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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1936

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CYRIL TOLLEY BREAKS AMATEUR RECORD AT WALTON HEATH

GOLF NOTES

(By "NIBLICK")

TAINLY owing to outside

CRAIGENGOWER FOR TITLE?

Fine Win Over

S. China

L.C.C. SURPRISE KIT.C.

Craigengower overcame a stiff hurdle yesterday in their quest for the "D" Division Lawn Tennis

Mtivities in the Course not League title when the Lawn Sain connected with golf and con- China by the odd set. On the sequent loss of playing time, the strength of that display they look Kowloon Golf, Club's May Bogeylike being 1936 champions, but Pool competition could only the Radio. who easily overcame muster 24 entries,

the CBA. yesterday, will offer a

A. 1. Braley recorded a 69-Gstern challenge.

South China failed because their 6% to scoop the pool and, in-

second pair unexpectedly bowed cidentally, attracted the attention of the Handicap Committee G. Mine to three diefeats.

was only one stroke behind, har-

The Kowloon Indiana, who won ing 7-9-64, and T. Palon oc-convincingly against the Army cupied third position with a net last week, were surprised at the

par.

K.C.C. the Khan brothers losing

a sei to Sparey and Brock to give the home team an unexpected 54 win.

CRAIGENGOWER'S WIN

At King's Park, Craigengower beat South China by 5 sets to 4 in the "D" Division of the Lawn Ten- nis League.

Cheuk Shek-kam, left, and Suen Kam-shan (right) were featured in the All-China Olympic football team's tour of the South Seas recent- ly in the games in Java

BEST POLO SEASON FOR

OVER 15 YEARS

WESTCHESTER CUP CHALLENGE

BIGGEST FEATURE.

POLO

London, May 9.

The inauguration of a monthly bogey pool this season has proved popular with members and pro- vided invaluable assistance w the gentlemen who have the onerous job of pruning handicaps. The close finishes registered in all medal competitions this season

LO will be right in the news this summer, for not since 1921 H. Y. Cheung and E. Zimmera bear eloquent testimony 10 the (C.C.C.):

has there been a season so full of high-lights. Visit of the efficacy of this form of monthly lost to F. N. Wong and P. Lai.. 5-7 Americans is, of course, the star attraction. We join issue with beat P. K. Liang and T. K. Tang 6 them in the Westchester Cap competition after a lapse of 15 beat C. B. Wong and C. M. Tsang 6-3 years, and we'll be all ott to win the Whitney Cup

A. Kitchell and A. B.

- a trophy we haven't won since 1914. (CCC):

1-6 On top of this, the famous Ashton quartette, from Australia, -3 will be here together with several leading Indian and Ameri- 6-2 can players. What of our chances? Well, the Americans lead:

us on handicap, by four goals, and, as polo handicaps generally 4-6 work out well, it's probable they'll start as favourites.

battle.

SUMMER CUP

lost to Wong and Lui beat Liang and Tang

DO-MORROW is dated the final beat Wong and Tsang

To the Summer Cup and also lost tenk, and Lei

Hamson

T. Locke and G. Chon (CCC):

marks the end of the official sea-beat Liang and Tang son at Kowloon.

lost to Wong and Tsang.. K.I.T.C. SURPRISED

Last Sunday the semi-naïs were played resulting in G. P.

6-3

3-6

Form of our men in the practice, At the K.C.C., the Kowloon Cric-game the other day was simply too

Murphy beating W. A. Stewart 2 ket Club beat the Kowloon In-bad to be true, and I don't think SOUTH AFRICA

and 1, while D. C. Wilson qualifi-dians' Tennis Club by 5 sets to 41 ed for the Final when he beat E. in the "D" Division of the Lawn 0. Murphy at the 18th.

Conceding five strokes in the Gnal, Wilson will have to produce his best golf if he wants to re- ceive the verdict, and even then

Tennis League.

W Hirst and F. Goodwin: (K.C.C.) lost to D. M. Khan and M. A.

Khan

4-6

6-6

too much notice should be taken of it.

