_____Friday,___________ HONGKONG TELEGRAPH June 27, 1941.
Many Inter-Club Galas Arranged For July
Selecting Swimmers For
Combined Meet
Representative. Water-polo Games To Be Inaugurated
(By "Tinker")
THREE OF THE FOUR week-ends in July will feature 'galas that should be all that local swimming fans could wish. On July 6 (Sunday), the Chinese Clubs, will hold a Combined gala at the Chinese Bathing Club, North Point, in ordor to select representatives for the big meeting on July 26, and on July 12 (Saturday), the V.R.C. will entertain the Lai Tsun Swimming Union.
Arrangements for the Chinese gala are not yet complete, but for the V.R.C.-Lai Tsun match, the teams have been selected and the programme drawn up, Contrary to carller statements that David Hutchinson would be turning out for the V.R.C. in representative meets, it now appears Uat he will not be swimming for V.R.C, against Lal Trun because he has entered himself for some of the Open events at the V.A.D. Nurses' Gala which will be held the same night at the Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
The programme of events at the V.R.C. and the team representatives will
be:
1. Women's 150 yards medley relay.-C. Guterres or 1. Lopes-
V. Churn-breast, 3. Anderson --free-style (V.RC.); La! Tsun from
R.A.F. XI All Out
For One!
LONDON, June 26 (Reu- ter)-A Royal Air Force; cricket team playing another Royal Air Force side was dis- missed for one run to-day, the last man hitting a single.
Bandmaster Jordan (R. Scots "A") swimming to overtake Sigmn Allen (Signals) in their friendly game of water-polo in the Army pool on Sunday last. L/Cpl Dignan on the far side. Signals won 8-0.-Ming Yuen.
Historical Moments Of World Series
five 1912-Snodgrass's Immortal Spill
One bowler took wickets for no run, including the "hat trick."
back, L. Sadick, Ko Mui-ling, Tsang
Fung- kwan, Chang Ol-lin and Lo Po-kam. reappearance of Lawrence in the
2. Men's 220
and J. Marques in the season that he would be con- (V.R.C.); Lai Tsun from Fong eintrating on the back-stroke events Chong-yu, Yau Sai-kwan, Tam Sik- only, but he has now decided to turn cheung and Poon Wing-ting.
WHEN THE GIANTS and Red Sox got together in cight-game wor which October, 1912, they waged an exceeded for thrills and sensationalism all the autumn classics of carlier date and by its egregious finale has re-echoed down the years, so that the mention of "Snodgrass" calls back first of all the costliest error in the career of this brilliant conter eminence among outfielders of his period.
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Charity Billiards Exhibition
At Recreio To-night
BILLIARDS and Snooker mal- ches will be held this evening at Clab do Recreio in aid of the Brilish War Organisation Fund. Opening the programme at 8.45. A. J. Osmund. Colony Billards champlon, will meet E. D. Bush, runner-up, for the Shanghai title on several occasions, In a match extending over an hour. This will be followed at 9.40 pm, by an exhibition af fancy and trick shots by C. Terran,
Snooker
After an interval of 15 minutes, A. P. Pereirn, Jr. will meet M. N. Raku- sen over three frames of Snooker, and this wil be followed by a Itafle and "Jazz Ball" competition open to all comers,
Mr R. F. Luz will be scorer for both Billiards and Snooker matches, and Mr. C. Terron will be the Umpire. The raffle will be in charge of Mr Ji E. Noronho.
League Tennis
Easy Victories For S. China And Craigengower
SOUTH CHINA and Craigen- gower registered easy victories in "p" Division tennis matches play- cd yesterday. The former beat the Jewish Recreation Club without the loss of a single set, while the Valley team defeated Post Office "A" by 8-14,
--Luiz M. Remis breast-stroke. V.R.C. ranks. It was given out early fielder of John McGraw's greatest Giants, rather than his pre- strong. K. T. Chan and Y. K. Ng
out for the Club in any event they
A great series it, was, although}
S. Men's 100 yards, free-style need him. His presence compensates historians are pretty well agreed Major Baseball W, Lawrence and A. N. Other for, the absence of Hutchinson.
