1941-05-27 — Page 22

Tuesday,

HONGKONGE TELEGRAPH.

May 27, 1941.

Tracing Origin Of Baseball

Persians Had A Word For It!

· 1000-Year-Old "Diamond”

Discovered In Arizona

(By "Ball Fan")

Ever since that eventful day when Abner Doubleday, the Ballston Spa N.Y. Civil War hero, set up the first schemes for playing baseball at Cooperstown in 1839, malcontents as well as dis- gruntled archaeologists, who delight in techni- calitios and anachronisms, have opened up with a series of "who discovered the game," arguments, to the extreme merriment of modern baseball's fun-loving throngs who sure get a great kick out 'of hearing these “back to the ancient movement” scientists and others attempting to justify their minute-laden claims.

Major Baseball

Tigers Humble Cleveland Indians 5-3

NEW YORK, May 26 (UP)— Detroit Tigers humbled Cleveland Indians 5-3 to-day in the only gathe scheduled in the American Baseball League. In the National, Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Philla- delphia Phillies 0-4. Scores were:

Detroit

AMERICAN LEAGUE

cleveland

Battery: Newtont, Thomps, Tebbetts, Battery: Sinith, Heving. Hemaley.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia

Baltery: Warren.

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Hoesst,

Crouch,

We are informed that baseball was the national Brooklyn -

Battery:

Battery:

spot of the Persians a good sized con back. They didn't Owen. call it baseball but it was commonly known as Chahel- Chengo..... toop, (chahel means game, toop means ball). The Per-menu, George, sians' claims of priority were pressed by Prince Amir Hessan Sepehr Ghaffari who was called "Butch" by his schoolmates in America.

embarknent of earth about Afteen;

feet high.

“BUTCH" never saw a modern packed floor measuring one hundred baseball game until hend eighty-five feet by sixty-five | Innded in Uncle Sam's demo-feet. Along each side was a sloping cratie land of opportunity, but came to the conclusion, after taking in his first tilt, that the diamond game was similar in many phases, to his beloved Chahel-toop

in the Persian pastime, the bases are also ninety feet apart with nine) players on with ride. The bull is) inde.of wool-thread wrapped tight-| 13 around 11 rubber centre covered with a knitted fabric.

Thus

far the comparison appears to

and

6 10 1 Hgbe. Pheipa,

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Olsen, Erickson, Press). St Louis

12 14 0 Battery: Shoun, Warneke. Моленко.

Cooper,

The Pitistorgh-Cinelanatt fixture is a night stane.

Whitsun Home Soccer Programme

WAR CUP FINAL REPLAY Preston v. Arsenal.

LONDON CUP SEMI-FINALS

A rubber ball was found in a pottery Jar near the Santa Cruz River In Arizona. The pellet re- sembled a small boulder, larger than the modern baseball and very,

Its surface, was black, hard fast. and misshapen from the thousand

burial; Star

lnut even after this long Interim, the interior rubber 1:24 so good that the apparent) "stone" had

Reading v. Crystal Palace; Totten- a great deal of re- sillener when squeezed.

ham v. Brentford, How the game was played is in-1

SOUTH REGIONAL favourable to the Persian nobleman's ferred from early accounts of the

Aldershot v. Fortsmouth; Millwall argument.

Even

Southern Mexico where Fulham; Cardiff v. Wolverlump the Chahgl-toop Mayans short paddle-like contrivaner, contests were played with a blur ton Leicester V Northampton;} can be compared to the bludgeons of ball on similar courts. There isn't Queen's Park Rangers v. West Ham; baseball's early days. The ball is

Walsall v. West Bromwich Albion. doubt about the fact that these Rhy Hipped underhand in the manner of archaeologists have really discovered

SOUTH CHALLENGE MATC baseball's dawning era.

the vestiges of stone age athletle However the chief difference Hes netivities, But it is beyond all ball

Brighton v. Watford. with the Chalel-toop hurler whose fans why anyone should try to pur- aim it is, to loss the ball high up suade a credulous public that this is bito the air with the batter swing the origin of baseball. It could just Ing as the

descends. pellet

Cer-as well be the origin of badminton, tainly is no resemblance there to ping pong, lawn bowls, r even Doubleday's fireball tosses from eroquet. the slab. To top everything. Per- slan Chahel-toop requires no um- pires.

MANY people insist that the

English sport called round

ARIZONA archaeologists insisters is the senior partner to

NORTH REGIONAL

Oldhan: Bury

Blackpool v Chester: Bolton

Manchester City: Liverpool v. Everton. GLASGOW CHARITY CUP FINAL

Rangers v. Partick.

Whitmonday

Aldershol

".

baseball. They point out that they have discovered not

rounders has three buses-xo only baseballs but also playing

SOUTH REGIONAL has baseball they claim (gen- surfaces on various bits of

erously ignoring home plate). Paluce v. Reading: Queen's Park Brentford; Crystal paraphernalia which were sup However, recalling the early Rangers v. Fulham; Leicester posed to have been utilized by facts, the American fellows who Nottingham Forest; Portsmouth the aborigines for a game re first played baseball had

Southampton. sembling baseball at least abases at all-then only a single) thousand years ago,

base-gradually others were West flam v. Millwall.

