1941-05-12 — Page 14

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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1941.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SOFTBALL

SEASON UNDER REVIEW

Gerry Gosano Credited With Year's Pitching Gem

By "Grandstand"

BEFORE WE LOWER the curtain on the most successful Softball season, and usher in King Base- ball, let us recall some of the hair-breadth plays and split-second masterpieces that have combined to give us a most enjoyable season, and although play- ers and spectators alike have had occasions to hurl fiery barbs at each other, this corner is convinced that venom was never in their hearts. Yessirree, it's been great fun.

Of all the pitching performances, Recreio's ace- hurler Gerry Gosano's clutch pitching in their game with the Cyclones, in which the latter were nosed out by the only run in the tilt, stands out above all other chucking accomplishments during the

year.

Johnnie Alvares who drew the opening assign- ment, was toiling on the slab perfectly for five frames, but cracked up under the pressure, and before he knew it the sacks were choked with none away.

by the Chinese Baseballers 8-7 an then first encounter

Menton RI Naombe amme diately yanked Alvares from the hillock and placed Gosine on the mond, with uners dancing on The count was knotted at seven the base paths a spot to pin any all as the last inning rolled up pitcher m. But Goane was equal, Tuffy Chinn, who

almost

Wits

veteran

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

By "SQUADDY"

I understand that at the Annual General Meeting of the Area Sports Hourd the following sug- gestions were put before the com- mutter and passed for the forth-

coming sporting season.

腿

CROSS COUNTRY.

130 Stone: Winners :-- 12th Regt, RA,

BILLIARDS Garrison Billiards

ners

Scuts

C'us'

League: - Wate ILA MA Runners-up Royal

Garrlson Snooker League: - WIN. norg R.A.M.C Runners-up - Royal Engineers Sgts.

Qarrison Challenge Cup: -Winners KAMU Runners-up

Military Potter Garrison Soldiers' Club Cup: ---Won bers HK.V DC Runners-u}} -Ray ni Corps Signals

Individual Billards Harvey RAMCI

Large Units League: Winniers diesex Bexi

Solall Units Knockout-

The Area Cross Country Runs will be held alternatively on the Island and the Mainland instead! of always being held on the Mam- land, and a suitable course will be chosen by the Secretary for Cros Country Runs belre the next un nual runs

TP IN

and a very good idea will ove

the Finals stationed 137181 Ita HA Runners up HKS the Island a change from gong! KA over to the Polo Club ground euch Year Thus also

!! ་་ them baner in training for this event) *S the Units statiound on th Manland have the advantage 11 training over the course Eresford the actual runs

WRESTLING

Colony So a Sufe Wint ex Rept

The "Chaplains Cup: Cartier Pla thetoon. Royal Scots

JOCKEYS'

& OWNERS' RECORDS

Following is how the leading jockeys and owners have fared at the Valley this year:

JOCKEYS

1st 2nd 3rd Un.

10 7 10 35

6 6 7 39

2 10

1 20

JOONTONEN-OUTNYOM-

1 2

D. Black

16 43

individual

Snooker

Champion -Upl

Champion: --Xpl

Harvey RAMCE

L. B. Chao H. C. Pih P. Y. T. Wel V. V. Necda H. J. A. Hearne *C. B. Molter

14 6 29

10 14

8 42

12 3 39

5 4 13

HOCKEY

Mid.

W. H. S. Davis

5 34

*F. Noodt

3 2 21

Winner

W. G. Poy

4 3 34

Ip Kul-ying

3. W. Pan

Mickie

R. M. Wood

0 0 23

H. S. Chang

5 35

CROSS COUNTRY RUNS British

Units Fu Winners thesex Hest

Mutter u Seats

"M. M. Sokoloff

4 15

Mud Hoval

D. H. S. Craven

2 7

S. C. Llang

Prades

The HA

Units Run Winets JKS KA Runners Up 2/14th Punjabi Regi ROWING Winners of Trophins Brown Cup": 241h Coast 10

B. L. Tao

6 43

P. P. 8o.clho

0 7 39

W. Yui

S. W. Lee

G. Treverton

2 37

A. D. Coppin

8. W. Tang

5 15

The "Ah King Cup":-32nd Pi Coy

R. K. C. Chiu

B. A. Prouix

T. W. Chattey

Voits

"H. J. Hoiden

LI Shiu-fal

Chiu Ki-fan

Hoo Pak ming

*G. Pollock

J. N. da Silva

*D. G. Woo

and

S. L. Sung

L. J. A. Fielden

Y. K. Tu

appointed by

that

Tang Man.wa

14 1

every i Area!

The ath'etic meeting between Comal, ned Royal Artillery ani Crambined Mad'eses and the Ray- Bouts resulted in awin for Royal

Artillery be 38 pont. to 25

The line-

C. L. Gregory F. A. Sequeira

1 17

M F. L. Haymes.

