1941-08-26 — Page 6

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 distance. swerve-banging ride over the week-end in the triplo carded post season baseball gamos_whon emphasis on high-scoring platter jaunts grooted hardy ball fans at the Chatham Road stadium. Old man weather crossed up with a typical atmos- phoric contrast when perfect baseball weather of the "pay day" tilt changed to slight sizzling rains for the Sabbath doubleheader.

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. China 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.

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

it two up in the Charity the last out.

Crooner Ruel's sacrifice ny in the series classics, eking out an 183rd drove in Wee Willie Wilson with 16 victory over the United another Yankee run, States Navy in a heated tipsy turvy fray.

CROONER Ruck's masterful

hurling effort had class marked all around it in neon-lit sparks as he vanquished Porta- 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 whifling five.

Answer To Problem

The umpire was a diplomat but he would have been a wiser on

Uncle Sam's Stars were clutch- clubbing In the pinches, adding steadily to their big winning mar- glo.

Two mere tallies were marked up in the 4th frame after Chuck Waggoner and Greasy Moore had whiffed in the perfect Saturday afternoon baseball breeze. Wee Willie Wilson's second hit of the day, a driving double to deep cen- tre drove in Sox Bowersax and Doc Molihen. Skl Powtawakl filed 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 hingle and two the Stars and errors. However, Stripes Buttered majestically in the next frame as blonde Greasy Moore come up with the big time cluich act

to drive in three runs with a rous-

If he had claimed he was watching ing triple to the centrefeld wall. It

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the ball instead of the runner so was a typical money-labelled hit a did not see him cut second base. 14 the Jimmy Riple style.

If he had made the correct decision the game probably would have ended in a 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 credit for only a one

base bil The Bnal' depended entirely krore

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the runner was on first base reached the home plate before the man who hit the

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 prodigi- ous homer In the last stanza off tellef hurler Zinho Gozano.. added that last minute thrill to complete the rout of last year's titleholders.

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ball passed second, as his act of THE slip-slushy ball field after

eulling that base made the third

the Sabbath morning down- out. so far as the scoring of runs pour gave ball fans a real error- was concerned, although the out making classic and put the local would not be actually declared un-All-Stars two up and one to go tit claimed. Presumably the run- ner from first did not score in time TURN to Page 5, Column Two

and that would make the game end 6 to 5 In favour of the visitors, Hence the riot forecast.

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

Hawaiians Break 400-metre Relay Record

Weekend Stars

Wee Willie Wilson and Crooner Ruel, United States-Fermer led the Yankee elouling attack with a tremendous homer and three sing- les, drove in three runs and crossed the plate with three more; the ball "Creoner" hurled masterful

despite a bad ankle injury, hold- ing Portugal to two measly blugies and whiffing five.

Wally Ching and Hank Chang, All-Star-Former checked in with four talles in the close Hongkong win and bore down in the clutch with steady relief twirling; lafter felled brillantly on a shaky in- field, chalked up three runs in the high-scoring game and drove in another.

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- cavage, the catcher, on all fours.-Ming Yuen.

Shanghai Swimming

Under Way Championships Under

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 close 220 yards race, edging out strong comTM petition in T. Chie, being clocked at 2.37, his fastest time in a 220 race to date.

Meanwhile, the other favourites came through in their re- Alec spective championship events to receive their crowns. 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 Ladles back. stroke.

Bill Chang and Al Lau, China- Former fed China's slugging ni. tack, slamming out four bingles

Helped by a fine start, Hekking The Russian swimmer, with power- and crossing the plate with three runs in the big Chinese win; tou an early lead in the eight-lap ful strokes, overtook him and finish "Spers" Al hurled three hit ball, 220 race. Chte however soon caught ed some two yards ahead of him.

The time of the race was not par- fanned five and also added a brup and the two left the other swim- gusto to the attack with a doubleners, Wen and Stephen, behind.

Fighting neck and neck to the ticularly good, Grebenschikoff being and two singles, scored two runs Anish, Hekking and Chle raised ten-timed at 70% seconds, this being ten

seconds slower than the sion to a breaking point.

