TSUI BROTHERS SHOW THEIR PACES
Play At Half Speed To Score Easy Victory LEONARD DOWN 1-5. WINS SET AND MATCH VETERANS WIN CONVINCINGLY
(By "ADREM")
LL eight matches decided yesterday in the Col- ony Open Tennis Championships were decided in straight sets and, with one exception, were one- sided.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
SINGLES
F. H. Kwok beat H. Chan 6—4,..
6---2.
J. W. Leonard beat Wong Fuk-
nam 7– Gala
Paul Kong beat Y. C. Lau" 6–2,
6 - 1
M. W. Lo beat Firdos Khan 6—1,
62.
Lee Wai-tong beat S. A. Gray 6—1,
62
DOUBLES
I. Agafuroff and J. Pengelly beat T. E. Wheble and J. A. H. Douglas 6——0, 6—1.
GOLF STARTING
TIMES
Sunday's Pairings For Fanling
The following are the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club starting times for Fanling next Sunday:
OLD COURSE
9.12 a.m. D. J. Gilmore, K. S. Morri-
son.
H. N.
Holmes.
Williamson, L. B.
P. Welch, R. F. C. Macgre-
Cdr. Hole, H. He Mundy. G. C. Worrall, J. H. M. An- drew.
9.16
9.20
L. A Newnham and F. T. Baines beat Lt. Comdr. Rump and Lt. Watt 6-3, 6-4. Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui beat Ng Kam-chuen and P. F. Choy 6-2, 6—2.
gor.
9.24
K. K. Rounds, R. Young.
9.28
W. G. Robertson, R. K. Va- lentine.
9.32
9.36
9.40
9.44
9.48.
9.52
9.56
10.00
TSUI WAI-PUI AND TSUI YAN-PUI, FIRM FAVOURITES INTERESTING KAM-CHUEN AND P. F. CHOY BUT THE LATTER PLAYED BADMINTON
FOR THE DOUBLES TITLE, WERE NOT EXTENDED BY NG.
SUFFICIENTLY WELL TO GIVE THEM CAUSE TO PULL OUT
SOME OF THEIR FINEST STROKES, AND IT WAS THESE PROGRAMME
FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE, ON THE PART OF THE BROTHERS,
10.04
10.08
THAT MAINTAINED INTEREST AND SERVED TO WHET THE Excellent Entertainment 10.12 APPETITES OF THE SPECTATORS.
The Tsuis
bother-
ed themselves yesterday, and ap-TO-DAY'S peared to treat the game as an
opportunity for getting in some TENNIS stroke-practice. They were im-
Singles Luminaries
On View
Promised
10.16 10.20
(By "ADREM")
| 10:24
Excellent entertainment should result from the ties in the Colony 10.32. Open Badminton Championships to 10.36 be played at Taikoo this evening commencing from 6.30.
10:28
10.40.
As a curtain-raiser, M. A. Oliveira 10.44 will meet S. Y. Hon in
a singles 10.48 10.52 game. Oliveira, last year's runner- up, having drawn a bye in the first 10.56 round, makes his first appearance and provided his recently-injured
11.00 ankle does not worry him unduly, 11.04
measurably superior to Ng and MATCHES Choy in every phase of the game and although the latter played as well as they were al- lowed and, on occasions born of desperation, pulled out some really glorious shots, they could! Tennis at the Hong Kong Cricket well be forgiven for losing heart Club this afternoon will be confined early on in the proceedings. to four events in the Club singles,
I was very struck yesterday by and two matches in both the Open should, win.. the power which both. Tsuis have in Singles and Doubles.
Hon, however, in beating A. L their wrists. This asset enabled Chief interest lies in the appear-Fisher in the first round, played them to return shots which had ap-ance of Tsui Wai-pui, favourite for some very nice shots and should at parently already passed them and the title, and H. D. Rumjahn, pre-least give a good account of himself. send them flashing back for winners sent holder. with just a deft flick.
Although there is unlikely to be I-could also not help noticing, the anything startling in either of the vast improvement on the part of Tsui doubles, some fairly kéén tennis Yan-pui. He has modelled his game should result. very much on the same lines as his
PROGRAMME brother and like him, he radiates confidence. I shall be very surpris-
ed indeed if they drop, more than Taui Wai-pui one set on their path to the final!
LEONARD COMES UP FROM
BEHIND
Open Singles
V
A: Chan S. A. Hussain ́v H. D. Rumjahu
Club Events/ W. M. Barton v. F. V. Harrison T. A. Pearce v T. C. Monaghan, H. D. Bidwell
H. J. Armstrong
Sander Open Doubles utes of his game with Wong Fuk- Loch and Tomlinson v F. H. Kwok nam, he was 1-5 down, with little and S. W. Liang.. indication of improvement.
