingers for It base knocks to account for rottle of Gibb The 20 runs, base hils was helped along by 14 miscues by the APL folders
who dished up a haywire brand ball in their off-day per- formance.
of
Gibb's will now tangle with increased Gibb's lead to 18-4 powerful Stanvac next Sunday and at this stage the APL de- to decide the first winners of Son presented fence crumbled to pleces.
the recently Miguel gonfalon. Gibb Livingston had beaten Stanvac 13-0 to open the Hong season but Socony were shorthanded
SPLURGE
Gibb's added another fally in the fourth inning and put out that time. another splurge in the fifth canto to bag elght more runs and hike the count to 24 to 4. The T with a the ill APL taled all their tolat of inen finished Your runs in the initial cauto run lu ench of the sixth and after the T men had chalked up seventh frames
the Enal score 20-4. markers to initiate two fracas. They were then blanked in the remaining six stanza.
the
Veteran Tommy Chan relieved starter Eddle Carmo on the slab
PONDER WINS KENTUCKY DERBY
DAVIS CUP
France, Italy & Sweden Win Through
London, May 15-France, Italy and Sweden today won through to the third round of the European Zone of the Davis Cup tournament.
Italy, who started the day with a 2-1 lead against South Africa, won both the singles from Eric Sturgess and Eustace Fannin. veteran
Souza, Sturgess went down in four Joseph's sets to Gianni Cuce!!f.
Both teams have improved and since their first mealing there is every indication of a for the trophy tough batte to make
when these two teams clash In the play-of game.
strengthened Gibb's will be by the Inclusion of George "Strawberry" who starred for St. both in softball and baseball Three Gibb batters collected in pre-war years. two hits apiece. Second sacker Stanvac has a newcomer in
an Oliveira, Avito Campos, Gerry Rora-Louis
all-round first baseman athlete who captured sporting Pereira, Alberto Garela mucked two honours at Hongkong Univer- hits in their trips to the dish tosity before 1941 and who had pace the batting parade. Gerry's a successful teason in Shang- triple was the longest clout of hal's sporting world before his
arrival in this port. the tussle.
runs. the defeat.
APL had runners on the base for APL in the sixth frame and paths in every inning except the sixth frame but the intersinged to halt Gibb's spate of Carmo was charged with fallowing in the line-up failed to register a connection when a hit would have meant a run..
ROUSING DOUBLE Skipper Ernie Hearlher bifted arousing double, off the left feld fence to lead off the fifth semester but, was left stranded failed to gamer as his mater any thing resembling a safe hit. Frankle Corren's Gibb nine
and
storted the tussle with worum MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
and
miscues.
on a walk Jojo. Baptista ambled to first in open the game and romped over the platter when centre folder Johnnie Bildge dropped "tab- bil" Leung drive Leung nolched the second tally on sakrifice haist by Gerry, Roza- Pereira.
API shot their bolt in their half of the same stanza with
four markers to take the score
td 4-2. The Eagles registered
France lost a single match today to Denmark, but won the cther to survive the tie by four matches to one. while Sweden won both singles to gain a 6-0 victory over Norway.
The results were: At Man: Africa 4-1. Italy 'beat South
beat Fannin Canepele (Italy) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. Cucelli (Italy)
* Cleveland Indians Twice Shut
New York, May 15The weather was warm enough in Chicago, today for everybody except Cleveland Indians, who were shut out twice by the astonishing White Sox, 10-0 and 2-0: It was the second straight Sunday the Indiana, had' boon subjected to a twin trimming, Washington's equally incredible
Senators having turned the trick last week.
beat Sturgess 0-1, 2-0, 0-0, 0-4.
At Paris: France bent Den- mark 4-1. Nelsen (Denmark) beat Robert Abdesselam 0-4, 3-8, 7-5, 6-4, Jacques Thomas (France beat Eric Bjerre 3-0, 6-4, 6-0, 8-0.
At Stockholm, Sweden beat T Johansson Norway 5-0. (Sweden), beat N. Hessen 0-1, 8-2 0-3. L. Berbaila (Sweden) bent-Staubo 0-1, 4-6, 6-4, 0-4.—–—–
neuter
Ponder crosses the Anish line to win the 75th running of the Kentucky at Churchill Downs on May 7. Capot finishes second, Pal- estinian third, Old Rockport fourth. Olym- pin, the favorite, finishes sixth (left)~ AP Wirephoto.
