THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1933.
TSUI WAI PUI BEATS HO KA LAU IN GREAT MATCH
OUR CRICKET VISITORS
MALAYA & SHANGHAI WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
WHY THE NORTHERNERS WERE. SO DISAPPOINTING
(By R. Abbit)
In yesterday's article I dealt with the two Hongkong sides and to-day I purpose to wind up these Interport Articles of mine by a survey of the two visiting sides. I will deal first with Malaya.
A good side but a shade lucky to win as they did. To begin with they word captained by R. N. Hamilton whose experience of accond-class county cricket dates from 1914, dur ing the summer of which he played regularly for Bucks.
He is still a brilliant bat
though
very much out of practice and handicapped at times by somewhat Indifferent health. Ile failed twice but came off twice, and in each match he saved his side.
He had few opportunities to show his folding brillanco for he had to captain the side from mid-off and was, moreover, suffering from perushed nail on the right hand.
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But all the critics, to whom have spoken agree with me that his captaincy and especially his placing of the field had much to do with Malaya'a victories.
And now for the side. He had one fast bowler who swung late at "times but to be honest I thought Willis very poor at times, though ho had one or two brilliant spells.
A medium fast and two medium pinners were all the rest of the attack oxcopt, for a, slow left hander.
GILL THE BEST.
It was a reasonable enough team of bowlers if they were on their day. G was undoubtedly the best of the lat. He kept a good length. turned the boil, and could make it come off quickly.
Alvin was of the typo but was very inexperienced. He will be a bowler, when he comes to his atrength.
better full
Speldeyinde has been a very no alow lofthander but his best is long part. All the same, he got a useful wicket or two and
great
was
'negative assistance to bowler at the other end.
of the
Jonklaas could be a vory dangerous bowler especially with the
pltch wearing a bit. He had a good fost
off break. I gather ho is supposed to throw one or two occasionally but
I must say I saw no signs of it here,
ac-
To sum up, the bowling, if brilliant, was adequate, and it complished all that it was expected
R. N. Hamilton
THE SHANGHA! SIDE.
WILL LINCOLNS SUFFER
A DECLINE?
LAST WEEK'S RESULT MAY AFFECT THEM
S. CHINA LOSE LEADING PLAYERS BUT HAVE NO NEED TO WORRY
ENTERTAINING FIXTURE LIST · FOR SATURDAY
(By. "Veritas"),
Now that the Lincolns have met with their first partial reverse of the season, last week's drawn match with the Navy having spoilt their fine record of maximum points from all games played, speculation is rife as to whether there will be a real landslide in the fortunes of the Senior Regiment in the first division of the league.
uncommon
It is not an reaction when a long list of successes comes to an end, to find a team rapidly decline, and not that the Navy have proved the vulnerability of the Lincolns, it would not come as a great surprise if they suffered this reaction.. Saturday's match should help a lot in determining this. The league leaders are due to meet St. Joaoph's, the team of Big and Little Moments, of great promise and frequent disappointments.
But even with the scare they re- ceived last week fresh in their memories, I do not think the Lin- colus should lose. They are a better team than St. Joseph's. Of that there seems little doubt.
the
On their form, the Saints are good enough to send soldiers all the way for the points, but I don't think there is enough backbone in the In- termediate line to allow them to clinch a victory.
The Ridley Problem
The same problem confronts St.
I trust that in writing frankly Joseph's as that which has been about the Shanghai team I shall not be accused of being unkind. grappled by other teams opposed can they rude or inhospitable. But after to the Lincolna. How
all it's no
good buttering a stop Ridley?
right.
a passing phrase, and it has probably done them a lot of good,
Will History Be Repeated
MY FORECAST
FIRST DIVISION
TO WIN-
Navy Borderers Lincolns
East Lancs 5. China.
SECOND DIVISION,
TO WINI-
Navy Lincolns
TO DRAW1-
Artillery Athletic
THIRD DIVISION.
