THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1957.
A ROUND DOZEN GOALS, BUT THIS GAME WAS NO CRACKERJACK AFFAIR PANDAS EXTREMELY LUCKY
Army 8, Tung
Wah 4
By I. M. MacTAVISH
GOALS GALORE A ROUND DOZEN OF THEM. . but don't let that give you the impression that this game was a crackerjack affair. In the and the Army, after twice being behind, were worthy winners by 8-4 but there were periods in the match when the play touched rock bottom. One can make excuses for the Soldiers who were new sido in every sense of the word. . . but it is difficult indeed to find very much that is good to say about this poverty. stricken Tung Wah team.
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Promoted from the Second Division and having their baptism in the Senior circle the Chinese eleven, which incidentally had several well-known names in its line-up, looked far from being capable of meeting the exacting demands of First Division football.
Obvionaly the Chinese funs, who are necurate judges of form, didn't think very much of Tung Wah'a choces either, for only a few hundre turned up to see them in action and
large proportion of those who did hud lett the Club Sulum long before the whistle sounded to end a game in the later singes of which the only uncertain feature was whether or not the Army could start the sencon with a seore in Bigures.
double
With a full appreciation of the difculties correnting the rcials of the Services sides at the start of every season I am sure they must regard this vic- lory, and the two points which pecrue from it, us a very gatis. factory beginning.
Jlowever,
In this game he had overy right to feel aguarleved at some of the tackles that came hir but in each case the way. referee was to pward favour and even allowing for the fluctuations of human Cach in- nature that is where eident must begin and end.
In spite of the fact that the Army forwards got six of the elight goals scored by their side. they never
Impressed really collectively.
right on the spol a free kick in his
At Half Speed
Hurst and Hogarth did lots of
clever things but far too often they did them at half speed and that would have achieved very ttle against better opposition, Both of them have football in
soldiers'
suruck defence AWOL made it all square again at 3-3. This took a lot of the steam
WEEK-END LAWN BOWLS
MRS SELINA SILVA ACHIEVES RARE DOUBLE TO TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE IN LADIES' EVENTS
By "TOUCHER”.
The Colony Open Lawn Bowls Championships concluded during the week- end with Craigengower Cricket Club representatives annexing three more titles to bring their successes in this year's Open Championship events to four winners' and one runners-up positions.
The next most successful Club in the Championships has been Recreio whose bowlers won the Singles and Rinks events, and finished as runners-up in the Paira
Only one of the seven Cham- | whom were well at their top
tilles escaped the form.
this, Forrow Against pionship
mel his anon, who found the monopoly or Craigengower and
heavier than - average green Recreio and that is the Ladies' Triples which yesterday went to
against their liking, could only the Kowloon Cricket Club com- offer a mediocre resistance. bination of Miss C. Moosa, Mrs G. Sequeira and Mrs Phoenix.
out of the Army side and they Jound themselves behind again in the 62nd minute when Kung Crisp und Wah-kit again beat slipped the ball into the net.
Three minutes Inter Mendun
After being held to 1-1 on the scored a real skipper's goal to
first two heads, Rosselei's three put his tem level once more
Three further Third Division reeled off a four, a two and two and almost immediately after League matches will conclude singles on the next four heads
The League season, and but for to establish for themselves wards Tipping put them ahead.
leod. Aitkenhead Shield winning B-1
Forrow's Mendun blasted in number six the Annual
between Kowloon for the Army from the penalty match
and three took a two on the next and Henderson inade it Hongkong and the International | head, but that was the nearest
for the Cutierrez that they seven with just about the best matches
ever got to their goal of the lol.
Shield the 1957 Lawn Bowls opponents from then onwards. A few minutes from the end League season is well near to McDowall gol the eighth and its close.
Pride of place in the week- last 12x), thus putting all the
1nals on the list of end programme of four
easily goes Mrs Selina Silva who achieved
Silo Craingower the rare double in the Lailes'
Army
scorers.
forwards
Verdict
the side must be sharpened their boots and so has centre- if it in lu sustain a real chal-
forward McDowall. A
Very little
ordinary stud re- lenge to the leading Chinese
quickening of their reactions lieved by the goal harvest. clubs in the League
I would work wonders.
