1941-09-23 — Page 22

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 23, 1941.

"Ball Fan's" Baseball

Baseball Notes

Present Day Baseball Perfected After Years Of Experiment

Pre- And Post-war Differences

Mr Average Ball Fan is a sprightly young gentleman with all the confidence in the world when he is out at the ball park for an expected | afternoon of ball-socking entertainment. After paying his bleacher or grandstand dues, he gets himself soated in a cosy little spot and gleefully munches at the hot dog with refish a la mode splattered on top, when those hard baseballs are set into slam-banging motion.

His pal, Mr Expert Ball Fan, that gashouse guy who can chatter in a non-stop fashion and who can give you a complete running "tell-taled" encyclopaedia on the game from baseball's soup to nuts, sighs with satisfied relief at the thought that those hard baseballs, which are swung at and disposed of as carelessly as a playboy on "a spending spree, can be produced by the manufacturers to the satisfaction of modern baseball's huge demand for more balls.

JUST after that old Civil War ja baseball man for a practical dis- here, Abner Doubleday, gave balls of uniform weight and alze. cussion of his idea for standardised to the world his crowning He solleited Al Reach, one of the achievement of a lifetime, in greatest players of the day, for ad- the discovery of this game vice. The outgrowth was a partner- called baseball, a perpetual de-ship in a small plant and sporting goods store in a Philadelphia frame

mand for bulls, was set into mo-building. They soon had a virtual tion.

monopoly on the manufacture baseballs.

From 1050 until late in the sixties only two men working by hand were needed to make the baseballs used in match games at that time.

A far cry, Ouat, from the A. J. Reach and Co. plant in Philadelphia which now can turn out hundreds

of balls daily for use in many of the professional, semi-pro, 'amateur and college leagues In America.

of

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It was Tom Shibe, son of the co-founder of the company, wha unwittingly brought about such Improvements that the "lively ball" resulted.

FOR THIS THEY GAVE UP BASEBALL. their hands at cricket, Third slip finds it puzzling.

-Men of the U.S.S. Mindanao try

Apart from the fact that the slips are on the log side, the wicket-keeper adopts a baseballer catcher's stance, the batsman wields the willow like a baseball bat, and the next man in doesn't anticipate a long wait (sitting on the field behind the batsman)

apart from that, this is a cricket picture.-Ming Yuen.

National Records Shattered

Three Lai Tsun Swimmers Better 400-metres Time.

Women's Breast-stroke Mark Broken

(By "Tinker")

WERE. PROOF NEEDED of the improved standard of swimming in Hongkong, the trail of broken China National records at the Hongkong Chinese swimming championships would provide it. The Meet was one of two days, last night being the final half.

Major Baseball

Dodgers Score Another Victory

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UP)— Scoring another victory In the National League, Brooklyn Dodgers have moved further ahead in the table and have now eight points ahead of St Louls Cardinals in the race for the League pennant. Scores were:

ing that there couldn't possibly be

In 1025, Shlhe was still maintain-

any difference in the balls used be- fore the World War and those used Earliest popular baseball manu- in the home run ern. In an attempt faclorers were Harvey Ross of the to prove his assertion, he bisected Brooklyn Atlantics, a mail maker two balls-one made in 1912, one by trade, who constructed them in made in 1925. Their interiors took- his own home, and John Van Horned just alike. Each had the same

the Morrisania, New York, cork Union Club, whose factory was his co centre enclosed in a black ring then a three-quarter Hittle boot and shoe store.

inch layer of tightly wrapped yarn, One day in 1805, Benjamin E. over which was stretched the cover

On Saturday, the first day, Over the first 50 yards, Lau Yiu-Brooklyn Shibe, a leather worker, sought out of plum-tanned horschide.

But

when an attempt was made three records went by the boarding was a foot or two in the lead, to place the halves of the two balls the women's 100 metres back-distance ahead of Chan Kam-chcons. with Shek Kam-pul about the same together, again an amazing change was noted. The 1912 ball fitted stroke, the men's 100 metres They maintained this order down together almost as before. But the free-style, and the 1,500 free- the third length, and then Chan that gradually pushed himself to the at the centre-It had much more Chan Chun-nam, Yau Sai-kwall front. Shek Kam-pul and Lau Yiu- "spring" When the halves were placed together there was almost and Lau Tai-ping, of Lai.Tsun)ing staged a great night, the latter

two further getting the decision by a touch. an inch of space separating them and yesterday

marks were shattered-the reviewed his activities of women's 200 metres brenst the past several years and came up with what he considered the solu stroke, and the men's 400 metres

on tion.

SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER, 1941, commencing at

2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $3.00

for Ladies (both including 10x) are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon the personal or written application of A Member, such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

The Secretary's Omce, 1st Floor, Exchange Building. (Tel. 27794) will

lose at 11.45 am.

Tins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21020).

No children

or amals will be admitted to either Enclosure, PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

admitted Half Price.

By Order,

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5. A. BLEAP",

Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1941.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Insides of Use 1025 ball buired out style (which was bettered by commenced his great apurt

at the covers, Shibe

Easy Win

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He explained that just after free-style (again by the Laictory in the women's the last war, a high grade of Aus-Tsun trio). tralian wool yarn became available for the making of baseballs, and nisa added that they (the manufacturers) had Improved their yarn-winding and cover-sewing machines to make a more perfect baseball.

whole.

Shattered Is the right word, for not one of these marks was broken by fractions of a second but, as In the men's 100 metres, by much us 10.6 seconds!

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As LiPo-tuen, the brillant South China A.A. breast-stroke champion, was responsible for the women's record last night, clipping no less than 7.7 seconds off the 1935 record established by Miss Chan Yuk-king.

So even Shibe, who had made the ball, was astonished to learn that the combination of better material and improved manufac- ture had created a more lively ball tohich changed the complexion of the game.

Though all races were in metres, REDERIC Rehr, a Harvard in order to conform with the length graduate who calls himself a free-style relay was made one of 400 of the V.R.C. pool, the 400 metres "color engineer," is still trying yards, and the men's 50 metres, free- to persunde the Major Leagues style was made 50 yards.

.

Apart from the swimming, one of

to adopt his yellow ball for the noticeable features of the gals. better visibility. It was used in

a

was the quiet and orderly manner couple of National League in which it was conducted.'" games in 1939, but nothing Immediately following the results of came of it.

each race, judges, walked up and Rahr Insists that his bright yellow handed in their results and walked spheroid will help thousands of fans away again. The official platform who have poor vision. He says it was not crowded with non-competing

of

Columbus affair too.

The Events

THE OPENING EVENT was the

GALA being in aid of Brooklyn THE Othorpaedic Centres of Free, China, St Loui there was a raffle on the numbers on Cincinnati the programmes-the prize being a Pittsburgh New York water-polo ball,

Chicago

It was conducted on the lines of a Boston Race Meeting, each of the four Philadelphia starters in the men's 50 yards free New York style carrying a number,

Tsui Hung was the favourite and Chicago wun hands down in 25.2. seconds. Detroit. 1.4 seconds behind. Chan King-pong took second place Washington

St Louis

Record Breaking Trio

up

LAI TSUN provided their record breaking, trio-Chan Chun-nam, Yau Sal-kwan and Iau Tal-ping- for the men's 100 metres free- style, and it was a pleasure to see ite way in which they swept and down the pool always in line. From the first to the last the order was the same us that of the dish, there never being more than a yard separating the three over the 350 yards.

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Final Event..

Resulta

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League Basketball

S. CHINA BEAT "Y"

FOR LEADERSHIP

Beating the Y.M.C.A. cagers in a hard-fought victory at Chinese "Y", Waterloo Road, yesterday, South China headed the League table and remained the only undefeated team.

In the first half both teams played hard for the lead. Although Y.M.C.A, at no time led the winners yet the score was never far apart. The score at the conclusion of the first half stood at 19-14 with South China leading.

The opening of the second Residents Union

Youths stanza saw the losers within Indian Police striking distance

of South Yu Leong

Ping Ching China. Y.M.C.A. gathered two Dark Unton

Trojand consecutive shots to put them (VR.C. sociation has organised a Kowloon

opponents. Inter-School Small Boys' Miniature

Was soon The threat Football League, with the object of

over wher South China put stimulating interest in Football and left their opponents far behind. The on full steam and improving the general technique of Bal score was 44-25 in favour of the game.

