THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1938
WIMBLEDON OPENS
BUDGE'S EASY WIN IN 1ST ROUND
F. H. D. WILDE AND C. E. HARE BEATEN
London, To-day.
Glorious weather greeted the opening of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday, the main features of which were Donald Budge's comfortable vic- tory over K. C. Gandar Dower, the Cambridge all-rounder, Brugnon's defeat at the hands of Puncec, of Yugoslavia, and the elimination of two of Great Britain's leading youngsters.
Roderick Menzel, above, seen in play in Hong Kong_compara- tively recently, is one of the lead- ing European challengers.
Charles E. Hare, who did not, play. for Great Britain in the Davis Cup competition owing to business reasons, was beaten by that bril-land, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. liant Chinese player, Kho Sin-kie, H. W. Austin (Gt. B.) beat E. whose neat rhythmic stroking prov- Filby (Gt. B.) 4–6, 6—1, 3-6, 6-4, ed the undoing of the Englishman.6-3. Kho displayed only one weakness, his service, which he could not get under control.
G. Von Metaxa, the former Aus- trian Davis Cup player, and now a member of the German team, beat Frank Wilde, the British Davis Cup player, after 46 games, the En- glishman taking the first set.
Singh, the only Indian entrant, beat H. Y. Ho, of China after four sets. Ho started nervously and frequently placed the ball in the net. Displaying better courtcraft, the Chinese won the third set, but his effort seemed to tire him un- duly and the Indian smashed his way to victory.
BASELINE DUEL
Ghaus Mohamed (India) beat Brauw (Holland).,
Ellmer (Switzerland) beat Kuramit- su_(Japan).
Russel (Argentinea) beat Drobny (Czechoslovakia) 108, 6-4, 7-9,
6-3.
OPEN PAIRS UPSET AT
THE VALLEY
Landolt And Bradbury
Eliminated
Several interesting Open Pairs bowls games were witnessed on the Police Recreation Club green yes- terday, in the Third Round of the competition.
Sports
Chatter
So Tin-mo and Ng Ning, two fair- ly good swimmers of the old brigade.. made a reappearance last Saturday lent Society's gala. So Tin-mo is a night, at the Chung Shing Benevo- fairly good water-polo player and left his mark on the two opposition teams. Wong Suen-man, who play- The greatest upset of the after-ed for Chung Shing, in the pivotal noon was the elimination of J. S. Landolt and B. W. Bradbury by J. Hoosen and A. K. Minu, of the Indian Recreation Club. The game was very even up to the last head. when the Indians were two shots in the lead, but the valley pair could only register a single on the last head.
A fair amount of luck, aided by a five in the early heads, laid the foundation for the Omar brothers victory over J. V. Ramsey and J. McKelvie. Several good heads were witnessed during the game, McKel- vie being outstanding.
M. J. Medina and J. Cavanagh had little difficulty against N. Gill and G. Duncan and won by 23 shots to 9, while W. Hillyer and J. Hol (Ar-lidge ousted a strong pair in H. F.
Stoneham and C. B. Hosking.
Ritchie (Gt. B.) beat Etchart gentina) 6-2, 86, 2–6, 6–2.
Lee, (Gt. B.) beat Brown (New Zea- land) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Clark, (Gt. B.) beat Ring (Argen- tina) 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, 6—2— Nelson (U.S.A.) beat Musgrove (South Africa) 3-6, 6-3, 6———4, 6-2. Anderson (U.S.A.) beat Goldham (Argentina) 6—1, 8–6, 9–7.
Procopio (Brazil) beat Le Borman (Belgium) 6-3, 7-5, 6-0.
Koch (Germany beat Del (Italy) 6-2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1.
Gene Mako (U.S.A.) beat Cook (Gt. B.) 6-1, 6–2, 6–0.
Bono
C. E. Malfroy (New Zealand) beat C. R. D. Tuckey (Gt. B.) beat Hugh- an (Holland).
W. C. Choy, the former Cam-R. H. Moore (Gt. B.), bridge undergraduate and Chinese Davis Cup player, entered the se- cond round as a result of beating J. Hamburger in a baseline duel which lasted nearly two hours.
L. Hecht (Czecholosvakia) beat Ley- land (Gt. B.).
Harreguey (Uruguay) beat Eagan (Ireland).
T. Abe (Japan) beat Williams (Gt.
Choy took the first set as a re- B.). sult of fluent driving on both hands, Brooks (Gt. B.) heat Rutnam (In-
but became very erratic în the dia).
second set when he was over-driv-
ing and netted-on-many occasions, in addition to making many errors. Hamburger's best asset was his stolid retrieving, while he occa- sionally beat Choy with cleverly concealed drop shots. He made the mistake, however, of trying to lob
Choy, who was very strong over- SOME
head and who brought off a grand cross-court drive and passing shot whenever Hamburger attempted to rush the net.
