Colony Badminton Championships
THÉ CHINA MÀIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1958.
OXFORD ON THE TIDEWAY.
U SEI-LIP EDGES OUT JOHNNY POMEROY IN THE MATCH OF THE EVENING
the
By "ARGONAUT”
Doubles event when they lost to the more experienced pair of P. 11. Wong and Ullan Khoo by 12-15 and 11-15 after a spirited stand.
crota
"Wong's superiority in the back court with his half-count somehes and full diagonal drives proved the deciding factor,
Former St Stephen's College schoolhoy U Sei-lip held the spotlight in the programme of thrilling matches at the Colony Open Badminton Championships at Taikoo last night when he edged out J. B. Pomeroy, Jr. by 15-12, 15-12 to enter the semi-final of the Men's Junior Singles event. The classic battle between the two most promising youngsters in the Colony's badminton world produced an exceptionally high standard of badminton. Both dis- played a vast variely of forceful, accurate and delightful strokes, which were well · backed up by lightning footwork and court, coverage.
Pomeroy
slightly the prolonged applause, not unly superior in control play, but is for the winner but also for the accuracy deserted him at the loser" for magnificent match crucial periods.
that will undoubtedly go down Much the shorter of the two into history as one of the best players, U Sei-lip was more on ever seen in the Colony's Junior
rull
opponent Championships, than
whole match, | throughout the
his ability to keep
SINGLES but sustained pressure all through- Both the top-seeded players, out with foreing, lobs, accurate in The Sentor Singles event, drops and powerful smushes, Human Young and Robert Tay,
through aided in no small measure by got
In confortably that must
important require their opening rounds, Ramon of competitive play-Young eliminating Bilt Gillies and showed more accuracy in her ment
Though holding more than her great fighting heart-guve him by 15-0, 15-6 and Tay dispos-services and net shots yesterday. ing of Ko, Wai-bong by 15-0, his deserved victory.
in the Dwn
rallies, Mylthie 15-4.
Gonsalves services déserted her Third-seeded W. F. Fon, how-yesterday, being more often than ever, received a rude shock Deat prév 10 Wong's service fore qualifying for the next rushes,
near the Manle Gonsalves gave 4 round, coming very verge of defeat at the hands of plucky performance, but was player | greatly handicapped by a ten- reconi-seeded Jimmy Khon,
dency to put everything he had inle one shot, leaving han o balance and out of position on must occasions.
up a
In the first set U took a 6-0 lead as Paneroy opened with a few overhits to the base, and gradually took his tend to 9-4. A change of shuttle at this stage to overtob no less than U caused four times and misjudge two good lub services in succession to allow Pomeroy to draw up to 10-9 and take the score to 12-0 on one service with two good smashes.
U's fighting
spirit first
into the picture at
is
this period.
After scoring one point on the
BENIOR
Junior
Khon comfounded critics by producing his bed forth so far in the Championships to extend Fog to three marathon sets which ended with both players pus
on their barely able to stand
Foo su prisingly stood up to next changeover of service, het kenname 1 recovered his service alter a long tained by Khoo, and was able to rally and, putting everything he pull through on his greater ex-
the last Tew point, had into
Khoo
kept seek to neck lu reeled off ve pants in a row
of far: drops, 11-11 in the first set, but fell to with a barrage
a chuige of tacties by his op- Jobs and smashes.
ponent whose sudden drive ser Uvices and smashes caught him unprepared and enabled Foo 10 take four points in 11 row for set.
The great effort made by towards the end of the drst set began to tell on him in the second sel, when Pomeroy settled down to more accurate
control play and kept his op
perience.
In her first appearance in this year's Championships, the Colony Ladies Champion, Ulian Khoo, [gave an impressive performance,
of
the
A busy morning on the river. All the Tideway crews were going out when Oxford Boat Race crew took to the water for a training spin,
Photograph shows the last man aboard, Stroke J. S. Howles, stepping into the boat ready for the morning's training run on the river at Putney.
HAROLD MAYES Talking Sport
A Manager And A Referee
Look At The Of British
Decline Boxing
"Don't blame the tax-blame the fact that there are fewer good boxers than there have ever been for the present situation." That, my friends, is the verdict of a boxer's manager.
