THE CHINA-MAIL, MAY 15,, 1941
Mary Hardwick Describes Her Tennis Tour In U.S., Canada Reception Which Just Bowled Her Over Speaks Of Relief "SUNDAY HERALD"
Work Done Everywhere
A FURTHER INTERESTING description of her activities and impressions as she proceeded through the far western sections of the United States and Canada on her professional tennis tour with Alice Marble, was given to Reuter's correspondent recently by Mary Hardwick, the English former Wightman Cup player.
A was the case when she des eribed her tour some time ago, she Found the prople of those parts tatachingly pro-British and
Was overwhelmed by Then kindnes towards her and their expressions of sympathy and hoppe uľ victory for England and the Empire.
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Miss Hardwick referred to her match
Vanemaver, British Columbia, recently, in which Miss Marble won 6-3, 10-8 belore packed audienser The match, m endentally. Was 241 by 25 Mr Cardinal, a Sussex County ere- -keter, according to Miss Hardwick who carried her off the court m
BOWLS TEAMS
Following
CUP FUND ALLOCATION
TOURING TEAMS TO SUBMIT ACCOUNTS
AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION that, in Following are the allocations of the future, all teams touring with the sanction of the
funds of "Sunday Herald" International Charity Cup competition: Society of St. Vincent de Paul $300,00 Industrial Home for Blind Girls 100.00 Sailors' Home & Mission to Sex.
men
St. John's Ambulance Brigade Little Sisters of the Poor Homie
for the Aged
Hong Kong Benevolent Society. Canossian Institute for Blind Society for Protection Tor
Children
Children's Playground Associa
11017
Cheero Clu
Chinese Sisters of the
Precious
Blood
Sailors & Soldiers' Rome Salvation Army
South China Athletic Frec
Association should keep a proper statement of accounts and submit same to the Association, was unanimously carried at the monthly Council meet- 150.00 ing of the Hong Kong Football Association held 200.00 yesterday evening.
150.00
250 00 The resolution was passed after 150.00 further discussion was made
300,00
re
garding the question of induce ments to players as ra sed 200.00 letter by the Kwong Wah Athletic 150.00 | Association at the last meeting and reply to which was received 100.00 from Eastern A.A.
150,00 200 00
100 00 50.00 100 00
Schools
Chinese Seamen's Mission St. Louis Industrial School Hong Kong Branch of the
fional Association For the Care of War Orphans Queen Mary's Hospital X'mas
Tree Fund
N..
150 00
100 00
100 00
100.CO
100.00
clubs have Doys & Girls Club Associations
October. 1938, im Beighton when selected their lawn bowls she sprained her ankle
Great Reception
Vancouver
teams for Saturday:-
KB.G.C.
"A" First Division (v Indian
W L
it
R.C. Away)
McNell, S. Handle
Walker, W Holland (Skap)
4. Sykes. J CG, A Hyde Lay and " Sherriff (Skipa.
The reception just bowled me over." Mary told
The crowd was so pro- atti A Reuter.
Pups. White, JG Meyer British that we had to stop them
art A J Hall (Skip) trying to cheat for me The lines- men beramp so confused with the play that they were not very quick on their decisions, and were in- clined to make mistakes. This the crowd would not stand, Alice made a winner in the line they always insisted it was out. However, although I did not win
B First Division (Kowloon Docks
Away) WC Hodder. V Dixon, E Levelf and ila H Duncan (Skapi
A Murton, PA Peckham, H. Lack- bart at J McKelvie (Skipar
Seard, W Dearum. [ E Dew and Guy (Skipa
we had one at the best matches Thrd Division ( Kowloon F.C Home)
of the tour perleet condebuns, sold-out home and Toth tu f 17 V playing really well I had dire 201-18% in the second set," h added
A Prune SH A MacGregor, E Searle and H Nish 48k11
Walker 1. 11 knell S and K
Hanullo (skapu Demi, 4 E Laurley Thompson
1) W Waterbom
! J
F
OSKRO
First Division
POLICE
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Club dr Recreio Away) W Melint, W Harris, W
J Shepherd (skipo.
