1956-01-16 — Page 7

WEEK-END SOFTBALL

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1956.

ONE OF THE FOUR GOALS

Braves Consolidate Their

Grip On Top Rung In

Pennant Ladder

The

By "TIME OUT”

Buster Hollands' youthful Blackhawks, in a slugging softball duel against South China yesterday, emerged on the long end of an 11-8 count to push the Caroliners down to fourth position in the red-hot Senior "A" Pennant chase.

Consolidating their tight grasp on the top rung of the Pennant ladder, Ed Carvalho's League-leading Braves trounced a hard-fighting Warrior outfit 10-6 in s morning tussle while Jindo Hussain's Saint Joseph's was seen crawling into the runner-up slot when they blasted the Pandas with a shocking 23-4 acore.

14

On the distaff side, the young Readka obtained a life when Capanda Jasses, busted Drough his hard bounder towards short with

six russ in the six touk

hop and KO'd

the piny.

In 11-7 Rebb Leong on frame to empture

mad scramble for triumph from the League-lead-the ensuing ing

Wahoon, causing once the bill, Eric scored and Gerry Remedion settled at third. A moro a two-wy tie for top

Musi

through the keystone by honours between the Owls and

Cuseus Souza then brought him the Nam Wah giris,

The Caroliners, however, drew up in their half 011

and three

successivo walk Blogles by P. C. Wong. Y. K. Chan and Seidon Ma.

In

Kame

the only

played.

Collect

the

for

other ladies' the

girls wily recounted Tal cellar-dwelling Tung scholars, as they took the

schoolgirls to town with cost- vincing 27-0 trouncing.

UNDISPUTED

The

Junior

League p

I

Dodgers claime udpute

poshession

Lick

increas

at the Dodgers weakly yesterday's cuntain-mai Chinese Athletics tu h-leaguers

RCTOS

FORGED AHEAD

loaded, ba when, with bases

drive and seared B. Cheng's whipped the sphere to third to nip W. K. Wan off base.

BRAVES 10, WARRIORS Turning out a poor sample of bin usually steady form, 'Goose" dished Wony of the Warriors out nine free passes to first to see the icnding Braves score in but the fifth to every inning

muthit win 10-0. Though they outhit

mighty

opponents 9-7, Warriors bad Eddie Marques'

their

to take a back seat in their key struggle with the Braves as their

Once again the Hawks forged 988 sur hurler Wong came

across

The

next

days' to abral in the sund as Robert

*unc of those Remedios got a life on an ervor, Manuel

Nunes bunted neally yield nine earned runs.

Warriors opened in lip of the

muner op

Remedios Eric

got on atid fax when they ben!

through an her miscue to load top fashion as a single and two Seminoles 12-5

hurier successive doubles saw two quick the Bucks. Winning

b chalked runs

After up. their long string of victoring to

Braca then came through with

two outs, two more successive 13-traight, which lenves them

towering By that sailed way

Terry

Ewins and tangles by the only unbeaten. team hi }

deep

left-centre for

Miguel Ferras put another

tally four divisions this year.

billiant grand-siam.

across the pan. George Ribeira Jandy Splitting a twin-1,

With

their side going walked to the bases, bul Hussein's

Seministess 10 youthful

that half, the South

stirred the kup. machine crumbled avenged thet: Saturday defent China

breeze acally to refire the side. hands of the champion pieces in the next chapter ba

Adding insult to injury, Wong the walloping by

The Hawks piled on three more

and at his job on the mound walked Cul 11-4 In

ruhe on two costly errors and

errors and the first fair Brave battery to Tr

by Etle Remedios face for-master

him. Southpaw slugger Budji Dhuber then riited had to be satisfed with the Nam Woh luds Coming back mash along and over the third runner-up berta with 11 win to the game as Hawk hur bare line for a single but out-

his bearings over Wah Ying as they are two | Girnen lost

Belder Jmmy Chang muffed it five walks porary and issued and one hit to allow four South on the pick up and when it was corralled four runs had their China markers to go up on the Anally

scored, including Dhaber,

While the Warriors kept the Scoreboard,

sixth with Entering

clean the peoresheet

in the Black- narrow 9-7 lead, the Bawks op-

following innings the Braves full teling | plit

and, pressure

inched ahead with a run each gevond- } capitalising ubit and an

and third and in the second Umely blow by

Two each in the fourth clutch, insurance'

g

mes

the behind

Didr

who have

lea ting only

CO

Kamc left

schedule.

