1939-12-27 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 27, 1939

SOFTBALL NOTES

PIRATES SHAKE UP THE WILDCATS Winners Over-Confident; Saved By Lily Mar

FORUM

START WELL PETER OUT

(By "GRAND STAND”)

In the opener at C.B.A. ground on Sunday, Interna- tional Athletic Club humbled Kenny Wong's English Forum 8-5.

The game was keenly contested till then the last canto. Forum were leading 5-2 in the seventh and it

should have been a sure victory for them but they petered out in the last of the seventh against a determined International squad who rallied with six tallies in their turn to bat in the Inst stanza to take Kenny and his gang to town.

CARDINALS ESTABLISH NAVY UNENVIABLE RECORD!

(By "GRAND STAND")

ALTHOUGH LOSING to Wildcats 19-11, Pirates play- ed a good game to give the Champions a good battle and a scare in the curtain raiser of a triple bill at Prince Ed- ward ground on Sunday.

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Wildcats, who figured on an easy win, started Pam Young on the mound, but the Bucs hammered her for four runs on three hits in one-third of. the initial frame. Lily "Sunshine" Mar came to the rescue and had some anxious times holding Maudie Read's pirates in tow.

Pirates surpassed all expectations and played a grand game, but had to succumb to better base running and Wildcats, heavy slugging by the Pirates made only two errors, which is good going for them, while Wild- times. Pirates six eight cats miscued

were leading 11-7 in the fifth, but a Wildcats in the four-sun.rally by

five more in the last of the fifth, sixth and three in the seventh iced the game for the Kittens.

International scored their run on seven hits alded by nine Forum: errors.” Forum connected-for five safeties and scored all their five runs in the third inning.

Albert Leonard toed the rubber for International and fanned three and walked two, while chucker Bill Quon pitched a good game for Forum striking out two and walking none.

Longest hits were one two bagger aplece by Baker and E. D. Fisher. Inter-

Forum

0 0 5 0 0 0

R. H. E.

Lily Mar fanned four and walked six and Maudie Read struck out two and walked four.

SCORES AT A GLANCE:

MEN'S

Recreio "A" 17 Mindanao International 8 Forum

Canadian

Chinese

V.R.C.

5

6

19 G.B.A.

7

19 Trojans

10

WOMEN'S

Wildcate Wahoos Ball Girls

19 Pirates

11

32

Cardinals

6

13

Cube

8

MRS. STONE IN FORM

Centre-felder Mrs. Stone,

for the

RUGBY CHANGES

(By "SCRUM-HALF")

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Navy, with nothing to lose and everthing to gain, have made four changes in the team which lost heavily to Army for their Triangular Tournament Rugby match against Club at Causeway Bay next Saturday.

Stevens will not be at full-back, but alongside Paul in the threequarter line to the exclusion of Nicholl, while Bax, a brilliant tackler, will be at full- back. Palmer has come into the front row of the pack in place of Martin, the King will partner Longmuir in second row to the exclusion of Smart. in and Gale will take King's place the back row.

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Navy gave Club a keen game their first encounter, though they did not cross their opponents' line, and with Paul in good kicking farm Club will have to avoid offside play more frequently, than has been their wont is in the past. Navy's back division very sound, and if they get any sup- port from their forwards, who are very mediocre on paper, Club are in for a gruelling afternoon.

This is Club's last Tournament

national..00 2 0 0 0 6 8 7 3 Bucs played exceptionally well, stop- | Cardinals established an all-time re-game and as they have won the trophy

they

several may make 5 59 ping those long ones belted by the cord in fielding errors with 18 mis- already 0 In the second game at CBA, Cana-Wildeat heavy sluggers. Besides cues chalked up aganist them, while changes in their all-conquering team. dian Chinese trounced Central playing a good game she rapped

Following is the probable Navy a Wahoos played their usual standard British Association 19-7 in a drawn-circuit clout and two triples. out and one-sided affair, The Canucks Hind-snatcher Paddy Seats per- formed very well indeed behind the plate and made three hits in five trips to the plate.

all

own way

had things

their and it was more of a practice game for them than a League encounter.

The "Maple Leafs" gave "all their pitchers some practice. Herbie Quon, Denham Crary and G.G. Lee taking turns on the mound to hold down, the CBA huskies.

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For the winners Gloria Mar was outstanding with the willow wand with four safe blows in five times up. May Chung homered and tripled while Doris Mar and Lily Mar clouted one three bagger each.

George Fowler pitching was duck soup to the Canadians who connect- ed for 19 solid blows including homer for Bill Woo and a double by Wildcats..

Pirates L. Bunn.

For the losers Jimmy King took batting honours with two safties, while backstop Joe Higgins was highest scorer, crossing the plate four times.

- Canadian

R. H. E. Chinese 3 3 6 3 2 1 2

4 19 19 C.B.A.

0 20 201 2 7 9 9 Outhit 20-2 Mindanao succumbed to the power gang of Recreio "A", 17-5.

2.06

4 3 2 300

R. H. E.

5

3

19 19 6

0 11 9 2

In the second game Wahoos over- helmed the lowly Cardinals 32-6.

fray for the American blue jackets, was shown no mercy by the Recreio aces' willow wielders, while his team- Al- mates could only touch Johnny vares for two singles.

Alvares only whiffed

Keplinger, twirling his first Leagueceived

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better support

one but re- from his

flelders. Mindanao had difficulty

picking them off the

seven.

deck, booting

GOSANOS SHINE

Eddle Gosano and brother Gerry were tops with the stick; four hits apiece in five trips to the pan.

A two-bagger by Mike Mendonca and another by Eddie Gosano were the longest hits of the fracas.

Recreio ....5 4 3

R. H. E.

17 20 5

5 2 7 Victoria

050.0 Mindanao 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 In a ding-dong struggle Recreation Club downed Trojans, 19-10.

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VRC showed more power with the hickory connecting for 18 hits off G. Almeida's offerings. Trojans nicked Kelly Silva-Netto for 12 bingles. Marques homered for VRC.

Ablong was cheated of Ruthlan cloût when he smacked a long one to centre field for a homer but falled to touch first base on his way around.

He was tagged on' the relay and was declared out by the ump. The Tel. 21800 game was rather dull and only a

handful of spectators were present.

of play, booting six and smacking team:-Lieutenant Bax; Tel. Bowden, the old apple 21 times to the Red-Tel. Paul, Pay Lieutenant Stevens and birds eight safeties.

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Sub-Lieut. Kennedy; Lieutenant Car- ter and Lieutenant Commander Hongkong Ball Girls took the Cubs | Clark; L. S. A. Palmer, Lieutenant to town to the tune of 13-8,- - Both (E) Brown, Ldg. Wtr.- Barkow, Chief teams miscued six times afield, but Writer King, A. B. Longmuir, Ldg. the Ball Girls had it over the Cubs in Wtr. Ferris, Pay Lieutenant Charles

Ball Girls made 13 hits to and L. A. C. Gale. batting.

the Cubs 6.

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