THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 19
1938.
TENNIS CHAMPION SHOWS FINE COMMAND OF SHOTS
As I See Sport
By "Abo"
PHILLIPS-DOYLE FIGHT PUT BACK TO SEPTEMBER 27 Heavyweight Boxing In England In Low State
"to London to
hals 1937 form wus of his canny
VESTERDAY a local boxing en-Len Harvey, were beginning to de-
thusiast rang up the Telegraph mand Farr's return offee and asked for the result of prove whether the fight between Eddle Philips and genuine. Like most Jack Doyle, not
not knowing that the race. Farr hud all along shown that bout had been postponed to Septem- he knew where his bread was but- tered. For the really big money of ber 27 only is interest in the fight
Mr.
Note
on Doyle's requeroused (boxing, America is the only coun2-
In Hongkong but also at Home; this try, and when Harringay promoter the fact that Hulls fixed up a fight in London for is demonstrated by
unable advance bookings by August 31 had him and Farr "found himself
Boxing the British fulfil it." afrendy amounted to over £12,000 to
Sidney Hulis, the promoter. Board of Control requested that hu anticipated that the total gate would defend his titles by August 5 or for- be somewhere In the region of feit them. Farr, preferred the big- £13,000, Bath boxer's are guar-ger gamble of contracting to fight. anteed £1,500 and they also have battered Gunner Boerland at Madi- a percentage taking which will pro- son Square Garden in November to for two or reputation bably bring their earnings to some- risking his
neighbourhood of three thousand pounds at home. He Thing in the £3,000. Recent reports from Eng- asked for permission to defend his land state that Mr. Hulls is already British title and did not
Empire title-he with arrangements for the winner to oppose Max Baer in Octo- Empire in
Strickland In Toronto, but the
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following
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his
"Maurice mouth B.B.B.C. disregarded this request not yet reached. definite stage but have ad- and announced that the winner of vanced sumclently far for Mr. Hulls the forthcoming Larry Galns v. to talk of his plans. It is beloved Maurice Strickland fight should fight that Baer, who
the
Members of the Hongkong Area (Army) hockey team which salled on MLS, Eagle on Monday for Malaya for a series of matches in Singapore and Kupli Lumpur. The picture was taken recently at Sookun- poo-Ming Yuen,
Holder Of Golf Title Gets Through
considers himself the British champion for the Empire Goodman And Yates
ear-marked for a match with Joote.
Louis next year, will not be averse Ladders Schome to filling in his spare time with)
nother visit to England.
At A Low Ebb
PPOINTMENT of Harvey and A Phillips as the two leading con- tenders for
Win Matches
ARSENAL DEFEATED ONCE MORE
Shocks Aplenty In Home Football
London, Sept. 14. There were shocks aplenty in the programme of matches played in the English and Scottish Football Leagues to-day.
Islington Corinthian Loses Place
TSUI WAI-PUI NOT BOTHERED BY CONDITIONS
A STRONG WIND MAKES GOOD PLAY DIFFICULT AT THE U.S.R.C.
(By "Abo")
The conditions at King's Park yesterday in the U.S.R.C. hard- court champonships were not made for great tennis. Rain threatened to fall at any moment and there was a changing wind which made control of shots well-nigh impossible. Yet those who were present to see the three quarter-final singles matches were rewarded with some sparkling play.
By for the highest standard was attained in the tie between Tsui of the title, and Wal-pul, holder
H. D. Rumjahn; and, as only to be expected, the Chinese Davis Cupper proved to be the better man in the dificult
icult conditions which prevailed. He was inade to fight hard in the
opening set. but after be bad won
AMAZING COMMAND
Police Soccer Team To Be Strengthened
Arriving on the P. and 0. liner Rajputana yesterday from England were a number of re cruits for the Hongkong Police Force. Amongst them are believed to be several foot- ballers, who should strengthen the Police team considerably during the 1938-39 League season in the Colony.
The new men, it is under- stood, will be tried out this afternoon at the Police Train- ing School.
In the tenth game, he found the re- mainder of his task comparatively easy. Rumjahn played like a dis- illusioned man in the second set, and in the end he was almost demoralised.
In fact, Tsui had obtained such n Arm grip
on the game that hej could easily have won this set to love. He led 5-0 but slackened, and Rumjahn seized the opportunity London, Aug. 31.
