"LANEFORD"
SHOES for MEN
BRITISH MADE THROUGHOUT IN THE
TOWN OF NORTHAMPTON
L.C. No. 70
Tan Willow Oxford Shoe. Comfortable Round Toe $12.50 a pair.
L.C. No. 75
Tan Willow Calf
Smart Pointed Toe
$15.00 a pair.
Less 10% Cash discount.
C.R.C.
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934.
RETAIN "B"
Choose Tennis Gear With Utmost Care
Suitable Footwear Important. Factor
DIVISION TENNIS TITLE
MISS YEUNG SAU KING TO COMPETE IN NANKING
Two-Day Swimming Carnival
An all-Nanking aquatic meeting will be held at the Central Swim- ming Pool next Wednesday and Thursday. It is stated in a Chin- ese message from the capital that Miss Young Sau-king, of Hong Kong, who is at present in Nan- chang to open the New Life
RACKETS FOR VARIOUS STYLES Movement Club's swimming pool
DEFORE DEALING WITH STROKE PRODUCTION, THERE
PORTANT TO THE COMFORT OF THE PLAYER BEFORE
has already accepted an invitation to attend the meeting..
GOING ON TO THE COURT 1 REFER TO THE SELECTION VOLUNTEER
OF A RACKET, THE IDEAL FOOT-WEAR, AND CLOTHING EQUIPMENT IN GENERAL,
These points, like physical fitness, are often ignored, but their respective values are so enormous that they really cannot be accurately assessed.
AQUATICS
For instance, if you are a base-line player it would be ad-DIVING TO BE
visable to have a racket slightly heavy in the head, certainly not lighter than an even balance.
Those who have a preference for volleying will find a racket with a slightly lighter head-not heavier than an even balance. more 'suitable to their particular requirements.
There are many men and woment Borotra invariably wears a can- who use a light-headed racket sim-vas upper with a crepe sole about ply because it feels pleasant to three-quarters of an inch thick. I them. To borrow a phrase often used to play in light shoes, but heard in golf, they are under-club-changed my mind and now play bing themselves.. If they could with a thicker sole.
DECIDED ON
THREE DIVES
Plain And Swallow Dives Only
OFFICIAL GUEST LIST
The Hong Kong Volunteer De-
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. only convert themselves to the are. Comfort is essential when play-fence Corps Annual Swimming
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.+
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PORTUGUESE BEAT SMALL UNITS
ENTER BILLIARDS SEMI-FINAL.
M. M. SILVA RECORDS BEST BREAK WITH 40
of a heavier racket they would be ing lawn tennis. Bllatered feet Sports, which, but for the rain, agreeably surprised by the results. are frequently due to playing in would have been held at the Vic-
The actual weight of the racket shoes with thin goles.
toria Recreation Club last Satur-
must, of course, be determined by Some people keep on the same day, will take place to-morrow,
the physical capacity of the indi-socks and shoes for two or three vidual. It is impossi e to lay matches. If you are not. in the commencing at 9.15 p.m.
An interesting and varied pro down a hard and fast le. The habit of changing socks and shoes,
comprised of nine majority of Arst-clase
ayers use between your matches take my ad-gramme,
events, will be concluded by: Irackets weighing fro
14oz. BEST RACKET NECESSARY
Jenormous,
"The vogue among men of wear-
RECREIO CRUSHED
FINAL MATCH
IN
TITLE HELD FOR 11TH YEAR
VETERANS SHOW WINNING FORM
FOR
the eleventh year in succession the Chinese Recreation Club have won the "B" Division Lawn Tennis League Championship, sealing their victory by defeating the Club de Recreio, the only other unbeaten team this year, by 7 sets to 2 at
Causeway Bay yesterday afternoon.
In the absence of L. F. Hon, who is away from the Colony on leave, K. K. Ip partnered F. K. Lau, the Chinese veteran captain, and proved an outstanding success, ably assisting his part- ner to win three sets.
Y. W. Li and G. Y. Tso, one of. the leading C.R.C. pairs, provided
UNIVERSITY the surprise of the afternoon, losing
BEAT CLUB
SECOND WIN THIS SEASON
CRICKETERS: OUTPLAYED
THROUGHOUT
badly in two of their sets.
In their first set, against A. A. Remedios and W. A. Reed they falled to win a game, playing like novices. They improved in their second set to beat H. A. Ribeiro and A. Silva 6-1, but talled off badly in the last to lose to J. J. Remedios and A. Silva by 3-5.
