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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 15, 1938.

Bill Muir, above, is field captain

SOFTBALL “CELLAR" CHAMPIONS TO BE DECIDED TO-MORROW

VETS WILL BE FEATURED

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IN NEEDLE MATCH

TO-DAY'S "SPOTLIGHT

(By "SHORTSTOP")

of the Central British Association. FANS who were disappointed at the postponement

and President of the H-K. Baseball League.

CRICKET

LEAGUE

of the "battle for the cellar championship" of the Softball League between the C.B.A.,, and the Machine Gunners last Sunday, will get a double dose to-morrow, when these teams play a double- header, beginning at 10 a.m., on the C.B.A., ground.

PROGRAMME Porter's hard-hitting cricketers. Both teams are out to win and 1

FULL FIXTURE CARD

(By “ADREM”) Both the Hong Kong Cricket Club and the Indian Recreation Club, joint holders of the.. Senior League title, should col- lect three points this afternoon at the expense of Army and Club de Recreio, respectively, although if either of these two latter teams strike the form they are capable of, there might quite easily be an upset. Navy are at home to the K.C.C., who will be probably be without

A hard tussle should ensue between Bill Muir's aggregation and

am informed that Muir has made a lot of medicine with his boys, and that Porter and his gang have been in several huddles trying out strategic plays.

The last scheduled game for the Vets Softball Club will be with the Filipino Club, on the latter's ground at 10 a.m., to-morrow, and all indications of previous statistics show that the former team should win this clash without much struggle.

“SPOTLIGHT”

welterweight

of

But, anything can happen in of the Vancouver Amateur Athle- la ball game! If the Vets win tic Club in track, rugby, boxing his one, they have the pennant and baseball. He also joined the cinched; if they lose, the Forum Holyburn Pacific Ski Club, will tie with them for first place which he is still a member. and will have a crack at the Still with the V. A. A. C., the championship in a play-off. The next year, he became the runner- Filipino Club will

meet the up in the

boxing Forum at the second game. championship of British Columbia, only because he could not get to the services of Ernie Fincher, who evolved around one man

The local baseball League has the finals in time. He played for whose the Kerrisdale Club that year at is suffering from an inflamed ap-energy and unbounded enthusiasm short and left-field in their pendix. Provided the Senior Service has managed to put the sport more ball nine, in the Vancouver Com- are not too badly depleted by ships' than ever on a major status." movements, they should win, havis William Campbell Muir,

Hemercial League. ing regard to their fine record of was elected President of the Hong late. Both sides are fairly strong Kong Baseball League in 1936, in batting, however, and, as the and who has been re-elected to the matting wicket at King's Park, is a same office each year since batsman's paradise, a draw is not time. at all unlikely.

who

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base-

“WRASSLER” AND SKIIER

big way that year, and was also Bill took up “wrasslin'” in a

up to his neck in slalom racing, cross-country and jumping in the Coass "B" skiing at Vancouver. Bri-He had the unfortunate experience

Eng-tling finals the next year.

Fe-of not finishing again in the wres-

Re- Arriving in the Colony în 1934 gradually to take up

Bill was born at Vancouver, Craigengower and Civil Service tish Columbia, Canada, on should be featured in a close game bruary 23, 1910,, and went to and a narrow victory one way or land to finish his schooling. the other would cause no surprise. turning to Canada, he

became an all-round

JUNIOR DIVISION

athlete and,Dairy Farm. Wities with

the

first connection

The strongest challengers in the as he says in his jocular manner: with local sport was when he be- Junior League, Craigengower and "I-even played cricket!"

Army "A", should register vic- tories, although in view of the fact

ALL-ROUND ATHLETE Although riding, skiing

came a member of the Y. M. C. A., hockey team, and he also played baseball and with the local America

that the latter team are playing on baseball were his chief interests team. foreign territory, I would not be in the field of sport, unduly surprised if the Portuguese graduation from school, there was after his team created an upset, more especially as Hatfield one of the take some sort of interest.

hardly a sport in which he did not finest bowlers in the Colony, will probably be required for the Army Senior team,

There does not appear to be very much 1 of interest in the remainder

In 1927, Bill donned the colours

R. Baldwin, K. M. Baxter, F. A. Broad- bridge, R. T. Broadbridge, H. Broken- shire, GA, Y. Hall, J. R. Luke, WL

of the programme, although the re- Mckenzie, W. Mulcahy and C. B. R. sult of the University-I.R.C. game Sargent. is likely to be close.

