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Brewery Baseballers In Championship Trim

Mohawks Trounce South China

Cardinals Triumph Over Bewildered Truelight Girls

(By "Ball Fan”)

Dusting off the last minute clinks in their ball-playing machines, baseball managers sent their hopefuls into final try-out tilts over the weekend as ball fans throughout the land eagerly awaited the opening toss to start another pennant chase along its winding way.

Hongkong Brewers' top-heavy favourites made a clean-cut training season sweep as they steam-rollered across the spring tune-up session for their fourth straight victory, taking a big 10-1 game from the U.S.S. Asheville's "slip-siap" tars."

TRUELIGHT Girls' High

School took a. "bewildering

14-4 shellacking from Dixie Week-end Stars

"Walker's Cardinals in a softball fray at the Kowloon Football Club. It was the schoolgirls' firat affair away from home, and the rookie maidens were stand- ing on high tension wires throughout the ball-playing afternoon.

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Brewery's bollist ball fans let out a big "yippee" in their weekend after game shin- dig, in celebrating the fourth straight garnered by the beer triumph Jugglers us they dished up classy ball to trample the U.S.S. Asheville nine with a 10-1 training stretch- bid win.

Uncle Sam's visiting coast guards let down, a hopeful crowd of peanut chewing hill fans with a mengre display of diamond tossing in suffer- ing this distinct loss.

The beer bottlers opened up with

a vengeance after twe were out in the 1st canto when "Kinging" Tony

Alves sent a sizzler oveT third and scored on Dave Leonard's double to left field; the torridero of bams" checking in later at the platter on a bat

bail error by out- fielder Cotter to end the initial in- ning beer uprising.

The

red hot brewers added two inore Lallies in the 3rd frame, D single run In the Oth оть Dave Leonard's double, and elinaxed a perfect spring training season with j five devastating runs in a mad scor- ing final frame which featured high-lighted double with the bags foudert, by Baby Abbas, the pressure kki himself.

and

Fitzgerald Belly

Alice Tsang, Cardinals-Winsome Betty stole the show again to lead the Cardinal attack with two sizzling singles and came across the platter with two runs: latter checked in with a snappy game in her first appearance at the Initia) sack.

Tony Alves and Baby Abbas, II. B. Beer-Tony.ted the 10 run beer- makers' with three salld bin-

gles and crossed the pan two runs; the "baby" once again proved bc yond doubt that he is the pressure kid himself, driving in three tallies and coming through with a high- lighted double when the bags were choked with brewerymen,

Johnny Schabere And "chaule patate" Hamelin, HKB.C-John- my fairly sparkled at the platter with a lzzling homer, double and single and pulled in with a sparkt- ing fielding gem in the 6th stanza;

Lord's Cricket

R.A.F. Easily Beaten By Rest of England

Two County Matches

LONDON, June 2 (Reu- ter).-The Rest of England beat the Royal Air Force by 62 runs and 7 wickets in a big cricket match at Lord's to-day, Whit Monday. Many Test players appeared in the match.

Bob Cramer (U.S.S. Asheville) connects for a single in | the match against the Brewery boys on Sunday. O. Arculli

catching.-Ming Yuen,

Home Football

British Army XI Win Inter-Allied Services Cup

LONDON, June 2. (Reater),-~-~The British Army beat the R.A.F. by 8-2 in the final of the Inter-Allied Service's soccer Cup at Stamford Bridge to-day. Eight thousand spectators watched the game.

The Airmen were dismissed | Major Baseball

latter made merry at the platter for 51 runs only, the Essex

to fear across with our winning Professionals Ray Smith and M. N. Y. Yankees Scorers for the winners were

runs and connected for three safe-S. Nichols taking 5 for 11 and

lies in three times up.

3 for 18 respectively. D. V. P. ***] Wright, of Kent, took the other

two wickets for 3 runs.

The Rest of England lost their first two wickets for seven runs, but R E. S. Wyatt and M. S. Nichols carried the score past their opponents' total before Wyatt was out for 42. Nichols was not out with 50 to his credit at

The Five Nation Mohawks put the tilt on ice in the next frame with a four run spree as Iroquois fans gleefully saw "hot potato" Hamelin, onus Waggoner, Jack Elder and "whatta" Waller check the close, when the score was 113 in at the home stretch.

The red and blue gang gave Chinese ball fans u sparkling glare

for 3.

