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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1950.
SPORTS SCHOOL
Another Lesson From
How About
Piling Up
Some Rums
Have you ever analysed the first-class batting aver ages at the end of the season and wondered why Mr Master scored nearer 3,000
really mastered, should not be attempled in match play. So get down to it at nets and mas- ter them.
HOW THEY DIFFER than 2,000 runs while Mr In most respects the stroke is Mediocre apparently had n the same struggle to reach his 1,000?
Or have you watched that well-known pair batting together out there in the middle and wondered why Master scores twice as many twice as quickly as runs Mediocre, though they have
of equal share
an
bowling?
the
Watch them closely next time
you go to any first-class match.
I think you will find the nurwer
f this: Mr Master has a
and complete range of
full
coring strokes Air Medinere's range 1 Festricted. He plays three or [four shots superbly, but
scoring ends with those three or four thots,
his
the
STRAIGHT IS SAFE Cricket is alway. a battle lan
batsman an tween the
The initial - felding de vantage is with the helding rut, and. Gure it becomes poutally known that a batuan ha enty three or
four sing
to lightly different
balls. The book is ured against
fl
ort-pitchedi
fastish hal!
THE PULL
Be sure to ples on the back foot
needed at the wurket, or just ubate the bat shinapy, and the ide in to crack it round to the enc-lest boundary,
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pulled and Howard
The pull it used against the that, tam bype of ball patched cut- the captain of that felding side take the olfestum. Thus ba will see to it that those shots it are blocked by felismer fore they are even made,
The scuring a bet in cridhet Can be divided into two m categorleather plagred with Straight hat and there plagd with crons bal.
DRIVE:
CUT:
REVIEW OF THE SOFTBALL' SEASON:.
The Bedser Twins Inter-Hong League
Was
A Runaway
ALEC comments on a drive by Erle: Pleture No. 1: Ey on the ball good back-lift; left leg well out to the pitch; No. 2: Contact bat straight and close to leg, elbow out; weight on alightly bent left leg: body well over the ball. No. 3: Full follow-through: note the position of feet. No. 4: Conclusiong body thrown forward into the stroke, and the bat follows through, high over the shoulder.
ALEC BEDSER comments on a cut by Erie: No. 1: Hat well picked up: right foot moving back and across the wicket towards the oft- stump elbows well out. No. 2: Right fout in position: whole weight transferred from left to ritht foot. No. 3: Right leg slightly bent; bat coming down
I should send the For the late Istich wwwrg, chart of a length, wide!
Now the en hat st the the out bes are leg boundary. Bot re-
mier this you con pail dow bate. bowling but you emot hook it. ar
ldp pat.
Funisten
In th
fcont
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tropes ale
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1 rag
you
In both shots the right
a the mey a hawk, words an
the warket unt ute nor the Lee of #ight et the bell both thate the bet man holy to the Now, quoviding you hold the
Traub be bat enrrectly,
to the Fowler when he actually hits riten of the ball, Let your head the hall, and should be facing well over the hall when you the dimretion the ball he gote hit it, the straigh, but shot--
follow through when the
1:
the drives-hould pryzmat few completed. He should always dificulties. Remember, a straight pivot on the back foot. hat is a safe bat.
But
man who ean drive without knowing how to play nut the cross-bat shots will
score many run, his shots will be blocked.
LOVELY-DANGEROUS
The sweep is itually employ- ed against an overpatened ball
SWEEP TO LEG The right knee utmost touches the ground
while the back foot moves hack
on the off-stump. It is a lovely and across the wicket. Then So let us examine a few of the shot to watch and to play; but the idea is to swith your bat
And adrut it is dangerous. You neve more unorthodox,
rough the nir, cutting the ball tout forwardl
at right
to angles tedly, tricky shots. First, the leg your left
the spune side thole: the book, pádl, and
at Heuss the off --Lump,
* original course. right leg go time bending the Lweep.
The hook
and the 1ult are that the knee almost touches
Here are the balls The bat is swept For a the batsman's the ground. probably, hom
spare ru!
1
e I-rump. Never at-1}
to late cut it, though, af cannot get right over the
TOE POINTS WAY
itemie this tip: a all the drive on the cut. Le lor of the foot wil which too shot . Sei mare (.e. the front foot in the drive, the back foot in the cut) should be printing to wards the direction you intend hitting the ball.
with arm well away from body. No. 4 Contact; bead and body over ball: arnis free and almost straight and well away from body: blade of bat face downwards with "toe" below level of hands. No. 5: Completion of stroke: bat should follow through with a roll of the wrists to keep the ball low. Agalo 11T the ball-don't tekle it.
BRITISH
SOCCER
IS AT
AT THE CROSSROADS
SAYS ARCHIE QUICK
The
British Soccer stands at the crossroads. series of disasters on the Continent allied to the flight of Neil Franklin and George Mountford to South America That is our of the ways of has brought about a crisis only comparable to the time Football Association broke cheating a well-placed field. when the present Amateur Even if you have not yet auaway from the parent body. quired a full range of strokes you can still score a lot of run! airly quietly if you pay al- tention to detail.
