THE CHINA MAÏL, JULY 29, 1941.
CHUNG HWA SCORE 6-3
Page 15.
Ring History
WIN OVER SOUTH CHINA Against Conn
IN
WEEK-END BALL TILT
By "Grandstand”
Ever since David took! a pot-shot at Goliath, who was the heavyweight! champion in his time, the little fellows down through the ages have
THEY "CASHED IN'
off
When a day's racing was called at Santa Anita recently owing to a stable.handa' strike, admin- Blon money was refunded. And that was where the deadheada scored. In refunding admission, parking and race card fezo, the club paid cut between $2,500 and $3,000 more than it received from the 20,000 who were at the meet.
ONLY ONE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED OFF DUR-been rearing up and chal- ING THE WEEK-END, WHEN CHUNG HWA MAROONS EKED OUT lenging the behemoths to A NARROW TRIUMPH OVER SOUTH CHINA ON SATURDAY, BEC'mon out and fight," " FORE A HANDFUL OF SPECTATORS (WHICH COULD ONLY BY writes an American box- COURTESY BE CALLED A CROWD), THE SLIGHT DOWNPOUR ON SUNDAY MORNING RENDERING RAILWAY CORNER UNSUITABLE FOR PLAY, CAUSING THE MINDANAO-ROYAL ENGINEERS TILT TO BE POSTPONED.
BASEBALL LEAGUE BATTING AVERAGES
By "Grandstand"
Following
are
over!
South China hurler Faul Lau, chucking a ball that wouldn't have broken a pane of glass at 20 yards, was nicked for six solid blow5, issued seven passes and fanned only one, whilst mound victor Al Lau conceded five safeties, whiffed three, but wavered in the fifth to walk three.
THE SCUFFLE WAS FEATURED BY GOOD FIELDING ON BOTH SIDES, CHUNG HWA BUNGLING THREE CHANCES WHILST THE CAROLINERS MIS-CUED TWICE.
Chung Hwa jumped into a fly- ing start with four tallies in the first frame, highlighted by Richard Chung's three-bagger and Morocco Chan's two-run single with the
the Latest baseball sucks soused. A pair of singles.;
coupled with a free ticket to drst, netled the Maroons another two 577 markers in the second frame, but
batting averages of .300 or
Gamer
Pct.
500 | the Caroliners clamped down fight! .487 for the rest of the game to blank,
407 the Maroons.
South China was horse-collared for the first four sessions. hurle. At Lau hand-cuffing the hitters. 361 allowing only one safety by Nell 389 Ma, but the latter was erased at .375 the key-stone
attempted
(21
In
Rally Smothered
BASEBALL LEAGUE
TABLE TO DATE
U.S.S. Mindanao HK. Brewer's Chung Ha
U.S.S. Ashevilla
2 ,066
1 .500
4 1
W. L. Pctg. 5 1 .833
800
H.K. Baseballers Royal Engineers South China
1
3 $ .429
2 5
8
286 ,143
< Since withdrawn.
SuccessEL1 215 L'
ing reporter.
Only one man has since made the foolhardy stop, and that was Few, however, have been as John Henry Lewis, In January, Davey. The 1939, John Henry met his close books show that only two light-pal, Joe Louis. The friendship heavies ever achieved boxing's Was suspended for exactly 2 number one bung around for very long.
spot and neither minutes and 59 seconds. after which period John was carried First, and by far the best of the back to his corner by Pal Joey ambitious encroachers. was Ruby and the friendship resumed. Bob Fitzsimmons, Back in 1897,
Billy Conn had a stab at what the lean, oddly built Englishmani
no other light-heavyweight has sank his famous solar plexus blow accomplished since Tommy Burns deep into Jim Corbett's midriff, turned the trick 35 years ago. putling Jim (1) on the canvas: (2) precedent was against him. on the "ex-champ" list.
But the Though Billy lost 10 Joe next time out, Fitz was battered Louis to the floor in eleven rounds by last fighter in his class to | big Jim Jeffries.
take a shot at the top man. There's something about the loser's end of
Tavyweight champion-
that ship gate
"Cheese" Champ
Next "little" man. and the last wounds. to ascend the throne, was Tommy Burns. Burns was
at strictly cheese champ, having knocked over a bunch of nondescript con- tenders before out-pointing Mar- vin Hart for the crown. Hari himself was a polooka, who won the title in a controversial elimina- tion contest after Jim Jeffries had retireti.
