THE CHINA ̃ ̃MAIL”," TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 181.
THE 42ND YEAR OF THE LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE STARTS NEXT MONDAY
By "ARGONAUT”
Monday, April 30, heralds in the 42nd year of the Colony Inter- club Tennis League competition.
Except for one change, the League will be run on exactly the same lines as last year and ns in the year when it started in 1909 with only the Men's "A" Division. Instead of one League Secretary there will be eight this year, cach drawn from last year's champion teams of the different divisions, to take care of the fixtures for each division.
Mrs Stroounch and Mrs Barty to make up their team.
лож
in store.
in
Tery
Though the 1950-1951 League or three teams of combinations season brings in no appreciable of such star players and up-
Not to be overlooked is Chinese changes in League rules or the and-coming youngsters.
A it is, the competitive side Recreation Club, who will be led The Colony scoring system of the actual League matches, it will begin of the Men's "A" League this by Mrs Helen Lo. this year with an appeal for reason will again be a foregone Doubles Champions, Mrs Litton South China and Mirs Law Haw-yee, will and conclusion with better eportsmanship
Club form the backbone of the team, and Chinese Recreation
and should Mrs Tao, brighter tennis.
The
of the tourna fighting it out for the title. progress
I look
Chinese Recreation Taipeh, be available,
interesting league is last year ment, therefore, the behaviour
United Services Recreation and attitude of pinyers and Club two final playoffs
મ number of even their style of play will be to wrest the Championsip from
newcomers in their ranks. bearing
a special elgnificance their rivals and with all their Club will have give Inst season's players, the Tsu! and
rge Among them are Mrs Wort and thin adion
evidenced the game brothers, Lee Wal-tong, George ideo
of Chon, K. C. Dao, V. T. Wang, Mrs Jocelyn and, fairly good
be counted upon to provide the tennis T. F. Choy and L. C. Kotewall last year, this club can always deserving how champions and novices alike are still available, their hopes of the word "sportsmen."
retaining the title are consider. upsets in the tournament. ed very bright.
to every lover of
cil
63 TEAMS
011
Will
of
South China may be without
OPENING FIXTURES MONDAY, APRIL 30 Men's "B" Division
v Recrela
y HKCC
V
KCC
v CRC "I"
COC "4"
As to the League itself, there the services of their makstay,
in the latter CRC "2" will be 09 teams participating 1p Koon-hung, this year in all the eight divi-stages of the competition should SCAA sions of the Lengue as compared his plan of competing at Wim- USRC
bledon materialise, but will be coc "1"
LRC to 62 last season.
Two new clubs will make strengthened by new blood in
the 1950 Shanghai Kowloon Tony (Bye). their appearance in the League Chen Yip,
Ladies' "B" Dividen and Tony Liang, | runner-up, scricu
v CCC There are Urban Coun-
University KOC Hongkong Stan Recreation Club and former
Recreio "3" V LAC the Post Office Recreation Club. and Tientsin champion.
Recreio "W" (Bye). Missing wh
will be the Men's "C"
With Gordon Lum,
TUESDAY, MAY 1 team of Royal Air Force.
most pleasing feature of Tsai, Leon Sia, Patrick
Bick to make and Szeto que entries this year the participation of two further remainder of the team, they can beams in the Men's "A" Division, still provide the Tai Hang club
of bringing the total number
Hongkong Cricket Club with entries for this division to eight, with a surprise or two.
The most the League
Un J.
Men's "C" Division
Edwin Poon the
KITC USRC Post Office
Kowloon Tong
IRC
KCC
Mackic
to
The commendable decision Harry Ayres. Maurice Heenan,
two teams, Laiven by
Spence and J. D. can always be relied upon provide
bright tennis in this division.
Council Recreation Club and team, to play in South China "2" this Division may well be fel- lowed by other clubs.
