1941-02-05 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 5, 1941.

indians Rise To The Occasion

Beat Baseballers After Extra Time; Still In Running

Omar And Has

Hold On To Brilliant Catches

By "Grandstand”

ALL THE SOFTBALL GAMES in the Senior League on Sunday were featured by close decisions, but the one which kept the fans on their feet until the last put-out, was the Indian Softballers-Hong Kong Baseballers tilt which went into two extra in- nings before the Indians downed the Mohawks 7-5 to stay in the pennant race.

Frank Crews, starting for the Crews whiffed one, whilst Jones Baseballers in his initial moundercounted for two via the same the Kussa Nazarın appearance, yielded eight safeties' route.

went before he was der jcked in favour¦ruute for the Indians and spaced seven hits, and neither walked no- of regular hurler Cy "Screwball

three įauned any Jones, who only allowed blows for the rest of the game, but they were all bunched up in the mth for the winning runs.

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Indians' Early Threat

The Indians threatened from the start when Kitchell and Na- but Ahwoo zarin both angled. Omar flied out and "Baby" Abbas hi to a double play for the side to be retired

The Mohawk drew first blood when lofty left-helder Hank Sperry slashed 한 double. ap

wild scored

Ahwoo Omar's

OT!

strong-arm heave In the second both sides were shutout, but the tie- the Indans pushed DerosS breaker in the third, when Tarzan Ismail romped home on a fielder's i choice

In the fifth the Indians cha'ked up two more markers on three successive safeties. Taking over pitching duties in the sixth. Cy Jones walked Madeen Arrulli. who dented the home-plate another Indian score.

for

for

In the Mohawk half of the sixth, Johnnie Schaberg's four- {+1/ master drove in Hearther Davis after twn down,

the Waggonermen to trail one, behind, whilst Lou Leight's timely single in the seventh stanza evened the count.

In the first overtime chapter both sides were blanked, but the Indians accounted for two tallies in the second extra session to take the lead. In the Mohawk's home hall, Jones was given a life on Kitchell's wild heave but Molthen, Morris and Sperry flied out end the game.

Two Double-Plays Two twin-killings were made

by the Mohawks, first on a Wag- goner-Fitch-Hearther play which snuffed Kitchell and Abbas, and

on

а Leight to Hearther play, erasing Arculli and Hàmet.

LEAGUE TABLES

TO DATÉ

SENIOR LEAGUE

St. Joseph's Indiana

Hong Kong Baseballers 7 Cyclones

Recreio Aces

Chinese Baseballera Filipinos Canadian Chinese

V.R C.

R.A.F.

W. L. Poto.

8 2 .800

B 3

.727

3

.700

$

.600

6 4

3 5

.566 .3.5

2 7

222

0 11

200

JUNIOR LEAGUE

Chung Hwa

ų

1

400

8 1

889

6

3

867

Recreio Bces

G

3

.067

Cosmos

& 4

.600

South China

4 500

Liga Portuguesa

7

Royal Scots 8th R.A.

3

5

,375 .375

3 7 .300

Central Britishers Royal Engineers

1

8

0 7

111 .000

LADIES LEAGUE

Canadian Chinese Wildcats

Wahoos

9

1 .900

1 .900

g

.816

7

5

.583

6 6 .500

3 9 290

1

9 .100

11

.000

Panthers Cardinals

Ramb'eret'es

Little Flowers Chung Hwa

וי

INTER HONG LEAGUE

Hong Kong Bankers Texaco Ollers

3

0

1,000

14

POO

Shell Oilers

3

750

Chartered Bankers

1

1

500

.500

Lacas

0

,000

0

000

Cables

Greenspots

JUNIORS

GIRL'S' LEAGUE

CANADIANS SUFFER SEASON'S

FIRST REVERSE

By "Grandstand"

CANADIAN CHINESE suffered their first set- back of the softball season when, on Sunday, they were humiliated by the Wildcats by 11-2 for the Lea. gue leadership to be tied.

rubber for the stroll to first, only to be nailed at the Toeing Maple Leafs, Mary Ng started of the pay-off station, whilst in the the willow, like a four-alarm blaze in a mat- Wildcats' half with tress factory as she smoked them Irene Pereira waved at three fast past five bewildered Wildcats in ones for the first strikeout. the first two frames, but she lost) her control when hindsnatcher Dot Louie was knocked cold by stopping a foul tip off Gloria Mai with her eye

Besides fanning five, Mary is sued three free tickets to first, was

tif guilty two wild pitches and was combed for nine safeties.

In the second frame, Dot Louie was given a Hie by Gloria Mar's wild heave and scored on Mavis Chan's single, but Wildcat Cynthia "Sailor" da Motta came through with a timely single to the the count.

In the fourth two more Wild- cats runs came over the pan on Wildem slabstress Thelma Col-two hits helped by three Canuc- Taking advantage laco gave a sterling performance kette babbles.

by chuck ng a two-hitte, walking of the Canuckette crack-up, the Iwo and fanning two.

No Score

Both sides were shut out in the itial chapter, although Camue- kelte hurler Mabel Dunn took

League Leaders

Just Win

By "Grandstand”

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Untamed Felines let loose a bar- rage of hits to put the issue be- yond doubt.

Catcher Cynthia da Motta was in perfect slugging form. In her the hickory, four turns with

timea connecting cately three and driving in four runs for her s/de.

Her three hits included a two- bagger, the only extra-base clout of the game. Centre-fielder Vir- ginia Chu also returned a brilliant

wo-in-three.

