Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 4, 1939.
SPLENDID TENNIS IN MIXED DOUBLE FINAL FURTHER W. Sander, Miss Tylor CHINESE Win In Straight Sets SUCCESS
(By "Abo")
The standard of tennis seen in the final of Kho And Choy Win the Hongkong Cricket Club mixed doubles cham- At Bournemouth pionship yesterday was surprisingly high, and those who turned up to see it must have been pleased with the performances of both pairs.
London, May 3. Further succesics were scored by Kho Sin-kie (holder)' and W. C. Choy, the Chinese Davis Cup players, (-16) managed to beat I. J. Arm-
W. Sander and Miss Ann Tylor) in the Bournemouth hardcourt tennis championships to-day.
strong and Mrs. Andrews (-15.3) in
In the quarter-finals of the tourn-straight sets, but even they them ament, Kho eliminated
selves will probably agree that the Bon difference in the scores was due Shnyes in four sets, after dropplagu
Thes piny.
In the same round, Choy defeated appreciabile Laurence Sham by 0-3, 0-4, 6-2,
Both Shayes and Sham are mem- bers of the British Dayls Cup team this year-Reuter,
OTHER RESULTS
London, May 3. In the other quarter-final matches, Donald McPhall, of Great British, beat G. E. Godrell, also of Great Britain, Godsell retired in the third set after McPhail bad won the first two by
return
on
brought off some very dine shots on Mrs. Andrews served well and
the backhand, but on the other alde of the court Miss Tylor was playing equally well. If a count was kept, It would probably be found-Crat Miros
the
two
the first, the scores being 5-7, to the slight handlen) which Tylor made the least number of mis- 0-1, 0-0,
recelved rather than any takes of the four; in fact she played superiority in their remarkably steadily throughout, her round shots being particularly good. The same would have been con- The splendid play of the Indies siderably closer, I think, if Arm-made game always Interesting, with strong had not made many lille to choose between
BO malatakes at vital stages of each set.pairs. But the slight handleop which He was stendy enough at most times, Armstrong und Mrs. Andrews had to his heavy top-splas inuking his shots concede proved the deciding factor. very difficult to
many The match was featured by some censions, but he was not always fine railles. able to minimise hie errors when Service was held in the Arst set: points became really important, until 4-4 was called, and then San-
LADIES PLAYED WELL
der and Miss Tylor broke through Sunder too was not always rellable. the tenth game. The second set went Armstrong's service to win out in Although his forchand drives won in sequence of two games each. not press, and it was tett to the two, were pulled back to 3-2. led many points, his work at the net did Sander and Miss Tylor won the first two ladies to carry off the chief again to 4-4, and then they took the honours of the day.
next two games for matel.
The final scores were 6-4, 6-4 in favour of Sander and Miss Tylor.
MEN'S HANDICAP DOUBLES
6-3, 0-1.
Charles Hare, of Great Britain, beati John Olliff, of Great Britain, by 0-0,
6-3, 0-1,
In the semi-finals, Kho Sin-kie will meet McPhail and Choy will piny Hore--Renter,
Here And There
With "Abe
Sporting Personality Now In The
AN interesting visitor
Colony
to these boxing championships at the British shores is Mr. F. D. Rose Price, Empire Games in 1030 and in the globe-trotter, executive member of last meeting in Australia, Mr. Rose the South African Ainateur Boxing rice has been invited to oclate at
Victorian Association, member of the Trans-the
Amateur Boxing vaul N.S.C., certificated boxing re- Championships, which take place in Judge, official of the Wan- July, and when this tournament is ferce and derers AC Johannesburg, South completed he
nt the will ociate Africa, racing head and financier. Australian Amateur Championships. These, in short, are some of Mr.Athletics Rose Price's chief interests, and you
will agree that they comprise a
interested
the set and
In the other Club final played, E. E. Storey and J. J. Ferguson (-5/0) defented R, K. Valentine and L.M.S. | Lloyd (ser:) by G-1, 4-0 and 6-3 to
win the Men's Handicap Doubles,
HANDICAP SINGLES
L. Goldman (-30) defeated V, R. Gordon (-3/6) by 6-2, 0-4 to enter the Anal of the Men's Handicap Singles. The winner will meet H. J. Armstrong in the final.