It
to cut:
chor the
high directed well outside the
Note carefully exactly where
fieldsamen
tanding.
I would not say that consternation reigns within the Football Association, but a visit to their Lancaster Gate headquartern gave me the very strong impression that officials are apprehensive-apprehensive of two things,
viewpoint, the most dangerous right were the line of fight, pitrbed fasteh bal about sup- then direct your sot just heavy defeat at Rio de Janeiro in the World Cup series
of all shots to play, and, until jarallel to the ground.
of their rench,
Posten
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You'll get the news from here and there-
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and further defections overseas by other professionals, The Players' Union is concerned 100.
THE ONLY REMEDY
plus a C2 A Football Association official] the summer told me that not until Secretary bonus and 21 for a draw. Sir Stanley Hous and the other officials return from the current Continental trip will anything The donu, but Then the situation will have to be tacitled reriously and thoroughly,
THREE LOST?
It is to my knowledge that [three famous centre-forwards
For Civil Service
BY "STARDUST"
The Inter-Hong League, ever popular prior to the war, was once again successfully run this past season with an increase of two teams over the six which participated Inst year.
In contrast to last year, when the Hong League ended in a tie between Gibb Livingsten and Stanyne which neces- sitated a play-off to decide the Champlons, this year Civil Service practically ran away with the pennant with no defeats.
The Civil Service reigned supreme and annexed the San Miguel Shield. They earned victory the hard way and it was a praiseworthy effort. The task of winning the pennant seemed hopeless from the start for they were without their regular players in every game and reserves had to be substituted.
victors
The Jaguars are going places! test of their mettle The real came to the fore when they They played peppery ball in (last Macao and made rings roundt mot
Livingston Gibb
their the home squad to pile up 17 year's Champions) in initial game. After a demoralis- runs against 3, 14 makes one chict hug blow in which they gave up wonder that the winners three runs in the rst inning, not tire from running and that they fought back with unfinch-the losers did not throw in the ing confidence and hearts that white towel when the refused to quit. Not only did were so merciless. they stem the tide of runs, but It certainly appews that "no eventually managed to over love was lost" in the Jaguars- Mucan massacre especially with the score 17-3. But, of course, it's all in a ball game!
Vic Jaguar grass-mower
hurling in this
take their oppments.
DONORS' DEBUT
San Miguel Brewery. the donor of the Inter-Hong Shield, Pedruce was entered a team for the first time fracas and had the Lusitaniaos this reason. The San Miguel eating out of his hands. generally picked to latter were
tang was
top
The
the
saved from the league and they parily humillation" of being white- justified the choice by being washed when "Mickey" Pereira the runners-up. Had their of singled to right with the baces fensive been supported by even loaded in the fourth enate and fairly roud Betling, San Miguel,shattered all hopes of a shut-
Civil Service out game.
and
not the
would have won the pennant, Two more safe-hits bunched
Stanvac fot away poorly.
up in Ohe fraue poduced They lost two eccessive gat
total of three runs for the
outsit. to Caltex and this year's Cham-Macao
Vic Pedruco Civil Service. pions,
They held the opposition scoreleri" the Stanvac of lad looked like
over the hillers for the first three by trampling year other Hongs in the remainder ufts. The first round schedule unfil
JUMPED INTO LEAD they met Gibb Livingston agah, wh knocked them out of the pennant race.
Although
The Jattuars, who were hanked in the initial canto,
An error
Callex pulled off the smartest jumped into the end in the Trin when Chandu upset of the season when they next breored. II convincing hiumph Pedruco and Line Marques slid
over the last year's Champions, across the platter on Gibb Livingston, early in the and single. In the third frame, visitors produced BA the whole the Pason
contributed avalanche of six runs to put the a unit
it was game on jer, the victory,
Tonnachy Shorty
of Mneno inainly due to the superl pitch- 12712 of Bill Schutte that the pitebed a steady game, struck- unforgettable Success was out two and allowed only three free tickets, while Vic Pedruco achieved..
of the winning team. three.
squ
T
Livingston
Issued
LOST NO LUSTRE
The biggest blow of the tilt. Although Gibb
Champlons) were was brought off by Ollie Vas, last year's
a three
semester. beaten at die post, they have Manage of the Jaguars, who how always characterised their Jaguars Rennle Sequeira at not lost any of the lustre which smashed
This out- first base fielded Bawlessly with diamond activities.
t had the pennant within their ten put-outs without an error, rasp in the campaign, only to and also Umberto Mose play- at the lost et errorless sizzling ball at the see it slip away
windy alley for seven pit-out: on the ori-and three aggists. players
are with the ginal roster" present star-stunned edition, and
moment.