Ip's Valuable Play
The University, recorded their K, K. Ip, F. K. Lau's "C" Divi- second win in the "B" Division ion partner, was quite up to the 130z. to vice and do so. The benefit is dancing to the music of the Blue Lawn Tennis League yesterday by opened. carefully, placing his ser- standard of "B" Division play. He
Rhythm Orchestra.
defeating the Hong Kong Cricket vices accurately and making sure of ing a short-sleeved shirt is in H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O.B.E., and
The official guests will be: Col. Club by 6 sets to 3 at the Cricket his returns. By the middle of the There are many rackets of increasing in popularity. It is al-
¡Club.
first set he was playing with the Miss different quality offered, but one most universally worn by the best Southorn, K.B.E.,
Dowbiggin, Sir Thomas H. N. Lee and K. M. Lo had confidence of his partner. cannot go far wrong in selecting players; is definitely more advan- Lady Southorn,
no difficulty m winning their They combined well, Lau knowing a racket made by # first-class tageous and comfortable.
three sets, losing only three exactly what to expect of his part- Black, V.D., and Mrs. Black, Major games. Lee displayed good form. ner who very rarely failed him. British manufacturer.
It is advisable to have a heavy J. It. R. Ritchell, O.B.E., and Mrs. his driving and vollying baffling Lau was, as usual, the sound reliable coat in readiness to wear after a Mitchell, Capt. P. S. M. Wilkinson, the Club players.
The quality of workmanship le
C.M.G., and Major G.P.R,
and the Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell.
At the conclusion of the pre gramme the prizes will be pre sented by Lady Sopthorn..
of the utmost importance bat, match; it is a safeguard against Col. and Mrs. Carrington-Sykes, whether you are a "rabbit," pre-chills. pared to spend about 80s., or a tournament player and willing to spend a larger amount of money, if you make your purchase from a first-class British firm you can depend upon the best workmanship and material in whatever priced model you choose.
Unless you are a very good player, it is a great mistake to have the racket too tightly strung.
RECREIO CRUSHED IN FINAL MATCH
(Continued from Lost Column) They were, however, ineffective against the wiles of the other two C.R.C. pairs. Reed displays à par- ticularly good forehand drive, particularly down the sidelines.
Remedios is a sound player, de- pending mainly on backhand strokes for his winning shots.
Wenk Combination
player, with a steady, accurate ser-
In their set against G. S. Gamble vice, and depending on his stroke two games. and T. Monaghan they lost only play rather than his speed for win-
|ning shota............. The best Club pair was. R. S. J. J. Remedios and L. Bilva Traill and D. C. Dunham, who won showed great, improvement as the Diving Event Rates
two sets. Both displayed hard match progressed. They started There is an impression pre and tricky services, while Traill's badly, playing like novices, and valent among intending competi- drives were outstanding. Dunham, were led 5-nil by Lau and Ip, and, tors that the Diving Event, should who played a good game at the although they recovered to win be carried out "free style" by the net, also drove well. entrants. This, however, is not) the case. The event will be de cided on three dives by each of the three competitors, representing
the various Units.
Playing Mahan · Singh and H. T. Bee they had a very close encounter, being lucky to win
two games; they never looked dan- gerous. Silva sends over a part!- cularly hard service, but it fre- quently lacks the virtue of accur- sey...
"After the question of weight and balance, another very important point to remember in selecting a racket is not to choose one with If anything, H. A. Ribeiro and Anational Amateur Swimming As were even at 4-all when Traill and smashing than accuracy to produce too small a grip. The average size Silva were weaker than the other sociation rule, which reads: grip for men is 4% to 5 in., and Recreio combinations. They only for women 4% to 43⁄41⁄4%.
secured five games in their three sets, and lost 6-1 to Li and Tso, who proved themselves to be the
Singh's cross-court drives were His play otherwise is very sound, Judging will be governed in ac-excellent, while Bea's not play and although he is inclined throughout cordance with the English Inter services were sound. The games to depend more on speed and hard
CLOTHING CONTROVERSY
+
"Only plain and swallow dives may be used, both of which will rank equal for the purpose of Judging."
Dunham took the upper hand and the points.
his opening display way for
won the final games, after several Remedios is better, although dences.