C.C.C.

Navy

IR.C.

Army

K.C.C.

C.S.C.C.

C. de R.

University

H.K.C.C.

PROGRAMME First Division ·

YC.S.C.C. ▼K.C.C.

v. C. de. R.

• H.K.C.€.

Second Division

v Navy

C.C.C.

Army

VLR.C

▼ Army “B”,

JUNIOR FOOTBALL NEARING THE END

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Sole Agents H. RUTTONJEE & SON

the Engineers.

To-morrow the postponed games The 24th Battery, after a very in the Junior Shield will take place C.C.C. 1st XI: E. Zimmern (Capt.), poor start are now second in the and should result in wins for the P. J. Billimoria, A. R. H. Esmail, A. B. Hamson, A. K. Isinail, A. T. Lee, L. K. League table and should have no Portuguese Sporting Association, Lee, S. Ramchand, G. Souza, J. Ldifficulty in securing both points who should beat the Air Force, and Youngsaye and F. R. Zimmern:

from the 20th Battery. The only the Police, who should easily, ac- C.C.C. 2nd XI:-C. W. Lam (Capt.). team which will probably challenge count for the University, who are W. Hong Sling, D. Hung, B. Tranee, A. Kitchell, G. A., Lee, J. W. Leonard, H. them for second place is the Air at the bottom of the Kowloon sec- P. Lim, W. Rapley, G. Winch and A. Force, but as the latter have still tion of the Third Division.

Zimmern.

H.K.C.C. 2nd XI-E. J.-R. Mitchell

to play the Portuguese Sporting (Capt.), D. S. Blake, A. H. Murray Association, the 24th Battery seem RS. W Paterson, C. W. E. Bishop, assured of this position. D. S. Robb, G. E. R. Divett. N. P. Fox, H.K.C.C. 1st XI:-A. W. Hayward J.-H. Fox, W. Stoker and M. R. Swain, Medicals should secure the section

In the Hong Kong Section, the C.B.A. SOFTBALL TEAM (Capt.), F. H. Stokes, M. F. L. Haymes, Reserve, J. R. Way, F. Marshall, R. D. Allen, L. D. Kilbee, Davies.

Scorer, R. R. championship to-day, as they are The following C. B. A players LT. Ride, H. W. Baines, H. Owen C. de R. 1st XI-E L. Gosano, expected to easily defeat the Police are requested to turn up for the Hughes, T. A. Pearce and J. L. CM. Rodrigues, A. M. Prata, WA Reed, The runners-up berth lies between Softball League on Sunday, at Pearce Mana

P. M. N. da Silva, Jr., A. P. Pereira, the Ordnance and the 5th-A.A, Bde, a.m. on the C. B. A. ground K.C.C 1st XI D. J. N. Anderson H. L. Ozorio, E. M. L. Soares, ALLY, (Capt.) G. C. Burnett, E. C. Fincher, Gosano, J. E. Noronha and N, Beltrao Royal Artillery. The former have King's Park:---W. 1-Muir,

C. de R. 2nd XI-F. H, Carvalho, E. only two-games to play, while the Gurevitch,

ider, still have live, one of inst the Medicale, while both teams have still to meet

S. Jex, A. T. Lay, B. D. Lay, R. E. Lee, R. Alves, L. G. Gosano, A. E. Noron- Gunners

N. D. Lloyd, T. A. Madar, G.T. O'Bryon and F. Zimmern. Umpire, J. P. Robin-ha, C. P. Basto, R. A.Marques," zon.

Soares, H. M. Xavier, M. Mendonca, K.CC. 2nd XI-A. A. Dand (Capt.), A. A. Lopes and A. NOther...

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Fowler, D. Blake,

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