COLDEN GLOVES
Ramsey Bucks To Concede 8 Lbs. To Bob Pulling
By "KAYO CURLY"
When Ramsey Bucks, the Shanghai fighter and former Hongkong featherweight champion, goes into the ring against Bob Polling of the Royal Navy t the Chinn Fleet Club Theatre on the evening of April 2 in the main event of the Golden Gloves Boxing Association, he will be conceding some eight lbs.
Pulling, who is now in the middleweight clasín, Is slimming down to 142 lbs. to meet Bux. If he fails to make the weight, P. O. Scullings of HMS "London" will pinch-hit for him.
Promoter Jirn Rainey' promises to treat local boxing fans to an evening of topnotch boxing with a seven-bout pro- gramine and n welgik-Bfting ex- hibition thrown in.'
The fight of the season will be the main event of Itainey's classy programme. Bob Pulling, pride of the Royal Navy who has blazed a trail of glory in the local boxing world, will be mixing leather with the Colony's one and only Ramsey Bucks, local featherweight champion in 1041 and son of the late "Iron" Bux, former champion at the Orient in all classes from
the bottom weight.
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training under the guidance of Trainer Skelly Bazack..
lie hopes to scale 134 lbs. for his Pulling deal, thus conceding * clean 12 lbs, or more to the Calony star. Bucks, however, expects to dish up thrill-a- second bout
when he losses leather with Pulling.
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with
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1949.
COLONY BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNIOR MATCHES STILL HOLD
Team Of Wrestlers Wants
To Visit
Visit Hongkong
In town at the moment on a scouting visit to see what possibilities there are to stage professional wrestling matches here is the Junior Heavyweight Wrestling Champion of the Orient, Michael "Curly" Connors.
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"Curly" Connors, who is an Australian, halling from Sydney, came in the other day by "General Gordon" from Honolulu where he had fought Leo Wallick, Basher MacDonald and Bucky O'Neill and is now rushing back for a series of engagements in Singapore and Batavia.
He hopes to return here in four months' time and bring with him King Kong, "Smiling" George Zbisko, Ali Riza Bey and "Tiger" Joginder for series of exhibitions in Hongkong.
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"Curly" Connors doesn't look like a Junior. Wrestling heavyweights are separated by a line drawn across the 216 lb. limit, all those above being Senior Heavyweights and those below being Junior Heavyweights. Senior Heavyweights go up to 300 lbs, and more.
"Curly" is leaving tomorrow for Singapore.
This PLAYERS AGREE
He Is fast and aggressive and staiks his prey warily, looking. for the kill patiently but dynamite in his fats. battle should attract a capacity crowd to the China Fice! Club and fans should buy their tic- kets early to avoid a rush on aght night.
the iniddle- Matchmaker Jim Rainey has
another
opponent for Bucks in the event
event Pulling cannot get down to the 142-1b limit. P. Q. Scullings of HMS "London" will take on Bucks in a pinch- h for Puling if the latter is overweight.
This bout is the boxing match fight-hungry fans have been waiting a long time. Two meedy, crafty, and slugging ring gladiators will go all out for Rix three-minule rounds to up- hold their individual laurels. STRING OF VICTORIES
On
Pulling has so far taken
and has all comers
whole string of victories to his name, No is ከ masterful and
x-
perioxer who is natural- In the ring.
ly
OTHER BOUTS There are six other bouts the card.
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"Speedy" Morales, promiring bantam hope, will grapple with A/B Burns, Navy Champion, In a three-round event while Al Molig will also be seen in be- tion.
halis
Leading Writer Fowler, who All his challengers have been beaten on points and there are will tangle with A/B Bay
from the Pulling camp, in few Bghters in the Colony who
another tussie. have stood up to his speedy.
Youthful tigerlike onslaught. This Navy trained by Bill Storie.
Lew Hon-kong. favourite is the champion
former afmiddleweight champion of Great champlons. His impressive re-
Britain, will climb through the cord speaks volumes. Pulling has held the following les ropes to uphold ha reputation during his ring career:-
Royal Navy Champion Great Britain-
Eu 1937
.1938 Southern Division Champion of Great Britain—
Lightweight....1930 Mediterranean Fleet Cham-
plon-
Lightweight ...1041/43 Inter-Services Weller and Middleweight Champion.
