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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1989.

C.R.C. NOT EXTENDED BY KOWLOON C.C.'S 'B' TEAM H.K.C.C.Forced To Play Hard Against K.C.C. “A”

BASEBALL

C.B.C. MUST WIN TO-DAY

A vital baseball game, and one which may have a very important bearing on the ultimate destination of the Bagram Shield, will be play- ed this afternoon at Caroline Hill at 2 p. m. U. B. meet Chinese Base- ball Club, the champions.

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The Brewery, who have done very well in the League so far, are still undefeated and have collected useful side, though in the last two games it was the individual per- that formances of M. el Areulli carried them through.

A win for the Chinese is essential, if they wish to remain in the run- ning, having lost the Mindanao in the opening game, but the pitching of Earl Wong or Wally should pull them through

afternoon.

Ching

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FILIPINO BOXERS EN ROUTE TO JAPAN

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WHAT TO WATCH

TO-DAY

LAWN BOWLS.—

First Division: Recreio "B" v. Police; Civil Service v. Kowloon C.C.; Recreio "A" v. Indians; Kowloon Dock V. Kowloon B.G.C.

Second Division: Kowloon B.G.C. V. Kowloon Football Club; Civil Service v. Police; Craigengower V. Hong Kong Football Club "A"; Taikoo v. Kowloon Tong.

Third Division: Kowloon Football Club v. Yacht Club; Stanley v. Electric; Kowloon v. Craigengower; Kowloon B.G.C. v. Recreio. CHARITY FOOTBALL --South China v. An Association team. (Caroline Hill, 5 p.m.) BASEBALL-Brewery v. Chinese

(Caroline Hill, 230 p.m.}

TO-MORROW

BASEBALL-Recreio v. H.K.B.C.

(Caroline Hill, 10 a.m.)

U.S.S. Mindanao v. South China (Caroline Hill, 11.30 a.m.) CRICKET-Second

Day's play,

Large Units Cricket Final, Ro- yal Artillery v. Royal Engineers (Sookunpoo, 11 a.m.)

the delegation:

ARMSTRONG AND MRS.

ANDREWS DO WELL

CHINESE Recreation Club, holders of the Mixed

Doubles League tennis championship, were not extended by K.C.C. "B" at Cox's Road yesterday and so, any to a certain extent, were disappointing.

Only home pair to meet with any success at all were S. A. Gray and Mrs. Smeby, who played very well to beat Paul Kong and Miss Yeung Wai-bun.

Conditions were never at any

time very good, rain threatening CLUB AGAIN BEAT

throughout and eventually com- ing down hard just as the third round was started upon.

By this time, C.R.C. had secur-

K.C.C.

it

ed the five sets necessary for Hong Kong Cricket Club tennis victory and following the show-stock is higher this year than er, the game was not concluded. has been for many years.

W. C. Hung and Mrs. Litton gave Yesterday, without the services a good performance for C.R.C. and of Duff and Goldman, who are play- were never in the slightest dif-ing for U.S.R.C., they surprisingly ficulty.

Hung played his usual beat K.C.C. (1), by 5 sets to 4 in steady game whilst Mrs. Litton's the Mixed Doubles League to fol- driving on the forehand was with-low up their "A" Division success out flaw. She caught the opposing of last Monday.

Luis P. Apolinario, PAAF. mana-man player on the wrong foot on On heavy courts and in poor

ger.

Celestino Enriquez, FEU, coach. Tirso del Rosario, FEU, flyweight, Fermin Zareal, Arellano High, bantamweight.

numerous occasions with a sharp drive up the tramlines.

Lee Wai-tong and Mrs. Chiu were also impressive but Paul Kong and Miss Yeung, as a combination, were light-not very good,

Antonic Pascual, FEU, feather-

A team of five Filipino. amateur boxers, a manager and a couch rived in Hong Kong yesterday morn- ing by the Atuta Maru on their way to Japan for a serious of bouts in weight. that country. The trip is in the form of a return visit for the inva- sion of a Japanese boxing team to weight.

Manila last December.

Martin Noxas, National U.,

Santos, FEU,

Policarpio

The following are the members of weight.

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light, K.C.C. led 3-0 at the end of the first round and appeared set for an easy win, but Club won the next three sets and two of the fin- al three sets for an odd set win.

Armstrong and Mrs. Andrews were the leading pair of the match, HAS THE STROKES

the former playing really well Miss Yeung has the strokes and against Fincher and Mrs. Burnett the speed but Kong experienced in the second round, when, after à great difficulty in keeping his feet very close match, they emerged vic- and was consequently not at historious in the twelfth game. Arm- best.

strong's service and ground shots were working perfectly, while Mrs. For the homesters, Mrs. Smeby Andrews's powerful and well direct- after a very nervous start in hered forehand and backhand shots first set when she was unable to offered excellent support from the make anything like a decent

re-base line. turn, improved considerably and in the second set against Kong and

It is unfortunate that Mrs. An- after Miss Yeung, her forehand drive drews will not be available was fast and very reliable and she gave Gray, who also touched a high level in this set, every assistance,

A V., White, was another play-

the 29th, when she leaves the Co- lony, while Miss Dodwell is also likely to take a holiday next month. K.C.C. must be wondering when

er who found difficulty in keeping they are going to be favoured with his feet on the slippery ground fast courts-they have played sur- and although Mrs. Knight was prisingly badly on slow courts in sound from the baseline, she was the opening week. quite unable to make anything like a volley.

Anderson and Miss. Harker will probably do fairly well against the weaker teams. Anderson is very fast and should, against slower teams, win a great many points from the net.

S. A. Gray and Mrs. Smeby (K.C.C. "B").

lost to W. C. Hung and Mrs. E.

Litton

beat Paul Kong and Miss Yeung

Wai-bun

D. J. N. Anderson and Miss B. ker (K.C.C. ("B").

lost to W. C. Hung and Mrs. Lit

ton

lost to Lee Wai-tong and Mrs. Chiu Chun-chiu

Scores:

H. J. Armstrong and Mrs. L. R. An- beat E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Bur- drewes (H.K.C.C.).

nett

lost to G. C. Burnett and Mrs.

Sweeny...

7-5

5-7 beat A, E, P. Guest and · Mrs.

Clark

7-5 W. Sander and Misa J. Armstrong (H.K.C.C.).

lost to Fincher and Mrs, Burnett 3-6 beat Burnett and Mrs. Sweeny 6-4 lost to Guest and Mrs. Clark 2~~ 6 T. A. Pearce. and Miss D. Dodwell 1-3 (H.K.C.C.).

lost to Fincher and Mrs. Bur- 7--5 nett Har-beat Burnett and Mrs. Sweeny

bent Guest and Mrs. Clark

1-6

8-0

A. V. White and Mrs. Knight (K.C.C. “B”).

lost to Lee Wai-tong and Mrs.

Chiu Chun-chiu

lost to Paul Kong and Mias

Yeung Wai-bun

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I have always believed that it would never be a practical proposition to build a stadium to hold 200,000 spec- tators and give the back-benchers 461 reasonable value for the entrance money, Hampden has made me change 3-6 my mind.-L. V. Manning.....