1953-03-02 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1958.

CHELSEA V.

PANDAS HIT DEVASTATING

FORM TO

TO TOPPLE SOUTH CHINA 5-2

By "KEYSTONE”

The Panda Bearcats flashed an hour-long glimpse of their devastating form of yesteryear and further jeopardised South China's prospects for the Senior "A" Pennant with a rousing 5-2 victory yester- day.

In yesterday's morning game, the lowly Chinese Athletics sprang a surprise 8-6 win on the unwilling Madcaps, while the Warriors took a 9-2 lacing from a new US Navy squad in the nightcap.

In the early breakfast session, the Panda girls gave their rivals of South China another chance at the Junior title by dropping a close S-4 decision In the final game of the series. The two teams are now lied with one loss each in four stars andi u single-game play от for the Ladles' Junior Trophy

the final

Vas filed out and lindanatcher | the game. Lee stole second by Barros werd down tamely on analiding under a high throw infield cut to squelch the threat

BROKE IN AGAIN The Mudcaps finally managed to break into the scoring column again in the seventh, when L. P. am dug himself holo again by issuing three walks, Pete MeRue drew a bane on four bad

pliches, will decide holder of the file.

SCORE SETTLED

Senior ft;La Division high noon etivities suw Bill Silva's nippy Delawares long-standing score Blackhawk rivals to the tune of T-2.

settling

with their

The Hawks' fourth and latest defeat automatically cilminates them from the Division Cham- pionship, and this talent-loaded team now has to rest content to share third place with the Delaware tribe.

AL the for diamond, the Wildfires gang fanned up their slow-smouldering ballplaying lo an all-consuming Durst flame to sear all the fight out of the bapless Pandas "0", the Anal score standing at 13-1.

his

across the diamond, but was neatly checked out at the hot corner when he stretched Juck too far with another at- tempted steal.

C. M. Tsang walked, but was called out for leaving his base too soon, and ace Chinese hurler was Jackie Wel dusted off third-bat K T. Leung with three sizzling strikes to end the frame.

but Olle Vas whifted for the first out. Mike Sunders and A. Darts walked to fill the bases, with only one down.

Kelly Silva-Netto rapped a hopper to short which resulted in an out at first and one run in, Frankie Vas poked the ball to the same spot and Seldon Ma pulled his first baseman off the suck with a wide throw to allow another runner across the plate. With the tieing runs on second and third, shortstop Bob Nung falled to come up with the Sunday punch, grounding to third for the last out to end the tall gaine.

Losing pitcher Kelly Silva-

The Nam Wah Jad just could iot fay a solid bat on twirler Wel's untouchable stanis, going down in rapid one-two-three order in their last time at bat, The fifth and sixth hitters both went down on identical slow- hop grounders to short, and W.. K. Kɔn lofied a twisting foul-fly over third which Wally Ma gloved on the to end the game,

Tagged with the loss, P. C. Wong was touched for Ave solid hits and allowed two

walks. Playing always for the outfield Nom Wah's strategy almost

dead run

of Nello was nicked for seven hits. paid off, with no less than eight but allowed only four free Panda batters going down on bases. Winning plicher LP long flies. Lam gave out only three seat- tered bingles, but almost threw the game

by issuing eleven tickets to firs!.

In a lack-lustre game that En practically all the hit scoring concentrated in the first three Innings Frank Poon's Chinese Athletics Inboriously

inched themselves up a few pegs from the bottom of the Major League by accounting for Buster Hollanda' Madcaps.

He undid some of the dam age with two solid hits in three trips to the plate, one of which was t two-run homer in the second inning.

But one solitary bobble by the lettfeld guardian gove the Bearcats three big runs in the third, which lead they never relinquished. South China also dished up a double-play to nip further Pandas scoring threats in the sixth stanza.

BIRMINGHAM - CITY

Football

Bentley and McNichol (Chelsea) go up to head the ball in the Birmingham goolmouth in the FA Cup Ofth round match which Birmingham won 4-0. Chelsea met Birmingham after eliminating West Bromwich Albion in the third re-play on the preceding Wednesday and three days later lost their fifth round tie at home.

