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PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

THURSDAY JUNE 27, 1940.

In the World of Sports

RAIN NEARLY SPOILT THE WHOLE SHOW

But It Cleared Up For Hongkong's Bowlers

BY NO. 1"

It looked at ons period on Saturday morning that the lawn bowls programme might have to be postponed owing to the heavy rain, but the sky cleared later and the sun showed itself in the afternoon.

Despite the bright sunshine. however, greens were generally heavy. All games were played off except three-one in each division. There were no upsets in the First Division matches, all games re- sulting as I had forecast except that the Indian Recreation Club- muffered-defeat at the hands of the Craigengower Cricket Club by the antall margin of six shota,"

Pecrelo A. winning

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U.S. BASEBALL

RESULTS

NEW YORK, June 25

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-The following are the results.of. League baseball matches played Festerday:--

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

NATIONAL

(Rizzo homered)

Chicago. Brooklyn

14. 1. 5

(Phelps homered: 13 innings were played),

The St. Louis, v. Cincinnati game

was postponed owing to rain,

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New York Cleveland

3 5 0 5 9 0

two match concluded and Minu lost to rinks, just managed to defeat their Omar by six shots, this being the .. "B" by seven shots. The defeat deciding factor of the game.

of F. X. Sva at, the hands of Noronha almost deprived the champions of their hundred per cent. record.

Carlos Silva scored 13 on the 1st six heads to make good for the defeat of FX, and actually had three to spare!

THE SECONDS

(Game called in the 5th innings

Group picture taken at a tea party given by the student body of Canton University on June 20 at the Cafe Windsor in honour of Mr. Paul Moritz, U.S. students' delegate to Chins, who is seen seated in the centre.—(King's Studio).

owing to rain; Trosky twice and BASEBALL NOTES Weatherly homered for the In-

dians).

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In the Second Division Kowlood Cricket Club had an easy win over the Police by 35 shots, Spary led Riddell throughout," the afternoon Boston....11 and had an easy win, finishing (Cronin homered) with 12 shots to his credit, but |Detroit - Channing" proved too good for (Gehringer, York, and Sullivan Marks and led the latter 37-18 on homered) the 20th head only to concede ave

Alves had a Aying start against J. J. Basto but the latter, with his steady drawing, kept the score down and eventually lost by only on the last head! four shots-25-21.

POLICE CHANGES

Police Recreation. Club playing on their own green had the better of the Kowloon Cricket Club by 18 shots. It was probably due to the several changes made by the Police, after encountering a heavy defeat at the Indian Recreation Club last week, that gave them the points..

SEX FOR FINCHER"

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HYDE'S RECORD WIN

Eyde proved much too good for, Hollands who scored only three singles throughout the game. Hyde created & new record this year for the Second Division, beating Hol- land by 27 shots-30-3,

Boston Detroit

Washington Chicago

7 14 3

4

2

7

15-2

B 9 3

(Kubel and Rosenthal homered?

Philadelphia St. Louis

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CHUNG HWA CLIMBS TO

THE TOP POSITIONTM

South China Play Good Ball Against Club

BY R.O.Y..

ID 14 1

In defeating the Royal Engineers by 12 tallies to 7, during the .12 13. 1 weekend, Chung Hwa took top berth in the league "standings, half-

a game in front of the Mindanao who were unenraged as scheduled clash with H. R was flooded out on Sunday morning

NO TENNIS All three "C" Division League Tennis matches that were to have

Taikoo Docks team visited Kow- loon Football Club and were down by 13 shots, 63-49,-- Chalmers led Younghusband for the most part of the game but conceded seven out of nine shots on the last ave heads been played in Kowloon yesterday and this was the cause of his de- were washed out by the rain. feat by two shots18-16: Munro started off well against Simpson but eventually lost by five shots.

The ground drained off sufficiently in the afternoon to allow the Hongkong Baseballers to fulfil their engagement with South China. after which fans were treated to a fine exhibition match between the

S. S. Tulsa and a Hongkong squad.

In their game against the started their rally which put them Sappers, Chung Hwa started all on the long end of the 10-3 accre. of their second stringers with a GOOD OLD "DUTCH" makeshift infeld in support of In the absence of "Doc" Molthen, Hank Chang who drew the hurling Fittinghoff was made custodian of

THRILLING WATER-POLO IN EUROPEAN "Y" POOL Sailors Share Six Goals With Senior Home Team

TWO WATER-POLO MATCHES WERE WITNESSED IN THE EUROPEAN TM.CA. POOL LAST NIGHT, MAA

In the first a strong team drawn from a British destroyer drew". 3-3 with a senfor “X” team after a thrilling encounter while in the second game a team" from the M.T.B. Flotilla were completely swamp.. ed by a junior "T" combination by the score of 10-0.

