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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1949.
OPENING OF SOFTBALL SEASON TOMORROW
By "STARDUST"
October, Pennant · fluttering in the breeze. Crowds in cager anti- cipation. Pomp and co emony. The traditional parade of competing teame. The Proxy's inaugural pep talk. Dignitaries unlimbering their armi. "Play Ball!”
Another softball pennant campaign will be ushered in tomorrow afternoon at the fence-enclosed CBA Úall park when the American Consul-General Mr Karl L. Rankin, will perform the traditional function of tossing out the first ball to launch the 1949/50 Dag chase.
All the fanfare and pomp associated with Opening Day in the Colony's · thriving pastime will go towards making this august occasion an unprecedented success in the hoary annals of local softball.
Softball fans will convergej have a steadying effect on his and in droves on the velvety CBA Pandas. ball field, Mecca tamo and fortune, to lend their plaudits and brickbata
festive day.
on
The
of softball
to tho
KEEN SQUAD
Equipment
Commillce:
the Senior
in
SPORTING SAMADE
BOXING,
GRAND
FLYWEIGH
CONTEST
By Reg. Wootton
Lartidul Exures derripe
Spare A Copper For British Athletics
BY FRANK BUTLER
Spare a copper for British athletics. Any tattered shorts, torn slips, worn running shoes will be welcome to a sport which appears to be without visible means of support. Waste not, want not.
Today's Chances At The Valley
By "THE TURF"
The Kwangtung Handicap is the feature event fór the two day's Double Tenth Race Meeling, which will be held this afternoon and on Monday,
At the time of writing the Special Sweep for the Kwangtung Handicap had reached well over thu 1,800,000 mark and the first prize will be approximately eight and a half lakhs.
The
FIRST RACE
first race
sprint
The first Saddling Bell will be rung at 1.80 p.m., today, while on Monday the first bell will be at 11.80 am,
Here are the chances:
Rom Emme (140 Do), Seafire (153 lbs) or Sunshine (149 lbs). Sunshine, winner of the Tai event over half a mile and 170 Hank Handicap (2nd Section) at
confined to
the Easter Meeting in a fairly Cinca yards, ponies. Batiy Lou (133
good time
of 2.10 1/5, has lbs)
now which hap .two thirds
to Its been penalised by 7 Ibe more. credit this season
As the
pony is quite at at the has an.edro As over the other and should be that the additional seven pounds
moment I
don't really expect. Bir
able
to whi
this, race.
Bluff (145 lbs), Mabuhay (152 will hinder chances very Iba), Radar (154 lbs) and Suro much. Somehow, I have a feci.. Shot (148 lbs) are evenly mat-ing that Rosa Emme with only ched and can be relied on to be 140 lbs to carry decided well up at the finish.
danger.
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games against Junior Le gue, consisting of the footballers called the show. We thank Jack Hylton play the role of Uriah Heep In in this main event, the Kwang- section) for Claes 2 pontos, and to ove that their teams are on local alder during their stay in teams, wit play two rounds. on the ground that if any money spertamen: but we nak: to take part in the only British piles over the mile.
Both the Ladies Senior and Despa's Cumbancheros everal Ladies Lague will play three about the footballers benenting when we are dependent on the
the
Bald and ready for the port. march at 2.15 p.m.
The local
times One of their most con- vincing wins was a 15-4 wallop- ing
Cumbancheros the -of several weeks ago.
rounds.
over
113
Philo Remedios (Chairman), Bin Ablong and Bill Suva. The USS Gardinera Bay | Umpire-in-Uniet: E. Don Rob- have
4 kern softball squad.bins. "Doc" Molthen will act Chief Bosun E. Hale, Athletle pro tem pending the return of The 34 competing teams will
Oficer of the hip, is in charge Robbins to the Colony late this hand
resplendently bo
of the gang, with W. F. Foloc-
month. Scorers-in-Chief:.. Philo attired in their colourful
Remedios and Hal Wing Lee. as field captain. diamond livery for the
well ble
The General Council have Nothing much is known about parade of
championship
This is the sad story of our effort to send 18 English athletes to New Zea to play car have been the Navy's line-up for tomor-docidad
land to take part in the British Empire Games from February 4 to 11. last squada
year
on a one-round basia accorded the honour of leading row's tussle but you can bet League
First our athletics turned the march with the other con- your last dollar that they will each team playing a total of 14.
to an effort to raise the remaining cans at sport-or the rest raise £8,000.