Y. K. Ng and P. P. Kho display-
The question of the most suit weakest home pairing.
ed good all round play. In their The judges will be Messrs. S. D. set against V. R. Gordon and J. able clothing to wear continues to The raatch was a fitting climax to Igglesden D. Lopes and C. E. Roza-Pote Hunt their courtcraft fre- evoke considerable discussion, the league championships, play all Pereira. Mr. C. J. Cooke will be quently gained them points, more particularly where women round being of high standard, and the starter, and Messrs. J. R. Way, players are concerned. Nothing many of the rallies being hard P. F. Lenfesty. H. Hyndman and provides more convincing evidence fought to the end.
W. Foraita will be timekeepers.
of the tremendous development ́in The Chinese, however, fully de-
the speeding up of lawn tennis than served their victory, displaying a a comparison of women's attire as definite superiority over the Recreio worn twenty years ago and that team.
favoured by the modern exponent.
The greata rgument now serious- FILM STARS YALE RECORD ly engaging the attention of most
EAST LANCASHIRE
AQUATICS.
Half-Mile Swim Won By "D" Company.
women is whether shorts or striks The Yale record of 48.4 seconda are preferable.
for the quarter mile was. held for Like mest matters appertaining two years by Lanny Ross, featured to dress, it is a question of per- in Paramount's "Melody In "B" COMPANY HEAD SCORES sonal opinion. I can, however, Spring, when he was an under N venture so far as to say that graduate at that university. The Portuguese Company opinions among the women with $473.50, is revealed in the report Hong Kong Volunteer Defence whom I play at Wimbledon
Corps, qualiited to meet H. Q-divided-almost as evenly as fifty- and statement of accounts of Wing, South Wales' Borderers In
fifty. the Hong Kong Football Club, the Semi-final of the Soldiers'
Those who advocate the wearing
A sma" los, amounting to
arc
which is to be presented at the Club Billiards Tournament, by of shorts are influenced not. 80
[defeating the Small Units by
much by reason of what they con-
Bowing skirt is inclined to inter-
fere with, and hamper, the follow-
Aquatters
China Mail Sports Diary
TO-DAY
The half-mile swim, the final
Scorex:
*
from what he has done before this season. He did, however, recover well in the second and third sets, and show his true from.
M. K. Lau and P. F. Choy were G. B. Gamble and T. Monaghan again the steady, reliable pair, win (H.K.C.C.):—
beat Y. N. Ng and P. P. Kho. 6-4 ning three sets in convincing man- lost to H. N. Lee and K. M. Lo... 26ner. lost to Mahan Singh and H. T.
Bee
88
R. B. Trail and D. C. Dunham |(H.K.C.C.);
beat Ng and Kho lost to Lee and Lo [beat Singh and Bee
V. R. "Gordon (HRCC)
lost to Ng and Kho
and J. Pote
lost to Lee and Lo lost to Singh and Bee
·7 5:
+0
A Splendid Pair
There is little that is spectacular. about the play of this pair, their drives are not hard, neither are
6- 4their services, but by sheer com-
Hunt bination and court-craft they have
4-0
12
5-7
proved the downfall of the best players the "B" Division has pro- duced this season,
event of the East Lancashire Re GRADUATES SECOND giment' aquàtic sports, took place at Shamshulpo yesterday, "D" Company winning with "B" Com- pany second and “A” Company third.
Although runding only second in this event. "B" Company won
of 21% points
VICTORY
Indians Just Fail”
At Home
"A.A. Remedios and W. A.. Reed opened well, and looked like a winning combination, their 6-nil defeat of Li and Tao upsetting the calculations of the home team.
(Continued at Fast of Col. 4) K. K. Ip and F. K. Lau (CRC.); 47th annual meeting of the 1,465 points to 1138 at the Sol-aider to be merely a matter of com-
beat J. J. Remedios and L Silva 6-2 | Club, to be held at Happy Valley (diers' Club last night.
The Graduates Association re-beat A. A. Remedios and W. A. M. M. Silva recorded the highest of the swing of the racket.
fort as the uninterrupted passage |
Read que Company, Láncolnshire Regiment the Aggregate Cup, with a total corded their, second "Division beat H. A. Ribeiro and A. Silvs. 6-2 at 5.45 p.m. next Friday.
·Sporta (Y.M.G.A. bath, 2 p.m.). During the past season 75. new break, chalking up 40, while Staff
On windy days particularly Lawn Tennis“C” Division:-- members joined the club, the total Sergeant Clark played consistently
Kowloon C.C. v. Indian R.C. Deutscher Klub v. Police R.C. membership now amounting to 627, well for the Small Units, his total
of 200 including breaks of 34, 29 through of the swing. That, to
Club de Recreio v. Craigengower C.C. Including 186 absent members.
