Omars
LAST SUNDAY'S RACE RESULTS FROM MACAO
Mr. A. W. Raymond's Fine Riding
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 5,
1938.
Out Of Open Pairs
J.S. Howell And R.G. Craig
Prove Too Good
STRONG RECREIO PAIR ALSO ELIMINATED
HE first real surprise in the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls champion- THE
ship was the defeat of “U. M,” and “A. M.” Omar, holder of the title, by J. S. Howell and R. C. Craig, by 25 shots
to
10 at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club yesterday, before a fair number of spectators.
The July Meeting of the Macao
The winners were in great form. Howell' had the better of Jockey Club was held last Sunday under very trying conditions, ter-A M. Omar throughout the game and found the green quicker than rific heat prevailing during the his opponent, who was often very short with his woods. first half of the programme while
.
the second half of the programme L.R.C. LADIES
was held in a blinding rainstorm.
The feature of the meeting was
PLAY UNDER
Mr. A. W. Raymond's riding, this BIG HANDICAP
rider securing four, wins second in five starts.
and a
Ladies. Recreation Club enter-
form. Craig was also in good His drawing was well nigh perfect and his woods very nearly always carried the right weight.
"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY
Pang Oi-Kuen Is A Tennis Player With A Future
There has been a constant outcry in focal tennis circles at the apparent lack of enthusiasm among the younger players.
For many years now, the same old players have occupied the top posi U. M. Omar could never master tions in the local tennis world with the green and sent down several in-nover a semblance of a challenge by
youth.
I saw one player in
Hogmanay (Mr. K. I. Ip) paid tained and lost to Kowloon Cricket,' different woods, and, as his brother] the best dividend of the afternoon, Club "A" by 7% sets to 12 in the was outplayed by Howells for the Mixed Doubles Tennis League, at greater part of the game, he often
found the shot against him.. K.C.C. yesterday.~
$65.70.
Mrs. McKelvie rode an excellent! race in the Ladies Sprint which
The LR.C. ladies, handicapped was the last event on the card and
by the lack of practice on grass won handsomely on Cricketer,
courts, were clearly puzzled by second place going to Miss Jex on the slippery conditions which pre- Merry Fatty and third to Miss Smalley on Black Monday.
GRAND STAND HANDICAP. Five Furlongs.
The Dumbells' Merry Fatty
(Mr. K. I. Ip) Mr. J. H. Potts' Gold Clause
(Mr. W. N. Yeh)
Mr. Longfellow's Shih Yin Grand (Mr. Treverton)
Won by: 2 lengths, 4 lengths. Time: 16-4/5, 50, 1.26.
vailed.
the
IN GREAT FETTLE The holders scored three in the first two heads, but Howells and Craig drew level with a three and two heads later scored a four and from that point onwards were in great fettle,
As the 10th head, the winners were leading by 11 shots to 8 and Williams for the next five heads scored & single on each to bring their total Mrs.
60 to 16 shots to 8. A three on the Mrs. next head blasted the holders' hopes and though good bowls was witnessed for the remainder of the
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1
Mr. and Mrs. Storey were most promising losing pair.
Scores: E. C. Fincher and Mrs. (K.C.C. "A").
2 beat E. E. Storey and
Storey
3 beat L. M. S. Lloyd and
Lissaman
beat J. J. Ferguson
Waddell
and
Mrs.
E. F. Fincher
Six
(K.C.C. “A”).
Pari-Mutuel: Winner, $9.90. Places,
$7.80; $20.00; $15.00.
RACE COURSE HANDICAP. Furlongs.
Mr. L. T. F's Mongolian Cat
(Mrs, S. C. Liang) Mr. F. J. Gellion's. National Triumph (Mr. A. W. Raymond)
Mr. H. Y. Liang's African Cat
(Mr. Ip Kui Ying)
Won by: a head; three quarters of length.
Time: 81-4/4, 1.05, 1.98-2/5. Pari-Mutuel: Winner, $13.30. Places,
$5.10; $5.10; $5.30.
