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LEAGUE TENNIS

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1939

STEPHEN WONG AND MA BEAT RUMJAHNS Former Champions' First Setback This Season

I.R.C. Have Little Difficulty Against H.K. University

AS was generally expected, Indian Recreation Club had little difficulty in beating Hong Kong University at Pokfulum yesterday.

Only surprising feature in connection with the performance was the first League defeat of this season of H. D. and S. A. Rumjahn.

Responsible for this feat, which was as remarkable as it was un- expected, were Stephen Wong and Ma Chiu chong. This pair were in irresistible form yesterday and playing a fine brand of aggressive tennis, swept through all opposi- I.R.C. tion to win all threc of their S.C.A.A. H.K.C.C. engagements.

C.R.C. Stephen Wong was probably the Recreio better of the two players, being K.C.C.

H. D. RUMJAHN

LEAGUE TABLE

“A” DIVISION

Sets Sets

P. W. D. L. For Agst. Pts.

3 28% 25%

5 4 4 3

1 26 182

1 211⁄2 14%

6 3

... 3 2

1 15-112

5 2

5 2

H.K.U.T.C.

3 23 3 17 28 4 12 24

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departments, very accurate in all but he was given every support by his partner.

I. R. C. led 2-1, and 4-2 at the end of the first and second rounds respectively. The most, in- teresting engagement of the after- noon, in which the Rumjahns met their Waterloo, was the last set to be finished and was keenly watch- ed by the spectators.

Wong and Ma jumped into form right away and quickly established a lead, which, at the eighth game, was 6-3 in their favour. The Rumjahns then rallied to level at 5--all but the undergraduates were

AT REDULOR BAY

UNRIVALLED BATHING FACILITIES

CABINES DE LUXE

S. A. RUMJAHN

ARMY TENNIS

TWO BIG WINS .FOR R.A.M.C.

Playing at Sookunpoo yesterday, Royal Army Medical Corps beat Head- quarters Band, Royal Scots, by 9), in "A" Division of the Army League. S/Sgt. Stevens and Pte. Tilley '(R.A.M.C.).

beat Sgt. Green and L/Cpl. Alsey 6—–—2 beat Bds. Wills and Bds. Jenkins 6^1 beat Bds. Dibble and Bds. Down-

6-3

Lt. Col. Smith and Major Harrison

ing

(R.A.M.C.).

beat Green and Alsey beat Wills and Jenkins beat Dibble and Downing

Cpl. Webb and (R.A.M.C.).

not to be denied and swept all be-beat Green and Alsey

beat Wills and Jenkins fore them to win the last two games beat Diblo and Downing for set.

Whilst full credit must be given to Wong and Ma for their splendid 8 performance, it must be appreciat- ed that conditions for those not used to the Pokfulum ground, are distinctly difficult.

DIFFICULT LIGHT Apart from the extremely bumpy

· the afternoon sunshine which played across the ground at an increasingly acute angle, made it most difficult for the visiters and there is little doubt that this factor as much as anything was responsible for the Rumjahns' defeat.

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6-1

6-0

Cpl. Mussen

6-1 0

7TH. BTY, BEATEN

In "B" Division, Royal Army Medi- cal Corps, beat 7th Battery, Royal Ar- tillery, 8-1.

and Capt. Lynch

Capt. Harvey (R.A.M.C.).

beat Sgt. McKechnie and Bdr.

Coughlin

beat Lt. Baltram and Bdr. Rob-

son

6-2

6-0

6-3

Milne

6-0

6-3

2-6

Dunne

to

beat Bartram and Robson beat McKechnie and Coughlin beat Morgan and Wilson

6-2

6-2

6--2

else

Wong and Ma also did well win their set against Omar Rum- jahn and Razack. They led 54, were overhauled and went out after a stern tussle, at 7-5.

The other two University pairs were very mediocre and were easily beaten by all the I.R.C. combination. S. Wong and C. C. Ma (H.K.U.). beat O. Rumjahn and I. M. A.

Razack Continued at foot of Next Column

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7-5

beat Sgt. Morgan and Bdr. Wil-

son Cpl. Hanlon and Pte. (R.A.M.C.).. beat Bartram and Robson bent McKechnie and Coughlin lost to Morgan and Wilson

Pte. Reynolds and Pte. (R.A.M.C.).

U.S. GOLF

RUNYAN STILL WINNING

NEW YORK, TO-DAY. THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT- ABLE THIRD ROUND RESULTS IN THE PROFESSIONAL GOLF- ERS' CHAMPIONSHIP BEING PLAYED AT THE POMONOK COUNTRY CLUB:-

Paul Runyan (holder) beat Ben Ho- gan 2 and I;

Byron Nelson beat Johnny Revolta 6 and 4;

Horton Smith beat Clarence Doser 4 and 2.

The quarter-finals will be played to-day. Reuter.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT

has

“UNBIASSED", - Your · letter been answered by the decision of the Hong Kong Baseball League-Sports Ed.

beat A. R. Minu and A. H. Ma-

dar

beat S. A. Rumjahn and H. D.

-Rumjahn

75.

JL. P. Ong and T. 8. Wong (H.K.U.). - lost to Rumjahn and Razack

lost to Minu and Madar

lost to Rumjahn Cousins:

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TT Lim and & H. Ling (HKU-), lost to Rumfahn and Razack

lost to Minu and MadarAN

lost to Rumjahn. Cousins.

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