1938-09-03 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL SEE

1988.

Inconsistencies Of Form

PECULIAR RESULTS IN HARDCOURT TOURNAMENT

Tsui Brothers Forced To The Limit

(By "ADREM")

I DON'T know whether it is that the unaccustom-

MONDAY'S HARDCOURT

PROGRAMME

Monday's programme of matches in the Colony Hardcourt Tennis. Championships are as follows: Court No.

11. S. A. Gray v. J. R. Turner. 12. B. Agafuroff v. Wong Fook

Nam.

17: Tennie Kwok v. A. Chan or

A. E. P. Guest.

18.

19.

Peter U v. S. A, Rumjahn. Lee Wai Tong and W. C. Hung v. Omar Rumjahn and G. Choa.

TWO GOLFERS "HOLE IN 1”

MARKET RASEN, Línes, Aug. 6.

A few minutes after Mr. S. Thies had' holed in one on Market Rasen golf course to-day, Mr. P. Caster- ton, another member, repeated, the performance at another hole. Both had driven 175 yards. It is five years since any member of the club performed a similar feat..

ed type of surface of the hardcourt has the ef- 100 Yards Breast-Stroke

fect of evening out play or that it is just a case of consistent upsets of form but it has been a fact

..

Mark May Go

that players, who, in the Grasscourt championships ENRIQUE CHAN AND FONG CHONG-U win the majority of their games with the loss of the minimum number of games, have had to go all

AS RIVALS: V.R.C. FAVOURED out in the current tournament at the United Ser-

FOR OPEN RELAY TITLE vices Recreation Club to accomplish the same ef- fect.

YESTERDAY'S NEAR-UPSET WAS THE MATCH BETWEEN F

THE TSUI BROTHERS AND MA NAI-KWONG AND LI KWAN- HUNG. THE LATTER PAIR PLAY FOR SOUTH CHINA IN THE "B" DIVISION OF THE LEAGUE, AND ONLY PLAYED ONE GAME FOR THAT CLUB IN THE SENIOR DIVISION.

RESULT AT A GLANCE

SINGLES

On yesterday's form and result, ↑ mummm......158203.........248...... they must rank as one of the finest combinations in the Colony. In any event they very nearly placed them- selves in the headlines by plishing a feat, not often accom- plished in local tennis-that of tak- ing a set from the Grasscourt Doub-16-0. les champions.

· accom-

(By "CRAWL”)

own

OR the first time in many years there is every prospect of the Colony 100 Yards breast-stroke championship record, which stands to the credit of Kwok Chun-hang at 72 secs., being broken.

Yesterday at the V.R.C. Enrique final for I think they are quite Chan won his first heat in the capable of holding their event in the very excellent time of against any of the other teams and F 73 4-5 secs., and with Fong of establishing a new, mark for the | |Chong-U winning the second heat distance.

in 75 1-5 secs.,. these two should provoide a grand struggle when they meet. next week in the final.

As a result of yesterday's heats the following have qualified for the final:

A. E. P. Guest beat A. Chan 6-3,

Lee Wai-tong beat A. Crawford 6–2, 19-7 (Replay).

..DOUBLES

Yesterday's results were as follows:

100 YARDS BREAST-STROKE

CHAMPIONSHIP://

Heat 1:

Time: 79 secs.

Time: 81 secs.

Heat 2:

1.

Enrique Chan (C.B.C.).

Time: 73 4-5 secs.

2.

K. Nazarín (V.R.C.).

Enrique Chan (C.B.C.) Fong Chong-U (Lai Tsun), Mak Wai- ming (C.C.S.S.C.); K..Nazarin (V.R.C.) and Tang Hong-chiu (H.K.U.) (fastest third).

3.

Lau Kai-ming (H.K.U.).

1.

Fong Chong-U (Lai Tsun).

Time: 75 1-5 secs...

2.

Mak Wai-ming (C.C.S.S.C.).

Time: 77 2-5 secs.

3.

Tang Hon-chiu (H.K.U.).

Time: 80 3-5 secs.

YARDS FREE-STYLE RELAY:

Heat 1:

1.

V.R.C. (W. Lawrence, L. M. Re- medios, A. J. Hussain and A. A. Roza).

