1949-05-28 — Page 10

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

DAY, MAY 28, 1949.

Fido Runs And Ruins Race

HONG LEAGUE REVIVAL HAD

BUMPER SUCCESS.

A

By "STARDUST"

The curtain has just rung down on the pennant race for the San Miguel Hong Shield—the coveted gonfalon presented to the championship team of the Hong Softball League.

Last Sunday's play-off tussle between mighty Gibb Livingston and staunch Stanvas marked the conclusion of the first hong competition in the post-war ern of the pastime. It also brought to an end a hectic season for six flag-contending hong outfits who had battled tenaciously through a 5-game' schedule.

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Gibb Livingston, possessing a youthful and enthusiastic side, annexed: the title by nosing out powerful Stanvac in the play-off for the championship after the two squads had wound up the season in a dead hent.

All in, áll, the 1940 hong fag|trànsters which considerably against their name in the loop choco was a bumper success depleted an otherwise strong standings as they dropped a 4-# Competition was rife until the side.

decision to Callex. The very last day of the compara-

TOUCH FICHT

Musicians, who wore

now to tively brief beaton. All tears

the game, won many supporters Signs of displayed a sporting spirit and

a`lough" ' fight for over to their side by their en- a keenness seldom seen In honours were evident in the thusiasm and very fine sporting these stormy days of

local first week of the season. Gibb's spirit both on and off the play- softball,

storted their drive for the Daging feld.

triumph over a The Before the termination of the will a 13-9

pentant dreams of the Stanvac squad regular Softball Leaguce spon- hefty

in the Shell outfit were shattered on sored by the Hong Kong Soft-inaugural tilt. Highlights of the the same afternoon as Callax's ball Association. movement fracas were Jolling Joe White's triumph over the Musicians, the Gibb's nosed out Shell 11-10 was under

way, sided abetted by several stalwarts of Socony gang and a round trip-in a nip-and-tuck battle. the game, to revive the inter-Casanova" Roza-Pereira.

rocked by Glub's Gerry Shell had the Leing run on

second which had

baso when the ball Hong Competition

The APL Eagles und

Kamo ended. Carlos "Spikes" been a popular feature prior to

"Hot Lips" Diesta's Musicians Guterres larruped a round trip- the outbreak of hostilles in hooked up in a titanic battle

per for the vanquished Shell Hong Kong.

In the second encounter of the men. Through the keen support schedule which went seven full

before

President the adveral members of the Gen-dionzas eral Committee and the softball Liners nubbed the Jive Boya scribes, the ipvival of Hong 12-11, Softball was made possibic,

And

Six teams registered at the commencement of the

earn palan-a fairly small entry list compared to the numerous en- tries received in pre-war SCA-

nons.

Three

superlativo

per

for hitting

Fred

Right on the heels of the Shell reversal came welcome news for softball fans. Shell many amcially withdrew *

pro- fest which they had lodged against an umpire's decision in gamo with Stanvac, thereby creating greater 10- speur terest in the two-way mee be- tween Stanvac and Gibb's for the title.

The tussle produced a tolat of 20 miscues APL registering 11 bobbles willo the Musicians; their chalked up 9 miscues, Streamlinect Shell, headed by the cagy battery of "Chappy" Remedios and veteran Had Wing Lee, swept away to Dil-purveying com- a fuo start by slapping riva panies represented in the loop. Caltex 14-4 in #scumfe in Caltex which Shell slugging dominat- Stativac, Shell, and gathered their ball players 10 ed. Dickie "Santa Casa" Silva promote strong entries into the poled a long homer for the Shelf competition,

squad. Gibb Livingston.

Socony climbed back into the jutning forces with

Hongkong pennant plcture in the second lap of the schodule by shel- Électrie top-notchers, put up a

lacking APL 14-4. formidable side.

The Flying Horsemen rocked APL ace hur- The American President ler Sergio Silva under a bli Lines, who had several oldtering 10-hit assault, campaigners to draw on, also

Tho

a

Frankle "Samba" Corren's T men earned a crack at Stanvar newly presented San for the Miguel Hong Shield, which was San kindly donated by the Miguel Brewery, by trouncing APL 20-4 In their last game of the season.

