1941-05-13 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 13, 1941.

ARMY ATHLETIC TEAM CHOSEN FOR

FOR SUNDAY Excellent Sport Expected Against Federation

ON Sunday A

will compete Amateur Athlet Caroline Hill co

Athletic teams again ! Chinese

Federation at:

ng at 3 pm.

• been select -

The following he el to represent A.; in the fol- Jowing events

Throwing the Discus: Ple. Lever and L/Upl. Womy (Middlesex).

Throwing the Javalin: Pte Lever

HOME SOCCER FIXTURES

(1iddlesex) and Cipt Skipwith fixtures for Saturday: ---

Following are the Home Soccer

(8th Coast Bogf)

Putting the Weight: Hav. Sarso Khan (81 Cout Regt; and L/Nk Shingara Singh (12th Coast Regt.). Arsenal

Long Jump LANK Shingara Sigh (12th Cord Pegt) and Gar Haidar Ali (LKSRA)

High Jump Chandarbhan Singh /7th Raluy Regt and Cupt Stipwith (8th Cast Regt )

LONDON CUP

V Westham

SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE

Cardiff Fulham Leicester

Pole Vault: H/M Khundar | Northampton Songh KSRA)

Ple Portsmouth

Ft TeaRE

V

Southend

V

Millwall

V

Tottenham

Chelsea

"

Aldershot

HAMPSHIRE CUP SEMI FINAL

Tomas (Midil

100 Metres 124

8th Coast

800 Metres 132.

Middlesex

Queens Reading

Auddlesex

1.600 Metre 1.

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d Royal Arts 5,000 Metres Race:

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} Watford

Brentford

NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE

Feet

Blackpool

} Preston

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Bolton Everton Granyshy

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Mancheste

} Shefeld

}

Barnsley

180 Yards Hard 1 pt Skip th (841 Count Pag Leut Pol- (577th Band PR 1. L/Sgt + 1. Chr Rat

hisey (2nd Hoy a

arshall (81) C.

SWIMMING

THE Army Say and

CUNTHORPE CUP

Fludderstiet Tranmere

1

Bury Chester

CHESHIRE COUNTY BOWL REGIONAL MATCHES

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Mansfield Stoke

the Gala at the YMCA. 10.

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following

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Chesterfield

COMBINED COUNTIES

CUP FINAL

Middlesbrough v

Leeds

LANCASHIRE CUP FINAL

Burnley

Manchester

OTHER MATCHES

Walsall

Aston Vill SCOTTISH CUP FINAL REPLAY TAT CLASGOW) Hearts

Rangers CHARITY CUP FIRST ROUND me grand Pack

1 Cycle

get ready

Fart very

Middlesers

sented th. with a very olled The will be

** competeri

Gymkhana Polo Clubs

ground, Boundy Street.

BOWLS TEAMS

Following clubs have selected their lawn bowls

teams for Saturday:-

HKERS

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1. E Mireland.

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R A Ows E

Gregory. tome (Skips) Groomie. A

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Chagan and I

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Sun

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JUNIOR CHESS

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There remain to be played games, a good number of which, H is hoped. will be played to-day and Thursday. when Kowloort Chess Club meets at the Pengist - ta Hotel

Table To Date

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A. Y. 8.rukoff

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GOLF RESULT

1

GRAPHIC GOLF STORY BEHIND BOB FELLER'S DISCOVERY

BODY, ARMS.

HANDS SHOULD MOVE TOGETHER

IN STARTING BACKSTROKE

TIGHTEN ARMS

AGAINST

BODY

AND TURN

4.8

ONE MOVEMENT

By Best Ball

If you are having trouble making your golf stroke in the proper unison of component parts try the following techni- que, It is designed to move the body, arms and hands as ong in initiating the back- struke. Thus when the mid- section starts turning, the rest of the body revolves with it. Naturally such a stroke re- quires a compact formu, The golfer stands straight to the bull, the

left arm extended

but, in this instance, the left hand well on top of the shaft so that the elbow points to- ward the hole. By pushing the upper part of both arms in to- ward the chest, the form is When the backswing is nude from such a statice, the THUSC es must move and work together

Next Article: Putting,

Value of

ARMY TENNIS

tenma

Thee Army League melies were played yesterday. with the following results; –

F. A. Staff v. R.E. "B" In another "A" Division match, FA. Staff beat Royal Engineers "H" by two points to one at

Sookunpoo yesterday.

Col. Lamb and Q.M.S. Quinneli (R.E.) lost to H. W. Burtie and S. A. Hussain, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

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FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, Cyril C. Slapnicka has been peacocking around as the discoverer of Robert William Andrew Feller. This got Cyril Slap- nicka the job as vice-president and general-manager of the Cleveland club, writes a correspondent.

Meanwhile, the man who found ; What Slapnieka did do was al- Bob Feller has lived in becoming most to lose Feller. modesty a few miles from young Feller's Tom home in lowa,

The is Pal Donohue, who 30 years ago did considerable vatch- mg for the Athletics and Red

Sux

Cleveland obtained Feller Through Donahue's friendship with Billy Evans, the famous umpire whom Slaphieka succeeded ax head of the Indians' front office

"I'll Find A Pitcher"

Replacing Evans as general manager of the Tribe, he couldn't have built a better case leading to free agency foc-baseball's finest pitcher had he tried.