:
Rumjahns To Play Ho And Lee To-day
of
On the stand court of the Hong- ong Cricket Club to-day. S.A. and H. D. Rumjahn, former holders the doubles tennis championship of the Colony, will meet Ho Ka-lau and Lee Yue-wing in the semi-finals of the current tournament.
varied list. Mr. Rose Price und bis M. Rose Price is also greatly wife have just arrived in the Colony strides, he says, are being made in ready well-known to local followers In athletics, Rapid The Rumjahn cousins' play is al- To-morrow he will proceed to Sydney while his wife will return to South Afrlen in developing young of the game, but Ho and Lee are South Africa on Saturday. They sters, some of whom will be world-a-new-combination in the Colony were in Japan recently, and Me are they in feld events, but on the over W. A. H. Duff and T. A. Pearce, beaters some day. Particularly good championships. By their victory Rose Price has some very interesting things to say about amateur boxing track they have not made such good the Chinese have already shown that progress, though they have a few they cannot be taken lightly. Their In that country. He has-beet con- nected with the fight gume almost men who can beat ten seconds quite defensive play is of a
very high pills life, and he knows what he regularly for the 100 yards. Mr. order and It is safe to say that un- Rose Price has a son, Mr. T. Raseless the cousins produce their best is talking about, I can assure you.
Price, who won the Southern Trans- form they will not have on van lle championship in 1030 In passage into the final. the good time of 4 mius. 27 secs. his record has been beaten since, however. by the bouls he has watched the Chinese Success
Standard Very Poor
AMATEUR boxers in Japan go up to 140 pounds only, and judging
standard of amateur boxing is very
of
.
low Indeed compared to that of others was written last night. Se countries. He was taken to a tour-T":
by the time these notes appear nament at the
Tokyo University in print, both Kho Sin-kle and W. which boasted some of the best amateur boxers in the country, and Chuy, the Chinese Davis Cup players, though the majority, were very Inst may have been already eliminated and clever, he failed to see a single from the Bournemouth hardcourt one possessing a punch worthy the name. "Any two-handed fighteri with a decent wallop could have gone into the ring and knocked the beads off the best of the bunch, I saw.' says Mr. Rose Price, who thinks that as a class, Japanesn boxers are not up to the standard of the Filipinos. If the Filipinos them- selves are not conspicuous for their heavy hitting, they are at least bet- ter than the Japanese who do not seem to be able to hit at all.
In South Africa
ŢATURALLY our taik finally
NA
turned to South Africa, Mr. Rose Price's home country. Without wish- ing to boost up the_stock_of his own country unduly, Mr. Rose Price really thinks that amateur boxing in South Africa ranks very high Indeed. It certainly is better than that he has seen in most places he hos visited, England and Australia not excluded. The reason for this is the tremendous enthusiasm shown for the game by the youngsters. In a recent tournament for juniora at Johannesburg, there were from. 350
7 OUR WEEKLY HOCKEY FEATURE.
LAST
"Pilgrim" Says—|
SIX-A-SIDE CATCHES ON
AN
SUNDAY'S TOURNAMENT ÁN
OUTSTANDING SUCCESS 8th Destroyer Flotilla Thoroughly Deserve Win
Tel McDonald, prolife scorer of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla team, which won the Six-a-Side Tourna- ment last Sunday.
Players Who Have Won Sticks
(By "The Pilgrim")
i
The following have been selected by me as the most improved League players for the 1938-39 season and each will receive a stick presented by Mr. Amar Singh, manager of International Sports:
Caer Clark Cup.-Miss A. Smith (C.B.S. centre-half).
Brawn Cup. Miss B. Greaves (D.G.S. left half).
H.K.H.A. Tournament.-V. Ribeiro (Recreio goal-keeper).
Combined Boys Schools- Master Gurdial Singh (Queen's College).
LEAGUE SCORERS The highest goal-scorers will also receive a stick each. Their names are as follows:
Caer Clark Cup.-Miss M. Smith "Y" Ladies).
Brawn Cup.-Mrs. Ackroyd (Scaforth Ladies).
