THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937
HARDCOURT DOUBLES MATCHES
NO SURPRISES FEATURED
LEONARD GIVES TEMPERAMENTAL DISPLAY
(By “REFEREE")
Several matches in the Colony Hardcourt tennis championships were played at the United Services Recreation Club yesterday, but pro- vided no surprises although the Sullivan-Goldman combination com- menced very poorly against Leonard and Choa and were three games down in the first set before they found their true form to sweep the Craigengower pair off the court.
HD. Rumjahn, Colony singles (grasscourt) champion, had no dif- ficulty in disposing of A. E. P. Guest in straight sets, the match
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RESULTS AT A GLANCE
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HARDCOURT DOUBLES
L. Sullivan and L. Gold-
max beat G. Choa and J. W
Leonard 63, 6—2-
J. Gonsalves and A. V. Reme-
dios, beat lu Tak-cheul and
Wong Shiu-wing 6-2, 6
W. C. Hung and Tsui Wai-pui beat Chan Kam-moon and Chan Kam-hung 6-1, 6-4.
HARDCOURT SINGLES: H. D. Rumjahn beat AE. P. Guest 6-1, 6-2.
The two adjourned singles matches between S. A. Rumjahn and A. L. Sullivan, and Tsui Wai-pui and A. Crawford wižil - be played next Thursday, and on the following Saturday, and Sunday the semi-finals of the Singles and Doubles will be held. The finals will be played on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2.
ELITES
J. Hussain, left, and V. Costa, right, will be featured for SE Joseph's against Lyeman in a friendly soccer match at the Valley, to-
day.
HOW LONG WILL U.S.A. HOLD DAVIS CUP
PROFESSIONAL LURE TO BUDGE
Sydney, August 15.
YESTERDAYS LEAGUE TENNIS
S.C.AA. Beat C.R.C.
Two matches were played yester- day in the "D" Division of the ten- nis League, Army beating Craigen- gower by 8% and South China beating Chinese R. C. by 6 sets to
3.
Scores:
Army beat Craigengower 84 to 24 at Happy Valley.
N. P. Karanjia and Dr. C. W. Lam (CGC).
lost to W. Wilson and W. A. Land 5, lost to I. Worsfold and A. Tudor 2 lost to G. Kingsland and B. Peck- Jaham
A Hung and S. A. (CCC).
Cassambhoy »
2-6
Flost to Willson and Land
lost to Worsfold and Tudor 4-6- drew with Kingstand and Peckham 6--6 O Sadick and H. P. Karanjia (CIC.CO
*
lost to Wilson and hand.
lost to Worsfold and Tador... lost to Kingsland and Peckham
C.R.C. EOSE
South China beat Chinese to three
KC Wong and S. "Chen China).
lost to Wei Chung and P. H. Kw lost to P. H. Chui and KFW beat T.-Y. Tse, and M. Krkan.
L. Ip and Y. Ip (South China) beat Wei and Kwok
lost to Chui and Wong beat. Tse and Lau
Y. H. Leung and P. W. Sze (S¢
NOW that the Davis Cup has gone back home China).
beat Chui and Wong
America begins another reign. One wonders best Wei and Kwok how long it will be. In Budge, Mako, Parker and beat Tse and Lau Grant, the States have four players who have prov- ed themselves, though, with the exception of Budge, they are not world-beaters.
EVERYTHING AT THE MOMENT DEPENDS ON BUDGE AND WHAT HE WILL DO. OTHERWISE, THAT THE MAT CHES MUST BE PLAYED IN AMERICA IS AN ADVANTAGE TO THE HOLDING NATION.
