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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 26, 1941.

Ball Fan's" Baseball Notes

Portuguese Champions Routed By U.S.A.

Masterful Pitching By

"Crooner" Ruel

Hongkong All-Stars Two Up

"Dat old apple” again took a long distanco swerve-banging ride over the week-end in the triple carded post season baseball games when emphasis on high-scoring plattor jaunts greeted hardy ball fans at the Chatham Road stadium. Old man weather crossed up with a typical atmos- pheric contrast when perfect baseball weather of the "pay day" tilt changed to slight sizzling rains for the Sabbath doubleheader.

China

-Mightiest of the might last season, Portugal's rough riders, International champions, took a lightening tumble from their lofty perch as the United States charged through to the final round with a classy 12-2 win. entered the selected bracket overwhelming a “sign on anybody" Great Britain nine 18-3. It was just about the poorest showing of any team that has ever represented Great Britain in the annual International Series.

Crooner Ruel's sacrifice fly in the 3rd drave In Wee Willie Wilson with another Yankee nun.

HONGKONG'S All-Stars made Mendonca hoisted to right field for

it two up in the Charity the last it. series classica, eking out an 18- 16 viciary

the United States Navy in a heated tipsy- turvy fray.

over

CROONER Ruel's masterful

hurling effort had class marked all around it in neon-lit sparks as he vanquished Portu- gal's defending champions 12-2 with a starry speedball show. The "singing twirler" had the! Portuguese nine literally eating out of his hands, allowing a measly two hits and whiffing five.

Answer To Problem

The umpire was a diplomat but he would have been a wiser ane if he had claimed he was watching

Uncle Sam's Stars were clutch-

lo

adding clubbing the pinches, steadily to their big winning mar- gin.

Two more talles were marked up in the 4 frame after Chuck Waggoner and Greasy Moore had whifted in the perfect Saturday afternoon baseball breeze.

Weo

While Wilson's second hit of the day, a driving double to deep cen- tre drove In Sox Bowersox- and Doc Molthen, Ski Fowlawski flled to right field for the last out in this stanza,

The defending champions pushed' across their final tally in the last of the 4th when Zinho Gosano sailed across the pan on a blngle and two

the errors. However,

Stars and Stripes Buttered majestically in the next frame as blonde Greasy Moore came up with the big time clutch act to drive in three runs with a гous- ing triple to the centrefield wall. It

the ball Instead of the runner was a typical money-labelled hit a

did not see him cut second base. If he had made the correct decision the game probably would have

ended in 24 riot.

The proper play was for

the second baseman to ask the umpire in chief to put another ball in play then claim the out at second by holding the new ball on that base. That would have retired the side with the batsman getting credli for base hit. The final

only

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depended entirely 03 score whether or nat the runner who was on first base reached the home plate before the man who hit the ball passed second, as his act of cutting that base made the thirz out, so far as the scoring of runs was concerned, although the out would not be actually declared un- il claimed. Presumably the run-

la the Jimmy Riple style.

Two bingles, a walk and a sacrifice brought in three more North Ameri can runs in the 6th inning as Wee Willie Wilson, pinch-runner R, J. Wilson and Tony Muscavage cruised home on high.

Starry Willie

Wilson's prodial-

ous homer in the last stanes off rellef hurler Zinho Gosano, added that last minute thrill to complete the rout of last year's titleholders.

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THE slip-slushy ball field after

the Sabbath morning down- pour gave ball fans a real error- making classic and put the local All-Stars two up and one to go

Weekend Stars

SCORING FOR HONGKONG

H. (Showboat) Ali sliding home in the U.S. Navy.v. Hongkong all-Stars Charity match at Chatham Road on Sunday, Wally Ching, on deck, with Doc Molthen umpiring. Tony Mas cavago, the catcher, on all fours--Ming Yuen,

Wee Willie Wilson and Crooner ILuel, United States-Former led the Yankee clouting attack with a tremendous homer and three sing- les, drove in three runs and crossed the plate with three more; the "Craoner" hurled masterful ball derplle a bad ankle Injury, hold- ing Portugal to two measly bingles.. and willing five,

Wally Ching and Hank Chang, All-Stars Former checked in with four taillen in the close Hongkong win and bore down in the clutch with steady relief twirling; latter fielded brilliantly on a shaky In- feld, chalked up three runs in the high-scoring

game and drove in another.

Shanghai Swimming Championships Under Way

Hekking Wins 220 Freestyle Title

SHANGHAI, Aug, 16-Bobby Hekking was crowned Shanghai Champion at the A.S.F. pool yesterday, when he triumphed in a closć 220 yards race, edging out strong com. petition in T. Chic, being clocked at 2.37, his fastest time in a 220 race to date.

*

Meanwhile, the other favourites came through in their re- crowns. Alec spective championship events to receive their Grebenschikoff beat Jackie Dodd in the 100 yards Men's Breast- stroke, while Miss Doreen Gray won the 50 yards Ladies' Breaststroke, and Miss Jill Pech the 50 yards Ladies' back-

Bill Chang and Ai Lau, China-stroke. Former led China's slugging at-

tack.

runa

slamming out four bingles

The time of the race was not par-

Helped by ne start, Hekking The Russian swimmer, with power- and crossing the plate with three took an early lead in the eight-lap ful strokes, overtook him and finish-

In the big Chinese win; 220 race. Chie however soon caught ed some two yards ahead of him. "Specs" At hurled three hit ball, fanned five and also added a bup and the two left the other swim gusto to the attack with a double tners, Wen and Stephen, behind.

