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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1939

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Large Crowds Watch Girls' Softball League Opening

MAUD READ TAKES HONOURS IN GAME AGAINST CARDINALS

(By "GRANDSTAND")

'GIRLS' LEAGUE SOFTBALL got away to a flying start over the week-end and, as last season, there were large crowds present for all the games despite the unearthly starting times of many of them.

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There were no real upsets and if there was a lack of skill. evident in some teams, the enthusiasm more than made up for it!

As predicted Hong Kong Ball Club femmes succumbed to the Recreio gals 16-11 in a game full of arguiments by the former's coach based on some de- cisions by plate umpire Roy Lau.

Both teams played rather loose ball with Ball Club 'girls booting eleven to the Recs" six. Steady pitching by Anna Noronha yielded only eight blows for the Ballgirls while

her teammates nicked Thelma Collaco for 18 safe blows, the longest being a double by third sacker Olga Ribeiro.

For the losers Elisa Tabunar's three- bagger was the longest hit.

Anna Noronha fanned

two

and Thelma Collaco struck out one. Both pitchers walked one each.

WILDCATS OFF!

At Prince Edward Road ground Wildcats started their march for the pennant by turning 11 hits off Terese Noronha for a 9-6 win over the Wa-

hoos.

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Lily "Sunshine" Mar, on the hillock for Wildcats, was a bit erratic walked six, but she held the

and Owls to four hits and struck out five. Green Terese Noronha fanned five and walk ed one.

Wildcats started the scoring in first inning with two runs, four in the third and one in the fifth. Wahoos were only one run behind in the sixth, but Wildcats pushed across two more tallies in the last frame.

On three bingles and a costly error by shortstop 'Irene Costilho, Mar and Doris Mar crossed the pan to clinched the game.

The Wahoos were blanked in

last inning.

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SCORES AT A GLANCE:

MEN

International 7, 3.M.G. 5.

H.K. Baseball Club 11, Filipino 3. H.K. Ball Club 8, Mindanao 4.

LADIES

Recreio 16, H.K. Ball Club 11. Wildcats 9, Wahoos 6. Pirates 12, Cardinals 7. Canadian Chinese 27, Panthers 13.

LADIES HOCKEY

INCIDENT SETTLED: LEAGUE GAMES ON SATURDAY

The recent ladies' hockey incident was settled last night at the meeting Association when it was found of the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey the Diocesan

that Girls School were to blame for questioning the decisions of game against Recreio.. one of the umpires in the friendly

Recreio's suggestion that the Umpire It was also found that it was at the decided to call the game off.

Diocesan Girls school were warned that repetition of a similar incident the season. Mary I would entail probable suspension for

The captain of the D.G.S. team said the she would write a letter of apology to

Mr. J. Gonsalves.

One neat double play was pulled by Wahbos. Terese Noronha Yvonne Yolle to Jacqueline Ander- to son to dispose of May Chung and Frances "Zaza" Lee.

Lena Luongo's Ruthian clout and Mary Mar's double were the logest hits of the affray.

MAUD READ'S HITTING Featured by Maudie Read's homer, two doubles, and a single in four itmes to bat Cardinals went down to Pirates 12-7,

Marina Lavadia took batting hon- ours for the losers with one triple and two singles out of three trips to the plate but the Red birds were a disor- ganized lot without the services their mentor, Doc Molthen.

They chalked up nine errors to the Pirates' five.

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Epifania Babida pitched a very good game, striking out three and walking one, but no pitcher could have won a came with such poor support.

Maudie Read fanned three walked three.

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Nelste Manson was the outstanding fielder for the Cards. She took six chances without an error.

The Council of the Association de- the D.G.S. and C.B.S. to the Council cided to co-opt the gym mistresses of ex-officio, with no power to vote.

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season will be held on Saturday when

The first League matches. of. Central British Association meet "y" Ladies in the Caer Clark: Cup League at 3 p.m., while "Y" Juniors will be Į at home to Central tion, also at 3 p.m.

British Associa- The following are the entries for the two competition.

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Caer Clark Cup (Senior League) Hong Kong Ladies, "y" Ladies, C.B.A: Ladies, St. Andrew's Ladies, Central British School, and Club de Recreio.

Brawn Cup (Junior League);—"Y" Ladies, C.B.A. Ladies, St. Andrew's Ladies, Central British School, Club the Argonauts. de Recreio, Diocesan Girls' School and

GOVERNOR'S CUP SOCCER TEAM

to represent the Association in the The following have been selected first Round of the Governor's Cup Competition on Sunday at Causeway p.m.-

FLASH!

HONG KONG BASEBALL CLUB WIN

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SPORTS PARADE

|| DON'T profess to any technical knowledge as far as softball is con- cerned but even to my layman eye I can see that girls' softball in Hong Kong can do with a good deal of im- provement.

I suppose, however, that it is too much to expect of the fair sex of Hong Kong that they will ever as much as approach the standard revealed by the American girls' team through here last year- indeed that which passed team even showed our men a point or two and as long as the primary the girls a good healthy hour or so purpose is fulfilled, namely giving

fresh air, I suppose Do-one

will grumble.

