1959-01-19 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1959.

Pate 7

Week-End Of Softball Surprises

Army North Maintain Rugby Lead DAVE COOPER LEADS AUSTERS

FIGHTING RAF XV BOW OUT TO HEXANGULAR

LEADERS BY 9-3

By PAK

LO

Army South looked a different team on Saturday afternoon and with their pack in the ascendancy against the weakened Navy side won comfortably by 19 points (two goals, one try, two penalty goals) to six (two penalty goals).

A fighting RAF XV, with their forwards playing

wonderful

game, were earlier on in the day narrowly beaten by Army North by nine points (one try, two penalty goals) to three (one penalty goall.

of Five minutes later the Navy in possession be- A were caught

Ave-yard scrum and hind a

the ball and | Burdsell got to

dived over. Sharp again con verted 13-0.

second half

Now They Really Play For Money

Kramer Introduces New Set-Up For His Tennis Pros

Now York, Jan. 18. This could be the year professional tennis sheds its rom-

pers and finally comes of age.

Promotor Jack Kramer's now sot-up for his grand Amori- can tour takes his show completely out of the ox- hibition class for the first time in history and his pros will be playing as professionals should-for MONEY every single night. There'll be no more coast-to-coast "ponnant races" to determine winnor.

At Kal Tak Club "B" playing With this siendy supply with only 14 men, but with the ball Army South after three players from the "A" XV,ttle time gradually settled

One defeat could cost a play, had little trouble in subduing down and in the

cr $500 in two nights of play, ILAF "B" by 23 points (one their threes were moving well

Two losses in a row would cost goal. six tries) toll in

and never looked like losing

lus $900 three nights com- control of the game.

Finally a lovely break awaypared to his take if he kept on open game.

Lry of the

winning. wide open brought the last They played *

extremely at afternoon with Flizgerald side- the defence from h spectator's soping through

and the Navy,

This evening there are two matches arranged. One of them

15 the postponed Club game that was Police Rame which starts attractive

equal the

throu conversion minules. 19-6.

"That makes every match a a good thirty yards 10 score money match," advises Kramer.

No conversion. 7 p.m. while at 6 p.m. the Sap- point of view

a long time coming, rers take on "Way Toong." Bain though they tought hack mamul- the corner.

Sharp added the othert was the 16-6. have

but we finally made it." points with a penalty

the 60- of these games will be on the fictently, did not

Kramer's troupe for Army Club ground under the flood- threes fo

closing the In

slop tour of the US and Canada, headed by defending champion Pancho Gonzales, will include Australians Low Hoad, Ashley Cooper and Mal Anderson,

lights.

The Police with Riach mis- sing due to injuries have " newcomer Keil at serum-haif in front of Johnston Kell is actually a hooker bu! the Police already have a first class hooker In Cunningham.

Newcomer "The Club with their good pack, now greatly improved since Miller has returnud, and their excellent halves and threes should have Nttle trouble in winning this game for thev

threes.

Ragged

The

threes's passing Navy

at times and the was ragged

getting the halves

were not ball chanly away from the base of the serumi.

Tonight's Teams

Following are the teams for tonight's games:-

Williams,

Club: Lochrie, Brown, Me- Tavish, Addis, tulis, Valentine Watson opened the scoring Bennett, Whiteley, with a conversion of a penalty Howe, Newbigging. Miller, Pen- awarded

for ch traction, and man, Steven, Campbell,

Police: Dunn, McEwin, Bel- the Navy were in the lead.

South pressed backingham, Scott, Hobbs, Johns- Any and this ime it was the Navyton, Kiel, Shelly, Cuningham, Newton, Counsell, on their Bryan, were penalised

who

should prove superior in all own 25 for not putting the ball Roberts, Ross, Haigh.

departments.

In straight and Sharp convert-i

in the minor match, Way-ed with ease. 3-3.

had to borrow nong have couple players from Club "B" to make up their numb but all too many of their play

Is are in need of practice, and they have lite hope of win- ning against the Sappers whose forwards are led by Winn, The Sappers should have a convine- ing victory.

31 was the Navy however, who led at half time after an other penalty conversion by

RAF v. Army North

CARTAUSPA

For once Army North were forced, in the first half particu- Ierly, to open up the game, for Stear was holding Winn and Ahern was breaking through the lincouts and humpering Phillips, while the two RAF wing for- warts, Bird and Conway played magnificently, and Army North seldom looked good behind the

serun.

Army North's threes started well but they were covered from the start and the RAF defence deserves full praise.

Off-Side Overlooked

The only try the Army scored started with Winn and Muntz well and truly offside" but referee Dow did not see the In- eldent and Army North scored.

