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Colony Badminton Championships
THE, CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951.
C. K. LEE WINS SET AFTER
TRAILING 0-14; BUT
FOO WINS THE LAST TWO
By "ARGONAUT”
Despite losing a senational first set, W. F. Foo dividual honours in last night's series of the Colony Championship semi-finals, when he eliminated C. K. Singles runner-up, in three hard fought sets.
claimed top in- Badminton Open Lee, the Colony
To the loser, however, went the distinction of achieving an unprecedented feat in local badminton history. Tralling behind 0-14 in the first set, he stayed off three set points and courageously fought back to force the game to deuce and eventually win it.
Foo's greater variety of accurate atrokes, more extensive court-coverage, and magnificent retrieving of smashes with counter net drops earned him a well mérited victory against a game opponent, who was rather unfortunate to make no less than 18 errors in the final set, including four overhits of his own services.
corner.
Foo
trol
to
the final of the
Ries; Robert Tay v Ramon
The sesational first set benex the sel and inatch, 10-17, Ribelro beat Patrick Wong &
Miss Ullan Khoo 17-14, 15-11. Fun with Foo wresting Lee's 15-10 and 15-8,
CRAIGENGOWER SUCCESS opening service with a passing
TOMORROW'S GAMES forehand flick to the backhund Craigengower's Elvie Tsok and
At Si Teress K. C. Wony achieve the dis-
7.45 p.m. Schoolboy Doubles: Excellent positioning enabled tinction of being the first repre-
K.P Chong & S.Y. Wong v immediately assume con- sentatives of the Valley Club Bobby Heng & C.Y, Wong.
Junior of the game. With sideline jenter
8.15 p.m. Ladies' Slogies: Miss sonabes, drives, and spectacular Mixed Doubles, with a two-set Ullan Khoo Miss
triumph over St Teresa's
Billy Ribeiro.
Moric buckhand cross drops, he reeled after the fruitless services by Surprisingly enough, however, bles: S.T. Hooi & LH. Tan v 8.45 p.m. Junior Men's Dou- off seven points in a row and, Soares and Bernadine Remedies,
were tot more than a Lee, forget ahead to 12-0 and there
Chin & N.K. Chin. K.H. Craigengower 50 of 14-0, when he netted his service,couple or
0.15 p.m. Senior Men's Sin- their two supporters to support Ice's service was sent into the net, giving him his first point. Worthy representatives,
F
Young. Outstanding player in this en- Foo then took over the service i
9.45 p.m. Senior Mixed Dou- after Love's cross drop had counter was undoubtedly Elvic
who nol only Ts:k,
showed bles:KS. Low & Miss Winale to wide,
Jase only it again to Food smash by Lee.mazing agility at the net, but Cheung v C.K, Lee & Miss Ivy
also brought
well- some Lee added three more points to his score, and staved another set the high services. With a little placed smashes when receiving' point with a sideline smash. In an inspired spell, he brought the unprovement in her short ser- score from 4-14 to 14-14. Six of vices, she will be another addi-
tion.
to the group of champions these points were from errors by Foo, two were from Lee's power-in the making
Not far behind drop
her in bril- ful smashes, one from shol and une from a passing obliance at the net was Dernadine to the backhand corner.
кане
CALMED DOWN
11
4
Calming down after this sud- den turn of the game, Foo gol back the service with half-
Remedios, whs particularly in the first set earned rounds of opplause with spectacular back- hand and forehand cross net shots,
K. C. Wong gave more than average-form performance
Gct
Choong,
Senior
NEVER A PRIVATE MOMENT FA CUP FINALISTS BLACKPOOL
The Cincinnati Reds' plicher, Herman Wehmeter, and blonde Mary Sue Satzger were married before rela- tives, friends and a young baseball fan. Ronnie Reisz, a shy signature hunter, was on hand to give the bride and groom his good wishes as they came out of the church - and get an autograph.
League Holds The
Batting Race Spotlight
By "GRANDSTAND”
With the exception of the four teams qualifying for the Senior Softball League Championship playoffs due to start this week, interest among the also-rans is now centred on the current batting race which is narrowed down handful of rivals.
to A mere
It is not unreasonable that the cream of the batters are on the roster of the playoff teams, and figures prove this, but for these players in the six-game cham- as the pionship series, it will be a real test of their efficiency with the willow successive errors gave
pitching and defence will be much above that of the early rounds.
this is too long for publication in this column, only those who have made the 300 mark are listed below:
ABH BA 13 481 mund, T Remedior,
anovich,
by
A
11 27
C.
