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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1960.

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WEEKEND SOFTBALL

TIGERS' THRILLING TRIUMPH Almost a free-fight

Sing Tao yards faster

than Kitchee in vital League game

By I. M. MacTAVISH-

'Where's that Tiger?' How Kitchee's over-publicised, over-rated, over-confident and over-temperamental stars would have loved the answer to that embarrassing question in their first division match at Boundary Street yesterday after

noon.

tially great young full-backs" and. Luk

Giving a magnificent display which surprised some critics, but confirmed the high opinion formed just a week ago, Sing Tao's brilliant youngsters scored a thrilling 3-2 victory over Kitchee, Much more important even than the actual result was the manner in which it was achieved. From start to finish this was much It upset the trot favourites.

marred entertaiment

There was not a weak link in grand only by occasional thoughtless the Sing Tao re-up. They are Indiscretions by desperate surely the liest sido in the cur- Ktelec defenders

inrent competition and from some- who mements of frustration and whero or someone they have or football o "nense. agitation resorted to tactles nequired that brought little credit to understanding,and judgment fur their years. Thet beyond their side.

valunio qualities were oúmir- ably demonstrated in the closing when Kitchoo threw stages

The Tigers were tremendous In their sheer enthusiasm. They started running when the first whistle blew and they never let

moment

up for a pulsating minutes. had

burst

of Es

in Lee Lul-kung Bing-ylu. Their

yards speed over ten astonishing and it must be a long time since Colony Loft. winger,

Wal-hung, Leung found himself beaten time and again by the sheer pace, and power of recovery, of his Im- mediate opponent.

Yesterday he was never really in the game at all. That was a tribute to the sterling display put up by right-back Loc.... and his partner

PETER MAY ADMITS ENGLAND'S BOWLING NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Port of Spain, Jan. 17.

Peter May and Walter Robins, Captain and Manager respectively of the MCC tourists, virtually admitted at a press conference here today their side's bowling was not good enough. Robins said that it needed a Land fold placings throughout a

bowling side to win ; gone.

great

that MCC bad encountered so

match on the type of pitches

draw we far, and it was going to be trougle If draw after played, with defensive bowling

Jerry Barber

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fie thought It might havD been better if five days in- stead of four kad been allocated

the Colony matches (the matches against Barbados and Trinidad on MCC's 1053-54 Lour were „rach given five days),

May said that if numbers seven, eight or nine in the

without worrying

too much about strokes, It was extremely difficult to dislodge them.

When it was pointed that the Australians in 1955 had ex experienced no real dimoulty in dismissing West Indies players,

were All the MCC party now it. Dave Allen's finger had mended, and be probably play in the second maich against Trinidad, Regarding the current match, May said it was hid aim to de clare on Tuesday in the hope of suutching a win. He was hop- ing that he himself, with Raman Subba How would get among the runs, and that portunity to get some practice Reuter.

mars Braves versus South China match

By OLLY VAS

What should have turned out to be an exciting and entertaining softball weekend was marred by a performance of temper a par excellance on the part of South China's shortstop Bill Yee that nearly resulted in a free-for-all at King's Park, This occurred during a senior match between the

Braves and South China.

The former won 4-2.

After the trot-base umpire Burely exhiblitons' of this

Bravca would had called a

runner nature must be put to a flop fe at second on an advance ance and for ali,: Will the

Hongkong Softball Associa play, time-out was called. The them shortstop

tion do somethinat Is remalus Caroliners'

the

to be soon. passed crude remarks in direction of the base umpire, 1. And now for the results of

weekend games: The umpire

The junlar matches were to the plate umpire to ledzetull"

- surprises. Tho complaint but the player Pandas, even with Cyril Law under reforeNCO came up to catching managed to edge out the base umpire Inalling the fast fading Cheyennes fi-4.

together

leads in Yorba inting order wanted to stay in Mike Smith would take the op

Linda golf

Yorba Linda, Jan, 17. Jerry

his Barber, uing magió" palter, shot a 8-under par 69 today to increase his

trokes lead to three

after three rounds in the $25,000 Yorba Linda open golf tourna- ment

everything but the Boundary

on until 00 Street clock and acordboard into

passed. desperate' last-ditch effort. They were yards faster to theAnd it was pretty desperate hall and on the ball than their stuff I can tell you.

The standard of opponents.

their man-to-man combination Inade Kitchee's efforts look! pretty shabby.

F

Stood the test

shade infortor.

of

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TAN JOE-HOK

Robins said: "Oh yes, But WINS TORONTO

they were a fine bowling side."

