1940-04-03 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1940

THRILLING

RECOVERY

Smith, Eardley Score 7 Aces On One Service

WONG AND AU ENTER FINAL

(By “ADREM”)

ALTHOUGH THE STANDARD never reached great heights the badminton at Recreio last night, when Patrick H. Wong and C. Au entered the final of the singles cham- pionship, was interesting, with a thrilling interlude in the closing stages when Eardley and Smith, with one service down, reeled off a succession of seven aces to get within striking distance.

The Chinese "y" pair won 15-6, 6-15 and 15-12.

Smith was probably the most con- He did sistent player on the court. There was a large crowd present to not go in for anything fancy, concer see a match of fluctuating fortunes. trating on getting everything back to best possible advantage. His Following the first game it appeared the

was very accurate-deep any odds on Wong and Au winning clearing with the utmost ease. Eardley was along the sidelines-and his smashing very shaky and his combination with severe. Smith left much to be desired. The -Chinese on the other hand missed few opportunities and forced the op- defensive all the position on the time.

last

LEAGUE MATCHES

Following is to-night's programme of League, Badminton matches:-

V. V. R. C.

King's

St. Andrew's

Y.

Recrolo

MEISE WINS

S'HAI TITLE

Shanghai, Friday.-After losing his Singles Badminton title to Henry Eardley last year, A. G. Meise made an excellent come-back last night at the French Club courts to regain his championship when he defeated Wil- liam Fung, the Chinese finalist from King's College:-H, T, Woo and K, L, Lui; the outstanding Flying Shuttles team,

tussle was as close as the scores indi- Cate and it was Meise's experience which stood him in good stead during critical stages of the match. In both games, his youthful opponent went off to a quick start, but Meise crept up and' overtook Fung each time to gain a straight-set victory.

K. H. Lo and T. Lam: 9. P. Chan and W. C. in fine style by 15-13, 15-11.

Chung.

and A, S. Bliss.

St. Andrew's:—H, Kew and E. F. Fincher; B. Gillies and A. E. Brown; A. E. P. Guest Recrelo:-A, E, Xavier and H. A, Barros; R. A. Marquest and H. Gonsalves; N. Bel trao and W. Lawrence.

Kowloon Tong have conceded a walk-over to St. John's.

ANOTHER WIN FOR 'VARSITY

In Mixed Doubles Division of

the

The

The opening match of the evening proved to be a hard struggle for the Ladies' Dou- bles title with Miss Holwill and Mrs. Sinclair emerging triumphant over Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Maitland by 18-17, 18-15. The match was one of the most exciting of the evening as the score was tied on numerous occasions and long sets had to be played off when the teams tied at 13-13 on two occasions,

The third of the titles to be decided yes- terday at the C.S.F. was. the Ladies' Singles when Mrs. Hubbard showed fine form to take the championship despite opposition

from Mrs. Maitland in two sets by 114, 13-10.

SUPERB DISPLAY -

the Markers Exhibition when the C.S.F. A superb display was again witnessed in

representatives took the measure of the Country Club markers by 15-12, 15-6. The players in this encounter drew rounds of applause from the spectators, their variety ... 21— 4 of strikes being extremely impressive.

21-2

Eardley, at times showed of what he is really capable but for some rea- son last night, he made some of the most foolish errors at vital periods and was never sure of himself when Badminton League last night, Univer- Thus one saw both the Chinese dealing with drives. His service was sity beat Recreio "B" by 8-1.

of not impressive and received scant: -players smashing from, all parts

P. S. Bun and Miss U. Khoo.(Univ.). the court, while Eardley and Smith respect from the Chinese.

beat C. Pereira and Miss M. rushed around determinedly retriev-

Xavier they could. For

WONG'S DROPS ing as and when

beat H. Gonsalves and Miss S. -the most part the rallies ended when

Remedios the British pair eventually sent over Wong was at his best in the a weak return for one of their op-game when he brought those cunning-beat N. Beltrao and Mrs. E. ponents waiting at the net to kill in fly angled drops of his into operation. no uncertain manner,

He too was erratic and made The second game was in complete mistakes in the course of the match contrast. The Chinese pair appeared than I have ever seen him guilty of.

to Au assuined a junior role in the over-confident and were inclined

but played his usual indulge in a fancy shot whenever the partnership opportunity arose. This nearly prov-brainy game. In all respects he was ed disastrous, By this time Eardley reliable although he too never reach- had found his touch and gave Smith ed any great heights of brilliance. the support which was badly lacking in the first game.

