1941-08-26 — Page 31

· THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1941.

U.S. NAVY MISCUE 13 TIMES IN GOING DOWN 18-16 TO H.K. ALL-STARS

By Grandstand”

THE PORTUGUESEINTERNATIONAL BASEBALL SQUAD, PROVED TO BE A FALSE ALARM AS THE STARS AND STRIPERS ELI- MINATED THEM- FROM THE SERIES WITH A 12 TO 2 HITTING SPREE ́ON SATURDAY, WHILST SUNDAY'S DOUBLE-HEADER WAS FEATURED BY A MULTITUDE OF ERRORS THE LAST-MINUTE MAKE-SHIFT. GREAT BRITAIN CONTINGENT BUNGLING 16 CHANCES IN A FIVE INNING FRACASIN WHICH THEY WERE SUBDUED BY THE CHINESE 18 TO 3.

Here are some of the United.. States players who beat Por- tugal (holders) 12" to 2 on Saturday, Jo enter the Final, where they will meet China. From left to

right are "Puddlejumper" Wilson, Lou Pawloskl (manager), Poto Elder, Bowersox, "Greasy" Moore, and Tony Maacayago. Behind Wilson, in the grand- stand, is American second- string pitcher "Muddy". Ruci.

HONYWILL

To-morrow's Softball DOES WELL IN

Lou Pawloski's U.S. Navy ] 0000000000000000001 "dough-nut" infield miscued 131 times in going down to Hong | Kong All-Stars 18 to 16 in the second game of the Charity series

they lost the first 5 to 4.

EE seems that this corner called he turn last Saturday when it doped that los- Lou Pawloski, Potent Polack, wns Jug his smoke, as he was shelled from the slab by the All-Stars in the first frame, after conceding a lead of four counters on three safeties, including Al Lau's three-run triple, and was connect- ed for a two-run single in the Orth when he came in to relieve slabster Henry Ruel with the bases cboked.

Tony To Rescue

Ruel, Henry Crooner“

replacing Pawloski on the mound in the second, yielded seven safeties for the next four who cantos, whilst Tony Mascavage, was called in to put out the fire, fosard two hifiess innings.

Both Pawloski and Ruel fauned onu. but Ruel passed four to first during his mound tenure, whilst Ski walked twa,

Moung victor Wally "Dimples" Ching, who was called in to relieve Bill, Chang after the latter had been

blasted out of the box with a seven hit barrage to net the sailors nine runs In the first, whiffed one and issued one free pass to first.

All-Stars Rally

After overcoming a four-run defelt, the blue-jackets led 12 to 10 at the end of the fourth traine, but All-Stars staged an uprising in the fifth to regain the lead, by bunting the Navy infleld rag- ged, and when the dust had cleared, seven runs had already crossed the pay-off station. All-Stars added another In the sixth, but the sallors slimmed the lead with four tallies on four solid blows in their half of the session.

Excitement reached fever pitch when

At Caroline: Hill

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Eddie (E) Loco) Marques Merry Madcaps will take on Harry Cani. pos' Furioso nine in

friendly Softball encounter to-morrow after. noon at 6 p.m. at Carolina Hil

FL 瑞 understood that mentor Harry Campos will make an appli. cation to join the First Division of the League should his Furioso nine beat the Madcape, whlist Eddio Marques is all out to maintain an unbeaten record.

SHANGHAI

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ROYALS ENTERTAINED BY LAI TSUN

LAI TSUN ENTERTAINED AND BEAT ROYAL

·SCOTS BY 21 POINTS TO 3 IN A RETURN SWIM-

·MING ENCOUNTER AT CHINESE Y.M.C.A. LAST NIGHT, MacHUGH, SUTHERLAND AND DAVID- SON SECURING THE POINTS FOR ROYALS.

min, 30 secs.

After the swimming the prizes, back), Miss Ng Sul-iin (breast) and were by distributed by Mrs. Tsang Miss Ng Po-hing free-style). Time: 1 Sjiy-sang.

Lai Tsun are meeting University on Saturday in a friendly contest at Chinese "Y" at 8.30 p.m.

Following were last night's re-

sults:

Taun); 2, Pte.

Mac-

Men's 100 Yards Brean:-Stroke?(Mom- bers)-1, Luk Sze-shing; 2, King Yim- wing: 3. Tsang Cheung-po, Time: 1 min. 22 4/5 secs.