SOCCER INTERNATIONAL
England Beats Finland
This victory followed the de-
HOCKEY. INTERNATIONAL
India To Meet Portugal In The
The Final
By. "STICKS"
In the semi-final of the International Hockey · 'Tournament'' played at King's Park -on · Saturday,
Indin eliminated Holland by, four goals to nil. The; final-India v. Portugal—will probably be played this " coming week-end.
True to form, Holland hold their opponents to a goalless draw in the first half, but in the second half, playing with only ten men for a considerable period. they showed little of their usual form and had 'it• not been for their goal-keeper, a newcomer to the team, the score against them would have been con siderably higher.
It was a dull, uninteresting by Ninon in the 28th minute of: game to witch from a specta-the second half.
tor's point of view, and much Just before the final whistle.. below the sinndard of hockey Holland were very unlucky not one might expect from semi-to score. During one of their finaliste. Several regrettable
very determined attack' on the ir:cidents occurred as a result Indian goal the whistle went of frequent infringements
of just a fraction of a minste · the rules and it is recommend before the ball was netted, the ed that the players concerned goal
was 'disallowed and the acquaint themselves fully with te
Dutch were awarded o penalty the rules before
participating bully
bully. Tho Dutch attacker in any further games,"
Hockey should be and could gained possession of the ball but shot wide, the ball passing be the cleanest sport in the
harmlessly over the goal line. world today and there is no room for hot heads" who can- Despite their arrears, Holland:
want down Aghting and the not control their feelings on the field of play This criti- game ended in a much better cism is not incant for any one spirit than it had been carried: person, but if a player reads on. it and is smitten with 'a slighti twinge of conscience then will have done some goost.
of India at buily-off. tacked strongly and except for
From the
it
a few sporadle thrusts by the play remained almost their half. Frequent- ly good
clever
by per-
Dutch, fa-hockey
Strive as they
WON
Bobby Locke Takes: Cash Vengeance
New Rochelle, N.Y., May:
Helsinki, Olympic
Sta- brought to a standstill EARLIER
dium, May 16.The Eng-sistent stick Infringements by
so much od 16.--Taking cash, vengeance Czecho-Slovakin gained a lead land "B" team beat Finland that the game became boring for being snubbed by the: of two matches to nil against by four goals to nil here Time and time again India went Great Britain in their second today after lending by one into the attack, but Holland, et sociation, Bobby Locke of Golfers: As«. Professional us- round, Davis Cup tie on Wim- Out
ing "blocking" bledon's famous No. 1 Court goal at half time,
at times eight or so players re- South Africa breezed ́ ́off to-day.
mained Inside the "D". prevent-
with the $3,000′ first: prize: Jaroslav Drobny first beat feat of the England "A" team ed India from scoring... Tony Mottram 6-4, 0-3, 0-0 by Sweden on Friday and some
In tite Goodall Invitation nothing and then, Vladimer Cernik do of the players an view today could get past Holland's stoll Golf Tournament: today feated Geoffrey, Palsh 0-3, 2-0, may get places. In England's defence and play game magged when He piled up a winning: C-4, 6-4.
team
sary for Umpire Xavier to call Herman meet France in the next round, J. Mullen of Wolverhampton the game to a standstill and the French Having made Wanderers, J. Morris, Derby warn two players for ungentle-Platos. Now York, was
exactly that certain of success by taking two County, and D. Wilshaw, Wolmar conduct.
monly
Unneccesary with 33 points, singles and a doubles against vorhampton, (2) scored the hard goals.
hard hitting was indulged in by much behind the winning. Locko both teams and it was not to be but still good for $2,000, Denmark.
Shead of White Sulphur mas wondered always
Same that an Injury
was Springe
third with 30 would occur fooner or Inter.
Nelson points, Byron
ot Erkelens, the Dutch lett-inner, was struck behind the left ear Roanoke, Texas, fourth with 29 and Cary Middlecoff" of
B 5
a
.7 11 2 to innings) Reynolds, Por-
e. Niarios. Coleman; Cr
9 11
1
3 10
1
C.
