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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY, 8, 1941.
Record Crowd Sees Baseballers Beat Recreio Aces THELMA COLLACO Stormy Outbursts Of Protest PITCHES WILDCATS
Indians Have Revenge On The Cyclones
By "Grandstand”
A RECORD CROWD turned out on Sunday to see the Hong Kong Baseballers down the Recreio, Aces by 6-3 and retain the softball leadership.
The game was featured by stormy outbursts of protest against the umpires, which, however, sub- sided after a few minutes.
LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE
SENIOR LEAGUE
Mong Kong Baseballers 7 2
R.A.F.
Royal Scots 8th R.A. C.B.A.
.429
TO FINE VICTORY
By "Grandstand'
LIMITING THE PANTHERS to only two meas
ley singles, Thelma Collaco pitched the Wildcats to 671 a 11-2 triumph in the Ladies' Softball League on 125 Sunday in which eight costly errors, of which short- stop Regina Xavier was guilty of no less than three, 1,000 proved disastrous for the losers.
.000
Slabstress Thelma Collaco pass-ha hurler Lily Silva fanned two 625ed two and fanned two, while the and walked one, but had no .600 Panther twirler only accounted backing from an infield, in which
.671 for one Wildcat via the strike-out every one but the battery com- .500 route.
mitted three errors.
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778
St. Joseph's
7
2
.778
Indians
6
3
Cyclones
G
4
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Recreio Aces
4
3
Chinese Paschallora
3
4
Filipinos
7
Canadian Chinese
9
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Chung Ha
7
V.R.C.
5
1
.833
5
2
2714
Recreio Boes
5
3
South China
3
2
Cosmas
4
3
Liga Portuguesa
3
3
3
4
.429
2
6
2'0
1
7
0
0
LEAGUE
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0
7
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A
2
RCO
5
1
.556
Cardina's
5
Ramblerettes
3
7
Little Flowers
8
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Chartered Bankers Greenspots
1
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Cy Jones, on the mound for the victors, spaced six hits and was helped by two Leight to Hearther double-plays in pitching his side to victory over the Aces, while Gerry Gosano, toiling on the hill for the losers, doled out six safeties. Both Jones and Gosano walked one apiece.
ht into the second Leight-Hear- ther double-killing of the day for the game to end.
The Mohawks had the jump on The Recs still had a chance in the Rees when lead-off batter Joe the last, as Gerry Gusano and Heardon sagled, piffered second Pereira both singled with and scored on Lou Leight's sarri-away, but Tony "Peewee" there to centre. Failing to take ad- vantage of two fumbles in a row, which put ducks in the pond for the Ares, Spotty Pereira was mailed at the plate on Zinho Go- sano's bunt, whilst Eddie "Doctor" Gosano bit into a double-play to retire the side.
G. N. Gosano Triples
Royal Engineera
LADIES Canadian Chinese Wildcats Wahoor
Panthers
Recreio twirler Gerry Gosano took batting honours by returning Cables a clean 1.000 in the three trips to the plate, which included a triple, | the longest clout of the gaine.
Indians' Revenge
In the next stanza both
sides i Massaging the shoots of Cyclope went out in one, two, three order.|hurler Carlos "Kelly" Silva-Nețţa Hurler Gerry Gosano tripled and for 10 safeties, the Indians had dented the counting slation
their revenge by handing out Spotty Pereira's sacrifice
12-7 lacing to the Cyclones. My to left, to tie the score, but, a scratch! The Indians only chalked single by Crews in the third help-one in the first on a pass and a
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up
ed by a muff and two wild heaves, miscue, whilst the Cyclones re- piled up the Mohawk tallies tophed with two on a pair of singles, but, heiped by a series of bungles in the second frame the Indians garnered four tallies.
three.
Alter the Cyclones had collected two runs in their turn with the
Mary Ng started on the slab for the Maple Leafs and whiffed three and walked two, whilst
second string burier Alice Mp.fanned four and also passed two.
