TENNIS
DOUBLES FINAL TO-DAY
Weather permitting the Colony ten- nis tournaments will wind up to-day with the doubles final and the distri- bution of prizes.
be- is expected A great struggle tween the Tsul brothers, the holders, and the Rumjahn cousins, who have won the title on more occasions than any other pair.
On paper the Tsuis should win but after the match on Wednesday, when S. A. Rumjahn caused the biggest up- set for years in beating Tsui Wai-pui, forecasting the result with any cer- tainty becomes a risky proposition.
A capacity crowd is expected and enthusiasts are advised to book early. The match will start at 4.30.
HOW THEY
REACHED
THE FINAL
S. A. AND H. D. RUMJAHN boat Lae Hun-kok and J. W. Leonard,
6-2, 6-3,
beat Pang Ollam and Leung Ping-
chiu, 64, Oml..
beat E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung,
62,8-0, 0-3.
TSUI WAL-PUI AND TSUI YAN-PUI beat S. A. Hussain and O. Rumjahn,
7m5, 0—4.
beat A. R. Kitchell and I. M. A. Ra-
zack, 6-2, 6-3.
beat J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios,
Om? Bran, Ba3.
Another Success
For Pagh
M. Pagh (-30.3), Club champion, had little difficulty in disposing of Dr. A. H. Barwell (~1/6) by 8-6, 6-3,
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1940.
BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS
( By “STRIKE")
Some of our old friends of U.S.S. that he was up against one of the finest |Barker, Alden, Edwards, Black Hawk, bowlers in the Alleys but also to his lack of experience In match games, while his op- etc., have been in Port and renewed ponent has had all the experience in the their acquaintance with the Bowling world in match play. Alleys, the result being some really Miss Nancy Ng-she bagged 184 at Ten Pins keenly-contested matches. The po pularity of Indoor Bowling with the American, Asiatic Fleet, was evidenced by the large attendance at the Alleys from opening to closing time.
On Sunday a good score was compiled by her effort being as follows:-starting off on her first frame with a spare, she missed on her second frame to make a nine, then two sparès in a row followed by two strikes a row, then a spare, finishing up with two strikes and a spare.
In
The first match I have to deal with this This is a good effort and tops the highest week was played in the Singles Handicap | score for Ladies for the month of April, I competition on April 25, and was between | have watched this young lady's progress and L. Gaddi and Chas Miller. Both started off I am of the opinion that in the very near level with handicaps of plus 23. each. It future she will be welcome member of the being a first round match, three games were | 200 Club. played-vide the rules of the competition- the match resulting in a win for L. Gaddi by. 37 pins, the individual scores being:- L. Gaddi (plus 23) 181, 159, 189, Total 629 Chas Miller (plus 23) 148, 175, 189, Total 492 Gaddi bowled well, having an average of 170 pins per game, while Miller's average
to win the Club Handicap Singles yes-worked out at exactly 164 pins per game;
both performance were very good, Gaddi 'terday.
just keeping ahead of Miller.
MACAO RACING
PROSPECTS
(By "RAPIER”)
There was another match in the first round of this competition on April 28, it being be- tween Gunner G. Hanley of the Royal Artil- lery and L/Cpl. J. Gracie, Royal Scots.
Hanley had a handicap of plus, 40 and Gracle was 20, therefore in three games Gracie was conceding 42 pins. Hanley won by 57 pins, actually beating Gracle by 15 pins level. The Individual resulty were as follows:-Hanley (plus 40) 172, 113, 114, re- ceived -42, Total 441.
MACAO JOCKEY CLUB will hold their May Meeting on notching 172 pins on his first game, there Sunday, at the Areia Preta Race course, Macao, and, judg- ing by the satisfactory entries received, a good day's sport match played on April 25,
is assured.
Gracle (plus 20) 112, 116, 154, total 384. Neither bowled as well as they can do and had Hanley not started off well by
might have been a much closer finish.
IMPROMPTU MATCH There was quite an interesting impromptu between the Asheville C.P.O.'s and the Asheville regular team. When I say it was impromptu it was due to the fact that the Chief Petty Officers had challenged the Champs, but, owing to
turn out, so Joe Harvey, Balaski, and Kil- patrick, very sportingly offered to play the Petty Officers in a three-games, three-men Chlef Petty Officers by the very low margin
There are six events on the programme, four being over short distances, results of which will depend to a great ex-business reasons, the latter were unable to tent on the start.
on
The S.S. "Tai Shan" will leave Hong Kong at 9 a.m. Sunday, and will return from the Portuguese colony at 3.30 a.m. on Monday.
