THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1988.
TENNIS CHAMPION SHOWS FINE COMMAND OF SHOTS
As 1 See Sport
By: "Abe"
PHILLIPS-DOYLE FIGHT PUT BACK TO SEPTEMBER 27 Heavyweight Boxing In England In Low State
VESTERDAY a local boxing en Len Harvey, were beginning to de- to London to thusiast rang up the Telegraph mand Farr's retur office and anked for the result of prove whether his 1037 for Was of bls conny the fight between Eddie Phillips and genuine. Like most Jack Doyle, not knowing that the race, Farr had all along shown that bout hind been postponed to Septem-ho knew where his bread was but-
Not tered. For the really big money ber 27 on Doyle's request.
Broused
sed boxing, America is the only in interest in the fight
of
Only counz."
In Hongkong but also at Home; this try, and when Harringay
the fact that Hulls fixed
demonstrated by
hand
advance bookings by August 31 already amounted to over £12,000. to
promoter fight in London for "found himself unable full it." the British Boxing
and
5
or for
board of Control requested that ho Skiney Hulls, the promoter defend his titles by anticipated that the total gate would be somewhere in the region of felt them. Farr preferred the big £13,000: Both boxers are guar-ger ramble of contracting to
#ght at Madi- anteed £1.500 and they also have battered Gunner Baerland a percentage taking which will pro- son Square Garden in November
risking his rep
bably bring their earnings to some-thousand pounds at home. He for two or thing In the neighbourhood of Lusted tor
to defend his permission £3,000. Recent reports from Eng- land state that Mr. Hulle is already Empire title-he relinquished his husy with
the British title and did not mention
niton the arrangements for
Empire tille
Maurice ntainst winner to oppose Max Beer in Octo-
In Toronto,
the but ber
following: or the
month. Strickland
request
B.B.B.C. dlaregarded this
Nepollutions have not yet reached and announced that the winner of the definite stage but have vanced sufficiently far for Mr. Hulls the
the
forthcoming Larry Gains V.
to talk of his plans. It is belleved Maurice Strickland fight should fight that Bner, who
Members of the Hongkong Area (Army) hockey team which salled on IIM.8, Eagle on Monday for Malaya for a series of matches in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The pleture 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
car-marked for n match with Jop title.
Louis next year, will not be averse Ladders Scheme to Alling in his spare time with another visit to England.
At A Low Ebb
PPOINTMENT of Harvey and
Вест
were:
Win Matches
Oakmont, Pa., Sept. 14.
watched with interest only becauset. Harvey is only ties have Richardson 4 and 3.
The British title. the whose defensive"
of the low state of the native noble when Tommy Farr
art. Recently renounced
natured
Detish Boxing Board of Control de-resent exalted position to a good and 3;
the British
and he
ARSENAL DEFEATED ONCE MORE
Shocks Aplenty In Home Football
Islington Corinthian Loses Place
time
London, Aug. 31.
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 championships were not made for great tennis. Rain threatened to fall at any moment and there was a changing wind which nindo 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.
Dy for the highest standard was attained in the tle between Tsui Wal-pui, holder of the title,
and
H. D. Rumjahn; and, as only to be expected, the Chinese Davis Cupper proved to be the better, man in the lmcult conditions which prevailed. He w WOR
made to
to fight hard in the opening set, but after he had won 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, Tsul had obtained such a arm grip on the game that he could easily have won this set to love. He led 5-0 but slackened, and Rumjahn seized the opportunity It was only
dom
Police Soccer Team To Be Strengthened
Arriving on the P. and O. 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 Polico Train- Ing School.
