1938-02-05 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 5, 1938.

INTERNATIONAL SOFTBALL SERIES

TWO

SEMI-FINALS

SCHEDULED

FOR TO-MORROW

CHINA "A" AND U.S.A.

SHOULD

WIN EASILY

TO-DAY'S “SPOTLIGHT"

(By "SHORTSTOP")

THE semi-finals of the International Softball Series will be played off to-morrow morning beginning at 10 a.m., on the C.B.A. ground, King's Park. China “A” will meet India in the first game, and Hong Kong will cross bats with U.S.A., in the following encounter.

THESE TWO GAMES SHOULD RESULT IN WALK-OVERS FOR CHINA AND U.S.A., BUT AS INDIA SPRUNG A SURPRISE OVER CHINA “B” LAST MONDAY, FANS MAY EXPECT ANY- THING TO HAPPEN TO-MORROW.

SCOTLAND

"

MEET WALES TO-DAY IN RUGBY CLASSIC

Wilfred Wooller Displaces Claude

Davey COUNTRIES LEVEL IN NUMBER OF

VICTORIES

The second of the International Rugby classics will take place this afternoon, at Murrayfield, when Scotland meet Wales in what pro-

The Indian boys, led by Kassa Nazarin, prominent cricketer, mises to be a most interesting have been-spurred on by their recent victory, and they will be out match, in view of the eight new there with bells on. Their fielding is a pleasure to watch, but their "caps" in the home side.

· batting needs considerable brushing up.

VOLUNTEERS MEET ARMY TO-DAY IN RUGBY GAME

Club "A" Encounter H.M.S. Cumberland

A fairly evenly contested Rugby match should be witnessed on the Club ground this afternoon. when the Volunteers and the Army clash in their annual encounter.

This game will commence at 4.15 p.m. and will be preceded at 3 p.m. by a game between the Club "A” fifteen and H.M.S. Cumberland.

The following are the Volunteer and Club sides:

Club G. Low; H. van Leeuwen, M. W. MacGrath, E. M. Watts, H. F. Hop- kins; C. W. Lyle, R. Rutherford; K. H. G. White, K. A. Watson "(Captain), 4. W. Holden; E. C. Luscombe, Á. 3. and J. K. Birt. Olsen; H. W. E. Heath. A. J. G. Taylor

Volunteers:-J. R. Henderson; L. Lammert, W. E. Grieve, F. Cessford, M. G. Carruthers; A. H. R. Butcher, J. L. Bonnar; R. Leigh, W. E. Peers, J. S. Redman, R. G. L. Oliphant and J. C. Dunnett, A. G. Daziel, B. Hynes; J. Miller (Captain).

Wales have already secured the Hong Kong has little hope of who bats on the portside, Dave could England, at Cardiff, on January 15, lead in the series, having beaten winning their game against the be relied on to make a hit in a tight by a goal, two penalty goals and a more experienced American spot, and there were many gang. A greater amount of base-bagger that he would clout to bring (3 points).

a two-try. (14 points) to a goal and a try BADMINTON ball sense would have to be in-in men on bases. Baserunners would jected into the local boys before gleefully steal sacks and jeer "An- they can win any ball games nie-over!" whenever Dave caught in when they come up against stirra game, but there were times when competition.

he would fool them.

"SPOTLIGHT”

CHAMPIONSHIP

Wales have made one chang from the team which beat England, ENTRIES CLOSE Wilfred Wooller returning to the left-centre three-quarter berth in TO-DAY AT 6 P.M.

Entries close to-day at 6 p.m. for the Colony Badminton Champion- ships and intending participants are advised to send in their forms to A. L. Fisher Esq., c/o. H. K. Tele- phone Co.

