THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1937.
K.C.C.-RECREIO LEAGUE TENNIS TRIAL
POTENTIAL ‘A' TEAMS
ON VIEW
BOTH CLUBS LACKING IN GOOD THIRD PAIRS.
A. V. REMEDIOS AND J. GONSALVES ARE IMPRESSIVE
WITH
(By "ADREM”)
the entries for the various tennis Leagues having already been announced, Clubs are now starting to get down to business in a serious way, and are engaged in trying out new combina tions and generally giving prospective players as much practice as possible.
CORONATION INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING GALA
Full Programme For Next Saturday
THRILLING SPORT
ANTICIPATED
K.B.G.C. FUNCTIONS CORONATION
Commemoration Tree To Be Planted
BOWLS & TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
An elaborate programme has been arranged by the Kowloon Bowling Green Club in honour of the King's Coronation · tö-day. From shortly before noon until the early hours of to-morrow able time is assured for all morning, members will be enter- tained, and a thoroughly enjoy. attending.
The outstanding sporting event during Coronation week is the swimming gala between Great Bri At 11.45. a.m., a commemora-. tain, Portugal and China, which tion tree will be planted by Mrs. WITH THIS END IN VIEW, KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB will be held under the auspices of J. J. Tetley, wife of the presi- AND CLUB DE RECREIO HAD A FRIENDLY GAME ON THE the Victoria Recreation Club at dent, following which, light re- FORMER'S COURTS, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BETWEEN their pool next Saturday night,{freshment will be served on the THEIR POTENTIAL “A” LINE-UPS, AND ALTHOUGH MANY commencing at 9.15 p.m.
verandah, and the Loyal Toast MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS WERE EVIDENTLY SUFFERING
honoured. The cream of the Colony's swim- RATHER CONSIDERABLY FROM THAT “BEGINNING OF SEA-
At 12.30 p.m. the presentation of ming talent will be on view and a the lawn bowls Coronation Cup will SON” FEELING, AND WERE DREADFULLY ERRATIC, THE TENNIS SERVED UP WAS ALWAYS FAIRLY INTERESTING, very entertaining evening will be be made by Mr. W. Russell, and at
Relay CHIEFLY BECAUSE THE TEAMS WERE VERY EVENLY provided, especially in the
1.30 tiffin will be served. events and in the water-polo match, the latter being between a combined bowls tournaments will be held, fol- During the afternoon, tennis and
Great Britain-Portugal side and
lowed by tea and presentation of China..
souvenirs.
BALANCED.
Kowloon C.C. won by the odd set, but the result was in doubt until the very end, when Bodiker and Gray, after suffering reverses in their first two games, beat J. J. Remedios and H. A. Barros to give their side victory.
E. C. and E. F. Fincher, the ground and, withal, maintained Kowloon's strongest pair the their consistency. Bodiker, how- pair that has carried them for ever, is not a singles player, and season after season although once the opposition had obtained losing a set, were, nevertheless, the measure of the speedy drives convincing enough to ensure which flowed from the other side of that K.C.C. will again have in the net, there could only be one them, a combination capable of result. taking at least a couple of sets off the strongest in the Colony.
Ernie is rather an astonishing
LITTLE DISAPPOINTING
player. At this time every year, he
Gray, as usual, was inconsistent, does not pay in puts away his cricket bat and bad-and inconsistency minton racket, dusts the cobwebs Legue tennis, where over the one off his tennis racket, arrives on the set played against each pair, stolid ground for a tennis match, usually defensive tactics are more likely to at the last possible moment, and then proceeds to serve ace after ace, to all the world as if he had never left off the game.
WEAK PHASES
True he showed weaknesses in many phases of the game, but that is understandable. His ground strokes were never reliable, but
they showed improvement
tas he
succeed than brilliant, but erratic hitting. What impressed me more than anything else in Gray's game, was his service. Rarely have I seen him serve fewer doubles or crash over more aces. If he can maintain that form, he will not lose many service games to any pair in the League.
RECREIO'S BEST
were per-
The following is the complete programme with points scoring:
1. 100 Yards Breast Stroke. 100 Yards Free Style. 100 Yards Back Stroke. 50 Yards Free Style Handicap (Open to members of V.R.C.). Diving Exhibition.