Dal and
Garrison Help Society New Territory Relief Association Amenities for Interned Soldiera 100.00
Eastern's reply to Kwong With stated that regarding Lau" "Pook ! chuen they were not encerned | with his emp oyuerat. It added thurt the player was but solistest with his employment and took th chan.e to tour prior to taking up a better job in a camere al firm They did not say whether ther was any request or mudurement fo Lau to leave his former employ ment.
$3,300,00
A
Never Raised
letter Win received
from Eastern. It pointed out that the question of request or induce- ment was never taused and sug- gested that the Assocation should lock into the Eastern's Manila tour in order to see if no inducement had been offered.
Mr. Wong Ka-tsun, Chairman, said he deplored the last part of the letter and said he remember- fromed that Mr. Brown was pressed
Kwong Wah regarding this reply at the last meeting but refused to
PROMISING FORM
OF E. A. ROBERTS
ALTHOUGH IT WAS not very well attended. and the various events were not always well sup- ported, the first swimming gala of the season held by European Y.M.C.A. last night was quite an en- joyable affair although the standard never reached a very high level.
Miss Hardwick confessed that she was often vloer to leas dur
ng ber short stay in Vancouver The feeling of getting back on terl British rod atam after away from it deeply affected be Also, she tad "I felt so m that here I wae. n a country where j
{ Crough, C Pile, W Mellards and pre-season lack of training, as to they were striving and praying, a May (Skop?
instance Young Saunders, normal- for victory, in carnest there Third Division (V H.K, Electric Homerly a stout-hearted SWHDner, re was no question of just England G Davies, E Greenwood, A. J. Jolen, Úning after three lengths of 1 pulling through the people's son and + (hammm! (Skopo
Hack-stroke event Owing to conversation. It was we an as
all the time."
Petkitis, W M Smath. A F Cures and P 4 Post (Skipor
There Wan much evidence
of Saunders #27 2.50. 3 A McQueen.
Heat 1, K F Paul (27 1754, 2, E
Rariton (29 2/5).
the
W
100
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back stroke handicap. yards Willes (93 3.51 ( Saunders faded to
Diving (sealed handicapi, i N 12
A Smitat. ( Wilcox. F Notan a fact that he had only a few min- Booker (85), 2, A McQueen 1899. 3 J McDonald (Skip)
utes earlier completed a sharp 50 R Goldman (79), 4, P Willis (75), 5. yards.
J
Hayward. J
Riddell,
wallet and J Apken Skip?
second Div s.on
J
R Me
She fold, f, how she found Vancouver plastered with splendid
K. TONG war posters urging the people to
tv HK.C.C. Away) "Save for Viciory." to buy War
HA Castro, J Taog, A Madar and savings cert fleates and to do ali | A Kew Skip sorts of other things to help win NA E. Mackay. T. K Lim, J N the war. Also, there were big. Wong and J. 1. Slephens (Skip) life-sized posters of Mr. Winston | Churchill, with the words, now so historic in this part of the world, "give us the tools and we'll finish the job."
Trip A Success
H. Gains. W M Catins, A E Cas- tro and W. J. Howard (Sktp).
H.K.C.C.
Second Division (v Kowloon Tong G.C.A. Home)
JG. Haigh, S 1 Lloyd, L. J Dav. les and G. E. Costello (Skip).
GG Alkenhend, 1. A R Duncan. T R Rowell and F Goodwin (Skip
Speaking of her trip in the R. R Davies, E Hrespes, I A Ed.
W North West in general, Miss Hard-wards and A Brown (Skipt
Reserves P S Cusnitly and TC wick said that it had been a com-
Monaghan she plete success and that
and
Friendly (v Kowloon Football Club Miss Marble had been playing to
Away) sell-out houses everywhere, in the A McKellar, P. Morrison, Dr. D. J.) United States as well as in Van-Valentine and B. J Lacon (Skip). couver. She found the Portland HB L. Dowbiggin, W. H. Lambert, and Seattle peuple and those in S. Mitchell and E S. Abraham (Skip). other parts of the same localities, HA. Angus, L. E N. Ryan, E. S the "most pro-British" of any sheghty and J. B. Gilroy (Skip).
