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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1936-

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MRS. NORA WILSON RETAINS LADIES' SINGLES TENNIS TITLE

L.T.A. HANDICAPPING

RE-ARRANGEMENT

PROPOSED NEW SCALE FOR "RABBITS”

EFFORT TO REVIVE INTEREST

(By A. WALLIS MYERS)

London, December 1.

JUDGING by the fact that three pages of the four and a half-page agenda are concerned with a revised system of handicapping in open tournaments, the delegates attending the an- nual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association in London on Friday week will be mainly concerned

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Suen Kam shun, left, and Taxi Ah-fai, right, both AD-China World Olympic football stars, may be members of the Shanghai Interport team

which will pay a visit to the Colony during the Chinese New Year holidays.

NOT

MRS. DOWLING

FULLY RECOVERED? ENCOUNTER ALL OVER IN 25 MINUTES LOSER'S MANY DOUBLE-FAULTS

(By "ADREM”) -

MRS. Nora Wilson took exactly 25 minutes to

dispose of Mrs. Dowling at the United Ser- vices Recreation Club yesterday afternoon, by scores of 6-1, 6-2, to retain her title of ladies tennis champion of the Colony. Playing with machine-like precision, she was never seriously extended by an opponent who appeared to be still

with players who are termed, colloquially, SNOW WINS SOUTHERN suffering from the effects of her recent illness.

"rabbits."

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A rabbit" has been defined as a player who runs for cover to escape the rainfall at a summer tournament. But this, of course, is only a pavilion jibe. Many open meetings in this coun- try owe their expansion to the support of second-class players, who could measure their zeal against opponents of a higher calibre by the application of differential odds.

The balance of power was adjusted by the handicapper: equity was provided by the system of sixths. Of recent years handicap events have waned in popularity. Entries have de- creased. tournament executives have been disturbed, and the

which will be debated next week.

AREA BOXING TITLE

LEO PHILLIPS DEFEATED ON

POINTS

(By HAROLD LEWIS)

London, December 1.

The conditions were hardly ideal for tennis, an overcast sky and a strong wind making accurate play dificult. Mrs. Wilson jumped into an early lead and, relying chiefly on the mistakes of Mrs. Dowling, took the first set at 6--1

J

TIENTSIN DECLINE SOCCER INTERPORT

Mrs. Dowling started strongly in the second set and, driving accurately on both hands, broke through Mrs. Wilson's service to win the first game. Thereafter her opponent was not to be denied, and her steady play, coupled with some amazing retriev- ing off apparent -winners, completely broke up Mrs. Dowling's game. Although the latter showed a marked improvement, one central authority has been consulted. The result is the plan NORMAN SNOW, & Northampton boxer, won the somewhat felt that Mrs. Wilson was never really worried.

empty title of Southern Area Welter-weight Champion when The whole match was fought" he outpointed Leo Phillips; of Birmingham, under strict chamout from the baseline. Mrs. That plan is summarised in the terms of the official resoluPionship conditions at the National Sporting Club, Earl's Court, Dowling was on the aggressive]

ast night.

throughout and hit particularly tion: "That the existing handi The bout was never spectacular. Phillips, ball-necked, with hard on the forehand, her most cap scales be abolished and the close-cropped fair hair, seemed to have more ability, but he did effective stroke being a power- handicaps be extended to the his best work in spasms and allowed the swarthy Snow to make ful return of service up the allotment of receive 40 and owe the running and steal the decision

sideline to her opponent's back- 50. it being understood that no

Snow, who has a fairly heavy hand. player would receive more than i

left-hand punch, likes close- 30 from any opponent.

quarter exchanges, and was in- dined to lean on his opponent in the very frequent spells of was most inconsistent and was never up to championship form. in-fighting.

WASEDA HOCKEY TOURISTS DELAYED FIVE DAYS

All Previous Arrangements Have Been Cancelled

The Waseda University hockey team and reserves, who were ex- pected to arrive in the Colony on the sx. Taiyo Maru on Sunday next, will now be delayed until next Friday week.

As a result, all previous are rangements and fixtures in the Colony have been cancelled, and will be re-arranged in the very' near future.

