1941-08-05 — Page 6

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 5, 1941.

Ball Fan's" Baseball Notes

Mindanaomen At

Pitcher Powlawski

Finds Old Form

Chung Hwa Battered And Humbled

Countor-balancing yet another droary wook. end baseball programme, when head-on winds from the north preceded a downpour of torrential rains to complotoly wash out the Sabbath tilt, the comeback 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 Maroona.

WITH

a re-organised infield playing steady ball, and with the recently signed Mac MacKenzie making his bebut bow before local ball fans in the outfleld, the master speedballer bore down with all the con- fidence in the world.

Using a steady fast ball with a alight change of pace, lungkung'a leading twirler had the Chung Ilwa Maroons virtually eating out of his hands as he set the Chinese favourites down with three measly bingles and whiffed 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 t

Saturday's Stars

Ski Powlawak and Hank Ruel,

*** Alindanao T7:0 popular made # brilliant comeback to pitching form as he set the Maroon FADE down with three scattered

Pennantville's Door

LETTING ONE GO THROUGH

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

catching-Ming Yuen,

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

bingles and fanned Len: laiter dished in with a steady fielding game in his initial appearance at first base. The "Crooner" also stamnied out two sizzling hils and NEW YORK.-The heavyweight picture to-day is trian- crossed the platter with two talles.gular, with the soleman face of Joe Louis in ono corner, the *******: sweet but slightly damaged kisser of Billy Conn in another, and the anxious countenance of Lou Nova in the third, writes swing in lio Mindanao rally, John Lardner in the Vancouver "Daily Province."

ou! A crashing

Kizzilng liner through second to drive in Greasy

Mr Nova wants to fight Louls this Moore. Slugger Tony Muscavage's open up

bingle brought in the "Crooner" year, for reasons both cosmic and with the pressure by filling he bases

with the fifth tally. Mac Blac-financial, but they probably will ask nn single, a bunt and a walk, after

Kenzie struck out to end this dis-him to beat Conn first if they don't Wee Willle Wilson had whiffed in

ignore him completely. astrous Chinese Maroun inning,

Mr Nova does not wish to beati the breeze; but Mac Mackenzie's foul holst and Robert Wilson's slow

appeared Conn, or even to meet him socially. Chung Iwamen roller to hurler Wally Ching cut pretty well baffled in the tough go- He believes Conn's place is in the

He wants Louis now. shert this initial canto hear uprising: Ing, with the heavy Mindanao scor-

"Why should I have to fool with The sparks ignited by the cham-ng pressure turned on in full.

Conn? the sun-kissed student from California was, asking ofter Conn's

plons gradually opened up lato a slow flame in the 2nd frame when

two runs crossed the plailer on

The

Game Ends

ash can.

This eventful inning mount the lively waltz with Louis. "He's not smashing double to centrefeld by ball game and restored the con- my size; he's not in my class, I've Spud Groneck, which sent Greasy fidence, so synonymous in the make-beaten tougher fellas thun he is. Moore heading homeward; Morro-up of champlons, to Mindanao's Besides, Mike Jacobs promised me co Chan's wild heave to third pennant-holding ball team, after that, the September shot with Louls, and brought in the clouting Groneck, ill-fatedl loss 10 the marauding Louis is the boy 1 want." with the second ially in this Mohawks a few weeks back.

A bystander suggested that if. Mr Nova declines to mingle with Conn. warm-upitanza, ·

With the burning yearn for they may just skip the Californian more runs solidly imbedded in the entirely and reinatch Conn with American gunboat ball machine. Louis.

Chung Hwn gushed through with their lone run in the last of the Lecond when shortstop Greasy Moore bungled a hot roller by grandpa Leung, sending Morroco Chan whizz- ing ncross the plate to avert n shut- 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 slanza when five big tallies crossed the plate in a innd scoring splurge.

singled Mac MacKenzie

pasl sitor to start off this eventful in- ning. Bob Wilson walked and Chinese hurler Wally Ching's wild heave aller scooping up a perfect ly lined bunt by Bowersox. Blackenzie rushing In toward

Brou

the flame of red hot conflagration tempe reached its climax pinnacle

in the last canta when slx (count jem)

crashed over the plat-

ter in

"Both Too Big For Conn"

HAT for?" said Mr Nova stub- W bornly. "Louis stiffened Conn. mad merry-go-round

He proved his spree-sending the Maroons aut He washed him up. with another big loss. definitely point. He's too big for him. We're telling the gashouse mob, just who both too big for him. Why don't will Hab the Bagram Shield this Conn go somewhere and play and to settle the

highly

year, sending a spark of that well-leave us nilon7"

known

to all heavyweight "happy feeling" Mindanao fans at Sk) Fowlawski's return to

ng, though

This reasonint of view of Mr|

wirling form and tell-sound from

Ing one and all in gigantle red- Nova and his immediate relatives, trimmed letters. "Pennantville has will not, of course, malte any impres- been reached.”

