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SATURDAY'S LEAGUE CRICKET

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949.

By "RECORDER'

Recreio Win The

Championship

de

on

Scoring an easy nine wickets' victory over IRC, Club Recreio won the First Division Cricket League Championship Saturday as Army went down to the Scorpions by four wickets at Chater Road.

Scorpions victory now places them on a level with the Army in second place in the League standings, 12 points behind ReercioTMTM

-

F.

Saturday's matches were featured by a spate of good bowling analyses while only four scores of over 30 were registered, the highest being L Stokes' 76 for the Scorpions against the Army, making him the first batsman to reach 500 runs in League matches this season.

Recreio, after dismining IRC-Ho be overcome und went reach an impressive D but, des- for 45 run, required 25 minutes down by four wlekets against plte baltint to win.

At Chater toad, Army, taking Arst tease of the wicket, looked set for an appreciable score and

the Optimisis at Sookunpoo.

damaging bowling from Billimoria the

University The match was featured by scraped through to sudden return to form of kets' victory.

G. T. Rowe, who after taklog

a two wie-

·

A second tween Stokes and- Alec Pearce killed off Army's Championship hopes.

wicket stand

be

were 27 for one wicket and 53ave RAF wickets for 31 งานเ for two. The innings ended followed

with hin this 15 with another 47 runs added.

highest innings of the season,

useful 01,

HOW THEY STAND

LOW SCORING

Recreio Army Scorpions University Optimists KCC RAF

P W D L Pta

3 2 ...17 12

.10 0 3 4 .16

0 3 4

51 30

IRC

Royal Navy Craigeopower

The Royal Navy-KCC match RAF, who Inst week had at King's Park produced a total Surprised by beating Anny, from 20 batsmen of 110 runs. found the

Gum W. M. Davidson, who opened for absence of

hts bat for 10 bril klienp-that was not KCC, carried

runs, so regular bring the trips back to the pavilion.

Best Performances In Saturday's League Cricket

BATTING

L. F. Stokes (Scorpious v

Army)

עז

Novy. their turn, finished 20 runs short of RCC's 05. -

Cralgengower, at Pokfulam, found enough batting strength to

Chan Chun-nam Unplaced In 1,500 Metres

Mar. 6. Manila, Sambino Basanung, the Filipino Olympic swim- mer, captured the 1,500 metres freestyle in the opening day yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium of the 1949 National Men's Swim-. ming Championship. He negotiated the event 35.5 minutes in 21 seconds,

7#

G. T. Rowe (Optimists v

RAF)

D. Chelliah (University v

CCC

37

Maj, Hutchinson (Army v

Scorpions)

-

BOWLING

CPO L. White. (Navy)

KCC)

6-18

G. E. Taylor (KCC v

Navy)

6-24

P. J. Billimoria (CCC

University)

6-33

A. P. Pereira (Recreio y

IRC)

5-27

T. IL Loan (University v

CCC)

5-20

F. Howarth (Scorpions v

Army)

5-30

G. T. Rowe (Optimists v

RAF)

5-31

I. E. Lee (KCC v Navy)

4-19

T. P. Mahon-(Optimists v

RAF)

4-34

obtain place.

a

Chan Chun-nam, the. visiting former Chinese Olympic swimmer from Hongkong,

to He

failed.

Lt. A. Stepto (Army v

Scorpions)

4-05

finished fifth.-Reuter.

League Cricket Averages

BATTING:

G. N. Gosne (Recreio)

L. F. Stokes (Scorpions)

A. M. Prata (Recreio)

J. M. Gosano (University)

1. Owen-Hughes

T. A. Pearce (Se, Storutons)

N. I. Oliver

GA, Souza

J. S. Ucirue (RAF)

(Scorpions)

Nowarth

F

L. G. Gosano (Reerelo)

G. T. Rowe (Optimisis)

ל.

8868±299=28888

.

