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THE CHINA MATE, DECEMBER 19, 1937-

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WELSH PROBABLES LUCKY TO WIN

EMMA GEES' FIRST RUGBY TRIAL STUBBS SHIELD

SURPRISE

SOFTBALL

VICTORY!

DEFEAT THE FILIPINOS

YESTERDAY'S GAMES FEATURED

BY HOMERS

RESULT

POSSIBLES LEAD AT

HALF-TIME

CLAIMS OF BASSETT

(By ROWE HARDING)

GOLF RESULTS

ADAMSON CUP QUALIFIES

The following are the First Round results in the Stubbs Shield Golf competition, held over the Fanling courses during the past week-end:

Dodwell and Co. received a walk-over from the R. N. Hospital; J. D. Hutchi- son and Co. beat the Union Insurance Co. at the 19th, the P. W. D. received a walk-over from the Socony Vacuu Corporation, Davie Boag and Co. re-

eived a walk-over from R. A. Lyennun Lowe, Bingham and Matthews received walk-over from the Harbour Offices Chartered Bank beat the Canadian Pacific SS at the 19th, the Confeder

ation Life Insurance Co. best Harry

Line beat the Hong Kong Tramways

Kong and --

Sirang 1

London, November 8. IT is becoming a tradition of Welsh Trial matches that the Possibles forwards should beat the (By “SHORTSTOP”)

Probables for the ball, and so it was on Saturday at The double-header played by Bridgend. The Probables won by three goals to a Wicking and Co. by 2 and 1; the Bank the Central British and the Eng goal and a penalty goal, but only those who saw by 6 and 5: HMS lish Forum resulted in two wins for the latter team with the the match can appreciate how lucky the Probables the ong

Banking Corporation; Royal Corps scores of only 5 to 1, and 5 to 2, were to win at all. At half time the Possibles led by of Signals beat the Education Depart thus showing that the Central British boys have really made eight points to five, and looked altogether the bet-Ordnance Corps beat the Air Ministry great strides in the game. ter side.

The Forumers are a strong THE SELECTORS TRIED TO RESTORE THE BALANCE BY won the Bogey (Par) Pool over the team and it is a credit to Bill PUTTING EDWARDS (CENTRE) AND MOXEY (FORWARD) fold course from a field of 27. Muir's gang that they held the INTO THE PROBABLES SIDE IN PLACE OF JAMES AND H. G. T. May with a score of 78-15-63 qualified for the Adamson Cup Compe Chinese boys to only five runs in REES, BUT, UNTIL THE LAST FIVE MINUTES AT ANY RATE, tition at the Valley from 18 other en- each game. The Forum now THE CHANGES BROUGHT NO IMPROVEMENT, AND IT WAS tries. Other scores were: A. E. Clarke share the top position with theJUST SHEER BAD LUCK WHICH PREVENTED THE POS_78-12=66, J. Cook :93-24—69.

SIBLES FROM ADDING TO THEIR LEAD

ment 6 and 5 and the Royal Army

by 1 up.

N. D. Lloyd with a card of 2 down

Vets in the Softball League.

A bouquet goes to the No. 3, Ma

*The moral of it all is that there is no ready-made Welsh pack, chine Gun Company for their first win of the season at the expense of day was sadly misnamed. In a match of this sort, the form of m. half-backs, though Evans and E. H. and that the Probables three-quarter line which played on Satur quite clearly the better pair of Davies played by no means badly." the Filipino Club. It was indeed dividual players matters much more than the result, so I shall con

Tanner sprained an ankle late in pleasure to see Anderson snagging flies off his shoestrings, and he is fine myself mostly to personalities Vivian Jenkins was hardly the game and wisely left the field. credited with five put-outs from at his best. He seldom is in Trial matches, and Legge looked just

forwards were fairly evenly divid flies. This game was a long drawn as good a player, until the last five minutes, when Jenkins kicked. I should say that the eight best fed between the two packs. Vickery out affair, going to eleven innings two perfect goals, one from the touch line. with the score tied at 7-7, before Rapley clouted

rows were very well-matched, but a homer that Only Edwards, of the centres, Bassett was the best wing, and was the best of them all. The front brought in Porter for the winning approached international form enhanced his claims to inclusion Moxey and Morgan, though both He played very well, and is the He outplayed Matthews, even in excellent young players, were hard- only possible partner for Wooller,

run.

