1948-09-28 — Page 6

BASEBALL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1948.

THE MOST THRILLING PENNANT RACE

OF ALL TIME

New York, Sept. 27.-On the basis of cold figures, past performances and just plain logic, Cleveland Indians are the best bet to nose out Bor- ton Red Sox and New York Yankees in the most * thrilling Major League pennant race of all time.

Cleveland is in front by a full game, but should the Tribe fail to make it an "All-Indian" World Series against Braves, Red Sox probably would be the American League representatives, making it an all-Boston classic.

The odds are stacked heavily against the defending World Champion Yankees. They are battered and weary and have their toughest schedule in the final showdown weck.

As enchi contender relaxed on Monday's well-carned open date in the Major League, schedule, here was the situation:

Cleveland-All of its games are nt home against second division tcoms. Indians play on Tuesday night and Wednesday ngainst last

Chicago.

White Sox whom they have beaten 14 times, losing only six games to them.

place

After that they wind up the sea-

Yankees' manager Buely Harris admitted the schedule didn't favouri his clubs, but said that "We're still in this thing and we may stay there." Although there is nothing official they could do about it, since they American League approved the

It was drawn up. schedule when there was some informal grousing by both Yankee and Red Sox officials ver the four-day vacation enjoyed by Athletics and Senators,

The layoff WDS created

when

studium over

son with three games against Birth-Clark Grinith, owner of the Se placo Detroit Tigers,

whom they

have topper 12 times, losing to them

In only seven games,

BostonAlso will play nil of its five games at home. The first three are ugainst seventh-place Washing

SETBACK

n

New York, Sept. 27.-- Yankees' pennant hopes re- ceived netback today when X-Rays revealed that catcher Gus, Niarhos broke his right hand in Sunday's game and will be out of action for the remainder of the season.

The Yanks immediately told Charles Silvera, who is with Portland, Oregon, this season to fly to Philadelphia

In time for Tuesday's game. -United Press.

tors, turned Griffith

to Washington Redskins for pro- fessional football at a time when Athletics would have been scheduled to play Senators there.

The teams doubled up earlier in the schedule, alving them plenty of time to rest up for Red Sox ondi Yonkees.-United Press.

UNPRECEDENTED Boston, Sept. 27-Braves precedently

un-

that announced today unreserved bleacher seats for the first two series of games would be tomorrow. Never placed on sale have such seats been sold in ad- vance of the day of the United Press.

LAWN BOWLS

game.

"Geordies" To Play

Kowloon Docks

SEMIFINALISTS' IN NATIONAL AMATEUR

BRITISH GOLF STANDARD

AT POST-WAR BEST

By ARCHIE QUICK

With the British professional golf season in its closing month, interest now centres on players' efforts to maintain or improve their tournament averages.

The ambition of every professional in September is to win the Harry Vardon Trophy for the summer's most suc- cessful player, to qualify for and then win the £2,500 News of the World match play tournament and then finally to be invited and succeed in the Masters' Tournament with which the curtain falls.

These four fair ladies' played in the semi-final round of the Women's Na- tional Amateur Golf Cham- pionship held at Pebble Beach, Calif.

They are Miss Beverly Hanson left, Fargo, N.D., who met Miss Helen Sigel, third from Philadelphia,

left, and Miss Grace Lenczyk, Newington, Conn., who plays Mrs Jack Holmes,

of extreme right,

San Gabriel, Cal,-AP Wire- photo.

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ALL-STAR SHOW AT VRC TODAY

HE WAS THE ONLY MAN EVER TO CLEAR 7

FEET IN THE HIGH JUMP. 'THEY CALLED HIM

The Kangaroo Kid

In Portland, Oregon, in an indoor exhibition meet in March, 1941, a lad named Lester Steers leaped a holght of 7 feet 01⁄2 inches. The performance was nover pre- sented for recognition as a record but is still considered authentic enough.

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·

Steers, known in his competitive days, 1938-1941, na the Kangaroo Kid, was one of the most remarkabla high- Jumpers ever produced. Arthur Daley of the New York Times described him as "something of an architectural paradox."

Most high junipers are long and lean, with legs which spilt them up to their breastbone, or so it seems. But Steers looked like a shot, puller. He was slightly more than ax feet in height and just under 200 lbs. in weight.