HOME SOCCER REVIEW

Blackpool Well Deserved Their 2-1 Cup

Victory Over Arsenal

London, Feb. 28. Arsenal, seven to four favourites, were knocked out of the English Football Association Cup competition by Blackpool in the sixth round today.

Playing on their own ground before a crowd of nearly 70,000 who paid after a goalless £10,946 for admission, Arsenal were beaten by two goals to one first half.

Team-inale Y.Z. Yeung pick-

BRILLIANT FORM ed up twa useful hils by dump-

Winning pitcher Jackie Wel Lead-off man Frankie Vasing a couple of unexpected

Little inside-right Ernie Tay- the

lor gave Blackpool the lead 13 drew a walk and hit second, bunts to share batting bonours. struck brilliant form on

walking only twa

minutes from time. Almost im third and home plate again in The only Caps players to con-mound, rapid succession when CAA neet safely were Frankie Vas, batters and racking up an immediately, his opposite number, catcher K. K. SI

Jimmy Logle, equalised but two had trouble Pete Meftae and former batting-pressive total of seven suike

minutes later Allan Brown at holding down his battery-inute's litlist Rene Sequeira.

Inside-left hit the winner for bouncing deliveries.

Blackpool, who well deserved their great victory.

Hurler "Ping" Lam faced fotal of ten enemy batten in the long first inning, issuing four bases on balls and conceding two hite. The Madcaps were finally had they retired only after chalked up a four-run lead.

Though they could hardly have realised it then, the first was to

the only prove to be profitable inning for the Cops, as the Athletles settled down 10 effective if erratic ball while "Ping" Lun worked over the ballers couliously and allowed only one additional hit in the following five fraenes..

The

MUN

AS EXPECTED

The Pandas-South China tilt

scrap that

unc

outs. Allowing only scratchy bunt in addition to the three hits bunched by Nam Wah

the initial frame, Jackle turned out to be every inch of reper

exhibited his Wel

complete fast-balls repertoire. of blazing was ex-- and wide-swinging curves to the tough

The Nam Wah squad handcuff the unbelieving Nam pected. made their bid early with three Wah batters for the last six successive hits after one out by innings of the game. Wei was firstsacker C. M. Tsang, K. T. magnificently backed up by | Leung and L. C. Poon.

near-perfect fielding and some fine Ane clutch-hitting by

well- experienced thirrisacke Y. 5. Llang

Fielding a weak line-up in

men, the

uding several utility round its way to a full, jerky atop by dropping a lop-sided B-2 dect-

Tsang crossed the plate on a wild pitch, and Leung scored on Poon's drive to left. Poon was thumbed out for leaving first before the pitch in an at- templed steal to the keystone sack, and Y. K. Chars grounded toy. S. Lang at third for the last out of the inning. Athletics bunched four The

back Pandas bounced hils in the Arst and three in with a run of their own in

inning tally their turn al the dish. and overlake the footed Tony Chang poled the

the second seven times opposition,

Fleet-

sion to the US Navy.

Starting pitcher Google Mar-

during

ques' last five innings, boys. which time the bludgeoned his slow risers for

Blackpool were joined in the Demi-finals by another First Division Bide--Bolton Wander

Everton ers, and

from the Second Division.

Bolton ended the gallant run of Gateshead, the Third Division North "giant killer" of the cam- petition by winning by the only goal of the match.

Everton won by similar margin on the ground of their First League opponents, Aston

Villa,

Man Imprisoned

Birmingham City and Totten-, Blackpool ham Hotspur batlled to a one- one draw and must meet again on Wednesday next.

Manchester U Tottenham Liverpool Bhemeld W. Dolton Portsmouth Newcastle Aston Villa Di Bloka

Cardif

Sheffield U.

Huddersfield Luton

Division

BROWN WAS SUPERB

auperiority Blackpool's half-back was a big factor in their win over Arsenal but Manchester C.

