1939-10-27 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 27, 1939

BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS

J.J. SHEEHAN'S SPLENDID

SCORE DURING WEEK

(By "STRIKE)

ON SUNDAY EVENING the first "duck-pin” match ever to have been played in Hong Kong took place at the Alley between teams representing U.S.S. Tulsa and "The Rest."

SPORTS PARADE

SOFTBALL

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WAHOOS TROUNCE CUBS

The formidable Wahoos, runners-up in the girls'

AT long last information is to hand regarding Craigengower Cricket Club much discussed recently in view of the fact that three members of their team of last season have joined league last year, trounced Kowloon Cricket Club, and there were strong rumours that their best bat, the Cubs on Wednesday at Carrying the colours of the Petty George Souza, intended Joining Club the Diocesan Girls' School by

Their team for to-morrow to oppose 13 to 6, in a friendly game.

The Tulsa team was composed of H. S. Baker, Christiansen, J. A. Vasco | Officers were A. Flint, W. Godden, R. and J. Gelenko, while the Rest was | H. Holness, W. Hambrook, C. Denny made up of R. Tidd, Doc. Molthen, and W. Bird. Dick Venezia and R. H. Duddridge.

Tulsa won by 137 pins, the scores being

Tulsa Rest

.1,960 points 1,828 points

P.O.'s Gunroom

1.345 1,193

de Recreio.

Kowloon Cricket Club is a strong one,

The latter Won by 152 pins the and, if representative of their strength, scores being:

they need have little trepidation re- garding their prospects in the League. Ernie Zimmern, that very sound batsman, has been re-elected captain, and there is no shrewder captain in Hong Kong. He will lead the team against K‚Č‚C.

There was no brilliant scoring on I was a trifle surprised at the large the part of any of the players but attendance which appears to indicate performances were promising in view the growing popularity of this game. of the fact that owing to the exigenci- There was little doubt that thees of the service, little opportunity is team from the American gunboat afforded for practice. was superior but it must be borne in mind that this outfit concentrate hard on duck-pins, whereas the Rest team was composed of the cream of the Colony's ten-pin players.

PROMISING DISPLAYS Nevertheless Doc Molthen and Dick Venezia did very well at the unac- customed game. The latter averaged | 95 pins, and the Doc 83. These per- formances are very promising having regard to the fact that in duck-pins

100 anybody who can average considered to be fairly "hot stuff.”

Duddridge averaged 95 and Tidd, although he holds the Alley record for the month with 142, could only manage to average 92.

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For Tulsa, J. A. Vasco was top scorer for the match with 506 an average of 101, J. Yalenko was second with an average of 99,

C. Christiansen, third with 97, and H. S. Baker a good, fourth with 95.

It was a very exciting game and thoroughly

by appreciated

the spectators.

The draw for the 4th. Tourney, Ewo League, took place on Friday. There are 18 entries in the 1st round, which must be played off by the 14th, of next month. The remainder have drawn byes.

Following is the draw:- Glamourettes v H. and 8. Bank. Strollers v Bears

That the game was thoroughly en- joyed by all who took part is eviden- ced by the vociferous "vocal accom- paniment" and good-natured racking that attended the efforts of both teams.

SPLENDID FEAT

Other batsmen in the side are A. R. H. Esmail, F. R. Zimmern, A. T. Lee, G. Souza, H. P. Lim, A. K. Ismail and A. J. Hulse, the latter the former D.B.S. star. In addition, Bill Hong bar-Sling has a fairly shrewd idea where the middle of the bat is located. The last named will probably keep wickets as he has done fairly frequently in recent seasons.

I referred in an earlier article to the high scores chalked up in the match between the Tulsa and the Champs on the 16th. On that occasion

W. Michals put up 254.

Even this fine figure toppled on Tuesday when J. J. Sheehan of Mindanao, put together a 257.

This was made up as follows: four spares, eight strikes, on leaving one pin up on each of the four spares. This is truly a remarkable achievement and will take a good deal of beating. To date only two higher scores have been returned, namely, 264 by Sapper Fawcett, R.E., and 266 by Sapper Bell, R. E.

FOOTBALL TEAMS

FIRST DIVISION The following are some of soccer teams for this week-end:“

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K.F.C.-Smith; Everest and A. Ul-

rich; Maxwell, Williamson and P. Bell; W. Knox, P. Jorge, Jackson, V. White and A. Eastman.

SECOND DIVISION

5th R.A.-McCadden; Corbin and P.W.D. v Bowlers

Johnstone, Waddington, Winstanley Black Dog v Aspirants

and Lawton, McCamley, Craven, Car- Gunners v Pokfulum's Pride.

ley, Turner, McEwen and Kirby. The organisers of the League

Royal Signals:--Kennard; Taylor and would appreciate these teams getting | Stinks; Dignan, Parry and Hutchison; together as soon as possible and ar ranging to get their games played off without delay. The manager of the Alleys will allocate dates on applica- tion.

The Ewo League, in this the fourth tourney, has every appearance of be- ing interesting.

OLD FRIENDS

Butcher, Pitcher, Brakenberry, Bundy and Husband.

THIRD DIVISION

5th R.A.:--Mulliegan; Scullion and Chaplin; Barraclough, Hudson and Leach; Berkely, Taylor, Andrus, Dob- binson and Willis.

Reserves: Clegg and O'Hara. Royal Signals:-Neunham; Wellis

In the bowling line there is F. R. Zimmern, to use the new ball, and P. J. Billimoria, the left-hander, to open the attack, with changes in A. T. Lee, G. Souza, A, K. Ismail (left-hand) and A. J. Hulse,

To me that looks a very good team, adequate in batting and with variety in attack. There should also be little given away in the field.

