1940-03-05 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 5, 1940

SOFTBALL NOTES

POOR SPIRIT ON PART OF LOCAL SOFTBALLERS Reluctance To Play Now That League Decided Strong FILIPINOS BEAT

Club Seven

(By "SCRUM-HALF")

Following are the Club seven-a-side

teams for the Blarney Stone Shield competition, the finals in which will be decided on the Club ground on Saturday, March 16:

"A" team:-D. I. Bosanquet, H. D.

Bidwell, J. M. Thomson, J. R. Hen-

derson, C. F. Needham, A. F. Walk

den and R. E. Heasman.

MINDANAO IN

THRILLING GAME

́: (By “GRANDSTAND”)

DESPITE THE FACT that interest in the present cam- paign is on the decline some interesting games were wit- nessed on Sunday. Now that the pennant winners in both sections of the league have been decided most of the teams have lost interest and would rather forfeit their remaining games-a poor spirit on their part.

SCORES AT *A GLANCE

MEN'S

Recreio "B" 9 Liga

Filipinos

Wahoos

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3

4 Mindanao GIRLS'

23 Cube

Ballgirls

3

14 Recrelo

11

HONG

3

Canadian Chinese 7 Panthers

Texaco

R.A.F. Ball Club

100

13 Socony FRIENDLY

10 Cables 13 Mixed Team 5

THERESE NORONHA'S FINE PITCHING

(By “GRANDSTAND”)

Anyway league officials are not striking camp just yet and the show must go on till the asbestos comes down.

Entertaining Liga on their own "B" team:-P. B. Wilson, R. Lavalle, ground Recreio Bees downed Liga H. Van Leeuwen, R. Leigh; P. F. Portuguesa, 9-2, without much trouble Wanklyn, K. W. Salter and W. Stoker. after the second canto. It looked rosy The "A" team looks exceedingly for the Peking Road boys when they good on paper, and I am inclined to took the lead in the third frame with favour their chances, though anything two tallies, but the rambling Bees can happen in a sevens tournament. rallied with seven runs in the same Walkden (1936 and 1937), Bidwell inning to reverse the lead which look- (1936 and 1937) Henderson (1938) and ❘ed bigger for the Bees as the game Needham (1938) have been in win-progressed. ning Club sevens, while Van Leeuwen Jackie Noronha conceded five hits of the second team played in the to the Ligamen, while his team- Club's winning teams of 1937 and mates collected nine blows off South- paw Coelho. The junior Recs bungled Bank, however, fancy themselves, | two more chances than Liga's Ave. though they will be without Bompas. Bertie Gosano at third base was the Their team will be chosen from worse offender with three miscues Thompson, Day, Carruthers, Aitken-chalked up against him. head, Butcher, Kennedy, Watson and

Windy alley custodian Ozorio belted Dunnett.

2 circuit clout for Liga and A. Lopes, Police have a good seven to defend Recreio's rightfielder, took batting the title-D. H. Taylor, Wilson, Fay, honours with a 1.000 per cent average Wall (Luscombe is still on the injur-in three times up. ed list), Wright-Nooth, Cullinan and Innis.

1938.

The Civil Service team is Charter, ́Alec Taylor, D. Hynes, Morgan, Red- man, Burford and B. Hynes.

R. H. E. Recreio 'B' 0 0 7 10 1 X-9 D 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0–2 5 5 Liga

Borrowing three Walkermen in Doc Molthen, Ernie Hearther and Dick

complete the

necessary Venezia to

Royal Engineers: James, Arting- stall, Birrell, Waite, Brinkley, Shel-nine, Mindanao were nosed out by the drake and Apperley.

Filipinos to the tune of 4-3,- · -···

The game lasted only 50 minutes

Combined Small Units: Macdon-

BOOTING FOURTEEN to their opponent's five, Recreio femmes went down like a ton of bricks at the hands of the Baby Panthers, the final score being 14-11. This was a bit of a surprise as the Ramblerettes were hot favourites to take the kittens to town.

Irene Tavares who doesn't look any bigger than a bottle of mustard proved herself as ardent, to limit the Recreio and issued two free transportations to gals to eight hits; she fanned three the initial station. Anna Noronha, Re- creio's first string flinger, twirled grand game but received very, very poor support from her fielders. She was. nicked for 10 blows, whiffed three and passed two.

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Alex Mendonca at the keystone and Melvy Campos at the initial sack were the outstanding players for Panthers. Their fielding was dazzling and spectacular at times. Lopes just could not see the pellet on Lolly Rodrigues and Ding-Dong

spite knowing that they were pitted against a much weaker team, played headup ball all the way, miscuing only with 10 bobbles. once, while the cubs were chalked up

Lena Luongo's homer and a double the melee. were the only long distance blows of

· R.

