THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
· TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1935.
MIGHTY ATOM" CAUSES FIRST TENNIS UPSET
KENNETH SHUTE STAGES
GREAT RECOVERY
OUTPOINTS BIG GER OPPONENT IN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
LEONARD'S "CANNY" DISPLAY
(By "Veritas")
Those who daily visit the Hongkong Cricket Club in the hope of seeing surprises in the open tennis championships made a good start yesterday when they watched schoolboy Kenneth Shute eliminate M.. Dry- sdale, a rapidly improving player, by two sets to one in the first round.
Féanard's win was not ko much
a surprise as it was against the run of the play.
The rest of the results were in recordance with expectations. Linng and Lee Wai-tom won comfortably without being frightfully Impressive.
It is not denying Shuto the credit of his achievement by stating that Drysdale bent himself, The K.C.C. player had the match in hand after winging the first met at 0-2, but he made the mistake thereafter of under rating his Four Feet Something op
Min Ng Woon-ying, who finished ponent by assuming for tou much Tellington proved no match för Wong fest among the girl entrants in the and taking too little trouble in the Shal-wing, execution of his shots.
3. W. Lo has found it impossible Chinese Marathon Race held on Drysdalo played his iual brand of to participate in the tournament and Saturday last, She led the Gold for the distance. (Photo Mee tonnis in the Brst set adopting as given a walk-over to D. M. Mac-bulf
Cheung).
favourite farm of attack by driving deeply to Shute's backhand which he discovered to be a rather
nervous
and wholly defensive part youngster's equipment.
of
the
NERVOUS' START
During this set Shute
who was
Dougall, who meets Iconaril.
The results are as follows:
SINGLES
Liang Sal-wah bent F. R. Zimmern, VALUABLE
6-4, 6-2.
J. W. Leonard beat A. L. Sullivan,
13-6, 6-2, 5-1.
K. L. Shute beat MI. Drysdale,
POINTS
Wong Shiu-wing beat II. D. Tolling- LOST
Leo Wal-tong bent Ip Tak-Inm,
- 0-1.
clearly at high tension owing to the occasion and the large crowd which 2-0, 6-4, 6-3, surrounded the No. 5 court seldom: produced the strokes which many ton, 6-1, 6:2
resent know him to possess, He was short in length and had but slight control over his more forceful shots, Nevertheless I was noticeable that the "Mighty Atom" was steady- ing down after tralling 1-4 and he had shed his sweater, and in the last three games of the xet began to extend the rallies.
With the start of the second set a now Shute was Heet. Ho increased
D. M. MacDougall w.o, M, W. Le.
DOUBLES W. C. Hung and Ho Ka-lau" beat i and M. Pagh, i G. R. M. Ricketts 6-2, 7-5.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Manchester Beaten
T. A. Peares beat T. C. Monaghan, SCOTTISH CUP REPLAY
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
W. C. Shule v. J. Tavares,
A. Crawford v. R. Blyth.
F. 1. Kwok v. T. C. Monaghan. 5. A. Gray v. Leung Piu-chiu.
And improved his lobbing, immediate 0-1, 6-3. ly finding Drysale's big vulnerablity: ho added pace to his drives and took the net with gathering confidence. Drysdale refused to be warned by this work change and approached in carelessly, committing a number of mistakes by loose strokes, and subs! sequently throwing discretion to the winds in an effort to outdrive the schoolboy.
DRYSDALE COES TO PIECES
Shute's siroke which gave
him
the second set was A wonderful effort, the youngster racing the net} to smash-volley return Into the comer well out of Dryadale's reach.
туде
After this Shute
able to dietale terms. Ho outpaced Dry- Ndalo with some fine drives After long baseline rallies, and whenever ccasion presented itself went up to the not there to volley soundly and accurately. Drysdale more and more Iost control,his overhead proving extremely uncertain, while his ground atrokes were either tentative or tog pacy.
Y. W. Lee v. W. . Hung.
G. R. M. Ricketts v. A. V. Gozano.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP H. J. Armstrong v. G. S. Gamble,
A. L. Sullivan v. D. J. Valentine. C. Ravenhill v. M. Pagh.
Yale Men To Visit Japanese
BASEBALL, GOLF TEAMS TO TOUR
Tokyo, Feb. 26.
London, March 4. Manchester City lost two
CONTROL OF SOCCER
INSTRUCTIONS OF THE F.A.
