THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY MARCH 15, 1988
ARMY PLAYERS DEFEATED IN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
CHINESE SCORE VICTORIES IN OPEN DOUBLES
H. D. RUMJAHN THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS
(By "Abo")
Of the six matches down for descidsion in the Colony Tennis Championships at the Hongkong C. C. yesterday, only four were played. Once again, the standard was disappointing; but one has got used to this by now, and it will probably take quarter-final matches to produce anything like good tennis,
was Liang found their task made easy by the errors of their opponents. Tom- linson revealed a good volley, but Loch's netplay falled badly on several the base-line and were very safe Ini their ground strokes.
Scorest
Singles.-H. D. Rumjahn bent S. A. Hussain, 6-3, 6-2; T. A. Pearce beat T. C. Monaghan, 6-3, 5-7, 0-0.
Neither of the two singles specially interesting. H. D. Rum- Jahn, the present champion, got through as expected at the expense of S. A. Hussain. Play in the open-occasions. The Chinese pair kept to ing games was chleßy featured by the stout resistance put up by the Indian the Kowloon entrant from T.C., but he quickly Azzled out and exerting Rumjaha, without unduly himself, won in straight sets.
In the only other singles tie, be- tween two club-mates, T. A. Pearce It was a case Monaghan, and T. C. of the "filler man wins." The two : contestants
stants were fairly well-matched, but Pearce's youth and finess gave him a definite superiority which was emphasised in the final net when he won without any struggle at all. Monaghan's good fight in the second
:
Doubles.-F, H. Kwok and S. W. Llang beat J. L. C. Lech and J. M. Tomlinson, 0-4, 6-3; Paul Kong and Lee Wal-tong beat L. A. Newnham and F. T. Baines, 7-5, 8-0.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME Singles S. A. Humjohn v. W..A.
BRADDOCK QUITS RING-James J. Braddock, New Jersey longshoreman whose rise to heavy- weight boxing champlon, before his defeat by Louis. tnade dramatic ring history, has announced he is retiring as a fighter, to become a boxing manager. He is shown, left, at a New York-gym- nasium with Jack Dempsey, right, and thele respective proteges, Bob Tow and Red Burman,
set took too much out of him and he Land; Wang Shlu-wing V. It #LETTERS TO THE
was a tired man at the finish.
ACE AGAINST YOUTH
Two Army officers, Major L. A. Newnham and Major F. T. Baines, tried to overcome the handicap of age against youth when they met Paul Kong and Lee Wal-tong, but they failed, though not before putting up a gallant fight. Had their strokes been backed up by a little more sting. and Baines Newnham victory for would have been very likely in view
form
shown by the of the poor who had earned a high Chinese pair,
their
eir previous match. But opinion in though they knew where to put the
seldom ball. Newnham and Balnes could convert their shots into out- right winners; more often than not, Kong and Lee were able to retrieve them.
a
Chinese Another asset which the combination had was Kong's service which pulled them out of mony a Ught corner. On occasions Kong was very severe and scored many aces in the course of the match, but in the other phases of the game, he was not so reliable, his volleying and smash- ing failing to come up to scratch. Lee made fewer mistakes, but this was due in part to the fact that he seldom attempted anything brilliant. Actually the Army officers had -lead of 4-1 in the first set, but Kong came to the rescue in the next game by winning his rvice. After allow- Ing their opponents 10 draw level.
went Newnham and Baines
alend Read three again, only to lose the next
steadiness at A little
more this stage probably would have given them the set inasmuch as Kong and
ere definitely
shaky. Lice
The second stanza was a a ding-dong affair. Once more Newnham and Baines led at a vital stage. 6-5, but failed to press home their advantage and the Chinese pair won out at 8-0. The form shown by Kang and Lee was far from convincing.
games.
SECOND CHINESE SUCCESS
Another Chinese success over the Army was scored when F. H. Kwok and S. W. Llang, overcame Capt.
sels. By
Rump; E. C. Fincher v. A. Crawford. Doubles.-A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios v. II. A, Barros and J. Gonsalves.
singles.-D.
S.
Club handicap Robb v, A. D. Humphreys; A. T. Dow v. H. D. Bidwell; W. Sander v. A. H. McBride.
Club handicap doubles.-J. Rodger and C. W. E. Bishop v. Nicholson and Harvey; H. J. Armstrong and M. H. Turner v. G. W. Sowell and T. C. Monaghan.
BOXER PLEADS GAMING ACT
And Gains judgment
London, Feb. 17.
