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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1958. -

UNIVERSITY PITCHER IN FINE FORM

Nothing Very

Exciting

In Weekend's Softball

By "TIME OUT""

softball contingent from Caroline Hill registered a "double" yesterday, in forfeits that is, when both their men and ladies gave walkovers to the PI Dodgers and CAA It was particularly costly to the distaff section respectively. as they were short of only one player and this loss, their third, throws the Ladies' Championship into the laps of the Hurricanos

The other two games down for decision did nothing to bring up anybody's blood pressure. The morning affair saw the University's Frances da Silva in rare form on the mound against the luckless Overseas girls. Silva struck out 10, issued five walks and gave up only four hits in her side's 25 runs to 3 victory.

Irono lo matched France fine showing with a perfect 2 in 2 effort at the plate, one hit being a round-tripper, A speciel pat

LEAGUE CRICKET

UNBEATEN RECORD GOES

SoGzon

Highlight of Saturday's League cricket was the first defeat inflicted this on Craigongower Cricket Club, who had hitherto

won six and their drawn

of SOYON matches. First club to lower Craigen

Was the IRC gower's colours and mak architect of the vic- tory was Carl Myatt, who took nine Craigengower wickets for 30 runs in 16.5 overs, three of these off very good catches by Anwar Javath a deep mid-aft The margin of victory was four

runs.

The Indiane scored 121, bat Ling first, with Carl Myatt (41), Tony Myatt (22) and George Ebert (19) not out) being the main contributors.

Craigengewer lost their first three wickets cheaply, but then Souza and Dhabber rot to- gether for a stand of Bi, when Souza fell victim to the first of Javalus three great catches. ....

Ragi was bowled by the first ball of Cari Myatt's next over and Dhobher went with the addition of only five more runs and the remaining four wickets put on only 10 more.

A Long Time

ever is

At Chater Road the Scorpions took a very long time over fear- ing 167 runs for seven wiekis. They kept the Optimists bowing for 54.3

before they declared and it was fast gring on the Optimists' part to reply with 150 of 38.3 overs. But 10% of the Optimists lost their wickets and Wie Scorplots won by 11

runs,

L

|

on the back goes to conch Bilters as the Dodgers bunched up Silva for a job well done. The two hits and a Selder's choice to Seminoles verig PI Dodgers ring up four runs on the score- game in the Junlar League re- board. Then an infleld out on Fulted in an easy win for the Marcy Baptista's grounder to latter by a score of 11 runs to f second base and Lionel Dayaram but those who follow the game hitting home plate for the will know that thin has no Seminoles second run of the bearing on the League standings as the Seminoles have niready won the Junior title again.

to

Baker Hussain hoisted the Anst for the champs. An KITOT by calcher Peter Almada opened the door the Ecoring when Lamberto Dieria gol first. Hussain sued two consecutive walks. wild piich coupled with an

Walcott's and error

drive accounted for over shortstop three Dodger runs.

W.O

ON

game.

No Difficulty Lal Dayaram then replaced Hussain on the moung for the Seminoles and promptly tossed when he heaved away a run the ball way over third base in attempting to make a play on Reuben Despa who was checkily stealing all the way from second and Despa hnd difficulty in denting the rubber for another run which was Incidentally the falled to make aby headwar in Dodgers eighth. The losern the bottom of the 3rd and 4th,

came

TABLE TENNIS

WORLD ICE HOCKEY

Major Upset By Sports Diary Two Points More

West Germany In European Tourney

Budapest, Mar, 2. Weat Germany's table tes men's team tonight caused a major upset in the European Championships here by defeat- Ing Czechoslovakia by five mal- ches to one In the "Budapest Cup."

Tonight's firm results were as follows:

BUDAPEST CUP Pool "A" West Germany beat Czechoslovakia by 5-1.

Pool "B" --- Hungary beat Soviet Union 5-1.

England beat

5-0.

Switzerland

BUCHAREST CUP (WOMEN)

Rumania beat

Pool "A" Walos 3-1.

Pool

France 3-0.

England beat

Hungary beat Austria 3-0. Polund beat Switzerlami 3-0.

TODAY

Mosting

IKEA Interport Committee Meet- lux at Sport Road, a p.m.

IIK Badminton Association Extra- Ardinary meeting, B.C.M. Fest Láda Board rooms, 6.30 p.m.

Rugby

Rugby Trial: Civilians y Com- binod Services, KFC. 8.30 p.m.

BadmintonL

Colony Junior Champlonatiipe mc. 7 p.m.

For Canada And Russia

Stanley Matthews WHY I DON'T ENVY CLIFF JONES...

*

London.

When Blackpool, after weeks of rumours and negotiations, secured my transfer from Stoke in May 1947 at an £11,500 fee then the fourth highest on record-I know what it was to be a player with a price on my head.

I knew that, although I was him one of the best wingers in

established International football today.