Despite all that has been said about the likelihood of their having difficulty in raising a side strong enough for First Division, I shall not be sur- prised if they put it across K.C.C. well and truly to-morrow.

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TRIAL teams in order to select the Kowloon ladies' team for the forthcoming hockey match against the Island have been released.

Harold Winglee's green-shirted Owls showed that they had been practising diligently since the be- ginning of the season, much to the chagrin of mentor Bill Smith, whose girls were somewhat rusty from а long lay-off.

Heavy hitters were leftfielder Jean- ne Yolle whose round tripper to right field was the longest belt of the day, followed by flinger Vivienne Churn's and first sacker Yvonne Yolle's trip- les. Ethel Hicks, rookie Cub out- flelder, and third baseman-de-luxe Jacqueline Anderson both poled dou- bles.

Noronha, who fanned nine but walked Outstanding hurler was Therese five to Vivienne Churn's two whiffs and two passes. gular shortstop of the Wahoos, took a Irene Castilho, re- turn on the mound for a third of an inning and walked two before she was derricked.

Outhit 10 to 6, the Bruins were also tardy on the base paths although they bases,-double the four of the Owls. were chalked up with more

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The Cubs certainly miss the vices of those two sisters who were last season's stars, Gabby and Peewee Chang, who are now in the Hawaiian Islands. In Peewee's place on the hill, Vivienne Churn is filling it credi- tably, and two Cubs are now fighting for the backstop berth, last year's let- terman Kitty Bush and Myra Hut-

I am not aware of the composition | chinson, sister of the local swimmer, of the section committee but there Dave. do appear to be one or two unfortunate omissions as well as the selection of Only one long clout was hit to the some players for strange positions. pastures by the Wahoos that had a

Whites' half-back line looks to me handle on it and leftfielder

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to be the probable one but having re-Reis squeezed it with all the aplomb gard to the capabilities of the three of a veteran. players selected-Miss H. Reid, Miss I. Woolley and Miss J. Wong--why are- they being lined up in that order? I am assuming of course that the teams as published will line up as publish- ed.

As far back as I can remember, Miss Jessie Wong the fastest half-back in the Colony, has been a pivot. She is to play on the left! Miss Woolley, whilst now a centre-half has played for years as right-half. Similarly Miss

In chalking up eleven bobblesto the Wahoos' four, the Cubs showed that they have need of much more practice in picking up daisy cutters. And, they'll be hard at it from now until the girls' league commences.

BOWLS CHAMPIONS

The following lawn

bowls cham-

on the right, has always been a left-pionships for 1939 have been decided: half and in that position could be ex- pected to give of her best.

Our old friends of U.S.S. Mindanao and Fields; Hollands, Smith and Mur-Reid, who is now being asked to play are once again in port and the oppor-phy; Wallwork; Price, Cotton, Scully tunity will be taken of arranging a Marsden and Medford. duck-pin or a ten-pin match at an early date. The whole of the ship's company are keen bowlers and never

LADIES' HOCKEY TEAMS G.B.A.

miss an opportunity of getting into Miss D. Moss; Miss B. Parsons, Mrs. action against one of the local teams. M. Wilmot; Miss P. Everest, Miss I On Monday evening an interesting Woolley (Capt.), Miss H. Laihovet match was played between the Gun-sky: Miss I. Cunningham, Miss A. room Officers and Petty Officers

of Smith,

Miss E. Woolley, Miss M. H.M.S. Kent. It was a six-a-side Quick, Miss P. Whitley. ⚫ contest but owing to lack of time

only two games each were played. Miss G. Darby; Miss M. Newman, Gunroom was represented by Sub- Miss J. Broadbridge, Miss P. Jeffries, Lt. P. M. Milligan, Pay Sub-Lt. C. C. Mrs. M. Vessoona, Miss E. Banker; Dunlop, Pay Sub-Lt. G. C. Clarabut, Miss I. Hicks, Miss H. May, Miss B. Mid. A. Carew-Hunt, Mid. R. M. Longbottom, Miss K. Doughty, Miss Yorke and Mid. C. D. Brownrigg. H. O'Sullivan;

ST. ANDREW'S

THE SMOOTH COMFORT OF MENNEN LATHER SHAVE

MAKES ANY MAN SINGI

Try it and you'll sing too!

WILTS YOUR WHISKERS - AND HOW !

Plain or Menthol-iced for extra coolness

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Surely then, with this material, there is no reason why a half-back line should not be selected with all units playing in the positions they used to. They should certainly be able to do themselves more justice in those positions.

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Another query-why Miss Florrie Wong on the left-wing? To my know- ledge she has always played on the right, usually the wing.

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It is against my policy to comment to the detriment of a player selected, on the argument that play- ers are not responsible for their own selections and criticism would only tend to make them over-anxious, but it does seem to me that there is better ma- terial available having regard to the E number of Mainland clubs. N

Club de Recreio:-J. Luz (senior); C. F. Vas (júnior).

Kowloon C.G.-E. C. Fincher.

HERE'S HOW TO KEEP IN TRIM.

And I simply cannot overlook the MEN! overlooking of Miss Marie da Roza. the St. Andrew's left-back. Her por- formances to`date have been brilliant and I would unhesitatingly name her as being in line for any Interport side that was being selected.

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Were I selecting the team 'I would name the following: Miss J. Hall; Miss G. White and Miss M, da Roza; Miss I. Woolley, Miss J. Wong and Miss H. Reid; Misa M. Smalley, Miss F. Wonk, Miss D), McCaw; Miss B. Harker and Miss C. Remedios or Miss M. Shand;

Learn to bowl! You'll find that bowling will keep your body fit and your mind alert, And the best part is that you can bowl in the evenings. We'll give you all the Instruction you need. Try it

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