720, R.
Leonard, D.
court sideline drive. A sideline an smash and a beautiful cross drop and, after a chaky start, settled down 10 accurate aggressive retrieve to Lee's smush brought
play. Soares had the upper Foo back to set point, and the
backcourt during first set was
well within his hand in the grasp when his follow-up smash the early stages, but slumped
over badly into to a sitter just skimmed
a pool of errors in the second the baseline.
Three
The St Teresa pair enjoyed lead of 9-4 and comfortable Lee the first set to the uttera
Excellent amazement of all the spectators 13-7 in the frat set,
As last year, the title may the game, Frankie Correa was blocking and smashing at the fall to a player from one of the ordered to lay down a sacrifice present,
teams who
bas bunt which successfully scored Although Lee took the initial net by Elvie Tsok at this point eliminated
enabled Wong to scrve unreached a mark high enough and the margin of victory. lend of 3-1 in the second sci, Foo
has satisfied
The last two times at bat were the Association's still retained control of the game, brokenly to 12-13, Finding back his touch. Foo wood shot by Soares to minimum requirements of 27 not chalked up against him in gradually overtook his opponent Elvie's service brought the score times at bat in no less than nine accordance with scoring rules, and moved ahead to 7-3, 6-5, to 13-13. Two pointless services games, and these will now sit but his failure to connect safely Soares and Remedios back and watch the leaders fade the first time up reduced his 9-0, 13-0 and 14-7.
Correa followed.
away in the crucial series.
average to 304just three per-
Staber Although the Craigengower VAL
At the moment the leader-centage points behind Raymond Bit, K. K.
Crnokdake, G. pair went ahead to a 4-1 lead, ship is held by Brave third Tsao.
Many would say the St Teresa combination made
"Red" Tony sacker
that had Pereira, Gus. Osmund
Robbins, D. a gallant rally, to 4-4, when with a mighty average of 481 Frankle thought of the pos- BORE
the Marker, Sr. Soares backhand net cross went with
Re-sibility of remaining in team-mate
on his heels with batting race when he strode out Bucks, S. t: emendous excitement, each 433, and Carios-Yvanovich, also to the batter's box, he would, Wong, P. C. we know Ayres, H. A. side went through two more from the Tribe, above the 400 have hit away, but pointless services, with the score mark, and if this trio of club- Frankle from way back 40 be a Liang. 7. 8. remaining at 4-4.
team man, and he bers can maintain the pace, looks as if the title will stay in have done other
down-the-sacrifice-bunt-AS Soares the netted a backland The Braves camp. drop on Wong's service to con- The next on the list of chal-directed.
BATTING AVERAGES cede the Brst set to the Tsok-lengers is none other than Dave
"Bambino" Leonard
the of
The full list of batters who In was
vas Lee who led 8-7 when Wong combluation.
games they changed ends, but four After this setback, the St Saints who, despite a noticeable have appeared in nine
appear in the Annual errors by him, including two Teresa pal cracked up badly slowness on the field after kick will
Souvenir Programme, and from follow-up smashes to per- in the second set, making no ing up diamond dust for a couple sitters, allowed Foo to less than 12 errors. Playing of decades, is still capable of forge ahead to 9-8 und 11-8.
more confidently, Tsok and purishing the horse-hide for a
Pluckily holding on, Lee sur- vived three set points, bringing up itis score to 10 before lobbing wide and driving out to concede the second set to Foo.
Both
contestants appeared exceptionally it for the final set, which saw Foo chalking up five points in a row. Lee wasi- ed three services by overhit ting, but made up with some good anticipation at the net to Foo's backhand drops, and gra- dually caught up to 8-0.
feet
+ more than
foot wide, Amidst medios hot
Junior
would not
than to lay
After gaining the 12th point Wang ran out easy winners by the fact that he is sul consider Oxford's Crew's
from a wood shot by Lee, Foo staged a brilliant finish with wo grand smashes and a sizzl- ing forehand cross drop to an-
Lum
Spence & Tsai Meet Ip &
This Evening
ed a threat when a clutch bit is STRONG CHALLENGE called for marks him as a fac- Robert Tay and Marie Ribeiro tor to be reckoned with. successfully saved off a strong
SITTING BACK challenge from Patrick Wong Should these swat-ariists fal- and Ullan Khoo to move into the ter below the 370 mark, there final round of their third can-is Panda hind-snatcher Raymond Mixed Doubles title.
secutive defence of the Senior Tsao sitting back with a com-
fortable .367 average which stays
Third Full Course Trial
London, Mar. 14. Wretched weather condi- true
champions enabled them to Eght pul of Raymond has completed tions prohibited any
Ozorio, A.
