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ROSSELETS RINK PROVES TOO GOOD

PUL CHING CARRY

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BASEBALL SEASON

ENDS

HKBC SURPRISE VOLUNTEERS

The 1937 baseball season came close yesterday when the Pui Ching Baseball Club beat the local Chinese by, 126 in the last game of the series, to win the Vogue trophy and the Bagram Shield. By. doing so, they went through their ten matches with only one defeat.

The Hong Kong Club surprised the runners-up, the Volunteers, b beating them 6 to 2.

Superb pitching by Robert McCall, who limited the hardest hitting team in the League to only three hits during the seven frames,

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Volunteer struggle. McCall struck.

L. C. R. SOUZA GIVES

FINE DISPLAY

HYDE-LAY'S BRILLIANT

BOWLING

YESTERDAY'S RINK SEMI-FINALS THE two semi-finals in the Colony Open Pairs Championship were held yesterday on the Hong Kong Football Club and Civil Service greens, when C. S. Rosselet's Craigengower quartette caus- ed a sensation by eliminating the strong Indian four skipped by U. M. Omar by 27 shots 12, while in sensational upset in the Open the remaining game, A. Hyde-Lay's four beat B. Basto's Kowloon Tong rink, by 24 shots to 23 on an extra head.

C. S. Rosselet, above, skipped a Craigengower rink which caused a

Pairs Semi-Final Round yester- day, when he eliminated a strong Indian four skipped by UM Omar.

the feature in the Club NORMAN LEE out eight during the morning's SETS NATIONAL AQUATIC MARK

work, and his team mates behind him played their best game this

season.

ANOTHER HOMER

D. Leonard secured another homer to his already long list, and this came in the second frame, when he caught McCall's high bender and drove the ball into the left field wire fence.

Federation Trials At

North Point

TRACK AND FIELD

DISAPPOINTING

The Indians, in the former game, were slow in finding their green, and the Valley team had secured a lead before they began to score. Souza played a great game as No. 3 to Rosselet, and laid the foundation for many of their big scores.

The encounter failed to produce feet behind the jack. He was onst- bowls of a really high standard with ed from that position by A. Basto the exception of Souza, who was who made a perfect draw to take in a class of his own. Rosselet was the shot. The position was un- inconsistent as the winning skin, changed when the skips started to while U. M. Omar received little bowl It was anybody's game. B. support from his team members, Basto with his first wood blocked being himself very poor on the short well Hyde Lay was wide. Basto heads.

again blocked leaving almost no His rink waS In the other game, Hyde-Lay was chance of losing. Starting out in their usual Further athletic trials were heldin fine fettle and decided the issue lying one.

Hyde Lay decided to fashion, the local Chinese took the at Caroline Hill yesterday by the jump, scoring three runs in the HK.CAAF in preparation for

on the extra head with some bril-draw. His bowl was watched with first, but after that, they could the China National Games to be J. R. Soares

liant bowling.

the utmost suspense as it weaved its way. through

* blocking the only gather one each in the fifth, held in Nanking on October 10 The J. W. Leonard A. A. Razack

woods, grazed the jack and 1 came sixth and seventh, while Pui Ching, times again proving disappointing L C. R. Souza A. M. Omar

to rest about two inches nearer the hitting both Chang and Ching for One of the main events, the 10,000 C. S. Rosselet

U. M... Omar fourteenbingles, scored twelve metres race for men, was abandon-

(Skip)

27 (Skip) On the 21st, with his opponents ed owing to the excessive heat, lying four, Hyde-Lay had previous- after the runners had completed ly saved his rink with a drive. The nearly 8,000 metres. There were score was then 23-21 in his only three entries. The Ladies disfavour. The four shots against him cus throw was also cancelled, as would have given Basto's rink the there were no entries a

match had he failed with that Four events were decided at the drive. swimming trials and a new nation-

runs.

AQUATIC PROBLEMS TO FACE

KUMI OmaT

12 jack than that of A. Basto

J. Watson

C. B. Hosking. B. G. Craig. A Hyde Lay.

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H. Gittins

S. J Houghton.. A. H. Basta B. Basto. - (Skip)

DANISH GIRL'S FINE

Inconsistent play by Hyde Lay's al record was established in the THE most important sporting event men's 100 metres free-style by Nor-rink was mainly the cause of the

during the past week was the first

Interport swimming trial for the man Lee, who clocked 64 sec. beat-score-being 20-12 in Basto's EFFORT

Quarter-Mile free-style and the 100 ing the previous record time Yards breast-stroke, both of which 65.7 seconds.

of

Lavour on the 15th. The game then looked like Basto's, but a four on

provided sensational upsets, while the The time of the second man in the 16th and another four on the

non-appearance of the Colony cham-

19th levelled matters at 21-all.

The

Copenhagen, To-day- the channel between Sweden and Denmark was conquered in re-

Danish world champion swimmer,

88 Lilli

pion in the former event has placed this event was only a fraction 20th was exciting Watsoncord time last Saturday by th

the Selection Committee in a difficult above the old record. Chan Wing- position,

kai pressing Lee closely towards

It will be recalled that at one of the last length of this event to the meetings of the Interpi

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David

ittee, the Chairman, Mr clock 65.8 seconds.

aled that to qua

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one must part

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to be drawn in favour

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TRACK AND FIELD

Men's 400 Metres 1, Heung

secs.

Haid the foundation for a score

two woods Hoski deemed his for

ed the jac

tion The jack being with Hyde

started from

408 am and org, Denmark, at

weather was extraordinarily goprable, and after the swimmer passed the Island of Saltholm, possible to swim with

of W. Lawrence in the case of the 50g 2, Leung Kam-to. Time: 592 the skips had to feel for 440 Yards trials as he was under doc Ladies 100 Metres.-1, Miss Lo the position and exposed the

his last wood, Hyde Lay tor's orders and there seems ternative but to have Lawrence svim Man-so, 2, Miss Ng Man-fong. Time:

14.3 secs.

but Basto could not take advantage; she fou against the best time or against the Men's Discus Throw-1, Ip Yan- of that, being slightly wide with the

nnot understand how loong 2, Wu Pik-yu Distance: 88 this last wood.

00. Yards

Throwing the Baseball (Ladies).—1, the

first two SK

One really

breast stroke

1 inch.

UNDISMAYED.

rrent

On emer

from the water, Miss Anderson was given a gr to ovation

Miss Ma Hang-ying. Distance: 149 feet. Gittins, Houghton and

Men's 200 Metres, Li Hung-fu were not dismayed by the score gathered Li Hung-kwai; 3, Leung Yau-hung and securely laid four woods Trans-

Time: 25.7′′-secs.

Men's Long Jump-1, Yu Kai-yan; around the Jack With defeat look- Mak Siu-hong, 3, Cheung Nai-singing him in the face Hyde Tay was Distance: 21 ft. 4 ins.

SWELMING

Ladies 100 Metres

Miss-Sa Wai-y

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a large crowd that had witness the finish.

but jack high with his first

displaced

of

MINER'S GOLF VICTORY FOR SCOTS TITIE

Hosking

push out H

L.came into the fore

the last head.

With his two

Time: 25 mine 54 secs Woods he laid two shots, about two Inal

ended in a

six and five Rev