SOFTBALL SEASON OPENS NEXT WEEK
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1950.
WORKING TO HOLD THEIR
"STARDUST" DISCUSSES PROSPECTS IN THE LADIES' PENNANT CAMPAIGN
With the official opening of the 1950/51 Softball season set for September 10, on the Association's ground, King's Park, most team managers are busy rounding up their regular players to get them into trim for the coming season,
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A Double Header has been fixed for the opening. The Braves, hollers of the "Doc" Molthen Shield, will tangle with the all-powerful St. Joseph's squad, the game to be followed immediately by a Ladies" tilt in which the Wahon, triple Champions and holders of the China Mail Shield, cross hats with St Teresa's (last year's Junior Champions and holders of the Victor Mamak Shield).
Here is a survey of the chances of the teams in the Lilies' League this coming senson:
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CLOVERS:—The Clovers are jernched by Eddie Marques and
ST TERESA:-St Teresa, dart Cerar Cuello and led by Marie with Baptisia. They are an unpret year's Junior Champions.
team who fre best
Sez (5) Wanda WABOOS:—The winners of bright hopes for his ball squad, Carman
Sheila Howard Shield for On the field most of them show Rodrigues (16) consecutive
ball-sempe, years wood
The quad tefs, and Frisky Ferreira start as hot favourites, with pruch:eu daily a dispinyUtility:-Benit, Remedlog. most of their mainstay back in zeldom-seen enthusiasm to- In the fold. "Gorgeous Tery" wards we game. Noronha, will agal be at the belm. She will be remembered tor ner great plening. Support In her will be Irene Castile, be depruting on the same team dictaule
the title are stucked Hilda Soures, Gilly Winglee, Inez that brought them the honours,, when
whom are Lilia "Luis-painst them. The streamlined Soares, Terera
Pea" anions Sweet
Chan, the Remedios and overhauled outh wit Cumpor, Patsy Ribeiro, Elsie elous"
and Hernie, much the same team which LOW Thompson, Elva Leg, Helen sisters Theire Ribeiro, Patsy Johnson,
will depend a great deal upon Gwen Dragon.
(whether temperamental Tiny Tennison ean Aud the plate
egularly enough,
thek
and Melvic Soares, Betty Baptista action last year. Their success
and Girlie Gant,
CANECKETTES: "Bloomer Girl" Alice Mar's Canuckettes, one of the main threats to the Wahoos, will be a strong team this fetson and wil be rem. forced by several members former Shanghai teams.
Las
commendable job. been practising
acc Mager of 110 quad. Ja elte is going to the States next troth to continue ber studies,
SQUAWS:-The Squaws had their fint experience of league softball.. lat reason and they
WHITE FANGS:--The White turned in a
Fangs, have
who caused 21
great They
at sensation of hard, hoping to get a crack
krst, year by nearly Managed by Renme snatchink
The Junior Dway the titles. Sequeira, the presence of the pennant from St Teresa, Will your, the Camiekettes had Squaws will be felt once a be without the service of Serette former members of the Lan
The Tupe, In the pennant compaign. terns In their squad towards
of the season! sun-kisser! Squaw whose are the conclusion
Af MUROT. is too Will Mignon Yin and Avanta Choy, my
require further de the Senior
Champion Batting known to Queen and Mo Valuable eription,
I understand that Cerite Ar- Player of la year, were the services of
the ball of 1956" theward, formerly nuiphy, their sizzling third bare- two girl who played for Canuckelles. This year they of the Prades and Gloria Mar man, has taken over the hurling
Cecite - Wak C Fame Sequeira of the "famous" Wild-ainment.
Junior Batting Champion 1:1 feats.
"Cutie Damn
Xivin The following is the line-up your
gerond. PIRATES:-The Pirates have of the ten--Andy Souza (p), who was prominent at
of the Nank
be the baclibuni Carvalho, Juser Gut wit most of lat year's tam turning to the thir.