10 34 11
28 0
AND NEWCASTLE
London, Mar, 14. Nowcastle and Blackpool will contest the final of the Football Association Cup at Wembley on April 23. They won their semi- final replays today following the goalless draws of lost Saturday, Nowcastle United beating Wel verhampton Wanderers at Hud derafleld by two goals to one and Blackpool beating Birming- ham at Everton also by two goals to one.
Nowcastle fought back from
an arrears after Walker had given the Wolves the lead in the 10th minute of the game, but Blackpool led after four minutes when Mortensen, who was in- Jured in last Saturday's game, scored.
Α move started by Mullen and which went half the length of the field produced the Wolver- hampton goal but within the space of a minute after 32 minutes' play. Milburn and Mit- chell netted for Newcastle.
The equaliser against the run of the play was dúo to a defen- sive error.
Wolvertrampton came out full | of fight in the second half but Newcastle were now looking the better side and a goalless half left them worthy winners. Both goals had escaped and Newcastle once more netted again, only to be ruled offside.
The other game storied date [because of delay to the Black- pool team en route. Then it was soon apparent that the slip- pery ground was going to be a handicap.
Perry, the South African, did fall when having a possible chance of scoring, but Morten- sen made no doubt about his shot after four minutes,
Stanley Matthews Was at best. Though superior, Blackpool could Tot score ngain before the half- time interval. They ropelled three corners early in the second half and then at last the second
his
pal came, Perry running 40 yards unhampered before cutting in to drive home a ground shot. A minute later Smith, scored following a comer.
were
That was the extent of the scoring and so Blackpool reached the final, which they have never Won, although they runners-up t three seasons ago.
Newcastle, several Umes winner, reached the final for the eighth time and the first since 1932.
The following were the results of matches played today:
FA CUP Semi-Finsi Replays
Newcastle U. 2 Wolves Birmingham C.1 Blackpool
SECOND DIVISION
387 Manchester
1 Swansea
SCOTTISH CUP
Fourth Round - Replay
333 Motherwell 2 Ayr. Utd.
(after extra time)
(Motherwell
11 314
10
1
now mee.t 304 Hibernian at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, in the semi-final 20 300 March 31).
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SATURDAY
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Inter-hong Berica
3.30 p.m. China Light v Gibbs 3.30 p.m. Mercantile Bank v
BUNDAY
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THARD DIVISION
Southern
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EASTER RACE MEETING
Saturday 24th & Monday 26th March, 1951
-The First Bell-will ba`rung-nt 11.30-0.m.-and-the-first-race: will be run at 12.00 Noon, each day, The fifin interval is after the fourth race (1.30 p.m.).
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Miami, Florida, Mar. 14, Ray Robinson will defend the Middleweight Champion Sugar
Junior League Playoff welterweight title he also claims this summer, his 9.30 a.m. Delawares. v Black-in London
George manager,
Gainsford, hawks
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ISSUED Empire Wallaaweight Champion, 12.30 p.m. Squawa v White probably in June.--Associated
Pross.
his fixtures for the season, as a back from 1-0 and 10-13 in the result of the elimination of the guidance to form when Ox-
took first set, to level the score
This at Pandas.
envious
25 ford University position 13-13 and 14-14 and annex the should have been rightfully held minutes and 27 seconds to Fangs. set at 17-14.
by Madcap receiver Frankie The first semi-final of the
champions were again Correa, and therein lies a story, cover the four and a quar- The Colony Lawn Tennis Open trailing 1-0 in the second set, but Up to last Sunday morning ter miles Putney to Mort- Doubles Championship will repeated errors by their oppo- Correa was walking around with lake boat-race course today be played off today at the ments and some good shots at the a respectable .375 gure, but in in their third full-course
net by Marie Ribeiro, who gave the focars, in which the Mad- trial. Hongkong Cricket Club her best display, so far, Rave the
them a slight edge over their caps nosed out the League commencing at 4.15 p.m.
