THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936,
LEAGUE TENNIS
CRICKET
FINE BOWLING
Kent Remain
On Top
Larwood Slows
Harold Larwood will never again bowl fast, it is stated on go authority.
Larwood, who taker his benefit al Trent ngainst Yorkshire Bridge this month, has never fally recavered from the injury to his Tout caused through bowling on iron-hard pitches in Australia during the lost Test tour.
This dors not mean that, Lar- wood in no longer a menace to batsmen. He is specialbing in medium-paced bowling whil was
Landon, June 9. scoring low Remarkably again the fenture of English county cricket matches which concluded to-day. Howlers reaped a rich har- being VCAL, leading performers Nichols, who in one Innings for Essex against Notts look for 32, and Wellard of Somerset who took 12 wickets in two innings, Clay and eleven
· Goddard who ench took
wickets in two innings and James Parks of Sussex who bagced ten wickets.
Kent remained bend of the county, championship tahle by virtue of their defeat of Somerset, while Glamorgan
A
shorter run, and his length is so Immaculate that a good harvest of wickets in saured.
Be tok five Gloucestershire wickets for. 56 runni Trent Bridge recently.
RCLOCKERMANNLANIMEKITAT
LAWN BOWLS PROTEST
and Northants are still without their! PLAYERS ABANDON
first wing of the season,
One of the most amazing matches
was between Essex and Nuits which
Noits won by ten wirkets after being disinsed in their first knock for 77
MATCH
OF REVEALS PLAYERS
INTERESTING
Yesterday's Tennis Results
EASY WIN FOR
'K. C. C.
The following are the details of yesterday's league tennis matches. K.C.C. easily beat H.K.C.C. by seven acts to two, while CIR.C. (1) enjoyed a similar victory against U.S.I.C., and IR.C. beat 8.C.A.A. by five sets to four,
Playingnt home, the longkong! Cricket Club jost to the Kowloon Cricket Club by seven sets to two. The Fincher brothers, and G. Bodiker and G. Clark won all their matches. R. Lys, a newcomer to the Club, made a very favourable impression, and is a distinct nequisition. Scores:
E. C. Fincher and E. P. Fischer hent
E. W. Sewell (Kowloon C.C.) and II. Owen Hughes 6-3; beat T. A. Pearce and D. M. Mcdougal 7.5; P. II. Scoones and I. Lys 6-4.
G. Bodiker and G. Clark (Kowloon 1|CC) beat Sewell and Owen ifughes
bent Senones and Lys 6-2,
and finishing ft behind on the first LATEST RESULTS 75; bent Pearer and Marlougall -1;
tonings Set to score
201. to win.
Notts hit off the runs without loss, Keelum umpiting 116 and Harris 83.
follow.
the
A. E. P. Guest and F. Girose Owen Hughes 3-6; lost da Pearce and (Kowloon CC.) lost to Sewell and Mcdougall 3-6; beat Setones and Lys 7-0.
U.S.R.C. v. CHINESE R.C.
PROMISE
DISPLAY BY K. H. WONG
I.R.C. JUST Hongkong's First Picture Of The Derby:
WIN
By Air Mail ·
LEAGUE TENNIS
DOES NOT HELP SERVICE
(By "Veritas")"
Tennis of varying grades of excellence and mediocrity was supplied by the South China Athletic and Indian Recreation Club "A" Division teams at King's Park yesterday, when the Indians snatched league points by the odd set. There
a lot of fine individual) effort, youthful K. H. Wong of South China and experienced Sirdar Rumjahn of I.RC, being notable examples.
WILS
Wong, who has risen steadily from the junior ranks of league tennis, boarts features about his game shared
lonk
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Few of his contemporaries. y bul a There is a stamp of maturity about Complaining that the green was not
him in the forefront ut Colony
very Complete results and individunt solling true, A. Hyde-Lay of the Kow
his strokes which promises to place
considerable amount Werfatus as enlied by Routerloon Cricket Clubs and F. J. Jon
players before shouldered a (Civil Service) abruptly brought their lawn Bravis
of responsibility in helping to win two singles championship
sets for the homesters, but it was match to a cure yesterday at the
his incisive volleying and smushing Hongking Football Club with
Playing on the home courts ami kis consistently good return of pores at 16-all on the 19th head,
protest King's Park, the United Services service which seared the majority of Jones
runninur Recreation Club were trounced by the That the woods Caucashire (393 and 25/0) bererately and this was upheld by Chinese Recreation Club "A" Surrey (161 nul, 331/7 dor.) on firals opponent, The match was there-reven sels in two. Both the logera un llo, his partner, figured in
acts were obtained by L. Guldman SIHRIV (FR) and 67/2) beat for abandoned by mutual consent.