I certainly won't! I thought to while

(By "GRANDSTAND”) Despite displaying better playing better ball than they knowledge of the game and in the did in their previous games, away an hour or two on Sunday and No. 3 M.G. lost a tight game bethinking myself of the softball, I to International Athletic Boundary Street-it is not in Prince the ground at Club, the final count being Edward Road as advertised-and was 7-5.

thoroughly entertained: :

International opened the

wandered round to

King's Park is quite as good a place

The Athletics walloped Chalie Mari- as any to watch games of any des- son, the M.G. Chucker, for seven hitscription but the ground at Boundary while Albert Leonard and Sherry Street is even more pleasant. Some- Bux, who took turns on the rubber how everything seems to be cleaner. for IAC, only allowed the Machine One is able to bask in Gunners three scratch hits.

whilst sprawling on the grass and en- the sunshine with four markers in the initial frame. as mustard, if not, as I remarked ear-· session joy the exertions of the players, keen With two away, hurler Manson gavelier, particularly skilful. four runs away, and as it turned out the game, when he throws and a couple

made two bad of bonehead plays!

Charlie would do better in future if he paid more attention to the game instead of back-chatting with spectators.

the Two more International runs cross- ed the plate in the third canto on Roy two hits and a bobble by shortstop sherry Bux added one more marker Maxwell. In the last inning when he was safe at first on a wild throw by Maxwell and scored on a tripple by Henry Sa.

The Defencemen had two tallies in the first inning. Maxwell received

ley Lee. wild throw by second baseman Stan- free ticket to first and scored after a

fourth; Charlie Thompson connected

M. G's scored

for a single and Sammy Izatt walked. two more in the

Both came in on a single by D. Izatt,

And then there is the patter. Seri- ous arguing is left to the coaches, or mentors as I think the softball scribes do not appear to be well enough up call them, principally because the girls on the rules to argue. Result is there is not that venom in the barracking, which although the spice of life to the come a trifle embarrassing avid softball or baseball fan, can be- whose sports upbringing has to

court, where any barracking is strictly those confined to the cricket field and tennis been

taboo!

Ffom all which one will gather that Try it for yourselves some time! I am in favour of softball spectating.

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NOTICE that Chantecler Sports Club have been forced to withdraw

confess that I am not greatly surpris- ed. They give as their reason the fact their entries from the various sections of the Badminton League. must

that they are not possessed of a court. other teams in the League without This fact notwithstanding-there are courts which have been accommodated -I feel that they allowed their en- honours|thusiasm to over-rule their

judgment.

better

who later scored on forced walk.

prove.

The Emma Gees continue to im- They only miscued seven times to IAC's three. Henry Sa took with two triples.

batting

HURRAY !!

against Fillipino Club.

Flash! Hongkong Baseball have finally won a game! 11-3,

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The game was not as one-sided as walkermen scored an their 11 runs score would indicate. The in the first inning and it looked like Southern boys tightened up to blank a while, but the

of the melee. the Hongkongites for the remainder

I am not aware as to who are res- Club ponsible for the management of the sporting activities of the club but I am certain they cannot have a great deal of experience of local badminton, pecially good, teams like The standard in "A" Division is es- and Club de Recreio possessing play- University

thing in the Far East with the possible ers of a standard comparable to any, exception of Malaya, and I honestly feel that Chantecler would have had In the absence of Doc Molthen,

a sorry time of it had they persisted "Talk-it-up" Stagg was on the in their original intention of entering mound for Baseball Club. He limited a team in this division. the Filipinos to six hits and two walks.

a track meet for

the Filipinos allownig nine hits, but Enoc Loyola pitched good ball for he received poor support from his flelders. They miscued eight times to the Walkermen's two.

A bit of observation during the com- ing League season together with much wonders and it is to be hoped that intensive practice, however, may work Chantecler may yet be able to swell the ranks of local badminton teams.

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The three Filipino runs all came in the third inning, Dave

late on three hits and a wild throw Cuello. and Enoc Loyola denting the Bautista,

INCIDENTLY the war is going to affect, badminton like most other sports to a certain extent. by third baseman Freddie Barros,

Volunteer In the girls nightcap Canadian Bay at 3.30

camps have necessitated a somewhat Stagg was robbed of a homer after the appeal made by the Hon. Secretary later start than usual and I reiternté Chinese gave the Baby Panthers a 27-13 walloping in a one-sided track and Sheehan (Middlesex); Wilkin- the game was Bob Laurol who got with a minimum number of postpone- he failed to touch first base on his of the Association to all clubs to make Robinson (Navy); Hendy (Navy) way around the bags, Casualty of every effort to play their fixtures off meet.Elliger Mary, Loule of the “Canucks" had the Panthers on foggy loon) and Coles (Navy); F Fowler for a split chin.

theson (Middlesex), Williamson (Kow- too close to Bill "Scoop"-Smith's bat street all the way. She wired six and (Club), A. V. Gosano (St. Joseph's),

ments, otherwise allowed four hits and seven walky Hossack (Hoyal Scots), Thorburn

It's going to bo Irene Tavares farmed one and walked (Navy) and Middleton (Navy), z

POOR PITCHING

pretty hot when the final matches are being played! Erratic pitching by. "Jáybec". Cook, "There are many considerations to be RESERVES:-Drake (Middlesex), who gave six Annie Oalçléys and four taken into account in the arranging of Blackburn (Police) Bright dlesex), Honniball (St Joseph's) Ball Cluby an 84 victory over Min-y. Mibor). Seguetary, is making (Mid-costly wild pitches, gave Hongkongxtures this geoson and Mr. S. A. Ferrier (Police) and Gordon (Royaldanao, The Scots)

American bluejackets every effort to accommodate clubs an (Continued on. Page 18),,

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Homers by Jessie Wòng and Uliar Kho and two base Hit were the big gun Leats".

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