TO REFEREES AND LINESMEN
་
As the outcome of the ap pointment of that special com- mitteo to inquire into the standard of
Associa-
fereeing the present-day re. tion has issued to referees and linesmen an "instructional lec ture," of which the following are the chief points!
Miss Sanao Okado, former fiance
The duties of Inesmen must not be restricted, but intelligent co- operation with the referee is essential Bo that every section of play is under Wie scrutiny of at least one official,
Neither on the field nor off should of the late Jiru Satoh, Japanese referees discurs Or arzue about, ennis aco, who will be competing at decisions.
Wimbledon this year, boing the first Referees must use their powers to Japanese woman to eniny this dis
the utmost to suppress rough play and ungentlemanly conduct.
Cluba must remember that they are responsible for offences committed by trainers,
SPIRIT OF THE GAME
tinction.
END OF
When the referens has given, bis BODYLINE
decision and play been resumed he must not alter it.
A referee should judge a player's IN SIGHT
intention, and detect by demeanour if he is observing the spirit of the game. The player who resents a good charge or causes an opponent to come limping away from a tackle muat be dealt with promptly. The player] who, when fouled, tries to "get his own back," and the man who rolls over in apparent agony when scarcely hurt in order to get fouls given against apponents, must be firmly treated,
Notts Abide
By M.C.C.
The ball must be placed in posi- IMPORTANT DECISION
tion and the referee's signal await- ed before all free kleks.
The practice of a full-back kicking,
A
before it is placed in position, goalkeeper punting the ball away be foro properly placed, should never be
Stress is indid on the Law that
very valuable points at Black-the ball into the goalkeeper's hands burn to-day when they were beaten by the Rovers by the only goal scored. In consequence the City have can-permitted. ceded a lot of advantage in their challenge for the leadership. of the would first division. A · win hayo put them ón top of the Arsenal, but they now remain in third ponition, one point behind and having played an extra game.
opponents must not approach within
len yards of the ball until the kick is taken, unless standing on their own gun-line between the goal-poata. If the referee mensures the distance, playors must koop beyond the distance
AS I SEE IT
| BY “VERITAS"
IMPOLITE SPECTATORS OBSTRUCT TENNIS
ENCROACHMENT
ON COURTS
IN THE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
INSTRUCTIONAL
LECTURE WHICH OUGHT TO AID REFEREES
IN view of the uncertainty as lo TIMELY ADVICE TO REFEREES
whether or not the courts would
be fit for play mud of the threatening IT in this very point which I ended. weather throughout the afternoon, the voured to "stress last Saturday, Den Singles Tennis Championship It is Just as important to divine and yesterday got off to quite a good start, penalise the demeanour and Intentions. six tles, including a walk-over being of a player as it is to pull him up for being offside, handling the ball, decided. A, worse brand of tennis has been seen in first-day matches, or putting his elbow in on opponent's and if the succeeding rounds produce back when jumping to head. That is is desirable to aco this what should be a catural Improvenient why it in the standard of play, some enter exaggerated, Jumping abolished in local football Jumping is not only a taining tennis is pronised.
dangerous practice, but so unneces- nary that one led seriously to ques tion the intentions of a 'player who in- dulges in it. It is particularly grati
AN OLD COMPLAINT
ONCE again attention has to befying to note the importance the F. A called to the lack of consideration pula on the herd of eliminating de on the part of specialors. There were hilerate hindering in football. How on several courts, many times does one see this happen notably in the Lee Wal-teeg v Iu in local football? Players are COR- encroachments
Sullivan tinually being legitimately obstruct-
Tek-lam and Leonard
games,
and although perhaps theed and referees take not the slightest primary responsibility for keeping a notice. If Hongkong referees can. clear playing area for the contestants apply the principles contained in this rests with the organisers, the public Instructional Lecture," our football are by no means exonerated. Speens going to be the better for it. tore should endeavour to apprecinte that they are given the opportunity of watching these games free of charge. They are, in a seme, guestx
THE ENGLISH CUP
RESULT OF DRAW FOR THE SEMI-FINALS
London, March J. The result of the draw for the semi-final round of the English Football Association Cup competition, to be held on March 16, is as follows: West Bromwich v. Bolton
(At Leeds) Burnley
v. Wednesday (At Aston Villa)
-Reuter.
BOXER'S MOTHER DIES AT RING
Lightweight Champion Bereaved
London.
