THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 9, 1938.
UNDERGRAD ANNEXES THREE TITLES
Brilliant Badminton Record Of P. K. Hui
THRILLING MIXED DOUBLES FINAL
(BY “ADREM”)
MEN'S FINAL EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTINTING
OUTSTANDING feature of the badminton tour- naments concluded last night at the Club de Re- creio with the playing off of the finals of the Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles events, has been the outstanding form of one of the most popular fig featured in both events, but was ures in local badminton, P. K. Hui of the University.
Patrick H. Wong, above, last season's holder of the Colony Bad- minton Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles Championships, was again
unsuccessful- in his efforts to re- tain his titles. ("Mail' photo).
FAST SHUTTLES
SO BRILLIANTLY HAS HE PLAYED RECENTLY THAT HE were the result of errors made by IS NOW THE POSSESSOR-OF NO FEWER THAN THREE CO- the opposition. LONY TITLES, THE SINGLES, MEN'S DOUBLES AND MIXED DOUBLES AND HE THUS ECLIPSES THE RECORD OF PA- TRICK WONG, OF THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A., WHO LAST SEA-ed by shuttles which for some ex- SON WON THE SINGLES AND MEN'S DOUBLES TITLES.
On the standard of play last night, it cannot be said that the Presentation Night, with which it is customary to wind up a season, was as great a success as it might have been. True there was more i than a satisfactory crowd present and on occasions the play was thrilling enough for the most ex- acting tastes but the final game of have the evening which was to
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RESULTS
Mixed Doubles Championship.- P. K Hui and Miss U. Khoo beat M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva 15-10; 7-15; 18-13.
Men's Doubles Exhibition.-L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva drew with C. K. Lee and C. O. Lee, 7--15; 15-7.
It appeared to me, all were affect-
INTERPORT HOCKEY PLAYERS SELECTED
Following a practice game yes- terday on the CBA ground. against the Kumaon Rifles, the Interport Selection Committee of the Hong Kong Hockey Association have invited 15 players to be pre- sent at the Interport venue, next Sunday, April 17, when the team to meet Macao will be selected on the ground:
K. Ramzan (KITC).
Flt. Lt Wallace (R. A.F.). Pte. Stickley (Middlesex).
Nk. Ghulam Rasal (Rajput Rifles).
W. A. Reed (Club).
M. R. Malik (ELT.C.).
S. A. Fowler (Club). Lt. J. A E. Douglass
(Boyal Scots).
G. H. Fowler (C.B.A.). Pyara Singh (KIT.C.). Partaub Singh (Kumaon Rifles). J. Gonsalves (Recreio). Spr. Wetton (RE).
Capt. A. G. Mackenzie-Kennedy
(Royal Scots). LŁ W. Whitworth (R. Navy).
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
10.45 am to 11.45 am.-Army and Navy Cap.
1.45 pm to 3.15 pm-President's Cup.
3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.--Secretary's Cup.
traordinary reason were unusually fast. Ordinary lobs were finishing yards beyond the baseline and it reached the stage finally where the
The following is the corrected pro- confidence of all four players had gramme for the Bisley rifle-meeting to- been so completely wrecked that day, Saturday, April 9, arranged by they were afraid to attempt shots the Hong Kong Rifle Association:
9.30 SLAM. to 10.30 a.m.-Council which normally they are capable of
Cup. bringing off without any thought..
Despite his efforts in the Mixed,
best Hni, in my opinion was the player on the court-s poor compli- ment Tm afraid, while Wong, al- though receiving little support from Au, who was palpably nervous, was a good second. Both Yong and Au
His Excellency the Governor will were shadows of their usual selves.
The first game appeared to be be present at the Rifle Meeting of On the other hand, the Mixed their points.
Miss Khoo, carried the winners to pretty safe for the "y" representa- the Hong Kong Rifle Association Doubles final, which started the
tives when they led 12-7 but Yong to-morrow afternoon. secured four points on his
At 1 pm on Monday, he will be programme,
packed was
with
service to get to 11-12. The score the guest of the Association at thrills from start to finish and the
was "setted" at 13-all and the Un- lunch, and will later distribute the dergrads took the next five points prizes. without reply.
been the piece de resistance of the programme, as an exhibition by four players representative of the cream of the Colony's talent, was to say
the least, extraordinarily disappointing.