South China. The Children's Playgrounds Associa-

Rough Game

The game was quite a rough one,

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Cheaper Press

Telegrams.

LONDON, Sept. 22

(Reuter)

The Children's Playgrounds As-only three points behind their will also ald batters as well as swimmers, and the whole was most The price of Admission to the pitchers and fielders, because of its efficient. Public Enclosure is $1.00 including high visibility, Chist problem is to tox, for ali Persons, including find a yellow dye which won't rub Ladies, and is payable at the Gate. off on sweaty fingers. Rahr also men's 400 yards free-style relay. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are experimented with red baseballs, Throughout it was a race between

but found them unsatisfactory.

THE FINAL EVENT was another Lal Teun (Lau Tal-ping, Chan, Chun walk-over for Miss. Ho Wai-king, lion has organised a Kowloon Inter- Many Major League magnates nam, Trang Cheong-ming and Yau She took first place in the women's School Smail Boys Miniature Football Two players from each team were sent who have seen dozens of balls Sal-icwan) and Sing Tao (Wong 300 torres free-style in 7 mins 23-2 League, with the object of stimulating uff for committing four personal fouls Rates for press iclegrams within the pounded over the fences or fouled Tsi-hung, Ng Nin, Tsui Wai-lam and eccs, 10.4 secs ahead of Miss Leung Interest in Football and improving the Inta

the unremitting paws

The "y" cogers showed bad shooting British Empire are to be reduced of Shek Kam-pui)- customers, would like to effect the

Reneral technique of the game.

form, missing - ·many --Enzy under- economy once demonstrated by a From the very start, Sing Tao went

There will be no weight limit, but to baskets. Their defence always left a from 2440. per word to 1d. per word. The lead, however,

The new was only be eligible for the League, players must nap open for the South China hoopsters.

rate `-will. apply from patr

Association clubs into the lead, and after Ng Nin had established over the last lop or so, not be over 18 years of age and 80 South China American On April 11, 1912, only one ball completed his lap they were some for up till then Miss Leung had kept inches in height. Any team may re-run...

October 1 and will remain in force Chung Ling

for the duration of the war," was used in the Kansas City-10 yards ahead. You Sal-kwan,

gister 10 players. The registration Bhok Chun-suen full lengths however,

caught up considerably for up very well with Miss Ho.

period will be from September 22 to Shek Chun-tat

* Announcing this, development, Sir Lal Taun and reduced the defleit,

October 4. The registration fee is $3. Ng Buen-chiu

Edword Wilshow, Chaltman of Dhally losing by about four yards.

Each team shall be of not more than Cheng Yuk-mun

Cables and Wireless Company, "sald Shek Kam-pul, Sing. Tao's last man;

MYM.C.A. seven players.“

Lee Puk-ken ·*..

that the arrangement followed con- was obviously taking it rather easy,

Players in the · LeagueTM games Zuk Tak-cheung

sultation with; the Minister, of In- for he had yet several events in

must be regular full-time students Chan Kang-yu .......

formation (Mr Brendan Bracken) which to swim

in the school for which they play, Tang Bik-chow

Bo Pak-Lak

and other interested parties and was made with the co-operation of the Men's 400 yards trus+K$Y]0.

snil must continue as such through= | Fong_Yuk-shan out iba. League season..

Lo On-aun Bing Tao (Wong Tai-hung, Ng. Nin, Chu

Empire Governments. Privale students are not eligible Wallam, Shek Kam-pu); 2, Lal Trun; 3. Eastern. Time." dining s ́secs. That a through knowledge of the records. Miss Li Po-luer walked women 200 metra breaststroke-1 to represent, their school. A play- lows of the game, plus absolute away with the women's 200 metres Postuen (South China): 2.1o Wal-man er having once represented a school in physical fitness were essentials for breast-stroke tile, practically doubt-CEC, Sum, Wal-yung (Residents a League match shall not be eligible secs. to represent another school during that Union). Time, 3 ming 30-4-5 s referee were among the polaising her lead over every 60 yards. (Cillnese national:record)ver a year. If a school entors' two teams in

·She eventually finished about half Alan's 100 metres, back-stroke, Chan he League, players of one ieam must stressed by Mr J. F. da Silva,

Kam-cheong (Chineno Secretary of the Hongkong Foot- the bath in the fore, and her time is unreal Trun): Shek Kan-pul not be transferred to another teams of ball Referees),

of 3 mins. 30.8 secs bettered the taing Two), Time, 1 min. 23 1/8 secs. -the same school during the year. Association, during

National 'record.