RACE NO. 1-"KWAN CHAP STAKES:" ONE MILE
shine Susie, if taken out by a strong jockey. Its chance of winning is by The day's programme opens with no means out of the question as this an event for China ponies classified by pony is quite fast in a sprint race. Macao Jockey Club as "Y" Class, with Wild Bear (Mr. Pih), although carry- winners of this year barred. Weighting 162 lbs., has also a chance here 150 lbs., 2 lb. penalty for every $50 or part thereof won in stakes since 1st January, 1940, and I expect to see all entries taking part.
Fairy Ousel (Mr. Hoo Pak-ming.) came in second to Hogmanay in the Chung Shan Stakes over six furlongs at the last meeting, and it has been penalised 4 lbs. as a result, and Fairy Auk (Mr. Pih), which was third in this race, has also gone up 2 lbs. As they will be running on equal terms on Sunday, and with the distance longer, I think Fairy Auk stands a good chance of reversing its last de- feat, leaving the third position, to be fought but between Coureur Bleu and Gold Clause. RACE NO. 2–WANCHAI STAKES: ONE MILE
This is another race confined to China ponies of Macao Jockey Club classified as “X” and “Y” Classes.
if given a good start. Heddon is my selection for a win, with Dow-Jones second and Sunshine Susie third.
RACE NO. 4.—“NAM WAN HANDICAP”: SIX FURLONGS.
match, and this resulted in a win for the
of four pins.
The individual results were as follows:
ASHEVILLE TEAM ASHEVILLE C.P.O.
J. A. Harvey... 453 E. L. Wood
W. J. Balaski... 418 H. M. Kilpatrick 373
C. S. Edwarda .. 430 398
G. P. Rozum.. 268 Corp. Watta..... 152
* 1248
1244
Corp. Watts played the first game for the C.P.O.'s until the arrival of C. P. Rozum. There is no doubt that the scoring all round was not brilliant, the highest score of the match being made by Joe Harvey, who bagged 453 or an average of 151, C. C. Ed- wards was a close second with 430 or an
in
the
A perusal of the entries in this race, average of 143. Harvey evidently come out reserved for "D" Class China ponies, of his lethargy in his third game to make 186, and in the case of Balaski, he was more will reveal that we need not look fur-energetic in his first game he made, 160 ther than Night View (Mr. Pih), win- and then faded away into a deep.coma to ner of the Hin Wang Cup at the last make 113 on his third game! HEWER WINS meeting, to win again. As far as I On April 27 there was another match in can see, Night View's only opposition the Singles Handicap Competition, will come from Golden Cow (Mr. C. first round, between Signalman F. Hewer of Royal Signals and Sam Golden of the F. Chiu) with only 145 lbs. to carry,U.S.S. Mindanao. Hewer's handleap and an upset from this direction is pos- sible. Gold Coin (Mr. Liang), which was third to Night View in the above race, may not be able to win, but it should be near at the finish. My nominations are Night View to win, with Golden Cow second and Gold | Coin third.
was
plus 50 and Golden's plus 20. The match resulted in a win for Hewer by 16 pins in- cluding his handicap, the scores being as
follows:--
F. Hewer (plus 50) S. Golden (plus 20)
434 418
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our.
Latest member of the Club is C. C. Sloan of the U.S.S. Asheville, On Tuesday, he managed to secure the much-coveted hon- His bag was 208 made up with four strikes in a row, a miss on his fifth frame · to make a seven, a strike and a spare, fin- ishing up with an eight on his extra ball.
VICTORY FOR BARKER
On Monday, there was another good five- game Ten Pin match between U.S.S. Barker and U.S.S. Mindanao, Barker winning by 102 pins.
The individual scores were:-
BARKER
P. R. Smith..... 828 G. Pasik
731
E, F. Bonk...... 677 H. G. Havens.... 633.
2860
MINDANAO
J. C. Thomas... 726 D. M. Keplinger 722 S. Golden
660 E. F. Merrill... 053
2767
The best score was made by Smith of Barker, his 828 averaging out at 166 per game-as mentioned earlier, this player is proving to be one of the best bowlers visit- ing this port.
The rest of both teams trailed behind with averages of 140 downward. It was not a good match as far as high scoring was concerned, there actually not being one 200 score registered throughout. Even Keplin- ger, of Mindanao, who can generally be re- lied upon to put up at least 800, was much below his usual form and only scored 722 or an average of 144 per game,
Despite the absence of high scoring spirit of camaraderie between the two teams made the game pleasant to watch.
On Tuesday, there was a three-game Duck
and Asheville, this resulting in a win for Mindanao by 75 pins.
