1939-07-24 — Page 20

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 24, 1939.

UNION BREWERS CLINCH LOCAL BASEBALL PENNANT

WIN TWO GAMES OVER WEEK-END: SAILORS BEATEN

INTERESTING TUSSLES AT CAROLINE HILL

} (By "Bingle")

Wreathed in smiles and fairly exuding joie de vivre, Beer Baron Chot Bennett welcomed the applause of the large throng at Caroline Hill on Saturday whon, by humbling U. S. S. Mindanao, 8-1, his Union Brewers clinched the League ponnant for the season. An unbeaten record is their aim, and everything points to their uphold- ing their boast that UB does really stand for the Un-Boatables. And more power to them!

Wolloping four bingles, second sacker George Souza led the Union Browers attack in registering Its eighth consecutive win at the expense of U.S.S. Mindanao. Souza's four blows on four times up chased in. two males, and the Beermen led all the way to cop the flax and the two trophlen: Bagram Shield, donated

by J. T. Bagram, and the Vogue Trophy, donated by Walt H. Brawn,

Even without the services of power- house Dave Leonard, their skipper, the Brewers were able to hand the gobs a shellacking which was almost a shut-out.

Mindanao's lone tally came in the fourth. It had the earmarks of a

An argument ensued on Saturday in the Baschall League match between the Union Brewers and the U.S.3. Mindanao at Caroline H By winning this tussie, the U.D. outfit made certain of the League pennant Staff Photographer,

Hongkong B.C. Len Harvey Defeats Tennis League Tie

Humbled By Jack McAvoy In

The Mindanao

Yesterday's nightcap, which all the.

dopesters, including myself, thought would be a dismal altair, lengkong Baseballers were subdued, WOR far from it. Although the

Brilliant Fight

London, July 11.

A

13-9, by U. S S. Mindanao, they put contest in this country, estimated at between 60,000 and The biggest crowd which has ever attended a boxing rally when, after Lelly Joe Bowen drew soontaneouя

up a stift fight and only miscued cheering for uabbing Thomas' fly to the right field

three times to the sailors' six. 90,000, saw Len Harvey become the world light-weight bank, Charlie Horton singled with Mindanao started off in the first champion by defeating Jock McAvoy, of Rochdale, on #nen! Uner through where the with three counts on three safeties, points over fifteen rounds at the White City, London, last sbristop should have been. Big the first of Thomas' two triples; and Douglas rapped a bingle to left field wingles by Cordell and Horton; and night. and Ruei's well-pinced grass cutter wild throw by Sammy Izatt. to right chased Iterton.

but

in

Douglas died at home in an attempt to steal for the second out. Chase

died to left field.

Winglee on third

in

the sailors, and

A cluster of four runs crossed the

Wlison

It was

the

that

the

Har-1

Off Once Again

That oft-arranged and oft- postponed Tennis

League match between the Indian

R.C. and the South China A.A. in the "A" Division, fixed last week to be played at Sookun- poo this afternoon, has once again been postponed.

The Chinese; it is under- stood, are unable to field their full team, and as they are in the running for the champion- ship, they have asked for a postponement,

The match will now be played on Friday at Sookunpoo.

NEW YORK OUTFITS DEFEATED

Cincinnau

Philadelphia

New York, July 23.

R. H'

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LOW SCORING IN SEMI-FINALS OF RINKS TOURNAMENT

Only 26 Shots Registered In Full Game of 21 Heads

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Not for a long time has scoring been so low as in the match in the semi-finals of the Open Rinks Bowls Championship played at the Kowloon B.G.C. yesterday between the rinks skipped by` F. X. M. da Silva (F.A. Machado, C. M, Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro) and A. W. Grimmitt (E. W. Simmonds, J. Deakin and S. Eccleshall).