U-
In 1908, two years after he be- came champ. Burn: met tainous Jack Juhfison and unst drowned in his own pool of blood before Sydney (Australia) police the slaughter
standing up on Ernie Moy's two- ercifully stopped bagger.
in the 14th.
obe Over
Lau tapped out an easy roller. First challenger to take a crack advancing Moy to third, who'at Johnson was Stan Ketchel. The spiked the rubber as Cecil Wingire Michigan Assassin spotted the! ! In the fifth canto, Pat Wong was hoisted
centre-Helder champ. 85 pounds and absorbed 350 but on a feeble pop fly to Bucks Shum. Winglee purloined the mid-terrible punishment before collaps- .333, H.
David Lo drew a pass, whilst way station, but third sackering under a sweeping right upper .333 veteran Erme Moy also jockeyed "Wee" Willie Woo handled Nel cut in the twelfth. .333 himself into a walk. Paul Lau Ma's grass-cutter perfectly, to toss
333 lifted one above second. which him out by half a step. .333 Plate Umpire Tony Maseavage
declared an "infeld fly" for
"Morocco" Bats Well
It wasn't
12 Years' Break
until
twelve years
he won't
salves
be the
a lot of
EQUINE SPORTS CLUB HAVE NEARLY 200 MEMBERS
An increase in membership by 62, making almost 200 in all, as against the original 20 members when the club was founded six years ago, was reported at the an- nual meeting of Equine Sports Club last Sunday.
During the year $2,320.50 was donated to the War Fund, and the Club purchased a plot of land at Tung Lo Wan, just beneath the Indian Farm, where it is hoped to erect a new club house in the near future,
Following are the new officials:
Hemsley; President, Mr. T. J.
.307 ing up to the batter's box with Chung Hwa first-sacker, Moroc- later that a man in the light-heavy Vice-President, Mr. J. R. Leitch: E. G. Conings 100 ducks in the pond, went the 'ung co Chan, batting in the clean-up division telt competent enough to Secretary. Mr. 300 count before Lau tossed one low slot, earned batting honours with step up and meet the heavyweight Committee. Messrs. A. Bone, R. Most of you remember Buchanan, C. T. Chan. J. C. Gill, and outside to load the bases. Nel n two-in-three performance, chas-champ. 288 My, swinging his heavy bludgeon ing in four of his mates with a that day in 1921 out in Boyle's F. W. Grinter, H. P. Lim and L.
Thirty Acres, Jersey City. when Visser. 285 in the money spot, slashed one brace of timely singles.
the handsome Frenchman, Georges out the Carpentier, ran into
Richard Chung poled
Jack
record
of the
259 Moy, who had the "go on" sign;
Noel Hammond, former Shanghal .250 from the third base coach, forgot longest blow of the fracas with a Dempsey's wicked right hook half Interport swimmer and holder of the
through the fourth round. 100
Yards free-style to take the lead out of his shoes three-bagger to left, whilst Ernie way
accounted for the other' That blow wrote finds to light- Northern port, has returned to Hong 260 and was nailed at the counting. Moy
contention for almost a Kong from Ausiralia, where he spent a
short holiday leave,
Kwan, W. T. (5.C.)
3
Mancavage, T. (Min.)
th
Abbas. R. A. (H.B.)
5
Arcuili, O. (H.B.)
$
AN, H. (H.B.)
4
429
Leis (Ash.)
429
Waggoner, C. (H.K.BC1
6
.129
Ruel, H. (Min.)
U
-421
Molthen, F. J. (H.KBC)
ti
Alves, T. (HB)
5
Foley, A. (M.E.)
7
Rhoades (Ash.)
Z
375 base larceny.
Wilson, E. V. (Min)
な
.375
Schaberg, J (HK BC)
(
.368
Bowen, J (MB)
4
.38:
Ratcliffe (AED)
357 i
Elder. P. (M.K.B.C
t
.350
Fox. T. (R.E.)
8
Chan, M. (C. Hwa)
Crary, D (H.K.B.C.)
Crumm (Ash.)
1
Langford, C. (Ash.)
