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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 9 1939.
RUMJAHNS EXTENDED BY CHINESE PAIR
ENTERTAINING FARE AT YESTERDAY'S TENNIS
(By "Abo")
Entertaining fare was provided in the tennis cham- pionships of the Colony at the Hongkong C.C. yesterday when probably the best programme of matches to date. was on view. Two doubles ties attracted the greatest attention and produced the best tennis, and though the
· Rumjahns' victory over F. H. Kwok and S. W. Liang was more or less expected, the success. of the new combination of Omar Rumjahn and S. A. Hussain over J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios, the first-string pair of the Club de Recreio, came rather as a surprise.
As the scorea indicate, the Rum-g trifle shaklly, he played ex- ishins did not havo an easy passage,tremely well in the later stages and twice within a he more than Rumjahn was respon- In fact they were point of losing the first set, but with sible for the combination's victory. their already well-known penchant is forehand drive, when returning for scraping out of awkward situs service, won many valuable points, tions they managed to draw level but he did not use it enough; far teo and Dahlly won the net after 18 often did he resort to lobs instead of Once this was accomplished, employing a weapon which was In games.
However, However, the match went according such good working order. to expectations; and though Kwok he was justified by results. and Liang. seldom gave anything! away without a fight, the anal re- sult was never in doubt,
this
Judging hitn on his exhibition yesterday, Rumjahn is not the player of old. ile was far too slow in his Frank Kwok may not be an or recoveries, and displayed a weakness thodox player but he is often very for getting himself out of position, entertaining to watch. He was in which was surprising for a player
his vast experience. But mo of his best moods yesterday and of serially
held the stage. Bobbing might have been caused by over- and down the court, making re-anxiety on his part concerning his coveries which had seemed imporsi partner; he was certainly continu ble, he delighted the large llery ally edging over in the other side on several occa- with as fine an exhibition as he his of the court and
which by ever put up. His forehand drives, sions took bulls made at most unexpected moments, should have gone to Hussain. If this effective weapons, was the reason, then one can only his must while his agility on nil occasions may that he need not worry about made him a most difficult man to his partner in their second round match: better results would be ob- beal.
tained the concentrated more on. his own side of the court, instead of being caught out of position aften us he was yesterday.
vere
CHANCES MISSED
Had his partner been able to give him a greater measure of support, the first set almost certainly would have gone to them. And with the encouragement of this early success, who knows but that a first-class sur
STARTED WELL
right!
Results Of Matches Played Yesterday
The following were the re- sults of matches played yestor- day:
OPEN SINGLES
B. Szeto beat Firdos Khan 6-1, 7-5.
I W. Leonard 'beat Mars- land 6-3, 6-1.
Chan Chl-keung beat W Sander 6-4, 6-0.
Lee Yue-wing received a walk-over from Lieut. D. C. Misra,
OPEN DOUBLES
Tsoi Ping-fan and Ng Kam- chuen beat A. Crawford and R. T. Broadbridge 6-3, 6-1.
Lt. Col. L. A. Newnham and Major F. T. Baines beat Lt. J. S. Theobald and Capt. A. B. Whatman 6-8, 6-3, 6-4.
Omar Rumihan, and S. A. 'Hussain beat }. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios 11-9, 6-4.
S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn beat F. H. Kwok and S. W. Liang 10-8, 6-4.
Home Football
OUR WEEKLY HOCKEY FEATURE
"The Pilgrim
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GAME IS EASY TO LEARN
ENCOURAGES ALL YOUNGSTERS TO
PARTICIPATE IN GAME
NO ARDUOUS NOVITIATE FACES THE BEGINNER
Fow gamos, perhaps, areas easy to learn as hockey. The beginner embarking on his hockey career is not faced with the prospect of a long and hard novitiate; his experience, for instance "will not be those of a lawn tennis player, who must battle through ten years of tournament play —so it is authoritatively asserted—before he can achieve first-class form.
No, the hockey tyro has no such of footwork in hockey except when alarming outlook. At the most, it applied to goalkeeping; but as in will be but four or five years before batting at cricket, the movement of he is at his best. In his very first the fect in relation to the ball is of season he will attain a measure of the greatest importance, to at hockey proficiency possible in few other no amount of clever stickwork is of any value without neat and effective games.
