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BADMINTON
Open Championship Games Started
The first post-war Colony Open Championships run by the Hongkong Badminton Association com- menced last night with a series of first round games. played on the Kowloon Cricket Club court.
There was only one senior match on the evening's. programme, the Sing Tao pair of Robert Tay and P. K. Hui being pitted against J. C. Koh and P: C. Lim of Hong- kong University.
Tay and Hul, n seeded pair In the f
afforded Open Doubles, were
a
game fight by the Univeralty players, whose terrific smashing was the feature of a first game that went to 15-10. Tuy and Hul, took the match at 15-10, 15-3.
Chung retrieved doggedly as his opponent put on a spectacular ex- of strokes for a junior hibition player and the game was in senior class all along.
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In the second, Chung played He all-out attacking game. Koh was not at his best though proved that he was as good as Lau, Lim was steady enough and the who proved as sound on the de-
sound understanding, fensive, the pair lacked
service at one slage The opposite could be sald of Tay changing over some ten times with- and Hui. The former was in ex-out an ace being called. cellent form. varying his shots and Chung had more stamina and smashing and dropping with ex-hung on to a lend slowly stretched cellent judgment.
Lau, who by then lo sel at 15-0, Itui was the perfect partner and was absolutely dead beat, defaulted the two cumbined well. After being extended in the first game, the Sing the third game.
Tan pair led 10-n in the second as Thy kept his arst service for ten nces in a row.
LAU SURPRISES
The Junior Men's Singles pro- duced the most exciting match of the evening when it seemed for u white that a dark horse had trotted | on stage,
The Chinese YMCA player, D. C. Lau, surprised by scoring four aces on his initial service against sorded W. C. Chung, of the Chinese Sanliary Inspectors Club, and then leading 10-nil und winning the first game at 15-5 after a rally from the latter.
CHESS TOURNEY
Reshevsky Loses To Smyslov
Results were:
Senior Men's Doubles: Robert Tay and P. K. Hui (Sing Tao) beat J. C. Koh and C. P. Lim (University). Junior Men's Singles: A. Bayot (Recreio) beat J Kempton (K. Docks) 15-5, 15-2; W. c. Chu (Chinese Sanitary Inspectors) beat D. C. Lau (Chinese YMCA) 5-15, 13-6, and set on default.
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Jantar Men's Doubles: M. Verley-
(S and J. M. Gonsalves Teresa's) heat P. Lo and K. M. Lee Kowloon Tong) 15-0, 15-8, W. Lawrence and C. Quinn (VRC) beat (Recreio) H. J. and R. A. Xavier 15-2, 15-0.
THIS EVENING'S MATCHES
At Club de Recreto: 7.30 p.m. (Junior Men's, Singles) C. 11. Ngan v. Thong Ko Sine..
0.00 p.m. (Senior Men's Doubles) P. H. Wong & C. Au v. S. Saul & W. Galles. 8.30 .
p.m. (Senior Men's Singles)
R.
P. K. Hui v. S. Ampolavanar. 9.00 p.m. (Mixed Doubics) Young & Miss U. Khoo V. A. I.. Fisher & Mrs Tamworth.
9.30 p.m. (Junior Men's Singles)
Moscow, Apr. 12. The R. Lapsley v. T. H. Choo.
American chess champion, Samuel Reshevsky, today re- signed his adjourned game in the world chess championship. against the Soviet master, Vassili Smyslov, Tass, the Soviet news agency, reported.
Their game, in the 11th round, had been held over from last night, and loster until the 53rd move.
Thousands of people were unable to get into the Muscow Concert Holl
to watch the opening moves and they followed the play on special
outside thei cards in the corridors
arena.
They saw
the youthful Soviet expert, Paul
Keres,
the outpoint Dutch master, Dr Max Euwe, at the
25th move,
Mikhail Botvinnik, who was well in the lead at the end of the first half of the competition, received a bye in the 11th round.-Reuter.
TOURNEY STANDINGS
P W D L Pis
Botvinnik
Keres
Smyslov
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Latest Derby Callover
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London, Apr. 12.-The card of the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby were called over the Victoria Club tonight as follows:
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS
11 to 4 The Cobbler offered, 3 to 1 taken, 7 to 2 My Babu offered, 4 to 1 taken, 15 to 2 Pride of India offered, 8 to 1 laken, 0 to 1 Birthday Greetings offered, 9 to to 7 Julian offered, 100 to 6 taken,
1 Djedor offered, 22 to
1 Foir
taken,
1 taken,
100
Judgment
20 to olkered, 25 to
25 to 1 taken. 20 to Straight Play offered, 28 to 1 taken, 25 to 1 Dierid, 20 to 1 Royal Drake,
$3 to 1 Hyberbole, all offered, 40 10
1 Captain Fox offered, 30 to 1 taken.
40 to1 Usher, 50 to 1,Tile Senator,
06 to 1 Anschluss, all offered.
