THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 9, 1937
P. C. LEONG DEFEATS LEE WAI TONG
Week-End
Soccer
By
"Linesman
Can the
Fusiliers
carry away
POOR EXHIBITION
AT H.K.C.C.
S.A. RUMJAHN FAVOURED TO WIN TITLE
the Senior Shield in their football A
match against South China “A” to- the - This is morrow afternoon?
past few matches!
1.
F. H. KWOK BEATS K. SHUTE
(By "ADREM")
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
AT H.K.C.C.
H. D. Rumjahn Should Beat W. J. Howard
(By "ADREM")
Only two matches will be played in the Colony. Open Tennis Cham-. pionships at the Hong Kong C. C. this afternoon, W. J. Howard meets H. D. Rumjahn, while A. M. Rodri- gues and L.. A. Silva clash with Wong Fuk-nam and Lui Kwai-fun..
The doubles encounter should be
Both pairs appear to be evenly matched with the
If Rodrigues and Silva can
re-
they can play a hard, attacking
MAJOR upset was caused in the Colony open fairly interesting, a keen tussle be-
singles championships at the Hong Kong C.C. ing indicated. question which has been asked by yesterday afternoon, when Leong Ping-chiu de- Chinese players slightly more all followers of football, and my feated Lee Wai-tong in straight sets in a most liable. answer is, "yes," providing the Chinese stick to their tactics of the uninteresting encounter. Lee was extraordinarily find their form early on, however, disappointing and revealed a complete absence of they should just manage to win as
He game. in their match anything like an attacking ground stroke. against the Navy was pretty ob- appeared throughout to be totally uninterested vious. How long is it going to be and displayed very poor judgment, or just sheer exclusive feeding of their outstand-laziness in remaining on the forecourt when he of goal is had failed to score with a winning volley following a menace when in front of goal, but an advance to the net.
By this I mean, the mistake made
the Chinese by
before the Chinese realise that the
man
ing
in front a bad mistake? Lee Wai-tong is
so are Fung King-Cheung and Lai Shui-wing.
The constant feeding of Lee, leaves the defence of the opposing side with one task-for one man to continually lie on this player.
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STAND COURT MATCHES
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME Open Singles
Open Doubles
W. J. Howard v H. D. Rumjahn. A. M. Rodrigues and L. A. Silva v Fuk-nam and Lui Kwai-fun.
Wong
Club Handicap Doubles
J. Rodger and G. S. Rodger (-5.6) v M. Pagh, and J. Thomson (-5.6),
A. C. I. Bowker and Dr. Valentine
(+3.6).
It's time for "spot" of Beehive Brandy
a
The only type of game that would have succeeded against a36) v W. Wooding and H. F. Green fine defensive player like the winner was a concentrated net attack. Lee took the net at every available opportunity, but having drawn a weak return, he spoiled the effort by attempting stop volleys and drops, when a short lob was simply shrieking to be killed." The result was unfavourable positioning and the mevitable passing shot. This was the move which cost the
Leong is not a pretty player, Chinese two very valuable points in but he refused to be beaten by their match against the Navy anything and had the disconcert- Should South China' "A" correct ing knack of pulling out a win- this tactic, they should win.
ning drive when it was least ex- FINE INTERMEDIATE LINE pected. I do not expect him to The Fusiliers are without any extend H. D. Rumjahn when doubt, one of the hardest playing these two
The following are the Stand Court meet on the Stand sides in-local football. Their "at-
matches in the Colony Lawn Tennis Court next Wednesday. Rum- Championships to be held at the H.K. tack and defence" have always
jahn is almost certain to wîn C.C. next week:- been in their intermediate line. To
from Howard in the preceding Monday: P. Kong v S. A. Rumjahn. beat these three players is no easy job. They play the type of football which comes under the category of "do or die."
ล
be tant-
round.
S. A. Rumjahn for champion! That was the impression he gave me in defeating A. Crawford, in Once he had found straight sets.