The RAF attacked well but Inclined to fumble a pass just of the wrong moment, and were not very good at picking up a loose bail at speed, while the Army defence with Leppard and Bede- Cox as the mainstays held fm. With Army North forced to play u partly open game the whole affair was a bit scrappy tut interesting from a tacti clan's point of view for it showed that provided the for- wards knew what to do, the Army North forwards can be contained.

After a few minutes with the airmen attacking strongly, the Arnty were penalised for offside on their own 25 and Martin converted from in front of the posta 3-0,

Equalised

Play ranged back and fourth

the with

Army getting the worst of it and it was not until Just before hail Ume that an Army attack saw the airmen penalised forty yards from the line and Bexte-Cox equalised with a lovely klek from well out, 3-3.

In the second half the Army forwards used their weight to greater effect against the slight- ly built RAF forwards, and the BA" were penalised for offside on their own 25 and Bede-Cox put his team in the lead 6-3.

Near the end Leppard Kicked for touch, sliced it and the RAF caught 1. Leppard made no attempt to put his men on- Rido and Winn and Muntz who a few feet were offsido only

from the airman were on him and before he could move, Muntz took it the rest of the way to score in the corner. No conversion. 9-3.

Army South v. Navy

Army: South fully deserved their win in this game, for their forwards took an equal share Cruis

of the ball from ・ the

And were definitely in the linacuLLE,

superior

Wat on nade 1 0-3.

α

Winner of the the loser $200.

earns 1000, the feature matel loser $300

On the following night, or at two losers the next stop, the play the preliminary and the

winners clash feature.

Thus the pressure always is on the top player to keep win nig the feature match at $800 a crack,

two

It

Cash Anglo

In

the

TO 10-7 UPSET TRIUMPH OVER EAGLES WITH GRAND

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FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

By “TIME OUT”

Would anyone like to buy a slightly used crystal ball in good condition and going for a song? After the weekend softball games I am in the market for something much more reliable, for all predictions except one went completely awry.

To start it off, the out-of-towners from Pokfulam, the University soft- ball team wrecked the Cardinals' chances for the Junior pennant by upsetting the Cards 26-6 in a curtailed game.

Nineteen U batters faced the photo-finish was repeated In en nary a hit to make it 0-5 in

Pandas versus the their favour. Cardinal side in the first inning | the and when the merry-go-round | Cheyennes affair when the latter came to a stop the U had secred edged out the Cubs 8-7.

So you see, what was general- 15 runs. When it won all over the Jubilant undergraduates'ly expected to be a very smiles were matched only by an week-end turned out instead as ear-to-ear grin from coach Bill one full of surprises and in the Silva. Good show, Bill As for the Cards It

matter

dull

of individual honours

out

please take a bow Mesars Dave Was Malig of the Cheyennes, Lester nightmare at 12 errers and 19 Wu of the Dodgers, Orry Hamet and Hira Kes- of the Comets Then the Austers ganged want of the University for each hits given up to the U. on the Engles to give skipper slamming a home run.

grand farewell Dave Cooper a

It is dimeuit to single present when they upset the

one team for outstand- Iatter 10-7 in tight Junior try

ing performances on the feld game.

since all the underdogs show- two straight he wins

The Comets continued on theired such utter disregard for the feature matches, that's $1,200 winning streak in another close

form book. So I shall lustcart The bank. If he loses the But Instead of pitting the top

feature he gets $300 and only match, against the Diamends

who were favoured to win but it award the top. spot of honour to game's Umpire-in-Chief against the $400 if he wins (Gonzales)

the next pre-

was not their day us Sheridan's

a great tws- intest icp amateur convert Ilminarya "css" of $500 in (Cooper), this will be the 5-two nights.

Hamet'e boys pipped them 7-5. Dave Cooper for

hit pitching Job against

Eagles on Saturday. up:

The new set-up puts a pre- There'll be $1,500 at stakemium on the cash angle instead

Batting Arst the Austers'

o walk singles

end was night in two every

of what the pros have been try-

soon on third base through a istidgett pot The winner of the matches.

¿cuble by the earns $400, in to sell all these years

next butter Food tenuis,

Rutker. A steal home opened preliminary match

pro

RE: Tellyn, Jenkins, O'Nel!l, Sanderson, Church, Jaye. Thompson, Cleary, Tunbridge, Hoggard, Wirin. Morrison, Myers, Horton, Hill.

