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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 16, 1937.

POOR TENNIS

WITNESSED

YESTERDAY

FINCHER ENTERS

SEMI-FINAL

PROGRAMMES RE ARRANGED

In the place of the Wong Shiu- wing and Luk Ding-cheong, P. F. Tsoi and Ng Kam-chuen encounter, on the Stand Court at the Honɑ Kong C. C. yesterday afternoon, E. C. Fincher's singles tennis match with Y. C. Lee was brought for- ward a day and resulted in th K.C.C. player entering the Semi- Final by scores of 6-4, 6-3, in an extraordinarily uninteresting en- counter featured by numerous errors made by both players.

Probably the slippery court had

B. I. Bickford, above, gave a sound display

for the C.B.A. against the Radio in yesterday's first of three matches to decide the Mamak Hockey championship.

NOVICES

a great deal to do with the unin- INDIVIDUAL

spiring performance. Fast move- ment was quite impossible.

Fincher never appeared happy with his forehand and netted time and again. His backhand, however, was as usual, very sound and his vicious slicing gave the ball a low skidding bound. On the base-line' he was little superior to his oppon- ent, but at the net he was masterly and made nearly all his points with his nicely-placed volleying..

BOXING TITLES

Preliminaries Held Last Night

[FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING AT THE VALLEY.

Programme And Entries

The following are the entries for the |Fourth Extra Race Meeting, to be held at Happy Valley on Saturday, April 24-

1.-Charters Towers Handicap. Winner $450. Second $250. Third $150 ... För Australian Subscription Ponies, “B” · Class. - Jockey "Allow- ance. Entrance $5. Six Furlongs.

Australian Boy, Blandford. Brutus. Discovery Bay, Honey, Just That. Per- fect Day, Racing. Heart, Rooifly, Saucy Face, Snowy River, Such Fun. The Right Time, Twilight Star, and Violet Queen.

Avtar Singh, above, scored the Radio's only goal in the first of three matches to decide the Mamak Hockey Championship.

For

2 or 8.-Mount Davis Handicap. First or Second Section.---Winner $450, Sécond $200. Third $100. For China 5-High West Handicap.--Winner Ponies, " Class. Jockey Allowance. $500. Second $225. Third $125. Entrance $5. One And A Quarter Miles. China Ponies, “B” Class. Griffins of Amberley, Apilas, Bistre, Boolat, this Season that have won $1,000 or Bay, Bright View, Centre Forward, more in atakes, barred. Jockey Allow- Commencement Bay, Flybynight, Gorance. Entrance $5. One Mile. dito, Jungle Jim, King's Bounty, King's Dawn Star, Harvest View, King's Jubilee, Monoplane, Night View, Pon- Justice, King's Lead, New Star, Rose- tiac Bay, Ribble, Rob Roy, Rose Evelyn, Queen, Sadko, Soldier of Honour, Royal Highness, Soldier of China, Thunder Bay, and Tyne. Soldier of Peace, Sylvandale, Tiny Star, 6.-Canterbury Park Handicap. and Ythan:

Winner $450. Second $250. Third-$150. 3.-St. George's Plate.--A Cup pre-For Australian Subscription Ponies of sented: with $600 added for Winner this Season. Ponies classified "R" Second $250. Third $150. A Handi-Class, barred. Jockey Allowance. En- Some fine boxing bouts were seen cap for China Ponies, Griffins of this trance $5. Six Furlongs?,

Entrance Aztec, Courting Eve, Dick Turpin, at Murray Barracks last evening, Season. Jockey Allowance..

Gypsy Love, Home Brew, Lancashire when some of the preliminary $5. One. And A Quarter Miles.

Apilas, Baffin Bay, Commencement Chips, Llanarmon, and Llangollen. rounds of the Hong Kong Area No-Bay, Expansion Time, Happy Eve,7 or 9-Tai-Mo-Shan Handicap.

Individual Boxing Cham-Havoc Eve, and Potentate.

First or. Second Section.—Winner $400. 4The "Hunchbacks" Plate.-Win-Second $175. Third $100. For China pionships were decided.

ner $400. Second $175. Third $100. For Ponies, "D" Class. Subscription Grif- China Ponies, Subscription Griffins of fins of this Club of this Season that Bantam-Weight (Semi-finals)— Pte. this Club of this Season. Winners at have not won a race at Race Meetings McKenna (R.U.R.) scratched to Pte. Race Meetings of this Club, barred. of this Club; barred. Jockey Allow- Baker (Seaforths); Pte. Hoosan (R.W.

Weight: 10 lb. under weight for inches. ance. Entrance $5. From The 1% Milė F.) beat Pte. Wilde (Seaforths).