The fact is that hockey is a natural footwork; or perhaps it would be Kune, one which comes readily to truer to say that stickwork cannot any one with ordinary physique, a be neat and effective without fot- good eye and average intelligence. work. Its us easily learnt as football, and
The parallel with cricket only more cusily played.
The cricketer's transition from his holds good in-to-for as the impor- Miss B. Harker (“Y” Ladies), who
concerned the actual use of the feet gave a very good display in both, game to hockey is without violence. lance of foot-work in each game in
Miss C. Stiva (Recreio) his strong Arials. She is "Pilgrim's choice for The one game is full of strokes is quite different. In cricket, one is claims to the centre-forward berth in team, according 10 the Colony the inside right position.
Everton And Rugby
which occur in the other. And the
one's feet towards Association football player passes to always moving hockey almost as readily, so akin are the ball, while in hockey, the chief "Pilgrimi"
aim is to get the clumsy things out
DISADVANTAGES
the general outlines of the two Born of the way!
But simple as hockey is to
and to play, the beginner will serve
a pleasanter novitiate and the more
the pathetic desire to conceal he beneath 11 clouk ot It would be unfair not to discuss inferiority starting right, by being grounded ared with soccer or cricket.
High Scores In quickly and surely attain skill by the disadvantages of hockey as com-superiority! Scornfully. terming, it a
Wolves Win: High Scores In Derby Beaten
London, Mar. 9.
While Everton and Wolves won further matches to-day, Derby The first few games of the match County continued to falter in the appeared to be the First Division of the English Fool- revealed what prise might not have beco caused? greatest strength of the Portuguese ball League, losing their home game
netplay. powerful against Chelsea by a solitary goal.
So But Llang. while steady generally, pulr-their was not always reliable at the cru- were their smashes and so well-
Wolves scored a smashing win over cial moments, and several oppor-placed their volleying that the In Middlesbrough by six goals to one,
look-in: But tunlules of jumping into unassailable dians did not have
Everton Won comfortably And and positions were missed.
the effort was not sustained. when Ilussnin got his forehand in, against Leicester, scoring four times the Bght became more even and the without reply. scores swung one way and then in-
The following were the results of when matches played to-day: until the 20th game other Rumjan held his service.
FIRST DIVISION
2 Leeds
The Rumjahna, taking the early part of the match lightly ns-usual, ind to Bght with their bucks to the wall in the latter portion of the first cet, and more by dint of
steady
rather than brilliant play they Rumjahn made a shrewd move in gradually reduced the advantago the second set when, remembering Portsmouth
established by the Chinese, though the inability
they
of Hussain to clinch Derby
hnd two narrow escapes when the vital games, in the Arst, he Wolves their opponents were only a polat changed the order of service, taking Blackpool
was instead of Hussain. This proved Everian the set. "H.D." away from
a successful move, and in the tenth steady but Sirdar was brilliant and
5-4, Rumjaho erratic in turn. Sirdar made some game, when leading lovely overhead shots, but just as once again held his service to clinch
the set and match. often was he making mistakes.
1
AN UPSET
Gonsalves' netplay was very ef fective in the early stages, but he fell-of-badly later. especially in the second set when he made numer Dus tremely good on the foreland, but his backhand was vulnerable.
mistakes. Remedios was CX-
The other matches were not near-
ú Chelsea
6 Middlesbro'
2 Preston N.E.
4 Leicester
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Mansfield
IRISH SOCCER TEAM
0
1
In
Sevens" Tournament
(By "Fly-Haif")
"sissy's" game, he condemns it with-
in the rudiments of the game, and by first disadvantage, I will mention out giving it a trial. But I do not curly acquiring a knowledge of the arises out of the chief advantage. think that many will be found who. strokes used in hockey, and the best Owing manner of making them.
STICK AND FOOTWORK
to its comparative safety, having once tried hockey, will still hockey has become extremely popu consider it a soft game; they are more lar among women. This, of course, likely to come licking their sores inspires the stupid pride of the male and wondering if the game is worth
pride, due as we all know, to the enndle.
