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AS THE GALLERY GETS PELTED
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.
JONES & AYRES SHOW HOW TENNIS IS PLAYED
GALLERY'S FAVOURITES
WEEK-END
CRICKET
Roch Leung & Kwok Hing-Chung Show How A Match Is Won
By "RECORDER"
The best doubles match in the history of the Colony was played at Chater Road yes- terday evening and it was on the house. There is no charge made for admission to the Colony Open Grasscourt Championships until the semi-final round and yesterday'sTM matches were the quarter-finals of the Open Doubles.
With little regard for the other star combinations about, the larger part of the gallery' settled around Court 1 to see B. T. M. Jones & H. A. Ayres go down in three sets to Roch Leung and Kwok Hing-chung in what, after the first set, developed largely into a lob and smash game with kills to the sidelines that whistled past the faces of the spectators.
In the third set particularly, all four players forgot about the fact that there are, logic insists, impossible returns and some of the rallies were of a smash and snitch flavour, an overhead smash going back on a flick from the edge of the racket to be smashed again and lobbied up once more.
When terra firma had it, that was the kill, if the ball wasn't headed with a weight of stroke behind it to remind another section of the gallery that it was much too near.
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS TOMORROW
Ricci
Hall
Are The Favourites
Ricel Hall is leadlog Lugard Hall by three points on the tally from six events completed so far in the annual University Athletic Champlonships and are the favourites to take the Inter-flostel Championship title tomorrow afternoon when the remaining, finals will be held in the first post-war gala affair at Pokfulam. The Champlonships, were held at the Caroline Hill Stadium last year.
220 Yards Low Hurdles: 1..S.. K. Cheong (Ricci); 2, G. Wagner (Lugard); 3. Wong Ting-chung. (May); 4. T. T. Chin (Ellot).
Point standings so far are Ricci, 27; Lúgard, 24; Morrison, 18; May, 19; Eliot, 2; and St John's, 0. Considerable interest will be į 880 Yards Itun: 1. G. Wegner centred on Gerhard Wagner of (Lugned); 2. J. Holung (Rice!); Lugard's attempt to take all the 3. Norman Lo (Morrison); 4. P. fal race titles from the 100 Wong (Ricel). yards to the 10,000 metres. He has already won the latter event and the Half Mile.
He starts favourite for the One Mile, is conceded an even 10,000 Metres Run: 1. G. chance in the 440 Yards, has a Wagner (Lugard); 2. P. Wong strong competitor in S. F. Lam (Ricci); 3. I. Robertson (May): of Ricci in the 220 Yards and is 4. Lim King-in (Ricci). rated an evens bet with some Ave others in the 100 Yards,
Tirow: C. I While the short sprint is re- viu (Morrison); 3. T. H. Lean Huang (Morrison); 2. Richard garded as anybody's race, Dick (May); 4. T. C. Lean (May). Ilonson of May Hall is consider-.
Discus Throw: 1. C. L. Kunng ed the probable winner.
Ricel's S. F. Lan
considered (Morrison); 2. Lee Lal-hung 3. Poon Kwong-fatt the
(Mny): University's top-ranking tennis, the perfect lob, the gul-sprinter, is only running in the (Lugard); 4 T. H. Lean (May). lery wint away disappointed. 220 Yards and is
Hop. Step & Jump! 1, Wong concentrating They had lost the two
2. Dick best on the jumps and high hurdles. Wing-foon (Lugard); showmen in the tournament. While Wagner starts favourite Hanson (May); 3. S. K. Cheong (Elot). Except possibly for Lee Wai- in the Quarter, Joe Hetung of (Ricci); 4. T. T Chin.
poker-faced Ricci, who trailed him in the tong. i will be a
800 Yards In what was nearly a semi-final.
blankot finish, is considered to
The match was featured by a serve-return-smash first sot that saw Ayres and Jones run through it at 6-1 in well under 15 minutes for the loss of 16 points. The Austral-American Roadshow Tennis combination required 27 points to win it.
Then came a conference between Loung and Kwo k, backs turned to the gallery and facing south. After that came the anti-climax.
or slow. He covered the court ns would a Cochet and his part- ner. when not crying out "Yours!" touched his steadiest yet.
