THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH., MONDAY, MAY 29, 1933.
RAIN COMES TO WASH OUT TENNIS SEASON OPENING
NO CHANCE OF ANY
PLAY TO-DAY
"B" DIVISION TEAMS ENTER ARENA TO-MORROW
FILIPINO PLAYERS FAIL TO ARRIVE
(By "Veritas")
Everything points to the opening of the tennis league season to-day being a wash-out, and it is almost certain that this morning's downpour will prevent any matches from being played.
The first block of games in the
"A" Division are due for deciY.M.C.A.
slón this afternoon to mark the
SWIMMING.
introduction of the 19:13 lengue Fine Display
Reason,
The games affected are:
"A" DIVISION.
Chinese R.C. "A" v. Indian R.C. "A" |
Hongkong C. C. 1. Kowloon C. C.
South China "A"
Craigengower
University
v. Chinese R.C. “D” Y. South China "B" 1. Recreju
Five new teams figure in the of them "B" Division and for elush In the season's firat gaunes. The promoted C.R.C. and Recreio are engaged at Causeway Bay, and South China Athletic and Gradu ates, who are also ex-Division 3 nt King's I can, meet probably Park.
This fixture is, according to the official fist, a home game for the Graduales, but it is understood they enamot nae the University Courts as the Varsity are engaged in a match at Pokfukimn. Efforts made to arrange the match King's Purk.
are
Against Chinese B.C.
FIXTURES
FOR THIS WEEK
One of the best perform- ances the Y.M.C.A. water polo team have achieved up to the Was to present this season visit the Chinese Bathing Club on Saturday night and win by the handsome score of.7 goals to 1.
The Europeans played frst classi pulu and were fuli value for such a pronounced victory.
Schreuder and Kerr, who are probably the best opportunists the being team has ever boasted, scored at six gonds between them. Judged
on their showing to date the Y.M. are sure to figure prominently in
The University are at home to the water pole league which starts the U.S.R.C.. and should win very shortly. though I hear the United Services The Chinese were outplayed in are turning out a good team, in-all departments, although one or individual cluding Cupl. Cannon, Lieut. War-we played splendid ing, and Dr. Tottenham.
games, such as Lau at centre half The Kowloon Cricket Club, who land Wan in goal, the strong was the last Henson failed to recard a single balance of the visitors win in this division are vititing the turning factor In their favour.
After Kerr bad opened the acor Civil Service. The Kowloon club are anticipating a more successful sea-ing in the first minute, K.C. Ho new responded for the Bathing Club,
son this summer as several
players have come in to strengthen Schreuder however placed the the glue...
visitors in a winning position by netting three times before the
SALENTOKOPANGO YAZinterval, and in the second half ¦
Kerr (2) and Campbell completed the debacle.
LEAGUE HANDBOOKS CAN NOW BE OBTAINED
Club secretaries are ask- ed to note that the official league handbook for 1933 is now ready.
Copies. together with
records scoring pads and sheets can be obtained on application from the League Secretary at the Hongkong Telegraph.
The Indian Recreation
Club,
Y.M.C.A. FIXTURES. The Y.M.C.A. have three matches arranged for this week, the senlore China nind the njecting South Young Companions, and the second team opposing the Chinese Bathing: Club.
Teams selected for these matches jare:
TUESDAY.
Y.M.C.A. 1st Y. S.C.A.A.
6 p.m.. Angus; K. Jenner, and A. Donn; E. Railton: W. Campbell,
W. Schreuder und W. Kerr.
THURSDAY.
Y.
Y.M.C.A. 181 Young Com- panions at 6.p.m.-H. Angus; R. Goldman and A. Donn; E. Railton;
SATURDAY'S LAWN BOWLS AN D FOOTBALL
The first defeat of the zaakon sustained by the Police and the final football match between the Combined Services and Chinese were among the features of Satur day's sport. This composite picture shows (top) a rink in play in the Police v. Kowloon Dock Recreation game, and below on left, Lin Thin-
PERRY
G. P. Hughes.
&
КЛИС
HUGHES
IN FINAL
OF
chan, the Chinese custodian saving a hot shot: (right) the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern presenting the Second Division trophy to the cap tain of the Chiness Athletic, and balow the football league cups on view before the match. (Photos: King's Studio).
