THE CHINA, MAIL, JULY 8, 1941.
Jonah Jones Mound Victor In First League Performance
Sappers Spring Season's Biggest Baseball Upset
LEFT HIP
AROUND FOR EASIER GOLF
By Best Ball
LOCKED LEFT MIP
CAUST
HOOK
MUST TURN
ASIDE. IN STROKE,
LITTLE ONCE CURED TROUBLE BY SMASHING HARD AT BALL
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Saves DIGNAN Billy Chang Saves Chung Hwa From Whitewashing: Lose 10-1
By “Grandstand"
MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR FIVE SAFETICS AND TAK- ING ADVANTAGE OF 16 FREE TICKETS TO THE INITIAL STATION, LARRY HAMLIN'S SAPPERS ROLLED OVER 4CHUCK" WAGGON ER'S MARAUDING MOHAWKS IN SATURDAY'S BASEBALL NIGHT-CAP BY 16 TO 9 TO KICK OVER THE THE OLD DOBE BUC- KET, WHILST THE SLUGGING BREWERS POUNDED CHUNG HWA HURLER AL LAU FOR EIGHT SOLID BLOWS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A 10 TO 1 TRIUMPH, DESPITE A SLIGHT DRIZZLE WHICH THREATENED TO NALT THE GAME.
If the team that graced the diamond last Saturday was the Marauding ( 2 ) Mohawks, they certainly were the tamest bunch of injuns I ever cast my orbs on, as brave after brave bit the dust as they stood helplessly by.
Larry Hamlin's newfered a similiar fate after he had pitching discovery, succession with the bases clogged "Jonah" Jones, was the with Sappers in the same frame. mound.victor in his initial
handed out four free tickets
LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE
WELL AHEAD
Following la the goal-scoring list
to date in the Y.M.C.A. Invitation Water-Polo Tournament
Dignan (Signala)
Rutter (Navy "A"') May (Y) Wilson (Y)
Bindon (Middlesex "A"}
29 17
Tennings (Middissax "A"}
14
Macdonald. (Combined S.U.) McNulty (8th Regt. R.A)
14
13
11
10
30
10
Slater (Royal Scots "A"} Goldman (Y)
9
McCann (Signals)
Allen (Signals)
Paul (Navy "A")
Burdge (Middlesex "A") Langridge (965th Bty. R.A.) Halfyard (Navy "A"')" Bonn (Y)
Hunt (Signals)
Peacock (Middlesex "B") Hunter (Royal Scots "A"') Wilson (Navy "C")
Knightly (Combined S.U.)
W.
L.
Pct.
(U.S.5. Mindanao .. 2
HAK. Browers Chung Hwa
0
1,000
Millar (Royal Scots "A"}
4
1
.800
Hoare (Navy "A")
3
1
.750
Loar (5th A.A.) .....
1
1
,500-
Yabsley (5th A.A.)
Royal Engineera
2
3
.400
Ure (Middlesex "A")
H.K. Banabaliers South China
U
3
.000
0
3
.000
U.9.9. Asheville. In
Wag-
Hymas (Middlesex "A"} Carroll (Combined S.U.) Radley (Middlesex "B")
Lomax (Middlesex "B") Guy (8th Ragt. H.A.)
to halt the flasco by fanning Foley Gardner (Navy "C") and Shaw, but not after he had Ale (Navy "G"}
Robinson (8th A.A.) yielded a two-run single off Fox's Quickandon (Middlesex **A*) heavy bludgeon.
Nicholls (Combined S.U.) c'eared Pidgeon (965th Buy., RA)
When the smoke had nine runs had already dented the counting station. For the remain.
three
Mohawks ing
semesters could produce only two tallies.
Master-mind "Chuck" goner produced still another hurler i performance, and tossed in Johnnie Schaberg, who display. ed hidden talent by whiffing nine them in for four frames,
for the and walking one only two remainder of the fray. fanned two, walked the
Sappers went into a flying stari and was nicked for four
as "Honest Tom" Fox worked blows before he was
re-Smith for a pass on four pitched midway. lieved by 'fireman' Mike balls, and burgled, the
Bob Foley's rasping double to left Sarsfield, who hurled
saw Fox cross the pan standing A walk. one-hitter for the remain-up, for the first run.
coupled with two errors, added ing three chapters.
three more tallies in the first. The with Mohawks could only reply "Wild Bill" Smith's return
na the Tribe was hai ed by hearty one counter on a single and
Both sides were Bronx bouquets from the jockeys, outfield muff. Smith started on the hill, but was blanked in. the next, although Fax sent to the showers in the fourth singled and pilfered second and each clouted a two-bagger for the after passing nine Sappers to first. third, but was left stranded us Hob only extra-base.knocks of the tilt. Bernie "Red" Johnson, who re-Foley struck out. placed Smith on the mound, suf-
When the left hip fails to turn aside out of the path of the downstroke, the progress of the left arm is impeded. causing colapse member and a hook
Quite often the player bail. himself cannot immediately locate the cause of the trouble and attempts to steer the ball. This remedy does not straigh- the ten the ball's flight for
that the very simple reason let-up in swinging effort is not enough to force the left What is hip to turn aside. required is a strenuous swing- ing effort, which will make the left side turn to the left and return the left heel to the ground. It is well for the player to keep continually conscious of the fact that the left hip turping movement is downswing one of the first motions, moving slightly for ward and around as the down- stroke gets underway.
