Week-end Softball
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1950)
SPORTING SAM
By Rog. Wootton
FINAL GAMES TOMORROW IN SENIOR LOOP. QUALIFYING ROUND
BY "STARDUST”
Tomorrow marks the official termination of the Senior Loop qualifying round and, with the exception of several postponed fixtures, most teams will complete their schedule. At this crucial stage of the pennant campaign, the race for a play-off berth is still wide open with as many as five clubs crowding the rail in the desperate spurt to the wire.
St. Joseph's, the Jaguars, and Frank Cleary's Americans are assured of play. off berths or a chance to tie for a playoff spot, but, the Championship aspirations of the other contenders, will hinge on the outcome of tomorrow's big games.
Two decisiva tussles are slated for decision tomorrow. At noon, the USS "Salisbury Sound" take on the Madcaps in a replay of their regulation drawn game which was halted in the eighth stanza with the score deadlocked at 4-ali. A win for either side would see them in the play-offs.
Directly following this needle, baiting will bolster the Madean, encounter, the Braves, who are attack. cracking up in the heat of the torrid pennant race, will make their do-or-die stand against Bill Woo's Canadians. A win for the Braves would put them In the play-offs while à Canuck victory would only spoil what ever chances the Tribe liave of reaching the final tour.
bath
PLAY-OFF SPOT
third, and
Whille
CHIPS ARE DOWN
The chips are down in to- morrow's me. The Matteops start out as the underdogs bait, as has often been proved before, the team that stands up best to the pace in the closing innings usually emerges victorious in a crucint ball game;
fourth, or base tuts.
Gerry Gosano did third and fourth places, depena brilliant job of cooling off the ding on how the Jaguars shape blazing
Yankee bats but
the
this quality the Canucks have in abundance: Cagy ballery Kassa Nozarin and Herbie Quon And live lots of pitching savvy know-how. The Canucks have severni clutch hitters in lend
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WEEK-END FOOTBALL
Shield Semi-Finals This Week-end
BY "UNOMT”
JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN
THE SILVER-HAIRED CARTER STROLLS THROUGH IT ALL
Two gintlemen catch the 'eyo in this Hull City side- that is breaking all records for the club and heading for promotion at the same time.
The names of the gintlemen will be your property in a few minutes if you will bear with an old gentleman.
The first is white-haired and he is standing around doing apparently nothing.
fond eyes upon
"I started playing my football
Suddenly he interferes with a since wa coat game in which he does not ap- Harry Hibbs. pear to be involved. His white locks flying in the breeze from as a goalkeeper during my to the gaal-line and places acrobatic business from having the northeast, he chases a loose service in the Middle East," said
Billy. "But I don't got this: his foot upon it. The Challenge Shield semi-finals, both Senior nad Junior, are the highlights
ound with a pro-watched Continentals.I do it He looks round of this week-end's football card. The class of
It is the only and fessorial nir soccer played in this Cup-
and whams the Just naturally. ball
tho tie games is so different from the ordinary league match, every team putting that
gonlmouth, why I can get at a ball to get laying it
it nently in line with the my body right behind it." little bit extra fight into their play in order to win the trophy; Fans are guaran-
There has been a lot of talk for post-this being a tradition teed plenty of thrills and excitement no matter which game they decide to watch.
the of goalkeeper possibles but in In football: always cros Kitchee meet Club at Club Ground this afternoon in the Senior Shield. On ball to the for post, because this humble opinion, Billy Bly paper this game appears to be a one-shed affair. The Lengue leaders, Kitchee, there ought to be somebody of Hull City is an England in-
ternational certainty. are a much stronger combination than the Club, but the cup-fighting spirit will be in evidence in the Club ranks and very often form is upset because of this "will to win" spirit.
Kitchee have had a much more difficult time in reaching the semi-final than their opponents:
Kitchco
Club
1st Round y. SCAA 2nd Round ˆv. Army
1-0
1st Round v. CAA
6-2
1-0
2nd Round v. Polico
2-0
2-0
7-2
grip
the
Wns And
there
Across
HE WAS THERE
In this case, there was some- body there, a gintleman by the name of Greenhalgh, who first- ilmed the ball into the Plymouth Argyle net.
The white-haired gintleman Raich was player manakar Carter, who has inspired this Hull tenm of not-too-brilliant individuals Inlo scholarly lying
which
combination under the top of the table and any place that ready to go Horatlo Carter declles is good for them.
