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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1957.

Reflections By "Time Out” On The 1956/57 Senior Softball League

The Senior "A" Division gave fans plenty to shout about and the Pennant race was highlighted by bitterly fought battles between several top contending teams.

As the end of the League loomed nearer and nearer, mathematically-minded partisans began to recall the number of games won and lost by their own particular favourites and hopes in certain quarters came to fruition as the Blackhawks upset all calculations by an upset victory over the Pennant-bound Warriors and threw the race into a four-way tle before the Saints and Pandas-could ring down the curtain un the Senter "A" season.

and

The In why robbed the near-upseta simulated interest from being a "has-been" and he Warriors of the Utte on April in the accond-round proceedings. still had enough brains 21 by staging a late-inning rally which hud, the spectators on the edge of their seats as an 8 to 5 victory by the Hawks forced a photo-finish for first place between four teams.

It was po:haps somewhat ironical that these two teams, carly favourites for the tle, had to end the sensum in the role of spectators whilst the Saints and Pandan who had been, glycn another chance at tho ปวด through the courtesy of the Hawks now battled it out, be- fore a capacity crowd, for the honour of being crowned 100 1950/7 Senior League Chun- plona. But then, it is the uncer- tainty which makes softbull so very interestingi

as contenders.

As the League reached its caraming left at the end of the cjuding singe, it was still any-season to pace himself well in

a tough game. body's championship with the

The Pandas had a steady in- Pandas, Saints, Warriors and Blackhawks fimly established field, but the outer line of de-

MCOT" In the

Longo wad inuch suspect. A the possible explanation

for their failure to win major honours in their 6 to 7 years of softball is their lack of killer instinct, the feeling which perinite of no

2 or 20 letting up whether rurs ahead.

me, the ACG squad, on grounds that the exigencies of not the foreign service would allow of further participation, accordingly withdrew,

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La for ""Chn°11 MONDAY. MAY

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YOU CAN'T BLAME

THE PLAYERS

Says STANLEY, MATTHEWS

The Sunderland affair and the transfer of. John Charles to Italian club Juventus for £65,000, two events that have shinken the football work, can do a power of good for the professional footballer.

They can go a long way towards increasing the status of the player and-more important still-his pay - packet.

More people are beginning to realise that the star footballer worthy of his hire, that the rules of the game should be

Nominate YOUR

Hongkong Footballer Of The Year

There were some near-upse's

Members of the public are invited to nominate by unpredictable sides such

ONLY BECORD

Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current South China and CAA and the

The only record they have Incurable optimists kept their

1he years season. fingers crossed in the vain hopo established over

sides that of being good sports-and that these two. Chinese

of altitude is In- a change thedicated it they expect to carn the accolade of Champions" In future seasons. Their

high- in string condition was much evidence in the Anal against the Saims and their poor showing that day climaxed yet another year

hard-luck Pardes-but they will most certainly live to fight

would come through with the

and throw unexpected League into utter confusion! The when explosive situation was

Aptil 1957 WITHOUT A KITCH that fateful day in For the first

rolled around. With everything double-headem

depending on a Hawk victory, scheduled in an effort to con- they earned the undying grati- ploto the League fixtures the tude of the fence-sitting Pandas running of which had beca dis- and Saints by rallying magni- rupled by bad weather, theficently to beat the Warriors in annual military camps and "vis!! a thriller and thus force

time in years, bad to bo

A

the

of frustration for the

another day,

Good sportsmanship prevailed throughout the season with only fired up during one exception

tempers and after

when

to these shores by foreign four-way the for the champion teams. These twin-bilis were ship.

Tho champion Sabits boasted played off without hitch. There were Lour shutouts in their e-up some veterans

a crucial game to mor what during the entire season,

who should have replaced their

was otherwise a very memor 1wo most notable being

cleats with carpet slippers umpablo season. the

Only the level- first-round

Qio meeting of Warriors and the Blackhawk»,

A pitching duci between "Goose" Wong of the Warriors and Vic Pedruco of the Hawks had the fans in suspense

iri

and

tension was not broken anth the Hawks' Dhabher sup plied the answer with arc- sounding triple over the right- fold fence

his sido's 1-0 which must victory in a gume

best Burely rate as one of the

410 Credit for seen in years,

US second stout goes to the Navy's McMasters who claimed

the 19 strikeout vietimas ps Chintao Athletic Association's boys got whitewashed Lo the tune of B to 0.

from

altered to allow payments to players to be increased,

Now, the Charl's transfer wül bring intense competition into the fold, You can take it from me that the Continental bid for British footbaliers will not-and here.