The Army's prospects are very much brighter than those Henderson had a good game of this lack-lustre Tung Wah in this team. At le moment on the Army right wing but side. It is essentially individualistic. Tipping so obvious right- Once the players cultivate the foot was badly out of position Referee Derbyshire wng hay-
Nevertheless there is football
understanding which can only an opposite side of the field. come from prolonged playing together they should settle down The Tung Wah officials must
blte......and
par
ing his first taste of League football, but for all his obvious competence and speed of deci- into a workmanlike outfit...be shaking their heads and sipo his propensity for giving bat defensive tightness, forward pondering the mixed blesangs decisions against the judgment Enesmen First of his
better-placed chasing that promotion to the more when beaten are Immediate Division
them. will not fuerfuse his popularity hns brought
the crowds Utsentials,
The present side, for all it's with Toleta, Lee Kwok-wah, Kung ticularly when hair-line offside Wa-kit nad Tso Kam-ho, is decisions are involved. Also he to learn long way short of senior class. han still something The defence is a thing rags about the habits of the Chinese Crisp made Ji
diving and taiters and the wonder was footballers in this game clulch in the opening minute
found himself that the Army did not run un a he frequently Jnt afterwards Called in contra fontaste total.
That they completely mixed up in the the good impression this early didn't was due mainly to the middle of the play. effort
courageous work of goalkeeper
Aimless Kicking
neal
inspired. His handling
Tic
of the ball was suspect and he let Tak, the tenacity of Ho Kni didn't get lus body behind the chu, and the Farly stability of ball as well as he should, must learn too that in this class Toledo and Lee Kwok-wah. of fontball careless almless
heavy-footed de- The other ficking of the ball when clear- tenders were aut of their depth ing can lead to real trouble
and up front only Kung Wala- particularly ngainst those
it and Tse Kam-ho had the Chinese sides whose strength lies at wing half.
Bell and Lomb were strong- tackling, robust bocks and Lamb certainly benefited from has the games he played here last
sens007.
spect and the ability to match the strength of the oppositis.
The goalscorers got the game off to a good start and only four minutes had gone when Hogarth made the most of a defensive lapse to put the Army in the There are real possibilities in lead, but three minutes
later the Soldiers' middle
line equality was restored when Te Cawley is a towering pivot Kim-ho cracked a fine left foot Ideas but he shot into the net in spite of a with the right will have to improve his speed gallant try by Crisp to keep it on the turn II he is going
to out
thwart the quicksilver switches
of the Chinese forwards. The Around thus period the
events.
The Internationals
Next Saturday will see the of the Colony start of the lust, but one event lawns bowls season and that is the Interna- tonal competition Gullerrez Shield.
for
the
Yankees And
TO BEAT SOUTH CHINA
BY A SOLITARY RUN
By "TIME OUT”
Senior League Softball got Into ila stride yesterday when two games were played off. In the opening Senior game the US Navy, represented by the USS Oren, thrushed a very weak.CAA side to the tune of 14 runs to 1 while the Pennant-shy Pandas were extremely lucky to scrape through by a solitary run when they edged out a sighting South Chinz nine by 6 runs to G.
The passing of typhoon "Glorla" last Sunday was very much in evidence as the ball park was in a shambles, with the scoreboard ripped apart, dugout washed away and the ground-keeper's "residence" blown to plects. This was the sight that greeted the fairly large crowd of fans who witnessed the gaines.
South China got off to a fine centre. He advanced to recond start when T. K. Yau singled to on a wild pitch. Yau was oblo to score when B. K. Young bit a grounder to
shortstop Long who threw wild to first. C. M. Tsang then bunted héally to third to advanc? Young to third, Clean-up baller Cart Mivalt scored Yeung on E falder's choice. The next two baźters, Khan and Ramjahn, were put out in order.
Braves Close
Their Regular Season With Identical Margins
The World
The
The Pandas in their turn at bat retaliated when they scored three runs on as many hits. Lenst-off man S. H. Ha got to Arst on a neat bunt and stolo New York, Sept. 29.
second. J. Chiu was grounded Series-bound New York Yankees and out but advanced Hau to third. Milwaukee Braves closed out their regular-season | A fumble by third boxaNON compolition today with identical eight-game margins Tsang enabled Lam Ping to (reach first and Hou to neore over their carest rivals.
