1959-02-06 — Page 7

ず THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1959.

Kowloon?

International Softball Takes Whats Best in Holeen?

SPORTS PERSONALITIES

TONY MYATT

TINO D'ALMEIDA

The Fastest

Hockey

Forward In The

Colony Today

People don't usually confess their had points but, Albertino Alves D'Almeida, our sports personality for this week is an exception to the rule.

"When 1 was younger I was a very bad sport and had a terrible temper. Once in a tennis match I got so angry I threw my racquet into the sea," he told me.

Thut, Theo, she is known to The Melo team had been with daily calistherries, running his frels raised thi wiak selected to come to Hongkong and eveling.

He is a hockey player with a in the laritane Cup i nees, enereted it and set him- to play self on the road to portingalist Club de Rerreio. Tino difference in the respect that be devided he would come along as always plays without shoes. So streets.

At 26 years of age, he in very a spectator. At the last minute he does spend a dollar a time on th socks, for every game, but it hus fastest the team's left wanger hed at and trojatily fire hockey forward in the Colony withdraw from the side. So once helped him correct another fault

to make which he frankly confesses to. today. He cambiars speed with gam he was pickerl

"Sometimes I am inclined 10 kwork and a tren the Eleven.

But playing

Anne Represented Macao

Rea of antiestritatams, who has watched tion is wi!- fact ss to the

that he j: always at the right spot at the Fight moment.

By Accident

matcer

His hockey quite by ckleni.

started

(:n-

ble too much. without shoes I toree myself to

The Spotlight

PORTUGAL, CHINA EXPECTED

TO GET THROUGH THEIR SEMI-FINALS ON MONDAY

By OLLY VAS

over

League softball takes a back scat

the Chinese Now Year holidays as the semi-finals of the International series steal the spotlight on Monday. Two games will be played off in the men's section with the

winners qualifying for a

Easter berth in the final on Monday. In the ladies' section the Lusitanian lasses will clash with China on the same day and there will be a play-off only if the former win as the latter are already one up in the best-of-three series by virtue of a forfeit earlier on.

Wealth Of Talent off, the infield comprishu

the

of

Portual play USA in the who packs a lot of power with money anyhow I think they will morning at 11.00 am. The after- the bat and also has an reourate felt the following team, noon match at 3.30 pm, features throw to secend to deter would-emnhraf, being on hitting power. the Pakistan side against China | be base-stealers,

Pedruco and Remedies to start and the ladies' game Is Fand-

at Arst, Gosano ni second, Üzerlo wiched in between at 1.45 p.n

The Portuguese skle to meet

at shortstop. Chaves at third. Qutitelders-Meme Xavier, An- USA, is a star-studded cne and to pick

tonio Guterres

Manuel and the only bone I have

Xovler, the last-named a Junior with the selectors Is the omiss- ion of the Saint Joseph's catcher

leaguer from the Cheyennes whe his made the team because of

the buses and Jory speed cround

last ability to lay down a good bunt. and Tony He has a lot of hurtle

should make quite an impress- ien.

There is a wealth of talent available for Manager Bill Shra and coach Ed Carvalho to pick from when they decide on the rest of the line-up.

George Ribeiro from the team. The Cheyennes supply Danny On the strength of his steady Gosano, Roberto Graca, defensive play behind the home-Rels, Antonio Ribeiro and plate and also considering his year's batting champ Iusty hitting in recent games he Redrigues. certainly deserves a place in the team though I understand one of the selectors. from his own team, thinks otherwise!

No Surprise

he was get rid of the ball quickly so us In the same yea,

into void being alt by same on- picked to represent Macho

interpori eries against rushing defender."

The Hongkong in Maeno. The game But, hockey isn't

only

ended in

heport in his life. The played both a 2-2 draw and

tor

To get back to the business in cored one of the goals for his interport soccer and tennis and is very keen Macao,

on hand.

the Braves Vie Pedruvo inphysical training.

will lead the Pertuguese team He has by lossing the strikes. been an automatic choice for is the pitching slot for almost o selection decade now and his

Jesm.

Tino came to Hongkong

siqued on 1957 and

won the Reerein who championship in '56.

with hockey

|

He was present day at, a hockey practice in Ma... eitlently he was only 15 at the tiny when 11 was discovered

Smee his arrival in the Colony that one of the members of te team was absent. He was pieknae 13 pomis go, he has res ed to all in the gap on the left presented Hongkong against the Indian national Pakistan and wing.