17 0 5 4 37

17

34

15 5 5 5 25

12 3 4 5 10

14 3 3 8 15 15 2 2 11 .15 2 12

Second Division

悲

Indian Recreation Club Juni- cr. defeating Club de Recreio Juniors by B8 runs at Sookun- poo, won their seventh matchi

and require a in nine

drow from their remaining away fixture against RAF juniors to win the Second Division Cham- pionship.

RAF have lost three matches in date and the INC two (against the RAF nt home and Navy away). The deciding match will be played on March 19. I the IRC loses, a replay for the championship may be necessary,

The Don Gots Hurt In Farewell Match

SWAN DIVE

Teresa Myers goes underneath the surface nt Weekiwachee Spring, near Brooksville, Fla., to per- form a difficult underwater swan dive.

The column of bubbles in the background is caused by compressed air. By breathing the com pressed air through a hose, the divers are able to remain under water for indefinite periods.

AAA Requests More Sporting Facilities

For Youth Of Britain

London, Mar. 6.-An appeal for greater sporting facilities for the youth of Britain was made in the annual report of the Amateur Athletic Association. The report declared that while there had been all. round improvement in average performances during the past year, Britain would not attain her proper place in international athletics until fuller facilities for the pursuit of sporting recreation were afforded to the public.

BADMINTON'S WIMBLEDON

Freeman Beats Ooi

In 23 Minutes

London, Mar. 5.—The biggest crowd ever to watch badminton În Britain, about 7,000, gathered In this famous indoor sports stadium this afternoon nt Harringay' Arena this afternoon to see Dr David Freeman beat. Oui Telk-hock, of Malaya, in the final of the Men's Singles All-Eng 15-1, 15-6.

The Week-End Scoreboard FOOTBALL

Navy

FIRST DIVISION

1 6. China "p" 1

St. Joseph's 2 RAF Eastern 1 Кип Kwong Wah 0 Kitchen 8. China "A" 4' Army CAA

2 Folioo SECOND DIVISION

KMB Kitokeo

3 Dockyard * Police

St. Joseph's Army (INC)

Talkoo

China

CAA

The first of the five singles was the women's singles, in which 22-year-old Anse Jacobson, of Denmark, beat her 20-year-old · _compatriot, Anse Svendsen after a keenly contested game, by 8-11, 11-8, 11-1. In the

men's singles final, two very nice silver challenge Khalsa Freeman (U.S.A.) showed cups. himself to be the master of masters at this shuttle game. He blasted the Malayan champion off the court. in 23 minutes, playing with the most deadly accuracy.

Some idea of the perfection of the American's game was that in the Aral' game he made only two errors, one a mishit and

the other occasion on when he let one go which fell in.

Ool played just ns well as he was allowed, and probably no other pinyer in the world. would have done much better, if better at all, thon. the Malayan chom- plon

Freeman, non-sinoker, teetotaller and supremely fit,

built is a slightly

man of a Bis shade unler six feet.

a

Army

3 Rolicitors'

◊ PCA

箔 Club

HOCKEY

1 Recreio

+ RAF

2

Police

2 Civil Service & 1 Dutch C

HOW THEY STAND

The good looking American NAVY pair Clinton Stephens and his HKU wife, Patsy, took the mixed Dockyard doubles after a game of ductus- ting fortunes although it was not a great exhibition. In the final set the Anglo-American Recreio pair of Eugenie Allen and Wynn Army Rogers led 5-1 but the Ameri- | Navy cans tied at 0-6 and never look. Khalsa. ed back.

Police

P W D L F A 18 13 2 1 50·5 28 15.11 3 1 34 11 26

17 11

2 4 41 17 24

3 4 33 10 21

26 20 20 20

17

16 9

D The five titles therefore have|CHIT

Service 10 0 Rone-two to the United States

1 7 42 30 and one each to Britain, Mataya} RAF

... 1 8 1 D 33 34 and Denmark, a change from Dutch IC 10 5 3 8 20 Inst year when the Danes won University 10 6 1 11 35 30

C & W

T 4 1 11 20 53 D all five titles-Reuter.

