1938-05-11 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1938.-

FITTING CLIMAX TO COLONY TOURNEY

Tsuis Recover Well

After Shaky Opening Set

RUMJAHNS FIGHT

TO LAST POINT

(by “ADREM”)

Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui be at H. D. and S. A. Rúmjahn

6-8, 6-4, 6-3, 6-8.

AS a climax to the annual tennis tournaments or- ganised by the Hong Kong Cricket Club, yes- terday's match in which the Tsui brothers admin- istered on the Rumjahn cousins their second defeat in the last three years, could not have failed to satisfy the most exacting tastes.

THERE WERE SOME REALLY FIRST-CLASS RALLIES IN WHICH A STANDARD WAS REACHED THAT HAS SELDOM BEEN SEEN IN THE COLONY, WHILE ON OTHER OCCASIONS, WHEN A PARTICULARLY VITAL POINT WAS BEING FOUGHT OUT, THE DOURNESS OF BOTH SIDES, THEIR REFUSAL TO TAKE THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE UNTIL THEY FELT SURE WINNERS WOULD RESULT, KEPT THE CAPACITY CROWD ON THEIR TOES.

TSUI WAI-PUI'S FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

success

As a result of his yesterday, Tsui Wai-pui is now the holder of all the major tennis titles in Hong Kong. He is Hardcourt singles and doubles champion, the latter in partnership with Willie Hung, in addition to the two

has championships he

just

won.

H.K. DOUBLES

-CHAMPIONS

The following have won the Colony Doubles Championship since 1930.

1930–S. Å. Rumjahn and H. D.

Rumjahn; runners-up-

} Paul. Kong and Ho Ka-

lau.

1931–S. A. Ruṁjahn and H. D. Rumjahn; runners-up-C. A. L. Rumjahn and J. A. E. Cassumbhoy.

1932-S. A. Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn; runners-up L. Goldman and E. C. Fin- cher. 1933-S. A. Rumjohn and H. D. Rumjahn; runners-up—L. Goldman and E. C. Fin- cher. 1934-S. A. Rumjahn and H. D.

Rumjahn; runners-up-L. Goldman and E. C. Fin- cher.

1935-S. A. Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn; runners-up-W. C. Hung and Ho Ka Lau. 1936-Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yun-pui; runners-up--W. C. Hung and E. C. Fin- cher.

1937—S, A. Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn; runners-up-~~

W. C. Hung and E. C. Fincher.

1938-Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yun-pui; runners-up-S. A. Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn.

the

Highlight of the game was the uncanny accuracy of all players with bat, smash the Rumjahns off their lobbing. This stroke was

court. He attempted "kills" from utilised to a great extent and it

all positions with dire results. might have been supposed that it would have resulted in some düll interludes.

was

Never was this further from the truth, however. All four players

It were uncannily accurate. the rule rather than the exception, for lobs, however hurriedly made, to fall within an inch of the base- line.

As is only to be expected, then, smashing was at a premium. Tsui Wai-pui early one, brimming over with confidence, evidently made up his mind that he would, off his own

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H. D. RUMJAHN'S INJURY

Although, fine sportsman that he is, "H. D." made no complaint and neither by ges- ture nor grimace gave any in- dication that he was other than fit, it appeared to me ---- and I watched him with some

care

that his previously injured arm was giving him a great deal of trouble.

"REVIEWER'S"

SPORTS COMMENTARY

Davis Cup "Incident"

As a general rule, Davis Cup tennis ties have been singularly free from "incidents." Whereas in open tournaments of the highest standing, including Wimbledon itself, players have at various times given vent to outbursts of temper generally attribut- ed by their admirers to highly-strung seemed temperaments it has always that when engaged in Davis Cup matches, a man realises that he is not playing for himself and any poor ex- hibition of sportsmanship for which he may be responsible, not only reflects on his own name, but more so on that of his country.

It has truly been said that members of Davis Cup teams. on visits to other countries act as ambassadors of good- will. For this reason the action of Cejnar, of Czechoslovakia, in his 'match' with Mitic, of Jugoslavia, as described in meagre detail by news cables re- ceived here on Monday, strikes a par- ticularly jarring note."

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From what can be gathered here, it appears that Cejnar decided that the light was too bad to continue. It also

appears that neither the umpires nor his opponent, Mitic, thought the same way.

Cejnar

. And, so, what happens! walks off the court; and the match is awarded to Mitic by default.

Cejnar's action in this case is all the more difficult to understand because on this match reated the rubber.

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If, as is possible, he was then facing defeat and in any event was unlikely to win; his withdrawal is all the more to be deplored. Of course there may be more in it than meets the eye, but I still fail to see what justification there can possibly be for such an ex- hibition of rank bad sportsmanship, and I sincerely hope that the Czecho- slovakian authorities will deal with the matter with the severity that this de- In the first set he could 'do no-finite blot on their sporting records thing right. His forehand drive warrants. had no power in it whatsoever, while his backhand and volleying were erratic to a degree. I also noticed that "Sirdar" was covering far more of the court than he is wont to do and came to the conclu- sion that both of them realised how important it was to them, tactically, not to reveal this, handicap to their opponents and to a certain extent they succeeded in covering it up.

"Sirdar" played an even more gal-lows: lant game than even the Hong Kong public usually expect of him. In the course of the match, shoulder- ing far more of the burden than he would normally have had to do, he covered a. prodigious amount of ground. In the first three sets, he made very few errors and in the (Continued on Page 19)

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