SEVENTH RACE tingents following behind in be in there battling away for names with the four best teams professional football to
SECOND RACE Europe? contesting for the title victory.
some of the £20,000 needed with alphabetical
We thank Signor Gigil sincere.
There are seven contestants in sequence.
I am sick of our having to The Gardiners
have series of play-off games. The Ave-a-alde tournament. Bay Team managers are solicited
But
Great interest will be shown the Des Voeux Handicap, (2nd off and Bill Little for their part as order to send an England fear ung Handicap. to give their earnest co-operation played several
two good
for Clace 4 Lt. is dimcult to select the winner was to be raised by football what They have crushed Blas
English sport coming
they are of about equal Empire sports gathering. PATIENT LEE
(182 lbs) standard. Empresa Delight which Now the Appeals Committee Hallan star of song to work his
ran third to Lucky Jane
First of all we have Pay Day They gave a farewell party the at the for the Empire Games Fund larynx so that we can
afford to
to consider Lantao Handicap
It
will have the have asked the governing body of send a team to compete in the other night to the mos. patient the millo and 171 yards, should rame Jockey Mr Chanson as the each sport competing to invite Games of our British Empire?
pugilist over horn-Lee Savold, he the favourito here to win pllot and remembering the way the American who came here last this important event.
It ran and won at the last meet- ben afflitated members to donate
Couldn't the Government have May to Sght Bruce Woodcock in
Ing, over the six furlongs, many Cd to the cause.
lent friends Jack Hylton and Bill Jast
Strong opposition is sure to And that's not all. Our old shame? Couldn't the ^^^
cock (after a road accident) call
Pearl Diver ran very well to summer have organised
Poker Face (147 lbs), Popu the fight off until May 1950, and larity
take accoud (147 sufficient events to raise
ibs). (Albany Club), Little
to Pay Day Roue d'Or an- money so that England should then receive a second blow from | (159 lbs), Oakland Bridge (15 it has a good chance of avenging and being a fast moving animat drew a cocktail party to nounce that Beniamino Gigil will not have to come to the level of word Cripps when the lbs), Easy-going
(142 lbs),
its defeat. Dominion Day and (147 lbs), Cana- Sportsmaster How can we ever was devalued." Into song at the Alberta beggar? Hall on Sunday, October 23, in hope to compete with the Ameri-
Taniae are also not to be over Although Lee and his manager, dian Potato (143 lbs) and looked for they are certainly to Billy Daly, are £2,000 out of Thunder Sky (150 lbs). All of be well up at the finish. pocket, and have lost 100,000 these ponies have a win to the'r dollars for Sights in America, plus the loss of £20,000 at the uld rate for the Woodcock fight that never came off, they have In this event for Cinca not a bad word to say against ponies, a good race is expected appears to the pick, an this mare England.
Airfield
came in a very close second to (154 lbs), Daly turned down 65,000 dot-(150 lbs) and Sharpshooter Anyway at the seven furlongs lars for Savold to fight Joey (165 lbs) are
nut 45 the best among
yards losing only try a Maxim in America last May, the entries and a win is likely a bad start and finished arongly head li Marlene, which had
Buricians Union
An attendance of seven mem- will
orchestra to pro- Bond
an
bers out ot ti wil constitute a musle befitting vido
the number of
quorum at all tieneral Counch Occasion A large
Meetings Wil things, boen local d'gnitaries have invited to grace the function by
held at icam once a month.
The their prescpIONS, A
the Council ut the Hong Kong Softball As- rotation was held for
Jost wiex. with its
naopted in at the bye-laws of Gen.rai Council also
the Association as aratted by me Working Council. The bye-
for Laws provide
postpone- ments, umpires, uniforms, scor- ing. bracdes of the rules, and
other incidental items connected with the game.
No game will in future be
72 postponed
hou unless notae in writing has bech sub-
The Navy-Panda clasa should develop into a real hot tussle it both teams hit for the fences TOPPING ALL NEWS and play heads up ball The two outfits arc quite evenly Topping all news of the pre-
any thing can parations now in progress for matched but
the happen in a ball gəmə. Sunday's grand opening.
Association Softbal
proudly
NEW COUNCIL announced on Wednesday thal.
The hrs: meeing of by Joint permission of the Cen- tral British Association and the newly elected therai Education Department, the CBA park will bo available leagus games on Saturday after- noons and full Sundays, thereby sub-committees is formed of the mitted to the Management Com- alleviating the shortage of rondwing individuala: General |mittee. A severe penalty was grounds which Inced the Council: F. J. Mothen-Presi- laid down for a player signing Schedule Committee some dent; Jim Shepherd, Vice-Presi, for two teams under different
dent: F. W. Holands, Secretary; names. weeks ago.