{Pandas' first run. Raymond Tsto National League Champion Braves rallied to edge then popped to left for the second out. Veteran Y, S. Liang's the Cincinnati Redlegs, 4-3, on Felix Mantille's run-acat single to right enabled Lam producing single with two out in the ninth inning, Ping to cross the plate. A fum- while the American League Champion Yankees bowed ble by Ramjaha saw Llang score the third run for the Pandas. to the Boston Red Sox, 3-2.
Young Charles Leung i to` However, the Yankees
first on a neal bunt to third. 3. Detroit Tigers gefcated Kansas City Athletics, 1-4, on Jen ended the inning when he Harvey Kuenn's two-run homer Walled out for batung out of in the sixth inning, Bunning, who started three games in the last week in a vain attempt to win his 20th, reached that mark In relief of Duke Mans,
On Saturday at the Kowloon Dock Club meen, Mrs Sliva garnered the Ladies' Open
This year each community will be represented by only one Singles title in convincing style
team of four and altogether by defeating Kowlour Bowl there will be 12 trams compel wound up with the best wins
sti Green Club's Mrs Scott by 22-
ing.
The 10 after only 12 heads.
greatest disappoint- ning percentage. They won 98 this and lost 56 during the regular The new brilliant form in this match and land team.
Champlon was in ment in this competition
year is the absence of a Scot-season for a .036 mark while Scotland won the the Braves finished with a 90-59 by the first five heads was well in the lead by 14-0. Opening with a two, she collected three, a four, a three and a two on successive hende.
Fighting Stand ・・
Mrs
title last year and to them the record for a .817 percentage.
must have been disappointment much the greater in not being able to defend it.
The reason for the absentz of this team seems to be that there was an insufficient num- ber of Scottish
t
pitched Bob Buhl
the first five innings for Milwaukee, ul- lowing no runs and five hits, but relief pitcher Don McMahon received eredit for the victory. Scott put up a lighting,
Before Montilla bowlers listed
unloaded his stand on the next four heads on the official let at the time gone-winning hit, Red Schen- by scoring two singles and two of the
dienst fled the score with closing of entries. A few additional names fours to narrow the gap, to 10-
from single-his 200th base hit of the 14. Which a close Anish looked Taikoo Dock Chub did
2,200th of his not son and the imminent, Mra Silva came back reach the Association until Major League career. with another spell of consia after the closing Ume Dud tent and accurate
Jim Plersall's twa-out triple drawing to date. The
und
refusal of these Bnish of the match with Jale entries has been a pubject Army Crisp; Bell, Lamb: two and two successive threes of controversy among local Mendum, Cawley, Poole: Hen- Yesterday
the Kowloon bowlers for some days. past. at derson Hurst, McDowall. Bowling Green Club green Mrs new entry this year is that of Hogarth, Tipping.
Silva followed up her brillant Channel Islands
which win Lee Tak: Hung performance of the day before Tung Wah! Hing-yuk, Ho Kai-chlu; Ho
with unother fine display of Kal-chum, Toledo, Ng Chi-yin; consistent and accurate Lee Kwok-wah, Kung Wah-killing to pave the way for herself Tee Kam-ho, Tam Sum-cheung, Chu Shing-ho.
Teams
Bulgaria-Poland Soccer Match Ends In A Draw
Soña, Sept. 29.
bow-
and her skip Helen Kwong to 20-12 victory over the USRC combination of Mrs J. Noble and Mra S.
Walker in the Ladies' Open Pairs final.
The winners established
ata
in the ninth inning scored Billy
Ginuz from Arst base and earned the Red Sox their closing-day victory over the Yankees,
The Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
the
the box.
Raflied
In the second inning, with two down, South China rallied three runs on two hits, a walk and no error. Gary Hamet (started the ball rolling when ke got to first on an error by right- T. K 000-000-200-2-felder Charles Leung. 001-001-10x-0-10-1 You his second bit of the Ditmir, Kucka (8) M Berg, day when he singled to left to Howard 16: Baumann, Formeles (6) advance Hamel to second. Next and Daley, WP-Bourninn '(1-0). LX. Kucks (6-10), Hi-Coleman (2nd).
New York Boston
(10 inntogs).
Baltimore ... 000-003-000-4-7~11~O Wethington
batter Veung drew a free pass
to load the bases. Laity C/ M.