1047/48.
Pulling is now in the middle- weight class but expects to
bring his fighting weight down
ins
against A/B Priest, a newcomer to the Colony.
Besides these fist fights, there be a weight-lifting exbibl- will be a tion Saude Knige of the L.
by Knige Institute.
The Golden Gloves sponsors have arranged a boxing card to satisfy the palates of even the hungriest fight fan. They look forward to being host to enpacity crowd on April 2.
to 142 lbs, when he clashes with "Brown Bomber" Bucks. The Navy belter had eight victories In the local ring and is looking forward to his scrap with the hard-hittingg Bucks,
Seven Golf Clubs
Are Sufficient
London, Mar. 21.-Seven golf clubs are sulli- cient, according to 50 percent of the golfers who expressed an opinion following the English Golf Union's survey.
THE LIMELIGHT
Player Worn Off The Court In Quarter-Final
By "SIDELINER"
The juniors continue to hold the lime- light in the Colony Badminton Champion- ships. One of the best singles matches yet seen, the Senior Division not excepted, came in the quarter-final of the Junior Open Singles last night as J. A. Soares literally ran K. S. Thong off the court.
Those who saw the match will remember for many a day a display of indomitable “guts" on the one hand and an exhibition of masterly strategy on the other.
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Employing tactics which were meant to tire his opponent, Sonres actually ran Thong to standstill, so much so that Thong had to retire in the deciding set when leading 9-6, exhausted to the point where he was unable to continue.
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ON THE RECORD
Are Cricketers Athletes?
Are cricketers' athletes? The makes him a veteran of local question was answered very erickot but it is quite a curious much in the affirmative in the fact today that most
of our University sports when four players have their schooldays a members of the Univeralty 1st good 15 to 20 years behind XI won six individual champlon- them.
ships-the 100 and 220 yards, ́In five years' time, most of Re- long jump, shot put, dicus and crolo's team will have passed 40 javelin throws and scored and the situation is not dissimi- total of 57 points between them, lar in, most other clubs. The more than enough to win, the reason for this is the absenco Inter-Hostel Championship had of that type of keen spirit that there been a hostel
reserved the late Rev C. B. R. Sargent. strictly for cricketers.
used to infuse into school cricket in his reign as Headmaster of
In addition, Professor Ride the Diocesan Boys' School. won the Staff Race and two 2nd
XI players, Gerhard Wagner, Touching on "Spotty" Pereira, who scored 33 points in all, and ono cannot pass over his wife, Miss Valeria Beeching who Pelgy, who is Recreio's scorer, scored four (second in the shot but not the only feminine scorer put), were also prize-winners, In the First Division.
of the First XI players, Peggy Pereira has been ragged Norman Le, recenlly promoted,
oted, all season in a concerted effort won the 100 yards, Dick Hon- to convince her that she im son won the 220. T. II. Lean proves on Spotty's averages by won the long jump and shot putting the runs knocked off him put and Charles Hunnd won
on the analysis of one or other the discus and javelin throws. of the bowling Gosanor.
Having been partly respon- Of the other members of the sible, I must finally stand up 1st XI. D. Chelliah is one of in defenco of her and admit the best hockey forwards In that the Gosanos' bowling the Colony and S. A. Vanar is averages remain their own. a star badminton player. Thot Peggy is scrupulously fair to all leaves J. C. Koh and one or members of the Recreio team two others. Jaysec, in sports but I have a feeling that sho other than cricket, remains would like to see more of the content, as unoffelal press rela-earller batsmen dismissed. There tions officer.
was a look of triumph on her face the other day when Spotty Recrelo's "Spotty" Pereira carried his bat for nine. qualified yesterday to play for the "Over 40s.” That hardly
-"RECORDER".
