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Tuesday:

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 5, 1941.

Ball Fan's" Baseball Notes

Mindanaomen At Pennantville's

Pitcher Powlawski

Finds Old Form

Chung Hwa Battered And Humbled

Counter-balancing yet another dreary week- end baseball programmo, whon head-on winds from the north preceded a downpour of torrential rains to completely wash out the Sabbath tilt, the comoback hurling dished in by the brilliant Ski Powlawski, proved a boomerang tossed in the right direction, for ball fans at the Chatham Road park.

The high-powered "Skier" led Mindanao's terrific M to the very doors of Pennantville for the second year in succession, as the champions smashed through to a colossal 14-1 triumph over grandpa Leung's weak-willow- ed Chung Hwa Maroons.

WITH a re-organised infleld

playing stendy ball, and}| with the recently signed Mac MacKenzie making his bebut how before local ball fans in the outfield, the master speedballer bore down with all tho, con- fidence in the world.

Uning a stendy fast ball with a slight change of pace, Hongkong's leading twirler had the Chung Ha Maroons virtually eating out of his lunds as he set the Chinese favourites down with three measly bingtes and willfed ten.

Setting off a few sparks in the opening stanza which had the gas- house mob warmed up at the outset, the Terrific M threatened to open up with the pressure by filling the bases

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single, a bunt and a walk, after Willie Wilson had whiffed in the breeze; but Mac MacKenzie's foul host and Robert Wilson's slow roller to hurler Wally Ching cut short this initial canto near uprising.

Chung Hwa gushed through with their one run in the last of the second when shortstop Greasy Moore bungled a hot roller by grandpa Leung, sending Morroco Chan whizz- ing across the plote to avert n shut

Saturday's Stars

Ski Powlawski and Hank Ruel. Mindanao-The popular "Sk" made

brilliant comeback lo pitching form as he set the Maroon gang down with three scattered bingles and fanned ten; latter 'dished in with a steady fielding game in his initial appearance nt first base. The "Crooner" also slammed-out two sizzling hits and

LETTING ONE GO THROUGH

Spud Groneck, Mindanao, giving a ball the "once over"", and it looks like a walk, for the ump. Welfie Welford, has three digits of the left hand out. Bill Chang, Chung Hwa

catching-Ming Yuen.

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County Teams In Holiday Louis-Nova-Comm Cricket Action Merry-Go-Round W. J. Edrich Scores 102

crossed the platter with two tallies. gular, with the solemn face of Joc Louis in one corner, the

rally.

NEW YORK.-The heavyweight picture to-day is trian- sweet but slightly damaged kisser of Billy Conn in another, and the anxious countenance of Lou Nova in the third, writes John Lardner in the Vancouver "Daily Province."

swing In the Alindanao crashing

Huer sizzling out through second to drive In Greasy Moore. Slugger Tony Muscavage's

Mr Nova wants to fight Louis this blugle brought in the "Crooner" year, for reasons both cosmic and with the fifth tally. Mac Mac-financial, but they probably will ask Kenzie struck out to end this dis-him to beat Conn Brst If they don't astrons Chinese Maroon inning. Ignore him completely.

Mr Nova does not wish to beat; The Chung wamen appeared Conn, or even to meet him socially.) pretty well baffled in the tough go- He believes Com'a place is in the Ing, with, the heavy Mindanao neorash can. He wants Louis now, ing pressure turned on in full.

Game Ends

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"Both Too Big For Conn" WHAT for?" said Mr Nova stub- bornly. "Louis stiffened Conn,

Chinese Soccerites Soon. Returning

SYDNEY, Aug. 4 (Reu- ter). Because of the ten- sion in the Far East, the Chinese soccer team now in Australia will leave for Hongkong after playing the last test.

V.R.C.-Y.M.C.A. Swimming Trials To-night

The sparks ignited by the cham- plons gradually opened up into a

"Why should I have to, foot with slow lame in the 2nd frame when

Conn the sun-leissed student from two runs crossed the platter on a

California was asking ofter Conn's This eventful inning meant the lively waltz with Louls. "He's not smashing double to centrefield by ball game and restored the con- my size; he's not in my class. I've Spud Groneck, which sent Greasyfidence, so synonymous in the make beaten tougher fellas then Moore Brading homeward; Morro-up of champions, to Mindanna's Besides, Mike Jacobs promised me co Clan's wild heave to third pennant-holding ball team, after that, the September shot with Louis, and brought in the clouting Groneck -fated Joss Lo with the second tally

the marauding Louls is the boy I this Mohawkes a few weeks back.

I want." warm-up stanza,

A bystander suggested that if Mr Nova declines to mingle with Conn, With the burning yearn more runs solidly imbedded in the entirely and

for they may just skip the Californian rematelt Coun with American gunboat ball machine, Louis. the flame of red hot conflagration tempo reached its climax pinnacle In the last canto when six (count em) runs crashed over the plai. fer in a mad merry-go-round spree-sending the Margolis

en He washed him up. He proved his with another big loss, definitely point. He's too big for him. We're, telling the gashouse mob, just who both tou big for him. Why don't will nab the Bagram Shield this Conn go year, sending a spark of that well-leave thewhere and play and known

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alt heavyweight situation?"

