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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
MARCH 8, 1938.
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES STILL ONE-SIDED
EIGHT MATCHES
DECIDED IN STRAIGHT SETS
RAZACK, LIANG AND LAND WIN SINGLES
(ly "Abo") ·
While watching the Colony Tennis Championships at the Hongkong Cricket Club yesterday afternoon, I could not help over- hearing a conversation between two spectators. One of them com- plained "I have not seen a really good match in this year's cham- pionships," and the other agreed. "I am also inclined to agree.
Several of yesterday's les had promised to be interesting ones, but again they proved disappointing. Altogether three matches were decid- ed in the Singles and four in the doubles, and in every case only two sels were necessary to reach decision.
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Even allowing for the fact that he. was not accustomed to playing on gr, D. K. Leung, the Canton singles champion, showed surprising- ly poor form against 1. M. A. Razack of the Indian R.C. Possessing a good style, Leung obviously has plenty of good tennis in him, but he was far too careless yesterday and his detent was due as much to his own mis-
as to Razack's good takes as t
play. As
a matter of fact, all Razack had to do to keep a rally going and it was fairly
his opponent certain that would concede him the point by There were making mistake. ล occasions, however, when Leung beat Razack by sheer pace, but they were rare and far between.
OPPONENT SIZED UP
erratic
a
wing, last year's semi-finalists, harder fight than the scores of 0-0. 6-3 would suggest. This was due lo the fact that Luke and Wong took the match rather casually.
Scores:
SINGLES
W. A. Land best F. A. Broadbridge
6-1, 6-3.
S. W. Liang beat A. V. Gosano G-3, 6-4.
I. M. A. Razack beat D. K. Leung 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES
Luk Ding-cheung and Wong Shilu- wing beat Wei Chung and Pang Ol lam G-0, 6-3.
II. Owen Hughes and T. A. Pearce best Lelsen Lew and Peter V 6-1, 6-2.
S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn bent Leung Ping-chlu and Marsland 6-1, 6-1.
H. A. Barros and J. Gonsalves beat Wong Fuk-nam and Cheng Ping- yeung 6-3, 6-1.
6-2.
CLUB SINGLES
W. Sander beat T. E. Nave 6-0,
11. J. Armstrong beat H. J. Bid- well 6-0, 6-1,
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME Singles.-A. Crawford v. B. Sze- to; E. C. Fincher v. F. V. Harrison. Doubles Tsul Wni-put and Tsul Yun-pul v. 1. Agafuroff and J. Per- Kelly: 0. E. C. Marton and D. 3. Evans v. M. K. and M. W. Lo.
To Razack's credit was that he had had his opponent sized up very early in the encounter and he played accordingly. Usually player himself, he was surprisingly pallent throughout and went to his po overcad wenkricss
surely if not spectacularly,
at the An. beginning of his match with S. W. A. V. Liang rather undermined Gosana's confidence. As long as he was able to entice his opponent to drive when he was up at the net, was happy because his voiley was in good working order; but when Liang employed the lob, Gosano was cannot be said that all at sea. Llang's lobs were good ones-in fact they were very often short-but ing nevertheless Gosano failed, to "kill" even the shortest of them.
Gosano was
Liang's best game was in defence, mostly from the
He base-line. seldom attacked because his forchand was weak. A perceptible fling of the face of his racket just before the moment of impact took all the sling out of his forchand drive, but his unckhand was very
steady.
I saw little of the game between W. A. Land and F. A. Broadbridge, but judging by the few games which I did
manage to see, the milliary
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player must have been right on top of his form in the first set; for he was not very impressive in the last few games in the second sel. True, he was serving well with the wind behind him, but he was too prone to over-drive.
DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT
In the doubles, the Rumjalin cousins showed a definite improve- ment on last week's form. Against Leung Ping-chiu and Marsland, they received little opposition and won with the concession of a game in "cacia se..