Now a lot has been written About Carter, and there have even been people who have de
his
return manded
England sider
This is ridiculous."
the to
Ralch
honoured 39 times-has moved
-London Express Service)
Sportsman's Diary
EDITED BY
Bruce Harris
Max McCready To Defend Amateur Title
British Amateur Golf
artist Junior Markar, Sherry ar Don Robbins, and Barney Abbas Great reliance will be batters when placed on these there are runs in scoring post- ilon.
Tomorrow's tussle will be Mentor Charlle "Ole Hoss**
Fecided
pitching Bud In brief, the victor in the Figueiredo of the Braves nust
been n have
disconsolate man managerial ablly. The Braves Navy-Madenop tussle can be as-
must be on their sured of a play-off spot
when his Braves went down to management
toes to win this crucial bull
plvot, Kitchre were extremely for- at 2.30 p.m.. Club v Commandos. f Tennuel, the Anny setback to 7-6
the
team Whether they can come tunate to survive the first round. The latter
have been turned in a display reminiscent the Braves must bent the Maple a bitter
China Leafs to reach the final quartet. Americans last week. Figueiredo game.
will depend on the The South
youngsters lipped to win the competition of his game against the Swedish Should the Navy and Braves gambled on "nothing" hurler through
their boys. almost heat them. In the second and they
have to tourists. should In overcoming the Poor Chan Kom-hol, both win, they would have to Edu Aimeida and Almeida was ghting spirit of
Kitcheo off with the Americans and blasted from the mound in the Above all, the Braves should not round they had a narrow win. difficulty
fempers to affect this time against Army at Soo Club Juniors.
centre-forward, well Jumpoo, Kitchee played their play.
Commandos play in a style held-in a vice-like The Jaguars for either third canto in a flurry of Yankee/ allow their
that day arid if the same forni The Amerleans and St Teresa is displayed this afternoon they similar to their senior side. 1. e. could hardly move. will face tall-end teams to
will win handsomely.
LEAN TIME up against St. Joseph's in their damage was done.
morrow, The Yanks should run Club had to play extra time in
CAA before postponed tussle. In any case,
Still, in the final inning, when a mammoth score against the their game with
while St Teresa's they finally mannged to win 5-2, Daredevils one can write off the Canadians
Tony "Bed"
extended by "Doc" They did well in beating Poller without may be and St. Teresa ns play-off eon-feet-footed
of Ainy team was good, Osinund was on third base with
Baseballers
the who at Boundary Street in the last McKenzie, their stalwart goal- Andrews, Molthen's lenders.
outside-left,
felt it the tying run and two had ex-scored their Arst win
when field keeper, round
who 14 nt
the present gave "Flash Harry" a very try- uired, Figueiredo failed to give season last Sunday.
The Club side contains a few nursing an arm injury he ing afternoon. Ils dribbling
necessary to give his 20-year- seemed unlikely.
and It was Red the "steal" sign,
always badi on the slow received
old legs a welcome rest. the players who arc
against Navy Jast and fine crossing Jaguars will meet The
a enpable month.
every now and then burst into a months ago that Max, who is in With bunt
They require specialist Carlos
are side.
the Kitchee defenders guessing. who unpredictable Paks
moment or two of the brilliant the ciger business, was taking batter's box. quite capable of
Klichee's Remedios in the
centre-half and centre-forward.
How they
Arst goal cousing an
self we have seen ourselves in up an appointment at Singa- The
be Anul:
beauty. defence will likely
It was a Hau Yung- the Joglea play would be for upset when they are inclined to
so many international matches pore and that he would not be special. sang
The back received speedy Osmund
to steal honte. play ball. However, on current overworked, the Kitchee for-
Commandos
able to play in the champion- It's dollars
clever
in the past 15 years. za puss very to doughnuts he form, the Jaguars should bring ward
Chung sang from Lau bunch. I can't see Club de- 1st Itound y. PCA
fully forty yards from
pretty ship. Pians have been altered would have beaten catcher Bob home the bacon. The Overseus
movements, and some fine foot (writes James Goodfellow). 0-2 opponents' goal and he sent in Murphy to the tag. Still, the will play Dick Chung's Chung fealing such a strong team as 2nd Round v. RAF
Several nshot which cannoned into the
leading Kitchee.
amateurs in all-Chinese ball game is over and the Braves | Hwn outill in the ,015
But the dominating factor the London area are perturbed 11-4net much to the surprise of the were the fall guys.
derby..