Dockyard

RC 10 2 1 13 16 56 YMCA . 13 I D 12 0 52 2

TONIGHT'S BADMINTON

Bad-

The Colony open Malayan opponent was about minton Championships con one inch shorter,

tinue tonight with the fol- Freeman, taking the first service, did not lose it untillowing programme of games at the Victoria Recreation he had won nine points in o row, Out then got the service Club:

but

Bo

the

Xavier v, H.

8.00 p.m. (Juntor Men's Doubles) M. Kempton & A. E. Elliott v. R. M. Soares & J. A. Soares.

RUGGER

Singapore 6, 5 All-ILK.

SENIOR LEAGUE

Saints

НКВС

Senior League

Overseak

XV 3

4 Y C

0

I Canucks

7 Filipinos

Chung Hwa 7 Khalsa

Khalan

4.

2 Chung Hwa 7

JUNIOR LEAGUE

Braves

Vikinga

14 Rexes

13 Muhawika

FRIENDLY CAME

Squawo

0

8 Mohawks น (8-innings)

TODAY'S TENNIS

Tsui Yun-pul

meets

his

0.35 p.m. (Junior Mixed Doubles) F. M. Ribeiro & Mrs O Lawrence v. A. L. Nery & Miss first serious opposition in the

Colony B. Remedios.

B.T.M.

of the

Grasscourt Singles 9.00 p.m. (Ladies Doubles) Championship when he plays Miss D. Ramsay &

Jones, Miss J. the Australian, Greenhalgh v. Miss T. Baptista this afternoon.

Jones, one

hardest & Miss Margje Xavier.

Men's hitters in local tennis, appears 0.30 p.m. (Junior Singles) W. C. Chung v. D. C. to be in much better form this Lau.

although year, and

Tsui ig favoured to win, Jones is ex- pected to put up some spec- tacular opposition.

are today's

and a point at 10-1, but he 7.00 p.ni (Juntor Men's WILD powerless against this Singles) H. J. "shuttle machine" ond away Risdnic, went the first

in len game

7.30 p.m. (Lacties Singles) minutes

Mise H.. Kwong v. Miss Margaret The American led 3-0 in the Xavier. second game before he showed that he was after all human One was beginning to wonder what sort of a man he was, he showed that he can make mistakes, just like others.

allowed not only

ile at 3-3. Penang player to purely thought his, the American's errors, but let the

AL Malayan lead 4-3.

the same time, it never looked as if the American would losc this game, and after dining it Adelaide, Mar. 6. Sir

The report declared: "Until

The Association reported con-up at 4-4, Freeman went into an Donald Bradman, who sprain-the local authorities throughout siderable progress in ensuring 8-4 and 0-5, lead. ed an ankle while felding in the country fulfil their obliga- adequate

tuition

the during

BID TO STEM TIDE his farewell match for South tions towards the youth of the Inst year. AS n result ct nation by providing recrea- examinations, 137 names bad Ulonal facilities for all sports been added to the official list of

In particular for athletics, coaches, bringing the

Lotal to the full benefit of the schemes nearly 100, excluding 57 honor- The ankle is badly swollen for coaching and developmentory senior conches. and

makes even walking very

will never be

be obtained, and we

The most satisfactory feature painful.

shall not attain our proper A grass-filled

hollow by place in international athletics." the year, the report stated,

"the all-round improve sunken water, tap is believed

that the amount of ment of average performances Adding to have been responsible *for ground required Was quite of all ages, and the increasing the accident. While chasing small, the report ndried: "Na

Interest in athletles and demand the Eall towards the boundary, other' reason should outweigh for

coaching expert

from Sir Donald was about to stop the essential duty of ensuring schools

and Youth organisa- the ball with his foot when that in future no schoolboy. tons."-Reuter, he trod into the hollow, missed youth or adult is debarred be- his step and, instead of block-cause of the lack of facilities ing the ball, trod on it and

from taking part in the recreat fell.-Reuter.

tion of his own choice."

