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WEEK-END SOCCER

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1949.

By "FAIR PLAY"

THE END OF THE SEASON LOOMS INTO SIGHT

With the Easter Holiday over, and the last of our visitors gone, the end of the local soccer season begins to loom into sight. As a result, most Clubs are now called upon to play two games per week to overcome the back-log of postponed and cancelled matches, and this week-end there is a very full programme for both Senior and Junior Leagues.

In the Senior División, today's best game looks to be Club v. Ármy at the Club Ground. Fairly evenly matched, and playing a similar type of foot- ball, these two teams should put up a show quite worth watching.

At Boundary Street Police play KMB, and with a local flavour attached

to this game, it, too,"should be quite an interesting encounter.

Two further matches on to-

day'n earl are Eastern v Kwon

With at Caroline Hill, and RAF IT STARTED IN URUGUAY

v South Chin "1" at Sookun-

poo. These da not promise

anything terribly exciting, but all the same do not be surprised should either of the two bottom clubs (RAP and Kwong Wah) Ket couple of end-of-the-

a cont season polnis,

TOMORROW

are Iwn

. Tomorrow there games down for decision, and ¦ the better would appear to be St Joseph's v. South; Chinn “A” at the Club Ground. In faet ths could well be the best game of the week-end, for although South Chinn's unbeaten record la gone, I believe the Saints are still very anxious to get their scalp.

Much, however, will depend rm the rumpusliian of the two teams us to how keen and exciting the play will be.

Tomorrow's other match, CAA V. Navy, also has it possibili- ties.

In view of Navy's heavy mid-week defeat by Club, though, it appears Navy are at full strength, and so here niso it is probable that Navy's line-up will determine how close a game is seen.

JUNIOR RACE

not

seem to

In the Junior Division. CAA

be insting the Cham pionship race rather better than KMB. The Busboys dropped three points last week against this the two Army sides, and they could afford to do.

CAA, however, did not forge far ahend for they were unable with play off their game Dockyard duc to the 210-

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appearance of the Referer. Both

teams

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A NEW CARD GAME

MAKES THE GRADE

By LEO TURNER

Canasta is habit-forming, Mrs Ottilie H. Reilly

Warns.

It's a card game that started in Uruguay and spread to Argentina. New York, Newport, East Hampton. Boston and then broke out all over,

"Some call it the ulcer game," Mrs Reilly said. Canasta is a brand of rummy. But it is to rummy what spit-in-the-ocean and women are to stud poker. You play with two standard decks with four jokers and eight deuces wild.

cruze

is

Behind the canasta

gray-haired, twinkling-eyed Mrs Reilly, who became a bridge instructor 18 years ago in Chicago and came to New York five years ago as hostess-instructor at the Regency Club, exclusive gathering place of uptown socialites.

Mrn Belly heard of the gamu, ineligible to draw from the dis- a year ago and asked Alexa-cards and he must draw from

Rosa, Argentina delegate the stock. to the United Nations, how to play it

to

played i have now

In

The discards are "frozen" at the start of the game and after deuce. is thrown onto the pile. The deuce is left exposed to show that the plle is frozen.

SPORTING SAM

GAMES ROOM

SOFTBALL CHATTER

By Reg. Wootton

SOCCER PLAYERS AGITATE, BUT

A. Cricketer Started It

When in the long ago Kent batsman James Seymour gained a House of Lords decision that his benefit was not taxable he "started something."

To that Anding-given way Now the soccer players are in back in 1927-1s due the present a cleft stick. If all reference to agitation by the Football Play-a benent is left out of the con-- ers' Union that their benefits tract, their chance of £750 dims. shall be tax free, too,

It, on the The Bum ever which Seymour "may" is turned into. "must" other hand, the waged his legal battle was their case for remission of tax £939 10-about a twentieth of dims too. what Denis Compton will receivo

By "SPECTATOR" next summer.

"Spikey" Guterres Tops Major League Batting

Youthful, hustling Carlos A. (Spikey) Guterres, of the Madcaps, slugged his way to the fore again it stiff opposition in a close race, to garner this year's Major League batting crown. And the current battering queen of the 'diamond is versatile Dolly Brown, of the Wildcats.

