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RUMJAHN-HO KA LAU TENNIS DUEL TO-DAY
15 MINUTES FOOTBALL
SURPRISING A DEFENCE
WING TO WING PASSING
If perfection were possible in foot- ball all matches would end in stale mate. Each attack would be suc cessfully countered by the defenders. When allowance is made for the mis-) takes which are inevitable, the ad- vantage is, I think, definitely on the side of the defence and it is for this reason that no team, can afford to carry out too exactly the lessons of the text book -
if
KEEN BATTLE OF WITS
CHAMPION'S BIG TASK IS TO BREAK DOWN HO'S DEFENCE
(By "Veritas")
Ho Ka-lau, conqueror of the redoutable."
E.C. Fincher, and semi-finalist in the open singles for the first time in his tennis career, is to try conclusion with S.A. Rumjahn, reigning champion and warm favourite for the retention of the title, in what promises to be a magnifi cent match on the stand court this afternoon.
stage of the championship, and will The winner will enter the last meet either M. W. Do or J. A. Cas sumbhdy in the final.
of
The brilliant accomplishment Ho in eclipsing Teddy Fincher has earned for him the respect of his is followers. He has proved him- the admiration of and opponents
self a worthy cccupant of a position the uncertain manner, bis among the last four, and has dis- potentialities as a champion beater. HO'S ASSETS.
It is sometimes said of teams that their play is too stereotyped. They follow the accepted principles of the game and because their intentions are so obvious their moves are easily checked. Surprise is the first factor of success. Get the opposition wondering what the next move is to be and
you have gone a long way to wards breaking down
their defence, There is, I believe
more variety football to-day
other ony
time and we owe this to the alteration this afternoon perfectly confident in Ho can, and will, enter the arena of the offside law. Under the old his ability to give Ruinjahr one of conditions the method of attack was the hardest games of his career. He mainly by means of one wing. The has all the necessary make-up for two forwards worked with the the process of breaking up Rumjahn's supporting wing half in the form of a game: patience, a superb defence, triangle and their inter-passing ad- good attacking strokes on both hands, vances presented a. fine spectacle. and is nu good, or almost as good, a The final endeavour was either for tactician as Rumjahn. the inside forward to go through and shoot, or for the ball to be turned into the niiddle for the centre.
WING TO WING PLAY.
Maves of this description may be and still are made but it is now: recognized that the most effective form of attack is one in which one
wing brings the other quickly and unexpectedly into action by means diagonal pass. of the cross or This is not new-often wonder whether there is anything new left
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That is why I think the game to- day is certain to go to four seda and quite possibly the fifth. Ho Ka-lau's inexhaustable energy and courage will be important factors in the duel, and if he can take off the polish from Rumjahn's attack, it is not inconceivable that we shall see a champion' dethroned.
Despite these factors, Rumahn will start favourite and if he plays like he did against his cousin and to be introduced into the game Taul Wai-put in the earlier rounds, but the present game allows it to has every chance
of making. the be made more frequently and with final, even greater effect.
WITS NEEDED.
His powerful combination attack from baseline and net should be good enough to break down eren Ho's indomitable defence, but his errors "will have to be limited to the minium, or he may And Ho do- ing what many another player has done in tournament tennis, winning on his opponent's mistakes.
Rumjahn has had the hardest pionship, and this has trip of the two in the current chain- means of keying him up to a high
pitch of excellence.
been the
V
PATH OF PROGRESS.
have been as follows:
The progress of the contestants
S. A. RUMJAHN.
1st round. beat J. Barrow, W.O. 2nd round. bent H. D. Rumjahn $-6, 6-3, 6-4.
3rd round. beat Y. Hachiuma 6-1, 4th round. beat Tsui Wai-pui 6-1, .8-6.
HO KA-LAU.
6.4.
W.0.
1st round. beat Tsui Yan-pui 6-3, 6-4.
2nd round, beat Lee Hua-Ngok,
3rd round beat D. H. Hazell 6-0, 6-0.
4th round, beat E. C. Fincher 2-6, 6-3, 8-6:
Ho Ka Lax
SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
Wah Yan College Trounced by St. Joseph's.
JUNIOR GAME DRAWN.
CLUB VERY UNLUCKY
HOCKEY DEFEAT BY ARMY
By "Bully-Of
The Club had an extraordinary" amount of bad luck in their game with the Army ca the U.S.R.C ground yesterday when they were defeated by the odd gold in five,
Play was fast throughout and a feature was the brilliant 'keeping of Capt. Gore for the Army, but Lee ut the other end
was weak. Somo fing destructive work was put in by Sirdar Khan, centre-half, and Licut
right-half,
nway
Cresswell, half, while Jalil, tho at inside left, played his Usual dashing game in the forward line."