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Men's 50 Yards Back-Stroka;~1. ROYAL NAVY MADÉ A WEL-

Poon Wing-kal (Lap Tsun); 2, Lau COME RETURN TO CRICKET; IN

Men's .50 Yards Free-Style:-1, Tsang Ying-ling (Lai Taun): 3, Cpl. Suther SHANGHAI WHEN THEY MET Cheong-ming (Lal Tsun); 2. Chan and Royal Scots).. Time: 34 3/5, secs. [A SCRATCH SHANGHAI CRIC-|Chun-nam (Lal

Men's 100 Yards Free-Style (Mom- bers)-1, Chan Chup-nam; 2, Yau Sal- KET CLUB TEAM AND. WON Hugh (Royal Scots). BY FOUR WICKETS. IT WAS Men's 220 Yards Free-Style (Invita.wing: 3. Lai Tal-ping. Time: 63,175 A TWO - EVENING MATCH, tion)-1, Yau Sal-kwan (Lai Tsun): 2, CRICKET CLUB BATTING Lau Taiping (Lai Tsun): 3. Tal Yuet- 2000000001 FIRST, AND SCORING 109, WITH moon (Residents' Union). Time: 2 min,

A. J. HARVEY TOP SCORER

Lagles' 120 Yards Modley Rolay:- Lau handcuffed the British for threo WITH 22. WHILE R. GATES 1. (Li Tsun), Miss Sa Wat-ying (back),

Mise Tsang Fung-kwan (breast) frames, before "Blondie" Taylor park-HELPED WITH 20.

Miss Kg Miu-ling (free-style). ed one into right field to chase lo Shaw with

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their first tally, whilst Welford Frounded out for Taylor to cross the pan with another marker. Their third counter came in when Bob Foley con- nected for a four-bagger, the longest clout of the tilt.

China broke into the scoring columu

31.3 secs.

and

Time:

J. Honywill, Navy footballer

1 min. 20 1/5 secs.; 2, (H.K. and Kow- and Rugby player, did well with loon Residents' Union) Miss Sum Pat the ball, taking 5 for 31 in 11.1

overs.

Harvey.

Navy scored 126, Honywill hit- ting up 23 valuable runs, J. Mar- in the first stanza with a trio of mark-riner top-scored with 30 and~W. one, two, threa Cuming made 20. Most successful in ers, but went out

Bu Chang. bowler for S.C.C. was urder in the next canto. dented the plate in the third for another who had 4 for 15. tally. whilst the Chinese went on a scoring rampage in the fourth to cinch the Kane with a nine-run splurge un six blows and three errors.

Holders Swamped

Hitting hurler Gerry Gosano almost at random, the United States contingent under mentor Lou Pawloski swamped the Portuguese patriots 12 to 2 on Saturday to qualify to meet China in the Final Bis week.

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of re-

REFEREES' CLASS WELL ATTENDED

Men's

50. Yards Free-Style (Junior)-1, Lo 3. Ko Wat-bung. Time: 35 2/5 secs Sul-look and Miss Mok Sam-lan tied;

120 Yardo Medley Relay 1. (Lal Tsun). Lam Ying-ling (back), Yau Sal-kwan (breast), and Tsang Cheong-ming (free-style): 2. (Royal Sutherland (back), ¡Cpl. Scots). Cpl. Davidson (breast), and Plc. MacHugh free-style). Time: 1 min. 17 1/5 secs. Ladies' 100 Yarde Free-Style. (Handi-

Kju-ling: cap):-1, Miss. Ko

2, Miss Tsang Fung-kwan and 3, Miss Sa Why ying. Time: 17 secs.

Men's 60 Yards Breast-Stroke:--1. Tsang Cheung-wing- (Lat. Tsun); 2, Mau Saí-kwan (Lat Taun): 3, Cpl. Davidson (Royal Scots), Time: 32 2/5 secs.

Men's 260 Yards Free-Style Relay:--

Clubs requiring the services

In spite of the inclement wea-1, (Lak Tsun), Lo Shu-fook, Lau Tai- ferees

linesmen for pre-season ther the Football Referees' class ping. Yau, Sal-kwan and Tsang Cheong- friendly games are asked to communi- yesterday was well attended.ming: 2, (Royal, Scots), Pte. MacHugh, cate with Mr. Board, at the N.A.A.F... There were 35 candidates present, Pte. Plummer, Cpl. Davidson and Lt. or Mr. F. J. Silva,

of the Treasury including nine civilians, among Referees will welcome, the opportunity

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Hunter, Time: 3 mins, 11 secs.

TO-DAY'S BOWLS

Following are the two remain- ing games in the Fourth Round of the Colony Lawn, Bowls Pairs on Championship, and indications are will that they will be played this after-

of officiating at these games for the whom were E. L. Strange of Hong sake of training.

Kong Football Club and N. Del- gado of International, A. A, da Roza, who has only just Lieut. Crossby and Ple. Emmons Laken up lawn, bowls, this season, 18 were the, lecturers. now a very keen povice Jockey and is

The next meeting will be seen at the Race Course almost every Thursday, when Mr. Foster cluding "Gгеaву" Moore's base-clean-'

promising swimmer but has been miss- ing triple with the bases full and Earled from competitive events, for some- Wilson's four-master in the last semes-time now."

Moundsman Henry Ruel doled out two measly singles, whilst his mates'

the blue-jackets came up for their last unleashed a deluge of 12 safeties, in-morning. He, was al, one time a. Y talk on the off-side rule.

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time to bat, trailing two runs.