A flashy shortstop, Spikey Guterres had the better of such big-name hittera as A. IL Bakar, who won the title in the senson before the outbreak of the war, and Dave Lonard, Hongkong's own Bambino. Last year's cham- pion, Gerry Gosano, did not participate in the season just concluded. Spikey topped the list-there | Soares. Of these, Jean, Girlle, were over 100 players in the Melvie and Celly, all of whom League-with .383. Close an contributed towards brightening his heels was 1pmar Eriksen, the softball, gave the game the another shortstop, of VIC, who rnits. #lashed .371. The next best, all touching the 308 mark, are:

Young Kar-sing (St Joseph's) 367

A. H. Baker (Canadians) .361. Sherry Bucks (St Joseph's) .358.

Lichy Luz diKBC) .357. Itennie Sequetrà (Madcaps)

.347.

Dickie Silva (HKBC) 341. Gussle Pereira (VRC) 333. Dave Leonard (St Joseph's

Jiadco Hussain (St Joseph's)

326.

.320.

Eric Guest (VRC) 309. Benny Omar (St. Joseph's)

.300.

Bill Woo (Canadians) 306 Junior Markar (Canlians) 302.

HOME RUN KING

The home run king 'title was

IT'S A DATE! It's sure to be some dnbs!-the annual prize giving and dance. All are reminded it will be held on April 00 at the Peninsula Hotel. There will be the usual amateur numbers which have always earned applause.

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Also, be on the watch out for a big post-season fracas, between the Canadian destroyer Crescent and an all-Portuguese, all-star sqund. It will be some time in early May.

INTER-HONG

The Inter-long League con- tinues with the following sche- dule for tomorrow:

11 a.m. Callex v. Stanvac.

2 pm, Shell v. APL

3.30 p.m. Gibbs v. Musiclans.

JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN

Squash Girls Make A Hit

Heaven forfend! But it is seldom enough we get something to crow about in these days of international competitive sport, and so it is a double pleasure to crow about the girls.

We helped to welcome the British women's squash team home from America the other day, and were delighted to note that Janet Morgan our No. 1, won the U.S. national singles title, the national doubles title with Alice Tengue, and the New Eng- land State championship.

the girls covered glory but also, feld

Betty Coolte and Molly Car-attracted quite a bit of atten

Boston doubles tion in opposition to the FA. isle won the totle, and one way and another Cup semi-final at Sheffield,

themselves Leading character on The was the Rev. Charles with not only hospitality. They were received McLean, the

Scottish captain, with acclaim in every town they who was playing his last match visited.

She taught the women at the Regency, where now it is hard to find a bridge game, and then

Frozen discards only can be wrote a 16-page pamphlet which sold 40.000 copies. She wrote a picked up when the top card $1 rule task and stopped the matches a natural pair in the won by oldtimer Dave Leonard. presses at 35,000 to revise it.

player's haud and can be lay- whe banged out ve big ones. "It's my Brst Bing," she said. ed immediately.

Don Robbins (Canadians), who "I'm cleaning up.”

Scaring-Each complete cann-

left, the colony towards the close of the official senson,

with- Canasta is the Spanish wordsla counts 500 points if it con- for basket. The base objective tains no wild cards, 300 if tout turning out for his team in

the last. Couple of games is to lay down as many seven- contains wild cards. Each red Thursday mid-week ixture, of-a-kind canastas as possible, trey 100 points, 800 if all four complete their fixtures, slammed both winning and this You can't play curds

the inast triples. four. Another ore held.

not complete a Canadian member, A. H. Bar week-end bath

quence, only in stercards with the same number of emmasta during the hard, the opponents.

KMB play South China at spots. Caroline Hi today, and

HOW IT'S PLAYED repent 11ere is

game a how the

The Cuf-Cut for deal. High Street tomorrow, and they, too, card plays first, player on right will have no easy win.

deals Brst. Holders of highest So, then. this Interesting cards are partners gainst struggle nors on, and though holders of the lowest. CAA are forging slightly ahead It is sill fairly open het on elther team,

face

have to Bght hard to

*will

their Senior Shield victory played:

CAA

Navy at Boundary play

A GRAND SHOW

to last Now back with

congratulations

Combined Chinese

Sunday, to the temm for

"kind"

475

The Deal-Cards are dealt one at a time, 13 to each player it only two or three persons are playing. 1 if four or six treys are playing. Red

are

"banus caras."

hit out the most doubles, which total six.

The best clutch butler comes

the from

champion Canucks

If you did

value of your red treɔ is sub- fracle from your core as a penalty instead of added to it as a bonus. Calling gives 100 also. Mentor Bill Wuo batted in 10 runs. Bill was last sea- points.

son's Most Valuable Player.

That is called the "basle senre." To it add or subtract the "point score," which is determined by subtracting the

point value of cards still held in the hand from these en the

yard.