The Club assumed the aggressiva from the initial bully-oft. Within the first ten minutes Francis went the left and passed inside to Divett who shot at goal; Goro brought off a spectacular save and as St. Joseph's College entertained, the ball rebounded Williams, netted.
with J first-time crack Owen Wah Yan College in two friendly Hughes was next prominent, and cat soccer games yesterday on their own in from the right and following up shot which Gore saved increased ground at Happy Valley, their senior! team winning by seven goals to one the Club's lead. Just befors half while their juniors played a drawn time, through a mistake on the part game of two goals all.
Of the Army reduced the lead following a melee in front of goal..
the the equaliser from an
goalmouth
and
The game between the juniors WAS once in the first half. In the second other the lead, but before the final whistle Club forwards. William, Divett and period, Saint Joseph's Colloge took followed a a run of bad luck for the
most interesting, each side scoring ortly after the resumption,
sounded their opponents equalised.
Seven Goals to One.
Owen Hughes all hit the crossbar in turn while several of their went wide, The Army retaliated 3d Habib Khan, the Jat outside goalie as he came out to a shot and right,
forward to meet the scored the winning goal.
dashed
the
The Senior match proved to be a runaway victory for St. Joseph's Benior elaven. The opening CX- changes favoured the Saints, but the Wah Yan defenders did well in pre-
The closing stages were marked by venting them from scoring. Eventual- series of attacks on the Army goal
Vempin went through the debut their defence held out. fence
POINTS FOR SAINTS. to open the scoring. Im
St. Andrew's notched another two mediately afterwards Sims added the second, but before the whistle sound-points in the Mamak tournament ed for the breather Vempip again yesterday when they defented netted to give the Saints a three goals Tamar at King's Park by two goals Icad.
to bila
The teams changed over with no Guest and Fincher netted for the score recorded, but in the second half
Saints.
"TEAM OF FIVE WINS. Fielding only five players, with the assistance of G. Roylance, St. Andrew's Boy Scouts yesterday, on the Marina ground, defeated the Club de Recreio ladies in a friendly gante by three goals to two,
YESTERDAY'S MATCH,
Although the standard of tennis yesterday never reached beyond. "B" better combination and from a Dass The second half sow the Saints in Division of the League, the crowd by Vempin, Au Ping-wah scored the who surrounded the stand court found fourth goal. The Wah Yan College Three men are in a position to
plenty to interest in the fourth round made a desperate attempt to reduce make the sudden switch from one Rumfahm will find that not only match between the Ju brothers and the lead, but Hussain at centre half wing to the other. First, there is will he have to call upon his skill Hachiuma and Leonard, the Craigen- for the winners defended well. the wing half and then either the in strokes, but will also have to gower C.C. pair,
Castillo netted the fifth point, and at inside or outside forward. To get make use of his wits and vast ex-f the most out of it the intention must perience to overcome Ho Ka-lau. The latter won in straight sets and this period the Wah Yan inside right be concealed until the last moment; That he is capable of rising to qualified to meet the Rumjahns in the otherwise if the defence are able to situations such as these he has al- semi-final. anticipate the cross pass they will go ready demonstrated, particularly in over and cover the advance from the his third round tie with H. D. new direction.-Copyright: N.F.L. Rumjaka.
SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY
Hachiume, whs promises to become the successor to Honda, the ex-Jopaa- ese champion, was outstanding of the four and definitely has possibilities of developing into, a useful exponent of the game,
UNCONFIDENT.
الأدب
SIX MATCHES DECIDED YESTERDAY driving and clever lobbing he made
the Seven-a-Side rugby tournament were concluded yesterday, six teams
By means of hard and accurate"
the majority of the openings for Leonard to polish off, but, the latter
scored their only goal.
Just before the game ended Simon Chow and Sims netted the sixth and seventh goals to give St. Joacpli's an overwhelming victory.
E. MacNider (2) and J. Mackay were the scorers for the Scouts, M. Remedios scoting the ladies', first genl. Their second was deflected. in- to his own goal by Roylance,
HOME FOOTBALL FORECAST
LIKELY WINS AND DEFEATS
FIRST DIVISION.
v. West Brom.
v. SUNDERLAND
Y. Blackpool
7. Derby
The Arsenal should manage to IN CHARITY TOURNAMENT · ·
also figured prominently as an indiretain the premier position when Aston Villa After extra time had been called the tries the other being narrowly vidual, running well and bringing off they visit Leicester on Saturday,;
some spectacular retrieves beyond the whilst Aston Villa may well drup Bolton in two matches, all of the ties in missed from a difficult angle.