Club singles.-T. C. Monaghan v. N. W. Dinsey,
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Members of the Club "A" Seven-a-Side rugger team with the Blarney Stone Shield which they won once again on Saturday by beating ILMS. Adventure "A" by 20 points to five In the final. J. C. 2lier, the captain. Is reated in the middle of the front row. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
Hough Wins On Points,
Cheered Wildly
"I SHALL GO ALL OUT”
By Trevor Wignall
London, Jan. 25.
At the end of the ninth round in his return fight, Frank Hough the Fighting Hussar, turned to the ringside spectators and smilingly shouted, "Now I shall go all out.”
He did not quite do that, mainly cut that Hough was glad to get away
the Chib handicap singles.-L. Gold- because
light-heavy-weight from after he had sampled it a few man v. Ll. Cdr. C. B. Nicholson: E. champion of France refused to per- times. R. Price v. W. M. Barton; W. Wood- mit
A. D. Humphreys.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
wos cautioned by Mr. Moss Deyong, but throughout he made the on- lookers apprehensive by the lowness of his swings.
such a happening, but Hough Laurlot, however, was lucky not nevertheless delivered * sufficient to be disqualified for low Tilting number of blows to make his paints in the Arst and third rounds. He victory-which was so popular that It was received with the wildest cheering-a very clear one.
CHANGED STYLE In the first five rounds Hough was not
The contest was as good as any And so fresh
confident as he
It was London for years. usually is. He actually did a lot of sen retreating, but he explained his all action from beginning to end, and failure to indulge in body punching cheering was nearly deafening and In the final round the noise of the by stating that he was fearful of re-
was good winner.
CUP DRAW peating the blow which brought any fears that he is not ready
London, Mar. 7.
The draw of the fourth round
of
the Scottish Cup, to be played on March 19, résulted as follows:
Klimarnock V. Morton or Ayr
U. St. Bernards
Motherwell V. Falkirk East Fife or
Aberdeen
to
about his disqualification a couple of aght Jock MnAvoy for the British weeks ago.
Hight-heavy-weight title have now been finally destroyed. His attrac- tiveness as a crowd-puller also con- tinues to be amazing.
Hough last night depended almost entirely on punches to his opponent's head.
He changed his tactics and style in the cleverest fashion that is what makes watching him such pleasure-and in the seventh round, to the enormous delight of the crowd, he dropped Laurlot with a left, followed by a stiff right which Reuter... kept the Frenchman down for eight
V.
12
Rangers
Ralth R.
REFEREES' MEETING
seconds.
9,000 THERE Earl's Court
was again jammed
One Change In Scottish Team
London, Mar. 7. The Scottish International rugby team to play England on March 19 will be the same as the one which played against Wales and Ireland, except that Wrenwick (London Scottish) replaces Drummond as wing three-quarter.
The team will, therefore, be as follows:
George Roberts; Wrenwick, Dick, MacRae, J. G. Forrest: Shaw, T. F. Dorward; J. B. Borthwick, J. D. Hastie, Inglis, Horsburgh, Roy, Young, Duff and W. H. Crawford.--Reuter,
Champion Retains Her Golf Title
with more than 8,000 people, which
Filipino means that on the five occasions be
has fought for the National Sport- by over 30,000. Nothing like this ing Club Hough has been watched ever before been known in the history of British boxing.
has
He will not fight next Monday,
This was the turn of the tide so far as the Hussar was concerned. His customary cheeky confidence re- but only because he has been en-
Cricket Notes
By "R. Abbit"
Important Ties Played During Last Week-End Craigengower On Level Terms With Indians
Though there were alarms and excursions on Satur. day last when the penultimate steps towards the deci. sion of the Senior Shield were taken, there were only two keynote matches so to speak! The surprise of the day was the failure of the K.C.C. to beat the Club de Recreio. The trouble was, I think, undoubtedly that the bowling of the K.C.C. broke down.