Gerry Gosano camped under Jersey Groneck's long holst for the first erasure, whilst Hank All pulled down

Tony Mascavage belted in a perfect fly for Eart Wilson's towering

batting figure in three turns nt thc second out Lou Pawloski grounded to short, and the fans were getting ready plute, whilst Earl Wilson unloaded the

the

to leave when George Souza heaved a wild one to first-sncker Hank Chan.

Bases Loaded

Henry Rual singled io advance Pawloski. whilst Souza bobbled again to souse the sacks. Mack McKenzie, who had fanned the breeze in his three previous batting attempts found tim welf walking up to the box for a chance. to be the golden-haired hero of the day. but all he could do was to produce a weak pop tly, which Souza swallowed, to end the game.

lumber for a four-to-five-

CHARITY

FOOTBALL

ELEVENS

Henry Ruel, still strutting around no one leg, earned batting honours of the day with a four-in-five stickwork per

Following have, been chosen. to formance, whilst Hong Kongite Al Lau. and Tony Mancavage, the hammering play in the charity football match hind-snatcher, both poled out triples. on Saturday, September 13, at Lou Pawloski atoned for his poor mound Caroline Hill in aid of the funds performance with a handsome three-in of the Chen Chen-wo ("Darky" four willow wielding, which included a Chen) Scholarship.

brace of doubles.

Make-Shift Team After delaying almost an hour behind schedule, "Sarge" Welford managed to round up a team from the spectatora to make up the Great Britain squad which went down 18 to 3 to Grandpa Leung's Chinese contingent in a ayo inning game highlighted by Bob Foley's circuit clout.

Chinese slabster Al Lau whiffed Ava and walked three, whilst losing hurler Mack Shaw fanned five and passed two in a 13-hit massacre.

DID YOU KNOW?

Hong Kong:-Tam Kwan-kon (South China); Hau Yung-sang (Sing.Tao) and Lee Ting-sang (Sing Tao): Soong Ling- sing (Sing Tao), Lam, Tak-po (South China) and Kwok Ying-kee (Sing Tao); (Sing Tao), Fung Tang Kwong-sum King-cheong (Sing Tao), Chan Tak-fal (South China), Lai Shui-wing (Sing Tao) and Hau Ching-to (Eastern).

Shanghal:-Cheong Wing.choy (Sing Tao); Y. 9. Yen (Eastern) and Ng Kce- cheong (Eastern); Kui Wing-fook (Sing and Tao).. Chang. Kam-hol, (Eastern) Lau Tze-chan (Eastern); Chung Yung- sum (Eastern) V. K. Hyu! (Eastern); Leo Wal-tong (South China), C, T. Tsao (Eastern) and Leo Shek-yau (South China).

Owing to pressure of work, F. Wills,

A big league club buys two grey who has been Hon. Secretary of Euro-. (road) and two white (home) pean Y.M.C.A. Invitation Water-Polo uniforms for each player, but the Tournament since its inauguration, has player must buy his own bats, resigned from that post. F. Bevan, an- gloves and shoes.

other member of the Royal Carps of Signals, is his successor.

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It is understood on good authority that Hong Kong Aren Swiniming Cham- plonships have been postponed: from September 7; to September 17, and that they will be held at Army Pool, Vic

TO-DAY'S TENNIS Following is to-day's Second Division League Tennis pro-toria Barracks. gramme and some of the teams;

C. R. C. .V. K. C. C.

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Due to the fact that the Saturday

on the cinder track, the "gate" is not morning "pows" at the Valley are held used for the, start, and the, field is sent away by the "flag system' with Mr. A. H. Polts No, 1 starter, ably assisted by Mr. C. W. Walker, manager of the Jockey Club Stables, in charge.

Competitors in the Styles Ten: Pina 9. G. A. A. V. A. T. C.

Tournament at Hom: Kong Bowling -C.R.C.:—Ho! Ka-lau and Choy Ping Alleys who find difficulty in con noting. fun: Ng Kom-chuon and Pang Ollam; their opponents are requested to com- |2 Liang (Bal-wah and Leung Ping-chiu,municate with the manager of the $.C.A.A.-K, H. Ip and W. H Ho Alleys, who, will made, the necessary W. T. Leo and W. C. Hoh; S. C. Dow arrangements for the ame and K, C, Wan.

played.

European Y.M.C.A, are commencing championships this their swimming

be continued evening. They will Thursday night,

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A

en

noon:-

At Club, de, Recreio W. B. Harris and A. Soutar v. N, J. Bebbington and J. F. McGowan.

At. Kowloon Bowling Green Club- 8. R. Solina, and K. M. Omar v. 5. Eccleshall and J. Shepherd.

Victoria Recreation Club. Second Division softball champions, are apply- N. L. Smith, Civil Service Cricket ing for admission to First Division phd Club. cricketer, is likely to be playing if this is granted they will be entering soccer more often for Hong Kong Foot- two additional teams in Second Division, Iball Club this season.

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