1939-05-02 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1939..

HOME TENNIS

STRAIGHT SET WIN FOR CHOY

London, April 9..

The Paddington executive were lucky to have quite a pleasant spring afternoon for their finals, yesterday, after a week of cold and rainy wea- ther.

DEATH OF GRAND NATIONAL HORSE

Poncraik, a well-known steeple- chaser, which twice got round in the Grand National at Liverpool, broke his shoulder at the water when he fell in an open steeple- chase at the Beaufort Hunt mét- ́ing... · He was destroyed.

Pencraik, though he never won a big race, proved himself a typl- cal Aintree horse. He was sécorid in the Molyneux Handicap Stoople- chase in 1935 and 1936, as well as completing the course in the National in 1937 and again this year.

Several good players were en-

were gaged, but none of the more-fancied Englishmen, or New Zealand play- ers had reached the final of the men's singles with the exception of R. E. Mulliken (who, it will be re- membered, played very well in the LAWN TENNIS London v. Paris match earlier in the year); he had to meet the Chinese, W. C. Choy, whom most of our bet- ter players have found a very hard nut to crack,

NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

1939 DAVIS CUP CONTEST

EUROPEAN ZONE,

1st Rd. May 9.

2nd Rd. May 22.

Brd Rd. May 29.

S.-Final June 6.

Final Rd. July 30.

Bye

C'Slovakia

Bye

Norway

Bye

Belgium

Bye

India

Bye

Italy

Bye

Monaco

Yugoslavia Ireland

Rumania Hungary

Poland.

Netherlands

Germany

Switzerland

Miss K. Stammers was faced in tho women's singles final by Miss J. Goss, so there was the rather unusual spec-

London, April 14. tacle of two left-handers opposition. Fourteen-year-old Zsuszi Kor- Miss Goss, a Gloucestershire county player, is the possessor of a good Bat moczy, the Budapest schoolgirl who, drive with plenty of pace on it, and to make up for lost time, must rush was, at the start, playing her passing back to Hungary for school examin- Bye shots so well across or down the court ations in June, yesterday afternoon that Miss Stammers found it inadvis-won the North of England women's able to come to the net. She was, in- deed, playing very tentatively for singles championship at Scarbo❘ Bye long time, neither being able to get rough, calmly climbed into a car her first service in or to produce those without waiting to have tea, and piercing drives which have made her was rushed to the station to begin famous. She did get to 5-3 in the first set; but Miss Goss, playing coolly & 260 miles dash to Felixstowe, and with a purpose behind every shot, where she plays in the tournament] Bye caught and passed her, and won the set

&

to-day.

at 7-5,

Then came a complete change. After

She was absolutely unemotional and Miss Goss had won her first game of calm as she beat Miss N. K. Maingay, the second set Miss Stammers found Yorkshire's third, string, in a straight, her real form, and, serving well and sets final, 6-3, 6-2, combining the now volleying with confidence and play-verve and brilliance of Suzanne Len- ing a nice drop-shot occasionally, soon glen with the calm, unemotional out- assumed complete command of the look of Helen Wills-Moody. match. To such an extent, îndeed, that Any suggestion that Miss Maingay though Miss Goss continued to fight did not give of her best is ridiculous. hard Miss Stammers actually took She played as well As this enfant twelve games off the reel to win the match-a remarkable effort.

terrible allowed her to, and yet, inter- viewed in German after the match, her Chop is a disciple of the gospel of father, a Hungarian engineer, depre- conservation of energy. He gets his cated his daughter's form. "I am de- effects from perfect timing, making his lighted that she has won a champion- shots with the minimum of effort, and ship in her first tournament in Eng- contrasting strongly with the vigour of land," he said, "but you have not seen Mulliken's game and the aggressiveness her true form. She is not yet quite of his attack. But violence of attack settled down to this country." requires much better footwork than

FAILED LAST YEAR Mulliken could produce, and in spite of From Felixstowe she will go on to a few good volleys and lobs he was Melbury next week, and then, in May, never a match for the Chinese, who, she returns to Hungary to make a bid after a slow start, was almost at his for the Hungarian Championship, which best and seemed almost to juggle with she just failed to win last year. Then his opponent as the match went on sho returns to this country for the will

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Sweden

Denmark

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Gt, Britain

N. Zealand

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FT

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France

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China -

NORTH AMERICAN ZONE

Bye

Australia

S.-Final

Philippines

Final

The interzone final will be played August 24-26, The challenge round will be played at Merion Cricket Club, Mexico September 2-4.