2
Goff, D. (Ash.)
1
Gosano, G. (H.B.)
.333
Shum (C, Hwa)
5
.333
the
Pawloski, L. (Min.)
8
314 second out. Cecil Winglee, com-
Lo, K. (C. Hwa)
4
Moy, E. (5.C.)
!
Bowersox (Min.)
+
Leonard, D. (H.B.)
5
.300
Leung, F. C. (C. Hwa)
4
.300
Strahl, R. (Min.)
5
Chung, R. (C. Hwa)
Moore (Min.)
6
263 into short centre to score Lo, but
Lau, A. (C. Hwa)
6
Pau, M. P. (S.C.)
2
Leight, L. (H.K.B.C.)
1
.250
Sawyer, C. (Ash.)
.250
Watkins (Ash.)
Souza, G. (H.B.)
Arculli, M. (H.B.)
I generation.
Higgins, P. (H.K.B.C.)
6
.235 In the sixth the Caroliners went
Sarsfield, M. (R.E.)
6
.235 out in one-two-three order. Com-
Ching, W. (C, Hwa)
3
Hussain, J. (H.8.)
230 ing up for their last turn with the
4
Groneck (Min.)
.200
Ma, Nelson (S.C.)
7
Lo, D. (S.C.). Winglee, H. (S.C.) DiGiacomo (Aah.) Walter (H.K.B.C.) Wolford, J. (A.E.)
8
7
.174
.167
4
.107
7
.107
Winglea, C. (s.C.)
7
.167
Fittinghoff, D. (H.K.B.C.)
6
.156
Taylor (A.E.) ......
7
.130
Hamlin, L. (H.K.B.C.)
A
.125
Lawrence, B. C. (H.K.B.C.) 3
.125
Chinn, H. (S.C.)
4
.125
FACE AS
Chang, B. (C, Hwa)
.117
Shaw, M. (R.E.)
7
,110
*Johnson, B. (H.K.B.C.)
5
.100
Loong. T. H. (C. Hwa)
.100
No, C. W. (S.C.)
7
.095
Lau, P. I. (S.C.)
6
077
Woo, W. (C. Hwa)
5
Kennard (Min.)
6
Cork (R.E.}
5
Choy, P. F. (C. Hwa)
5
.067
.071 new wife but also with a new
Leonard, 5, (H.B.)
4
Wong, C, W. (S.C.)
6
Oliver, G. (H.K.B.C.)
7
.063 present by a distinguished plastic .059 surgeon.
Gray, B. (A.E.)
6
Ho, B. K. (C. Hwn),
5
Harper (A.E.)
Jones (R.E.)
Chan, Y. T. (C. Hwa)
238 station on the throw-in, and the extra-bases knuck with a ringing heavy
!double. 235 rally was smothered.
Brood (Ash.)
Haigh (Ash.)
Bakar (H.B.)
Fitch, P. (H.K.B.0,)
• Gough..(F.E.)
: Governals (Anh)
Kramer (Ash.)
Lim, V. (S.C.)
„Morav. (Ash.)
.222 stick. Pat Wong grounded out.
200 David Dopey" Lo singled, pil-
182 fered second and crossed the plate
BUDGE'S NEW
WEDDING GIFT
Donald
Budge. world-famous
.077 tennis star, is honeymooning in
077 the Middle West not only with a
.067 face, given to him as a wedding
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.000 Dr. Maxwell Maltz of New .000 York, admits that he lifted Budge's .000 receding chin, straightened his .000 nose, and delighted Dierdre Con- .000 selman, who is now Budge's wife. ,000 Lanky; carrot-haired Budge had .000 long been sensitive over his face, .000 about which American sports .000 columnists were cruelly critical.
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Morris, J. (H.K.B.Q.)
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Pang, S. K. (6.0.)
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Sperry, M. (H.K B.C.)
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Smith, W. A. (H.K:B,C.)
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Vaughan (ASH.)
Walker. D. (HIK.D/C.).
Welle" (R/E.)
Wòng, 1. C. (9.0.)
Wong, J. (H.K.b.6.)
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BASKETBALL RESULTS
.000 Two matches in the Open! 000 League Basketball were decided .000 at Chinese YM.C.A., Waterloo 000 Road, last evening and resulted as
follows:
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