The play-off lusslo for the championship was decided last werk. Gibb's played heads up ball in the clutches to take Slarvae to town by a narrow Joe White stretched his hut-7-8 count to annex the Shield. registered for the pennant race ting streak by

A "Boxer Mallg pitched garnering a Musiciana double Hongkong

and

white steady ball for Gibb's while the single Union, who can render better Gunste Remedion

Stanvac management were ber- clouted musical exhibitions than their

four-master. Tommy Chan, or serk by their manipulation of lacklustre performances on the

Chung Hwa vintage, paced the the line-up. The Gibb victory diamond, was also in the six-

APL slugging attack with a was hard-earned and weil- team circuit.

portal-to-portal smam,

deserved and it wound up -a; "Tamar"

Shell made it two in a row successful but short season of their entry at the last minuten convincing style by tramphong softball owing to fleet movements

andling the feeble Musicians 11-1

HMS

First

will:drew

African At Wimbledon?

ERE is a Wimble- innovation.

Hedon

Aubrey year-old schoolmaster from Paarl, Cape Pro- vince, has come to England us the first South African colour- ed lawn tennis player in our Championships. He is coloured singles, doubles and mixed champion of the Union, and has been sent over for three months by subscription among his own people.

his How good is

I cannot say tennis? yet because in South Africa he and the white players belong to dif- ferent associations und

Samaai, 21-

30

are like Euclid's parallel straight lines. But I am told he has practised convincingly.

wo. shall Anyway, soon know, for he has entered for several other tournaments..

Acceptance at Wimbledon depends only on his standard of play, for happily there is no colour bar there. I wish young Samani well, and hope to see him in the Champion- ships.

It would be enter- talning if the draw set him ögainst one of the South African men whom he never meets in his own country.

In a slugfest. Shell batters con- nected for four triples with Dickle Silva in the limelight

consistent hitting.

"Chappy" Remedios

FINAL STANDINGS

The anal

standings of the Hong loop were as follows:

Won Lost Ferct,

5

1

833

4

2

. .007 .600

2

.000

4

.200

0

.000

Shell Caltex APL Musicians

limited Gibb's The Jive Artists to three skim Stanvac py singles. Caltex upset the Gibb's reserves apple cari in an explosive sixth inning rally by scoring 11-count 'em-rons to sink Gibb's 15-8. Caltex

defelt overcamo

a 5-4 triumph over the T gang there. by leaving Shell the only un defeated team after the first two laps of the season.

The

with

Pegasus squad

from

Edgar Britt A Challenge To

their Gordon Richards

Stanvac for three stanzas.

thent

training.

A brown and white mongrel was a quiet specta- tor all during a high school track meet at St Paul, · Minn., until the gun. sounded for the 440.

Then he leaped into the act. For a while he led the field. But twice he broke the stride of Gene McDermott (right) by running between his legs, costing Geno a likely meet record..

The finish, as shown, was McDermott, frat; Fido, second, and Don Speiser (left), third-AP Wirephoto.

FRANK BUTLER'S COLUMN

Gaston Will Run In The Games

Gaston Reiff, the little Belgian with the thin- ning hair, who held off the wonderful last 200 yards challenge of the Czech, Emil Zatopek, to win the 5,000 metres Olympic title, is expected to represent Belgium in the British Games at White City on Whit- Monday,

·

AAA officials are still waiting on the announce- ment of the official Belgian team, but received good news that Willi Slykhuis, the Flying Dutchman, will represent Holland in the mile. Harrison Dillard, the coloured "American, is also coming..

Cleethorpes Pier next season Perhaps that's an exaggeration,

Iceland Thaws Out

McDonald

Bailey

DAG

Bo prepared to see McDonald Bailey, Trinidad sprinter whom we all know in England, "go places" pretty swiftly when he returns from Iceland in about two weeks' time.

Harold Palmer received a telegram from him saying that he has done 10.4sec. twice over 100 metres and 21.8sec, over 200, despite rather cold cond!- tions.

For a West Indies runner who abhors the cold thin la remarkable going as comparison with some of last year's times shows.

RECORDS AHEAD Although he did well in the Games to reach the 100 metres Anal, Bailey's best time in that series was 10,5see. in the first round. In the semi-final ha was beaten by Mel-Patton, who did 10.4. Bailey 10.6. In the Anal, won by Harrison Dillard in 10.3sec., Balloy was last, doing about 10.7.

Bailey has done.

10.sec. for the 100 metres, but these times In cold Iceland early in the season suggest we shall see him break record hero soon.

