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CHELSEA

V.

DERBY COUNTY

THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1958.

YESTERDAY'S

SOFTBALL

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McNichol, Chelsea inside-left (in centre), makes a flying header, which was saved by Townsend, the Derby goalie in the Cup tie replay at Stamford Bridge. which Chelsea won 1-0 after extm time.

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SOCCER REVIEW

West Bromwich Just Manage To Retain First Division Lead

London, Jan. 24.

Beaten by Stoke City today, West Bromwich Albion just managed to relain their position at the top of the First Division table of the English Football League by the slightest of goul averages,

At one time West Bromwich earned themselves the reputation of being prob ably the most formidable visiting team in the country, but Intely their lustre had dimmed considerably.

BRAVES SCORE BRILLIANT

4-2 VICTORY OVER THE WARRIORS

By "KEYSTONE”

Playing brilliant errorless ball, the Braves continued their triumph- ant march towards Pennantville, shouldering the fighting Warriors brusquely aside with a fine 4-2 victory in the Senior Division of the Soft- ball League yesterday.

The U.S. Navy team jumped on hurler P. C. Wong's slow floaters and clobbered him for eleven ringing blows, but allowed the game to slip through their fingers by sloppy fielding in the crucial innings, South China remained one step behind the pace-setting Braves by virtue of their narrow 9-8 squeak-win over the Navy.

PICTURE-BOOK SOFTBALL

one

Over

In the Ladies circuit, the Old | sacks,. But he quickly recovered; Tailing the opposition by 6-7 Champ Wahoos smeared the and made the third out with ajin the last inning, the robs Squawa 9-3 behind the effective spine-tingling fan-out.

stagod a last-ditch rally that pliching of skipper Terry

In their last turn at bat, the regained the lead for them with Noronha to snatch the third Braves had two runners on three runk. Luther singled game of the five-game series base through a hit by Carlos sharply and

came In when from their perennial rivals. Yvanovich and a walk. But Gonzales poled

out a With the score

clutch now two to the clean-up batters failed triple over the left fielder's head. One in favour of the Green miserably,

with tho

three Gonzales crossed the rubber with Owis, the Squawe will have to heaviest hitters of the team the tieing run when Foole laid put their all into the fourth

reably flying out to

to leave

two down 0 line-hugging bunt game in a do-or-die effort.

Another loss

runners futilely stranded. towards first which caught the will mean. an end to all pennant aspirations netted the Warriors two

A grand

last-inning rally South China infield on the for this season. while a win

runs wrong foot, to break up what might have

Barnett fotted w:uld again tie up the series been a shut-out game for Chop-second base which Rabbit Leung and force a fifth game play-off pie Remedios, Jimmy Chang bobbled, but Bogard grounded for the distaff division's Cham-fanned for the first down, but to short for a force-out at third. pionship title,

Al Oliveira teed off and sent Wucher belted the apple way one scuttling over second to get out of the park with two on base safely.

runners on, but the ball was The Warriorn-Braves tilt Üved Relief pitcher Google Marjust the slightest shade on the up to every expectation, with

ques drew a a walk, and a

a daring foul

Bide

and on his both teams dishing up a superb double

next stenl set up two attempt for the fence, Wucher display of picture-book softball. potential runs for the Warriors. popped up to shortstop for the

New Warriors mentor Charlie Stephen Xavier grounded to second out. Figueiredo gave the nod to second and the Arst runner With the e-breaking run on Votoran moundsman Kasa scored as Eddie Loureiro play-think, hot corner aran Garmil Nazanin to start off against the ed it safe and made the out at ht Braves, and for three tight in first.

double-hopper to third

• do wtrich Y. K. Cham fumbled rings "Old Naz” held the Tribe The second Warrior run was badly, allowing the run to score. scoreless, although they managed chalked up when catcher Junior Stoffel Uned hard right into the to niak him for two blows, in- Remedios let a low pitch get matt of Rabbit Leung for the cluding Chapple Remedios' vi- clous drive through short

across the platter from third. Three infield errors in the last However, with two away, the inning cost the unlucky Navy In the new year and today came Millwall and so failed in the

With two men on base and dichard Warriors again placed team a hard-fought game. L. C. an even more humiliating de- bid to establish a new Football Undoubtedly, the biggest sur- only one out, the Braves could two runners on seconti and Poon singled, stole second and fcut at the hands of lowly Lengue record, Only three prise was St. Mirren's Inability not puzzle out Nazarin's slants, third when Peter Hahn dropped reached third on a wide throw Stoke City, who won 5-1. mor wins would have been to overcome Brechin City at

the following Love batters a surprise bunt and was follow-by the catcher, Y. K. Chan

drow Though Stoke

have them past Palsley, but Falkirk and Dundee grounding and fiving out tamely, ed by team-mate Honk Killeen, a walk, and the necessary to

also advanced to more La

thrustful Edo the de- the figure of 14 set up by United also have to replay Jimmy Chang got the first hit who rapped out a sharp single. second. But Poon was tagged at clave period in today's game Bristol City in the 1805-06 and against Newton Stewart and for his team in third, but was

