1951-12-31 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1951.

CANDIDATES FOR THE INTERPORT TEAM

PANDAS BEAT MADCAPS TO BREAK UP A SEVEN-ALL DEADLOCK

By "GRANDSTAND”

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A thunder of applause from hundreds of leather-throated Panda fans greeted Wally Mar when he scampered over the plate for the winning run to break up a 7-afl deadlock against the Madcaps in the seventh inning of yesterday's crucial tussle of the "A" Division Softball League,

of

setback in their pennant In the minor loop scuffles, Delawares suffered a quest when the Rexes nosed them out 4-8, while Blue Sox pulled the game out the fire in the final lonings by shading the Dodgers 59.

Wahoos and Squaws swamped YY Leung lifted a fly to left. South: China and Poai To respec-held to nudge We: over the plate tively in the Latites' League with and when Y. S. Leung slashed 3 grounder pandemonium lopsided stores of 18-0 and out 17-2, is the winners practically hit the opposing hurlers at will t register1ock of bamenits.

PANDAS MADCAPS 7

Long before game time, fans of both the Pandas Madrupel

PVELY vantage

hud

nccupied

point in the bleachers and the surrounding hill-alde, and thre were not disappointed as the two squels

battled through seven before the electrifying anings Panda, grabbed the verdict

the final chapter.

Jackie

the

Panus We ul heathed the mund chure for the roule the whole wines for

who Silvo-Neito, While Kolv toed the rubber for the losers. was relieved by Joey Grnen in the seventh when he allowed the teng page on base on wild heave.

We white St eight bunched for a thi

2

hits allowed Ave sufe

Nette was nicked for four of them being in the initial frame splurge which Madcap lead in

matched their half

m

Neither si In the next the Pandas h

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

SENIOR "A" DIVISION

Pandas Eaves

at obe-all after เจษ knotted

In the sixth intings of play. chapter Delawares forged ahead with a lone tally, but the Rexes staged a last inning rally which reversed the decision.

AX Email of the Rexes led in their ) stand with o

while single,

Ditu's TOUS! Multies's ch..ke found Ismail jer sme the plate with the treing

Terry Lucino ftumble. the next batied 12 and a sibarquent ale to centre-held which was muffed by Tony Rudrigues paved the way or a groring spree when Y. Tipe lashed out a single

clented Ditte A

the only home-run of the game in the

8 Madcaps 7 Canucks SENIOR "B" DIVISION Red Sox 11 Baseballers

JUNIOR LEAGUE Blue Sox Rexes Gratins Pandas

Wahous &quaws

5 Dodgers

3

4 DelawarEA

3

10 South China

2 second

LADIES' LEAGUE

18 South Chine 17 Paoi To

1

22

14 Bantams

broke loose as Wally Mar dented the rubber for the winning rub

ecently Lee Pun-hong, whe switched from slugger to bunt, artist, collected full marks for three perfect his efforts with dumps out of each of any felder, The first stanza. while Rene Sequerira pasted the ald keie further horsehide for three sold whacks rster, although in four times at bat.

with a

Chaner

Y Y Leung of the Pandas also hase, but

an deserves hondurable mention for attemps his two timely singles and his die-play which clutch grounder which chased in

the tie-breaker.

runner on 41 unsuccessful resulted in erased the threat

inning. while A. M.

Wahab, Y. Tipe (Rexes) and Peter Low (Delawares) Hood for twn hits earh.

were

The triple-play recorded in the brickt occurred when the Rexes had runners on second and third A sacrifice bunt back-fired when Terry Lundo held the runner at third and relayed to Jackie Silva for the firs! putout. Silva's rife peg to the plate found Joaquina Coface nailing the runner from third, followed by a peg across the diamond for the triple- killing

Blue Sax shaded Dodgers 5-3 when they turned the tables with uprising which th inning netted them a trio of markers. morning, the sparked by Tony Rey's single to Held a full after J. Reis drew a walk and

und the

fato sverificed WEN

scoring team of nine players

were Torfeited tor the position by Bobby Heng with a points Braves.