Oslo, Mar. 2. Canada and Russla cach two further brought home points in the World Ice Hockey Championships tonight, Canada an defeating Norway 12-0 and with 17 caps, I ell! had to make good in my new club surround- at Rusela beating Finland 10-0,

Ings. tho 111 The two "gianis"

It was a worrying time and TOMORROW

tournament znd Sweden's team,

that is why I sympathise with four Three Crown, have each

Cliff Jones, of Swansea Town Meeting

point but Canada lead on a BICASA Council Meeting, Lusitana belter goal average

followed and Wales, in all this talk about Club, $30 pm.

his future before he signed for by Russia and Sweden

Spurs.

Boccar

#1

Combined Chinese V Koreans HKC Stadijon, 8 pm.

Badminton

Colony Junior Championships. JC. 7.30 p.m.

Belgium beat East Germany World

3-0.

LATER RESULTS BUDAPEST CUP Pool "A" Yugoslavia beat Austria 6-4.

Pool "D"-Rumania beat East Germany 5-1.

Sweden bent Poland 5-2. DUCHAREST CUP (WOMEN)

"A"Rumania Pool

bent Sweden 3-0.

Søvlet Czechoslovakia beat Union 3-0.

Bulgaria, beat West Germany 3-1.

Wales beat Yugoslavia 3-0. Pool ""Hungary bezt France 3-0.

ALL-ROUNDER

Chess

Championship

As for all the criticism about his delay in making up his mind, ham't often been said that players should not be bought and sold in the transfer market like bales of colton?

Remember, that under the present rules the big-fee player However goed a player moyis not entitled to a penny of the The young Finnish team was no match for the Russians who be, the publicity that spreads huge sums paid for him, only slammed home Avo goals in the when n big-fen transfer is being his 210 signing-on fee and, if first period.

negotiated, adds to a player's his club agrees, his accrued The Kussian passtug was reputation and pets up standards share of benefit. again very accurato once they which are diféult to live up to. controlled the pace of the game, Veniamin Alexandrow goorod five goals for Russle in tonight's,

malch.

The Canadians played at top gear

and that of his young family as

In my opinion Cliff Jonca is And when he does join his right to look after his futuro new club he feels that he is ex-

He had also: pected to pull out something much as he can. extra to justify his cush value. the right to decide which First Division club he wished to join.

-(London Express Servico).

(COPYRIGHT)

throughout the match Mistakes Multiplied Match Starts against the Norwegians who

Tomorrow

on

Every mistake he makes the field will be multiplied La the eyes of the fans. They will look for super play every time.

That's a tall order for any player. I know only too well that you can't always brilliant game,

play A

The stars are always marked talka men. Back-room tactles

a plan to stop the tricks of the famous.

Ken Venturi Wins before matches always include Baton Rouge Open Golf Tourney

sulfered their third fuccessive defeat in the Championships.

Tomorrow there will be three matches Poland and Czecho Moscow, Mar. 2.

slovakia, Canada and Finland, The official opening ceremony Norway and the United States, for the return match to decide-Reuter, the world's champion chess player took place here today in the presence of the two contest- anto, Soviet Grand-Master Vassili Smytoly (holder) and his fel- low

contestant countryman Michel Botvinnik. Actual play begins un Tuesday afternoon.

Botvinnik lost the litic to Smyslov on April 30 fast year. Present tonight were the Vice-President of the Interna- tional Chess Federation, Grand-

Baton Rouge, Mar. 2. Rogozine Consistent Ken Venturi, the Master Viatcheslav

San Franciscan Swedish Grand-Master sensation, fired his fourth straight Gideon Stahlberg. Internation- three-under-par 69 today to win Open Master, Harry Golombek the $15,000 Baton Rouge ai (Britain) who is to assist Stahl-Golf tournament.

Venturi's 276 tolal was one berg, also attended the opening.

stroke off the record set for the After members of the Young Baton Rouge course In 1952 by Communist Pioneers Organisa- slamming Sammy Snead.

Anished flowers to San Franciscan golfer tion had presented

ahead of Arnold the two contestants, a draw took four strokes place, World champion Smyslov Palmer of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, drew "White" for the first game, and Lionel Hebert, of Lafayette,

Louisiana-United Press. France-Presse.

Stan Derbyshire is nominally and the umpire of the 20-year-old

first team

for

In the bottom half of this flaxit inning Graca's

hit almost at the same spot

The Dodgers increased their Poland beat Belgium 3-1. Walcott's loaded the Backy

lead in the top of the sixth England beat East Germany with only one away, Bernurd

Pachecho

run 3-0.-France-Presse. scored when Lee nude it two down by

number nine, Carillo the tenth fouling a high pop to third.

on a fielding choice and Fred Peler Almada looked over an

Jr notched Diesta

the up outside pltch to curn a pass Dodgers' Anal run. Dayamm to Arst and an unearned run

attempted to play Junior Diestu forced

Fricksan

at second but instead his half- Khan foultipped to end

goalkeeper the hearted lob was aimed at the inning with the Dodgers lending region of the

scoreboard and Langley Social Club FC in the 3 to 1.

Balford City League. The club when the relay from centre- The plate

has a good reserve goalkeeper umpire ruled two field was made to third it also Interference plays against the went wild and Junior

so when an injury crops up in Seminoles In the

the field Derbyshire Alls it. top of the home.