THE DERBY
15 to 2 My Dabir 10 to 1 Black Tarquin, 100 to 9 The Cobbler, 100 to B Pride of India, 100 to a Birth day Greetings, 23 to 1 Straight Play, Hoylake, Black Pampre, Julian, 33 to 1/The Scrinter, all offered. 40 to 1- Captain Fox offered, 60 to 1 taken.
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PROBABLY ONLY A COINCIDENCE
Singapore Schoolboy Sets Lift_Record
Singapore,, Apr. 12.-Loong Wei Teik, Chinese schoolboy, bettered the world two hands snatch bantam- weight lifting record in the all Malaya Chinese weight lifting trials here.
He lifted 1031⁄2 pounds. The ro- cord held by De Pietro of the United Slates was 192-7/0 pounds.
Loong's lift will not be submitted for official recognition because it failed to exceed the record by one pound...Associated Press.
PHOTO FINISH
Bowie, Maryland, Apr. 12,- Basileus II, imported six-year-old
French herse, won his first Ameri- can tur? victory on Saturday in the $10,000 Southern Maryland Handicap by a photo finish-As- sociated Press,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948.
UP TO THE BASKET !
Five members of the East and West All-Stars who competed Ja New York In a charity. Fame, won by the east 68 to 47, leap for the ball during the second half of the
came in Square Garden.
Madison
Left to right: Bob Gale (East) of Cornell; Dan Miller (West) of St Lauli: Jack Burmaster (West) of Illinois; Lionel Maamed (East of City College, New York, and Ed Mikan (West) of De Paul of -
Chicago. AP Wirephoto.
COLONY TENNIS
Ex-Champions Win Through Easily
Five winners between the lot of them conceded
a total of 21 games to enter the fourth round of the Colony Open Singles at the HKCC yesterday, the longest game of the evening being over in just a minute or two above the hour.
Though some good tennis was seen, no loser showed any struggle worthy of the name and one of the largest galleries so far gathered for a single evening went away without having witness. ed even a minor upset.
In action were such local stars and ex-champlons as the Rumjahn cousins, Ip Koon-hung, the present holder, and Tsul Yun-pul.
shown S. A. Rumjahn alone was any threatening opposition. His op- ponent, B. T. M. Jones, managed to lead 5-2 in the second set after be ing down 2-0, 1-4, but beyond an exhibition of good all-round stroke play, he was very much in an off- elny mood,
pickley
on
his
At one stage it looked as though Rumjahn would take the match for of three games. Jones began
the up In
second set tactles that kept opponent on the run.
Leading 5-4 in the second sel, he could have very well taken it had he' been steadier in his overhead volleys kills. Impatience in long when Rumjahu responded stroke for stroke also cost him several valuable points.
LONGEST GAME
The longest game of the evening
Rumjohn und Kenneth Lo, won by the former at 6-2, 6-3, a score that did not re- flect the hard game put up by his
was that between H. D.
opponent.
H. D. put up a fine exhibition of courteroft, keeping Lo on the defen- sive and giving him ittle opportu- nity
overhead
to scare on his smashes.
Ip Koon-hung and Tsul Yun-pui had surprisingly easy passage over opponents of whom more was CX- peeted.
Scores were:
S. A. Rumjahn beat B. T. M. Jones 6-3, 7-5.
1. D. Rumjahn beat Kenneth Le 6-2, G-3.
Ip Kun-hung beat H. Szeto 6-1, -1.
Tsul Yun-pul bent Marsland Ma 6-1, 6-2.
Kam-
Choy Tin-Look bent Au moon 0-3, 6-1,
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TODAY'S GAMES
On this evening's programme are three Open Singles matches: Patrick Poon v. R. Segalen, M. W. Lo v. Mar Nat-kwong, and Leo Yue-wing Tout Wai-pul.
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On Saturday they board touring THE WORLD'S MOST OUTSTANDING
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en route to the match and then give a display of foolball that leaves most of their opponents breathless, Father of this happy family is
the left-back and penalty specialist, Billy Bean, product of Lincoin amateur football now in his 14th season with the club.
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Bean and his partner, Stillyards, the half-back, Owen, and the left- winger, Marlowe, are paris in local dikime OTKS," The inside-forward, Parr, in Eng- land's amateur international side last season, is U Lincoln Post Office en- gineer and another amateur, centre- forward Turner, is ✡ student- tescher.. Right-half Grimmett is a Barnsley miner.
Skipper Johnson's own electrical business in Sheffield Is 'doing fine as, Is gonile Moulson's wholesale Ash merchant's firm In Grimsby.
