THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935.
TACTICS OF LOCAL
OF LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS DEFENDED
CORRESPONDENT MAKES
OUT A CASE
COLONG CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE
WON BY ATTACK
DEFENSIVE MEASURES SOMETIMES
STRATEGICAL NECESSITY
Mr. Justice Lindsell's comments at the An- nual Meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association, together with the article written by "Veritas' last week concerning the defensive tactics em- ployed by local tennis players has brought forth a response from a correspondent, who is himself a prominent player. In his letter, (which is -published below, he refutes the allegation that focal champions have won their laurels by defen- sive tennis, and argues that even in first class tennis a defensive game is very often essential from a strategical viewpoint.
Sports Editor
Hongkong Telegraph
think more about their tennis and improvement.
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Another thing, our L. T. A. over. -After reading yours and Mr. look is the encouragement of tennis
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effort Lindell's comment on the andard schools. Some
ม : and inetics of the Hongkong tennis should be made to encourage
With the exception of players, feel I should like 1, offer school beugen, any point of view on itongkong tennt Tam Yoe-fong all the other Srs ten!
ranking list are This opinion of mine probably whit men in find support from rest of the tennis dents. The University here is du
dog very ile in tymis, Japan has playera in the colony.
In "host"of" good players and nently Tony that the tennis players in every one of their first ten men are Hongkong are guilty of adopting de-university students,
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fensive tactics in match ping will do We spend three or more months for injustice to nearly every one of our running the tennis lengues, the only teemid champions. Every one of the kind of inter-clubs competition. The And in the Open Singles Champion- fengue suntches serve practicali, no hip was won by a player who was value in raising the standard of pol. adopting defensive tacties, Ringeln play. We ought to milopt the 11. . . flancock at his prime would Davis Cap systern in the inter-clubs in his matches with his terriffles as well as the present league nerve and forecourt piny. B. A. divisions, Nihet ended the courts of Hongkong)
from 10012-14 with his offensive Kaner.]
STRATEGY ALSO ESSENTIAL
GENE SARAZEN
MAGNIFICENT PUTTING
BY SARAZEN
SWIMMERS NOT TO VISIT PHILIPPINES
B.B. Green In his championship days Finally should like tennis fans ponsorated the most affensive forehand i
darkhand drives been on local erities to realize that attacking courts. Ng Sze-kwong reigned the and defensive tennis is a matter of local courts for six seasons with offen; best defence is attack but it is your conditions. It is easy to say that the sive forehand chop, angle volleys and annthes. T. Lionda beat his opponent's game which will decide COLONY CHINESE chils with bis pacy forehand drives, Tillen's game in built upon nound your procedure of play. Normally Captain O'Callaghan was the most!
which are -Very offensive champion in local tennis, round strokes He even followed his service to the essive and with them he is able net which once made it was difficult short returns. After playing Borotrn to force his opponents iplo errors or for his opponent to drive back. 8. A.
(Continued on Page 9.) Bunjahn's greatness Hes in his fore- court play, and counter sitacking Forehand. M. W. Lo was seen at his Pest in 1020 when he outhit two ex- Champions with his forehand delves to win the Incal crown. C. A. L. Kunjahn with the exception of his service possesses
gvery
Hamilton's cking Challenge
stroke for a champion. Taul Wal
puita backhand slices can be compared ; To Celtic
with thoun of Vincent Richards and it
was that backhand alone that carried him to the front of local tennis.
UNABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP
Manila, Apr. 5. The Hongkong Chinese Ama- teur Athletic Federation is not sending a team for the bi-
WINS HIM GOLF TOURNEY
BRILLIANT GAME IN PLAY-OFF
Augusta, Georgia, Apr. 8. Continuing to display the same magnificent form which featured the early rounds, Gene Sarazen to-day brilliantly wor the Masters' Golf Tournament in the play-off tie with Craig Wood, aggregating 144 for the 36 holes.
RUMJAHN
OR KONG?
To-day's Big Tennis
H.D. FAVOURED
*(By "Veritas"}
H. D. Rumjabn, Hongkong's most enigmatical singles tennis player meets Paul Kong, former Shanghai Interporter in the fourth round of the Open Singles, Championship on the stand court this afternoon.
