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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1948.

..SPORTS FEATURES..

Softball Chattor

By "Spectator"

Three Needle Ties Set For Tomorrow

acasion

Play is expected to be of the best standard in this; a crucial week for the strongest contenders for cham- pionship as the current campaigning

draws toward its end. Needle games are down for decision for the morrow: St Josephia v. Canadians and Madcapa v. Filipinos in the Major League; Wildcats v. Madcap Aces in the Women's League.

register.

to

The fight in the race for the and Don Tobbins-the fast-named "A" Division Shield has roared bark included a double-in addition to the fore with the sensational Woo's home rim. Bill Woo enhanced upset the biggest of the season-his standing further among the Bl brought off last

week by Frud Ten batting averages with `n two-hit Diesta's Fillplugs, who pulled down repl

Likeable Rec Billy Soares the Mighty Saints from

erst returned a high-power 500. It's all while unchallengeable leadership. over for the Rees. By losing to the, Ás R result of this surprising re- verse, their closest rivals, Madcaps, have returned to within striking dis tance of St Joseph's

Victory for both the Saints and Madcaps in tomorrow's games will

not

Canudions, the have now dropped o far behind and are out of the running for the championship.

The Canuckettes pul up It good game as expected but were no match;

who won easy for the Wildcats, enough with eight runs to spare- 10-2. In the limelight were Cat Helen Ribeiro and Canuck Alice Mar. The former registered three bits in four trips, while Maple Leaf Chief Alice was good for two hits in three at- tempts, which included a two-bagger.

alter the League standing. & c. the former

the lead.! HER remala However, a loss for the Saints and a win for the Madcaps will put the two teams on the same level. Then

play-off will probably become necessary to decide the winners, for there is not likely to be any further major upset in the remaining $x- tures of the fast-conchufing session, If both teams are defeated, the Canadians will have pulled upward to equal terms with Madcaps in the runners-up position.

WILDCATS ONLY CHANCE

Big Chief Cynthlin Molta

BY THE WAY...

umpire

A protest by the then pennant- aspiring Bees against an decision in their defent by the Saints some time has falled. Thus the result of the game as played was apher. The General Committee ruled there was no interference as he Tees elnimed, Then Madcap lees claim for a walk-over from)

in order according to the rules.

FATAL KNOCK-OUT. Sam Baroudi les prone on the ground, unconscious, after being knocked out by Ezzard Charlest during a light heavyweight bout in Chicago. Baroudi never recovered consciousness and died later in hospital: Here he is seen receiving vain treatment from his trainer and assistant.-AP Wirephoto.

SPORTS

DIARY

TODAY

Football-1st Division Sookunpog, Innisks v Navy, 4.30

Pollee-Kwong Wah บ Police. 4.30 p..

What Makes A Man A Great Athlete?

Sir ADOLPHE ABRAHAMS

Hon. Mediead Offieer to the British Olympic athletic teams.

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Senior Shield Semi-Finalists Clash Again

(BY "SEE TEE")

Following last week's clash in the Senior Shield semi-final, Kowloon Motor Buses and Kitchee meet again this week-end. The venue this time is the bumpy Police Ground.

One of the most attractive of today's fixtures is a Second Division "A" match in which South China (Junior Shield finalists) meet H.Q. Land Forces at Sookunpoo.

Eastern, who snatched victory over Kitchco in last week's Senior Shield semi-final, meet the Buffs at Spo- kumpoo to-morrow afternoon.

Today, being the first Saturday sixty seconds he beat Kitchee,, His March, the times of the kick-off in two goals were the fruits of lively | Hongkong league matchies are half opportunism. Kitches's terrific battle ពព hour later. Second division for a last minute goal deserved a matches which are stuged before better fate. Kwok-surpassed him- senior games will commence at 3 self in his efforts to save the game p.m. In most instances first division for Kitchee. Always an inside (or- games commence at 4.30 p.m.

ward of considerable ability, Kwok Is now right on top of his form, THE WEEKEND MATCHES

So the two Shield finals will fea- ture the holders in each section, Sing Too, winners of the Senior Shield last season, ure to meet Eustern in the final.