0 0

J. Barrow..

H. C. Chan

0 0

performance of

C. C. Chan

timot Wit

who

that at Pie. Lever

the

Athlete Favel.n

Fekt

the ineeting!! which be and the Des

G. W. Cooper Lo

Kwong to Chanson Feng

0 D

Yeung Wing kwas 0 K. 1. p

Q 0

Mo Mong ping

0 19

S. L. Yuen

0 55

to the caston, and even attor | binded by Lou Leight's slushing was nervous he didn't show it, as drive through the box, was he forced next butter.

It was also suggested that Skelly placed by Earl Wong who tied out Razack to foul out

fist for the first out. Then

Indian personnel on the

of the Royal mitch for the first erasure. K M Tommy Chan strolled up to Artillery, and the Infantry Units Royal Engineers

the

SWIMMING Rumjahn, the big gun the plate and poled out a round-trip-should hold a wrestling tourna

Winners -Combined Cyclones was

Small the

themselves Viet.anper

to, Runners-up te-breaker, which ent

Middlesex Regi with

be conducted under their pop By which Gosatto eventually proved to be the win -

WATER POLO swallowed without as much eing run, as the Mohawks couldn't! wrestling rules which are far tit -|

Large Units Knockout Competition:- European rules,, Combined Small Prats moving an mich, whilst Markar dr push a tally across although theyferent from the

They also wrestle in a pit cut out

Small Units Knockout Competition:- slow pulte. Pad runners on the bases. 0124 A for the third putout'

was fosed ofth

Text

A Dazzling "Double"

for

the

That Extra Base

for

amongst

DW '1

In the ground and not in a ring! Hong Kong Signal Coy This Tournament will be Pericl amungyt the Indian troops. Hut all was not lost the run by themselves, but a Secre|ATHLETICS No less brilhang was the dazzl-Mohawks, They

have!tary Would ing double play which paved the enched their gaine with the In- |Area Sports Board as for way for a pentant for St. Jo eph's dale For Coming down the home stretche the Budian wer all out! to d the Sant for went up the pe with a .ple be at the Ware

{ ྃ་་།་ Then till

Mohawk.

marang.

The hub

!111

forded

to kod

the

Comat

a play-off against Saints bait for sandiot have

JALAN

will be

thebet connected

Sport Board

"Doc" Molthen had banged cut a long his to right, and JG ATTACHED have bee 11 sleated with a three

Bongers, birt wa The pay t

in text med tation: when he

at t

tw. tempted to stretch it to a tot

Why Is het 1, with mather

trkt!

" Buy in the let tures with the away and clutch hitter Joe Mort bat Lelty Areally shaaffled up to count up will be a subject for The plate and drew a new teket Hot Stove leaguers Anyway, th un the gravy tram on four pitched game dragged on into the ninth balis Here's the lowdown on bedore the Mohawks conceded th that pays Gonsalves just couldn't "heart-breaker”.

pitch to a fork hander.

Souza

A Near Thing

PERSONNEL

with the

Mahlleses Regt brought up the point of having itember, of other Units attached to them uch

the Armourers and Piters, who, are always attached to them for number of years.

There WO events and bettered two of

'matui

11** drew 1731t. 11',h

which he threw 11611. In ite also Won throwing the hamm with 104 3

Won

Visiting jockeys for the An- mual Race Meeting who have sance returned North.

Cire

The Arst event of the day was They stated Dat is the Are "Tarzan" Ismail smacked 11

that of the Pole vault which the Novies boxing compeutiom a pro- Royal Artillery won with a com-T. K. L. text offering good and hard

test was made against them hav-bed he ght of 1911 6:0s., and the start a hit and run play, and it

The international Neries also a member of the Cardnance

Midd esex/Rajputs 1981. seemed that the ball would beat came in for it's share of thrilling Corps attached to them 11

hurt-stop George

Royal Artillery itmoments. Indians, who eventually their Novives boxing team, ,,"

ant

the Hur- bounded

dles and the second, but emerged champions, were almost they had to withdraw him on the

last two hurdlers somehow Souza clamped his eliminated in the first round when night of the finals.

Capt. Skipwith, R.A, and Lieut. bands

Poltock, Rajputs, were a picture to the pull on

and tossed they only managed to nose out the The conimittee agreed that for out Arculli at second

watch. weak Canadian contingent, the future reference, any Ozorio who was covering

person at- the game being saved by flashy short-tched to a Large Unit could play Miles Relay in

Royal Artillery also won the 2 bag, pivoted to Stan Leonard at stop Huckjal Kitchell with two for that Unit, providing he

the fine time of first to complete the twin-erasure. dazzling pickups after the game not called upon by his own Unit, But for that double play the min- was booted. ners would have scored, as Na- zarin, next oan up. slashed out a sizzler, right through the infleld.

How Mohawks Lost The Mohawks actually lost the league when they were nosed out,

`TAKE HER BOWLING-

SHE'LL ENJOY IT, TOO!

Make a bowling "date"! wife or sweetheart will enjoy it as much as you do. Take her to the most congenial rendezvous in town.

Your

HONG KONG. BOWLING ALLEYS

Road.

Tel. 21800.

