THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1937.
DAVIS CUP INTER-ZONE
BETTING
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America 5 To 4
Favourites
London, To-day..
our of the United States.
C.C.
CRAIGENGOWER
UPSET CRITICS
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RECREIO COLLAPSE IN SAFER LAST ROUND
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rapidly maturing as the result of fluenced to a great extent by thể K. C. C. point of view, however, playing with a partner as exper- former's poaching tactics, which lost them many valuable points. was his uncanny knack of being in ienced as Leonard.
MSOUND PAIR, 2:
Remedios was very erratic in his the right place to return their best
Howard and Lai played very nice- driving, off both hands. Betting on the Inter-Zone final of shots.
ly to win two sets, and after they Frank Kwok and, S.-W. Liang the Davis Cup (between the United Leonard and George Choa, on had settled down, following a de-w were the pick of the visiting pairs, States and Germany), scheduled to number three court, were in irre- feat. by Burnett and Clarke, they although they conceded. one set. begin at Wimbledon on Saturday sistible form and only dropped this week, stands at 5 to 4 in fav-three games in the match. Leonard proved much too good for the other One felt that these two always had
|K. C. C. pairs.
something in reserve and in all has the reputation of being a bet-
Apart from Burnett and Clarke, three of their encounters, the fea- Both teams are already in train-ter singles than a doubles player.
were the only. home ture was a baseline driving duel be- ing and drawing for opponents will One would not have thought so to who
opponents, take place to-morrow (Friday). have seen him in action yesterday. combination to reveal anything tween Kwok-and-his
like
normal form, K. C. C. Liang breaking in occasionally to Speculation is rife as to whether His strokes off the ground were as were disappointing. in the ex-intercept the ball at the net for a
treme. I have already comment-winner. ed on Grose and Anderson. Wright
STRONG GLARE Chiu Chun-chiu and Luk Chun- and Ramsey never appeared really happy together and until they set- cheong were a good pair, although tled down in their final-set, never the former's volleying could be im- looked like offering serious opposi-proved upon. It was obvious, how- Ition. Wright has some very nice ever, that he was troubled by the
more brunt of the work fell ön the
of Luk, who time to settle down to the type of shoulders
came game encountered in local League through with flying colours. tennis.
P. F. Taoi and M. K. Hon rarely Craigengower have proved them- came into the picture with selves to be a team with great po- thing dazzling" and were content to their oppon- tentialities, and their fine balance plod along, wearing should carry them a long way in ents down with good retrieving and
judicious lobbing. the competition.
Frankie Parker or Bryan Grant will reliable as ever, while his volley-
the U.S.A. represent
and second ing as
was crisp
well-placed. string singles player to Donald What struck me most forcibly was Budge, the Wimbledon champion. the strength he has added to his Trans-Ocean.
overhead. There was very little gentleness about his smashing yes- terday, it was all "kill.”
"C" DIVISION LEAGUE TENNIS FIXTURES
this
A full programme of "C" Division tennis -matches will be played afternoon. The following is the pro- gramme:-
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him every support and his game istic and obviously-
George Choa, his partner gave strokes indeed, but fer- strong glare, and, as a result, the
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FIXTURES
Club de Recreio v Army T.C. Kowloon C.C. y C.R.C. (1) South China A.A. v C.R.C. (2) Radio S.C. v Craigengower C.C. "ndian R.C. v Kowloon Tong G.C.A.
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