1950-10-21 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1950,

Softball Chatter

PENNANT HOPES OF FOUR TEAMS GO INTO THE MELTING POT By "Stardust"

The championship hopes of four pennant-bound teams in the Men's Senior loop will be thrown into the melting pot this week-end when the reigning Champions, the Braves, clash with the Canuchs at 11.30 a.m., and the Americans, last year's runners-up, tangle with the Overscas at 4 p.m. tomorrow.respectively.

On the performances of the teams during the past weeks, softhall enthusiasts should now have a clearer picture of the clubs that will be battling right up to thẻ end of the season for the pennant.

In the minor circuit, the Wildfires- Paudas scuffle is bound to attract countless junior fans, as these two pennaut aspiring outilts cross bats at 4 p.m. this afternoon,

"Joan Paige" Remedios, for- merly of the Wildeals, ns their starting toster, with Sheiln ki aMotta on the receiving end.

Το provide followers of the meeting the Pandas next week Ladies' Division with their in what is considered to be quota ot thrill

"Gorgeous | locat "Derby". A win for them Terry Noronha'n Wahoos will we noble them to establish be engaged with "Vivacious" firm hold on the top slot

The Squaws having practised Atories Baptista's Clovers, thia SHOULD BE EASY so hard under coach Rennle afternoon 44

sharp. The other Senior Division Sequeira" arc now # Useful Beautiful Joyce Guest's Squawa games me slevold of interest as nice. meet Inl Winglee's White the mighty Saints, atid

The odda Funga tomorrow at lunch-time.

Happy-go-lucky

the White Jaguara Diamond activities over die expected to record easy wins Squaw week-end will answer the over the Panibers and

Fangs "Doc" White question of the day, and that Molthen's "Playboy" Baseballers Squows last year in all the two Is, whether the Canucks and

rounds bout. respectively. the Americans can stave defeat and stay in the current flag chase which is taking on torrid trinpo.

It

LACKED THE BREAKS

of

Lho

are

are in favour of

Fangs taking the to the town. The defeated the

and

SPORTING SAM

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By Reg. Wootton

ALEX JAMES

HIAL ARE THE FOOTBALL

RESULTS -

✰ STANLEY MATTHEWS ✰ * ANDY CUNNINGHAM ☆ whose playing careers have spanned the great days of British Soccer, tell you the Gossip and the Inside Stories in their

wookly column-

SOCCER-NEWS

The only two Anglos certain to keep their places in the Scotland team to meet Wales today are Billy Liddell, the Dying Liverpool winger, and Alex Forbes, the Arsenal red-head.

The Junior Men's Section

HERE AND THERE with two games provides fan this afternoon. The cager Wild-

The Senior

League Lame fires and the equally enthusiastic Played on October 8, 1950 be-

Scottish the Madcaps

selector Pandas squad lock horns this tween

have? St.

watched all the lar Teresa's must be admitted, how afternoon and will be the game

Anglo- was pkyed under

Scots. Their decision is now to ever, that the Americans did

protest, watch

as the Terries have

depend on home players Ir the not have the breaks in their

Bed a protest against a demain. meir In

Femmes the

Section,eiston granied by the first base threo outings which ended { "Vivacious“ Marie Boplista's

Although Jimmy Logle against them, for

who ruled that base- George Cloven may have to take a umpire" Gallop pitched two games and back seat in their cloth with runner Imar Eriksen should been in the runing for three Hurry Ayres

Terry Noronha's return te

to

that

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extra base,

on

brilliantly.Gorgeous one,

the The Americans have good idutting Wahoes, but their chances

of round

overthrow power and provided they use upsetting the Green-shirted entitles the runner to only one it at the right time, will prove Wahoos are very bright. tough oppuition to the Over-

The incident occurred in the inning when Erickson a ball which Madeap Kelly

Silva

BCNA,

The

Lecond

hox

uMicin)

VTR 1 years, there "release" request to Arsenal,

Setectors saw Logle ot hla bewildering,

defence-splitting

EDITED BY

James Connolly

best... they saw Alee McCrae international goalkeeper, since Middlesbrough) get three goals he was placed on the transfer

Yet their week.

only list. is worry - Netto

whether to play! Jimmy Mazon (Third Lanark) and Jolinstone (h).

