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SOFTBALL CHATTER By “SPECTATOR" A Need Arises To Root For A Ground

Top-billing everything else-temporarily casting into the background comment on impending or decided encoun- ters and players--is a call for action towards meeting a long-wanting need for the promotion of the game of soft- ball. The call is to the Softball Association. "Do It how!" - may apply here.

The dire need is for a suitable ground for games to be " played and a stand for spectutora, which has become in- creasingly evident. It is the third offeinl season the game has had to get along anyhow without these essential re- quirements. The attention of the ground authorities con- cerned, who can help, is also called.

If rooting helps, this cheer section ball was in play. Sometimes, specta- continues for the third year, too. fors Join in protesting plays, But now with the clamouring, ther

is "larget." There is

tip and

it's all yours, Committeemen: Work THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT on it, as you must! Protectively, it

out to be a wild goose! may turn chase but, optimistically and hope fully, you'll see I've got something

1 hope.

THE OBJECTIVE

The objective is the Recreio foot- ball ground, King's Park, now being used for 50 percent of the League

With tilts. It is a spacious lot. stand erected there and the playing field roped in. H will be an ideni venue-14 the circumstances. It The Association can get the necessary sanction to make it suitable to games and available, softball will have at last found a "home,"

From information gathered, the pitch are chances of securing the bright. The ground was allocated to the Club de Recreio before the the following the Immediately cessation of hostilities, all grounds were "retaken" by the Government.

understood. So far. it was

Whe

this

that where they

it all is The long and short of

should nol bc spectators

are now. But

where cise con they be without proper At present seating accommodation? they sit or stand on elevated ground facing the playing lot. They havel

10 climb

The otherя up there. mill around the playing Aeld itself. some using, their bicycles as seats.

All this is detrimental to the game to and definitely, isn't anything write home about. Conditions have this deplorable stale for been in over three years now and it's about time something is attempted with vigour by all concerned to improve matters. The one and only answer Is that ground and stand, which are still wanting.

en-

Softball is a healthy apprt and a

one, and should be popular

It demands consideration couraged. that facilities be made available for

to be played properly.

The authorities are in a position to help. They should be approached or loan of a

Recreio ground has not been regarding allocation allocated, I was informed, although it would appear it would go back to them eventually, if not already,

was

ground, I those responsible have not done so already. If they have, they

again. perhaps should, 'asks insist.

of

champion

even

St.

However, last year, that ground

CHAMPIONS FALL was never marked, I remember 1 correctly, for football or any other1 Rame other than softball, which had

The defeat use of it, as at present. It

games. available every Saturday and Sun-Joseph's by rival Recreio was the day, as it is now. Assuming the outstanding of last week's

Wound-ilcking Modeans came back ground is Recreio's, I would appear

with a vengeance to give the strong that they have no use for it. Even pennant-aspiring VRC a severe jolt If the Club Intends to play on it, by a nose-out. The losers arrangements still can be made to short of three regular members. games gave spectators "share" it. Meanwhile, a stand might These two

their "money's worth." br put up.

SOMETHING TO WORK ON

-Backed by the above Information and observation, it does look like the Association has something to work on towards advancement of the popular sport. Although after

fashion this scribe hos done a little campaigning, it does not seem necessary that I need tell the Man- agement how 10 no about it.

Menti- am sure they would know. white, fingers are crossed for success -long overdue.

The game

of softball has been played under handicaps since its resumption some three years ago, ground but far in front is the handicap.

Softball is now indulged in by not less than 500 players forming 20 teams, or more. There are three leagues, competed in by young and old-men, boys, women, girls. Sup- port is forthcoming from many sources. There are all the necessary trophies. It could be readily seen that keenness oozes out in many quarters.

However, if you were al na game you week-end-that is,

there you'll

were

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1948. LANDS ONE, DUCKS ONE

George Sonny Horne of Niles, O., left, lands with a left to the face and ducks a right to the head in the 10th round of this bout in Chicago Stadium. The close deci-. sion, however, went to Anton Randik. Raadik, a native of

Estonia, is Baltic 'middleweight champion.