Several
Based
A double-play was made by Lionel
Hed out by burler Tomechy. other day. even though they failed again the Mano team when the boys will live to fight an- "Jive King" Sequeira was tag- on their Jast year's who relayed the clusive pill to showing, the Shell Sports Club catcher Andy Carrion in time to nail Frankie "Samba" recommend thein. win had little to
They were weak in the infield. Correa who tried to score from However, Shell played bead-up third base. ball and taking the breaks that
After the game, a reception was held at the Molen Club In came their woy managed to get sixth place, where they stayed hour of the Jars Softball
the reminder The Football Association, the during
of the team. Mr Ace Braga of the Macao teant entertained the Football League and the Players' season.
with Sparked by the fancy clnut-visitors
Music are all fully Union
popular and Sons. the temptation, but ne far as 1ng of Umberto More and Ed- can see there is only one way die Remedies, Union Insurance for them to remedy t-discard are to be commended for their to secure that the maximum waste rule and let untiring efforts
clusive win against the Mec- a star be paid on merit.
faong gan- Their attendance England "1" lost 5-0 at Milnu. record was perfect for every
aware of
Arthur Penil says: THIS 'STAB' SHOT TIP
are contemplating accepting enthe "A" team teraped home 5-3 player on the line-up was on IS OFTEN MISSED
nagementa overseas-ong
in!
at Lisbon thanks to two penal hand at every game. Italy and two in South America les against a side they leat 10-05 --and they may be but the two years ago, and the national vanguard of a wholesale exodus Amateurs which might well cripple League Copenhagen. football in this country. One is
It seems almost too bad to be sense of sportsmanship through- with a North East club, another true with the selection of 22 out the whole season. In the Midlands and yet a third players for the looming only a
The Mercantile Bankers end-profersluna snooker century
Ureak thin loop basement. lost 4-1 ined up in the
Despite their poor showing, the Meefoonits displayed a fine
In Yorkshire.
defensive
A DAY IN MACAO
week or two ahead. The loss of Frankiin has undoubtedly
Despile Mr Weather Clerk England's I have met ene agent for an thrown
winds, bat in being most unkind to sports- Italian club who has £20,000 to strategy to the
exhibition game be spend on a tip-top player, and spite of this the Football Asrock-men the the player himself
Macao
would be tion should have strong men in tween the Jaguars of Hongkong
Senior Softball fame, and offered a two years' contract reserve.
Team came through I cannot help but feel that an with flying colours.
club
The Melco "manager played on
with option to extend, 5.2,000 down upon siguing, a house and
ILACKD
*KED
'YOMMUN «troke in the building of MIND." -now what it can do at the spot-end with simplo red.
Leaving 6 13 dood Almost straight black co follow, the Muro- tout ooks almost too ensy,
indend it fa not very difficult. it when welde
A century Into
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Club
this
all found for his family if any, a experienced free trip home to England each should be in charge of the team, Ground in Macno under drizzy close reamm, £30 a week plus a man such as Stanley Cullis or rainfall.
The
Jaguars Matt Busby, Mr Walter Winter- bonus.
bottom
done
Ane 17-3. The 1 All this tax free. What player theoretical job, but he has not selected can resist such an offer when all had the practical playing ex- evocuces, he gets in England by statutory perience that I think is needed of fang attended to witness the maximum is twelve Bulucas a to weld our individual stars into first appearance of Softball In week in the winter and ten in a team.
K
CANNON
REDAK, CARESSE! SO FAR AS
·TRAT STUFF VÝTHE PAPER 13.CONCERNED-YOU HERO HOT. WORRY. - VIDOEQ KHOMOV LESS THAN I DO?
..BUT NOW YOU MUGT 08 HONEST {WITH ME. DID YOU WEAR GLOVES
THAT NIGHT YOU WENT TO THE
| PAVILLON' BOUGE AND FIRED AT ZUCCI?..THINK NOW..
mauled Macao
sido home
was from Shanghai A mammoth crowd
Macao after the war.
DWEO
REO
REDO
"stab."
break it nasumes the importance crud half- hall not in a
Unitards,
Reliability
10
the Keynote of
The pinyer must be
olever outien to leave the cue ball on a given pace no biegeT LUDO sixpence,
That bunt often goes unnoticed.
With one Test Ofer a cratre pocket and another fa baulk, cus-ball In band, and cut roa which would you but frsty
resently saw a player take the on in 19 then bl red, blue A co on to clear the colour in sint-clan ntyle,
REEN WUSPER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
YOU MUST TELL MET YOU EVEN) FORGOT IN YOUR CONFESSION
TO ME TO SAY YOU LEFT
THE GUN DEHIND!
BUT I COULDN'T, MISIEU CANNON, }} BORROWED IT FROM A FRIEND. [AN AMERICAN.. HIS NAME 19
DRAD MITCHELL, +++
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