once
Lee and Lloyd had to do prac-[been a very different story. As it tically the whole of the trundling for was, Godby settled down at they sent down 33 overs out of the and while he and Man were together 45 bowled. I do not know why everything looked alright. However, Anderson only bowled one over but once the latter went it was all rather he seems rather to have lost his form hopeless, Godby hit gallantly and with the ball at present, which is got up to 77 out of the 152. Billi- most unfortunate for Kowloon. The morin bowled excellently (16-5-37-6) wicket was wet on top and the ball and did not seem to be worried by
very slowly and sat up so the matting at all. turned that E. L. Gosano could do more or
WEAK BOWLING
less what he liked with It. I belleve
It soon appeared that the Army he got 50 out of the first 70 scored. The K.C.C. flelding was not very bowlers did not like the matting of- good and though only actually two though they ought to be more used Hotfleld was the chances were dropped, a lot of runs to it than most! might have been saved. I under-only one of them who did anything. sland that Gosano was not dropped. good and A. R. H. Esmail (47) and F. R. Zimmern (71) did more or less ENOUGH TIME TO GET THEM what they liked. The other bowlers were terribly expensive and the runs The K.C.C. went in at 9.30 p.m. were hit off with ample time to and they had thus 105 minutes to spare. It is most unfortunate that get 159 runs which is by no means the Army could not turn out a full on impossible task although it must team though I do not think they
any chance
chance of Le remembered that the Recreio would ever linve
beat- Cralgengower. They might, ground is a large one and the out- ing field was pretty wet. However, however, Have hoped for a draw. As when Anderson cocked
one it is. Craigengower's chances for the up to mid-on after he had made 11, Shield look particularly rosy at apparently all attempts to win the present. I shall have something to match wore abandoned. The next say about them in my Friday article. three men falled badly and only T.
A.
Madar did anything. barring
whose 10 was Finciter,
an
A CREAT GAME
By far the most interesting of the side. I have been interested to see day last was that between the Hong- that Madar seems to bat much better kong Cricket Club and the IRC. on now they have moved him from the the ground of the latter team. The position of the opening batsman. home team won the toss and put Kowloon were never in any danger the Club in. which in nine cases of losing the game, but I think that out of ten on Saturday afternoon is barring miracles their chances for right. I amt
amt not quite however,
Burc, the Shield have gone completely. if it pald in this case though it must be admitted that this gave, the In- dians in the fatter part of their in- nings the alternative of going out for the runs or of saving the game;
in the position win
reddy innings though on the slow games which were played on Satur-
"A WEAK ́TEAM
I suppose it has something to do
with training camps und military for they were in the
Was
unc nan were!
outright practica
losa
cac-
operations, but the Army side, (it while not an cleven) was only a shadow of its proper self. Actually put them safe, a complete
finitely put them a point down. they
short, which They were fortunate to be playing seems amazing, especially as Army
on the next door ground and very were not playing.
(Incident-
it fairly carly in the afternoon "B" wa
were one seemed very probable the Craigen- Lady ally noticed
short!) Anyway only Man,
gower would win their match. torne, Godby and Hatleid were play- out of the Army proper first. All the same they made #7 excellent fight of it. Webb and Northcott, two
teams, players from Junior
bolli
Succeeds Again
Manila, Feb. 27, This year's Philippine women's
Raw
However, when the innings opened the wicket was very slow and easy and Kilbee and Leckle put on runs quickly. Minu went off almost im- mediately but when he enme on
very ket was beginning to dry under the
two wickets in his first over.
(Continued on Page 9.)
turned, and instead of going back- gayed ut £80 per week to appear open golf champlon is again Miss failed ai the start of the gaine but again with 40 on the board the wic- wards he stood still and resorted to with Jack Hylton's band, I under-year-old combination housemaid and stendy knock and Rawstorne had influence of a fresh breeze and he
the counter punching of which he stand is such a master.
