1941-04-09 — Page 6

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

"April 19, 1941.

Around The Courses

U.S. Professionals In The Balance

Runyan's Ranking Of Sam

Snead

Results In Minor Outburst

Kowloon-Happy Valley Match

(By "Birdie")

IF WRITING could show a hoarse voice, these words would be blurred and unreadable, and it is all the result of the foul golfing weather we had on Sunday. On Saturday, in shorts and a sports singlet one perspired; on Sunday, with two swea ters and a muffler the biting wind still got through and for the first few holes gave one the shivers,

And then it rained in the afternoon.

The annual match between teams selected by the President

and Captain of the Country Club To-day's

|

Hockey

International

Tournament Abandoned

At a meeting of the Hockey Asso- cfation yesterday at the European

New Softball Champions For 1940/41 Season

Badminton Thrills At Kowloon C.C.

Championship Quarter-Finals

(By "Tinker")

EARLIER EXPECTATIONS that this year would see some

Recreio Aces Humbled

By Powerful Saints

Gonsales Great Pitching

\\(By "Ball Fan")

HERALDING the sensational rise of new Colony

of the finest badminton ever in the Colony Championships were partly realised in the Quarter-final matches at the Kowloon softball champions, the local ball season officially ended Cricket Club last night. I say "partly" because there is over the weekend in cold dismal weather. A fair crowd promise of more to come.

A glance at the scores below VAL.C.A. I was decided not to hold with the realisation that their year as Volunteer and other duties closeness was coupled through- made very difficult to organise out with a remarkably high

the International - Tournament · this,

matches.

"B" Division

standard of play can only give a Play-off To-day

The Six-a-Side Tournament will be part picture of the thrills that held, however, Entries will close on attended the matches. In the fee of $2 per team, should

Harbour Office.

V.

Eardley-Smith Tennis en sout be aent to Wong-Au

Mr D. 1. Smith, Hon. Secretary, at the match, the score was 14-all in the final game while service changed hands three times!

Sheungshui, was called off when the ruin cume down, and "as

. YESTERDAY'S doubles match, W. someone had to pay for the din-c. Hung and E. O. Fincher v. Paul her after the match, the scores Kong and Fung Yee-pul, was post- were reckoned at the time of poned owing to the sodden state of abandonment and the Presi- the ground. This match will be played to-morrow and the winners dent's side were hosts.

will meet the Tsut brothers in the semi-finals.

On the singles matches in the morning, however, the Captain's team had gained a slight lead of 14. points. This is, I think, the third year in succession that this match has been abandoned through rain. To some it proves a long and disastrous interval before dinner:

PERIODICALLY, the Amori-

in To-day's matches Tournament are:

Singles

the Open

G. Choa v. Tsui Wai-pui (Stand Court),

Pang Ol-lam v. H. D. Rumjahn.

can professionals voice their opinions as to who is the best muker. His order with the clubs

was:

golfer in their ranks, and recent- Driver.Snens, Nelson, Ben Hogan ly Paul Runyan started some-and Harry Cooper. thing when he lauded Sam Snead the best golfer who has ever lived,

Two days later the storm broke in the locker room following the New

Oper Orleans

Tournament, and Jimmy Demaret spoke for them all. Who, demanded the Texan, wae Poul to say that Snead was the golfer that ever Ilved? 19yan beat Snead 8 and 7 in the P.G.A. final. I beat him 4 and

Run

test

What does that make me?"

Brassie-Snead, Lawson

Smith, Craig Wood

Horton

Jimmy Thomson.

Little,

and

Sigmn Halstead, Royal Corps of Signats, who was reported for allegedly insuling a referee during the interval) oz League match, was censured.

Chinese Selections For International Softball Series

Scores in brief were:

JUNIOR SINGLES

The champlons of the "B" Divialen of the Badminton League will be de cided to-night at the Club de Recreio at 8 pm, when Chung Wah, winners of the "A" Section, meet St John's, winners of the "B" Scetion, in the final play-off,

'.

T. 8. Young beat N. L. Smith 15-8 hands without a point being scored! | 11-15, 15-12.

And finally Wong and Au won when JUNIOR DOUBLES

Eardley misjudged a shortish one at the net and completely missed the shuttle!!

C. C. Pereira and A. E, Xavier beat P. C. Leung and K. F. Chlo 11-15 15-7, 18-17.

SENIOR DOUBLES

Earlier Excitement EARLIER excitement was in R. W. Choy and K. B. Low beat M. The Chinese selection commlitec A. Oliveira and L. A. Carvalho 15-8. the Junior Doubles match in of P. K, Lau, Bill Woo and Kenny 18-5.

of rabid ball fans shivered through a perfect exhibition of errorless ball dished up by St Joseph's burly ball- hawks in taking the senior loop pennant with a 3-0 vic- tory over the rough riding Recs.

Abe Liu's Chinese Baseball

clubbers closed out their season

in grand style with a well-timed Sunday's Stars

win over, a battling Filipino nine, 9-6, while the Lacas luminaries took a 9-6 win from Abble Ablong's fighting Shell Oilers in an Inter-Hong confab..

