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In Aid Of Olympic Fund INTERNATIONAL SERIES HIGHLIGHTS HOLIDAY SOFTBALL PROGRAMME

By "GRANDSTAND"

Softball fans will be entertained during the Holidays with a 13-game schedule which includes the semi-finals of the Men's and Women's International Series, and in addition, o representative team from Macao will play off two exhibition tilts against selected local sides from the Junior League outfits.

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In response to the appeal for funds to finance Hongkong's participation in the forthcoming Olympic Games at Helsinki, in which the Colony will participate for the first time, the Softball Association will donate the total receipts for the above games towards this worthy cause. For those who follow the fortunes of the Senior League and Brave. tesima, the Saints meet tomorrow at 11.00 am, in the game of the season, as both

knotted teams. currently second place, go all out to re main in threatening distance of the leading Jagaurs.

As a result

10.

THE INTERNATIONALS In the International Series, Canada who drew a 'bye' in the Arst round are down to meet in the tie-defending Portugal curtain-raiser

Monday at

on

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1952.

ALF Gover's Cricket Academy

Back Play-Hooking And Pulling

With the tendency today for bowlers to concentrate on the leg stump, the most rapid scoring shots in modern cricket are the hook and pull strokes.

What is the difference between the hook and pull? The hook is normally confined to the short-pitched ball from a fast bowler, that is not outside the off stump.

The pull is used to bring the ball round from the cft side to the on side of the wicket.

The greatest exponent of these two shots I ever played gainst way Sir Donald Brad- man. He was ferocious in hit- ting the ball doin on the leg side, as well I knew when fielding at my customary posl tion at short leg.

seas and South China In their line-up, but as in most 'cases, when there is an abundance of talent, the strongest possible side is not an easy matter to select.

Softball is a team sport, and outstanding individuals alone do not make the team. The ques-ket field." tion is whether the brainstrust

1 once remarked to my cap- tain when Bradman was bat- ting: "I'm going further back at short leg. I'm not keen to die for my county on the cric-

by

of the interest: 10.30 .m. while Great Britain for China will be able to obtain taking the right foot back and

who qualified the that harmoniouR co-operation shown by enthusiastic members and China.

bard way. will meet in the which is so essential to success. aftemoon both tussies being

CRUCIAL STAGE

of the softball frateratty in Hongkong as well as in Macao, inal arrangements for the visit of a team from the Portuguese Colony were completed during the week.

The visitora

On

will

will arrive Saturday afternoon and tangle with the Rexes on Sunday at 2.00 p.m. in a warm-up affair in preparation for the next day's the strongest tussle against uggregation of players from the Junior League.

Great pains were taken by the organisers at Macao, and special trials were held 10 select the strongest side while the Hong- who kong Softball Association. have approved the venture spon- sored by Charlie Figueiredo and Mario "Red" Pereira, have mode available the special periods of

In their crowded play gramme.

Members of

pro-

the Macao con-

VH on a knockout basis.

crucial

Both Divisions of the Senior girls will be seen for the first time this season in intern League have reached a Tonal rivalry, China taking

on stage. In the "A" section the Britain

to-morrow while Por- Braves and the Saints will Fugal, who won the Champion-locked in a struggle for survivat, both teams having lost three Jhip last year, have drawn o

will

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The hook shot is made keeping

towards It pointed mid-off, outside the line of the ball The left foot remains

stationary. The bat goes down to meet the ball, so that it 19 a horizontal position at the moment of Impact.

The right arm is kept close

the

free ride into the finals which games cach, while the leading to the body and the left arm

Easter Jaguars have only two setbacks

with the elbow out-away will be played

against them.

from the body. As the ball is Monday.

The rame position obtains in hit, the left arm ces away The Maple

Leaf contingent the "B" circuit where the War- from the batsman and the right start off as dark horses, but in splie of this they are retrors are still breathing down the arm across the body into

Navy, and the stroke. expected to topple the title-backs of the holders who have the choice of coming tilt will go a long way

towards telling the Senior League

talent from the the final wins are counted up.

story when At the moment

impact Braves and Jaguars, who, for

give a sudden whip with the Up to date, the Navy are two right hand and roll the wrists once will bury the hatchet in a waited effort to garner inter-games ahead, having dropped over, right over left. This wili

decision to the Warriors on

down, anot only keep the ball national honours

hurler for the replay of a scoreless 12-inning but get that necessary zip into

pitching duel between Sam the shot.

is

The starting

uncertain, Canadians

for the hurling chores

will Portugal

fall

either Vic fastballer

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Pedruco

OF

Lingent include Osca: Correa, steady Chappie Remedios, both

Carrion, of

whom have dished FRAT

Pai Gonsalves. Patrio Junior Tondochy. Al Catrion, brilliant

Joe Britto (Captain),

performances during Sonny the league bouts.

The Chinese side will present Hyndman, Sid Shaw, Hercuba! Luis Cunha. Santos Leigh Leign

of

body

Howard of the "Everett" and Sonry Machado, but Howard in

The balance of the no longer here with the Everett when making the stroke should away from Pot, and the honour be more on the heels than the of Uncle Sant's Navy is being balls of the feet, although care upheld by the boys from the must be taken that you "Albuquerque"

not leaning back. Obviously, the the body weight were on

tone, you would be falling t-

ball and, words the

of quently, restrict the swing the bat.