CRICKET

Cuba Canada

Japan

Bye

drawing him to the net and then toss-summer tournaments, when she "F.A. NOT VERY

ing the ball just out of his reach over-have her first experience of grass head.

courts. There are few grass courts in

D

Mulliken could only get two games Hungary, and there is every likelihood SPORTING

in the match the fifth in the first set that at one of the important tourneys and the fourth in the second. He she may come up against Jean Nicol. would have preferred a less leisurely Finally, she will enter the Junior Wim- opponent, who, however, could be active bledon Championship in September. enough when the occasion called for it. Men's Singles-Final: W. C. Choy beat R. E. Mulliken G-1, 6—1

Women's Singles.Final: Miss K. E. Stammers beat Miss J. Goss 5-7, 6-1,

6-0,

TWO CENTURIES AGAINST MARTINEAU'S XI

Cairo, April 14.—Two centuries were scored against Mr. H. M. Mar- tineau's team on the second day of the match with the Gezira Sporting Club, who at the close of play to- day had made 335 for five, in reply to the visitors' first innings total of 495.

ORGANISATION"

The men's singles final was funereal

London, April 4. in comparison with the women's event, Reference to the Football Asso- and there was nothing at all exciting about the way Godsell, of Gloucester-ciation as "not a very sporting or- shire, became the new title-holder hyganisation" was made by Sir Charles

beating Sherwood, of Surrey, for loss of two games in each set. wood, erratic and never likely to win, simply faded out.

Results:-

NORTH-OF ENGLAND

Brazil

ILFORD BOWLER ON HONG KONG

In a recent issue of "The Bowls News", Mr. Malt Ridley, of Ilford, writes as follows on Hong Kong in the course of a few bowling reminis- cences of a world tour:

was

AT THE KOWLOON CLUB

We subsequently arrived at Hong

met by a I had

Kowloon Cricket Bowling Club. My

Kong (on distant relative, whom

Sher- Hyde, president of the Warwick-never seen before, a member of the

shire County Cricket Club, at the annual meeting of the club at Birm ingham yesterday.

CHAMPIONSHIP Men's Singles (Final) G. E. Godsell boat P. V. V. Sherwood, 6-2, 6-2.

relative gave me the welcome news that he had arranged for me to par ticipate in a game of bowls. At 11 o'clock, the game commenced-glori- "I hope we shall have better ous sunshine, humid atmosphere, with ja temperature of about 85 degrees. I' gates, especially on Saturdays," said skipped against a Scotsman with Women's Singles (Final) Maingay, 6-3, 6-2. Miss Kormoczy

Sir Charles "It is unfortunate that good reputation as a bowler and I beat Miss N. K.

the Football Association, not a very must have been inspired that day, as Men's Doubles (Semi-Finals) sporting organisation, should tres-I won by 24-13. There was quite F. H. D. Wilde and H. A. Hare beat pass on cricket at the end of the outside the green, and the excitement banka crowd of Chinese lining the Martineau's team were 377 for C. T. Tinling and G. E. Godsell, 7-5, season, when football has

6-3,

seven they displayed was most interesting, six overnight, so that the last fourp. v. V. Sherwood and E. J. Filby months in which to play."

After the game we adjourned to the wickets put on 118. T. N. Pearce, beat H. S. Heaton and B. Royds, 68, Warwickshire, said Sir Charles, wonderful club-house, where I was Essex, scored 57, and F. R. Brown, 6–3, .

heartedly greeted and bombarded had some fine batsmen, and they had with questions concerning the old Surrey, 52. J. W. Whitehead, a

Wilde and Hare beat Sherwood and every hope of a successful season: country. medium-paced spin bowler, took six Filby, 6-4, 7-5.

“I also hope that now wickets are The following day I sailed for for 109.

OPEN EVENTS

less prepared cricket will be more Japan and on arrival stayed 19 days, Mixed Doubles (Semi-Finals);

but saw nothing to remind me of thes exciting," he added. lent reply. R. J. Parkhouse hit FH.D. Wilde and Miss N. B. Brown Reporting that, owing to their game of bows.

beat P. V. V, Sherwood and Miss M. F

In accordance with plan, I returned 121, a polished, confident effort Brace, 7-5, 6-4.

share of Test match profits, thể to Hong Kong in due course. An which was ended when Brown. G. E. Godsell and Miss Kormoczy club had a net purplus of 2665, "in-|other_game was played and once brought off a fine one-handed catch beat J. & Harrison and Mrs. Sheldon, stead of a loss of £1,848, Dr. Harold again I was fortunate in winning

6–3, 6–1. a couple of yards from the bound””

Thwaite, the hont treasurer, said The president of the club (Mr. B. W

Bradbury), who visits this country ary off A. W. Childs-Clarke's bow Wilde

rown beat Gödsell that in the last 16 years Warwick periodically took some interesting

shire had paid nearly £18,000 in en- pictures of the game with his cine tertainment tax Losses of over camera. I was on various ocel ad Miss M. Ste- £11,000 had been incurred in

to enjoy the hospi Huntbach ändå

howlers during my

The Gezira Club made an excel-

ling.. Packe made

hits in scoring 109.-

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