Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH OH May 21,2 1940.
RECONSTRUCTION OF TENNIS
FINAL SHOOT AT STONECUTTERS POORLY ATTENDED
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THE LAST SHOOT of the season at Stonecutters Island drew the poor attendance of only 21 members last Saturday after- noon.
Conditions were good except for a slight haze that came over at 600 yards.
Set. G. E. Breese, Naval Range Staff, won the aperture
score of 99, Sgt. It..J, leap topped
Reviving Suggestions Three Years Boston
Ago For The Improvement Of Trounce
The Game In The Colony
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May Cincinnati Reds, leaders National Baseball League: werd severely trounced by the Boston
scores wero:
THREE YEARS AGO—at the Annual Meeting of the Hongkong Lawn Braves to-day by 11-4. The complete of the Royal Tennis Association on April 29, 1937, to bo exact-His Honour, Mr. sights acclion with the excellent Justice R. E. Lindsell, then, as now, President of tho Associatión, made a 660 open rights class with 85, but few brief comments on the deplorably low standard of the Colony's ten- Cincinnati was beaton on handicap by Anis. Pertinent suggestions regarding the conduct of the Championships. Baston Evans, of the Dockyard Rise Club,
and the League were put forward by Mr. A. V. Gosano, and though the St. Louis who thus won the liandicap spoon.
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But three tennis championships have since been played. There have been the same faces each year and the same standards of play and though there were different results in the singles and doubles this year from what were anti- cipated, these were not so much through improve. ments as through the dropping off of the Tsui brothers.
The Rumjahn cousins are to be heartily congratulated in f winner of handicap spoon will have providing the upsets. They, t by handicap reduced by one point.
Mne. Jas. Fictcher
Miniature Rifle Section
the Small Bore Section
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The pairs should be graded into 1st, 2nd and 3rd pairs, and the corresponding numbers of each
team meet in a three set matchi nal, as is now, each pair plays the other.
Icast, are players of a definite standard, and for the past fif- teen years have been a constant threat for the doubles and THE first suggestion for the
tournament and the sugges singles titles. But they are past
NOW that the fall-range ride their hey-day-this was recog-tion for the League are based shooting has concluded, keen interea nised in 1935 when the Tsui on the same ideal-that of is being shown in mature rille brothers ended their 11 years' eliminating cautious play and shooting and it is hoped that Hon. Scorciaries of existing and all newly reign as doubles champions--the accompanying pat-ball tac- formed clubs will ret in touch with and though it speaks volumes tics, one of the most form- the features of Mr. A. F. Evans, Hon. Secretary of for them that they were able to destructive
the Hour- keng Rifle Association, care of the recapture the title this year, it, game. He argued that in the more concrete Lengue, where one set only de- perhaps, is a with
criticism of the other players cides. a tie, it is hardly likely that players are going to take the who were defeated,
The leanis throughout this last risk of losing a game through in- generally speaking, duigence in a hard-hitting and freer was dismal. There was little, ex- type of play. Yet it is only through cept for the results, that engender- these latter methods that players of ed exeftement, and the finals were the better type are to arise. no exception. Is it not, then, time!
some
Royal Air Force, Ka! Tak, view to arranging matches
He will also be glad to give advice to any persons interested and wishing to form clubs under the Hongkong Rifle Association conditions. It is hoped that a Colony team will be formed in the near future to parti- cipate in the Colonial Small Bore Matches and to fire matches with the National Rifle and Pistel Association of the Philippines.
SMALL BORE MATCH
tournament,
that
Bures were struct.
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Home Racing To Carry On
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter). The Jockey Club and the National Hunt Commitice an nounce that racing will be re
Manchester sumed
and Lanark on May 18. All racing fixtures wero cancelled when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland
Regional Football Matches
LONDON, May 20 (Reuter) The ball matches played in the English Following were the results of foot- Regional Leagues to-day:
I
MIDLAND-
0
NORTH-EASTERN
Lelcester
Take, for instance, the drive, How mea- many players are there in Hongkong recon- who strive to gain that fraction of Birmingham
a second in speed by taking the ball revitalise,
on the rise? Tournament and Lea- sue tennis teaches them that it is Bradford safer and
and casier to wait until the ball has reached the peak of its bounce before hitting it.
adopted to and
perhaps, Hongkong's tennis?
is for this reason that I have In a Small Bore Match fired at the Central Police Station range last mentioned the extremely sensible Friday, the Royal Air Force beat the suggestions... put forward by Mr. Hongkong Police by points. Un- Gosino-threa years ago. These In furtunately, Supt. Thompson was brief were: unable to compete for the Police.
