1939-08-15 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 15, 1939.

BASEBALL NOTES.

THREE UNINTERESTING GAMES FEATURE WEEK-END PROGRAMME. S. China Defeats Recreio In Only League Game China Preparing For International Series.

(By "GRAND STAND")

REPLAYING A PROTESTED League fixture which was originally won by Recreio, South China Athletic Associa- tion turned the tables on the rumbling Recs to emerge vic- torious, 6-4, on Sunday morning.

the, and Andrahan on the hillock.

Hank Chang held sway on mound for South China and, although he was touched for eight hits, he kept the blows well scattered, except in the second frame when the Recs bunched three blows for three runs. Johnny Alvares twirled for Recreio in one and one third innings, but was yanked after he allowed four runs on three hits and four free passes to first.

"Spotty" Pereira then took over mound duty and held the opposition scoreless in five innings and only yield- ed three hits during his stay on the slab.

Nam Hwa went off with a bang in the first inning; Bill Hong Sling started off and was walked and George Wu also negotiated a free pass. Hank Chang flied to right field for the first out and Y. T. Chan walked to fill the bases.

BIG TENNIS

TIE TO-DAY

The much-postponed game In "B" Division of Lawn Tennis League between K.C.C. “A” and South China will be played at Cox's Road this afternoon.

K.C.C. "A" will be represented by: A. V. White and F. Grose; W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau; D. J. N. Anderson and N. A. E. Mackay.

Shaw at the initial sack for the Sap- pers was outstanding, while his team- Fox made a mates, Foley, Inge and tally

Chinese connected for six hits to Peary's four. They scored two runs in the first inning and were blanked in the next three frames. They garnered three more runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and two more in the seventh.

The American Sailors' only came in the second canto when An- drahan and Bickel walked, Andrahan was caught stealing second and Bickel crossed the plate on Dye's sacrifice hit.

SAPPERS LACK POLISH

In a friendly game, the lowly Hong Kong Baseball Club, cellar champs of the local League, finally won a game, 13-3, at the expense of the Royal En- gineers' baseball squad.

Against weak opposition the Hong Kongites looked like a ball team, with Billie Clague on the slab and Dave "I hope so" Walker at the receiving end.

Sling scored when catcher Al Alvares let the ball pass him, Chan connected for a single to score Wu and Y. T. Chan, Wong flied out to centre Eddie Rogers made a welcome ap- fleld and Szeto grounded to short-stoppearance for his old team at the windy to retire the inning.

alley and shone both on the fleld and with the hickory.

THREE MORE RUNS

South China scored three more runs in the second frame when K. H. Chang singled to left feld and advanced to third on two passed balls.

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Eddie is here on summer vacation from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

creditable showing.

The R. E's have a better knowledge of the game than when they first start-

ed playing the American pastime but

they need more polish in flelding grounders and more grooming of their pitchers. They do not have much trou- ble catching flies.

U.S. BASEBALL]

New York, To-day-The following are the results of major baseball matches played yesterday:---

American League: Cleveland In- dians 8 Detroit Tigers 4; Cleveland In- dians 3 Detroit Tigers 0;

National League:-Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis Cardinals 0.--Reuter.

B. T.

Gosano,

No score was kept of the game, but

former Interport somehow seven hits for the Molthen-footballer, recently arrived here from

'V.R.C. MEETING

DECISION NOT TO REBUILD CLUB HOUSE

The extraordinary meeting of the Victoria Recreation. Club called to confirm a resolution of a previous meeting to spend the £1,000 legacy left by the late Mr. Thomas Meok and the borrowing of the additional $8,000 that would be required for the re- building of the club house, brought about some heated arguments for and against the scheme.

-After considerable resolution was to 10.

discussion the defeated by 28 votes

the chair, but left before the conclu- Sir Atholl Macgregor who was in

the last meeting he had done what sion of the meeting, said that since he promised for the Club with re- gard to seeing the banks and the Government. He had approached two banks and they were willing to ac- commodate the Club provided some- thing concrete was placed before them.

As regards the resolution passed at the last meeting he was still against it.

Miss Madge Griffiths, U.S.R.C. tennis player, left for Wei-Hai-Wei

brief holiday on Sunday last. She is to spend a with Mrs. Clifford, Colony lady champton.

Travelling by the same vessel is Mrs. Sybil Gardenel, former Intérport hockey player, who is to reside in

her Shanghai with

mothér and brother,

men and two for the Sappers were | Swatow on a short holiday. It is C. Mose, of Kowloon Tong Club, counted!

possible that he will assist Club de left in the Victoria on Saturday for Errors were more than could be re- Recreio in the Tennis League whilst Italy where he will spend his

he is in the Colony.

furlough.

Ip walked, Hong Sling bingled to bring in K. H. Chang, George Wu! sacrificed to score Ip and Hank Chang | membered! was safe at first on a wild throw by third sacker Mike Mendonca.

Y. T. Chan then reached first after Short-Stop "Spotty" Pereira unleash- ed a wild throw to the first sack but Chu and Wong retired the inning.

This was the end of the Nam Hwa scoring for the day.

Recreio tallied three runs in the sec- ond canto when Al Alvares singled and Charlie Feguereldo followed with another single. Remedios rolled out to Hong Sling for the first out and Ribeiro rolled to first sacker Chan for the second.

Caco Marques was safe on a wild throw by Wong and Al Alvares, Feguereido and Marques scored on a hit and an error.

J. Alvares popped to the pitcher for the last out and this cut short what looked like a rally for Recreio. The Rumbling Recs were blanked in the next four innings.

They scored one more run in the last inning when Mike Mendonca clouted a three bagger, the longest hit of the day, and AI Alvares scored him on a sacrifice hit.

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Nam Hwa are now occupying furth place in the league standing and first place in the Second Division,

CHINESE BEAT PEARY

A ball team from the U.S.S. Peary gave the combined Chinese an easy 9-1 win in a- friendly game: Sunday afternoon. The Chinōss proved – too good for the Gobs. It was obvious the way the sailors performed that they did 'not manage' much practice eturing the summer.

The Chinese, used thres pitchers in Hank Chang, Wally Ching and Dong- ham Crary while the Ahierican Sal- lors utilised the servides of Seamen

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