1941-06-17 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 17, 1941.

Mindanao Baseballers In League Winning Form

Wockond Stars

Crooner Ruel and Bkt Fowlaw- akt, Mindanao-Former, hurled brilliant one hit ball in his first the terrifie M appearance on mound, whiding seven and allow. cross the ing only one tally platter; latter led the champions slugging attack, driving out two glowing triples and a double, and tore past the pan with three rups. Grandpa Leung and Bill Chang, Chuar

Hwa Maroons-Former

drove in the winning run in the

Bil framo with a cluich single to right fleld; latter dished up

steady game behind the plate and

checked in with two tailles in the Marcon win.

Dave Leonard and Tony Alves,

H.D. Beer The irulent Dave

braucht in three runs with a screechlug triple in the first stanza;

latter led the Beermen attack with

two bits and came home with two tallles

Pitchers In Week-end Limelight

South Ching Bow To. Chung Hwa Nine

(By "Ball Fan")

Old man Pluvius again reached far and wide. with his "slip-slushy" skids out at the Chatham Road ball park last week-ond as drizzly trickling waters smeared the Kowloon horizon once more -to spread its well-known damp sign on Satur- day's two-game major ball loop attraction, keep- ing the bleacher beflowers down to a meagre few. The distressing clouds cased up on Sabbath morn, allowing the glaring sun to give ball fans a break

once mora.

Choy Ping-fan (Chung Hwa Maroons) slides home safely, evading the outstretched hand of Hai Winglec (South China) in Saturday's baseball "classic"-Ming Yuen.

Lambert Simnel

9-2 Favourite

Mindanao's terrific "M" maintained their winning pace at the top of the league stand- ing, crushing a fighting Royal Engineer nine, 12-1, behind the one hit hurling of that popular "singing man" Ruel. Chung Hwa Maroons took a climatic 6-5, nine inning win LONDON, June 16 (Router) to set the South China Lambert Simnel remains favourite down for the Substituto Derby in the straight loss. latest call-over, Odds are as fol- low:

For Derby

0/2 (0)

11/2 (0)

0/1 (0)

10/1 (0)

Lambert Simnel. Sun, Castle, 6/1 (1). Morogoro Castle,

Chateau La Rose.

100/8 (t& o) Devonian.

100/8 (0)

̈100/7 ̈(0)

100/7 (0)

100/7 (0)

Thoroughfare. Starwort, 15/1-(4)- Orthodox, 100/0 (1). Ptolemy.

18/1 (t&o) Fairy Prince.

20/1 (0)

25/1 (0) 25/1 (0)

berry" balls, as the Honolkku pan duster sent twelve Chung Hwamen back to the bench via the whiff route.

The hitless Maroons gushed neross with a three run lead in the first two frames, but were temporally stop- chalked up ped-when' South China

one in the 4th stanza, then stung out with a three run splurge in the next canto un a brace of singles by the dual brather act, Cecil and Winglee.

Going into their half of the th down 6-4, the Caroline imen broke through with that desperate tying tally when Maroon twirler Al Lau's "dead-un" plato bounded towards the stanza to send Harry Chinn home with a short lived lifer.

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Grandpa Leung's gang found thei first two bingles of the tilt in the 8th, on singles by Dickie Chun!! and Morrocco Chan, but just missed ou with that elimix tally when Chung was tagged ruling a dash for the pinte.

In the eventfal 9th. Bill Chang Chinn's fatal took first on Harry muff and after Shorty Ho had whiffed, Kenny Lo smashed out a sizzling double to right, sending

alido.

Showboat Ali (H.B.) out at first despite a usual spectacular Lt Dug Goff (Asheville) at first base does the killing.-

Ming Yuen,

Helen Wills Moody Roark On Comeback Trail?

"Y" PLANNING TO ENTER TEAM IN SOFTBALL LAEGUE

Enters Californian Competition

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Make way for Queen Helen, she's on her

back. After a layof way

of several years, Helen Wills Moody Roark has given herself a testing drill on the tennis court and has decided that she is in a good enough condition to stage a come- back again.

While the fea of forming a baseball team by the European Y.MLC.A. was abandoned owing to high expenditure, the proposal of organising a softball team was passed at a meeling yesterday.