British former Nel Tarleton,
boxing champion, featherweight pleaded the Gaming Act, at Liver- pool Assizes yesterday, and gained judgment on an £887 betting claim against him
The
claim, brought by Stafford con- cerned bels at and Company, of Liverpool,
last year's Ascot
races.
Mr. Leo Gradwell, for the book- makers, said that Tarleton's defence consisted of two paragraphs: First, Tarleton denied that any account was stated to him; and, second, he pleaded the Gaming Act.
"Those
con- who instruct me." tinued Mr. Gradwell, "say they cun- not believe that such a plan will be persisted in by one who is so well- known in sporting circles.
"Tarleton wrote, 'I would esteem ta favour if you, could leave my account over for the time being. Having purchased a business recent- ly, I am a little short."
Mr. Gerton Gewman, for Tarleton,
L. J. C. Loch and J. M. Tomlinson in submitted that Tarleton, as a cham- straight
maintaining aplon, was possibly a good prey, for steady standard of play, Kwok and bookmakers,
Successful Schoolmasters
EDITOR ཨབྷཡཨདྡྷིཧཱུྃཧཔཏྟཔནིསཝིཡཱཝ ཡཱཏྟཱ ཙཀ ཙཨཏྠཾ ཡཨཱཝནྣིཝནཱི
HOCKEY TRIAL-
the
Sir, It is pretty long that Hockey Representatives for various countries bave been selected to raise the forth- representative sides for coming International Hockey Tourna- ment, and since then majority of the prospective participants "elther have selected their teams and are practic- ing, or are in the process of doing so by way of holding trinis.
It is rather surprising to note that the Indian Hockey Representative is do scrupulously keeping quiet and
Into the not seem to have moved matter, so much so that not even u single practice game has been ar- ranged so far, nor the names of the players are announced.
drawing
Cricket Notes
By "R. Abbit”
Navy Juniors Congratulated
On Fine Feat
Win Shield With Close Victory Over Varsity
As the Tournament is closer something must be done in the
My heartiest congratulations to the Navy second eleven and to way of forming a Selection Com- mittee and holding a trial or arrang- their indefatigable Secretary, Lt. Commdr. D'Arcy Evans. Speaking ing a practice match or two in order subject to correction, it is the first time the Navy have ever won the to facilitate the selection. the Junior Division Shield and that they should do so when so many Will the Indian Hockey Representa-ships have been absent for the greater part of the season reflects
the great credit on their players.
team.
of
tive do something to keep up honour and tradition of India in the world of Sports and net before it is too Inte?
AN INDIAN HOCKEY LOVER (India's team has already been chosen. It is announced elsewhere 'n this issue.-Sports Editor).
Kent Desire Batsmen To Attack
Kent County Cricket Club com. mittee are constructive in their cri- ticism of the tearn's play during the 1937 season.
Praise is given for the brightest August Kent cricket for years, but unusual made to the reference is number of missed catches, to the absence of "backing up" in the field, and risky habit of stopping the ball with the feet.
Emphasis is given to the value of attacking methods by batsmen and asks players not to overdo back play.
Deficit on the year was £1,818, against £1,849 In 1030. Ames's benefit realised £1,107. Total at- tendances scale of admission was lower.
of
THE DEFEAT OF CRAIGENGOWER
for
if
BAD FIELDING
WONG AND HUI TO CLASH IN FINAL MATCH
THRILLING BADMINTON SEEN LAST EVENING
As a result of the semi-final matches played last evening on-the- Taikoo R.C. court, P. H. Wong (holder) will meet P. K. Hai in the final of the Colony Singles Badminton Championship next week.
While Wang won his match in two straight games, Hul at one time wor in danger of defeat but a fine recovery when all seemed lost saw him through
Ли,
Chinese gainst C.
of the Y.M.C.A.
Playing against a club-mate, S. Y. Hon, the champion started off very shakily and made an unusual number to of mistakes. Thanks mainly Wong's errors, Hon ran off to a lead of 0-1, but thereafter, Wong slendled down considerably and was never troubled
Obviously outclassed, Hon never- theless gave a plucky display and put up a better fight than the scores of 15-B, 15-5 would suggest.
THRILLING STRUGGLE
P. H. Wong, last year's champion,
It was the second match of the evening, however, which provided the thrills. Hul was so off form in the first and in the beginning of the second game that a walk-over for Au appeared Itely. After winning the first game at 15-5, Au started the has reached the final again. Ile second as if he meant to make short now meets P. K. Hui of the Univer-
sity. work of the University stalwart. Up to this stage, Hul had not shown single glimpse of his true standard, but he galvanized into suden action from this point and the remainder of this game was memeorable for the
shall be very interested to hear when
wili tako game this forthcoming place, Quite frankly I do not see anything but a draw if it is a half day: game.