TO WINI-
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S. China. Lincolns R.A.M.C.
TO DRAW:-
poned.
Radio
the
AND RETAINS C.R.C. CHAMPIONSHIP
LOSER COLLAPSES WITH CRAMP IN FOURTH SET
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TWO HOURS OF HIGH CLASS
TENNIS
(By "Veritas"),
In one of the finest displays of tennis I have been priveleged to see in Hongkong, Tsui Wai-- pui, Hongkong's most promising player, yester day, retained the singles championship of the Chinese Recreation Club, when he defeated Ho Ka-lau.
The match had an unfortunate remarkable strides during the last ending, Ho Ka-lau being forced two years, and to-day is playing. to give up in the fourth set owing tonnls which fully merits his to a severe attack of cramp. ranking as joint No. 8 in the Tsui was then leading 7-9, 6-4, Colony. G-4, 3-1, and 40- love on Ho's) service.
decisive!
Although robbed of n verdict, there was not the shadow of doubt that Taul had the match safely in his pocket.
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Ho tempers his game with a sagacity which is bound to carry him a long way in any tourna ment. Although n lot of his strokes are defensive, the shots are so ndriotly placed that the receiver has all his work cut out to deal with them.
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This was the second successive years that these two had met in! the Anal. Last year Ho had to
Ho made some amazing into a state of complacency when
It is natural to find a team sinkage encounter has been post-default owing to illness,
The tennis for three sets yester-coveries against Taul, chiefly as n In the third division, Radio, who day was of an exceptional brand, result of his keen anticipation. enjoying constant successes, but it were due to meet the, University, Undisturbed by the atmosphere of His net work was variable, but is unlikely that there will be any will now play their re-arranged | n stand court and пл excited off the ground he easily hold his recurrence of last week's display. fixture with the Engineers. crowd, the playera put everything own, and these is no gainsaying South China on Saturday entér- Nothing very startling Is they had into the exchanges. that physical fatigue caused tain the Club. My readers will re- promised in Becond and Skill was matched with skill, defeat. collect the sensational win scored this division programmes. The tactics with tactics, and franidy by the Club last year. Will Artillery will have to improve on! have never seen brainier tennis dofont in the first set, robbed Tsui history be repeated this week? last week's showing if they are to in any of the open championship of three set points and went on
I very much doubt it. With haid back the Club, but the matches. their position already consolidated Lincolns and Navy appear certain-
Ind Taui taken advantage of his admiration. At that period he to win the set called for profound by the Lincolns dropping a point tles for points, last Saturday, it can be expected
position in the first set, he would was acen at his best, mixing attack have probably that the Chinese will go all out to
won in three with defence, and ever alert to straight.
make use of the sightent oppor- Improve upon it, and if they do, the Club atand small chance of effecting a coup.
tunity.
Was the magnificent display of the Police last week merely a flash in the pan? I am afraid this is what the future will prove.
Anyhow they have a great chance of satisfying themselves
meet the
American Football In Canton
DEFEND TITLE
'THREE SET POINTS.
He held three set points at 6-5 on his own service, and lost them. His concentration again failed him in the second, art. when, leading 4-1, ho permitted
The manner in which ho faced
It was most stimulating tennis, and a credit to both players.
RANKINGS VINDICATED.
Incidentally the C.R.C. results
Ho Ka-lau to draw level at go a long way towards vindicating four-all.
the L. T. A. Ranking List. W. C.
But apart from these lapses, Tauf played very fine tennis. His tactics were not always success- ful. In fact several times they reacted on him.
