THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 17, 1937.
WIMBLEDON STARTS NEXT WEEK
Kay Stammers, (Great Britain) left, and Donald Budge (United States) right, have been seeded in the Wimbledon draw for the first round of the Ladies' and Men's Singles law, tennis championships, res- pectively.
SOUTH CHINA TOO GOOD FOR KOWLOON I. T. C.
INDIANS SHOULD REARRANGE
THEIR PARTNERSHIPS
Cficulty in beating K.I.T.C. in the "B" Division of the Lawn ONTRARY to general expectations, South China had little dif. Tennis League at King's Park yesterday afternoon, winning by 6% sets to 212.
Kowloon Indians, champions of the "C" Division last year, were principally carried to that eminent position by the excellent form of the Hussain brothers, who were, without exception, the finest combination în that division of the League.
YESTERDAY'S DRAW RESULTS
KHO SIN
SIN KIE PARTNERS KARL SCHROEDER
U.S. MIXED DOUBLES THREAT London, To-day.
The draw for the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships which will commence on June 21, has resulted in several interesting first round clashes, and has also revealed several interesting partnerships in the Men's Open and Mixed Doubles being paired with Karl Schroeder, of Sweden, and events, Kho Sin-kie, the China National champion,
the Queen's Club Covered Courts champion, in the Men's doubles event.
The seeded players in the men's singles, in the order as they appear in the draw, are G. von Cramm (Germany), R. Menzel Czecho- slovakia), H. W. Austin (Great Britain), B. Grant (United States), F. Parker (United States), F. Henkel (Germany), V. McGrath (Aus- men's singles are Mia Lizana. (Chile), Miss Jedrejowsky (Poland). tralia), and D. Budge (United States). Seeded players in the wo-
Miss Helen (United
Miss Alice Marble (United States), Madame Mathieu (France), Miss D. Round (Great Britain) and Miss Kay Stammers (Great Britain).
Probably one of the strongest pairs in the Mixed Doubles Cham- pionship will be Donald Budge and Miss Alice Marble, holders of the U.S. title, Yamagishi, of Japan, will play with
Betty Nuthall.
In the Men's Singles event, Yamagishi will meet the winner
Miss
of the qualifying tournament in VOLLEYING
the top section of the draw, in which Baron Gottfried von
This year the Club authorities (sistent attack from the forecourt have seen fit to split these two which proved too much for their op- players up, so that instead of hav- ponents. Leung was very
sound ing one really good combination on loverhead and tucked away anything which to build the team, they now short with great severity. have three comparatively inferior N. K. Ma and K. H. Lee, while pairings.
sets,
unaccountably lost to S. A. top ranking amateur and runner- The strength of the winners yes Hussain and S. R. Salleh, chiefly, up to Perry
seeded player.. terday, lay in their fine balance, an [through over confidence. Both were asset that should carry them a long careless with their stroking, way when the more powerful teams and with the Indian. pair are encountered. Two pairs won being content to wait for their er- two sets each while the third pairrors, there could only be one result. in addition, also halved a third.
only conceding three games in two Cramm (Germany), the present DUELS AT
last year, COX'S ROAD
FINE BALANCE
Lau and Leung were probably the finest combination on view from either side, and maintained a con-
ARMY'S TEST AGAINST CRAIGENGOWER
C.R.C. Teams In "Derby Clash"
(By "ADREM ")
TRIFLE FORTUNATE
H. T. Bee and H. Y. Ho, were, perhaps, a trifle fortunate to win two sets. They were carried the whole distance on each occasion, but they stuck to their guns and as a result of their persistent tac- tics, managed to win two very im- portant sets which probably in- fluenced the final outcome of
the match:
is the
Nakano, of Japan, will meet Har- H.K.C.C. LOSE IN
"B" DIVISION F.A. REDMOND'S FINE
· PERFORMANCE
Some lively tennis was witness- ed at King's Park yesterday where the Kowloon Cricket Club defeated the Hong Kong Cricket
sets Club by 62
to 211⁄2 in their "B" Division Lawn Tennis League clash.
the
ris, of the United States in
the draw, in seventh section of the which Vivian McGrath, the Austra- lian singles champion, is the seed- the ed player, while Kho Sin-kie, China National champion, will meet Mulliken, of Great Britain, in the
Ho, top section, and H. W. Shanghai Chinese, will encounter Frankie Parker, one of America's boy prodigies, who is the only seeded player in the fifth section.