Kowloon Docks v. Civil Service CC, and 24.A The total income for the reason
Central British v. Army T.C. Scores:- was $11,531,47, comprised mainly
South China v. University H.K.V.D.C.
TO-MORROW of subscriptions, $8,969, gate. Te Silva.
Aquatics
RMS ceipts $2,483 net, and bar, $1,287.06 Pereira
GOL Det.
Upkeep of clubhouse, ground Sequeira
|EMA, V." and gear, amounting to $5,489.76, Remedios
Bm
Units
my mind, seems, to be the chief reason in favour of shorts rather
108 S/Sgt. Clarke 200 than the question of comfort.
200 Land
200 Clarke
200. Smith
200 Eycott comprised the largest portion of the Baptista 200 Flood total expenditure of $12,004.97, the J. D. Remedios 200 Parker chier other outgoing being inciden-Beltra
tal expenses, amounting to $2,811.18
And depreciation, amounting to $1,647.73.
157 Dyer
14657
80 SHORTS FOR COMFORT
151
197
"A" Company, Lincolnshire Regi Ament Sports (Y.M.C.A. Bath, 2
I have played "squash" in shorts,pm Hong Kong Volunteers
88 and must admit in that game I 120 have had occasion to appreciate
93 the benefits. I have not yet, how 200 ever, become, a convert to wearing
them on the tennis court. ⠀
1138
- Sports (V.R.G, Bath, 8.15 p.m.) Lawn Bowls Senior Division
What are the moet suitable shoes Junior Division
Vozne a side Rugger, which went to Civil to wear?, That again is largely #3. A total of 3415 was distributed and Services charities. A sum of question of personal taste. A light
to charities during the season, $100 was donated towards the Chil- upper with a fairly thick sole is the $315 being receipts from the Seven dren's Playgrounds Association. Mearest to the ideal I can suggest.
*
C.C.C. "A" v. Talkcó' R.C.; ̈ Civil Service C.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C. Kowloon G.C. v. Kowloon Docks R.C. Club de Recrète v. C.C.O. "3751,
EKERG v. 0.0.0. K.B.G.CY 0.80.C IRO V KOCH T Yacht Club Club de Recreio HKF.G.V. PRU
The following were the final placings of the various campanies.
1. "B" Company 21 pts. 2. "C". Company 1911⁄2 pts. 8, "D" (S) Company 12 pts.. 4. "A" Company. 8 pts. Headquarter Wing-8 pts.
ITALIANS JOIN CROSS GERMANY RACE.
Lawn Tennis League victory by Y.. W. Li and C. Y. Two (C.R.C.) defeating the Indian Recreation lost to Remedies and Bilva ...... 8-6 Clab by 5 sete to at Sookunpoo lost to Remedios and Reed: 0.6 beat Ribeiro and Silvsy8- 1. yesterday.
* M. K. Lau and P. F. Choy (C.R.C.); T. K. Lien and Y. F. Khoo were beat Remedies and Sulva outstanding in the Graduates beat Remedios and Reed 16-2 team, winning their three sets. beat Remedios and Silvi
Scores
S. “As Ismail, and A. E. Boffad: (LRC)
beat D. K. Simy and S., A. M.
Sopher
| lost to T. K: Lien and F. Y. Khoo, 1-6]:
best H. N. Chung and T. L. Pao^6–1}|||
Division Table To Date
PELD FAN
-6.5-1.0.2571⁄2 11
Munich, July 19.
A Kolomall and. A. H. Romjaha C. R. C. v... 77 0.9 65% T1⁄21⁄2 (RC) C. de Re Commander Marinello, the head lost to Samy and Sepher RCC
16,
6-4
20:28:44 265. *.
[of Signor Mussolini'a bodyguard, lost to Lien and Khoo | University of 24
and several other Fascists from lost to Chung and Pao: Costica:8-16 Gradustes: Rome, arrived here yesterday by P. D. Pereira and H. O. Hoosen H. K. C. C. motor car and motorcycle, to take seat Sauly And Sepher
(LR,C.) part in the 2,000 kilometres race lost to Tim and Khoo
|across Germany.
beat Chung and Pao
512112121
LR C 5032 1736 27142 B.CIATAPPEN 081 34 195 19 * match declied' on' 6 nela'awing to