Trailing came towards

by only two runs, home when W. K. Kan grounded the end when Preston in Uie 1950-51 seasons. Berwick Rangers respectively. forced out at second when the and with the tie-breakers into third and the ball was fired they scored three times in ten Millwall, who have them- The most emphatic wins of next batter grounded to short. scoring

position,

the Warriors to the plate as Poon tried to relves gained seven consecutive the round were recorded by A sacrifice bunt put a runner Just could not.come through score on the day, victories, and encouraged by Hibernian and Airdrieonians, on second with two men down, with their Sunday punct

With runners Tus victory was the culmina-f1e fact that they were the last who each scored eight mond, left to end the inning.

on second and goals. but Stephen Xavier flied out to Ray Aldeguer flied out to centre third,

pinch-hitter Y. F. Chan tion of a the revival by Stoke, league Nide to heat Rovers-on

for the hol cut of the

dropped a squeeze bunt towards Sept. 13 gave r

Fame. The Tribe had their big inning clean-up man Buji Dhaber start- his team's victory, keeping the second

plicher Winning in the

Chapple Brat, The ball was thrown wild, fourth frame which Hemedios played a big part in allowing the tieing run, and the runner cleated the dish cd off with a tearing two-base each drive down the foul-line. Short/position's hits well scattered to bring in the winning run as and issuing only three walks the Navy third sacker retrieved stop Joe Guterres then came and six hits. He also put up a the ball but also threw wild to through with a neat placement scintillating fielding job, hand- the plate. bingle through second, andling five difcuit chances with- Leading the batting for the Dhaber hot-footed

out a single miscite and garner losera were Luther with three ing two solid hits to further his hits and Duvall, Gonzales and team's cause,

Foote with two aplece, while Tabbed with the loss, Kas P. H. Lee collected two safeties Nazarin was touched for nine for South China.

felies, Including two each by Carlos Yvanovich, But Dhaber and Chapple Remedios, as well as the two-run homer by Carlos Remedios in the fourth į inning.

Burnley beat them 3-0 early draw on their

minutes.

looked

FINE REVIVAL

lost only one of their lust eight games.

30,000.

own ground by smaller teams did well to hold was good for two bases which I by, allowing the runner to scoot find out.

League clubs to a draw.

(Celtle)

and

Hibernian's winger, excellent scored three of the clubs goals who have now won funt display before a crowd of over at best individual feats were against Stenhousemuir, but the day's Millwall's

McGrory for- from new inside

who Shefeld United, Copland (Raith), Smith, mado

claimed four. Reuter. a pro- debut

LEAGUE STANDINGS although he have carned might

his side

Londen, Jan, 25, League standings On a day when injuries were after yesterday's matches are as Manchester City's star today plentiful, goalkeepers were follows:

Many particularly unfortunate. received sharp knocks and four

Curiously, Manchester City.

from ward Stokd's partner in distress for Freddie so long at the foot of the table, mising also touched top form today in goining an equally heavy vle

tory over Middlesbrough.

was

was Bill Spurgle, the former Oldham halfback. He brought in as an emergency in- alde-right, because of injuries, and scared three times.

The successes of Stoke and Manchester City mean that In

victory with botter shooting.

Football

Burnley

League I

- Scott (Leeds), Pope (New-West Bromwich 27 port), Major (Plymouth)

and Sunderland Grong (Dabenster) had to leave Wolves the fold.

Arsenal Preston

Tallentam

For Gregg, the home match Manchester

Blackburn proved

spite of their own achievement with

In drawing at Aston Villa, memorable but unlucky debut

Chelsea fall to the bottom of the for him table. with

in League football.ckpool goal a

average The former Irish amateur in- Newestle slightly Inferior to the

Man-

ternational dislocated an elbow Bolton chester club,

Portsmouth in the second half when his Aston Villa Sunderland, who were held at side led 3-1, and in his absence veroo home by Blackpool, are now Blackburn

Liverpool level with West Bromwich on saved a point.

Ecored twlee and Cardit

Derby points. In third position remain

at Similarly Burnicy, who

Rotherham, Blake shared

their Dews conceded two goals while second

goalless

with deputising for Major, but Cardiff, and their

fifth of the Plymouth had earlier establish- Sheffield

da 4-6 in failed

4-0 lead, they went home Huddersfield their

Luton Town with full points. Charlton's re-

Leicester Other serious injuries were Birmingham

season.

Arsenal

attempt to end

draw

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Shelter C.

League 11

cord as the only First Division| Gullered by two centre-halves-Nottingham ride unbeaten at home this sca- Jahnson (Sheffield United) who Plymouth son and, although they took a fractured a collar bone against Ham point, they were overhauled, by Barnsley, and Davidson (Hull) Wolverhampton Wanderers,

who fractured his left leg at Neats Cr Swansea.

KOVERS FAIL

Bristol Rovers. after 12 successive League III South

vletorles, were held to

01-1

Fulham

Rotherham

Birckburn

Everton

Doncaster PROMOTION FORM

Swansea Shefeld Curiously,

United Brentford did not strike their true form Lincoln

Itull until they were reduced to tenury men

French Beat Just before the interval. Routhampton

Australians In

Rugger Test

it home all the way from the midway station to

the first run of the score game.

