1936-04-21 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936

Sporting Page

TSUI WAI-PUI WINS COLONY TENNIS TITLE FOR SECOND TIME

Miss Marion Bryson, abore, the Colony Ladies' Interpart hockey pivot, is leaving for Home for good ro-morrow by them.. Maru.

Tatsuts

US. BASEBALL

RESULTS

Yankees Nosed Out

By Athletics

GIANTS ALSO FAIL

New York, To-day The following were the results of the League baseball matches

layed yesterday :-

American League

New York

Philadelphia

"

SOUTH CHINA

WIN F. A. SOCCER

LEAGUE TITLE

Farcical Match At Caroline Hill

"B" TEAM LOSE 5—1 TO

"A" IN LAST GAME

South China "A" won the First Division Soccer Championship when they beat their "B" team at Caroline Hill yesterday by 5 goals to L.

The game was a farce in every sense cf the word. neither team being represented by many regular players. and the exhibition dis- played would not have done credit to a Third division game.

The players were continually changing positions while there was an entire absence of any spirit in the game. Both sides were content to kick the ball if it came Ito them. The tackling was very

ofi half-hearted and the shooting both sides was atrocious

Tsang in the "B" team goal was the only player who played up to

pectations. He brought

many good saves in the first-half but in the latter part of the game E he appeared to lose interest in the

R. H.

11 10

1

12 14

Puccinelli hit a home run.

Cleveland

xame and allowed the easiest

1 shots pass him.

1 4.

2

Hal Trosky hit a home run. Chicago

St. Louis

Detroit

Fox hit a homer.

4

Ip Pak-wah, one of

of

the few regular players in the "A" team

was the only one who tried

play the game, but Tso

Taken just between Sunday's Olympic exhibition football matches at Caroline Hill, which were both won by the All-China teams, the above group shows 20 of the 22 selected players to represent China at the Berlin Olympic Games. Left to right in the back row are: Suen Kam-shun. Chan Chan-wo (Darkie Chan), K. L. Kia, Wong Mee-shun, Yeung Shui-yick, S. D. Liang. Lee Tin-sang, Paz Ka-ping. Wong Ki- leung (Wong Wing), Tam Kong-pak, Tsui Ah-fai and Fung King-cheang. Front row. L to R: Leang

Shek-kam. Tso Kwai-shing. Lee Wai-tong. Tay Wing-chiu Tia Hian-guan, Cheak Kwok-wai and Ip Pak-wa. ("China Mail" photo).

BADMINTON LEAGUE

Tie For Honours In Men's Doubles

RECREIO “A” AND ELIOT HALL "A" TO PLAY-OFF

to As a result of Recreio “B” and! Kwai-Eliot Hall "B" conceding walk-

0shing at forward and later at back overs to Eliot Hall "A" the Men's

5 8

15

6 14

1

never tried at

all just kicking Doubles Badminton League cham-!

1 the ball anywhere.

pionship has resulted in a tie for

Ip Pak-wab opened the scoring the honours between the latter "A" and a play-off with a good shot early in the game and Recreio

over will now be necessary. and the "A" team crossed 1with this slender lead. In the se- Two games were played last

cond half he again scored while night, Recreio "A" tronncing Eliot, 2 Wong King-cheong, Kam Sik-wai Hall "B" in their last game of and To Wing-on scored the other the season, while Recreio "B" lost H. E. goals for the "A" team. The only at home to the CRC

Igoal for the "B" team was scored Yesterday's results were:-

by Henry Young.

South

Washington

6

8

Stone hit a homer. Boston

2

5

National League

R.

7.11

Philadelphia.......

Vergez hit a home run.

6 10 New York

Melvin Ott hit a home run. ``

Chicago

8 11 . Chuck Klein bit a home run. Pittsburgh

5

China "A"-Chui Siew-

hing; Tang Chung-pak and Lau Tin-

Eliot Hall "B" Trounced Playing at Eliot Hall Hostel in

són: Lo Wing-kuim, Lay Hing-choy their final game of the season, and Lee Pai-leong: Wong King Recreio beat Eliot Hall

2 cheong. Ip Pak-wa, Kam Sik-wai, Lee Wing-on and Tso Kwai-shing.

by 9 games, to nil

South China "E":-S. Tsutz: Wong; F. E. Tan and W. N. Cheung (Eliot! Wah-kai and Tse Kam-hing; Henry Hall "B"):

3 .9 14 Pep Young. Cookie Lavagetto and Gues Suhr hit home

runs.

Young. Yue Wah-ying and Leang In-lost to J. J. Remedios and M.