The
conference bore fruit. Leung, who took the first ser- vice. look the pace off it. Both Jones and Ayres, who had run rlot with topsplò returns to a
Jones and Ayres, neither & good length bounce, drove into
stickler for accuracy, also the net. It was love game and ngain love game as Ayres high-settled down at this stage to the
back never let-it-get-by-me bouncing services came
and the duels were with one bounced higher in sky-searching lobs.
Harry Ayres (top) and B.T.M. Jones (left) lost out at 6-1, 6-6, 3-0 to the CRC pair of Roch Leung and Kwok ing-chung at the KCC yesterday and the gallery lost the tournament's
players. spectacular two most
Yesterday's quarter-final match In the Colony Open Doubles in which
this American-Australian
eliminated
EVILA partnership was
des- a top-notcher all the way pite the fact that the first two sets were over on a matter of minutes. Many who saw it con- sider it the best doubles matchery's two most admired stars lost four games to love and col- ever played in Ilongkong.
lected exactly four points.
"British Empire
Cricket Team"
Leung and Kwoit had an im- maculate accuracy in these jobs and every now and then they started Jones and Ayres on backward gallop to collect the ball bouncing up on Inch from the baseline.
The tuclics told. The gal
In the intermission that came
was friendly.
After
spirit
man in the net and the other two steps nway in the fore- court with an occasional gallop back to sky the ball once more. Both Leung and Kwok excell- ed here in collecting just off the ground and hardly deserved game.
game at this crucial stage should, have taken the next three in a row for victory.
on
But Jones and Ayres are unpredictable pair. The next game was lost after one deuce off tours's service and the last, also after one deuce, on Leung's. POKER-FACE MONOPOLY
With Segalen and Stokes los- ing 2-6, 2-0 to 1p Koon-hung ali- and Lee Wai-tong, an Chinese semi-tina was reached. to But, however much all had smashes
admit that Roch Leung and ICLESE they
Kwok Hing-chung had won a grand game on the ideal strategy In the circumstances backed by the world all the courteraft in and a steady eye for one strokes The most difficult
to lose the
Then came anti-climax again. By all the rules of match play, the winners of a multiple-duece
of in
THE RESULTS
Results were:
Lee Wal-tong and K. H. Ip, beat R. Segalen and L, F. Stolics, 6-2, 6-2.
Roch Leung and Kwok 1g chung beat H. Ayres und B.T.. Jones, 1-0, 6-0, Ú-3,
Lee Boon-sing and T, T. Chen
beat M. Heenan and M. W. Lo, 7-5, 6-0.
Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yun- pul beat Luk Ding-cheung and Tsol Ping-fun, 6-4, 7-5.
before the declding set, every: COLONY BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS endeavouring in vain to
onc
+
al
17.-The everyone else have frst go
the water, all four finally cont- London, Mar.
composed promised by team,
drinking out of cricket mainly of Dominion profes- the same gloss. sionals playing in the Lan- cashire leagues, which is to. tour India, Pakistan and Ceylon next winter, is to seck the patronage of the King.
It is intended to call the side "British Empire Touring 'Feam.".
The team will leave England October and return in March.
DEFENCE CONFERENCE
The Jones-Ayres conference was held partly behind a face- facing south-west and towel, parlly on the walk across the court, facing north-east.
Whatever else it failed to ac-
Mr Jock Livingston, Australian wicket-keeper batsman, who has complish, 11 won them 32 points
the The cricket programme negotiated the tour with for the week-end consists of Indian cricket authorities, said in that final set against their three First Division matches, today that he is to write to the opponents' 37. the deciding match in the Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, on
the matter. Division IRC Second juniors v. RAF juniors, and the a Second Division friendly between the Dockyard Re- crcntion Club and KCC They will travel by sea but most the long internal journeys juniors at King's Park.
will be
be made by air, Main attraction tomorrow George Duckworth, former will be the Second Division de- England wicket-keeper, who has Sockunpoo. been invited to net as manager, eiding match at First Division matches should, said that lils winter activilles in despite the fact that the League sporting journalism and rom Championship has already been interests may prevent him from decided, produce some bright accepting the offer.---Reuter. cricket.
in De
of
CRICKET TEAMS
at four
By "SIDELINER"
KEENER MATCHES AS
FIELD NARROWS
Now that the Colony Badminton Championships are reaching the semi- final stage, competition to survive into the next round is touching a razor-edge keenness.
semi-finals.