Now married to the polo star, The decision is submitted to the Aldin Roark, the former Internation- Board of Directors' approval, al net champ has been taking it easy at her home in the exclusive Palos Should sanction be obtained YM.CA, Verdes Estates on the shores of the the injured Bill Chang to third for will enter a team next season. Bem- Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles. that perfect "we must win" a-bership fee was fixed at $5. Sergeant mosphere. Pinch hitter grandpa 3. Welford, Royal Engineers, was op- Leung, with visions of ending the pointed coach and secretary. old ball game right then and there, Another meeting will be held on strode to the platter with all the Monday when those interested are in- confidence

the world and viied to attend or to sign up in the "zinge, the lively pill took a safe meantime at the Y.M.C.A. rldc out to right, as Bill Chang salled cagerly home with the win-

bag.

·

For the last several weeks she has been practicing diligently and, at this writing, appears to be ready.

this

that So satisfied is she, in fact. she filed an entry in the Southern Those signed up yesterday were Califortin tennis championships held H. Nicols. W. Ireson, N. Bling, J. ning run and the ball game in the Welford, R. Caine, D. Grant, D. Block May 17-25 at the Los Angeles Tennis

man, T. Huber, Hollands, Foley, Kil-Club.

Her future plans hinge on that

confident event, but fans are crew DAVE Leonard's line-scorch-leen Ramore, Railton, A. White,

she will be pleased with her show- ing. In that caso she will large number of California tourneys and might even end up the season in the Eust.

with their second

E

ing triple in the first frame. driving in three early session runs, sparked H.B.'s madcap' Beermen in their initial victory SUNDAY morning's single tilt

of the year, as they took a 7-4 gave Brewer fans that con-win from Asheville's Tennes fidence feeling, when the Beer-

seeans, men returned to their old time winning form with a "rough- shod" 7-2 triumph over Tony Grovernale's Asheville nces."

Cuerdley and Anna-CLOUTING out two scream-

tom,

Owen Tudor, Camperdown.

33/1 (&) Mazarin, 33/1 (0)

50/1 (0)

08/1 (0)

180/1 (0)

20/1

with

League Bowls Sweep To Be - Carried Forward

the Lawn As the majority of Bowls League matches on Saturday were not played, the sweep for -last-week has been carried-forward and there will be two sweeps this weck.

Floodlight Match

enter H

Mrs. Roark. who has won eight and Wimbledon championships zeven United States titles, has a

good chance to regain the national

If she championship

takes her comeback seriously.

K.C.C. Tennis Team

Kow.

The following will represent toon Cricket Club against Chinese Re- creation Club in n "B" Division Tennia match to-day: A. E. P. Guest, R. T. Broadbridge: F. Grose, F. Zininern; F. Kengelbacher, E. Eymard.

Matches Postponed Because of a sudden downpour in The following will reprecent Hong-

the afternoon, the "A" Division League kong Electric Recreation Club in s floodlight match against Lane, Craw-matches yesterday were cancelled. ford, Ltd, at Ming Yuen to-morrow at

The Brewers 'flashed in their winning runs in two bigi scoring_innings, elimaxing with a round-house four run spree' In the Gth canto on three solid bingles which cleared the way for Show-i

Numbers which drew clubs in last boat All, Tony Alves. Dave and weckt's sweep will be allotted the same Stan Leonard so, cluster across the clubs this week. ing triples to pace the cham-

pan in a blazing finish.

The draw for this week's sweep will pions in their run-making at- tack, that old "Rajah" of local

Manager Tony Grovernale started take place as usual on Friday. diamond ball tossers, Ski Pow-

Digiacomo on Dige

the hillock). stole the show against the brewing Brewers, but Sunny Island, Royal lawski, again Academy, Fettes and with a starry game out at the the strong armed Dige struck into a Selim Hassan. initial sack, as the terrifie M wild spell in the 6th and was rushed Valdavian.

garnered their second straight to the cooling showers; Charlie Saw-

yer took

over in the relief role to win of the year, trouncing on finish off the game.

in the all-round inexperienced Supper Marking up single tallies

5th and 6th stanzas, the fighting sai 7 p.m.. team 12-1.