Oliveira chan: Yeung Shui-yick, Lia Shui-

wing Ho Kar-kung, Ip Yun-po and To lost to A. M. Silva and L. A. Wai-hing.

Carvalho lost to H. A. Alves and H. A.

Barros

Boston

2 8 14

E. Moore hit a homer. Brooklyn

4

1 9

Cincinnatti

7

9

1

Myers, hit a homer.

St. Louis

3

9

3

-Reuter.

THE CITY AND SUBURBAN

Fred Fox Taking Out Favourite

TO-MORROW'S EVENT

London, To-day.

GOOD YEAR'S WORK REVIEWED

C. B. A. Hold Annual Meeting

Quee-liang.

TO-DAY'S TENNIS

Lee

RUMJAHN LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS

LOSER LEADS 4-1 IN SECOND SET

CHAMPION NOT AT HIS BEST

(By Base-Line")

FOR the second time in three years Tsui Wai-

pui, the Chinese R.C. ace, is Hong Kong's lawn tennis champion.

Playing before a crowded gallery-I have seldom seen such a crowd at the H.K.C.C.-be beat H. D.. Rumjahn yesterday in the Final Round of the Colony Championship by scores of 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 after being led 4-1 and 5-3 in the second set.

The large crowd, however, did not see the Tsui of last | Friday in action, and he was rather lucky to r tain his record He was very of not having dropped a set in the 1936 serie. careless at times and seldom attacked with the ame determina-

GOLDMAN MEETS tion he displayed against Sirdar Rumjahn last week. In fact,

PAGH TO-DAY

Club Championship Final

FORMER HOLDER FAVOURED

(By "BASELINE") "Lollie" Goldman, holder in 1932 and 1934, will meet M Pagh in the Final of the Hong Kong Cricket Club's Lawn Tennis Championship on the Stand Court at the HKC.C to-day. in

Tsui Wai-pui. above, yester- day regained the Colony Lawn Tennis Singles title he woR 1934.

for three parts of the game he relied more than anything on his opponent's mistakes

and Rumjahn was by no means at his steadiest.

.

Though there was never any doubt as to who was the better equipped player, the match lacked the thrills of real competitive tennis-it was too much like an exhibition match, with points dropped needlessly to prolong the fun. In short, I was dis- jappointed.

Tsui started shakily in the face turning point of the match. Had of a barrage of deep drives on to Rumjaha won it the match would his foreband-I am glad Rumjahn in all probability have gone to five realised this was Tsuf's weaker sets.

never reaib Teui is a champion in every hand and he was confident throughout the match, sense of the word, and "H.D." put at times finding it quite a task tojup a gallant display in his first get his second service over the Final

Mr. G. W. Sewell umpired the By virtue of his convincing win net. His deadly drop shot fail-

A. L. Sullivan,

ed at the start, but perseverance match, and a welcome innovation of a micro- champion,

resulted in him getting complete was the installation

phone over the umpire's chair which allowed all the spectators to hear the scores through amplifiers.

over

in

茹

former

the Semi-Final

WORLD RACING Round, Goldman should beat Pagh control of it.

RECORD

Indian Broom Wins The Marchbank Handicap

in straight seta.

Fagh has always been nervous when playing before a crowd-be display in the Pup a poor Colony Championship against Toulan-pui as a result of a fair

It is to this shot that I at- tribute HD'8" downfall. Under the muggy conditions that prevailed" yesterday the drop shot was the most dis. concerting of any in Tsuf's

"bag," and its repeated suc» cers had a demoralising effect on Rumjahn.

were

Detailed Score

The following is a detailed score showing the number of points won' in each game in the order of ser- vice:

First Set

Rumjahn 5-3, 40, 2—4. ́ ́int,

1-4.

Tsai 4—1, 4—1, 4—1, 2—4.

Tsui 3-5, 2-1, Ok, km2 ←2

1. Rumjahm 4-2, 1-4, 2-4, 4-2,

crowd watching that game.

Goldman is a much more experi-] San Francisco, April 11. Indian Broom owned by A. Clenced player than Pagh, although

Tsuf's volleying lacked both Taylor, of Vancouver, B.C.. won the latter reached the Final of the 8-21 the $10,000 added

Marchbank K.C.C. Championship last year, power and direction and he sel- Handicap to-day on the Tanforan and is much better equipped for dom came off best at the net-Second Set 10-21 track The winner covered the an all-court game. Pagh, on the Rumjaha's passing shots

His forehand. which 821 mile and a furlong in 1 minute 47 other hand, is essentially a base perfect.

was used far more than usual, C. H. Soon and S. C. Tye (Eliot 3/5 seconds, bettering the worldline player.

record for the distance. Top Row The following shows how they was very steady, but he seldom Third Set Hall B

Tsui 2-4, 4-1, 5—–—–—3, 5———3, 5–3. 20-23 was second and Azucar third-reached the Final:

produced an outright winner on

Rumjahn 42, 3-5, 4-2, 1-4. His backhand (this hand.