To be ridden by Jockeys who have not Post (About 5 Furlongs). Feather-Weight (Semi-finals)-Pte.

won ten races anywhere at any time. Araxy, Copper Idol, Coronation Day, Macdonald (Seaforths) beat Fus. Miles Jockeys, 2 lb. penalty for each race Daylight Eve, Diogenes, Donovan, (R.W.F.); Rfn. McAnlis (R.U.R.) beat

won maximum penalty: 10 lb. No Emergency Call, Gold Coin, Happy Whips or Spurs allowed. Entrance $5. Venture, Helephant, Laughing Buddha, A most disappointing game and L/Cpl. Humphries (R.W.F.).

Light-Weight (2nd Round). Rfn.

One Mile.

Laughing Girl, Mariposa, Miracle, I sincerely hope that Fincher will Spence (R.U.R.) beat Pte. Wiltshire

Air Mail, (142); Busok, (145); China Morning Tip, Mountain View, National be able to produce something in- (Seaforths); Rfn. Burrows (R.U.R.) Clipper, (145); Declasse, (145); Inca, Faith, Pagan Love, Philanderer, Rac- finitely better against S. A. Rumbeat Fus. Bray (R.W.F.); Fus. Ryan (145), Ling Long, (139) National An- ing Boy, Seventeenth of Sept., Stop-

beat Pte. Hipkiss (R.W.F.)

(Sea them, (145); Radium, match

(145); Tabby | watch, jahn. The winner of this.

Tempest, Valorous, Victoria forths); L/Cpl. Tague (Seaforths) beat Cat, (142); and Weedon Seat, (148). Hall, and Zero. will, in my opinion, be champion.

Pte. Butters (Seaforths). The other doubles match was postponed.

TOO ERRATIC

Lee played some beautifu strokes, but was much too erratic and was never able to sustain rally. When forced by Fincher's attacking policy to make his strokes hurriedly, he lost his head and hit wildly.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.

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Results were:

Welter-Weight. (2nd Round).~L/Cpl. McKee (R.U.R.) beat Pte. Moir (Sea- forths); L/Cpl. Cowie (Seaforths) beat L/Cpl. Wilson (Seaforths); Rfn. Dee- gan (R.U.R.) beat Fus. Davies (R.W. F.) on a knock out; Rfn. Armstrong F.).****

Scores of yesterday's matches were R.U.R.) beat L/Cpl. Simmonds (R.W. as follows:

Open Singles

E. C. Fincher beat Y. W. Lee 6-4, 6-3.

Club Handicap Singles M. Pagh beat G, Smith 6-3, 10-8; A. C. I. Bowker beat J. Thompson 6-3, 6-3.

Club Handicap Doubles

G. E. R. Divett and B. O'M, Deane beat T. C. Monaghan and V. R. Gordon

6--4, ྂ-86----3

· Club Mixed Doubles ANJARË, L. Smalley and Miss Smalley, beat W. Wooding and Miss Wood 4-6. 7-5, 7-~~~-5.

∙ABLE AMAZON BEATEN BY

RANGER

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black. I trust that it will not be long before he wins his first race as a regular jockey.

Middle-Weight (Semi-finals). - Rfn, Reid (R.U.R.) beat L/Cpl. Munro (R.A. (Seaforths); Cpl. Butterfield D.C.) beat L/Cpl. Page (R.U.R.). *- Light-Heavy-Weight (Semi-finals). Günner Martin (R.A.) beat Pte. Devidge (Seaforths).

MAMAK HOCKEY Players Too Excited To Play Well

(By "REFEREE") An excited exhibition was witnessed on the U.S.R.C. ground yesterday, when the Radio Sports Club beat the Cen- tral British Association in the first of three matches to decide the Mamak Hockey Tournament Championship, by the only goal of the match, scored in the first half by Awtar Singh.

Just as the ponies were climbing the incline before reaching the Rock, spectators were shocked to see Mr. S. Y. Liang thrown fromi. Tabby Cat. He was unable to get up and after first aid had been rendered he was taken to hospital. Tabby Cat was conceded more than an outside chance of winning this event, and, if taken out again at a later meeting, it will bear watch-

It was a far from inspiring ing. With Tabby Cat out of the game. ~The umpiring

was lax picture, it was left to National and there were many infringe- Anthem (Mr. H. C. Rih) and Happy ments that went unpenalised. Venture to fight out the finish, but Bond was the pick of the four the last named pony had the better backs on display, but in the lat- of the argument and won with ter stages of the game, when three lengths to spare. China Clip- tempers became slightly ruffled, per (Mr. Black) was third, re- he was indulging in obstruc- turning its backers with $24.20 for tion, thereby greatly endanger- a plage.

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