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

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FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

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SPOTLIGHT

SECOND DIVISION

Only South China "A" remain undefeated and "one hundred percenters" in the First Division of the Hongkong Football League. In the junior division Chinese Athletic more distinction) with hold the same honour (but with

but not "hundred Kowloon Motor Buses also unbeaten percenters."

This afternoon's second division match at Caroline Hill, in which the two leading junior clubs-Chinese Athletic and South China-are opposed holds promise of a thrilling struggle. In some respects it may prove more attractive than the senior game, which it precedes.

the teams star "opposite numbers." In that the spot- Lock and Tam there will be on two of the Colony's best view

Hung custodians; in Forrow and Hing-yuk. two stalwart pivots, and in Nelson and Tang Yee-hit two quick-footed, sharp-shooling centre forwards.

It is usually much ares end of the senson

An almost completely reshumed infeld, strengthened by the inclusion, of Wilfred Lawrence. Billy Soares and Avich Yvanovich erased enigma of the former combination which fumbled the Rees to defeat. Classy pasture-patrolling by Bertic a subduing element to Salut guns. and Eddle Gosano was a treat and

The

nearer

the light swings on to junior league

football, but this afternoon's meet ing of South China and Chinese which com- Athletic is a fixture mands unusual attention.

Chinese Athletic have

dute. convincing record to have won every one of their league games, erowning their run of success by scoring sixteen goals against the University inst Saturday,

most They

South China's one defeat was al who the hands of the Tramways, celebrated the "Double Tenth" by winning at Carolino Hill.

defending champions were every beaten pretty thoroughly in department. They lost by five runs to four after four extended stanzas, but it was against the run of play. They had to dog along most of the way. However, the victors nearly threw the game away by not coming through at least with a couple of

This victory of the Trams was Rame-winning opportunities before the end of the normal closing the seventh frame. Fielding saved them much in the nature of a surprise, Athletic had Hille on more than one occasion after the for Chinese

tamely, difficulty in beating them 4-1 At seventh. The game ended

gave Boundary Street nearly a fortnight A fumble and a wild heave

rare piece of later. Form suggests a victory for Rees the game. A work was returned by Saint Benny Chinese Athletie. Omar

at third. Anticipating markably well, he awooped a bunt inches from the ground to entch out the batter and to send the ball to first for a double killing. This stop- ped the Rees when they were in ex- cellent position to score the winning

run.

IC-

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when

Another stirring Junior division game is to be played at Boundary Street tomorrow afternoon, KMB and Kitchee, who hold third and fourth places in the table, are opposed.

Бес

the brothers were The Gosano whole show. They pushed in three with Ave runs the winner's of sizzling hits.

It Is

A victory for the Club is no more" than a possibility: the lop-sidedress in their attack must be remedied. The return of Weller to the Inside- right berth is only a half measure. Despite the qualities of the goal- keepers and the pivots this Club- prove another high scoring game. The Busmen KMB. match my won the corresponding match Inst season 3-A,

EYES ON THE SAINTS

Eyes are very much on the Saints Their rather unlucky these days defeat by the Army a fortnight ngo may have taken away an unbeaten record: It has discouraged them.

Their visit to the Police Ground

this afternoon should be as fruitful The Police are not showing anything like Lite form as they hope.

which gave them an early season 7-0 victory over the Navy,

The Palice won the corresponding match of last season (2-1), but St Josephis' took their revenge by threo goals to one later in the season. the There is a fine Service flavour

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

thai Messra noteworthy Barretto and Manson, two referees ono

of been

considerable experience with haven't

local soccer, have been assigned to for yourself the most unsatisfactory conditions under which games have

Rec Spotly Pereira was the big these needia" matches. These ap to be played. Yes, there is a proper

pointments me underline

merely diamond marked out. But the way gun of the day with a fourmaster. poli

come contention that referees of second spectators encroach on the diamond The next best power drive itself, let alone the playing field, off the stick of Tony Alves, also of division matches should be assisted banged a three by qualified and neutral linesmen. At Caroline

this afternoon adversely affects play considerably. the Rees, who Fans are sometimes less than three bagger. A double splece was hit by feet from the diamond. They hal- Rees Bertle and Gerry Gosano and Mr Barretto will be expected to a "needle" junior match. 1er so Alercely at players that the Saint Sherry Buck Lino Gosano, control

