THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20,
1934.
TAM
YOC FONG'S
GREATEST
BEATS FINCHER
IN
STRAIGHT SETS
FIRST BIG SENSATION OF THE
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
KOWLOON PLAYER LOSES CONTROL OVER ALL HIS STROKES
TAM'S BASELINE STEADINESS DOES THE TRICK
(By "Veritas").
E. C. Fincher, three times finalist of the Colony's singles tennis championship, was ignominiously ousted from the current tourna- ment yesterday afternoon, when Tam Yoc-fong. former Hanoi schoolboy champion, and a mem- ber of the Interport team which recently visited Indo-Chine, defeated him in the second round 7-5, 6-1.
Every credit must be given to Tam for this, his heat achievement the same in local tonnia: hut ut time one cannot ignore the obvious; Fincher beat himself by a display, unbelievably below anal form.
leading
player His er vice lacked sting and accuracy and his excursions to the net ended It has been Fincher's disastrously.
from the habit to win matches middle of the court, and he would have succeeded yesterday had his volleying and overhead being any- created thing like reliable. He numerous openings with some well placed shots to Tam's buckhand and forehand corners, but seldom did he follow up successfully. Occasionally
angled typical th volley came from la racket, and always was it a winning stroke. be early blunders, but after
sufficient con- regained nover fidence to gain control over
The
Kowloon ,could do nothing right.
net strokes.
his
LED ALL THE WAY. Tam led all the way. He had a Het point for 6-4 in the opening and two more-in-the- stanza, twelfth game before clinching the
Fincher did not win issue.
point on his own service.
a
Fincher offered no resistance in the second set. Tam went to a three-love lead, conceded the fourth
off game, and then rattled next three in quick successiori.
Tam probably surprised the majority of the spectators with his improved form. Many recollected bis impetuosity of a year ago, his inadequate backhand and negligible
volley and over- 'head. But since then Tanı has tightened up his game all round. Admittedly his backhand is still essentially de fensive, but until hard pressed, it is steady. He did
make not
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Tam Yoc-long beat E. C.
Fincher 7-5, 6-1.
W. A. H. Duff beat A. E. P.
Guest 6-1, 6-2.
Ho Ka-lau beat Lieut. Tol-
lington G-0, 6-2.
H. Owen-Hughes beat JĮ.
Barrow 6-0, 6-1.
Lieut. R. R. G. Hoare beat
R. H. Wild 6-4, 6-4 C. Ravenhill beat M. W.
Lo. w.o.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
SINGLES.
G. R. M. Ricketts v Raven-
bill.
DOUBLES.
lu and Hung v Guest and
Flyde.
Razack and Cassumbhoy. v
Luk and Wong,
Ju and Lauv Tsoi and Tsui Ho Ka-lau and Tsui Wai-pui
-v-Kwok-and-Liang--
strokes in return. 1.
EASY FOR DUFF.
ACHIEVEMENT
BOAT RACE EXERCISE IN FULL SWING. -The Oxford Boat Race crew are now in training on the Isis, and the general opinion. Is that this y.ser's crew will be the best that has represented. Ox ford since the War. Picture show, A. K. Kitchi 1, the Oxford coach out tubbing with V. Sutcliffe (stroke) and P. R, S. Bankos. (Planet News).
THE BOAT RACE
VARSITY CREWS IN TRAINING
BOTH HAVE GOOD OUTINGS
London, Jan. 24. The order of rowing at Ox- ford was the same as on Mon- day, when Couchman resumed his old scat at 4, but owing to hoarseness, Bryan had to give up the rudder lines to R. B. Lawrie, who coxed one of the. trials. Mr. A. E. Kitchin coached, and although a rather late start was made they got through a lot of work and al- together covered about twelve miles under ideal conditions.
They went down at a stroke of 22, and after making Iftey in one plece, paddled in stages to Sand- ford. From the top of Radley Common a formal start was made at 32 to the minute, which was later dropped to 28. The boat travelled well and they continued at-high-pressure until abreast_of Nuncham boathouse, where a halt was called, having rowed for 7min. 7sec., which was much faster than their previous effort over the same
FOOTBALL MEETING.
MR. J. RALSTON APPOINTED NEW VICE-PRESIDENT.
Mr. J. Ralston, of the Hongkong Football Club, was last night in- vited by the Council of the Hong- kong Football Association to fill the coused vacancy as Vice-President, by the resignation of Mr. R. R. B. flancock.