Reserves: -E, A, R. Fowles and W had met on the whole tour,
J. Hansen,
K.C.C. First Division (v Craigengawer C.C. Away)
In Son Francisco, Miss Marble was presented with the keys of the city and Miss Hardwick who had to accompany her to the ceremony was asked to make a speech at the City Hall because "I represented A. E. Perry, A. W. Smith, L. Jack the other, Democracy,'
W. Mulcahy, A. W. Ramsey, G. E. Taylor and J. Fraser (Skip).
|G Saunders (74).
Heat
220 vards aggregate handicap. 11. E. F Paul (3 10 1/5): 2, G Davidson (38 4/5); 3. H Q Ramage Heat 2 1. A B May (7-48 275) 2 1.
Benn (2 52 4/5): 3. E. W. Railton
wa3 Feature of the evening the unearthing of
now BOMC talent in Edward Roberts, al A long rangy youth who should do: (311) very well with training and 75 yards medley aggregate handicap. experience.
seconds.
1. 12 A
Rober's (55); 2, F. Willis (50 one. 2/5): 3, W. B. Ure.
200 yards relay.—1, Lai Tsun (Tsang Cheong-ming, Lau Chun-nam Kum Hop-in? 2 Faro-
Y.M.C.A. Dean
"A" IH. C. Eardley,
Won
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put a proposal to the meeting to look into the books of Eastern,
Mr. Brown said the question as brought up in Eastern's rep.y wns not raised by Kwong Wah. His request to the Assoc.ation to look into the matter was that if that quest on was not raised why did Eastern answer in that manner.
The Chairman replied that un- less a prima lace case was made out the As ociation could not make investigations to the affairs of any cub on any flimsy suspicion
alone.
Mr Brown said he brought up the question only as a matter of praciple He said that early in the season there had been a great deal of unpleasantness adding tha a first divis.on club was strippert of all its players. He felt that if one club deliberately went to an- other and got players to handicap the other club the Associat oti should do some,hing,
Mr. J McKelvie replied that at of the season players the close were free to play for any club as they were amateurs,
Proposed by Mr. J. Skinner, and seconded by Mr. McKeivie, a re- solut on was passed that Eastern be asked to reply direct to the point raised in Mr. Brown's letter.
To Alter Rules
Roberts only entered for individual event--the 75 yards medley handicap-but he after a thrilling struggle with P.
Mr. Wong said on looking over Willis, to whom he conceded Ave E F Paul, A. F May. D. Hutchin- the fi'e he found that there wer
son): 3. European Y.M.CA "B" (E. A. rules to be altered and suggesteil Lai Tsun Swimming Unjon eas- | Roberts, G. Saunders, N. D. Booker. a sub-committee be appointed to ily won the 200 Yards Relay from E. W. Railton); 4, Army (Ple, Elins, Y.M.C.A. "A". a fairly strong Slamn Hodges, Ple. McHugh, Sigmn.
Time: 1,55 4/5 combination, with David Hutchin-Hunt).
Water-polo.--European Y.M.C.A, (H. son, the Colony champion, sw.m- C. Eardley, P. Willis, L. A. Benn; A. ming in the anchor position,
F. May: E. W. Railton, R. Goldman.
nea: with these. 110 2000wing were eler'ed to serves top fi 2009- |mittee:-Messrs. Wong Ka-tsun, Guingaan, 9. Skurung ARE T, AN Stokes.
In the water-polo match whichg F Paul) beat Middlesex (Bdsm. woundi up the progranime. Stanton: L/Cpl. Muchenbach, Sigma, Mr. Charles Young, new honor- Y M.C.A. bent Middlesex by 4-0 Hunt: P.S.M. Ure: L/Cpl. Binden, Pte.
