DAVIS CUP
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 31, 1989
YUGO-SLAVIA DEFEAT GERMANY IN ZONE FINAL Fine Recovery To Win Last Two Singles Ties
HENKEL MAKES GREAT EFFORT
Agram, To-day. After being led by 2 matches to 1, Yugo-Slavia unexpectedly defeated Germany in the final of the European zone of the Davis Cup competition, when they won the last two singles.
Germany were not at full strength owing
to the fact that Roderich Menzel did not play singles. His place in the team was taken by Goepfert, who is not nearly as experienced. Conditions were very trying when! the last two matches were played yes- terday, there being a temperature of over 40 degrees, Cent.
First match saw Goepfert in op- position to Mitic. The youthful Ger- man lost the first set so quickly that| in the second set, where he repeat- edly had opportunities to score, he did not have the necessary concen- tration.
Consequently Mitic, won 6-2, 6-8.
6-1,
Henkel put up a fight which was being described by Tran-Ocean as fantastic. The match was played! at a murderous pace both men fight-i ing with the utmost stubbornness.
The first set lasted over 40 min- utes and was really the decisive one of the match as both players had taken such toll of their physical
reserves.
Felt Strain More
FULL RESULTS.
Puncec (Yugo-Slavin) beat Goep- fert (Germany) 6–3, 6–—–—1, 60.
Henkel (Germany) beat Mitic (Yugo-Slavia) 6-0, 61,
4-6, 6-4. Henkel and Menzel (Germany) beat Puncec and Kukuljevic (Yugo-Slavia) 9—7, 4-6, 64, 3–6, 6–1.-
Mitic beat Goepfert 6-1, 6-2,
6-3.
Punce beat Henkel 10—8, 6—3,
6-0.
after losing the set at 10-8, and the second at 6-3, he played very weakly in the third set to enable Puncec to win the greatest victory
career.
of his
R. MENZEL would have been R better selection for the Davis Cup singles than Goepfert, state German news sources.
Yugo-Slavia will now play pro- bably Australia in the Inter-Zone final for the right of meeting Unit- ed States in the Challenge Round.
SOUTH CHINA
AGAIN!
South China are postponing Before yesterday's play began tennis fixtures once again, this Germany were leading by two mat-
Henkel appeared to feel the strain singles success and a victory-in-the more than Puncec and eventually,] doubles—Trans-Ocean. .
INDOOR BOWLING
BLACK DOG BEAT TARPOTS
By the narrow margin of 51 points, the Black Dog beat the Tarpots at the Hong Kong Bowling Alleys on Satur- day.
BLACK DOG
G. D. Woolgar F. J. Moore .. N. R. Kirk J. H. Connor
Total
.167 174 171 512 .147 151 160 458 .155 147 143 446 ..105 143 150 398
574 615 624 1,813
TARPOTS
Ldg. Sto. Taylor
Ldg. Sea.. North A. B. Pearce
Sto. Kavanagh
.161 147 170 478 .140 145 153 438 ,155 148 134 437 .114 169 126 409
570 609 583 1,762
WATER-POLO LEAGUE GAMES
Second Round matches in the Water- Polo League start this week, two games this week, two games being scheduled to be played to-night, when Victoria Recreation Club, potential champions, and hitherto unbeaten, meet Chinese Bathing Club at North Point Chung Shing encounter South at West Point.
and China
Both matches will commence at 8.15
is
p.m.
The only other game this week ches to one by virtue of Henkel's time in "B" Division.
At the time of writing the "A" that between European Y.M.C.A. and Chinese-Bathing-Club-on-Thursday.. Division match with Indian Recrea- tion Club fixed for Wednesday after many postponements is still on, but announces a word just received week's postponement of the "B" Division match with K.C.C.. "A"
TRADE
ww ww
MARK
We are glad to be able to announce a substantial REDUCTION
in the price of our
AQUARIUS
WATERS
as from August 1st.
****“ EVERY DROP_DISTILLED
CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO. LTD.
U.B. WIN LAST
which should have been played to- BASEBALL GAME
morrow.
Reason given by South China is that three of their players will be engaged in late work owing to the fact that it is the beginning of the
month.
un-
Union Brewers retained their beaten record in the Local Baseball de League when they defeated Club Recreio in their last game by 11 runs to 5 at Caroline Hill yesterday.
Avoid Lurching Forward
By BEST BALL
When a golfer lets his body GRAPHIC GOLE
sway forward in the stroke, he loses to a large extent the crisp, slapping impact that, compresses. the ball almost instantly and sends it on its way. By bracing the left side at the contact stage, the play- er allows that fraction of time, ne- cessary for the right hand to un- cock and bring its punching pow er onto the ball. If the body is moving forward at this instant, instead of turning gradually around from right to left this wrist snap is dissipated over a stretch of several inches in the swinging arc. Both Lawson Little and Jimmy Hines have braced the left side in the above illustrations, Long hitters they have kept the weight well in reserve by this pro cess, bringing it into play at the procise moment of impact. It is necessary of course to have a clear
the hands, to travel in the ball but this is accom-. pivoting instead
the stroke.
LAWSON LITTLE, JIMMY HINES, HIT AGAINST FIRM LEFT
BIDE.
LEFT: HIP