The

Their scouts, have looked at everyone worth watching in England, Ireland, and Scotland.

The Rangers have rived at a sherl

now ar- list of Alan Brown (East Fito), Billy Simp-

ROMERO DESERVES THE FIRST CHANCE

Says PETER WILSON

So Danny O'Sullivan is to meet Vle Toweel, of South Africa, for the world's bantamweight title at the Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, South November 25.

Afrien OTI

I can only assume that Toweel wants to protect the title which he won from Manuel Ortiz at the same arena last May.

Othervire ho would

I'd like to ask one question. doubtedly put his crown in Would it have been all night if pawn to the man with the best yount Bobby had deelded to be bantamweight record In the a professional (Rugby League) world-Luis Romero, of Spain. footballer-after having karnet

Rugby during the whool curriculum?

1 case you've forgotten. Romero

ทาง1 O'Sullivan JE Harringay last April, and Danny boy was danuned to the canvas at times before the refcree stopped the fight. In the 13th round.

Now Max Kanter, representa- tive of the South African pro-

admits moling body,

that

Grammar

(London Express Service)

England Will

Toweel would prefer to meet Meet Argentine

O'Sullivan first, but that there have

op-

been tentative proncher" to Romero for a later fght (perhaps next March or April) against either Toweel or O'Sullivan.

£3,000 PURSE

O'Sullivan may get as

At Wembley

By HAROLD PALMER

The Football Association

changing the

pro- international

art • much gramme

of

BOM (Linfield), and Brd Gerries £3,000 for his end of the matches provisionally ar

(Dundee).

satile, winger.

two-footer!

unsigned

Reading need a goal-scoring Inside forward. Ted Drake has a deal lined up. Should be com pleted this week.

purse. He may even bent

the other.

there can be

Alon Brown, the East Fife star, is in the £20.000 who has a chapel at one end of the Festival of Britain next Toweel the Lebanese Catholic ranged to take place during class, and Gerle and Simpson his house and a gymnasium at May. The result is that the are priced rouml £12,000.

Dundee, pleased at the succes

matches with France and <fly

Sirri, are realy to splash out again. They would crushing defeat whick Romero ed.

But until he's wiped out the Belgium are not to be play- ke Bobby Campbell, the ver-inflicted on him

Chelsen

nothing but disorder.

The original plan was to play France on Sheffield Wednesday's Even if the British Boxing ground on Saturday, May 12; Board of Control-not to men and Belgium on Cyrton's

on the European Union-refure to sanction this day, May 10.

Boxing round on the following Satur- fight as being for the world's

Plan now is to play the match bantamweight title.

pro- for the British Empire Bat. b. Arsenal ground on Wednesday, for the Left-wingers of class are at

ulle, which would

of course, May 9, at Wembley premium, which

Sindlum world's explains curry why Gainsborough Trinity have far rejected several good offers for Maurice Robinson.

Bob Brocklebank, mingham manager, will prob

But ably sign Ray Alddleton, the chance of the big money. (Southern League)

can't help feeling that the young, free-scoring! under the Town centre forward, who should be first in the queue for

Sution!

Spaniard wheblighted his life gentleman's

ogreement"

be-averaged three goals a match tween the two clubs.