Lending at one stage by 14-5, Silva's rink finally won by 14-12, but they had a great fright na Grimmitt's men scored on the last six ends only to be still two shots in arrears,

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During the whole of the 21 heads, only on four were singles not gistered; a two on the 11th and three on the 15th by Silva, and twos on the. 13th and 21st by Grimmitt.

Silva's victory may be attributed to the slightly greater steadiness of his front men, and even if Simmonds did manage to have a bit of pull over

Mneliado at No. 1, Denkin and Eccleshall were not as consistent as C.M. Siva and Ribeiro at Nos. 2 and 3 respectively,

But all along, although Silva's iner were in the lead, it was anybody's igame because of tha low scoring, In the first ten heads, for instance only singles were registered, and Silva was leading 7-3. A two on the 11th, followed by a single, gave the Poriukuese a 10-3 advantage, and though Grimmitt had a two on the 13th, Silva came back with a single and a three to lead 14-5.

LATE RECOVERY

Cuba Boats Canada

In Davis Cup

Havana, July 23. Cuba has eliminated Canada by three matches to one in the first round of the North American Zone of the Davis Cup competition-Reuter,

Heavy Bowls Programme For To-day

A heavy programme of matches will be played this afternon in the Open Pairs and Open Singles Bowls Championship of the Colony.

The following is the programme: OPEN PAIRS (THIRD ROUND)

From this stage onwards, it was Grimmitt's rink who snatched the limelight with their fine bowling, but although they succeeded in winning on every head for the remainder of the match, they found the Portuguese players too consistent to allow them to take more than singles until the very last end when they had a brace, At Kowloon B.G.C.-W. V. Field and J. Gibson v. A. E. Coates and

Grimmitt.

and L. F. Xavier v. T. E. Robson and At Kowloon Docits, A. de Luz

H. Nish.

OPEN SINGLES (FIRST ROUND)

Kowloon B.G.C.-J. C. Remedios

v. F. X. M. da Silva; A. Brooksbank

J. M. Jack.

casily the greatest of the four fights Harvey and pinte in the Molihenmen's half of McAvoy have had, and before giving his decision the referee, Mr. the second stanza on only two safeties C. B. Thomas, bad to consult his score card for fully a minute. and three bobbles: Larry Lawrence Harvey, already the British and Empire heavy-weight champion, NINE HITS EACH

and Bille Clague both singled, while not only won the world's cruiser-weight crown last night, but held Paintpot Themus, No-gravy Dew and is British cruiser-weight title and gained the vacant Empire cham-Baseball Each team collected hine hits, UB ft Cracker Wrigley mikeved, concentrating their scoring in the

Mindanao, however, came back pionship. He thus bolds five titles-a record unparalleled in ring alxth inning, when four runs crossed take a two-run lead on two hits and

with Bree tallies in the second to history, the plate. It was only in the second stonza that the Brewers

couple of passes.

Colonel Middleton (chairman Another two did not

of¡ seemed a

deliberate waiting game, tally.

counts in the fourth and afth in-the British Boxing Board of Control) showed creased their lead to ten while the axed the Lonsdale belt around Har-oftener with his left and trying to more enterprise, punching Longest hit of the game was best the Molltenmen could do in vey's waist in the ring, and then the

As already stated, "Spuggy" B. W. Bradbury. Horsefare Douglas' triple

In the reply was a sole tally in the fifth new world champion, surrounded by uppercut with the right in the ninth

Silva's success was due to a great sixth with none aboard.

and sixth, after their valiant three police, left the ringside to celebrate quality of his defensive work how-

session: McAvoy displayed

extent to the consistent play of In the third.

on the ove of his thirty-second ever, and the mast

C.M. Sliva and Ribeiro. When one: Biggest boner was Huel's balk with Pinky Higgins, Club catcher, yield-birthday, which is to-day.

serious thing.

falled to lay the shot or to save, the At Club de Recreio-C. Dowmna happened was when both the sixth; led the heaviest shillelagh for his side, Crooner Ruel must have been fast with three safeties in four times up teenth round McAvoy almost put him had gained in this round, but Me League to-day:

other succeeded-which was just as v. Y. Abbas; R. S. Meadows v. M. R. It was one of the hardest fights bumped their noses together.

