1941-07-29 — Page 22

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 29, 1941.

"Ball Fan's” Baseball Notes

Chung Hwa Maroons' Improved Display

South China Downed

6-3

Steady Hurling

By Moundsman Al Lau

A real bitter mixture of bad rainy weather and front office upheaval, coupled with the ab- sance of the Ashoville-Tulsa combination from port was enough to limit the week-end baseball card to one solitary game, as the former soven toam loop continued to limp its way toward the soason's end.

Chung Hwa's fighting Maroons clipped through with another win as they set the South China gang down 6-3. It was the second Maroon win in the "All Chinese classics,"

IGRANDPA Leung's

Chung

Iwa nine rode confidently

Acting Onto the gates of victoryville in the Water-Polo

opening stanza, marking up

Misinformation four big tallies on the "Coen

Received.......... Reasons For Wrong

Cola" scoreboard.

Baseball Schedule walked to all the bags, putting South

SIGNALS HELD TO DRAW BY

MOMENT OF ACTION

AT THIRD

Dick Chung, Chung Hwa Maroons, sliding back to third base in their Baseball match at Kowloon park on Saturday. Texaco Ng ready to nab the throw from catcher.-Ming Yuen.

MIDDLESEX "A" Touring Chinese Lose Second Soccer "Test"

DESPITE having attained a lead of 4-1, 8ignals, unbeaten leaders of the Water-poto League, wore held to a 4-all draw by Middlesex "A" In the Army pool yesterday. Middlesex opened the scoring but in the early singes of the second half, poor marking had cost them four goals. They staged a rally, however, and two quick goals and then a long

Veleran Dick Chung, making a welcomed return to the Maron | lineup, slammed out a rousing triple | to start off this high-scoring inning. Forrest Luong and Bill Chung both

China hitler Paul Lan in the well- known "tough spot" at the outset. It is felt that an explana- tion should be forthcoming left drove in

Morocco China's driving bingle to two runs and Bill from this column to those Chang breezed across the platter who read the baseball gossip with another tally on Hal Winglee's on Saturday in regard to the wild peg. Al Lau fled to centre- weekly baseball schedule field for the first out in this eventful 1st stanza, but another Maroon run which did not coincide with

crossed the plate when Morocen 4-all. the one eventually and offi- Chan spied home on "spectacle" cially set by the League wo hoisted to left and T. Y. Ho's Shun's bingle over second. Willie; Secretary.

infeld out, ended the winners' high-

Deepest apologies are offered to those Mindanao players who appeared at the ball park on Sunday around 9.50 a.m, expect- ing the game to start at 10 a.m., to the members of the Chung Hwa Maroon team who were erroneously scheduled to play

scoring inning.

The Chung Hwamen finished off their scoring session for the day with two more runs in the 3rd frame, on twa. hits and a walk, with "y" Lo and Dick Chung whizzing by the pay-off pan on Morocco Clian's timely line drive.

In the 5th canto after Pat Wong two games over the week-end, South China centrefelder had popped to Dave "Dixie" Walker, popu-ie short, Maroon twirler Al Lau lar Cardinal conch and a real wenkened momentarily to walk fellow, and to those ball fans Dopey Lu and Fanie Moy. Taul Lau who may have appeared at the *• Chatham Road park expecting the game to start at 10a.m.

Information was definite as late as Friday by the Leagile Secretary that the games, as printed, were to be played over the week-end.

But on with the story:-A league meeting was held on Friday for the purpose of revising the schedule after the black spot inserted into the incal baseball annals the previous couple of weeks..

But what was run Into at this meeting callerl to revise Wie

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Saturday's Stars

Al Lau and Dirk Chung, Chung Hwa Maroons-Former hurled an- other sieady game to chalk up his second victory over the South China nine, limiting the Caroline Hlllmen to three scattered hits; Tatler-made" a welcomed return to

the Chung Hwa heup, leading the

winners' "clouting attack with a sizzling triple and a single..

