"DOC" MOLTHEN CHIEF UMPIRE
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1939
Baseball Will Be Boosted
To Higher
Pinnacle
Season Promises To Be Best Since Game
Was Introduced Here
H.K. BASEBALL CLUB SHOULD MANAGE TO "GET SOMEWHERE"
(By “GRANDSTAND”)
NOW that the Softball season is almost over we turn to Baseball, the game of all games in the Old U.S.A.
LEWIS FOR ENGLAND
London, To-day. It is announ- ced that John Henry Lewis is sailing from New York on Thurs- day to defend his world light- heavyweight boxing championship against the British Champion, Len Harvey, in London, some- time in May.-Reuter.
With Major Duclos at the head of the Baseball Re-Arranged
League this year and with the able assistance of the rest of the officials, baseball in Hong Kong will be boosted to a higher pinnacle.
RUNS HIMSELF
The Diamond Artists are rarin' to go. To don their spikes and start cahorting around the base- ball by-paths to start the new season with a bang!
May 6th is the opening date. Judging from the entries, this coming season promises to be the best since baseball was first in- troduced in the Colony. Most of the teams have recruited good new players and the standard of play this year should be much better than in previous seasons.
The U. S. S. Mindanao team, accord- ing to Charlie Horton, captain and coach will be much stronger with the services of some young players just out from the States.
Notable among these players are twirler Ruel and outfielder Wrigley. According to Horton he has a very good defensive aggregation but they are a little weak with the hickory.
Hong Kong Baseball Club will have some new faces in their camp and the
of
Seeing how Mike "Fats" Mendonca ran bases in softball I am afraid the other managers will insist that he runs his own bases and not be allow- ed a team-mate to run for him of_yore.
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Better Start slimming, Mike! The Chinese Baseball Club will be without the help of their able mentor Abe Liu. Thoy will have to carry on by themselves with the same players they had last year plus two or three new ones, and if they let the coach- ing of Abo Liu sink into their heads they should repeat their performance last year to retain the Bagram Shield and the Brown Cup.
Earl Wong should be much better on the pitching slab as he has grown bigger and stronger.
Football Fixtures
TENNIS
Fine Match For To-Day
With this morning's improve-
ment in the weather, a huge crowd can be expected at the Hong Kong Cricket Club this afternoon for a match which should produce some of the most thrilling tennis in the tournament to date.
On the Stand Court, S. A. Rum- jahn, hero of so many encounters, will meet Lim Thian-tet, former Perak champion, playing in his first tournament in the Colony.
Rumjahn is always a good draw- ing card, while Lim's victory over Teddy Fincher has placed him in the front rank of local players.
The result should be very open.
PROGRAMME Open Singles
The vital Football League game between Royal Navy and South China "A" for the First Division Championship has been arranged to take place on Saturday at (stand court). Causeway Bay.
S. A. Rumjahn v. Lim Thiam Tet
Club Championship
E. E. Story v. J. L. C. Pearce (2). Club Handicap Singles V. R. Gordon (−3.6) v. C. M. Stark (+3,6) (4).
H. D. Bidwell (-1.6) v. L. Goldman (-3.0) (7). be
The play off game to decide the runners-up position for the Second Middlesex and Division between 5th A. A. Regiment R. A. will played on the Kowloon Ground the same day at 4.30 p.m.
On Sunday, at Caroline Hill, the First Division Champions will meet the Interport team in the last official game and at the conclusion of the game the trophies for the different divisions will be presented by Mrs. Lo, wife of the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo,
a vice president of the Hong Kong Football Association.
Club Handicap Doubles J. Thomson and R. G. Biesel -1.6) v. W. Sander and T. J. Gould (—15) (3).
BASEBALL
Rain Interferes
New York, To-day. As a curtain-raiser to this game National Baseball League by 7 Pellsburg beat Cencinath in the
U. B. Beer is a new entry compos- way it looks on paper, with the addi-ed of local boys who have played be- fore for other teams. It's hard to predict how they will pan out as these boys have never played together be- South China, second division cham- fore, but knowing the players as in-pions will meet a rest team from dividual performers, the U. B. clan will be a team to be contended with. the Junior divisions. There are some very fast and flashy players in the team, namely, Oldtimer Terry Leonard, Dave Leonard, Ka Nazarin and Kitchell who should give a good account of themselves and put their team in the running.
tion of "Flash" Harris, Larry Brown, Phil "Clipper" Delany, Dick Venezin, R. G. Biesel and "Red" Bell, the Baseballers should get somewhere in stead of finishing at the botton the League as they did last year.-
Ernie "Speed Ball" Hearther who was once a cub pitcher for the San Francisco Seals will do mound duty for the Hong Kong Baseball Club and if his arm is right he will buzz-it- past-them and will have the batters breaking their backs fanning the pill! Recreio who were runners-up last year will have the same outfit that they had last season, but with more experience. You can always bank on the Recs. to be there doing their best to win a ball game. They are fast and play headsup ball all the time.
There are no individual star players in the Recs, hard bal team, but the whole team works as
Johnny the one. Alvares will be the regular hurler with "Spotty" Pereira to relieve him in case. he is yanked out of the box or if the enemy gang up on him.
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THE UMPIRES
"Doc" Molthen, who has been elect- ed Chief Umpire this year, promises to have competent umpires for each game, and we sincerely hope that "Doc" gets the co-operation of those he selects to assist. him in the hard and trying work of an arbiter.
Bad Umpiring has been bane of local baseball and this year only the cream of the crop in local umpires will be assigned according to Chief Ump "Doc" Molthen.
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The final of the Kotewall Charity Cup will be played at a later date.
HOME SOCCER
Wednesday Held At Fulham
London, To-day. The following were the results League match played yesterday:
Second Division Fulham
2 Wednesday Third Division (North) Bristol R.
1 Crystal R. Cardiff
4 · Notts C.
8 Torquay
Third Division (South)
Clapton O.
Hull Oldham
2 Southport
of
runs to 5. McCormick hit a home run for Detroit. In
Amer- the
York and Washington was postpon- ican League the game between New
ed while owing to the rain.'
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis Detroit
7
15
2
5
10 Reuter.
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Optimists Lose To Wonders
"Hong Kong Wonders" beat the "Optimists by 213 points in the third 2 round of the second stage of the Ewo Lengue at the Bowling Alleys last 2 night. Scores:-
1
1
-Reuter,
8 Stockport.
On Saturday, Wrexham beat Oldham at home by 4 goals to 1.4
Army Area Sports Meeting
1 Hong Kong Wonders:-M. Talan
0 (476), L. Gaddi (466), J. Landolt (442)
and A. Goldau (427)—total 1,811,
Optimists: S.. A. Ismail (429), R.
W. Manby (411), G. Chow (398) and L. D. Skinner (360) total 1,698,
HOCKEY
Matches Arranged
The International hockey semi- final between England and India
The Annual · Army Area Athletic will be played to-morrow at 6.15 Meeting will be held on May 8 and p.m. on the Navy ground, King's May 4. The "At Home" will be held Park. on May 4 and it is hoped that all those
The final has been fixed for Sun-
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD. who had previously secopted invita-day afternoon next at 4 pm on the
tions will kindly take it that this same invitation stands for May 4.':
Club ground.
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