W. E. Baker, W. Stonehouse, A.. P. The gunboat men sent Hankus lors made a stretch bld for victory "Crooner" Ruel, second string slab in the 7th as George Watkins and Tarbuck, A. F. Paul (skip); R. A. Owens, A. G. Everett, J. F. Darron, J. F. Lunny man to the hill, and the singing ace outfielder Crumm, first two fors up, faxip); Macforiate. 1 W. Smith, bore down with his "overhead shoot" bunted safely and doubled respec-Cardner, L. de Rome (skip)."

in scoring positions. to tame the swinging Sappers in easy lively, to appear in fashion, allowing a measly one hit. Freezer "Honolulu" Lels drove out a

French Kin (C, Richards), Firle (Jones), tetrifio MI started on their sizzling single to right, bringing in

the Watkins

fflllhampton (Richardson), Faience (8. and victory

Crumm, but the rally

Wragg), Precocity (Beary), Commotion parade in the initial stanza

( Wraggl. Dancing Time. (Perryman), with

Sanatoga two run atinck as that new ended when Hagh holsted to centre,

Stinny Dear (Brennan), The Open Pairs Championship mat (Baker). Beau Suite (Taylor), Roman deal outfielder, Wee Willie Wilson Charlie Sawyer then popped to Stan skidded home on Crooner Ituel's Leonard and pinch hitter Tony Gro-eles arranged for yesterday were can-Empress (Lane), Turkana Evans), Mercy Sousa, ending celled almost ot the last minute bo- (E. Smith), Chelan (Beasley), Fireylight sailing single to right, and Skivernale grounded to

cause of rala. Powlawski rode across the platter the game.

Single Court.

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Soccer Success In Malaya And Australia

The South China. Athletic Associa- tton's Football touring team scored an- other success in North Malaya yester. day when they beat Penang Indians by four goals to one. Chan Tak-fni (3) and Lee Shek-you netled for the visitors.

Victoria Beaten 8-3

Melbourne, June 10. The visiting Chinese soccer beat Victoria to-day 8-3.-United Press.

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doubling to

to centrefield. Ival Goodman's merry- Manager go-round

added two men

more markers in the 3rd canto on Ski Powiawski's first triple of the game,

Musenvage's sacri

by Taylor after Dige Digiacomo, in his first set- пропа focal mound, showed a fast hurst

of speed, striking out four

and allowing five binglex|| Beermen

a lile more confidence in the clutch, the square-shouldered Dlge should wind-up

one of the leading hurlers in the local major ball loop.

single and Tony entre; they chalk- team fice holst to

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ed another run in the 5th and blazed away in the 6th stanza with a seven run exploding spree as American diamond artists came into their own at the platter.

Sapper keystoner Welfie Welford dished up two race fielding gems out there by second base making a swan-diye hab in the 2nd frame to grab Arky Vaughn's low salling Riner, and taking in Blowersox's bullet drive in the 3rd to stop

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The first mid-week game in this year's loop schedulo is booked for to-morrow afternoon at 5.15 p.m.. at the Chatham Road ball park, when the Maranding Mohawks take on a tough assignment in their Fray, with Mindanao's terrific Grandpa Leung, Nip Lum and Tommy Chan are down to handle this one.

Bright Batting By Compton And Wellard

M.

LONDON, June 16 (Reuter),--- Many prominent cricketers took part in the game between London Countles and Northants, which ended to-day in a draw:

Dennis Coinpton, the text, player, me with datinge of 70 not out and 132 for the Counties, and. Wellard, the

all-rounder, treated" th Somerset

red and bluomen, behind the happy-go-lucky twirling Wally Ching, who chucked seven inning no-hitter, lost heartbreaking nine canto fracas, 6-5, to Chung Hwa's fade-out Maroons,

crowd to bright cricket, scaring 72 in

35 minutes.

Wellard, who recently scored 50 in For even long frames Grandpa' eight, minutes, reached his first: 00 in Lenng's Marbods. Just couldn't get 10 minutes. He took seven alxes from close enough to connect with any one bowler but eventually fell a vic- of Burfer Wally Ching's "razz in to him clean bowled

Schedule Postponed

Starters For Oaks.

London, June 10.

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