Ceart), Katherine Remedies (26), team. Pipitar Bat Wurien is Xavier,
73) the mentor of the White Fann Sequeira he Gloria their
HERE AND THERE
will ako be donning CUJUSTED,
the
str.
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have Dunited That
Set Mis Soft-
Mar
JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN
Matthews Leads
The
Orchestra
We
After that magnificent season-opener between newly promoted 'Spurs and dyed-in-the-wool Blackpool, walked out of the ground together, a tall, well-built good- He is Charlie Withers. looking fellow and myself. 'Spurs left-hack, and a good one at that..
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1 said: "That was tremendous performance. maybe the best I have ever sem," and he said: "Yes, there's nobody like Matthews in the whole, game of football."
I ni: "Hicin't mean that, that belongs as much in Covent I meant your performance Garden as it does on the Sucer
in taking a leking like that, tel.
Most of us can mention many never once forgetting you were of the great ones. None will try out there to play the ball.. "to mention une who would have one through the bewildering
coming back for mare, and,
It was indeed agnificent movements of Deadpan Stan effortless case exhibition by Withers and d I, with the rate were lo numinate the man of complete ro-ordination. the match 1 would nonninate him rather than
The
itumaciaate:
This highly polished Black- Standey, who gave him ani od team respøntled to his and a Spurs and 65,000 people a terson - Jobusten's inspiration as a good In the art of football that few orchestra responds to
of us will ever forget.
Out came the Spurs full of the
bounce mut confidence born of last season's Arcresses, For a
adductor,
THE ONLY ONE
a
fin
With football speeded-up as 1, we tony never see his like feve numments they bounded rain, and if any England rele ar und the lovely stretch of
present he mus Hewie unleashed for had been castles, mut yous hepan to feel have rent in an impediate de
frail- and for his recall to the E- the Lit
Sorry for tooth, ginity Toned, 34-year land ride.
sward H
dialing forlorn over Blackpool's right touchline.
'TWO-WAY' STUFF
Then Blatthews got the ball. I Ile luak i
He could play for Blackpoot and England for another half dozen years playing the game as he elves at a speed peculiar to himself.
isht 1 Withers į Be is still as keen on training
and let him look at it,
"Stardust" Went FOVING tant Sabbath down King's Tark way. Thes numbers of men, women and children, boys and tils and tiny tots taking p softball did make a pretty sight!
MEETING
A meeting of Team Managers will be held on Mundry. Sep- tember 4, 1951), comunemeitig at 6 pm. at Prexy "ne" Mofthen's Office. Shell House. All Maya. to attend are requested. when all hlevant matters $1
to the 1950-51 will be illyen set.
Bey
Sp
ed on
He Changed
His Mind
a
By post the older day Maurice Tutu received
hanel omt invitation card fran The president and comunittee of the National Cricket Club, request- mut the plea ure of his earnpany at the remony of laying the foundation one of the Ran Stadium al Eden Gardens ad 5 In.
TITLES
The two National Junior title holders, Skillman Suydam and Mary Lois Thornhill, have a tune-up together at Cypress Gardens, Fla., on their single slalom water akis. They' defend their titles in competition in
Home Soccerfront
The Players
A
Seattle,
Wash.
Are Starting Quiet Rebellion
Against Negative Soccer
BY HAROLD
PALMER
Some of our real footballers are leading a quiet rebellion against the clubs who can think of gaining results only through negative, defensive football. It is no more than an individual crusade on the part of each player at present, but the future of our football will be all the brighter as their efforts gain momentum.
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STOP THIS BAILEY WITCH-HUNT
Says Peter Wilson
Emanuel McDonald Bailey is probably the most "popular Funker on British trucks Today. Populär, that is, with the crowds--the people who pay and keep big albletles allye.
But despite his phenomenal recent form-did you see how twice in one day he equalled the British all- comers' record of 9.6 seca. 7-he's certainly not popular in all athletic quarters.