(V.RC.); Lil Tsun from Tsang Cheong-ming, Chen Chun-nam and
Lay Tai-pink.
that the better team was the one that lost. It was a great its mechanical
4. Boys 75 yards medley-V.R.C. COMMENCING from Wednes-series not for Club
day next at 7. p.m., repre- artistry, but for its fickle battle- event, 5. Men's 440 yards free-style-sentative matches in water-tide, for the great comeback Charles Huang and C. Silva-Netto polo will get under way. The made by the Giants, and, over- (V.R.C.); Lai Tsun from Chan Chun- first of these will be on that day shadowing all other features, nam, You Sal-kwan and Lau Tain the Army. pool where the for their misfortune in spilling ping.
G. Women's 50 yards breast-Army will meet the Royal Navy. the beans after having snatched! stroke. V. Churn and A. N. Other The third team to make the them from right under the (VRC): La Toun from Ko Mul- tournament triangular will bo Bostonian noses, jing,
Ol-in and Lo Po-kam, the Civilians.. Chang 7. Men's 100 yards back-stroke- A. K.
(VRmjahn and W. Lawrence
Lau Yiu-ting and Poon Wing-kwal (Lal Tsun).
5. Women's 100 yards backstroke, -C. Guterres and I. Lopes (VR.C.);
L. Sadick and Teang Fung-kwan
(Lai Trun).
0. Diving Exhibition.
-V.
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The fret three games were even, a victory apiece, with an 11-Inning Red Sox These matches are to be solely tie between. Then the for exhibition purposes-matches spurted. Jeff Tesrenu's momentary to show the less adept the correct unsteadiness lost him a battle with methods of playing water-polo- Smoky Joe Wood, Boston's best. Hugh Bedient beat Matly, 2
more victory.
and they will be followed, it is YOURSad Boston needed ́ only one
hoped, by discussions on tactics.
to
N.Y. Yankees
Beat Browns
NEW YORK, June 20 "(UP)— Only one game was scheduled in the National League to-day, that being Brooklyn Dodgers v. Boston Braves which will be played to- night In the American League, New York Yankees beat St Louis Browns 4-1. Scores were:
R
HI. E.
St Louis Battery: Auker, Ferrell.
4 New York
Battery: Russo, Dickey. Detroit
1
1
0
0
4 9
0
I 10
0.
The South China pairs were for too
conceded only three games in win- ning their three sets, C. C, Yeu and C. M. Tsang lost only five, and S. L. Chung and T. H. Wong lost seven- five when they beat A. Pollak and B. Godkin 7-5,
W. G. Morrison and J. Howlett were the only pair in the Post Ofce team to win anything. They drew with Y. C. Mok and Y. H. Leung for their half-point.
Scores were:
C.C.C.
834 Post Office "A"
In thu D division of the tennis leagu at Happy Valley yesterday, Craigengower beat Post Office 401-.
K. M. Au and C. M. Leo beat 5, K. Chin and B. S. Chin 6-1; beat K. W. Wong and D. Fitches 6-1; beat W, G. Morrison and J, Howlett 6-3.
Y. C. Mok and Y. II. Leung best Chira and Chin 6-2; beat Wong and Fitches 6-2; drew with Morrison and Howlett 0-8.
P. C. Chan and P. C. Yu best Chin and Chin 6-1; beat Wong and Fitches 0-1; bent Morrison and Hawtest 0-1,
Battery: Bridges, Geibell, Rowe, S: CHINA The Army side will probably be: But the Giants were not licked. 10. Women's 50 yards free-style. Bennett (Signals); Lt Millar (They won the sixth game by knock-Tebbetts.
Chum and J. Anderson Scots). Cpl Bedford (Siganis); S/M ing out Buck O'Brien in the first Philadelphia (V.R.C.); Lai Tsun from L. Sadick, Ure (M'sex); L/C Dimun (Signs moved to Boston and won No. 7.
scoring Ave runs. They Battery: Marchlidon, Hayes. Fung-kwan, Ko Mul-ling and Bdr McNulty (8th RA.) and Sma hammering Wood for six runs in the
Hunt (Signals).
11. Men's 150 yards medley relay,
Others who may be included are -A. K. Rumjahn-bnek, Luiz M. Remedios breast, D. H. Taylor Hymas (sex), Jennings (M'sex), free-style (V.R.C.); Lal Tsun from Slater (R. Scots). Lau Yiu-ling or Poon Wing-kwai---
back, Fong Chong-ylu, or Tang The probable Navy side is Lt. Cheong-ming-breast, Kum Hop-H. C. Eardley, Lt L. A. Benn, Li
style..
first inning. A double by Snodgrass, incidentally, was the mightiest hit of this barrage,
The Final
Varsity Cricket XI
The following will represent (he) University at Cricket against the Queen Mary Hospital Staff on Sunday, THEY faced the Sox in Fenway. C. Sen Gupta, L. T. Ride, C. N
Am.
or Tsang Cheong-ming-free- Beattie, Lt H. C. Compson, A. B. Park, Boston, for the eighth and final statthews, G. Ilang Choy, it. . Tam,
Hall, Tel. Paul and L/S Rutter.game, Mathewson against Bedients. Oh, J. C. Fenton, T. C. Lo, W. 8. Gerg. Robinson may find his place.
