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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 5, 1941.

Indians Rise To The Occasion Beat Baseballers After Extra Time; Still In Running

Omar And Hassan

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 miał mound accounted for two via the same appemance, yielded eight safeties route Kassa Nazarını went the before he was derneked in favour | route for the Indians and spaced of regular hurler Cy "Screwball" | seven hits, and neither walked nor Jones, who only allowed three famed any

lows for the rest of the game. but they were all bunched up in the ninth for the winning rus

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Indians' Early Threat

The Indians threatened from the start, when Kitchell and Na- zarin both singled. bat Ahwoo (Omar Riet out and "Baby" Abbas Thit into a double play for the side

to be retired

The Mohawks drew first blood, when tolly left-Helder Hank! Sperry slashed

double, and scored

ot Ahwoo Omar's wild strong-arm heave. In the second both sides were shutout, but the Indians pushed acVOSS the tie- ¦breaker in the third, when Tarzan Ismail romped home on a fielder's choice.

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

In the Mohawk half of th: sixth, Johnnie Schaberg's four- master drove in Hearther

and Davis after two down, for the Waggonermen to trail one behind, whilst Lou Leight's timely sinele 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

half. Jones was given a life on Kitchell's wild heave but Moithen Morris and Sperry flied

out end the game.

Two Double-Plays Two twin-killings were made by the Mohawks, first on a Wag- snuffed Kitchell and Abbas, and

| goner-Fitch-Hearther play which

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LEAGUE TABLES

TO DATE

SENIOR LEAGUE

St. Joseph's Indians

Hong Kong Baseballers 7 Cyclones

Recreio Aces

W. L. Polą.

8 2 ,800

0 3

727

3

.700

G 4

600

# 4

555

3 5

.3-5

2 7

..222

Canadian Chinese

0 11

.000

JUNIOR LEAGUE

Chinese Baseballers Filipinos

Chung Ha V.R.C.

R.A.F.

South China Liga Portuguesn Royal Scots

B: R.A.

9

1

.900

8

1

6 3

.667

Recreio Bees Cosmos

&

3

.657

G 4

.600

4 4 .500

3 5 .375

3

5

.37$

3

.300

Central Britishern

Royal Engineers

1 8

.711

0 7

.000

LADIES LEAGUE

1

9 3 .500 500

Q

2 .818

7 5

583

а G

.500

3

250

1

9

100

✪ 11

.000

Canadian Chinese Wildcats Wahoon

Panthera

Cardinals Ramblerettes

Little Flowers

Cloung Hiwa

INTER HONG LEAGUE

Hong Kong Bankers Текасо Qilera Shell Oilers

3 0 1,000

4

.200

3 1

.750

Chartered Bankers Lacas Cables Greenspota

1

.500

2

2

.500

0

4

.000

0

.000

JUNIORS

́GIRLS' 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.

Toeing the rubber for the stroll to first, only to be nailed a! Maple Leafs, Mary Ng started off the pay-off station, whilst in the willow. like a four-aların blaze in a nut- Wildents' half with the Tress factory as the smoked thein Irene Pereira waved at three fast past five bewildered Wildeats in ones for the first strikeout. The first two frames, but the lost) In the second frame. Dot Louie her control when haddsnatcher was given a life by Gloria Mar's Dot Louie was knocked cold by, wild heave and scored on Mavis stopping a foul tip off Gloria Mar Chan's single, but Wildcat Cynthia with her eye.

"Sailor" da Motta came through with a timely single to tie the count.

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

two wild pitches and In the fourth two more Wild- guilty of was combed for rine safeties.

Cats runs came over the pan on Wildent stabstress Thelma Col-two hits helped by three Canue- laco gave a sterling performance | kette bobbles. Taking advantage by chucking a two-bitter, walking of the Canuckette crack-up, two and fanning two.

No Score

Both sides were slut out in the initial chapter, although Canùe- kette hurler Mabel Bunn took

League Leaders Just Win

By "Grandstand”

In the Junior Softball gest hit of the day was a triple circuit on Sunday both

the

behind by Al Lau.

the 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 four turns with the Hickory, three timea connecting safely and driving in four runs for her side.

