1960-12-19 — Page 9

AN UNINSPIRING GAME

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1960.

RAF beat Navy to record second win in Hexangular Rugby Tournament

In

-By "PROP"

a Hexangular Tournament rugby match at Causeway Bay on Saturday afternoon Royal Air Force beat the Navy by eight points (a goal and a try) to nil. This game was marked by some of the poorest handling that I have seen this season, and the general standard of rugger served up by both sides was in marked contrast to that of their previous encounters with the Club and

Police.

A mauling forward battle was, whlist never getting on top of the feature of the Best half. The their counterparts did manage to heavyweight Navy pack tried get a good share of the ball in hard to subdue the RAF for the louse and their threen were wards and indeed did manage to kept busy. Require a major share of the ball in the tight, but this clic them no good whatsoever as they had not one single three-quarter who looked capable of giving or taking a pass whilst on the move.

More dangerous

on to

ran

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and were never once together in the loose. Indeed, the only time they were seen as a pack was at

@pet scrum!

Pope at full-back saved the NAVY side time after time. though playing well below his best. Land at Oy-half, tooked

RAF on the other hand throw The RAF threes, however, the ball about, but wildly and about the field rother like de-with little apparent thought. mented animals chasing their They should have scored at least own talls, for when they did twice during this period but their manage to hold their passes the Antshing was appalling. Navy threes were

them quickly and knocked them down with some pretty good tackling. The RAF on the other handt Anthony, Jack and Dixon were tried to throw the ball about securing a good share of the ball and looked much more dan-ut the line-outs for the RAF and from one of these, near the Navy In attack than did thr Keroua

half-brenk Ine Gee sailors.

made With an advantage in the ane-which was supported on the in- side by Beck. The wing-fur- outs, and some fast following by

ward transferred the ball back their back-row, the RAF puck

to Gee who with

a smail gap sut his threes moving. Poynor went into touch near the Navy line, but RAF using well their height took the ball at the line- out and switched their attack la the other side of the field.

CHESS

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Made the break

Roberts made the break and

the bail travelled through Low to Gregory for the winger to touch down in the corner. Wenvill was wide with the kick. and at half-sims the airmen were in front by three. points. Shortly after the resumption Itoberts attempled n drop at goal. The ball struck the cross- bar cleanly and rebounded to Beck who scored near the posts. Weavili added the extra points end the Navy were eight points down.

From this point onwards the RAF controlled the game. The heavy Navy forwards found that the pace was too much for them

to be out of position but never gave up trying, and Orr-Ewing was the beat of the forwards.

Tower of strength

Two bottom-of-the-league

teams in fine softball match during weekend

By OLLY VAS

No surprise results were registered in the second round Junior softball league matches at King's Park over the weekend and although spec- tators' attention was as usual focussed on lengue-leading teams there was one fast and very sporting contest played off between two bottom- of-the-table sides.

In this Junior game the New Asia College boys triumphed over the Wolves to the tune of 21 runs to nil, the winners coming up with an error- less performance,

One of the three Japanese boys in the team, Furdole, was the first batter up and pitcher Castro folled, to find the plate, walking Furdate on four balis.

Countryman Tashiro then laid down a bunt along third base and the slow-rolling ball caught the Wolves' infield flat-footed, Furdote going all the way 10 third on the play.

Allen followed suit with other bunt, this time in the direction of Brst base and Fur- dole scored, Toshiro going second base.

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Catcher Takahashi, one of the previous season's nominees for the Most Valuable Player award, then banged one of Castro's slow pliches to centro- field and both Tashiro and Allen scored to put the Colle- glans up 3-0.

Neot bunt

accurate relays from the Infield i was heartbreaking to 300 let in two New Asia runs to put such determination go unreward- the Wolves further behind. Thened for once again the Wolven, In with one out they got themsolves the bottom of this same inning, out of trouble by pulling off a went out in 1-2-3 fashion. Re- double-play, the two Chans bo- medios. Tonnochy and Wu all ing the victims.

hitting weakly to shortstop P. Chan and were tossed out in succession.

Docas

Bad third inning

Gallant lasers

A line-drive of P. Chan's bat was well caught by seconcl- baseman Jorge who then relayed

That was how It ended--with the ball to frat-sacker on-

who stepped on the bag before the Wolves very gollant losers.

Wallo Benny M. Chan's foot could make con-

Constantino's having, boya may lack knowledge of the tact with it, the latter dashed off as soon as the ball was finer points of the game they cer- hit. A very timely play this tainly make up for it by sheer enthusiasm. They had a very one.

good third inning but their loose felding let them down in thìa curtailed game. They need badly the services of an ex- In the bottom of the second the | perienced coach for there is some Wolven still seemed to And M. good material in the side which Chan's pitching to their liking, i needs but a bit of nursing. Wu, Constantino and Gill all As for New Așia College it was connecting but not getting n pleasant change to see them ball post the infleld.

coming up with a shut-out, no- Thayer game. Nelson must be congratulated for fine work he is doing in handling this team of schoolboys. In Takabashi and P. Chan they have two promising players and the former's hitting is of a high standard.

For the RAF Weavill at ·full- back had player could very well gain re- good game and this presentative honours this season. Dixon was a tower of strength In the pack and Davies, at the base out in the infield Wong hit a long

of the scrum, passed better than

After Chan had been tossed

fly-ball to left-feld, scoring

I have seen him pass all season. Į Takahashi to increase New Roberts, in the centre, had a Asia's lead to 4-0. C. C. Wong good game.

let a third strike go by and was This was truly an uninspiring called out by plate umpire Shot- game from two teams who are ton to close the inning for the capable of better things. Admit-winnera.

tedly the Navy made quite a Castro led off for the Wolves number of changes, but both with a neat bunt just in front of sides will have to show .better the plate which the opposition rugger than this it they are not did not seem interested in field. to finish as "wooden-spoonists" |ing but Castro was too slow, in this year!

his running towards second base The teams

and an accurate throw by Taka- hashi beat him to the base, for BAF: Wenvill,' Poynor, Low, the Wolves' first out. Bemedios difficulty Roberts, Gregory, Gee, Davies, and Tennochy found Richards. Row, Broughton. An- with pitcher Chan's deliveries thony, Jack, Barwell, Dixon, and could not hit the ball past

the infield. Beck.

Navy: Pupe, Guaning, Crow- In the top of the second in ley, Goodwin, Hunt. Land,ning the Wolves started off weil Noyes, Jones, Davies, Buchanan, but two free tickets to rst Standard, Davy,

Rogers, when Castro again failed to put Thorneycroft Orr-Ewing.

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It was certainly a bad third | errors inning for them for alter Bois had

foul-tipped, Doras and Jorde fell vietima ta double-play when both wore In a position to open the soor- ing for their side. They had carller held New Asia score- less in the top of this insing. The Collegians were only ahead (-0 when the fourth in- ning opened but soon it was 13-0 for they capitalised

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loose fielding by the losers and on unly three hits they tallied но- seven times, twelve batters ing up to the plate. No Ond would have blamed the Wolves but for giving up at this stage they kept on trying all the same. In the top of the fifth the Col- legians made the score even larger, the two big hits in this inning going to P. Chan who banged out a home run to right- centre and Shen who hit for two bases.

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Other results Results of other matches dur- ing the weekend were:

'Men's Junior League Antelopes 25, Austers 9. Giants 10, Indians 3. Stardusts 11, White Sox 1.

Ladies League Cheyennes 0, Toreros 7 (w.o).

Men's Senior League SCAA 12, US Navy 1.

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