If only our ponies prove really good in the coming practice games, four slower grounds should give us Ja good chance.

Biggest handicap to the Ameri-

drew with Jahn Dad and A. P. cana-unluckily for them is

Souza

that Hitchcock, probably the finest

it may not be good enough against lost to N. Ramzan and M. Singh 1-6 player in the world, cannot make Murphy, who is probably the H. W. Crabbe and A. E. Perry best of the double handicap crowd { (K.C.C.)

at the Lion Rock Course

*

LESSONS!

beat Khan and Khan

| beat Dad and Souza

A SEQUEL

drew with Ramzan and Singh

A. E. Sparey and C. (K.C.C.)

lost to Khan and Khan

beat Dad and” Souza

FAY back in that shower room beat Ramzan and Singh

WAYnack in that shower room

professional lessons.

RADIO'S EASY WIN At King's Park, the

nis League.

Brock

SELECT THEIR

OLYMPIC TEAM

Athletes Include Man Who Beat Tisdall

GRIMBEEK EXPECTED TO DO WELL AT BERLIN

[the trip. 6-1 Team will be captained by po- 54pular Robert Strawbridge-class

London, May 17. plarer, who has figured on the

the winning side in

South Africa has chosen the American 4-6 "Open" no fewer than nine times athletic section of her team for Although unlikely to play him-the Olympic Games as follows: E 6-3 self, Strawbridge is the ideal Grimbeek, M. W. Theunissen and manager for a young team such as Damager (Sprints); H. A. Gibson and Coleman (Marathon), A. S. Radio the present one.

Du Plessis (pole vault); E T

About The Players

and what have you, my inquisitive; ear caught the plaint of an old Sports Club beat the Central Bri- stager who had read and more ortish Association by 7 sets to 2 in Number one for Meadowbrook Thacker (high jump); Miss Bar- less disgested my few remarks on the "D" Division of the Lawn Ten-will be Michael Phipps, who figur-bara Breke (sprints).

ed in London polo last year with Lavery, who is a newcomer, is Bursting with adjectival W. J. Chanson and N. Kitchell the Optimists.

the outstanding hurdler in the f phrases and emphasised by the (Radio)

Behind Phipps is Eric Pedles-country. He has made rapid pro- swish of his towel, he proceeded at 5. Fowler and M. Yatakin 6-3 grand all-round athlete, who's to inform all and sundry that lost to D. Smith and J. Clayton 2-6 likely to be the danger-man in the (gress in the last few months, and

beat F. Angus and G. Gurevitch 6-2

the proper way to play this game M. Sherrin and M. called golf was to proceed jauntily (Radio)

to the tee and swing the club with beat Angus and Gurevitch joyous abandon until the real beat Fowler and Yatskin

lost to Smith and Clayton "feel" of the swing had entered in-

G. Singh and

H. Hassan acoring line.

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recently beat R.M.N. Tisdall, the Olympic 400 metres hurdles cham-

pion.

Grimbeek, the sprinter, Las been

ayton SIAMESE TENNIS ACES ruzzing with brilliant consistency

to the very barrow of the player (Radio) and the rest was easy. He quot beat Angus and Garevitch.... ed Lawson Little as a front-ran-beat Fowler and Yatskin ker whose swing had been started beat Smith and Clayton

while still a boy of 10 on an im- provised course in China with no professional within miles.

7-5 6-3

GAME POSTPONED The match between the Army and the Police was not played yes-

This diatribe given so eloquent-terday owing to the sodden state

of the courts.

ly bears the germ of truth but

ON VIEW

MEET CR.C. THIS AFTERNOON

WILLIE HUNG ON SICK LIST

The Chinese Recreation Club

"D" Division League will be considerably under

TABLE TO DATE

Seta

and it is a big but he forgot to add that a well known pro took Little's self-made product and refined it, chipping off the bumps and rub bing out the little spots which; marred the near perfect whole—}c. ¿. c... and, while granting that the P. R. C. foundations of the awing was laid E C. C... by Little himself, the finished pro-

duct can be said to owe quite a

let to professional guidance."