Earlier in the Canucks failed

A safe-hit sabbed by a couple of Belding mors allowed ahead in the Madcaps to the the third inning whil avo timely singles in the fifth sume in

LADIES' LEAGUE creased the end by foa, runs.

Fighting back the half of Wahoos dished ONE BJ

to the South China the Afth, the Pandas mashed up shellacking three tallies when W! Mugals in which moundstress Terry drew a pass to first base to park Noronha hud the opposition eat-

an uprising which included hitsing out of her lunds.

by

Y. Y. Liang, Y. S Liang and

« sacrifice but by CY. L

The Pandas tried for

at

18-0

The only Caroliner to reach first base was K. Y. Wong who nicked Terry for a single to spod

equaliser in the sixth when Law what might have been a perfect Pun-hong beat out a bunt and display. stole second, but in a classe play al third base on another tempted steal. Madcap hot-corner guardian Eda Almeida put the Ball on him to nullify the effort,

HOWLED HOARSE

beat bunt

Despite the margin of dif- the Bantoms ference of 14-6. put up a good fight before The two bowing to the Griffins. butitts shared 18 hits, the best performances being Kubla with a three-base blow and Mullins. Comper of with a two in two.

M. Yusuf of the Bantams and the Griffins were the twe oppos- ing hurlers.

NEW YEAR FARE

itound-trippers were eluted

Sheila Collaro and Irene: Starkey, while Terry Noronha !

The New Year's programm: contributed to the Owis' triumph i will feature the Annual classic was three solid hits in five times between the Ladies and the com-. at a Gracie Archer was also binert Council and Press side Created with two singles.

which will take place at the Paly McDonald, who has Association's ground at King's With a record mob of Pandas

signed up before the Park tomorrow at 2.00 p.m. fans howling themselves hoarse been

ditch stand, Jackie Chinos Holidays, was not yet for a lust

but will

This game has always been a Wei dropped a bunt which was right to play. thrown wild and the treing ruh seen a return to the diamond popular event with the ushering

beh and a batter

Year, and the to back up in of the New was on second base without any

Kittery mate Forne

Terry participants this year will be outs.

Noronha in future games

garbed in tanciful attire again. in charge of with Alec Braga arrangements.

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The Squaws also massacred Pooi To the tune of 17-2 in the mid-day game yesterday to retain the current leadership in The distaff hop

JUNIOR LEAGUE GAMES

Staking all chances of Madcap victory on a change in Buste Hollands pace, mentor waved Uring Silva-Netto off the hill and replaced him by fast- the baller Joey Graca, but Breman's arm was all cold and walked Wally Mar who faced lim next. With

on base, noseout suffered, with the result Hollands signalled for a cutoff, that their hopes to remain in a play on second base on a sure challenging position against the steal at Roberto Nunes, who leading Hawks taded. guarded the keystone, hesitated

two runners

This is the Rest of the Colony team that beat the Combined Services in the feature match of the hockey exhibition series in aid of the Olymple Fund a week All of them will be considered by the Selectors for the Interpori team against ago. Macao.

They are:

Standing: A. L. Nery, A. A. Remedios, W. A. Reed, S. N. Ponniah, Bhagat Singh and J. B. Gonsalves.

Seated (the forward line): B. T. G oxano, E. Fowler, G. N. Gosuno, A. Marques

and M. Yusuf- China Mail Photo.

This Could Be Arsenal's

Year Again For The Championship

Says DENNIS HART

中 London.

Is this to be Arsenal's year again? At present they are lying third to Manchester United in the League table, two points behind.

the fourth with a screaming 25-yard drive.

Slump In Soccer Gates

London, Dec. 30.

A slump in attendances

reminiscent of the drop in first-class cricket gates last season in Britain is begin- ning to hit Britain's soccer league football.

Home Soccer Standings

Landon, Dec. 80.

