THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1940
LAWN BOWLS
SWEEP DRAW
BOWLS TEAMS
The following have been chosen to represcit various tenims in the Lawn
K.D.R.C.
Draw for the weekly Lawn Bowlers Bowls League to-morrow:— Sweep. which is conducted solely among members of Lawn Bowls Clubs, First Division (v C.S.C.C., away)— was made this morning and resulted as follows:
"B" Sweep
FIRST DIVISION
Recreio "A" (495) v 'c.c.c. (900)
P.R.C. (785)
V K.B.G.C. (657) K.D.R.C. (870) H.K.F.C. (503) Recreio "B" (687)
v
V
V
SECOND DIVISION
C.S.C.C. (379)
K.C.C. (10)
1.R.C. (498)
C.C.C. (205)
T.D.R.C. (67)
H.K.C.C. (935).
KB:G:C. (447)
K.F.C. (894)
V
Recrela (903)
v K. Tong (20) P.R.C. (641) v ̃ ̄KC.C(830)~
V
v C.S.C.C. (419) THIRD DIVISION H.K.E.R.C. (604) ✓ H.K.C.C. (103) P.O.C. (52)
✓ H.K.F.C, (404) v I.R.C. (337)
K.F.C. (516)
“A” Sweep
R. H. Lapsley, W. Mackie, G. Cooper and F. Cullen (skip); A. M. Calmari.: [J, Revie, T. Coleruan and J. McKelvie} ((RIP); W. Houston. W. D. McMaster, M. Ferguson and R. Morrison (skip).
K.C.C.
First Division (v H.K.F.C., home)- A. W. Smith, G. Lee, W. Hyde and E. |Kern (skip) V. C. Labrum, T. Madar, A. W. Ramsey and E. C. Fincher skip): L. Jack, J. W. M. Brown, J. Fraser and F. Goodwin (skip).
Second Division (v K.B.G.C., away)- R. S. Capel, E. Curtis, W. Parsons-and G. Moss (skip); C. Champelovler, G. Taylor, R. Marks and H. Overy (skip): R. Leight, F. A. Fabel, R. Wellwood) and A..Spary (skip).
K.F.C.
Second vision (v C.5.0.C.). |Gibson, A. Eastman, R. Hail and P.
"Following is the draw for the "A" Younghusband (skip); W. Groves, R.
sweep made last week:
FIRST DIVISION
Recrelo "A" (993) ▼ P.R.C. (248)
Recreio "B" (205)
C.C.C. (416)
V
K.B.G.C. (1052)
C:S.C.C. (1011)
V
K.D.R.C. (428)
K.C.C. (776)
V
H.K.F.C. (953)
1.R.C. (10
V
SECOND DIVISION
C.C.C. (526)
V
Recreio (488)
T.D.R.C. (751)
V
K. Tang (436)
H.K.C.C. (425)
V
P.R.C. (477)
K.B.G.C. (392) K.F.C. (111)
V
K.C.C. (84)
C.S.C.C. (70) THIRD DIVISION
H.K.G.C. (302) H.K.F.C. (191) y I.R.C. (623)
SING TAO BEAT THE GREATEST PLAY ALL-MALAYA I'VE EVER SEEN...
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Playing their last game at Penang yes- terday, Sing Tao beat All-Malaya by the odd goal in five. Fung. King-cheong (2) and Kwok Ying-kee scor- ed for Sing Tao.
(Copyright by "Sing Tao Jih Pao.")
(skip).
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(This is another of a series of short descriptions of "The "Greatest” Play I've Ever Seen," as appearing in the Shanghai "China Press.")
By CAL HIRSH
(As told to Hal P. Mills of the Shanghai "China Press")
The bit of baseball I have in Amateurs and the visiting team mind cannot rightly. be called a had left-handed first-sackers. "great play" but can be referred Ours was the famous Harry King- to-as a "great-freak-play" -or-lucky man. baseball. The year was 1925.
Well, sir, not far from first ase The crack University of Califor was a large pool of water, about nia baseball team was in Shang-ten feet wide. A Shanghai batter hal and took on the Shanghai hit a high foul fly which sailed Amateurs in a tussle at the Race into the ozone about 20 feet from ********|Course on a Sunday afternoon. the grandstand and in the direc- was in rightfield for the local tion of first base. The fork-hand- team but had no part in the played visiting first baseman raced,. I shall describc.
that is, ran as fast as he could over
He
Hughes, C. Dowman and W. Simpson
P.R.C. ((skip); A. Lapsley. V. Atienza, V. Chit-j tenden and W. Field (skip).