Totals as nezal, extraordinarily steady,

1st 2nd 3rd Total 37 34 102 but it lacked the deadliness apparent last Friday.

lost to Bemedios and Oliveira lost to Silva and Carvalho

lost to Alves and Barros

H. C. Swee and C. H. Cheah Hall "B"):

13-21 Associated Press.

17-21

(Eliot

lost to Remedios and Oliveira 15-21 lost to Silva and Carvalho ..

lost to Alves and Barros

2-21 15-21

C.R.C. Beat Recreio "B" Playing at Club de Recreio last

A very successful year was re- E. S. viewed by the Rev. G. Upsdell when he presided over the night, the Chinese Recreation annual meeting of the Central Club beat Recreio "B" in their last British Association yesterday. game of the season by 8 games

In the course of his speech the to 3 in the Men's Doubles Ead-; chairman congratulated the Asso-minton League, to secure third | ciation on winning the "B" Divi place in the League.

sion of the Mamak tournament, S. P. Chan and H. T. Woo and said that the Ladies' Section (C.R.C.):

The probable starters for the had done extremely well to win beat B. Gosano and N. Beltrao 23-6 City and Suburban, to be run over the Caer Clark Cup as well as beat A. Xavier and J. Xavier

1% miles with jockeys are follows:

28

Finalist (Harry Wragg), Guinea Gap (Sam Wragg), His Reverence (Burns). Pampas

Grass (Jones),

being the runners-up in the two Seven-A-Sides competitions.

Officers Elected The election of officers for the

21-6 beat E Alves and H. A.

Noronha

21-7 WC. Chay and W. Ho (C.R.C.):

21-18 21-16

beat Gosano and Beltrão beat Xavier and Xavier

beat Alves, and Noronha, ............. 21-15

Highlander (Perryman), Quai Densuing year resulted as follows: C. Y. Yung and S. W. Liang Orsay II (Steve Donoghue), Young President. Mr. G. R. Sayer (Past (C.R.C.): Native (Gordon Richards), British Presidents are Messrs. E. Ralphs, lost to Cesano and Beitrao Quota (Beary), O'Grady (Sib-

lost to Alves and Noronha britt), Pegasus (Lowrey). Light A. E. Wood, G. P. de Martin and lost to Xavier and Xavier.....

the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith) Vice-

Tackle (K. Robertson), Fricket presidents. Mr. B. Wylie, Miss (W. Rickaby), Game Chicken. S. Woolley and Mr. F. Nigh- (Couch), Norman Herald (D. Smith), Rippon Tor (Fred Fox), tingale; Chairman. Bev. G. E. S. Upsdell; General Committee.— The Old Pretender (Richardson), Miss M. Whitley, Messrs. T. E. West Highland (Benny Worth).

No jockeys have been assigned Rowell, T. S. D. Whitley, W. H. to Good Deal, Penny Hill and Pe- G. Hirst, T. R. Ingram and G. B

gomas.

Betting Figure

The following is the latest call- over for the City and Suburban:-

Rippon Tor, 4 to 1 t and o. Highlander, 11 to 2-t and v. Finalist 17 to 2 t and o Pampas Grass, 9 to 1 t and o. His Reverence, 100 to 6 t and Light Tackle, 20 to 1 t and o. The Old Pretender, 25 to 1

and o.

Gurevitch; Hon. Secretary. Mr.

J. J. King; Hon. Treasurer,Mr.

D. Smith.

YACHT RACING

17-21

3-21

15-21

HOME SOCCER

Tottenham Held To Goalless Draw

London, To-day.

BLARNEY STONE SEVENS

Civilians, Naval And Army Charities Benefit

The gate receipts and pro- ceeds of programmes from the Hong Kong Football Club Charity Seven-a-Side Rugby tournament yielded a nett return of $270 after paying for printing stationery and incidental +x- penses, and the sum has been divided into three lots of $90 each for Civilian, Naval and Military charities.

The Hong Kong Benevolent Society and the Hong Kong So- ciety for the Protection of Chil- dren have each received $45 from the Club.

L GOLDMAN

beat B. 03. Deane 6--2, 7-5. beat Li Cdr. S. F. Stapleton 6-2,

6–44

ibeat Surg-Lt. W. A. S. Grant 6-2 16-1

was,

So Tsui ....... 31 Rumjahn ...