to complete

With a bare minimum of nine men.

luster Hollands

hawks pounded out 11-8 victory twer the placed South China pull themselves into way the for third,

Ene Remedies

the

#

" fout th frane

squad to mor and a

startvl

the

ать

saw the

0

sixth to lead 10-4. three- Donel Remedios in the

the

more pushed two talhes across the plate,

Hawkt centreflekter Tony Rotriquca suved possible disaster in the tall-end of the Gerry sixth with a timely double-play

ball rolling for the Hawks in

Initial conte with

1 sash second after one bul Graca New out

through

Great

Struggle Ahead

For Cricket League

Championship

Royal Air Force beat the Scorpions by 11 runs at Kal Tak and Army North upset League-leaders Army South by one wicket at Sookunpou on Saturday to throw wide open the struggle for the First Division Cricket League Championship.

The Scorpions were not at full strength at Kai Tak, but did not lark their bowlers, as the Airmen knocked up 176, Henderson contributing 50 and Power 78.

Mike

Relo

by

and

Who

a

The seventh saw a desperate Last-ditch attempt Warriors after iwo outs, 85 Jocy

through got on fumblo and scored on Hank

a

Ruse Killeen's triple to let Meyer singled to score Killeen and Ewins on his second his of the day, placed runners on Bret and second, The rally died just as fast

started as it Ferras

poked

Miguel

wben

put

to retire the side. leeble fly to

chives of the Braves Dickie Chaves of the claimed batung honours with a neat three-in-three effort while pacing him for the Warrior side was Russ Meyer, who belted two hits in his four trips to the plate, Including a home run in the fifth inning.

cer-

WAHOOS LOSE

The ladies' tussle between the Wahoos and the chempion

Capanda femmes young tainly turned out to be a thrill- packed battle as this touch-and- go' nfair saw the lead changing

an hands several times during the game, until

the sixth inning

saw the Capandas crash through Birley WES still

wicket, } with six mins to put the game in bent Navy by form, however, despite the long Craiger gower beut Recreio by on ice.

une

holiday break, to take live for tive wickets. AIXL Optimista Cering the bottom half of 20 as Scorpions were all out reversed their first round defeat | the sixth on the long end of for 65, only Stanton (24) and

Campbell (12) reaching double figures.

the

by

total of 180 for

30

Boxall to 01 for the pecond, Billimoris was the only CCC

but after that come the deluge

With the Sing Tao custodian, Yue Yui-tak, helplessly on his knees, this pic- Lure goal off the boots of Army's centre-forward Morris had Yue beaten com. pletely. This goal was one of the four scored by Morris in yesterday's First Division Leaguo match at the Club ground. The Army won 4-1.-China Mall Photo.

New Zealand On Even

Terms With France In

Three Match

Sports Diary

TODAY

Meeting

Emergency Meeting of the Inter- KIKTA, 5.30 Sub-Committen.

port

D.m

Badminton

Seriesng and Unity Tram

Lyons, Jan. 15.

The touring New Zealand Rugby League side beat France by 31 points (seven tries, four goals and one penalty goal) to 22 (six tries, one goat and one penalty goal) here today to draw level in the three match series, The tourists led 12-11 at halftime.

Victoria

v Thailand

p.m.

Squash Colony Championship at Court. 5.30 p.m.

Boxing IIQLF boxing championship Onal at Macpherson Stadium.

Chines Monthly

A

France won the First Test 24-7 at Toulouse. crowd of 7,000 saw today's match, played in misty condi tions on a ground softened by recent rain.

winger

Gilbert

French Savone scored

a try after six minutes, and two minutes later Richard Haggle replied with penalty goal for the Kiwis.

Delpoux

for touched down France

In the 20th minute, but a try

frontrow forward by

which Henry Maxwell, from Haggie kicked a goal, put New Zealand ahead 7-6.

SECOND TRY

Gilbert

and Haggie was

with mark

his

Reuter.