A SPIRITED MATCH
of the struggle. Down bitterness 5-10, Hui drew level and finally, had four set points before he annexed it. He was made to fight every inch of the way.
singe
There was no stopping Hul then. playing with a new-found confidence, it was he who dletated terms in the On the other hand, deciding gume. Au appeared disheartened by this sudden change in the fortunes of the match and was not able to withstand the undergraduate's onslaught. Com- of the the exeltement It was just like the luck of the pared with Civil Service that the Army, after second game, the third was an anti-
side fellmax. Huf led 10-1 at one having turned out a shadow
the week and went out at 15-5. Cralgengower against
the
Scores: before, put out an uncommonly good as far as batting is ane, especially as
Hat-15-5. on Saturday last, concerned, on field was a notable absentee and I understand he has damaged his 15-5. knee. To Civil Service batted first under and Perry and Baker both came off with the bat scoring between them 83 runs out of a total of 159 at which score they declared with wickets down. I notice that there were 32 extras which seems pretty
two
It
one
is
8
more
that
P. H. Wong beat S. Y. Hon 15-8; P. K. Hul beat C. Au 15-5; 15-13;
FOOTBALL LEAGUE'S JUBILEE
Effort To Raise Fund Of £100,000
Player-Writer Golf Problem Discussed
To add to the bad luck of the Civil It occurs to me that possibly the jing was uncommonly weak. At one lack of personnel has, by narrowing time I am told that they had 110 runs Service they were without McLellan, the fled from which players can be on the board for 4 wickets and could who had some school sports on and It was extremely chosen, been somewhat of a blessing possibly have scrambled the runs could not play. in disguise as it has tended to pro- However, they lost another 4 for bad luck as it reduced their bowling duce a more
eleven than has about 27, runs and were content with for all practicable purposes to Baker regular
for this reason.
Weedon a draw, I know that Ernie Zimmern and Perry and undoubtedly they lost been available in recent years..
Full details of the Football League match for The secret of their success I fancy, was in touch with the shut it and Beadnell started the trouble and scheme to raise a £100,000 Jubilee Is the fact that they hud-most of Seokunpoo and he told me that
quite
there was going to be a draw down then Godby, who is making & lot Fund will soon be circulated to clubs.. good the time anyway--three
Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe, president of the bowlers. Church and Jeffery have there he would probably be satisiled of runs just now, hit up 55 before been most useful and besides his with a draw against the Club. As being caught at the wicket. They League, said a few days ago that the just managed to get the runs before scheme had so far received no finan-
cint backdng. batting Hutley can bowl very success- the season is comparatively young fully on occasions, The batting has think he was probably well advised, time.
Although the Civil Service have "We have received nothing," stated been rather weak but as a rule there There is plenty of time to play off.
actually only scored 4 points they Mr. Sutcliffe, "and we do not expect
much Д had has been at least one man to get runs
have really
to until details are made known. "We a scheme to raise and they all could hang on. Their
successful season than the figures have to ovoive closest call was against Craigengower I did not see the game and I admit would show. They have suffered £100,000 by the end of the next sea- when they had very much the worst have not heard the views, of the
things,
not in ten years' time." in
and not in
In connection with this scheme it of a draw up at King's Park-staving LRC, but everyone who has spoken they have only three bowlers
defeat by one wicket if my to me about the game at Sookunpoo the other is that none of their i has already been decided to play a has been very definite that the Indians Inst four or five butamen can be re, full League programme of matches memory serves me.
only have themselves to blame for led upon to make a single run. This before next season opens.
The whole of the receipts from complicate the posi- the draw. Apparently, though A. H. does somewhat
these matches, which will not necess- Madar was well advised to keep an tion. However, I understand that a
effort will be
to arily be between clubs in the same De made The defeat of the Cralgengower end up while Minu was indulging in
all make use of
available talent division of the League, will go to second eleven was somewhat of a fireworks, he was definitely unwise make
is
that swell the fund. pity surprise to me as I had rather expect in continuing cautious tactics after next year.