well, for "Spuggy" himself was Abbas. Harvey has had, asleep then. There were two away but

The following are the results of certainly not having the better, of and in the four-yey retained the slight initiative he matches played in the Major Baseball Puddle Jumper when Winglec wrig given a free Charlie Horton both batted 1.000 for down. It was so close at the Anish Avoy made him miss by ducking and ticket to the accompaniment of some the sailors. protestations by

that the decision might have gone swaying. In the next round Hurvey HORTON'S SWAN SONG

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Excitement ran high in the last especially niel's

elther way, and the verdict in Har- landed two left Jaba and for a speй

few heads when the Civil Service

Kowloon F.C.-S. Randle v. A. J.. bewilderment. Charlle Horton's swun Souza'a blue dart over second base fitting climax to a glorious ending fractional.

Bong was vey's favour must have been only they punched with tremendous speed St. Louis

E players were staging their recovery. Coelho: C. Mose v. E. G. Post, George hit all of his four blows over in which we shall miss his smiling

at close quarters, fill without doing Brooklyn

Their inability to score anything but

Kowloon Docks.-R. Duncan v. L second-chased, in team mates Terry face for the next couple of years.

HOW THE CONTEST WENT

much damage. Then McAvoy ran

jalacies on five successvle ende, how- J. Silva; A. M. Holland v. H. A. Leonard and Lefty Bowen to put the Charlle nails en U. S. T. Henderson jab to McAvoy's face, but

The first scoring punch was a left into a right to the heart and on the Brown homered for the Cardinals, ever, left them with the unenviable Alves. game in the refrigerator.

break Harvey again landed a left

Batteries. Cardinals. Cardinals, task of having to score four on the

Police R.C.-W. Mulcahy v. D. M. for the Slates to-inorrow,

Bowman and Padgett. and Northerner replied by getting in hook, knocking McAvoy back on his

last end to the and five to win. There Khan; M. Y. Adal v. W. Gill® Most of the excitement came in vacancy to all,

Mindanao's-sparkplug will be a hard close and trying to reach Harvey's heels and into the ropes. Not half

was just a bare possibility of mik Civil Service C.C.-Y. A. Razack the sixth and was topped by All's

5 body. McAvoy next cought his rival a minute had elapsed before Harvey Crooner Ruel started on the mound with a hard blow to the head and

10 oing a tle of it if the jack could be W. Mair; F, Xavier v. E, S. Franks; foul blow to the first base foul ile for Mindanao but was yanked in the the British champion had to duck scored with another fight to

repented the same miceuvre. He

2 14 3 taken back sightly, but it was a C. Fincher v. C. Gowland. which drove into an Indian youngster. third when the Hongkongmen were to avoid trouble. There was a bout

Brack homered for the Phillies difficult shot to make and the Civil

Cralgengower CC-X. C: Aitken The unfortunate boy had a few teeth one ahead. Charile Horton pulled of clinching, and when the referee Harvey was fighting with more pur- Pittsburgh

body and on the bell

Eleven innings. Batteries-Reds, Servants were unable to do so. ight left

V.

C. M. Silvn; A. S. Russell v. J. M.` knocked out and was bleeding pro-the game out of the fire and was called a break Harvey pulled awayose and

caught McAvoy

Thompson and Lombardi. off his balance.

The standard of play varied: there

Forrest. fusely from the mouth when he was credited as the winning pitcher.

were some fine heads, but in the McCutcheon; W. K. Way v. W. L Hongkong FC-R. F. Luz v. J. carried away. But, I notice the

and shot a right cross to McAvoy eleventh round a left and a right to

zeal how and in the Boston

2 Interim were also some which were Walker; J. C. Gill v. E. da Souza. A lone double play was pulled by jaw. Just before the non-paying spectators crowded back the salters: Badrick to Chase to round Harvey ran into a left whieh the head caught the advancing Me-

end of the

2inot so good. as close again in no time.