Wayfoont:

Sports Diary

TODAY Bhooung Competition, Kal Tak

Hoxx Championship

Bisley Cunninghai, range. 0.15 an

Boxing

In the strond half Army South really went to town, 1 Holden-White, Laville, McLellan, the Novy fumbled a heeled ballonie,

(pre-

corr

Exciting Affairs

In the

the

The

Ashnorth walked to open the Austers' sixth inning. Olaes hore down on the next two butters, Moore and Druce, who lacked somewhat dismayed as third strikes whizzed past them and when it looked as if the Eagles had command of the situation pitcher Olnes had a bad spell. He walked Bridgett end then with two on Butler's high bail to short centre-held wag mis- Judged by

over-anxious Eagle outfielder and the Austera were now leading 7-8.

Da

Swung Lustily

Even as Butler was rounding third, the reluy from the vul- Beid was on his way in, but the threw was as bad as the folders judgment and it didn't give Eagle esteher Wu a chance to get near the ball. It was now 3-6 for the Austers as Butler hit home plate.

Codd got his second hit of

The caly right guess I made

of the Case

PI Dodgers and the Overscas. leave

the Eervicemca's scoring. Codd | the game with a single and was Diesta's boys did not

the very end

then followed up with another on third via two infeld errors. things

opposition. hit, a sharp single off Eagle A walk to Cox spelled danger

was

the

dispose They

10

In addition, there'll be usual year-end rplit of what

after ever bonus pool exists

expenses and the $90,000 in prize money is distributed.

On top of that will be several match and were easy winners 3-0 other major tournaments en- by a score of 11-2.

Ken

cross the plate but with one on abling non-tourists like

The two Sculor Rosewall,

the next three batters were out Frank Sedgman,

in 1-2-3 fashion. Pancho Segura and Tony Tra- turned out to be exciting affairs plece of thes the Braves only managed to to grab a

come from behind in the very loot.

It's a long step toward ma-last inning to beat their brother team, the Seminoles 5-4 and this turity-U.P.I.

of the scored 10 runs in the hurler Olaes to score Butler, but with two runners in scoring carly stages ef this Junior for run number two. It was position Ackland swung lustily when Cox slashed out a but futilely at a strike which ilner to centrsfeld to push Cod¦ was dropped by catcher Wu.

Wiggett, Steward, ninary), Misions to Seamen, 3.30 bert

Croucher, Hooper, pun.

Tugby Police v Club "A" Club ground, 7.15 p.m.

on their own he and Mander Thewles,

through gathered and Collinson, Barnes, Wells, Utiley, racing

Leonard. scored. Sharp converted. 8-6.

FOUR D. JONES

FOUR RJONES HANDS THE NOTE TO INDIAN SID.

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THE RIFLES.

HOW MANY GUESTS ARE YOU HAVING

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LIBUT COMMANDER SMITH FOLLOWS HIS

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AND DON'T

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HO'S STILL ALIVE 7

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I'LL JUST WAVE MY

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I TAPPED ON THE SIDES OF THE CONE,

DR. HYER... BUT

THERE WAS NO ANONER FROM

INSIDE

By Paul Norris

TIME.

RING

OUT!

SWISSAIR

SMART

However, Wu recovered in-time | Just throw Ackland out at first

to the close Auster inning,

In the bottom of the sixth the Eagles scored a run when in nt- runner tempting to play

into Cooper tossed the ball right-field

bul with the scarp

Bad Throw Blanked for two innings the Eagles failed to solve Cooper's pitching until the bottom of the third when still, trailing 0-3 now 8-7 he bore down on the Eagles to retire the side. 'In Cooper made bad throw to

Austers on base the lest inning the first to put a runner

the sacrifice By route and wild pitch make sure of vle- try. In their last-ditch stand, trailing 7-10 the Eagles had a

but the overconfident Eagic talled, two "Insurance runs via

tried to stretch it to third and was tagged out.

A walk followed by another Cooper overthrow

Peter

nona

Olaes scoring the Eagles first on third base with run. Two successive hits by away, when Cooper rose to the Ng and Kew then accounted for pecasion. He struck out the next the losers' second tally when batter, got number two

foul pep and let the runner Wu scored standing up from stranded to end the game in fine style with a perfect strike over

third base.

irs

on a

The Eagles tied up the game the plate for the third out as the bottom of the fourth would-be hero Arthur Olaes inning on a aclder's choice and watched it, bat in hand, flash- it was now 3-all,

A dropped fly ball off Codd'sing by!

bat and a single by Ackland Cooper gave up only two hits siw two more Auster runs and I was his inspired burling put up on the scoreboard, gave his team-mates heart. To

In the top of the fifth frame for Dave Cooper then and the the Servicemen to lead 5-3 but Austers go my vote for "Player the Eagles stormed right back and Team of the Week." Well into the game with three runs fellows

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