—NORTH-REGIONAL

These anclept time" discoverers

No

reveal that the first "stoneage" ball added. -field-they-identified-was-situated Ibuschall-is-a-direct-adaptation' near the Gila Pueblo at Snaketown of rounders, why were there not

HAMPSHIRE CUP FINAL

V.

TONY QUITS—Portly young man is Two-Ton Tony Galanto quitting fight with Buddy Baer in Washington. Ho claimed broken left hand. Trainer Frain was suspended for removing glove without roforce's parmission.

Boxing

Commission Probes Baer's Claim to Title

Decision To Be Announced Later

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuter). The District of

*

Lawson Little Accepted By

Columbia Boxing Commission, American P.G.A.

after hearing Manager Hoff- man's complaint that Buddy Baer had been "robbed” of the title match with Joe Louis, have announced that the Commis- sion's decision will be delivered at an early date.

Mr Claude Owen, who said that

The Chairman of the Commission,

Louis "very difinitely" hit Bner after the bell ending the sixth round, said that Mike Jacobs had agreed to match Louis and Baer again for the title in Washington in September or October.

MIAMI BEACH.—Lawson Little, the open golf cham- pion, may be made a mem ber of the Professional Golfers' Association by spe- cial dispensation in time to compete in the next P.G.A. championship.

The big fellow who swept the amateur field on both sides of the Atlantic in 1934-35 and then embraced the money game, has Mr Owen expressed on behalf of Baer as champion if the Commission Tom Walsh of the P. G. A. to be the D.B.A. that they would recognise appealed personally to President ruled that he won on a foul, but also permitted to join the organisa- indicated that the Commission's tion without going through the hands were tied because of local stipulated five years of making clubs regulations that specified that the referce's decision was not reversable, and bawling out caddies.

Hockey

Walsh wants Little in the fold and se do ull his feHow professionals with whom he has become genuinely popu lur in the last two or three years.

The only thing holding them up is

Competition On that rule, and it can be stated that

Roller Skates

A TRIANGULAR hockey competition on roller skates be- tweon-the-Middlesex-Regiment, the Royal Scots and the Kowloon

Thursday at Mongkok.

There are possibilities in the future of there being a roller skates hockey league.

on the Gila River Indian Reservation three bases at the beginning. Many Everton Liverpool: Blackpool v. Skating Rink will take place on

in Arizona, in 1935. They found af also state that the Americen national Preston North End.

SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

and

The SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 31st May, MONDAY, 2nd June, 1911, commenc- Ing at 2.00 pm, on Saturday and ot 11.30 am, on Monday.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. on the first day and at 11.00.a.m.; on the second day.

The interval will be after the fourth race on the second day.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

summer pastime hnd its Arst open- ings via the cricket realm.

The British first encountered what they considered then to be

of their classic game of

way back in 1874.

Occasion of the Brilshers' intro- duction to Baseball was a tour of England by eighteen players from America's embryo major ball tea- Kuc. Baseball exhibitions were the only activities in the plans of: the ball

pros

but the

these falled to stir much enthusiasm, and to tide things over they were glad to ac cept a chance to try their hand al cricket.

The results of their games are now considered Inter- national sports history of the past. Spurning the advice of form and

REGIONAL Wrexham v.5toke.

Manchoukuo Plans To Celebrate Anniversary

they are going to get around that by forming a special "examination com- mittee" to inke care of such excep- tional cases as the open champion's,

Qualifications

Little put-in-two-years-as-resident- pro up at Bretton Woods, N. H., but he has dropped that now and ts. devoting himself to travelling around" sporting goods house and playing in glying exhibitions and lectures for a the money tournaments. That doesn't count toward the P. G. A. decree,

"I don't want to ket in just to play in the P. G. A. champlonship," Lawson says. "I think it is a fine organization, doing good for the game, and I would like to do my part."

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President Walsh and the other I professionals nurse unpleasant

inemorles of the chiding they Jerved because Little, fresh from his for last P. G. A. title event at Hershey,

HSINKING, May 26 (Domei).-Invitations are being sent open triumph, was not eligible

by Manchoukuo Sports Authorities to Japan, China, Mongolia, Indo-China, Thailand, the Philippines, Hawaii, Malaya, Burma, India and other Asiatic countries to participate in an East Asia

finesse expected of them in playing athletic meet being prepared this gentlemen's gnine, the slugging

No One without a badge will be Americans, in their initial match here for next year in celebra-

admitted to the Members' Enclosure, against the famous Marylebone "Ation of the 10th anniversary of League Tennis Such must be worn throughout the English" eleven, lunged at balls of

duration of esch Meeting in much a type which highly trainect cricketeers The games, will include alette Only One Game

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of the athletle carnival

way for Oriental;

through the SECRETARY upon the tories over all opposition encoun contests,

sible for all visitors introduced by

etc.