23 31

25

80

Both players served two double

For court-craft, Tsui, when he was playing for much needed faults during the encounter, and beat A. L. Sullivan 6-4 6-2 points, outclassed Rumjahn, but only six of the 30 games went to

62.

M. PAGH

bye into Second Round

beat T. A. Pearce 7-5, 6—3 |beat H. J. Armstrong 6-4, 6–—–0.

beat D.-M. MacDougall 6—3, 8—–—6,

FANLING BOGEY POOL CANCELLED

New

The bogey pool over the Course at Fanling for last week

nd was cancelled -sufficient entries.

owing to in-

China's Olympic Track And

Field Stars To Train In Peiping

the

Shanghai, April 14.

William

At

It was made clear that candid- 2. L. Sung, honorary secretary of stes must supply their own travel- ling expenses. Board and lodging! China National Amateur Athletic Federation, on his arrival during the training period will be

provided by the Federation. The following were the results announced that entries from can-ates will be called to Shanghai for from Feiping yesterday morning, the beginning of June, all candid- of the football matches played didates for China's Olympic track an unofficial international competi- and field team will be received by tion for the final tryout. It was the Federation from to-day.

said that only 12 men will be Any Chinese whose records ja chosen for the Berlin trip. track är field events are

yesterday :-

FIRST DIVISION

Wolves

4 Preston

SECOND DIVISION -

2

The sweepstakes race, for mix- ed classes, held at the Royal Hong Burnley o.jKong Yacht Club yesterday, re-

sulted in a win for Bolla, sailed. by Miss Bigg-Wither. Mr. G. D. Adams, in Carpenter, was second

û Tottenham

THIRD DIVISION (North)

Lincoln Barrow

the LB.C. player made the new deuce. champion look 2 novice im- mediately the latter eased-up for

a moment.

Silly Mistakes

How They Reached Final

The following shows how they they reached the Final: |TSUI WAI-PUI

Rumjahn played brilliant tennis beat. L. M. A. Razack 6-1, 6-2 at times and then, when he had beat S. W. Liang 6-3, 6-3 worked his way up to the net for beat 8. A. Gray 6—1, 6—2, ja kill, bungled a harmless return bent Tennie Kwok 8-6, 6-3.

in the silliest manner possible. He best S. A. Ruajshn (holder) 6-1,

6-1, 7-5. showed

any signs of nervousness and played with dour HL D. RUMJAHN determination throughout, though beat W. J. Howad 6--1, 7---

accurate on the best Lak Chun Cheong 6-1, 6-2

expered. He beat R. Choa 6-2, 63 scored the majority of his points beat Taul Yan-poi 6-2, 6-2

Bever

the was not as

base-line as

WES

2-6, 6-3

as the result of really good pass-best Laf Kwong-tsun 9-7, đồnL ing shots and at the net, where his clever anticipation often robb- jed Tsui of what appeared certain

points.

To sum

up the match, would say there were occa- sions when some dazzling ten. nis was served up, but that both players relled too much on their opponent's mistakes. Tsui's placements were better than Rumjahn's, but the letter had more pace behind his shots.

vi

Open Winners The following have won

the Sinzies title since the inception of the Championship in 1912: .

1912-H. A. Nisbet; runner-up-Capt.

M. F. Day.

1913-H. A. Nisbet; runner-upå

N. Joseland.

1914-H. A. Nisbet; runner-up--S. E

Green

1915 S. E Green; runner-up-Ng

Sie Kwong.

1916 S. E Green; runner-up-Ng

Sze Kwong Rumjahn had a great oppor-1917-S E Green; runner-up-H. A.

Nisbet tunity to level the match in the 1918 Ng Sze Kwong; runner-up-3; The training period for the second set when he jumped into a E. Green. the standard set by the Federation basketball squad at Tsing Hua has 4-1 lead, but a series of blunders 1919-Ng Sze Kwong; runner-up-N,

E Kent. recently have the qualification to been extended to 70 days, Sung-little else saw Tsui creep up to

within

K. Lo. rend in their entries and join the declared. It will gather in Shang-4-0 Then Rumiahn went to 5-3 1920-Ng Sze Kwong; runner-up-M training camp at the Tsing Hua hai around June 20 to sail for on his own service, only to falter

M. K. Lo. (Continued on Page 67

2 Darlington

1

1

Walsall

0

-Reuter.

University starting from April 16. Europe with the delegation for 40 days.

June 26,China Press.

on once again, this time fatally. The

second set was undoubtedly the

1921-Ng Sze Kwong; runner-up-