SOFTBALL CHATTER
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1949.
DODGER OUT AT PLATE
FIRST FULL PROGRAMME OF LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK-END
By "STARDUST"
The 1949-50 Softball Season opened last Sunday when only one Senior League game was played in which the American Çonsul-General, Mr Karl L. Rankin, pitched the first ball. The game was between the HK. Pandas and the US Navy (represented by USS Gardiners' Bay) and resulted in a win for the latter by 6 runs to 4.
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full programme of
This afternoon and tomorrow' will see the start of a League matches in the Senior and Junior Men's Divisions and also the Ladies'. Today and tomorrow are the days that thousands of softball fans have been wall. ing for.
In the post-war years This season promises to be a most interesting one. Portuguese teams have been successful in annexing the trophies. This year, with retain theso so many Chinese players available, they will have to fight hard to honours.
CORNELIUS RYAN PREDICTS
Aussies Should Win
Cup The Davis
Next Year
New York. The recent USA Lawn Tennis Singles Championships indicated that a good long-range bel would be Australia over the USA in the 1959 Davis Cup competition.
Dick Gonzales, who wan the men's title, has turned professional with Jack Kramer's troupe, starting his pro tour in October at New York for a guaranteed $50,000 for the tour.
Ted Schroeder.
Gonzales, has
amator and
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internatiount
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run-up Inte decided to stav
Silver
Handy back in
FIAM,
Janfor will be
In Davis Cup play, in champion, has cam la
Jove is fume, although he which he never has been beaten
1950 for
next
two or three years.
But his peor quite possibly as film his early promise in will be matched
year. Australia's Frank Sedrian the most promising amateur by He almost beat the world now.
B of the Younger Ameri- Larsen, blond and
Cs Arl franny San
Left-
Schroeder at Wimbledon this hander, De enrried Gnomes to year, having the American for five reta in the semi-final and at match point before coing has great competitive spirit. down to defeat, nnd carried Ted) to five min in the semi-final at Forest HA.
Schroeder will be 30 years old in 1900, and on the way down. Sedgman will be 22. and - proved over 1049.
Bill Sidwell, the other Aussic singles player in the 1949 Davis Cup, gave Schroeder a dyn-pet battle, and he tuo is developing rapidly.
NONE AS CAPABLE
good hnd America
Inany players at Forest Hills, but nane seems capable of domteating as did Kramer and Gonzales. Tu Jim Brink, a left-hander with great power on his service and forehand, lacks steadiness. Earl
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Speculation is, of course, rife
as to the composition of various teams
articipate in the
the
which ore League
to
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that "the sirength of the
us it were, may nemy"
and "plans for the at-
gauged
ack" made.
FORECASTING IS A PROBLEM
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Hecreto Football Ground and Association To Centra British
Ground will be the venues
for
hese League games, and as the
un the plate as he attempts to Gene ntrakšal, 1919 zanger un datubig at score from third base on Mary Rackley's bouncer to Yanks' second baseman Gerry Coleman in the fourth inning of the second World Series game In Yankee Stadium. Catcher Charlie Silvera makes the tag with Umpire Beans Reardon calling the play. No. 14 is Brooklyn's (il Hodges. The Dodgers won the game 1 to 0.- AP Wirephoto.
Brength of all the teams in the WEEK-END FOOTBALL
hree divisiona 13 very even. forecasting results is some what!
problem.
In the Men's Senior Division, however, St Joseph's appear fo
the strongest although they will fee their most severe test, when they vie for superiority with the Pak Sports' Club who ITC considered the next best- if not the best-in a few weeks
LEITAR
The gune likely to produce most thri is this afternoon the Ladies' Division. Wahoos v. 19entes at the Recreio Football Ground. There is always keen rivalry between-lhese two teams and today's game will be no exception
start
Army Week's
Kitchee v.