And not, I might add, one of the also-rans. Ile happens to control à fighter with just about the greatest potential of all the home talent around today.
"Everywhere I go." he cun- "Suie, the Arst step to help | £2-or even up to £3, with tinued, "it becomes more and to put things right is for boxing travelling expenses added, for more obvious that the standard to get some, Lax relief-it Sunday football.
doesn't it will surely die a not-
Obviously, they think that the so-lingering death. And I shall Saturday shortage means that be one of the Best to get out-but authority will turn a blind eye there's one thing boxing needs If this is a problem which has to right now I would say that if to their doings, but it looks 'ss more than another. at this be tackled quickly by the Foot- moment,, it's-boxers" he
con-ball Association. cluded,
Strong words, but how true.
How? Either by countenancing more than coincidence that Sunday football or by Anding the 's mo we have to get into March back-sliders and punishing them before hitting upon the first 50 heavily that it will net os ajar shows of this year, and deterrent. They can't go on it's obvious that promoters, the getting the best of two worlds. chaps who have to foot the bill
public wen', are taking.
is declining. And 1 um convinced that, tax or no tax, the public will turn up if the fare served up for them is good enter-
"But is it good enough? sonally, 1 think so. don't
I saw "full house at a recent show which, on paper, looked a good un. it was left to a couple of youngsters to save the whole bill from being a complete frost,
Here, perhaps, the advice of Wong Peng-Soon and Dave Freeman
may not be out place:
"In the Singles and to a large extent also in the Mixed Doubles control and accuracy is the most important factor. drive or a smash is seldom
very a full one and in the majority cases is only a three-quarter one, speed and force being crificed for ability to recover and accuracy of placement".
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Men's Senior Singles: F. M. Lo Chung-hon Rosario beat 15-2, 15-2; Robert Tay beat Ko Wai-bong 15-6,,
15-4; Ramon Young beat W. Gilles 15-0, 15-6; H. T. Heah beat J. A. Soutes 15-9, 15-3; W. F. Foo bent
Jimmy Khoo 11-15, WAR 15-11, 15-12.
MICHA
Junior Singles: U Tay's advice to throw away Adopting the same luclics, Sei-p beat J. B.
TAX RELIEF NEEDED Pomeroy Jr. the second set, he staged Khoe jumped to a 6-2 and 8-415-12, 10-12,
"Do you think the people who magnificent recovery to draw to lead in the deciding set, but Fuo. Senior Ladies Doubles: Helen watched that programme will be 6-11 and 10-11 on two services. drew up to 7-8 and 8-10. Again Kwong and Mrs E. Trok beat falling over themselves to watch
Two crrors by Pomeroy | Khoo Was 110L equal to the
Y Quinn' and Mrs M. the next show at the same long rallies saw U laking the change of tacties by his opponen Soares 15-3, 16-4.
place? Not on your life. And 1, lend at 12-11 for the first time as Foo suddenly forewent his
Senlor Mixed Doubles: for one, although I'm talking in the second set. f'omeroy labbing game and reveried to
Patrick Wong and Ullan Khoo against thyself wouldn't blame came back fighting and drew * Four game of drop shots. level at 12-12 but sent his next Khon. Instead of countering at Mr & Mrs H. F. Gon- then,
salves 15-12, 15-11. Job service to the half-court for these with drops, .pushed then U to put it away with a thun- time and again to a walling Foo ni the base, to allow derous sinushi.
went
ponent on the run,
Porncroy Icad,
to
these
with
Pinning his opponent to the bese with accurate forcing lobs, and interspersing frequent drops and smashes, Khoo took a 5-1 and 11-2 lead in the
the second set and never
until set wind, looked back Robert reached at 15-7.
10-1 bu U's ghting spirit seen at its best at this
his stage. Recovering
Was
and Ignoring coach
his opponent to control the
A whic Sinash by Pomeroy game. Foo forged ahead to put-U-into
ser-
for set
Dnd
Sender Ladies' Singles
7 p.m.-Mrs T. C. Chan v. in Khoo.
