1941-07-22 — Page 31

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1941.

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Mohawks Play Heads-Up Baseball To Beat Up Mindanaoans South China Strike Form To Down Sappers

GUNBOAT-HURLER PAWLOSKI YANKED IN FIFTH: ARM INJURY PREVENTS MOUND WIZARD FROM PITCHING AT HIS BEST

REDDINGTON

BEATS ROBINSON ON POINTS

Conceding Alf. Robin- son, Leeds, 4lb., Tom Reddington, Salford heavy-weight, defeated him on points at Belle Vue, Manchester, staging the best fight of his career!

paving the way to victory with a

By "Grandstand”

PLAYING HEADS-UP BALL ALL THE WAY LAST SUNDAY, CHUCK WAGGONER'S MARAUD ING MOHAWKS DISPLAYED EXCELLENT FORMI BY TOPPLING THE LEAGUE-LEADING MINDANAO MACE-MAULERS 7 TO 4, FOR THE SEASON'S BIGGEST UPSET, WHILST SOUTH CHINA CHALKED UP THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON BY SHADING ROYAL ENGINEERS 8 TO 7 ON SATURDAY. -

The Mohawk upset just about ends all hope of in the process writes| Mindanao rejecting the points forfeited by Hong Norman Hurst.

Kong Brewers, and the affair might as well as be He boxed cooly and cleverly, filed away as finished business. stiff left to the tree in the early Although Mohawk mound victor Larry Law- rence, the Lone Star Ranger, in a return to the hillock, was nicked for nine safeties, six Mindanao- men went down swinging at his teasing side-arm slants. He only passed four to first.

stazes.

Robinson found too late that hisį

Yorkshireman's

As the best record.

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de-

figure,

Bowersox banged out

whilst

BASEBALL LEAGUE

́TABLE'

TO DATE

H.K. Brewers

W. L.

U.S.S. Mindanao

5

1

Petg.

833

4

1

.600

Chung Fran

2

.600

U.S.S. Asheville

1

1

,500

H.K. Basobailers 3 Royal Engineers 2 South China

4

429

4

333

1

4

.200

Mack

CORRESPONDENCE

BASEBALL LEAGUE DECISION

Sir,-"Sportsman," in his letter yesterday, summed up the whole "baseball dispute" in a nutshell. agree with him that an exam- Recreio's very sporting gesture.

ple should be taken from Club de

Incidentally, I see that Min- danao have, since the controversy, started, dropped a game. Under

the circumstances, it can be hard- ly expected that the baseball public will stomach any sugges- tion of a withdrawal of the H.B. resignation from the League now, so the obvious thing would be for that team to apply for permission to meet Mindanao in a charity game in aid of the Bomber Fund, After all the publicity they have had

is unpleasant incid- ent, they should prove a wonder- ful drawing card.-Yours etc.,

HATS OFF TO RECREIO.

"The conte t was open, and a hardfought me from bell to bell best punch would have been a right to the body instead of try- ing this blow on the bobbing head} of his opponent.

two-in-three Losing pitcher Pawloski

was labelled, with a single-handed I have watched Reddington inj

stab that had the stands on their а double and viewing the was chased off the hill in and a single in his four trips to box in the second frame, after feet. many matches,

walking one and conceding four The Caroliners tallied twice constant danger of the hard- the fifth after conceding the platter. punching

Shaw, more in the third and fifth frames Nip Lum and Johnnie

First-sacker Wong, hits.

total a liveries, I rule last night's victory four blows, fanning three latest

of eight additions the Tribe, called in to finish the game, doled to chalk up

to

whilst Sappers could out three safeties, whiffed three, markers. Reddington's and walking two he worked in complete harmony

around the key-stone and com- and handed out free transporta-only manufacture one in each of is now asking for was, however, nursing a pleted the only twin-killing of the tions to first to five Car iners, the third and fifth, and that was strained arm. Henrytusse, when Nip Lum froze on to Nam Hwa hurler Paul Lau sus- the way they went into the last

Bowersox's stinging liner, and re- tained a cramp in the sixth and session.

derricked in finished layed the pill to Wong to double was

favour of "Crooner" Ruel referee stopping the fight in the had already been done.

the the game, but the damage Tony Mascavage, who left second "Shorty" Pau. third round after Massey had

Waggonermen died on the sacks, been down for a coutit of nine.

Minnies Score First Gill (Nottingham) beat Jones (Coalville)

points; Wilson Nip Lum, Chuck Waggoner and (Salford) deleated "Britner (Man-Den Crary went out in order in chester), fight being stopped in the initial frame for по count.

The crowd Reddington and Martin. Fusilier Pierce Elis, Manchester, met Len substituted for Kid Tapner,

third round.

Massey. Salford, who

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MCAVOY'S CHALLENGE

whilst the Minnies dented the pay-off station twice on three solid blows in their half of the In the next canto Pete frame. Elder slashed out a two-bagger,

but was left stranded as Waller

with the crack of the bat. Five

whilst eleven potential Mindanao runs were left stranded.