BRILLIANT FEAT

Dutch Girl Breaks Own World Record

Back To "Owe 50"

"In order, however, to compea- sate as far as possible players in receipt of a handicap of more than 30, a player who is giving points shall give, by way of owed odds, the additional points to which his opponent is entitled, up to a limit of owe 50. For this purpose two) lowed points to be reckoned as the enquivalent of one received point.".

In the nineties, when lawn ten-1 nis was less of a democratic gamej and times were less hurried, the "cracks" entered freely for handi- cap events. The handicap singles was an event only second în im- portance to the level singles. Fut-i

11 SECONDS BETTER FOR 400 ure champions graduated in them.

METRES BACK-STROKE!

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The fractured boue in the left

Rotterdam, To-day.REVISED BADMINTON forearm of R. E. S. Wyatt,

Miss Wilhelmina Mastenbroek,

the Dutch bolder of the Olympic] Women's 100 and 400 Metres Free-

second

in the 100

FIXTURES

style swimming records and who Chinese Y's' Promotion was placed Metres Back-stroke to Miss Nida¦: To ‘A' Division Senff (Holland), yesterday shat- tered her own world mark for the: 400 Metres back-stroke when she

clocked 5 mins. 48-8-10 secs. to! clip 11 seconds off

her own pre- vious mark!--Reuter.

The best time ever returned in America by a woman for the 400 Metres was 6 mins. 5-4-10 secs. by Miss Erna Kompa at Miami Springs, in 1935, while the

of the Chinese YMCA from the Following the recent promotion

"B" Division to the "A" Division of the Badminton League, a list of fixtures for this club has now been drawn up and is appended.

above, former England Test captain, is likely to keep him out of his Third Test match of the present series, which commences on January 1 at Melbourne.

CORONATION DAY CRICKET

Many Double Faults Taken all-round, however,

she

Phillips showed that he could! She served an amazing number of! do well when he wished by double-faults and never found a jabbing a neat left to the face length with her, driving, being in- and making good use of the clined to over-hit. When she was ring, but he was all too willing drawn to the net, she proved weak to allow Snow to get to close on both her volleying and over- head and gave a most disappoint- quarters.

ing display.

was

confidence

COP-

Players Unable To Obtain Necessary Leave

Word had been received from the Tientsin Football Association that they are unable to accept Hong Kong's invitation to send a team to participate in the Inter- port games during Chinese. New Year, as they find it is dificult for their players to obtain the necessary leave.

ARSENAL WIN

AT PRESTON, Bolton And Liverpool Fail At Home

NEWCASTLE'S FIVE GOALS

· IN AWAY FIXTIRE

London, To-day.

Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, above; the Colony Interport hockey full- beck returned from Portugal last Sunday by the s.z.- Conte' Terde. He may be the solution to the coming Interport half- back problem?

MACAU GUNNERS

LOSE AT SOCCER

TO ENGINEERS

Forwards Lacking

In Finish

LOBATO SHINES AT FULL-KALK

use of the outstanding reautres of yesterday's sport, programme was the visit of the Macan Arti ¡lery football team, champions of the Macau League, who, in their first match in the Colony, lost to the Royal Engineers at Sookunpos by 3 goals to 1, after being led at the interval by a solitary goal

Both teams were evenly match- ed, though the visitors revealed a great weakness in front of goal. Their approach work was good, but there was not a forward who was able to shoot, so that Selleck, in the Sappers goal had a com- fortable afternoon.

A. Santos: the Macau centre-for- ward, displayed good ball control and was the only forward who tried to score. In spite of playing without boots in the second period he scored a good goal after accept-

Santos At Fanit

Snow Cantioned Apart from ths prevalence of Mrs. Wilson in-ugnung, there were many minor personified and gave a most intringements of the rules to ag-vicing performance. An attack- gravate the spectator. Snow wasting player normally, she was con- the cautioned more than once for fail-tent, yesterday, to stay on ing to hit with the imuckle part of baseline and wait for her oppon- ent's mistakes: She served con- the glove, and he also showed a

The following are the results of ing a pass from Assis. tendency to hit low with the left sistently, hit very hard on the yesterday's major League football Phillips, meanwhile, seemed to do forehand with a flat racket drive matches: his 'share of holding.

that was alternated with a heavy

FIRST DIVISION There was nothing outstanding chop, was safe on the backhand Bolton

and retrieved everything, to re-Chelsea in the fight; no really damaging tain her title in the easiest pos- Derby. punching, no knock-down. There was no time, either, when one man' dominated the contest. Sometimes. Snow would be in the lead, at other times Phillips would allow

sible manner.