A number of other matches were; and A. L. Sullivan.. Leicester (133 and 230/7 dec) on
played, the results being:- first inningen.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Gloucester (4537) dee.) beat War- wickshire (169 and 165) by an in- nings an 117 cuna.
Junings.
Kept (155 and 203) beat Somer-1
runs, sel (146 and 156) by 66
Addicarx (192 and 278) bent Northants (68 and 119) by 283 runs. Noita (77 and 20170) bent Essex (171 and 106) by ten wickets.
Hamapabire (156 and 233) beat Glamorgan (111 and 13) by 147
ZURA,
BATTING
Barnett (Gloucester v. War-
wick Dacre (Gloucester) v. War-
wick
Keeton (Notts) v. Essex
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113 116"
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WON
first
OPEN SINGLES
L. H. Collyer beat J, S. Logan 21-20 A. M. Holland bent R, Baan 21-12 3. E. Hensen beat II. Gitting 21-17 (. G. Kliva heat W. J. Grail 21-9 5. A. Bright hent S. Rondle 21-6 J. 3. Basto beat T. Coleman 21-16
OPEN RINK
3. S. Landolt, A. 8. Gomes, W. V. Field and R. F. Luz (Craigengower) bent 3. Iloosen, A. II. Kumjahın, A. M. Wahab and A.. O. Madar (Indian Recreation Club) 23-16.
THE WESTCHESTER CUP
England Will Need To Be Well Mounted To-day
IF INTERNATIONAL POLO MATCH IS TO BE WON
The International polo match between England and United States for the famous Westchester Cup is being played at Hur- lingham to-day. Below a correspondent gives authoritative views on the need for England to be well mounted in order to have a reasonable chance of winning.
by
something of, an
anti-climax when they opposed 1. 1. Remjahn and A Il, Madar on a court which d Scures:
cumber like the Chile Penk Rond. I. Goldman and A. L. Sullivan The pacy volleying of Rumian threw (U.S.R.C.) lost to Tui Wal-pul and their timing out of gear while Wong Taxi Yan-pui 3-6; bent Lak Dingappeared to become
impatient, and cheung and Wong. Shit-wing 6-4; went out for quick points which prov- such stendy beat lu Tak-chepink und W, C. Bung rd disartrous against 84.
opposition.
Wing-Comunde. A. G. Bishop and Major R. L. Withington (U.S.R.C.) Jost to Tsul and Tui 4.0; lost to Latk and Wang 2-6; lost to in and Hung 1-6.
Capt. Crookshank and Lieut. C Ravenhill (U.S.R.C.) lost to Tsui and Tuul 2.d; lost to Luk and Wong 0-6; lost to Iu and Hung 8-6.
SOUTH CHINA . INDIAN R. C.
tunate to
foul
Received
The stable lad who looks
THE AGA KHAN leading in his third Derby winner. Smirke'ts giving Mahmond a pal while
Butters Mr. Frank
(right), the horne's trainer, looks on. after Mahmoud is on left and behladi, Prince Aly Kluan
Two Very Promising Hongkong
Schoolboy
Cricketers
HOLDEN AND BAXTER OF C. B. S.
(By R. Abbit)
As I SEE SPORT
By Clifford Webb
HOOSEN'S TEST Another young player whose per- Altention formance called for some was M. O. Hoosen of I.R.C. This was the first time I had seen him in action but I gathered he was not quito up to form. There were noticeable short- comings which practice. and experi- ence will naturally put right. Yester day he was lath to take a backhand Visiting King's Park, the Indian volley preferring to attempt n fare. Recreation Club defeated the South hand shot despite the fact that he China Athletic Association by the old was on the was a bit unfor set in nine. 11. D. Rumjahn and Perhaps too, A. H. Madar were the most successful
be partnered by Sirdar of the visiting team losing only half Rumjahn, not because Sirdar played reverse. But the opposition, appre- K. H. Wong and W. H. Hin (Soulk badly and let him down: quits the Chinn A.A.) lost to 11, D. Rumjalin ciating the strength of Rumjahn re- and A. II. Maar 0.8; beat S. Aligiously avoided putting the hall ony- Ismail and I. M. A. Razack 6-4; beat where near him so that Hooson was S. A. Rumjahn and M. O. Hoosen 6-3. literally peppered with shots from all 1. K. Ho and K. P. Lai (South parts of the court. It was a tough China A.A.) drew with Rumjahn and experience and on the whole the young Madar 6-6; beat Ismail and Razack Indian emerged with a fair amount 6-4; drew with Rumjaha and Housen of credit.