LINE-UP -VALUE

For the first time also, the efficacy which of the side-by-side line-up, the St. John's pair adopted through- Au and out, made itself apparent. Wong maintained their previous tac- tics in trying to smash the opposi- tion off the court but in this game in their they could find no flaws

re- combination and smashes were -turned regularly and, as the game progressed, with a very good idea of where they were going.

to

The eventual winners became

· flustered. Their smashes started 'clear the sidelines, their clearing shots were too steamy and they were given no time to produce their drops.

In very little time Eardley Smith took the game and appeared to have the match well in hand.

and

This was borne out in the opening stages of the final game. The Chin- ese had still not recovered their con- the fidence and smashed either into net or out of court to concede three aces in next to no time. Then came a noticeable change in their tactics. They eschewed the smash almost entirely and concentrated on the short game, only going for the kill when it meant a certain point. By these means they once again took control; Eardley once again struck one of his erratic patches and the Chinese went along comfort- Once ably to lead 11-4 and 145. again they became over-confident and allowed their concentration to lapse.

FINE EFFORT

The St. John's pair, fighting desper- ately, took full advantages of the res- pite and, with one servicê' down, won ace after ace. Their fine effort came to an end when they had drawn up to within, two aces, however, and al- though Wong and Au lost one ser- vice, it clinched the game and the mate

conclude most inter

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more

Au and Wong will now meet the winners of the Oliveira-Silva v Yong Chew match, to be played at K.C.C. to-night, in the final.

Souza

.21-5 H. F. Chew and Miss Uheng Khoo (Univ.). beat Pereira and Miss Xavier 21-18 lost to Gonsalves and 'Miss Re-

medios

16--21 beat Beltrao and Miss Souza.. 21-15 K. L. Yong and Miss K. J. Hung (Univ.). beat Pereira and Miss Xavier 21-14 beat Gonsalves and Miss Re-

medios

beat Beltrão and Miss Souza

SPORT CROWDS GROW BIGGER EVERY WEEK

IN WAR-TIME ENGLAND

ATT

21-15 21— 1

London, March 16.

and this is what happens:

One “extra hour" of Summer Time TTENDANCES at football matches and race meetings

have increased fourfold. They are still growing. Six races arranged for the Windsor meeting yester- day had to be increased to eight.

There were 300 entries and nearly The Chief Constable's decision to 150 runners.

allow first-class football to be play- The flat-race season opens on Eas-ed in the city is dependent on these ter Monday at Hurst Park and Bir-conditions being observed-atten- mingham. For the Hurst Park meet-dance must be limited to 15,000 and ing alone 240 horses have been spectators distributed "to avoid ex- entered. There are six National | cessive concentration of people." Hunt meetings on the same day, Every match must end at least half

The receipts from the first Rugby | an hour before Black-out time. international match played in war-

time (between England and Wales £37,000 in a Day at. Cardiff) exceeded £5,000, of which £3,000, was taken at the

gata. A return match takes place. If the police authorities would per- at Gloucester on April 13.

Birmingham “Reprieve"

The new cup competition for Foot- ball League clubs begins on the are already contemplated for a final tie crowd in June (possibly at Wem- bley) of 50,000?».

same date, and arrangementet

Birmingham only city in which League football was banned has now been "reprieved."

Birmingham F.C., without "home", since September last, will play their first war-time Midlan Regional match on Easter Saturday ngainat, Walsall, at St. Andrews.

mit it, the crowds at greyhound meetings in the London area would be double the limited number of 15,000 each. On one afternoon re- cently £37,000 passed through the totalisator at one of these meetings."

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And here is another sidelight on the national delight in sport, even in wartime. The Public Schools seven-a-side Rugby tournament at Richmond, which will take place on Tuesday, April 9, will see at least 56 schools competing-including two strongholds of the Association, game, Winchester and Malvern. Last year | the total entry was only Sports Laitor," "Dany. Mail":

COLONY CHESS

Following are results of matches played last week in the Colony Chess Champion- ship:

K. M. A. Barnett beat A. Biriukoff, D. E. de Carvalho, beat L... Blair.

Sir H. Pollock beat K. M. A. Barnett. E. Zimmer beat V. V. Kalatchoff. The position of the players are as follow:

E. Zimmern

K. M. A. Barnett

Sir H. Pollock

B. S: Litvin K. Weiss

D. E. de Carvalho A. Kurrik A. Biriukoff L. Blair

¡V. V. Kalatchoff

P. W. D. L. Pts.

.9 8 08 86 0 2 6 95 2 2 6

9 6-0 3-6

9, 6,1 3 012

9 41431⁄2

8 3 1 4315 0.1 2.52 81 07

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