1941-06-24 — Page 22

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 24, 1941.

Problematic Powers Of Baseball Captain

Field Change Orders Come From Coach

Diamond "Conversations" (By "Ball Fan")

Hot-stoving around the local baseball gab- fost strongholds, we hit into a red-hot conference by a group of rabid ball fans, who are out there every weekend at the ball park, on the relativo importanco, and actual duties of a field captain.

The average fan appears pretty vague when giving his conception of the actual chores which fall upon the field General. Many have asked, "just what are and what are not," the duties of a ball playing captain.

N the big lengues a

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field

captain is paid five hundred

dollars over his regular salary. ELEMENTARY

for work that could really t enlled extra, to his actual play- Ing time. He is not appointed; merely to "hand a slip of paper) to the umpire" before game.

each

JUST about the most important

thing A field General is Invested with, is the right to) protest a decision' that strikes) him as being unfair.

In other words he has the right to squawk

and though his team mates may bellow on. indefinitely In unofficial rage, the chances are that the offendlag umpire will at least accord the explain a slight portion of his car.

mound.

SCORING AT

BASEBALL

KEEP A SCOREBOOK if you really want to know what's happening and especially what has happened-in a ball game.

List the players according to their appearance in the batting order.

There's n long row of squares opponite each man's name one for each inning, and ene or two thrown

for good measure at the end in: ease the game goes overtime.

After you learn a simple formula, and adopt your own methods along with it, it's no trouble.

You must number the

How It Works

flelding

Golf Snips

From Home

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"Sandy" Herd Recovers From Operation

LONDON, June 9.—Whon it became known that Alex Hord "Sandy" to overy- body connected with golf- had undergone an operation in hospital, sympathisers in their thousands wero minded of a really Grand Old Man of golf.

TO-

Seventy years of age Herd, but for the war, would, - un- doubtedly, still have been play- ing his part in competitive golf. He could still match many of the youngsters.

It is only when such tourunments demand 30 holes in a day that any wenkness-atuunina-is revented Herd who readily admits that one round is enough for him nowadays. His heart is still game for competl- tlon, but the body does not get any stronger.

All will be gind that he caine through the operation auccessfully and he has promised to carry on at his club until the war is over, when, however, the members ore not likely to let him leave without a struggle.

He hins let it be known that he will not be seen in major events after the way. "That will be a job for the youngsters, there's plenty of them without we old men" he says.

There may be others, like Ilard, who will make a graceful retife- ment when the war is over; the war self may claim victims while Anno Domini is always calling a halt in the life of men who have left their name in sport.

TED DRAKE, the Arsenal forward,

is taking his golf very seriously these days and has a round on Harry Vardon's old course at Totteridge whenever he can snatch the oppor- tunity.

His ambition is to get his handicap down to scratch: at present it is 6.

The captain holds the right to halt a game whenever he seems it neces- sary. Bnck here at our Chatham team-mentally-according to post- Road ball stadium we've noticed our tion, in this way: Pitcher is 1. umps, taking as official, the words catcher 2, first baseman 3, second 4, "time-out." when bellowed by varl third 5, short-stop 6, lett fehler 7, oua players on a single, team at vari- centre-fekler 5, right felder 9. our times. A time-out is generally called by the Captain during a par-; ticularly rocky session on the TOW, it the first balter in the game flies out to centre field, you put] We've seen it done quite often in his square "F-E." If he grounds PRITISH golfers will be pleased to out there under the big tent, Inut, say shortstop to first, it would learn that Armud Massy, the both the National and Americanbe 0-3."

only Frenchman ever to have won leagues, with the pitcher and cap- Remember these signs: """ means our Open Championship, is safe in lain falling lute a big huddle, and fied out, "HP" means hit by pitcher, San Sebastian, Spain. have often wondered just what the *** mưage walk. "S" steal, "K" He escaped from Blarritz when the tople of conversation

, in this strikeout (for some strange reason), Germans overran the Cote d'Azur, moment of animated suspense, and "C" fielder's choice.

and has cabled his well-being-to his when ball fans and players allko There are others, but there's no daughter in Scotland. are tense with eagerness to be in law requiring the use of any of them. on the know,"

You can use your own, just so they save space and time and are perfect- ly clear.

Although your guess is as good as ours in this "Captain vs. pitcher" social meeting on the diamond, we heard from a well-known big leaguo authority last year, that the main purpose of this two-man conference is to allow the pitcher some much desired time.

In the space provided, you'll want to follow the batsman around the bares, recording how he advances each time and how he scores or goes out or dies on base,

On the extreme right of the score sheet is the place for computing times at bat, hits, and other figures. you'll find in the box score.