The Wahoos, who were nearly nosed out by Beautiful Joyce Guest's Squaws 5-3 a fortnight, bunted ago, will vie for superiority in pitcher the game with the Covers. The Leded and threw wild to arst Waho have the best pitcher

bare in the League in the person of

On the other hand

Welsh selectors have j Eric G (goalkeeper) is the if the "Gorgeous Terry Noronha,

protest rejected,

their worries, too. Seems they first of several Charlton players the game Teiry hurls the old apple as it be credited

Tonbridge in the Mad-are set on Mat not been zeen hern for caps os n win, many a tonk day! There's { Champions, rhythm! There's speed! There's,

Overseas are determined not to let the Americans halt their mach to Penuantville and have been holding regular practices. The starting hurter is sill uncertain, but the ten has been briefed in strategy by mutermind Johnnie Ho.

Charlie 'Ole Hoss Figueiredo's Braves, last year's will depend on fight to hold dawn 13/11 Canucks in the quest

Dag.

There

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position switching. Don't be surprised if laieramtional wing ball Roy Paul moves over to the centre- Umpire-in-chief Don "Flash" half position. felding contrul I'd be diflcult to hit Robbins will be holding classes

Woo's ruch pitching, a to the sorrow for the discussion

When und Inter-

Anthony Brewer, for the of the other teams in existence pretation of son playing Edmonton youngster, wrote for -especially with a side strong rules. These classes are open trial at Mwall, he forgot to is no doubt that the in all quarters behind her, f all interested and will be held fell manager Charles Hewitt Comick:: have been considered The littering "lovely" gals,very Friday. They will take what position he played.

of the heaviest hiter in the Clovers, fresh from their place at "Dog" Molthen's

boosted with vistory league and

Hewitt wrote nud asked, The over

Lee's nice, Shell House, 1st floor, Immaltate ternationa! Pakistanis Pirates 14-11 fast week will be at 5.30 pan, sharp weekly.

answer was either Brave

Roalkeeper or centre forward." Johnny batting in an all-out effort to

THE PROGRAMME Alvares, who has an assortment down the

Brewer had better-favoured-to

a ten-minute The programme is as followa; | spell in goal at a private trial. That was enough for Charlie Men's Junior League

Hewitt. At 2.30 p.m. Ground A-SI Teresa's Grigins. (Plate Umpire, Danns Tratt, Searer, Fred Desta); Ground D-Spartans v Nine Dragons (Plate Unipilte, Gerald Pomeroy, Scorer, Roberto Nunes).

ene

the

six

hurler

June

of curves, will have to mix win Walgos. For what them well and truly to muzzle may lack in the opposing artillery,

they

experience they ran Sury be depended o

The Brives are ut the make up with enthusiasm. moment Icadit in The Blue

section

of the

to

The tussle between the "sun- league, and kissed" Squaws and the White after their encounter with the Fangs will be touch and to Cantekn this week which affair.

one of their two stiff hurdles in!

first round tilts,

the

The wii bequired

While Fangs have ac- The

services of Millie

Lightheavyweights Should Get Activel

This Winter

Says CORNELIUS RYAN

NEW YORK.

The lightheavyweight division of boxing, always one of the least active divisions, may get some unexpected action this winter.

SATURDAY

At 4 p.m. Ground WildAres v Jr. C. Panday Rennie Barretio,

Rodrigues).

STILL THEY COME!

Penzance, last year's Comich Cup finalists, have offered Netl

the job of

team roach. No reply so far from the former England centre

hall.

Frankin (Plate Umpire. Wanda Scorer.

Ladies League

At 4 p.m. Ground A-Wahoos v Clovers (Plate Umpire, June Lec. Scorer, Eddie Loureirol.

SUNDAY

Men's Senior Leaguo At 10a.m. Ground A-St Joseph's Tankers (Umpires, F. A. Ewine, lob Low, George Pang. Scorer. Eddie Leiro).

who will

Gu to

COME ON, GLENCOE

Alex Forbes, the Arsenal and Scotland wine-half,

G

becume grepliound owner. The two nuppias recently pre-

scated to him have been re- pistered 43 Glencoe and Gun flash,

In the mutunI-ald

part Charkon will

teca pay

for I players they take from Ton- bridge, and will retain their players going to the Southern League side on the Football

| League register,

The bin London clubs are kicking themselves over Ron He didn't bother to and how Daly. They had full details oí the lad shaped as a centre. He the clever young inside for- signed him an a goalkeeper ward, who did so well in RAF

there and then,

+

Jam

Ted Fenion. the West manager, believes in riding his

At 11.3. Ground A-Braves bunches,

v Canadians Umpires, at Winglee,)

When Fred Kearns was rig-

Art Orario, Sherry Bucks, Scorered from Shamrock Rovers as a Allee Mar).