Army goalkeeper who could dwelling in the mind was that about championship costs, and
at home. Holds to only stand and watch it fash 4-1 by him.
Here are the current loop standings:
Won Lost Perct.
St Joseph's
9 2
.818
Jaguars
D 3.
.750
U.S. Novy
n
4
012
4
.602
.002
7
મૈં .430
B
.5
.015
5
Braves ..
Americans
Madcaps
Canadians
St Teresn
Madcaps.
The Navy squad played heads
of the
poo
bring
П
The other Sentor semi-final
whi
fast, robust and first-time tuck- ! Ung.
They beat two very good junior skies in the
opening rounds. Club, will likely be very lean time. The
-
the
servicus
reached the semi-
Club 1st Round v. Enstern 2nd Round v. Prisons
5-2
2-1
2-0
Thanks to Tennuel he had a whole
was a
the
is St Josephs' v Kowloon Motor The stago, is set for a battle
Against the lough Caruick royal
JUNIOR LOOP RACE when the "Salisbury
side. Charile should
Bus, to, be played at Sookun-
tomorrow. The Sound" take on the Madea at batting
Saints start Gerry
Gasuno on
the The Junior Loop pennant
The League leaders, Kitchee, ive been turning in some very noon tomorrow at the CBA, The
with
Yvanovich race features a crucial game this Bill Sallsbury Sound"
have now an equal number of with mound
It their recent Gosano can afternoon when the loop-leading poor results "Pancho" Avalos and Rocky doing the catching
points as Army and have three League games. O'Toole forming a super battery be relled on to stop the Canucks Rexes play the Jaguars, now in
A very strong They have a grand
ames in hand. reputation combination, should whip the provided he receives adequate third place. The Rexes, after
as cup-lighters and no doubt
The remaining Junior Shield position. felding and batting support their surprising setback to the
risc to the
tie will be played at Sookunpoo once again
RAF defented Eastern by 7-0 from his team mates,
Griffing last
tomorrow, CAÄ v ̧ Army, week, must win
and are now well clear of the The Chinese this tilt to hold on to their slim ccension today. The side is full
side, have not boltem of the League position. game lead over the Blackhawks of experienced players with no
been doing very well in the
Eastern The
was weaknesses in the line-up.
defence KMB are always a force toeague, but their Shield record woefully weak and cracked up tendency to fight the ball rather the flag race.
be reckoned with. The team is
is most impressive.
under the slightest pressure by Ithan neid
clemnly. It must be
The Jolting Jaguars stopped star-studded and is under the Army are one of the strongest the HAF forwards.
v Club match which The CAA v every Cunuck
winning genernship Rexes.
Chau teams in the 2nd Division antl B-Kame remembered that
ould prove themselves superior ended
WBS H runner on base is a potential strenit earlier in the season by | Man-Chi.
in a 3-3 draw run. Bear that in mind, Braves. drabbing the Indians 13-1. Both Car
They dis-drab affair. Both teams particl- Dave Leonard to their opponents. Balt hawk Gussic Pereira teams will heat full strength
The posed of Kitchee Juniors in a pated in reckless kicking of the neth subdue
Yec-kit, will be missing from the line for this game with the odds in erstwhile KMB Tender? This most-convicing-manner-in-the-ball-and-showed-little-construc-- up in tomorrow's needle game favour of the better hilting may well be the deciding factor previous round.
2011
First sacker Carlos Yvanovich up ball lust week and lost has been playing off the beam heart-breaking 1-0 decision 10 In recent games, displaying a A defeat for them would tie up the loop-pacing Jocys. Against the Madcaps they can expect an easier tussie for the Madenp flelding can hardly stack up to that of the Navy and Jocys.
Also, Avnios is hard to beat when he's hot. Madcap hurler Kelly Silva-Netto is unreliable and is occasionally hawk wild in his deliveries to the plate. Kelly will have to be in top form to hold the slugging Navy belters in check.
Much will also depend on the Madcap outfield as the Gobs hit long balls. Last week the Joeys played deep for them and took in every fly that was smacked out to green pastures. Rennle Sequeira is dependable in left field and is about the best left felder in the Senior League but outfield mates Sid Hollands and George Saunders are inclined to slowness afoot in getting started after a hard hit y.