It was announced during the mecting that the sum of $635.75 was realised by the recent charity foolball match in aid of the Cheero Club funds. It is anticipated that there will be further donations to the fund.
Owing to the races, the Tramway Company have applied for the Shield matches fixed for Saturday next to be commenced earlier or played on Sunday.
The meeting decided to play the next provided matches on the teams concerned are agreeable. The Bnal of the Shield "matches are to be played on March 24 and it has been decided to invite Lady Southern to distribute the prizes.
ARTISTIČNIKI PLANTASIAKKI KUULSIUINAONICIMAINIMICIN LEAGUE CRICKET.
Medical Corps. Defeats Service Corps.
S
JAPAN'S 155 ATHLETES
FOR FAR EASTERN
OLYMPICS
HUGE DELEGATION
TO MANILA
BARRACKING DEFENDED
"AN ASSET TO THE GAME”.
AVERS MR. M. A. NOBLE
Sydney, A defence of barracking was made recent ly by a former Australian Captain. Mr. M. A. Noble. "We hear far too much about barracking in cricket," said Noble in an address to young cricketers. "but barracking is really an asset to the game.".
"I firmly believe that the bar- racker is impartial and Impersonal. One must expect to be barracked it ong fields badly or misses a catch: but generally speaking barracking le caused by sheer enthusiasm. I must be remembered that both sides get their share of it.
SPORT ADVTS.
'THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
"We have been severely criticize ed for our barracking, but thero is great barracking in England as well. I
en one unn remember ocension the barrackers singing. "The dead march in Saul" at the famous Lord ground, and on an- I was bat. other occasion, when
time, barracker ting against velled out 'put n rone round his neck and drag him out"."
1
TAKE NO NOTICE. Noble added that barracking wns world-wide. He urged young no notice of it. players to take "After all, isn't it a great thing to know there is a big crowd looking on and to feel that they will barrack you if you make a mistake?
"Trent them as though you never hear them. Any vesticula- tion or answer to the barracker is fatal. Where, perhaps, only one or two have been on to you, any that you are outward indication
that you are taking annoyed or The Japanese athletic delega-notice of the crowd will make tion going to Manila next May hundreds join in.""
"Once a crowd gets the opinion are taking an unfair for the Far Eastern Olympics will consist of 155 members. that you The track and field team is to advantage of your opponents or be composed of 50 athletes, the iden that you are a pointer while the swimming outfit will they will not leave you alone." be made up of 26 tank artists.
The number of players in the other teams follow: baseball,
20: basketball, 24: volleyball Arsenal's
14; football, 19 and tennis, S Included in the delegation six officials and one doctor. Ryo- of the
are
Luck Holds
zo Hiranuma. chairman Good
contest committee of the Ninth Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo in 1930, was recently named
F.A. CUP~~-
to succeed the late Dr. Seiichi HOME TO VILLA IN Kial as honorary-president-of- Tenth Far Eastern Olympics to be held in Manila from May 12-19. He will head the Japanese athletic delegation..
Besides the coaches and trainers
Uniform Application Of Rugby Rules Sought
London, Feb. 19. Arsenal's English Cup luck they stands good. Once a Band will enjoy a home, draw be visited by Aston Villa, the
most romantic club in F. -A. Cup history, in the sixth round. Preston, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday are the other fortunate teams to be playing before their own supporters.
matches away from Fratton Park. Preston, with a ground advan- tage should be just about good anough to overcome Leicester, and Wednesday look a good thing for the semi-final.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1934, 24th, 28th, 27th, 28th February, and 3rd March, 1934.
On Saturday 24th, Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th, and Wednesday 28th February, the first beil will be rang at 11a.m., and the first raco will be run at 11.30 a.m. On Saturday, the 3rd March, the first bell will be rung at-130 p.m. and the first race will be run at 2,09 p.39.
The timin interval will be-taken after the Bfth race on the first four days.
"MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE.
Members' are reminded that they and their lndles must wear their badges prominently displayed through- out the Meoting.
No one without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure.
Badges admitting non-members to the Members Enclosure and Club Blooms at $10.00 per day including tax-or $10.00 including Lax for the Meeting (ladies 86.90 and $20.00 respectively), are obtainable through the Secretary upon introduction by a Member, such Member to be respon. sible for all chits, etc.
Badges admitting to Membors' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.
The Secretary's Offer, 3rd Floor. Gloucester Building, (Tel. 27794), WILL CLOSE AT 10 a.m. ON THE FIRST FOUR DAYS, AND AT 12.30 P.m. ON THE FIFTH DAY.