League Cricket Averages
Right from the start the twoing the veteran A. L. Fisher and played a smashing game with his partner, Mrs Ankerson, 15-4, no quarter asited or given. Both 15-4 to join the select In the havo the hardest overhead semi-finals. smash In the Junior Division
They did not have things all ant it is still a debatable point their own way but Mrs Anker- who has the harder one. son evidently had an off-night However, wherras Soares was while Fisher performed micacies content to use his sparingly, in the back court but finally BATTING: Thong attempted to smash on succumbed to the combined at- every other stroke.
tack of Quinn & Miss Franco. In the initial game, Soares can
G. N. Gosano (Recreio) Inlo a 5-0 and then a 7-1 lead Miss Franco gave her usua! A. M. Prata (Recreio) through Thong oversmashing. polished display at the net with L. F. Stokes (Scorpions) Thong erred in the first game her interceptions und HJ M. Gosano (University) and used up much of his energy, but it was Quinn who caught 11. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions)
The smashes that went in the eye with his line recoveries T. A. Pearce (Scorpions) were returned by Soares wha in the back court and rushes to Major A. R. Dawe (Army) forced Thong to advance to the the net to smash the high re- R. W. Franklla (Optimists) net to retrieve the returns turns,
Dr. E. L. Gosano (Recreio) whereupon Soares would lob for the back court and Thong fine combination and
Quinn and Miss Franco are M. Davidson (KCC)
L. D. Kilbee (Optimists) W. have vid would then attempt a smash on the run. The
almost perfect understanding. N. R. Oliver (Optimists) first game
J. Kerr (Scorpions) eventually went to Soares 15-4. They are to meet D. C. Lau & 9, J. very
The second game again saw Miss Helen Kwong, who also G.
G. A. Souza Cralgengower) Soares running up
lead of won last night, 8-1. Both
finals and it will be a worth seeing.
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Fifty percent were against П limitation Lo seven, although quite a number thought that a limit of eight or nine would not be harmful to the performance of players whose clubs at present num- her anything up to the maximum limit of 14. What was most interesting club required for a shot on a was the fact that competitions | course which they knew in- held, at the suggestion of the timately and English Golf
which, perhaps, Union, with n the player as a visitor did not. limit of seyen clubs, Indiented
The present day caddie la too that the scoring vas quite as frequently an otherwise out of low ns would be obtained when
work person who knows playing with a full sut.
little about golf-Reuter.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which controls the game, is to be advised of the English Union's survey of its clubs and
associations.
to
Chlef support for a limitation
seven
from came
Public Golf Courses
Pay For Cambridge
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smashes with Soares the more
were revelling
accurate
C. Lau D.
400
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Inn. N.O. Runs H.S. Aver.
17
45.27
14
387
43.00
593
42,30
3
417
122* 37,90
213
213
35.30
320
32.00
32.00
30.90
20.83
284
28.40
340
20.84
200
40+10
309
21.60
232
23.20
203
22.50
303
21.78
253
21.00
219
19.00
279
13.00
250
17.05
203
10.84
Q
264
15.52
14.00
205
14.64
17
218
12.02
0
201
.45
12.56
Qualification: 200 runs.
in the semi-F. Howarth MS-
D. Chelliah
game
L A/C
Gosano
S. Beirne (RAF)
of the two.
Miss Helen Thong began to feel the pace Kwong entered the semi-finals GT. Rowe (Optimists) and
breathless at this at the expense of F. M. Ribeira M. M. Little (Optimists) appeared the Hoylake, England, Mar. 21-period. Soares changed his game & Mrs Olga
C. R. Murray-Brown (Am Maj Lawrence, 15-8, Artisans'. Association and the Oxford University reserves beat at this point, attempting short 15-1.
A. Zimmern (KCC)
(KCC) Associa-Cambridge two matches to one returns to
N. Hart-Baker tion. This is not surprising when in a golfing contest yesterday
to forec Thong to run. Mrs Lawrence could do A. R. Abbas (IRC) Through hla remembering
misjudging that the players
his nothing right at the net while S. Ramchand (Crnigengower) their on the eve of the 60th Annual drops and the sudden recovery Miss concemed usually own clubs and
Kwong rose carry
Golf Match
great M. I. Razack (IRC) so make the
two of Thong who apparently had heights with her interceptionn universities.