The
nau
show
Javelin
have a good chance of nipp Cambridge Crew
him at the tape in the shorter race,
Impresses
Joint, favourites with Lam in the High Hurdles are Wong
London, Mar. 17-In adverso Wing-foon of Lugard and T. conditions, Cambridge Univer- Chin of Eliot.
sity's Boat Race crew rowed an Impressive full course trial over four and a quarter miles from Puincy to Mortlake today In 20 minutes 10 seconds.
FIELD EVENTS The high jump will probably go to S. F. Lam or Wong Wing- foon. The latter, who 109 already won the Hop, Step Jump, also starts favourite the Long Jump with T. H. Lean of May and Dick Honson con- peded smooth sidered his closest rivals.
i
In
Against a fairly strong tide, mud with a strong, head wind and choppy water, which Im-
rowing, their.
Two of the throwing events, time was 40 seconds faster than the discus and javelin, have their previous trial nine alrendy been won by
Chattes ago,
of Morrison, The ro-
Inge Renner and Marka Braga
days
Hovering between 30 and 34 ning one, the Shot Pul, sees strokes to the minute, Cam- lu Shih-cheng of Eltot as
the bridge reached the mile past in favourite.
four minutes 36 seconds, Ham- meremith Bridge (one and three-quarter miles). In seven minutes
54 seconds, Barnes Bridge (three and a half miles) In 17 minutes three seconds, and the finish in 20 minutes 18 seconds.-Router.
are ihe most-fancied. com- petitors for the Indies chani- plonship.
RESULTS SO FAR Results of finals decided to now are:
up
ON THE RECORD
More Scope For Local Tennis
In
won by C. Y.Tennis dosed by the
clas
only
to be in
in doing so left his terrifle overhead smashes to whereas Naan & Hung kept A. Ayres,, Lee Boon-Championships and, considering
the
that
Last evening's mutches, played before a capacity crowd at the Club de Recreio, were hard-fought and full of thrills with two matches going the full distance while a third, the Junior Men's Doubles between C. Quinn & A. J. Their tactics did not change Remedios against F. M. Ribeiro & T. E. Rodrigues, undoubtedly the best game of the evening, went to extra points in each set before Ribeiro & Rodrigues very much except for the fact aimed that their smashing was
managed to pull through.
and by lobs,
The last big upset by one-man
the the fact that the HKCC is hardly at the
when sidelines, and,
three points with The Senior Mixed Doubles them
imes in a dreps and smashes he brought
a position to run another chances arose for it, was dendly
Robert Tay & Miss Maric driving wide three
the score to 14-9 in his favour. Colony Tennis Championships in
was Ip Koon-hung's defeat of tournament for the Colony as a and spectator-alarming.
Ribeiro against W. F. Foo
& row,
Rozario gave his partner great Taul Wai-pul in the semi-Onal whole and that, when it moves With Foo nelting and Tay The umpire, Major Way, had Miss Helen Kwong-was not occasion to remark to that part devoid of thrills but Tay and executing one of his unreturn support at this period and they round in 1847, ending the reign away from Chaier Road, the or of the gallery within voice-reach Miss Ribeiro
"The third Junior Men's Dou- of the Tsul brothers as Colony ganisation of the Championships did not extendable smashes, the score became won 15-12,
may be beyond its scope. 14-11 and then it went to 14-13 that __tennis could be a dan terselves_unduly_to_enter_
Ip today is through fine-interception-at-the-bles match was gerous game.
class
The time has come when the The first two games were
nei by Miss Kwong and a de- Yung & KP. Chung who de- feated C. II. Ngan & M. C. Hung
are Roch Leung Clubs umiliated to the Hongkong This Was not for lack vastating drive by Foo.