Douglas in the fourth when Freddie landed flush on the body and obvi Avoy McAvoy was still very strong Stan Loonard's long clout to centre Barros and Colonel Dave Walker ously hurt him. Harvey had to do Harvey to the body dealt out con- Chicago was the subject for some

and by uppercutting and jolting heated died at second and first, respectively, the retreating at the start argument, but bè drove in iwe of up by youthful Billie Clague whose wrong-footed; the second time slip was a Lost now as at any time and

Best fly-shagging was again dished second his mates and pilot

round, and

punishment. The twice he was siderable

pace New York apparently satisfied double Stan could have been put out Wrigley's short fly had the fans on funded with a lett to Harvey's head. his balance carly in the twelfth New York

on that one-handed

stab at L' Crocker ping down. Four times McAvoy W gruelling test for both. A nett.

left wing caught Harvey off Two lefts by Harvey landed early in the next session, but McAvoy and he almost fell, McAvoy missed Chicago..... afterwards

WRB very aggressive, possible chance here, for he was fighting hard to the body. Two too late in following up. A good wild swings by the Lancashire boxer left and right by Harvey steadied up failed, but he found the mark with McAvoy's attack in the next round. hard lefts and rights to Harvey'st took a tremendous lol to stop the Lody. McAvoy started the fourth rugged Lancastrian, but he was hit round with a rush, driving Harvey on the jaw and hit hard, The vast back to a corner, but Harvey's de-crowd rose as McAvoy fensive skill kept him out. McAvoy, staggering back before a barrage of bobbing and weaving, tried to make lefts and rights. Harvey was show- an opening but Harvey jabbed outing. unexpected and refreshing his left and when McAvoy did get stamina and McAvoy was indeed close he covered up brilliantly. One glad to go to his corner at the end left hook by McAvoy

in the next of this round. round half landed, but most of the

THE FINISH At Garmisch Parten-Kirchen to thers.

Harvey blocked. Harvey's right eye was now coloured and

Douglas was

that

at third. They're still in a fog over these perplexing ground rules!

their feet.

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NAM HWA DEFEATED

BY U.B.

WOMEN'S

HURDLES RECORD

Berlin, July 23.

of the

the

vas pent

With two rounds 1o go there was between the men. They

with right hand

The Cornish-

Making Lardy appearance yes- terday morning, Nam Hwn down to Union Brewery 8-5 to a went pucker stand. Notwithstanding yes-day, a new women's world record McAvoy's, too, was swollen. Harvey, little terday's result, in which UB had for the 60 metres hurdles was set by like the master he is, seized an open-started the fourteenth round briskly clinched the championship, fans the Italian athlote, Claudin Testoni Ing in brilliant style when McAvoy and Harvey, flocked out to Caroline Hin in droves at the International Women's Sport stepped back a fille carelessly and punches, made up a lot of leeway. to see what South China Seoul do Meeting here. for themselves. They dión do}

The time was 11.3 seconds which to was hooked hand to the chin. Har- Then McAvoy with a gerish spring much.

exceptionally good.

vey was relying Starting with Lefty Bowen on the

almost solely on was through Harvey's guard with a Signorina Testont thus bettered straight left counters and looked to crashing right uppercut and a left iRound, Chet Bennett hastily derrick her own record of 11.5 secs, which trying to conserve his energy. ed him after be bad. Issued two was set up at the meeting in Milan sixth round, McAvoy seeking des chango Harvey tagged, and only hook to the body, two blown which The battle of wits went on in the again brought about a remarkable Annie Oakleys and threw a wid only a week-bgo, pitch for two, runs earned off him. Before the Mion meeting. Slim Arduill then took the mound world record had been held by the McAvoy, on the nose as he ducked man started the last round by hook- theperately an opening through Har-his brillant defence pulled him

vey's defence. Straight lefts pinked through the round. and soven Nam Hwamen tinned the Germon girl, Ruth Engelhard, with brecre before he finished with them, the time of 11.8 seconds.--Trans- Preparatory to his attacks and Har-log his rival to the jaw and then