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Wahoos 7 5 2 3 0 6 x-23 Cubs 10 1 10 1 00 4 10 Canadian Chinese cuties made sure of the Southard Shield by taking Hong Kong Ball Girls 7-3, in the nightcap at Prince Edward Road ground. Ball girls fought hard to the "Canucks" in the first round, but avenge their defeat at the hands of

hefty blows by the "Maple Leafs," helped by five Ballgirl errors, enabled the new champs to salt the game away.

ald, Willis, Coombes, Morgan, Craw and it was one of the shortest frays Sunday. Of the 14 Recreio errors they seven

ford, Bedford and Harrington.

Grieve Transferred W. E. Grieve, Hong Kong and Shanghai Interporter, is shortly to be transferred from Shanghai to Hong Kong. His Rugger season lasted practically 10 minutes, as he was in- jured in the first game of the season, against U.S. Marines, It is under- stood that he has not yet fully recov-. ered from his injury and that he will not be playing locally this season.

ARMY BOXING

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played on the C.B.A. ground, but it was 50 minutes full of interest and thrills for fans and players alike. Un-Panthers 2 4 1 fortunate Ernie Hearther was the goat of the thriller when he booted a hit off Marques' bat to allow three Southern boys to cross the plate in the third stanza. This was the only inning in which the Filipinos scored.

AMPER IN FORM

Dave Amper, the Filipino portsider, was on form on the rubber striking out two and walking only one, while Dave

Davis was on the hillock for Mindanao and pitched steady ball to strike out one and pass one. Both hurlers allow- ed three hits apiece.

Fielding gem of the tilt was Harry Campos, the Filipino short-stop. He looked like a million dollars and stood a bandaged thumb at the "C" Company will meet "A" Com- out like pany in the Final of the Royal Scots windy alley taking six fielding chances with nary a bungle. Bob Laurel be- Inter-Company Boxing Tournament ashind the plate also showed some class the result of their successes yesterday and was a big help in holding down in the semi-finals at Murray Bar-

the American blue-jackets. racks.

For the losers Red Todd at the hot corner played his usual brilliant game and was credited with four assists and

no,error.

Most promising boxers on view were McCuaig, Scott, Corrigan, Larkin, who had a very close fight with Cuthbert- son, the Army Rugby captain, Brown, Boyle, Elliot, Callaghan and both Mc- Filipinos Nally and Peebles, who put up an ex- cellent fight, Peebles being adjudged the winner.

Results were: "C" Company

25 points "B" Company

19 points Welterweight (10st 7lb.) 3rd String— Fte. Manson (C) bent Pte. McKechnie (B).

2nd string-L/Cpl. Burna (B) beat Pie. Dunlop (¤)..~~~

4th string Pte. McKay (C) knocked out Pte. Huth (B). 1st string Cpl. Ritchie (C) beat Pie Meikle (B). Bantamweight (8st Blb.) 1st string- Pte, Scott (C) beat Pie. Craig (B),

.R. H. E. 004 0 0 0 x-4 - 8. 2 Mindanao 1 0 1 1 0 0 0-3. 3 5

Featherweight (9st.) 1st string-Pte. McCuaig (B) beat Pte. Clelland (9).

2nd string Pte. O'Neil (B) beat Pte. Campton (C)..

Lightweight (9st 9lb.) 1st string-Pte.

Scott (C), beat Pte. Smith ́'(B). · 2nd string-Pte. Laws (B) beat "Pte, Ross (C)//

3rd string-Pte. Wallace (C)" beat Pte. Gorman (B). Middleweight (11st Glb) 1st string-

L/Cpl. Moore (C) beat L/Cpl. Nisbet (B).

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2 0 2 2-14 10 Recreto 2 5 1 2 1 0 0-11 8 14

Mary Louie was again on the slab blanked the lowly Cubs 23-0. This is fanned three and walked two. Thelma In a slow-motion game, Wahoos for the "Canucks" from where she the second shut-out for chief. Wahoo Collaco was on the firing line for the Therese Noronha this season. The first | Ballgirls and whiffed one and walked victims were the Ball Girls in a 17-0 one.

encounter. Therese whiffed no fewer than seven Bruins and walked three. could only strike out one and walk Grandma Hutchinson and Kitty Bush

ninę.

Even Papa Bear Smith admitted that it was the worst game he had had the misfortune to see the Cubs play. He ain't telling us! With the exception of Nancy Maxwell at third base and Grandma Hutchinson the rest of the Bruins did not show any life and to say that they played a listless game. would be putting it mildly!

The Wahoos on the other hand, de-

DRINK

It is interesting to note that both pitchers led their respective teams in three safeties in three times to bat and the batting list. Mary Louis. clouted

Thelma Collaco banged two bingles in three trips to the plate.

Rene Yuen's triple in the first stanza was the longest hit of the fracas.

R. H. E.

C. Chinese 2 0 1 0 0 4x-7 7.2 Ballgirls. 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 6 .5

(Other Sport On Page 14.)

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