Same
KEEN COMPETITION
More kudable does the action of these two teams become when
The Ladies' "A" Division is known that the South China
team will have as its nucleus should produce some very keon South Maurice Ma, competition this season. the schoolboys
at last persuaded and China have George Lin Jr., Fritz Lan
I
Tim
Wong, and the Urban Coun- enough ladies to make up
v HKCY
v LRC
v Recreio
> SCAA
CCC
V CRC Note: The Post Office Club; will play their bane matches on their opponents courts, but will defray all the recury expenses,
Mixed "B" Division University
v Recreio v USRC SCAA ccc
v KCC
THURSDAY, MAY 3 Men's "D" Division CRC a
Urban Ch
eil playors like Chung Wing- team and a formidable team at
ng Tin-shu, Iran that kwong, Chang Dew, J. G. Hooper, Chung Wah- chiu and Paul Loung
That these two teams have been courageous enough to enter the competition with the pros- pect of losing every match but their standard of gaining in fonnis is a very encouraging sign for Hongkong's tennis future.
MAY HAPPEN YET
One remote but much hoped for development that will do
LRC IRC
v Recreio
v HKOC
TOP
OF THE
LADDER
Brain, not brawn, has brought Jean Walker-Smith to the top at lawn tennis; brain and that anteachable quality "guts,"
War.
As Jean Bridger she was Under-16 Schoolgirl Champion the year before the She was then a mere "slip of a girl." She does not appear to have grown since, and it remains a mystery how so small an amount of muscle can generate so much power in her forehand.
It is not surprising that a member of the Bridger family should achieve Jean's Wightman Cup honours and be rated as Britain's top player in 1950. brother John collected a record number of war-time blues from Cambridge and, like his father, plays cricket for Hampshire.—L'entral Press Photo.
Wembley Awaits 11 Perfect Specimens Of Argentine Beef
By RAYMOND
GLENDENNING · ·
When eleven perfect specimens of Argentine beef-and brawn, of course-atep on to the Wembley turf on May 9 the FA will breathe a sigh of relief.'
We, too, shall be delighted to see them, but few of you will realise the amount of negotiation-mostly over the telephone at £5 a minute-that's been needed to clinch their visit.
13 Countries Force-saving
VK Dock Olympic Hockey
v Urban
C. (127
V KOC
Mixed "A" Division
by Colony champion, Hearted Mrs Mary Chow, it will have in its ranks Joan Wang-Sze form- SCAA
champion, Choy CRC "1" (Bye), or all-China Wai-woon who has been prac
✓ LRC five times a HKCC tising regularly
V CRC: week at the South. China courts, KCC
Ulian Khoo SCAA (Bye). Mrs Mury Yang,
FRIDAY, MAY 4 and Grace Poon.
Men's "A" Division
v Recreio
Ladies' Recreation Club, win- ners of the title since the in- CRC
event in 1948 SCAA" ception of this will be fielding
a prospective University team
that brings HKCC
Ladies' a great deal towards promoting champion greater interest and competition back to competitive tennis Mrs In the Senior League will arise Diana Cooper, and Mrs W. J. LEC KCC ifSouth China and Chinere | Slagter.
the Recreation Club may in
Although they will lose Mrs USRC-(Bye).
she goes distant future set aside their Adi Tamworth when
in rivalry for
and, home some time later supremacy
onc year, they will still have Mrs. instead, break up their team of star players into two K. M. Getz, Mrs A. D. Scholes,
the
Causeway Bay Stadium Plan Cheered At Interport Dinner
Cheers, applause and thumping of tables greeted a reference last night by the Hon. T. L. Bowring, Director of Public Works, to a sports stadium for Hongkong de- signed to hold 30,000 people.
