1941-03-21 — Page 31

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1941.

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GRIM STRUGGLE BETWEEN KW. CHOY IMPRESSES

AT TAIKOO; GOOD

0. UMETANI AND M. PAGH MIXED DOUBLES MATCH

NO DECISION REACHED

AFTER 90 MINUTES

By "Adrem”

Two matches were played in the Colony tennis. tournament at Hong Kong Cricket Club yesterday but only one was finished the Rumjahn cousins, holders of the doubles title, receiving little opposi- tion from Lee Ming and Kenneth Lo-and M. Pagh to reach a decision and O, Umetani being unable after a gruelling struggle which lasted almost hour and a half.

From a point of view of lengthy rallies and determination by both men, the match between Pagh and Umetani will probably not Lit surpassed at any stage of the tournament. Umetan was the bet- ter player, in that he was fully

an

the Rumjans, although Lo oc- casionally pulled out a nice fore- hand drive.

TO-DAY'S FIXTURES

W

OPEN DOUBLES

C. Hung and E. C. Fincher v Wei

equipped to play every stroke, but Chung and S. T. Chau (5). Pagh's fluent forehand drive and accurate placements on the back- band, combined with judicious lobbing enabled him to hold his J. Howard and A. Kitchell (4).

OWN.

Taul Yan-pul and Tsui Wai.pui V R. E, Quest and B, C. Fay (8).

B. O'M. Deane and A. T. Dow v W.

CLUB SINGLES

P J. Eider v T. C. Monaghan (6). CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES

Umetani won the first set at 6-4, after leading 4-2 and Pugh i took the second, after a great (n.

fight, at 8-6,

Pagh's Shortcomings

1 Obvious shortcomings in Pagh's game were evident throughout the encounter. His accurate driving frequently drove Umetani out of position but Pagh's inability to force the issue from the net placed him at a great disadvantage and for the most part he was forced to eencentrate on maintain- ing the rallies until Umetani broke down.

Umnetani, early in the proceed- ings, endeavoured to foreg mat- ters from the forecourt but after several of these sorties had met with some success, Pagh found a length with his lobbing and Umetani was forced to stay back. The best stroke the Japanese player produced was a Cross- court forehand drive which he hit with power and accuracy into his opponent's forehand corner, His running forehand drive up the sidelines was also accurately executed.

Towards the end both men were obviously exhausted and the re- suit of a final set would have been difficult to forecast,

The match will be replayed at some future dale.

Kenneth Lo and Lee Ming were far from impressive against

TENNIS RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Following word yesterday's Tennis Resulta:

OPEN SINGLES

O. Umotani (6-1) V M. Pagh (8-6) Unfinished. To be replay. ed,

OPEN DOUBLES

S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn beat Kenneth Lo and Lee Wing 0-1, 0-3.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

V. R. Gordon beat A. K. Mac. kenzie 6-3, 6-0.

CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES G. Stirling Lea- received walk-

over from E. S.. Hall.

H. C. D. Knight beat A. C. I.

Bowker 6-1, 4-8, 8-ő.

D. S. Robb (3/6) v E. R. Childe (1/6)

H. J. Armstrong (~15.3) V E. H. Brazel (-2/8) (2).

Gould (15.3) D. A. Murdoch T. J. (-26) (3).

F. D. Hunter (26) V (2/6) (7).

S. E

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BADMINTON RESULTS AT A GLANCE

JUNIOR SINGLES

E. Zimmern beat J. Hooi 15-5, 7-15 and 15-10,

SENIOR DOUBLES

K. W. Choy and K. B. Low beal J. J Remedios and H. F. Gon. Balves 15-4, 15-10.

M.

MIXED DOUBLES A Oliveira and Mies M. Silva beat D. Kwok and Mrs. P. Wilson 117, 15-3, 18--15.

K. W. Choy and Mrs. N. Cas tro beat S. Amplavanar and Miss 7. Gonsalves 15-9, 15-6.

LADIES' DOUBLES

DRAW

By Adrem

PROGRAMME OF CO- A LARGE AND ENTERTAINING LONY BADMINTON MATCHES WAS DECIDED AT TAIKOO YESTERDAY, A FAIRLY LARGE CROWD BEING PRESENT DES- PITE THE DISTANCE IT WAS NECESSARY TO TRAVEL, PRIN- CIPALLY TO WATCH K. W. CHOY, THE MOST TALKED OF PLAYER THIS YEAR, IN ACTION.

His attack of service was mas- terly and at one stage had the effect of partially demoralising the opposition.

Mrs. Wilson Good

Choy figured in two matches-- a men's doubles and a mixed dou- bles-both of which were won easily. He revealed himself as a splendid player, whose coverage of court, anticipation and effort- less clearing shots will make him a strong contender for the singles Mrs. Wilson, although she was crown. His men's doubles part- ppt to go for shots that should ner, K. B. Low, who has not been have been left to her partner seen in the tournament hitherto, showed vast improvement and she is also a fine player, and these two rarely made a mistake with any- are likely to make a strong bid for thing at the net that should have the doubles title.

been punished. Miss Silva, was erratic early on but later improved considerably.

Most thrilling match of the evening was between M. A. Oliv- eira and Miss Mylthie Silva, who

The splendid. positioning of Chay have played together for years, was the feature of the final mixed and David Kwok and Mrs. Peggy doubles match. Although Am- Wilson. Winning the first game plavanar tried very hard and oc- as the result of brilliant all-round casionally brought off some splen- play. the Cathedral pair appear did shots, he could find no flaw in ed to have the match in hand Choy's play. Miss Gonzales was Following is the draw for the when they led 12-8 in the final probably the steadier of the two Ladies' Doubles badminton cham- session. Oliveira and Miss Silva, ladies and she had some rare pionship:-

however, fought back with deter- duels with Choy from which she Miss M. M. Silva and Miss M.mination and, after "setting." did not always emerge unsuc- A. Xavier v. Miss J. Choa and went on to win. Miss M. Churn; Miss M. Ribeiro There was and Mrs. O. M. Silva v. Miss U.

tween the opposite numbers of In the only other game, Ernie Khoo and Mrs. Wilson, Miss G. either side. Kwok was probably Zimmern, of K.C.C. beat J. White and Miss F. Wong v. Mrs. the cleverer of the two men but Hool. Zimmern was accurate the Later stages and was N. Castro and Miss T. Gonzaloes: Oliveira made up for any short- in Miss D. Eardley and Mrs. Zim- | comings in his game by his speed able to dictate terms. .His mern

Miss M. Noronha and in covering court and his decisive best scoring-shots were a cross- Miss I. Pereira,

overhead work.

court smash and well-placed drop.

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