* Not Oul. olitained his second wind', the und smashes at the net. weight as little as possible.
The defeat meant that Cam- score was levelled at 8-8 and bridge had to pay for a cock-then Thong forged into the lead
Nubeiro tried his best to BOWLING : tall party held Sunday night. at 12-9 with some fine overhead cover both front and back
Oxford's first team, including smashes.
court but Lou and Miss Kwong
EXPENSIVE CADDIES
cachiles,
between the
to
six veterans from last year, are Thong appeared to And pulled him to the fore court S. At. Teh (University)
favourites to win tomorrow. Scares" backhand the weakest with accurately placed drops T. Crabtree (Crnigengower) American golfers, Frank Tatumly placed his shots to the back-drives and lobs. Their side Includes two link in his armour and constant- and then passed
jnr. of Lay Angeles,
andhand corner. Thong led 14-11
MORE TO COME While preparations are under More ordinary club members way for this boxing show, the may come round to p. similar ever-energetic Jim Rainey Is view if the expense of caddies endeavouring to throw Charlie grows. The 20 shillings a day
by Thompson, uaked nowadaya tocal killer of the rapes, into the for simply carrying the bag of Huckley Whitlash, of Charlotts-through more smashing but at same ring with Bucks in the clubs, comparen adversely with
Lau's power smashes were in near future.
the
few
shillings before the ville.
Virginia. — Associated this point he seemed to be "out evidence last evening and his Rainey is also trying to match war.
on his feet" and playing
on cross-court drives often lett Bucks and Kid Pedruce in n What is more, the caddles of
Ribeiro standing. guls' nióne. He is hard in training for the return bout. Local boxing fans įthose days were generally keen -biggest-fight-of-his-local-career. may expect a keen revival-of-jstudents of the game and
Rumours from rellable sources boxing in weeks to come.
offered valuable advice are that this will be Pulling's last fight in the Colony us he will
to
be leaving the Hongkong Station FIRST "OPEN" LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
in June.
RAMSEY BUCKS
Ramsey Bucks needs no in- troduction to local fight fans. who still remember hla brilliant boxing exhibitions in 1941 when ho took all challengers In siride. Bucks first started his
Astic career in 1037 and hud a classy record before Pearl Har- bour.
on the
Professionals & Amateurs
May Play Together
New York, Mar. 21-The first world open lawn tennis championship may be held in the United States in September, with $30,000 offered as prize money for professionals,
Press
GRAND NATIONAL
The score crept to 14-13 when Thông ̈suddenly-came-to-In
the
and smashed the shuttle to the backhand corner to win second gure 15-13,
The ten minutes
WHIRLWIND TACTICS
„TONIGHT'S GAMES.
A. el Arculli, Jr (ÍRC)
A. L.. Soalth (Optimists)
A. K. Ismall (IRC)
F. J. Billimoria (CCC)
Overs Maidena Runs Wkts, Aver,
104
26
546 30 18.18
233,4
735 42 17.50
with H. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions)
90.4
301 22 10.40
1507
152.2
001
501
34 14.73
497.3
349
-24 1464
14.54
103.
347 24
24 14.45
251,3
839 #4 13.10
R. E. Lee (KCC)
154.1
26
444
12.68
D. McLellan (Optimists)
80.1
200
12.00
12.60
CPO L. White (Royal Navy) 103,5
30
100 41
12.19
12.19
T. P. Mohon (Optimists)
180.5
30-035
40
-12.18
12.40
T.
H. Lean (University)
101.4
002 52 002
11.57
F/O. E. N. Gambrill, (RAF)
143 143
309 30
11.08 11.00
213-1
678
53
10.90
120.5
350
10.60
40.00
207
10.60
65
10,20
#
1.
A. Stepte (Army) A. P. Pereira (Recreio) VA/C D. Graham (RAF)
135.2
9.70
236,4
09
070 208
70
0,57
9.04
J. C. Koh (University)
Dr. E. L. Gosano (Recreio)
121.4 181,3
428 48 .. 8.91
Gnr D. Banton (Army) Cpl Hart (Royal Navy)
L/Cpl J. Jones (Army)
70.4
231 30
104.1 81
424 50
380 45 B.44 7.70 7.67
204 27 7.55
Qualification: 20 wickets.