Irene "Slugger" Pereira, Gloría 25 Mar and Thema Collaco ali con- .000 nected safely two in four times, but the latter's double was The 100 only extra base-clout of the fray.
875 Wildcat keystoner Thelma feall Only round-tripper of the game
me Josephine) Motta hasn't quite! was banged by second-sacker
441 got over the shock of perfectly 30 handling all seven fielding chances
that
way, especially
came her
Ullan Khoa. Dot Loule and Alice Ma accounted for triples and Bunn, Chang and Mary Ng were
.000 when she came up, with Theresita good for doubles.
Botelho's hoist to short centre,
1000 iter being toppled by centre gar-
.750 dener Virginia Chu, who came
47 tearing in full steam ahead.
500 Irene Pereira Given Life
CHUNG HWA'S SEVENTH WIN
IN A ROW
*
By "Grandstand”
came
Lead ng off in the Wi deat bat- ting, Irene Pereira wus givet life on a wild heave and breezect home on Mary Mar's single. The latter also scored on a bad throw to the plate. Both sides were re- tired in order in the next frame. The Pantherettes first run across in the third on two succes- sive bobbles, but the Untainer Felines shellacked them for four markers on three safeties in their turn at bat. In the fifth both sides chalked up one more tally, but the Wildcats sewed the game up in the next chapter on another splurge of four runs.
Fine Pitching
In the Recreio-Wahoo clash, the the Rum-
three
the fourth the Gosano brothers. Zinho, Eddie and Bertie,
Chung Hwa registered were all flagged at first, whilst
their seventh consecutive Hearther. Davis and Crews of the
softball win, by shutting latter triumphed over Baseballers fed nut for a shutout Indians went into scull
stick on a pass and a muff, the innings. In the fifth the Rees cut and derricked hurler Kassa Na- 6-0
sessions out the Recreio Bees in ablerettes by 13-4 in a game high- down the lead when third-sacker zarin in favour of right-gardener
whitewashing,
lighted by Therese Noronha's two- the
hit pitching, Leight fumbled an easy bounder. Savage Hassan, who made his game being featured by mates combed Ramblerette slab- whilst her teum- to give Nick Beltran life. trao burgled second and romped ceding three hits and three runs
Bel-tial appearance on the slab, con- almost errorless fielding first-sacker Yvonne Yolle's
stress for eight safeties, of which home on "Dead-end" Morris did a Ty Cobb the game.
wild bitch, but Joe for the remaining 5-2/3 innings of on the part of the victors. for four was the best performance as he tore around the bags to score
Jay Liu, on the muund for with the stick. whilst hindsnatcher Charlie Pl-was guilty of two wild pitches, good gelding, pitched
Silva-Netto walked three and Chung Hwa, taking advantage of Irene Castilho slashed the only gueiredo was hunting for Reardon, whilst Indian hurlers Nazarin and hitter, passed none
four-two-bagger er the fracas and with the ball after Reardon had Hussan passed two and one res-none,
and fanned drove one in. Therese Noronha shd home without touching
whilst
Ave Busy Bee slabster fanned
and walked two, plute.
Georgie Guterres issued six free whilst Gerry Jorge passed one and tickets to first and only succeeded whiffed none. in fanning lead-off batter P F Choy after working up a three and "Baby" two count,
the pectively.
Abbas Consistent
Indian second-sacker
A Wasted Bunt
or
a
In the initial frame the Recs scured one on a muff and a single, but Yvonne Yole pilfered home in the Owls turn af bat to tie the count, both sides, being unable to score in the second.
of runs. totalling 12, in the next After producing three: clusters three innings, reserves were
Besides fielding 10 chances without a fumble, Yvonne Yolle s'ole Ave bases.
