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- HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937.
TIME THE L.T.A. ENCOURAGED HONGKONG'S SCHOOLBOY TENNIS PLAYERS
Youngsters Have
Talent But
Lack Advice
(By "Veritas")
With the withdrawal of the moulded than if taken in hand years left school. They Chinese Recreation
an-jatter they have
are more receptive to instruction and
22
Club
NEW BATHING CLUB European Shed Opened
-By Mr. V. Labrum
REFUGEES INVITED
nounced, the mixed doubles advice, and better-equipped me
mentally
In a spell of sunny weather which A few yards away a small cook- tennis league has become simply for assimilating such coaching.
straight contest between The idea is not to regiment school-formed a sharp contrust to the con- shed has been erected, and here caUS, United Services Recreation Club boy tennis: merely to encourage it ditions which had prevailed in the sandwiches and other light food may and the Kowloon Cricket Club and to develop it on normal lines. morning and which were still pre-be obtained. Altogether 1,800 square The Lawn Tennis Association might Valent in most parts of the city, the feet has been allotted the Club and senior team, with the odds most find it highly profitable to consider newly-formed European Bathing Club not all of this space has yet been It is understood that, pro- was opened at Quarry Bay by Mr.ulised. decidedly in favour of the Ser- such a proposition in the course of V. C. Labrum, its President, yester-gressing gradually, the premises will vices club, who have already future meetings,
day afternoon.
be extended as occnston offers. beaten their challengers once this
season.
Even at full numerical strength, COUNTY CRICKET
the mixed doubles tournament hardly deserved the designation of "league", Now it is nothing more than a con- Lest between 1WD teams. Unless there is a willingness on the part of
Close Of Play Scores
On Saturday
Despite the wet weather and the somewhat short notice, there was a fair number of members present, in-
cluding Mr. W. Priest, the Chairman,
and Miss A. J. Fisher. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, and most of
thuse
attending indulged in a swim after
the opening ceremony.
An interesting announcement WAS
HONGKONG TENNIS
made by Mr. Priest, when he told LEAGUE
clubs to enter more teams next sum-
the S. C. M. Post representative that mer me
worth it would hardly seem
London, Aug. 21. the Club had decided to throw open while to continue the competition.
Close of play scores in the County Hits premises to the Shunghat refugees. The cup could be used to better pur-Cricket Championship games which every day. This privilege applied pose by putting it up for competit on started today were na follow: only in the day time, the evenings among school teams.
Middlesex 277: Kent 126 for 6. being reserved solely for members. Yorkshire 311 for 4 (utton 73, The Shanghai people could, however, Leyland 77); v. Surrey,
jobtain the right to use the Club-house 102 at any time by applying for member- ship, when a hearty welcome would be offered them."
NO OFFICIAL RECOGNITION Tennis is being more and more en couraged by schoolmasters in Hour- KEITH kong, but is yet there has been mo
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Somerset 358 for 4 (Cameron not out, Meyer 125) v. Sussex.
official recognition of any such move-v. ment. Here, surely, is an excellent avenue for the
the L.T.A. to explore, Every encouragement should be
Elven
Essex 302 for v. Notts. Gloucester 424 for D (Barneti 132);
Lancashire.
Northants 337 for 9 v. Warwick. Derby 175; Worcester 185 for 8. Leicester 152 (Clay
6 for 60); the youngsters who display keenness Glamoritan 13 for 2 (E. Davies 01
aptitude, All of the better
Inot out). known schools possess talent, but like
Friendly Match
and
the majority of Hongkong players, Hampshire 303 for 8 (Pothecary
they are more or less left to their 130) v. New Zealanders. own devices, and allowed to
their own feet. This
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muy be
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splendid contribution towards build- ing character, but it hardly tends to produce better tennis players.
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REVOLVER SHOOTING
Chinese Reserves. Beat Emergency Unit
In performing the opening cere- mony, Mr. Labrum said:
of-
THIS WEEK'S MATCHES
The following matches have been arranged by the Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Tennis League for
this week:
MIXED DOUBLES (MONDAY) United Servicen 1.C. v. Kowloon C.C. (2) "A" DIVISION (TUESDAY)
v. University
Ladies and gentlemen,--The ganisers of this European Bathing Hongkong C.C Club have done me the honour of Club de Beercio
Kowloon C.C. asking me to declare it
upen, but Indian R.C. before doing so, there are one or
due special University who are two persons thanks for their efforts in bringing Chinese C. this enterprise to a successful issue.
Firstly 1 must mention the name
v. United Services
Chinese R.C.
V.
"D" DIVISION
.
Kowloon Indians Hongkong C.C.
"CDIVISION of Mr. Priest who, I believe, wrote south Cuma A.A. to the press and got a large number Craigengewer C.C. of persons interested in the scheme; Chinese I.C. (2) the Hon. Director of Public Works Kowloon CC.
South Chlin A.A.
(WEDNESDAY)
V. South Chinn A.
Y.
V.
Cratower C
Kowloon
C.C.
Chub de fecreto
(THURSDAY)
Anny TC.