Sum Arcutli wan nicked for four Gecan.

vey still kept every avenue to vital landed a straight left. They got to blows, and Bowen one, while tan

spots completely closed. McAvoy close quarters and hits were collected of Hank Chang,

forced his rival to the ropes and with a right, but then came a long Harvey, got in the South China dingor, Both teams

punched furiously to hend and body snell of wrestling and In-Sightings made three miscues apleco, but Nam Hwa's terors weren't costly.

in the seventh semion. Harvey got McAvoy got Harvey to the ropes, out of that but twice afterwards but the champion pulled himself out South. China were a heavier

McAvoy knocked back his head with and punched away in a glorious last slugging side, Hank Chang and Bul

a left and a right. The Lancashire bid. McAvoyaccepted the chal- Chang, clouted triples and Dynamo

boxer continued to force the fight. lengo, and they stood close punching Ho, antcher, betted a double. Only

A left hook by McAvoy knocked away until farvey retreated and Souza and Stan Leonard connected The $80,000 Arlington Classic was the eighth round, and before he After the last bell Mr. C. B. Harvey's hend, to one side early in then jumped in with a straight left. for triples for the Beermen, won to-day by Chailedon, winner of could cover up a similar

One double play was pulled. Who Preakness Stakes, with Sun landed. McAvoy set an more hectic tral corner for

punch Thomas, the referea, went to a neu- to Sling to Chan in the second Dover in second place and Johnstown, attacks and after missing with a left seemed to Harvey and McAvoy a

what must havej stanza to nall Bux'and Stan Leonard: the Kentucky Derby winner, third,

Grandpa Leung came into the game In the third inning, but did little to Lover was six lengths in front of once more and ft: became a cinad walked to Harvey and signalised to Chatledon won by a head and Sun head. After that Harvey closed up a quarter of a minute, and then he swing scored with a right to the least five minutes. In reality it was boost Nam Hwa's, stock, allowing a Johnstown, grounder "from" right" Bald to tol Johnstown was 178 favourite to quarter wie with deferices she too the waiting thousands that the through his brogans.

win-Router.

HARVEY'S IMPROVEMENT 27 Cornishman was the new world title- Harvey, having been playing what i holder.

Kentucky Derby Winner Fails

Chicago, July 28.

An idea of the closeness of

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Lopez homered for the Braves. Batteries-Pirates, Brown Mueller.

the

and struggle may be

detailed scores!

gauged by the

F.X.M. Silva

7 5

13

1

Head

11

Batteries. Cubs, Lee and Hart-

AMERICAN LEAGUE

3

12

3

Batteries-White

Sox. Lyons

and Tresh.

2

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Washington Cleveland

Trosky homered for the Indians. BatteriesIndians, Feller onc Pytluk-Reuter.

C.

MATCHES POSTPONED

The two Pairs matches arranged A.W. Grimmitt for the Civil Service C.C. green to- day have been postponed. In one case W. Glendinning, who partners W. Male against J. E. Noronha and C. C. Silva, is slek, and the match be- tween J. Hoosen and A. R. Minu, of the Indian R.C., and G. Duncan and W. Gill have been put back to Thurs- day.

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THIS IS THE WAY IN Johnny Ribeiro, No. 3-to F, X. M. da Silva, indicates the way to blä skip in the semi-final of the Open Rinks Championship yesterday on the Kowloon DGC. green against the rink skipped by A. W. Grimmit. The Portuguese players won by 14-12. Standing (left to right). are F. A. Machado, C. M, Silva, J. Deakin, 8. Eccleshall and K, W. Binamonds--Staff Photographer.

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