1939-08-26 — Page 2

PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939

2* In the World of Sports

BASEBALL:

GOOD BILL OF FARE THIS WEEK-END: BATTLE OF THE GIANTS TOMORROW

(BY "R. Q. „Y.")"

Local baseball fans will be well catered for this week-end, as four squads swing into action in the preliminary rounds of the tournament for the Mamak International Shield.

At 330 pm. to-day. Britain clashes with Portugal in the opening game of the series. America and China meet to-morrow at 10.30 am., and the winner of this battle is expected to caITY off this year's International honours. 11

The probable line-ups for to-day's game are as follows:

BRITAIN

Dove Leonard

Pitcher

PORTUGAL

A. P. Pereira

Catcher

M. Mendonca -

Norman Leonard

ist. base

H. A. BarroS

2nd base

N, A. Beltrac

J. Higgins

Welford

Terry Leonard

Denham Crary.

Stan Leonard

Foley

Sam Izatt

Sarsfeld

a

3rd base Shortstop Left field Centrefeld Rightfeld Utility

Johnny Alvares George Souza

C. Figuereldo

C. Marques

Al, Alvares

J. Remedios

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CUP MATCH

H.E.'s Team vs. Prison "A"

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End Tour

In England

LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter)-In

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If Fred Saunders "concentra- view of the international situation. His Excellency the Governor's team will be opposed to the Prison tors can do everything he claims the Manager of the West Indies

in the Goscombe- for them, about a million golf duf- touring cricket team "A" team O'Sullivan Cup Lawn Bowls Com-fers will be wearing championship that the tour would end imme- diately. The team is leaving petition to-morrow at 3 p.m.

Greenock for Montregi to-night,

The game will be played at the Hongkong Police Club.

U.S. BASEBALL

RESULTS

medals,

First-Saunders is pro at the East Hartford Golf Club, has a yen for inventing things and firmly believes that distractions have prove this, one need only stand kept many a golfer from shooting close to a mirror, cup his hands around the eyes and watch the pupils enlarge."

par.

Second-His concentrators" ap- pear to be an ordinary pair of

With his "concentrators,” áe- NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Reuter-classes (with or without lenses) cording to the inventor, a golfer the with shields; resembling somewhat attains what he calls "central fixa- The following games in Major League were played yester- the "blinkers" with which horses Lon"

are fitted to keep their minds off day.

passing traffic and other "skittish" Incidenta.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

R.

EL

Fittsburgh

7

and New York

3

6

Fletcher

homered

for

Portugal has much better! The meeting of China balanced side and should win over America will be a battle of giants; Britain who can be expected to the Chinese have, on paper, 33 put up a great fight." Defensively, good a team as has been seen in Pirates, the Portuguese squad are the equal Hongkong for many a day Their

"The part the ayes play in de- Efeating the purpose of the average

elimination of indirect vision and its distracting conse- quences which worry some players out of comparatively easy shots.

The urge to look up too soot is largely eliminated also" he add-

3 golfer to improve steadily--has ed.

1 perhaps received less attention "That one must keep his eye on than any other feature involved," the ball is accepted to be true in the explained Baunders

8

7

1

11

2

"Excessive light rays contract the pupils of the eyes, making it more difficult to concentrate the vision on the ball than if the dis fused light rays were not entering

the case of the golfer. Many pros can hit the shots with their eyes closed but this is possible only when they have trained themselves to keep their beads thi the correct position and strike the ball with a

Battery: Passeau and Mancuso. the pupils from all directions. To fundamentally sound swing."

2 8

0

4 B 0

Todd homered for the Dodgers. Battery: Pressmell and Todd.

of any other local team, but, judg-main difficulty will be the selec-Chicago ing from their form earlier, this tion of their starting line-up: Boston season, their hitting a rather in- with so much talent at their dis- consistent.

posal, several topliners will be con- fined to the bench or the coaching Rival Array

Cincinnati Arrayed against them are such boxca.

