1954-02-08 — Page 9

WEEK-END SOFTBALL

THE

CAA SCORE AN UPSET 3-2 VICTORY OVER THE ORCA ON A BUNT HIT IN THE 7TH

By "SNOOPER”

Frank Poon's Chinese Athletic Association scored a stunning 3-2 upset victory over Bill Williams' slugging USS Orca ballplayers yesterday. : The 800-odd spectators who attended the feature Senior "A" softball:tussle showed a fine appreciation of one of the most thrilling games of the season. They had every reason to be pleased with the Orca's farewell League display for the sailors certainly played a grand game but their biggest round of applause was n: for them. At the end of the game the bust man off the field was CAA's second hazeman Paul Tiu, and to his obvious embarrassment he got as great a reception as if he had hit a grand slam homer. And well, Tiu deserved it,

For BIJ

Zimmerman's racrificed in his judgment, Marques allow- second, Blow-pilcher P.C

hit him only Wong's brilliance on the mound, fly to centre would have scored ed the Saints to

once in the fourth and had held neverthelo's, my man of the him for the Orea's flest run,

first throo That the CAA-Oreo

Orca overdid the them hitless for the Uli wes Paul Tiu. the batter who was earlier fan-outfield and over-the-fence hit frames,

- ting stunt was never in doubl. ned out by pitcher Ray Willing-

NUMEROUS ERRORS The Chinese Athletic Associp- ham In the second lming. In

hand, pro-

There was 100 much, hurying the crucial seventh frame, Thu tion, on the other

unenviable task duced the decisive brand of hit- and worrying as Es Carvalho's was given the

content with camp when he champion Braves Si Ung. They were

met the cellar-berth Rexes In and WCH complute The core singies

The ma tery in stealing bases, Against the foriigiable de- Tire enuld not be sell of the upso going down narrowly by Iveries of Willinglan, probably Oren ballplayers everyone in the stands thought that he bad hardly a chance to struck me that through

of scoring leftfielder who was on second.

was: 2-to-2.

K. K

a bit. Thu boiled everyone, Hot including Orca's brilliant third baseman B Willtems, when he bunt-hil It was a clever move it won the game for the and Chinese Athlete Asqor latton. Sit came home for the winning run.

who The Oren ballplayers

beaten by Jackie were only Wels Pandas in their debut at King's Park last year, gured they could walk Away with

| thao td Benior Âm th This

| Rexes almost scored major

who reldam

da | 12-0 In a five-Inning game. made any effort to steal bases

retaicing their Pennant, seemed

{ l

ut the seven-inning game only four times did the sailors touch

fou

third.

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number

The Braves, with one wye on

to go through yesterday's game haûf-heartedly

Their

mcgular plcbers, Jock Brown and Kelly my opinion, despite CAA Siva-Netto,

were conspicuous pitcher one

Tony boonteca and Anthony Guterres, Kwok's efforts the mound, making his debut for the Braves, which :hould

have produced failed to give to impressive dis- results but produred litfic, there ploy.

"He was moved to culfield end was to argument when he was yanked and transferred to right right-fielder Bull Dhabher was assigned to do mound work. No field in the third cunto.

Lower than eight runs had bech pitcher P.C. registered by the Rexes in the Wong, who was introduced into first and seced fronte. Luckily the game at this stage, played for the Braves, the Rexes' Infield one of hi

Anest games of the play, partimacy by their base- season and the CAA filed the man S. Sammy, was hopeless in of the geIDE. slow pitcher the later stagis greatest want--a

the slamming Seven runs were scared by the whe could bulle

Breves in the third The manager nsid rouch

Outstanding

batter Braving the CAA had signalled fullOrea balters,

yesterday's

Rame 18

i

113)talt

Then

before. RO often the underdogs turned

their winning streak. happened, u when

Kinat-killers,

of

uke

Slow-moving

steum nheact tur his heavy Wong played his heart out and was Dhabber who sent two over batters to hit moundsman Ray

to top the O ca's Bill Williams, the fence yesterday Willingham ក។ រ before the

Bit Stell, Belph Kvidera and list of Senior "A" batters in the Batung Championship initial inning was over the Roy King bury strove hard to latest

Prominent Braves lal scoreboard read: CAA Oren o.

fewer And no

thon recorded

Spiker absent yesterday three solid hils were

in the scorebook.

b

off-

2:

Lam

by A bliantly-Led

Leung pinirg K. T. "Rabbi butter. was followed by cnother expoliant hit by Saiden Ma The crowd went wild when Leung-ping clubbed another one to fs) in load the bases.

