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Softball Review YET ANOTHER GOLF TOURNAMENT

A Most Successful Playing Season In Men's Senior League

By "TIME OUT”

In the land where the American game of softball originated,

World Amateur Team Championship

By HENRY LONGHURST

London.

The decision to create a "World Amateur Team Champion. ship," sponsored jointly by the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient-inspired, 1 think it is fair to say, by the former and supported by the latter appears at first sight to have been accorded a mixed reception in this country.

ya distinctly-lukewarni reaction to yet another inter national tournament at one extremo to "our old friend filling a long-felt want," at the other.

the huddling over a "hot stove" after the playing season Such opinions as I have been able to canvass mage from is over has become accepted as a traditional practice, At the height of those post-mortems the what - might - have-boon of the game is recalled with some nostalgia. Alas! The word "IF" suddenly becomes the most meart- ingful in any dictionary.

In

This very same word crops up in Hongkong whenever local softballersprung upon us out of the blug

and partisan fans bump into each other. The only difference between the King's Park fraternity and those in the USA is the absence of a hot stove but make no mistake about It. Arguments do and will con- the Painant that seems to be tinue to rage in the long sumner forover futtering just beyond months ahead until the cry of their reach. After their shock of Jackie "Play Ball" is heard once again defeat at the handa in late September of 1958. And Wel & Co, the ribo played how does your humble scribe Inspired ball behind the sterling Wong "Goose feel about the overall picture of pitching of the recently conclutted softball They had everything-power at stealers in season17 Well, it is of course the plate, base your privilege to disagree with plenty and a defence second to though shortstop my views since no two persons none, look at anything in the same Stephen Xavier had to bow out

through an hope my of the game Hight, Anyhow, I reflections ou, first and foremost fortunate injury.

time in local the Men's Senior League, will provide you with some food for softball history one team, the thought.

Warriors, supplied the top three

Perhaps I may first refresh most of the following: the your memory, and my own, Amateur, the Hame internationals upon the detalls, which were and his national championship;

other weck The

1de Commonwealth tournement or

the Walker Cup, "World Cup, emanated from America, largely whatever it may be that year. person of John D. Amca, To reach this standard he must the recently elected President of attain competitive form which the UBGA, and representatives cannot be produced at will, The, of 42 nations have been invited County Championship, the Bra- to the Chevy Chase Club In bazon, Berkshire, Tennant end- to other Bush trophies; the Went- for the Dodgers, They had a

and Maryland, at US expenso, scason

A worth, Sunningdale and, if he surprisingly pcor were a temperamental bunch of discuss it on May 2 and 3. ball players. A firmer guiding trophy, destined inevitably to be really loves the game, the Wor- hand is clearly indicated if they named after the donor whether pleadon Foursomes; in some he wishes it or not, has been cases the Halfort Hewlit or offered to the USGA and they other events which may capture are to go places next season.

bla personal loyalty these and say they will necept it.

many smaller tournaments and Four Amateurs

matches will make a call on his time. There are not many who can do all this and earn a living unconnected with golf.

even

.

For the first

un-

IEC-

the final batting averages. The burning question as the in Senlor League got under way They had the musfortune to lose was whether or not the peren- the championship game against nial champions, Sant Joseph's, the Saints through poor would add another champlon running. Hard luck, you War- already riors But don't give up. The Bve ship. 19 registered by them in the port-Saints are not that good to stay war years.

the

Partly Answered

IL

soon

Pandas

The

Eye-opening

+

The Chinese Athletic Asso- cialion boasted of no out- standing performers but their

The proposition is that coun- standard of play opened the eyes of quite a few. They had tries will send teams of four wily pitcher Kassa Nazarin amateurs who will play 18 holes on each of four days-some form accounted for of match play was at Brat pre- who personally the Pandas in a hard-fought innings and who nearly did the and the best three scores in forred but seemed impracticable 101 same to the Jocys. When each team will count each day. "Nazi" left for the U.K. there is taught and alously

Wes

suitable replacement no and the Athletics' spark zoon died out. A

great pity indeed

great Junior

side,

and

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desirable change from the

zones

A

The Other Side

ture, as golf spreads with in-

On the other side of the pic-

across the

creasing fervour world, it is unquestionable that

petition. In South Africa a

BROADBENT SCORES FOR WOLVES

AJ

WIDE RECE NIDO HAY

Wolverhampton Wanderers' inside-right Broadbent (second from left) cracks the ball past Arsenal goalkeeper Kelsey and left back Willa (No. 3) to score his team's first goal in the First Division match at Highbury on Easter Monday. Wolves won 2-0---Reuterphoto,

Answers To Sports Quiz

1. Sugar Hay Robinson.

2. a) Ben Hogan b) Bobby

Locke.