At I p.m. Ground A-Jaguarn v

full-back, Ted Fenlen decided

are

MAN FOR THE JOB

Looking for a player-manager 10am Athlette. The man they fanev in George Hardwick. the Middlesbrough" and former England back.

IT.K. Bareballers Umpires, Dan that the well-built, fast-moving frothall, except apparently his Jobbins. Dayle, Tiger flussam.youngster had

Scorer, hernard Silva).

the looks

At 2.30 pm. Ground A-Mateaps natural centre forward,

South China (Vitres Umbe

Mare, Llanel Sequeira

of a

release date.

He tried him out in 11 secret. Two days after demob Wat-

Doe Mol-trial of Upton Park and that is ford stepped in and signed him.

then, Scorer, Manuel Nunes).

of the

teading

At 4 p.m. Ground A-Americans how West Ham's 8th Irishman v Overseas Umpires, Buster Hol-became one tands, Chue Taal, Beanie Sequeira, corers

Scorer, Hennie Barrettal.

LEAGUE STANDING

teams followst

latest league standings of the MEN'S RENIOR LEAGUE Dlue Section

#1.15. Pandas

There has been some talk that Jake LaMotta, Middie- weight Champion, would like to meet Joey Maxim, 175- pound champ, for the lightheavyweight title. It is rea- soned that Jake thus might be able to dodge Ray Robin-rave von's middleweight challenge, and might very well win the Oversean 176-pound crown, since Maxim is no world-beater.

Of course, there are some rather no back to England and dimeulu

New York state defend there.

rules demand that a champion His reluctance to show him. In one division must give up self in action has kept the 176- thal Ulle before challenging round division in the darkness

in another division.

bination.

the London Com-

NO OFFERS wall haven't had a sing bid for Ted Hinton, their Irish

Fourteen clubs have inquired after Harry Potts, the Burnley to do business on an exchange Inside forward. Burnley want basis.

Norman Bullock (Leicester), Dob Brocklebank (Birming-

This Was How am), and Ciff Britton (Ever

Letr

D 1.000

G 1.000

0 1,000

Canadians Red Americans P.1. Dodgers

Jaguar South China St. Joseph's Madcaps

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dold Section

1.000

Rugby Started

GI

.Gen

Panthers

St Teresa's Baseballer

ton) were all there at Tolten- ham. But Potts didn't have a very good game.

The FA are to send invita-

The other day I sat alone in amal theatre in Wardourtions to players for the Austra-

.233 Street, watching the

non football scenes in the film "Tom sen. Party will be selected from

rugby lian tour at the end of the sea-

34 short list of acceptors.

000 Brown's Schooldays." Later

held in my hands to replica of the ball of those days, specially 1.000 made for use in the

3

MEN'S JUNIOR LEAGUE

us Section

Plackhawks Griffins Delawares Et. Teresa's Aces Mustang

+

1.000

。

which seems to be Its natural home. Lightheavyweights rare- ly achieve fame as such, even As champions. into the heavyweight division They must co to make money.