W. C. Choy will meet a Southern Counties player yet to be selected in the seventh section of the first round.
and
OPEN DOUBLES · Japan are assured of one pair in the second round of the Open Nakano (Japan). have been drawn against Eedes. and Fannin, of South Africa, in the first section of the first round, in which Gi P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey, of Great Britain, and holders of the title, are seeded.
Thrilling volleying duels at the net featured the encounter be- tween Burnett and Clarke and first Rodger and Deane, the named (K.C.C.) pair coming off best, although both players gave away countless points by netting easy "kills" at the net..
The visiting players had the hap- ру knack of returning what looked like winning shots, Rodger in par- ticular being outstanding in this department, while Deane bounded round the court much like a ballet dancer, occasionally bringing off a nice "kill.”
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K.I.T.C. would have done better if they had concentrated a. little more on attack. On several occa- sions if they had applied a little The powerful Army Tennis Club judicious pressure they would have Doubles event as Yamagishi will receive its first real test this turned a game in their favour, and afternoon when Craigengower C.C. a couple of successes in the second is encountered at Sookunpoo in the round might have made all the dif- "C" Division of the Tennis League. ference to the final result.
The Hussains were the best in- The soldiers, in their first match
fact this season, gave a convincing in- dividual players, despite the dication of their potentialities when that they might have injected more they defeated C.R.C. (2) but they life into their play, but I still main-
Ho (China) and Mulliken (G. B.) will have to be at their best this tain, that, paired as they now are,
will meet Norman Farquharson and afternoon to dispose of the doughty the K.I.T.C. can expect to lose se- Valley team.
veral more games by close margins Vernon Kirby, of South Africa, run-
In the Mixed Doubles event, The two C.R combinations will by not concentrating their strength ner-up to Von Cramm and Henkel, in
Doubles cham-Yamagishi......... (Japan) · and Miss be featured in a local derby," on two pairs and hoping that the the recent French
Britain) while Kowloon Tong and South third string will, on odd occasions, pionship, in the second section of the Betty Nuthall (Great
first round, in which Jack Crawford will meet M... Kraus China, keen, rivals, clash on the manage an occasional set. former's courts. Indian R.C. should N. K. Ma and K. H. Lee (S.C.A.A.); and Vivian McGrath, of Australia, partner (Austria) in the third sec- and semi-finalists at Wimbledon, aretion of the Second Round, in which have little difficulty in securing beat S. S. Hussain
6-2 seeded.
F. H. D. Wilde and Miss Whitmarsh maximum points from K.C.C., who
W. C. Choy, the Cambridge Blue (Great Britain)...
are: seeded. although quite a useful side are not as well-balanced as their Indian
-7 (China) and · Van ̈de Neynde G. H. Ho (China) and Miss Pater- rivals.
H. T. Bee and HY. Kho (S.C.A.A.); (Belgium) will clash with Lysaght son (Great Britain) will meet Butler beat Hussain and Singh
6-4
and Sherwood, of Great Britain, and Miss Dorothy Round, (Great beat Hussain and Salleh
6-4 lost to Khan and Khan
while Kho Sin-kie (China) and Karl Britain); in the second quarter of :5-7 Leung Schroeder,
very the first round, in which Donald meet Coombe (New Budge and Miss Alice Marble Glesen (Great Bri- (United States) are the seeded pair. -Reuter, 609
.
Club de Recreio, probably the finest team in the Division, should win easily against Radio. The lat- a set off the speedy King's Park ter will be very fortunate to take
Bide.
and I. M. Singh beat M. A. Khan and F. Khan 61 lost to S. A. Hussain and S. R.
Salleh
C. L. Lau and (S.C.A.ADHES
T.
K.
6 -0
beat Khan and Khan. beat Hussain and Singh
drew with Hussain and Salleh
..
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strong pair Sweden,
7-5 Zealand) and 6—6 tain).
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