The following are the Football League Standings ster yester day's matches:

First Division

P W

Manchester Un. #

-Portsmouth reg.

AYBANK Preston N.E

Newcastle Tattenham Bolton Liverpool Charlion Vila

Manchester C. Blackpool Wolves

Derby

Burnley trest Brom

Chelsea Sunderland

..

Stoke Middlesbro Fulham Huddersfield

Sheffield W Birmingham

Serona Division

Rotherham Sheffield U Notta, P. Brentford Luton Leicester Leeds Barnsley Doncaster Everton Notts Welt im Southampton Bury Swansea Coventry Blackburn fi. Queen's PR. Hull C

Taste Division,

Plymouth Brighton Norwich Reading Miwal Northampton Bristol H. Southend Swindon Newport Bournemouth Leyton Orlen! Colchester Watford Giftingham Bristol C Torquay Und Palace Walsall Ipswich Tow Aiderat Storewsbury Exeter Cily. Port Vie Lincoln City Stockport Oldham Gateshead carlate Grimsby MAT Reid

THIFA DIV

and

Bartow Bradford City

Southbort

Sethorpe

Chester

to hit Britain's soccer league football.

Those who direct soccer Hartlepools league affairs are beginning to York City be perturbed and, taking a leat Crewe Alexa out of the book of the MCC Chesterfield officials, are how studying ways Thanthers and

means of brightening up Rochdale the programme and reviving a Wrexham flagging general public interest. Workington

Statistics

that only Accrington prove

Darlington/ Tottenham, the League cha Haldex_towa

the Foot-

Beoptish Divt psons, Newcastle, ball Association Cup holders, Hibernian

East Fiel and the evergreen Arsenal, ap Hearts pear to be enjoying the support Rendere that characterised the 1948-49 Aberdeen

Partick and the 1949-50 seasons.

Dundee Clubs like Aston Villa, Liver- Queen O'S

Celtic Should the Arsenal win the They gave the Bolton defence

pool. Manchester United, Faith championship this season, they a run for their money, and the

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Lei-St Mirren will huve goined the honour 53.390 crowd value for theirs. Bolton's Second, quarter of

cester and Leeds all have to Marton

Motherwell more times than any other

an hour before the end, was report, despite effective enough Thire Lanark club. At prosent they are joint

scored by Webster, and again play on the field, a decrease in Airdrie Stirling holders of this record with As-

the engineer. attendances, Chief danger man, was Ar- Lofthouse was been ton Villa, each having

by Clyde But try as they might Bolton Some critics, influenced out- thur Milton, their young champions six times.

could not break through again. Britain's showing in recent inter-Falkirk

Ast They need not, however, be national and continental games, Dundee

this defeat

argue that the attendance slump Dustermine discouraged by

have to meet to the expected and direct sequel They will not Arsenal e ery week and they to རྗ general disposition of Cowdenbeath will play worse than this and League players not to play with Kilmarnocke

Hamilton still collect two points,

full fervour and enthusiasm in

Stenhousemar the routine garnes,

Forfar These critics quote the brilliant Albion

Queen's Park ball control and short passing on stone

the Austrian Arbroath team, which held England to a draw recently at Wembley, as a main point in their argument. league players emulate the

Football?

If their performance against Bolion was

any criterion we shall be seeing their name at the top of the table when the

season ends

they who have themselves headed the table for several weeks, by four goals to two.

In convincing fashion defeated the northerners,

The Ladies' side comprises the following: Alex Mendonca, Elsie Thompson, Chan Shul-ying, Chan Ot-chung. Betty Wong,

Catherine Correa,

Nana Carvalho, Benita Remedios, May Wu, Chol Moi-ying and Lee Yue-mel.

Inmediately after this geme, of the Black- the 1950 edition hawks, who won the Junior Championship for that year, will in a friendly store was still exhibition.

