1941-08-12 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 12, 1941,

'Ball Fan's”

Fan's" Baseball Notes

Sappers Suffer Year's Biggest Beating

ACTION AT THE PLATE..Nip Lum, Mohawks, trols) across while Bill Chang, Chúng Hwa entelier, reaches speelatu- larly for a high throw.-Ming Yuen,

Joe Louis Admits That He's "Slipping

DETROIT.—Joe. Louis, by his own admission, is

"slipping."

“I ain't near the fighter I used to be," the heavyweight baxing champion amerted.

"E ginah B'ye, klipped pretty far. Won't know, liów far, uniti my next Bght with Lan Navs In Regi- lember," he caniinued. · "I? ↑ And then I've slipped" too far, I'll give Usil up. Aloi no wa goli' mit- jant to get punched around.”

Conn Battle

WHAT made Louls think he had

gone back so far?

"Why," he answered, "what hap-. pened in the (Billy) Conn fight. I have him in the third round and again in the Afth, but I can't finish

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I knew then that I've slipped. "Chappie (Jack Blackburn. his trainer) kept telling me that ne little fellow should beat me, especially no Hittle fellow who was 25 pounds. lighter'n me.

Nineteenth Defence Of World Title

Two Records Broken At U.S. Aquatic Meet

ST LOVIS, Aug. § (Domirt).--

Mindanao Take Custody

Of Bagram Shield

Maroons Trounce Mohawks

"High-scoring wins”—a torm litorally sprayed throughout baseballdom as a pain - producing heart-acho to scorekeopors and umpires, yot à heart-throb with a Turkish Dolight thrown in, to the winners-gave the local two-game baseball card, the first progammo in many a wook, that added "morrily we go around" flavour. The scat- tered fow the stands lookod with dismal awa as hickory batons and horse-hidos took a torrific pounding,

Mindanao's terrific M, sailing down the clear home stretch toward the Bagram Shield, smothered a really weak Royal Engineer uino with a heavy avalanche of rune and basollte 27-4. It was the highest platter- crossing tilt marked up by the Mindanao scorekeeper this season in their clear dash toward the pennant.

|| Chung Hwa Maroona

barged into the Brat division for keeps, lamblasting Charlle Waggoner's Redskin Tribe 19-8 behind the dve hit twirling of Al "spectacles" Lau

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CHAMPIONS for two years in a row and pride of Antericun Bronzed whurts from-Hawat ball fours in the Colony, the swept through the final day of the pensant holdere closed out their national AAM, swimming meetjngries with Welford's Royal En- with a Huelsht that put a convine-gineers in dazzling style, pound- bur touch to their string or vicing out a sixteen hit barrage inėles throughout the three-slay; tournament, breaking two national to sweep twenty-seven tallfes wveords in the process.

across the plate.

Hocords were hung up, in the 800.) The league leaders played a "hurry aire race by Kiyoshi Nakama, with up" scoring dame, goynering their a time of 18 is 0.2/10 geça aid e

rand total in dve frames.

300-metre medley by Jake Baiores,

with a time of 4 mins $1.9/10 seen. Sending the slugging Tony Mis

melte back-stroke.

Weekend Stars

WHEe Wilson and Ski Powinw- ski, Budauno-Formier sinashed out the longest bit of the fray, a sizzling triple In the 4th canto and also crassed the pan with five Jallies in the champions' big win; fatter played a versatile game be hind

the plate and buried shut- mus ball in the relief role,

Chan Vu-tin and Wally Ching, Chuk Hwa Maroon-Former teil the Maroon augaling attack, slams ning out three blugies and coming In with four runs latter markedl up there Chlurse runs and hurled stendy, reflet ball is the bunk heal.

