THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1939
South
China
China Deserving Winners Of "B" Division Title Play Brilliantly To Trounce K.C.C. "A" Yesterday
W.T. LEE AND
C.S. DEW IN FINE FETTLE
SPLENDID FORM OF NEWCOMER
AFTER ENDEAVOURING to play the match off for the best part of two months, the weather remained kind for South China yesterday and they made no mistake against Kowloon Cricket Club "A" to win with the loss of only one set and secure the "B" Division tennis championship.
They clearly demonstrated their superiority over their strongest challengers and played them in all departments to win at the con- clusion of the second round, by which time they had established a lead of 5 sets to 1.
At the end of the first round they led 2-2, A. V. White and F. Grose being the only K. C. C. couple to meet with any measure of success. As in all their previous encounters, South China pairing most impressive were C. S. Dew and W..T. Lee. The latter was in great form yesterday.
out-
K.C.C. LOSE
LAST MATCH
Handicapped by the absence of "A. His anticipation and rapid coverage E. P. Guest, their singles champion, of court, together with his fine stroke formidable equipment, made him a proposition for the home team, whilst his veteran partner rarely made mistake, being firm overhead very reliable with return of service, his heavily sliced strokes being most difficult to pick up.
Jing
BRILLIANT NEWCOMER
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South China yesterday introduced a new player in the person of K. H. Ip, reputed to be their junior champion. This player, who normally plays the "C" and "p" Divisions, was, after Lee, the finest player on view.
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for whom R. E. Lee deputised, and the fact that A. Crawford was suffering from a septic toe, Kowloon Cricket Club offered poor resistance to Chinese Recreation Club,, holders, in "A" Division of the Tennis League
at Causeway Bay yesterday, losing by 8 sets to 1.
WHEN YOUTH
HAD ITS DAY
GRAPHIC GOLF
SENSATIONAL YOUNG
BOBBY JONES
IN 1916
GOLFERS NWHO LATER. MADE
GOOD
JERRY TRAVERS
IN 1903
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By BEST BALL They used to call golf an old man's game.
As a matter of fact youth was apparently more in the golfing limelight years ago than it is to-day. Not because there were more young golfers playing. the game, there is really no com- parison to the vast number on the links to-day, but because a few of these showed rare promise at the start of their competitive career and lived up to these advance no- tices in sensational manner.
There was Jerry Travers for in- stance who started playing in the big tournaments in 1903, caught the fancy of gallery and his fel- low players immediately and went on to win four National Open and the National Amateur title. Trav- ers was a natural money golfer, 6-2 000
This was the last K.C.C. fixture of the season, and their record is two wins-over University and Recreio.
Toul Wal-pul and Wong Shiu-wing (C.R.C.). beat E. C. Fincher and G. C.
Burnett
beat S. A. Gray and R. T. Broad-
bridge
6-2
Very cool under pressure, Ip pos- sesses a crisp volley, a powerful'ser- vice and an effective cross-court drive. His combination with the experienced
lost to Fincher and Burnett W. H. Ho was a very sound one, Ho beat Gray and Broadbridge being seldom at fault either off the
beat Crawford and Lee ground or on the volley.
beat A. Crawford and R. E. Lee 6-1
Tsul Yun-pul and W. C. Hung (C.R.C.).
F. N. Wong and H. K. Ho were few also very steady and made very mistakes.
No member of the home team, with the possible exception of Grose, was able to reproduce anything like normal of form. White appeared to be out
whose practice, while Anderson, on form is largely dependant the success of his partnership with Mackay, could not get his usually powerful smash
working.
Ho Ka-lau and Lee (C.R.C.).
beat Fincher and Burnett beat Gray and Broadbridge beat Crawford and Lee
3-6
6-1
6-2
Yue-wing
7-5 6-2 6-3
HOME SOCCER RESULTS
London, To-day.
The following are the résults of
N. A. E. Mackay and D. J. N. An-matches played yesterday?---. derson (K.C.C. “A”).
lost to W. T. Lee and C. S. Dew 2-6 lost to F. N. Wong
FIRST DIVISION
Grimsby
and
H. K.
4-6 Ho lost to W. H. Ho and K. H. Ip 3-6 A. V. White and F. Grose (K.C.C. "A").
0 Wolves THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Rochdale Southport
1 Wrexham
3 Tranmere
--Reuter.
lost to Lee and Dew
1-6
.. drew with Wong and Ho
.6-6
V.R.C. WIN
drew with Ho and Ip
W. Gitting and B, Soltau
(K.C.C.
"A":
lost to Lee and Dew
lest to Ho and Ip.
lost to Wong and Ho
6-6 AT WATER POLO
at
Ir a scrappy water polo game 1-6 North Point, Victoria Recreation Club 3-6 beat South China by two clear goals 1-6 scored by Silva Netto and Luiz Re-
medios-in the first half.
WALK-OVER CONCEDED
BUDE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Men's Singles.-Final: R. K. Tinkler
Kowloon Cricket Club's "B" team beat J. W. B. Ireson, 6-1, 6-4.
In "B" Division conceded a walk-over Women's Singles-Final: Mrs. F. B.
to C.R.C. due to the fact they could Cooke beat Miss P. M. Seaton, 6-2, not fleld a team for yesterday's game. 16-2,
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REVIVAL OF GOLF
IN SPAIN
Golf in Spain is to be re- vived by the seven profession- als who alone are said to re-
main in the country follow- ing the civil war.
They have addressed a letter to a ball manufacturing firm in England, stating that they are the sole survivors from the golf professional ranks, their colleagues having been killed in the war. Three years ago there were 14 first-class golf courses in Spain.
It is the intention of these profes- sionals to revive the playing of golf in Spain. The two best-known cour- ses in Madrid had been abandoned and destroyed by shelling and trench-dig- ging, for both were in the centre of
These the battlefield.
courses are now being restored and a few com- plete holes are already open for play and practice.
There is, however, almost a total lack of golfing equipment, and the sur- viving professionals have now written to England in the hope of getting a supply of golf bags, clubs and balls.
although an amateur, he played best when the pressure was most severe. His bitter battles with the late Walter Travis are thrilling memories to many who watched them.
Bobby Jones needs no introduc- tion. He was the 'boy wonder" of Atlanta and he was the wonder of the golfing world when he retired in 1930 holding all four major titles. Other golfing greats of this era, who were youthful prodigies were Chick Evans, Walter Hagen and
Francis Oulmet. Nowadays it seems to require much more experience in the line of golf fire before renown is won. It is the battle scarred veteran who wins most of the titles to-day.
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