He has a good sharp volley when he is timing accurately, and his lob were with the exception of two bing--such an important phase of games with the D.B.S., small Servicee game was Inugulshing for lack of lengua tonnis-is creditable. Like sides. the majority of league players he is inclined to be canny with his services sacrificing spred in order to avold
a set. Scores:
GG------
5. Chan and F. N. Wong (South Chinn A.A.) lost to Rumjahn and Madar 3-4; lost to Ismail and Razack 4-6; lost to Rumjahn and Housen 3-6.
E.
CHAMPIONS
STILL UNBEATEN
SIAMESE PLAYERS
SCORE AGAIN
1
errors.
School cricket in Hongkong usually goes in cycles, and, after the Diocesan Boys' School had for some seasons rather ruled the roost, this time the Central British School came in- to their own with the fine record of 21 matches played,
No Maler-Humery fight. 18 won,
hander number ane from the one drawn and only
Perhaps Petersen-McAvoy fasco! two lost.
there'll be others. Perhaps nol. The The scores were not particularly boxing public's memory is very short. high for they averaged 117.4 per Louis arrived just at the time he did. hair appeared on the skyline boxing hind innings and 13.2 per wicket, as against Detore Joe's shining face and crinkly 61.0 and 3.3 of their opponents who taken a really long-drawn-out series of
body blows.
* Their success was due almost en-
tirely to the two leading players, R. L. Holden and K. M. Baxter, who took This is, perhaps, the most unhappy wickets for 5.3 and 83 for 6.1 res- outcome of league tennis. Every pectively, as well as heading the bat- point is so precious that players can- ing averages. And it is to be greatly hoped that both of these players will not afford to take risks and as a be able to play regularly in the future break-through on service will in
**in league cricket. The leading figures; variably decide a set, there is, were as follows:-- to neglect the general tendency essential aims of service that of securate spted for follow-up nee volleys in order to keep the ball In play.
Hoosen, in this respect, is no worse an offender than the majority of play- ers, but it in an unfortunate feature,
is one of the answers to the con timal question "Why is service so weak in Hongkong tennis?"
STRONG FINISH
WAA more
BATTING
Inna. 2.0. B. Runs Av. 360 21.7 14.4 30 11.0
1. L. Holden K. H. Baxter G. Alnilo D E. Strement F. Rogen
1
21 0
303
20 2
20 0
230 11.5 41
D
BOWLING
R. L. Holden K. M. Haxter
D. E. Street
an
100 1.2
0. M. R. W. A.
Back-
It is a great pity in one way that Joe
good fights, and for the equally import- ant rennons that the bad ones had fol lowed closely on each other that evan the hundred-dellar-a-sent ringsiders were beginning to think seriously about all In wrestling, dog racing, the apoodways, nud what not.
Rise of. Louis
AME the dawn of a dark era. Like n oky meteorita, Joe Louis flashed on the scene. dynamite to cacti slove. and a bankering after big money in ha fisting heart.
tho Joe bad all boxing's "It," and hundred-dollar-n-seat rings:ler fell for it. Just a hned na poor Antony tell for his Cleopatrn. The big difference wor that Tony did get a comparatively qutek naging-eff; whereas the agony of doubl any anticipation is being prolonged In the case of the ringsiders.
As I have said, Joa saved world boxing. if you want to look at it thal way. Grab a pincel my periscope and, you'll bre the Jou didn't really savo boxing at all. 140 37 251 47 6.3 e merely served to keep up the big money racket to its insane level, junt at a then when all the signs were for n re- turn to value-for-manoy nights and value-for-moner fighters
0.1
of the saddles' union? Or a bit of m telligent anticipation on the part of golf club secretarios, who foronto the day when nothing less thatí n tractor will be Bumicient to transport the golf implo ments of each championship pair.
Personally, I think somebody la bound to break 60 before the thing is even wortously considered. When that hap pens I am inclined to the view that a Iralt abould be called.