Middlesbrough In the attack was Chelsea Brown superb. However, in cracking Derby in the winning goal, he collided and was with the goalkeeper

off with a fractured carried tibia,

Alan Brown, the Scottish in ternational who broke his left scoring the goal leg when which

Leeds enabled Blackpool to Football beat. Arsenal in the

cup Association

competition yesterday, will be out of foot- Everton ball for at least six mont

Cartilage trouble kept Brown out of Blackpool's team in the 1951 cup final

Plymouth Leicester

Fulliam Notts

Rotherham Blackburn West Ham

Doncaster Novera Brentford

Notts C Swansea

Lincoln

Gateshead upset the usually #lick Bolton side by their tro- Southampton mendous enthusiasm and fear.

pill over second and was ad five ringing basoblows, including For Stealing Golfcs tackling. It was not unl vanced by a sacrifice bunt.

iwo homers by Navy third

baseman Williams and a third Ball Through Dogan

Veteran Y. S. Liang came up with a slashing drive through round-tripper off the bat of the pitcher's box to put Chung Aistracker Stell on third while he hir

himself land- ed safely on second.

fell hors The Warriors

"Helty" C. Y. Lu Jited a long/mbat right from the

the

in an

dc first

u

Hull Barnsley

Division III (Bouthern)

Bristol R. Bristal C. Northampton

Norwich MIRWall

St. Andrew's, Mar. 1.

Coventry Scottish golfers who take their

minutes after the interval Paul Tiu flied out to short-

that Bolton scored through a stop for the initial down, then

header by England Inter- Y. Z. Yeung bunted safely,

centre-forward Nat stole second and was brought in

Lofthouse.

the But that was by Peter Ho's line-drive to

only occasion the solid Gates- left. L.P. Lam and Tony Kwok

Watford also hit safely. K. K. Si fanned fly to centrefeld to score the inning when a couple of wolks dogs with them on the famous head defence was caught out.

and two successive homers St. Andrew's Golf Course will: A second-half goal by centre Southend

Brighton & Hove for the

down, second

and runner

third after or third

and in future have to be careful that forward scored four Navy runs

Hickson put Everton

Ipswich Kwok was crazed at the plate catch. Centrefielder P. H. Lee Knocked all the fight out of they do not pick up balls on the into the next round.

Grilingham on a fielder's choice to end the hauled down another towering them. The gobs picked up an- fairway.

Birmingham, playing at home, Queen's P.R. Innings.

fly to end the Pandas' inning.

led Tottenham by a first half- Exeter other five runs manufactured on

Aldershot Coming round to the head of four hits in the fifth and sixth In Scottish court this week goal by left-winger Wardle but Colchester JUMPED ON HIM +

their batting order again in the

Warriors a man was gooled for 30 days 12 minutes from time inside-Bournemouth third inning, the Panda Bearcats innings, while the Having drawn level with the

made reply only twice, with a when he was found guilty of right Lee Pennell crashed home Reading

Shrewsbury Caps after their Grst Inning unsheathed their claws

run through Hank

Klicen's stealing a golf ball through the fan equaliser for the Londriers.

Leytoo Positions at the top of the Torquay rally, Frank Poon's boys jumped all-out effort.

hree-base hit in the first and agency of his dog." another when Ray Aldeguer's

four English Leagues remained Nowport BUNGLED IT

Mr Thomas A. Blair está to unchanged. Reuter. lost to rightfeld was dropped.

Swindon day that he would appeal agains! Jiminy Herrick

Walsal WINDMILLED

the sentence. He told the "court towards shortstop

alabster and "Habbit"

Willingham he trained his dog to look for Navy one out, Second baseman K. K. Shum Leung bungled it to put a run-

windmilled his way to cight golf balls which had been lost,

The Football League stand-Oldham brought across an insurance runner on base. Y.S. Lang sent impressive

against and that they searched only in Warriors In the third stanza when he was a tearing drive through third to heavy-hitting

Port Vale and the rough between 8 pm, and 8ings after yesterday's games are Grimsby pushed across the rubber by two advance Herrick.

allowed a total Clean-up

of only four a.m., which was legitimate. cuccessive sacrifices after walk-man

hits and Lu amazed all scattered

an equal

Division X Hurler The dog was never allowed to walks ing and stealing down to the present by dropping a surprise number midway station.

bunt which pushed the runners Willingham contributed further take a ball from the fairway, he Burnley

cause with two added. But he was at a Ings 10 to second and third, but also to his team's

explain what happened when in the second out as hits in three tries, resulted

Backspin-baller Google Mar- golfer hit a drive from the 18th

five free bases too on the old course. ques gave up and an equal number of hits in an equal number of innings.

on veteran hurler Silva-Netto

for three more hits, a brace of

bunts and a two-run homer by

Versatile

pitcher L. P. Lam to forge into stapped one the lead.

after

one

C.Y.

of

fan-ouis

A witness said he saw Blair's

After the third Navy home-rundog on the fairway-pick up

LEAGUE STANDINGS

London, Mar. 1.