Junior Men's Singica
TONIGHT'S MATCHES (At Talkoo)
Senlor Ladies' Doubles the 13-mark-und 12-11,--and despite - a gallanti -0.30-p.m.--Mrs T.-C. Chan-and- this stage effort by Khoo in drawing up | Mrs S. Wong v. S. Correa and thrilling Tullies vt were seen as both players puito 12-12, took the next three Mrs M, Rosario. everything
into the points in a row they had game.
natch.
in the other Senior Singles Pomeroy recovered the vice with a perfect net flight, match of the evening. Recreio's unly to see U
the. A. Soures failed to reproduce returning
the compliment with
form that gave him as perfectly
League inatch triumph against executed a backhand drop sho
University's H, T. Heah,
Josing A quick short service by
to the undergrad by 9-15, 3-15. caught Pomeroy on the wrong
Soares put up a strong chal- foot, forcing h
return
lenge h the first set when he rally
drew up from 1-0 to 8-9, but next
from then on succumbed to smashed
leah's Bow of attractive and concede
uccurate all-round strokes.
wide, und In
that followed
10 ther the
service,
Pomeroy
into the net 10
set and Inatch 10 U
U
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17.30
Khoo v. R.
p.m.-J. Linsey,
Junior Mea's Doubles 0 p.m.-H. J. Xavier and Brown v. E. Ribeiro and E. Itemedios
Junior Ladies' Singles
HAT TRICK
IN ARMY
MATCH
the
no chances.
3
time.
I
even
Heavy Betting On Nahar To Win The Lincolnshire
London, Mar. 18.
Heavy betting on the Aly Khan's French-trained Nahar for the Lincolnshire Handicap was reflected at the callover here tonight. Before hardening a point to 9 to 1 favourite, the six-year-old had been backed to win £7,000. Twenty-one Lincolnshire candidates were quoted and all were well supported...
Business on the Grand National Steeplechase was comparatively quiet. There was a fair amount of money for Baire, a 50 to 1 chance,
Cloning quotations were:
Lincolnshire Handicap
(March 23)
9 to 1 Nahar, -
100 to 7 Fastnet Rock and
Kara Tepe,
100 to 0 Garrison Hack.
18 to 1 Valdesco,
22 to 1 Dark Millionaire and Stranger,
23 to 1 Chivalry, 28 to 1 Cap
Felby.
of Gold and
33 to 1 Sailing Light, The North and Silver Span.
40 to 1 Plymouth Fair, Merry Minstrel, Strealley and Guild-
hall Street,
50 to 1 Árgol,
· Grand National (March 28) ** 100 lo 7 Early
Lucky Dome,
Mist and
100 to 0 Little Yid, Wity and Whispering Steel,
20-1 Cardinal Error and Wot No Sun,
22-1 Glen Fire, Mont Trem- blani,
33-1
Stormhead, Parasol, Quite Naturally and Ordnance,
William
"This is what comes of your bragging that your father can lick anybody's
50-1 Baire and HI! Cres- Rouler..
Home Rugger Results
London, Mar. 18, The following were the re- sults of rugby matches played
today:
Rugby Union flospitals Cun
Final
St. Mary's Hospital 14, Lon- don Hospital 0 (played at Rich- mond)
Rugby Union Club Matches Civil Service 3, Royal Air
Force 14;
Cheltenham 9, Newbridge 0; Queen's University B, Oxford University 8;
Newton Abbot 13, University College of S.W, Exeter 0;
St. Ives 3, Cross Keys 0.
Rugby League Leeda 33, York 19-Reuter.
OXFORD CREW AGAIN BREAK
A RECORD
London, Mar. 18. The Oxford University boat proving raco crew, who are exceptionally fast, broke an- other record on the Thames. fideway today when they rowed from Chiswick Steps to Barnes
Bidge, approximately
one mile, in 3 minutes 42.5
seconds,
The previous best time was three minutes 57 seconds by Cambridge in 1935.