Steers broke the world record four times in 1941, his fani year of competition. with auccessiva leaps of feet, 10-23/32 Inches: 0 fect, 10-7/8; 0 icot, 11; 6 feet, 10-7/8 ngalo.

Women A Big

Drawing Card

· By CORNELIUS RYAN

the exception of track and field, New York, Sept. 14.-With

Oddly enough, though, he couldn't women athletes are at a high even win the American National point of popularity in the

|A.A.U. crown that campaign. But USA.

he had only himself to blame for

it.

He was locked in a stirring duel

that season with Dill Stewart, a

Women swimmers always draw

a good crowd anywhere in the

teammate on the Olymple Club nation,

of San Francisco,

All during the competition 110 kept encouraging Stewart, giving him tips and correcting his style.

In the South, girls' basketball is

a major sport, watched by thousands.

In the Midwest, around Chicago,

Eventually they tied at 6 feet, 0-3/4 (the All-American Glels Baseball Inches, to equal the then accepted League often outdraws professional world mark, with Stewart Leing accorded the title on the basla of fewer misscs.

mens' teams.

And in the midwest and in. New It is quite possible that Leaplug England, female wrestlers perform Les never would have

become before sell-out crowds, such

consummate artist at his specialty if it hadn't been for the fact that his family moved to Palo Alto when he was on 11-year-old boy.

practice

of such tender years, A friendly game of bowls has

ton Senators, who have been play-been arranged between

tho

They

By RECORDER

It is very much a Ladies' Evening when

at the VRC today and an all-star with entry

is being presented in two

for

at

Only the feminino track and field athletes do thelr chores before empty seats.

FEMALE WRESTLER

"I don't know why the fans do THE BACK YARD

not get interested in the runners and jumpers," mid an American That brought him right into the Olympic official. "But nobody cares back yard of Stanford University about the girl track and fold per- where Dink Templeton was coach formers, and so each year fewer Ing. Since the llery, enthusiastic.

and fewer girls take part. Naturally, had been an Templeton

Olymple the USA won't ever be a power in high jumper himself, he began

the women's Olymples

until the teaching all the tricks of the trade trend changes." to the goggle-eyed youngster who the Stanford haunted grounds.

Before Steers was out of gram- Probably the most amazing mar school he could jump 6 feet-2, phenomenon is the female wrestler,

The profession started in the mid- west about nine years ago, and has, produced two acknowledged "queens"-Mildred Burke of Call- fornia and Dot Dodson of Chicago.

Miss Burke,

albelt a shapely muscular brunette, is the box-office favourlie and can make $1,000 a week if she escapes injury.

Miss Dodson can de almost as well, and Nellie Stewart of Columbus, O., who claims to be "Miss Ohio of 1040" and is perhaps the prettiest of the wrestlers, ex- peets to make $30,000 this year.

Apparently the first female grapplers

wives of male and the Arst matches wrestlers, between girls were exhibitions.

But the fans. liked the shows, never miss a A new

Australian Norman von Nida Knight, who won fame in 1945 by

a rather astonishing height for a lad the holds the Harry Vardon Trophy and dismissing Henry Cotton from

And is siriving to retain it and so set up Championship, required only 68 at

scuson each Finchley, a course record.

Palo Alto High School, Las moved a record.

Not bad for two assistants. agoln Ing little better than minor deague Northumberland & Durham As- The Match Play title has

up precisely ane inch, so that he was ex-Open Champion are quietly but surely superseding

daing 5:6 before he advanced to brand ball for the past month. sociation and the Kowloon Dock been won by

the Whitcombes and Burtons and

San Mateo Junior College. Red Sox have beaten Semtors Recreation Club to take place on Fred Daly.

AAU National Twice he won The Musters' Tournament is com- give reasons for optimism 13 times while losing six games,

tournament the next Ryder Cup match

for the Olympic most of them early in the season, the green of the latter Club at peted for by major

are automatic entrants America comes along next year. events the 220 Yards Free Style championships

to and then went on

the Club wind After that they

up against 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, October 3. winners wh

the Yankees, whom they have beaten

few invited by The team to represent the and a select

ΛΙ Finchley, in the Southern and the 75 Yards Medley.

University of Oregon under Coach the wor before & Durham As Professional Golfers' Association. It 12 times against eight defeats.