Chung Hwa Massacred

In the Cardinals-Chung Hwa the Redbirds merry-go-round chalked up 8 26-1 victory in five-inning massacre in which

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In the Junior Softball longest hit of the day was a triple Chung Hwa hurler Funghie Law

belled by Al Lau.

was nicked for 15 safeties, whilst In the V.R.C.-Cosmos clash, the her mates were only able to collect off Cardinal hurler two blows and Crusaders pulled the game out of

the fire by two timely splurges of Etegina Babida.

Homers were belted In by runs in the fifth and sixth, which netted them 13 markers. Sonny Babida. Gladys Hutchinson and "Jock" Brown drew the pitching Marie Roza. for the Victorians. assignment fanning four and walking whilst Blas, tossing them over for the

and Cosmos, whiffed one passed three,

circuit on Sunday both the

Chung Hwa V.R.C. pennant chasers, had narrow squeaks when they both eked out narrow victories after trailing behind for greater part of the game.

the

une

Cosmos Take Lead In the opener at Chatham Road, Chung Hwa triumphed over the

Ablong Bimby (The Blimp) Both Ahwoo Omar and Sav South China nine by 6-4 with a

the fourth singled in the initial frame, but gardeners age Hassan, Indian

four-run attack in

a double brought down sensational after the latter had the lead from. Roy Maxwell hit into

inning. catches, the former camping the start. South China lost their play for a V.RC. bank under nine and the latter snar. chance when they had the sacks The Cosmos jumped into the lead a four-hi three-run start. Ing three, all of which were choked with only one away, but with

got crossed up on a squeeze play. but both sides were blanked in the Nazarin's three in five, which Al Lau started on the moun next session. included a three-bagger, was the for Chung Hwa but was relieved best willow performance, whi'st by P. F. "Clutch-Hurler" Choy Johnnie Schaberg's homer with Bill Quon and Cecil Winglee went ducks in the pond, was the longes: the route for Nam Hwa and the clout of the game.

marked for hits.

seven,

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In the third. Manuel Roza dented the counting station on tumble for the fist V.R.C. taily but the Cosmos came back with

two more.

. Roy Maxwell, Alec Azedo and fanned two and Last-Minute Victory for the Recs,

walked one, whilst Chinese slab- Cecil Quinn went out in one-two- Regaining their form somewhat, Although the Chinese Baseball, ster Denham Crory whiffed four three order in the fourth.

being also

the Crusaders shellacked hurler ers out-hit the Recreio Aces 12-8, and påssed the latter snatched a last-inning guilty of two wild pitches.

Both victory from the Liumen.

Although the Canucks commit-Blas for eight safeties in the next two stanzas to sew up the game. they were theted only one error, sides fielded scratch teams,

Ernie Ribeiro clouted the only Recs being augmented by roping unable to stave off defent to climb

Ablong and Blas shared butting in Billy Soares and Luigi Gosano out of the cellar, when the Fili-homer of the fracas, whilst Bimby from their junior team, whilst the pinos nosed them out in a 3-2

honours with two safeties each in Chinese Baseballers, in the ab-decision.

their three trips to the platter. sence of the U.S.S. Mindanao. from

Tony Sandberg, A. Smirke, and port, had to utilise the services of

Willie Woo completed the only Vic Lim and Kenny Wong, the

Hérble Quon, Maple Leaf hurtwin-killing of the game when fhoy erased Roy Maxwell and last-named being the answer to every pitcher's prayer in his three ler, gave a splendid mound per- trips to the plate and back again.formance by whiffing eight Island Bimby Ablong in the first.

seven walks, The Chinese. Baseballers went ers, but conceded into a hitting spree in the initial whilst Filipino. twirler frame and tallied four times, but Amper, fanned one and walked were held scoreless for the re-one, mainder of the game.

Quon Pitches Well

CREWÉ CLOSING

DOWN

Tatong Gunners Cause Upset

In the night-cap, the 8th R.A. Both of the Canadian runs were created the upset of the week by The Aces scored one, in each of notched in the first, when Luke humbling the Kal Tak Airmen by the first two chapters and again Bunn and Bill Ing crossed the 7-2. in the fifth, Nick Beltrao's sacri-platter on a single, a bobble and fice in the sixth, driving in Eddie a passed ball, whilst Vancy Mar- Gosano for the tieing marker; ⠀ Ques counted for the Islanders on

With their last time at bat com- a wild pitch.

The score-board was decorated ing up, Luigi Gosano, who "hid remained hitless all afternoon, with a string of goose eggs, until Harry Campos tapped a single and scored on the sixth, when Caco Marques' single,

flied out to sacrifice Marques with Chinese first-sai¿car Tommy the tieing run. ⠀ Chan and ¿Csoo {{Marquss both Short-stop Bill Woo committed had perfect batting days, both the only miscue for his side when clouting “a nokt 1.000 in four he heaved one into the stands for Walkowaneer Bob Laurel to scamper home with Johnnie Alvares, on the mound the tie-breaker.

Crewe Alexandra F.C. are likely to close down for the second half of the season unless they are bet- ter supported.

"Their share of the "gate in recent away match was 78, and on another occasion they netted less than 30s, after match, expenses had been met.

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In the Baby Panthers-Recreio Ramblerettes tussle, the Panthers pulled their game out of the fire by a four-run raily in the sixth. The Pantherettes were without the services of regular short-stop and left-felder Regina Xavier Norma Silva, Patsy Ribeiro and Celeste Guterres being thrown in to fill the breach.

Lelia Xavier, on the hillock for the Panthers, fanned three and walked one, whilst Gerry Jorge, on the slab for the Ramblerettes, whiffed two and passed three.

Pantherette Celéste Marques banged in the only circuit clout, whilst Theresa Marques accounted both two-baggers. Hilda for Soures returned a perfect batting figure in three times.

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