On Sunday week South Chins Athletic Club's American foot ball team will meet Ling Nam Tsui has developed his drop University at Canton-to-defend shot-to-n-point when it-fa-now-o their title as champions of the stroke of art. But he was inclined four team football league which to overdo it yesterday, and Ho they won last year when they Kn-lau, displaying delightful defeated the Ling Nam Univer-anticipation, several times reached sity in the series,
the ball and turned the position to his own account.
and others about this on Satur- HONGKONG TEAM TO day, when they Borderers. If they are to beat the 24th," they must play equally as well in midfield, and much better in front of goal, as they did against South China. side, and, once I have stated that But with the Saints there" 12- The Borderers are a team that they tried magnificently from the pears less prospects of accomplish- do not recognise defeat until the word go, I hope to escape censure ing this, for whatever weakness final whistle. not
1 retain lively re- when I say that they were not, in my opinion, anywhere near the set is in the defence it is on the collections of how they demons- trated that a week ago. But I don't think either Marques or chiefly I expect the Borderers to It is difficult to tell why this was. Gomes are quite experienced enough win because they are just that felding. Brilliant as much of it it was said before the series of Was, you cannot call a aldo generally matches began that Shanghal had to prevent the Lincolns' inside left much a better team. a good fielding side when you have been able to bring away, with perhaps from carrying out such a slow starter as Jonklaas or two exceptions, everyone they had chemes. On the other hand, if such a bad catcher as Speldewinde wished to pick and that it was sup- Ridley can be bottled up, half of The latter should have given us the posed to be a very hot side. match when he dropped Minu of
St. Joseph's worries are over. The obvious explanation is that The odds, however, are in favour the completely different wicket, the of the Lincolns retaining the different" light, and the small shut in leadership.
antitheais exact Kround-the their own-put them off.
to do.
I have already spoken of the
aftter in the second fanings..
ACTIVE YOUNG FIELDERS.
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standard of past teams.
his clever
Where Borderers Are Superior
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of
The competing teams this year will be the South China Athletic Tsui's short, play was the amount
Of course the real value Club, Ling Nam University, Can-of running about forced upon Ho ton Military Academy and Canton Ka-lu. Afterwards Municipal
Ho himself The teams are composed in the confessed tht it was this which main of players from There may be very little to who have all had some experience sets, and so well did he upset Ilonolulu eventually beat him. But Ho choose between the defences, but of the game either at High School Taul's schemos, that it was enough Hung, whose inclusion in the list
stood up to it valiantly for threa on ordinary form I do not think or University and the standard of of The news that Fung King-cheung the Police Inalde forwards can play is high
younger player's caused some surprise, reached the and Ip Pak-wn are incapacitated compare with Hazlewood, Fourtey
The South China have 23 men,
semi-final of the championship, I may be proved of whom 17 are from Honolulu, But it must be remembered that and may not be seen in the South and Harris.
the ball hanging," and was only beaten by Tsul after instead of coming smartly off the four sets, the scores reading, 6-4, ground, Tsui found the potency 6-2, 3-0, 6-4.
But apart from these two the side was a tino fleiding one, and I have never seen anyno quite so active as Alvis and Eu Chow Telk. 'defeated Croome rather in the first down here before, and some of them to be deplored. Their absence is happy to admit it..
a good many times. Indeed the one not only a loss to South China, match and after that his knee went. man who perhaps came best out of He was not, in actual fact nearly as it was Mayhew who has never played but to local football as a whole. Rood as the other two wicket-keepers. here before. But I gathered from his sido that
I think the difficult light and pitch Practically the whole idle have been) Ching ranks again this season, is wrong, in which cuse I shall be and their coach is Bill Butt, al
But this does not mean that the|
he never touched anything like his team was elderly! On the contrary true form.
the weakest
[1 rather think that if anything it is The balling WAS
a shade younger than the Hongkong department perhaps and it is curious sido with the exception of Torry to find that their steadient hat, Wilson; and he did his stuff as well after Hamilton, was probably Gili as any one else. who is not thought anything of la Malaya, except as a
bowler and field.
