1941-08-30 — Page 6

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 30,

1941.

# Ball Fan's" Baseball Notes

International

Series

United States Tackle China For Mamak Shield

Girls' Softball On Monday

BALL FANS at the Chatham Road park will soo now International champions crowned this after- noon when the United Statos tackle China, at 3 p.m. for the coveted Mamak Shiold, emblematic. of all-Nation supremacy in Hongkong.

Welfie Welford, Bob Foley and Smudge Smith are down to umpire.

Ski Powlawski's powerful toss- ing arm, a big question mark

since the latter part of the loop Weekly Wind-up

season, will be the big topic once Again in regard to the cliance of an American victory. If the ail- ing delivery wing comes through with old time consistency, it's a einch for Uncle Sam's hardy ball nine.

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Taking an easy victory from the Maple Leafs in their first round feny. China In slated to open up with the Wally Ching-Nip Lim battery.

A The Waikiki beau hiteled stand- out ball in the initial charity game, and came through with a steady relief job on the slab week when the All-Stars slushed in with their second strallit.

Worthy champions will be crown- ed after the afternoon's classic.

ALL set to finish off the baseball

Banten to-morrow, the Hongkong All-Stars will be primed to a figbl- ing pitch, as they go after their third straight win over the US. Navy in the Sabbath Charity game starting at 10.30 n..

Due Molthen, Welf Welfort and Pinky Biggins will be in there handing this one.

It's three out of Ave go, with the local All-Stars two up after two "close-call" wins.

To-morrow's fracas should bring out "humlinging" ball with Uncle Sam's naval nine in a desperate

effort to prolong the scrles,

The Chung Hwa Marcen colts are slated to stage an exhibition ame between themselves starting at 12.30 p.m.

PRE-SEASON girls' softball

games head into a start on Monday at 5.30 pan. when the classy Maple Leaf Canucketles tangle with P. K. Lau's Chung Hwa Marconettes at the Nelson St sandlot bull yard.

Mark this one down in the books In a night game at Americus, Georgia, recently, Johnny Sullivan,

asykle shortston hit to teft feld The ball struck the fence, bounced off and hit outfielder Red Johnson's brad, bouteed again this Ume over the fence for a home run

The bases were loader,

All hats off to Crooner Ruel who played brillantly last week despite a real painful ankle injury---It's curtains for the local baseball sea- on after this werk If the All-Stars can make three straight and if old mon weather gives the batt field a break.

Our greatest ambitlen fer the baseball next two months, in a

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Final

Britain Still

Batting

Nazi Claim Disproved

CRICKETERS will no doubt be gled to hear that the recent clas by the Nazis that England's store of bat willow has been destroyed las turned out to be false, for re carding to the latest news received the stocks are not only safe but ur ample to meet the demand both el home and overseas.

sense, is-To be perched out there

Indeed, in spite of the exigencies on a grandsland seat at the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York of wor, Britain continues to maintin watch Chose "apple- her reputation as one of the largest meldering Brand Bombers in ac-manufacturers of sports goods in the tion against the National League world. champions in the coming World's Series,

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Last year over 100,000 worth

of these were sent overseas.

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Start of one of the relays at the inter-School swimming sports arranged by the V.R.C. last week-end.-Ming Yuen.

Joe DiMaggio-Top Star Of American Leagues

Manager McCarthy's Faith

(By "Ball Fan").

GLANCING OVER the United Press Major League batting records, reported in this paper, early in the week, local ball fans probably came across Joe DiMaggio's name right up amongst the leaders in all batting depart- ments recorded by the official statisticians.

Up to Aug. 24, the brilliant Yankee outfielder was third in the batting averages with a mark of .364; first in runs cored with 130; first in runs batted in with 112; and socond in hits made with 171.

Boy-oh-boy! If Larry McFall's Frooklyn Dodgers pull through in the older loop, whatta serles It's racquets, cricket balls and bats, hoc- wing to

be With Driker fany key sticks and footballs formed the Crossing that East liver to invade main items, and the biggest buyer Wanhattan and Yankee dichards was South Africa, followed by Inda, counter-attacking back to Brook-the Argentiae, Canada, Australia, lyn. It's going to be a wew!