П

In the 21st minute Alberti sent Savonne over for his second try. A New Zealand

tan try by

Grey

goaled by Hnggie, and a penalty goal for Francé by Gilbert Benausse took the score to 12- il in favour of the Kiwis at halftime.

swung from end

TOMORROW MeeOnk

at

Football Amociation Bioeling

Tại Trung Restaurant. 7 p.m.

Bedminton Hongkong v Thailand Unity bad- minton team at CCC; 7.30 p.m.

Bank Colony Championship at Victoria again on the Court, 8.30 p.m.

Shoot goal kick.

Revolver Competition, Hongkong Gun Club range, 0.30 am.

SPORTS ROUND-UP

John Landy Hopes To Compete In This

Year's Olympic Games

John Landy, Australian holder of the World Mile record, hopes to compete in this year's Olympic Games. Play again

In a recent half mile run in Melbourne after a 13-month to end after the interval and

retirement, Landy came second to Lon Spurrier, America's Rex Percy within 10 minutes (New Zealand) and Jean World half-mile record holder. Both broke the tape to- Bouquetrol (France) each gether and clocked the same time-1 min, 51.8 sec. scored a try.

A try

by Grey, goolest

New Zealand

by

Brian Hewson, Britain's young four-minute Miler, may have to cancel his plans to run in the American In door Championships before going to the West Indies next a month.

A jarred calf muscle has put his training behind schedule.

Haggle, and another by Thomas

Baxter gave

23-14 loud.

France came back into the by with a try scored picture Jacques Marquey, from which Benausse kicked an easy goal.

was Firmani

answering Jack Gardner will, after all, fight befort he meets Don allegations in the Italian Press Cockel for the latter's British that he was Itellan for football and Empire Heavyweight titles purposes, but British for other

April 24. When promoter

grandfather reasons. Firtnani's Jack Solomons had his request was an Italian. for such a fight approved by the British Boxing Bourd Control, Gardner was quoted as view of saying he took a dim the matter.

Forward John Butterfield (New Zealand) and French on fullback Louis Poletti added further tries. Maxwell crossed for the last try of the game,

Inter-School

Football Results

Aberdeen

of

of

be

A

lead the Stirling Moss will

In this Aston Marlin team

car races. year's

major sports This means that he will But he has since changed his No 1 driver for two arms.

he signed as chief rand, and says his eyes, damaged month

driver in the Italian Maserati Kilione Lave, DI the Tonga team for ricing car Grand Prix he Mancrati agreed recovered in events,

should be free to drive British

In the controversial fight with

1.es, will have

me for him to have mid March,

趄

bout in

480

In six sporls car races--London

(COPYRIGHT)

Mrs Margaret Dupont, captain Express Service. of the

Cup USA Wightman team for the past two years will not be coming to England with the team in June, Mrs Dupont has decided that her three-year- old son Billy is too young to make the trip, and she does not dor six want to leave him

2 weeks.

Senior

La Salle Clementi Queen's Wah Yen Kin 4 SFX KGV

4

2 King's

0

5 St Louis

0

1

IRC with Д six-wicket i5-3 count, the Capanda girls victory at Chater Road.

blended three ty with six disastrous Wahoo · CITOTE to Following are the results Recreio smissed Lho very crash through with six runs, in- school football matches played Army South had first lease of the wicket at Sookunpoo and respectable

yesterday, homer by started promisingly enough seven wickets against Craigen-ng a two-run

left folder Shirley Cheng, opening gower at Happy Valey, Luig! The

fought back Interport

Wahoos with pair, Withali

Bedson, Gosano contributing 44, Mickey and

in gamely

their last stand, Eddie men ILIKE carrying the score to 38 for the Remediion

Alonco and Silva 'singing' in first wicket and

Alonco Withall and Gospo 37.

scoring. succession, Tracy Brown grounded out and Evelyn Cotton humered for two A moles of five more run,

the second out St Stephen's errota

Therese Roza Pereira falled to Q. Elizabeth getting

connect in the 'clutch' and was a wicket-taker as prolific

13 in among the runs, reached 183 Nach had been, taking six for for five

H. Madar thrown out at first to see the wickets an North scraped carried his 35, but Army

logo their second game bat for

Owls 62 and through

this to a one-wicket vic-

and thus tio with year Dhaber reached one of his now

South China in the top spot. tory.

rare half centuries with 61.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

reasonable

after

take any as Lipscombe took four for 37 bowler to

Greenhalgh for 30, the change out of the visitors with and

four for 53. Craigengowe pushed another tally home, but side being all out for 10.