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action on
Sunday, however, who prompts me to fidence, that a representative of Hong predict, and to predict with some con- Kong's youth, may yet make his pre- sence felt in the not too distant future. The promising youth is Pang Oi kuen, a player whose methods eminently sound but whose name the general Hong Kong public does
not mean a thing.
are
to..
His talents, I am afraid, have been wasted on the desert air of the "C" Division, where, together with Mok Fook-in, also a player far above the average as his partner, he wins all his League encounters with failing regularity.
un-
Pang is keen. His game is based on orthodoxy and his footwork and timing are a study in fluency. He watches a great deal of tennis and he plays a great deal. I saw Tsui Wai- and Mrs. Burnett game, the winners were able to add put the local champion having a seri- only last another nine to their total while ous knock-up with him
week. 04 beat Storey and Mrs. Storey beat Lloyd and Mra Lissaman 6-their opponents could only reply: Out of a great deal of hard work his game has emerged singularly com- 1 beat Ferguson and Mrs. Waddell 6-2 with two singletons.
The winners scored on 14 of the plete. He exploits practically-every
stroke there is. G. C. Burnett and Mrs. Sweeney
Systematic practice 21 heads. 2 (K.C.C. "A").
on intelligent methods are gradually, working these strokes up to maturity.
TURF-HANDICAP. (First-Section).
Five Furlongs.
Mr. Onesume's Stymie
(Mr. Raymond)
Mr. Yuntor's Emergency Call
(Mr. Ip Kui Ying)
Mr. Chiu Cheong-fan's Sahara Star (Mr. S. C. Liang)
Won by: a length, half length. Time: 16, 47-3/5. 1.19.
Pari-Mutuel: Winner, $23.80. Places,
$6.40;$6.30; $7.10.
CHOI MA HUI HANDICAP. Furlongs.
Mr. F. J. Gellion's National An-
them
Mr. L. W. F's Cape Comorin
J
lost to Storey and Mrs. Storey 4-6
a
8 beat Lloyd and Mrs. Lissaman 6-2
drew with Ferguson and Mrs.
Waddell
J. S. Howell and R. G. Craig
The following is the
detailed
score::
6-6
A. M. Omar
and U. M. Omar
'
Head
1
Shots
Shots
2
0
0
3
8
1
0
GRAY PLAYS WELL AGAINST CLUB
K.C.C. "B" did extraordinarily
1 well to hold H.K.C.C. to a 4% sets
tie at K.C.C. yesterday...
S. A. Gray was the most impres- 3sive player on view.
10
..Scores:
11
E. Blum and Miss V. Bradbury (K.C.C. "B")..
10
11
11
·1
13
lost to H. Owen Hughes and Mrs.
12
1 13
18
1 14
· 14
1
15
:15
16.
-16
19
17
∙19
18
19
·19
-10`
22
20
0. 10
24
::21
0: 10
25
Six Findlay
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CASH SWEEPS Race 1
371 856
20
$202.10
57.70
28.80
Unplaced ponies $10.50 each): Nos.
Pari-Mutuel: Winner, $18.40. Places, 92, 175 and 50.
TURF HANDICAP. "(Second Sec-
(Mr. Raymond)
(Mr. S. C. Liang)
Mr. M. H. T's Araxy
AR (Mr. L. J. Feilden)
Won by: 1 length, 11⁄2 lengths."
Time: 89, 1:09, 148-1/5, 2.15.
$8.20; $6.70; $5.90.
No. 341
tion). Five Furlongs.
Mr. C. L. Gregory's Cleeve
(Mr. Raymond)
1
Mr. Hope's Labour Day..
(Mr. Graye)
2
No.. 13.
(Mr. Cooper) 31
"
Won by: half length; a head.
Time: 16-2/5, 50, 1.20.
$5.80; $8.40; $11.00.
CUP: One Mile.
The Dumbells' Cricketer
Races 2
$202.00 57.90
·280
28.00 223 Unplaced ponies ($8 each): Nos. 374, 9, 188 and 54.
Race 3
$277.80 65.10 9
82.50 27 Unplaced ponies (37.20 each): Nos.