Mr Bowring was speaking at the Interport dinner held in the Hongkong Hotel by the Council of the Hongkong Football Association in honour of the Saigon footballers." Vice-Pre- fields. On his desk at the mo Mr J. McKelvie,
Look ment was a sketch plan for the sident of the Association,
from area to be reclaimed at Cause the chair in the absence
included the Colony of Sir Arthur Morse, way Bay which
stadium designed to accommu- the President.
date 30,000 people,
BRIGHT PROSPECT
In his speech Mr McKalvie said that the two matches the Balgon team had played in the sura Colony so far made the prospects
GREAT PLEASURE
E
v Urban C.
~ SCAA "[" V KCC
"A" Division
CRC
v SCAA
Home Soccer Results
Tournament
Paris, Apr. 28. The Board of the Interna- tional Hockey Federation has nominated 18 teams to compete in next year's Olympic Games at Helsinki.
that the a bit of
of Spurs France Wins
Discount rumours shilly-shallying was
because refusal to take on an arduous off-season trip.
Arsonal, I can tell you, will be
exhibition playing two matches there instead, but what to make really got Argentina up her mind was the news that both Uruguay and the United States were ready and indeed keen to deputise.
Cycle Match
In bright
.
Paris, Apr. 22.
It Would Be Easior Tackling Alstree Jumps
IF GRAND NATIONAL JOCKEYS USED THE · CAVALRYMAN'S GRIP
1
Says EX-HUSSARS OFFICER
How many Grand National jockeys would part com. pany with their horses if they were all to employ the knee and thigh grip of the cavalryman? Don't expect me to tell you, because I'd be happier on a rocking-horse, but 65-year-old Londoner Geoffrey Benstead is certain the number of falls would be greatly reduced.
This ex-Hussurs officer is so sure, in fact, that in spite of his age-and let, me hasten to add he looks many years younger-he is prepared to tackle any six Aintree jumpa, with the Chair and Becher's thrown in, month from now, in order to prove his theory.
one
·
All he needs for his effort is a mitteo turning down the televis- mount. Has anyone goita n'orseting of the game, licketless types Well, that's one of the old 'uns may still be able to see it at who wante to show the home on May 5, because the Publicity Committee is hopping youngsters the way. And some
mad about the whole business. of the evergreens of Soccer are
bit. fancying their chance
Bucked by the fact that many
MATTER OF £25
It was turned down over a
of us have spoken of the over-matter of £25. I should have thirties as better than the under-though that the RL would have
thirties, there are quite a zum- ber of them who would like to put the point to test during the Festival period.
MERCER'S TEAM Joe Mercer was talking to me about it the other evening, and picked a team he'd promptly fancy, going out of his way in certain Instances to find players This was as old as he could.
his cholec:
Teddy Sagar; Laurie Scott, Joe
ton,
been prepared to pay ten times that amount to make sure the game would be televised.
Оле того ТУ point. Although of the FA Cup Final the whole
arrange- is not being screened, ments were completed yesterday for television newsreel to cover whole game, and
the the Argentine international as well. Remember my telling you a everyone fortnight ago, when
else was saying he should hang
Bacuzzi; Mercer, Lestle Comp- up his gloves, that Tommy Farr
Pat Beasley; Stan Mat-would be on Jack thow's, Raich Carter, Tommy Harringay Inwton, Len Goulden;
CHR│Well, he's on it.
Parker.
Well, what about it? Surely someone would be prepared to pick a side of young "uns and put the game on for charity.
know my good friend, Harold Holland,
who organises Dunstan's shows in the west country, has
St
valuable trophy waiting to be placed in Soccer, and I have no doubt he'd make it available for such a game.
SHOCK TEAM Shock team of the week was
Barrow's Hugby League outfit, for a Wembley who qualled meeting with Wigan by roundly walloping Loods, All the special training they did was an hour on each of two nights before the first semifinal gamo, and the same again before the replay.
And this side, low down in the League table, will set abort their final task in just the same are nine way. In the team
Solomons' bill on April
247
-HAROLD MAYES.