He made quite an impression teams and also Alçan, in the

which Hen- who were petiterport series, on the allelais sent and they asked him after keng won after seven years. the game to come more often. His the stick work he result-

Wien

come anutir Tuckyed from dribbling practice with

la pap-pong ball, de keeps

break.

FOUR D. JONES

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Greatest Love However, his greatest love hm-e-back riding.

He is a member of the long-comes as no surprise. Should he Buni Jockey Club and goes rld-

run into any difficulty, which is ing whenever he can, ile hopes most unlikely, considering the to be able to calibre of the opposition, he will some day soon

the take part in races at the Valley. have

Cardinals' Sonny His one ambition in life is to Machado standing by,

The other half of the battery be a physical Instructor and to have tynnastum of his own. Is another Brave, Erle "Gato" Remedies, left-handed batter Tino is a determined man!

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UNION?

•WHAT UNION?

WHAT UNION? WHY, THE ONE THAT GOT US OUR 140 HOUR 7 DAY WEEK. WHAT DO YOU WANT?SLAVERY?

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By Paul Norris

The Americans

And what kind of team wil the Americans pot up? With the

The Braves' contribution spart from the two already mentioned will be slugger Antonio Guterres, Dickie Chaves and A.A. dos Remedios better known as "Junior". The latter is a doubt-excqnion of Peter Couke of the side ful starter because of a recent Seminotes the rest of the

will come from the US Navy ankle injury.

station ship, the "Pickaway, What ran one say about team that cannot put a foot wrong one week and then play like a bunch of beginners the next!

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The Seminoles' role repre- sentative is chunky Peter D'Almada who also possesses fine throwing

arm much spected by base-runners and the Saints provide two old-timers in Artur Ozorio and Meme Xavier.

Versatile Squad

re-

It is fairly obvious that Silva and Carvalho have a very ver sutile squad their hands

to All in with players eble number of positions.

on

For my

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The railors lost to the Saluts twice but beat pennant contend- ers the Braves and Scuth China. They are an unpredictable lot, have fighting spirit but little else. On the strength of their recent showings I have no hesitation in predicting Obat USA will go down by a score which will reach double figures if the Por- tuguese boys go all cut and re- fuse let up throughout the whole seven innings.

Mostly South China

Immediately after this it is hoped that the Portuguese ladies will turn up in full force to play Chinn. Last year Portugal won two straight games 11-7 and 11-3 but this your they have al- ready found difcully in Belding

a team.

China will be represented by virtually the entire South China AA team with perhaps a player or two from the University while If any of the Toreros, Matadors or Overseas should make the side they will probably be sitting on the bench.

,

The Portugal side consists of most of the Hurricanes plus Ena Remedios. Maureen Djeug and Frances Beck of the University and four Toreros, Manager Onofre Souza will have the nasistance of conches David Vlera and Bill Silva.

A win for China mens the "Bill Woo" Shield while a Por- tuguese victory gives them an- other crack at the Chinese girls during Easter. Knowing the standard of play of cur ladies 1 dare not forecast the result of this game except perhaps to say that the side ineling the lest number of errors will win, which isn't really saying much since both teams are expected

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Both sides have veterans of many past Internationals but I'll stick my neck out and pick Chian to win because of "Goose" Wong. He is pitching superbly these days despite being on the looing side now and then. will have players-like the Pandas' Raymond Too, Wally Ma, M.V.P. winner YS. Lang plus South China's K.K. Sit and Y.K. Chun in the indeld. The outer line of defence will be L.C. Poon and PC. Wang of the Saints with ́ the right-fielder atli innamed.

For the Pekistonis Salleh and Bucks of Saint Joseph'n wil! probably be the starting battery, Well-loicwn softballers like Benny Omar, the Ismail brothers, the Hussning and other will also be seen in action.

China has a deelded edge in both pliching and batting strength although the Pakistanis can count on a lot of past ex- perlence In International com- petlilon. A Pakistan victory would be a major upset.

In nuwer to a fan who ask- ed me about the International series, no men's tearn has ever won three in a row. In post-war compello, Portugal have won the title six tines, China three and Pakistan, USA, Great Britain and India one exch.

In the ladies division Por- tugal have two hat tricks to their credit in winning eight of the 11 in the Series, China win- ning the other 3.

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