The pitchers who applied | smashed a long fly that brought | New York (night-
cop} their runs Vid two consecutive the whitewash were a couple in the winning run in the 11th base on balls issued by starting of Yankee castoffs, Bill Wight inning of the first game. Eddie Philadelphia
Al - Gettle. Wight had Joost and Chapman hit homers twirler Gerry Roza-Pereira, and
Yankees: p. free ticket by relief artist Alliitle difficulty in the opener, in the ninth to tie the score.
terfield, Sanford; Malig, and two infield bobbles. giving up live hits and walking for Athletics.
Athletics: p. only one batter while his mates
In the second game, which Bob Feller with
Was shortened to
six innings Astroth, Guerra. four runs on two hits and two because of the Fennsylvania Detroit walks in two innings.,
blewa 6-0 St. Louis
p. Newhouser; Rookien Zernial and Gordie curfew, Yankees
Tigers: Goldsberry got the llon's share lead when Philadelphis scored Robinson. Browns:
Embree. Os- of 13 hits. Zernial getting three seven runs.
BTUWI
Moss. singles and Goldsberry two.
trowski, Kennedy; e. Detroit (nightcap) 4 11 1 St. Louis
12 11 0
Roza-Pereira W33 yanked knocked aut after he had passed Tony Alves and Miskin Samy, first two batters. in the
the
APL
bofting order. Al Malle an swered the fire alarm in the Gibb bull pen and managed to put out the APL blaze without inuch dainage...
APL's two run margin was easily whittled down in stcond frame,
Allie Reynolds yielded the Gettel granted only four hits first three and then Bob potter- in winning his duel with Stevefeld, the loser yesterday in re- two batters lief, came in and was charged Gromek. walking the for his initial victory. Chicago with defeat again when Chap
man hit a two run double and Gibb's utilised White Sox got five hits.
Tigers and
Browns traded some. Two baso.. hits and the
the tying and winning runs put number of APL miscues to slugging victories at St. Louis. on base, whereupon Elmer Valo kurner-five-runs-and-run won the opener,
of count to 7-4 to take over the Hal Newhouser, who gained his ning to break up the game, Ir lead.
The
squad had the fourth triumph, when it scored was Valo's fourth hit, APL infold ropes in
Eight" the
off
TUNG
यू
on the hanging on
Rix runs in the seventh inning,
CHANCE FOR RED SOX
third
four of them on Vic Weriz' conto. crossed the pay-homer. St. Louis won the second counter before Tony Alver game, 12-4, also putting on a Boston Red Sox got a well- got under balihawk Bux's pop six-run inning in which Sher-pitched game for a change, Joe ily to end the splurge, Gerry mon Loolar hit a two Roza-Pereira sparked the uUP- | homer, . rising with a lusty triple Into
Lawn Bowls
League
KBGC took the lead in the First Division of the Lawn Bowls League, which
.
FIVE IN A ROW
run
The winners of this tie will Wedrich meats Norway on and boisterous. It became neces- 66 points...
Sweden also gained a winning lead of three, matches to love over Norway.
Italy took a 2-1 lead against South Africa, and Hungary led Dellum 2-0.
Chile and Egypt each won ene singles on the opening day of their ile
second round.
The results were:
in tho
England were ters of the Finns but a mag- nificent display by Finland's veteran 33-year-old goal keeper, Sarnola, prevented bigger score
a
kood
Barron
of White-
second
a by a hard rising ball and his is th: with 27 points, on
injury was such as to necessitate his leaving the field.
SECOND HALF
centre
the basis of the final round for
the competitive course record:
Locke, who has been denied
for
It looked like being a blank first half but two minutes from the interval Mullen netted from
very narrow angle.
The second half opened up in an invitation to next week's
the same way but play PGA tournament, shot Playing with the bright sun much
Anal; At Paris, France fed Den--it was Finland's hottest any gradually improved. The Dutch round of 84-32, (00), six under Olland and Van der par, that put him 20 stokas un- Henri Bolelli beat Kurt Nielsen
the second
half, England Voort, overcame their tendency der the regulation Gigures and Eric Bjerre 6-3, 6-4, 6-4;
quick
became, three up.
to give sticks and cleared true so holes following carly rounda At Stockholm Sweden led
Morris -rounded · s 2 and hard, but the halves lacked of 71, 67, 68, 68, 9-0. Torsten Johans- Norway
combined
It boosted, the earnings of the move with co-ordination and failed to feed 081 son and Lennart. Bergelin beat Mullen and Mannion to score their forwards-as-they should Bouth African--who has accused
Nils Hessen and Jon Staubo
and then
the PGA of "lack of courtesy Wilshaw calmly have done. 10-4.0-4.