Major League Baseball
New York, Apr. 28. Vic Raschi pitched shut- out ball between the second and eighth innings today to pace the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the in Philadelphis Athletics the American League.
Reachi, in porting his secatră wh of the year,”
was touched for two runs in the first inning and two in the ninth The Yunkees clubbed Lou Briste mod Hank, Wysa for 18 hita. Mirker. Mangle hit three singles for the Yanks.
sunshine 10,000 is, two from Wigan, one trpia | Bookcle........
Patterson
+
St Helens ard me from
I'm told they got Coventry.
£00 aplece for the two games. Not bad for 160 minutes' play. And for all the kuilsbaloo over the Rugby League Cup Com-
TOMMY FARR TO FIGHT MCDERMOTT
The
Brissie.
Loes was changed to
In the only other American ocheduled for League game today, the, Detroit Tigers oper- od with a home run barange
up
Pat Mullin by Joo Ginsberg, and Vie Werts to beat the St Louis Browns 7-4.
Rookie pitcher Ray Herbert credited with the win and Clig Fannin was charged with the loss for St. Louis.
DODGERS BEAT BRAVES
Carl Furillo singled with two
spectators caw France beat the foreigners (Australia, Holland and Switzerland) by two events to one in the International over three Cycling Omnium NOT FIRST TIME
at the Parcides Prices legs This isn't the Arsi time track here to-day, The four countries which there's been a hitch in negotia
Although Sydney tions. Even the patience of the reached the semi-finals of long-suffering FA was exhaus (Australia), the world's amateur in 1949, was the 1948
the Spaniards before sprint champion Games--India, ted by
in great
form the foreigners Britain, Holland and Palds-they called our May trip off.
The point I'd like to make is lost the match when he allow- tan-have been chosen.
that international sport is get-ed Paul Matteolf (French pur- In addition, France, Belgium, ting into low water when weeks sult champion) to get away in
London, Apr. 28. Denmark, Switerland, Spain, of haggling are needed to fix a the point-to-point event and sat up one lap before the end
Tommy Farr, former Bri-out in the 16th inning, scoring of the team pursuit event. Australia and the Argentine match, will be invited.
tish Heavyweight Boxing Billy Cox from third base, to the two countries concern-
The foreigners had a good Finland, the organising coun- jed can't do it by a simple ex- try, will be the 13th competing change of letters then we'd be start when they won the Lying Champion, will return to give the Brooklyn Dodgers a of his prewar 2-1 victory over the Boston and apart from Patter- the scene start; better off without these games.
Braves today in the National son's mistakes were just triumphs when he fights r
League, It was the longest There's too much patty argu-good na the French-Beuter. Gerry McDermott, the Irish game in the season to date. Afghanistan,
United The
Champion, over 10 rounds States, Eire, Israel, Czechoslo-ing going on just now anyhow, The following were the re-vakia and Egypt will be consi- and if FIFA is to be the power
at Harringay here tomorrow. sults' of football matches play-dered as reserve teams if one it professes to be, then it should
Farr beat Ben Ford, Max Baer, Walter Neusel and Red Burman
Brooklyn used three pitchers. in the Harringay ring. The fight
Clyde
King, who 100k the will support the bout between Rio de Janeiro, Apr. 23.
the British Cruiserweight title-mound in the 13th inning, was
credited with the win. The Uruguayan Consul put up holder, Don Cockell, and
today to enable the Urugua-American
The Chicago Freddie
Cubs defeated Goxer,
2-1 In the Pittsburgh Pirates. yan football team, Penarol, to Beshore.
the
only other afternoon game, embark for Montevideo.
Andy Palko's two-base hit · with two out in the last half of the ninth
inning scored Hai Jeffcoat with the deciding run. Frank Hier was the winning pitcher and Mel Queen the loser, Each team
uped only one pitcher-Associated Press.
en today:
London, Apr. 23.