Tanumy Rosenbloom, John Henry Lewis,

Loughran. Mello Bettina, Billy Conn, Gus South China Lesnevich and Mills all tried Falcons

Maxie

A WAIVER? LaMotta won't do that, but perhaps he could tecure waiver of the rule. Reportedly Willie Pep would have been granted such a waiver had he beaten Sandy Saddler and then tried for Ike Williams lightweight title. And the heavyweight division, Ez-Nine Dragons then Maxim may not agree to

zard Charles, who With the

to match. He refused a sug- American lightheavy champion gested light with Robinson.

while Mills held the world ütle,

Maxim, who took the tie quickly moved into the heavy- from Freddie Mills in England, weights when Joe Was vastly

Louis re- pleased by s tired. treatment there and seems un Interested

Was

mother who

Gense Tinny in defending

in heavyweight champion America against Archie Moore wan American lightheavy cham- or Bob Satterlek, the logical plon before moving into the contenders. Maxim would bigger division-United Press.

THE

GAMBOLS

NË REALLY

"MUST

WIN WITH

OUR POOLE THIS Week

SPORGE=

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PERHAP

ULLITTLE MUSIC

INSPIRE

Rexer

Wilanzer

Tendan

Spartans

Vikings

F.I. Dodat

Watone

Canadian

Gold Section

LADIES LEAGUE

Clovers ....

St. Teresa's

Pirates

Squaws

White Fange

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by

750

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by

thur

Buckley again! The odds are that Peter Vickers, the brilliant become cigar-Leeds Inside forward, will be In the first team before he is 17.

Itels squatter In shape 300 the ball of today,, which I be

lieve has only 250 shaped

constant tucking .000 under the arm and squeezing. The goal-posts in the film have 1,000 uprights which extend only, a Boa couple of feet above the cross-

1,000

Buckley found him 'wlib the South Yorks Incidentally,

bar. Scenes were shot on the Kilnburst, famous Close at Rugby School, mining village.

000 and the crowds werd

1,000

GOA

chielly

provided by boys there, some Ray Darlow (West Bromwich) is

A Kinhurst lad,

in white jerseys and others in 666 stripes, but all in long trousers. ,500 Most of them played in caps. BRUCE HARRIS -London Express Service)

000

Barry Applibe

365 MOR

ONLY

SHOPPING

CARISTIEM

DAW TO

QUICK SWITCH, Manchester city made ar- rangements with Newcastle to watch Frank Houghton play In- side forward against Manches- ter United reserves at Old Traf- ford,

quick

City directors had to make a change of plans when Houghton played centre for- ward for Newcastle Park!

at Villa

Houghton, originally a wing hait, has even played in goal.

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Charlle Paynter, the former West Hath manager was pre sented with pugquo for. £100 from friends, and admitere altor

a game at Upton Park, th 11 f water safe my de

this seasotz

what's to

prevent O'Sullivan challenging visionally wronged

With the Argentine,

with it the

championship?

I'm delighted

that Danny

on the same day.

The match with Portugal,

one of the nicest little fellows fixed for the Aston Villa grund the Bir- the clit game-should get 011 Wednesday, May 15, wit

VILLA PROBLEM ·

Villa think that Doug Blair, the little Cardif inside for- Ward, would solve most of their problems.

But the answer is still that Bair has a very good job in Cardiff, which he doesn't want to leave.

Glasgow Rangis Nfs near-. ing the endsanstha big Under- cover search for an inside MEK

now

be transferred Everton FC ground, Park, Liverpool..

to the Good con

world honours...............

Let's try to be falimeven in secretary, told me, "all want to professional boxing.

SACKED BOY

"Scotland, Wales and Ireland." Str Stanley Rous 150 FA

came into this Festival foolbali, And

there in limit to the number of players on whom we enn call, especially as there are 02 League clubs, who want to play Festival matches-ot to mention severnl amateur clubs

"I discussed all this with the and the Belglans at

score

of

Dr William V. Lloyd, head. Grammar master of Sulley School, Birmingham, who "fired" young Bobby Jones from the endel force beenuse Jones pre-French ferred Soccer to Rugger, made Brussels recently," he added, " the following statement:-

told them we had to vary our and it would not be

Norwich meager, was off to Doug Lochhead, the former

"It is appalling for a boy to provisional programme Turkey on lober 17. He goc go through the grammar school might incans we

curriculum. just to become ajable to play them." professional footballer."

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