Flowers Crushed
In the sixth chapter the Rees choked the sacks with none away į on a single, a bunt and a fielder's choice, but Bertie Gosano's Ruth-Abbas kept his leadership in the ian ambitions soon faded he up-to-date
as
batting popped out to Fitch
averages by Tony Alves, connecting safely two however, scored on Fitches, muff times, but Sherry Bux and Tarzan runs were made by either side,
in three
In the first frame no hits of Beltrao's pop ily. Spolty Ismail returned the best average but Chung Hwa broke the ice in Pereira, running for Zinho Go- for the game by batting .750 in the second stanza on sano, got bunt signals all crossed four trips.
a walk, 'thrown into the fray. up and was caught napping off batted in by "Baby" Abbas, Tar- In the Bees' turn with the hickory. Two-baggers were fumble and Bill Chang's single. third. Figueiredo flied out to endzan Ismail, Kassa Nazarin the rally. Two more Waggoner-Silva-Netto. Recovering from the down between second and third un and Dick Alves singled, but was run men crossed the pan in the sixth shellacking of a week on a pair of hits and
ago, the Toto Prata's wasted bunt, two mis-Saints emerged victors in an 8-4 Jay Liu worked Guterres
Hurler cues.
for verdict over the Chinese Base- pass, but further attempts to score ballers in the night-cap.
In the other tilt, the Canuckettes, Den Crary, on the slab for the killing from third-sacker Jimmy 14 safeties to register a 27-1 vic- were snuffed by a smart double-battered the Little Flowers with Liumen, sent nine Collegians down Ren:edios swinging with his fast ones
to keystoner Wilfred tory in a five-inning game. Florin- and Lawrence. In the George Souza, making his bow at Kwok singled, and was squeezed, ledge of the game seemed good,
next inning the plate to inaugurate the first across on Richard Chung's sucp their handling of the ball could frame, swung at three fading up-fice dump. In the fourth frame have been much better. South shoots which missed his bat by at the Chung Hwa squad was erased China hurler Bill Quon was con- least a mile to be the first victim. in one, two, three order and altent to toss them in to the Scots, And was he red under the collar though the Bees put two on bases depending on his ballhawks who when he tied himself into a knot on a blow and a fumble, Jimmy clamped their hands on everything a second time in the next chapter' Remedios failed to come through that came their way Even the fact that she moundsmen in the clutch with a hite Frankie Ganzples, had fanned thrice in as many turns failed to fifth, the Chung Hwa team didn't Nelson Ma, played a good game..
With the pases loaded, in the up the windy alley in place
Harry "Gabby" Chinn, plugging
score a run Kwok, who was covering every inch of his terri- perched on third, being, jagged for tory South Ching scored in the running before, Al Lou's sacrifice early stages of the game, to lay Although sharing 14 hits with
to deep left was handlede.
the foundation for their victory. the Saints, six costly, errors spelled eventh in addion to Bill barra
Two more markers-in - the and ended up with a fifth inning defeat for a listless team of Liu-Chang four-bagger with one snatcher Cecil Sparks" Winglec's of hits, including hind- then
Collegian hot corner guardian, aboard in the sixth, jput the game.four sten and triples by Charlie Dave Leonard, batted safely two
on ice dor Chung Hwa... Mu Ng Chupewah, Nellie Ma and Bill in three, which included a double, Dick Alves of the Bees both cous-
Bill Chang of Chung Hwa, and Yum, for the best stick-work.
In the sixth the Royal Scots nected safely two in three times... had a chance to break into the sporing, column when the bases 20 Second Trimming « were soused, with one away, but NO FANLING HOUNDS South China, handed out the hit
they couldn't produce the needed second trimming of the day when R.A.F. just managed to take the The meet of the Fanling hounds hay, trimmeri che Rovnicole points from the Cosmopolitans by scheduled for Sheung Shui cros: - the tune of 11-0 in a game felture taking a 18-16 decision, whilst the roads at 2.45 p.m. to-day has ed hy brilliant, fielding by South 8th A.A. had another game credit- bean cancelled because of unfore- China, whilst on the other hanged to them on receiving a walk- seen circumstances.
although the Royal Scots know-lover from the Sappers,
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1890.
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