It was only Hongkong football enthusiasts who to take two games. remember the splendid displays delaying the inevitable, however, Hiven by. Cyril Longman for the and Taut came back with a rush to islington Corinthian touring side, win-the-eighth-game, which-carried whlel was in the Colony at the be-him to the semi-finals, ginning of the year, will probably be surprised to hear that he has lost his place In the Kingstonian F.C. Despite the changing wind. Taul Aral side.
revealed an amazing command of his shots. In the first set, Rumjahn been so prone to serve double-faults When Longman accepted the in-played well enough to force him to and to over-drive.
on tour with the give of his best, and it was in vitation to go
S. A. Rumjahn met A. E. P. Guest Islington Corinthians, his place this set that the champion pulled in the longest match of the day, taken by G. Lindsay, who played so out his greatest shots. Drives winning by 8-2, 7-5, Guest was well that he was three times selected mod
hand either mode
while distinctly unfortunate not to take the for Surrey.
flashed out match to three sels as he was playing for winners; and sustained was his as well as his opponent in the latter When he returned, Longman in-ground stroke aggression, so find a part. In the Scottish League, Celtic, "Ray Billows beat John Levinon at despite playing on home ground, timated that he was prepared to play length und so shrewd an angle did After annexing the first set in the were beaten by Hamilton by the odd for his old club again and for some he maintain, and so adroit was his eighth game, Rumjahu attempted to the respective merits of the drop shot that he completely Canada bent goal in three: but Hangers won their time
In the second; but Guest found an away match with Motherwell by five two goalkeepers have been hotly dominated the exchanges. former holder,
bated by members of the club.
By When the selection committee met Rumjahm who commenced the match him to pile up a lead of 0-2. last week to choose the team for in more impressive fashion. While keeping to the baseline and playing Guest at his own game, Rumlahn the opening
of
Oakmont, Pa., Sept. 14. Outstanding results in the first Forr's British crown round of the American Amateur IT seems paradoxical but neverthe-brought little excitement to the box-Golf Championship, played to-day,
less true that most heavyweight ing world in England. Though ha were:
has more than 400 fights to his cre- Charles Yates, the British champ-
en knocked fights now arranged in England edit and has never been exedion, beat V.E.M. Savage 3 and 2; watched with interest only because
Johnny Goodman, holder, beat Sid of the low state of the native noble out, Harvey is only a good average boxer whose defensive tactics have when Tommy Farr DX art. Recently
of world class.
Good-Richardson 4 and 3.
Flowers & The kept him out of British the
Fred Haus beat E. J. the p title, renounced
natured Eddie Phillips
and British Boxing Board of Control de-beaten three times by Harvey, owes clared the British and Empire
Johnny Fischer beat Ted Bishop 4 heavyweight titles vacant. Nomin-nis present exalted position to a good ere style, a useful straight left and the ated for contenders for it were decline of bulky Ben Foord, whom Leonard Austin Tervoy (31) and
Inds the 20th; nine rounds. caned weeks back he
ol Joe Thompson being a Eddic Phillips (27), there
the whole position in Ross Somerville, However, proviso that the B.B.B.C. had the British boxing does not seem to be option to
the contenders re-name contenders entirely satisfactory,
No-one up-Reuter, and the after the fight between Phillips and tonal
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Arsenal, playing at Highbury, suffered their second successive home defent, their opponents being Derby County, Huddersfield, at home, lost to Sunderland by a solitary goal.
goals to mil.
Scores:
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Was
FIRST DIVISION
Jack Doyle, which originally was satisfied with the heavyweight set- scheduled to take place on Septem-up and with home ber 13. For this leg up the ladder general, is forming a National Lad-expected in England: for it of fighting fame, Comishman Har-ders scheme. At each weight there realised that the tourists would have Arsenal vey and Cockney Phillips have to will be a National Ladder with ten some dimculty in scraping together Huddersfield
side. Farr
Απ X-ray
examination of Liverpool thank Tonypandy's Tommy
Welker, second string wicket- Having taken both British and Em-ungs, the champion at the top,
Ret the scheme under way, ballot pire titles from South African Ben papers were recently sent out to 40 keeper, showed that a piece of bone
had been
en chipped from the index Foord, the Welshman
licke Max lending newspaper critics, asking Anger Baer (U.S.A.) and Walter Neusel
of them to rank
his left hand and be was six leading men to each weight. Thus (Germany). But when
British boxers not fit to play. Bradman and oust Joo Louls from the world's
perfield were also out, od-/Southampton Smith was suffering from lumbago; THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) heavyweight championship he failed. will be classified!