With the last innings coming up. the Canadians were trailing be- hind in a seven four set-up. Bill Ing drew a puss and was sacrificed second 0211 Johnnie Fisher's dump. Gas Oliver slashed burning grounder along third which Sherry Bux booted, and even as the ball was rolling out to left-field, Kitchell darted In to scoop up the pill to toss out Oliver

WON

or by the Combined Small Units.

THE CHAMPIONS

8mins. 42secs.

Throwing the discus was won

Mrs. A. E. Grasett by Middlesex/Rajputs

Loc Bros. with

G. Tinaon combined length

of 218ft. 11ins. Chalce

the Royal Artillery 193ft | Sallbad the Sailor

and 10'

Individual

has 116 m. as fur as

This was

This past sporting season boen very successful

a better throw #Units are concerned and the fol-his throw for the Command Ath-

lowing are the results of all sportleric meeting when he threw

activities ing

during the

past discus 115ft 7ins.

year.

FOOTBALL First Division: - Middlesex Rekl

at Brst for the second erasure, Fourth: Royal Scots (fin). holding Ing at third.

out a

Second Division:-Royal Engineers (ehamptons); R.A.SC. (runners-up!.

Third Division:-R A.F. tchampions); Signals (runners-up}

Bernie Johnson banged single to score Ing, Bill Woo next slashed out another grass-cutter paution:-Winners:-H.Q. Coy., 1st Bn..

Small Units Football Knockout Com along third which Bux fumbled The Middlesex Regt.:

gain, and even as Indian

Runners-up- fans D coy.. 2nd Royal Scots. were groaning, Kitchell dished out

RUGBY the second fielding gem by tossing Large Unite, Aupby. League:-Win out Johnson by half step at her-Royal Engineers: Runners-up:— second, to end the

Combined Royal Artillery. Canadian threat. Pinky Higgins, Den Crary Winners:-Royal Engineers: Rushers Small Units Krjgakout Competition:- and Dan Fittinghoff, all known up:-Royal Scots, hitters, were coming up next, and Army Seven-a-Side Winners-Ray a hit would have meant an Indian Engineers: Runners-up-Royal Arul defeat.

อ

Bad Base-Running,

[lery.

CRICKET Large Unit :-Winhera:-Royal En gineers, Runnofs-up :-Combled "Small", Unita.

Small Units: :-) nerg Runners 5th

OWNERS

1st

2nd 3rd

Lan.. Eve

S. W. Lec Necan Marber

Eu Tong Ben

Mrs. Chuong Ho-yen 3

Li Po chun

throw;

Pte. Lever

V. M. Grayburn

Golf

Penn & Taol

than Electricity

the

Lee Chi-choh E. 8. K. C. H. Dynasty Diamonds Kong Bros. 0. C. F.

* ↑

(Continued on Page 15)

Real Artillery were winners of the 880yds. relay and won by 10 lenths.

Culture

Throwing the Javelin was won by the combined Royal Artillery Blity who won with 323' 9".to 318' 2".

Lever was the best individual Why with 173IL. 111⁄2 ins. beating Gredmaka the command throw by 7ft. 8ins.

Royal Artillery won the Mile Miss Li Po-chun team.race and the Three Miles 9. K.

Collene

Kia Ora

team race.

They also won the 1 Mile relay, wai Shiu-pak the weight, Long Jump, High Vitala Jump.

The Combined Middlesex and Toots

L. W. 8. Rajputs, won the 440yds, relay F. A. Button which was, the best race of the afternoon.

KCC TENNIS TRIAL

In the ladies series, Great Bri- tain almost pulled off a sensational upset against the strong-Chinese squad, when they were nosed out]

Inter-Unit, Novines Coming! through bone-headed base-runners:-Royal Scots,«Runners ning.

ülesex Rog Jeannette Yolle who was perch-Inter-UniTeam Championships with be ed on second with the tieing run, nera: Reval Scols:. Tunners-un – Mid- with two down, forgot to pick up. diesex Regt her dogs as alster Yvonne holsted Winners Middlesex Hert Runners,

ATHLETICA.. ona which centre-fielder Margaret upsth Coast Regla BA Young dropped, and only made.

--TUG-OF-WAR-

third, where she diedas Kitty .110 Stond Winners:-12th Bush tapped out a feeble roller Regi

NEW CHAMPION

な

DOOOOMNODO-DOOM2NT-OOOM DIN

A tenn League trial was held at Kowloon Cricket Club yester-

new World Middleweight day

was a fairly large boxing champion was crownød-on turn-out among those-participat- Friday night when Billy Soose, SEC Fincher, A. former collegiate star and triple Crawf EF Fincher, G. C. amateur champion, out-pointed mern, A. E. P.Guest, R. S. Capell, rounds. Burnett A., Gray, F. R. Zim- Ken Overlin, the holder, over 15 NAE Mackay, R. T. Broad-Overlin amassed a good lead on Bridge A. L. Fisher, N; Bebbing-points and appeared to win at Coast ton, H. C. Eardley, H. Crabb, D. least eight rounds, and the deel-

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