Hayward More interesi will be centred on Bill Northumberland New YorkThe world champions sociation -

is an honour which every profes Section qualifying tournament there

were other newcomers like Arthur the 220 Yards on which all the brought him up short. W. are tired and battered and play all

sional covets, Monument, Cowic

several Perry, assistant at Grims Dyke, and entries, except the holder. Mamio When these are all over, five games away from home.

RECORD BREAKING Spoors, and J. V. Ramsay (Skip)

Oi-mui of Hongkong many Ronnie Mounce from Fleet Hamp-Leung like So Tuesday they open against Athletics. S. Granville, J. Burns, T. Waller, professionals,

University, are unknown quantities inigratory birds, will winter in shire,

It was in 1941 that the Kangaroo who have not played for four days

expected to put up quite a challenge.

Kid embarked on his record-. who will have every pitcher on and J. Hempsey (Skup).

.sunny climes.

adventures, but their strong young staff ready to go.

The Anderson sisters, who didn't breaking venture to swim such a distance the year before that he discovered Yankees have only a 10-9

the fourth-placers, mark against

Inst year, are both in, as is Mrs the fantastic spring in his muscular and outside of

that she legs. pre right-hander

Lykke Rose, who insists own live of

will use the crawl stroke. Fifth Cornellus Warmerdam, his Olym- starter will be Joan Eager, second pit to give a high jumping exhibi-

teammate, had

and

On

season

1)

A. E. Eliott, R. R. Collings, Balley, and W. Greig (Skip).

J.

A.

E. Cato, J. Blcker, A. Dand, and

Fraser (Skip) Sgt. Greg (RAF), J. Stoker, G. on their Sewell, and J. Tindall (Skip). no pitcher

Vie Raschi, who has those games. staff has been particularly effective in Philadelphia contests.

to

is Cotton

already in Henry

go on America and plans to Brazil and the Argentine. Norman 100 is South America- von Nida bound, and with him goes tiny Ward of little Aston, Bir- Charlie non- Tea will be provided and playing members of the Northum-mingham, who at the time of writ-

Ing bends the season's averages. hin their ladies-are-invited.

overseas trip while Jack Knipe and yet one or two others have not chosen to retire to Henry Cotton's Monte Carlo fastness.

aberland & Durham Association and Rees is itching for another

-Joe DiMaggio-is-playing with

horse tint charley

makes hobble with every step, and calcher Connie Niarhos has been lost for the season with a broken inger.

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IRC TEAM

The following players have been selected to represent the Club in the postponed league match against the Hongkong Football Club on Satur day, October 2, 1948, at 4 pun. to be played at home.

M.

M. B. Hassan, M. Y. Adal, K. M. Rumjahn and A. K. Minu (Skip). 5. Yusuf, A, R. Kitchell, A. Walub and J. Hoosen (Skip).

M. I. Razack, A. J. Hussain, U. Rumjahn and A, R. Minu (Skip).

HKCC TEAM

Commander Roe, Secretary of the Professional Gollers' Association, is really well pleased with the season.

CRITICISM

There was considerable criticism

Lhc professionals at among

the selection of a course like Finchley.

Norman von Nida, who said he would do a final round of 70 in two halves of 35

after to qualify AZARENO

AUTUMN MEETING

The

be

in the harbour race last year and considered event...

Club

it was

invited

not outclassed In this tion at. Tuolumne, Cal, where the pole vaulting wizard was icaching school.

a

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wore

and the promoters chance for fresh money. industry was born.

For the

most part, the women follow the same plot as the male wrestlers-there

kicking

and gouging and biting and twisting of ankles, and some hair-pulling, and the girls get thrown around. One week two went to the hospital;

Not all states permit women to wrestle, Now York forbids it, but it promoters think they may get that rule rescinded.

General concensus of opinion is

The ever obliging Steers wasn't that Mimio Leung, who established a bit bothered by it. The pit was autumn meeting of the the Colony record at three minutes

hastily

dug excavation And the Ladies' Section of the Royal Hong fat last year, will outrace this op

lawn served as a runway. kong Golf Club will be held #t position,

Besides, The standards were Deep Water Bay on Thursday,

short that .it would 30. There will September

Mrs Rose again meets the Ander-be Impossible for him to MORE PUBLIC INTEREST various competitions.

son sisters in the 75 yards medley salt higher thun -fect-3, mere 2010-15ATBRUKERİZDENKATEcke Anal and will be after Shauna child's play for him. But the tem There has been greater public en-