THIRD DIVISION
(SOUTHERN)
Bristol Rovers 3 Watford
0
Port Vale 0 Brighton & H. 1
THIRD DIVISION (NORTHERN)
Darlington Mansfield T.
1
team.
call the world foolball chiefs
of the invitations cannot be together and remind them that cepted.
soccer is only a game.
The German Hockey Associa- tion has been provisionally ac as a member cepted
by the Board which met here.
LUCKY MASCOT -
Footballers Try To Crash Society
If Norwich City gain promo-bail tion I'll be the first to con-
2 Bradford C.
be congratulate Manager Norman Low The decision is to 1 Wrexham
Congress of the but he'll have to find a pro- Armed at the
on his desk for OTHER MATCHES
Federation, which is to be held minent place
his favourite lucky mascot. Exeter City Portsmouth 3 at Helsinki next year.
0 Tottenham H. 0
Norwich got to the top of the Hibernian
Table mid-week after a lucky Leyton Orient 3 West Ham U. 3
one goal win against Ipswich, but two of their, vital games were abandoned when they were in difficulties..
Swindon T. 2 West Brom 5
drew with
The Saur. has also been ad- mitted to the Federation as a
In the Glasgow Charity Cup provisional member.-Reuber.
Partick Thistle (first round),
Queen's Park 1-1. But Partick goes forward into the next
round. The teams tossed coin to decide the winner-Router.
SATURDAY'S MATCHES
programme for this
The
It would give him great plea-Saturday is:
stadium
Mr Hongkong,
such n
to see
In erected
for future games between the Bowring said. two ports very bright
Mr
Aston Villa Bolton Charlton
Division I
❤&tobe
▼
Speaking in French, Tran-van Thuc, Manager of the started in Hongkong the game of P
Mildbro
• Chelace
Portsmout
Sinoo-interport games Derby Balgan team, said he was very football generally, and interport Liverpool ploused with the reception ac- matches in particular, had be-Manchester U. TUL corded him and his colleagues come very popular Indeed, and I wish to thank you all for he felt that Hongkong needed the wonderful time given uxladium which could hold
least 30,000 people,
Bunderiand
and Tostentaen
4
West Brom Shenlond W.
Division IŘ
♥ Léicoster
Blackburn A
▼
Tay
▼
Doncaster
J
Quera's P.R.
Preston N.E
* Nova C.
* CardLE
♥Coventry
* Manchester C.
Chesterja Grimaby Birmingham
· Division III (Bouta)
Bournemouth
at Darunter Mr Bowring and that the Brentford He emphasised that the two
mutual un-Thail and matches played here, whether friendship won by Hongkong or by Viet derstanding brought about by Leeds Lutor nam) had shown the true sports-
tion Bouthampton men of different mamhip of the game, What ames played between sports- u.
im- [ wanata” wver the result, the public had allies was, of enoTIOUS
the troubled West Ham had the opportunity of woeing portance what a good and/cloan game world today, cod it was ess
til therefore that members of Aldershot oquid do
Brighton. Bristol . Mr Tro-van': Thuc'wald that the teams must be good sports-
Colchester this was the third time that the men as well as good and well-
Crystal Pal Newport Vietnam beam had come to trained players. Hongkong for an Interport com-
He was very glad to learn that Northamptons
Norwich petison and he was quite sure it was proposed to engage a
Notis F Port Vale that this occasion would not be conch from England to train
Swindon the last one.
Hongkong players.