For while Mac
continues to He won't go on winning for plave that he's the Trio-Britain if he continues to be dody of them all Ert the haţased in this fushion, dashes and, prolsed be, ensured So if people have any thing Our Victory over the American ebnerete against Bailey let them al Benelux teams in the recent drop the mear campaign, come British Games, he is having to out with their accusations, and compete against not only the allow him to give his sile, world's crack sprinters but also
Jumour campolga
บ
which Better still, tet him alone to
seems to be aimed at proving | get on with his running. I only that he's not a genuine amateur.
Now I know nothing about Mae Bailey's finances, but I do know, for example, that a great many outstanding athletes have taken more than the third-class fares allowed by the Amateur Athletle Association.
I think it's time we stopped patting our heads in the sand about world-famous athletes. No one enn seriously maintain that Sir Donald Bradman didn't
considerable receive
indirect nuancial beneft
from hia
nagnificent performances --- apart from the gifts be got from wealthy patrons.
Golf "blues" used to be offer- ed good jobs on the Slock Ex- change; some of the lies of the tennis lawns who tolled Hot, melther did they spin (except on wet pourta), have made more than comfortable incomes out of pete in the European Games. sports firms,
DEFY THEM
I defy
any great player, in these days of British
verly, to say that outstanding prowers hasn't helped him or her in a material fashion.
Mao Bailey
eligible to com-
wish he were
CHARLES AGREES
To get
Boxing is beginning into it stride both in England and in America. athlelle
having
In America Ezzard Charles,
climinated Beshore, has
Freddie now agreed In terms for his fight with Joe Louis on September 27,
So 1 most certainly hope thal
(an hatividual witch-hunt won't
be directed against Bailey,
After same haggling, Lout gets 35 percent and Charles 20 percent or the ale. Tra-
the ditionally
heavyweight and the challenger 12 percent. champion takes 37 percent
As it is, I think Bailey might even have equalled the world's record by now in another, enun try. And I don't mean through way atmospheric differenver- would probably though he have benefited from a fack of some of the chill winds of criti-America-let alone in the other HM champion, even all over
But Charles isn't recognised
Naturally an inside forward who can use the ball does not want to stay with n club where they are only happy if their defenders are packing their own penalty arva and where they rely on big kicking and fast running to bring breakaway goals.
clever, constructive j These metilods did not save replied, "I am so eruzy on them which have come from continents.
Their letal game I would play anywhere-¦ high rap. wing half atided to be playing them last season.
the even in roat.
Not
the
ław
Tommy
the purely nestative part in such jof coals against, 67, was
jsecond lowest a club's defence.
ver for the bot-
I took Mac An unconscion- In full training now at High, alte time to have some of his tom club in the First Division Objections to these tactics
IT-side since
bury is wan
Vallance, records recognised. Once t have Licen responsible for changed in 1925, lit they could brother in law to Stanley was discovered that the track everal players transfers during muster only 31 goals on the Matthews, who broke his left ki
was seven inches short — after so badly last November. There he had run. and I admireeridt sicir and they were, never the attitude of the players who lan attractive side to watch.
plate in the leg now, but a strung clean job has been maile want to put more height und artstry to their football.
of .
The close sensor,
They, and I, have, në time for and has tha manager who can think of: for In land.
nothing but "getting stuck in,"
holding his
Again, there was trouble over the wind-gauges. On yet mus
there wasn't other occasion
number uf stop-
Bretan, son of an old Irish international goalkeeper, is
sathient for had four ents He is very keen on international place that his chance of treatly improved by
and there are far too many in, and feels
this categoWN English football, doing ro
will improv when they change his moves to Fulham.
the 1500s
are supplanted.