GREAT
FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP
BEAT COCHET & MERLIN IN
FOUR SETS
MEET AUSTRALIANS
IN FINAL
Paris, May 28. England and Australia scored brilliant victories in the concluding stages of
robbed of the services of Minu, ty, Campbell, W. Schreuder and W. MORE HOME RUNS the French Doubles Cham-
and possibly Frank Pereira, will
have no easy task to overcome the
Kerr.
Y.M.C.A. 2nd v Chinese Bathing
Cricket Club even though the game Club at 6 p.m.-F. Nicholle; lienry is at Sockunpoo. The Cricket Club and C. Chadderton; H. Lange; D. have a sound six together and good Sutherland, G. Fowler and K. enough to challenge any team in the Jenner.
division.
TO-MORROW.
"D" DIVISION..
Chinese R. C.
Graduates
University
V. Recreio
v. South Chinn
Y. U. S. R. C.
Hongkong C. C. v. Indian R C Civil Service v. Kowloon C. C.
TO-MORROW'S TEAMS. "B" DIVISION.
Kowloon Cricket Club:--C. L Stapleton and G. C. Burnett; W. Wirth and N. A. E. Macauley: L, Jack and J. J. Ferguson.
Civil Service C. C.-Bradley and Bendall: Barrow and Bick- ford; Todd and Wilson.
K. C. C. TEAMS.
HIGH SCORING IN MOST MATCHES
PHILLIES BEATEN
FILIPINOS NOT HERE
EXPECTED IN ON WEDNESDAY
al matches.
New York, May 28,
Many home runs were scored to- result that scores were high in sever-
pionships at Auteuil dur. ing the week end and there an Anglo-Aus- will be tralian final.
WIN
Fred Perry:
MORE BOWLS RECORDS
SPOILT
FIRST DEFEATS FOR POLICE AND KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN
K.C.C. ACHIEVEMENT AGAINST H.K. YACHT CLUB
To Kowloon Dock and the Recreio on Saturday fell the distinction of ruining the unbeaten record of the Police and Kowloon Bowling Green Clubs respectively in the first division of the Lawn Bowls League.
SOCCER
Services Overcome Chinese
ENDS
The Yacht Club. In the second division also suffered their first defeat of the season paying am unproductive visit to the Kowloon Cricket Club,
The collapse of Holland's rink against Cullen and his colleagues was mainly responsible for the Dock's victory, and it was a slagle rink which turned the issue in favour of the Recreio against the Bowling Green, Silva's quartetto wining by 20 shots.
Only five ahots' separated the
Club Recreation
and Taikoo
CLEVER WIN IN CHARITY GAME Craigengower, and the champions
K. C. C. ON TOP.
can be regarded as a little fortun- The postponed charity foot-ate to win. ball match between the Ser- As expected the Civil Service vices and the Chinese was easily accounted for the Kowloon played at Happy Valley on Cricket Club winning every rink Saturday, the former bringing and holding a final lead of 19 off a conclusive win by three shots. goals to none. The game was much closer than would appear from the score, and the Chinese, playing on slow pitch, pressed keenly until the final whistle. Opening briskly with pressure from both Services' wings, play ru
Cralgengower, champlons mained in Chinese territory for a short time and only a superbly comfortably beat the Electric to steady defence kept the goal intact. record the Club's "double", but the After a brief raid, the Chincendian Recreation Club, who have yet to win, were surprisingly the defensive. were again
The Kowloon Bowling Green- Baldry and Seal testing the goal beaten by the Police at Sookunpoo. keeper with long range shots.