Hongkong football enthusiasts who to take two games. remember the splendid displays delaying the inevitable, however, Riven
by Cyril Longman for the and Tsul came back with a rush to win the eighth game, which carried London; Sept.-14.-
Islington Corinthiant touring side, which was in the Colony at the bellm-to the semi-finals There were shocks aplenty in the ginning of the year, will probably AMAZING COMMAND Phillips as the two leading con- Outstanding results in the first programme of matches played in the be surprised to hear that he has lost tenders for Farr's British crown round of the American Amateur English and Scottish Football Leagues his place in the Kingstonian FC. Despite the cha 13 wind, Tsul IT seems paradoxical but neverthe-brought little excitement Though he Golf Championship, played to-day, to-day.
first alde.
revealed an amaz1, ommand of his shots. less true that most heavyweighting world in Engiand. ho
In the set, Rumjahn been so prone to serve double-faults Arsenal, playing at Highbury, Aghts now arranged in England are has more than 400 nights to his cre-
When, Longman accepted the in-played well enough to force him to and to over-drive. dit and has never
knocked
suffered their second successive home vitation to go on tour with the give of his best, and it was in S. A. Rumjahn met A. E. P. Guest average
defeat, their opponents being-Derby Islington Corinthians, his place was this set that the champion pulled in the longest runtch of the day.
kis County. Huddersfield, at home, lost taken by G. Lindsay, who played so out
greatest shots. Drives winning by 0-2, 7-5. Guest was well that he was three times selected made оп either hand to Sunderland by a solitary goal.
while distinctly unfortunate not to take the on tho run In the Scottish League, Celtic, for Surrey.
were flashed out match to three sets as he was playing despite playing on home ground, When he returned, Longman in- for winners; and so sustained was his as well as his opponent in the latter
ground stroke aggression, so fine Port were beaten by Hamilton by the odd coal in three: but Rangers won their timated that he was prepared to play length and so shrewd an angle did
After annexing the first set in the Canada beat away match with Motherwell by five for his old club again and for some the maintain, and so adroit was his eighth name, Rumjahn attempted to the respective merits of the drop shot that he completely storm the net at the filmslest excuse two goalkeepers have been hotly de-minated the exchanges.
in the second: but Guest found on bated by members of the club.
Yet strangely enough t was adequate passing shot, which enabled
lead of 5-2. When the selection committee met Rumjalin who commenced the match him to pile up
By last week to choose the team for in more impressive fashion. While keeping to the baseline and playing the opening match of the season, the champion was still feeling out his Guest at his own game, Rumlahn they were unable to reach a decision. shots, Rumjahn went off, by dint of gradually pulled up and won the re- The malter was referred to the steady tennis and a forceful forchand man held count for the match. set point three, times but 1 general committee of the club and punch, to a two-nil lead, which
a secret ballot gave a majority ver- should have been increased to three, could not obtain the vital, winner. ervice, Rumjahn was blessed by a certain amount of luck and had several net- oh dropped this important
winners. Longman was offered a place in third game, and followed up by cord the reserves but declined it.
losing the next two as well. Thus was able to get to a 5-3 lend, Tsui which Rumjahn reduced to 5-4, only to lose the tenth game.
this
time, Taul was in full cry went to his points steadily and Inexorably, in the process showing bis wide repertoire of strokes. Rumjahn realised it better than he himself; and though he was able to outdrive Tsui on several occasions, the issue was never really in doubt.
Charles Yates, the British champ- Redion, beat V.E.M. Savage 3 and 2;
Johnny Goodman, holder, beat Sld him out of world class. Good- Fred Haas brat E, J. Flowers 5
Eddie Phillips has
hren been and 4; three times by Harvey, owes clared
and Empire his
Johnny Fischer beat Ted Bishop 4: heavyweight tilles vacant. Nomin nted for contenders for it were style, a useful straight left and the
Ray Billows beat John Levinon at We decline of bulky Ben Foord, whom the 20th; Leonard Austin Harvey (31)
caned weeks back in nine rounds. Joe Thompson of Eddie Phillips (27), there being a provise that the BBB.C. had the British boxing
However, the whole position in
in Ross Somerville, a former holder, goals to mil. does not
seem to be one up-Reuter. the contenders option to re-name
and the Na- entirely satisfactory, after the fight between Phillips and
SECOND ROUND tional Jack Doyle,
dis- which originally was
Oakmont, Sept. 14. satisfied with the scheduled to take place on Septem-up
In the second round, Edwin with home up and
conditions in ber 13. For this leg up the ladder of fighting
Cornishmen
general, la forming a National Lad-Kingsley beat Charles Yates 2 and
1; Pat Abbolt beat Ray Billows 2 and. ders scheme. At each weight there Phillips vey
have to
will be a National Ladder with len and Thompson beat Haas at the thank Tonypandy's Tommy
Farr.