The Cambridge crew had a narrow escape when a follow- ing taunch touched the bow of their baal. But the collision was a slight one and damage was done,
The boat race is to be rowed
on March 28.--Reuter,
no
HASHIM KHAN AND HIS RELATIVES ARE LIKELY TO
KEEP DOMINATING SQUASH
Says BRUCE HARRIS
To Hashim Khan, from Pakistan, winner of the Professional Squash Rackets Championship of the British Isles for the third year in succession, I put this question,
"What makes a World Champion?" "Speed, stamina, brains,” he replied.
I put the obvious "supplement ary," "Have hot Englishmen got speed, stamina, brains?”
In
And I don't blame them. flow long, for example, since we got to mid-March before there was
big promotion from Jack Salomons The best part of same time, And when Jack does get uround to it, he's got at least thron fights worthy of
being stamped top-liners in the same bill. That tells its own.
Tale. asked a referee what he had to say about it, thinking that the third man, after all, is the one who see fighters in sharper relief than
the paying customers.
He agreed with the manager Playing in an Army League about the decline, but was more match at the Club de Recreio concerned about the decline in yesterday, 33 General Hospital the standard beat 6 COD by three wickets.
of refereeing. "How can you expect to encour- A feature of the match was
if they age more boxers the excellent bowling of Hamp-others getting
had decisions?" ton for Hospital. He took seven was his way of putting it. 8.30 p.m.--Florence Heng v. wickets for 17 rum, four of his Why does he think the stan- B. Bapusta..
He laughed. "Not enough of them perkiaps,” said he, victims falling off consecutive dard is not so hot? Well, he balls. The last ex COD wickets blames it on the role system, fell for enly four ring.
No, he was not showing a teaching air force endets
Abdul Bari from Bombay - as a result of which, he claims, guld conceit o himself." Ho
Peshawar he touring
the now professional at the Junior all referees, good or not good, spoke focularly, labouring un- world with his rackets, and Carlton-ls his cousin. Bart must be "carried" until they der the dimculty of English not without profit. He told me was runner-up to him in the speech less adequate than his that his government not only Professional Championships two "Under this system referees squash. But does the com-paid his air passage to
and years ago. A. Khan from are fortunate if they get tenment explain why in squash, as from England, but allowed him Pakistan,
is a brother of contests to referee in a year in badminton, the men from £500 for his expenses and Hashim. Safirullah, from and, however good a man might the East sweep the board? In something else to keep his same country, in a brother-in- be. I contend that isn't enough lawn tennis they do not. home going in Peshawar,
law. to enable him to keep up a high Hashim Khan, 37, smallish, Imagine a British Govern- standard," he added.
When the older Pakistanis mercurial, black- moustached
ment sending a squash pro. to
begin to fade out there Pakistanian from Peshawar, has Pakistan. already won the British Open
Recently, Hashim Khan had another one to follow along the Boxing referees, of course, are and Professional Championship triumphal tour of Australia, royal line of Champions one.
azed 25, not like their Soccer counter- twice each.
New Zealand, Muluyo, Indong-Rosham Khan, paris who have another outlet.
sia and Burma. He did not Present Champion in Hashlin's
absence, For there's no doubt there that Last season he did not lose lode a game or a moment. In the wastage, meaning the loss even a game in the four rounds New Zealand, in particular, Twenty-five years ago Hashim of younger men after three or of the Open. In the business "exhibitions crowded on blm four years with the whistle, is of banging bewilderingly. A thick and fast. not wastage at all, but a loss to small. Black rubber ball against
IN THE FAMILY Sunday football.
One referee was telling
This spring our Home players, At the other end of the age that fellows who can get only other walls, Khan is unexcel in the
Professional scale the 75-year-old father of present eight to ten bob for taking led in the world. That, in sim- Championship and the Open Dark is still playing squash charge of junior games on ple terms, is what constitutes Championship, beginning, March "tor exercise, The sort of Saturdays if they get as much | squash rockets.
25, have to confond not only keenners that brings nations to
Senior Men's Doubles p.m.-M. T. Lam and Wong Kai-cheang v. 3, A. Soares and 3. Pomeroy, Jr.