Still experimenting \SHUTTLE TITLE

May admitted that the Eneliah Barber had a 54-hole total of slow bowlers were sull expert

of 87-70-69-mentlag. For instance he was on rounds 208, 10-under par for the distance.uying to get Temmy Green- hough to bowl at or outside the He bogeyed the 18th hole

had off-stump Instead of attacking the third round, but

the middle stump in his norm:1 enough birales to compensate. was not one

The diminutive Los Angeles way, which had not proved suc-

cessful.here.

·feld golfer sank a 15-foot putt on the second hole for birde-3 and a 20-footer on the eight for a birdle-2.

In second

place after three rounds was the pleasant-spoken Englishman, Harry Weetman, of London, who shot a 70 to go with his earlier rounds öt 08 and 71 for 200-UPI.

Fung Iwan hal

Kitchee day at centre-hal

about Jua dozen One wondered if the natural tried umpetuosity of youth would he different players in the centre- position but every- It was a revelation to see

Tray the young Tigers at the forward

one them met the same team

so young exploiting anal test of their ability....but

for, fate

they fell easy prey' witle cross field passing that

Do one need have worried

a defensive maturity to the tail prowling Tiger in was as accurate in execution, showing

and the No. & shiri, The pivot in as it was attractive in watch. ibai surprised the enemy

friends, Individual delighted their

they his turn got excellent support of The *pred

his only 12

two roless wing- players

been WON

Blood cool and-calm. Thelt de- from Hashes: the vital faclor was

fence in depth was too good bulves, Cheung Mun-chi- and for Kitchee and if there has ever | Choung 'Chi-mai speed of thought and the

ability to sum up situa-been a popular, and deserved Top honour

was at once

the

ilona seconds faster than the victory in Colons: football it was

The Sing Tao forward line opposition.

the one we saw yesterday,

Veleron Kolkeeper Yu Yiu-fired on all five eylinders but tho Sop Upsetting play

tak has become infected by the to Chow Kit goes Tine after time Sing Tao rip-pirit of youth which seeps honour of the day. The little

through every abre of the pre-inside-right ped the Kitchee defence apart, cent Sing Tao side. Ho is play-driving force and the steadying for the. keen-as- with long direct passer hom

Ing as well as at any time in his influence

around him. touchline to touchline and from leng career and his safe clutch-mustard mates

It was thro

things

at to whigor.

were

their winger

hectic Chow would Lype of football best calculated ing and confident handling of When to upset a close playing side the ball gives the right degree most.

import kill the bill,

the Like Kilcher and only thog of encouragement to the bound-calmly

movement, people who braved the bltify boys in front of him. whid af u surprisingly cold after- moon' dan 'rently qaroriate how

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

7TH RACE MEETING

Saturday 16th and Saturday 23rd January, 1960 (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 15 RACES · (Bruces on the 1st Day and 7 races on the 2nd Day), The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pare, and the First Ruce run at 2.00 pm. on both dayet

case he showed

astonishing them every trick in bin PC- pertoire and a clean pair of heels to boot.

.

Brian Sutham was gradually fading his best form, and both he und Freddie Trueman were

their full pace. working up

May said that after Trueman had bowled three bouncers in one over on Saturday, he had advised the Yerkshireman to make better use of the new ball and not to waste 11.

ni their passior en the ground, 23

could

Rude awakening

How rude their was to be.

awakening

In the 00th minute the Tigers elimbed to their highest pinna-

A cle. wide sweeping move- Inent, carried thern right down- held. The Kitchee defence lines were torn apart and Wong Shiu- woo never had a host of a chance ps Fung Ki-leung's shot soared majestically into the net.

Stark panic

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then went up

that he had his foot at the The game was no classic but baso and

Pandan that the rupner | the

were worthy was out and after, throwing a | winners. Low more

rude remarks ho deliberately stopped on the foot of the umpire with his Tight clost.

Demanded

The base umpire then de- manded to the plate umpire to Toronto, Jan. 17.

have the player removed from Tan Jos-hok, 22-year-old the field. The plate umpire badminton referred tho base umpire to Indonesian

the South the the won

of manager player, today

who, however, 16th Annual Toronto China tem

when approached simply walk- Strathgowan international

cd away. badminton tournament,

Alter In the

mal, he defeated United States Army Lieutenant Don Davin, of Baltimore, 15-4,

10-14.1

tle

The women's singles

by Judy Devlin, won retairied world's singles champion from Baltimore. She defeated Mar- garet Shedd of Toronto, ranked scoond in Cañada, 11-3, 11-4.