Kerby team

Sportsman's Diary

EDITED BY

Bruce Harris

She is 29; Just boginning 18th year in athletics.

her

Soon she will retire, but if she finds a placo in the Empire Games in New Zealand February she will go there.

next

an a nipper. Mr Bevan fount opportunities for cricket limited down in Wales and medium- paced, bowling which was his speciality, has given place to demon deliveries in pollucs..

A

'NOT AS THE SCRIBES' So Marylebone has fost Maurice Tale or an Alec Bedser and Westminster has gained an Aneurin Bevan, Ho-has been only twice to Lord's, but would like to go more.ZER

Mr Devan; exuding geniality, spoke of Denis as a brave, fol- She was fourth to Miss Sylvia low in facing the hazards of Cheeseman, Miss B. Foster and cricket, football and the ballot Miss B. Brickwood at Chiswick of 140,000 which had elected and casch says that her training a week ago, but her husband him to honour.

"And when it has not yet brought her to top said the form. She is British women's 100-metres champion and Olym-authority pic Games semi-finalist.

REALLY!

NEW BRENTFORD MEN. Brentford

Football Club lotarted a third team last sea- son. Now they have signed on amateur forms two of the pro- mising players thus discovered Really, onlookers at Wimble-

Fred

Holland (outside-loft)don ought not to cry out during and Tom forward).

(centre- the rallies. One of them in the members' sland, too--did so This third

known as during that critical point which Brentford Town Juniors, had a Geoffrey Paish needed to bring One

Brat season. They won a his fourth set-score to five-oll number of their matches by against Cernik, the Czech, in the large margins atid revealed that Davis Cup tic. there are lots of young talent in the neighbourhood, But It If Palsh had left that ball will be several sensons before alone he might well have won much of it is ready for Brent- the set and the match. In ford's first team.

stead, he immored the angulshed ery of "Leave It," hit the ball, lost the point, and soon after- wards his defeat ended our hopes. I certainly thought the bail would have gone out.

COACHED THE KING When the King was a boy he was coached at cricket by Mr Matthew (Mat) Wright, whose death In his ninetieth year wis announced on May

16.

If Palsh had withheld his racket the Czechs might have well been sore at such advico from the stands. All the same, I wish he had taken that risk.

STREULE THE SWISS

scribes."

comes to Minister of "I speak as öng-having the and not as

Which may, or may not have been. Intended as a backhander at the dozens of journalists In- his audience.

ARGENTINE OFFER our soccer No wonder ferees and coaches go abroad. Look at this notice,published today in the Football Associa Argentine football club named tlon bulletin, from a junior

Boca. It says:

"Coach required as soon as possible. Salary 2000 pesoins

(about £100) a month, plus bonuses. Contract for one year, with option of renewal for fur- ther year."

There is pay for a coach com- parable with that given to only a few of the leading manigera. In English football

What a pity we cannot keep more of our best coaches at home (hem by offering

comparable salaries.

'PICKLES' DOUGLAS C. H. (Pickles) Douglas, who has just resmied from the Bri- Erlish Athletics have gained tish Boxing Board of Control, of

personality in Hans

| which ho was a senior steward Swiss Olympic runnerthus expressing dissatisfaction

D Streuli,

new

ed himself, but developed the family gifts in refereeing.

or

His brother was J. W. H. T who was not only a Test cricket- but DA Olympic boxing champion. J. H., who was John= nlo's father, was president of the ABA and frequently reforced at the old National Sporting Club.. So did "Johnny-Won't-Hit-To- club,day."

J. H. and Johnny lost the lives at sea. "Plekles" survivZE them and went on alone to at- ¡tain a modern reputation.

Wright for 52 years was pro- fessional coach to Eton College, and the Royal Princee the King, the Duke of Gloucester, and the late Dake of Kent were brought down from Windsor to the Eton shed for practice.

Mr Anthony Eden was an- other

of his pupils, Wright from a lakeside village near with their methods--never box- claimed that, he had bowled Zurich. The well-built Hans, more balls to more young with a mop of dark hair, is a cricketers than any other man. powerful runner with an easy rhythm. He is likely to be here WVS GOLFERS

for some years, as he is now on Wvs members have turned, the staff of a Swiss banic in for the moment, their energies

London. 1914 from good works to (I hope) He showed good form in help- good golf. They played lasting the Polytechnic to win 4 x Park, made up of 18 holes of Comes week a competition at Moor 440

yards relay at Chiswick,

but Leicester have bought up foursomes. Reason for this cur- hurdler, who has

from the medal play, followed by 12 holes Zurich, as the scrap wood from the pler to tailment, I am told, is that some peling here for some time. In repair their damaged stand...

