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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1988.

HONG KONG C.C. JOLT CHINESE R.C.

Secure 21⁄2 Sets By End Of Second Round TSUI YAN-PUI & KONG BEST WINNING

himself to an ordinary League game against a team which could not expect to win, after the nerve- excitement of tournament

PAIRy. His game yesterday was very

ARMSTRONG MOST IMPRESSIVE

(By “ADREM”)

At H. K. C. C., Chinese R. C. beat Hong Kong C. C. 61⁄2-22.

MOST interesting feature of this game was not the fact that Chinese Recreation Club won, it was not the appearance of three of the finest doubles players in the Colony, nor was it the re- turn to the local League of veteran Ho Ka-lau, rather it was the exceedingly refreshing type of game played by the entire H.K.C.C. team.

patchy and certainly not worthy of the acknowledged finest player in the Colony.

THE BEST FAIR Lee Wai-tong was also not at his best. He could not smash, in fact carried very hard sting and against hitting, most of which was naturally concentrated on him, he was forced

one of his strokes

much

into numerous errors.

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

St. Andrew's Changes And U.S. Views

KEEN interest is being taken in

onc

Easily the most impressive pair were Paul Kong and Tsui Yan-puision of the sea have the Old Course in Their scores do not flatter

They made very few errors flashed out winners in all

is

America in the proposal to construct a super golfer course at St. Andrews, and it is' estimated that the scheme has been written up by 1300 American sports writ- ers, covering a newspaper circula- tion of some 6,000,000. Commenting on the proposal,

critic states:- prominent American Modern golf equipment and the reces- them. a bad way in its claim to contempor- and aneous leadership. Four holes are now depart- no more than of drive-and-chip length, and five (in addition to the par-3 holes) can be driven. The ninth, tenth, NONE OF THEM HAVE BIG REPUTATIONS AS TENNIS ments at will.

Ho Ka-lau was not very and twelfth holes are respectively 306, PLAYERS AND I DON'T SUPPOSE FOR ONE MOMENT THAT

312, and 314 yards, which gives an in- ANY OF THEM HOPED TO DO BETTER THAN GIVE THEIR inspiring, and on his showing

to preserve the Old Course's reputation VISITORS ENOUGH OPPOSITION TO KEEP THEM INTEREST- certainly not the man he was when dication of how hopeless it seems to be

he was last in Hong Kong, but Hung as a championship venue.

well

to up

form,

Course played

The present so-called New his service especially being as usual, never has been good enough to com- pare with the famous Old lay-out, and a potent weapon.

as tinkering with the new Course is For the losers, I liked the per-pronounced futile by experts, it is pro- formance of Armstrong. His flat-posed to instal 18 great holes border- In the last forty years the sea has were em- topped dipping forehand

been receding to such an extent that' service in the new land there is plenty of ter- inently reliable while his and volleying left nothing to be de-ritory of the right topography for a sired. Harrison also hit forcefully modern course.

Golf constitutes a major factor in off the ground but was not so good the town's income, adds the writer, but

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With this end in view they within the bounds of possibility. went for their shots. Not for them any feeble lobbing or scut- tling around in futile efforts to keep the ball in play. Rather,

NO FURTHER MISTAKES However, there was no sensa. tion. C.R.C. pulled up their socks and made no further mistakes while

they chose to play the roles of winning all the final round matches racket backhand drive and heavily-ing the shore south of the Old Course. attackers, and right well did they fill them!

in the easiest possible manner.

From the point of view of the I arrived at the Cricket Club

Cricket Club, yesterday's match while the first round was in pro-must have proved singularly en- On No. 1 Court, were George couraging. To start off a season

against a team like C.R.C.on in sustained rallies. whom all bets are laid for the cham-

gress. Sewell and Harry Owen-Hughes in action against a formidable com- bination in Tsui Wai-pui and Lee Wai-tong.