Men's Doubles Championship.- P. K. Hui and K. L. Yong beat P. H. Wong and C. Au 18-13; 3-15; 15-8.
THE PLAY
Hui
The Recreio pair went away with roar of acclamation which went up also led at 5-4 and 6-4.
a rush and took three points. They at the conclusion, paid ample tri- and Miss Khoo, then forced the is bute to the sterling work of P. K..
sue and took the game at 15-10 Hui and his partner, Miss Ulian
Not to be denied Oliveira and Miss Khoo and was evidence of the acute Silva came back strongly in the 'state of nervous tension into which next game and led all the way to the spectators had been worked.
level matters, going out for game at 7-15.
next
•GOVERNOR'S INTEREST:
In the next game, Hui and Yong could do nothing right and only their achievements. managed to secure three aces.
FINAL GAME
He said that it was a pity the Association did not have courts of
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HUI TURNS SCALES
Wong and Au-started off the final its own. Remarking that it would Although Miss Khoo, played some
The final game was packed with game promisingly and quickly led (only cost about $10,000 to erect brilliant shots, it was the untiring excitement. The first half was ding-40 but thereafter they were never club-house and courts, Mr. Sousa activity of her partner which
dong. and the Undergraduates in it and were overhauled, pass-expressed a hope that some philan weighed the scales in their favour crossed over at 8—7, They thened and lost the game 8-15. Hthropist would come forward with
championship
Hui was here, there and every-reached 13, during which time their In calling upon Mrs. E. M. Ray-the money. where. He picked up impossible opponents had added but one point mond, wife of an Hon. Vice-Presi The donors of the various prizes smashes, rushed to the net to get to their score, and there appeared dent of the Association, to distri-were thanked, as was the Taikoo to drop-shots and then back again to be no more to it.
bute the awards after play bad end-Club for the use of their clubhouse to the farthest corner of the court
the earlier Then came a sensational run byed, Mr. E. da Sousa congratulated in to deal with the deep lobs.
the eventual losers. They reeled off the winners, and in special, Hui for Imatches. In his turn, he rushed service the next five points to "set" but drove, lobbed and played the most the effort evidently took too much delicate drops, while his smashing out of them and they failed_to_se- along the side-lines won innumer
cure one more point. able points.
A great finish to a great game. THE MEN'S DOUBLES
THE NEW FABRICS AT
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Miss Khoo, individually was ade- quate" enough except when serving. but her courtcraft was exceeding- ly poor and her efforts to play half-tween Patrick Wong and C. An, and court shots, baulked her partner on
PK Hui and K. L. Yong, proved FOLK WEAVES, QUALITY AND
CHEERY ARE THESE NEW COL numerous occasions when he was a complete anti-climax and the less OURFUL MATERIALS
CRETONNES OF PLEASING CHARM
| ANB DELIGHTFUL COLOURINGS. The final game of the evering be-48 ins. wide. From $1.95 yard.
Miss Silva played her usual ef-period did the standard ever surv ficient game at the net and, in ad-pass that of a
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in glorious positions to “kill”. said about it the better. At no 48 ins. wide. From $1.50 yard. Junior Division BEAUTIFUL BROCADES, QUALITY dition, dropped back when neces-League game and personally I felt COMBINED WITH GOOD TASTE. sary to cover the rear when Olivei- greatly relieved when it was all 48 ins, wide. From $295 yard. re was out of position. If anything over and the players put out of EXCEPTIONAL O she was better than her opposite t
their agony. number,
while her combination Never have I seen so many with Oliveira was much better culous errors by players of than that of the University pair calibre of those in action last night. Oliveira played as well as he Services were pathetic, accuracy ever does and only the concentrat any department was conspicuous- ed severity of Hui combined with its absence and, worst of all, most spasmodic brilliance on the part of of the points scored
ins wide. $2.50 yard.
Worth Double.
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