ST JOSETIT'S slugging ballhawks, in coming through with a 3-0 win over the rough riding Recs, dished up a brand of ball which indicated are the with to the utmost that

the "class of champs.

Baby Abbas and Maileen Arcuții, Lacas--Former led | the winner's ruit attack, slashing out a terrify- Ing triple and double besides com- the home with three tallles; inlter also played havoc with the slug- making three clean ging-wand

stein in two runs.

bingies and

Jindo Hussain and Frankie Gon- sales, St

and single in a

dramite Former's two

perfect day at bat paced the win ner's in their championship

ner

game; Frankle shut ont the reagh riding two micasly Rees with

bingles to

Taking their first senior loop pen- nant since the inauguration of local softball, the power-clouting Saints played erroricas ball behind the con- fident hurling lefty Frankie Gonsales.

The

youthful Saint slab

artist, Jinxed for two years by. iterelo's well-known Indian sign, had his control ball working to perfection. limiting the dangerous rough riding sluggers to two small bingles In a 18-17.

masterful hutout performance.. The Champlon's Inside defence, T. S. YOUNG provided the surprise assistance to his partner who was of the evening when he beat Smith sadly out of the picture. On the called by many to be the "infield of

sparkled with duz- *** fairly Singice. Smith, other side of the net, Chiu and Leute ziling emelency as they accepted favourite for the title, was not were extremely active, but lost quite twenty-five chances without a break the game from prexy Ildefonso's

Wong have selected the following P. Wong and C. Au beat I. c. which Pereira and Xavier beat lo represent China in the Inter-Eardley and N. L. Smith 15-18, 15-10, Leung and Chiu in three games. national Series:-

Girta

Dot Loute

Mary. Ng Rene Yuen tosle Loule Gloria Mar Lily Mar Mary Mar Virginia Chiu

Posilian

Catcher Pitcher

1st base 2nd base 3rd base shortstop lett Beld centre field right field Alternato

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Mon

Nip Lum Herblo Quoit Hos Mark Luke Bunn Wally Ching Hill Chang Henry All P. F. Choy

in

though must that

the Junior

Young gave an inspired display, and in every respect was deserving of his

He matched Smith, shot for shot

win.. and Lloyd

Spoop. Cooper and Horton Smith. Long Irons-Nelson Mangrum.

Nos. 4 and 5-Nelson, Ralph Guldahl and Snead.

Nos. 6, 7 and 8.-Guldahl, Johnny Revolta and himself.

Putter Horton Smith in a cluss by himself.

$

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a reminder to the players

3 in the San Francisco match play. A in the Kowloon-Happy Valley

Runyan had said that though Snead match at Kowloon on

A.KL.

Good

would probably never equal Bobby Friday, the following are the Jones record because competition starting times;

Snead stood to-day was keener, yet alone for the case with which he swung, and for the less work taken to complete that swing; and for his competitive

tive disposition in

that he could relax and forget bad shots.

Demaret jumped into this breach

P.M. 50. K. Collings, D. 3. Edward 2,00 54 A. J. Dennis, K. S. Robertson 0.30 S. Mackenzie, A. McKellar 2.05 9.02 . B. Low, T, Low

9.06 11. S. Phillips, A. C. 1. Bowker 2:10

Sharp 9.10 A. L. Eastman.

2.15 1.14 W. C. Stimpson, Ir. 31. Mundy D-IB WV. Ahern, A. D. Humphreys,

L. M. B. Lloyd

by pelling "out" thaś“Bobhv¬LANS 0.22 I. Lam, A. L, Penn

and Walter Hagan were the world's best. Janes had won three British Opens, four U.S. opens, a British amateur and five U.8. amateurs. Hagan claims five P.G.A cham- plouships, four British opens, two 0.8. epens and 100 sectional tour- naments.

*220*

9.30 A. W. Ramsey, G. E. Willerton 223 944 A. A. Lopes, N, J. Bebbington 9.38 E, F. Fincher, C, E, F. Simpson 2.30 9.42 S. Jex. N. J. Booker 0.40 J. McKelvin, G. Davies D30 W. Kershaw, W. Stoker

Heserves

235

I

2.40

0.34 E. C. Fincher, N. D. Booker 0.50 J. Coles, M. A. Cairns

Fourballs in the afternoon will "be To Snead, Runyan conceded no weakness, though he admitted that played according to the times on the Byron Nelson was the better shot-right.

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Thrilling Doubles

Perelta was the man of this match, and was all over the court giving

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single

*** the 3rd

one occasion

Sousa

break a long-recorded flax

Victor Lim and Willfe Wison, C.B.C Victor tore around those bases in rabbit-like fashion to lead the stolen base aspirants with three well-timed efforts: Itter led the C.B.C. sluggers with a double and single, and drove in a run;

number of points through over excitedness. Leung scored on several in this all-important championship battling Filipino Clubbers 9-6.

For four torrid frames; the faland Occasions with excellently placed encounter.

cloutin Paced by the terrific cl

of boys had the Chinese Bastballers on drop shots.