Mentor Buster
afternoon
.of
Pivot
Tung
of the game,
veterin
St Josepha'
How they reached the semi-
CAA.
tive positional sense,
PATHETIC
3-0 5-0
8-0
5-0
KMB The
y Kwong Woh game was really pathelle to watch. The Busmen toyed with their opponents but were unable to score before half time.
When play was resumed they bombarded the Kwong Wah
4-0
Army
us he will be engaged in Sealor Jaguars. Shield, soccer for St Joseph's
Other Junior Loop games this It should be a closely fought final: who playing a semi-final
find the
evenly between two Spartans struggle encounter with the Kowloon
odds being 1st Round v. Talkoo pitted against the Overseas, the matched sides, the Motor Bus.
against the slightly in favour of the Busmen 2nd Round v. Navy up The Braves outfield should be Dekwares
and the Braves,
Blackhawks emerging victorious. Carlos Remedios in left, Spikes ve
the Griffins, engaging
To- How they reached the semi- Guterres in centre, and Mickey
play the Anal;- Reanedios in right, to capitalise morrow, the Pandas on the strongest batting trio,
Aces.
1st Round v. Yard Police The only ladles tilt slated for 1st Round, Bye BEST TEAM READY famorrow is the clash between 2nd Round v. Eastern ... 3:1 2nd Round v. Kitchee
the leading St Teresa bolles and Manager Bli Woo of the Mike Lee's enthusiastic
bavc Canucks will
his best McTycireans. The loop lenders team ready for battle notwith-should have no
dimeully in back their standing the slim chances of his turning men qualifying for the play-offs.
Mentor Rocky Ros
ushered The Maple Leafs are currently Bin now pitching And last week playing right on top of form in Sheila Silva,
who usually Hollands of and are great battlers when the plays first base. Shella dished the Madcaps, who has not been chips are down.
up steady hurling to stop the in action very often this season,
a viial Whlic Fangs D-8, giving her should play tomorrow as his factor in tomorrow's game and icam the lead in the fing race.
Experience will be
3-1
·
LEAGUE MATCH Today there is one
KMB
1st Round v. Commundos. 4.0
2nd Round v. News Vendora 5-0
JUNIOR SHIELD
B-0
The Junior Shield game to be played today is at Club Ground!
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The
goal for long periods, game was very one sided. score 3-0 in favour of KMB 9-0 datters the Kwong Wah team.
Navy turned in good result by beating a strong St Joseph's game in team by 1-0. Marine Dearsley the First Division to be played, again proved his worth to the He was all over the Kwong Wah v Navy at Caroline Saliors. HUL If Navy can field the field.
sam
folr
away beyond England caps. He
is no longer one to whom you Champion, Max McCready,
tive honours. He is one from is to defend his title at St.
accept them. whom
In this game he strolled about Andrews in May-a gratify
ing development which has
you
were
ball in this game.
he
some
costs
announced
ut few
consummate football brain was NO TDY out there directing the play in which they have sent inquiries.
gue match which meant a are charging at least
three a League great deal to u
Hull In the promo- Kulnens a
a day. tion sense and even more to
Said one
"I should one player Argyle in the avolding-relega-have to be at St Andrew's for tlon sense, and he was dolni itni loost 10 days £31 102. at his own speed, as if he were First-class fare, with sleeper,
of raw T- bunch teaching a
than more
£11. Then crults
FA coaching there are enddies at £1 a day st. school.
with other Incidentals, My The superb artistry of the wife too, would like to come. So man does not belong any more
It seems prohibitive." in the hurly-burly of internn- tional Soccer. If there were n Chair of Football at Cambridge or Oxford, Professor Corter would be the man to fill it.
ANTICIPATION
an
The other gintleman of whom
THE OVERLANDERS
I like this soccer story of the men and the emergency, even though it couldn't happen in the most zwagger circles.
