THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 24, 1938.
SOFTBALL
LEAGUE SEASON
EMMA GEES AND
C.B.A. TO SHARE
SHARE THE CELLAR POSITION
OFFICIAL RULES GAME
LONG DRAWNOUT AFFAIR-
(By "SHORTSTOP")
THE Canadian Chinese Club made sure of third place in the Softball League when they de- feated the HK. Baseball Club in their last encoun- ter of the season yesterday, by the large margin of 12 runs to 3.
The Baseballers again had a few men short and two non-mem- bers of the Club were admitted to augment the side. Hickman, the newest member of the Baseball Club, made the best showing since his appearance on the diamond, and with consistent practice will be a valuable player with his powerful swing.
In the second game of their "double-header," the Baseballers just managed to defeat the Central Britishers by 14 runs to 11.] This is the first time in the Colony that a League game has been played under official Spalding's rules, with 60 foot bases, etc.
It was a rather long drawn-out that at least two additional teams affair, with the C.B.A., switching will be entered in the local Base- three hurlers, and giving awayball League because of the inter- tickets to first with undue re-est maintained in softball. The gularity.
popularity of softball is not to be gainsaid, but if its chief attraction is its inexpensiveness, then base- ball fans need have no worry over The C.B.A., squad has shown the the idea that softball may replace most improvement among the be-baseball in popularity here, or any ginners of the game, and they wind where else, for that matter. up in a tie with the Machine Gun-
MOST IMPROVED SQUAD
ners by the latter defaulting their
last two games.
This was made imperative
Volunteers could not be in to as the STRONG POLICE
their last scheduled games and also
because of the fact that the Inter-ELEVEN FAIL
national Series are to begin next Sunday,
NOSED OUT
In a ding-dong battle that lasted fourteen innings the Forum nosed out the Filipino Club by one run, the score being 8-7. The tie-up came in the seventh when the score
TO BEAT SAPPERS
Sig. Dove, above, plays hockey for both the Royal Corps of Signals and the European Y.M.C.A., in goal, and has so far had a fairly successful season.
CECILIA COLLEDGE HOLDS TITLE
St. Moritz, To-day. The European women's figure skating championship was again won by Miss Cecilia Colledge of
England yesterday.
ENDS
E. OF JAPAN TROUNCE FILIPINOS
Softball Clash On Saturday
CANADA MAY PLAY IN INTERNATIONAL SERIES
́ (By "SHORTSTOP”) On the Kowloon Football Club ground, on Saturday afternoon, the Softball nine from the Empress of of Japan, which is tied up at dock at present, defeated the local Filipino contingent by the over... whelming score of (about) 40 runs, to 6!
The Empresa boys led by lanky "Slim" Black, of the Stewards De- partment, caught for the victors in a masterful manner, and it could bé easily seen that he knew his baseball. The Canadian boys' took the lead from the start and never let it out of their sight.
Emil Porter, who is manager-in- chief of the Filipino team, in the International Softball Series, led the boys from the Islands, but he didn't have a chance with their op- ponents.
The ships' boys have always play-, ed
to softball according official rules, while the local lads have
the only played what
Chinese vernacular press calls, “outdoor in- door baseball," which is more truth than poetry.
In connection with the Inter- national Series, there is a matter with which the Committee of the local League might take up, and that is that Canada should have a chance at the Shield. It might not be too-late even at this date to allow for an extra entry.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR MISS RAGNHILD HVEGER
Aarhus, To-day. Miss Ragnhild Hveger, the sen
Although the Police fielded a very Miss Megan Taylor, another strong side for their Third Division English girl, came second, an encounter with the European En- Austrian girl was third and a Ger-sational World Olympic swimmer, gineers, on the Club ground yester-man fourth.-Trans-Ocean. day, Sappers secured both points by the odil goal in three.
The Police had many opportuni-
TO-NIGHT'S
stood at 7--7 and neither side made ties of increasing their lead after BADMINTON
the interval, but weak shooting by PROGRAMME
a run until the fourteenth.
With the ending of the local Soft-Gunning who missed at least three ball season. it is to be hoped that open-goals, nullified their splendid other Clubs will enter in the Lea-approach movements. gue next fall
Pelham scored
With three teams tied for first place, the "A" Division of the for the Men's Badminton League has
own reached a very interesting stage.
Softball has kept a large num-Sappers, Tibbs heading into his ou ber of young people interested in net to score the only goal for the All three leaders, Recreio "A", a ball game. and it is very likely Police.
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who has shattered practically every existing record among the women, added yet another triumph yester- day to her long list, when she cov- ered the 300 metres free-style in 3 mins. 46'9-10 secs., breaking the former record held by Miss Willy den Ouden, of Holland, by 111-10 seca!
MACAU HOCKEY CLUB BEAT
DEPLETED “Y” TEAM-
Fielding a depleted team, the European Y.M.C.A. yesterday lost. to Macau Hockey Club, în their return encounter, by 3 goals to 1 lafter the home team had led at the
interval by an only goat
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