However, on a well organised ball term a captain plays no defnite part; whatsoever in the actual manipula-| - tion of the team on the field.

For instance he has nothing whatsoever to do with the removali of a_plicher_from the mound_un-j less, of course, the said plicher han told him during the course of their "time-out" conversation, that he is definitely Brough. This Informa- tion is then delivered to the mana- ker who gives the signal for the start to the showers.

orders from the bench or the coach- er's box.

As

# rule, experienced pitchers] will sometimes change Use post-

"Bons of "the men behind him with- out receiving specific orders from his manager. But then this move is highly logical, for, as one of the New York Yankees all-time out- standing southpaws, the hurler; with the submarine ball, once pointed out the fact that no one, with the possible exception of the catcher, knows what the next pitch

Nor, strange as it may seem, does the captain, in organised ball, exer-¡ cise the slightest nuthorlly over thei

will be. men on the fleld. Contrary to the

Consequently the pitcher is the belief that the captain is the one only man on the entire team who is Tesponsible for shifting the players in a position to Judge about where from left to right or vice-versa, he the ball will go if hit by the bats- has, in reality nothing to do with this man, and so he must try to place his angle of play, other than to follow flelders accordingly,

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WATER-POLO TOURNAMENT ·

FIXTURES

Water-Polo Tournament matches to-day are:

Army Pool Y.M.C.A. v. R. Scots "A" (7.15) p.m.).

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RHYTHM IN SWAT-Aside from fact that Cuban lightweight Rubon Aldama is out cold on ropos, in San Juan, P. R., bout, intorost in this pictura lios in murderous but rhythmic sweep of Puerto Rican fighter Pablo Quinines' arm.

Plans For War-time

Tennis Tournaments

LAWN TENNIS plans now being crystallised by Stanley Rous's' Red Cross committee indicate that this season will see a war time boom in the game.

Apart from the exhibitions by Wimbledon players that are

Hockey And being arranged both for the

Basketball On Skates

HOCKEY and basketball

public and for convalescing troops, close tournaments will be played in hundreds of clubs throughout the country.

"These close tournaments' are more Important to my mind than the ex- unhibitions," Stanley Rous said.. "My skates has taken gulte a hold on idea in taking this job was to do all local residents, even to the extent 1 could to keep sports alive during of organised competition. Uftiary the war and to get the youth of the sportsmen. are particularly in- terested in the hocker, and it is learned that a competition nt the Kowloon Skating Rink will be form- ed in the near future.

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country as fit as possible.

"In doing this I feet that my, committees, organising sport for the rabbit' from a national head- quarters, are benefiting the country far more than by raising money for the Red Cross.

Navy "D" v. Signals (7.45 p.m.). Navy "C" v. Small Units (8:15 The Kowloon Residents' Union

"Exhibitions last season brought in p.m.).

have become holders of the Kim £850, as against more than £2,000 "Y" Pool

Shing Cup for basketball as a result raised in half-grown subscriptions Navy "A" v. M'sex "A" (7.15 p.m.) of a win over Kowloon Skating Rin" bald by players to enter their own

for which Macx "B" v. R. Scots "B" (7.45 in the final of the competition. The club tournaments, p.m.).

committee put up small cups.” 8th R.A. v. 5th A.A. Regt (8.15

p.m.).

Axis Sports Events To

Be Cancelled

TOKYO, June 23 (Domel) All faternational sports eventa scheduled to take place in the Axis countries, including the Kallan- German-Japanese tennis Lourn. ament in Berils, are expected to be cancelled owing to the Soviet- German war.

Gore Fujikurn and Jiro Kumamaru, of Kelo University, who left Kobe on June 21 for Berlin to take part in the tournament will return to Japan after a tour of Manchurian cilies.

and

The invitation to Japan this autumn of German boxers, swimmers hockey players and Italian tennis play- ers, as well as the dispatch of Japanese, skllers to Germany for winter sporta, are to be cancelled.

Dick Turpin Destroyed

DICK TURPIN, 1937 Australian subscription' griffin, owned by Mr A. II. Potts and well-known to local nunters, was destroyed on Thursday lant.

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The pony broke a leg. while route to Macho for the Race Meeting. and It was hoped that after beinit respond to treatment at Fanling. brought back to Hongkong It would

Blek Turpin was a prominent sleeplechaser at Fanling, and together with its successes at Happy Valley collected $2,975 in stake money.

Cruiserweight Bout For Area Championship

LONDON, June 23 (Router),— Jack Hyam (Slepney) beat Ernie Woodman (Battorsea) on points in the Anul of the eliminating contest for the Southern Aren Cruiserweight Championship at High Wycombe to {night.

score was 35-23.

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