But the K.CC. second string played splendid bowls to lower the colours of the Yacht Club. All three rinks won.
tie
Up to this point the persistentClub second team, who are playing allacks of the Services had only bowls good enough to suggest them served to show the sterling qualit-winning the chanpinship, outplay- ies of the opposition back line bated the Recreio. The Recreio lield the Chinese suffered their first their own on une rink, when Silva reverse after about 20 minutes and Rapley finished at 20 all, but
un the other two, the Portuges from a wild scramble in front of
goal. Perkins and Lin Thin-chan had big adverse balances chalked were on the ground when Stevens p
The results in detail were: got possession of the bail and rerambled it into the net.
SERVICES' COHESION.
DIVISION 1.
Talkne D.R.C.
Civil Service
Hecreio
A feature of the Services' play l'ollee R.C. was the fine understanding be- tween the front and intermediate lines.
62 Craigengewer '67 67 Kowloon C.C. 48
57 Kowloon Dock 71 69 Kowloon
DIVISION 2.
11 Police
B.G.C. 51
61 Yacht Club
78 Recrelo
42
50
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70 I.K. Electric 42- LEAGUE TABLES. LEAGUE TABLES. FIRST DIVISION.
The Chinese made desperate at Indian R.C. tempts to equalise but offside Kowloon C.C.
of their Kowloon B.G.C. rulings nullified many movements and their opponents (Craigingawèr went further ahead when, just be- fore half-time, Baldry placed # long shot well out of reach in the top corner of the net. This was e wonderful goal and even if the goalkeeper had been able to sight Kowloon B. G. 0.
Recreto the ball, he could not have renched Civil Service C.
Club de Police R. C. At the resumption of the play, Craigentower C.C. the Chinese swept down the field Kowloon D.R.C. in a spirited attack and it was Talkoo D.lt.C.
that
cleverly unfortunate executed movement resulted in Ip. Pak-wah missing a opening.
it.
LAST MINUTE RALLY.
Kowloon 0.0.
P. W. D. 1. Up Dn. Pie.
SECOND DIVISION,
TW. D.
good Kowloon 1.6.c..... Kowloon C.O.
Crecenzower C.C.
Club de Recreto
Yacht Club
Ciril fervice Co Hanghong Electric The Services 8001 regained con- Police R. G trol of the game and after their indan R. C. McGrath in the second round by opponents had forced two pro- Hebda, the Polish player.
from
of the fret class filless corners, Perkins added atáken by many
G. J. Weigali, of Gent, A. E. R. Hobbs and P. F. Gilligan, Jack concerted attack. The il Hobda was taken to four sets third goal with a fast oblique shot cricket counties. and 60 games, but after estab-Chinese left winger ran through Warner are among those who at one lishing a lend of two sets to love, the defence in an effort to redeem time or another have deplored the To-day Fred Perry and G. P. appeared in little danger of los his previous mistake and Combey practice, and more than one famous Hughes, Britain's Davis Cupling. pair defeated Henri Cochet and Andre Merlin in four sets to en- ter the final.
did well to push the ball outside.atsman has said that the disciples of The resulting corner kick grazed "body line" bowling can have his McGrath, however, showed dis-the bar an the goalkeeper leapt to wicket. They will not run the risk B. II. Lyon, the Gloucester captain, tinet improvement in the last two clear and from the following corot standing up to it. sets, winning the third at 9-7 ander kick, Fung King-cheung sent has openly stated that he will kill in a great shot which was also "body line" bowling by ridicule. He corner intends to face it clad in a suit of The Englishmen played superb
punched over. A third kick could not be cleared and was armour, whie hhad already been made tennis and nover appeared in dau-losing the fourth only at 7-5.
Meanwhile, club secretaries, vlow- ger to losing. They captured the!
followed by a fourth which the for him.
alarm the decreasing ing with cross-bar.
