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Home Soccer Fixtures

Following are the Home soccer for tomorrow and

ixtures

Monday:

Fit Division

TOMORROW

Newcastle

Armenial

V

Leade

Aston Villa

Leicester

Isotion

V

orristut

Bumley

Everton

V

Blackpool

Manchester C. V

Tottenham

Nottingham

West Brom

Pretor

Chelook

Wednesday

mingħan

Wolves

U.

Sunderland

Luton

Hecond

Division

Barnsley

Wex

Lan

Bristol R.

V

Liverpool

Derby

V

Ipswich

Doncaster

V

Cardif

Pashan

Sheffield

Rudderwrid

Leyton

❤

Middlesbrough

Lincoln

↓

Grimaby

Rotherhain

V

Bristol C.

Swansea

บ

Blackburn

Chariton

Nolia C.

Bloke

Third Bivision (South)

Aldershot

Cokbester

Noumenoutl

Gingham

Brentford

บ

Coventry

V

Walsall

Crystal P.

V

Feeding

Newport

V

Southend

Norwich

Y

Plymouth

Exeter

l'ort Vale

y

Southampton

V

Swindon

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Barrow

Queen's P. I.

Ikighten

Shrewsbury

Northampton

Thled Silvleton (North)

Bradford

Catal

Darlington

Crewe

Gateshead

Oldham

Itochanie

Scunthorpe Southport

Wrexham

York

Brolih

Airdrie

Celio

Dundee

Foot Fife

Hibernian

Partick

Queen of So

.

V Лестицион

Hartimoots

W Tranniere

บ

Blockport

Workington

Mansfield

Hury

Halifax

Bradford C.

Chesterfield

Jul

Chester

rague "A"

Clyde

น

Motherwell

Kihnamock

Queen's Park

Rangers

fleurs:

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1957.

SHORT-CUT VICTORY FOR TURPIN

Randolph Turpin, the British Cruiserweight Champion (right) in netion against the Frenchman, Ahmën Bougroune, at Harringay on September 17, Turpin' was the winner, the referee stopping the Ight in the ninth round. ---

Central Press Photo.

Raith

St Mirren

V

Aberdeen

Third Lanask

V

Falkirk

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2 Lite Othello

Arbroath

Y

Ayr

3 English writer

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Dumbarton

Fast Stirling

Hamilton

St Johnstone

Steph'muir

Strung

Stranrarı

Forfar

Berwick

Dundee Dunfermline

Alloa

Marton

V Albla

Montrose

MONDAY

Third Bivkina (South)

Colchester

い Northamplon

Queen's P. 1.

Southampton

Third Division (North)

Accrington

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6 Fommy, strong man

7 Love alfair

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9 Agriculture

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Plymouth

Port Vale

Gateshead

Hull

Yuck

Newport

V

Chester

Stockmort

V

Manafekt

❤ Bradford

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MARKS THE

THIS SOFTBALL SEASON

SEASON MARKS COMPLETION OF TWO DECADES OF ORGANISED LOCAL GAMES

By "TIME OUT":

The softball season is with us again and once more the faithful followers of the sport are making the usual week-end excursions to the ball park. They have done this year after year, sons following in their fathers' footstops, the young gradually roplacing the old in the true tradition of softball fans-but how many people roalise that this has been going on for the past twenty years?

This 1957-58 season marks the completion of two decades of organised local softball, including the war years in Macao when interest never waned despite the trials and tribulations brought about by global conflict,

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Regular weekly games are girls, nevertheless recalls the saw the inception of the amusi, in 1939 that certain players were now taken as a matter of course complete loss of control of the Presentation Dance which is now betting on outcomes of games, and It Ls commendable enthusiastle crowd that swarm- 11 Traditional end-of-season as a result of which two rulings achievement to have softball as ed all over the ground and affair,

wore made. Firstly, players # permanent fixture on the local refused to budge an inch from

found guilty sports calendar, considering the the baselines,

In 1938 softball was at the amateur

of violating their status were barred fact that it was first Introduced

height of popularity and ladiestran further anticipation and, to Hongkong in 1935 by a hand-

softball was introduced, So secondly, cominercially spongr ful of Overseas Chinese tossing

many games in the two leagues ed teams were not allowed around an oversized ball, then As a result or this visit had to be played off that at one play In the League, the termed an indoor baseball"-a tremendous interest was stimu- time ve different ball alightly smaller than the

Popular Demand Inted amongst Incal spotismer. (loaned by sympathetic clubs) kind now used in miniature and taking up this new sport season. Up to this Ume only one had to be used throughout the football,

with the -ounce ball was easy as falling off in tog sine umpire officiated at games and the system of having two more the majority of participants then

ta nesist at games did not come comprised experienced base- ballers. In those days more

about until spectator control than ever the players went out incat Chatharn Read, where entre Inio effect for the first without any acrious consider fans were properly seated in the tion of vleing for individual honours. It was the team and the team only that counted, Il is a sad reflection on Colory softball today that this atillede to the game is a thing of the

were

At that time the game wns played with

hands and barc There

six teams only partielpating. It required very He

space and the venuez were the CBA ground at King's Park and the present bowling green of the Filipino Club. Spectator interest in the new

sport was so high it was not unusual to have

fans sitting along the baselines, All games were on a friendly bacis 10 it was not unul two years later, In 1937, that the Hongkong Solt ball Association was established.

