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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1958.

WEEKEND SOFTBALL GAMES

Pandas And The Saints Featured In Return Encounter Tomorrow

By "TIME QUT”

Before getting down to the business in hand, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my belated congratulations to Ed "Chief" Carvalho and his Seminoles who have won the Junior League softball championship for the second consecu- tive year. Contrary to the opinion of some sections of the softball fraternity a championship is a championship, no matter how you look at it.

If your nearest rivals choose to hand it to you on a silver platter it hardly detracts from the honour usually associated with copping any sort of sports title-so much for that.

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This week's programme will in the Senior Division, South In seven years of League conz. be highlighted by the

return China. The Inter have been petition the Pandas have man- encounter of the Senior League plagued with spells of absenteenged io beat the Saints only Pandas and the current cham-

have Lwiec. They might yet make it In desperation plons, the Saints, and five games signed up four ex-SCAA Junior a "hat-trick" since it is reliably ore down for decision. The players to ensure a starting nine learned that star hurler Jackie bottle for the minor positions in At game time. These two teams wel will be making a welcome the Junior

not met before and the retura Division Is carried lave

the mound on without respite since a num- outcome of this game has no just for

match, bor of games postponed because bearing on the eventual resting was completely out of touch in of weather conditions will still place of the "Commissioner's the earlier game, giving up 15 have to be played off before the Trophy". commencement of the Knock- probably out Tournament due to slart

noon,

The bard from Avon would certainly view with mixed feelings the interpretation, not on the stage, but on the ninying feld, of his "Comedy of Errors", Those taking part wenc the Junior League Comets and the University of Hongkong soft. ballera. No less than 32 crrots

were chalked up in their Arst round match, won by the Comets 22-10.

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SKILL IS FIRST NOW IN SOCCER JUNGLE’

Down In the jungle that is the Third Division a terrifle battle is raging-the toughest since the division was formed way back in 1921. It is a bitter, survival- of-the fittest struggle...for next season the bottom 12 clubs in each section will form the now Fourth Division.

It is a venture that could be financial suicido for some of

them.

As the tension increases the strain will

officials and players. It will be a

right to the end.

begin to affect no-quarter fight

it, former Everion "twins" Peter

Farrell and Tommy Eglington," of Trumanene.

You would think that would make good football Im- possible--but not a bit of it.

These Third

Division managers are telling and coach- ing their teams to play football.

Just look at those Cup shocks ...Darlington.... Scunthorpe. They did not do it by kick and rush, but by football Just co good as the First Division teams they thrashed

Torture

Dodgers will hits to the Joeys and it remains Manager Dove Russell, whose feld a side full of to be seen whether the lung lay-Bury side were relegated at the bench-wormers and even then off this reason will affect his end of last neacon, fold me: they should get plenty bat pitching. If he strikes the form "In a month's time this League } we all know he is capable of the

will be sheer torture. But, take Pandas must be conceded en it from me, there's plenty of outside chance of being the flost good football down here."

ting practice at the expense of opposing hurler Chan Yue-fai who is anything but a Senior League plicher."

Once Again

Once again

The "aise-ruus"

team to lower the colours of the Saints who are undefeated in nine starts.

Frankly everything hinges on the presence of Wel. It will be

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a one-sided affair without him. As for the Safts the only weak do baltic in the minor division. spot in their team is P. C. Wong At 2.00 p.m. the highly Un-

who is essentially en outfelder. predictable Dodgers come up At shortstop he stands out by against the John Bulls of local being the poores defensive Sheridan Hamel's Cumets le softball, the Aghting Austers player in un lufield that fourth in the League table and under skipper Dave Cooper. In extremely difficult to penetrate all Indications are that they a previous meeting tho service- The

of Meme will still be there at the end of men howed to the Dodgers by Xavier, L. C. Poon and one of the season, After their spirited solitary run after seven hard-tho Ismall brothers is the best display against Champion fought Innings and were, on in the League today and they Seminoles the Comets take the the day's showing, very un-seldom lot anything go past. field as favourites to repeat their | fortunate to drop the decision. win over the U. But they must Since then a lot of water has hovo mentor Homet to guide | fidwed under the bridge, so to them along es without him they speak. The Dodgers are enjoy- hove shown that they haveing a revival of fortunes while brawn than brains-and the opposite holds true for the sheer exuberance alone cannot | Austers. The Filipino side will win a ball game.

more

On current form the Saints, even against Jackie Wel whom they know so well, must take this game for victory Number 10 on their way to another championship, and, I would be depend on the unreliable arm of the most surprised person at Reuben Despa who, as I have King's Park if the Pandas upset sold belore, either pitches all calculations and put the superbly or not at all. It Warriors on oven tering with strike zone the Saints. fails to locate the mentor Fred Diesta can silil call on the services of Ray Pachecho.