The mother of Laurie Stevens.
the Olympic lightweight boxing champion, has died from shock after seeing her son knocked down for the first time in his career at Johannesburg.
Mrs. Stevens was present at the fight between her son, who turned professional some months ago, and an Italian, Aldo Spaldi,
Whon
Stevens
London, Feb. 5. The end of the bodyline quarrel is in sight. Two im- portant moves were made yes- terday with the object of ending the long-drawn-out controversy, and dealing with the possible effect on county cricket of the policy of the 'of the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Notts Club on this troublesome players. The least then the publie
was knocked in subject.
the early can do is to keep a fair and reasonable, down three times distance from the courts. Yesterdayį rounds his mother collapsed. Sho numbers of spectators were actually never recovered from the stock. chance has a player of returning an treatment in a sanatorium proved acutely angled service when he knows unavelling. his racket is probably going to hit a bystander? Onlookers should re- Briefly, the developments are as main
Depile the fact he was knocked least a yard from the side- follows:
linea. It is just as easy and com- down three times Stevens, who Members of the two camps of the fortable to see the play from that has been called the South African Natts Club conferred with the Com-position as it is to crowd in an un-Kld Berg owing to his whirlwind mittee, discussed all oatsanding even line on top of the court itself. punching, won tho fight on points. malters and passed A resentlon The Cricket Club cannot be expected declaring that "the definite policy to rope round overy court, although) He knew little what he was do- of all parties is to keep, and abide this would appear to be the only ing-after the heavy--punishment- by, the rules fald down by the solution to a very real problem. The he received in the opening rounds, M.C.C. In both the letter and the general public should be mindful of and fought mechanically through- spirit."
the difficulties imposed by such on-
Notts agreed to abide by the On the other hand the Wednesday marked out. The ten yards' distanco, M.C.C. Rules "in letter and toeing the outside "ram-lines." What A holiday at Durban, followed by
applies particularly to all players ex-spirit"-which means a virtual helped themselves a bit by earning a division of spoils against Wolvercept the goalkeeper and kicker when settlement.
a penalty has been awarded, and tho hampton Wanderers on the latter's goalkeeper must stand
on the line ground.
without moving his feet. If a defend- Reuter cabled the following results:ing player infringes and the kick falls, it should be re-taken, but if attacking players encroach, a goal should be disallowed.
FIRST DIVISION
Blackburn
1 Manchester C. 0 Wolverhampton 2 Wednesday
The revised records of the five lead- ing teams in the league table follows: League Table
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It won Shuto's experience and his splendid fighting spirit which turned'
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Decision to send the Yale base Arsenal 30 16 8 6 85 37 40 the tablos no completely.
Leonard, playing u character-ball team to Japan this summer Sunderland...31 15 10 0 66 37 40 game-the type for a six weeks' exhibition tour Manchester C. 31 17 5 9 62 46 39 Derby..... 31 14 7,10 81 49 35 Wednesday 32 16 8 9 56 52 38
handicap ovenly
istically canny which wing clubs championships, was reached by the Board of Con- helps one trol of the Yale University Athle and through two or three rounds of antic Association, It open tournamentbeat Sullivan in here to-day.
was learned a long drawn-out duel.
WAR
A good deal of the tennis wearisome, but credit must be given Leonard for the manner in which he ntuck to act plan and carried it through to the bitter end.
SULLIVAN'S BIG MISTAKE Sullivan was the more enterprising, but he made foolish tactical blunders at the net, refusing drop shots which would have given him outright points to make smashes which Leonard,
standing well back, was able 10
torn until Sullivan committed
rror.
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The tour will be made in res- ponse to an invitation extended by the Waseda University, one Japan's leading educational in- stitutions.
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ABERDEEN DEFEAT
HIBERNIAN
IN SCOTTISH CUP, REPLAY
Meeting for the third time of råking
In addition to the ball team, in the third round of the Scottish Cup, four members of the New Haven Hibernian and Aberdeen were at last golf team, accompanied by Conch able to arrive at a decision, Ben Thompson, will visit Japan this summer.
Aberdeen won by the odd goal in five, and thus qualified to play at
A similar trip will be made by home to Celtle in the fourth rouril. University golf team, also during Hamilton four members of the Princeton The revised draw now reads:
the summer vacation.