Under the sandlot rule in vogue at the time. Slapnicka, as a repre- sentative of the Cleve and club. had no right to sign Feller even in a contract of the Fargo- Moorhend club of the Northern League.

That

Moines

is why the Des Evans had befriended Donohue club of the Western League, which by helping him obtain employ-attacked Cleveland's possession of mett as a minor league umpire Feller, was award $7,500 in the last in the American Asso- Landis declsion which kept the

wonder boy in Indian livery.

ciation.

"Some day I'll and you a pitch- er." Donohue promised Evans,

He certainly did,

Feller Stays Despite Juggling And Bungling

Cleveland "recommended" thal" New Orleans offer and Furgo- Moorhead accept $200 for Feller's around! contract.

Out of professional baseball, Donohue umpired semi-pro and amateur games in and Des Moines, where he resides,

It "recommended” that Feller Then, one early July afterhoon | "retire," it "recommended" that in 1985, he saw Robert William he come to Cleveland, where he | Andrew Felder:

was given employment by the club in its concession department. The old backstopis_eyes poppert Ti “recommended" him for "semi- night out of his head, and when, oro” ball in and around Cleve- - he get them back in place, he sut land.

doven and wrote Evans a letter

"Here," if read, "s the greatest

i put her since Walter Jolinison,"

•

Feller For $65

A Month

Evans sent Slapnicka, then a scout, to Van Meter to sign the 16-year-old phenomenon,

This the one-time pitcher did for $65 a month.

That was all Stupnicka had to do with Cleve and fanding Feller.

Everybody knew

that he be

It "reommended" gotten off the retired list after the Indians used him -08- tensibly a New Orleans player "retired" from baseball - in an ex- libition game with the Cardinals. 11 Analy "recommended" that New Orleans transfer him to

leveland for $1,500.

Fanned 'Em Ace

to

While officially belonging those outfits, Feller never saw

about Feller Fargo-Moorhead of New Orleans. batters right and

when, a few weeks later, pitch-He struck out

left for the semi-professional

or the Farmers Union team of Rosenblums of Cleveland instead.

Iowa in the national amateur tournament in Dayton, O., the plough boy struck out 18 in one game and 21 in another.

L/Cpl. Shaw and L/Sgt. Spen- eer (R.F.) lost to T. B. Eurewieva and W. A. Reed, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.

Cpl. Spence and L/Cpl. Pelham (It) bent A. G. Elbin and B. J.1"epresenting Navey. 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

R.A.S.C. v. R.E. "A" Playing at Sookunpoo yesterday, Royal Army Service Corps lost to Royal Engineers "A" by three points to nil in the "A" Division Army Tennis League.

Sgt. Martin and Sgt. French and (H.A.S.C) lost to Major Grose and A. Cairns 88-1868 tied andCupt. Bird, 3-6, 1-8, 2-6.

J. M. Thomson 77-9: 68,

qualified for the May competition Cpl. Young and Cpl. Weir of the Adamson Cup at Huppy (R.A.S.C.) lost to S/Sgt. Megson Valley Golf Course during the and Sgt. Ford, 1-6, 3-6, 4-6,

week-end.

EWO

:

THE QUALITY BEER

It is suspected that Commis- sioner Landis would have muɖe Feller free agent in the winter of 1938 had the wonder boy de- them, tumb ed all over themselves | sired his freedom. trying to sign Feller.

A small army

of scouts, two Cleveland Among

Judge Landis also feared the ruch tremendous bidding would have on one so young.

Father Will Feller, who suffer- ed broken

ribs in catching and effect developing his son, had to keep a strong hand on the strapping lad to keep the foxy foragers from lussoing him.

Already Indian Property

The Yankees and Red Sox were prepared to pay $100,000 or more for Fe ler's signature.

Su despite all of Cyril Slap- nicke's juggling and bungling. Bob Feller, the pitching genlus Even the Cleveland agents hue, recognised by o'd Pat Dono-"

know Feller was already hue, stayed with the Cleveland

club.

Sgt. Mann and Cpl. Glenn didn't (R.A.S.C.) lost to Q.M.S. Qinnell Indian property. and S/Sgt. Mitchell, 0-6, 0-6, 3-6. R.A.P.C. v. R.A.M.C.

In "A" Division Army Tennis League, Royal Army Medical Corps beat Royal Army Pay Corps by two point to 1.

Colonel Forde and L/Sgt. Mur- ray (R.A.P.C.) lost to Sgt. Webb and Sgt. Musson, 2-6, 4-6.

S/Sgt. Adlam and S/Sgt. Pink- ney (R.A.P.C.) lost to Lt.-Col. Shackleton and Capt. Barclay, 4-6, 2-6.

S/Sgt. Corden and Sgt. James (R.A.P.C) beat Cpl. Milne and Pte, Don, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2.

A "Ladies' Day" will be held at the Kowloon Skating Rink.-Mongkok,——σT Thursday when all ladles will be admitted free of charge. They can algo skate free providing they bring

heir own skates,

There will be a hockey encounter between the Middlesex Regiment" (Cot- porols and Sergeanta) and the hosts for a silver shield/20

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