Yates of Army South proved with their standby batsmen of

INTERESTING

the current season

not

The First Division League85, and Rory Macpherson, four

table now shows the following interesting situation:

Army South Army North

RAF

Scorpions

Optimists

CCC

IRC

me

KCC

P

Recreto

Police

Royal Navy..

P W D L Pts

#

7 0 2 28

B

0 0 3 24

8 0 0 2 24

a 0 0 3 24

4 2 3 10

4 0

16

Against George Rowe, Ave for for 18, the Indian Recreation Club El managed to reach 94 | Braves at Chater Road, but despite the Saint Joseph's

of IRC bowlers, Blackhawks usual array Optimists only lost four wickets South China in reaching 90.

La Salle Clement!

2 Pool Sun 0 St Joseph's 5

Wah Yan

HX

0

Intermediate

NEVER GIVE UP

Eddie Firmant, the 29-year- old inside forward transferred from Charlton Athletic Italian club Sampdoria

to for

2 £35,000 in the close season has said in Genoa that he will never give up his British nationality.

• Balesions

• SIX Wah Yan HK 0 St Joseph's 0 Junior Tech Wanchat

3 Queen's

1 St Mark's

Benlor "A"

0 King's

W. In

4

1

Pet. Tak YoD .800

1 St Louis

8

Junior

4 ศ .600

500

tiendai

D

500

Wah Yan

,600

.420

St Joseph's

0 HK

0

Wah Yen

.186

Senior "B"

7

.033

St Louis

4

Hurricanes Comets

471

Munsang

1

.333

4

200

Ladies League

Warriors Pandas

CAA

10-3816 Not Possible To Delawares

2 0 0 40

League leaders Army South have lost the same number of points as Royal Air Forco, who have

But a game in hand, Army South still have to face

Hold All-German University

Athletic Meet

East

South China Wahood. Capandes Colleena

Junior Tech

1 Kla

0 Arlesians

5 KGV

HKFA Meeting

*

BADMINTON

Dane Beats Indonesia's Champion

Copenhagen, Jan. 15.

Indonesia's Ferry Sonneville.

TONIGHT'S

BADMINTON

PROGRAMME

programme for the badminton matches be- tween Hongkong and the vialt- ing Thailand Unity Badminton team for today and

Following is the

tomorrow

to be played at Craigongower Cricket Club at 7.80 p.m. ́esch evening.

TODAY

Ladies' Bingles

Miss Pratheong Pattapong v Miss Siable CorTOR.

Men's Bingine

Charoen Sao Tao v 8. K. Wong. Mixed Doubles

Atre Rumpal slubol and Direk Khajadbiyev Ramon Young or W. Y. Foo and Mim Cynder Ho.

Men's Doublés

and Sunthorn Butvanit Kamol Buphaphuo v Robert Tay and K. C.

Ladies Doubles Pretbeong Patlapong and

was beaten by 15-8,-15-9 in the semi-final of an international Wong. badminton tournament contested yesterday and today at Odense, Mrs Bumpal Stoboly Mi Uilan Funen (Denmark) by Den-Khoo and Mia Helen Kwong. mark's Palle Granlund.

In the anal, Granlund was beaten by the Danish Cham-

An emergency meeting of ieplon, Finn Kobberce, who won Interport Sub-Committee will 15-1 and 15-3-France-Preme, 000 be held at the

.600

A

· 15 · 444 0.10

Junior LeagUO

11

11

Hanover, Jan. 15.

Oversetta Athletic Tal Tung Germany RAF and Scorpione plus such office is today rejected a pro- potential "giant-killers"

as posel

by the West German PT Dodgers

that

All-German CAA Optimlats, CCC, IRC, KCC and federation

and Athletic Championships should Seminoles Hocrelo.

North Army

Engies. Scorpions are still very much be held this year, In the running for the Chameeting here that it would not Lion Cubs They doclared at a joint Wah Ying rst Division be possible to make prepara-OVETICA on Saturday, KCC ilons in time, Reu

ID other

Inionship.

matohas

Pral Tung

Association's

offler, Sports Road, Happy Val- 130 1,000 ley today at 5.30 pm, to con- 848 sider and or decide whether or 2

788 not to postpone the first Game 60571 of the Austrian Team Series 9308 from Wednesday, January 18 to 410288 2hursday January 19 in view 23 1121 or the late arrival of the Aue

Scotland Wins

TOMORROW.