A limited number of Tiffins will be obtainable each day at the Club House, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy, Tele- phone No. 21020.
Du no pretaxt will childron be permitted in either onclosure during the first four days of the Meeting
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure Is $4.00 per day including tax for all persons, including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted to the Fublic. Enclosure at $1.00 per day including tax.
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to dis- Employers are requested tribute them with discrimination and to
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ing
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
• Secretary.
Hongkong, 12th February, 1934,
› HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB.
RUGBY FOOTBALL
Australian Universities XV
The Colony
on the Club ground on FRIDAY,
23rd February. Kick off-145 p.m. Admission (Members included) Covered Standa .$1.50 Open Stands......$1.00 Services in uniform half price.
Reserved sents in the Covered
W. PRYDE, Stand may be booked at Andersons
Hon. Secretary.
at the
YELLOW DRAGON
service until the sixth game, when the final set, and then he attacked
COLLEDGE MAKES 67. he levelled up from a 1-3 deficit. with plenty of vigour, heavily top But Tam, fleet of foot and preparing his forehand drives which stretch last week.
G. A. Ellison (Westminster and The Royal Army Medical Corps ed to return anything and every sought the porners. Whilst he thing, again broke through Teddy's maintained a good length these New College), 11.12; R. W. G. collected three points in the Second who will accompany the Japanese
(Shrewsbury
and Division of the Cricket Lengue at service for the eighth game, and shots always perplexed Fincher, Holdsworth should have won the set from that who was lured into making hasty Brasenose), 11.11; P. Hogg (Sher- Sookunpoo yesterday afternoon when athletic delegation to the Philip ed to represent the Nipponese Em- borne and New College), 12.10; they defeated the Royal Army Service pines three men have been appoint-
Corps by two wickets. M. Couchman (Sherborne and
Taking Gret lease of the wicket, pire in the committee meetings of made 97. They the Far Eastern Athletic Associa- Christ Church), 12.11; F. R. S. the Service Corps Banks (Oundle and Christ found Haynes and Millington difficult tion in Manila during the games. Matsuzawa, A. E. P. Guest, physically un- Church), 14.4; J. H. Lascelles to play, the former taking five wicket Those named were
and for 32 runs and the latter five for 62. Shibuya, and Abe. theft, offered no resistance to Duff (Christ's College. N, Z..
Thanks to 67 by Corporal Colledge, Katzusuru Matsuzawa has been Bolton, although they have been who can now be expected to enjoy Balliol), 12.0; G. I. F. Thomson who made 65 against the Indians last consistently good this season in a fuiriy comfortable passage to (Shrewsbury ned Ballloi), 11.9: A. week, the Medical Corps made the instructed by the Japan atlete fonals as well as cup, will not Always Good Dancing the semi-final.
V. Sutcliffe (Shrewsbury and necessary runs for victory with two Trinity) (str.), 13.10; R. B. Laurie wickets in band. Forsyth took five of the delegation to prepare the have an easy task against Ports- The collapse of J. J. Barrow
wickets for 21 runs for the Service field for the Japanese athletes in mouth, who appear to thrive on
Manila, against II. Owen-Hughes was un- (Fettes and Oriel), (cox), 8,2,
Corps. GOOD CAMBRIDGE ROW. expected, although_full marku
Bright frosty weather persista must be given the Interport cricketer for one of the best din-at Cambridge, but boat race prac- tico has not yet been hampered by plays seen from him for a long floating ice, although the presence time. It will be interesting to see how Tsui Wai-pui tackles the of a quantity was reported yester job of passing the long-reaching day morning. Owen Hughes at the net...Tsul will probably solve the dimculty heavy-weight, who has been seen by storming the net himself, there at alx for some days, was unable
to rdw owing to a poisoned finger. HOME by denying Owen Hughes this His place was taken by M. G. position so essential to him.