Win For Leicester

in the 1st inning when Wally Ching LEICESTERSHIRE bent Northamp

and Hal Winglee crossed the count-ton by 10 wickets in a one-day county The Tennessee Aces nverted a Ing pan with two tallies, but wobbly match. They dismissed their rivals shutout in the 4 frame after willow-wielding at the platter wrote for 57 before lunch, W. A. Smith Tony "poosh ein up" Governale defent for the South China crew. taking for 21.

had whiffed to start the inning |

C. S. Dempster, the former New Firebrand Dig Digiacomo smashed

Bernie Johnson opened up on the Zealand Captain, scored 36 and L. G. out a rousing triple over left fielder Mohawk slab and held the Caroline Berry 23 which was enough to win Showboat Alt and eashed in at the Hillmen to a solitary bingle, whiffing with their opening partnership. check-up station when the pellet five and walking Ave in three! made a temporary getaway from frames; relief hurler "Lynn" Larry Bear eatelier Obear Arculli.

Lawrence tossed the next four frames Lets and held the losers to four scattered felder "Honolulu“

4 Centre, like, a shining star in a blows.

dismal Ashville ball tossing lineup, connecting for two solld safeties and

Notts Beat Derby NOTTINGHAMSIURE beat Derby shire by 10 runs.

Notts scored 139 and then dismiss "ed their opponents for 120 despite fighting innings of 51 by A. Payton. Woodhead (Notts) took 5 for 15, and Mitchell (Derby) took 6 for 40,

dihsing up a sure-shagging game out FLASHING in with an ex-a

in the wastelands.

perienced brand of all round

Bot hurlers sent out eight aplece ball behind'the speed twirling of vis the "sland up-go back" route, Dolly Brown, whose fast zippers with Asheville stabman Lefty Crumm showing a neat change of were tearing across those pare, bul, receiving negative sup-corners, Dixie Walker's fighting port from his teammates.

Cardinals barged through with a 14-4 triumph over the rookie

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SOUTH China's red and blue Truelight High School lassies,

men Look their second straight balmy spring loss as Johnny Schaberg led a terrify- ing Mohawk eleven hit attack to amother the Chinese gang with 13-5 triumph.

The former Shanghai Amateur star, in his debut at the Carollae ∙HI and dunes before local gas- housers flashed in with a prodigi- ous clouting attack, ramming out a terrific homer, double and single. The masterful finishing" Johnny Was the real sparkplug In

at the K.F.C.

An Upset In Derby Trial Stakes

King's Colt Outstanding.

Beaten By Indians 7-5

2

NEW YORK, June (UP) Cleveland Indians humbled New York Yankees 7-5 to-day in American League. Several games featured the programme.

the close

As a curtain raiser, the Army teams from Belgium and Norway who had reached thé semi-finala, played, and the Belgians won 4-3.

Landrieu (2), Schuerman and Busser, while Hagen scored all three for the losers.

As the Tournament title indicutes, teams from the Allied Services in England participated, but the British Army and the RA.F. were always favourites for the final as their players were mainly from the League or of International repute.

The Match

The first half was thrilling; four while the greatest win was that of goals were shared, then the Army'

Detroitbrillant forwards dominated play."

Boston Red Sox Over- Tigers, the score being 9-1.

Scores were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

G

R. H. E.

7

Battery: Russo. Stanceau, Chandler,

Washington

Scorers for the Army were Edelstan (3), Denis Compton (2), Birkit, Welsh and Hagan, and for the Air Force Fenton and Kitchen.

Savings certificates were presented to the players as mementoes, while the Cup was handed to the victors by a high offeini of the K.A.F.

Captain Morgessor, Minister of War, was also present, as was the Norwegian Foreign Minister.

Other Matches

LONDON, June 2

(Reuter)

Results of soccer matches to-day

1 Fulham

New York

Rosar. Cleveland

10 Q

Battery: Feller, Hemsley. Boston

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1

Detroit

Battery: Dobson, Pytlak,

2

Battery: Newsom, Thomas, Tebbatis,

Early. Hattery: Sundra, Chiengo

... 3 Dallery: Dietrich, lose, Tresh.

13

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were:

10

2

{Millwall

Cardiff

Leicester

was Queen's P.I.

Watzall

North Reglobal

* 7

t Everton

Battery: French, McCullough. Philadelphia

à 1

Baltery: Podgajny, Livingston,

Wrexham

Cincinnati

3

· Battery: E. Riddie, Beggs, Lombardi. New York

0

The Philadelphia-St. Louis gamo postponed on account of rain.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago

2 Wolves

Northampton West Hom

0 West Brom.

3 Liverpool

Regional Match

3 Btoko

Other Games

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Belgian Army

2

RAF.