Ior- went contro second when catcher D'Almada

The Dodgers eased up a little Recently he

word and

times chuck bis mitt wo near the bet-ufter this and allowed the op against

six scored West Salfond Labour position

three more runs Lo

Chub, and he lus also won bring the final score to 11-5. Inter-Leaguc honours DS a

The entire game was some-

centre halft what spoilt by indifferent um- piting and the game itself was held up at practically every in- ning by the irritating habit of the Dodger catcher's tossing of the ball, after each

pitch, to sume infelder or othe. It was really quite purposeless and n stricter plate umpire. would have looked down with dls- Invour Da this time-wasting pracdee.

Pancho Gonzales

Narrows Gap Between Him And Lew Hoad

Phoenix, Mar, 2. Pancho Gonzales, World Tennis Professional Champion,

Light-Hearted

and

narrowed the gap between him As a matter of fact there was and his young Australian rival, a light-hearted galety Law Head, in their cross- couldn't-enre-less attitude per- country tour today with a 6-4, vading the atmosphere

of the the

matter

B-4 triumph.

because game, probably Gonzales, now trailing Hoad | eventual result did not 18-11, used his powerful service since the Junior Championship. In this Chater Head match,

lo blast the former Davis Cup had already been copped. Some Harry Owen Hughes (60) im-

slor before an overflow crowd of the dramatics on the fold moved his batting average of 4,500 fans at Paradise Valley and in the dugouts would have slightly to 56.36 and the first

Racquet Club, 1 was the done credit to any stage club wicket partnership with Donald nrgest crowd on record for a on the lookout for talent. In Leach (39) was kood for B1 tennis match in the Phoenix fact on Seminole's tasting of runs, None of the younger

his glove on the ground in dis- Scorpions ecntributed very The big Californian broke gust at making an atrocious match, but Aire Pearce wus Hond's service in the seventh play should have called for good for an undefeated 20.

Rowe reached 34 and Joynte of each set. On his own censure from his team manager Service, wire in the first set-but alas he got away with 240

43 for the Optimists, who lost and in the closing game of the There were so many changes only one wicket to Frank second set. Pancho blanked mi de in the Seminole line-up that even mentor "Chief Car-

Howarth

Hoad.

n Despa

In other First Division This was the second straight valho had a dificult Ume keep- matches, Army South beat Navy match that Gonzales has won ng track of the batters coming by 92 runs at King's Park and on concrete courts. Hoad sald up. For the winners, Rebuen KCC beat RAF by eight wie-afterward that he had only Despa slood out with a 2-hitter kets at Kai Tak.

played on concrete seven or although this wasn't eight times in his career and in top form despite his giving up never had won a match on that only a brace of singies. For the

losers Marcy Baptista made type of surface.

In

singles welcome return to form by mak- match,

Segura, the Ing a few neat catches in the to the Seminola ambidextrous South American, outfeld. And

League Standings

Scorpions IRC Army "N"

KCC

CCC

Army

RAF

Reerclo Optimists

Navy Police

tle.

P W D L Pts

15 8 5 2 37

10 7 7 2 30

13 8 2 3 34

15 7 0 2 34

14 6 7 1 31

15 5 0 4 20

10 3 5 4 21 4 8 21

15 2 0 0 14

15

13 1 11

11 7

д

preliminary Pancho

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beat Tony Traberi, former US who casually informed me that Amateur Champlon, 9-7. They his team wasn't really trying,

the well have played 17 times on Jack

Kramer-promoted

and Segura three even.

leads 0-0

tour

with

The tour moves to Albuquer- Including two points for a que where play will resume on

| Tuesday-United Press.

Lastly special mention goes to Seminole manager Carvalho, for risking Klondike Wong batting title by playing Wong at short- stop. Wong went 0 in 2. but in my esimalion he still wing it.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

DO YOU KNOW THE AIR FORCE

IS LOOKING FOR YOU?

FOR A FLYING HORSE, THEY WON'T

FINDIT

FERDINAND

NANCY

The

Cuban Slated For Better Position In World Rankings

Manila, Mar. 3, Cubo's Manuel Armenteros, -20 ste who scored a technical knock-

the out

Philippine Champson,

DVLT

Sometimes two or three play- ers are earmarked for the tank, reducing the effectiveness of the big-money men.

And, don't forget that every Bantamweight player likes to have a good gamo Alfredo Asuncion Last Saturday, against a star. It gives him a

after Leo Espinosa cheers Runned thrill when the crowd

yesterday and the latter's berth his successful efforts.

Number Three This only adds to the worry, Bantamweight challenger. of the player with the Bank of England tog.

The marking and the tackling become heavier and he is rarely given room to manoeuvro.

Right To Delay?

07

Internationally ranked

World

Num-

ber Saven challenger, the bard- hitting counter-punching Ar- menteros is already stated for n better position since Asuncion is ranked Number Four.

"The sooner the fight with Thats the prospect facing

the better," Ar- CT Jones I hope it won't Espinosa, affect the form that has made menteros sald.-France-Presse,

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ER, BY THE WAY---

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