Anderson's mark of $5 1/5 seconds petature was a sizzling 105 degrees thusiasm for the game as indicated disastrous round of 70 and 'succeed- established last year.

one and Les broke of his self- by increased attendance at tourna-ed, said to me, "It is disgraceful that

standard of play inents, and the

hold the Imposed rules. a course Ilke this,

The Anderson sisters penalties are so great and unfair, advantage in both the butterfly

SODA POP should be chosen for the second breast-siroke and the crawl and it most important event in this coun- would not surprise it. both finished

He gulped down a bottle of soda ahead of Mrs Rose.

happen pop. Soon he cleared the maximum However, anything out-of-bounds

and the race is being looked for height and took another bottle of ward to with considerable interest. soda pop.

Much to his alarm, he observed the delighted officials sticking boxes contests.

under each upright to raise the United Press. height even more.

Ahas been higher than at any time

since the war.

This is reflected in the new names

are

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whicre the

AS CONFIDENT AS EVER Forthright manager Lou Boudreau, who stated Datly last July that his Indians would win the pennant because "We're the best team in the ever. League," was as confident as ever. his pitching Ho even outlined plans for the catire week. Rookie Gene

Bearden Chic

17-game winnin would go against Chicago on Tues- day

Bobby night and the great

that keep creeping into the prize | try. Faller, was at the peak of his form

young star

"There with six straight victories and 18 The following will represent the money. The brightest

Commando Kenneth

is all right for for the season, would face

penalties. That White HIKCC in a friendly game against sex-Marine

Burton's week-end amateurs who do not hit Sox on Wednesday,

the Kowloon Bowling Green Club Bousfield, who is Dick

assistant at Coombe Hill. He 1s the ball far and, therefore, cannot Road on Saturday For the opener of the Tiger series ot Austin

always hear the top

reaching go very much wrong by he will work his are Bob Lemon, October 2, at 4 p.m.

events these days. Wh-

a hole by easy stages. 20-game winner who pliched a no- hitter against Detroit and has beaten them three times. After Lemon pitches on Friday, Boudreau follow with Bearden and Feller.

In readiness for any emergency is G. W. Sewell, A. Graham, R. R. ancient Satchel Paige, nigro Davies and R. H. Wild (skip). who has a 6-1 record that includes L. E. Lammert, E. J. R. Mitchell,

H. F. Shields and E. W. C. Sim mons (skip).

J. Mouat, P. Kehnedy, W. Ilamson and J. Prentice (skip).

R. Phillips, A. D. Humphreys, R. will A. Edv

Edwards and A. W. Brown (skip),

atar

who consecutive shutouts against White Sox.

MIDGET

RACING CAR

of the

bit

I recently saw him return 72 nt

me

can

not in

Ile cleared that and, In his relief,

Track and field enthusiasts can't understand the public's interest in lady wrestlers.

"The women wrestlers put on a

vulgar show, and their matches are all pre-arranged," complained one runner. "In track the girls clean and they try hard.

But no

one

nro In real

cares."

CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP

MEN'S 440 Interest in the Men's 440 Yards "But we professionals hit long Free Style Anal, is centred Finchley with its narrow tree-lined fairways, uneven, unshorn greens distances and that makes a great the eventual winner, who is n near indulged in another bottle of soda

whether

So they put more boxts and in a high wind, while establish difference

he will pop. On these narrow for certainty, but cd players were taking nearly 80. ways. My partner, Bousfield, play-be able to better the Colony record underneath. I-es went up and over, The same day there was Reg ed grand golf but did not qualify," mark of 5 minutes 19 seconds he And had another soft drink.. So

they put boards under the boxes. Knight, who is

set last year. one of Collon's Dal Recs also complained to

Stters was practically afloat by

London, Sept. 26.-Bookmakers assistants at Royal Mid-Surrey, but of uneven greens, badly cut bolus

this time and desperately he made established Explorer as the 100-6 The holder, Chan Chun-nam who becomes a full professional at and the need for more mowing.

favourite on Monday night for the Felixstowe at Christmas.

Lal Tsun, is not very far off his one anal lunge.