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✓ Celtic These games will be played on Saturday week, March 9.-Reuter,
ANOTHER CRISIS
Clapton Orient's New "SOS"
HINDERING
Players must not be allowed to hinder opponents taking free-kicks or throws-in.
uncommon in
tlon
and
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LOCAL YACHTING
Miss Larssen Wins "A" Class Race
Two officials should always be up A special meeting to revise the rules croachments and by desisting, would out the last seven in which ha with overy attack, in position one on of the club will be held in March. probably find little less cause to complied up the points.
The Advisory County Cricket Com-[plain about the standard of tennis. each alde of the field. This is par- tleuinely valuable in goal-line "do-mittee, at the request of five first- cisions.
class counties, met at Lord's on Feb. The elimination of practices not 26 to consider the matters raised by FOOTBALL LECTURE
League matches is the statement of the Notts Club Come "Instructional Lecture" offered | aimed at, and, given the whole mittes on January 10 (when the
hearted co-operation of the players, vote of "No Confidence" in the Com- by the English Football Associa- the standard of the game, bealdos the mittee was passed by members), tol
reproduced in another standard of refereeing, must improve discuss their consequences and to take column on this page, is one of the most in consequence.
Interesting documents yet to be laid (Continued on Page 9.)
before referees. It should certainly provide an excellent and timely sub- jest to, put before the Hongkong Referees' Association. The most noteworthy part of this lecture, is the emphasis Inid on the necessity of Lady members of the Royal Hong- relerces exercising, their powers In kong Yacht Club took over the till- dealing with technical offences, and era yesterday afternoon, when the their imagination in putting a stop to first race, in the first extra sories actions, which do not constitate fouls was sailed. Miss M. Larsson won according to the strict letter of the the "A" class event and Dilsa N. carried off the honours hending of "Ungentlemanly Conduct." in the "I", "Y" and "G" classes,
Many Offers To Fight
- Petersen
LADIES' EVENT
NONSENSE TO SUGGEST HIS CAREER rules, but which come under the Bilderbeck
IS AT AN END
(By Fred Dartnail)
London, Feb. 7.
The Petersen-Neuse! fight, with its dramatic finish at the Wembley Fool was discussed everywhere yesterday. Opinions differed as to how the affair might have ended if Petersen's øye had not been injured, but there was general agreement that up to the tenth round when the accident occurred it had been o magnificent fight that reflected the fullest credit on both men.
City in Derby Week.
London, Feb. 7.
Nousel's left eye did not escape; Clapton Orient F.C. are facing damagu either. It was almost closed So far from his ring career being! another financial crisis, pre- yesterday and the possibilities of over, Petersen is very much la the cipitated by lack of support and those last four unfought rounds at active market the recent resignation of two thente of argument and speculation reader should ask himself what would Wembley will doubt furnish a I must break no confidence, but the directors followed by the with for many days to come.
be the biggest drawing bout possible drawal of their bank guarantees. Both fighters are fine sporting under the circumstances.
Councillor F. W. Snowin, chair- fellows and I daresay the public which man of the club, said last night: paid nearly £10,000 to seo them at We have not been getting the Wembley will be ready to plank down
As much for a return encounter, support we deserve. Things were so bad that we did not have "colourful" writers an opportunity The Wembley fight afforded the enough money to pay this week's which they did not neglect. wages bill, but at the last mo- ment the directors have put their hands in their pockets and saved the situation once more.
CHANGED OPINION Neusel has been offered a no-title bout in Chicago with Max Boer. He has refused it. Victory changes tho point of view.
If Petersen had beaten Neusel the German would have been ready-to No doubt there is a temptation to cross the Atlantie: But his fatic emphasis the high lights of such value has gone up. Neusel thinks, an occasion, but is sheer sena so far as America is concerned, only
tlon to suggest that Petersen's boxing career is at end because of what happened on Monday night, Ilis oyo was certainly cut but not given for the Saturdays of Rob by the
The position is so critical that post-dated cheques have been
desire such a match... more
In terms of the world's championship. Meanwhile, being the good sports man I have indicated, Neusel is will ing to meet Petersen again, especially nyor if tho good-paying British publis THE CENTRALOrient's next four home games is anticipated. Whon blood flows in
to meet pressing bills. Increased | o ́fight things always seem
Patersen's old opponents attendances are needed urgently gruesome than they really are. clamouring with one accord to moot nt those matches.
Petersen will not be kept long him again. It is the ponnity of out of the ring, and I may mention defeat." that yesterday his father received Larry Gains, George Cook and Len! offer. for the humpion to htHarvey want another go at the man either at Wembley or the White who has beaten each of them.
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