What the side wanted 'was a really steady bat of the Teddy Fincher type to keep one end going comfortably all the time. Their first two bats nover camo cft,
I foll sorry for Gibson for ho novor
Again, Leach told me that before they came down they felt they had at all events picked a really kood fielding side. But it is generally agreed that the Shanghai fielding
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touched his true form-I have seen THEY TOLD IT TO THE
him make a very pretty hundred in Penang-while Burn had a mixture
of bad luck and bad judgment,
Ha tried to open out his gamo be-
fore he was sufficiently played in.
MARINES
He made home useful runs hoover Hockey Win By Berwick
Alvis was oming on all the time
and his ninoty against Shanghai was
It he
A splendidly plucky Innings." koops at and sticks to the game that young man will go a long way.
TOO SLAP-DASH.
Quarter Deck
Nevertheless, I do not think their omission from the team will seriously, affect South
China's prospects.
No Disorganisation Certainly it does not mean. any disorganisation, for the club have already found an excellent deputy for Fung in Pau Ka-ping, and al- though the genius of Ip Pakwa is missed, it cannot be said that South China are playing with a really weak left wing,
Ip. I believe has only played in one_league* game this year, whilst Fung King-cheung has not been on vity. The reorganised forward line, therefore, has had plenty of time to settle down, and what they league record, which reveals them unbeaten in five matches,
accomplished is shown by their
As a matter of fact, na soon as A friendly game of hockey was Tay, the Singapore player, emerges played between the Marines and from his suspension cloud, South Quarter Deck of HL.M.S. Berwick China will be in the position to I thought at first that Eu was yesterday afternoon at the Valley, field an extremely strong team, going to be equally good with the bat the Marinos losing by four goals to with no weakness whatever. but at present he is too alap-dashjone. and must steady down both mentally
The East Lancs, having fairly successfully passed the initiation stage, can look forward to their encounter with the Rocrelo with perfect, equanimity. It it not like- ly that the team will perform astounding feats in their first | year in local football, but as I tried to indicate on Monday, they boast a sound combination, which should be safe for points from teams such as the Recreio.
There are quite a number of keen judges of the game who are prepared to name the Navy as chief challengers for the cham-) pionship this season.
former Nevada player, These men have been hard at practice during the past two weeks for their opening game in the series and are shaping exceedingly well.
to break the
heart.
With
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Ho Ka Lau.
of his drives considerably re- To Ka-lau had to overcome Eu duced, and he was forced to de- Tak-chouk in the semi-final, which pend more on cut and chop, be did by the scores of 1-6; 6-1;. especially with His Backhand |6-3, 6-1. ̧ ground strokes.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
Four of their bright spots are Jimmy Leong, at full back, a triple threat man with a good kick, a long pass and an excel. In this type of play he revealed lent run; Eddy Chang, quarter- adoptness but it seemed to rob back, who has shown up well in him of a good deal of confidence. practice and knows how to run One saw less of him at the net, and the team; and Harry Chan and in this phase of the game Ho Ka- Henry Young who are the picklau held the initiative throughout. of the line-men. The latter Whenever he did raid the centre plays at Guard while the former of the court, Taul rarely made is one of the best tacklers in mistakes, hia overhead being the team.
especially good.
CONTRAST IN SYSTEMS,
discriminately.
The chief Impression. I gained
Tsui has had a remarkably successful season. Last Sun day, he and. W. C. Hung caused a sensation by annexing the doubles championship from the holders, Ho Ka-lau and Yew Man-kit, after a thrilling five- set match. The scores, In favour of Teul and Hung were 6-3, 3-6, 4-0, 6-0, 6-1,
MAMAK TOURNEY CELEBRATIONS
from Taul's display was that he DINNER TO BE HELD
FRIDAY WEEK
has tightened up 'his whole game. Experience still has to play its part in moulding Tsul
On Friday week The Mamak lato a first class exponent, but Tournament will hold Choir firat ho needs very little else. He dinner, the venue being the China has strokes in abundance, plenty Emporium. It is anticipated that of courage
to use them even there will be something like 250 - when in tight corners, and uses people present, and among those who
his head to good advantage.
have already accepted invitations aro
His finest stroke, however, was Certainly their display last week The team is using the "Howard' the drop shot. His only fault have good grounds for such con-Jones" aystem of play, and theit was that he used it rather in-
dence. It was not only that they opponents of Sunday week will took leaders, but on the run of the play
a point from the leaguo use the Notre Dame system. deserved ever greater success.