First basernon C. M, Tseng. one of the meal muzeessful basers of this season, scured; Leung for the mitial CAA run. Ma cresaid the plate fo: the second run on Loc Poon-hong's hit to lef Beld, "wall" anothered but pitcher this threat by fanning cut K. K.

damage Sit before

fonc.

moro

was

bit him. The few lines that they standings. did succred. tho.e CAA OLIT fielders were there!

new

were Guterres,

Junior Calau Yvanovich, and Kelly Slive-

This gave the CAA players Remedios,

Jock Brown hent.

They

played Netto. Championship boll ond they truly deserved to win. The Orca making their farewell League

WILDFIRES IN FORM The Wildfires were

in peak must be given form yesterday, to trounce the for another good show and University 17-3 in the only they have meriled praise for the Senior "I" game of the week- excellent performances end. Winning moundsman R. many they have provided the many Shiva polthed on a no-hit per-

formance. sofiball fans at King's Park, All forma followers of the sport will awalt Virgie Ribeiro's Wahoos "B"

their return,

The team 8¦---

INA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954.

HECK OF A TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE NATIONAL AND LINCOLN WEIGHTS..

·NO RACING AND ALL THE

TIME IN THE WORLD TO BROOD. OVER 'EM

WEIGHTE GRAND NATIONAL

LINCOLN

AMOLLYETT.

LEAGUE CRICKET

George Souza

Record Reaches

Aggregate

By "THE

ZOMBIE"

Highlight of the week-end Cricket League matches was the triple individual record established by the Craigengower all-rounder, George Souza, when he carried his bat through the CCO innings with an unbeaten 102 against the Indian Recreation Club.

son.

Best Rugger On Saturday Was At Boundary Street POLICE SHOW DISTASTE FOR THE WOODEN SPOON

By "PAK LO"

Saturday afternoon with its large selection of games provided some good, rugger and one surprise. The best rugger played was that at Boundary Street, when the Welch Regiment narrowly defeated the 72nd LAA by. 6 points · ·(1 try, 1 dropped goal) to 3 (1 penalty goal) in the Army Inter-Unit Final.

The surprise came at Kai Tak where the Police wom their first game in the Pontangular Tournament when they beat the RAF by 8 points (1 goal, -1- penalty goal) to 6 (2 tries).

Foing

Previous to this game the was led by Lewis, who kicked The R.A.F. kept up the pres Navy had, as expected, overhead and Collins caught the sure and from a scrum there come the Club by 10 points (2 kick but wont trio dcrach while was a fine three move which goala, 2 tries) to 5 (1 penalty doing so. The Welch threes were ended with "Balderston goal, i try), while at Boundary pent away from the Uncout and over in the corner with two Street the Gunners lost to the Harris had posrension when he Policemen, hanging on to him, Rest by 8 points (1 goal) to 3 was inestined, so he calmly A proper tackle by either of (1 try).

weled a drop

these two would have stopped goal che $120- Without doubt. the most ex-secird, thus giving the Welch him well before the line, but citing gaine was the Inter-Unit Regt, the lead by three, points, the Police will not tackle low. Fina at the Police Recreation which they hung on to despite Davidson missed the long kick. Ground. The 72nd LAA kick desperate attacks by the 72nd 8-8. ed off, but the Welch were um the end of the gina. The

Tho Police deserved to win είναι α

certainly opens up scrum back and then prentabed for Excel, the and this

by the G.O.C. their chances of finishing in the attacked to 72nd 25-yard line, Wath captain, where

pensity for "feet up Major General R. C. Cruidus.