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OVERHEARD AT THE NINETEENTH

the gentle zephyr of con-

vemation turned to a cyclone of exclamation when they heard he

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strength this afternoon when they meet the visiting Siamese tennis players in two exhibition-doubles

P. W.L D. F. A. Pts.matches of three sets each. - 2 2 0 0 10% TH

Willie Hung, captain of the 2 Club, is at present on the sick list and the Chinese are experiencing some difficulty in dinding a suite able player to take his place.

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1.0 0 7

10 04:5

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DAVIS CUP PLAYER'S POST

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The Siamese were seen in z

o knock-up at the EC.C. recently and, although they failed to give

14 the impression of being above the Colony's best, they should extendl Taui Wai-pui and Tani Yan-pai, the Colony doubles champions, this afternoon.

L“Hecht, the "Czechoslovak Davis It is quite likely that It Tak had shot. 4-78 with an 18 handi-Cup player who took a set from cheak, that clever Chinese B C

cap."

44

Perry in the final of the Czechos-left-hander, will partner eti

Luk

as Jim says, the early bird lovak, championships recently, is Wong Shin-wing or catches the worm, but what about to live in future in Budapest, cheung to make up the secon

where he has patained a post. He partnership. The matel

[Causeway Bay courts.

the worm!"

you call him a snake, but will continue to play for Czechos- commence at 3.30-pin

I say he is just a bad adder."

Hlovakia in the Davis Cup.

during the last year, and is ex- ĺpected to do well at Berlin. Thac- ker is holder of the South Afri- can high jump record with 6ft. 5% ins.

(Continued on Page 5.)

PROFESSIONAL MARK Craigengower

EQUALLED

BRILLIANT

ROUND OF

70 ON OLD COURSE ·

METROPOLITAN SHIELD QUALIFIERS

CYRIL

(By George Greenwood)

London, May 13.

RIL TOLLEY broke the amateur record for the Old Course at Walton Heath yesterday with a round of 70. The previous record of 72 was held by Sir Ernest Holderness. Tolley's score eqalled the professional record, set up by W. J. Laidlaw, a young Scottish player from Gleneagles, who is now assistant at Malden

NE

Stalwart

of Craigengower's finest all-rounders, J. W. "Joe"

The occasion was the first Metropolitan Challenge Shield tournament, open to all amateurs with handicaps of four or under. Owing to various circumstances there were a number Leonard was born in Hong Kong of scratchings, among them that of A, D. Locke, the young South and educated at St. Joseph's Col- African player, who strained a muscle and has been advised to flege.

rest. particularly in view of the amateur championship a fort- He learned soccer, tennis από night hence.

swimming while at school and was

James Ferrier, the Australian champion, had also intended also_tery_proficient on the cinder to compete, he is now at St. Andrews practising for the cham-track and as a field star.

Later. pionship. Other absentees were the brothers Charles and Robert on leaving school, he joined Crai- Sweeny. Raymond Oppenheimer and Brig.-Gen. Critchley. pengozer, where he was given the opportunity of taking up lawn borcls, and at present he represents them in the first Division of the

A 36-hole qualifying compe- tition for 16 places in the

match-play stages was held, but BASEBALL GAMES

a place FOR WEEK-END

as- there were only 12 players each was assured of Lord Charles Hope, making a reappearance in first-class golf after a long absence, had the unique experience of qualifying, though he did not return a score for the first round. Playing badly, Hope tore up.

The fact that several of the scores were abnormally high may due to a lack of con- centration on the part of the play-

have been

aa

Mindanao Not To Play

ALL FIXTURES REVISED

League!

He first played soccer for the

United Athletic Club, who were

**

runners-up in the Junior Shield competition. He left them to join St. Joseph's second eleven, TEPTE- senting them for three years captain. Just before a damaged knee compelled him to abandon the game, he joined the Kowloon Foot- ball Club, with whom he remained two seasons.

ago,

(By "INFIELD")

He learned to play tenais at St. Permission has been granted by Joseph's College and improved con- ers. There was a "What does it the Naval Authorities to the Base- {siderably when he joined Craigen- matter?" atmosphere about the ball League for the use

{gower, winning the club champion- of the ship for four years in succession proceedings.