their

fast

The arst encounter was very equalised shortly afterwards. With evenly contested and the result only a few minutes to go before was a fair indication of the play, the interval, Paul broke through The Navy, possessed a very dan- to score a magnificent goal, gerous set of forwards of whom Dominating play in the second Paul and Hairyard were most con half the "Y" made numerous at-" spicuous with

and tacks on the Navy goal necessitat- tricky play. Besides scoring twoing in Pant fall hack in defence. of the goals, Paul was most im- when it seemed that the, Navy was pressive both in attack and in de going to withstand all the "Y" at- fence. He was ably supported by tacks, Chater delighted supporters Rutter playing at centre-half.

by equalising from a pass by May. The "Y" fielded a strong line-up

The junior game was uninterest- including: C. Goldman and E Wing and practically a one-sided Railton who both showed up well anar with the "Y" doing all the

NAVY SCORE FIRST – attackig. »

In the first half the Navy ne, Goldman opened the scoring ed the scoring through Petizam for “Y” to be followed by shortly after May equalised for corneck Weller (2) May (3) the "X" Despite this reverse the thuggan (172) × sailors continued to press heavily

EURJARAN (Senior team): on the goal and were reward Eardley Eno and Railton; May;... ed when Halfyard took the lead Hunt, Chater and C. Goldman,

once again from a good pass.from; |Butter. Goldman, who was play- Ing, a sterling game for the "y"

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NAVAL TEAM-Mitchell Willis and Coombes, Butter; Lt Carter, Faul and Halfyard,"

EUROFFAIR 29" (Junior team): Brokenshire; "May and Willis: R.

WEATHER REPORT Gold Corneck, Weller and

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Hongkong Royal Observatory.

10 ain, June 28.- Barometer (at sea level), 29.74 iris. Temperature 81 F Humidity. 91 per cent, Wind Direction, S Whid Force - (Beaufort);

82-F.

Fender was skipping a new rink and so was Orem and though Carey had one charge and he was given #good number two. The present arrangement looks very promising. Beoting on the whole was low, the 18-23. Field had the better of will play at home against the Polasaignment, Wally Ching was seen the initial sack where he handled temperature: maximum yesterday. blasest win being by Fender over Kawn, winning by hota, 21-ee team and should have no dif- behind the plate instead of Nip 13 chances with nary a boot.

*78 F ficulty in beating the latter prom who was nursing a finger Duten Lingenbrink confounded his Temperature; minimum last night. Injury, while Richard Chung and friends by turning in an errorless ⠀⠀ TIE ON THIRD RINK vided they tum out at full

Al Lau were brought in to handle display at the Hot Corner but their Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today, 0.53 ins. Craigenyower, playing away, beat strength

first and second respectively, raucous barracking sadly affected the Civil Service Cricket by nine

Total rainfall since January' fir Recreio B will be playing away

NINE-HIT BARRAGE

his batting eye;

62.74 ina shots. 62-53. They were up on two at the Cell Service Cricket Club

The South China boys were much Taking full advantage of the

tough nut to crack. The latter

Goodwizi." This was due to his 15 scoring ten „out of 15 shots in the last six heads --

Orem had the better, of Kera and by scoring six on the last head he was up six shots.. beaten by Fincher 17-18 but only after the Kowloon Cricket Club player had, chalked up a six on the last headi

....

Benn.

and MTB Gurd Stonell Prese: Brown, Daris, Barker and Wallis

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4 pm. June 26.

Sunset tonight, 7.11 p.m

Carey #3 rinks and on the third rink it was and will find the Civil servants a comparatively weak opposition, the steadier than usual, "Shorty" Pan Against an average ni, 36,20-ims.

Lewis had a shaky start and should manage to collect Sappera jumped into 1·6-3 lead at Romed Ha and Harry Chinn being Sunrise tomorrow, 5.41m

THE WRONG COUNT!

The Civil servants, playing away.

It does not seem that the Football-

ball Club, winning by eight shots

ers are making any headway in the First Division..

a tle!

gave away Ave on the first four points at the expense of the Re heads against Hillyer He retrieved crelo B

his lost in the following three heads and never loosee back, qui-

FECOND DIVISION

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Don't be vague

the end of the third stanza but outstanding; the first named con- were unable to hold their lead as nected for his squad's only bizgle.