Gus Lesnevich has a guaron-rounds a trifle trying.

of the players found two full the first round of the Games he tee of £12,500, against

did the 800 metres in min. Joe

Players came from Maxim's

as far 56.5 sce.. finishing just in front £3,750, when they afield as Leeds and Bourne-of Harold Tarraway, but went fight at Cincinnati on May 23. mouth. Best known Sounds like too many peanuts them

among

SUS joui in a fast heat In the semi- was Mrs Alec Gold, for Gus-hów minus hla worio Beaconsfield, former

Anal. interna-

ANEURIN BEVAN, ile, which reposes in the safe tonal, playing to a handicap of hands of Freddie Mills.....The Ave.

CRICKETER "I have been sacked" Bruton, B.3.C. have offered King Sots- WINNIE JORDAN successor to Eddie Hapgood mona 250 guineas to broadcast and Will Scott, raid yesterday the Mills-Woodcock set-to on June 2.. Solomons is seeking the opinions of Bghters and mana Eers before giving an answer.

As soon as you get big names and on International into athletle you have the Nn. flavour

1 box office sport. Remember

the Olympics pulled in 1,250,000 fans paying £600,000.

and

Jack Bruton, former England Blackburn forward, has resigned as Blackburn Rovers' manager.....And Horace Cope, former Arsenal back. and Blackbum trainer tor than three years, says bluntly:

he had never had a free hand

at Blackburn......

In

Stanvac precincts won second victory of the race in their outing. They clipped Cal-

A jockey born in Aus-

Max Schmeling plans to start tex 13-10 In u ̈ ̈-free-hilting

on Jack Peters tralia, Edgar Britt, is re-a mink farm Luneburg Burning lusele.

where the Gerinan ns a leading

con. [Heath, slammed an out-of-the-parkgarded

four years tender for Gordon Richards Army surrendered hemer while Joe White con- tinued his capers at the plate crown when Britain's cham-mired for a skunk farm..

ago. Schmeling sally only res single in foul trips pion jockey eventually de- Charlie Barnett, the old Glou- Caltex lost out after holding cides to retire and take up cestershire and England bats- man, is still showing them how

tha Central

Lancashire League. Barnett started tho season with Д century for Rochdale and look five Middle- ton wickets for 43..

Dan Maskell, Club professional, says 40-year- All-England

nld Fred Perry plays his fast, aggressive rallies as well as ever. This is just the job for Tony Mollram and Geoff Paish, who are having special coaching from the Pro-

Gibb's consolidated pennant hopes with 22-1 His achievements during the trouncing of the Musicians. Flat Racing season of 1948 cer- "Modest" Khan and mentor- tainly established him in that "Samba" position. For he rode 145 win- plus-catcher Frankie Corres walloped homers for the ners, and was second On 101 third 81 times, and T gang to pace an 18-hit affen- occasions, Bive.

had a total of 670 mounta Richards rode Gordon

Shell preserved their unsul-j

224

00

|

thirds out of a total of 800 mounis.

Hed record In their meeting winners, 149 seconds, and with APL. The Oilers ran roughshod over the Eagles in ajmo loosely-played encounter, To Britt performed the superb

feat

of riding the last two St win 22-7.

Leger winners, Sayajirao and Black Tarquin, as well as two Britt has became a vigorous challenger to Gorden Richards dominating position as Britain's loading jockey in a compare tively short space of time.

CRUCIAL TUSSLE

Then, the big Shell-Stanvac game loomed up. It was a cru- cial tussle, Stanvac, behind the 6-hit hurting debut Thacher, shattered Shell's win- ning streak by dropping their perennial rivals 10-9 in a tense battle.

Ed

Cesarowitch winners.

It was in 1945 that he arrived in England from India as the arst jockey to the Gackwar of

Baroda.

ed

The Stanvac victory ovened

Britt went to India first in up the flag race. The Flying Horsemen went on to wind to 1035, and rode there success- up fully until 1040 when he return- their campaign with an 0-1

to Australia. triumph over the Musicians, As racing, was restricted there, Thacher chucked A two-hit

he returned to India, where 'game while his mates had bat-

some racing took place, and it ting lethargy connecting for was then that Briit began his two 'blows off Blas Despa.. association with the Geekwar, of The Musicians finished their Baroda with whom he remained season with nary a victory.until 1947.