"Tolley's case, however, was en-Causeway Bay ground on Satur Partnered by Y. Hachiuma, also tirely different. In the happiest day afternoons, and to-day atļof Craigengower, he reached the of moods, and striking his true 3.30 pm. the Canadians will have semi-finals of the Colony Doubles game immediately, he played a

Championship two secsonS opportunity of redeeming and was also in, the quarter finals superb round in which there were

themselves after their poor dis-of the Open Singles Champion- only three mistakes.

An Ironical festure of it all was play last week when they encoun-ship. He created something of o that, having sent his set of wooden ter Pui Ching in the League. clubs away to be copied, Tolley, was forced to fall back on an old driver. He used it once in

the ed

Leonard was also à fine sužm- mer is his day and was in the round, but the club so misbehaved itself a quick hook into deep should play US.S. Mindanao but, St. Joseph's College team

which heather that it returned to the owing to a last-minute alteration won Open Relay race for of plans, the sailors are not com-schools. He later played water- ing to the Colony this week-end. Club, who were twice runners-up polo for the United Swimming

bag.

2.

|sensation in his first year in the [Open Singles, when he took Ng Sze- It was at first arrang-kwong (then holder) to fire sets.

that

the Pui

Ching

the

Drove With A Spoon Except for this one occasion Tolley drove throughout with Pui Ching had brought down in the Hong Kong League. spoon, which in appearance is not their regular team in anticipation fairly good record, playing for As a cricketër, Leonard has a unlike the old wooden cleek.for their game against the sailors

(Continued on Page '9) and it is now probable that their Craigengower in the Second Divi best team will not be used to-day three season ago. He topped the sion when they won the Shield meet the batting averages then and was [consequently promoted to the first Pui Ching have displayed great team, for whom he has played by 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0;6-3 form to date and, from the games

since.

DONALD BUDGE BEATEN

Bryan Grant beat Donald Budge

as they are due to Japanese to-morrow.

до тр

the White Sulphur Springs, W. already played, have proved them- He only took up bowls a year Virginia, tournament final. Grant selves a fine team with

ago and has made excellent pro- and Budge represented America in

parent weakness. Kim will be at gress. Last season he was among their Davia Cap-tie with Mexico centre field and C. King at short

the four who won the Craigén- and won all their singles.

stop. These two players have ower Rink Championship and was been their outstanding, players to then playing for the junior team runner-up in the Poire. He was

|but was this year promoted to the First Division.

The Siamese Lawn tennis team, above, arrived in the Colony, Inst Thursday morning and will be seen in action against local clube com- mencing from today, when they meet the CB.C. at Canseway Bay. (“China Mmil” photo).

date.

Chock May Be Rested

The line-up has not otherwise LEROY HAYNES

been changed, though it is pro- bable that J. Chock will be rested for Sunday's game, and in this case E. Wong will pitch, with M. Chock catching.

(Continued on Page 93

Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING MEETING POSTPONED

Due to the fact that several members of the European YMC.

MAY BE MATCHED WITH MAX BAER

New Negro Sensation In Spotlight

JACK SHARKEY TRYING FOR COMEBACK.

New York, May 7. Leroy Haynes, the Negro heavy- A. Swimming Committee were weight who leaped into the spot- absent, the meeting called for yes-light recently when he battered terday evening to discuss the pos- Primo Carners to pulp in Philadel- jsibilities of a gale programme for pitis, is to fight three battles in

this month" was turned into one Brooklyn this summer. of informal discussion, it being de- Mr. Andy Niederreiter, the cided that a further meeting be Erooklyn promoter, who is going called for Friday, June 19, to disto run boxing matches at Ebbets cuas - arrangements for the win-Field, Brooklyn, home ground of bming season.

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