TWO GOOD-MEN · Enrique Chan has a tremendous-

With even a glimmer of a smile from that capricious Lady Fortune, Bick Szeto, and C.. K. Chan beat G. they would have taken that second C. Burnett and S. A. Gray 6-3, 6-2. set an achievement

Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui beat that would Ma Nai-kwong and Li Kwan-hung have been something to look back 6-4, 9-7. upon with justifiable satisfaction-- S. A. Rumjahn and H D. Rumjahn but as it was, they were unable to 64, 6-2.

beat Wong Fuk-nam and K. K. Fungly powerful pull and unlike Kwok 200 force home a 5-1 lead, although they had set point several times in the seventh game, and finally lost out at 9-7.

DO OR DIE!

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Features of his play were a fine skimming forehand drive hit with

Chun-hang, has little glide before, his next stroke, while his turn off the walls are fast and powerful, a decided asset.

Fong Chong-U, winner of the In all respects it was brilliancy an almost flat racket and slight second heat, was extended all the that prevailed in this match.

undercut, an effective service and way by Mak Wai-ming, but was All

the confident manner in which he capable of a better spurt towards four players approached their tasks evidently with the feeling that it is picked up fiercely-driven drives on the finish as he had several yards better to have hit and lost

the half-volley when going in to to spare from Mak Wai-ming and than

the net on service.

noticeably slackened off in the last never to have hit at all and with

Ma had a great deal of his con-

few yards. this spirit predominating, it was

fidence shaken up in the second not surprising that play moved at a

set by the accurate and well- fast tempo throughout and provid- disguised lobbing of Wai-pui and ed spectators with as thrilling and he was apt to be careless with his 80 minutes as the most exacting positioning but he, also, revealed could have hoped for.

Yan-pui, of the winning combina- tion, was not as good as he can be.

a fine range of strokes.

t

LOSERS TAKE HONOURS

He appeared to lack concentration All in all, honours for the match and it appeared to me, he was tak-must go to the losers for as plucky ing the opposition just a shade too a display in a big match as has easily. Even in the second set, when been seen in the tournament -tc the brothers reeled off a sequence of date.

five games to turn a losing pro- On an adjoining court, Lee Wai- Alec Crawford gave a position into a safe bet for them-tong and

of selves, he was not reliable and it is modified repeat performance

CRASHED ROPES The Relay saw the VR.C. swim- ming a very fine race to win the first heat in only 1 3-5 secs. off the record established by the Hong Kong University two years ago. If L. M. Remedios had not crashed into the ropes on both his lengths. the V.R.C. might quite easily have put up a new mark.

They have little to fear in the.

Just Unpacked!

impossible to pay adequate tribute their display of Tuesday last but New Shipment

Time: 1 min. 47 3-5 secs.

and

2. Lai Tsun (Fong Wah, Chan Chun-

nam, Chung Kwong yiu Chung Chi-ting).

Time: 1 min. 49 4-5 secs..

3. H. K. University (A. V. Ozorio, Au Kwok-kee, Algernon Ho and Wong Yut-hung).

1.

Time: 1 min. 55 4-5 secs.

Heat 2:

Chung Shing (Ng Chun-man, Cheung Tse-chi, Kwong Cheuk- chow and So Tin-mo).

Time: 1 min. 50 3-5 secs,

2. South China (Wong Chi-hung, Ip Hon-chuen, Kwok Hon-ming, and Chiu Wai-lam).

Time: 1 min. 51, 2-5 secs.

3. Chinese cyn (Chan Kam-fui, Leung Kim-pong, Chan Cheung- wing and Chan Wing-kai).

4.

Time: 1 min. 54 2-5 secs.

The Army (Bdsm. Scales, Lieut. R. A. Barron, Pte. Buckell and Pte. Stemp) ·

Special

QUALITY GUARANTEED

to the sterling work put in by Waithe fire once, was not taking any Artistic and Attrac-COTTAGE WEAVE

puiza

NO COMPLAINTS'

Lee, having pulled the fat out of

more chances, He played his drop-shot on an average of once,intive

Cottage

I liked his forehand drive. It, is every three strokes. He drew

far more effective on a hard sur-young Alec up to the net and then Weaves. face than on a grass court and he either passed him with a volley managed an amazing angle which into the empty court or he sent placed the ball off the court like a him rushing back with perfect flash and was an outright winner Jobs.

All 48 ins. wide.

practically every time. His yolley- In due course, Crawford: wore From 1.75 to 2:25

ing and overhead were as sound as out the soles of his shoes with all ever and I have little at which to the sliding he did, and footsore. complain in his performance.

and weary,

On the losing side, I thought Li the 16th. Raven

was the better of the two. He ap- All other peared to me to be more reliable, expected,

up, the ghost at

in the second set.

Yard.CURTAINS.

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