Ladier Douhlas

Miny P. Filopong and slan Burns pal Biotol v šálm 5. Khoo and Mins

D. Rhajadbare ✦ Hamon Young or G. Ma

Ladies Singles. Mles P. Pattanong ♥ Mies, Diana

Men's Deukise Ma Mullingar, Ireland, Jan. 18.

[K. Butyánit and By. Suphaphum v Scotland beat Ireland by five W. C. Cùm and Prong, Waldung.

“Where Doubles RSS boule to four in animateur

MAP. Pattapong and Buythorn International boxing match here supéwphún. Sakom. Haben lowong tonight China Mall Special.

"Page" 7

LAND FORCES BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

Every Possibility That McMenamie-Dinning Bout Will Steal The Show

By OUR BOXING REPORTER

One of the most important events of the Colony boxing senson will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Kowloon, this evening when the Army slages the finals of the Land Forces Individual Cham- pionships.

Every weight from Fly to Heavy will be keenly con- tested and in addition there will be at least two special bouts of exceptional interest. The full programme is as follows:

Flyweight Gnr Flanaghan (27 HAA Regl) Va Our Donnelly (27 HAA Regi).

Bantamweight Bdr Carrington (42 Fd Regt) ve Spr Chan Shu-sum (82 Ind Sen RE).

A few weeks ago when not as

as he would have liked ho took on McMenamie at short notice and found very quickly that his fellow Scot was a boxer of real ability, so much so, that at the end of three hard gruel- ling rounds the verdict went to McMenamie. Both boxers have Sgt Hilton (N Staffs) vs Gar since been looking forward to a

return and thla опо

gives Fidler (27 HAA Regt).

promise to being one long thrill Lightweight L/Cpl Melah (N_Staffs) Pte Tilson (King's Own).

Lightwelterweight

Featherweight

Vp

Ch Legerton (Dist Wshpal vs Pte Gildea (King's Own).

Welterweight

Bdr Ledsham (74 LAA Regt) va Cpl Nolan (Northamptons).

Light Middleweight L/Bdr Dickinson (19 Regt) vs Li Chaffey (N Staff).

Middleweight

a

The whole bill is, however, something of

promoter's cucam. There are great possi- bilities in every bout and there biz is almost certain to bo

crowd

hand

see the modern gladiators in action.

on

ما

Ringside seats are priced at $6 and $3 and it is understood that some will be available for Admission to Fale at the door.

the unreserved portions of the it costa $2 and $1 and arena

of will be very much a case first come first served.... so be warned....be carly.

Gnr Davis (42 Fd Regt) vs Pto Allison (Dist Wshps).

Light Heavyweight Cin Benton (att N Staff:) vo Plo Johnson (Northamptons).

Heavyweight

Opi Bowen (N Staffs) va Onr Etheridge (27 HAA Regt).

SPECIAL CONTESTS

Lt Welterweight Sgt/Instr Madden (APTC) (Scottish Champion) vs Cpl

Carey (N Staffs) (Hongkong Charoplon).

Middleweight

Japanese Girl Scores Second

Billiard Win

Miss

Manila, Jon, 10.

Katsura of Noriko

night scored her

victory match

Wenceslao 250-55

of the

with high

with along

K.

an

Japon last

consecutive Gnr McMenamio

(74 LAA second Regt) ve Cm Dlaning (Dist in a billiard exhibition Wabps) (South East Asia against M. Philippines Champion).

In spite of the tremendous in runs of 84 and 70.

Ketsura, terest that wit undoubtedly be abown

Championship Miyaguchi and C. Ribo, are at in the finals there is every posibilty present making exhibition here against Philippine that the McMenamie-Dinning tour match will steal the show.

billiard players.

Miyaguchi in a three cushion Dinning considered by many

Marto Gozum to be very unlucky in being dismatch defeated

he 30- 10, qualined C Friday when

Miss Katsura will tackle Jose aimed on upper-cut at a rising

tonight targel is by far tho

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