There is every promise, that Lhis will be the outstanding singles match of the week,
This is Rumjan's opportunity to show whether his current form is good enough to over- come his cousin, for if H. D. wins to-day he meets Sirdar in the semi-final,
Kong is still a player to be reckoned with, but i imagine. Ramjahn's alt-court play will turn the scales in his favour
In Rumjahn's only serious out-j ing of the current tournament,] when he met Ju Tak-cheuk, the Indian was not highly impressive, his ground strokes showing nu unusual lack of stability. His supporters will need to look for ani improvement in this direction if they wish to see him survive to- day's contest..
KONG'S RECORD
Style: Mine McRoth, cax nổ the United London Women's Rowing
Club (top), looked workmanlike in
her shorts during the race against Oxford Women, whose cox wore
a bouquet of violeta.
Boom in Women's
Billiards
By FRANK POXON After the good spade work of the past two or three years, women's Paul Kong is no stranger to the billiards is coming into its own, local championship. So far as my Miss Joyce Gardner, ex-amateng records go his first appearance champion, and finalist in the recent was in 1930, following upon his professional championship, told me visit hore with the Shanghai! Interport team. In that yene he
recently, went through to the forth round beating en route, Akiyama. then country," she said, "and have been "I have been touring all over the the Japanese No. 2 player in the
DEAD-HEAT
IN BOAT RACE
Oxford Girls Tie
With London
Oxford, Mar. 14.
Oxford to-day succeeded in not losing a race. True they did not win one, but they achieved a dead-heat..
The
beat's crew for "the other against Cambridge, which is to take place on the. Thames at Chiswick on Saturday, dend-heated with the London Uul- versity Eight in a contest on the Isis near Oxford this afternoon.
Hoth crews covered the course, over half a mile, in 2min. 498ce. follower on the tow-path by an enthusiastic crowd of women, and mirn foo. They followed the race on bicycles, on horses, on scooters, or on foot.
EXPERT WOMAN COACH Misa Gwen Francombe, who has rosed ajainst Cambridge, is this years conch. Jer father captain of Oxford City Bont Club and she knows na mach about row- ing as most Oxford "Blues."
Was
"I must say that both eights rowed splendidly," she said after the race. "London, who were less nervous than our girls, rowed n longer and easier stroke, in sequence."
Con-
CIGARETTES BANNED
The girls have been in strict training for three weeks-no cigarettes, early to bed. and not even one glass of sherry," she told
me.
The Oxford crew were a sturdy looking lot of girls. There was tactful silence on the question of weights, though Mr. P. I. s. Bankes (of the men's crew) hnd a contespart in the tall, fair-haired picka, who rowed No. 5 with great Polish girl, Miss Kuizette de Lem- determination.
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The cox, small, cheerful, and with resonant voice, inatend of a
bunches of violets during the race.
Colony in straight sots; Chiu Chunimpressed with the rapidly-growing megaphone, carried three large chiu, also in straight sets, but enthusiasm of women for the lost to Honda 6-2, 6-2, 8-6.
the following year Kong In
0-2.
game.
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LEAGUE SOCCER
Artillery Team To Play Engineers
"Hall proprietors are organising Craig Wood required five more turned away R. W. Lee and Joe afternoon play for women and the annual swimming meet be-strokes, although he too played Leonard before bowing to Ng Sze- response is splendid. Manchester tween Formosa and the Philip very well but could never equal kwong in straight acts.
and Birmingham are specially pince which will take place here Sarazen's amazing consistency. next month. The local federa- Sarazen averaged fours while
This year Kong has only played strong centres. tion has been advised to that ef- Craig Wood went round in five two matches, heating It. Whinney Miss Gardner has just come back
in the second round G-2, 6-0, and) fect in a cablegram received over fours,
from the desolated South Wales from Ko Sik-wai, secretary The
Beach Thomas in the third 6-2 valleys, where she has been playing winner showed vaster. of the Hongkong Chinese Ama-superiority on the green and
In miners' Institutes and clubs. putted better than ever before. teur Athletic Federation.
