LAWN TENNIS.
NG BZE KWONG RETAINS SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP.
set
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THE "HONGKONG GEUN.
HOME FOOTBALL.
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Matches played on March 15th
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match appeard to be Kent's. He let this chande go by, however, by plasing outside. Ng lavalled up at the next game, making the score 4 all, Kent made another affort in the next game and won Ng Sio Kwong and N. E. Kent but lost it by again driving out- lit and thus got his second chance faced each other at the net yester-side. The Chinese took the next day afternoon, in the presence of point after the scores had gone a large number of spectators, to deuce twice. In the next game decide who should hold the Hong- the hopes of Kent's supporters kong, Singles Championship for
were again raised for he took the ensuing year.
The atmos-
love game, the scores than being phere was hot and oppressive and
six all. The Chinese, however, such as to make it impossible appeared to recover and put in for any two players, of what-
some fine tennis and won the ever calibre, to play consistently two final games and the set brilliant tennis, and at one 8-6. Ng continued to play Blackburn R. Rochdale " time it looked as if the match well in the final set and Bolton Wand. 2 Oldham Ath. would be decided by a pare ques-appeared almost to have quite Liverpool tion of stamina. With regard to recovered his
3 Blackpool lost energy. Manchester U. 3 Stoke Ng Sze Kwong, one of two thing He only conceded one game to Port Vale happened at the third set. Either his opponent who was playing Preston N.E.
1 Manches. City 5 2 Everton he was absolutely down and raggedly. Tha latter made Southport V. out" and afterwards recovered in desperate effort at the third game Stockport Co. 0 Burnley some miraculous manner, or else which he won and still fought he deliberately gave the set to
MIDLAND LEAGUE, hard for the fourth, deuce being Kent in order to save himself for twice called, but Ng was playing Birmingham 3 Lincoln City. O Barnsley 0 Bradford City 1 the next two seis. If the latter some fine strokes and despite was the case, Ng carried his Kent's bard driving and at times Bradford City Rotherham C. O Sugars tactics perilously near disaster, really good play, he was unabis Coventry City 1 Leicester F. for in the next set Kent came as
Huddersfield to get the better of his opponent
2 Shef, Wednes, 1 close to securing the honours 15
Hull City
5 Notts Forest 0 he will ever
who won the set 61 and the Notts County 3 Grimsby Town I got without Championship-7-5, 7-9, 0-6, 8-6, actually winning. The
Sheffield Un. 1 Leeds City went to fourteen games before
LONDON COMBINATION, the Chinese finally secured
Brentford 2 Arsenal the win, thus levelling things up.
West Ham Un. 3 Chelsea It was in the final set that one
Millwall Ath. 1 Q.P. Rangers was led to believe that Ng head
Clapton Or 1 Tottenham H. 2 not been so pear utter collapse as
Fulham 1 Crystal Pal. might have been assumed from
SCOTTISH LEAGUE. his previous play. Had that been
Goals. so it would have been im. possible for him to have come up in the way he did in the final set, in which he played his best games, giving Keat no chance. Kent was well aware of his superior staying powers and he played a fine game in so far as making his opponent expend as much energy as possible and some of his placing was beauti-the fully judged. But he lost point after point by driving into the net and outside, for instance, in the second game in the second set. when the scores showed double faulting, Kent into the net Kent outside, Keat into the net. Kent outside. All of these strokes were more or less simple and ac- cording to Kent's best form the ball should have found his
opponent's court. Al though the best tennis player won. superior staying power was a very prominent feature and should Kent be able to improve his game by next year so as to play more consistently near his top form, he will beat the Chinese without much trouble for the latter cannot stand anything like pace in a protracted match.
THE GAME
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. At the conclusion of the match the trophies were handed to the winners of the various matches of the tournament, Miss Gurner banding the prizes to the re- cipients in graceful manner.
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Mr F. Maitland,. President of the Club, said they had come to the end of another successful tournament and a vote of thanks
Rangers Celtic was due to Mr. Hodgson the Hon
Morton Sec., who seemed to manage AFT United.. everything: everything was quite
Partick all right in his charge. He would also thank the members of Kilmarnock 31 13 11 7 59 55 33 Kloon Lands Thistle 29 15 9.5 55 39 35 Hphreys Est. the handicapping committee and otherwell... 29 11 8 10 42 34 32L Reclamations
in umpires,
particular Heart of Mid. 29 12 10 7 48-43 31 West Points Mr Nisbet.
rather to see him umpiring Third Lanark 30 10 11 951 48 29 Ewos
Queen's Park 27 12 10 5 53 48 29 strange instead of playing. An old champion, he kept up interest in Airdrieonians 29 7 12 10 38 45 24
Clydebank 29 9 12 8 44 59 26 Kung Yiks the game by umpiring.
Mr.
St Mirren ...29 7 12 10 33 50 24 Thorne had also done a lot... One
Hamilton of the events.
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Acad. finished owing to one of the
Clyde players being rather knocked up after the game on Monday. The Dumbarton
Falkirk Mixed Doubles handicap would be played later on. He would especially congratulate the Chin- ese on the marvellous way they had come forward in tennis. Mr. Ng Sze Kwong and Mr. Wong Po Keung had won outright the
cups presented by the Hon. Mr. Ho Feok. He mentioned this
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An extraordinary general mee: fact to that gentleman and the ing of the Straits Chinese Weekly words were scarcely out of his Entertainment Club was held mouth when he said he would at the Club House recently. give two mora. (Applause). Then the absence of the President, Mr. Ng served first and took things Sir Paul Chater had to be won Hock took the
the Challenge Cup presented by Lee Choon Guan, Mr. Tan Kheam Chair. The as easily as he could and Kent three times and they had to con- minutes of the last general meet won the first game without much gratulate Mr. Ng Sze Kwong on ing were read and confirmed. trouble. In the next game Ng puwianing it for two years. If
The Hon. Secretary. Mr. Ong a little more energy into his play he won it next time he would be Pang Hock, explained to and woo. In the third game able
to take it home, but members that the meeting was Kent was placing well and doing it would require a lot of, fill- called with the special object of all he could to keep his partnering (Laughter). He would take deciding what part the on the run, also securing this the opportunity of wishing air.
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Keung every lock in their games Kent, making the game five all. in Manila, where they were going The Chinese then secured the two winning points, Kent scoring only fifteen in the first and no point in the last, losing the set 5-7. In the second set Kent played all he knew and the Chinese had as much as he could do to keep
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1st Prize $1,000, in War Bonds ning the match. Ng was rapidly Open Doubles.-1, Kent and tiring+
at times playing wild Redmond; 2, Murray and Jen-or Cash and Cup of the Value of
and by the time the two winning games were completed he ap 'peared as near collapse as it was possible to be without going out altogether. There were some fine rallies, and the games fre- quently went to deuce two or three times. The score got to seven all whea" Kent put in some fine play, placing well and making fine volly returns and finally securing the requiste two games for the set at 9-7. In the third set, as stated, Ng either could not, er would not play and he lost it without taking a
Singles Handicap A-1, Forster; 2. Mr. Morse.
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Open Singles.-1, Kent: 2 Moshizae.
Championship Doubles. Ng Sz Kwong and Wong Po Keung.
Championship Singles.-Ng Sze Kwong.
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A telegram from Munich states be inserted in the newspapers as were pierced with bayonets and hard fought one and Ng, although that the Government has dis-soon as possible. Judges in the the heads were struck, with the he improved, appeared still to be
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