******* ~schedule?—You guessed it,"ball-fans hoisted an easy one for the second

-into a typhoon. Yes, sir. typhoon of words regarding the H.Bout, but Cecil Winglee took first on Mindanao affale, with the "gab gab Nelson Ma's sizzling single drove in "four ball special" to fill the bags. gabbing" see-sawing from one side

Dopey Lo with South China's first tally of the game. The excitement During the short interim when the died down when Emie May was general committee were in private caught stealing home for the last confab, the League Secretary win out. asked for the two-day baseball card

to another.

to be played over the week-end,

The Caroline Hillmen added two more runs in the last of the 7th in-

He said that the Chung Hwaning, in a desperate bld to pull the Maroons were playing two games, game out of the fire.

the first against South China on

Saturday, and against Mindanao's In spite of the fact that regulars,

terrific M on the Sabbath morn,

It was discovered on Saturday after reading the morning paper that Welfe Welford's Royal Engineers were taking on the terrife M at 11 am. on Sunday.

Wally Ching. I. F. Choy and Hank Chan were out of the line- up, the Maroons played confident ball behind the steady hurling of

shot from Ure from over the half- way line saw them draw level at

Other Games

Navy "C" Beat Middlesex "B" 3-1, scorers for the sailors being Huish 2 and Wilson. Holdford replied for Middlesex.

Win For R. Soola "A"

Royal Scots "A" met their "B" tearn and emerged winners by the odd goal in live. Gray, Miliar and Hunter registered for the "A", while Laws and Morris tallied for the "D".

Leading 2-1 at Half-time; Beaten 4-2: Woo Injured

LOSS OF C. S. WOO, left-half, through injury, probably cost China the second Soccer Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on July 4.

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Australia won 4-2, but when China scored in the first three Woo went off 25 minutes from minutes, and led 2-1 at half-time. the end, the scores were 2-all

Clever Forwards. and it looked anyone's match.

Woo received kick in the chest and was badly bruised. He could not say how it happened.

A crowd of 24,337, who pald £2,139, had many thrills.

Basketball's "Big

"

Game

Slated For To-morrow

South China v. Sing Tao

ON THE AGENDA as the basketball classic of the year, Hongkong's rabid cage fans are once again eagerly awaiting the opening whistle to set off the "game of games," when the smooth working Sing Tao basketeers tackle South China's classy cagers in a spotlighted tilt of a two game card, to- morrow night at the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A., Waterloo Road, at 8.30 p.m.

Games Played Yesterday

VERY man in the Australian

team played his part. The for- wards, Crowhurst, Wilkinson, Quill, Hughes, and Wynn, kept the ball swinging purposefully from wing to wing-

The thrustful methods of the half- backs, Bryant, Coolahan, and Os- borne. provided many scoring chances.

The Chinese half-backs, R.. Chang. Sung, and Woo, were clever, too.

But the visitors had no chance when Woo left,

All the clever scheming and dash of the Chinese centre-for- ward, Hyul, and his inside sup- ports, Fung and La), backed by the methodical distribution of centre- half Sung, was frustrated by the execlient defence of Wallace, Evans and Morgan.

The Chinese goalkeeper, Y Chang, made some of the Anest "gaves" ever seen in Sydney, Ho dealt confidently with shots fred in from all angles by Wynn, Huglies, and Wilkinson in the first half.

The opening game at 7.30 p.m. featuring the rangy Indian

The Chinese were at their best in Police squad in a fracas against the first three minutes of play. Lal the strong National University made an opening for Hyui. This hoopmen, makes it a brilliant | Bret-footed centre-forward evaded night of high-class basketball. Coolahan and swept the ball merasa to Tsao, who beat Morgan with a tor- rife drive.

Wilkinson carved a perfect open-

Next, Hyul lobbed the ball over Morgan's head when the Australian keeper ran out to meet the oncom- Ing Chinese, and gave China a 2-1 lead at half-time.

Billed as the best two teams, by Competition for the Wu Teh- far and wide, in Southern China, elen Cup in the summer basketball and arch rivals for years for league began last night at the supremacy in the South, the Sing ing for Hughes to level the scores. Chinese Y.M.C.A.. Kowloon, when Tao v. South China ati-Importantį LWO matches wero played. game will start both teams off in General Wu's Secretary, Mr Tong quest of Hongkong's Open Summer Stu-huen, tossed the Brst ball. Wah Kit beat Bank Union 54-20. of the beautiful.Wu Teh-chen Cup.