Adolf istetor provided the lone break cavage to the hifluck in his Brat Waggoner's Mohawks figured in this string of Hawaiian swimming start against the Sappern this year, the semon was all over when victories with a triumph in the 190-the Terrifle 1 upened up their only six Redmen showed up at

tremendous spree in the last of the the ball park. Initial frame after the Engineers hul The events and times of winters tallied a lane run on a walk and A follows:

100 mieten free style, Tekeshi Ittrore wild brow by third sucker Bower-

Results

(Hawaii). 2 Dita Jaretz (Chiengo Towers BUX. Club); à Mall Prew (Detroit): 4, Dick Lyon California Athletle Club), Time.— 1 min 1/10 secs,

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Ur). 3Ilke Jacobs. promoter of the Twentieth Century, Club, Madison Square Garden, announced to-day that Joe Louis, world heavyweight Boxing champion, will defend his 200 metres breast-stroke-1, Insa Bal- tille against Lou Nova, at the mores (Hawaii): 2. Counsliman, (St Louis Y.O.CA.); 3. Carlos Itivas, ilonolulu): Yankee Stadium, New York, on, Ralph Wright, funestached). Time- September 19.

mins 45 5/10 secs.

100 metres backstroke-1, Adolf Kiefer (Chicago Tower); 2. Fred Gasa Dallas, A. C.): 3. Bruce Donaldson (Washington Time 1 min 6 3/10 rees AC): 4, Bob Tribble Nuant, (Y.O.CA.).

i 400 metres free-style.—1, Bill Smith Brath, Uswallis S. Bramel Nakama; 4.

800 metres.-1. Kiyochi Nakama: 2. Billi Charles Oda. Time-10 mins 6 1/10 secs 301 metres medley-1 Jose Balmores Time-3 mina 56 9/10 secs

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Nova beat Max Baer impressively "But I can't stop him till the twice and also defeated Pat Comiske (Hawaii). thirteenth round. Then, I think it another promising heavyweight. iova as Con who beat hisself. He Das not, however, met Joe Louts her fight hisself out in the twelfth and fure.

Tony Galento korked out Lou Phen finish him in the thirteenth." Nova in 1939, but it was joter revealed meires relay Mon

that Nova was suering from a bicou Tough Grind

infection which later threatened his life.

ת!

With Di Hilva, Eddie Marques and Budge Smith given contracts in a last minute grandstand front office deal, the Mohawks started the game with these additional rookica

Wen Wille Wilson lined Mickey) Sarsfield's second toss Into Teft field for a clean single. Rucl took Wally Ching's must in the opening first on a wild throw, sending the stanza brought Nip Lum tearing fleet-footed Wilson home with the champlons first tally.

over the pan with the first Mohawk Ski Pow- lawski walked and two more ranson, but the Maroons come back in their half with a single fally when crossed the plate on two errors. Choy Ping-fun walked, stole second Tony Muscavage cashed in with and crossed the platter on Nip the fourth run in is opening Lum's gifted miscue. frame on another miscue,

The Chinese took the coveted lend ened with three runs in the second crashed through with six markers in The loose flelding Sappers threat in the 2nd frame with a lone-run and canto when hurler Tony Muscaynge in high-riding 3rd stanza ón four weakened momentarily,

walks, three errors and a bingle, mores. Oda. Sinithi: 2 Pasadena A. first base on a muffed third strike. for more runs, the Chung Ilwamen Continuing their desperate move Club. Time- mins 11 0/10 secs. C. J, Huntingian YOGA. 4. Viviera After Davis and Pete Fox both added three tallics in the 4th canto 10-metre diving-1. Earla Clark, Ohio whiffed in the sweltering breeze, and climaxed their fifth win of the eldenial College); 2. No mingle through third sent the rookie stanza.

walked, Mac Show's driving year with eight runs in the next Barbara); 4. Harry Pes, (Banta Barbara),

200-meires-free-style-1-Bill-Smith: Harper-und-Feley riding caron

the i araw; 2. Takashi ise, Hawali pan. Elenie Taylor lifted a single 3. Faut Horren unattached, Itonolulu avet