Bouquets of thanks go to the Philo G. Remedios, Tre-surer, Central British Association and Senior League repriestatives the Education Department for Dick Chung (Chung Hwa), the Joan of their
spacious
W. F. Foloowell (US Navy), ground for the season. The
and Chas. Figueiredo (Braves). gesture was made at a most
Junior League represtala. opportune time and is deeply appreciated by the Association ves-Gerard O. Jones
the
ter The General Council
WEEK-END PROGRAMME
The full
programme,
with
umpire roster, for tomorrow's Opening Game follows:
Sunday, October 9 2.30 p.m Opening Day (Aces) Parade and ceremonies.
and all its members.
and Rennie Sequeira (Black- 3.15 p.m.-Opening Game- Sparked by
the unparalleled hawks).
Ladles League repre- Senior League:
Alice Mar pageantry of
tradional sentatives-Ming
US. Navy-v-Pandas, Umpires: "Doc" Molthen parade, Consul-General Kari L (Canadians) and Hal Wing Leo Rankin will trot
the Watsoos). out to
| (plate); flat Winglee, Kassa burling sub and toss out the Mnagement Committee: Hal Nazarin, and Reunie Sequeira first
Wing Lee (Chairman). Grounds (bases) Philo Remedios (scorer). pitch to send a titanic six- month soft-ball season on its merry way.
President "Doc" Molthen, as usual. will call "Play Ball!" t kis raucuous holier after the first pitch has been tossed out. Doc's two words when uttered
will be sweet music to countless numbers
softball of eager partisans.
Taking the arena for the in- augural tilt are the United States Navy, represented by the gobs. froin the USS Gar- diners Bay, and the Hong Kong Pandas, comprised of Shanghai_ landers.
brawn. experience,
Brains, and speed will be thrown into The melting pot of diamond competition in this ult as the two squads baltic for the
singular honour of grabbing
the Opening Day spotlight.
READY TO START The Hong Kong Pandus are ready to start their cam- palgning tomorrow afternoon.
Mentor Y.C. Mel several workouts recently
and
is quite confident that his boys will not disappoint, The Pandas
England's Soccer
Selectors Have A
"Cover"
Plan
BY JOHN MACADAM
burnt
recently
a hand to help hide our September, only to have Wood-came from Ringmer (148 be witi no doubt rely on it to win
the
Good Programme In Holiday Football
By "UNOMI”
On Monday, the Double Tenth Holiday, the first really big game of the season will take place at Caroline Hill, when a combined Chinese eleven opposes a strong Rest of the Colony team. This game will be ideal for comparing the standard of the Chinese players with the Europeans, especially the new players to the Colony, many of whom will participate in this game.
The Rest team has been well chosen and has Fairbrother has been some fine players in it. showing fine form in the Army goal and was an automatic choice.
arc
Xavier, with
اله
It appears to this simple mind that if all the hysteria that is being evinced currently about the play of the various pets of one selective mind and another could be turned into football, they could send us that World Soccer ton of the Commandos.
'That this player
Cup now and save all the expense and trouble.
Club
а
of Kitchee and
the
promoters forecast
credit over this same distance.
THIRD RACE
Ballerina
placa
EIGHTH RACH
This event is also likely to be a clove affair as the rumery are all of the same standard. Lara
secure
third
placo
And when Woodcock crasher the to come from any one, American
The Hopeful, with
only 105 to that Lee would never got Wood-be to shoulder and if given u Bootale and Minx at the Bixth cock in the ring with him and runaway start it will have a Race Meeting in a mile, should phoned him with offere of 100,000 dollung good chance of causing an up-have a strong say at the finish.
to set. tackle Ezzard Charles. But he stil stuck by Jack Solomons.
FOURTH RACE There has never been a more The best two in this race for Acatlemanly
boxcr than Leo Class 7 ponles are Good News Savold. There has never been (150 lbs) and Green Velvet (15
folth 40
-(London Ezorens Service)
un
ted
Ibs,
noun
NINTH RACE
the tune of
Foyle, with Mr Ostroumeft up at the Sixth Race Meeting over the six furlongs, was made a
em favourite to a fight manager so full of good lbs), but they will have to be at 12,378 winning tickets, falled Bill Daly. They're their best to alave off the badly and was nowhore at the coming back to carry out their challenge from Jetare (199 lbs), nih. It should do better in part of the bargain in spile of National Guard (150 .bs,, Pacte this race as the distance in much | everything.