Austroll against Victorin Un Saturday, may not be able to take any further part in the pame.

and

No Strict Amateurism

__In_Table Tennis

London, Mar. 6.—Table tennis has climbed the stairs from the cellar recreation room and become a bigtime sport' with earning powers, writes Bill Macklin.

There is cash for the gifted devotees who reach the top. Englishman John Leach, the new world champion, may cash in his reputation for up to £2,500 this year.

Exhibitions, writing and en-

was

Heavyweight Title Fight Scramble

lows:

There Ooi made a valiant bid to stem thre tlde. and sides went in and out several nies before the American made It 11-5. Both seemed exhausted. at this stage 15-shot rallies as at

Even the were quite frequent. champion was breathing heavily. Ho was, however, still very it, and taking the next four onc with à points, the last beautiful winning smash, he had become the English and virtual world champion.

It was hard to say just how

Freeman food

is. Ho virtually perfect in every de-

partment of

footwork

possibly his

the game..

The following

in the ames:

BADMINTON LEAGUE The latest standings Badminton Lengue are:

Afen's Doublen "A"

PWLE Varalty "A"

54 1 Chinese Recreio K. C.

Pls

10 0 4 10 Ja

0 12 43

Doubles "13"

Rection I Kloon Tong "A" St. Teresa "AR, University

V. CA St. John's "A"

Heellot

K. C. C.

Kowloon Docks

Is

Chinese Y, Recrolo

His

touch are

Chung ch

Kloon Tori

St. Teresa "B"

and

his ability

to R AF

coupled with

strongest points, v. n. c. "I"

retrieve the most astonishing St. John's "B"

to

his backhand. wide shots

M. Allen (England) beat the

was

BARBAR

28088=8-

HEBRONS

8284cvu

BANGNH ân trong

Court 1: B. T. M. Jones Tsui Yun-pui

ν

Court 2: Lee Wal-long v F M. Ribeiro.

Court 3: T. J. Ouwehand v Ho Ka-lau.

Court 4: J. S. Beirno v J. B. Hawthorn.

Court 5: Roch Leung V Mulan Chan

Court: G: D. Nolan: v Choy Tin-wah.

TENNIS

Cairo Tourney

Cairo, Mar. 6.-First-class tennis was the feature of

America's Frank Parker combined perfect hitting from behind the baseline with superi velleying from the net to beat Jaroslav Drobny

The scene was 6-4, 6-4, The

Championship 111 Singles

Mrs H. S. Uber and Miss Q. Double Trouble the finals of the "Nation's olders, Frau C-Ahm and Frau-Tucson. Ariz. Mar 6 Cup" won by the United Fortner, professional States over Czechoslovakia New York. Mar. G-To- K. Thorndahl (Denmark) in the Ernie

from Joplin, Missouri, at the Gezira Sporting Club Anal of the ladles doubles golfer day's developments in the 15-8, 15-10, thus gaining revenge was on the arst tec at a golf scramble for the vacant for last year when the Danes tournament in Phoenix, when he today.

iclephone. world heavyweight boxing beat the two English women.

called to the The English women, who were Then his troubles started. championship were ns fol-

Entering the club house, he probably giving away, together,

their slipped and sprained an arm, more than 20 years to 1. Bill Daly, manager of the Danish opponents, played a The message sald his house in contender, Lee Savold, disclosed sparkling game and insted re- Joplin had burned down. that promoter Jack Solomons in markably

Ernie started to drive home, well for players of modelled on Jnck Kramer's London had told him by trans- their age

vas won by Budgo Patty, but when he came to the moun- dorsement of equipment bring globe-trotting lawn tennis show. Atlantic telephone that he was The Malayan Thomas Cup, toins, he found the roads so leed United States, over the Czech,

willing to co-promote with Mike doubles pair. Ool Teik-hack and up he couldn't continue. So he Vassil Czernik, 3-0, 6-2, 0-0,