New Zealand, Ceylon, Egypt, the Our guess for the openleg zume United States; Chile and the Far East THERE isn't any doubt about

the fact that Joe is burning.. battery in this ret-tr-Yarkres, A Australia and South Africa are the

bats up the major leagues this year. Ruffing and BM Blcker; biggest customers for cricket

skilled Frooklyn, Kirby Higbe and Mekty |the making of which is

handicraft pawed on from father to Own.

We Wille Wilson's prestigious sou, and it is indeed gratifying bomer last week was just about the learn that the Nazis' claim has proved longest seen at the ball park this to be just another canard for cricket

is second in popularity only to Font-: Beats ball at home and is played in all pilot In the International League, parts of the Empire. executed an uppertalent trinio rhy} up in the big Ume fifteen years ago, į and Avere barn't been one in the mafor Iragues since,

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George Sousa bad an off day last werk. chalking up three errors b The All-Star wh-When this phim H. B. Brewery player is on, lic's real tram player.

The hard-pretising Marounettes | ****.................................*** have been inbering up with all- summer practice sessions and are

Banking on giving the Maple Leafs-u-} in«lseason-due-to-illness-are-ex-- tough tussle in this initial gaine.

nected to make a welcome return to Sturry newcomers will dot the the net and should sold that extra Chung Hwa lineup with the Itosita batting punch to the North Americ Navy-Fungie Law battery opening try this season.

up. Ella "cinders" Chinn, dat gali with the lot for off expression now- adays, (what's the matter sweet gal, why worry) who has continually rful admiration powerful emphasised a for those invisible soupbones of the one and only Venus de Mito, will again take over the initial log, with petite Lily Slu, Irene Lee and Sylvia Tuang rounding out the infield.

Manager P. K. Lau has a bevy of outfield startets to choose from, and the starting trio will be chosen Just before the Ump hollers "play ball."

The Maple Leafs have again sign- ed on all last season's storry "gal- lettes" bigger, brighter, more ex-

ed, more winsome and more |

than ever-und with new

Schedule

At Chatham Road

To-day

3 p.. U.S.A. Y. China (inter- national Series).

To-morrow

10.30 um. Colony All-Stars v. U.S. Navy (Charity game),

12.30 p.m. Chung Hwa Colts, "A" team v. "B" team.

Monday

Nelson St Sandlot

5.30 p.m. Mople Lent Canuckeltes

eager wookles just about ready tov. Chung Hwa Marvonettes.

head up into the big time from their

furin team, up at the local- Peoria

In the mid-levels of Hongkong, the

Canuelrettes will field a hustling 400 Metres in 46 Secs

Incup of ball chasers when the sea-

fon gets under way.

Mary "calamity Jane" Ng, hind- watching Dot Loule, Ullan "shut- ilecock" Khoo, Rene "boomerang"

New World Record

PHILADELPHIA. ---- A

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400

Yuen, Alice "prairie rosebud" Mar years ago it was thought impos- and Rosle "nurse me please" Loule,sible for a human to run James synonymous with glittering metres in 47 seconds. But, in softballettes in the Colony, will all the A.AU. championship the be making their second practice appearance of the season on Mon- other day, Gover. Klemmer of Call-

day.

Captain Jean Lee und the slugting Mabel Bunn, both out of the lineup

fornia U. not only set a world record of 40 seconds but the fast six finish- ers were clocked in better than 43 seconds.

"Y"Aquatic Finals This Evening

European

FINALS of $1 __YL.CA...___swimming_champion- ips will take place this even- ing commencing at 0 jam. To dale the gala has suffered greatly Irom hence, through Volunteer dulles, and it is hoped that being a Saturday, neople will be able to turn out in better numbers.

Townjabi's events are:

100 yards free-style.

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Toys 100 yards.-11. Larson. G. Saun- ders, N. bleQueen.

50 yards breast-stroke, WV, S. Gert, F. Wills, D. Hutchinson. N. D. Docker.