Minu had gone. A quick *****
40 runs,ali Civil Servants do not play ed a draw. It was rather un
Accord (even
the team. had cost the Indians their for who,
The Civil Ser Divett match, however. ing to the score sheet, went in number remaining 5 wickets would have been vice had also the further bad luck of ten had top score, except extras, much more useful than a similar losing Griffiths' service for the second If he ever setiles with 19, but there were five other score mude more slowly and without half of this season.
am told that down and plays steadily through all double figure scores for the Club. loss, Incidentally I Cralgengower could only manage four Minu made his 74 in a little over the matches I feel sure that he will
get a lot of runs. 1 balf an hour, don't quite know
The thing that surprised me most,
THE RECREIO WIN be
13 runs. by 15
The published
profes- to proposal are 123 for the Club and 105 for however, was that I am told Teddy
were both For some reason or other although sionalism in different terms from the Fincher and Anderson Craigengower. They add up correct- ly in any case and the difference is 18 dropped twice off quite reasonable the Navy did not seem to have such a R. and A... Club was heavily defeated (the voting was 30 for and 551 runs! It is interesting to note that catches. It is most unlike the Indians bad side, they completely went to
to field badly and I feel sure in my bits in their first league encounter against) at the annual meeting of the
in London Union dilference extras scored
in
own mind that the extremely cold with Recreio on the Navy ground the Ladies' Golf accounts for 10 of them.
a low scoring match. Both recently. It was a weather must have had a good deal
The mption, proposed by Surrey to do with it. I have noticed before, E. L. Cosano and W. A. Reed were and think commented on it, that out early to Chalcroft who bowled and seconded by Kent, sought to exclude players who gave Instruction
fessional ban. who carried his bat from Miss Doris Clark, chairman of the second wicket through the innings executive council, pointed out that for 33. Set with only 118 runs to the R. and A had under review the get to win the Navy never looked whole question of amateur status, like doing it. Wilson, who I believe and if the delegates adopted the re ex-played for Harrow, didn't get going solution the break with the R. and sixty-two when C. H. Teoh was join pressed in, cricket circles on Sun- and Nove was the only man to make A. would create
dreadful
ful position. ed by Singh. The latter played
Mr. Norman Bonse, chairman of excellently, I am told, and the score day that everyone would like to see double figures on the side. Whit- mounted steadily to 100 when Church the play off between the two clubs marsh had one of his few fallures, the Rules of Golf Committee got one past Teoh. It was a gallant a whole day match, which would The Navy-wind up at the bottom of vice-president of the Ladies Golf of course mean playing it on a Sun- the table but they have not had any Union, said that the It. and A. had diny. This would put the Club thing like a fair chance this year, written to clubs in all parts of the Turning back to the Senior Division ground out of the question, but it and it was very sporting of them to world for their views, and he did of the League there is not very much is possible that either the Navy or continue to play under auch dieul-not thingk it possible to get all the to be said abchit the match between the K.C.C. might be approached ties. They lost one match less than replies until next autumn. the Hongkong Cricket Club and Crai- about the matter. However, though the Civil Service but they drew two genisower. However but for a very of the time I agreed with the general more and had no victory. Ane inniage of 88 by Owen Hughes attitude, upon consideration I there might have been a very diner rather doubtful as to whether. It la
were beaten.
increased by 7,000, but altogether and they. it was sold to
STICK to Sherry! Amontillado Fino
Get him 80 years, la still
· tennis players – Her
King Gustaf of Dweden T
Kit Schröder, the prunifner
A CLOSE FINISH
scores
Turning to the detalls of the game very cold weather seems to affect the uncommonly well all through and took 5 wickets for 27 runs. The only
In which the Navy beat the Varsily, play of the I.R.C. more than
A
define
is surprising how small the scores other side. Anyway the K.C.C, had man to do any good at all was E. M. Lin the game by writing from the pro- were and what a close thing in the no difficulty in playing out time and Soares end it turned out to be. With only that's that. 103 to get Trul and Fong failed to make their accustomed first wicket
THE PLAY OFF
stand and wickets were down for The opinion was generally
finish.
am
OTHER GAMES ... Two Anton
PONY AUCTION POSTPONED
and a
ont story ta the two opening Club quite right neon cricket and I lesion of other games now but ball The pubile roup of race poniew
is given for Space does not permit the discus Hatamen failed, As, uruat Builinortu Saturday afternoon. bowled very steadily and took 5 for a nice point decisive match hope to refer to other second league
02 while Zimmern had 8 for 45. should be played under any other games and a couple of Sunday originally arranged to take place Pe Challengower had just a hundred conditions than those of the compati matches in my article next Friday the Hongkong Jockey Clubs paddock
19170 rund by no means don Itaalta che ride would thing about the decision re the plas At any chatase 1:16. par widen dianall hope to know some
the same time and n
tasks on:/
is the
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