The Kowloon Rugby Club playing court boundaries.
a point to West Bromwich, ** CHELSEA the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank The winners had much to thank for
There are two London "Derbies," Huddersfield took their opponents by surprise the inconsistency of the Chinese cour Tottenham v Millwall and Crystal Leicester during the first half and in a clever nie, who invariably, after working passing movement scored through successfully for a winning position, let Palace v Brentford. The former T 5. D. Whitley to lead by three themselves down with poor finishing must win to keep pace with Stake, points to nt at half time. The strokes.
but Brentford will more than like-MIDDLESBRO v. Birmingham Bank, however, touched down through They had not the same confidence by meet their Waterloo,
Newcastle W. H. B. Rigg, whose try was con- in each other as Leonard and
The special Telegraph forecast PORTSMOUTH verted giving the Bank narrow Hachiuma, and it was this deficiency
which cost then the match.
is appended..
passing into the next round.
The results in detail were:
IM.. Kent "A" II RA, HM.B. TEDNE 10 HMS, Tamer 11.M.8. Sadell "...... 16.W.D. C......
HIM.A
Cornwall 29.W.B. "B" ~...
Club"
·Club "A" D.K. Yank
1 Kowloon
SACK RUGBY.-
An Innovation is to be introduced for the concluding stages" of the' tournament on Saturday, in the form
f rugby, in which members of the the public will be invited to join teams climinated from the ment.
tourna-
The novel idea has been successful-
ly staged in seven-a-Side tournaments
in England, and there is small dovit that it will add gaiety to the pro ceedings on Saturday.
YESTERDAY'S MATCHES,
The Royal Artillery, seven were unlucky to be beaten yesterday when they went down to HIM.S. Kent "A" after a draw, the naval players chr ing a try during extra time. The
an opened the scoring with
and at half time led, by, five to three; but after the resump tion, when the military team lad scored an unconverted try, the sal lors crossed the line, to score five points,
Extra time, was ordered and it was nol until fteen minutes later that Kent broke through, to give them the winning try. During extra time the Artillery lost the services of Lieut. J. K. Macfarlane who was kicked in the face.
Hermes "A" beat the Tamar,and Small Ships "A" team by two goals, one being scored in each half, to nil. By scoring three tries, two in the first half and one in the second, HM.S. Suffolk defeated the South Wales Borderera "O" by ning points to nil.
Extra time was necessary in the match between the Club "3" and ILM.S. Cornwall, the civilians won. after the score had been three all before extra time.
The Club "A" had a run-away vịc- tory against the South Wales Bor-. derers "B" winning by 23 points to three. G. P. Lammert and A. F. Jenkins cach scored two tries while Dr. J. A. R. Selby touched down the fifth. D. McLellan converted four of
victory,
The Club Challenge Cup, fosture race of the Shanghai Papar Hunt Club's annual race maeting held recently, resulted in a close win for The Silver Pheasant over Discarded Dick. Top left photo showE e Gnish; top right-ike field going over Morriss" water jump first time around; bottom left, the win-
ner being led for bottom right Dicarded Dick on his way back to the paddock,
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7. ARSENAL
LIVERPOOL
.v. Manchester C.
V. Wednesday
Everton SHEFIFELD U. v. Blackburn Wolres
v. Leeds SECOND DIVISION.
BRADFORD BURNLEY Charlton
GRIMSBY
V. Fulham
T.Weat Ham.
Y. SWANSEA
7. Southampton
MANCH, UN. V. Port Vale NOTT FOREST v. Bradford C. Oldham
PLYMOUTH
PRESTON
7. BURY
v. Chesterfield
• Lincoln C. v. Nolis County TOTTENHAM v. Millwall.
STOKE
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Aldershot
v. Northampton V. Swindon BRISTOL R. .v. Clapton Orient
BRIGHTON
CARDIFF
V.
Luton
CRYSTAL PAL. Brentford
Torquay
GILLINGHAM
NORWICH
V. Bournemouth
Q. R. RANGERS v. Bristol City
READING
Southend
Watford
v. Newport
V." Coventry
V. Exeter City
THIRD DIVISIÓN (NORTH).
Accrington BARROW Carlisle
CHESTER CREWE
MANSFIELD N. Brighton ROCHDALE Stotherham SOUTHPORT York City.
v. Barnsley
v. Tranmere 7. WREXHAM v. Halifax V. Gateshead Doncaster
✓. Hartlepools *, Stockport' V. HULL CITY
7. Darlington
7. WALSALL
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
ABERDEEN AYR UN.
| Clyde
DUNDER Falkirk
·
Morton
. Partick.
V. Hamilton
Cowdenbeath
7. Queen's Park.
MOTHERWELL v. Celtic RANGERS 1ST.
7. Hearts
JOHNSTONE. Kilmarnock ST. MIRREN y. Enat Stirling ARD LANARK Airdrie.
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