This weekend's league matches are counter-parts of those played during the weekend, November 1 and The Royal Navy's "B" team, 2. At the Police Ground, Kowloon, which won the Juntor Shield last tomorrow the Motor Busmien will be season, is to meet South China's "A" hoping to avenge last week's shield Junior eleven. Of the two finals the defent by Sing Tao, and to repent juntor seems the better match. Sing their league success over them. Tao, with all their wealth of talent November 2 KMB beat Sing Too on and reserves, and despite their near- the Club Ground 2-1. failure to beat KMB last week, are very strong favourites for the Shield. From what 1 luve rend and heard about the Sing Tao-KMB semi-final,

On

One of the most attractive of to- day's senior league fixtures is sise at the Police Ground. St Joseph's, who were beaten 2-1 by Kwong Wal in their early season encounter, will

it seems pretty clear that Sing Tao's try to turn the tables. Kwong Wah, superior winghalf play, coupled with however, take a lot of good football their ability to hit hardest in the to beat them. last quarter of an hour (usually when their opponents are showing signs of flagging), enabled them to overcome KMB

LAST MINUTE GOALS

In several matches, particularly since the addition of the Kitchee

The year 1911 was critical in By A 12213925+ CONSTANT our athletic history. So many of the Amateur Athletic Asso clation championships were taken by "foreigners" that wave of surprise and indigna stars to their playing strength, Sing tion swept and-perhaps for the first time in all probability as the vogue of Second Division "A"

heard

толи of athleticism spreads. Happy Valley.-WD Chinese

exceptional RAOC. 3 p.m.

Ichabod, the Jament of British athletes will appear from even more Seokunpon.-HQLF v S. China, 3decadence.

remote parts of the world.

RA, 4.30 p.m.

Caroline MI).—South China v 25th

her Wildcats go to the battle once wildents was allowed. it was quite p.m

for more

survival. They simply cannot afford to filter to be in on

The "Sorial Function" for the soft-j the reckoning for the champion fling,

ntball cirrle--and others of cœurse-lä Their opponents, Madcap Aces, the moment are better off The coming. May has been tentatively number of games lost: one less than fixed for the annual prize presenta- The Untamed Felines, who weretion and dancy. It's quite a dete- beaten the last time the two squads keep it open!

met.

**

WELC

and arc

However, lately the colourful

The Chinese girls form but slightly Cats are a revitalised lot

over ten percent of the estimated expected to bring home the bacon

icon | 100-odd femmes playing this time.

softbal While the Aces fielding here. Seldom you see

a new face does not appear inferior, the Wild-

vidand if you do, it's a bit of news cats possess heavier and more bat-

First we had Vivian Yue, Vivian Lee Dolly Brown, who has im and Betty L who turned out for the ters, plus pressed time and again with smooth, Canadians about

hundy pitching Still, the

Jast

Madcopwomen are fast and always

come lighting.

with

jgh-power willowy wand wielding by Melvie Soares and Girlie Gaan spearheading the attack. The Aces will have to

be good to have gone so very near the top so that it is but a sporting: guess that they will go down because of current furm.

JOE DID WELL

Against such a powerful hitting side

St Joseph's, soft- spoken Filipin hurler

Joc Franco did excccdingly well allow but # couple of measly singles and one run-scored-in "the-

to

Islanders highly commendable

slefeat of the Saints last week. Stun Leonard's "Big Fellie" were com- pletely subdued for the Aest five frames

hitless, Even the

scoreless

went

when they

frames, tive current King

of Swat

wat, Stats, Saint chieftain, was hapless, so, was

humiliation was five runs to nil in the sixth canto-the Saints on the

the ladder. wrong end spired Filipino boys slashed them Pepi Malig blasted out. bingles in four trips. Nick Delgado afammed

"power" Jindoo Hussain. The

two in

of

three

In-

Barry

App aby

two weeks

EXTRA

TIME

WOULD YOU SIGN A NOTE TO MY WIFE - I SHALL BE LATE MEETING HER TO CARRY HOME THE SHOPPING!

pan.

-Was

V

Police Police v Dockyard, 3 p.m. Navy-St. Joseph's Navy, 3

Second Division "B" Caroline ill-Chinese Athletic v backs. China, 3 pm.

Cricket

HKCC.-HKCC v KCC, 2 pan. KCC-KCC v HKCC "D",

D.,

Happy Valley.-Craigangower Recreio. 2 p.

Rugby

Club-Seven-a-Side Tournament.

Athletics

Central British School-CES an- mal sports meeting. 2 p.m. Stanley.St. Stephen's

sorts meeting. 1 p.m.

SUNDAY

College

Hitherto there

over the country

.

the

one Inay

ture is co-ordination

But the AAA championships of an elusive chemical substance. 1911 witnessed a widespread inva sion which could not be so com- placently received.

OPINION ENDORSED

ble

ter-

Tao's opponents, both in league and their team-work and football craft shield games, have tried to match

In

Arst-time football. with top-speed,

most of these hard-fought matches, however, Sing Tho have secured the verdict with a late goal or two.