Recrcio, returned the best average without neutral linesmen, before, a latter are given little chance.

crowd of two or three thousand. iwo hits in two trips.

fly is hit and à felder A fout

to charge through a would have mass of onlookers to get to the ball. Not a few of them have been knock- ed over unceremoniously. A serious accident may yet occur. A herce drive may send the ball at

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and it could hit his eye. Many, a

It was a convincing triumph for Tony Gonsalves Recs. The mighty Saints had to cat humble plo.

WEEK-END STARS

Lino, Bertie, Eddie and Gerry time hot argument ensued because Gosano of Recrelo The brothers It was doubted it the umpire.saw, a fan touch the ball or whether the put up an all-star family act. All

Arthur Peall says:

My diagram shows last three reds Btriker clustered near pink. potted a red, payed 100 strongly. and left cue-ball bear to

REDS

PINK O

BLACK

cushion.

colour on

only

to a direct stroke was

which he

the middle packet

stroke, be» · Cause the pocket 10 LATTOW and almost

blind."

The ideal

been a slow

stroke would have

Much de Cooker behind black. pends on the alate of the game. of the core prohibite FIAYA, anooker has my vote.

made two hits. They banged in vital runs, and fielded. flawlessly.

Denny Omar, of St. Joseph's His performance was a grand in- dividual effort but in vain when

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The same applies equally heavily to Sergeant Manson's appointment

about fomorrow's first Division match

about next Sunday's at Sookunpoo, as there Causeway Bay.

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Tomorrow, while the Navy facing the big guns of South China "A" at Caroline Hill, the Army meet

the Royal Air Force.

On Sunday week the Navy play the The sailors and the Army. airmen have already met carly in

to control the junior league game, KMB v. Kitchee. There should be a big muster at Boundary Street to by the odd goal of five. pee the senior game, Chinese Athletic wil arrive v. Kitchee, but many carly because of the attraction of the junior game.

the season; the dark blues winning

MOST SPECULATIVE

of this week-end's first division fixtures the most speculative seems to be the meeting of the Club and Kowloon Motor Buses this afternoon, The Club, who have won thele last this ma

match.

DRAWING POWER

The drawing power of South China's "A" team was again amply illustrated in last Saturday's match st Sookunpoo. Within a fortnighi, this crack Chinese eleven, which Includes so many Olympic Games players, has broker attendance re- cords both at Caroline H!!! and Sookunpoo.

This team lost. His part in the double three games, have no illusions about toned between South China |

Ho

piny constituted a felding gem. was not a flash in the pan. felded brilliantly throughout--right osalsta and four putouts with never an error.

team's well attended matches with KMB and the Army, however, (3-0).

of tho was one which drew one Victories over the R.A.F. the Police (4-1) and Kitchee (3-2), smallest crowd for any arst division all of whom are in the lower inlt Axture this season. With South

of the table, are fair grounds for China's "A" and "B" teams billed

minutes.

Alvaro Xavier, of V.R.C-Threo confidence; but Kowloon Motor Buses to meet in a league game at Coro- - a stronger side than any of Uno Hill less than three hundred hits in three attempts were slashed are

turned up. by this cyclonic infielder. He stole these. the show oven If his team did

They plucked. Eastern's unbeaten If these few spectators expected to succumb to the Madeups in a photo-record last week, and will come to seo tea-party football, they were finish.

the Club ground hoping to move up obliged only during the few opening Regret is expressed for reporting the table during the week-end.

The Busmen have had a lot of in advance a wholly different set of

Although the Navy, may not games to be played last Sunday, trouble with their defence in their most of which are down for decision first two or three matches. Although expected to mt lo South China "A" as they wore there has been improvement in recent to the same extent A week-end.

last-minuto switch of regular Axtures was made weeks, far too much responsibility upset by the Army last Saturday, without my knowledge. However, between the posts.

thrown upon. Tam Kwan-Kon there may be football enthusiasts who will prefer the Caroline Hill the "big game between

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