H.K.H.A. Tournament. Gurbachan Singh (Radio).
The above-mentioned play- ers are requested to appear in -person-at-the-International Sports on Monday, May 8, at 6 p.m. sharp when the presen- tation of sticks will be made.
casy
Two Matches In English Soccer
men's
London, May 3.
The Hongkong Hockey Association Six-a-Side Tournament, staged at King's Park on Sunday last, proved an outstanding success. The idea of gathering together all the affiliated clubs, includ- ing the Army and Navy, seemed-to some-a formidable, if not impossible, task. But, with all-round enthusiasm, it proved easy.
The weather was fine and the grounds were as good as could be 99 expected. There were nearly forty entries and the tournament, starting soon after 2 p.m., continued until the final at about 4.30 pm, when the 8th Destroyer Flotilla and tho Kumnona "B" were left to conclude Secretary of the Hongkong Hockey Mr. R. Henderson, retiring Ion. the series. the 8th D.F. eventually Association. winning by the ball being in the territory of their opponents.
"PILGRIM'S" RANDOM JOTTINGS
day.
There were several surprise results In the Tournament; all the strong
rounds. İn mony
8TH D.F. A GOOD SIDE The 8th D.F. who were the win!
Secretary Tenders Resignation
resumption, Miss J. Weller ners, showed fine stamina by defeat- "Bob" Henderson To
A
THE Hongkong Ladies lost what civilian teams-C.B.A., Recreio, K.I. chances they had of winning the T.C. and Radio-were disposed of Brawn Cup when they shared two in the carller goals with the D.G.S. girls last Satur-eases the winning teams only won The Hongkong attack made by the ball being in their opponents' several promising raids down
the territory. The right flankt, but Miss Darby in goal: saved several good shots. There was no score in the first half, but shortly after the went through cleverly and scored.
the Kumaong "B" after Up to this point, the Hongkong Ladies thrilling had had the best of the exchanges, preliminary games, the 8th D.F. encounter. In all their but thereafter the team as a whole according to the rules played typical deteriorated, due probably to the and clever six-a-side hockey. The heavy pitch. Soon after, Miss A forwards played the correct game; Chang equalised for the D.G.S., and A. B. Cornelius and L. Cdr. Cart- in the last ten minutes both sides wright on the wings, were very fast sor to Mr. R. Henderson, the fought hard, but without success, and controlled their ground passes Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong for the winning goal. The Recrelo excellently Ladies are now champlons, one point who stared most of the goals for his Hockey Association, takes place
while Tel. MacDonald! ahead of the Hongkong Ladies,
side, showed round judgment in his positional play, and in
AT
by
working
Leave Shortly
The appointment of a succes-
T the time of writing. I have not either to the right or to the left as at a meeting of the Council this received the Services' learn, but actual state of play demanded. afternoon at 5.30 p.m. at St.
As a matter or fact the three for- treties required. Lt. Firth, at centre wards understood the necessary Andrew's Church Hall. As he is half, worked very hard and was the duo to leave the Colony shortly brains of the attack-his splendid
I hope to have their names Saturday when I shall comment on the prospects of the Civilian v. Ser vices annual encounter, which will be played on Sunday.
I
openings paved the way for brillant for good, Mr. Henderson has ralds. Lt. Carr and Hatton
tendered his resignation.
am glad to hear that my sugges-backs were game tacklers, Man in last Thursday's notes, that
the
"Bob" has served in the capacity
the Combined Boys' School should Hansa Dat, Rem Singh and Umed meet the Combined Girls' Schools in Singh were outstanding for the of Hon. Secretary for a full season. a "close of season" match, has been losers who shared two goals and during which time he has carried accepted. This match, between the two short corners for the final score: out remarkably fine work on behalt boys and girls, will commence at it was just unfortunate that the of the Association. 2.40 pn. on the Club ground and Rame ended in their half. will not as a curtain-raiser to
There is
no better-known per- Consequently, this cleverness in sonality on the hockey field than our Services v. Civilian clash on Sunday. forword play and Inteligent tactles "Bob," who has been in the game The girls will be out to show the of the eth D.F. placed the team in for a great number of years. As an boys how hockey should be played.the-front-rank as worthy winners.
the
FOLLOWING the last meeting of
the M.K.H.A. Council at St. An- drew's Hell this afternoon, the Uni- pires' Hockey Board will also meet and a full attendance of members is
requested.