First Division (v Recrolo "A" away) Third Division (v R.C.-C. Fuller.-T. R, Hunter, W. B. Harris, W. S. It was during the latter part of the wet ground, for the ball. C. Woodcock, S, Wong and B. Evans Dall and J. C. 5. Fender (skip); G the game, I seem to recall and the slipped and fell smack into the (skip): B. Thomson, B. Williams, Y. Perkins, W. J. Cameron, A. E. Carey Amateurs were at bat. As to men pool of water, falling in a sitting Abbas and J. Smalley (step); G. Frost, and E. G. Post (skip); F. Nolan, H. G. Ogders, C. Pile and J. Henson (skip). Brown, J. Orem and J. Shepherd (skip) If any, I don't recall. Maskee. They
on base and the number of outs, position. Second Division (v H.K.C.C., away)-
And, believe it or not, the ball C.S.C.C.
A. J. Johnson, J. Hayward, J. Riddell had no bearing on the play. obligingly dropped into his glov- First Division (v K.D.R.C., home) and F. Channing (skip); J. W. Harrop. On the previous day and even oned hand. He retained it and the J. Cellatley, A. B. Allan, L, A. Gollyer G. Willerton, A. Soutar and J. Mac-that very day, rain had fallen and batter was out. and J. W. Deakin (skip); A. Steven, donald (skip);
Shanghai was W. L. Clark, J. Hollidge, J. F. McGowan and A. W. Fitches. J. R. McWalter and J. Aitkenence in and around the outfield. (and we managed to hold the lead R. Dlarge pools of water were in evid-leading by two runs at that time Grimmiti (skip): C. J. Walker, W. J. Burling, M. N. Rakusen and F. J. Jones
The infleld, too, was plenty soggy, and win the game. (skip).
but the game was played rather P. D. Crawley, H. Lord, H. F. Harper Home)-A. D. Humphreys, J. L, Mouat, than disappoint fans, as the stay and C. Strange (skip); J. R. Carr, F.A. Nissim and R. H. Wild (Skip): Aof the visiting collegians 5. Austin, E. W. Simmonds and
ST. Lay, N. D. Lloyd, E. Hopea and R. limited. Oddly enough, both the Eccleshall (skip): A. F. Shepherd, E.R. Davies (Sklp): A. K. Mackenzie, H. W. H. Colledge, E. Kirmon and W. R... Angus, R. A, Edwards and A. W. Hillyer (skip).
Brown (Skip). Taikoo R.C.
Third Division (v H.K.
Second Division (v Talkoo Recreation Electrici Further progress was made in w. Melrose, C. Bovaird, T. F. Stainton W. J. Hansen and P. S. Cassidy (Skip); Hsu, CJ. Roe and H. Gitting (Skip): Second Division (v K.T.R.G., home)— Away)—G. R. Razavet, L. E. N. Ryan, Club Away)—N. A. E. Mackay, H. Y. the Third Round of the Open Pairs and J. C. Chalmers (skip); R. Main, H. B. L. Dowbiggin, E. W. Hamilton. A. W. da Roza, Y. H. Tang, J. N. Lawn Bowls Championship. yes-L. Gibson, F. Hillon and D. Munro B. J. Lacon and W. A. Cornell (Skip): Wong and J, L. Stephens (Skip); H. A. terday when a number of matches (skip); D. Couli, T. Grimes, J. A. Wat-Col. E, S. Doughty, L. M. Wylie, G. Castro, A. E. H. Castro, W. J. Howard were played.
son and R. M. Keown (skip).
G. Aitkenhead and A. McKellar (Skip). and A. J. Kew (Skip).
H.K.E.R.C. (760) V P.O.C. (1048)
K.F.C. (189)
OPEN PAIRS RESULTS
At Kowloon Docks, R. P. Phil- lips and J. E. Henson just beat A. F. Paul and J. K. Sloan by 20 shots to 19.
The winners were leading at the 15th head by 18 shots to 8 but failed to score on the next five heads by which time their opponents had taken the lead at the 20th head at 19-16. Phillips and Henson scored a four on the last head to give them a win.
The losers registered a five on the 19th head.
At Kowloon Bowling Green Club, V. Chittenden and W. V. Field were badly trounced by L. J. Silva and J, F. V. Riberio and lost by 36 shots. to 8.
The losers drew first blood with a' singleton but the Portuguese pair scored a four at the next head and followed this up with a one and a three. Field and Chitten- den then scored two singles but did not add to that score until the 13th head. Silva and Ribeiro had, thanks to three twos, by then "gained a lead of 17 shots to 3, and at the 18th head were leading by 22 shots to 8.
The winners finished up very strongly with a five a six and a three.
Two Taikoo Docks pairs were beaten at Civil Service yesterday. W. Gill and G. Duncan entered the quarter-finals at the expense of W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers when they won by 24 shots to 10. R. Main and G. Munroe figured in a close game against C. Dow- man and F. C. Channing and were only beaten by 16 shots to 14.
Following are detailed scores of two of the matches:-
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Second Division (v K.F.C., away}~:
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(H.P.M.'s note: Mr. Cal Hirsh is an ex-athlete of note, a true. sports lover, a capable news- paperman and may, perhaps, be, referred to as the Dean of local'. newspapermen, that is, news- papermen employed on local' journals. He is a college man and in his younger days figured importantly in baseball, basket- ball, football, wrestling and some boxing, strictly amateur, of course.)
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