Bad Habit-
EVEN now the old-time professionals speak of the days when golf was n game of skill as distinct from the com- bination of mechanics and mathematics that it has since developed into.
People do not addle about with,weird and wonderful experiments in cricket bota-My extra wide one, please, Lar wood comes on next "or hockey sticks, or baseball clubs, or tennis rackets, ex- cept in the matter of substituting alcol for wood in certain instances. And there' is no earthly reason why the golf club collecting habit should be allowed to go 'on inchecked.
Over-mechanisation did a lot of harin to professional billiards. It' cut out variety almost completely, and made tho Kamen mero offshoot of an adding machine. That is always the danger,
To Brighton?
THE possiblity of the Britists Hard Court championships hoing trans Sangh and Prachaub the Siamese
ferred to the now and, I believe, magni- tennis doubles champions continued
feet nwn teants centre new in process their triumphant progress against
of construction at Brighton. is provok-` 202 64 409 M3 Colony exponents yesterday when at
ing quite a lot of discission in Bourno- 42 . 219 16 7.9 Club de Recreio they bent. A. V.
mouth. As things stand at the moment, the change cannot happen until 1938. Gosano and A. V. Renielios G-1, 1-6,
Although this match was as good
Holden, and Baxter too I think, had as won and lost by the end of the
The same in a smatter way with Jack
Facilities for the public at Bourne 6-3.
Ho loomed up whoa the mouth in the way centre court acconi- Veteraen. This couple have now played four second round, South, China finished noisome experience of non-league games 1 cannot
mosistion nre wholly nomultable, and it lugging exme hero had been down for matches against Ilongkong's leading strongly that they won two of the for club second elevens.
looks as the financial result will bu "oing," and now geta £4,000 a Right for. players and have won all, their pre- last three rets to
the best tur no.: yenth leave the result call to mind that I have seen Baxter
bowling, but I know that Holden's roughly. Eve fight a year, which enables
Why vious victims being the Taui brothers, resting on the odd set.
Another pulni talked was this. great fault is that he will try and him to talk bilthely about collecting The visitors' victory Fincher and Bodiker and S. A
na atugo sa championships A dif C.
He has an easy action 30,000 of the best." and then rotir ina, at a young man, to emulate PTO-
ferent centre every year on A Kim'i of directly due to the success of Razack how! too fast.
Сега Rumjahn and loosen.
and should concentrate on length and
fessor Tunney. Good luck to la..
Jawa inanis lesionary" basis. Muang and Itanong were not so and Ismail over Wong and Chan in
nly that would give hundreds of co- successful yesterday, losing to H. A the second round than the victory of after that, on finger-spin. The pace
ple who ga never get to Wimbledon the Barros and J. Gonsalves in straight | H. D. Rumitha and Madar in the last
ciportunt:v of seeing most of the atham on their own doortepa, so to spenk, sots, 7-6, 7-5.
set. Razack and Ismail had played
But, as I have said, it is greatly to But afterwards Muang demonstrat-Iso much below form in the Initial set be hoped that these young players
first class. player by | that everything pointed to Wong and will not drop ed that he is engaging A. V. Gosane in a singles Chun winning. But the Indians made Hulse (7) seems to have done.
a momentary recovery and turned the confess I do not know if he is still watched by tide in favour of the visitors. The and winning 0-3, 6-3,
matches were
in the Colony, but a couple of seasons Ruminhn and Mndar had a bit of a age he showed great promise. fright in their first set. They were 4-2 and 30-40 in arrears before they recovered. But nover held a lead
a club members, and afterwards the visitors, who included. Mr. Vilns Osatananda, Trade Commissioner for Siam and his wife and Mr. James Club de Recreio officials.
A few weeks ago England's hopes Club are only a "preliminary list." Chang were entertained to tea by
will come.
15 out of the game
and only just managed to snatch hair HENIGAN IS THROUGH
anet. Thereafter they struck, good form, winning quick rapid games against Wong and 1o and polishing off Wong and Chon with littlo
of regaining the Westchester Polo They give no inkling of what our
EXHIBITIONS tho Americans Cup from
were final strength could be:If those own- centred in the probability that the ers with ponies of the highest class
To-day the Siomago players are difculty: better should come forward in support of Englishmen would be the
resting, and to-morrow they will the Hurlingham Club. mounted' team.
public With the Americans it is different. Participate in
exhibitions
II.K.C.C.
body.
in England,
ia
Vilasi On Friday evening Mr.
the entertaining. Siamese players and those who have
a smart win in the final set - when
WITH RUNNING
Ripe Age Of 45
Medford, Massachusetts. Jimmy Kenlgan, one of the most famous of all American marathon
Prices Too High
THE high prices, you will note, wero concerned. They might have beon glaud
aticker where the Mizlor show was
to the box-omce counter.