Von Festolat
with to 50,000 for the month of May. -ploked-his-way through the
which most of any opportunity came their way, but Man Singh Finland were lucky when a
from Wilshaw struck the in company with M. S. Grewal gave them little chance, Makhan cross-bor but he made amends Singt was not called upon to Boon afterwards by getting the defend his goal very often but final goal with another
when he did. It was with con dribble-Reuter.
ndence. PORTUGAL BEATS WALES
Lisbon, May 19-Portugal to Bhagat Singh on the left, played Mrs Fanny Blankers-Koen, day beat Wales by three goals good clever hockey and fed their Holland's Olympic cham to two in a soccer international
5 10
0
At Milan-Italy led Soull defence to register the third Farve his right mado the United Press,
Africa 2-1, Gianni Cucelli and de Bello beat Eric Sturgess goal. und. Eustace Fannin 6-3, 7-9,
shot 10-8, 2-6, 8-6.
At Budapest-Hungary lead
3-0.-Reuter, Belgium
Associated Press adds that in Birmingham, England, Chile and Egypt split the opening
clever
The halves, particularly
had forwards well. here, after the Weishmen established a 2-1 lead at half-
time-Reuter. CHESS
As a result of a co-ordinated
Fanny Arrives In America
:
New York, May 15-
plon, arrived at Idlewild air-
effort Jaggett Dillon netted port today aboard a KLM India's first goal nine minute. Royal Dutch airliner from after the start of the second Amsterdam,
Tigers: D. Stuart, Grishold, / mark 3-0. Marcel Bernard and of the year-behind them. In backs, Rogovin, Kretlow, Overmire; 2. Robinson, Riebe.
Browns: p. Garver; e. Lol;
Cleveland
10 13 Chicaga
Indians: p. Feller; c. Hegon. White Sox:p. Wight; C Wheeler. Cleveland. (night-
0 4 0 cap)
2 5 1 Chicago
Indians: p. Gromek, Wynn; Dobson blanking Senators with four to gain a 3-0 decision. Dome. Tresh, Hegan.
White Soxt: p. Gettel; e. DiMaggio kept up his authorita- tive hitting for Boston, connect- Wheeler.
hitting for Boston, connect NATIONAL LEAGUE singles matches. Braves made it five victories Johnny Wyrostek was the ble Chicago in a row, three of them over
6 14 1 showman for Cincinnati in the Cincinnati
in
(10 innings) Turnesa In Form Brooklyn Dodgers, when Vern
with
Kush, Bickford pitched a four hit 4-0 first game of a double-header
Schmitz, Cubs: P. which he tied the count
At Portmarnock Inasterpiece. It was his fourth
inning homer n two-run
and Chapman, Hamner; c. Walker vletory and markedl The fifth then won it from Cubs with a Reds:
Gumbert, D. Fox,
Dublin, May 15 Willie shutout this year for a Boston
Turnésa, of the United hurler. Jim Russell hit a homer single in the tenth that neted a Durkhart, Peterson, Erautt; e.
Coolidge McLish won Chicago
icago (nightcap) 89 Calvin
3 States, who won the British and a double to drive in three
0 5 11 his first start for Cubs in the Cincinnati
amateur golf championship Cubs: McLish Rush; c. nightcap, 8-5, although he need
in 1947, and has entered for Reds: p. Wohmeir, Erouft, this year's tournament, Fanovich; which begins tomorrow at Gumbert, Paterson, c. Mueller.
041 Portmarnock, had his first Brooklyn
round over the course to Boston
Dodgers; p. Martin, Banta,day. Scores were:
Palica; c. Edwards, Campanel- - AMERICAN LEAGUE
RH E
Braves: 3 8 0 Masi 0 42 St. Louis Red Sox: p. Dobson; c. Teb-|Pittsburgh Phillies. belts.