Dick Ball and Bunity Roche. of Baltimore scored an upset win in the men's doubles final defeat- ing Tan Joe-hok of Indonesia, and Don Davis, of New York, 15-7, 18-16, 16-3.-Router.

that

lengthy argument, was restored. But play was not f

After the game the two um- pires gathered together and held a discussion, The Caroliners shortstop once again came up to the umpires and passed some. more uncalled-for remarka

The wook's shock

New Asia accounted for the Austers with an easy 16-4 win while the week's chock erine

trounced from the Giants who the cocky Indians to the 23 runs to convincing tone

OVER

In the fourth junior gamo the Cardinals were a shado lucky to edge out the youthful Stardusts 7-6 after eight hard- fought innings.

The Stardusta were 0-4 the bottom of the seventh when the Cardinals came to bat. With two down and things not looking too bright the Redbirds tied up the ball game an invely kits and went on to edge the 'Stardusts 7-0 to the eighth innlog.

In the senior division the The manager of the Bravco Braves kept within striking dia- tance of the Cheyennes when then intercepted in the hope to

stop but in they upset South China 4-2 put things to malter of seconds the Softball while in the ladies circuit the champions, South Association's Chainmas had to reling rush into the Ɛçerw to prevent à Chinn, scored an easy 17-1 win free-for-all.

over the Cheyennes, ....

Letters to

Str,~~~The

by "Olly

15/1/60 leads

Bofure commenting further

the

.

Editor

Dear

H. W. WINGLEE, Chairman, Management

Committee.

Distasteful

Sir-For

Like

seldom he is caught in posses Blon even by pivots experienced as Ko Po-keung.

As far as the losers were concerned this was a display in typlea Klictive tradition. For some strange reason a star footballer has merely to patt a Kitchee shirt over his head and he sheds his individuality. Season after season we have seen it happen. Great things are predicted but when the

All the cockiness... all the something clips are down'

veneer left the Kitchee alde, In

The following paragraph of thing but sarcasm only mirrors stability to

Reems to go wrong.

HKSA Replies

the article which we presume a were character. It is hoped The Tigers have found, and then move it on with uncanny Yesterday everything-includ- their place cume dark stark of panle. They tried almost every

must have been printed with that ir future a spirit of co developed a couple of poten-accuracy

and above all ing the non-availability

possible permutation of posi- Man-went wrong but tional switches,

article on Softball your permission alloges that operation will prevall. he scored two glorious goals. Szeto"

The tenacious based on п

Vas" appearing on Softball-writers were kept in the more luck generally It was With just a shade

tackling of the Tigers' defence he might have had another wrong opproach to the game. kept them out until slx minutes ago B of the CHINA MALL of dark. This is most puzzling as From the start the Kitchee b from the end when Chan Chl-necusation that someone in the that you, Sir, were informed in off with the the Association's records shows one In the second half,

kong drove the ball through a It is good to see Lee Tak semed to decide they

Softball Association hos had writing of these changes. When mass of players and into the net, tung regaining the blistering win any time they liked.

Just crossed up" form

of years Lau Chi-lam put them into the of a couple

to make things look better but his "wires

One may well inquire why this In schedule part of this game lead with a crashing drive in

thebecause a change ago. For

the final whistle found

particular procedure has been last week wis authorised. he was faced by the Colonyls the 14th minute they seemed

score changed.

adapted and it is perhaps per- chosen couple' Szeto Yin and sathad that their confidence

VERDICT: A rand enter-

inent to refer to previous occa-

J'enra, Kwok Yau, yok with was well" founded.

elons when the Softball Associo- taiging and often thrilling

on the articls, and for record A truly magnificent satie.

tion were informed that amless many others. I have strailed to make information,

King's Park on weekends to authority to

Invitations, etc. performance by the young purposes,

the

watch and enjoy Softball because League were addressed to the Sports of the game's chatters, razzing Tigers. Sing Tao were heroes any change in all..

Kitchee had not schedule fa vested in the Editor, there could be no sur-

and the occhatemal, argumenta single player who enhanced Management Committee of tho

ance that any effort would de

between Team Managers and Association bis reputation and judging by

alone and ony piede.to cover the event.

Umpires__These scenes are part Gome, and add to the The articlo also suggests that of the

which Softball responsible party in the entertainment Association should telephone all provides by tradition-unusual but interesting when under pro- Solball-writers of changes. Ás

per control. the Association does not have a Officer among a lot to restare one's con- and SCAA-Cleyemes Axture Press Relations

An exciting and keen en- its ranks (already officers' aro counter was witnessed when on fidence in

falure the

of changes quoted by your

an

multiple Softball Sunday the 17the instant the .. let porter

they handling example, Colony football

organising taske) this is not al- Braves beat the SCAA only to involved writing hope they get a real chance operation

each of the four ways possible and it is rather be marred by one single player to realise their potenital,

consent selfish for Mr Olly Vas to sug- | who could not “tako it." An BY Cry surprise teams "soliciting their