Finally the Servicea cleared the bull and frustrated the most
The detailed scores were:
Semi-finals
St. frat set with surprising case, but In the National League, the Contrary to expectations, Louis Cardinals defeated the Phillies the Frenchmen recovered in the MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP, contre-half smashed against the the two representatives of the by ten runs to one, while Cincinnati second. Philippine International Lawnmesed out the Brooklyn Dodgers by Tennis Association, Leonardo the odd run in seven. Lucae homered A tense fight for the advantage
to be gained from winning the F. Perry and G. P. Hughes (Eng-brilliant phase of the Chinese
land) beat H, Cochet and A.play. Garvia and Leodegario Polin- for the Reda
Scoring 12 runs in the eighth in- third stanza concluded with the tan, who were due to arrive in
the invadera brenking through at the Merlin (France) 6-3, 3-0, 8-6, Hongkong yesterday by the nings, the Yankees defeated to runs Sox by 15 White
11 fourteenth game, and, taking ser-
0-4; a.s. Neil Moorsk, failed to ap- Simmons and Low Fonseca holsted vice games regularly in the fourth
the four-master for the
act, they bided their time Mr. L. R. Ildefonso, who is Sox, and Lou Gehrig and Bill Dockey then broke through at the tenth handing the arrangements for replied for the world champions.
for the match. their entertainment in Hongkong this morning stated that he had
pear.
White
National League.
D 1 7
8 &
on
+
and A. Quist and V. McGrath (Austra- Ha) beat J. Brugnon and J. Borotra (France) 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-9,
Adrian Quist, and Vivian Mc- Grath created a deep impression The following have been select-received no advice from Manila Brooklyn
2 and something of a sensation whon od to represent the K.C.C. in the concerning the movements of the Cincinnati
they ousted Borotra and Brugnon, "Division and Mixed Doublen players. It was quite probable Philadelphia
ilo postponed Chicago-Bonton, on Thursday and Friday respec-that they would be coming on tively.
Wednesday by the Empress liner, account of the Chicago Fair, and the the Fronch "musketeers"
was thrilling five set encounter. York-Pittsburgh match but if he did not hear from Manila New
"C" Division Deutscher Klub. In the course of the next 24 hours called off on account of rain. G. A. White and R. 8. Capel!; he would cable.
D. S. Green and A. E. Collins;
9. Smith and D. D. McKay.
Mixed Doubles v. Recreto.
had
Tentative Arrangementa been made to stage the players in Chicago exhibitions at the H.K.C.C. thin New York Wednesday, but their non-arrival Cleveland will mean alterations. If they Boston
Detroit
American League.
19
14
7
1000
1
E. C. Fincher and Miss O. Dal-reach Hongkong on Wednesday, Philadelphia
The match between St. Loule and zlol; A E. P. Guest and Miss M. is possible, although not yet off- Grifths; E F Fincher and Mrs: clally arranged, they will play on Washington was called off on account
of rain-Reuter: Hambly.
Friday.
37L A
The Australians were fighting uard to recover lost ground unti the fourth set, but after winning this they swept aside all oppoal- tion in the deciding set and won at the ninth game.
McGRATH BEATEN.
The biggest surprise in the singles to date is the defeat of
MEN'S SINGLES. Second Round
Hebda (Poland) beat V. McGrath (Australia) 8-0, 6-2, 7-9, 7-5.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
Final
ENGLISH COUNTIES MAY BAN LEG THEORY
Controversy Raging
At Home
The question of leg theory bowling is going to create another storm. It may bo the dominating issue of the forthcoming English season-as it was in the Australian Tests.
Thero la strong evidence of a rapidly changing front among English ericketers, Quick enough to heap'n Mme. Mathieu (France) and Miss wordy ridicrie upon Australians for
Ryan (US) beat Mme. Henrottn their protests
cricketers are
now
and Mile. Rosambert (France) making a rapid conversion.
It is stated that concerted action 6-1, 6-3--Reuter.
against leg-theory bowling is to be
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