middle of the Pentangular table. in the scrum gave the 72nd n

This means that the Welch McDonnell was definitely the chance to clear upfield. A will play the winners of Melayan man of the match, but he was

the forwards.

minute later the Weich were ants Singapore Inter Unit Anni awarded a kick about tea yards when they come here or March well backed up by the rest of

their

and B. The game is scheduled for Inside

own half,

Boundary Street provisionally. Hoskins, apparently spurred The Malayan team will also play by the

exhortations of the crowd, attempted to score and against the Colony on the 10th only a on the Club ground, and against his terrifle effort was few feet short.

struggle

was no

OLUB v. NAVY The Club v. Navy game pro vided some good rugger, and in a Combined Services team on the no time at all the Club opened 12.h

the scoring with a very nice A fierce midfield

CURTAIN RAISER !! there developed and

penalty by Craig. The Navy at- The curtain raiser at Bound-tacked after this and,, winning scoring until the 10th minute

the ball went to a scrum about 18 ay Street was quite an inter-the scrum, when from yards out, in the 72nd bolt, the asting match and the Gunners, Davies who covered quite a bit who won every scrum, thanks of ground and passed to Moore ball

to was heeled quickly Harris who

the to the services of Eve the Army just as he tore off

was well tackled. blind side, and passed to Lewis, hooker should not have lost as Moore took the bail, easily past

did, they

two defenders and scored. Then in the sza.od

conne:. The

Gunners scored from a finished his try by Hoskins missed the long kick. lineout in the 10th minute when it. 5-3.

converting

mylo

on

The Navy kept pressing and in the 20th minute again scored kick when Robertson crossed, the line

3-0.

the stand off kicked across and The Welch nearly scored when Sieveright well, kicked the right wing three crossed the

rah ahead, prx Thomas who was no in the corner. The

Eisstock. following up well took the kick, The second half opened at a Navy forwards. Moore missed and was just forced into touch fast pace, with the Gunners the kick. 8-8. In the corner. The Welch were threes starting many good

too well and some

Gunners had chance

to

after a grand foot 'rush by the

The

second

unlucky not to score at this

half opened withi there was a forways noves, but the Rest were mark the Club ranging deep into the

ing them battle for some time right on good tackling held play in the Navy balt, and Petrie, who wes the 72nd's line until Harris took middle.

following up well, intercepted, à the ball, raced round the scrum Then the

pass-run 26 yards and dived and dived over, but the try was marvellous

score over near the post, Capig missed disallowed by the referee for an when

they worked their way thecary kick, 8×0. Infringement which the specia- to the Rest'a

line, and

The Navy now. in "their" "bin tors did not see.

tiae serum, but instead of pass-attacked and at one point were ing the ball out to the unmark-only just stopped on the line by ed threes, the two halves tried Roberts who dribbled the ball

bait throutzh, and

Jor

DESERVED THE LEAD

The

Wom

and sout

play went back to the to take thic Souza thus chalked up his third century of the sea- half way line for the remaining were well and try tackled art back to the half way line and With this century the Craigengower cricketer also minutes of the first half. The the Rest cleared the ball upfield, safety, Then Moore got the ball, Some extremely dull play from the serum, cut very neatly Welch deserved their slender

followed until the

got through the centre and scored, Rest lead as they won the scrums by passed the record aggregate score of 722 runs in local

but missed, the dick, 11-8, their threes away in a move four to one, although the posi- which from the League cricket made by KCC's Pat Dodge last year. He

took them

In the closing minutes of play to, the tion was reversed in the llnccuto

attacked now has an aggregate of 787 runs and an average of 61.4-

Navy the Gundena 25, and winning the with two matches still to go.

where the 72nd won two to one. cut the ball went to Argyle their threes away from a line- The Welch halves were who ran, then passed to Paine, out, and the ball went to Harris

to their

numbers and, оро

without trouble. knowing

they

the latter flung himself who scored had the weaker and thing out. And it

Dangerfield easily converted bounced over to make the final of passing fact which won the game for the kick to give the Rest the store 10-8, the Welch, combined with some lead by 5 points to 3. This was

· The Navy won because they hind the better service from the good following up by the Welch the end of the scoring..