In their previous meeting The RAF were beaten by the Police 2-1. The return match, which is to be played on the Navy Ground this afternoon, should produce seine high

Arthur Peall says:

TROKE at apot end of diagratn

how how to mix

little hillarda with your snooker cca- alon nily. Striker on the spotted black After pocketing a red,

Another red proventa direct pot in top pocket. fie played black

off to ɔɔ cushion

BLACK

RED

and sant It_in-of- red, as in. diagram.

EXPOLi Lbo atroke

biliare atayer exploit.

und a 4- stood why many b}}=

Hard playere like a thin in-bit; bils nover play a run-through. This type of cucinani în aura to play a thin in- uff from the position indicated on centre of diagram.

Corrret billiards is a run-through of white, leaving it in table centre. offering chay position from hand

peed soccer.

The chances seem to

be that the Airmen will take their revenge.

had been isointed

SPECIAL ATTRIBUTE who hnd examples of individuals crossed the Allonile to return with

Athleticism is a special attribute.

In their second round shield the not and gold medals.

Incompatible; But it is, of course. our cups these had been accepted

with good physique but it is unt at with the Police they were more than with re-

held for over half of the game. It only all the same thing. signation or indifference;

As measured by not only

standards because they were isolated, but be conventional

an achtetes no question of Sing The holding were recognised as ex-may be delicate and even unhealthy.eir fire during the first half and cause they

part of the second. It was that they ceptions who had applied themselves Rarely.

a played only as well as their oppo- Identify to a specialisation which our men favourable Anatomical 2 were not prepared to emulate. of:

make-up rents permitted, But the last stages largely contributing to

(particularly in # Shield tle of efficiency, which, indeed, they did not entirely but on the whole the essential fea- ninety minutes' duration) of superior Vapprove.

and possibly foolball craft and a better reserve of stamina have done the trick. It

Yet it would seen that to a

is a great plty, though, that Sing Tao have "cornered" so much local tain extent there is material avalla football talent. Were it spread over from which dogmatle deduc- half a dozen clubs instead of tied up tions should be drawn.

in one, local league football would I remember that the opinion ex- in 1911, Hannes Kolehmainen was be much more interesting, and the pressed on that occasion received regarded as a good example of the shield competition much less a fore- little support and less applause. I principle that a great runner may one conclusion,

South China had very little dim- said that we were merely witnessing be born anywhere-leven in Finland.

culty in beating the R.A. by five an extension of the cult of athlete has been succeeded by a number last Saturday's Senior Shield semi- This afternoon's

Eastern's-success-over-Kitchee in oals to one in their "last" meeting.” tielsin; that traditional bellef In of Scandinavian middle-distance: Police.-K. Motor Buses v Sing Fritish supremacy deserved' no justi- | runners of superlative quality; in al hinged on two Important fea-HIll should

tures. Tse Kam-hung, the Eastern however, her own deed the supply seems inexhaustible, at deation, for Nature had ideas about aristocracy and

Interport left fullback, was right on im-

Indicative of how Service first partially distributed

At first it was tempting to pre- top of his form. Tse had much to division sides have suffered changes her physical Chinese Athletic,prodigies In the same

some the stimulus of imitation of thrusts by Kwok Ying-kee, Kitchee's this afternoon's meeting of the In- do with the blunting of the many through the posting of players, is. way as her geniuses in all other human creat example. But this scents a best forward: Second Division "A"

unconvincing explanation. Is there right Kwok worked hard and clever- Playing at inside

Navy side piskillings and the Police.-K. Motor Buses v Kitchee,

something vitat in their methods of

clever kumpoo. Endorsement was forthcoming in training, in their diet, even in their 1. He made any openings for his will line up for Referee Brogan's Of the two elevens which 3 p.m.

the following year, in the Olym-climate?

Or have they, after all, fellow

without enjoying whistle only Kiernan and Andrews, plac at Stockholm. The compara- some natural superiority?

much

of getting in his own track at goal. The other hinge was play) |tively small number of British suc-

of the Inniskillings, (if they both 3

If the forthcoming cesses was a staggering contrast to

took part in the November Olympiad the thrust of Lee Tak-kee, Eastern's

The result then was a 2-2 game. Our yields us. few successes there need *preceding

centre forward. Kitchee in general draw. Olympiad. 3 athletes were reprobated for their be no reasons for despair or recri-

were never happy about him: al-

The Buffs and Eastern have not In proportion to our pathy. Why did they not imitate minations,

though apparently well-blocked there numbers, our average is, and doubt-

mei In a previous league match. In the methods of their rivals?

was always the danger that he might the first round of the Senior Shield less always will be, high.

break through. campaign or shall I say crusade? *** Was storied

competition, on December 20, Eastern When Kitchee were teriding 1-0, beat the Buffs 3-2. When the Club steps to re-establish our prestige, our prodigles must be limited, and with but a little over a quarter of visited when war in August 1014 gave us only prodigies can hope to be Olym

Chinese Athletic at the an hour to go, Lee Tak-kec sul Poffee ground last November. the something more important to think plc champious,

denly struck. In short space of Athletle won 3-0. about.