Foo and Miss Kwong tried 15-0, 15-B after a short struggle. Tsuis. Not far
and Choy Tin-fook. A shade Lawn Tennis Association should because Foo Leung and Kwok's for the loss
points. Then the of competition,
employed hard to deuce the set and the Yung & Chong won because they, below are R. Segalen, George take a hand in running the MIES Kwong Chinese combination lost one on &
more killing strokes and which allowed
sides several had no service changed Kwak's service, won on Jones's tactics
them not afraid to use
J. B. Hawthorn and J. S. number of grounds and one more on Leung's that ecope for Tay's formidable times before Tay made one of were
would In such circumstances be- went two deures.
smashes but
the defensive, though not forced Beirne.
In a class slightly below the come available for tennis-touro- Jones & Ayres were settling themselves at the mercy of end the match.
to it by their opponents, and lost
standard of these players are ments, it would be possible to run Ribeiro down and, had luck been more Miss
who, very
fallure to attack
some one score others, the majo- a Junior Championship that could might their way, they
with have capably, dealt
JUNIOR MEN'S DOUBLES out through most
when in a position to do so.
accommodate smashed their way victory. their short forecourt shots.
The match between F. M. The third game found them rity of them from the Chinese comfortably
entry of 128 in both singles and The following will represent the
The next game was theirs on
doubles, and, it is about time, Ribeiro & T. E. Rodrigues and tiring and Lau, employing his Recreation Club. Combined Hongs against the Occa Ayres' service for the loss of Adopting these tactics from c. Quinn & A J. Remedios repertoire of strokes to
in ladies' singles and doubles alunals in a cricket match to
point. It was the next the outset, Foo & Miss Kwong found Ribeiro & Rodrigues turn utmost went into an 8-4 lead. The average club player of and mixed doubles as well. played at Chater load on Sunday one at I a.me--D. IL. Leach, H S. Cull game that seemed to have turn-found themselves tralling. 4-12 the tables on Quinn & Remedios Rozario tried hard to stem the fair standard more often than Ladies' Championships At Cox's Path, KCC should Bank) G. D. Dibbons, 1, 4. Whipped the tide in their favour but in the first set mainly through who had defeated them in the tide and brought the score
Open now being run by the Ladies' failing to obtain the necessary Recreio Club repeat their first round victory. McCain 13. & 8.) A. P. Pereira,
Championships lest he be drawn Recreation Club but these are, Championships. 7-8 but Chung and Lau were ir- not keeps clear of the W. Franklin (Dodwell C. Dar-
the net with The losers did not give in with-resistible Brd won height to clear
In the first round against a stretly, Hardcourt Champion their shots, and those that did out a struggle and each point seven points without losing the lan
"near-giont" and ships. cross the net were placed for was hotly contested.
end a hard service to
climinated 6-0, 0-1. winners by Miss Ribeiro, who
Rodrigues started off shakily match.
Four island clube could lako A notable example I am told, was playing in top form.
THE RESULTS Did lost many points through
is that of the Portuguese pair over the organisation of four Results were:
F. M.
M. Ribeiro and T. E. brackets of the Singles Cham- There were many rallies be- mistiming his smashes. Quinn &
combining well Junior Men's Doubles
four
mainland Rodrigues, who did not consider plonship and tween the two ladies at the net Remedios were
F. M. Ribeiro and T. E. Rod-themselves us standing much of clubs that of the Doubles up to to Miss and soon led 7-3. With Rodri- honours going D. Readman, i. Tay. E. . Esmall, there were rallies in the course
of which the ball travelled. 12 with
Itrigues beat C. Qulim and A. J. a chance in the tournament and the quarter-final stage, beiro who was the steadier of gues off form, Ribelen took A. N. Outer,
IRC
to 20 times over the net with the two
had to be persunded to enter. and refused to be on hintself to win points until Remedios, 17-10, 18-16.
Junior Mica's Bingles
They held the Tsui brothers to The following have been selected just about two bounces off, the furried by the varying lengths his partner could overcome his to represent the MC 1nt XI Jas court in between.