The Geenend jhxpas The 72nd threes did not very slow off the mark and gave

were scrums and the Club's tackling pack. get enough chances to show the Rest a chance to spell the at times was not very impres their paces, which was a ply moves. This was their own fault at and how some of them retali as when they did get going they as they got a good service from their places, la a mystery. The were first class.

Shortiop Roy Kingsbury; Lelt- the Junior Ladies' Playoff Series non-League match between the mear to the Scorpions' total with | mes kicked for touch instead across the line under the posts, Smith's, kick: hit the poet and

Oren matched their the C. M. Trang: 2nd bare Paul Thy: the Cubs

received a walkover Chinese Athletic Association to USA Orca: Pitcher-Ray Willinglake fourth place in the latest ham: Catcher Ralph Kviders; 1st Ladies League Standings and Base Bill Stell; 2nd base Willie

If his score of 133 runs in the account. As it was they got very are strongly favoured to clinch base - Bill Williams: Mayes: Brd fleider Donald Chambers; Centre- some time this month.

HKCC and the Rest of

the 144 rutis. TIGHT FIELDING

lekter Leroy Zimmerman, Right-

In the

Junior League, the Colony last week is taken to tie.der Jim Linile.

Maumaus beat the Cubs by 11-account Souza will need only Feature of the next four inn-

CAA: Pitcher: Tony Kwak (re-

gume 130 of placed

runs to

to reach his 1,000 mark by P. C. Wong in third): 7, the highlight of the ings was the tight Aelding

six-run splurge of

Army in one seasOIL. both teams when no runs were Catcher-Lam Leung-ping: ist base being the

in the seventh, but

Souza was rather fortunate Optimists scored. Then in the the 3rd base--Seldon Ma; Shortstop-despite their magnificent rally,

in obtaining his third century Scorpions opposition

wero a much

this season as he was missed on Recrelo Centre-Helder-Lee Poon-the Maumaus with speed and enthusiasm. The Rabbit" Leung; Left-neider K

to be hong: Right-fielder-Wong (Kwok in better team of ballplayers.

two occasions before he reach-CCC onlookers, who seemed

Fred Diesta's PI Dodgers ed the 20 mark once by the Navy expecting something remarkable third).

scored a 25-3 runaway win

and wicket-keeper

RAF by their

BAINTS ARE CLEAR from the sailors, had

over the Chinese Athletic As- first

IRC share of thrills in this frame.

strangers in Hussain's- Saintssociation second

After passing that mark, how-KCC Dodgers Over another stuff the other game. The

ever, he treated the good crowd HKU yesterday by beating hud

magnificent innings, of spectators to another two

Cx- seven runs in the hibition of bright and stylish

eight runs in the batting, scoring all round the Army

wicket to reach his century in RAF just about two hours:

Right

K. Si;

Jindoo felder Jim Linville produced something special for hurdled this ocension. He started the obstacle

bali rolling by hitting one to the Warriors 4-0, the feature of scoring

second on

right field and was advanced to the game being the sparkling second and

of pitching and fifth Donald Chambers exhibition bunt. Linville stele third after fielding by Vic Pedruco. Bill Steel had been tagged out

first. Then Pitcher Ray excelled Willingham set about the Job Benny Omar who had the best

nt

The other Saints' fielder who third baseman was

the morning session

of winning the game with hit of workmanilke

Linville.

fashion to score game. Willingham's hit to The

shul-out

4-0

Lawn Bowlers'

Cricket “League"

victory eentrefield was fumbled by a yesterday brought the Saints on

Poon-hong. The showy

The lovot terms Lee

with the Chinese gobs dominated play at this Athletic Association In the juncture -of the contest and torrid Senior "A" Pennant ract, Leroy Zimmerman scored Stell Third-placed Pandas wore idle who deputised for Willingham yesterday, but Ed Carvalho's on second for the Orca's fleing champion Braves made

by beating the Rexes 12-9 in a triangular series of cricket

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run.

