THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 2, 1940.
·ÏENNANT ON TENNIS NO. 4
THE EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL GRIPS
By Eleanor Tennant
COACH OF ALICE MARBLE HOLDING the racket properly
gives the player flexibility of wrist and unrestricted finish and power.
The two grips which I advise strongly are the Eastern and Con- tinental.
I call the Eastern the "$100,000 grip" because it is used by the most successful champions-Alice|
SERVICE
AND CONTINENTAL, BACKHAND
Marble, Don Budge, Ellsworth hand and racket. Vines and others.
MACAO TRAINING TIMES
Following are training times for Macao ponies on Friday. The weather was fine and the ponies ran on
a sand track.
Name
3 Last
會
Black Diamond
50 1.25
1.50 34
Courcue Blue
41 1.22
2.00 38
Cloudy Star
51 1.20
37
Eagle
41 1.19
1.50 37
Fairy Auk
41 1.21
2.50 38
Fairy Ousel
42 1.10
1.55 30
(Drawing
Haginaday in-Iron Knight
50 1.32
2.00 37
45 1.20.2 2:07 40.31
40 1,18
1.53 35
National Anthem Pwesian Cat Rothesay Bay
49 1.29
2.08 37
47 1,25
2.00 41
47 1,20
2.00 12
the Sports Venture
The Mermaid
50 1.20
2.00 39
44 1.25
1.50 34
dicates position of first knuckle of Mic's Venture
J
For the Eastern forearm stroke first finger on handle.) place the hand
on back of the handle just as though you were shaking hands with the racket,
The leather rests inside the palm and the end of the handle against
Use the Continental for service and backhand,
the lower, fatty part of the palm.hand toward the top of the grip This entails a slight shift of the Spread the fingers and make sure there is a straight line of arm,
Iso the knuckles are a little more
forward at impact.
| EASTERN FOREARM
NEXT: The overhead smash.
Army tennis pairings have been held over owing to pres sure on space and will ap pear to-morrow.
MEN WANTED!
Yes Men! After a hard act of tennla -a half hour's' squash racquets-or even if you are suffering from that "mourning" after-the-night-before feel- Ing there lo nothing like one of my Turkish Bathe and Massage, and, by the way, have you yet tried my Hair & Scalp treatment? it is wonderfully good for getting rid of dandruff.
SO-MEN REMEMBER PLEASE
MRS. J. BETEN
BEAUTY PARLOUR
PENINSULA HOTEL
D APBL 防
A. H. MADAR'S FINE WIN
A. H. Madar, the Interport cricketer, created a major upset in the I.R.C., Club singles lawn bowls championship on Fri- day when he beat M. R. Abbas 21-11.
CHINESE JOURNALISTS' GALA
was
A swimming gala by the Hong Kong Chinese Journalists' Association held at Chinese Bathing Club, North Point, yesterday and was attended by a large number of people.
Results:-
Men's 1,500 metres free-style:-1. Wong Sik-ming: 3, Cheung Sun-on. Time: 17 mins. 39 secs.
Men's 100 metres back-stroke:-1. Ng Pa-ling; 2, Lal Chi-ming; 3. Ching Po-kuen. Time: 2 mins. 2.6 secs.
Men's 200 metres breast-stroke:-1, Cheung Sun-on; 2, Hau Chun-sing: 3.) Lau Wing-chung. Time: 4 mins. 7.4 secs,
Men's 50 metres free-style:-1, Tam Chun-kin; 2, Chun Leung: 3. Wong Ching-cheung. Time: 37,2 secs,
Reporters' 100 metres froe-style:-1 Fung Kwal-sung: 2, Wo Sin-wal, Time: 75.2 secs.
400 metres team race open to Colony- −1, Tung Fung Association (Won) Chi-hung, Sek Kam-plu, Chiu Wal-Inm. Lat Fuk-kal); 2, South China (Young Cheung-wah, Hau Yuk-kwan Cháu Pu kan, Cheung Chochoi. Time: 4 mins. 52 secs.
100 metres four styles medley:-1. Tam Chun-king; 2, Wong Iling-cheung: 3. Wong Sik-wing. Time: 1 min. 51 secs..
Women's 200 metres colay open to the Colony:-1, Wah Yan (C.B.C.) As- sociation, (Hau Wasking, Cheung Pu'- chun, Leung Chit Cheung. Wal-ying); 2, South China (Lai Cheuk-wah, Loi Po-luen, Hau Wal-mun, Ngau Wai- chuen. Time: 2 mins. 47 'secs,
LANCASHIRE BOY LAME
(By "RAPIER").
In preparation for the coming Extra Race Meeting, Mr. S. L Yuen tööle dut Mr. J. Lo's "Lan- castfire Boy in company, with Willyhilly, ridden by a Chinese riding boy and Rose Day, with Mr. S. W. Léo up, for its morning exercise. On reaching the lest quarter these three pohles were given a fast gallop towards the winning post, but on completion of the gallop Lancashire Boy wak!
found to be lame.
The Cut of
the Navy....
PLAYER'S
NAVY CUT
CIGARETTES
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