Is The
By "UNOMI”
Tomorrow Big Game
League Football enters its third week of the season today. Kitchee are the only team who have collected maximum points to date. The other teams, especially Army, started off in grand form but have been dropping valuable pointa which make the League a bigger gap between themselves and the all-conquering Kitchee in table.
The only teams that appear to be able to challenge Kitchee's supremacy are Army, St Joseph's and Kowloon Motor Bus. The standard of football has been very good when any of the above teams have been playing but I'm afraid some clubs are definitely very weak and wholesale changes are required if they hope to land any- where near the top of the table.
New Heavyweight Hope Is So Bashful!
SAYS FRANK BUTLER
Usually at a time when the British boxing fan Is enjoying a healthy grouse about the shortage of good | heavyweights, a new fistic character arrives on the scene, and before you can say Joo Louls, the fight bhoys are a-gossipin' and a-speculatin".
But for avory" Louis, Tunney, or Dempsey wo have to put up with a large bunch of stumblebums who strip like a team of Tarzans but develop glass chins, balloons for tummies, housemaid's knees, flat feet, or some other freak of the anatomy.
M
very
We are about due for a new.) While all this was going on the discovery, so that we can.uzk; M.C. solemnly, indicated that. Is-this-the, eighth wonder of Earl's manager would challenge the heavyweight world or is this anything on two legs for £500, Just another sucker?"
and I am given to understand We are not flappointed, be- from that slient sure Harry couse the latest member of the Levene that Woodcock and Beef Trust to bend himself into Savold are not barred. "Harry the shape of a human question the Hoarse cald if nit mark is one Earl Walls. Earl is a
is a qu'ekly in 8.900 words.
But even Walls have cars, and 23-year-old Canadiah of Chern kee Indian extraction. He stands unless Earl wan's them pinned 07. 2las and scales 13st, Gib. back in a hurry I suggest a much- Walls has won his two fights better match would be against in England. He stopped the Scot,ither Jack Gardner
or Johnny Ken Shaw, and at Manchester Williams-if pur 1wa
two young flattened Plet Wilde, the heavyweights are interested.
15st.
in Belgian champion,
Walis is a novice. His victory 8750C9.
We should add that over Wilde was bis 12th profes doesn't take a Joe Louis to a-sional fight. He lost three Bhts complish this.
before he came to England, but But the tall, thin lad from claims to have won his last nine Windsor, Ontario, can punch. The bouts inalde the distance.
question not yet answered i< "Can he take a punch?" could be another Larry Gains or he could be another false olar.
Manuel Ortiz, the world ban- Hotamweight champion, who didn't quite come oft against Rennio
Clayton, has now hired Clayton
at the moment he is box-office. to help him get At to tackle
LIKE JOE
Jackie Palerson at Hampden Patic, Glasgow, on October 21.
He bears some resemblance to Louis when the Brown Bomber was up and coming. I restrict any comparison with Louis to a facial encss.
And the odd fact about Wails is that he is apparently a little bashful about showing his face.
Against Wilde came in the ring with a white towel com- pletely obscuring his head. Hel danerd round the ring warming up with his head still lidden, and tus tave remained "anonymous"
when the referee called him to the centre of the ring to meet Wilde and take instructions.
There Who A 6,000-strong
Ieri
chuckle when the official sudden ly stretched upwards and re- moved the towel with the cau tion of Mister Mayor unveiling a monument-just to see to whom Harold Winglee's Areen
he was talking. shirted Wahoos
uff
The RAF team has been One last point,
Wails, having unloaded a The JKFA Soccer fans have plenty to favourites but the Pirates muy
causing their selectors many chould insist on
representative hook and two right crosses which spring
surprise. In the Men's choose from this week-end
Although they
rocked the big Belgian out of Overseas
trams Gelding as near as pos- Senior
Today the biggest crowd with headaches. Division,
Action for ten seconds, then be ei Boundary have been playing well enough
as advertised hurried back to his corner, hid- Chinese should have little d-probably
don't seem ible the teams Arulty In necounting for the Street. Kowloon, where Police individually, they
Thousands In the press. as a team knit fogether
ofing his Bight under the towel However, he is a small mon.