(159 lbs)
and Sapientia (140 more to lis king. The back division did not, end provided the usual quota of That is why there will always lbs). The last named is in good
Airs and Graced, is not to be show up well in last Tuesday's surprises. Army played accord-be a warm welcome waiting for fortn at the moment and may
botas Army game versus St Joseph's ing to expectations and gave Savold and Daly, who have play-have a chance of springing and for a winning
this pony won the mile race at and I'm afraid this appears to the Navy a trouncing. The first ed the game to fans in Britain. upset.
the Fourth Race Meeting, beat- be the one place which may major upset was Poltor's 6-1
SCOTT OUT
FIFTH RACE
ing Jeep Hor. which is now show signs of weakness.
victory over Commando.
The
Shangrila (156 lbs) after hav-running Laurie Scott, Arsenal's Inter-
1 amongst the Clasa The mid-line
lanky Police have a fast, hard working with
national back, wasted little ing two consecutive wins over ponies. The others that will Tennuci as pivot, will suppress team who may go places this
time all the Chinese 'attacks. The
after being discharged his same distance, one at the as have a way at the finish are yeur,
from
Easter Meeting and the oner a hospital Kitchee had no aculty forwards
following
Ascot Beauty, Lady Gloucester seasoned
in
operation on
nee. the Fifth-Race Meeting, from and Masterpiece. his right knee. players.
accounting for Club. Several With Alf Fields, the centre half, Class 9 to 8, has now been pro- the excellent Army players were introduce discharged at the
moted to Class 7 (3rd Section). service he will receive
TENTH RACE from into
same time, Club team
Scott went straight to Highbury winning again, for this mare has It still has a bright chance of Berry, should play haver with score suggests, he Crub are a
The closing race of the after- the Chinese left dank.
Is confined to Class 3 very weak team and bless for remedial exercises, and Tom
in a good time of 1.21 Mullen with Dean will form some really good players are Whittaker hopes to have both over this distance, carrying 159 for the major post la likely to pantes (3rd section) and a turale a dangerous left wing. The Kar available soon the club are in players on the track soon,
The Arsenal
be among Big Shot (152 lbs). manager describ- ward line will be led by High-for a very lean season.
Kowloon Motor Bus were in a
ed the operation on Scott as
SIXTH RACE
Fairy Feet (159 lbs), Lucky Jane (151 lba). know devastating mood when they
"wonderful," and reckons he
Minx (183 This is the first section of the bs), Pegasus (140 lbs) where the goal lles wan
and well met South China Ins. Sunday, may be fit for the first tear mos for Class 2 ponies (1ot see-Shun Fung (159 lbs). Now, what does it all boil down to? Saturday after seen by the manner in which The young South China players within two months, Nice woric ton) and on looking over' the
he collected six of his team's
Perfarus, Saturday, in the recent weeks, we have encountered less-seven goals against the
which won at the were no
no match for the rlove for Laurie, who three weeks ago entries. I don't think I shall be Sixth Race Meeting, should have Busmen,
feared his pinying days were for wrong in stating that the very opportunity of scoring an- aged, ageing, and aged members of the FA Selection Com-inst Tuesday.
Kwong Wah surprised a lover.
wimmer will come from Home other wii, for this pony is very The Chinese team contains has had mittee on their ways to and from one match und another
ex-strong RAF team and ran out
Builder (151 lbs), Lily (145 lbs), fast at the starting gate. mixture with no other objective than to watch players of the perlence. The team contains the pile this defeat showed some
of youth and
winners by 6-2. The RAF des- usual quota approximate class.
there l as much leelihood of has earned a place in the team will come again.
KMB players. One player who clever play and I'm sure they players of a team of the same assured that the names of the recalling Hughie Gallacher and is Chan Kam-put right-half of Several mid-week KRIHLUS name which copped the Shang-22 players who are likely to oc- Staeve Bloomer as there is hat Softball League title
CAA. He plays a fine steady were played. St Joseph's op lost company each of the two U.K. co-opting your season.
present repar-game. Ko Po-keung the schooled the season on Tuesday and countries left in to compete toters as a selector.
trom Wally MK,
boy star will lead the forward almost gained full points who joined the final at Rio will not be
Army the pennant-winning
Not that is isn't a good thing line. Canucks drawn out of anybody's batter-and an indication of rabid in-
A strong
team. The equaliser lato Inst season, 15
alip-ed bowler hat.
terest that there should be all the winner of
It is very difficult to forecast Army, snatched die of
four minutes from full time, the nine. Tho
this game, the Pandos are
These players will be the this difference of opinion reported
WEEK-END MATCHES an proceeds of which will go selcet of their countries, three pitchers in the leat, and, will travel together as a party.us preserve a sense of balance
They this player and that.