great
Budge is a proved successor to will hold the Davis Cup. Tilden. He is five years younger pity from the Davis Cup point of than Tilden was when he began view that this is so. Yet no one his seven years' reign. There can, for a moment, blame a young were two elements in the former man if he accepts financial stability American team which are absent for his life by playing the game now. One is that W. M. John-professionally.~
Yet
ILL
FRIENDLY BOWLS FIXTURES
Taikoo Entertain Third Division Champions
ston, Tilden's team-mate, was Budge will wish to win the cham- almost as good as Tilden in sin-pionship of his own country as an An old Lawn Bowls fixture will gles, and a shade better in amateur. This he has not yet done be revived to-day when the Taikoo doubles. Budge stands quite To do so will increase his standing R. C. play the Civil Service C. C. alone, Neither Mako, Parker, nor and his fee for turning over. in a three rink game at Grant, is near him in skill. * there is also a risk of being beaten Taikoo. Many years ago 2
When Tilden was at his zenith, in the U.S.A. championship.
trophy was competed for annually between the two clubs, but the con- test was allowed to lapse in recent years, and it is now proposed to re- vive it.
being featured by baseline play in which Guest's backhand let him down badly. Rumjahn was much too steady and refused to be rattled there was no lion of professional- Baron von Cramm will be com- by Guest's strong driving on the lism ready to grab up any stray peting, and they are very close in forehand.
amateur suitable for its appetite skill: Splendid as Budge is, he has A. V. Remedios and J. Gonsalves, moday when a player reaches the been beaten occasionally this sea- the strong Recreio doubles pair, summit of the amateur game, he son by Grant. In a long tourna- had little difficulty in disposing of may go over to earn thousands of ment, accidents may happen even the CBC. combination of Iu Tak-pounds in a season as a profession-to a Donald Budge. chenk and Wong Shiu-wing, con-al ceding two games în a straight sets victory. Gonsalves was very steady and his splendid volleying, combined with some terrific fore
The following players will repre- sent the Civil Service Cricket Club. Assuming that Budge does hold his form and remain an amateur, J. Cook, M. N. Rakusen, W. R. it is still not at all beyond the cap-Hillyer and H. F. Westlake (skip); acity of Australia or Germany to J. Gellatly, C. T. Champelovier, H Tell us how long Badge will re-defeat America. Of course, there E. Strange and J. Deakin (skip), S.
are is about all this.
"HOW LONG!
hand driving by Remedios, upset main an amateur, and we may be the Chinese pair
able to forecast how long the US.A.
FINE RALLY
Tsui Wai-pui and W. C.-1
- Hung
BEST HOME FORM
If we could guarantee that Quist,
had no difficulty in beating the Chan volleys scoring repeatedly. Strange McGrath, and Bromwich would de-
Eccleshall, L. A. Collyer, C. Strange and J. F. McGowan (skip).
Brothers, from South China, ly enough the winners concentrat velop into their best Australian MIDDLESEX
though general stackening downed on Joe Leonard, whose tempera-form in America, one would expect
in the second set saw them being mental outbursts kept the specta-them to go very close to defeating TO MEET led 0-4; before they rallied bril-tors amused throughout the match. America
liantly to take the next half-dozen Choa brought off all the winners Von Cramm and Henkel might SEAFORTHS
games for set and match.
for the losing pair and passed Sul-also conceivably reverse the inter-
Summing uy one sees no reason
In the Sullivan-Goldman and livan and Goldman down the centre zone final result. And the form Both teams of the Middlese Leonard-Choa clash, Sullivan was and along the tramlines with beau-shown by Hare against Budge sug Regiment will be seen in evidently feeling the strain of his tifully timed driving, while he gests that Great Britain will
afternoon when they terrific battle with Sirdar Bumjahn. rarely lost his head in a volleying prove next year.
Seaforths at Sookunpoc The first on Thursday, and his forehand driv-duel, but I must admit I felt sorry
will, start, at 2.15 pm 2 ing and smashing lost all sense of for him as he was never really
The Eastern Athletic Association and direction, with the relowed to settle down by his part
on the sult that Goldman was called upon ner, who was continually finding tenure by Germany or some other will be seen in a third i
ground at bear the brunt of the attack fault with Choa's movements at nation than the four who have held
it would be all to the brilliant angle-volleys and stop-the net.
to Expect America to hold the Cup Season of for a long period. A
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