Jaguars at CDA Ground. In the who beld a strong Army team to
Tommy hey meet Easternmectators
diraspolated again, and began dancing round Des feat sight inches tall nod Men's Juntor Division, Acca on 1-1 draw on Tuesday tast
and I'm sure at the reratch Combled the ring ike a rubber man. have cross-bats with Spartans and will appose the youthful South at Sɖokunpoo
which turned 145 pounds, and doesn't
The honours should be with a life re-arranging and Chinen eleven the power of the big men like | Rexes meets De wares. Good China.
the inclusion of some new out at Caroline Hit on Mon- Gonzales, Schroeder clean games should be witness-fairly even in this gaine,
should Kramer,
Club may wel into winninplayers a victory .Sedrman or even Drobny, who ed.
ven when CAA pay a visit to assured.
In their nast Happy Valley, two ramen CAA have talled to last the unce and have been de thecisively beaten.
ia short but stocky.
Schroeder's singles partner in
Amoni
MOST INTERESTING
Tomorrow the Kame RTCLE Host 'erest is at Hecreio Football Ground where Bill St Joseph's play Braves in the
Men's Senior Division.
next year's Davis Cup probably
be chosen from will
1.༧༢e1 30-year-old Gardnar Mullay and 31-year-old Talbert.
The
and TEKST younger aggressive Ausales would be # ty
good bet to win against uch lineup.--United Press,
Cochell,
now apparently JULIA RUNS WITH won't blossom into the star he
MOTHER
was expected to be.
Jaroslav Drobny whipped Cochell with Kreat case in the recent USA nationals, and mode it apparent Cochell will never
Changing The Cloth
Because
is to
Fred Davi meet his brother doe in a dis- mrich tinctly "nerd!e" snook:
World 20 in the on March snooker championship -he bas made a request that Joe shall not be allowed to play on the Leicester Hall table for a for!- The print night beforchanıd. being, of course, that the materi wil!
hola, at that be played which is
in Joe's
home
ground. The management have pro- mised this much; that for this gane they will provide a new cloth, and that as nobody wil cloth, play on this be orthand the table will be neutral.
Incidentally, Peter Mans, Di South Africa has travelled 6000 and George Chenier, of Canada, 3000 miles for this champion
Now they met in the ship.
round Arst
nt Scunthorpe, Lincs. Few will see them, and eliminated after one must be
So €110 game.
unnecessary when they could have been "rcoded" in opposite halves of the draw.
-Londen 'Exprone Service;
bo her and daughter mink- Ing Tooling trek-style are atra Poppy Germain, 28, --One of the English" ciría' team who foured Italy this year, and Jul, 5, who rats to Upper Tooling High Bebool.
to
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day.
Division A
Second
Fame mention this week- worthy of and is the game to be played Street tomorrow. at Boundary
mason's Cast Naye at hdwren
CAA
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As match.
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exciting
St Joseph'a meri Causeway Bay in the remaining League Champlons?, and Army,
will be a fast This First Division game today Joseph's will fart の all-star
thero bul favourites in this cn-
chlos In my many Naval means mere players the Navy tent can choose from and them hut I may spring a surorise, doubt it. And clenn
master-
St Joseph'a with its infield should win counter, although that mind mentor, Chale redo, wil de his tricks in caus- ing an upset.
Figusi
Pak Spurts' Club will batile against Chung liwD CBA ground and should annexe the honours. The other
פניד
CHINESE V. REST
Double
Tenth Charity | Game lived up to exp.clations provided tame exciting and frotball to the large crowd who were present. The Rest ram played as ndvertised but the Combined Chloess field the scratch eleven which at first
resented spectators Kitche
de should be witnessed.