4 Norwich

Battery: McGee, Melton, Adams, Dan- Norwegian Army ning.

Chesterfield Ipswich

0

SALISBURY, June 2 (Reuter)—–—– Racing featured an upset to-day Phlitsburgh

Battery: Lanning. Wilkie, Lopez. when six Derby candidates ·were | Boston among the nine runners in the 114 | - - Ballery Errickson, Dorres. the

The schoolgirls checked in with "bewildered” ball in the initial game away from home and were continually matching pace with "old man nervousness", to chalk up fourteen miscues. Silli in the new- born stage, fundamentally, young Canton girls garnered seven safe bingles of the Redbird offer- ings, one nipre than the winners' total of six.

For four hard-going stanzas the the students held the.' Cardinals to

H.K.B.C. win out there over the three all tie, but a powerful Card! week-end, which sent the youthful maiden attack broke loose in the 5th Kenny Moy sweating to thecanto to see coach Walker's cuties

8. Wales and Monmouthshire Cup Final

A 0

9 0

Cardin C.

0 1

miles Derby Trial Stakes at St Loui Salisbury, Owen Tudor was made Battery: White, Krist, Shoun, Mancuso. warm favourite at 7-4 on, but Mira: Brooklyn Macdonal Buchanan's horse, which Davis, Owen.

Battery: Wicker, M. Brown, was ridden by Harry Wears who

had

won' tive races earlier in the programme, was well beaten by

Fairy Prince (8-1), owned by Mr

F.

Williams and ridden by Lane.

Owen Tudor, in fact, only just got

Swift,

Fixtures For

xhowers at the start of the last ram nerosa six runs in, an epic scor- second place by half a lengis, from The Week-end

ing parade.

canto. Minus the bombarding trio of Pete The Cardinals, with steady, result Filch, Mack Sperry and Frankle Crews,

the Marauding Mohawks producing practices under Walker's

board of went to town with a bang in the time lase-n pennant labelled class master-minds, showed big initial stanza, chalking up two runs with all-round balance which should on Jolinny Schaberg's scorching triple and a single by Larry Law Just about rush the Reds up to the charmed circle in next season's girls loop ladsnatcher. Margery

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Au Tuk-cheting led the student at- Fairy Prince, which won the Derby tack with two blows each. The high school catching starlet came through with another brilliant rame behind the platter and from this angle she looks to be about the best girl mask-wearer in the Colony.

Trial Stakes is owned by Mr Fr Williams, a young Army officer who is now a prisoner of war,

W.R. Hammond And F.R. Brown In Middle East

LONDON, May 20 (Reuter). As an interesting adjunct to the recent róws ›of á game of cricket played in tin hats at To- bruk, comes the report that two famous England, cricketors are sorving in unita in the Middlý Елев

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King's Success

His Majesty's Myrobella, a colt, was obviously the outstanding two-

LONDON, June 2 (Reuter). The following are, the football Ax- fures for Saturday, June 7:

International Cup

Wales v. England,

London Cup Final Brentford v. Reading:

South Regional Leicester v. Stokey Millwall v. Cryštál Pal: Tottenham y. Fulbari; West Ham v. Queen's PH. Aldershot v. Watford.

North Regional Monchester C. v. Bary: Oldham v. Bol-i

year-old and won for the third time ton: Preston N., v., Liverpeal. this soaron when he beat Tornado by n length in the Two-Year-Old Pinte with Roman Emperor third.

Myrobella bad, gained other wins at earlier Salisbury meetings and was hot favourite to-day, -at-9-2, and for his third win of the day.

Wragg was given a comfortable ride

Cambridge

Win Varsity Tennis Match

OXFORD. Jang 2' (Benter).—- Cambridge University Dent Oxford Universlty, by. 8.maiches to 7 in the annna Els Varsity Lawn Tennis

Cheshire County, Doul (Final) Stockport County, v. Chester,

Regional Matak Mansfield Town y. Clicaterfold."

Scottish Summer Cup (First Bound)

Airdrie v... Hamllion; Celile Hibernian: Falkirk v. Hangers Hearts Queen's Parie: "Marton v," Clyde;, Mother- well v. Dumbarton; Partick v. dt Mirren;, Third Lanark *. „Albion T.

Perry Budge Win Pro. Doubles Crown

Fred Perry KRAVAS day won the world pro khampionship,” balling

LightBlues won the singles:

to one, but lost the doubles also

2 Lovells Ath.

Friendly Rugger

LONDON; June 2 (Reuter)--In a friendly 'gome of League Rugby to- day, Bradford Northern beat Hull by 28 points to 5.

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