A triple plus registered by the Steila Delawares against the Hexes was Itemedios,

Defeat the 43 for poor consolation

Opposing hurlers A. K. Ismail

games and the

on the gamble and the winning and Terry Lucidos pitched good meet the Pandas

run was in scoring position.

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THE TEAMS Milton's possession of the ball

Arsenal: Swindin; Chenhall, always spelt danger for Bolton, and his carefully placed centres Barnes; Forbes, Daniel, Mer

ver; Milton, Logie, Holton, manoeuvres gratefully received by Doug Lishman, Arsenal's in- Lishman, Roper.

his previous side left, who completed

Bolton: Hanson; Ball, Hig fourth hat-trick of the season gins; Wheeler, Gilles, Ed- three of them in successive warts; Codd, Mair, Lofthouse, games at Highbury.

Webster, Langton.

match at Newcastle, which end- ed a run of Ave victories, did not worry Arsenal. Getting in- to their stride from the kick- off, they were always on top, even when Lishman's first

Although he did not have a great game against Bolton, the England selectors, who in pick-

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Why, they ask, cannet British Derek Pugh Wil enthusiastic Austrians in league Miss Olympics

But shrewd judges, fully

Molt after a equalised by ing Jackie Sewell of Sheffield FRENCH BEAT conversant with football techni-

Moir ten

ALL-ROUND STRENGTH

And again it was their all- round strength which

proved

Wednesday have shown a Uking for opportunists, could do · lot worse than give Lishman a chance.

THE ARCHITECT

THE KIWIS

France

London, Dec. 20. and outlook, agree with

Derek que

British Pugh, the Matt Busby, the manager of Quarter Mile Champion and Manchester United, who has European 400 Metres titieholder, matched his former prowess on will not be able to run In the Bordeaux, Dec. 30. the field with a telling discern-Olympic Games at Helsinki. today defeated the ment in the board robht, that New Zealand Rugby League the

Pugh, who has had infantile Austrians, despite their As usual the architect behind touring side by 17 points (four impressive display at Wembley, paralysis, is making good pro Arsenal's forward line was goals, three tries) to seven have still lots to learn from gress, but the doctors attending diminutive Jimmy Logis, whose points (two goals, one try) to British football, then Britain him state that there la no ques- international claims ore

win their "Test" series by 2-0. has to learn from them-Heu- tion of his being able to rin stantly overlooked by the Reuter. - re-Scottish selectors.

the deciding factor. Their de- fence, if not quite the solid rock of recent seasons, is still one of the best in the country, and capable of holding most forward lines.

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Against Bolton, it was shuffled lightly owing to

In the first half especially, he jury to Lionel Smith, their in- had the Bolton defence going ternational back,

all ways with his brilliant

This brought in John Chen- dribble and clever passing. hall, playing his second game That he faded a little in

of the season. At first he was second half,

a little uncertain in his playing heavy going.

the

was due to the end the close

of Langton, Bolton's Interna-marking of Bolton left-half Ed-

tional outside left. However as wards.

the game progressed, he gain-

Adently.

centre

Bolton Gillies, the ed confidence, and with assle- tance from right half Forbes, ternational Barrass, played well

half, understudying injured In finished the game playing con- against burly Arzenál leader Cila Holton, and it was to his Strength the balt-back credit that Bartans was

пот line was as urust a determin- missed a great deal. ing factor in Arsenal's success.

The dynamic strong-tacking Of the Bolton forwards, in- Alex Forbes on the right fisk,ternational leader Nat Loft-- and the evergreen mastér `ør } kouse strived hard to get his soccer Joe Mercer on the other, line going and showed many are a pair of Wing halves who of the touches which make him must be the envy of many first choice for Finland club

But Bolton's big fault war in In Between them was young holding the ball too chore. Moir, Welsh international Ray, Daniel at Irride ezt com

could He rarely who has to obly taken over shake of the attentions of Mer the centre half tote from, Lés-

hè did seora lie Compton. He may not yet Bolton' equaliser from pass

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