(At Kowloon Cricket Club) 7.30 p.m. (Junlor Mixed Dou-F. Howarth (Scorpions) bles): Thong und Mrs L. Ben- Cpl. A. Hodgson (RAF) jamin v, J. A. Soares and Mrs. G. N, Gozano (Recreto) M. Soares.
T. A Pearce (Scorpions)
.
CALLOVER
interval London, Mar. 21.-Odds seemed to have done. Thong a against the Aix leading world of good. Grand National fancies were cut at the Victoria Club hère
8.00 (Ladies' Doubles): Miss Soares and Mits Y. Franco tonight. This move WHS He started in whirlwind Miss Helen Kwong and Mia expected as most of them fashion, winning points by sheer P. Lam. have been coupled in big was content to keep the shuttle: 8.30 (Junior Mixed Doubles):
Soares began to lob and power. doubles with the winning in ploy.
A. J. Gonsalves and Miss G. Lincolnshire Handicap fa-
With Thong leading 8-2 Soares Silva v. H. J. Xavier and Miss vourite, Fair Judgment. unleashed several of his tremen-T. Baptista.
Most of the money was for dous smashes intermingled with Lord Mildmay's Cromwell, who drops and crosscourt drives which
Mr Lloyd Douglas, Director | taking part would receive $500, hardened to dve to one. At the kept the Ured Thong on the
of the Save-the-Child Foun- each.
was dation International
He scored a great victory when he annexed the local featherweight title in 1041. Ducks was in Macao during the
and Japanese Invasion pitted against the flashy Kid Pedruco in a 10-round bout which he won on points after a
slugfest.
Agency, Profits from the event and all which helps bring displaced per-ractio and television receipts song children from Europe, would go to the Foundation. said he planned to invite 32 Reuter.
of the world's top professional
Fring that Pulling Just and amateur players to partiel- TODAY'S TENNIS
managed to
to eke out a narrow points victory over the same but more seasoned Pedruco last year, Bucks should be able to hold his own against the best the Navy boy can offer.
pale.
ABSOL
..
last callover on the race, which ru
15
to be run on Saturday at Ain- With the score 4-9 against tree. Rear Liverpool, he eight to one.
was
ilm,
Soares employed his drops to on advantage and won two It is 22 years since the more
iore points to trail 0-9. favourite won this world
At this point Thong, evidently famous steeplechase. In 1927 overcome by fatigue, retiree
retired and Mrs M. Partridge's Sprig, first conceded the match to Soares.
QUOTATIONS
5 to 1 Cromwell.
100 to B Cloncarris. 100 to 0 Rol Mond. 10 to 1 Happy Home. 20 to 1 Bricett.
The site of the event would be The Chinese National Cham- | choice at eight to one, was SUC- either New York, Chiengo or plon, Ip Koon-hung, meets Teul cessful. Los Angeles. Mr Douglas saldYun-pul, former Colony Cham- that Jerry Adler, of the Profes- plon, in the Aral semi-final
The full prices quoted tonight stont Lawn Tennis Association, game of the Colony Open Grass were: Bucks was in Shanghal during had already given his consent court Singles Championship at the 1047-48 fight season and and he would ask the United the HKCC this evening, weather during his brief career in that | States Amateur Lawn Tennis permitting. Northern port he had nine Association for approval this The younger Tsui has been. bouts--a gruelling grind for any
week.
touching better form lately than boxer.
Amateurs would receive ex- he has in quite some time und Ramsey's Shanghat record is
and appropriate should be able to extend Ip to pense money six victories against three points trophies according 10 Mr the fullest and possibly even 20 to 1 Ulster Monarch selbacks. He scored a kayo in Douglas's plans, while $6,000 win.