Race 4
Pari-Mutuel: Winner, $8.10. Places, 184, 199, 156, 131 and 169.
GEORGE "PORTS' MEMORIAL No. 136.
Mrs. F. J. Gellion's Fairy Auk
(Mr. Raymond)
Mr. Longfellow's Shih Yin Grand
(Mr. Ip Kui Ying)
Mr. H. C. McComb's Hogmanay
MEN (Mr. K. L. Ip)
:
Won by: 1% lengths, 2 lengths,”
Time: 25, 1.11, 1.48-3/5, 2.24,
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OTHER RESULTS
By next year, I expect him to be the ready to make his challenge in Open Tournament and, if he is un- lucky then and meets someone. like Tsui in the first round, it should only delay his, what I consider, inevitable, advance to the front rank of local tennis.
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P. A. Gibb And Future Test Recognition
Admirers of young P. A. Gibb, the Cambridge University wicket-keeper. batsman, will be more than pleased on his selection as stumper for the Third Test which starts at Manches- ter, although such pleasure will be tempered with regret that this re- cognition was only secured through an injury to Leslie Ames in the Lord's Test
Not particularly brilliant last sea- son as a batsman, Gibb, has been sistently successful this season
At Recreio, G. N. Mitchell and Jhe numbers some excellent feats an
C. Brown beat C. Norman and J. G. Meyer by 18 shots to 16.
his achievements with the bat, P 2 Recent averages from England show him as being prominent in the batting, in fact he figures within the first half-dozen, along with four other England bats,
In the quarter-finals, at the Police Club, A. Baker and A. K. Minu beat by F. V. V. Ribeiro and H. A. Alves 20 shots to: 19.
(Continued from previous Col.) loat to T. A. Pearce and Miss D.
Dodwell
lost to G. W. Sewell and Mrs, M.
Whitham
S. A. Gray and Mrs. Clarke (K.C. "B").
$220.20
.93
82.90
31.40 Unplaced ponies' ($11.60 each): Nos. 359, 281 and 886. 2
Race 5
beat Owen Hughes and
Findlay
Mrs.
drew with Pearce and
Dodwell
Miss
No. 204
394 280
$214.20 61.20 80.60 Unplaced ponies ($4.80 each); Nos.
Part Mutuel Winner, $80.80. Places, 305, 208, 170, 83, 70, 867 and 23.
nbells
Black Monday
*@*(Unofficial), Half
Time: 88, 1:09,
Won by: a longth; many lengthi
ri-Mutuel Winnor, $15.00%
No. 8809
Race
$2,420.20 1959
694.00 3449
847.00. Unplaced ponies (851) each): Nos, |1106, 2007, 2107 7231 8768, 7068, 4810
8675108248788; 1006 and 4451,0
225080.
66 beat Sewell and Mrs. Whitham 6-8 A. E. P. Guest and Mrs. Knight (K.C.C. “B”). lost to Owen Hughes and
Findlay th beat Pearce and Miss Dodwell 60 beat Sewell and Mrs. Whitham 6-4
Mrs.
Presumably he is a fine wicket- keeper. As a rule there is never a dearth of men at either 'varsity cap- able of filling the "Aunt Sally" berth with distiction, and the fact that he does service for Cambridge in that position, appears to indicato pretty sound talent.
Of course, Ames being the man he la and competent critics nama *him among the three finest batsmen in England, Gibb never had an earthly. of displacing him.
Now that Ames Injury is giving him his chance, it is quite within the bounds of possibility that the Eng efland selectors may find themselves in
a rather awkward situation.
(Continued from Next Col,) learned in the Lord's Test, I imagine the selectors would not be averse to having a spare stumper in the side and sa both may be included although, **t would have to be at the expense
an-like" Edriah's they may
If Gibb does well at Manchester: if he does better than just that and emulates Hutton and Compton and makes a debut hundred as he is quite dapable of doing, what is going t happen when Ames is fit again,
Wil Gibb just be discarded?¦. I think it unlikely. Publie opinion would surely have something Bay! about such treatinent.
· ban-
On the other hand, Ames, not be left out. In view of wi
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