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In other words, the high prices are too They are invariably too high; but when boxers have been educated to Caviare and champagne purses, what cats noybody do about it?
. Only one thing to do, and the Albert Hall promoter dit it. They cancelled the show, More promoters may find themselves forced to do the same thing. On the other hand, I am fully pre- pared for some huge crowds at th saminer's open-air shows. That's how it Is., Oh. for a slump that will lant iona enough to bring, sn back to two-anel- .. fourpenty levels.
RUMOURS that the governors of tha! sandpit froile which is always called golf when I am not taking part in it are considering placing a Hit on the number of clubs competitors may use in championship events intrigue mo greatly.
Bubile propaganda perhaps on the part
la carential to the building of a good men, and it was one of the grounds Mocno before departing. but it.
Wonke and Ho helped themselves to Veteran Marathon Star Too Many Chibs Since then, and while the public has been forining its opinion of the They no longer retain the system ngainat selected Colony players at the they defeated S. A. Rumjahn and English international ponies playing whereby ponies from all over the extended over two days, one doubles play of Chan and Lul brought about
The programme will be Housen, while the keener forecourt Quits From Track At in the Beaufort tournaments, "prob- country could be, us
at the disposal of the govern- and one singles being scheduled for the downfall of Razack and Ismail. pinced "possibility," ablity" has lapsed
cach tay. and to-day. there is a strong feeling ing
In the United States each player that we must be better mounted at Hurlingham.
undertakes to get himself adequately satananda This dissatisfaction with our pre-mounted, and if he has no ponies he
the visitors later leaving for Canton.R.C.... sent supply of ponies to a good sign is dependent upon his personat played against them.during the week, K.C.C.
acquaintances, in that It Indicates that at long last friends and
The two systems certainly appear where they will spend the week-end it la realised that the generous sup-|
It is possible that they will visit GR.C. (2) port of those who own the best ponies to leave advantage with the English-playing against local stars.
polo team,
It should be sald, too, that the in-
And, again, the Americans have understood that they will not to to ternational pontes which have been brought over fifty ponies and the list Shanghai as it was at one time hoped
possible. (Continued on Page 9.)
so much criticlied at the Beaufort
for that early optimism.
runnera,
who has been active. In
LEAGUE TABLE
Sota
220114
*C.R.C.-(1)
2 2 0 7
P. W. L. F. A. Pix.
2 2 0 12
0% 4 2 4
Regreto
1 1 0 0% 24 2
10-10
0
5.C.A.A.
02 8 10
H.K.C.C.
0 2 44 184 0
"I won't be out there on
the
U.S.R.C.
0 2 44 13% 0
*Received W. O. from C.R.C. (2),
Preferable
the
THE main argument against that, of course, is the fact that there are fow clubs with anything fike
At the samo Dournemouth facilities. timo, If, as we are led to believe, finanÇO is not the main L.T.A. angle, they could make the best of it, and regard the pos- sible future resulla of thefe missinunry work as sufficient reward to balance the fall rovnuo.
However, to get back to Brighton for - moment, it is haturbi to suppose they would go all out to make it a real hard courts Wimbledon. In other words, they would go out for the gate-drawing 'con- mopolitan entry which would mean, of course, a pretty heavy expenses bull..
I am not giving away any secreta. Ex- panses have to be mat when players from other countries come here..
Would that kind, of tournament bo .proferable to the garden-party hair. L kavo been watching thię week? From-AN angles, I think that very definitely would be.
that sport for the past 7 years, Registration Board of the New Eng-finished no better than sixteenth, announced on his 45th birthday that land Amateur Athletle Union. "After However, Jimmy has a son to follow all, I should have quit long ago," he in his footsteps. The lad, Jimmy ho was "through."
added.
Junior, has just made his rood-racing I decision is apparently the debut at Norfolk, Virginia, where he happy roads any mork" he wrote to result of "his showing in the recent finished, nineteenth in a three-mile Mr. Frank Facey, Chairman of the Boston A. A. Marathon, in which he 'race.
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