Football—1st División

Tao, 4.30 p.in.

Sonkumpoo--Buffs y Eastern, 4.30

D.m.

Club.-Club 1.30 p.m.

Valley-Talkoo v Eastern, 3 p.m.

Second Division "B" Valley-Electric 25th HA, Sookumpoo.--Signals v RASC,

Club-Club v Sing Tao, 3 p.m.

Cricket Valley-Craingower

p.m.

p.nt.

bc

three and they nearly helped to upset the

Madcap Teaminate top-ranking

Aces, Now. out there's Rita Lo, who caught, for the

St Canucks again, in attempts.

an apparent new appeared when "venture." She came

fely

Ozorio

hoine.

to

to "popularly" game. Only if we had;

more of her "game" kind, things would be even more interesting.

Fixtures for the week are!

TODAY

Joseph's lone tally Ramon Castro hit push spredy Art The Saints were well beaten. Most of the Filipino runs were well enrned. I was an off by for the Saints, for it unuisuut for them to fall NO miserably: It couki have been "superiority complex" at the start

I

and the Saints realised their fault too late. However, on the field that day, the Fillipines played all the Saints looked a sorry lot.

REC'S ALL OVER

Weakened by the absence of first Hine twirler Leo Tavares and firebrand Leo Vieira (the latter on the sick list for some time now) the Rees did An uphill fight well but not well enough and succumbed to Bill Woo's

Outstanding

Men's "B" Division

CBA ground-2.30 p.m. Braves v. Blue Beetles, p.m. Rexes v. Jaguars. Recreio football ground-2.30 p.m. United Nations v. Josephians.

TOMORROW

bined SBR:

V

Com-

Northampton to play in

"the Sevens"

By HYLTON CLEAVER This year's guest sides at Middlesex seven-a-side

rugby

the

vities.

the

to take In accordance with our numbers,

that the

I suppose that by this time there in a general acceptance of the situa- tion. Great Britala, the Dominions, the Colonies and the United States will always be prominent In the world of sport, but there is apparent- ly no nation and even no race which muy not

Occasion on

produce examples to demonstrate pioneers huve

по топорому, Men's "A" Division

We encounter great athletes from Bel- CBA ground--9.30 a.m. Madcaps v.

Scandinavia, France, Holland, Filipinos. 11.15 a.m. St

gium, Italy, Poland, Germany, Joseph's v.

Czechoslovakia. Going further afield, Cunndians, Baseballers v. Rovers.

Recreio football ground--0.30 a.m. tournament at Twickenham on April selecting one event only-the Mara- 24 will be Northampton and Edin-thon race we see that this classic Recrelo

has been won by a Greek, an Argen- diamond-11.15 burgh University.

Choice of Northampton wastinian, a Japanese, an Algerian. And obvious: has been the custom to invite

outstanding side of the

beaten, and the final figure for 1943 Edinburgh are invited because the is likely to reach 140. Seven-n-Siae game is a Border one Preliminary tes will be played on which origated in Scotland,

April 17 on tour grounds--Old Mil- There should be a record entry,hillans, Old Paulines, Metropolitan Last year's total of Ad hos been Police (Colludote), and Westminster

Bank.

softball

Women's Leaguo CBA ground-2.30

the

pm. Whdcats season.

Canadians, Leo Tavares was also on the sick list. Tony Remedios. deputised did a creditable job, in spite ant. Recreio v. South China. of being hit, though, not by any chance mercilessly. pleco of work was a big hit by Big Bill Woo, the Canuck chief. They, Aces. bail salled clean out of the park when hit by Bill. Instrumental

Mon's "B" Division Canuck runs scored was the useful

Recreio football ground-2.30 p.m. hitting of Kassa Nazarin, Luke Bunn Cosmos v. Daredevils.

In the

SPORTING SAM

YOU MUST

USE

THE REST

By Reg. Wootton

YOU MUST

THE REST

.. USE

ALL UNDER 25

Success of Eastern Counties 111 reaching the rugby county champion- iship final for the Arst time in 50 years has prompted Middlesex moven. The plan is a good one. Middlesex ure to start at once on next year's team.

On March 11 a futi county sido will meet Somerset at Bath. This is the oldest county match in the game. Once this is over, Middlesex are taking a county XV to France to play Lyons on March 21 and Burgundy on March 22,

It is exactly the kind of prepara tion a county side needs, nnd if this ades not produce results next season I shall be surprised,

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