Fighting

neck

and neck to the ticularly good, Grebenschikoff being and two singles, scored two runs finish, Hekking and Chie raised ten-timed at 76% seconds, this being ten

seconds slower than the sion to a breaking point

Although both slowed down on the Shanghal record. seventh inp, they showed new life in a spurt on the last lap. Hekking edged a little ahead, but Chie kept coming up strongly.

and drove in three more.

Hongkong Beat Macao At Mini-Soccer

THE

Interport HONGKONG miniature football team, led by Mr Ko Cheuk-hung, sailed for Macao

the of Sunday to beat

Macão team 2-1 In an encounter at Arcla Preta.

On arrival, they were met by re presentatives of the Macao Miniature Football Association and members of the home team, and were entertained

ner from first did not score bi time! TURN to. Page 7, Column Five at a tea party,

and that would make the game end 0 to in favour of the visitors. Hence the riot forecasi.

The United States Stars burst across the pan with winning talles In every stanza except the second, connecting for six cxira base-clouts in the rout of the champions..

Starting in with a vengeance in opening frame after Wee Wi- He Wilson had filed to centre, Skl Powlawski laid a sizzling double to deep left. Crooner Ruel bolsted for the second out, but Tony Max-

two singled and cavare

rung breezed home on Mac McKenzie's Lone long double to the centrefield fence. Chuck Waggoner popped to second, ending the initial inning

Hawaiians Break 400-metre Relay Record

one,

Smart Move Wins Race

As the A.S.F. pool is measured out in metres, the swimmers had to turn after the eighth lap and swim a yard hack, to complete exactly the 220 mark.

Here Hekking displayed a smart piece of fast thinking, which gave him the race by the slim margin of a half a sard.

Touching the end of the pool with one hand, and instead of turn- ing completely around, Hekking simply slapped his other hand back, thus touching the finish rope and winning the race, while Chite was still taking the turn, Wen came la Chle to bent Stephen.

few seconds after!

standing

Miss Gray Wins Easily

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MISS DOREEN GRAY had things İM1

her own way in the Ladles Breaststroke as she encountered little competition.

She jumped into an early lead and her increased it continuously. On second lap she was already five yards olcad, and finished an easy first.

The battle was, as predicted, for the second place. Miss Resek and Miss Dodd fought all the way, with Miss Resek finishing ahead by a single stroke.

The time of the race was 40 seconds flat, a second slower th the Shanghal record of-Miss. Gray.-

Miss Peach Loses Time

MISS PEACH lost a good chance

to beat her backstroke record, when ako delayed her turn for the 50 Yarıla backstroke, fór some, full three seconds, finishing her race in 39 4/5 seconds, a second and a half slower than her record.

Later in the afternoon, the teams Dodd Leads All Way met, und after n very Interesting game, Hongkong won by two goals to

The scorers for Hongkong were JACKIE DODD gave a big scare to Alec Grebenselikoff, when he Lai Chung-yin and Chan Chark-kal, took a lead of a couple of yards and Miss Peach took an immediate

kept ahend for three lops of the 100 tend and kept all

along. While the Governor

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losing the available ground on the (Commdr. Teixeira) and the Com-yards breast-stroke event.

It was only on the last lap that turn," she nevertheless kept up her missloner of Police of the Portuguese Colony were among the large num~ ber of spectators.

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lie was overtaken by Grebenschl-j advantage and won the race easily. koff.

Miss Lecia Hekking challenged

Dodd, using a butterfly stroke. her towards end of the race, but the

The Hongkong lcom returned finished the third lap a yard ahead spurt was too late and Miss Hekking of Grebenschikoff, but lost a few had to be content with her second valuable seconds on the turn.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (Reu- ter)A new American 400-metre relay Swimming record was created yesterday.

by the Hawaiian team which cap- tured the third consecutive team championship in the recent Nation-

st A.A.U. swimming meet at Salmi U.S. Ryder Cup

Louis, by garnering eight frat places out of 10 events.

Participating in local swimming threat.

meet the Hawaiian team composed of Portuguese fans saw a temporary Bill Smith, Paul Herron, Charles Oda sparkle of hope in the 2nd canto, and Takashi Hirose negotiated the 400 with the Gosano clan in predomin- metres in 4 minutes 3/10 seconds ance, after Zinho Gosano was thrown shattering the previous week 4 minutes out on a close play. Dertle Gosano 6 0/10 seconds created in 1935 by the took first on Greasy Moore's wild Yale University team.

peg, advanced to second and went

to

Meanwhile, In the same meet Chiyeko

won the 300-metre individual medley

Team Beaten

DETROIT. Aug. 25 (Reuter) – Bobby Jones's team, in a chal langu mufeli, has beaten the Сар United States 1939 Ryder team 82-01⁄44. *

The foursomes played yesterday

third on another Moore miscue. Ed-Miyamoto, mermaid from Hawall, who and on Saturday resulted in a 3-2 die Gosano's single through the box at the National Women's Swimming lead for the Ryder Cup team. Ten drove in Bertie with Portugal's first Championships, was placed frat in the singles were played to-day in which tally, but the Doe was caught stretch-100-metre back-stroke, registering the the Ryder Cup players were beaten ing toward second. Hefty Mike last time of 83 4/10 seconds.

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