TOUGHEST YET
sever
a
pt.
Dominga Capati, short, stocky, 28 Man settled down to play a The fortnightly Hongkong Football
he will play the harmonica H. Owen Hughes and T. A Pearce Referees' Association meeting was
washerwoman to two American off-not got Inside one a bit and been got
at cover there might have and were up against a rather weak com-
eroon a song. perhaps held last night. The Chairman (Mr.
cials of the Canlubang Sugar Estate taken bigation in Lelsen Law and Peter U,
On the following Monday he will in Laguna provinec. T. G. Stokes) presided. Minutes of and H. A. Barros and J. Gonsalves the last meeting were read and the the
On last night's showing Laurlot is set up another record by doing two
The only Filipino woman to par- were much too good for Wong Fuk- | annual dinner was decided upon, met since he found fame only a few sandwiching In a
toughest opponent Hough has performances at New Cross and by ticipate in national tournaments for nam and Cheng Plog-young.
which will be held in Jimmy's, weeks ago, The Frenchman is ex-
bout at Earl's several years, Miss Caputi won this Wei Chung and Pang Ol-lam gave Kitchen on Monday, March 14, at 8 he has a looping left-hand upper- his opponent will be Arno Kobiln, foreigners. Runner-up was Miss
Court between them. It is hoped year's title from
G Luk Ding-cheung and Wong Shiu-p.m.
ceedingly strong and aggressive, and the champion of Germany.
of Germany and third Morgan If Hough gets applause for his honours went to Mrs. E. J. Sanders harmonica selections and also whips of the United States. Miss Capati the German, all in the same even- also won the medallist honours in the Ing, there will be every reason to qualifying round and the special describe him as the most extraor- approaching and putting competition. dinary fighter the world has ever known.
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Nobody taught Miss Capati how to play golf and she has not read any book in the sport. Back in 1932, she acquired four golf clubs with her and started "dig.
outside of her "office hours."
the years later she municipal links tournament.
It has taken much of the domes- tic's earnings to buy the necessary four woods and ten irons, on the in- stalment plan, to complete her out-- it, but she said she feels amply re- warded by the array of cups she has won. A home run elouter in Indoor baseball, she said this sport more The selection committee have in- than her washing was responsible vited the following sixteen players to for her big muscles. take part in trials on May 5 and 0
John B. Beck, of Sundridge Park, has been appointed captain of the British Walker Cup golf team to meet the United States on June 3 and 4 at St. Andrews.
at St. Andrews:→→
E.
THIRD ATTEMPT
This year was the third time Mias Bromley-Davenport (Wlim- slow), James Bruen, jun. (Mus- Capati competed in the national open meet. The first was in 1936 when kerry), Leonard G. Crawley (Bran-
Castle), Cecil Ewing (Co. she was runner-up
she first emerged champlon. In
to the
Sigo). J. Graham (Wildernesse), J. 107, Miss Jane Plagemann, 1932 E. Gent (Bradford Moor), E. D.
Hamilton (Ralston), A. Jamieson champlon of Oregon state.
Mias Copai has ambitions (Pollok), A.. T.. Kyle (Sand Moor),
of
J. D. A. Langley (Cambridge Univer- travelling and playing golf in other sity), D. H. Lewis (Cardiit), J. J. F. Countries. She also intends to turn Pennink (Royal Ashdown Forest), pro after reading about the fine G. B. Peters (Ferencze), K. B. Scott points of the game in books she in- (Oxford University), Charles Stowe tends to buy. She admits she is not (Penn), Hector Thomson (Williams- good in "theoretical" golf.
Fatherless since early in childhood, Wood).
on played in the match against the finishing the primary grades to help Langley, Ewing, Peters and Thom-she had to leave school after barely
United States at Pino Valley in 1930. support her family,
Anked how she came to speak Crawley and Jamieson have both
previously played for Great Britain, English rather well, who said:
There are four Scots, two Irish-
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