PITCHING DUEL

Barometer (at sea level), 29.69 ins the Chiness unleashed a nine-hit barrage that scored nine harkers: Feature of the exhibition game Temperature, 84-7- Hn the fourth:

was the pitching duel staged by Humidity, 85 per cent, ally winning by 8 shots, 29-15. Craigengower will entertain

Bill Chang was then put on the Lefty Stockton and Ski Powlawski Wind Direction, "S/W. had the better of Hongkong Foot- There was not much between Way Kowloon Cricket Olub and it is round and from then on the for the Tulsa and the locals res- Wind Bone (Beaufort), 3.

with the score at 17-all! and strange, the game finishing hard to forecast the result but I Chung Hwa boys coasted along to pectively. Each team committed Maximum temperature, 86° F. favour Craigengower with a few allow the Sappera to narrow the two bobbles while hits were 5-4 Minimum temperature, 78 F. The match between McNeill and shotá.

gap with opelon tails in the in favour of Hongkong; the Tulsa Rainfall, nil, Eccleshall Huctuated. Craigengo- Talkoo will be playing on the last of the seventh Denver went bors, though, bunched three of their They have lost every match they wer scored on the first two heads, home green against Hongkong Cric- the full route for the Engineers hits which, aided by the two op- played. Would not it be a good but the Civil servánts scored on yet Club and on theirgwresent formand, although nielend for 18 hits. position errors, gave them three idea to have a bit of experimental the following five heads The

Takoo are a better Dalanced foam did as well as could be expected tallies while the locals could score Akoming like the Police Brooks next three heads saw McNell and should manage to win without in fanning four of the opposing only once, through Wally Ching bank was skipping Instead of Beb-chalking up 4, 2 and 3. The next

who doubled to left and scOTE: ON. much difficulty, ****

|hitters, : tington who was away at Camp score bak froth the Cirul servants,|- and Wood was playing number and scored on the next six heads,

There will be a gry good gameBuck Taylor; was unfortunate to a Dassed ball to ma Three to him.

running to a lead of 21-18, but between the Kowloon Bowling Sustain a hand injury in catching Ski Powlawski had seven of the MeNell managed to score four on Greep Club, and Kolbots Bootball foul up in the very first frame. Tulsa boys swinging while Stock- the last head to win by one shot, Club. Both teams are playing goo but Tom Fox took over the hind tan famed four locals, both hur

snatching to give a fighting displers conceding five passes apiece: and to save his 100 per cent. record Bowls at the moment. The Bowi as leading skip in the Second Diving Green players will have the play that fully merited the en- Neither of the first-basemen son.

advantage of the green as the thusiastic approbation that greet-Horsefact Douglas and Richard

ked his, efforta, Melan

son, gave anything away, and be- Playing away the Bowling Green will be playing at home and I tip GOOD BATTING tween them handled eighteen beat Recreio by four hot Guy them (to win by a few shots. In addition to his fine defensive chances; terrible. Terry, of the

Tone Berikhtiar head when the Footballers were laying a few shots, and Strange still had his last wood to deliver. Wood started the count ing and removed three of his shots!

The head was replayed and the Civil servants chalked up two and

this was the turning” point.

Anslow, promoted from the third division, played well as lead to Robertson.

was drawn against Remedios, holden Another good match is promised work, Fox led the hitting with a Tulsa, batted two-m-two to lead er of a 100 per cent, Encord for af. Kowloon Tong when Recreto acable and a elrigle in three trips the batters

ve games. Guy had the better will be the visitors on Saturday to the plate, although Flash Rat

LEAGUEST of Remedios throughout the stter-It is very difficult to forecast the clife and Mellwraith ran close, noun and won easily by 17-14 winner as it all depends on the each garnering in brace of bingles Chung Hwd

Tvanovich, leading 11-8, tralled day's form. There should be an in four times up..

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against McCowan's rink to win by

Once again Robertson with his front men,put up a fine" show

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Gill 13-16 on the 14th head but other small margin win in favour Longest hit of the game went K Baseballers 13 shots, but the other two rinks scored nine on the last five heads of the Recreio players.

dingi scote was 69-61 in favour of won by 23-12. the Civil siryants.

"The main bien the Do and Bowling Green was postponed.

CAFLYING START

CHAMPIONS SHOULD WIN

Next Saturday, the Champions

Football Club team and should

Chung Hua's Wally Ching who B. Club #gizrapped "a stinging homer along South China

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went down badly Gill lost to to win by 26-14 · Lockhart had is And yet another Jones 14-22 and Brockabank went | hard time agahrust - Souza who led Toy down to Harry Strange 22-35. The 20-0 on the 17th head and anally match will be between the Folice the third base font line; Hank Royal Engineers AVIÓN KECİR 090

eam and their neighours, the Chang and Tuffy Chinneach kara Civil servants. The Police will felolited a two-bagger.

GOOD SOUTH CHINA SHOW play on their own green and may be able to break their duck Although the Club Bouth at the expense of the Civil servant Criffs- gunte was expected will be at home to the Hongkong after six consecutive defeate any to be orkulerie-side the Craigengowe, visiting Bookungo have no dificulty in beating them way, I think the CBC.C. should latter bquad surprised fans by batting up an excellent showing for four of the seven innings play. ed and at tinit stage of the hatch actually led the Baseballets by 3 tailles to 2.That was, as it turn will representals out too good toy kust mad the

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LAWN BOWLS leading Minn 11-3 Basa was the Dockers are very consistent on

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