Platypus one of his encounters and was would go to the champion It n The match should be a a high-
33 to 1 Flaming Steel, always a very popular fighter in professional wins.
light of the loenl tennis sea- 40 to 1 Rowland
world.
would be runner-up $4,000, support of the championships, and Acthon Major Ranisty returned to the losing serril-finalists $2,000 and the expenses for which
50 to 1 Brighter Sandy. Colony just a fortnight ago and tour unsuccessful quarter-final- largely borne by the Cricket 60 to 1 others. has been undergoing extensive į ists' $1,000. Other professionals (Club, is looked forward to.
-Neuter.
22 to 1 Royal Mount. 25 to 1 Cavallero.
It was truly a magnificent dia- play by winner and loser alike, but one must not retract from the merit of Soares's win as he proved himself a very versatile player indeed and able to adapt hiniself to the conditions of the game. On that point alone he deserved his victory.
and
Roy.
SOARES v. CHONG Another Junior Singles bc- Wus quarter-Anal 'match tween R. Mi Soares and K. P. Chong which resulted in a win for Chong at 15-5, 15-2.
Shanghal's cosmopolitan boxing Other prizes for professionals son. Admission is $3 and public Monaveen, Bruno, Royal Cottage with the other Singles
This game was in contrast
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Is A Professional Only
Two
Notches Higher
Than A Flunkey?
By VERNON MORGAN
London, Mar. 21.—The amateur versus professional question has cropped
up again. In Britain, John Daniel, a former English cricket selector and Presi- dent of the Somerset County Club, has been pleading for the retention of amateurs in cricket, while across the Atlantic in the United States, a well known sports columnist has said that a professional In Britain Is "only two
· notches higher than a flunkey."
Mr. Daniel, 70 years of age and one of the "Old School," said that it was ridiculous to think of a professional captaining England at cricket and the pro- fessionals did not want to.
kame
Soares
wherein, at the most, were four overhead smash strokes, all of them made by Chong,
there
Ho
was content
Was
་ ་
sports, Rugby football and track
and held athletics, an amateur immediately becomes a profes
bo asked sional if he competes with or
an even against professionals. Is
Such is the case with Lawn in tennis, but not with table tennis,
is a pro-
will, while Soares did not have warn American columnist wasfessional, for the situation
18
at The whole position is complex at and it is no wonder that tho
sild that the amateurs Ho asserted that he felt just without the amateur Infringing remain and the only way the same as he did when an his amateur status, cricket and to keep him was to reduce the amateur. There was no social soccer for instance. In other with number of County matches. I inferiority, he said. pinylre
his opponent's game of the amateur disappeared, he was afraid that erleket would
PARADOX placements but he lacked the develop into something like But it
may now accuracy and judgment of
hin Lengue football, which would be not 50 much what adversary.
bad for the same
amateur, but what Chong
the steadier player and placed his shots at
American professional Britain today
paradoxical, stroken lawn canis players coming to One can be a professional full command of his though every once in a while Britain that they would have one sport and an amateur he pulled
Jed oft
a marvellous re-to get used to being treated as another, according to the rules Secretary of the Rugby League which left Chong look-Bobby Riggs and Jack covers in
"Inferior being
telling
hus asked that a central body jof tome sports bodies. Kramer In others you are an en-should be set up to solve alt bewilderment. on ind Soares rolled more that
they would and things very forced professional' at other these very muddling оп different to Wimbledon, where sports if you take. money. for his smashing, in which depart they competed as amateurs, now playing in one. For instance, time there were no amateurs or
that it i A ment he is very competent, he might have
game that they had forsaken pulled the
at professionals in any sport and you are a professional amateur status,
any other sport, you cannat that all should compete as and out of the fire and brought off
Of course, this is rubbish for piny Rugby football minor upset.
when they like, for whom they profesalonals in most sports are amateur, but, you can be a pro
like
and against whom they usually very well treated In fessional soccer player and like, on the lines of the tablo Britain today. At least, a golf play lawn tennis at Wimbledon tennis players of the world lo C. Quinn & Miss Yolly Franco professional, Jack McLean, the as an amateur.
day, who know much dis proved themselves the pair to be former Scottish amateur, cham- In some games, amateurs and Unctions as amateurs and pro- watched, lank, evening in dofont-!plon, saya leo, .........
professionals may play together fessionals Router.
JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES
And
their f
an
Many really feel problems.