50 yards aggregate handicap.—Heat Burdge. Pte. Jennings) 4~0. A. 1.~4, M, J, Gunning (33 secs,); 2. G. May scored all goals, one in the first Ramage (33 2/5); 3, H. C. Eardley hall. Heat 2.--1, G. Davidson (27); 2, G
Bickford and J. Russell (Skip).
S. Carr, F. Flippance, S. Strange and
P. Morgan (Sklp).
E. Casey, J. R. Barnes, A. C. Grat- ton and B. H. Mansell (Sktp).
H.K.E.R.C.
Third Division (v Police Recreation Club, Away)
W. E, MacFarlane, R. F. Gregory, F. Barron, and L. de Rome (Skip). R. A. Owens, E. L. Groome, A, G. Gardner and A. F. Paul (Skip),
A. P. Tarbuck, J. R.. WAY. C. E.
T.D.R.C.
and E. C. Fincher (Skip).
A. E. P. Guest, W. W. Parsons, N. Miss Hardwick spoke enthu- |J. Bebbington and T. A. Madar (Skip). siastically of the relief work being Second Division: (v Hong Kong done in the North West in aid of
Football Club Home) Bundles. for Britain and the Bri- A. C. Tribble, G. W. Bowden, J. M. tish War Relief Society. She has Jack and A. Steven (Skip), been combining tennis with visit-Curtis and R: S. Meadow (Skip).
T. R. Hunter, A. II. Marlin, E. C. ing the various relief centres, R. S. Capell, F. A. Fabel, H. Overy | Gahagan and J, K, Sloan (Skip). "making: radio appeals, appearing and T. W. Carr (Skip). in Bundles for Britain shops, visiting work rooms, and meeting Second Division (v K.C.C. Away) committees."
J. S. Howell, G, Stephens, G. Graver Altogether, Miss, Hardwick is and W. Gill (Skip). doing her bit for Britain' with all Watson, J. H. Gelling, H. G. Wak the enthusiasm possible, and that R. P. Shaw, C. B. Robertson, A.
¡lington and W. Macfarlane (Skip). she is one of the outstanding am- Brooksbank and H. V. Pearce (Skip). bassadors of goodwill between Third Division (v Club de Recreio, England, and the United States
Home) there is no doubt, on
H.K.F.C.
Second Division (v Craigongowor
c.c. Home): ... ..
YACHTING. RESULTS
ary secretary of South China, was Fintroduced to the Council through a letter and will take Mr. Walter H. Chen's place on the Council.
COTTAGE CLUB
The Cottage Club's last paper- hunt of the season will take place on Saturday starting at 5.30 p.m. from a point near: San Tin VII- lage near the entrance to Sunny Farm.
The Yacht Club yesterday held. Poles will be drawn for at its annual race for boat boys over the Club at 5. p.m.
a course of 7.8 miles. The race. After the hunt, an open-air resulted Joss 1, Koala 2, True barbecue will be held in the Blue 3, La L'nda: 4, Maureen 5,Club grounds for Members and Artemis 6, Gull 7, Jean 8, Tyrone heir friends. Chal 9, Guri 10. A
The result of the Helmsman's Cup Series, the final of which was sailed concurrently with Satur-
E. E. Wilson, W. Cunningham, T. Fday's sweepstake, Is.-E. Huttem Stainton and J. A; Watson (Skip),
NEW BASEBALL GROUND
eler (35 pts.) 1, G. G. Wood, T. C.
Fairburn - (29) 2, V, H, Johnson |---- Chatham Road ground will be
Nimmo, Whyte, C. Bovalıd
W. Melrose (Skip).
A. MacArthur, D. Coull, R. Main and
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(27) 4, G, F. Hyde (25) 6, C. C. the venue of this season's hase- and 3. C. Chalmers (Skip). (And Blake, P. D. A. Chidell (24) 6, H. ball games. The military authori- Rénerver1–9. J. Pollock, W. G. Mc. V. Browne, W. Forsyth (21). B,ties are erecting a stand on the A Balloy, J. M. Thomson, BJ, Klo, H Kew and H. Smi NG. Alloh (12) -9,-~*~*
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