ENTHUSIASTIC
Discussing this
SHREWD DEAL
Lutun made a shrewd deal ubject with when they bought Brennan from two playera Wim may help 10 Distillery" for about £2,000 thres sop the tuSTIC of Orient being yearn 2014. They could not
with th of Cin- ynonymous
Barn ngham's £20,000 Menet, Paty Hoy and Tommy Laffer, and now Fulsom, though 31. 1 found them very believ they have paid a enfiosaastie about nunager Alet į šimtor price, muy yết get their Sick's neer theories.
money worth.
road
"They are JUNI the am as
David Lloyd Bowen w. not Arthur" Rowe's," and Rees, who į quickly forget the day Arenal was very happy at Tultenham, eam. after him He was con- believed in could have won his
dein opt cientiously lace ther
but work this season,
before Northampton's eventually agreed to join the training had stortat when entrprising Orent.
manager Bob Denison, former Fulham back, rhued aim in his car.
"Mr Stock belleves in pro- from Loal- give football jk open to forwazak," A pred friend of Ranji, the
Then Bobby Brennan, the ceremony attracted him-until
that it was to besh international, felt that his rld rib. Birmingham City held
too nach concentrated duft ne..
he noticed
the
Calcutta,
"ate
afternoon
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HOUSEWIFE WINS
Compeitions to see who can stride an exact 100 yards are
Then as ever he was, Joe Smith Seeing organised in several East he took it away this way nanod as physically as the then he took it past in that youngest man on the books. For Kent
way.
that vital split second when he needs a
a burst of speed he has it sorrow there enough The direction of the
to leave The began to shift, and began to fastest of them, standing.
bored unique,
shift violently when he
vilinges, following:
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successful internallona?“ strid- ing contest held in Gatehouse Alcadow ht Westbere,
Canterbury. He is
near
Wine: a feld of 52 starters and woy and feinted his way
Let not 'Spurs be downcast by was housewife Mrs F. Godden, through a muZO of such 'Spurs
this first defent, The guess is who stuck her stake into the ns Ben Burgers, and, at the pre-
beat more than ground at the point nearest to else moment gave the ball to his that they will
beat them.
the correct 100 yards.
captain and right-half Johnston, who scored, the first of two glorious goals from the same
uncary comice.
That was only the start of an exhibition or ball control, the subtlety of swerve, footwork
Clarke is one of the best Compelitors have to guess the centre-halves in the making distance as they go along and
stride have reen and Bally is a prond | must try to
exactly 30 foraging inside forward. His Inches every time so as to count seal to make it 1-2 was a delight, the yards.
K. O. CANNON
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A RECORD, BUT
At fir. the uld not felt Bowenj the name of the cob that was
after him, but just said it was
club, none better." Silf, Buwen did not imagine it would be Arsenal.
CAN'T COMPETE
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watches.
Main fack now is builditur up the high muscles. There was 21in. wastage, but in Bus ben put back.
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I don't think anyone could say Me had won his races the
PETER DITTON CONDUCTS
And Louis wat never beaten for the title.
Stadium top-ne at the Septem
I understand that the Empress
ber 19 show--in honour of that
former Krent
world welter-
"Kid weight champion Ted Lewis-will by clash between the Glasgow by weight Vic Herman, with his rumba-lyte
of Shadating, and France's Honore Pratesi, whom I thought very unlucky when he was adjudged the loser against Terry Allen for the world flyweight title.
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An Inquest On The
With
Test Series The West Indies
Now the shouting has died away, now the battle has been lost and won, the time is appropriate to open the inquest on yet another series of English Test 'failures,
We had been told before the tour began that the trouble with the West Indies ericket team was a tendency to become dispirited when things were not going right for them. Now we know differently. They lost the first Test at Old Trafford and according to that reckoning should have lost the next three. But no.
They Heked their wounds A slight movement down the
Individual bouquets are not Infler the Manchester game and wicket and the ball short of a lengy to distribute. Ramadilim. nexen taunched a series of attacks length became a half-volley and Valentine, Worrell and Weekes
which reduced English cricket at meant four more.
to the same state of helpless
have that the
: redured it to two
AMAZING CONTRAST
When he found out the day he says he was amazed, never ought I would
Australians had Guch good fortune."
years pre-
The contrast While he was sitting in the viously. This year was remark-
for the Arsenntable for the number of injuries balted
was offer waiting
and valleys and representatives to arrive larry to England's star players,
Bot available whe thecould
ONDON medical student, Sft; 17. Tim Anderson, smallest poleyoulter in the world, didn't be glad or know whether 10 sorry after he had broken the bbs, Walsall mannger, tordid provide an excuse which treated with English native record with a phoned
to make an inquiry vmit of 13ft. against Turkey about Bowen, but when he was Ausles were here. at the White City.
told Arsenal were negotiating, b said I can't compete with thema.