M. T. Yeow beat A. L. Flaier, 0-3, 0-3 and showed considerable Cricket matches aver the week-end:
of the shots sent over by Foo nerves and control his strokes.
promise. Roch Leung, who, it is
Rodrigues gradually returned 15-5, 15-12. Against Army at TRC tomorrow
passed her were returnout
byto form but fought shy of at 1.45 pm: A R Abbas (Capt.), coming gradually acknowledged, and Mlas Kwong.
the later stages
It will be interesting to see what Craigengower's cuddenly- come-to-life XI will do against the Optimists at Chater Road. Last week, an Inspired
fleld even held three catches off Tommy Crabtree.
COMBINED HONGS
against the RAF. The IRC-Gay, V. Selfers. J. B. Hawthorne, Army match at Sookunpoo sees C. L. lett (Jardines) two much-weakened sidos in ac- tion. Army has the
bowling
to get rid of IRC cheaply but lacks the batting to score much,
SUNDAY GAMES
On Sunday, the Combined Honks meet the Occasionals in an all-day affair at Chater Road one League and there is also
match, IRC meeting University.
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Chinese YMCA (Hongkong) beat Chinese YMCA (Kowloon) 42-20 In the "A" Division of the
CRAIGENGOWER
did not.
THE CLASSIC
That seventh game of The following will represent
over live as Craigeagower against the Optimists third set will
at classic. It went to five deuces at Chater Road on Saturday
the
a
&
Kwok's service and
1.45 p.m.-G. A. Souza, S. lamchand before being won by Jones P. J. Billimorin, T. Crabtree, KM. Ayres off Humann, A. I. Ismail, S. Keshay
be-
Khan. A. R. Bumad. M. 1. Rakock, refused to let anything past B. A. Ismall, A, Minu, 9. has never shown better form Tay who covered the back court smashing until
1. M. Omar, M. Shiny, A. R. Kit him, high or low was it, quick chell, I. A. Bux, F. Curreem,
Against University at IRC on Sunday, el 1.43 p.m.: A. R. Abbas Capt), 5. A. Iemail, A. R. Minu, |S. H. Khan, A. R. Sulfiad, M. I. Razack, 1. M. Omar, M. Samy, A. R. Kitchell, F. M. el Arculli, K. A. Bux
Colony Basketball Leagueyes- Umpire. M. Butt: Scoter:~A, terday
In the "B" Division, Yau Oi beat Black and, White 30-23; and Ling Ying School defeated
M. Wahab,
its
to
the next
fought
Junler Mixed Doubles
M. C.
Junior Men's Doubles
ΟΙ
•
aro
It would require nire days at most, weather permitting to rench the quarter-Anals under: this scheme, four for the frat two for the second round, one with fine judgment and speed. of the fallial game when he beat C. H. Ngan and
C. Y. Yung and K. F. Chong
The suggestion has been put cách for the third and fourth.
From the forward from different quarters
quarter-finale on- Letting up a little with the suddenly shot into the limelight Hung 15-9, 15-8.
Janier Men's Doubles of late that a tournament on the wards, the tournament could be score 12-4 in their favour, Tay with smashes which clipped the
at the D. C. Lau and W. C. Chung lines of a "Junior" or a "Non carried on
HKCC or began to net his shots and the sidelines to take the set after it
and F. M. Champions' Championship be whatever centralised venue the West Indies & score crept to 12-9, before they had been deuced at 14-14 and he beat A. J. Sousa
ran out the set on errors com- and his partner were tralung Rozario, 15-10, 12-15, 15-7. organised to give players below Association would decide upon.
Doubles Davis Cup
top class Senior Mixed
chance of 1 second set saw Quinn & mitted by the opposition.
n. Tay and Miss M. Ribeiro tournament experience of wider The second set saw Foo and Remedios jump into a 10-3 beat W. F. Foo and Miks 1. scope than can be provided by A tournament of this nature. Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 17.-
club championships,
excluding the champions, could The British West Indies'
Kwong leading 4-0 and lead. Exchanges were fast with Kwong, 10-9, 15-13. willing DOCKYARD RC
a team
Inter- then 5-2, Tay netting and mis- Quinn smashing the shuttle
attract an entry of 10 to 20 from in the
One suggestion made is that clubs like Recreio and Craigen- team to represent the Doek- enter
Judging the shuttle in turn down the middle to score points. K. S. Thong and Mrs Ben- yard nc will be selected from the national Davis Cup Tennis.com-Then through trying to avolu Ribeiro, & Rodrigues rallied and jamin beat R. M. Sonres and such a tournament should ex- power whereas the represen South China AA 25-24.