3. 1950 against

Indics.

the

West

the

4. Pancho Gonzales--all

others have won the Wim- bladon Men's Singles title,

5. World Amateur Golf Team

Championship.

U. The Oxford-Cambridge Uni-

versity Boat Race

which

Nominate YOUR

Hongkong Footballer Of The Year

Members of the public are invited to

finishes at Mortlake Bre- nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the

Year for the current season.

·wery,

7. Dick Tiger.

8. p) Fericing. b) athielles c)

BQuash.

young amateur has just won the Open Championship against a field including Locke, Rees,

9. Sunderland. Player and Wilkes. Bousfield, In Australia the news of the new

10. Harold Larwood. tournament

has been received 11. Swimming.

12. Four. with tremendous acclaim.

give 15.

case the Americans would

it their support. It is true that 16.

bridge's 20. -

Fiorentina.

(1851-2)

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young enthusiasts in the more original idea of counting the best remote countries de yearn for as they have the makings of three totals: at the end, since the zest of international com-

a man with an Initial bad round Newly-acquired could put himself completely out on top

all the time.

Leaguery 3rd basemon of the running. The tournament C.K. Wu and Ist baseman The season's most disappoint. Henry Lee showed lots of successively in three

will take place every two years ing club was the Pandas. The promise. All they need is

Ateica, Middle East startca

Europe, of little seasoning to shape up into 1958: That question

parfly Shanghailanders Was

South North America, beating both brilliantly by answered-- when the

defending Wariors and the Dodgers, but

a pair of top-notchers.

America, Caribbean, 1900: Aus- Lastly our wooden spoonisia, tralasia, 1902 champis

survived unscathed through the frat round of theirs to the Saints. After this. South Chine.

They impressed

It seems, therefore, that it 13. True, League Axlures.

be-pitching ace Jackle Wei did an

against the

would have been both churlish14. Herbert Strudwick, England Pandas but the

Dates will be calculated so as

(1,393 dis- and Surrey Pandas and the

läck of a suitable pitcher sent not to came apparent that it would be about-lice

interfere with the and reactionary of the Royal

missals). a two-way race for the Con- started slipping. Other than the

Them

Stirling Moss in E Vanwall. missioner's Trophy, between shock victory ever the Warriors, wem down the drain. Even Walker Cup match, the Com- and Ancient if in these elreum

three SCM Post players, monwealth tournament, or the stances they had failed had nothing to Bimb! Ablong's Saints and All the

Khan. Ramjahn

Cari Iriangular matches between the

a) Chilean, b) American, c) Australian. Oliveira's Warriors with the boast about the Myatt, and inter home Junior United States Canada and in my case it for. On the 17-Oxford 35 times to Com- other five teams

Leaguers they failed to muste fexies. The first "World Cup.” Causing minor against the Dodgers will go headaches along the way.

down in softball history as one

so enli it, will be other hand, the accord between The Saints ran their string of of the rougher ever witnessed a team four times. They simply if one may

couldn't break into the win played for at St.

being now as 18 Three, Andrews in the two bodies column

until the victories to 10 straight until the here. They will be remembered

for this if for nothing else.

Dodgers October. The home country close as at any time in the 19. aj ice-skating,, b) Cycling. Warriors downed them in -One

generously gave them a walk pas

pays the cost of running it and game's history, the United States 20. Alce. Bedser

Golf Association made a most. 21. Ray Ewry (10) tavo of the best softball games seen Surprise Package over which was gratefully ne-

to keep all the re-

Nurmi (1) Jesse Owens and in many a year. The Joeys ac-

celpis.

couricous and generous gesture Other countries pay the The surprize package was the crated. They were a team in is entitled

Emil Zatopek (four each). quired the services of the

in insisting that the first world- fares of their team, They ended us third name only and their standard first-class 1950/67 Batting King, L. C. Poon, US Navy.

wide amateur goodwill tourna-22. 13 the Lesgue. They we.e was more suliable for the minor in the outheld and Poon more in

ment ought to be played not in 23. Real Madrid. They beat four by

station division. They must be happy together with thele living ex- Unlike the penses and caddles. than proved his worth with representei

the Oren, Lenawee. over, the fact that there is no Canada Cup, where they count the country which inspired the somo, sparkling displays. There ships,