With Zimmerman on third and ave-inning tussie. Kvidera on second, the Orca's

* gain

up

The first game in a

matches between

A. Gray

lawn

alip

once

LEAGUE STANDINGS First Division

.P W D T L Pts 18 11 0 0 2 44

10

12

13 7 1 34

14 8 3 0 3 35

15 3 8 0

14 12

8

Second Division

Police Dockyard Army managed to maintain | Navy their

DBS nine-point lead over

IRC Optimists with a narrow one wicket win over RAF. The Air Recreio

KCC men put up a vallant display Their batting reached a total

HKU of 136 runs, but that was just not enough. It was not Dowling Alexander who proved their undoing this time, but Weir airmen's wickets for 33 runs.

Dr

who claimed six of the

Navy, tbo, put up a credible display against the Scorpions.

15 15 0 0 0 60

0 14 9 1

12 8 2.0

37

11 0 0 0 2 36 .0 2 34 6.10 5. 25 18 3 4 0 6 18 10 3.0

this WOB

SURPRISE OF THE DAY

dive. The Club pacie; la not all

more of the

HOW THEY STAND.

PAWAL FA

The Welch attacked immedi- Eve, and had plenty of chances Club threes were good and had 14 2 8 0 4

the second half and score, but lacked the neces= THAY Been a little ately in 0 8

sary vim to take them over the ball might have made things hot 4 0

were 6

awarded a penalty on the 7900 25, but Hoskins, who had line,

for the Navy. iwo attempts at it, sileed both

This leaves the Navy still at badly. Play moved to midheld

At Kal Tak the surprise of, the the top of the Pentangular as the where Patterson attempted a day came when the Police opened table below shows: penalty kick from the half way their serve in the Pantangular. line but the ball dropped just The RAF can only blame them- under the bar.

selves as they made hardly any Patterson In the 12th minute

Navy this time use of their threes in the second got another chance,

half, and the Police pack was Army on the Weich 25 for an offside without doub; by far the botter. infringement, and he made pe

The first half was very RAF mistake to level the scores, at

всгарру with

neither side Polici three-all.

sutting down into even tho back and forth semblance of a team, and in the Play rurged

lines first between the two 25-yard

half the

Hkely. only unlii in the 20th

the Weich got a penalty on the 72nd looking more came when

Police were awarded penalty 25, followed by another on the wall out and McDonnell took same spot

minutes later, two.

the but Hoskins missed both.

10 300 12

800 Entries For Asian Games ·

minute the

This

long kick, but missed. Half Time was reached with-

Club

8 6 0 115 172 5 41 32

52-3 16

NEW

31614 14 07

wis just not Hoskins' day for out any scoring and disorganised TERRITORIES

chaos was the only description Heer this end of the gare le of the played ball opened with

May 1, the Games Organising Britain Cleans Up

able to settle down or open his intered a total of 800 So far nine countries have

·NO RUSSIAN

INFLUENCE AT HASTINGS

athletes, officials and Press re-

presentatives to the Game

The nine countries and their entries are:

Burma, 81; Ceylon 18; Hong- kong, 62; India, 184; Indonesia, 160; Japan, 247; Singapore 78; Thallani, 24; Vietnam, 37.

In Cross Country

Races At Hunnut

Brussels, Feb. 7. British runners cleaned up the annual Cross Coun- try Championships held at Hunnut near here today by gaining two first places in

| kicking. Manila, Feb, 0. Vic Pedruco played up to his bowlers of the Kowloon They had almost their best team next batler, Roy Kingsbury, had

More than 1,000 top Asian to produce a decisivo brand of reputation as one of best hurlers Cricket Club, Kowloon Dock out end had they been in a Ettie

expected to con- Wekh attack on the blind ride score them but he in the Colony. His beautifully- Recreation Club and the betar form with the bat they athletes are

when the bitung to

on Manila deliveries caused Kowloon

Bowling Green, might have subverded in parting. verge was just unlucky to be caught controlled

the 165 total cun

Live up by Becond Asian Clames open on out. Three hits were registered much concern to the Warriors by the Orca, but that was the leading batters, including shost Club was played yesterday Scorpions,

Agar was unfortunate to hit Committee disclosed today. beginning of

of their stop Johnny Pereira and catcher when the KCC and Kowloon the end

their cuscus Souza who falled to get Docks drew in a high scor-

'his own wicket before he was successful run of games. CAA maintained their top form a hit.

ing, encounter. to win by 3-2,

Successful Warriors' batters Kowloon Cricket Club dow were Alfredo Oliveira

and clarod at 188 for 7 and the i REASONS FOR DEFEAT.