The time was more than five opponents.
leaders, Frankle falled to hit minutes longer than their pre- Contestants will be the current In the Ladies Singles semi-safely in his first time at bat. vious trial on the flood-tide and Hardcourt Doubica Champions, final, Winnie Cheung, acclaimed In his second chance he refus- it was obvious from the start as the mos: stylish feminine ed to bite at a bad one and wielder of the racket the was walked. Colony, accounted for a plucky
J. W. Spence and Edwin Tsal,
in
afternoon sessions against
that their stroke, Christopher Davidge, had deckled not to at- tempt to race in such strong headwinds and very Tough water.
Davidge took his crew away at eight, 10, 82 for the first minute. The rate of stroking dropped to 31 for the second
Rugger Results minute and 20 for the third.
London, Mar. 14.
and K. H. Ip and Gordon Lum,
Frankie could still even things Spence and Teal are the more
Gloria Silva by 11-3 and 11-5. up in his third time at bat, but aggressive combination, but a tendency to make too many Though bauten in two straight with Sprinkle roosting on third a creditable base with the winning run of errors, particularly on the part sets, Gloria gave
herself, gallantly of Spence, may spell their de-account of
possible shot, feat against the steadier though retrieving every less speedy combination of Ip and with a little Improvement in
court coverage and stroke pro and Lum.
The Up and Lum pair will have duction should go further in next the advantage of a slightly better season's tournament.
In the Schoolboys Doubles; service on the whole, and their
the Pomeroy brothers, The following were the re- of greater, accuracy
strokes event,
Gerald and Johnny, after being sufits of RUGBY UNION games should carry them through into extended to 18-17 in the first set pinyel today: the final. ;
Veteran Davis Cupper Gordon by St Stephen's James and David Kent 8, The Army 8 (played Lam is making a bold bid for Ocy, settled down as a smooth the Hongkong Doubles title this functioning pair in the second year to add to his string of titles set to annex it 15-0, already won in China and this determination should be an extra reason for their winning their match today.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS" Yesterday's results in the semi-finals of the Open Singles
THE RESULTS Bemi-Finals
-------
At Blackheath).
Civil Service 0, Royal Air Force 6 (played at Chiswick).
Queen's University (Belfast) 17. Oxford University 0.
Royal Navy College (Devon- Schoolboy Doubles; G.L, port) 0, Plymouth Albion 0.— Pomeroy & J.B. Pomeroy Jr.,
Router. beat David Oey & James Ocy 18-17,- 15-0.
Lailer Singles:-Miss Winnile
The mile post was reached in 4 mins. 52 secs, and the crew faced the roaring headwind and rough water to reach Ham-
mersmith Bridge in 8 mins. 40
secs,
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Davidge dropped the rate of stroking as low as 20 owing to the considerable splashing and the crew went in close to the Surrey shore
10 avold the rough water, so losing the best of the stream,,
Despite the efforts of the OPTIMISTS' XI Thames and London Unive
sity pacing crews, the rate of Cheung beat Miss Gloria Stiva
Optimists XI against the sticking never went above 30 were:
11-5.
Indian Recreation
Barnes Bridge, which was Club at to Ip Koon-hung beat Col, John
Junior
Mixed Doubles KC, Sookuapoo on Saturday, March passed in 20 mins. 50 secs. Spence '11-0, 0-3.
Wong & Mrs Elvie Twok beat 17, at 1.45 p.m., will be N. E.
did not go higher Edwin Tral beat Teul Yun- Billy Soares & Miss. Bernadine Arthy, L. D. Kilbee, the water was better.
than
31 on the last stretch pul 6-1, 6-1
Remodlos 10-17, 15-4.
A. P. Raynor, R.M. Macpher K.C. Das beat›› ZI
ZL Sin 6-1, Senior Men's Bingios-W3. son, N. R. Olver, G. H. P. Frit Oxford started, about three Foo beat C.K, Leo 10-17, 16-10, chard, it. Thessen-Ender, H. H. lengths below the University Toul Wai-pul v V.T. Wang 16-5
Rankine, F. Thorpe, L. White and Stone, which would reduce the abandoned with the score (Tsui Senior Mixed Doubler A. E. Ferry, B/Ldr. Lewis complete course time try, about King'e Building (2nd Floor) 9 Connaught Rd, Hong Kong -Dret) 6-2, 6-7, 2-3.
Robert Tay & Mia Marie | (Umpire).
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