South China Improve South China showed a marked improvement by nosing out the Sappers 8 to 7 to avenge their former defeat.

Sappers' Bases Loaded

Nightmarish Inning

The Nam Hwamen were blank- ed in their half, whilst pilot Hal for the The Caroliners counted once, Winglee went grabbing

as the Sappers when they managed to piece to-smelling salts gether a walk, a steal, a sacrifice counted five times-one short of and a single in the first canto, but knotting the count-on five costly

Jones was town in errors.

pegged off. really started going to the second semester as Ernie Moy, second to end the night-marish Paul Lau and Cecil Winglee spiked inning. the rubber on

South a trio of safeties.

China right gardener out two Kwan slashed In the Sappers' half they produced Willie Sapper moundsman Mickey Sarsfield was blasted out of the real threat, as Jimmy Welford singles in his two batting attempts

drew a pass on the gravy train, a for a perfect 1.000 figure. single by Mike Sarsfield and an- Sapper Bob Foley, whose main other walk, saturated the sacks stock-in-trade consists of banging with Sappers and only one out. cut sharp singles through the In- a handsome field, connected for The uprising wasquelled as three-in-four figure, and inciden....... But Reddington's manager, Mr. by a couple of bobbles, to take American League batting cham-Gray fanned the breeze for the tally ie the first one to park a bait

erasure, whilet points out that the lead, but Bob Strahl evened pionship in 1905 with a slim .306 cocond Walter Metcalfe,

centre 'out of the park at Railway Corner.

he is now

successive average. Larry Doyle of the Giants gardener Cecil Winglee ran back Your scribe, gat. despatches 'all heavy-weight and the count 4-4 on two

title a couple of city blocks to pull crossed up was the National League

last Saturday, and could not entertain the idea of a singles and a fumble.

Coming into the Afth Lum holder in 1915 with a .320 figure. down Cork's long holat,

Jock McAvoy, middle-weight champion has challenged Tom

grounded out, whilst the Pawlo- skimen added another tally on a single and a fumble.

In the third game Mohawks broke the ice with a cluster Cr Reddington, Manchester, to a bout four tallies on two hits, assisted

at

13st.

а

contest at the weight stipulated.

He offers to meet McAvoy at

catch-weights.

BOON'S £1,000 CHALLENGE

Eric Boon's reply to Harry Lazar's £500 challenge to fight at the light-weight limit, in Nor. Hurst's opinion, merely dodges the Issue,

Boon says he will back himself for £1,000 at 10st.

+ mar

So far as boxing interest is concerned, Boon had better far have said nothing. In plain lan- guage, either he is prepared to

light-weight defend his against Harry Lazar and cover Lazar's sidestake or he does not want the match.

singled, whilst Waggoner worked relief hurler Ruel for a pass. With ducks in the pond. Den Crary hoisted a fly to right which gar dener Kennard muffed for Lum to cross the plate in a cloud of dust.

Waggoner Scores Lawrence flied out 1.0 right again, but Waggoner scored, whist Pinky Higgins lapped out a roller for Crary to ride home with an- other marker. In the Mindanao

il

half. Bowersox stoort still 07 groover. whist Kennard and Strahl flied out for no gain. In the sixth Wong, Oliver and Lum title, were erased in order for a Mohawk

no-run, no-hit chapter.

A wild heave, followed by a perfect dump, put angels on the lily paths for the Minnies. Tony Mascavage, cloud-bumping hind- snatcher, strolled up to the platter with his pot mace, but to his dle- gust and the Mohawk rooters' delight, he was given an Inten- tional pass on four pitches; to load the sacks. With the tleing run on başe, keystofter Ray Wlicon took three healthy cuts at the ozone for the ra ́ly to die out.

SIR BLENHEIM ONLY SANE ONE OF FIRST CROP

George W. Stratton has a Blenheim 11-aired colt at Holly- wood Park that is almost a dead ringer for Whirlaway. Same dark chestnut colour; blazed face and markings and long tall,

Coming into the seventh; still three runs behind. Bowersox poled. out a ripping two-bagger, but the Waggonermen dished smart fielding to smother the last- minute effort.

out some

Newcomers Shine

Henry "Crooner!! Ruel and Tony. Mascavage both clouted for

The Circle S candidate's name is Sir Blenheim and he has twice visited the winner's circle. He prevailed at the third asking last. Summer at Hollywood Park, Sir Blenheim was purchased as rambling five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 a yearing from John B. Hertz and captured a six-furlong event for $20,000. He is out of Ann last Fall in 1:12 1/5. Last Summer Gowdy, a High Time mare, while ása Juvenile he worked his grand dam is the illustrious five-eighths in 59% flat. He's Anita Peabody...

been away from the races "Sir Blenheim isn't as screwy aince last Autumn and was as-Whirlaway" asserts Owner spared from racing an, ear-| Stratton. "In fact, he's the only ly 8-year-old in order to allow sone one of Blenheim II's first him to gain maturity.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Elmer Flick, Cleveland, won the

won which gave the credit to Flash. Ratcliffe,

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