Luth. Having taken both British and Em-get the scheme under way,
rungs, the
champion at the top. Το
Robert Brownell caused an upset ballot pire titles from South African Ben papers were recently sent out to 40 by beating Reynolds Smith 2 and 1, Reading Foord, the Welat man licked Max leading newspaper crities, asking
-Reuter. Baer (U.S.A.) and Walter Neusel them to rank
x lending men at (Germany); But when he tried to
10 each weight. Thus British boxers Louis from Dust Joo
world's heavyweight championship he failed.
the
Boxer'avyweight set-
will be classiflod!
3 Middlesbro'
Scores:
Arsenal Huddersfield Liverpool
SECOND DIVISION
& West Newcastle
Bromwich Southampton 2 Plymouth
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
3 Brighton Nowport Watford
FIRST DIVISION
1 Derby
2
0 Sunderland
1
1
Hartlepools Wrexham
un-
In subsequent battles with Jimmy Australians Weakened expected in England: for it WOB
Braddock and Max Baer he added
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
3 Darlington
◊ Crewo SCOTTISH LEAGUE (FIRST DIVISION)
apparently was not entirely realised that the tourists would have no new titles to his collection. By E defeat
some difficulty in scraping together Arbroath of the Australian a side. An X-ray examination of Ayr U. March this year, heavyweights in cricketers at Scarborough by C. W. Walker, second string wicket-Ce England, notably Larry Gains and Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower's team keeper, showed that a piece of bone Hibernian
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had been chipped from the index Anger of his left hand and he was St. Johnstone not fit to play. Bradinan and Chip- Thrd Lanark perfield were also out, Fleetwood-
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was regarded as a
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Queen O'8th. 1 BOXERS
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1 Hamilton.
0
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Reuter.
but on the other hand, Fingle in England. The last game before starter, was at mough fo turn out. they sail for Australia is against Nevertheless there
out. Gentlemen of Ireland, which begins were Brown McCabe, Barnes, Badcock and to-day, but this will be played at O'Rielily available. However, Mr. Dublin. Leveson Gower's side, with the
creain
of English talent at its dis- China Colf Title posal, looked very lite an England
TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
Sydney, Aug. 23.
-
Freddie Steele, former middle-
was outplayed. None
OTHER MATCHES
Tsui Yun-pul, the younger brother weight champion of the world, has of the champion, meanwhile also been signed up for fights in Austra-made sure of entering the semi-finals
a later in the year.
Owing to the indisposition of George Choa, the doubles match in which hie und Omar Runijahn were to have played E. C. Fincher and A. V. Remedios was postponed.
Scores:
OPEN SINGLES (QUARTER-FNALS)
Tsul Wal-pul Rumjahn 6-4, 6-2,
teat. I.
D.
Tsul Yan-pul beat §. A. Čeny 6-1, 6-4.
B. A. Rumjahn beat Guest 6-2, 7-5.
TO-DAY'S MATCH
A.E.I
Bick Szeto and C. K. Chan v, Tsul
He recently lost his title to Al was always on top throughout the Wat-pul and Tsui Yun-pui. Hostak at Chicago.
Steele, Solly Krelger and Dasy
Test team, and it was not surprising THE Amateur Open Golf Champion- Stewart have been signed up for that in view of their weakened sidd ship of China will be played at Australio. They will be brought to the Australians were beaten by ten the Hungjao Golf Club on Saturday, Australia at the end of the wrestling wickets. As Reuter stated yester- September 24, and Sunday, Septem-season, carly in November, Kreiger day, this defeat was the first suf-ber 25. The present holder of the and Stewart are highly ranked mid- fered by the Australians in England title is A. Ricketts who, by his play dieweights. The latter is a negre.
years apart from Test 17
Teddy Yaros, also a former mid- against Walter Hagen and Joe Kirk- matches. It was the tourists' second wood in the spring of this year,dleweight champion of the world, reverse of the present tour, the showed
for
for
Arst, of course, being in the Filth for that he la a worthy opponent will sail from America by the next
Test
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