Torquay Included the Thone prodont Me Tran-van Thue then pro sorted the cup 15-Mr McKelvie. Hon J. F. Nicoll. Commodore L. ZURAG - Tran Ng Thúc speech N., Browndeld, Mr. M. W. Turn- adford C.
wow travelafeteria. Ezgital by Mr. AC. Maxwell, Mr Wo
Heath French, Vice-
Replying to Mr McKelvic
**Cute Carein, M.
• Millwall
Distol C. Watford Leylon Plymouth
v Ipswich
Southend * »Reading
Gulhan Exeter Division II, (North)
Beunthorpe
Barrow
Cheste
Darlington e
doroma Mr HA Mintram, Mr W. Seruc, MN G. Holph, Mr. J. Moore, Mr W 2. D. Crineron, Me Kwok Chan, T
17 Probable Starters For
Metropolitan
They were 5-1 down to New- port after 70 minutes and 2-1 down to Bristol Rovers when, fortunately for them, the end! was called and so they live to night another day.
the
Mr
The London promoter, Jack Solomans, said that Farr had told him he would be finish-
against McDermott-Reuter.
with the ring if he failed
Some of the players were im prisoned on Sunday night after they were alleged to have trieded to break into a Brazilian society party.
Minor casualties were reported on both sides before the players were evicted.-Reuter.
FANLING GOLF
T.C.G. Knight (16), with; retara, of end-up, wom
the
All the same, it's refreshing | Bogey Pool Composition played to see the "make it simple, make over the Old Course at Fanling
had taken Spure to the top of Division I repeated in Division
II-
next week-end will be a Bogey. Competition.
London, Apr. 23. The Aga Khan's five-year-old it quick" type of football that on Sunday. The competition Light of Morocco is among the 17 probable sturters for the Great Metropolitan Handicap, to be run over two and a quarter miles at
Most players will tell you that Epsom tomorrow. The race is timod to start at 2.15 p.m. GMT there's not much difference be and the summers and Jockeys are:tween the top of Division II and the lower half of Division
"French Squadron (T. Gosling), I. Clana II (WH. Carr), Light of
(Gordon Marocco
Richards).
..
Arthur Peall says:
SNOOKER. BREAKS MUST BE PLANNED AHEAD NEW pot-red-leave-black sequence
look esaler than my spot-end
diagram set up.
REO
BLACK
Wis
Lefty Warren Spahn charged with the Boston losa but went all the way for the Braves.
Striker has only Philadelphia
zo-tapi rad down,
airing
Yet strokes of
this sort decide whether a break
to register dozen or 89, par Haps more. By stopping white parfectly black
loger CHHT Fanda
NATIONAL LEAGUE
cofado Brooklyn
THE SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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New York
$
13
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to
hit
Winning pitcher Vic Ranchi,
White
Bt
BIZ
loser Lou Brissie.
o'clock.
Detroit
Saint Louis ;;
8 a
Winning pitcher Ray Herbert,
Boston
the two countries. sec- Malaya won three out of tho
Avo gumos-Router,
cushions for a snooker worthy of fous penalty points at temat.
Adoskey of groen loser Warren Spain
Chicago WILD Brown Fittburgh
Frank Winning pitcher. Bonessary to oilp green thinly and send white of three Hiller, loser Kel Queen.-Asso---
clated Pros.
Winning pitcher
R K
2101 A 71 2 (18 innings) Clyde King,
B
Barry
Aer
IT TO YOU. TOM
Badminton Match
Copenhagen, Apr. 22. Malaya. beat Denmark in a of the badminton, content here tonight
the between
thavde another,
red, and so on.
Not so hard
-Ja baulk.
and plak is top table comer guarda From what I've ocen Auroch (V. Gardner), Royaliste leading Division III sides W Rickaby, Forethought (E. gap between Mercer), Royal Oat (W.Novett), tions is narrowing feet. Coup
d'Epée (N. Sellwood). Wenceslaw (Doug Smith), Volled Surprise (ime), Barnacle Tarka (R. (Lester Pingott).
Bradley), Forgot
Carson Court
(J. Mercer), W. Smith). Guerrier. (T. Maton); Pins and Noodles (D Greening) and Hout of Devon (R. Reader) Reuter.
Ice Hockey Cup
Toronto, Apr. 13 Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stahloy, Cup Emblematic of Ico Hockey Supremacy when they gained in winning head of four matches to ong to, the best ple
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