Women's 15 yards, free-style,--1, his lecture on Association Football laws at the Iteferees' class held at Tenge for the first 100 yards, but is

Miss Ho Wai-man offered a chal-Wal-king, (0, C2, Mok Bum-Jan (Lai "Taun); 4,' Ba Waleying "(Lal Trun); ; Time, Scandal Point Hall last night. MrSilva dealt with Law No. 15, on then dropped back to take second

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

SEVENTH EXTRA · RACE

MEETING:

"GOSFORD HANDICAP”

Saturday, 27th September, 1941′′

In view of the number of entries received for the above. It has boon decided to divide the race into thros, soctions,

The third section will be race No. 11 and run at 6.50 p.m.

A cash awcop, tickets $1 each, will be held on this race but "All through", numbers will not parfi cipate, and tløkets can be pur- chased only at the Race Course during tho. Meeting?.

Lecture On

Soccer Laws

To Referees.

First Record.

THEN came the first of the broken

Back-stroke Race'

Mr Two Yue-chuen, Chairman of South Ching Auliletic Association and Chinese Bathing Club, presented the prizes,

Resulta:

..

Ho

Men 50 yards free-style,1, Trũi Hàng (Eastern);;1, Chan King-pong (YM.C.A.);

25

„Men's, 400' 'mykeno" frud-styl@j=1} Chan

Vichy Sentences Communists

"Ha hang Choang van (2 khe) Tin

'Game. Opening As a curtain raiser to the exclt- ing match, National University. beat Youth 51-34.

Appreciation Of General Wavell

In the first half the match was very closely contested, with Youth alway trailing. At the interval the winners led by only two points, the score being 20-18.

The second half saw Youth falling far behind and until the Anat, whla the Varsity boys led by a comfortable Indio, has margin.

* Military Cross of Chan Bun-kau Chan Shul-lux (1) Victoria Cross

·Yu_Sui-yum (B) Y{D WASIMTARUM (ZJERNER

LONDON," "Sept. 22 (Reuter) -*-*- General Sir Archibald Wavell, C-in- been awarded · the

C

Militari,

Nailonal University.—Yu Bhiu-luan (13)}} which is the Forsthe

(8), Chan Bick-kwal, (2), Lee Kam-ching

Youth Pun. Yau-ming: (4),pening Bip2 General Wavell and a Polish-Car Chun-námy (LKELTAUD)); 2,0YMD-846-kwan BPECIAL TO THE JITELEGRAPHIE,-- kongg(), Cilen Ta (0), Lee Churuk man pathlon Brigade under his command THE MEN'S 100 metres back" (La) Tan); 3. Lau Tal-ping (Lalpin) VICHY, Sept. 22 (UP) —The new Yip Chumu: B), Yun. Kwok-chi when he was C-in-C of the Middle

Their times respectively twore mamins in S siroko was a very fine rade.3. Chan} 370 peca 0. this 2375 do nd drains State Tribunal to-day sentenced 38(3), Kam-cheong, got home by 6.3 of " 20/1/52 bol. Chan's time is Chinese Communists and acquilted twelve LORE second, while yLauTlustingi was "national record htio partne only 0.8 of bond khead of Bhek Walkin Kam only Tuzi the updetator . H ¡DAC.);

the Throw-in No. 10 on the goal-kick, place, and No, 17.on the corner-kick and after instancing the various Infringe- ments, official decisions, punishments and points in relation to the Law on Offside, Mr Silva dwelt on co-operation between referees and linesmenax By Order of the Stowards,

It,was also announced that Mr. Hugh A Beard, Chairman of the Association, 8. SLAP

five his finals, lecture, on the whole laws of the game for revision Acting Secretars.

purposes at the next meeting on Thurs- Hongkong, 20th September, 1941).de//102pULANIE NÁMES

beat Whi

others Four were sentenced to South China tol-mul death; two to life terms at hard Yada

Chink); labour" one to 20 years and the rest, National Un

from one to wankud Including nine women i fro ten years hard Inbour

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