But let charity.
Kitchee fielded a full team as pitching forms almost eighty They will
LAST WEEK'S GAMES
against · KMB and WCTU train together and and leave the men in charge to percent of a team's strength,
The
Fung opening-games of the worthy winners by 3-0.
10 th They should be strong in this against each other, and they do their jobs.
will not be picked in the fñal
First Division League last week Kung-cheong returned department of the game.
How far can they go' wrong
team and his play did much to cido on "poi" value or They are also reputed to be other but sheer football value. And, don't forget, two men to feat by Eire at Goodison.
any with two men to one position? despite the record-breaking de encourage the young players o fancy fielders and quite capable
the Kitchee team to give off with: IN RESERVE
"Hind
this been at the squeeze play In which
club their best. KMB were expected runs are forced in on bunting
all tho other players on the match," he said, "and I theo do much better than they die One eleven will be reserve held at the same time. There's manager of the English club, I do and playa.
another, of course, but let a
many of the thousands The Panda roster consists of first-pick go bang out of form the rub. One man will play would have been catisfied with -of
were disappointed This 18 players. With Y. C. Meizus pround the days Johnny like an angel alongside another my boys' play, not, of
of course, Manager, the team will includre Morris apparently did in man-but not necessarily if at their failure
the
has something to suit all tastes. to get goals, Curly Chao, Walter Chen, C. T. Eire match-and his covering certain other man is opposing but at the football they show-In Kowloon the local deroy
him
ed. Cheng, Freddie Holt, Wally Ma, man will be bang into his strip.
And, after all, Jesse Pye game between KMB and CAA Kenneth Tang, Raymond Tsao, We have had lot of talk
It is possible to speculate comes along within a few days will take place today. The CAR of the kind have won their two opening Wel with
leaders thus Britain's Soccer
you and snaps would have made games and are a good team. The Wong, recently on the matter, you
forward line are small in F. Yin, David... Yuan, and (may be certain that and you watch, but not so easy to leave for goals that
staluri they are local partisanship out of your all the difference.
but fast and clever, taling no centimental views of speculation.
I-rather fancy the Busmen will win.
Army v. Comm.ndo at Soo- kunpoo and South China v. Gud at Caroline Hill aro the other First Division games scheduled for today.
are formed around everal star British football fans can ho
per
to
Inve
Hannibal Wei, Johnny Tomi Wet, Warren
Paul Wong.
Veteman C. C, Lee, who played Lila series of matches, They topflight baseball several years are out to win, and they will back for the South China nine, try to win with current form is coach of the team. Leo's players in class Soccer, ball sense and experience should So, despite the
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE. A
GPOT OF SHORE LEAVE
IN DUBLIN, STRIPEY.
I'VE GOT TO DO
THIS JOB ALONE,
Eiro match,
one position with relation
about
motch any
SATISFIED
to
A
το
"Had I been manager of the Irish club I'd have sald, hand on heart, we were lucky to get For that matter there is one out of that with a win." thinker in the game prepared to This is the Judgment of an¦ go to the stake declaring that observer to respect. England played well enough,
(London Express Service)
Mister Conquest
**KILANO,, LAND OF
LEPRECHAUNG ***.
IRELAND
LAND OF STEAKS...
Lendons Express Bervice.
spcck-end's programm.
The Commandos, straight from their 7-0 victory over Club on Tuesday, will provide stiff opposition to the polished Army side. If Tennucl" can manage to subdug the elusive Flighton, the Army should, win' this gamo.
«Sunday's games look interest- Ing. Police moot the strong Kitchee team and provided the same Police players, are avail- ablo who defeated Commando Inet Sturday, they may once again cause a mild sensation.
Joseph's, with their many new players, meet the RAF at Club ground. On paper every thing. pointe to u St. Joseph's victory but a reary aged RAF side may snatch at least one point. Kwong Wah will meet Eastern in the remaining gamo tomorrow and a hard-fought same should be witnessed
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