Pascalls, who was instructed R. H. Wild, last year's Cricket the tubpair with W. G. R. M. Club championship Analist, fell by Laurle, who, however, was not out ON OBSERVATION OF LAWS 15 AND 17 the wayside yesterday, when
in the eight. Lieut. R. R. G. Hoare beat him The conch,, Mr.. Brocklebank, in two sets with the loss of eight gave the crew rather more work games. Hoare is now playing a to do than usual. After going, mistake. On the forehand he was good brand of tennis and can be down to Baitsbite Lock in easy expected to give Cansumbhoy stages, they worked back to the close game for right of entry into Pike and Eel, where the boat was the Inst eight.
turned. They then paddled down Long Reach to Ditton, where the boat was finally headed up-stream nguin. On the way back the crow
In consequence, I am directed by 1-A player is off-side when he were called up to row as far as the my Committee to draw your atten- is in front of the man or his own Pike and Eel, and Ansoll, at stroke, tion to the following points in con- team who was the Inst to play got away to a good start at about nexion with these Laws, to which the ball. 28 and maintaining goed longth they rely on you to give your and rhythm over the distanco the special attention:
much use of the
but when he did,
rict yesterday,
it was rarely
that he made a
A strong as over,
Tam Yoc-fong.
TACTICAL DUELS,
Tam had obviously studied Fincher's game and had realis- ed that his chief hope was to concentrato on the latter's fore-: hand. Fincher, in the early stages appeared equally deter mined to expose Tam's back hand weakness, and some In- teresting duels resulted, ...---
SCHMELING'S NEXT OPPONENT
N. J. Bradley, the Pembroke
in
To Meet Uzcudun On crew completed the course in about
April: 8
4 minutes. Order of rowing:
UNION SECRETARY'S CIRCULAR
TO ALL CLUBS
London, The following circular has been sent by Engineer Commander S. F. Cooper, R.N., secretary of the Rugby Football Union, to all referees.
A great lack of unanimity among Referees in applying the laws of the Game, and, in particular Laws 15 and 17, has been observed.
Law 15- 1.-The ball must not be put into A. D. Kingsford (Uppingham' and Pembroke), 11.7; J. E. Gilmour scrummago at excessive speed.
row.
The matches will be played on Saturday March 3, the complete draw being::
Arsenal v Aston Villa Preston v Leicester
Bolton v Portsmouth Wednesday v Manchester City
or Stoke
-Reuter.
FANLING HUNT. Army Point To Point Races On Saturday.
There will be an Army Point to Point on Sunday, February 25, between Dill's. The first race will be run 2.80 Corner and Potta Bungalow, Fanling. p.m. the old-fashioned Point to Point course being used.
The Totalisator will be in opora
tion.
Encouraging Interest
2. He is not necessarily off. aldo because he is in front of the bail, except when the ball is in the MACAO JOCKEY CLUB. scrummage. A player should not be penalized for off-side unless he
(a)-Wilfully approaching or remaining within 10 yards of an opponent waiting for the ball.
(b)Playing the ball or inter- fering with an opponent.
(e) Entering the scrummage from his opponents' sido.
(d)--Remaining in front of the
In Racing.
Maeso, Feb, 10. It is reported that the faeno Jockey Club is re-organizing its es tablishment at Macao, by contraliz ing the work in this colony, and thereby reducing expenditure to a minimum.
Efforts are also being made to
But the tragedy of Finchor was that whilst ho succeeded in,pone- trating Tam's ground stroke ar
(Eton and Trinity Hall), 12.3 C. 2.-The ball must not bo touch-docs certain things, which aro mamont, he was utterly unable to
Barcelona, Feb. 13. K. Buckle (Eastbourne and Mag-ed before it has reached the far turn the advantage to his own
Promoters
to-day announced daleno), 12.1; K. M. Payne (Eton foot of the middle man of the front bonolt,
On the other hand, Tany, reduc- April 8, as the date for the and Third, Trinity),12.0; J. H. T. prospective battle between Max Wilson (Shrewsbury and Pom-
3. The middle man must not ing his errors to the minimum. Schmeling, the former world heavy broke), 12.8; M. G. Pascalis (Dur-
Paulino ham and Pembroke), 12.3; W. A. T. touch the ball before it is fairly and perfectly content to run' round weight champion, and his backhand If given the oppor- Uzcudun, the veteran Basque wood- Sambell (Melbourne and Pem-In the scrummago. tunity, maintained the raliles long chopper,
broke), 12.1; J; L. Ansell (Dover 4.-No player shall intention-ball with either foot whilst it lastimulate greater interest in horse enough to soo Finchor overhit. The scrap will inaugurate a cir. College, and Jesus) (str.), 12.3; until after tho accond-gamo, in will be fought in three nights,-/--)derns) (cox;}; 8.0r--
Tam did not take the initiative cus of boxing, in which 270 rounds J. N. Duckworth (Lincoln and ally fall or kneel in a scrummago. the scrummage, not himself being racing among local residents. Our
Low 17
in the scrummage.
Own Correspondent,
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