This reasoning, return to twirling form and tell sound from the point of view of Mr though highly ing one and all in gleaatle red-

Nov trimmed letters. "Pennantville has will not, of course, make any impres

and his immediate relatives, been reached."

ston on Michael Shrewsbury Jacobs, the Duce (pronounced deuce) of box Score:-

ing. Uncle Mike has three good cards in his hand, and he is going to play them his own way.

To date, eight entries have been The Louis-Conn-Nova triangle received. Five nre from boys'

out.

Conflagration

The slow burning flame, ignited by the champlons in the early part of the game, broke into red hot con- flagration in the 5th stanza when five big tailles crossed the plate in a mad scoring splurge.

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Mae Mackenzie slugted past short to start off this eventful in- ning. Bob Wilson walked and Chinese hurler Wally Ching's wild heave after scooping up a perfect- ly lined bunt by Bowersox, brought MacKenzie rushing in toward the plate, Greasy Moore laid down Batteries: Skl Powławski another perfect bunt along the Tony Muscavage; Wally Ching and third base line to send another Bill Chang. run flashing across the pan. The flustered Wally Ching again threw wild

as the Terrific M fans yelled

gleefully when Bowersox casted in

League Standing

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FURTHER TRIALS for #election of the V.R.C.-Y.M.C.A. team. to meet the Combined Chin- cs Clubs this week-end at the Y.R.C. will take place this evening In the V.R.C. pool. These will commence at p.m.

All-Schools Gala

As regards the all-Schools gala on August 23, a meeting of representat lives will be held at the V.R.C. this evening. This, also, is scheduled for 8 pm.

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has a rallier odd phase. I think schools. These are: Louis

can lick Conn again; I think Boys St Joseph's College, Conn can Hek Nova, and Fm be-Salle College, Diocesan Boys' School, ginning to suspect that Nova can St Stephen's College and Nam Hwa

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Girls-St Mary's School and the

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at home plate. Groneck whiffed U.S.S. Mindanao for the first out and Wee Wille Hongkong Bcer.... Wilson grounded to third base, to Chung Hwa Plaroons 4 make it two in a row as grandpa US.S. Ashevlile-Tulsa 1 Leung's cheering chorus along ILK.B.C. Mohawks ... Chatham Road breathed a tempor- Royal Engineera ary sigh of relief. Auddy Ruel South China came through with 4 mighty

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you, none of the characters

estion concedes these points. French Convent, Conn believes himself to be master of the situation. Louis is confident against anybody. And Nova's con- tempt for Conn is perfectly genuine.

But styles and weights and speed and power produce different results TURN to Page 5, Column Five

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South China's Second Gala

South China A. A. will hold their second swimming rals of the season to-night at North Point, commencing at 7.30 p.m. The programme-Is:

Men's 50 metres free-style, men's 200 metres breast stroke, ladies 100 motres free-style, men's 60 breast stroke, 60 metres handicap (training class), men's 200 metres breast stroke

(hanlicop) 60 metres blind-fold

race, ladles' 200 metres breast stroke (handicap), diving and water-polo (South China v Chinese Bathing Club).

Exhibition

Model Aeroplane Contest This Month

Sponsored by the Hongkong Model Plane Association, the first Model Planes Exhibition in Hong- kong is scheduled to take place on August 14, when over 10 different types of inodel planes will be on display.

Entries must be made, before August 10, and planes sent to the Association before. August 13.

The planes will be exhibited on the show shelves of the China Pro- ducts Company, Des Voeux Road Centro).

The Board of Directors of the Association held a meeting yesterday when It was decided to Invito Gchorn) Chen Chin-yun, Vice- Minister of Overseas Affairs, 'General Li Fu-yuan, Mr Liang Shou-yl and Mr Huang Shut-hai as judges.

A Model Planes flying contest is also being planned and up to the present more than 100 entries have been received.

LONDON, Aug. 4 (Reu ter)-With the majority of the leading players in action, cricket was the main August Bank Holiday attraction to. day. A crowd of 20,000 saw a combined Middlesox-Essex sido score 412 for 6 declared against a combined Kent- Surrey XI at Lord's,

The outstanding feature of this match was the Innings úr 102 by Squadron Leader W, J. Edrich, the England Test cricketer. This match concludes to-morrow.

Worcester Wins

Worcestershire beat Warwickshire by 32 runs.

Worcester-130.

Warwick-107.

Drawn Match

Northants drew with Leicestershire. Srores were:

Northants.-165 for 8 deeld.

Leicester-10 for 1.

London several

60 For O'Connor.

Counties, comprising of the leading southern County players drew with the Mayor of Southgate's XI to-day.

Scores were:

London Counties.-163 (O'Connor, of Essex, 00).

Mayor of Southgate's XI.-23 for 4.

Derby-Notts Draw

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire drew.

Scores were:

Derby.--210 for 6 declared. Notts-57 for 1.

Two Hat-Tricks In One Match

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LONDON, Aug. 4 (Reuter)~~A two-day cricket match took place over the weekend between British Empire team and io Metropolitan Police. British Empire tron by 153, Remarkable bowling marked the match, T. Oliver, of the Police, took alx for 35, including the hat trick in) the Empire's second innings, but Polico In their second innings found C. B. Clarke, the West Indies test player, practically unplayable. Clarke took all trick Scores: 10 wickets for 29, including the bat

British Empire-173 (declared),

Police.--55 and 72.

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