Cardinals; p. Hearn, Staley, 7-3. While, Leckman got three Senators: p. Hudson, Wel-Wilks; e. Rice, Garagiola.
Pirates: p.Werla; e. Fitz Lopata New York
7130gerald, 4071 Philadelphia' Philadelphia
-3 17:4 Yankees: p. Bymes, Shen, New York.ANA Page, Killer, Sanford; c. Ber- Phillies: p. Simons, Thomp
són; Trinkle; c. Lopata. Athletics! Fowler, Schan Giants: PKennedy;
Guerra,
Cooper,United: Press,
runs.
10-3 decision.
Howell.
D.
St. Louis Cardinals scored got off to a start on Satur- twice with two out in the ninth ed late relief help. Grady Hatton Scheffing.. day, by scoring victorica on on singles by Del Rice and Red and Jim Bloodworth hit homers. all three rinks against Schoendlest and Chuck Dlering's and Hank Edwards got one for Recrelo "B" being the only double to put over a 4-3 victory Chicago. team in the Senior League against Pirates
to take full points.
FIRST DIVISION
KDXC (4), 38.
PRC (1)
Eddie Kazak
St. Louis.
at Pittsburgh. hit a homer for
55
The red-hot New York Giants first home wounded up their stand bgainst western,
THE SCORES
clubs Boston KBGC (8) 74 necr. 'B' (0) 48 with a record of 10 victories Washington CCD (4)
62 and just two defehts, when they IRC *(4) 20% -Rect.'A' (1). 50 | topped a Philadelphia
SECOND DIVISION
IRC (4)61 KBGC (1) 50) ok
Taikoo (4) 5 ́ ́FC. (1)". KCO (4) 170 CC0 (1) Recreio (4) 64: KFC (1) THIRD DIVISION.. ∙PRC (3) 50′ '100 (154) HKERC (4) 52^^KBGO® (1) ∙KDRC (45%) 67 KCC (34)
441 York's, aliht hits and | teroth; ¤. Evara.
catcher: --Stan
40 homered for Phillies 52.
os twice Athletics
conquered Yankees, winning. 8-7 and 7-0 61 and coming from behind each ra. 49-time-San-Chapman.. hit two
Co. homers and a double, and then fz. Kellner;
THE LAUNCH IS A POORED AT TANGVER.
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Mister Conquest
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3
4.
Bogoljubow Wins German Tourney
half. Five minutes later, Chel- Accompanied by her husband Linh.
2 newcomer to the India and trainer. Mrs Blankers was team, made a solo run through met by Dan Forris, secretary- the halfway line treasurer of the National “AAU, almost from and scored a really good goal. Dr W. Koopmans, Netherlands
Bad Pyrmont, Hanover, May His very ciover stick work, hla Consul-General in New York, 13-The 1949 German chess power of anticipation plus his and Catherine Moyer, chairman championship, which was won speed should assure him of of the National AAU Track and by Russian-born V. Bogoljubow, clace In India's team in the Field Committee for Women." endéd "hero today with the Onal.
Mrs. Blaukera-Koen will stay formal distribution of prizes.
The third goal scored by in New York overnight and bo The leading positions in the U. 8. Dillon perfect honoured tomorrow at
which started here goal, taken at an acute angle. tion given by the Dutch. Con- last shot brought warm applause | two
He played 18 holes, and his tournags ago with 35 par- Frďmi “funt' inside the circle he Leutate. She plans to emplena' D. Bickford; c. from the large gallery that telpants, were: (1) Bogoljubów, struck first time whilst on this by Tuesday for the West Coast. followed him. He had a spark-10% points; (2) Dr Trueger, run. A fast rising ball struck where she will run in the West 400ling three at the 18th, the par points; (3) Lothar Schmid 8% Dist the inside of the tar up- Coast Relays on May 20, and in
0 1 for which is four.
points; (4) Kieninger Tright and so into the net. The another relay carnival ón May:
Press fourth and last goal was scorcit 21--United Fr Turness, who is visiting Ire points-Reuters land for the first time, played with two fellow Americans, U. M. Reinach and Max Felix. Dr Jerry Owens of Dublin, made up the fourth
The Americans had not long Janded on Irish soll before they t.") were out to find, all they could
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