*
game.
due to the
umpire and administrator, he has rendered great service. He is a keen and enthusiastic worker, and the Colony, I am certain, will regret his departure.
day.
CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations are council of the HKILA. upon their splendid enterprise. Lt. J. P. Gun-
There have been many outstanding ner (RN.) has also to be thanked personalities In the Association in the for the due recording of the results past, but none has surpassed Mr. WE following will represent the did services. When the tournament done. Week in and week out during and also the umpires for their splen-Henderson in the amount of work THE
Civilians in their annual match was first proposed it was my firm the season, lte is always scen umple- against the Services on the Club conviction that the six-a-alde game ing matches, and during his umpiring tennis championships, the
Kround on Sunday at 4 p.mộ singles of which Kho holds. But at
would King (C.B.A.); V. C. Bond With a few alterations to the rules port, International and representa quickly catch in this colony. career he has had charge of inter- the time of writing, the two have
(Club) and A. E. P. Guest (Radio); It should in future done well enough to make China's
R. J. Reed (Nomads), W. A. Reed popular. It is a step which may very human umpire, and all players prove very tive games. He is capable and chances in the 1030 Davis Cup com-
and Two matches were played to-day (Club): S. A. Fowler (Club), G. together the relationships of several
opportunity of wishing him farewell (Club), Capt. petition look brighter than before.
N. Whitley have for reaching effect in knitting will, I hope, avail themselves of the China, as has been announced, is in the English Football League. Singh (Radio), drawn-peculiarly
G. II. Fowler smaller clubs aliated to the As-when he takes his last match in the enough against Plymouth, at home, defeated Norwich (C.B.A.), Pyara Singh (K.LT.C.)sociation, It certainly helps France once again in the first round by a goal to
the Colony-Service v. Civilians on Sun- nl in the Second and J. Wall (Police). of the European Zone. It will be
Reserves.-R. Xavier (Nomads), R. recalled that France was also China's Division, and Ipswich, at home, beat Marques (Recreio), and J. Pinto Arst opponent in the 1830 champion Reading by 3-1 in the southern see-(KIT.C.). ships and won with case. Then tion of the Third Division-Reuter. Kho, Guy Cheng and Gordon Lum were no match for Christian Boussus and Bernard Destremesu. Now, however, Kho has improved immea surably and can hold his own with some of the best players in the world, while Choy, by his victory over C. E. Malfroy, the New Zealand Davis Cupper, on Tuesday, has proved that he has also improved greatly. China may not beat Franco In the Davis Cup tie, but the recent performances of her two representa tives in Europe tend to prove that she has a beiter chance than most people had conceded her when the draw was announced. Kho'a vic- torica arc moro or less expected now, but Choy's win over Malfroy is in the nature of a surprise.
Not Impressive
STILL remember the matches Choy played in Hongkong n couple of years ago, and I cannot
Kho Sin-kic, the Chinese Davis say I was much impressed by him:
to 400 entries which shows how Cup player, who is defending his in fact I was surprised that a player popular boxing: Is there. He also hardcourt tilte at Bournemouth. Re with the form he displayed could recalls with prido that South defeated · Ronald Shayes In the have won a "Blue" at Cambridge. 'Africans--won two out of the" five | quarter-innis yesterday.
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But I was then told, and I quite bellave. It, that Choy plays better in ***** England than he docs in Hongkong. Ho find the climata here unsuited to him, and judging by the many fine victories he has been searing in recent months, ho must be finding the climate conditions. In Hongkong more to his taste. With Kho and Choy as their representatives, Chin- ese tennis enthusiaste may look for ward with some hape; a victory for China is not as impossible as como, people seem to think,
(As reported elsewhere on this page, both Kho and Choy have made further progress in the Bournemouth championships. Their victims yester day in the quarter-finals were Ronald Shayes and Laurence Shafl, the two British Davis Cup players).
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