1940-03-21 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1940

TENNIS

CLOSE SINGLES MATCHES EXPECTED

(By "ADREM”) ·

S. A. RUMJAHN WINS EASILY AGAINST GRAY

AN

(By "ADREM")

NOTHER postponement has to be added to the already long list in the current Colony tennis championships, this one being conceded by Paul Kong and Szeto Bick to Although none of the con-A. V. Remedios and John Gonsalves. testants are likely to go very

This match gave promise of being far in the tournament, two a very good one as the Chinese pair singles matches in the Co- lony tennis tournament down for this afternoon, should be very close affairs.

to

and

A. Crawford will be opposed Pang Oi-lam, in one of them, Wei Chung meets Tennie Kwok in the

other.

Kam-ming.

Wei Chung, a great defensive player, will have to be at his best to dispose of Tennie Kwok, the South stylist.

China

The Tsui brothers will also be on view this afternoon against A. R. Kitchell and I. M. A. Razack.

(5).

OPEN DOUBLES

Kitchell and I. M. A. Razack (8).

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

H. J. Armstrong v. R. G. Blesel Jr. (8),

HANDICAP SINGLES

OPEN SINGLES Crawford has not made the im-A, Crawford v. Pang Ol-lam (1). provement expected of him when he Wei Chung v. Tennis Kwok (4). first competed in the Colony cham-J. S. Theobald or T. C. Chan v. O. Umetan 'pionship but is nevertheless a difficult man to beat. Pang must be consider-Taui Wai-pui and Teul Yan-pul v. A. R. ed one of the most promising of the younger C.R.C. players. He has not met with outstanding success in the C.R.C. tournaments, but, at Kowloon Tong, where he is also a member and where the standard is fairly useful, he made a clean sweep this year, winning the singles championship and handi- cap events, the doubles championshir and was

doubles runner-up in the handicap,

Lee in partnership with

c.

A.

B. Nicholson (-3/8) or E. R. Childe (~1/8) v. T. J. Gould (-30) or R. C. Beavan (2.6) (7).

HANDICAP DOUBLES

Lade and G. W. Sewell (5/8) v. w. a. Harvey and A. H. Barwell (scratch) (2).

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Results

OPEN SINGLES

8. A. Rumjahn best §. A. Gray by 6-0

2.

Taul Yan-pul beat J. L. C. Pearce by

·B-4, 0~0.

OPEN DOUBLES

J.: Gonsalves and A. V, Remedios received a walked over from Paul Kong and B. Szeto. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

!

B. C. Fay boat A. Lade by 6-2, B-B

HANDICAP SINGLÉS G..C. Burnett (15) beat D. S. Robb (2/6) by 7-5, 6-4,

scored a good victory over last year's

M. Pagh (-30,3) versus W. M. Berton runners-up, Lee Yue-wing and Ho Ka-lau, in the first round, and Gon-(—3/6) 6–8; 6-1, unfinished..

D. M. Macdougall beat Capt. C. H. R. salves and Remedios showed promis-

Hyde by 6-3, 3-6, 10-8, ing form in beating Ng Kam- chuen and Tsol Ping-fan.

Interest yesterday was centred 'on the match between S. A. Rumjahn, former holder of the title, and S. A Gray, of K.C.C. Like so many of this year's matches, very little time sufficed for Rumjahn to win.

HARD HITTING Nevertheless there were occasions when interest was not lacking. Both tactics players indulged in hitting

Gray from the start and, although was unable to maintain a rally, he did bring off some nice coups some of which would not have discredited a Tsui!

quick made

enough for him to hit.

He served his usual quota of dou- bles-but-on occasions got over some good ones on which he was able to Hls volleying, go in and volley. however, normally the best depart- ment in his game, was erratic.

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Rumjahn, not really extended, played hard throughout and rarely let up. I liked his backhand driving. It appeared to me to have far more steam in it, than of old and some of his passing shots on this wing up his

forehand sideline, opponent's

beautiful to watch.

were

The slippery state of the court was

TSUI NOT EXTENDED not conducive to accuracy or

Tsui Yan-pul had little difficulty in movement and Gray, hurried, far more errors than usual-and that beating John Pearce in the only other He conceded four is saying a lot! His forehand, which open H. R. and Mrs. Hyde (30) v. J. R. Mis wont to be fairly reliable, was not games in the first set but took the

good as the ball did not get up high' second to love..

HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES

C.

Smith and Mrs. D. E. B. Smith (scratch) (3).

match.

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