All the eight seeded players came through the First Round.
In the match between G. Von Me- taxa (Germany) and F. H. D. Wilde (Gt, B.) both players were fairly equal- ly matched, Metaxa's advantage in
courts.
GOLFERS OPINIONS
Denver (Colorado), June 5. Lawson Little, the former hold-
height being compensated for by er of the British and American Wilde's greater experience on grass Amateur Championships, said:- A match on the centre court which "I think British golf will boom attracted many
spectators was that now. Britain's Walker Cup win between Musgrove of South Africa, will be a great incentive for the and Nelson of America, resulting in a
of middle-clasg win for the latter.-Reuter and Trans-development
Ocean.
youngsters."
First Round results as cabled by Henry Picard, a member of the
Reuter, were:-
MEN'S SINGLES
Donald Budge (U.S.A.)
beat K. C. Gandar Dower
6–2, 6–3, 6-8.
American Ryder Cup team in 1935 (Holder) and 1937, is of the opinion that Bri- (Gt. B.)tain, in previous Walker Cup - ma-
F. Puncec (Yugoslavia) beat J. Brug. tches, had not chosen the strongest
non (France) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
available team.. He stated:-
Mitic (Yugoslavia) beat F. Weston "America will find the going tough (Austrália) 3—6, 61, 6—1, 6-4,
Parlazada (Yugoslavia) beat H. C.
if Britain continues to pick its best Fischer (Switzerland) 6-1, 866-3, golfers, instead of operating the 64.
Leam on a friendship basis.”
G. Von Metaxa (Germany) beat F.
7-5.
H. D. Wilde (Gt, B.) 4–6, 6–3, 9—7, Tommy Armour, the Edinburgh- born golfer, who has won most of the big golfing tournaments in Brl- tain and America, shares Picard's opinion. He commented:-"I
Kho Sin-kie (China) beat C. E. Hare (Gt. B.) 68, 6—4, 6—4.
Singh (India) beat H. Y. Ho (China) 6—1, 6—8, 2-0, 7-5.
W. C. Choy (China) beat J. Ham- knew that the first time that Bri- burger (Germany) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, tain picked a team of their best
3-Reuter. H. Henkel (Gt. B.) beat Bull, Eng- golfers they would win
The following were the results:-
AT POLICE R.C.
A. R. Minu and J. Hoosen beat J. S. Landolt and B. W. Bradbury 19-18.
M. J. Medina and J. Cavanagh, form- er title holders, beat G. Duncan and W. Gill 22-14.
W. Hillyer and J. Hollidge beat H. Stoneham and C. Hosking 23-9.
AT KOWLOON C.C.
E. W. Lines and B. Duncan beat J. A. Luz and B. Basto 22-12.
F. V. V. Ribeiro and H. A. Alves beat J. F. V. Ribeiro and J. J. Basto 22 16.
T. Fergusson and T. Coleman beat S. M. White and S. Randle 21-15.
AT CLUB DE RECREIO
J. Howell and R. G. Craig beat R. P. Phillips and J. Fraser 27-18.
P. Barby and A. J. Hall beat A. Smith and J. W. M. Brown 22-15,
position, last season, has only been hopes to be fit very soon. in the water twice this season, but He is an ardent race-goer and would not let anything interfere with the "Sport of Kings."
Arrangements are being made to try and hold a quadrangular swim- ming and water-polo festival in the "Y" pool very shortly. I understand that several Chinese teams may be invited to participate in order to lend colour to the programme.
I hear that Mrs. M. Read intends to start a life saving class in the European Y.M.C.A. swimming pool in the near future. This move pre- sumably followed the enthusiasm which prevailed during the Royal Life Saving demonstration in the "Y" pool last Wednesday evening.
as soon as
the
Schools' summer holidays commence,
It is proposed, to try and get members of British schools interested in a swimming gala which will be held one Saturday afternoon, towards the end of the swimming season.
SMALL UNITS LEAGUE
In the Small Units tennis league yesterday the Ordnance beat "D" Coy, Royal Scots by 7 sets to 2:—
Chesterman and_Gill (R.A.O.C.). beat McKenzie-Kennedy
Douglas
and.
beat Jackson and Bell beat Marshall and Purdie
Borcock and Fenner (R.A.O.C.). lost to Mackenzie-Kennedy and
Douglas
6–1 6-8
4-6
beat Jackson and Bell beat Marshall and Purdie Hunt and Nicholson (R.A.0.C.). lost to Mackenzie-Kennedy and
Douglas
6-1
64
60
61
beat Jackson and Bell beat Marshall and Purdie
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