I took a cursory glance at courts

Nos. 2 and 3 and then concentrated my attention on this game. Owen- Hughes and Sewell, I thought casually, appear to be doing rather well..

With Owen-Hughes following his favourite methods and prancing around on the forecourt, reaching his six feet odd into the air to bring down seemingly perfect lobs, occasionally cutting off a drive, and Sewell driving when he had the time and lobbing when he didn't, I saw them win a game..

THEY'D WON! They crossed over. There was a repetition and when Owen-Hughes reached

across, angle-volleyed rather weak return for a winner and then walked off the court, I learned to my amazement that the Cricket Club pair had won the set 7--5 after leading by 5-2.

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Further shocks were still to come. On the far court, Willie Hung and Ho Ka-lau, having won their first game against Harrison and Arm- strong in quick time, had started on the second round in opposition to Alec Pearce and Sander. From what I could see, at that distance, the C.R.C, pair were lobbing a great deal, while their opponents were smashing lustily if not particularly accurately.

This went on for quite a long while. Finally they finished and Hung brought over the encourag- ing, if decidedly unexpected news that Pearce and Sander had won

By the time the second round had been completed, Harrison and Arm- strong had taken a further half point off Tsui Wai-pui and Lee and the score, in favour of. C.R.C., was 82 sets to 21⁄2 and the manner in which all the homesters were then playing, led one to wonder if one. of the biggest sensations in the history of League Tennis was not

pionship and do as well as they

INCONSISTENCY Sander and Pearce were

and

will

the

to

the traditional lure is fast weakening, due to the obsolescence of the famed both Old Course. Competent American ap- praisers of golf course architecture and did, will give all three pairs a great brilliant and erratic in turn. They playing interest declare that St. An- deal of confidence in themselves. I were effective overhead and for the drews Old Course is far inferior

and this confidence re-most part, drove well but they were many other less ballyhooed courses in the United expect to see

States. There has been persistently flected in their subsequent fixtures. never reliable on the volley. They England, Scotland,

in increasing mention

the United On the other hand, it must not covered each other very well

of the Old Course's short- be lost sight of that C.R.C. were with more practice together States not exerting themselves unduly. make a formidable pair, against comings, consequently a definito drop in the former desire of American golf- to the ers to make a pilgrimage Tsui Wai-pui for instance, must best teams in the League.

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the have found it very difficult to adapt

Protagonists of course have told, with considerable validity, that a modern course would bring again to St. Andrews the easy spenders who figure it is a toss-up be- tween-St-Andrews-and-the-Pyramids. as relics, and that they can pass up both items of historic interest.

Successful Speakers

STICK TO SHERRY!

Amontillado Fino

leacabeck macgears the

new

Not much opposition appears to be in the way of the town putting in the new course with a guarantee that construc- tion expense will not exceed a reason- able amount.

S. C. Wooderson May Run In America

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IX of the outstanding European athletes, including Sydney Wooder- son, world outdoor mile record holder; James Alford, the Welsh winner of the mile in the British Empire Games at Sydney; and A. G. K. Brown, the crack' British quarter and half miler, have been invited to participate in Princeton University's fifth annual invitation track meeting to be held on June 18.

It is understood that Wooderson's acceptance hinges on the date of his Civil Service examinations in June.

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The F. A. Council turned down the recommendation of the Rules Revision Committee that an instruction be is- sued to clubs that they refrain from publishing the amount of the gate re- ceipts taken in F. A. Cup ties.

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Seven: nations contested the inter- national cross-country championship at Belfast on April 2 and C. A. Emery, the former Cambridge runner, creat- ed a minor surprise by finishing first › in 49 mins. 57 .secs. Second was J. › Chapelle (Belgium) 50 mina. 10 secs.;. and third, S. O. A. Palmer (Wales).

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Ipswich Town, who defeatedTM Heart of Midlothian in a friendly match on March 5, expect to secure election to the Southern section of the Third DI- vision of the English League in May.