It will be obvious to all that the foundation of hockey playing must be stickwork, but the importance of Much more scoring took place
foot-work may not at first alght be Soven-a-Side Jast evening's Rugby Tournament ties than in apparent to the beginner. He may 11 Monday's; Indication perhaps even imagine on reading this sub- that one of the winning sevens heading that stickwork and footwork from last night will reach the final. refer to two different departments of Police bad a very close game the game, the former to hitting the who all and the latter to kicking it against H.MS. Birmingham were unfortunate to be beaten by a (presumably with such sleight of penalty kick taken by Taylor from toot that the umpires cannot detect well out. A nicely-timed cross kick it.)
This is, of course, not the meaning (Continued on Pape 9.)
RANDOM JOTTINGS BY "THE PILGRIM”
"The Pilgrim" Suggests How Forward Problem
May Be Solved
At the second Ladies Interport trial held at King's Park Inst Sunday it cannot be said that the standard of play was extra- ordinarily high, but the game amply served its purpose, as far as the selection of the colony defence was concerned. And eight players have since been selected to make the trip to Shanghai. They are as follows:
,
WTS
very
4 Torquay
Goalkeeper. Mrs. J. Lunson (H.K. Stone at right-half may cause some comment but she is worth her place. SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Recelo Ladies streng-Though the score does not suggest Ladles).
Bucks-Misa G. White (St. An- I thought her display in both trials CLUB de
their position in the this, play was a trifle one-sided, and
meritorious. I am not (FIRST DIVISION)
thened
reason why the Recreio drew's), Miss A. Fowler ("Y" Ladies) 1 Brawn Cup League last Saturday the only Motherwel2.st. Mirren
1when they easily defeated the score was not higher was the poor and Mrs. Wilmot (Seaforth Indies), commenting on the defence just yet, on as the colony 2 Hibernian St. Johnstone
Ladies at King'a Park by 3-0. The opportunism shown by the forwards Hulves. Mira Stone (" but will do so as goon Kilmarnock 1 Queen O'Sil.
defence seems to be a very sound; Ladies played good fast in the circle. Miss C. Silva, how-Ladles), Miss I Woolley (CBA) atinek is chosen. In general tho Third Lanark
◊ Celtic
2 Recreio
one. hockey despite the bumpy state of ever, proved herself a very capable and Miss B. Greaves (D.G.S.). -Reuter
FORWARD PROBLEM The above players will certainly the ground. Scoring twice in the leader and was responsible for the
make a formidable defence but in first half, through Miss M. Roza nad only goal scored in the last few
to the forwards. view of the attack being alightly. Now we turn Miss C. Silva, and once in the second minutes of the game,
weaker, the selectors have made one This is the department of the team through Miss A. Alves the
of not ex- which presented the greatest dim- Recreio's blunder and that was, Ladies, JONGKONG home team proved much superter to
because of the nearest rivals, falled mainly perimenting with Miss J. Wong as a culty in selection. In their opponents. Miss C. Silva, who H
my opinion the necessity of finding the ladies who operated at centre-forward, showed pace and dash, and Miss A. Alves on account of their slowness, due left
to the strenuous game streets abend of Miss H. Reid, her will blend effectively. fee probably
A new name has arisen with de- Breen (Manchester U.); Cook P Open Singles.-Wei Chung v. J. R.
was a constructive Inside left they had played the previous day. team mate, and her inclusion at left- Butler (Blackpool); Gonsalves, as pivot, got through Turner; H. Y, Ho v. T. J. Gould; E. (Everton), E. Story v. Wong Shiu-wing; Kwok Brolly (Billwell), MacMillon (Ches- an immense amount of work and Miss Geelg was the best forward on half would have greatly strengthened finlle clams for the centre forward-
opposing halves and is far superior to Miss Greaves who in the trials. Hing-chung v. E. C. Fincher; A. V. terfield), Weir (Clyde); Cochrane Miss O. Botciho, at left back, frn- view, but did not get much scope the Intermediate lines. Secondly she berth, though she has not been seep Gosano v. Lim Thiam-tet.