12. Members Novelty Event.
and
again. Devore walked in the third S, Mahmood, A. N. Other. and Murray's double scored him. The only run of the first six innings.
to
D J.R.C.
0
At Kowloon, South China beat Jowlah Recreation Club 5-8. in the C division.
K. T. Chan and Y. K. Ng beat M. Talari and Dr Ramler 6-0; best A. Polisk and D, Godklo 8-1; beat A. Odell and Wong 6-2. C. C. You and C. M. Tsang beat Talan and Dr Ramier 6-2; beat Pollak and B. Gadkin 6-3; beat Odell and Wang 6-0.. .....S..L... Chung, and T. X. Wong beat Thinn and Dr Ramler -1: beat Pollak and Godkin 7-9; beat Odell and Wong -1.
Sports Problem For Services
13. Women's 200 yards free-style relay--V. Churn, J. Anderson, C.
The first major thrill came in the tenth, Red Murray smole his second Guterres Sadick, Feng Fung kewun, he Mul- A decided unt teams in the watet
1. Lopes (V.R.C.); L. S from next week, it has been seventh. With two out in the home double. Merkle dred a low liner to
London, June 24, half, Stahl stood on second and centre. Speaker tried for a shoc-
Once football has closed down the ling and Chang Ol-lin (Lai Taun).
unknown. Cady on first. An polo tournament will be called on
astringer. The ball got away. Mur-
authorities responsible for sporting young outfelder named Olaf Hen-ray scored.
activities among the allied armiles in driksen, balted for Bedient. With
settle the Britain will be confronted with a pro- That run seemed the count one and one. Ole slapped world's championship. Old Matty blem as few show much interest in national summer game, 's doable to left and the score was could surely blot out the Sox for the England's
tical.
three outs in the home half, cricket necessary It was stils tied at the end of the Clyde Engle, baiting for Wood, led Tennis, however, is popuplar, as also The teams, however, are agreeable ninth. Wood was pitted against off. Boston's tenth. He holstered high is badminton and officials are giving Many will note with pleasure the to the change.
every encouragement while the pubile Matty now. With one out in the By to centre. One outl
a helping by supplying equipment and balls.-Reuter.
14. Men's 800 yards free-style to play four games per week. This relay Charles Huang, W. Lawrence, is because there seems little lücell- C. Silva-Netto and L. Roza-Pereira hood, under the present rate of pro-1 (V.R.C.); Lai Teun from Chan Chun-gress of concluding the schedule by
You Sal-kwan, Lau Tal-ping, September. nom, Poon Wing-kwai or Tsang Cheong- ming.
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But, no! The ball fairly bounced out of Snodgrass hands. A mug that was to become as historic as Merkle's fallure to touch second.
A Great Catch
MATTY went on pitching. Hooper dashed a wicked liner to centre. Snodgrass had to run for this one. He had to travel. He had to gallop. But he got it sensationally. And held on to it. A great catch!
But instead of making the second
the
first. out, it registered only Yerkes worked Matty for a pass. Speaker swung at a bad one. A high foul towards Erst base. Two out?
of Again, no! Merkle lost truck the ball. He stood BIBL Matty tried for it. Chief Meyers, tearing from home plate, couldn't quite reach 11. Just strike Instead of an out. 84ill only one out, ve With flawless Belding, Speaker's foul would have been the third out, making the Giants world's cham- plons. If Speaker's foul fly had been caught, the woe begun by Snodgrass mult would have been checked, It is ironic that Snodgrass' muff became everlastingly, famous, whereas this break-Merkle losing track of an ousy pop foul-ls less clearly rem membered.
They stood
god in the first base concher's box where Speaker's fout fell, Matty, Mayers and Merkio. they went to their positions and Speaker smote the decisive, blow, single to right, Engle scoring from second
end to.
to the score, Yerkes eir to third. Cling
would score the winning
A long whly grounder or a sharpD
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