000-0221-000-6-360 Tsang also had his second hit Johnson, Odell (7) Zuverlak (P), when he doubled to cratre to Lohman () and Triandos Griggs score Hamet and You, In an Slobbs (0), Dymly (18) and Courtney, WP-Lehnat (3-3). L-Stobbs (8-251 attempt to nall Yeung who was Kane City .005-000-0004 malding third pitcher Jucklo 200-100-0301-) | Wel throw wild, tó let Yeung Gorthan, Terry, Brunet (7) and score. Carl Mysit was called Smith; Make, Skinning (9), Koen tü and Wilson, WP-Dunning (1-0) LP: out on the third strike, to end Onery 10-7: KRS-Roki Kuenn the rally.
Detroit
have "Peanut" Marshall as their His First Triumph (
convenor.
Frank Baumarın registered
Favourites
this for the title year ll be Portugal who will undoubtedly have veteran his Arst triumph, limiting the Raoul Luz as skip. With such
Yankees to seven hits ovet the first seven: innings, while other bowlers as Connie Perolju,
Spotty Pereira, Joe Laiz, Jackie Noronha, A. A. Lopes to choose from Portugal's four will be formidable one,
Johnny Kucka was the lower.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
In the bottom half of the innier the Fandas were unablo Brooklyn
109-000-0001 to scare despite having a man at Philadelphia 003-002-00-4-1 zecond. Both sides were unable Craig, Koufax (0) and peenstand: to meara in the third inning, na Morehead (1-1) and Lonosti, LE
the batter wore put out, one, Craig (6-9), Hit-Boschee (18h), Chicago
two, three respectively.
060-000-000-——7—0
Denbownty. Anxinmass, Farrang (P21 Barn, Blohmidë (4), Miller (8)
(St71).
In the fourth trame, a neat
A. crowd of 2,400 turnet? | St Louis out for Ted Willams Day" at Boston and watch their U (9) and H. Smith Barnes double play and pop to second Other communities which can hero double and single in his be expected to do will will be only two
HH9-Fong (2). Morgan enabled the South China boyz to at-bats,
Wiliama
score. The Pandas were luckler China (who have unfortunately finished with a 380 average in
Pittsburgh
130-201-003--17--0 New York drawn
100-000-0001) as they scored one run on an Portugal in the Arst winning his 4th batting title. round), Malaya and India.
Friend (14-18) and Eterson: An- error. The Pandas were then tonella Barclay (3), Crom The New York Giants fina Militer (7), Montant (D) and W().trailing by 4 runs to 8.
Kit WP-Friend (14-16)
Neither aide scored until the Antonelli (12-18). HAY##. Thomas ended on a sour note when the fused) Powers (2nd).
sixth when the Pandas squeczeń Cincintail Pirates totalled 17 Pittsburgh
*** 000-000-000-3--la two runs to virtually win the MITWASEIS
000-000-112kműmű hits in breezing to a 3-1 victory. for the Pirates in posting ht 14th victory while Johnny
Buffered his Antoncili
Bulgurin and Poland drew Walker put up a creditable Yesterday's Results games at the Pole Grounds
same conuments apply equally soldiers were baving plenty of 1-1 in a soccer International to Poole who impressed with Internal Irouble and It was here today. his quick interceptions but who hardly surprise when Cheng
carly 8-0 lead on the Arst five 1:eade and never looked back after that until the final scoré of 20-12 was reached,
Though beaten by 14 shots, bath Mrg Nobla and Mrg
display, considering that both have been playing the gamo for
MEN'S OPEN TRIPLES FINAL Dryczy gave Poland the lead unly just year. was frequently caught on the Koon-hung put the Chinese in the 40th minute, and Milanov
E. G. Barros, F. W. Hollands After an Indifferent beginslag and C. R. Rosselet (CCC) beat Bob Friend. went all the wa♬ | Kurtwnty (2)_and Dotterer. Burgy's ( Ucires to first. He..stole second wrong feet when play way sud- boys in the lead.
equalised in the 70th minute. due undoubtedly to nervous-
H. Black, P. Gardner and K. denly directed behind him.
A crowd
and of 45,000 watched; nesS
inexperience, they
FOTOW (HKFC),
23-8. the match in warm, sunny played some very weather. Bulgurla had most of in the second half of the game,
LADIES" OPEN PAIIS FINAL
Mirs The men's Open Triples final
S. Silva and Mits H. defeat. the play, but missed numertals
proved to be a one-sided affair, Kwong (CCC) beat Mrs J. chances.-Reuter.
and resulted in an Casy 23-0 Noble
MIG S. Walke win for the Craigingower three} (USRC), 26-12.