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Harrow Crewe Gateshead Halifax Chesterfield Hartlepools Blockport Tranmere Mansfeld

Bradford City

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The Athletics were held hit- Jess and scoreless for tier last first. three innings, with only

Shortstop Wally Ma was given runner getting on base through an intentional walk to set up a an Infeld error.

potential force-out at any base. The Cairs threatened to score South China slow-ball artist In the Afth frame which opened P. C. Wong then played for the with a walk to old-timer Rene Ay-out by iaobing in shoulder placed on the mound by reliefer and then return it to his owner. Sequeira. A sacrifice and a silp-high bloopers, and Ox-shouldered Jooy Franco who up by the CAA catcher packed centrefelder S. S. Hau obliged for two hits while Sequeira expeclantly on the by lifting a humpback ny to left three walks. scoring perch at third, with centre as a chorus of groans arose only one out. However, Ollie from the Pandas supporters. But a good bet for this season's leftfielder L. C. Poon allowed Pennant, have been finally and the ball to bounce right out of Irrevocably, aliinated from the his glove for a game-costing trophy ace by this, their sixth error which allowed two Pando defeat. runs across the plate.

10' called It quits and was re- the ball before it had stopped Furuhashi Swims d

Humez Beats

Harry Bos.

Wally Ma cleated the dish to mark up a third run then hind snatcher. S., C. Wong failed to match one of the pitcher's low deliveries.

LETHAL PITCHING

was rapped-Reuter,

giving out

The Warriors, ance considered

In beating one of the top teamna of the Senior League, the new Navy squad from the USS Oren has made a most auspicious stort on the local diamond. Blessed with a wealth of power-hitters and a pitching staff apparently fined to overflowing, the Orca

better than

evan

Lille, France, Mar. 1. Charles Huméz, French con- tender for the World Middie. weight Championship, beat South China managed to pickys have Harry Bos, former Welterweight up another bunt hit through chance to keep a clean record for the rest of their games schedule Champion of Holland, here to-ratsacker C. M. Tsang in the this season and enter the Summer day, the Dutchman retiring in third canto, but two strike-outa agus as major contenders for the sixth round of their 10-in a row reduced the effort to that Championship, round international bout,

n. For the

remaining four innings, the Nam Wahoutat

Humez clearly, outfought Box was held hillers and scoreless South China 5 Pandas."- from the start. In the sixth by lethal pitching and polished round he twice put Bos down | fielding.

THE RESULTS (Į Ladies Junior Series

Benlor "B" Division Delawares

7. Mackhawke

Bonjor "A" Division

B. Maricaps B, South China 2 US Navy,

for: a count of seven and when P. H. Lee got on Arst when Wüddres 13. Panday the Dutchman crashed to the his high-hopping grounder was canvas a third time his manager taken at the bad bounce by| CAA = -

for the Panda, " threw in the sponge, to end the shortstop Wally Ma

Pandas sole Bolding error of Warriors boul-Reuter.

SPORTRAIT

"Jenkins, you bitther Ing. tatok wanted the weights of the Wincanton Carol Handicap!

London Kegreen serving

At Australian Championships

Workington-

Darlington Itoobdale Accrington

Scoltish Division "A"

Hernion

Melbourne, Mar. 1. Fat Tits The Japanese swimming star, Hangers "Flying Mich Hironoshin, cyde Furuhashi, was warmly received St Mirren

Celtic by spectators when be gave ex-

Hoarte hibitions at the National Swim" | Aberdeen i ming championships here yes-queen 03. terday,

Hamilton

Besttish Division.“B

Chundee Furuhashi swom

220 yards Aedele.