We all know that we have great treat in store for us, and to his touch, Rumjahn gave a brilliant miss this game would
display and apart from his erratic amount to a crime!
service, he pulled out all those force- ful strokes which are the feature of
On Sunday afternoon, we have the Junior Shield final between the
Royal Ulster Rifles and Royal En-his game when at his best. gineers. The Engineers have won
FINE FOREHAND
He was particularly severe on
FOR NEXT WEEK
are Before
Tuesday: E. L. H. Shute and K. Shute
v E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung. Wednesday: H. D. Rumjahn or W. J.
Howard 'v Leong Ping-chiu." Thursday: Wong Fuk-nam and Luk Ding-cheong v P. F. Tsoi and Ng Kam-chuen. A Friday: E. C. Fincher or Wong Fuk-
nam v Y. W. Lee.
feated P. C. Lee and C. C. Ma in straight gets, but were given a very good fight, especially in the earlier
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Open Singles
this shield for two years running, his forehand and his powerful-stages of the game. and this point, plus their recent
drives found the corners with great form, makes them strong favouri-
consistency. At the net he was in- tes for the honour once again. With Howlett in their forward line, the vincible, although it must be ad-Leong Ping-chiu beat Lee Wai-tong Engineers have one of the most mitted that Crawford rather play- dangerous Army forwards in Co-ed into his hands by attempting S. A. Rumjahn beat A. Crawford 6—4, passing shots, instead of trying an F. H. Kwok beat K. Shute 7-5, 2-6, lony football.
occasional lob. The loser was not at his best when forced to
stroke
P.
DAILY MAIL GOLF hurriedly, being rather inclined to
TOURNEY
Cotton And Faulkner Lead Field
PLUM OF SEASON Little Aston, Warwickshire,
hit wild, with disastrous effects.
Crawford, who is considered by A. many to have the makings of a champion, showed surprisingly M. little initiative, and apart from an occasional shortening of length; V.
of never deviated from his policy hard good-length hitting on both R. wings, which his opponent simply thrived on.
W.
his
6483.
63.
64.
Open Doubles
F. Tsoi and Ng Kam-chuen beat ·P.
C. Lee and C. C. Ma. 8–6, 6–3.
Club Championship L. Sullivan beat R. L. Withington
6-4, 6-2emia
ClubTM Handicap Singles Pagh (30) beat F. A. Joseph (2.6) 6-3, 6-4.
R. Gordon (Scr.) beat E. R. Childe
(+-4.6) 7-5, 6–0.
.
Club Handicap Singles Hancock and T. E. Pearce (2.6) received a w/o from G.: W. Sewell and E. Bathurst (--30).
Club Mixed Doubles Wooding and Miss Ward beat J, C. Pool and Miss V. Allen. 6-3, 4-6.
TO-NIGHT'S TWO SNOOKER ENCOUNTERS
To-day. Max Faulkner, 20 year old golf assistant, returning cards of 75+ 68-143, and Henry Cotton, the
KENNETH SHUTE LOSES former British Open champion with Kenneth Shute maintained cards of 71-72—143, lead the field promise of earlier matches in thor in the Daily Mail's $2,000 golfoughly extending Frank Kwok and the tenth tournament, which is virtually the only admitted defeat
was Professional Medal-Play Champion- game of the final set. He ship, and which is the richest plum amazingly accurate on the forehand of the golfing season.
and adopted the right tactics in at-
Further progresa · will be made Archie Compton with 72-478-tacking his opponent's back-hand. 145, and Arthur Lacy with 721-73 He was deplorably weak on the in the Colony Open Snooker Cham- 145, were next, while Alfred Pad-backhand, however, and was never pionship when two games will be gham, holder of the British Open able to do more than return the played this evening. At the Civil Championship, returned cards of ball. Kwok's forehand drive gov- Service Cricket Club, R. F. da, Luz 78-75-158, and qualified by one erned the match, and he was always will encounter S. M. Cruz, while at stroke for the final, which will be manoeuvring for an opportunity to the Dockyard Police Club, M. N. Rakusen will meet L. V. Antonio. played over two rounds to-day. bring it into play.
P. F. Tsoi and Ng Kam-chuen de-Both games start at 9 p.m. Reuter.
After that
the daily round
thankless
task
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the
game
Before the shoot
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