Remedine with hit Docks replied with 143 for 9. Gerry aplece, The Saints collected four | The home team had their CAA's sensational victory

hits through Benny Omar Art chances of winning, but four baffled rac. When I went through Ozorio, Vie Pedruco and Mere dropped catches after the ninth the names of the Orca line-up before the game got underway Xavier

of the honours led the KCC I knew they could wallop the The Warriors who had every wicket had fallen deprived them Chinese ballplayers -but

5. they thing in the first two inning

Of this total 883 are athletes, were not even remotely, like a pericet judgment and combina- batting spree with a hard-hitting

tionsuddenly cracked

Hastings, Feb. 6. at 68, which included two sizes

34 of them women swimmers top batting team yesterday. the start of the third. I have and seven boundaries i

The Hastings Chess Club has and track participants. Bang Oddly enough It was the

Other noteworthy contributold the Spanish Chess Federa

Participating countries which CAA who outhit them by 7-4 always regarded the Worriors as

the KCC total came on, it profoundly regrets any have not yet sont in their en- registered an unpredictable leam of The Orca hits were

to the

for misunderstanding tries are COUPO from by flux, Willingham, two hits, players and when they started on W. Hong Bling (2 and Jim Linville and Leroy to falter in the infield this was tired), J. N. Wong (19); Cc. w. over, the exclusion of the Spanish chors master, Roman Bordell, Zimmerman a bit apiece. Highly- no surprise, The Saints

G. Le from the premier section of the (18) reputed Bull Williams, Bill Stell, them in their pockets after their Lam (not out 16) Ralph Kvidora and Roy Kings- two-run lead in the fourth and Bob Lapsley, opening for the recent congress at Hastings

before the game was over, two Docks, thrashed the home bury were diappointing..

hemore, ruins were added in the bowlers to raille up 44 in quick In preference to singles, the beth and seventh,

time. His knock included seven Orca's heavy sluggers, showed Insistence of hitting the ball to Joy Franco replaced Google boundaries the custacid and except for short Marques on mound work in the these hitch Were Ineffective fourth but after fanning out the three hitime innings the famed Dave "Bambing" Leonard Orca earned

Verheir first hit in the fifth, Franco yielded three signi through

Willingtiam whosing hit in the kth and saventh! aldentally

bind the biggest that suggested that doog dagg Blünder by, trying

Asdifferquos had bien, benched too: capfu

on wool and the manager hid erred

ball

not out inidrot Bil „añolề: being"

· Buf it, saya the Spanish player. was excluded dal because his reply to the terme ordered was

Afghanistan, Nationalist China, Iran; fel, Repubile of Koren,

Cambodia: Malays

méo and' the'

The second

the Police looking more like a team and attecking, and atter four minutes play they were awarded

a penalty, and Me~ Donnell took the kick

red.

and

FANLING UN LONG

SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS.

This three point lead really? woke up the Police and almost immediately they wored again when from a scrum the ball went to Milden of the RAF, but McDormell broke away and

As from Monday grabbed the ball from Mildon and dribbled down towards the CRAF-line.

8th February the He overshot the hall but MEN CLEAN Shelley coming close behind CHINA MAIL

the short and long distance | carried on with the dribble until 27. cross country events.

when he

Gordon Pirie easily won the MacDonnell, 3,700 metres, event in 13 minutes Davidson raced – for it-an : it Bianconds, beating, triple crossed the Une, Shellay got world

holder

Gaston Lhere first.

Jand with a good Helz... of & Belgium,

McDonnel converted hutes B

make the scorsi Bal cally gave minutes' Inter!! 17,000 The RAT

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will be obtainable

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