The American sluggers as the Leonard brothers.j

aggregation are (Brooklyn Crary and Higgins who all have fortunate in that"the U. S. S. Tulsa excellent batting averages. Al-is in port. and there "is every though Dave Leonard will probably likelihood that managers "Doc" start on the mound, Britain has a Molthen and Cecil Douglas will very capable burler in young Crary have the services of Costello, Kos: St. Louis

Rabbachi from that Philadelphia who was tried in this position by lesky and

Earl Wong is a the Chinese B. C. against the U. battle-waggon.

for China, in 6. S. Peary, and allowed only one hit and no score in two innings. which case, Hank Chang will do dinals. It will be interesting to see how the honours or "the mound, with much difference George Souza will "Dynamo". Ho or Nip Lum at the make to the fading Recreio squad, receiving end.

doubtful starter

The following are expected to line up:

CHINA

Hank Chang

"Dynamo" Ho

Y. T. Chan

Nip Lum George Wu Wally Ching

Earl Weng W. Hong Sling

Bill Woo

F. F. Choy

C 8 Chung

Pitcher

Catcher

1st, base

2nd, base" 3rd, base Shortstop Leftfield

5 B 0

6 B 1

Slaughter homered for the Car-

Battery: Johnson and V. Davis,

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICA

New York 18t. Louis.

Crosetti,

Tony Mockevicuis Costello

Cecil Douglas

R. H. F

11 12

0

5

9

3

"Poochie" Chase

McQuinn for the Browns.

Thomas,

Rabbachi

Keplinger

CentreBeld

Koslosky

Rightfeld

Clague

Utility

Vetkepler

Utility

Utility

Utility.

Buddy Badrick Wilson

Utility"

"Doc" Molthen

2 9 1

10 13 2

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After the smoke a the Unina-

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Battery: Pearson and Dickey.

Philadelphia

Cleveland

Trosky homered twice for the

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America battle has cleared away, DON'T RACE

the U. S. 8. Mindanao have ar-

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an outing in the International game, should not feel up to play- ing in a second match, the sailors have plenty of reserve who should be quite good enough to account for the Club.

Intending spectators are remind. ed that members and players passes are not valid for admissiori to these games. The charge will be as usual, 50 cents for adults and 20 cents for children; the enter-¡ tamment will be well worth the price.

TO-DAY

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HOME CRICKET

LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter)--At

claction, Essex defeated Notts by

a business at all, leading owners seven wickets. agree, but it's a grand sport.

Notts-271 (Hardstatt. 117, Take trotters, for instance. Wil- Nichols 5 for 34) and 74 (Kenneth liam N. Reynolds," tobacco mil-Farnes 5 for 30). lionaire, and E. Roland Harriman,

Essex-233 (Petex Brith -102, railroad magnate, have dropped

Voce 5 for 70) and 113 IDT 3: SPORTING FIXTURES thousands on harness horses but,

Hike many other cwners, they At Swansea, Burrey defeated series, aren't in the sport to make money. Glamorgan by six wickets.

They love horses and the Glamorgan-195 and 93 (F. R. Britain v. Portugal, Caroline

glamour of harness racing.

Brown 5 for 48, Par for 77, HOL. 230 p.m. LAWN BOWLS First Division: There are exceptions, of course. Surrey,201 (Matthews 8 for 56)

Kowloon B.G.C. v. Civil Ser-Last year's was the stable of and 82 for 4. vice C.C. Recreio 'A' V. Re Lawrence B. Sheppard. ... crelo B. Kowloon Docks V.

BASEBALL-International

At Dover, Yorkshire beat Kent Sheppard's stable included McLm by an innings and 14 runs,

Yorkshire-338 (Hutton 100).

Police; Craigengower C.C. V. Hanover, with a mile record of

Kowloon C.C.; Second Division: 1:59 winner of the Hamble- Kent100 (Verity 4 for 33), and Kowloon B.G.C. 7. Hongkongtonian and Kentucky Futurity. 215 (F. G. Chalk 115 not out.

FC.; Civil Service C.C. v. Kow- McLin Hanover earned $31,201 to Verity 5 for $81, loon Tong: Craigengower Co.

v. Police; Taikoo RC. . Kow become the leading money-winner.

leon F.C.; Third Division: Re-of the year and then was sold for

crelo v. Prison Oncers' Club;! Hongkong FC..Hongkong Flectric.

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11.30 fabolous sums for the gray than item. Mindanao, Caroline Hill,

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A trot büstötube- Owners of small stables realize about $467 Bullivan Cup, (Preliminary profite more often. There's Üb- ne round)Prison By Post Once, son White, son of Ben White, PWD Gv Police C First noted sulky driver Gibson round, Prison Av. Government has more than two hor House, P.WD. D v. Clerical A, stable, at a time. Police A v. Harbour, Sanitary v four years, howeve

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