Score:-

6210500

Mindanao

Chung Hwn 0100 000

I.

For

1

F.

2

10

plate. Greasy Moore laid down Batteries: Ski Powlawskland 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 Terrifle M fans yelled

•League Standing

W. L. Pts.

at

home plate. Groneck whilfed U.S.S. Mindanao

1 .8G7

4

gleefully when Bowersox cashed in

for the first out and Wee Wille *Hongkong Beer

Wilson grounded to third base, to Chung Hwa Maroons 4 make it two in a row as grandpa U.S.S. Asheville-Tulsa 1 Leung's

chorus along | H.K.B.C. Mohawks

cherring

Chatham Road breathed a tempor- Royal Engineers ary sigh of relief. Muddy Ruel South China came through with

B

mighty

• have withdrawn,

I ,800

3 571

.500

3

4

.429

G

.286

.143

Chinese Soccorites

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

FURTHER TRIALS for the relection of the V.R.C.-Y,M,C.A. -team-to-meel the Combined - Chin-. ese Clubs this week-end at the V.R.C. will take place this evening In the V.R.G. pool. These will commence at 8 pm.

All-Schoola Gala

As regards the all-Schools gala on sion on Michael Shrewsbury Jacobs, August 33, a meeting of representa- the Duce (pronounced deuce) of box-ilves will be held at the V.R.C. this has three good evening. This, also, is scheduled for Ing. Uncle

to 8 pm. cards in his hand, and he is going to play them his own way.

To date, eight entries have been - Five are from boys' The Louts-Cann-Nova triangle receivet. ling rather oud phase. I think schools. These are:

Boys St Joseph's College, La Louis can lick Conn again; I think Coan can lick Nova, and 1'in be- Salle College, Diocesan Boys' School, sluning to suspect that Nova can St Stephen's College and Nam Hwa

College. lick Louis Mind Mind you, none of the characters in question concedes these points. 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 A. A. will hold their scoond swimming gala 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, Indles 100 metres free-style, men's 50 breast stroice, 60 metres handicap (training class), men's 200 metres breast stroke (honllcap) 50 meires blind-fold race, ladies' 230 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 Ilong kong is scheduled to take place on 'August' 14, when over 10 different types of model planes will be on display.

Entrica 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 Rond Central.

The Board of Directors of the Association held a meeting yesterday when it was decided to invite General Chen Chin-yun, Vice- Minister of Overseas Affairs, General Li Fu-yuan, Mr Lang Shou-yl and Mr Huang Shul-hai as judgosi,

A Modal 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 Middlesex-Essex side score 12 for 6 declared against a combined Kent- Surrey XI at Lord's.

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

Worcester Wins

Worcestershire heat Warwickshire by 32 runs.

Worcester-130.

Warwick-107.

Drawn Match

Northants drew with Leicestershire. Scores were:

Northants-105 for 8 decid. Leicester.-19 for f

60 For O'Connor

London Counties, comprising several

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

Scores were: London-Counties-363 – (O'Connor, of Essex, 00),

Mayor of Southgate's XI.—23 for 4.

Derby-Notts Draw

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

drew.

Scores were:

Derby-216 for 6 declared. Noils-57 for 1.

Two Hat-Tricks

In One Match

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LONDON, Aug. 4' (Reuter)—A śwo-day cricket match. took place over the weekend between British Empire

and Scam

the Metropolitan Police. British Empire won by 153. ·

the Remarkable bowling marked match. T. Oliver, of the Police, took six for 33, including the hat trick in the Empire's second innings, but Polico in their second innings found C. 1. Clarke, the West Indies test player, practically unplayable. Clarka took all 10 wickets for 20, including the hat trick. Scores:

British Empire.-172 and 148-9 (declared).

Police.-05 and 72.

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