Softball KNOCK-OUT EVENT

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29325, 3 October 1960, Page 16

Softball KNOCK-OUT EVENT

Whitesox Wins Senior Men’s

The Canterbury softball season opened with an all-day knock-out competition at Hagley Park on Saturday when Richmond Whitesox won the senior men’s event, beating Papanui 4-1 in the final. The pitching of K. Smith, and generally tighter work in the field was the main reason for Whitesox’s win. The matches were limited to 40min, with the score for equal completed innings counting. The friendly knock-out competition provided excellent match practice for the opening of the league season next week-end. Papanui took first strike against Whitesox, in the men’s final, but Was soon dismissed. In reply R. Hall made a two-base hit which bought in Smith and R. Tubman. Neither side scored in the second, but in the third innings R. Hall hit Tubman in and R. Parks brought in A. Hall. So Whitesox took a 4-0 lead, although it might have been more had not the Papanui catcher, B. Shaw, smartly tagged out two Whitesox men when bases were loaded. In the fourth innings a three-base hit by P. Waine brought in McBratney for Papanui* s sole run, and Whitesox, facing a substitute pitcher in M. Bell, failed to score. Senior and Shaw completed the circuit for Papanui in the fifth, but the bell went for the end of the game before Whitesox could bat and so only the first four innings counted. The teams were:— Papanui: L. Clarkson, B. Shaw, B. Waine, R. Burnby. G. Senior, B. Chee, W. Mcßratney, R. Hunt, T. Bisman. M. Bell was substituted for Mcßratney Whitesox: K. Smith. R. Tubman, A. O’Neill, R Hall, B. Grimes, A. Hall, P. Joyce, B. Barkle, R. Parks. Scores: Papanui. 0. 0. 0,1; Whitesox, 2,0, 2,0, Results:— Senior: Richmond beat Kaiapoi, Whitesox beat Linwood; Papanui beat Spreydon; United beat Christchurch. Semi-finals: Whitesox beat Richmond; Papanui beat United. Final: Whitesox beat Papanui, 4-1. Other winners—senior, losers final. Christchurch. Senior reserve, Richond; senior reserve losers, final, Spreydon. Junior, Papanui; section B. Teacher’s College Women's Matches Last year’s champion. Hagley, in the senior women’s event beat Teacher’s College and Monowai B to reach the final against Monowai. which had beaten Christchurch. Hagley won the final easily, 7-0. Section winners senior, Hagley; section B, Monowai B. Intermediate. Spreydon; section B. Teacher's College. Junior, Kaiapoi; section B, Vanguard.