In fact it started some years go with the first official trans- fer under FIFA rules of Shek feld Wednesday's Paddy Sloan to an Italian club,

FOREIGN POST-

Then you may remember that Tommy Finney could have been mado £10,000 had he allowed to take up a foreign Bul Preston would not let him go.

You see, the British foolbüller

post.

- It is a popularity poll organised by the China ail, and nomination coupons will be accepted still the most popular in the until the closing date to be arinounced later.

The two qualifications for nomination are: (1) Footballing_prowess

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, Chins Mall, Wyndham Street.

To the Editor, China Mail.

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into regard bis playing ability and als sportsmanship on the field of play is

not

the

teen years ago. With their wealth headedness of the chief umpire of experience, they were able prevented the incident pin back the cars of their being confined to words alone, younger opponents and were Apart from this unfortunate oc- worthy winners of the lecurrence which left a bad taste

virtuo unly by

of their all-in the mouth, there was round consistency on the fold much to complain, obout. of play.

The Association had to call on the services of Junior League scorers and umpires for come Senior gomes very important and it is to their credit that they went about their thankless tasks conscientously. Some of the decisions by these umpires left then much to be desired-but they were in the best position to judge and you cannot always please both sides.

SHREWD MANAGEMENT They had no "stars" in their side but shrewd management and couching, coupled with the fact that they did not casily lose their self-control under severe pressure, finally won the day them. Their unassuming for shortstop, Claude Pugh brought further honours to the Saints' the camp by being awarded "Most Valuable Player's title. Bod more deserving winner it will be hard to find.

On

The young Hawks cutit cap- Lured hours in batting as

performance alone, the their slugger poled out 114 his which were good for 140 Warriors hardly deserved to and runs. Ignoring all the yelled up the way they did. They had hurler in young outstanding Insults cast in their direction an

the "Goose" Wong and with their regarding their antiquity, champion Saints showed their speed on the basepaths and a younger opponents in the League very fast-moving defence,

ac-

bases

a clean pair of heels when the

mercurial spikes Joys'

for 34 stolen counted during the season.

"ONE WEEK LATE The Senior League got off to a poor start, one week late

weather,

calise of inclement when on October 21 the Black hawks downed thu US Navy 28-0 in the season's arst shut.

out and the Pandas accounted

side 10-2. for the ACG

Tho results of games played off as the first round was in full swing were more or less as expected

al- clusive cham- most had that

just Bag fluttering plonship within grasp but Fate and the Blackhawks intervened Од April 21, They got through to the play-offs but a reshuffled infleld which

day players

strangely out of position had them bowing out of the race as they had to contend with a re- Saints nire which Juvenated

couldn't

roughout the game.

put a foot Wrong

a

The importance of having reserve pitcher was emphasised more than once as the Warriors" Wong found the strain

It was still too early to surmise crucial games late in the season which team would naif

down

too much for him and only sheer the lag but all indications en fuck saw them through the tight painted to the Hongkong Pondas who mowed down all upposition round game against the Saints, spots, especially in the second- until in a postponed Arst-round it fans will remember

The luckless Hongkong Pandas

sy

the Hawks knock-

From the spectator point of view the attendance showed definite Improvement over the season. Why, there previous were more people thronging the hillsides this season than at cny

other!

1 Uncivilised girl?

#23

Club.

(Signed)

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. True. He was beaten,

before he won the Wle and after he relinquished I, but never na champ'on.

2. Greece.

3. A herald was taking news of The Battle of Marathon Plain to Athens.

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steal ment by Vic l'odruco audaciously

mentor Vas of the home for the tieing run as the Hawks in the play-off. gume, Hawks went on to win it 10-8. The Pandas had a steady battery The pace got really torrid in Wei and Tsao. Though Jackie some of the top contendera met | Wei has slowed down quite a with 'unexpected reversals and bit in his pitching, he is far

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