Mendum bids
fair to being D# good a wing half at we have reen in non-Chinese clrcles for
A Double Blow
With
the half-hour just
u long time. He has a good sense coming up the Army struck
of position: he tackles well; his back with a double blow, distribution is generally intel- Tipping got the equaliser and ligent and accurate; and he has immediately
finished A
ofterwards
neut
Hurst OverNet
on eye for half a chance of a shot at goal: Birr he has one following a foul on Mendum, to great deficiency....he
give his side a 3-2-lead which fery temper which fares up they, maintained until the in-
has a
at the slightest provocation and terval.
he obviously has the greatest The second half was only five
World Cup Soccer
A
Bucharest, Sept. 29. crowd of 110,000
saw
difficulty in keeping himcelt in minutes old when a cute dick Humanka and Yugoslavia draw check.
by Kung Wah-kit caught the 1-1 bure today in their Group?
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qualifying match of the World Soccer Cup competition.
Both goals were scored after the interval.
Rumania retained the lead in the Group, with
good bowls
of E. G. BAITOS, F. W. Hollanda LADIES' OPEN TRIPLES and C. R. Rosselet over the Talkoo-HKFC three of
FINAL
18th
Final Standings
Hook, Skaugstad (8), Freeman (7), game. Wally Ma obtained a free (9): Buhl, Piraten (3) Trowbridge and advanced to third un Jackie
(0), M- Conley (8) Phili
Wel's sacrifice, V Mahan (9) and Rice, Kawatek! (B), WP.MeMahon
LP-Kennedy (2-3).
Another sacrifice by E.S Hou enabled Wally Ma to cross the plate with the leng run. John Chiu drew a treg Ucket and stole second, Lors went right Ping's grounder between shortstop Ramiahn's
and John Legs
Chiu cat hustling home with the wo ning run.
Final Major League standings:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Chicago Cuba led-the Pirates for last place in the National League by whipping the St Louis Cardinals, 9-3, be- hind the
Mot pitching of Mrs G. Drobowsity, while Seth More- Phoenix head pitched the Philadelphia New York
Chicago (KCC) beat Mrs Scott, Mr Phillies to a 2-1 victory over Bosteri Liddell and Mrs Rounsefell the Brooklyn Dodgers in his Dotroit (KBGC), 10-14.
MLeg C. Mooed,
Black, P. Gardner and Ken Sequeira and Mrs Forrow,
Stop Ken Forrow had trouble with Dame Fortune on the very❘ Brst head when, lying the shot, he promoted the wrong wood to give away the shot to his up- ponents. From then on and throughout the whole luck was aways against him and his frontmon,
vamo
In addition to the opposition from this quarter, they had also three points to contend with the good all- from their two matches played round bowling put up by all so far.-Reuter,
their three opponents,
THE GAMBOLS
DO YOU LIKE THAT DREns? IT WAS THE SAME AS
all of
Pakistan Beaten
Singapore, Sept. 30.
first Major League start,
The
finished Afth in the
Baltimore
Baltimore
Cleveland Kansas City Washington
WL Pat, dit
58030-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L Pet. OD
Orioles American four League race by scuring in the 10th inning for a 7-3 victory over the Washington Muwaukee while the Cleveland Pakistan newcomer to Inter-Senators, national Badminton,
nalled down was Indians
sixth trounced 5-0 by Singapore in pinco by downing the Chicago | Phundelphia a friendly exhibition match at White Sox, 6-3. the Singapore Badminton Staw Jim Bunning picked up his Chicago dium last night.----Reuter. -
20th victory of the season as the
Barry Appaby
ME Loul Brooklyn Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
All Heating Problems Solved
In
a last effort the hard- fighting South China boys were put out in quick order.
Winning pitcher Jackie Wel struck out two, walked one and gave up four hits whilst losing pitcher Chark Yu-fal out one, walked three *INA Fielded Ave hits,
Towering Homer
i-
In the pre-lunch game, Ungla Sam's Gobs whippod the weak: CAA nine by 24 Zuria to 2 im. dull and disappointing game. The only two things worth mentioning are the three double plays by the Navý boys and a- towering homer by Wilson li the fourth tube,
"Austerg 3 to
· Only one Junior; game wid played on. The Pennant-bound Cheyentes took Dave Cooper's
towny - when thes beat the latter byr. 194. – Viln Austers scored all theliom
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