Two clubs, Harefald United and Evelyns Y. C. drew their
hod
we spoke carller is the Hull City Middlesex Minor Cup-tle, and goalkeeper, one Billy Bly, whose there was some haziness about father used to play wing-half the
the replay date. The following with Newcastic, and who
found that Saturday, Evelyns himself fiddled around success-that was the very day for it. But fully with fully
positions in every their opponents
gone off to part
team until of the
he Cowley for a League match. decided that he WRE a goal- Evelyns had some men of keeper.
push and go. They got a lorry.. Now he is a goalkeeper with | drove 10*Cowley, convinced the the agility of a monkey, the Harefield team that that very
his despite
slight day was really the one for the strengih, frame, of a tiger, and a sense replay and drove them back to of anticipation that we do not their ground at Hillingdon. recall nating
Evelyne won. in a goalkeeper
I think they deserved it.
STARS FOR ST MARY'S Three good rugby players- two from Oxford and one fram. Cambridge are joining St. Mary's Hospital in 1950.
They are Louis Cannell, Oxford, Northampton and Eng- land centre three-quarter, John Wilkinson, the Oxford sprinter, and Geoffrey Vaughan, the Cambridge rugby Blue.
ALL-ROUNDER
Arthur Peall says:
DON'T ALWAYS PLAY OBVIOUS SHOTS
St Joseph's lacked a forward team as beat St Joseph's who could shoot. The defence last week they should collect
was very good but the front ling both points.
let them down badly. A draw' On Stunday iwo's League would have. been
E3187 the temptation to pot rad Axtures in the Senior Division result.
when loft with this diagram are down for decision, RAF South Ching, with
Ko Po-bullard shot from bood.
The DG into the facing centro meet Police at Causeway Bay
at pivot, had little pocket is moderately say, but it keung CAA. piny Commandos at difficulty and
in beating Police by
18 quite ALLEY GUI Boundary Street. The Airmen 3-1. Speed was the deciding fac
to should manage to continue on tor in this game. The Police de- their winning way at the ex- feneo couldn't cope with the
fast youngsters from pense of the "bobbles",
Caroline
Command teams in the
are one of the Hill,
most
The best performance last League as was shown by their week was the defeat of News recent win over Army;
Vendors by Army in the Second
cludes
forward line led by Watson,
don't
fancy CAA's chances of I watched Kicheo
BLUE O
RED
ana ball through, leaving
cross-loser.
red, Blown for the in-oil. Rod ahippod up table For an ordinary middio pocket
hape the most profitante type q! snooker rod. Viajed naii-ball, réa goes down in the corner pocket, and White GURE BLONt straight up among the " big * colours.
With a defence which in-Division. This is the Chinese Locker and Hayes and a team's first defeat in League games.
two games lastomer to follow. Beatna bruik por- a win in this
game.
week and war struck by the and Army, the two amount of times the referee bad teams in the First Division, to warn players for shouting on kopt a
capacity crowd of specta-the field of play.
their toes for the right on
The game of football is not seventy minutes last week played with the tongue. Many when they mel In a League players are unaware that it is game. The result, 2-2, was a fan offence to shout when an Atting one to this keenly con" opponent is nearby and about to lest match.
go for the ball.
lop tea
tong
fall
K. O. CANNON-
GILL NO NEWS OF YOUR FATHER? IT'S TOO BAD OF HIM WHISPER..NOW
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR PRIVATE
BLEUTH.
MS WANTE ̈£500 - BUT | TRUST HEM, HE'S VERY DUSING SOLIKA - THE, GAURE,ROUGH AND TOUGH MALS_TVPH. HIS NAME'S CANNON »K.O.CANNON,
One of the most active sports- women in America, Mrs Reba Monness, is coming to London. soon in search of the English. table tennia championship March 7-11
.
Mrs Monness, dark-haired and attractive wife of a New York lawyer, lives in a New York flat surrounded by trophies she has won. Her friends say: "It is a wonder she has time to sleep." In addition to being a table- tennia
she plays lawn and
tennis, golf, ice-hockey When sorora! reds are on," and squash. She is also a violinist,
no exceptional reason for
a lyric soprano and a painter.: axing another, shoose one of
For two years Mrs Monness” this sort. Bigbe for piala-ball cos tact and WIDE The que with has been runner-up for the U.S. moderate freedom.
is tas mistake table fennis championship to Dot this red gently.
losing in 1949 to Leah Thalk
-{London Express Service)
London Express Service
The Riddle of the Red Domino
HOW FASCINATING OF HIM!
DE COURSE YOU SHALL HAVE
THE MONEY, WHISPER MY
DEAR? WE MUST LOOK AFTER YOUR FATHER...
"MUSTN'T WE?
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