:

Morais was the better of the two

wingers, for Santos, on the left-

0 M'chester U., 4

I Stoke.

0

wing, lost time by not cutting in

.3

Everton.

1

and by delay in centring. Another

A

Wolves

0

fault of his was his habit of lobb-

✓ 1

Huddersfield On her showing this year, she Liverpool

probably the most brilliant Manchester C. 1 player ever to have held the cham Middlesbroro' - 4

Portsmouth pionship, and she will be remen-

is

himself to eut loose and do some bered as such in Hong Kong, long Preston effective boxing to put himself after her departure, a few months Wednesday

ahead.

Snow is a step nearer to a meet-

M.C.C. v. New Zealanding with Jake Kilrain, the cham- pion, but he has already had one) contest with him, in which Kilrain won on a. foul.

At Lord's

2

These games do not in any way]. Only four first-class, fixtures affect the list shown in the hand-have been arranged on May 12 best book, but are additional to it. Inext, the date of the Coronation. time for the 440 Yards record was January 4. v. Re reio "B" (home)These matches will be played at 6 mins. 7 5-10 secs. by the same uuary 11. v. Free Lances (away) Lord's (MC.C. v. New.Zealand), January 25, v., Recreio "A" (away) the Oral (Surrey v. Derbyshire). swimmer at the same time and

|February 1. v. · St. Andrew's "A" place. Both these records were

| Portsmouth and Swansen.. (home) accomplished over the short- February 8. v. Chinese R.C. (away)

Sussex in 1937 will have course, that is, in a 20 yards pool! February 22. v. Chinese P. C. (home) county game at Worthing for the

In comparison, the world's re- March 1. cord for men over the 400 Metřen

March 8. back-stroke is held by the Olym~ March 16. pic champion, Adolph Kiefer, who March 17. clocked 5 mins, 17 8-10 secs. against Japan's best at Tokyo in March 24. August of 1935, in the Japanese- American meeting at the Meiji March 29,

April 1. Shrine PoolThe 440 Yards

mark is held by another American April 5. and an Olympic swimmer, Albert; van de Weghe, who clocked 5 mins. $2 8-10 secs, in the United Stabez Indoor Championships. Both

these were over the short course, `that is a-20-yards-pool."

£1,600 GOLF TOURNAMENT

HOME RUGBY

Barbarians Too Good For Leicester

London, To-day.

hence.

Lady Champions

1921. Mr. Bowden Smith. 1922 Mrs. Armstrong. 1923. Miss P. Grace. # 1924. Miss D. Rudge. *1925/29. Mrs. E. E. Tottenham.

1930/22. Miss Enid La.

-1933. Mrs. C. P. T. James.

1934. Mr. J. F. Kayil

1935. Mrs. N. Wilson, 1936. Mr. N. Wilson.

NEW YEAR'S DAY

FOOTBALL

V St. Andrew's "A first time, and they do not meet | Several Rugby Union fixtures

(away) Surrey until September. A re-were decided yesterday, the Bar-|- v. "Recreio "A" (home)turn to Blackpool as a venue for Lurians beating Leicester by 20 Lee Wai-tong To Make ~. Free Lances, (home) v. University "A" county cricket is revealed by the points to 5, while the “Combin-

(away) Lancashire fixtures.

v. University "E"

As Kent are fulfilling a county (home) match at Gillingham, they will v. Eecreio "B" (away) ne mize different grounds for v. University *A****

their games next summer, (home) University ***

(away)

PLATER SUSPENDED FOR REST OF SEASON

The Emergency Committee of the Hong Kong Football Associa tion yesterday suspended, for the

Chief fixtures at Lord's are: ·

May 22-Test. Trial Match North 7. South).

ime-26-England v. New Zealand (First Test Matek). -

"July 5.—Oxford v. Cambridge.