Jindo Hussain, whose two doubles and the run, taking a 4-2 lead to send the a single highlighted a brilliant, dis- faland hopes soaring, but the inabl and came out on top, For. only a AL A. OLIVEIRA and L. Aploy dished up by the peppery out-lity of the losers to counter the Margaret Young Ella Chinn

were outplayed by the fielder, the champlon Saints, took the Grandpa Loung will manage both teams. Smith's smash work well, and this Carvalho

was offset by the excellent placing brilliance of K. W. Choy and K. B, precious lend in the 2nd frame with Chinese bunting threat sent Abe Llu's tally, adding another run in Kang fluttering, to victory in their controlling a Low, Choy

Anal game of the year, George of Young's returns.

power of the winning combination,

the plate on Arturo Chinese hurler Den Crary added barged terning as though he, too, on

to his strike-out record with nine I missed the shuttle. His Ozorlo's classy single to right.

The winners tapered off with a cleancut whiffs, but in the cold damp smash was skilfully conceal a run in the 5th, stanza as Sousa setting found the old control slightly. THRILLS abounded in the Wong- Au v. Eardley-Smith match. Earded and mixed up in a series of drop ley played one of the finest games ahots, and the deceptiveness with crashed home once more to start the lacking to issue six free passes.

rabid Saint fans roaring in champion- be has ever done to dato in Hong-which he turns one into the other at ship frenzy. kong and smashed with a brilliance the last moment had the Recrele pair that outshone anything that came often on the wrong foot.

Oliveira and Carvalho did as well over from the other side. But in between these shots, especially as could be expected against a com- when moments were tense, he combination of this type, for K. B. Low mitted errors that would have had was extremely agile and useful at the disastrous

rous effect on a more tem- net. In the boys game Hongkong Pai Yingi__peramental player than Smith. School smashed the Micso All Stars:

The 50-30.

ring the closing stages of

latter was well in the picture second the during the and

out the final throughout

games. It was his second match of the evening, but it

did not impair his agility, anything his earlier game; though had had the effect of putting him in

Two basketball games in aid of the YM.C.A. Rellef Committee were staged yesterday at Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A.

Hongkong A.R.P. girls were defeat- ed by the visiting "Macao All Stars 20-30.

Craigengower XI

Bad Decisions

The rough riding Recs, weakened

by the loss of Eddle and A. Y. IN the Inter-Hong opener, Kassa Gosano, did not appear like the Nazarin's Lacas lads took the title-holding icams of old, in, bow-Shell Oilers into camp D-0. The gas- ing out to a pennant-luspiring Cof-selling gang had 5-1 load in the 4th Innings, but, the winners cashed in Terlan nine.

with Ave tallies in their half of the

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ABE Liu's classy C.B.C. cohorta stanza and added three more in the 6th as Bob Laurel, Baby Abbas-and- There seemed to be a remarkable tallied five runs in a wild 5th Skelly Rarack came ealing home with number of bad line decisions by inning scoring outburst to clinch win-laden runs.

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the linesmen in' these games Inst† manus

too, fre night. They occurred, quentis at vital moments. One was in the Young-Smith game when Young was

3-0 in the

The following will represent Craigen- his stride. Rower Cricket Club In Second Divi- The shuttle flew back and forth second game. Service changed hands Flon League Cricket match against with dizzying speed, and rallies des-on a decision that was doubtful, to Kowloon Cricket Club on Saturday ofpite this were often prolonged with say the least, and instead of the score Cox's Road:

ahots

M. Omar (Capt), N. Broadbridge, is that kept spectators on a con- then being 4-0 in Young's favour,

H. Emall, A. 13. Iamson. A. Hung, C. W. Lam. E. A. Leo, J. W. Leonard. Lock. U. M, Omar and W. X. Way.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

The THIRD EXTRA RACE MEET ING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 12th and MONDAY, 14th April, 1941, commencing at11.30 am, on both days.

The First Belt will be rung at 11.00

B.17.

The tiffin interval will be after the fourth race on both days.

the

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Tiffins are obtainable at the Club |House provided they are ordered In advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel.

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Smith look service and ran off five verge of outburst. Wong was not quite up to his usual points before Young was able to

ue to re- form, and on several occasions bit cover.

The second was at the end of the into the net or outside the lines. Buti

at crucial moments he and his part- second game in the Wong-Au v. ner rose to the occasion,

service

The End

Eardley-Smith match. Wong

WES

14-10 when the shuttle

all

Aver the line to give him

He and his partner com- THE FINAL GAME brought forth menced to walk off the court, but the the greatness of all four players. linesman gave the shuttle as in. Amid continuous applause the score Service changed hands, and there levelled off at 13-all. It was setted might have been a different story to at five, and then Wong and Au pro- tell, but Wong look the service back ceeded to run off four points before with two excellent smashes.

vice changed hands,

Another was in this same match This was the first of the great in the third game. A line ball was moments for the eventual losers. given right against Wong-ind They took two points and then lost though it was early in the game, it service again. But once more they apparently had the effect of throw- secured service and scored another Ing Wong out somewhat for he was two points to mako It'4-all!

then guilty of several bad smashes Then three times service changed into the not.

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