1940-05-20 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1940

SOUTH CHINA

CHINA AND K.O.C. SHOULD WIN TO-DAY Opening Senior League Tennis Ties U.S. TO

FORMER CANTON CHAMPION TO MAKE HIS DEBUT

By "ADREM”

AS UNIVERSITY are unable to raise a team to play the champions, Chinese Recreation Club, there will be only two matches in "A" Division of the Tennis League this after- noon, weather permitting.

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his service, a powerful

Most interesting will be the fixture, strokes at King's Park between South China forehand drive, and an incisive volley. and Club de Recreio. There were some doubts as to whether the South China courts, recently returfed, would have been in condition for match play by this afternoon, but Albert Chan, their skipper, told me on Satur- day that he hoped that they could be put in shape.

South China, who a few weeks ago had great hopes for their senior team, have already had a setback as Tennie Kwok, on whom they were relying to play in at least half their fixtures, left rather earlier than was expected for Shanghai.

WONG IN TEAM

Wong Fuk-nam has consequently' been brought into the side and, with his wealth of experience of League play, should not weaken the team ui- duly. With Szeto Bick-as his partner, there is no reason why he should not take a couple of sets this afternoon.

First string South China pair will be Lui Kwai-fan and former Canton ..champion, C. K. Chan..

Much is expected of Chan, who, in a few local appearances, has already made quite a name for "himself.

He should receive all the support he requires from Lul and I shall not be surprised if this pair win all three

sets.

Albert Chan and J. Hsu will again be pairing off and, if on form, should do well. They are both apt to be in- 'flicted by off days, however, when "they can at best be described as me- diocre. They should nevertheless manage to win one set.

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Recreio have two good pairs and one rather erratic one. Their first couple are John Gonsalves and A. V. Reme- dlos, who reached the semi-final the Colony doubles event recently, On form they play an aggressive type of -game calculated to upset the usual -safety-first methods so prevalent in local League tennis.

A. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios should also do well. The former is a polished player with adequate stroke equipment,

VALUE OF EXPERIENCE H. A. Barros and C. Barretto, with many years of League tennis behind them, must now be considered in the veteran stage but for that reason if for no other, it is possible that they will upset the calculations of some oppos- ing pair with more youth and hope- fulness than subtilety.

I expect South China to win this match by a narrow margin. Also close should be the match at

Cox's Road between K.C,C. and

H.K.C.C. With E. F. Fincher back from leave after missing one season, Kowloon will be relying on his part nership with brother Teddy to bring three sets. Teddy is playing as well as ever at the doubles game and Ernie has had quite a lot of practice so I feel confident that their supporters will not be disappointed.

A. E. P. Guest is indisposed and will be unable to turn out...and neither of the other K.C.C. pairs look to be very powerful, although they might be able to raise three sets between them. -

SINGLES PLAYERS

On Lolly Goldman and Alec Pearce, who did fairly well in the Colony tournament some years ago, the suc- cess or failure of Cricket Club will

probably depend. Three sets from this pair might give the Island team vic- tory. Whilst not doubting their cap- abilities as singles players, however, I don't rate either Pagh or MacDougall very high as doubles players and I shall be surprised if they do very much to-day. ̈`

Monaghan and Gould, on the other hand, combine very nicely and might surprise the weaker home pairs.

PROGRAMME

K.C.C. should win by about 5 sets to 4.

South China

V Recreio Kowloon C.C.

V Hong Kong G.C. TEAMS South China-A, Chan and J. Hsu; Lut

Kwai-fan and C. K. Chan; Szeto Bick and Wong Fuk-nam.

GRAPHIC GOLE

HANDS-BACK OF

BALL, CLUBHEAD

NOT ALIGNED

CORRECTLY

A RIGHT

HANDS ABOVE.

BALL

PUTTER HEAD AT RIGHT ANGLES.

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PUTTER ALIGNMENT

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BY BEST BALL.

In putting little details are often overlooked which play a big part in accuracy. One of these is accur- ate alignment of the clubhead and the ball. Naturally this squaring up only counts at impact but to gain this accuracy, certain funda- mentals must be observed. For example at address the clubhead should be at right angles to the ball, the shaft directly overhead. or a little in front of it. -- From such a position the ball will be hit squarely by the clubface and dispatched accurately on its way. With the putter head travelling close to the ground, it can be taken straight back from the ball and brought forward to it in the same manner, impelling the ball along the straight path to the cup.

With the hands back ball, the club shaft backward from it, the

of the inclining chances

for error are numerous. The path of the clubhead back; may be outside the line of play and brought forward to the ball along this same path, sending the ball to the left of the objective. Add- ed to this hazard is the addition- al one of having the putter head. turned either in or out as it contacts the ball.

Next Article-Let Weight Flow Through.

MINDANAO BEAT TULSA

Recreio J. B. Gonsalves and A. V. Reme- los; A. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios; H. A. Barros and C. A. Barretto.

K.C.C.-E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher; In a duck pin match at the Bowling Al- G. C. Burnett and A. Crawford; S. A. Gray and D. J. N. Anderson or F. Grose.

M. Pagh and D. M. Macdougall; T. J. Gould H.K.C.C.-L. Goldman and T. A. Pearce: while Remedios' best and T, C. Monaghan."

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lleys on Saturday, U.S.S. Mindanao

U.S.S. Tulsa by 107. Cpl. Blount and Sgm. T. Sheehan and D. M. Keplinger of the Wilkins of Royal Signals deputised. for J.

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U.S.S. MINDANAO

E, L. Emerson

A. R. Wilkins

R. E. Skiver

Total

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∙122114.

95 112 .101 . 85 80. 88 87 90

U.8.6. TULSA

C. T. Christiansen

J. A. Vasko

W. F. Barney

W, H. Hofman

Total

131 387

89 290

62 268 89.257 77 254.

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87 101 293 63. 99 260

84 288

88 200

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The charity football game between the Eastern and the Combined Ser- vices, which, was to have played; on the Navy Recreation Chub - ground yesterday afternoon; was cancelled.

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OLYMPIC TEAM

...New York-(By Airmail) -The United States will have an Olympic team this year, according to a decision rea- ched recently by the Ameri- can Olympic committee, which passed a resolution authorising the various games committees under its jurisdiction to hold tryouts or otherwise select teams.

At the same time the A.O.C. an- nounced that it had two concrete bids for the tryouts, one from New York and the other from Los Angeles,

The New York offer did NOT offer any financial aid. Los Angeles, on the other hand, laid $15,000 on the line and asked for the men's track and field, men's and women's swimming and boxing.

If the various committees involved decide to accept the West Coast bid, it is solely up to them, all profits of the tryouts will be divided evenly between the American Olympic Committee and the South California authorities,

Avery Brundage, chairman of the American Olympic Committee, emp- hasised that all Olympic team members, whether they gain places through tryouts or are merely "named," must meet Olympic specifi- cations, or in other words, match eighth place performances of the 1936 games. All members of the 1940 Olympic squad will receive diplo- mas and medals just as if the games were scheduled to be held.--Havas.

LONDON COUNTIES BEAT NORTHANTS

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London, To-day--In 2 two-day match at Northampton, London Coun- ties beat Northamptonshire in friendly cricket match by 123 runs. London Countles 365 for 6 dec. (F. S. Lée 90) and 181 for 1 dec. (Fagg 100 not out)..

Northants-280 for 4 dec. (A. W. Snowden 100) and 138 (Wellarg 5 for 47).-Reuter.

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