Motherwell and then the same distance with Thin Lanark Gary Chapman, 14-year-old | Australian 440 yards champion. Falkirk

Furuhoahi came from Geelong in Victoria, where he is study, Burling ing woot classing. He was in Arbroath. vited by the Australian Swim Morion ming Union, which is conduct ATT Ing the current Championships. Don's Park This is by way of an answer to Dunfermlirs the Victoria, ・Amateur - Swim« Allon

MANI Kilmarnock ming Association's ban on the

bundes Japanese swimmer appearing Dumbartons at its water camivals in Vio St Johns toris. The Union, says it does Cowdent not condone Victoria's bantar | A35106 Reutor.

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BBANKENKABAQAAR

Association

Cracks Down On Ticket Scalpers

London, Mar, 1.

The Football Association has cracked, down on ticket scalpers and also players concerned in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on May 2, it was disclosed in a recent memorandum.

A committee, aftor considering the allocation of tickets, announced that the number of tickets allotted to players of the clubs in the final, will be limited for the irst time in the history of the competition. Previously it was left to the clubs to allot tickets to the players.

This situation resulted in a; any club ar person proved to Bindal lasi, season when an Juve sold

their ticket at on enquiry followed the disclosure enhanced prico would be that both Arsenal and Newcastle debarred from receiving a ticket players were concerned in is for at least five years. lickat deal

The prnotice of allocating Instead of each receiving a big tickets to county football asso- batch of tickets, the committee clations for redistribution at ruled that the first team players their discretion to their clubs (up to 15 in number) of clubs in and members and to clubs in the final be allowed to purchase, full membership with the Foot- from their clubs not more than ball Anzociation wili be can 12 tickets each for members of tinued. their familles and personal friends. Other members of the clubs will be allowed a maximum of four tickets each.

COUNTERFOILS. WANTED

However, to prevent officials members of these clubs from selling their tickets, county associations and clubs will bo required to keep for a period

In an effort to beat the scalp-of 12 months after each final a ers the Association requests CDAY

record of those to whom the that anyone buying a ticket over ticket was issued.

the stipulated price should for- If they fail to comply with ward the counterfeit to them so

this instruction, the memoran-

that appropriate action can be dum points out that they will taken against the seller,

"be considered as having for- The memorandum insued by feited the right to receive the committen explained that ticket for future matches.” "appropriate action" means that United Press.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TENTH RACE MEETING 1952/53 Saturday, 7th March, 1953 (Hold under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club).

a

The programme will consist of 9 races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2 p.m.

Through Tickets Races-$10.00) also tickets at $2.00 each for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1958, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Ofice of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road.

Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 am. on Friday, 8th March, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future'meetings.

To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Omce at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices ett-

5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong

or

382 Nathan Road, Kowloon

TOTALISATOR

The attention of Totalisator Investors Is drawn to the following rules:

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponica so declared by the Stewards when the "ALL CLEAR” is given. The "ALL CLEAR" signal will Indiented by a white light

at the Totalisator Tower, BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX- HIBITED.

Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked bo- fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip- tion cannot be rectified later.

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters,

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be presented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour.after..tha time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.

In no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refunds mado unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made un torn or disågured tickeļs,

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

SETS OF MEMBERS' AND LADIES' BADGES WHICH ARE BEING ISSUED FOR THE 1933 RACING SEASON ARE NOT VALID UNTIL IST APRIL, 1953. 1952 SETS ARE VALID

UNTIL THEN,

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Alexandra House, on the written or personal introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- closure will be on sale at the Race Courac.

The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11 am. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 a.m. The Treasurers' Compradore Office is situated at Queen's Buliding, Ground Floor, Chater Road, and. the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,

A limited number of tiffs will be obtainable, at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3.00 including tax for all persons including Ladies and will be payable at the Gate.

Any person Icaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting will forfeit his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-. sdmission.

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE

HONG KONG JOCKEY, CLUB,

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

SERVANTS' PASSES

Servants' pasacs will be issued to private box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of auch passer are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure, except for passing through on their duties and must remain in their employers". stands. •

Owing to the congestion in the Members Betting Hall and at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and' Members are requested to misure that their servants make use only of the Publio Belling Hall. Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that. this regulation is adhered to,

By Order,

H: MIGA,

Becretary.