Chinese R.C. (1)
V. Radio S.C.
v. Kowloon Tong
"D" DIVISION
for granting the site; Mr. Parlami Any T.C. who has placed his office at the dis- Chinese ILC. posal of the committee; Miss Fisher, Craigengower, C.C. our hon. secretary and treasurer, and South China AA.
(FRIDAY)
v. Kowloon Indians
v. Indian R.C.
V. Civil Service C.C.
v. Club de Recre
v. Central British A.
the BOWLS CANCELLED
other members of the committee who Kowloon C.C. have given their time and advice.
The club is established for benent of Europeans who cannot get The Hongkong Emergency Unit of bathing faellites without travelling the Police Reserve and the Hongkong same distance und who are not car Kowloon Dock-Recreio Tie Police Reserve Chinese Company owners. It is now up to all members participated In a revolver shooting to get as many of their friends as match at the Kennedy Rond Range possible to join up and, as time goes yesterday, the latter team winning on and nonces improve, additional by 002 points to 537.
comforts will be available.
Off For Fourth Time
Some of the schools boast on their staff one or two masters who are good keen enough enough players and about the game to devote hours in giving their puplis advice, practice and
Others are less encouragement. fortunate, and the youngsters have to struggle along as best they can ex- periencing the painful pangs of Inboured progress, and those periods which puzzle and disappoint when grown their tennis seems to have worse instead it better.
This is a common experience, but
All matches arranged for yester- its depressing effects could
day in the Hongkong Lawn Boyls vastly lightened if the youngsters The weapons used were 32 long Members must realise that every League were cancelled on account of had some knowledgeable players revolvers and the targets were, 10 thing has been arranged in a very the rain. Originally the League was who understood the symptoms and yards figure target, emergency. 15 short space of time, and if everything scheduled to conclude on July 31, necessary advice to yards Bgure target, 10 yards run-is not "just so to-day, they may and even with the re-arranged pro- could give the
to reelify help them out of the predicament, ning man, and 10 yards bobbing man. rely on the committee
gramme it was hoped to complete all Each event had a best possible anything found wanting.
Axtures by The L.T.A. might do local tennis
September 11. Now, Ladles and gentlemen I now de however, it is likely that the League worthy service by offering to interest number of points of 30. The hest
stores were by P. C. Kwok Chak-jelure the club open and I trust will not end unill a later date. itself in school tennis. They might,
The most peculiar feature of the for example (providing the schools tong (HK.P.R.) with 20, 29, 30 (the will prove a boon to all its members.
20. (Applause).
postponement of yesterday's Oxtures are willing), appeal to our leading only "possible" scored) and
10 Day weekly totailing 100; P. C. Hoo Kam-chlu,
was that it was the fourth occasion players, to volunteer to pay weekly with 27, 28, 23 and 28, totalling 106;
rain had prevented the Club de visits to the schools, giving the more and L. S. Tansley (Emergency Unit), The
Kowloon Docks from Club-house, which is Recrelo and new Immature players a tle bit of valu-
who had scores of 28. 24, 28, and 26, situated at the end of the line of meeting in the First Division. The able coaching, offering the boys hints totalling 100. Teams: concerning technique, and by playing
bathing sheds in Quarry Bay, op-Arst match between these two teams themselves, give the youngsters op- H. K. Emergency Unit Reserves posite the Arts and Crafts factory, was arranged for May 22; the second portunities of studying his techni- Lauce Sergeants Tunsley and R. Lee, although not an elaborate affair, is for July 10; and the third for August que first hand.
P. S. Grover und P.C.'s Archipof, a substantial matshed.
The two matches yet to be played Van de Lely. M. A. Souza, Budagian, There are spaces partitioned off for and M. A. R. Souza.
the use of ladies and gentlemen In between the Club de Recreio and
Docks Chinese
are of great im- Reserves. Lance Ser-charging, and a small refreshment bar Kowloon A schoolboys' competition might geants Thong Po-hing, Wong King- at the entrance.
portance to the former club; for, also prove a valuable nil in the deve-chuen, Chan Chung-tung, P. S. Wong A little wooden pler juts out a they can win both, they will have a lopment of tennis among the Colony's Chung, und P.C.'s Kwok Chak-tong, short distance from the beach, and very good chance of carrying off the junior enthusiasts. Organised in Hoo Kam-chlu, Lul Iu-kwong and at high tide it is possible to dive from First Division championship, for the
first time. collaboration with the schoolmasters, Wong Po-kun. there would be no danger of such a
SCHOOLBOYS' COMPETITION
tournan.
losing lis spirit of healthy
Thils
was' proved Just winter when the schoolboys football league was Lesuscitated. Schoolboys arc not pot-hunters, and they are not likely to become so while competi tions are properly controlled. What beller organisers could there be than a responsible body like the Lawn Tennis Association in collaboration with the schoolmasters?
For several years there has been on official wall that tennis shows no im- provement In Hongkong. Here,
surely, is one means of trying 10 bring About that improvement. Schoolboys who show talent and kernness can be much more easily
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