BATTLE OF THE GIANTS
Tomorrow 』 6 Merle of the minis"
maining games will be touch- and-go bailles,
SOME LINE-UPS
will have their hardest cameradusity
cheered them on lo this sersan when they need the victory after they had fourthr polished Am" team. A three-nl deficit and then The following are chosen to will no doubt strive hard to hook the fend. represent their teams:-
the first team to deten! 1hr
St
Hussain present Learue leaders, Joseph's-A, 3. (Manager), D. J. Leonard, G.
A. Souza, San Leonard, Fan- Lown
Benny zorio, Ramon Castro.
that they al
think
Army
to
many
WORN-
If a team comprising mest- repre- newcon* Kilchec, playing before their ventative football cound સૌ-
will feat home supporters,
the Colony's strongest think kie Gonzalves, Capone Rum- probably decide to show Army Rest
team. ha'e to Bucks, Jahn, Sherry
Arur how football shoud be played what
happened might have Omar, and
"stars" that it was had all the Chinese and, rememberlag for this reason
been playing.
мого There El Cumbanchero-Blas Despa most dropped a point thin spn-
sun already, I (Manonger), Bunty NV, and a good chance of a vienetes in the Rest team. Fair-
Mathesonary tomorrow.
should have Rubble Rocha, Jock
brother. In geal,
at least three of the Didong labida, Bastian Babida,
However,
the
Kitcheroved Frod Diesta, George Tong, Terry
tonls which went past h Je touch anything forwards
were in- Guzman and Pedro Aranos..
The wing-holves the form they dioplayed dur
the second Buxing
baf of inalined to lie too for upheld "une" [Manner), M. Yusuf, B. Said, Tresday's game against CAA this left Tennucci alone to look Ko Po-kenni S. Kadir, M. N. Adai, K. Dallah, the Army defence is in for a juf'er the elusive
who proved himself too hot o A. N. Kader, O. K. Daliah, N. very busy afternoon's work. M. Bux. G. A. Ebrahim,
The Army rear division isn't bandful for the lanky centre- Rumjahn, A. Mohammed and C. quite playing up to expecta. half.
Qrifūns — R.
A. Hussain.
A.
Σ
the and this
may be tions
Ко in this game.one deciding faclor which will be well worth Tre
four goals, each
scored
of opportunism. a gem Rest forward line storied
Rexes--Sabu Samy (Mana ger), A. K. Ismail A. M. Wahab watching. I forecast a win for off well but faded out of the Jr., S. A, G. Rayman, S. Samy. Kitchee, who carry too many leture., There will have to be A. Ditta. A. G. Ismail, Y. Tipo, heavy M. Ebrahim and S. A. Bux. team to cope with.
in this team uns for the Armydraslic changes
when next they meet Bus should Chisect repentative
Ет а Title difficulty
fak Sports' Club-A R. Kowloon Motor Razack (Manager). Abid Ebra-have
him, Sabu Samy Coffee Baker, counting for Kwong Wah st The Busmen S. K. Khan, S. H. Khan, Ozzie Boundary Street.
one garne this Olly have only lost Rumjahn, B. A. Abbas, Omar, E. Yusut, A. M. Kadir,cason and are a veil balanced and Nugget de capably led by Tang Yeo- A. H. Kadir,
Jcit. Ebrahim.
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Arthur Peall says: MOVE THAT BLACK FOR SAFE PLAY DROPTIABLE snooker candons re- black loring a hampered should be within, the scope of The half-ball pot average prayers red on diagram right should not
worry a
novice.
thing is to
Day 2015 #od nut scatter the bails tou widely. I
CYAYCAN
A
Foot it will
be enough
BLACK
RED RED
CORED
right-haile
A tricky stroke of this type un diagram att demands
ited alde and top on the cue-ball Ab:n cut nahie to Tail it too much atraka i fald on freeing black
the bot: Cus Concentrate OD sharply the colour.
while, will double cro table to
DI LES Precine contact on black sanayin aing rod in Umpossibis Only for Azerago cuemen to judge very hard turn wilt, inil to offer
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