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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1941.

Molthen & Schaberg Prominent In Baseballers' First League Win Huge Crowd Disappointed By H.B.'s Failure To Play WHEN ROZA-CHUNG HWA MAKE MANY CHANGES

IN ELECTRIC PEREIRA PROMISING START

BEAT MAY BUT THEN SUBDUED BOWLS TEAM

[BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]

of the

Tho proposed Inter. School Swimming Gala has reminded me Queen's old days when College, at their annual aquatic Eports, included in the programme a team race for the "Coronation Shield," which is still at Queen's, open to all schools In the Colony.

it was such a long time ago that the last of these team races WAN RMU that had almost forgotten all about #1 but for the fact that two of the pris cipal figures in that particular race are still going strong after some 20 years i refer to of competitive swimming

Roza-Pareiza, popular Hon Secretary of Victoria Recreation Club, who took part in the Vital Tsun Hala

night, Inst

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It was

1020 and, although five teams had entered The relay ruce. Queen's. St Juseple's. Diner salF, St

Paul': Stephen's and St there were really unly two TEHOS that realty counted. Queen's loid St Joseph's, for they

superior to the other three

in

were

Swimming In laps of 25 yards each This particular race, the first two

of the four boys From these two schords

These the went neck and peek

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Tov Tron St Jenoph's "anchor" Arthur May a slight advan tage and he maintained it up till about two yards from the finish W-21011 tie Queen's "anchor", Hoza-Pereir. hauled hun to win by a touch

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DOWN TO 10 SECS. IN UNDER MONTH

By "Grandstand”

AS A RESULT OF AN EPIDEMIC OF MALADIES WHICH AF- FECTED THEIR PLAYERS DURING THE WEEK, HONG KONG BREWERS, WHO WERE SLATED AGAINST ...U. S. S. MINDANAO LAST SATURDAY, IN THE GAME OF THE SEASON, FAILED TO PUT A TEAM ON THE DIAMOND, TO DISAPPOINT THE FLOCK OF SUPPORTERS FROM BOTH SIDES, WHO HAD TURNED OUT EN MASSE.

However, Chung Hwa Maroons, who were to fill the breach, called in at the last minute somewhat appeased the frustrated fans, who dis- murmurs of were beginning to voice approval.

Chung Hwa put up a fairly good fight against the powerful Mindanaoans, but were subdued 8 to 2, whilst Hong Kong Baseballers chalked up their first victory of the season to break a four-game weak South losing streak, at the expense of the China nine, whom they massacred 18 to 2.

Al Lau worked on the mound for Chung Hwa for four frames, whiffing three and walking two, and was charged

Wally two wild pitches, whilst with

Ching. taking over "Duples

the pitching assignment in the fifth, pitched two no-hit, no-run innings for the re- mainder of the tussle.

Lou Powlawski, Mindanad mound maestro, passed only onc to first, and whiffed nine Maroons with his fast-breaking side.arm

curves, and

deled out only three measly hits whilst his mates collected eight safeties off hurler Lau.

One of the most interesting Chung Hwa looked plenty good, as stories told about Mike Murphy in they chalked up two markers in the whose honour University of Penn-first frame after Pete Choy and Bill sylvania's field house was dedi-Chang had fanned the breeze.

H.B. GIVE NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL

LEAGUE TABLE

TO DATE

H.K. Brewers Chung Hwa

W

L.

Pct.

U.S.S. Mindanao

4

0 1,000

4

$

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3

2

.600

U.S.S. Asheville Royal Engineers

1

1

.500

2

3

.400

H.K. Banoballers

1

4

200

South China ...

0

4 .000

Electric R.C. are making R number of changes in their bowls team for their match this Satur- day against Police R.C. from the one that represented them against Hong

thst Kong Cricket Club week. Five who played last week- end will be absentees this time.

In de Rome's rink Macfarlane and Gregory will not be playing, and their places will be taken by Barron, No. 3 to Butler last week, and Gahagan,

Tarbuck and Stoker, first two inen for Sloan last Saturday, will be replaced by Baker and Stone- house this time, but while Tar- buck has moved to No. 1 for Lunny, Stoker will be an absentee. The third rink last week com- praised Owens, Groome, Barron and Butler. This week a complete change has been effected, Lunny taking over as skip with Tar- buck, Everett and Deacon as his front men,

Division

Following is the selected team: Third

(v. Police A.C., home):-J F. Barron, C. E. Gabugan, A. G. Gardner. L. de Rome (skip); W. F. Paul. Schaberg. going the whole distance E. Baker, W. Stonehouse, A.

the Mohawks, famed

Nam K. Sloan (skip); A. P. Tarbuck, A.

Deacon, Everett, S.

J F. Lunny Hwamen and walked three, whilst Paul G Lau, chucking for South China, whiffed | (skip). Reserve: 1. Roscoc.

Tu first two and passed six

walking bis frames, and was given

for

Six

I

SIX

papers In the seventh after conceding

11 safeties. Left fielder Cecil Winglee, į who finished the gaine, walked and yielded a single,

two,

Baseballers jumped into the lead trom the start with a cluster of three runs in the first, and two in the third. whilst three hits in the fifth and one in the sixth garnered for them four tallies in each frame, and cinched the game with a scoring кргео

fve of markers on four solid blows in the last canto.

South China managed to sew together 題 double, a sical and a bunt ut for a run to break the ice in the sixth, and

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fielder's choice and a two-bagger.