During the National Ama- tournament of 1934. teur Lawson Little was having a great deal of this identical trouble with his drives. Easing up did not help matters of al tried he and in desperation hitting the ball hard to rid his
game of the hook. This effort made the hip turn mandatory and forced the left heel down. Thereafter Little went on to win the title but. It was only effected after the cure was That he realised just where the trouble lay.
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"Honest Tam" Fox carned, batting plaudits with a two- In-three performance, chased In two of his mates and show- ed he was no slouch on the Illy pathe, as he speaked five basco.
"Doc" Molthen and Bob Foley
4th Straight Win
Dave
In the third Engineers manu- factured two more runs on four liner
Leonard's bruising walks, helped by Taylor's and Welford's roller. They lost the Brewery, Bombers breazed on lead AS Mohawks produced, a their fourth straight victory, cluster of. six markers blows and four bobbles.
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Carter (Navy "A") Joffery (Navy "A") Bedford (Signals) Goodenough (30th Bty. R.A.) Dentith (Navy “B”) Mall. (Navy "B"),
Sutherland (Royal Scots "A") Sneeeeby (Navy, "C") Clarke. (Bth A.A.)
Morris. (Royal Scots "A!") Willis (Y) Sloan (Y) Railton (Y)
Richards (Combined. §.U.) Thorley (Combined. S.U.) Roperta. (965th Bty, H.A.)
right
Booker (Y)
the
Maynard (Y) Robertą. (Y) costly Hedge, (Middlesex. “A”).
Cullum (Navy "A!') Smith (Middlesex, “B”) Pitcher (Signals) Barker (Navy "B") Woolridge (8th Regt R.A.) to Marshall (8th. Regt. RA.) at Calthorpe (8th Regt. RA) two the
of Chung Hwa Hunter (Royal Scots "B") Maroons. The latter put up un- Huish (Navy "C") expected resistance for the first Morris (Royal Scots "A")
cracked two frames, but open under the pressure in
frame with four the third Scenting a crack-up mound, Sappers played patience errors, and final y succumbed 10 Powell (Middlesex "A")
Jonas (Middlesex,“A”) with slabster Smith and waited to 1.
Chung Hwa receiver Bill Chang Lyle (Middlesex "A"! him out to load the bases. Smith
Hedges (965th Bty, R.A.) white- ¿ who saved his side from for Johnson, was yanked
Hall (908th Bty. R.A.} proved no better, leaving Schaberg washing by coming, through with Standon (Middlesex "B")
his first hit of the season to score Birdsoy (Middlpsax "B") Al Lau, who was perched On Jones, (36th Bty. R.A.) second. Madeen "Slim" Arcull Tuckley (38th. Bty, R.A.) again dished out a lackadaisical Jenkins. (36th Bty. RA.) Tapley (30th Bty. R.A.) mound performance and was coll tent to throw them over to
Downey, (Navy "B") Thomson (Navy: "B") Hitless Wonders. Arculi fanned Brown (Royal Scota "A") two and walked two. whilst Choy Kwok-wing (8th Regt, R.A.) Maroon chucker AI Lau passed Thomas (Navy "an)
DID YOU KNOW? The Baston Braves used only three pitchers in winning, four straight from the Athletics in the World Series of 1914
Rudolph, Tyler and James,
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JUNE SCORE
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Gough (Navy "C"). The Leonard brothers, Dave and Thomson (Navy "C") Stan, the Powerhouse, were both Ravens rott (Navy, Beny Byrne..(Royal Scots "B"} unable to fatten their averages að
Emberson (Royal Scots "B"). they went to the platter four times Molyneaux (5th, A.A) without returning a hit.
Wilson (5th A‚A«) · Tony "Peewee" Alves again Davidson Royal Scots "B") came into the batting limelight Doherty (Navy. "C"). with a perfect bunt and a single to left in his three trips to the plate, whilst rookie Gerry Gosano lashed the horse-hide for a nea .500 in four batting chances.
Longest Hit Of Day
SYKES WINS AGAIN
LA Sykes, receiving 50 handicap, beat H. Jackson, Dockyard bil- liards champion, by 500 points to 390.
Europear! last night at Y.M.C.A. Sykes, who recently won Madeen Arculli poled out the the YMCA. championship, from longest hit of the day with a C T Champelovier, hud a break.. powerful triple, which went way of 53, while Jackson's best was 51. over centrenfelder "Loney" Loong's head
It la understood that at the forthcom- For the first two frames Brewers mg annual general meeting of Indian only managed to squeeze one run Recreation, Club the proposal to bulld from Maroops...
Can, extension to the present clubhouse.
will bo discussed. If this is approved Third-sacker Wally Ching's this will meat, botter, dressing-room wild heave, in the third, to give factuties, not only for members but Madeen Arculll a life was, how also for visiting teams, ever, the beginning of a series of errors which gave the Leonard- men four markers.
The Beermen added two more In the fourth and the sixth and one in the seventh to cinch the game,
In yesterday's editions it was report- ed that K 5, Robertson equalled a Third Division Bowls. League record on Saturday, and that E, Kern- not a new record low, in Third Division, Both these feats were performed in Second Division, not Third,
Lai Tsun will be guests of Royat A roller skating hockey match was Scots at the Army pool on Thursday, played at Ciro'a rinks, yesterday be. July, 17. Included in the programme tween Hong Kong Skating Club and... are two open events, 440 Yards free the Never Wins, the Club winning' BEND IN YOUR REMITTANCE. style, and Medios Rainy (three swim- 4-1. Cheung (2), Nion and Drewery
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