POLICE
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Sgt. Parkin
Bat. Gowanu
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DT-LA. C. Henley-100
DJ W. O. Toillam
7 CFL Gash
27
P/O. Grey
Mr, Evans
913
VO. Farmer
11
Bingh
80
Total: 574
Total:
537
Cpl. Naranjan
For the annual tournaments: All matches should be the best of five sels;
How much does overhead work. suffer when a slight miscalculation in hilting hard may mean the loss
2 Hartlepools.
League Rugger
20 LONDON, May of a polot, which is made infinitely
(Reuter)→→→ more important by the calculation Hunslet beat Bramley 32-13 ta-the The date of the tournament) should be changed to the end of that in the League four points may Rugby League to-day. summer (Le. the end of the tennis be a game, and six games a match? season) rather than at the begin- ning,
For the League:
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THE tournament suggestion is, as I have said, based on the
same consideration as that for the League. The losing of the first set in a three-set match is far more serious than a similar loss in a five-set match.
First of the objections was that
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Y.M.C.A. Team To Swim Against Australians
THE FOLLOWING will represent
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the European Y.M.CA. against the
Reservists Australian Naval Thursday night in a series of swimm- ming events and at waterpolo:
50 yds, free style-F. A Weller and R. Sclater.
100 yds, free-style.—Jordan, L. An Benn or G. Arnoid.
100 yds, back-stroke-B. S. Wlison and A
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yds. breast-stroke-L. Chater and R. Goldmarz
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300 yds. free-style relay (25-50- 075-75-50-20)-P, B. Wilson, F, A. Weller, B. S. Wilson, A. T. May, L. A. Benn and R. Goldman or G. Amold,
150 yds. medley relay-8, S. Wilson (back-stroke), R. Goldman, (breast-stroke) and G. May. (free style); LA Bean (back-strako)-L- H. Chater (breast-stroke) and F. A. Weller (free-stylo).
Referees Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Hong- kong Football Referees' Association will be held at the Hotel Ceell on Tuesday, May 21 (to-day) at 0 p.m. As this is the last meeting of the pre- sent season, it is hoped-that-al- roforces wf attend.
the Hongkong Cricket Club road SPORTS ADVTS.
would be required for cricket at} the end of the tennis season, and the second was that there was not the time in an evening to play a five set match.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Countering the first of these ob- fections was the suggestion that the preliminary rounds be played on THE
SIXTH EXTRA RACE
neutral courts, for there are several MEETING will be held (weather Clubs in the Colony who would lend permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY ON their courts for. the tournament. BATURDAY, 25th May, 1940, com- Not only that, the tennis tournament mencing at 2.00 p.m. matches are played during the work
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 —not the week-ends. In any case, p.m. the tournament could be pushed through in a month, for on neutral
courts
week
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
there would bo 拉 greater No One without a badge will be number available; and greater number of matches could be played admitted to the Members' Enclosure. each dayClab courts, I think, ara Such must be worn throughout the limited, to eight, and not all
not all are duration of each Meeting in such manner as to be readily identifled.
used for the Open Tournament.
Avalost the time problem, it is
Badges admitting Non-Members to pointed out that evenings at the end the Members' Enclosure and Club of summer are much longer than Rooma at $5.00 for Gentlenen and those of February and March, and $3.00 for Ladies (both including tax)
through the SECRET Ave-set matches, therefore, are more are obtainable feasible.
ARY upon the personal or written application of a Member, such Mem- THE most disappointing fea- ber to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment ture of this year's Open of all Chits, etc. Tournament was the failure of The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor the Taul brothers. The Colony Exchange Buliding, (Tel. 27794) will has, in these two young men,close at 11.45 a.m. players of note, but, unless they Houss provided they are ordered in continually play against each advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. other, where is the opposition | 21020). necessary for them, or anyone,
to maintain that standard?
Timing are obtainable at the Club
PUBLIO ENCLOSURE »
The price of Admission to the Consider the Singles fast. When Public Enclosure, is $1.00 including the super-defendaive play of Sirdar Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, Ranjaan proved, too much for him, and is payable at the Gate. Soldiers Taul Wai-pui reverted to similar and Sailors in Uniform are admitted tactics,
and It brought forth caustic Half Price: reimarks. When Teul mot Tul· în the semi-finals, there were sOTLIG sparkling rallies, and some of the best tennis of the tournament was
scon.
There was yet another aspect of the final. Tsul Wal-pul was general- ly acknowledged as the finest singles player here, and, consequently one looked to him to produce shots equal to the expectations. When he didn't. as he ofton couldn't, there glum faces.
Tul, I would say without healta- tion, is a distinct relapse from the young player who, returned from ERTOPS and I will also say that
provement in the general.
et tumis her the younger playerN with may prospecialni til in the "Kaum velit [xwwerrion - above! that
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Hongkong, 20th May, 1040.
Secretary.
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