Ling, Nam University have re- cently taken in 800 students from Railway Ground to meet Kowloof, have got some useful material. This week they journey to the the Islands and from them they who are only just beginning to They have 47 men out for a tean! regain their breath from the and are being coached by a former titanic struggle with the Club.
Notre Dame player who la a pro- Kowloon Without Cord fessor at the Univeralty.
Canton Military are now to the Kowloon will start off with one League and have about 30 man Lt. Brown for the Marines played Tay, in his first match against disadvantage, being robbed of the out. They are being coached by and physically, Youth is his chief a fine game and ran through the the Borderers, satisfied one that services of Cord in goal, who was one of their teachers, who is an trouble.
opponition to score their only gont, although he might have been a rather badly injured last Saturday. old Chicago University player. Gill I thought a very good bat in. Lt. Larkin, of the Navy side, scored brilliant contre-forward in Sings-But even at full, strength it is not The Canton Municipal, who at the CM.C., for many years to Association, the vice-presidents deed though not showy. He watched once while funt found the not three the ball very well, Jonklaas had ox timos. Both played a good construc pore, he loses little when on the likely that the mainlanders would wore last your defeated by Ling At the C.R.G., for many years to both organisations and
Kames, come. Possibly his only serious Kemp, secretary of the Association. portance to help him stay for a bit tive game, positioning and perfect left wing, and is, In fact, a natural be good enough to atop the virile Nam University, by two
The dinner will be followed by challenger in a couple of year's nauticale, and it appears that the have 60 men out.
dinner
Vincant though he seemed not very likely to passing being the features. Team successor to Ip Pak-wa.
Navy are good for another two Coincident with the Ling Nam time will be his brother, Taui Yun- concert, while daring
and hi make a big acoro, But Crooms was Marince:
My confidence in South China points,
and the B.C.A.C. match, Canton pul. Another youngster with a Players will entertain, rather a disappointment to me.
Two alterations in Sunday's pro- Municipal and Canton Military big future if he is willing to learn competing in the tourney or any retaining the championship is
Any member of a Club who is not, not shaken by the rude awaken-gramme have been notified, affect- meot. The following Sunday Ling
his loanons.
other person interested in hockey.Tho Ing they received by the Polles | Ing a first division match. Quarter Deck: Lt. Larkin, Keon,
Nam will come to Hongkong for a
would like to attend can obtain GALLANT HO KA-LAU, but a useful Club bat. But cartí- Adams, Holding, Standford, Cawsey,
Inst week. The narrow escape Owing to the charity game bo- return game and will play on the
tickets from either, Mr. Of Eugland' Tedges are beastly things howover Gatehouse, O'Hare, McGrath, Hunt, from defeat then experienced by tween the Army and Combined South China "ground" at "Caroline I cannot over-state the gallant Office, or Mr. R. H. Wong,
White, at the Government--Radio you spell them.
the Chinese was, I am sure, but Chiness, the Arilllery v Athletle Hill,
at the play of Ho Ka-lau He has made South China Morning Posts
new: Lt. Brown, Cpl Shortey, Baker, Colour Sgt. Moyse, Provett,
I had heard great things of his Breese, Hocking, Cpl Scatt, McKee,
but I was not greatly im- Mardnent; Goraney. ed with him av boing anything!
Taylor.
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Mr. E. W. Hamilton, president, or
I do not think Tsui will bo de-the recently formed Hongkong Hockey the Tournament and also president of
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