League Championship and possession AI Lau who Hmited the weak. The half-time scores were 27-14 In willowed South China gang to favour of Wah Klu. Outstanding three measly blows. The specia- player was Ting Chan-hon (Wah Klu) eled moundsman showed flashes of who played right wing and scored 24 speed in "layhug 'em over" and ap-onis, pears to be improving rapidly with ench game.

Second Match

The second match was between Blackc Cats and Kowloan Residents Union, the

Youthful Sek Chen-tack and the rookie Ng Bin-chiu from Canten China's Missed Chances Although a writer may be just one

University are slated to team off of the many, many plain "nobody's" |

ou the defence and should add that

USTRALIA looked the better in this peculiar-customed Colony, the

"fountain of youth" zip to the well- team in the early part of the League Secretary, in the interest of

olled Caroline Il basketball masccund ball, and alter elever pass- local baseball, for those teams that

chine.

ing, Wilkinson mode it 2-all from a make up the league and for badi fans!

Pitted against Sing Tao's forward pass from Crowhurst, In general, should have at least made those who go out to the ball park former winning 48-37. The half-time line of Lee Pul-chick, Chan Yu- an effort to inform this column of regularly, those who bought season winners, Leung Wal-hung Residents) Chinn A.A.e cage

scores were 24-16 in favour of the thing and Lo Chen-heon, Southwards lost chances through seeking Several times the Chinese for the change, coming as it did just telets and were expecting to see a playing right wing scored 19 goals. chcering for their sharp-shooting easier scoring positions. after being told otherwise.

However, it is felt that ball fans, are the ones who have been taken in Li Ful-wing and Leang Kwok-ytu Chung Ling, Cheung Yuk-kwan and from Hyul and Lal.

real baseball season-yes sir! The Black Cats had two brilliant players favourites with -Sek Chen-chee, Morgan brilliantly saved hot shots those who really make the wante, for the toughest ride.

Ask for

who between them scored 31 goals.

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Siew Kit-man expected to bear the brunt of the scoring attack.

Speedy Quintet

Then China, weakened by the absence of Wao, was unable to cope with the Australian attacks. Crowhurst dashed ahead and sent THIS year's edition of the South a perfect pass to Quill. The centre-

China quintet have speed in forward abundance, ball-handling ability in Chang, and Australia led 3-2.

was too quick for goalie its high class form, trained to the Then Hughes skilfully headed a limit and have a fighting spirit that high centre from Crowhurst into the will be hurd to beat,

net, and the game was da good

Sing Tao rely on a veteran team over.

of experienced ball-handlers wh Mr Peter Woo, co-manager of the have played together for many

Chinese team, said: "The field was years. The newspaper quintet too small for the Chinese, style of DIAJN slow revolving game cen-

that we tred around the pleqt play of acclay. It was unfortunate

bod to play with 10 men In the guard Leung Kok-dock.

second half. 1 think we will win next Saturday."

The Caroline Hillmien have sprinkling of veterans to augment

the starry youngsters and should tain: "It was a clean, hard-fought, J. B. Evans, the Australian cap.

gush through with thrilling basket- ball in their first tough game of the fame. The better team won, though until the Chinese lost Woo the plny was even,"

season.

The veteran Poon Yee-kwari, an-j other old timer In the ranks of locol) enge circles, will round out the Slog Tno defensive duo, giving the strong eagera from across tlie bay, a steady

∙unit

AUSTRALIA 4 (7, Hughes 2, Wilkin- son, Quill), heat CHINA 2 (Tiso, llyul), at Cricket Ground. Teams:

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Australia.---Coal, W. Morgan; fail-backs, 2. Walinen, 1. Evans; half-tracks, R.

omeinis expect to handle a fryant. W. Coolshan, J. Osborne: for

| capacity crowd in this "all out" wants, B. Crowhuri, J. Wilkinson, A.

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at thirty cente: Season tlekets, em- China-Goal, Y. Z, Chang: full-backs, bracing the entire schedule can be Y, P. Hau. 7. 8. Len; half-hacks,“R, H. bought for $4.70 at the Kowloon pg. 1. B. Rang, C. & Wook forwards.

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Fung. V. K. iyul, B. Y.M.C.A. Bill Woo.

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