following to play KCC and XI in petition next year.
of these two clubs.to- ha friendly match at King's Park
will meet sending the shuttle too--High led then ·13-11. A Jamalea team
Mrs Correa Tok, 11-15, 15-4. clude the last eight from the tatlon
previous year's tournament and gether in the current Open *The League is organised by jon Baturday at 2 pint
Foo and Miss Hongkong and Kowloon
jess Collins, Cindwin,
Driver.Trinidad and British Guiana over the net, tho
Lane,
On Quinn's service,
be run concurrently with the Championships 'numbers TONIGHT'S GAMES April for the Kwong began to hit into it and
Open Championships. Basketball Association, and the Tucker, Wickham. Aucult, Harley, teams here, in
June, Thompson, Moore, Slight.
At Victoria Recreation Club matches were played at Curoline Carr
Fuchter British West Indies champion- the score went to 12-3 ngainal rigues foot-faulted and the game and Mutton
deuced when he over- ship.--Associated Press.
them, whereupon Tay presented was
7.00 p.m. (Junior Men's & Remedios HIL
| [Umpire).
mashed. Quinn managed to win the first two Singles): W. C. Chung or D. C. points of the deuce but Ribeiro Lauv H. J. Xavier.
7.30
(Ladies Singles): p.m. pulled some tricky shots while Rodrigues intercepted at
v Mra Miss Margaret, Xavier L. F. Stoker Bet to win five points in a row
8.00 p.m. (Ladles Singles): for game and match.
Miss Marglo Xavier Mrs A. Tamworth.
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15-11:
Another is that the "Juntos than a dozen. Championship" shoul 'exclude With a Junior Tournament all players who reached the available to satisfy the tourna last eight In the Grasscourt ment experience requirements of Open Championships In the players who are yet on the road past four years.
*
Lo Colony Championship class, the Colony Open Championship could be limited to player", the dis- This is the third post-war qualified from the. "Junior", year of the Championships and last sixteen of the "Junior" and 0.30 p.nl, (Junior Men's the last eights have been:
whatever other entires, to com- Doubles): H. F. Tai and W. N. 1047-Trul Wai-pul, T.P.plete 32, that the Association Cheung v R. M. Soares and J. Fan, R. Segalen, Paul Kong, Ip deems worthy of having a go at seeded pair of D.C. Lau & W A. Soares,
Koon-hung, M. Pugh, George the Open Championship. Chon and Trui Yun-pul.
Junior Men's J.
Souza & F.M. Rozario nearly created an forced the apset when they
to
C. Chung three sets. Had
This system, which will have
it not been for Lau's consistent
and all round command Home Football 1040-1p Koon-hung, Toul to be introduced sooner or later,
of strokes the result might have
been different. As It was, Lau's smashing was the decld- ing factor in the foal sot. The was won by Lau & Arst game. Chung 10-10.
In the second game Souza rose to great heights with his Ane anticipation and smashes, Trailing 7-8, Souza began his
soccer
London, Mar. 17-The Foot-Yun-pul, Choy Tin-fook, S.A. should prove most encouraging.
players ball League of Ireland (Eire) Rumjahn, R. Segalen, H. D. to promising younger and the Irish Football League Rumjahn, Mar Nal-kwong and whose chances of getting the (Northern Ireland) played Taut Wal-pui,
"feel" of tournaments are prac goalless draw in their
1040-Ip Koon-hung, Georgetically nil in the Colony Open match at Dublin this afternoon. Choa, J. B. Hawthorn, Tsui Yun- and most unsatisfactory In Club they are In a Rugby Union match in pul, Roch Loung, R. Segalen, Lea Championships where
of Boon-ring- and Tsui Wal-pul, already used to the type of play Belfast, Queen's University,
The idea is not unsound but of the opposition. Belfast beat Oxford University
RECORDER”. by 13 points to three-Reuter. It does not take into consideration