For Tua, despite that record, was not selected for the British team for the European Cham- pionships. When the team was chosen Tim was left out because he Was
good enough!
not considered
THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS
GET AFTER THAT
LAUNCH RIGHT AWAY!..
IT'S THE DOPE-DANGE!
THEY'RE HEADING BACK
TO CASA DEL FALCO.......
BUT DON'T SHOOT!.
- THERE ART two of
MY FRIENDS ABOARD.
RATHER GRIM
have deserved all that has been cald about them,
RAE'S CONTRIBUTION when England amazing. Italf-
There is, however, one other long hops were member of the side whom a gentleness that ¦ ¦ feet has been equally respons1- only bc described asible for England's defeat. feeble and I cannot recall one!
He is Alan Rae, the Winch- Occasion when the West Indies einre-lo-the-wicket fielders were
more Hill Club cricketer and fereed to retire to a safer orða. West Indies left-handed opening Dist even allowing for the
Exterman. Catitious at times In It was this reticence to al-the extreme; Rae nevertheless at his fect that Hutton, Compton, played rugby
WAT the foundation stone on school at Moesteg. He was
Washbrock, Edrich, Parkhouse, Vick the bowling which made a full-back, but tumed to soccer Balley and Evans all missed Ramadhin and Valentine into which all the West Indies que- when his father get a job as one or more matches the post-the glanta they finally became.cess was built.
Tacy are undoubtedly prent warden
failed at Old Trafford of a youth club. Heton is still rather grim.
bowlers-I played for the club kam and got It la a sad reflection
have already de-and the West Indies 10st. He into the national against Scotland.
Bowen
Raps left by our top, men.
that
le
boys' chibs' inter-jave years after the war we still scribed them as the finest young (zored a century at Lords, and
I could not put adequate replace- combination produced by any icy won by 320 runs," nichts in the field to fil the help wondering how they in just over four hours and cruntry at any thing-but I can-
At Trent Bridge he compiled might have fared had they been paved the way for Worrell and treated
slightly less Weekes to slaughter England's
two Teststed attack. timidity in the Bret
They would still have taken
CRAZY ON SOCCER
He remembers ils first game in League football because it was against Notts County he
John Goddard has sportingly declared that the loss of cricket during the war years was the deciding tarter. That was a day Tommy Lawton first played ice gesture, John.
"I was in the stands excuse cannot hold water much ready to watch when I Was longer.
for them.
with
Finally, he completed another But the a lot of wickets but their century at the Oval and the Indies won by In
strage might have been con- West serably higher,
Furthermore Innings they might not have been called
called in to play right-half," The real reason why
laurists from the Caribbean and that would not have been enn be twisted to suit any
the upen to bowl so frequently. It has been cald that Agures
he told me.
Though most of his foolban were so successful is that they a bad thing for England. has been played at left-holf, Play cricket as it should be In probably as an outside-ief played-and as it was played in that Arsenal are most interested this country not so very
Not for them the stolid Well played, West Indies. You
in Bowen,
ERO.
argument. But in this case at least, I feel they are straight- enough and while not
But now it is all over. Both 130esting, that he has been the
Tong gratulations
Jahn
Goddartl
ziar
of the alde, 'I think his
"lay in the crease" outlook have proved yourselves worthy efforts have been Insufficiently That much was made clear.A long hop was a long hop jeleketers and fully deserving to him. When asked if he no matter who the bowles, and of an opportunity to
oppose praisect. would mind playing there has, auch was hit for four or x. Australia for the world "Ashes".
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