SPIRITED STÅND
The husband and wife com- bination of H. F. Gonsalves und Mis Gorralves made a gracious W. exit, from the Senior
Mixed Gilles,
Home Soccer Results
London, Mar. 18.
DIVISION I
Benfor Mixed Doubles 0.30 p.m.-Helen Kwong and F. Foo v. S. Correa and W.
Senior Men's Doubles 10 p.m.-R. Tay and P. H. Wong v. F. M. Rozario and A. J. Souza,
SCHOOL EVENTS
In the annuut Hongkong Schoolboys' and Schoolgirls' Bad- minton Championships two girls from the French Convent won
The following were the re-the Girls' Doubles and Singles sults of football matches played Championship played at the Dio today:
cesan Boys' School yesterday,
The girls were Miss Mary Wong and Miss May Wong.
Playing together, they beat Miss
(MKL) and M.C. Basto S. Collaco
(SMS)
15-2, 15-11 in the Doubics, and play- each other, Mary Wong beat Wong in the singies, 12-11,
Charlton
6 Aston Villa
1
DIVISION III (Southern)
1 Leyton O.
3 T. Lanark
Swindon
BCOTTISH DIVISION "A"
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In the doubles they bent Miss Basto and Miss Collaco quite basily in the first set but they had a tougher time in the second and had to climb up from 9-11 to win this set and the match.
In the Boys' Senior Singles section, the aurprise of the even- ing was the defeat of U Sel- ching (SSC) by Tal Hon-lee (St Joseph's) 16-8, 18-11.
The belts WENZ
Schoolaris Doubles Final:- May Wong, and Mary Wong · (FC) bent M.C. LEO (NKL) and S, Collaco | (SMS) 1-3, 20-11.
Schopighia Singles Final: Mary Wong best Mớy Wong, JR-197-1998.
Schoorubya'. Behler Hüigles, Long Ifin-Jak (DB9): beat L4 sik-chuen DBS 16-0, 15-8; 1 Iton-lee (BJC)
beat U Sei-chi 4), 38-9, 10-411;
.
12
6 COD Hólmes, Wiseman, b Colley Jamilien, b lampion Spuzz, bw, b Hampton Harding. Wiseman, b Hampton Polts, e Wiseman, b Hampton.. Goater, Boyle, b. Colley... |Taggart, e Hammertos, d Hamp-
ton Roberts, Phillips out
Hampton Ragowelry, b Stampton Reed, U. Colley
Extras
Total
Hampton Colley
Bowling Analysts
33 General Hospital Capt Reader, b Taggart Colley, b Reed White, run out Salisbury, b Taggart Wiseman, b Reed Hampton, not out Mason, b. Taggart Wimens, à Taggart Boyle, hot olit
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Total (for 7 wkła
Bowling Analysis
TREKATT
Rood
Ko Wal-bong
kin) beat Tul Teik- (BSC) 18-4. 18-11,
Schoolburettor Binge Shad St Man-ching (SSC); best Yung Wing [Clement) 15-0, 15-01; Chau San-Jam
Clemonti) beat James La (WY
161
retire.
GETTING IT BOTH WAYS
NOT EVEN ONE
a wall, with complex ald, on me bount and rebound from three
the
U
the
Khan began his squash rackets by saving up his school. "din- ner money" for lessons in the game.
es that are having no difficulty A business it certainly is with Hashim Khan, but with a the top.-Landon Express Ser- in getting from thirty bob to with him, for when he is not bunch of his relatives.
THE GAMBOLS.
GEORGE, THE CHILDREN WANT SOME MORE OF THAT COCOA SLOP FORZ TUBIR SUPPER HOW DONDE MAKE ST 3/
I'LL SHOW YOU
YOU PUT COME SMALL SQUARES OF BERAD IN A BASD --STAIN TWO SPOONPULS OF COCOA AND TWO OF SUSAR-
bry
Barry Appleby
AND ADD HOT MILK -1 RAVEN'T HAD ANY SINCE 1 WAS ABOUT TEN BUT WELL REMEMBER, THAT IT'S DELICIOUS
UGH! THAT'S FUNNY, IT DOESN') TASTE A BIT THE GAME AS T REMEMBER IT
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