Michael Prinne, Flathush Boys Club Shaw. Weitie Welton flied to lett third driving in lanky Mac 300 metre Medley Relay.-1. Tower Clul, field, ending the Sappers' high-| (Chicago); 2. Fawall: 3. San Franelsen Olymple Club; 4. Paradena Athletic Club, scoring Inning. Thine-3 mins 20 1/10 wes-Domel,

WHAT did he really think caused Joe Louis has a wonderful rurut State University: Sper, leanly

to silp so far?

date and has only been knocked out "Dunno for sure," he sald. once during his professional carcer- -“Quess it was a couple of things-by-Max-Schmeling of Germany The I been working too hard. I been Negro will make the 19th defence of

ha e on September 15, training since Nov

November 13, and

He has ain't had but one little vacation of Stadium, where he beat Primo Carners

fought seven times at the Yankee Dronklyn). two weeks between fights.

I guess my training for Buddy Baer In Washington helped some too. The bullding I trained in had n tin roof. It was awful hot there. I noticed that in my sparring I won getting tired after two

(Italy), Max Baer (US), Tony Galento (U.S.), Tommy Farr (Great Britain), Jack Sharkey (U.S.) and Arturo Godoy (Argentine},"

rounds, Anyhow, I know I ain't as good a Figured it was the heat that done it. Auhter as I used to be."

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League Tennis

South China Overwhelm K. Tong 8-1

SOUTH CHINA trounced Kow-| loon Tong 8-1 in the "A" Division

George Harper run all the way to

Highlight of the game was the dazzling double play in the 1st in- ning when Nip Lum nabbed 1311 Chang's siling Iner to double Morocco Chan off second with a fast throw to Mac Wong. Breaking loose with vengeance In their half, of the 2nd, the Amerl-was sent to the showers in the 3rd Starting twirler Smudge Smith can gunboat nine rolled through frame. Relief hurler with a six run outburst, on a walk, found trouble in localing the plate Mac Wong two wild pitches and successive and Doc Molthen was sent in to singles by Crooner Ruel, Ski Pow-finish the game.

lawski,

Wilson.

Tony Muscavage and R. J. Scores:-

This Inning featured Reg "what Moliawks

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a man" Daniels, In his first starry Ching Ilwa 110300 x 19 74 game with the champions. The Batteries:-Smudge Smith, Mag popular Daniels, Mindanao's No. 1 Wong, Doc Molihen and Chas. Wag- ball fan, crashed across the plate gener, Nip Lum:- Al Lau and Bill Crooner Ruel's smash hit.

...... 1360000 Undanao * 46540X The Yankee tars blasted away

27 18 1

with his first run of the season, on Chang,

Engineers

of the local tennis league yester-with five more runs in the 3rd Batteries:-Mickey Sarsfield, Mac day at King's Park. E. Lee and stanza, stormed through the Sapper Shaw and Foley: Tony Muscavoge, C. C. Ma were the only pair to take defence with eight "count 'em" runs Ski Powlawski, Tony Muscavage, a set for the losers, while T. E in the 4th frame on five staggering Ling and S. K. Kwok conceded blows, and finished off their scoring three sets on walks-over,

Scores were:

rampage in the 5th with four Onal rung, FLAS the weary ball-shagging

B. C. Dew and P. Ste-to beat . H. Engineers took their worst trimming Kwok and P. Fletcher 7-8; inst to E Leo of the season. and C. C. Ma 2-21 walk over from T. E. Ling and S. K. Yee.

K. H. Ip and W. 11. Ho brat Kwok and Fielcher 6-3; beat Leg and Ma 6-2; walk over from Ling and Yee.

Showing a complete "volte-

W. T. Lro and W. C. lo beat Kwok and face" after their sensational Fletcher 6-3; beat Lee and Ma 0-3, walk win over the champions, Charlie

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