The Czech pair did not play Jacobs

the came back here and started to a world

Seng-khoon, took

doubles event-a mere in September.

men's doubles and right well play in the Tucson tournament, the And do even better. Victor little United

the first formality as America had wonh States champion,

The He scored a 67 In In the proposed bout, Savold did they deserve to do so.

two Barna of Britain, greatest of all is working

singles because on that Ic en-would meet the winner of the Malayans combining beautifully round and found he was tied the table tennis players, is still visages two Yanks travelling June

between. Freddle were all too good for the Call-for 19th scrap

place. Associated | Drobny said ho had a blister making a good living at 37 around

on his foot-Associated Press, were and playing the best Mills and Bruce Woodcock of forhian pair, who

inPress. batting the celluloid ball you two of another country in England.

Solomons has Mills nothing like the same form ag series of matches for

a per- and Woodcock under long termn last night when they eliminated "The best 1 ever did was be- |centage of the gate.

the probably stronger Malayan fore the war in the United

Table tennisa has its world 2. Harry Markson, managing pair of Chan and Yeoh.

The Malayans had evidently States doing a stage show with championships, which drew big director of Mike Jacobs' 20th Ruth Aarons, the great Ameri-crowds in Stockholm in Feb-Century Club, said that negoti-platted how to win before play started, for they kept that were abuitle as far away from

thef speculative

devastating Freeman as they possibly could, concentrating on

A man with a finir for enter- TOURS ENVISAGED, tainment can go on the stage

Jan. N.O. Ituns H.S.

10

G •ilik ·

15

Aver. 48.80 02* 531 110 40.84

14

387

85"

38.70

JA 3

117

122-

37.90

12

12

2213

30* 213

35.50

10

203

19

33.81

33.n

I W. Franklin (Optimist:)

90 54

JDE.

Major A. R. Dawe (Optimists)

13

10%

30.00

Dr E. L. Conne

1. D. Kilbee (Optimists)

14

345

28.75

13

*

du

26.44

9. J.

13

720

24.60

21.00

15

24.60

250

23.54

11

209

23.18

203

22.55

230

19.16

251

17.02

D. Cheillah (University)

224

17.23

M. M. Little (Optimists)

14

17.07

A. Ziminorn (KCC)

16

204

10.50

Maj C. R. Murray-Brown (Army) 15 2 248

15.84

in the revenue.

N. Hart-Baker (KCC)

14

218

15.57

*Not Out. Qualification: 200 runs,

BOWLING:

Overs Maidens Runs Wkts, Aver,

Cpl Hart (Royal Navy)

81.

20

204

7.55

Gar D. Banton (Army)

and I slam for fun.

154.5

40

369

7.78

L/Cpl J. Jones (Army),

70.4

15

215

7.EG

Dr E. L. Gosano (Recreto)

170.3

306

8.71

A/C D. Graham

J. C. Koh (University)

110.4

410

208

200

0.04

AP Pereira (Recreto)

T. A. Pearce (Scorpions)

9.33

en player," Barna said.

227.4

Ա

043

9.45

"WC got a 'top of US$700 a week."

LA. Slepto (Army)

135:2

9.78

G. N. Gosano (Recrela)

05.3

270

10.33

F. Howorth (Scorpions)

202.1

646

11.14

That was in the days when table tennis was still comewhat, of a fad. With paddles in mif-

D. McLellan (Optimists)

75.1

270

11.73

168,5

504

12.26

80,5

16

247

12.35

480

12.46

106

20

305

12.70

12:00

144.1 24

420

13.12

178.6 20 103.5 107.5-

673

13.32

17

347

14.45

$}

310

14.51

with

997

.30

770

14.01

131.3

440

15.02

06.4

301

10.40

150

524

17,40

209.4

603

18.41

Qualiflention: 20 wickets,

T. P. Mahon (Optimists)

Cpl A. CPO dgson (NAF)