Recount of tho Incidents, pro- were the anal anal which were subsequently gest that these officials, who are

atricily amateurs and giving up | voked by this player would be "lidate" and "ar-received,

4 a great deal of their valuable indeed superfluous literature whispers after the

This catre work could have time, should telephone all soft for readers but it cannot be Kame, Discount every one of

of changes. The left without mention that they them.

der- Kitchee tried

been easily avolded by insisting tall writers

were most distasteful to say the perately to salvago a point, that teams stick to the schedule

least, months ago on the compiled They have probably nover

grounds 'that the press could not tried harder. The simple truth

be informed in me but this hoy were beaten by

would not only have relegated better team.

the interests of the Sport to a It is also recommended that it is hoped that the Association secondary

but also position

a bit of courtesy on the part of will deal with the matter would have resulted in a for the reporters concerned in recordingly that Sanball feited game. This should con questing the Association to remains enjoyable to watch, fas vince you, sir, that changes are keep thom Informed of " many more years to come, nevET

without good and-off-the-Beld"

activities would assist a great deal towards

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.43 a.m. on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

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Special Cash Sweep Tickets at $2.00 each on the Pearco Memorial Cup sebeduled to be run on 13th February, 1960 may. be obtained from the Club's Cash Sweep Offices.

office hours of the Club's Cash Sweep Offices are us The follows:-

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9 am to 5 pm.

Weak-days. Mondays to Fridays .....

Baturday, 9th January ...

Saturday, 16th and

His partner Tsang Kang-koon had to stand up to a lot of heavy punishment but he never shirked a tackle and finished up one of the most profitable forwards on view.

A panther

With 22 minutes on the clock. Sing The fulfilled their cariler promise when Chow Kit met a long cross from the left on the volley and sent it flashing inlo

the net

with Wong Slulu-woo apparently rooted to the spot in surprise.

The Tigers were playing with

the noisy reactions of the change is only made after full crowd some, like gesticulating.consideration of the pros and gallery-playing Ko Po-kenng, cons vis-a-vis the Intereste damaged them considerably.

Virile young sides like the present Sing Tao outāt

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thought occurs that surely it is the responsibility of those who Bro paid to do a job to seek con- firmation before rushing into action.

Nind minutes Inter the Tigers As the game progressed struck again with a rupler-ilke began to get a turking suspicion thrust down the left wing. co that the Tigers had quietly Tak-tung left three desperato de- Ripped a panther or a gazelle into fenders Eprawing before sweep- the yellow and black shirt .::ing the ball goalwards. Again and I'm pretty Lure some of Chow Kit was lurking around the Kitche defenders must the right spot and bre twinkling have had very similar thoughts | he had crashed the ball into the Jør the flashing raids back of the net for a great goal. Lutt Weon-ching were among the most thrilling exam- a strong wind behind them and ples of wing play we have seen it was obvious that the Kitchee this season," One 70 yards dash in players, and the spectators who the second half was the sort of staged a pre-interval migration thing to send the blood tingling to new positions behind the Sing ... provided of course you Tho goal, thought the second didn't happen to be, playing in half would bring a change of

The teams the Kitchee defence.

fortune. That

Junky loaves only

Sing To held their slender Blog Tao; Yu Yu-tok, Lee-

Luk centre-forward Fung Kl-leung 2-1 lend until the interval and Lui-kwong,

Ring-yi, afterwards who in fast becoming a menace immediately

they Cheung Man-chi, Fung Kl-wan,

Lau Woon to his opponents. He scorns should have Increased It but Cheung Chi-mari, the battering-rom thetica in Fung Kl-loung just falted ching, Chow Kit, Fung Kl-loung,

footwork, to snap up a treat chance pro- Tsang Kang-koon, Leo Tak- It is also a matter of record co-operation, Too many writers favour of clever intelligent distribution and vided by Leo Tuk-lung.

that never in recent years have assume that their responsibil Kitchen: Wong During the interval there accurate shouting.

Shld-woo, wo ever enjoyed such a low carro fully discharged by put- Szeto Yiu, percentage of forfeited games ting in brief appearance on feeUng that the Wong Kwong-sing,

mid-January-end this the field to look at the store- wind would swing things Kwok Yau, Ko Po-keung, Chun up_to

Mr Olly book. in Kitchen's favour trut Chi-kong, Wong Kwok-kee, Lau į Includes the year (0)

There is no doubt that com Yeung Yan was an officer of the Assd- Aing. Two cleverly neutralised | Chl-lam, Ng Tim-loy,

structive criticisms" - is D good ciation. this factor by the sournoy | Wni-tao, Leung Wal-hung

Hi Jong strido makes him appear 'slow and cumbersome but when you watch him closely in action you soon realize that is meroly an illusion. It is surprising how

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