HOMERS GALORE

inber

The H.K. Baseball Club's nine if we except the possibility of the matter of pace, to the generally solid enough for a Welsh sec- errors cost them their game to the playing Cliff Jones and W. T. H.surprise. Clement had few chances, fond row. Leslie Evans was the

and was well marked by Porter, best wing-forward. Davies as fire-eighths.

For the Probables, Tamplin, Cle- who, though hardly an national yet, shows distinct proment and Law scored tries, Tamplin converting one and Jenkins two. mise.

Legge kicked a penalty goal for the and converted Glyn Tanner and Cliff Jones were Possibles

formidable Vets by 15 to 3 runs. There were homers galore and a curious feature of this match was that all three runs scored by the Baseballers were home runs, but unfortunately, with no one on Bautista If bases. Wicks, left fielder, surpris-Paulino 36 ed even himself, when he came in Faller ef on two homers.

The detailed box scores:

"T. Chew of E. Wong 3b

C. Young P T. Chan 1b B. Is 85 T. Wong 2b B. Gong 1f

N Lum e

T. Mar rf B. Lau r

VETS

Score by innings:

AB R H PO A E 6 3 1 0 0 0

6 2 2 3 3 0

FILIPINO CLUB

AB R H PO A E

Pedring lb

6 2 2 12 51

1

5 1 1 2 3

5 1

0

0:0

3

Luis c Loyola p Dumatol ss Gruz 2b. Mariano f Islao rf

~ DOHOCHH

04 1 2.0

0 4 2 0

0 0 0-1

2 0 0-1: 0.0

6 3 1 1 3 2

45 7 10 30:11 A

6 2 3 8 5

0 0

Score, by innings:

3 0

0 0

3. 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Runs: 0 8-3-0 0 21 0 0 1 0 = 0.0 Hits: 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 10 20 9 600

0 0 11.0

49 15 12 27 10 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rans: 2 5 0 15 020 0=15. Hits: 1 2 123 1r1.0-12 HK. BASEBALL CLUB

Osborne ri

Smith 2b Morreal p McCall ss Molthen Ib Davis 3b

Wicks 1f

Walker c

Brown c

Score by Innings

AB R H PO A E

501170-0-

4123 11

AB R H PO A E

6 2 1 176-1

6 1 1 2 0 1 0.0

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Porter 1b Eapley 14 Anderson of Winch 2b F. Zimmern p E. -Zimmern SS

5 1 2 5

5 0 1 3 20

5 1

1 1

2 1

D. Hung ri

A Zimmern 3b Winglee e

5 2

Bouchard Pere Et Fils

47 9 16 33-15

4 0 0 4 1 0 Score by innings. 300-16-1-

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

0012 1 23 Runs: 0 0 8 0 0 21 €

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Runs: 000013110:

1337

Hits: 00:2011211=

Two base hits: E. Wong.

Hits: 0214130103

Two base hits: Pedring Three base hits: Potter

Home rum: Lule, Rapley,

El Zimmern2)

Struck out by Loyola: 6; by Zimmern:

None.

Base on balls off Zimmern: 1; of

yola: None.

Umpires: PT. Molthen and 1. Morreal Scorer W.-A. Smith. LEAGUE ST

Home Tuns: Chew, F Van C

Coung, L-Chan (2), Smith, and

by Young: 5, by Morreal: a.Vets:

mg: 2, off Morreal: Forum

Canadian Chinese the third innings. Mor- Filipino

HKR dited 3, M.

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