H.B. have definitely from Hong Hwamen's Good Start withdrawn

Kong Baseball League, as added another in the seventh will be seen from the fol-1 Dog Bone-setter" Molthen had his lowing extract from the batting suit on last Saturday, connect- ing for three safeties in five batting and ย cated on May 24, concerns J. W. Hank "Crooner" Ruel, plugging up letter sent by Mr. J. Tor- chances, including a double

kup, found

triple, whilst Pinky Higgins was good metres hurdle champion in 1900, himself handcuffed on Morocco Chan's nochy, H.B. Hon. secre- for two in three.

South China's guardian of the windy secre- allev, Nelson Ma, cloated in two of his Д pair of side's four safeties with doubles, and chased in one team mate.

B. Tewksbury.

Olympic

200- the Mindanao short-stup

and I. C. 4-A. sprint champion In 18 1899

Seeing a gawky youngster strid- ing across Franklin' Field, Murphy approached him and asked him if

slow grounder, his neck turning into a

him, between his feet, whilst wild

on

nice beet red as the ball trickled past tory, to the Hon. heave found Chan perched safely tary, Hong Kong Baseball

League, dated last Satur- Hal Winglee and Pat Wong accounted for the other two blows with a single day:

he had ever run. "Never." said less than a month Murphy timed Tewksbury, "Get on a uniform.” Tewksbury in 10 seconds for the said Murphy. Tewksbury did. In 100-yard dash.

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SOLE AGENTS—W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA) LTD,

"Inasmuch as your Committee has been unable to see the justice of our request for postponement of to-day's game with the Mindanao team, we are, therefore, reluctant- ly compelled to ask you to accept

from the our resignation Kong Baseball League."

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two- Chan

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Dan Fittinghoff, Dan Crary. Peto Elder and Doc Molthen each banged a three-bogger, Fittinghoff's mighty slash to right atmost going for four bases, but he was nailed at the plate.

MISS HOLWILL

MISSES TRIPLE

TENNIS CROWN

Miss Jimmie Holwill, who had earlier won the Shanghal ladies' singles tennis crown and followed

the this up by winning

mixed doubles championship in partner- ship with Lew Carson, missed her chance of bringing off the "triple" when, with Mrs. Thelma Collaco as her partner, she lost the Final of the ladies' doubles champion- ship to the French Club combina- tion of Mrs. B. Krenov and Misa C. Tavares by 3-6, 6-1, 4-8.

It was the first major tennis up- set in Shanghai this season as the French Club pair were not con- ceded much chance of winning against what was generally agreed to be a superior combination.

The standard reached was quite high and each of the four play-

of..

TO-DAY'S GAME ers in turn showed flashes

The portponed U.S.S. Mindanao- | brilliance, Mrs. Krenov, perhaps, South China tit has been arrang-being the most consistent of the it ed for this afternoon at 6.30 .m. four. She played a fine game at

Umpires for this game are Chuck the net though, in fairness, second. Wally Ching's timely

Waggoner, Johnnie Schaberg and, must be said that in Mrs. Collaco bagger to deep centre chased

she met with stern opposition in across the pan, whilst Ching dented the Etan Leonard,

this, department of the game. Miss Jeft

Miss (counting-station standing up,

Tavares was steady, but gardener "Greasy"' Moore muffed Rank

Holwill falled to reproduce the Chan's holat.

Extremely humid weather con- form that won her the singles ditions precluded golf of a high title earlier in the season.

week when the standard last

as

Int he' Mindanao batting half, Earl

Wilson. Hank Ruel and Lou Powlawski went out in one-two-three order, for Chung Hwa hopes to near to a new high, but the lead was short-lived as

| SHANGHAI GOLF

a

final of the Shanghai Golf Club Owing to lack at entries, the Adamson the Mindanao battering rams! assisted singles handicap was-played be- Cup July qualifying competition: has by four expensive miscues, blasted in tween T.S.M. Terrace and B. J been cancelledk four tallies in the second canto. During Wall; the former winning, by 4 the same chapter the game was held up for a short while, after first-sacker Hank Chan had suffered a nasty folt, when Wally Ching tumbled Moore's bounder and heaved It' wide to first..

Fielder's Choice

Chung Hwa was blanked for the rest of the tilt, although they put two poten- tial runs on the backs, through the courtesy of a pair of fielder's choices, but "Grandpa" cung Fun-cher, pinch- hitting for right-gardener Shum, failed to come through with the necessary safety for a' scoro.

In the third, 'a' single, two wild pitches, helped by Moore's slow roller. anw: another Mindanao run tricklein. Bob Strahl, who trotted down the line on four pitched-balls, left his crutches. behind, and was forced out at second after Kon Kennard had pickled, the enfor into left fald for a clean single. *«*Crooner** Rual's thröe In Your batting performance wd the best of the day; whilst Tony: Manchvage' Pr-connected for a double and a singlo

•In four-tripasto the plate. inter Somebody sold South China the idea that they had a ball team "and" they believed it. After being cellar mates since the opening of the season)^IIong "Kong`BasoBallers parted company with the Caroliners when the Mohawks trampled all over, South China 10 to 2 behind Johnnio Schaberg's four hit mound performance,

and 3. The finals between J. O., "Y" will be playing two games this evening in the Y.M.C.A. Invitation Brienfield and E. McCants, an- Water Polo Tournament. They will alists for the Club Cup, was won meet Middlesex "A" at 6.30 p.m. ant by the latter 5 and 3 over 36 Royal Scots "B" at 7 p.m. Both games holes.

will be played at the "y".

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