Pln match played between U.S.S. Mindanao
MINDANAO
H. E. Deitch..... 318 D. M. Keplinger 312 N. R. Philo...... 274 E. L. Emerson.. 254
ASHEVILLE
C. G. Cunning.. 283 W. J. Balaski... 276 Joe Harvey... 269 S. J. Powloski.. 256
1158
1083 Top score was made by H. E. Dettch, of Mindanao, who notched 318 for his three games for an average, of 106 per game. He was followed very closely by his team-mate Keplinger, who made 312 or an average of 104 pins per game. Good bowling.
I cannot complain of a lack of scores of 100 or over in this match for out of the 24 games played there was no fewer than seven scores of over the century, Deitch making the highest individual score-127 in his sec- ond game.
This is the first time Deitch's name has appeared in this column but I am certain that before long I will have some interest- ing Duck Pin scores by this player to com-
ment upon.
The record high scores for Ten Pins and Duck Pins, both for ladies and men for the month of April were as follows:-
TEN PINS LADIES
MEN Mias Nancy No 184 F. P. Hollis ... 238 DUCK PINS Mrs. Opal Levy.. 122 D. M. Keplinger 147 F. P. Hollis therefore has his name en- If Golden had made 145 pins per game, he would just have beaten Hewer's score by graved on the Watson Shield, receives a re- one pin. Again in this case I was a little plica, and also receives a supply of Tiger disappointed with both players' perform- Beer. ances, because in ordinary friendly games they can and have done much better.
On April 20, there was quite a good five- game friendly, match played between Joe Harvey and his men from Asheville and the U.S.S. Barker team; this resulted in a win for Asheville by 173 pins, scores being as follows:
ASHEVILLE
the individual
BARKER
845 P. R. Smith... G. Pasik
705 E. F. Bonk..... 692 V. P. Beckwith 650
2892
RACE NO. 5.—“MA KOK HANDICAP" (SECOND SECTION); HALF MILE Second section "E" Class China ponies of Hong Kong Jockey Club will figure in this race, which is another sprint affair, and in view of its fine form in the Chinshan Handicap (Se- M. o. Gary................. 819 cond Section), after throwing its joc- c. a. Cunning... 789 key and running round the course be-Joo Harvey..... 760 W. J. Balanki.... 697 fore starting and finishing third,
3065 Mac's Adventure (Mr. Wei) should meet with no difficulty in accounting 845, or an average of 189 pins per game-he Smith, for Barker, was top scorer with for this race. New Bedford (Mr. F. is undoubtedly the best man on Barker- A: Sequeira), although second in this and I feel quite certain that if he remained same race, will probably, have to take in this Port for a longer period he would Gray had second second place again, and Persian Cat crack some records.
highest score with 819 in his bag or an aver (Mr. Liang) should not find it too age of 164 pins per game and Harvey was difficult to take the other minor posi-third with 760, or an average of 152 pins tion.
per game, his effort on the fifth game being much below his usual standard he only made 1311'..
For its win in the Shekki Handicap, Shanghai 4 has been allotted the colos- sal weight of 170 lbs., and it can be safely disregarded. Rothesay Bay seems to be the likely winner as it came in second to Shanghai 4 in the above race, but Iron Knight may give it a close fight, probably avenging its half length defeat at the hands of Rothesay Bay at the last meeting. Hogmanay, winner of the Chung Shan Stakes at the April meeting, if again ridden by Mr. Ip Kul-ying, is quite capable of creating an upset. RACE NO.3. "MA KOK HANDICAP" (FIRST SECTION): HALF. MILE This is a sprint event and is con- fined to China ponies classified by Hong Kong Jockey Club as "E" Class at the date of entry. Judging from its third placing in the Taimoshan
Actually the average per man per game Handicap over six furlongs at the Val- This race, which will wind up the for the match was 153 for Asheville and 145 ley at the Fourth Extra Meeting, Hed-programme for the day, will be con- for Barker. The only 800 score was regis- don (Mr. Wel) has the best recom- tested by Novice Jockeys on poniestered by Smith, for Barker, 215. mendation for a win here and classified by Macao Jockey Club as We had another match in the Singles Han- it will probably record the first "Y" Class that have started at this dicap Competition on April 20, this being win of its racing career, Dow Jones meeting and not won, with winners of between Cpl. H. Watts, of Royal Signals, and A. H. Potts, Watt's handicap was plus (Mr. Yuen), winner of the Chinshan two or more races during 1940 barred. 20, and Potts plus 50, so Watts was conced- Handicap (Second Section), must also This is a post-entry race so I will ing 30 pins per game. The match resulted command attention as the distance is leave my readers to pick the winner in a win for Watts by 68 pins the scores shorter. However. I feel that the after having seen the ponies run in being as follows:-J. H. Watts 483 and A. Ħ.
Potts 425. most dangerous contender here is Sun- the previous events...
Polls! defeat was not only due to the fact
RACE NO. 6—CONSOLATION STAKES: HALF MILE
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WATTS GETS AWAY --:'
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