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اللبس النادي

WILDCATS TASTE FIRST DEFEAT OF

SEASON AT THE HANDS OF INSPIRED WAHOOS

Florinhas Break “Jinx" With Convincing Win

BY R.O.Y.

INSPIRED BY THE RETURN OF CHIEF WAHOO THERESE NORONHA, THE WAHOOS PLAYED HEADS-UP BALL to provide the upset of last Sunday's softball programme when they earned a 17-18 decision lover the Wildcats who, in losing, tasted defeat for the first-time, this seROON.

Badminton

Results

Following are the results of the "B" Division Badminton League matches played last night:

„SECTION "AM.

King's College best Jewish Re- creation Club, 8-1.

B. Ramley and L. Landau (JR.C.) lost to S. E. Chau and K. J. Attwell

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 1916 DECEMBER, 1940, 9130) Asc..

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

From

12-21; lost to K. L. Lul and W. CAir Mail by "British Oversean Airways Service" by

sen from Singapore. .... Chung 13-21; lost to K. H. Lo and

Canton

T. Lam 3-21.

A. Pollak and M. Talan lost Chau and Attwell 5-21; beat Lul Calcutta and Btraits

| Sahdákay "..

and Chung 21-17; lost to. Lo and Australa and Manila.

London and Straits

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Taking advantage of their opponents shakiness in the field, the Lam 3-21.. Green Owls went on an eight run rampage in the first frame but B. Godkin and J. Odell last to lost that huge advantage as the Wildcats ralled to count nine tall-Chan and Attwell, 12-21; "lost to lies in the second. The Wildcats led by a single counter coming Lui and Chung 15-23; lost to Lo into the final frame but errors by Trene Pereira, arid Lily Mar al- and Lam 10-21. owed the winners to count five on only four hita The losers managed to reduce the margin with three markers on nary a hit but Cynthia Mottą sied out to Irene Castilho, who had given a sparkling display, to end the game.

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premium, Doctor

Jackie Anderson homered for at a

Eddie the Wahoos but Therese Noron- [Goŝano being the only hitter in ha's 4-in-5 gained her batting the game to inuect more than honours. Gloria Mar was the star | once. · of the losing squad hitting ` two round trippers beside giving a sound display at the Hot Corner. Two-baggers were plentiful. Irene Pereira and Therese Noronha clouting two apiece while Irene Castilho. Doris Mar and Socorro „Castro · garnered one each

FIRST POINTS FOR LF.C.

The Florinhas lifted them~. selves out of the cellar when they won a convincing 19-10 victory over Chung BwaTM who held a short-lived two run lead in the third but' faded" out to cöncede four tallies in the fourth and eight in the Bfth..

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The game between Victoria Re creation Club and Chung Wab wa postponed.

SECTION "B"

St. John's beat Police 8-1 H. Eardley and D. Kwok' (S.J.), beat A.R.S. Major and C., Y. Sui 21-2: beat W. Gillies and L. Gor

don 21-7 heat J Macdonald and H. Dingsdale 21-6:

R. Maynard and G. Ladd (S.J.) beat Major and Sui 21-9; beat Gillis and Gordon 21-13; lost to Macdonald and Dingsdale 9-21.

Calcutta and Straits.

Ser-

OUTWARD MAILS

The opposing hurlers, Kelly Silva-Neito for the Cyclones, Johnny Alvares and Ger Gosano for the Aces, were in Ane form and hurled irresis- table ball to hold the hitters of both" squads well in check. CANADIANS BOW TO, LS.C. The Canadian Chinese took an-

K.C.C. WIN other beating, this time at the hands of the Indian Softballers

Kowloon Cricket Club beat Kow (at 5 pm: by an 11-3 count, poor defensive loon Tong 6-3. work allowing the winners seven V. D. Bright and A. L Fisher unearned markers that made (K.C.C.) beat F. H. Kwok and J. their performance look worse Chan 24-21; test A. T. Chan and A. C. Chan 20-0; beat Peter Lo and than it really was.

J Tsang 21-16.

Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than

N. L. Smith and P. Wilson (SJ) beat Major and Sui 23-20; beat the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are Gills and Gordon 23-20; beat Mac-advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. "When mails are adver- donald and Dingsdale 21-7.

tised to close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel malls are closed

The Indian boys collected but five safeties off the speedy hurl ing of Herbie Quon who clouted for the circuit in his first time bat. "Savage"

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J. L. Anderson and B. §. Johns (K.C.C.) lost to Kwok and Chan Nell Lee paced the batters of

3-21; beat Chan and Chan 21-6: both squads by connecting for

beat Lo and Tsang 21-16. three in four trips to the pan but

Hassan replied D. Hazell and A. E. Brest (K.C.C.) Socorro Sequeira poled out the with two nomers for the Indians est to Kwok and Chan 11-21; beat Manila, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa and Reg only circuit clout.

whose slick flelding made up for Chan and Chan 21-3; lost to Lo United Kingdom their lack of offensive strength.

and Tsang 20-23,

SURPRISING RESISTÂNCE

The Ramblerettes put up, sur- prising resistance tó "Colonel" Dave Walker's Cardinals, only auccumbing by 21 tallies to 22 after

extra innings. 19 two scores were motted at 20-all at the end of the seventh and neither squad could score in the eighth.

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TRIPLE KILLING »

Two double, plays and triple killing featured the In- dians' display "although "In- different bass-running on the part of the Canucks, made them possible.

Cinnie Remedios tailed for the LEAGUE STANDINGS

Ramblerettes in the ninth but

Redbirds came back with counters Ladies' League: through Elegenta. Babida and Canuckettes. Betty Fitzgerald, in their half of Wildcata

the same stanza, points.

to

take the Wahoos

Longest clout was Babida's triple, but doubles were credit- ed to Ding Lopes, Melvy Cam- Das, Babida and Irene Ma- ihlas, the last named garner. Ing three.

MEN'S GAMES

Cardinals Panthers Ramblerettes Florinhas Chung Hwa

First Division”

St. Joseph's HK.B.C. C.B.C.

In the Men's games, St. Joseph's Recrelo Aces had an outing, at the expense of

Cyclones

the Filipino Club boys, the count Indians being 25-7 in favour of the Col- Filipinos legians whose 22 safeties were Canucks

Scond Division

good for. 37 bases, Dave "The Bambino". Leonard Icading the parade with two homers and two Chung Hwa doubles.

V.R.C. Arturo Ozorio registered the Recreio Bees: only triple of the game while Squth Chine Stan Leonard, Hank All, Hussain | RAF. and Ski Powlawski (two) were Cosmopolitan

Liga good for two baggers.

For the Filipinos, Harry Campos Royal Scots and Bobby Laurel were sound de- | C.BA. fenders, Tavares also giving a 8th R.A. hard-working display at the left R. Engineers' cabbage patch.

CLOSE ENCOUNTER

Hong League

CHEERO CLUB DANCE

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