Dave's presence on a diamond is al-

place of Claude Davey, who has been dropped. In view of Claude ways an added asset to a team. With

defence Davey's brilliant wit and repartee, the

in David ("I hope so!") Walker, cat-his spontaneous

first match, his “dropping cher for the Hong Kong Baseball he has brightened many a ball

comes as à great surprise. Club last season, and seen in their game, and the reply that is his us

Scotland's plea for younger play- outfield in the softball squad in the ual wont on any question is the fam-

ers has met with a generous res- present season, was born in Dundee,

ous comeback of come-backs: Scotland.

hope so!" for which there is abso-Universities are represented by J. ponse from the selectors, while the lutely no retaliation.

G. S. Forrest of Cambridge Univer-Idwal Rees (Swansea), W. Wooller sity, and J. B. Borthwick, of Ste-(Cardiff); A. Bassett (Aberavon) and |wart's College.

At the early age of five years; Dave went to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with his parents, and resided there until he came to the Colony in 1933.

Dave attended General Wolfe and General Brock grade, schools, where he

and was. prominent in soccer baseball. In soccer, he played cen tre-forward, and was catcher for the Simon Fraser School in baseball.

BEHIND THE BAT

"I

as follows:

H. Tanner (Swansea); Cliff Jones (Captain), W. J. Travers (Newport), E. Morgan (Swansea), H. Rees (Car- Scotland: *G. Roberts (Watson- diff), E. Watkins (Cardiff), H. McCar ians); *A. H. Drummond (Kelvinside ley (Newport), A. M. Rees (London Academicals), R. C. S. Dick (Guy's Welsh), H. Vickery (London Welsh) Hospital), D. J. Macrae (St. Andrews and F. L. Morgan (Swanses). University),. and *J. G. S. ·Forrest à Results for the past 10 seasons are (Cambridge University); R. W. Shaw (Glasgow High School, F.P,) and ‘*T. F. Dorward (Gala); *J. B. Borthwick. (Stewart's College, F.P.), *J. D. Hastie (Melrose), W. M. Inglis (Royal En- GB. Horsburgh (London Scottish), A, Roy (Waterloo), W. B. Young (Cambridge University), FL, Duff (Glasgow Academicals), and *W. H. Crawford (United Services),

U. S. — EUROPEANgineers),

He was an absentee from outdoor ATHLETIC MEET

sports for a considerable number of

years when he was serving an ap-POSTPONED

YEAR

Berlin, To-day.

The athletic meeting between the

United States and "

d Europe, sche-

duled to take place this year in the been postponed till next year. Olympic Stadium in Bertin, - has

prenticeship in pharmacy, but en- tered inter-collegiate baseball with A the University of British Columbia" nine, where he shone behind the bat. After a year of botany at the Uni- versity, Dave joined the British Co- lumbia School of Pharmacy and Science where he graduated in 1923. Although he has been in Hong Kong for the past five years, he did not take an active interest in base ball until 1936, when he joined the Canadian Baseball Club, as catcher. The Club was disbanded last year, and Dave then "caught" for the Hong Kong Baseball Club, doing sterling work behind for Butch Mc Call, the speed ball artist and first string hurler for the Club.

“COULD BE RELIED ON"

Dave's first connection with soft- ball dates back to 1921, when it was indoor baseball. A righthander,

of the European athletic champion- Reason is the holding this year ships in Paris.-Trans-Ocean.

I believe that the Hong Kong Hockey Club have cancelled their intended visit to Macao and that several Navy teams have also cried off at the last moment. This is a serious blow to the Portu- guese Island as they rely on visit- ing teams to give them the neces- sary practice before the port series.

*New "cap.”

1928 Wales 1929. Wales 1930 Scotland -1931 Wales

1932

11-0

14-7

12

13

Wales

1933 Scotland”

H

1934 Wales

13-6

1935 Wales

·106

1936 Wales

13-3

1937 Scotland

13-6

Of the 48 matches, played to date. Scotland have won 28, Wales 23: and

Wales: V. G. J. Jenkins (London Welsh); W. H. Clement (Llanelly), J.Itwo have been drawn.

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