“July 3.—Eton. v. Harrow,

July 14-Centleman v. Players..

M.C.C. DRAW

Newcastle, Today,The M.C.C.

Sunderland

W. Bromwich 2ng towards the centre instead of

sending it along the ground. * Grimsby 1

2 Niza shone in the intermediate Leeds

line and covered Brown and How- 3 lett well, but he was uncertain in -2 his tackling. Gomes, at right-half,

was also good th

0 Charlton

1

Arsenal

+ Brentford

4 Birmingham

6- Chesterfield

2

-3 Fulham

1

1 Leicester

2

2. Sheffield U..

2. Burnley

2 Notts. F.

SECOND DIVISION, Aston Villa Blackpool Barnsley, Bradford C. Bary. Doncaster [Norwich

Southampton

Swansea Tottenham

1 Newcastle

0

1 Coventry 1

0 Plymouth.

5 Blackburn West Ham 1 Bradford

THIRD DIVISION. (South) Aldershot1Millwall Bournemouth; 1: Southend Bristol R 0* Gillingham. Cardif

Torquay

Clapton

2 Walsall

} Crystal,P... ・ 1 „Bristol-C,”

Queen's P.E.

Comeback ed Fettesian - Lorettonians best Roselyn-Park by 19-points to 14.

Exeter An excellent soccer game should A close game was seen when be witnessed on New Year's day Bridgend beat Bath in an

Eway at Caroline Hill, when the Chinese Notts C fixture by 5 points to 3, while Old will meet the Best of the Colony [Swindon

Newport

Watford

THIED

Merchant Taylors beat Bristol by Charity game in aid of the 113 points to E. Cardiff continued and for the Saiyuan Refugees.

winning vein when they beat The game will be featured by Crewe.

the Watsonians by 10 points to the return of Lee Wai-tong to the Darlington 3. but Newport lost to Aberavon centre-forward position. This is Halifax at home by a dropped goal. Lee's first game since his return Hartlepools

In the remaining games, Nort-from Europe, and his presence in Oldham hampton beat Moseley by 13 the team will prove a big attrac Port Vale points to 3 and Swanses over- tion:

Rotherham whelmed the London Welsh by 21 The following is the team *Southport clear points-Beuter.

Pau Kaping Leong In-chan and Stockport Loeting-sang, Leung Wing-choi, #Tranmere Wong Meishon and Les Rank: #Wrezham Tso Kwai diing, Charakai Lee Vai jong Tai Shui wing and Tay

I

The Dunlop Southport profesrest of the season; A.A. Eumjahn,+- sional golf tournament will take of St. Joseph's, who was sent off place from Monday, May 3, to Fri-the field in a Third Division Lea-appred 173′for 4 in reply, to the declared, Fagy scoring, 67, which day, May 7, next year for a total gue match against Kwong Wah New South Wales Country X's included a siz and five boundaries. prize money of £1,600.

184 for 4(Beattie 12% not out)

**turo ›weeks: Ngo

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PANDORA'S SOCCER

VICTORY

1 Submarine Cup Win

Over Rainbow

KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION

AT THE VALLEY

After sharing two goals at the interval, H.M.S. Pandora eventual-- ly detented H.MS. Rainbow.by 2 3 goals to 1 in the semi-final round 1 Northampton Sof the Submarine Shield Football 2 Luton

1 Knock-out Tournament at the 2 Valley yesterday afternoon

1 Reading

1 Brighton DIVISION" (North)

2 Mansfeld :-

Unplayed

@- Gateshead

1 Chester

2 York 2 Carlisle. 1 Accrington 3 Láncoin Barrow 3. New Bright

Rochdale Ball

The Pandora attacked consis tently from the start of the game and were first to draw blood.. the goal being scored by their centre-forward, Bose

Sandex, the losers leader, in- tercepting a well-placed centre from the right-wing, equalised for the Rainbow just before the in- terval

Adopting the same methods of [attack as in " the first-half," the Pandora

ted their winning

goal through Ridley, who played at insi