Leonard's most ardent supporters must have felt dubious about his Douglass: prospects when in the first 15 min-
However, Leonard, despite highly-strung temperament, is grand fighter and is always at his best when faced with defeat.
a
a
Lo.
O. E. C. Morton and Evans v Lo and
J. W. Leonard and G. Choa -v Graw- ford and Burnett.
When he found his touch and gain-in the easiest possible manner, while ed control of his forehand, in the another veteran player, Paul Kong, seventh game, I felt quite certain also had an easy passage at the ex-
pense of Y. C. Lau.
that he would win.
the court.
a
Wong started off in grand style and, I Although Lee. Wai-tong beat S. A. driving confidently on both hands, Gray and only dropped three games insinuating perfectly-controlled in the process, he was far from im- He has appar- drop-shot into a rally at will and oc-pressive in doing so. casionally making a sortie to the net,ently, not yet overcome his old trou- and there is he had Leonard floundering all over ble on the forehand
little doubt that a consistent attack
ser- When Leonard's heavily-angled on this wing would cause him cross-court forehand drive startedious inconvenience. to operate, a complete change came Gray served fairly well, but be- was little to his over the complexion of the game:yond that there The Craigengower player, by judi-game. He appears to have lost all of the excellent ground- cious placing from side to side, soon control had Wong so exhausted that when strokes which featured his play last he had lost six games in a row and year. the first set, there could be nothing else but defeat in store for him and “Leonard only conceded one more
game in winning the match,
VETERANS PROVE
THEIR WORTH
OTHER GAMES
Frank Kwok was a trifle more consistent off the ground than H. Chan and won a dull baseline duel, while the three other doubles games
M. W. Lo played like the former were very one-sided and proved most champion he is 8 to beat Firdos Khan uninteresting.
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J. R. Masson, A. Morse. HE. the Governor, S. H. Dodwell.
J. B. H. Leckie, I. H. Geare. LAR. Andrewes, E. T. Mc- Mullen.
D, D.
wart..
Forbes, J. B. Ste--
A. T. Lay, A. Sommerfelt. D Black, A. A. Bremner.
A. M. Mack, L. Goldman. G. Riddell Carre, J. A. D. Morrison.
D. Humphreys, C. A. King. C. W. E. Bishop, W. Wood- ward.
G. M. Park, R. A. Camp- bell.
W. A. Stewart, D. S. Robb. Col. Blake, R. G. Parker. A. D. Humphreys, 4. B. Purves.
Wing Cdr. Bishop, D. M. McEwen.
E. C. Norris, B. Rolfe.
F. S. Geldart, J. R. Collis. A. B.. Raworth, F. J. de. Rome.
W. N. A. Smalley, D. S. Edward.
W. J. S. Key, N. K. Little john.
A. Nicol, A. H. McBride.
NEW COURSE 9.16 a.m. A. V. and Mrs. Greaves. 9.24 F. C. Young, G. T. May.
Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Ro bertson.
W. H.
W. W. C. Shewan, F. C. Angus.
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9.28
9.32
W. C. Farnham, Way.
DOUBLES MATCHES
9.40
In the Men's Doubles, Clarke and
9.48 Fisher, of Free Lances, can hardly 10.04 expect to give as brilliant a com-
10.08 bination as P. K. Hui and K. L Yong, very much trouble, and I 10.40 don't think this game will last very long.
10.44 10.56 On the other hand, I shall be 11.00 surprised if the C. K. Lee and C. 11.28 11.32 |0. Lee-L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva encounter does not go the full distance. The latter pair, with their and fine re- high clearing game trieving powers are likely to prove a trifle too much for the Under- graduates.
G. I. and H. E. Angus. H. Overy, W. J. E. Mac- kenzie.
Mrs. Overy, Mrs. Macken-
zie.
G. S. Archbutt, Col. Mat- thews.
Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Rolfe. Mrs. Smalley, Miss. Curtin. A. H. and Mrs. Forbes. Capt. Holmes, Mrs. Henry. Mrs. Holmes, Miss Newton..
PROGRAMME
MEN'S SINGLES M. A. Oliveira v. S. Y. Hon (6.30 p.m.).
MEN'S DOUBLES
A. L. Fisher and S. W. Clark V. K. Hui and K. L. Yong (7.15 p.m.).
C. K. Lee and C. O. Lee v. L. A. Car valho and A. M. Silva (8 p.m.),
MIXED DOUBLES
P. H. Wong and Miss M. Cheung, strongly favoured in many quarters for the Mixed title, should enter the next round without being very seriously inconvenienced by H. A. P. H. Wong and Miss M. Cheung v,
Barros and Miss A. Wright.
(Continued in Next Column).
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