OUT-SLUGGED

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THE RESULTS Ladies Division Squawa 5, Wahoos 9; Pandas (Walkover), CAA 0.

Junior Division Pandas 6, Blackhawks 7,

Senlor "B" Division Warriors 5, Rexes 20; Fandas

Goals "Spiky Guterres grounded out LA PU

44 40 53 to shortstop, and the runner 47 43 13.advanced to scoring position at third on the play. With one 3 48:

on third, away and a runner Big Chief Ed Carvalho flashed the old squeeze-play signal and Tony Osmund promptly dumped a short bunt Into the middle of the diamond. But cagey old

The veteran. Nazarin flicked the pill

second-place South 4, Americans 6. to hindsnatcher Vie Vianna who China team was given a bad nalled Guterres as he slithered fright by a

free-swinging US Navy nine homeward in a cloud of dust.

who out-slugged Osmund purloined second on them eleven hits to seven, the next pitch. Then, with two In a see-saw fight which saw down and a runner'

lead change hands four on base, theo Jeft felder Carlos Remedios tires, the Navy boys gave n zocked out a clothesline homer using exhibition of рожест exactly between the left and hitting that all but blasted

THE HONG KONG In South China's P.C. Wang off to contre etters Another

Chapple the mound right from the first FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION runs. two Remedios popped up to the inning.

761 23

41 0 19

34 07.14

(Southern)

03 23 65

30 38

League II

***** 27 20

Then their reshuffled defence Barnsley gave a fine exhibition and they Bristol R. chables Bristol C. Avon 3-D. Their win them to maintain their lead in Northampton the recond division table over Millwall

Coventry Huddersfield, who showed real Norwich promotion form In beating Brighton - Lincoln 5-0.

Walford Exter been Southend

Oldham, who have

scu

drawing awny from Gillingham Lyons, Jan. 25, Grimsby at the head of the Ipswich France beat Australia' by Northern Section of the

their

13 points (one try and five Division. received

through

unfortunate

Torquay

Suren's Pack Third Newport check Aldershot

Fleeting 4-3 Colchester goals) to five points (one defeat at Barrow.

Swindon try and one goat) in the Oldham led 3-1 at half-time Bournemouth third and last Rugby League but their defence cracked under Shrewsbury, Test here today, thus win-a determined Barrow onslaught Crystal Pal.

in which Collins scored three Leyton ning the series by 2 to 1,

ilmes., France led 0 to 5 at half time!

Meanwhile, Grimsby were re- in a hard match, which was vealing some of the early Oldham

Grimaby season form in benting Marisfield ¦ York City but they are sill thres Port Vale

Wrexham

Walsall

League III

Alexandra

full of incidents.

A crowd of 20,000 saw a grim 5-1 struggle between the forwards, points behind their rivals and Catesheed Serums developed into flat fights have played a game more. Hartlepools and at one stage in the second Charlton, who have complain-Crew half the Australians stopped played about their poor home gates Sounthorp and called their team manager this season, had no reason to TAHAK and an interpreter to the field. protest about lack of support Chesterfield

The referee walked away from) today. Their meeting with DarroW the group and the manager left Arsenal attracted 80,420 specta Bradford the field to the accompaniment tors, casily the biggest crowd of whistles and shouts from the of the day.

SCOTTISH CUP crowd.

Franco were indebted to some

Of the ton penalties awarded, Bradford CRY

fins

Carlisle

Beuthport Blockport Temeritera Marttald

Chester

Idleiding by their fullback, only two were missed-both in Darlington who scored all the five goals, the same game at the expense of Rochdale

Workingtori at his goals were from over Arbroath.

Two

50 yards out and another troen No real shocks were provided

38 yards near the touchline, by the Brst round of the Scottish round scho -Router.

Cup, although three)

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Lebles

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chase

pitcher to end the three-run Two solid hits by the first

Inning.

Senior "A" Division Warriors 2. Braves 4: Mad- caps 7 (Walkover), Jaguars 0; South China 0, US. Navy B

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Saturday, 7th February, 1953.

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The Public is hereby The Trio went further ahead Initial canto.

informed that the Hong Kong South China quickly retallat Football Association has not with another tally in the top of the fifth frame. After the first ed with a morker manufac- two batsmen were retired in tured on three successive hits

or given per short render, Junior Remedios in their turn at bat, with P.H. mission to any individual or| lined to right and

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with six tailles in their, With two runners in acoring turn at the plate when they position, pinch-hitter Al Oliveira dovetailed two hits with three grounded sharply to third. Tony walks off Ommund scooped up the ball and costly slips by hindanatcher

hunter Bogard.

Five rified it to the plate when the Barnett permitted the Chinese runner elected to try for home.

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South China

with a bingto Remedios reduced the explosive each, but Wong was called out Meeting 1952/58 to be held situation to naught by bearing at second for leaving the base on Saturday, 7th February, down and whining the next too soon, walie Lee was left 1953, (weather permitting). balter for the third out.

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