Game-5.000 points. Reiting-Ustially at the spine

per point

in

amount

They are laid down Imme-bridge.-United Press. diately under the revised rules-

their grand show and the vic and a new card is drawn. Top | lory over the visiting

pore Army side.

Singavard of the remaining "stack"

is turned face up to start the

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Picked by the Chinese FA direurd pile. after the HKFA bad Their Value of Cards—Jokers choice for Maniln; and another points, acer and "cliners 20, team hari been chosen for Sal-kings to eights

10, sevens to

as

Slightly wrong

"Here"""ls"@"chuckle- taken from the newly published

brochure,

́edited by George Bon- ney, celebrating the Lincolnshire Handicap centenary.

gon, the Chinese FA decided to fours 5, black treys 5. The red In the team stand despite the tregs nover enter active piny Inet that the Saigon team did The May-Holder of the not go, and HKFA suggested it highest card in the cut draw be strengthened.

either from the discard This was a very fair,move from the stock. He then dis-

fair with regard to the players con cards one card from his hand cerned and how well theyt he draws red trey he lays

After the 1906 race, it down immediately

for his

French won by the Each of them went all out "bonus" and draws .ogain.

horse Ob from Dean start to finish, and with A player may meld or lay

and Swift

Roseate fancy frills or grandstand | down the matching cards to piny, they gave a keen ninety-start a

canasta

Dawn, when he has i

the result was inmute performance to win a enough cards in the meld to

cabled to Australia thrilling match by three clear total 60. Joints. Each meld must: thus: goals. Anti in conclusion may contain à natural pair as well say that I hope that this is not a wild cards. Each canasta the last representative game we must contain no more than see some of these players take three wilch cards, part itt.

from

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Arthur Peall says:

F MOUSANDY

snooker gaILLON

are, decided on the laat "three colours? Their value, JB points, 15 Bhough to offset considerable

BLACK

tian dicasŁ

a practise potting

the Elvir tan dard spot centre abo DyramiU ipine), and

top put hiacx). With the ball at

the put end, welker might have

taken ole muro #lowly, leaving car

ASCENDING SCALE

for

The point requirements melding go up as the score in- crruses. After the score totals 1.500 points a total of 90 points is required in the meld. When total score reaches 3,000 points. meld requirements are 120.

Play continues until One player calls or "goes nut" by playing all the cards in his

hand unto the board.

It is not necessary to discard

on the play in which you go out. A player must ask his partner if he may go out in order not to stop play while

ball t of pink. to wely the partner holds cards to com-

white squarely out the top cushion

to cover pitik from the right, Pink wan nłowly

4 ist died, leaving black

right-hand pocket.

pot into tip

A common trudency to hit these strokes to hard can be corrected by stipping the right hand a few inches up the cue-butt." Ferhaps not the medicine for every hard hitter. it shorten the sewing and some players will find it helpful.

London Express Service

WHAT WIT YOU,

STRIPEY?

plete another canasta.

SPECIAL RULES ON DISCARDS

If a player draws from the discards, he must take the en- tire plle. He must be able to play the top card immediately,

A black jrey thrown on the discards makes the next player

TWO OF 'EM CALLED POR

Lincoln, Ob, Denn Swift, Roseate Dawn.

One paper out there interpreted it as fol- lows:

"The death of Dean Swift, of Linkoln, au- thor of the famous hymn, The

Rosente hues of early dawn, was announced today."

The Dean Swift died in 1745. And he eer- tainly didn't write that hymn. Or belong to Lincoln.

Conditions for the original Lincoln, run on August 10, 1849, over two miles (now one mile), laid down that "60 sovereigns arc added." Now it is 1,600.

Mister Conquest

ROCA'S PACKET OF DONG,

IM GORRY, ER, BUT

THEY WERE TOO

MUCH FOR ME.

SO THATS WHY US TENTED

ME OUT OF THE WAY.

ROCA MOVES WAGT,

London Express Service)

LATER THAT NIGHT,

ZOOK OUT SIR

DOLLY WINS!

of over 60 in the League, only seven man- feminine players aged to touch 300. Southpaw pitcher Dolly Brown, who re- ceived the second most votes in

W

Not nearly enough has been made of the fact that they played in six tournaments and lost the International match only 2-3.

This was hi spite of the fact that they were playing almost a different

Katie. American squash is played on a much narrower court than that used in England, and with a harder and therefore fuster bull.