F70

(Royal Navy) 177.5

E. N. Gambrill (RAF)

R. E. Lee (KCC) *......

T. H. Lent (University)

A. K. Ismall (IRC)

A. L. Snaith (Optimists)

P. J. Billmaria (CCC)

II. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions)

M. Teh (University)

T. Crabtree (Craigengower)

027

A. el Arculli, Jr (IRC)

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New Yorker Dick Miles, the Yankee Stadtitle fight at Teoh

contracts.

in

the

Solomons with and its "cup"

tourna atians ruary. ments to pick the top team. This "purely (1) year Hungary won

the Sway-stage." thling cup (men) and the 3. Jne Louis telephoned from Rogers on the baseline,

re- United States bagged the Cor- Santiago to his New York

(women).

presentative

The old

that he

would

ROGERS OFF FORM

lions of lands, it weathered billon' cupetra. Barna, five arrive in New York on Tuesday Ute wat nad came back strong times world men's singles king and hold a press conference. He Californian Rogers, who is rated

In postwar Europe, the sport draws big crowds. The anals from 1930 to 1935, boasts that also

of the 1949 English open were tables tonals is one smarter Commission to

before 8,000 capacity than lawn tennis.

arenst.

Wembley

orgmised its own world governing

The six feet wee inches

Amerlea's Number One will ask the New York. s

recognise his doubles player, and who played There's no proposed bout between Ezzard so brilliantly last night, was not fuss on the table about amateura Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott his real self today. He (vns. either too short or too deep and ns the title bout.

continual errors. Free- The National Boxing Associa-made ali

tlon, through two of its officials, man, too, was apt to make mis- agreed to give it takes especially in returning has already

î such

recognionUnited service.

Teoh of the Malayan pair, Press.

playing mainly at the baseline, was in superb form-lls smashes from the back of the equrt being terrific. Ooi was'nn stendy as rock and shortly after the start they never looked like being benten. It was all over in 20 minutes,

In 1920-and professnelher re- tennis bag climbed of whether it's for a

it.

body,.

table fast. It employs nearly all the living ov શ sideline." Barna tricks exploited by its more sald. "A professional

can't famous namesake, lawn tennis. ask for money to compete in a About the only one left to try tournament, but he can for ex- is

tennis a table

circus" hibitions."-Arsociated Press.

Mister Conquest,

HM; HMỈ QUITE A

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MUST BE IN THE

MONEY

WHAT ON

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SO YOU'RE

WIT CONQUEST)

REGISTER

CORRECT!

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JUMP?

CERDAN'S PLANS

Money Enough

To Retire On

to

The Matayans ran into a '4-0 lend In the first game before the Americans made a partial rally Seville, Spain, Mar. 0.-The to trail 4-5. Here Teoh took off middleweight champion, Marcel one of his two sweaters, causing Cerdan, 32, sald today that he some amusement. This hat the intended to retire after another desired effect, na the Malayans year and he probably would de- took the next seven polnis fend his title against Tony Zale lend 12-4. The Americans got one back at 12-5 but the first of Gary, Indiana, next summer. either in New York or Chicago. game went to Malaya 15-5.

The Malayans were also soon "I expect to make enough money boxing this year to relire in the lend in the second game from the ring for life," he said. at 4-0 and 7-1. The Americans "After that I may make a couple made it 7-2 and 8-4 but it was a of movies for an Itailan, pro- not until they were within

of match tint point

the ducer."

Malayarts dropped another Asked if he would retire if he point. At 14-4 and 14-5. the lost his championship, Cerdan Americans saved the match and said, "Win or lose, I am planning got two points. But an nco to retire

next year,"United smash from Teoh gave the Prers.

Malayans the sot, the match and

.

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