Keonest Bunch Frank Wong's boys cannot taken too lightly. They are the keenest bunch in local softball these days and with veteran coach Bill Silva lending a hand The Austers place great on upset by the University team reliance on the trusly arm of cannot be ruled out altogether, Dave Cooper who must be nurs but they will first have to settle ing some sort of headache from

down to some really serious coping with team replacements fielding if they expeel to avenge Rew their defeat.

to the same. For the Ausiers

reputation moans nothing and they will be aiming Only four games are down for for en upset win although the tomorrow. The Caroliners' take form book says this shouldn't on the University girls in the happen. The Dodgers are by opener at 10.00 a.m. and are out far a superior aide all-round and to make it three in a row. Bhould take this game in their Their star hurler, "Peanut" You stride. However, a little patience Lai-cheung, is presently in de by the Ausions In the batting vastating tormi and should and box may pay dividends as both o few mure victims to her Dodger pitchers are noted for strikeout 1st. Opposing hurler their temperamental hurling. Frances da Silva tassed the

Ferson's first no-hitter just last

December and shares with Yim

the honour of being the only

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Tranmere were right in trouble when Ferrell and Eglington joined them, but in no time they zoomed into the top 10.

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dwo oki Cardi Hollyman, stalwarts, have done wonders

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for Newport County. Then you have

Bobby

Brennan Norwich, former Chelsea star Bobby Campbell at Reading and Benny Fenton at Colchester.

football.

Al these players

were educated in the art of playing top-class

No matter what grade of competition they play in, they cannot do other than play the game they know.

As they mix with young up- Harry Storer had the same

and-coming Third Division opinion after Derby's stay in the players, these old stare, by force Third Division.

of personality and skill, inspire the youngsters to adopt the same game.

What is the reason for the

Increased desire to master ball play and win the football way?

It the successful road to win- I could be that managers and

ning points and winning the

crowds,

the street will come

They realise that the men in to see a good game.

But I think the real reason is the influx of ex-First Division types into the club tests. Raich Carter's gratus made Hull City into a promotion-winning outfi, former Manchester United centre-half Allenby Chilton did the same for Grimsby, and Ivor Broadis moulded Carlisle: Into a football-machine.

More and more clubs see the value of injecting a former star into their side. There is Stanley Mortensen, the old Blackpool Focket, at Southport and those

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of the Both sides' defences are evenly Pandas and the Saints. It looked matched

all the with the Caroliners like a thrilling game just a shade more powerful in way, at least that's what the which the the batting department. It will scoreboard Indicated be Yim versus Silva all the way chainpy were leading 2 to 1. with the odds favouring Souths lowever, the final score-Saints China,

14, Pandas is another story. A1 3.30 p.m. tomorrow

The 11.30 am. game features Inding Pandas get another crack the strong P.L. Dodgers outfit at the champions and it is hoped against the only winless team fans won't be let down again.

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WILLIE SMITH

By Archie Quick

After World War I, and be- fore Joe Davis brought world- wide popularity to the game of one of the satisfying onpoker, relaxations of Georgian Britain was billiarda, Those with time to spara used to flock to the two West End hells-Thurstons Leicester Square and Burroughes and Watts In Soho Square and watch the great players of the three-ball game.

Melbourne Inman, Tom Reece, Harry Stevenson, Willie Smith, Claud Feliciner, George Gray, Waiter Lindrum, Tom Newman. These were names to conjure with. The leisured hours used to pass gently by in a haze of cigar smoke with the inimitable Charles Chambers keeping the

Ecore.

Alas, so many have passed on. Walter Lindrum, not a visitor to these shores for a quarter of a

has

recently century,

been Smith, too, still survives. He has awarded the CBE, and Walle

been reviving nostalgic memories with a week's play of billiarda and snooker against the Master, Joe Davis, at Burroughes Hali and old Willie-he is past 70-- did not do too badly at billiards either. He was given a 3,000 points start and lost only by 0087 to 0051.

Hard Bargains

Smith, a hard-headed Geordie from Darlington, now lives at Scarborough where he is pro- fessional and marker to a local club. In his hey-day he ruled the billiards world, and was un- disputed world champion at one time. When not defending his tile he drove hard bargains in handicap games, but he always drew the crowds.

Smith did not have the gossa- mer touch of Falkiner, the top- of-the-table technique, of Gray, of the break-compiling ability Lindrum, or the compelling pers conality of Inman and Reece, but It was the most consistent of them all. He told me at Bur- roughes Hall that he found dimcult to understand why billiards had gone out of favour.

"I can understand the playing 50- public preferring snooker cause the margin of error is greater and allows the average players to get back Into the game quickly," he said, "but I think there should be an appeal by the professional billiards game. Played by top class men it is more attractive to watch." Of course, if we were playing for 2100 we were in the big money in the old days. That would be chicken feed now.”

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. 1877 at Melbourne. Australia

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2. The United States in 1900.

3. Tomeny Burns who beat. Jem Roche by a knock-out in 1 min 20 BÁC

4. Halder of women's world

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10. Malcolm Anderson of

Australia.

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