Although both slowed down on the Shanghal record. seventh lap, they showed new fe in a sport on the last lop. Hekking edged a little ahead, but Chle kept coming up strongly.

and drove in three more.

Hongkong Beat Macao At Mini-Soccer

Interpart

THE HONGKONG miniature football team, led by Mir Ko Cheuk-hung, sailed for Maeso on Sunday to beat the Macao team 2-1 in an encounter at Arela Preta.

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

at a ten party. the home team, and were entertained

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 back, to complete exactly the 220 mark.

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

Touching

the end of the pool with one hand, and instead of turn- ing completely around, Hekking simply slapped his other hand beck, thus- touching-the-finish-rope-and winning the race, while Chie was still taking the turn.

Wen came in a few seconds after Chie to bent Stephen.

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MOTORISTS CAUTION

Miss Gray Wins Easily MISS DOREEN GRAY had things

her own way

In the Ladies Breaststroke as she encountered little competition.

She jumped into in early lead and increased It continuously. On her second lap she was already five yards. nhead, 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 single stroke.

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

Miss Peach Loses Time

MISS PEACH lust a good chance to beat her backstroke recort, when she delayed her turn for the 50 Yards backstroke, for sonte full three seconds, finishing her race in 39 4/5

seconds. a second and half slower than her

Miss Peach took nn

Later in the afternoon, the teams met, and after a very interesting Kame. Hongkong won by two goals to JACKIE DODD gave a big scare to one. The scorers for Hongkong were Alec Gretenschlkoff, when he Lai Chung-yin and Chan Chark-kal. took a lead of a couple of yards and of Macao kept ahead for three laps of the 100 H.E. the Governor

Com-yards breast-stroke event. (Commdr. Teixeira) and the

I was only on the last lap that turn, she nevertheless kept up her, missioner of Police of the Portuguese Colony were among the Inrge num- ber of spectators.

lead and kept it all along. While losing the available ground on the

he was overtaken by Grebenschil-jadvantage and won the race easily, koil.

Miss Lecia Hekking challenged

Dodd, using a butterfly stroke,her towards end of the race, but the The Hongkong team returned anished 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- fcri- new American 400-metre relay Swimming record was created yesterday.

by the Hawalian teain which cap- tured the third consecutive team

сна championship in the recent Nation-

si A.A.U. swimming meet at Saint U.S. Ryder Cup

first

Starting In with a vengeance in the opening frame after Wee Wi- lie Wilson had filed to centre, Ski Fowlawski lalda sizzling double lo deep left. Crooner Ruel holsted for the second out, but Tops-Mus cavago singled and two

runs breezed home on Mac McKenzie's loug double to the centrefield

Louis, by garnering eight Chuck Waggoner popped to

places out of 10 events.. second, ending the initial inning threat.

Participating in a local swimming Portuguese fans saw a temporary meel, the Bawallan team composed of Bill Smith, Paul Herron, Charles Oda sparkle of hope in the 2nd canto, and Takashi Birese negotiated the 400 with the Gosano clan in predomin-metres in 4 minutes 2 3/10 seconds unce, after Zinho Gosano was thrown shattering the previous week 4 minutes out on a close play. Bertle Gosanod 8/20 seconds created in 1933 by the took first on Greasy Moore's wild Yale University team.

Meanwhile, in the same meet Chilyeko

Team Beaten

DETROIT, Aur. 25 (Reuter). Bobby Jones's team, in a chal- lenge match, han bealen the United States 1939 Ryder Cup -team 814-034.

The foursomea played yesterday

peg, advanced to second and went to Miyamoto, merald from Hawall, who and on Saturday resulted in a 3-2 third on another Moore miscue. Ed-won the 300-metre individual medley die Gosano's single through the box at the National Women's Swimming lead for the Ryder Cup team. Teh drove in Bertle with Portugal's first Championships, was placed first in the singles were played to-day in which tally, but the Doc was caught stretch- 100-metre back-stroke, registering the the Ryder Cup players were beaten ing toward second. Hefty Mike last time of 63 4/10 seconds.

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