Washburn and Floyd's Bay. A rekgation system in softball.

as four, England, Scotland, Ire- event and can claim four times 24. Frank Sedgman of Austrella were no "stars" in the cham-

land and Wales will count os as many golfers as the rest of pions' line-up. The only weak dark heres they certainly made

their

felt as Presence

Most Successful

one and, in deference to the Ro- the world put together but at the apot The defence was P. C.

will readily leslily. Wong who failed miserably at Dodgers

All in all, a most successful public of Elre, will be styled "home of golf"St Andrews.

A total of 42 The British Ielos insead of Great hortstop but who more than They were never & Pennant playing season.

34 Britain. made up for it by being 4th in threat since their fielding was games was scheduled with

mediocre, The only notable actually being played of the batting averugcs.

'These included five extra- When the going got rough feature of the sailors was their

recalled long-ball hitung. One recalls inning games, four shutouts and Ablong promptly

with some enthusiasm the old only three that failed to go the veteran Art Ozorlo. This was

"Orea" side that downed the full distance. There ia nd Just the tonic needed for a revival of fortunes and bolstered strong Braves side in 1954. The doubt that the batters are now by his years of playing ex- Navy take the honours for being more careful in Swinging for

wasn't the steadiness the noislest and most enthusias- there

2 single perience plus adtold of old-timers Sherry

tle team in softball, Bucks, Dave Leonard and Benny

The Pi Dodgers, in their first season of Senfor ball, also dis- The ceason was highlighted Omar, the Saints made it half- a-dozen championships when, appointed. Their manager, Fred

by some really "ough"

Eames. with the obis against them. Dies. Sr. lgned up some ex-

nemély the US Navy versus they triumphed over the War- Braves in Calau-Yvenovich and

Pi Dodgers ills and the first meeting

Saints of the

and rlors in the play-off game for Tony Guterres and also two ex- the Senior League title. Well Bockhawks, Vie Pedruco and

Warriors. There were no pro- done, Saints. The decret of their | "Gato"

tesis filed against umpling success can be rummed up in

decisions, which feet is a deather Arbiter one word "Experience" a

in the cup of Chief commodity they have plenty of.

Dave Cooper and his troop of Shock Defedt

officials. The only deplorable features walch marred an There is indeed à practica!

therwise

Senior point here. Their expenses may reason were the suspension of be paid, and quite legitimately che sof baller for misconduct of course, but how many young and a much-criticised Senior amateurs can truly afford the League game, that almost ended time? A man in the first four CCC v Recreio for the Taca Marin In a fnavas,

In the British Isles must play in I de Fonte. 3.5 p.m.

aldes.

Remedios. The team was indeed a strange lot. They eculd rise to the heights or they simply played softball akin to that by certain Ladles' Towards the end of the season The Warriors started they Icat interest and in the final aerson as 'favourites. Never in

game against the Warriors they their history did they have played hockey-not a very com- such a power-packed squad and mendable gesture, it must be

ly unbelievable even now admitted.

the

Their "stars" falled

that the Pindas beat, them 4-1 to turn up-regularly end that to ruin the tribe's chances for perhaps sums up the silustion

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Reaction in this country to the new venture can at the moment be only a matter of conjecture Opposition-will-bo

Cricket no-instinctive

some quarters

Bwcond Division: Thempione "Oh heaven, not another!"-

"Hamels" v Rea! Of Leagua, KCC, and may be labelled unduly con-

190 p.m. servative and unventuresome.

soccer 1st Division:

Army Club On this side it can be said that

(Club), Tung Wahy Kwong Walt the whole point golf, unique | (čí), KMB v Eastern (BS), among games, lies in tens of matches, Ditton Club ARY thousands of people getting out

V Estern (B9) al In the fresh air and playing it. 5.30 p.m. not in a few young men flying

2nd Division: Telephone v South all over the world at other China (CH) 3.30 pm: Prisons. V play in Nar Sai Wan (Stanley) 6 p.m... Navy Tram Ferart (19) & p.m. people's expense to amateur internationals.

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It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.

The two qualifications for nomination are:

(1) Footballing prowess.

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play, Nominations should-be-addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.

To the Editor, Chiria Mail,

My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the 'field of play la;

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