Diving (Plain und Faney).-G. Saunders, N. D. Booker, R. Goldman, P. 1. Wilson, C. Quickendon,

880 yards.-15. G. Rarunge, A. F. May L.A. Denn.

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off DiMaggio topped Joe crowning achievements last month when he broke Willie Keeler's all-time record. for hitting in consecutive games, and again play- cd n starry role In this year's American League victory over the National Leaguers, 7-5, In the annual "Dream Game."

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WE recall an incident that hap- WE

pened five years ago during the American League National League "Dream Game" of 1936 which was DiMaggio's first season in the majors.

The incident led to a shining example of false prophecy-about- the one and only DiMag

Joe had come up to the Yankees spring from San Francisco that heralded by a boonting 21 gun salute seldom il of publicity such ng has ever been accorded to a major league recruit.

In fact DiMaggio was so terrific that public demand practically into the American forced him League All-Star lineup that year when he had less than two months of big league cxperience.

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So the routie DIMag went into that All-Star game and the spotlight glowed whiler and hotter on even more so than before, because it was his first major league "clutch" or "money" game.

Out al that Boston National League ball park, that day, he found himself arroyed beside and against the best there was in baseball. Glittering names. Carl Hubbell, Lou Gebris, Melvin Ott, Lefty Grove and Billy Dickey-they were all there.

He Faltered

TOE. wat in spot. Not only hud he to try to beat the rival greats, bat he had to show that he was good enough to holt his end up alongside the mighty men who were his team- mates for a day.

And for ance DiMaggio fultered;] he became Httery and· ́nervous,

and small wonder.

In the 1st Inning he fumbled a ground ball, to tm in right field and let troll to the fence, a

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Two men out and a runner second base, Balter hits a liner through the pitcher's box anywhere from eight to ten feet above the ground. Pitcher jumps for the ball and deflects it back of him toward second base.

Runner from second rounds third and continues home. He is trapped between

third and home and is rauched out near kome plate. In the meantime the batter hẩa reuch- ed second base.

One ball fan states that this plap is a fielder's choice. Other ball fun contends that since the runner had been adunneed one base, and with two out, there would have been a sure play for the batter af Arat base; if there was chance to get him, it must be a baschit.

Is this play a baschii of felder's choice?

Answer In Tuesday's edition.

fatal miscue that ultimately meant defeat for the American Leaguers That day,

Then in the 0th stanza with the bases full, two out and the chance to redeem that early error, DiMaggio Jashed out a terrific Une drive, but it went straight into the hands of Leo Durocher, National Leaguer's short- stop and DiMaggio was the goal.

The Anvil Chorus

Then the anvil chorus which had heen waiting for just some tum-

ble on the part of this kid, who had been ballyhoord to the skies, let loose

in a deafening roar of calamity

about DiMaggio's doom as a. big leaguer.

crying

About the only man of Impor- lance who said "may" to this offery loully enough to be heard was Jon McCarthy, the Yankees' manager. He said that if DiMaggio had the right stuff in him, its failure that -day wouldn't affect him adversely at all, and Marsa Joe let it be known that he was reriain DiMag And Frd that requisite right stuff. McCarthy was right.

That day didn't break DiM6gglo; perhaps it helped to make him. For he snapped right back from it and has been getting better as the yours roll along.

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He went directly on from there to play an important role in the first of four straight Yankee pennant and World Serles wins, and kept it up season after season and World Sertes

after World Serlos.

He was one of the stars of the American League's All-Star Game victory In 1937, just one year after his dismal All-Star debut.. İle bas been in every "All-Star game'since ilien.

In this year's Dream Game" ht Detroit, he delivered double, scored one run and drove in an other in the 9th frame on a force play

Just before Ted Williams breke up the gaine with his historic

50 taken, by and large, the dire prediction made about Joe DiMaggio's futuro in the big leagues after” his, weak beginning at an All-Star, was utterly wrong. The fact that that setback didn't break him; time and DiMaggio have told pointedly" ́and clearly to the satisfaction of all base- ball fans. S

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