口径

The girls made a big impres

the Americans. So the reckoning for the Most Sion

the Americans much so, that Valuable Player, hit back and will

send a team here next scored a personal

triumph in year. winning the ladies batting

ENTHUSIASM crown. You can't get a good "man" down would apply to the

Principal guest at the party all-rounder Dolly Brown.

was Mrs Powell (Susan Noel).. the captain, walking with the -aki-of -two--stick-because “she was in inxi crash the other

The girls' averages are follows:

Dolly Brown 436

Terry Noronha 421

Patsy Ribeiro .380

Hilda Soares 341 Teresa Baptista .333 Rosita Nye .323

Woo .308 Marjory Therese Remedies .200 Alex Mendonen .280 Peggy Barros .279 Yollie Franco Alice Mar 273

275

Inez Soures 257 Ellie Babida 244 Dorothy Park 240 Thelma Watson .231 Betty Park 227 Bernie Remedios 227 Irene Castilho .225.

OTHER BESTS

as

Most Home-Runs: Patsy Ribeiro, Dorothy Park, Irene Castilho 2 cach,

3.

21.

B.

18.

Three-base hits: Patsy Ribeiro

Two-base hits: Hilda Soares 5.

Do you know this?

William Mitchell, n Glasgow player, drafted in 1849 laws of bowls which are substantially the same as those of to- day. Many men's and women's clubs this year are running a “Mitchell Centenary Day" for the Forces Help Society.

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day. Susan was enthusiastic about the behaviour of the girls in America. She was convin- ced that they did us n.lot of credit.

Among her listeners was Kay Staminers. freed for the

her handling of moment from I the

team. Kay, looking as young Runs Batted in: Yollie Franco as ever she did,

Runs scored: Teresa Baptista in British Wightman Cup

has had her

but to

Hiris practising under cove: 172051 of the winter, Stolen bases: Terry Noronhamorrow they go to Wimbledon

for outdoor practice, and Kas j has every hope that they wil be in first-class shape by the beginning of the season.

Dynamie Jean Lee, who play. ed for the Canadian last season and won the batting crown, was not playing the concluded Cur Number t girl? Jean session. Last year's select group, | Quertice, who touched .300, were 1

PATSY'S RIVALS

follows in the order of their It is hard to say who is our superiority:

Number 1 man li boxing an- Jean Lee, Girlie Gaan, Pataynouncing. Patsy Hagale. is Ribeiro, Meivle Soares, Eme safely entrenched in town, but Babida, Allee Mar,

Celeste, there are knockers at the door. Guternos, Thelma Watson, irend There is young: Johnny Best. Castilho, Gilly Winglee, Hilda who cild the Earl's Court show

THATE BOORPION NOS, STRIPSY-ROÇA'B' TIVING

TO SCARE US OFF -

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un Cerdan night beautifully, and does a rogular and Immaculate performance weekly father's bill at the Liverpool Stadium.

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There is also Torn Spedding. from Belle Vue, Manchester, who mixes up his announcing with Isle of Man hotel-keeping. Tom is a director of the Belle Vuc Rangers Rugby League club, and to fulfi his duties as a director, an on- nouncer, and an hotelier, he spends half hla time flying be- tween the Isle of Man

and Lancashire. To this he In moro than welcome.

HIS LAST MATCH One of the results that did not gain a lot of prominence.

Scottish Univer- recently was sitics 2, English 'Univeralties 1 -probably for that renton-

London · Express~~~Service.but nevertheless, the -match-

before he forsakes university football to take the pulpit of a small porish church in Campbel- town, in the west of Scotland.

Charles was a naval com- mander curing the war. The Scottish team, like the English, was made up of ex-naval men and budding doctors.

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ENGLAND

He died at 80-three years after the Law Lords had decided

SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS Somerset House, whom I con- sulted today, agreed that the

to "give blm the money." Batlow is "very Involved." Which

among professional cricketers

his name lives on and no wan- explains why many people with. as strong a claim as games players to relief do not get it.

der.

For instance the staff of social club are able to pay on. their Christmas "boxes: so aro bosures in offices and factories. receivers of Christine

SOCCER QUANDARY Now for the footballers. They

the have

on their benefits to pay (£750 maximum every Ένα

So also are clergymen given years) because benefits are part Easter offerings by congrega- of their contracts-though, to be sure, the contracts sny merely tions.

that a beneilt may be allowed. It seems that cricketers are As for the The fortunate cricketer misses privileged beinga.

footballers, they the tax because, in the words of spread the tax over five years. con at least the Lord Chancellor of that day: Which is something.

£930 16s. was "a personal

the glit."

--(London Express Service)

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