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Capacity Crowd

past

Whs

"The point-

stands,

High Standard

and teams were so evenly matched that

seldom scores reached double figures.

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Hong League

By popular demand the Inter-

came into being. the following year. This League alimcted numerous entries from

business the various

organiza- tons and what was lacking in

than #uftill "know-how" was more round keenness, with the bat composated for by all.

rivalry rampant umongst the three

companies: For The entrance fee was only 20 the cents and games were wall sup-ing parade

time, ob open- ported, a crowd of 1,000 being regular feature of

of terms (now quite common on Sundays.

each year's An Opening Day) in full uniform Interesting feature of Chatham was introduced. In this 1939-40 Au ¿utbreak of sprained digits Rond days wan when fansreasen, the Inauguration of the and blackened eyes lentured the made Sunday saffball an all- Men's & Lodies International early beginnings of softball for day offále by bringing along Serics added spice to an already in those duys neither gloves nor their lunch boxes-und one m-

full programme of Lergue and masky were worn, The sole ferprising player even went so Hong gincy,

louch

of arbiter took his position bebintar as to erect a hot-der stand. "Americana" was evident when the scribes started using such The visit of Marly Fielder'a the pitcher and if ever he

terms as "swinging on a rusty Hollywood Glamourgirls in 1936 by a batted ball he hat

Fate" unit "fanning the breeze" milestone in the history nobody but himself to blaz

Sunday morning games were

and other expressions peculiar to It was indeed silent testimony a ball and it was indeed an of softball in that for the first

ine the present-day 6-ounce a regular leature.

to the high standard of play extremely busy year for three ball was introduced. Two games larity of this sport caught on

that fans wiltgly spent their were played off at Caroling and soon interest was so wide-1 entire Sunday watching softbol: gidentally held office until we overworked offelals who in- Hit with the series breaking "pread that teams were must even, the All-Hongkong Men's rooming in every section of the

1941. team losing 1-3 and the Con- community. In the year 1937

When more and more young- All scoring at games then was tera took up the game the Junior bined Chinese scraping through became apparent that son 10 a 2-3 victory.

sert of control, was necessary in These two

the duty of the press and um- League come into existence in order to establish the game on

1940 pires were, believe it or not, co-

and the sfato of affairs games played off on the same

an organised

when footbig. Omeers upted on the spot! The Assõela-

hostilities broke out in afternoon drew capacity crowds, This writer, then still too young fraternity had amongst its ranks effort late in 1940 by staging a

were not difficult to Bind as the tion also contributed to the war December, 1941, was much thật Just before quite a few of the to appreciate the very happy

men with the ability and series of exhibition games which Colony's softballers responded outfits worn by the American

patience to govern the affairs of raised a sum of $1,700.00 for the to the call to arms, softball such a sporting body. The scad SCMP "Somber Fund."

boasted 1 well-matched teams having been sown these men

The only thing marring what in the Senior Division, elght. In "nursed the copling with care and was otherwise a very successful the Ladies and countless Junior the success of the sport in the season was the discovery carly League teams. years following is a glowing tribute to their untiring efforts. The Hongkong Softball Asso- clotion was founded in 1937 with three men

forming the nucleus of what was then known as the "Softball League," All the affairs of the Associa tion were in their hands and their meeting place was the Brook Club in Middle Road, Kowicon. The Asso.lation was to Lened by this connection with the Club intofer as when the Club wound up Its activities the balance of its funds amount. ting to Just over a $1,800.00 (not to be scoffed at in those days) was donated to the Soft- Loil Association.

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First Constitution

The first Constitution of the Association was as brief ng one could possibly imagine. Twa typewrition sheets were com- olled

and retained by The Honorary Secretary and it 19 doubtful if any

team inanager ever bothered to refer to this Constitution. Managers had no voting rights und any decision In softball matters was the sole pretive of the three men who were the Association, Protests were few and far between but when these graše the League onicals prevalled on the wise council of more experienced men to arblirate and there the matter ended. Appeals were unheard of since decisions, favourable or otherwise, were accepted with out question in the true spirit of sportsmanship, The scribes for the three English news-

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Bombay, Sept. 26. Indian ace badminton player Nandu Nalckor today eliminated Malaya's David Choong from the Men's Singles of the Cricket | Club of Indin en Weitern India Badminton Champion-

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