he
tried
In subsequent battles with Jimmy Australians Weakened
Braddock and Max Baer he added
THE dofeat of the
but
who
no new titles to his collection, BY cricketers at Scarborough by S
year, heavyweights in
Australian March this England, notably Larry Gains and Mr. H. D. G. Lovesòn Gower's team
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2 they were unable to reach decision. shots, Rumjalin went off, by dint
The matter was referred to the general committee of the club and a secret ballot gave a majority ver- diet to Lindsay,
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THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
Hartlepoola Wrexham
on the other hand, Fingleton,
was regarded as a doubtful | Reading out. Walford nt enough to turn Wis
there
were Brown, McCabe, Barnes,
Badcock and O'Reilly available. However,
Mr. Leveson Gower's side, with the cream of English talent at its dis- posal, looked very like an Engiand Test team, and it was not surprising that in view of their
their weakened side
ton Arbroath
the Australians were beaten by ten wickets. As Reuter stated yester- Ayr U.
defeat day,
was the first suf-Celilo
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fered by the Australians in England liberalan.. for 17
years apart from Test Motherwell it was the to
the tourists' second St. Johnstone the present tour, the Thrd Lanark Brat, of course, being in the Fifth Test at the Oval. Although the oMelal programme
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Owing to the Indisposition of George Choa, the doubles match in which he and Omar Rumfahn were to have played E. C. Fincher and A. V. Remedios was postponed.
Scores:
steady tennis and a forceful forchand maining five games for the match. punch, to a two-nil lead, which Guest held set point three Umes but should have been increased to three. could not obtain the vital winner, Leading
40-15 on his own service, Rumjahn was blessed by a certain of luck and had several net- Rumjahn dropped this important amount of luck
cord winners. Longman was offered a place in third game, and followed up by cord the reserves but declined it,
losing the next two as
as well. Thus Tsui was able to get to a 6-3 lend, which Rumjahn
reduced to 5-4, only to lose the tenth game.
By this time, Tsui was in full cry and went to his points steadily and inexorably, in the process showing strokes. his wide repertoire Rumjahn was outplayed. None realised it better than he himself; and though he was able to outdrive Tsul on several occasions, the issue was never really in doubt.
BOXERS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
Sydney, Aug. 23.
Freddie Steele, former middle- weight champion of the world, has been signed up for fights in Austra Up later in the year.
He recently lost his title to Al Hostal at Chicago.
-Reuter. Steele, Solly Kreiger
and Ossy
Stewart have been signed up for Austraila. They will be brought to Australla at the end of the wrestling season, early in November. Kreiger and dieweights. The latter is a negro.
Teddy Yaros, als former mid- dieweight champion of the world, showed that he is a
He will fight Henneberry for the world's best, says the NC.D. boat. News The championship will in- and Sabatino, clude 72 holes of medal play: 30 Yaros lost his world title to Risko, THE Amateur Open Golf Champion-holes on Saturday, September 24, whence it passed to Steele to Hos THE
ship of China will be played at and 38 holes on the following day.
match was the Australians second the lunglao Golf Club on Saturday, last game, actually it was their last September 24, and Sunday, Septem-seal Stewart are highly ranked mid- in England. The last game before ber 25. The present holder of the they sail for Australia is against title is A. Ricketts who, by his play Gentlemen of Ireland, which begins against Walter Hagen and Joe Kirk-
of this to-day, but this will be played atwood in the spworthy opponent will all from America by the next Dublin.
China Golf Title.
Lak.
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Tsui Yun-pul, the younger brother or the champion, meanwhile also made sure of entering the semi-finals by beating S. A. Gray. The Chinese was always on top throughout the encounter and won with the loss of only four games, though Gray would have done much better had he not
OPEN SINGLES (QUARTER-FNALS)
Taul Wai-pui beat H. D. Rumjahn 6-4, 6-2,
Tsul Yun-pul bent S. A. Gry 0-1, 0-3.
A. Rumjahnı beat A.E.P. Guest 6-2, 7-5,
TO-DAY'S MATCH
Bick Szoto and C. K. Chân v. Tsul' Wal-pul and Tsul Yun-pul.
Saturday, Sept. 17
G. Choa v. Wong Foolt-nam.
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