Kong's strength is in his ground; FOOTBALL
He completed the first 18 holes in strokes; his weakness in the fore- "What grand fellows those un- The inability of the Hongkong 71, as gainst Craig Wood's 75 court. If he can entice Rumjaha employed miners are! she ex- London, April 8. sports officials to send a team here while they did the next nine holes into baseline rallies he may carry claimed. hold their own against players of Familton to-day jumped three for the meet, the cable states, is in 30 and 40 respectively. Sarazen's the day, but it is not easy to the For Enst. In 1933, L. Gavin of places in the first division Scot-due the preparations being made second half score was 73, his dictate terms to Rumjahn, and I "From what I saw and heard it is į Brookes. Floor, Reece, Latham, Manila was a very promising player tish League table and are
for the China national athletic worst nine holes being the last, imagine the Indian's virile net sport which is keeping their hearts Brookes. Reserves: - Leslie and end Tai Wai-pui, our future have strongly challenging Celtic for championships which will take which cost him 37 strokes. Craig attack will weaken his opponent. and heads up." played him on level terms. The second position.
Bedford. place in Shanghai in October,
MORE ENCOURAGEMENT" NEEDED
Porsonally I think the champions of
Hongkong given more encouragement
and tourminent play will be able to
Phillipine Association took enre of
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
now
Journeying to Queen's Park,
fisvin and toxiny he was able to de Hamilton srored a neat victory by fent even P. II. Moon of Australia, while our Taul Wal-pul stayed in the odd goal in neyen, this being
longkong with very little first class their 18th win in 35 matches, play and to-day Tsúl is about two The revised records of the first classes below 1. Gavin.
six clubs in the league now read:
LEAGUE TABLE
Intensive tournament play is the only way for improvement for a ten- is tayor after he has graduated from the "rabbit" class. With ono Itangers annual open championship in a twelve, Celtic months season in Hunghong, ave can- Hamilton not expect to produce players of very Henrta high calibre. Give our players half Aberdeen dozen or more open events, they will St. Johnston
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Wood required 74 strokes for the Anal 18 holes, one stroke bolter than his first round.--Reuter.
The cable also mentioned the fact that Hongkong is also pre- paring to take part in the interport athleile meet to be held in Canton in August and in the month of September, the Hongkong pro vincial meet will be held. Mr. Ko, || however, thanked the officials of
the local athletic federation for: inviting Hongkong to participate in c the Formosa Philippines swimfest.
DEVONPORT
SERVICES BEATEN.
Bridgend's Rugby Achievement
London, April 8. successful visit to Bridgend in « Devonport Services pall an in- Rugby Union match to-day, losing to the homesters by nine points to eight-Reuter
The P. I. swimming association in charge of making the selection of Filling swimmers for the For mosa-Philippines dunt swimfest, is making preparations to conduct a swimming try out which will be held probably next week at the The try outs will also give officials Rizal Memorial Natatorium. These of the swimming association a line try outs will last at least two weeks on probable candidates for the after which the members of the team which will be sent to the P. L team, for the swimming meet world's olympic games in Berlin will be selected.
next year.
The Last Of "Bodyline"
WORLD-SHAKING DISPUTE NOW PEACEFULLY SETTLED
London, Mar. 22. The great. "Bodyline" dis- puto, which involved Notts County Cricket Club, the other counties, and the Australians, and shook cricket throughout the world, has at last "been peacefully settled.
the Advisory County Cricket Committee (representing all the counties) that. Notts stand by the resolutions of 1934 con- demning "direct-attack" bowl- ing was given unanimously,
The famous "No-confidence" vote on the committee passed by the Notts members on Jan. 10 was rescinded by a large major- ity.
This last stage was reached] yesterday at the annual meeting of the Notts Club, whose two famous players, Larwood and Voce, As Notts thus defined their at- have been held as being the cause titude towards "direct-attack" of the beginning of the dispute. | bowling, and declared their futuro Here are the points of the settlo-|policy, no reason now exists for mont, arrived at by a mesting any further action by the M.C.C. which numbered over 2,000, In=| Mr. McCraith (who presented cluded 200 women, and was at the committee's roport at the "no- times somewhat lively;
confidenco" moeting) said that at (Continued on Page 0.)
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