(Leeds U.), Stevenson (Everton), quently pulled up the "y" inside against the
backs who repeatedly checked her Millington (Chesterfield), Doherty forwards. The
The reserve. Open Doubles.-H. P. Ong, and S. (Manchester C.), and Brown (BK-| have now settled down into a useful by the soundness of their tackling Presumably has been chosen as a Silva of Club de Recreio.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
London, Mar. 8. The Irish soccer team to play The following is the programme of Wales at Wrexham on March 15 will
be as follows: matches to-day:
A-third-Ruminhn, Omar-of-the-ilk partnered by S. A. Hussain, created an upset by beating J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios in two sets after the first had gone to 20 games. The Portuguese commenced the match ia grand style, and gave indications of
quick victory when they took a ly sa interesting. lead of 3-1, but the sheer persis- Lency rather than the accuracy, of their opponents' lobs, and great re- turning qualities gradually wor
the them down. True,
some of shorter lobs were dealt with sam- mafily, but the good ones often left Gonsalves and Remedios standing.
it, in view of his reputation nad lis good record, Omar Rumjahn was a trifle disappointing, Hussain, who has so often in the past partici- H. Ling v. S. A. Gray and G., pated in the championships with his Burnett; Luk Chun-cheung and Iu brother without getting for, was Tak-lam v. Lee Wal-tong and better than one had expected. Sturt Tak-cheuk.
C.mingham).
THE TOURIST'S
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Miss
ladles Portuguese combination and it will not surprise! The Hongkong Ladies cannot deny
better team. Butler, Weir and Millington are me to see them win the Cup this that they were fairly beaten by a new caps-Reuter.
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THE C.B.A. men completed their THE Radio and Postal Sports Club! were down to meet the Hong- at Caroline Hill H.K.H.A. Tournament fixtures kong University last Sunday, defeating the Nomade last evening in their lost fixture in on their home ground by 4-2. G. the H.KHA. Tournament. But due forthcoming exams, the Fowler (2), Dunn and E. Fowler to their
team scored for the CB.A. Play was fast, Varsity were unable to feld nnd interesting, and at ene period and have thus given the Radio team. during the second half C.B.A. had a walk-over. The Radio men are to put all they knew Into the game now Champions and have gone The inclusion of E. Fowler at inside through the Tournament without a left was a success and his display defeat. A very creditable perform- was worthy of praise. D. Smith and nnce indeed,
S. Fowler, the right dank combina-
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tion, adapted themselves better to NDIA is sending her International the conditions and by swinging the 1 team to Macao next Sunday, I ball about were responsible for two believe she has gathered a very use- goals being scored in the last five ful eleven who are anxicus to retain minutes. Bond, Whitley and. Austen! the Championship this season. Mucao were outstanding In defence. The will give them the necessary practice C.B.A. are now joint runners-up needed.
who have with Club de Recrelo,
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also lost two games in the Tourna-LUB Secretaries are reminded
ment
THE
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CLUB that entries for the Six-a-Sido
Tournament close on March 18. Nomads replied on two oc- Each club is entitled to send in moro casions, 1hrough S. A. Reed than one team should it wish to do and Osmund. and at one stage were so.
Club de-
on level terms at 2-2. The attack proved equal to the occasion at the VESTERDAY at King's Pork, the
of the second half. commencement
I Hongkong Hockey The defence, however, collapsed in the closing stages, R. Xavier and Holed a weak All-India team by Rifles players, Soares finding the bumpy pitch all, 7-2. Owing to the non-appearance against quick and accurate tackling of the Rasputana
India was far below normal strength R. J. Reed played a good game at and the attack, which included Pyara centre-half. The team was weaken Singh and G, Singli, could make no ed by the absence of O. Reed and headway against the strong Club de
fence. The Fowler brothers. George Gubbay from the attack,
and Sidney. combined splendidly.an RECREIO Ladies went yet a step the Club right Bank and scored reven A. Reed further to winning the Brown goals between them. W. Cup when they accounted for the and N. Whitley were outstanding in
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selection
of Mrs. I.!
I refer to Mias C. She is the (Continued on Page 9.)
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