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9.
FLANNEL DANCE
From 9.30 a.m. a flannel dance, interspersed with cabaret items contributed by the Misses Peggy Scotcher, Pat Pascoe, Peggy Fer- gusson and Joyce Fergusson, will be held.
300 Yards Medley Relay Race. Special facilities are being pro 100 Yards Free Style Handi-vided for the reception of the many cap (Open to members of special radio broadcasts which will V.R.C.).
take place during the day, the 300 Yards Free Style Relay Reading Room being utilised: for Race. (6 men).
this purpose, from 1 p.m. to-day un- Water Polo. (China vs. The til 1 a.m. to-morrow. Rest).
SCORING OF POINTS
Events Nos. 1, 2 and 3–
1st. 3 points. 2nd. 2 points. 3rd. 1 point. Events Nos. 6 and 8:
1st. 5. points. 2nd. 8 points. (The points awarded for the various
3rd.. 1 point.
events are in accordance with the sys- tem of scoring used in Interport be- tween Shanghai and Hong Kong.)
stroke-equipment, and is not suffi- ciently quick of eye to play the fast doubles game. I can think of no better partner for Gray than W. M. Gittins, a fine old campaigner, with as sound a knowledge of the game, as anyone in the Club.
for
THIRD STRING WEAK-
I have not sufficient information on the talent available at the Re- creio to attempt any suggestions their team. It certainly ap- pears that their third string will have to be strengthened if
they hope to meet with the success that their well-balanced first and second strings merit.
It may be, of course, that J. J. Remedios and H. A. Barros are com- pletely out of practice and will im- against the best in local tennis and
prove as they go along, but they they were the weak link in an other-will have to show much better form wise promising team.
than they did yesterday, to be much of an asset REFLECTION
to a very promising side.
The following were the results;
E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher? (Kowloon C.C.)
A. V. Remedios and John. Gon- went along and I have no doubt salves, seemed to me to be the finest that after a couple more games, he Recreio combination on view. They will stiffen up these strokes to the played a dashing brand of tennis that same pitch as his. service and over-was refreshing to watch, and after head. Teddy appeared a little stale, a rather shaky opening set against but his fine courtcraft and uncanny the Finchers, they proved far too knack of picking up apparently un- good for the remaining home pairs. returnable shots, made up for his Gonsalves served very nicely, while inconsistencies off the ground. Remedios' angle volleying was com
Guest and Crawford did well in parable to H. D. Rumjahn, at his their first outing together, to best. annexe two sets, one of them from Gosano and Barretto the redoubtable Gosano and Barhaps rather unfortunate in not win- retto, who subsequently defeated ning all their games. Barretto was K.C.C. have little need to. look the Finchers very convincingly clearly out of eye, however, and further for their first two pairs.
provides just that steadying never really settled down until the As I have stated, Guest and Craw beat A. V Remedios and J. once on his young partner, last set, when the Finchers were ford should do quite well and are
Gonzalves which is so much needed and with overwhelmed. He did the right bound to improve as the season pro-lost to A. V. Gosano and C. A. a little more practice together, I thing in going for his strokes in gresses. -As regards the third beat J. J. Remedios and H. A. expect this
pair to develope into a the early stages, without thought string, I don't think that Gray and really good second string.
to the result and his vast improve-Bodiker are ideally suited to each Gray and Bodiker were a little ment towards the end was the only other, and suggest that disappointing and were expected to logical conclusion to these, eminent solution would be to try Gray with lost to Remedios and Gonsalves 2-5 do better than they did. In their ly sound tactics, in a match of this someone who plays more after his beat Remedios and Barros first game against Gosano and Bar description. retto, they started off well and Remedios and Barros revealed that Bodiker's methods are not con- appeared to have the game well in they are a shade too slow in covering ducive to smooth working in any beat Gosano and Barretto hand. Both were very powerful off court to be effective when pitted 'combination, as he has not the beat Remedios and Barros
style.
Barretto
Barros
G. Bodiker and S. A. Gray
(Kowloon C.C.).
lost to Gosano and Barretto”.
A. E. P. Guest and A. Crawford (Kowloon - CC) lost to Remedios and Gonsalves...