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

Chung Hwa Massacred

j

In the Cardinals-Chung Hwa merry-go-round the Redbirds chalked up a 20-1 victory in five-inning massacre in which Chung Hwa hurler Funghie Law was nicked for 15 safeties, whilst In the V.R C.-Cosmos clash, the her mates were only able to collect and Crusaders pulled the game out of

two blows off Cardinal hurler the fire by two time y splurges of Efegina Babida.

belted in Homers were runs in the fifth and sixth, which

by netted them 13 markers. Sony | Habida. Gladys Hutchinson and "Jack" Brown drew the pitching Marie Roza. for the Victorians, ass gnment

whilst Blas, tossing them over for fanning four and walking one. Cosmos, whiffed one and the passed three,

Hwa Chung to V.R.C. pennant chasers

had narrow squeaks when they both eked out

In the Baby Panthers-Recreio Ramblerettes tussle, the Panthers narrow victories after

pulled their game out of the fire trailing behind for the

by a four-run rally in the sixth, The Pantherettes were without greater part of the game.

Cosmos Take Lead the services of regular short-stop Leight to Hearther play,

in the opener at Chatham Road,

Regina Xavier and left-fielder Crasing Areulli and Hamet,

Chung Hwa triumphed over the Both Ahwoo Omar and Sav-South China nine by 6-4 with a

Bimby (The Blimp) Ablong Norma Silva, Patsy Ribeiro and age Hassan, Indian gardeners | four-run attack in the, fourth singled in the initial frame, but Celeste Guterres being thrown in

* double to all the breach. brought down sensational after the latter had the lead from Roy Maxwell hit into

Lelin Xavier, on the hillock for catches, the former camping the start.

inning. South China lost the play for a VRC bank under nine and the latter snar- chance when they had the sack: The Cosmos jumped into the lead the Panthers, fanned three and Ing three, all of which

શ were choked with only one away, bu! with four-hit three-run start, walked one, whilst Gerry Jorge, marked for hits.

got crossed up on a squeeze play. but both sides were blanked in the on the s'ab for the Ramblerettes,

whiffed two and passed three. Nazarin's three in five, which Al Lau started on the mounc included a three-bagger, was the for Chung Hwa but was relieve 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 longest the route for Nam Hwa and the clout of the game.

next session.

In the third, Manuel Roza dented the counting station ou tumble for the Arst V.R.C. tally, but the Cosmos came back with

two more.

Roy Maxwell, Alec Azedo and Cecil Quinn went out in one-two- three order in the fourth.,

Last-Minute Victory for the Recs, fanned two and walked one, whilst Chinese slab- Although the Chinese Baseball-ster Denham Crary whiffed four ers out-hit the Recreio Aces 12-8, and passed seven, being also the latter snatched a last-inning guilty of two wild pitches. victory from the Liumen. Both Although the Canucks commit- sides flelded scratch teams, theted only one error, they were Recs being augmented by roping unable to stave off defeat to climb in Billy Soares and Luigi Gosano out of the cellar, when the Fill-homer of the fracas, whilst Bimby from their junior team, whilst the pinos nosed them out in # 3-2 Chinese Baseballers, in the ab-decision. sence of the U.S.S. Mindanao from

port, had to utilise the services of

Vie Lim and Kenny Wong, the

Quon Pitches Well

Regaining their form somewhat, the Crusaders shellacked hurler Blas for eight safeties in the next two stanzas to sew up the game.

Ernic Ribeiro clouted the only

Ablong and Blas shared batting honours with two safeties each in their three trips to the platter.

Tony Sandberg, A. Smirke and Willie Woo completed the only

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

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

Gunners Cause Upset

In the night cap, the 8th RA. 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 Behrao's sãork-platter on a single, a bobble and fice in the sixth, driving in Eddle a passed ball, whilst Vancy Mar- Gosano for the tieing marker. ques counted for the Iklander's on

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

ing up. Luigi Gosono, who had The score-board was decorated remained hitless all afternoon, † with a string of goose eggs, until rapped a single and scored on the sixti, when Harry Campos Caco Marques single

flied out to sacrifice Marques with Mr Chinese first-anokar Tommy the tleing run. I

Chan and Gapo Marques both Short-stop Bill: Woo committed had perfect batting days, both the only miscue for his side when diouting a neat 1.000 in four he heaved, one into the stands for tripk."

Bob Laurel to scamper home with Johnnie Alvares, on the mound I the tie-bres

CREWE CLOSING

DOWN

Pantherctte Celest Marques banged in the only circuit clout, whilst Therera Marques accounted for both two-baggers. Hilda Soares returned a perfect batting figure in three times.

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