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Badges admitting Non-Members to their way through to n 107-105 sur-events, football, tennis, softball, base- the Members' Enclosure and Club prise victory over the "All English ball, cycling, basketball, volleyball, Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentle- combination. With the exception of table-tennis, gymnastics, and other men and $3.00 per day for Ladies a solitary draw the visitors clouted contests as well as swimming events. (both including tax) are obtainable their way to stugging cricket vie- personal or written application of a tered.

open the Member, such Member to be respon-

The Manchoukuo Athletic Federa- him, and for payment of all chits, IN 1907, fourteen years after tion which will be the principal or- Abner Doubleday's death, a Yen 600,000 for pushing preparations ganisers has set aside a budget ot The Sceretury's Office, 1st Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will by the major leagues investi-is already under way and is expected

floor, commission, specially appointed for the meet close at 11.45 a.m., on Saturday, and gated all obtainable facts and

Construction of "Olympic Vilinges" Tiffins are obtainable at the Club unanimously declared that base-Japanese sports authorities are offer- to be completed by August, this year. House provided they are ordered ball had its origin in the Uniteding full support arki all possible co- In advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. States, and that the first scheme operation for the project, white plans 21020).

No children or amnhs will be for playing it, according to the are being considered to send a big best evidence obtainable at the Japanese team to the Itsingiting meet. time, was devised by Abner

nt 0.45 aan. on Monday.

admitted to either Enclosure.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of Admission to the Doubleday at Cooperstown, in Water Police

Pubile Enclosure is $1.00 per day New York, in 1839.

Including Tax,

for all Persons,

A survey of Abner Doubleday's

including Ladies, and is payable at career and accomplishments outside the Gate. Soldiers and Sailora Uniform are admitted Half Price.

the baseball realm, ahows us that he By Order,

afined the Arst gun fired in defence of Fort Sunter in 1001; that he was

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

Hongkong, 28th May, 1041.

THE WKW FRENON REMEDY

THERAPIONING THERAPION NË. THERAPION N.3

148 for the Miyam

brevetted Major-General for his ser- vices In the Civil War; that in San Francisco he obtained a charter for

Beat Recreio

A billards and snooket match took place yesterday at Taimisha isul when the Water Police Station entertained Recreio and won 703- 600. the first cable street railway in the billiards champion, playing for the A. J. Osmund, former Colony. United States and that he was an Portuguese, lost to C. Pilo by nine. expert engineer.

After the match, Mr D. Terren gave an exhibition of snooker.

Bitllarda C. Pile beat A. J, Osmund -

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Played In

"A" Division Indians Beat H.K.C.C.

was

INDIAN R. C. beat the Hong- kong C.C. 514-314 in the only "A" Division tennis match yesterday. The Kowloon-Recreio game postponed owing to Volunteer duties. and the South China- Chinese RC. matel was put off duc to the state of the ground.

while

and

H.D., were the outstanding partner- The Rumjaho counsins, S.A. and

ship, winning all three sets, for the HK.C.C. M. Pagh Shields-Goodman look two sets, Josing the third. Scores were:

6. A. and II. D. Rumjahn beat Shields Goodman and M. Pagh h-2; beat C. 11, R. Oxido and A. 11. Barwelt 6-3; beat T C. Monaghan and T. J. Could 6-3, coodman and Pagh 2-6 best Oxlade and A. IL Madar and A. R Minu tosi to Borwell 0-2; drew with Monaghan and Gould 4.0.

1. M. A. Razack and A. R. Kitchell lost and Barwell 2.0; beat Monaghan to. Goodman and Pagh 0-6; lost to Oxlade Gould 1-5.

And

Kowloon C. C. Team However Important these achievements appear to us, the 100-141: 1. Matches lost to P. A The following will represent Kow sports-loving public will always Yvanovich 141-180. remember and laud Abner Double- Pereira 07-60; W. Morris lost to E, 341.sion against Kowloon Tong to-day!

Snooker. Campbell bent C. Roza Toon Cricket Club In the Second Divi- day as the man who created a Soares 70-118; L Ilaynes beat C.

A. E. P. Guest and F. Grose; -F. national athletlo gàmp called base- | Cunha 109-80; 9. Bradell beat J, C Zimmern and R. T. Broadbridge; F. I.

ftemodion 118-70,-

| Kengelbacher, and N. ...A. E, Mackay.

They explained at the time that it wasn't their fault,

"Please explain that we wart Lawson in," Walsh said. "There has been no bad feeling because he didn't sit down at some club and spend his five years there. "As a matter of fuct. Little has been extremely honest about it. If he had wanted to he undoubtedly could have found some small club that would have fell honoured to

have him listed as its professional, even if he hadn't given a lesson there from one year to the next. But ho refused to use such a subterfuge and we feel he should be rewarded."

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