Henry their strongest bld for honours tangle with

in the Minor Loop, and the result will not have and Pop Faushinghaur, this year, and the focal point of

any direct bearing on the stand- selected from the six competing attention in the current series

ings, this is one chance for the the scuffle between teams at Macao.

Diestamen to achieve what the Monday other outfits have not yet been on

will be on

The All-Star side which will China and Britain ove upset able to do-and that is hand the

defend local honour will be afternoon, under

Britain

the guidance of Rene China on several occasions pre-Hawks their first setback of the Sequetry.

viously and are equally deter-season and break their lengthy The ties between the two mined to reguin the coveted string of successes.

held they once Ports in the sporting world have trophy which always been very close, and the four years ago. Inclusion of softball on u sem!- Interport programme,

adds

China will have the cream of talent from the Pundas. Over-

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AGAINST FAST BOWLING

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The Pull the bat is just coming on to the hall. Feet apart, pointing up the wicket, bat not quite in the horizontal position, head still, eyes on the ball, left arm away from the body, right hand ready to give Impetus to the shot.

of the ball closer to you and

have less consequently

time in which to make the shot.

AGAINST SLOW BOWLING

Miller, in 8 war-time match at Horsham in Sussex. Miller was then, of course, quite. un- known to English players, and

been Parker bad

playing County ericket for years, These two strokes can be

The first ball he received from brought into play very effec lively against slow bowlers, but Miller was very short, and he the batsman must

duly hooked it to the square- Look- that whereas against the quick-leg boundary for four,

remember

me,

This shot is most effective against the fast bowler who HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

bowling short, but against this TODAY: 2.00 p.m. Pandas

vtype of ball the batsmen must Dragons; 3.30 p.m. Rexes ensure that he goes far enough South China; Blue Sox v Ban across to get his body out of er bowler the pace of the balling up the wicket at Miller, he iams (Junior League)

the line of flight. Then, if he will to a certain extent help to said: "You will have to bowl

a bit quicker at the those rend it to the boundary, TOMORROW: 9.30

fails to connect, he is in a.m.

slower ball has to be hit really Sonny" So the next ball was Americans Red Sox ("Banger of being hit.

quicker. In fact, the remaining hard.

C balls Division); 11.00 am. Braves v

in the over were such Saints ("A” Diviston):

12.30

1 have always thought that The bat must, therefore, be vicious bouncers that Parker n.m. Griffins v Aces, Dodgers v the fallure of most Australian raised as high as possible once could only avoid them by the

his quickest movements Blackhawks (Junior League); batsmen against Larwood and the batsman has made up

of his pm Macso V Rexes Voce in the now famous "body mind to hook or pull the ball.body. (Exhibition); 3.30

At US line tour in Australia, was due You will find that the swing of

the end

of the over, Navy

Warriors ("B" to the technique of their hook the bat and the

use of the Parker at once apologised for Division).

shot. Instead of playing it the hands at the moment of impact, his remark to Miller. So re- MONDAY: 10,30 am. Portugal | English way

de-will give you that timing and member the golden rule: y Canada (Men's International); scribed it, they always play it speed of shot to beat the deep ways be polite to a fast bowler. 12.00 Пость.

the left foot towards felthers with the speed of the Macao v Junior by taking All Stars (Exhibition); 1.45 square leg and leaving the ball. p.n. China v Britain (Ladies' right foot still. In this International); 3.15 p.m. China the body inevitably gets v Britain (Men's International).hind the line of flight.

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W. J. Edrich, the Middlesex and England player, is a great exponent of this stroke. For a man he puts terrific if you get a short pitched small ball bowled to you outside the power into the shot, and really leg stump, pull it between mid-picks his bat up high to give on and square-leg by taking the ball, a "crack". I remember the back foot outside the off him doing this shot time after stump, keeping the left foot time in an innings of over stationary. This will bring you hundred for Middlesex against outside the line of the ball.

Surrey in 1947 at the Oval It was a great year for Middle- The mechanics of the stroke sex batsmen. Their first four are the same as for the hook, in the order scored 2,000 runs except that the weight will or more in the season and in tend to be more on the right this particular game they foot than the left at the begin-clared, for to ning of the shot, and the bat score of over 500.

is not quite in the horizontal

position.

"the

de.

wicketa at 4

off-break,

When playing the leg break The pull shot can, of course, bowler, be on the look out for

This "google" be used against the straight owled with a leg-break action, ball, in which case it should be As Good as you see it, it 18 hit past square-leg. It is par-

going to be at all short-pitched, ticularly tiseful against the

from get yourself in position to hook straight, but short, ball the slow or medium pace bow-pinner must bowl to an

it. Remember the leg

side field, so his folders; on the

off

The pull can also be made leg side axɔ generally no more by advancing the left foot up than thire. Treat the googly as the wicket and hitting across an off-break, and if it is short the line of flight, with the pitched, it should be four runs body balance on the left leg. every time,

Moreover, although this stroke You will find, of course, that

be effective in

I

can

Zames,

some dinge atrçkes can be made more do not recommend it often on the slower paced

to the player who aspires to wicket than on the fast one. Arst-class cricket.

Always be careful to get the pace of the pitch before starting The higher the class of eric to book.or_null,

the quicker off the pitch Parker, the Surrer

are the balls bowled And

you are going to meet the ball player, made this mistake when by placing the foot up the wice he first played against – the kot, you are bringing the pitch | Australian all-rounder, Kelih

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