Up and over he went in his | Cambridgeshire Handlenp, lust. big Whistling, Jovial Art Clark of! form:

of last year und he is expected famed "belly roll" and the pop-roeling event of Britain's turf 'year. Virginia became the Arst American to receive, a closer challenge this

The Cambridgeshire will be run ever to qualify in this tournament.

time from VRC's Sonny Monteiro, eyed officials, measured, the sian-. and An ex-Major in the Army

over one mile and one furlong, on Also in the swim are Cheong Kin-The marks read 7 feel, 4 inches October 21, Monday night's callover wounded on the Normandy beaches,

man of Eastern,. Wong Kam-wah of at the uprights but 0 feet, 10-a was the first on the race. he married a London girl. and is n free-lance professional with a pri-La Teun and Johnnie Yvanovich of inches, at the sagging bar-silli

the VRC. vale income.

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TURNS OVER

- Chốt Morris, Pewaukee, Wis., driver, is trapped in his midget racing car as it. rolls over after a collision with Landy Scott of Milwaukee (left) during a race, at Slinger, Wis

Scott's car turned over seconds later, but he escaped Injury Morris suffered brain concussion and several fractured ribs AP Wirephoto.

WOMEN'S GOLF

опс

of

new

dards,

cort.

higher than the accepted world re- Second favourite. at " 10-1

Specialty, followed by Impotcable The winner in the Men's 150 That started Les to thinkding. If at 20-1 andl three horsea at Yard Backstroko is also ready. picked. It would be a major upset he could do that much in a mere 25-1, Asylum, Pride of India and If anyone comes in ahead of A: V. exhibition meet while loaded to the Fell Bicom..

gunwales with soda pop, ho cera Lopes who has already

Dogumn Woodburn of 100-6 wai well-or better-under the ideal mado favourite for the Cesarewitch Hayling Island, Hampshire, Sept. Colony mark to his cridit this year tainly should. be able to do us

and is recognised as well пв the 27.-Miss Molly Walls, holder

holder of the 150 yards Backstroke conditions afforded by a champion Staltes to be run over two and a

ship

engagement,

quarter miles on October 13. the title, was beaten in her first mark ot, I min. 55 secs., established match

So he proved he could do it on when the 1948 English in the heats.

Merry Miller and Sea Smoke were.. June 17, 1941, with his 0 feet 11

at joint second favourites

20-1 Women's Colt Championship began

This is a new event to the Cham-inch Jump going.down on the books followed by Now or Never And hore today.

the hitherto of

International pionships, replacing

Amateur Lady Katharine Cairns, an ex-standard distance of 220-yards. Athletic Federation as the accepted Sports Master, both at 22-1.—-A550-

clated Press. '..'

ot

perienced Somerset County player and international, won by 3 and 1. This was the second round of the game, both players having drawn byen from the first round.

The championship ends with a 30- holes anal on Thursday-Reuter.

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CZECHS WIN HANDBALL

Romo, Sept. 27The Czechoslovak team has won the first European handball championship by going through with an unbeaten record to collect 10 points, ka no CA

France followed with-8, Italy 0 Portugal 4, Belgium 2 and Holland Bil-Reuter. -

the

record. From the New York Times,

Turpin Wins Fight Rugger Results

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London, Sept. 27-Rósults “¡ of Tugby games played in England to- day, were::

Lopes has hardly any opposition: Wilfred Lawrence Is tipped to finish ahead of A. K. Rumjahn for second place. The other two finalists are L. E. and C. A. Guterres in an event that has turned out an AIL-VRO Birmingham, Sept. 28-Dlek Tur- affair.

pin of Warwick, British and Empire ABO,

on the programme this iniddleweight champion, outpointesi

INTER-COUNTY. evening are two Championship re-Bert Sanders of London In eight lays, neither of which holds par-rounds at Birmingham on Monday Warwick 8: Glamorgan Ucular interest, and the VRC 50 night.

Showing a perfect straight left

[RUGBY UNION Yards and 220 Yards Frce: Stylo

and an improved right, he was Penzance & N..8 Bath Junior Champlonships;

never. In trouble, though: Sandors Pontypool 9 Abertillery put up a game fight,temps

Turpin was scheduled at first to.

GLASGOW CUP

meet Dutch champlon Luo Van Dam, | Huddersfield.......... 2. Bradford

RUGBY LEAGUE:

YORKSHIRE CUP

Clasgow, Sept. 28. Glagow but Van Dam was hurt. Italian Calllo won the Glasgow Cup on Giovanni Manca was substituted Monday with a 3-1 win over Third but could not reach Birmingham in Featherstone • 5. Wakefield Lanark