LIKED IT SO MUCH Regular centre-forward" Hutchin- son, who has so far scored 22 gonis this season, guested with them during the war. He liked the
returned Lincoln way of life and
to them from Bournemouth.
And 50 it Koes 011. Clerks, builders, labourers, joiners
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PROJECTOR & SOUND EQUIPMENT
bricklayers have graced the club's THE NAME
books with their signatures.
They are the pride and joy of that knowing managerial pair, Jac McClelland, former Hallfax amateur, and Bill Anderson, former Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley player.
Skipper Jolinson speaks apprecia- tively of his six-foot protege, 19- year-old Tommy Emery, stalwart half-back now in the Forces who
is considered by Chairmon George Wright, another ex-Lincoln amateur, who ought to know, as The most promising centre-half in the coun- try.
saw the recent ground and players' room improvements in that place, the Sinen Bank enclosure, on a par with any Second Division club. Lincoln were founder members of It way back in 1992. 10 1092.
It is 17 years since they were last IN PORTUGAL
In Division II but Mr Wright is London. Apr. 12. It Is now
certain the Imps will go up this time. 'practically certain that Denis Comp-
The club has only one spot of ton, Britain's leading sportsman, trouble, Rotherham challenglug-so- tenaciously, However, Me Wright will play soccer for Arsenal in the first match of their Portugal tour thinks they will weather the storm at Lisbon on May 3, and fly home and so do most of the people of Lin- Immediately afterwards 10
coln. play cricket for the MCC in their game with Surrey, beginning on May
5.
His brother, Leslie, is likely to stay with Arsenal in Portugal in order to play in Oporto nn May This will mean that he will be back in England in time to assist Middle- sex in the opening county game of the cricket season, with Hampshire, on May B-Reuter.
Java this
JAVA TEAM LEAVES
13.-The Shanghai, Apr. Chinese soccer team left hero morning for Hong Kong by air en route to Java after conclusion ofTMn ̈ four-game series, which
aw them losing two, winning one and draw- ing one.
They lost the last game yesterday
two goals by
to one against cream of Shanghai's players-a
of combination Hwa and Tsing Peh, the two Chinese teams in the city.
the Chinese Tung best
LINCOLN HOPES DOWN Rotherham United have established
in the struggle for promotion into lead of two points on Lincoln City the Second Division as a result of their win at home against Mansfield Town by two goals to one yesterday. Both Rotherham and Lincoln City have three games left to play to for the their fixtures complete scanon.
London, Apr. 12-The following were the results of football matches played today.
Although defeated twice, the visitors won the admiration of local fans for their sportsmanship, fighting4 spirit and general high standard.--- Reuter.
Polish Desire To Exercise Veto
Warsaw, Apr. 12-A Government spokesman said today that Poland would quit the first round of the European Zone Davis Cup tennis matches, unless Italy agrees to send a team to Warsaw.
Jakowski, Mauer. A. Egander spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, sald that no date had been set for
the Polish-Italian matches.
for the
He added that negotiations play struck a hitch because Italians had not yet agreed to, play
In Warraw.
First Division: Blackpool 6.
Sunderland 1,
Second Division: Shefeld Wed. 1, Brentford 1. Tottenham Hotspurs 0. Notts Forest 3.
Third Division (Southern): Crystal Polace 0, Brighton and Hove D.
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VIENNESE BOYS WILL DEFEND ́Vienna, Apr. 12.-To beat Eng- land's football youth is the dream of fifteen Viennese boys chosen to represent Austria in the international football tournament, scheduled for London on April 15-17.
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MILAN TOURNEY Milan, Apr. 12.-Results in the International tennis tournament which ended in Milon today were: NOW Singles Gianni Cucelli, Italy. bant Marcello del Bello, Italy, 4-0, 6-3, part are Belgium, France, Italy, the
7-5, 6-4.
Women's Singles Madame Kormodzy, Hungary, beat Dolleschell, Austria, 6-3, 6-3.
Mixed Doubles Madame Kornoczy, Hungary, and Bossi, Italy, beat Dolleschell and del Bello 6-4, 4-0, 0-1.
Jokowsk! said Poland demanded that the match be played here be-Mian cause Foland had previously parti elpated in matches In the Davis Cup competition.
He told n press conference that Poland would not rend a team to Rome and would resign from the tournament unless the Italians como hero-Associated Press.
Women's Doubles Kormoczy and Pelendy, Hungary, beat Manfredi and Migilor, Italy, 0-1, 3-6, 0-4-Associated Press.
Players in that Austrian team aro already enlisted with the league crop has taken clubs and a new their place.
Among other countries taking
Netherlands, Wales and Northern Ireland.--Associated Press.
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