Mister Conquest

IT'LL MEAN BAMBOOZLING

THE GUARD, BUT MEL BRING VER

TO YOU IN AN HOUR —

YOUR RINGS, SHOW

WITH. (200

n spot

133

A six-foot American, CharTEN Medick, has refereed hundreds of table fenols tournaments without ever seeing the game played Medick,

now 20, has months, but his hearing is no been blind since he was. perfect that he is accepted as a top-grade referee.....

THE DIFFERENCE

Appleby

[NOW

GEORGE THEY CAN MANAGE ANY ADVICE FROM YOU

•IQUITE NICELY WITHOUT

RETIRING

Jordan no more on English run- We shall see Mrs Winnic ning tracks after this

scatun.

A. Cricketer

W. Christen,

same

been

the

com-

of

the

CURFEW FOR CHARRON

There will be, bo bright lights. for French middle-weight Robert Charron when he arrives to fight champion Dick Turpin at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, on May 30.

Promoters Braitman and Ezra,, slightly apprehensive about the exploits that have earned Char- ron the nickname of "Robert the are packing him off to a Devil, farm in the Berkshire village of Bradfeld. There, for a week before the fight, M. Charron will have to keep curfew hours. Each day he will be driven into town for training-then home to bed. by 10 p.m.

May we hope that one day Mr Ancurin Bevan will bo elected president of the MCC? I fear the odds are against it.

But it was as one cricketer to another that ho presented Denia Compton with the Sporting Records

"Sportsman Year" trophy for the second year running. To be more exact, it was a bowler who balted handing over the cup to a batsman who bowls,

Mr Bevan told me with some Learia Constantine has pride after the ceremony that always played cricket for execution among the youth of tory.

"as a nipper" he did great fun. He says so in Cric-his native Tredegar. But only keters' Cricket, just publish ed. Nobody who ever watch- ed him playing would ac cuse him of talking with his tongue in his cheek.

For Fun

He was so obviously one of the 'world's greatest players of cricket for fun that it is

not

surprising he should ask all the schoolboys who read his

book to learn to play it tho same way, and for the same reason.

He wants them to try to con- Promoters are scared of T.V. tribute something new to the fessional boxing, Salomons will mop up all the knowledge the It television comes in on pre-game themselves, as well is to have to go back to jeliled ceis masters can give them. for a living...

Cricket today, he says, neede CASH IN, BOYS enterprise and initiative. Dop- Jeuse Owens, the Olympic ed pitches, averago worship, Joe Di Mario's lame leg is wonder of 1036, is said to be finance, and finally a spirit of still causing some anxiety to worth £35,000 as the result of timidity browed out of two. the New York Yankees, Black-

sports stores and apartment wicked and disastrous wars. pool have been concerned about houses in Chicago. The great have made first-closa "cricket- the injured left ankle of Stan Jesse advises all young athletes dull. Matthews. Whats the big dif to cash in while they can.

Old Argument ference in these two great Sixty-five-year-old George sporting stars?£24,300 a your in salary. Leloester City fans can watch their team from

Leze, who weighs 14 stone, Whether cricketers are born, starts his 80th season with not made, is an old argument. Duriton C.C. (Hampshire). Learts himself doesn't know,

Holmes Gibbs, using a

bow But he insists that they can be

made.

and arrow, has beaten golfer You can't generalise in W. P. C.-Wing on the Homericko Park (Surrey)' course - by” onơ| cricket, says Learte. Ferhaps hole. The archer was allowed that's why it's such fun, to finish within an arrow's All the saine, there are lots length of the pin. Methinks I'll knows can tell the tyro, and

that the man who things take my chiting needles and doubt if anyone ever told them yo-yo when next a-goling we

better O for funs

Lordon Expreza Service)

Empire Tennis Tournoy Off:

of

than the man who played

His book covers every phnac of the technique of cricket. It even tells you what to wear, what to est and drink, and not

smoke. The simplicity of the Instruc tion makes it clear to the boy,

to

iL

Auckland, May 201t was in a Junior house eleven, et decided today to abandon the of cricket als Test level.

it reveals the complex tactics roposed Empire-Lawn. Terinis Touradment, which has been Cricketers Cricket, by Learie htränged at Auckland in Constantine (Eyre and Spottis February, flowing, The Empire Wooda, dadd.julianaKARI Games as there were

Joke Helen Reuter.

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--(London Exprěší 'Berwica

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