1941-04-23 — Page 15

CHOY RESPONSIBLE FOR YET ANOTHER SPLENDID DISPLAY Outshines Patrick Wong In Doubles Encounter Chew Plays Big Part In PATERSON FANCIED Defeat Of Yoong Bros. TO BEAT LITTLE DADO

By "Adrem"

THE LARGEST CROWD SEEN AT A BADMINTON MATCH THIS SEA- SON WAS ATTRACTED TO KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB LAST NIGHT FOR AN ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME OF TWO SENIOR DOUBLES, JUNIOR DOUBLES AND TWO LADIES' DOUBLES MATCHES, ALL BEING

SEMI-FINALS.

From a badminton point of view, best matches were in the senior doubles, in which the eight men| taking part represented the finest badminton talent. in the Colony. There were some exciting interludes last night but, considering the players in action. the standard was not high.

There were no upsets, notwith- on defence and slowly crept up standing the fact that the men's to go out for game and set with- doubles title-holders, Patrickout conceding another ace. Wang and C Au were eliminated. !

Having met with defeat in the

mixed doubles on Monday, there-

HRITTOW

In both the man doubles en- counters there were pet rods where complete reversals at form were displayed In the

Choy's Smashing

the

Chey

fore, Wong, who won all three The lithe, pantherlike play of major titles last season, is now K W. Choy, who smashed furi- only interested in the singles, in ous y throughout the second game, which he meets M. P Yoong lo- was mainly responsible for

elimination of the title-holders in a match remarkable for poor se v- Hog Roth Wong and Au appear- ed to be nervous schen Sen V

C [ The had hitting ated Thes the w IMA Dy opportunities. bay plavidly "Bid" weakly ant th F1 Choy's long reach and fire 4 ticipation enabled him to make all be shots with cool cificemy, and Nour effect and

With Law gavau, ateur support, there

any read thought

end gan Young bro wete lead

at the Hoor Chew A ther match, the latter ing II

4, only to be overhauled, passed and beaten without gan Ing another are

And then agam Choy and Lan were leaching Wing and Au 14. 6 In their first game when the lot - ter rolled to such an extend that the scores were 'setted.”

the ultimate mult

There were pece dopeN,

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H.K.C.C. IN

TENNIS LEAGUE

Contrary to earlier expectations, Hong Kong Cricket Club have

now found it possible to enter "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis League.

A

WOMEN'S DOUBLES MM M1 Silva and Mas M A the Xavier beat Miss M Ribeiro and

Al. Silva 15 11 15 12

Mrs. Torrible and Mrs. Zimmern

N bent Mix

Castro and Mis. T Gon aleg 15 9. 15 1 1

MEN'S SENIOR DOUBLES

PR Hoo, and HP Chew beat

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notably

MEN'S JUNIOR DOUBLES

JACKIE PATERSON, the tough little fighting man from the Scottish shipyards, took a further lease of the Empire and British flyweight cham- pionships when he handed a crushing defeat to Paddy Ryan at Nottingham Ice Rink, writes a correspondent.

Although neither boxer offered The referee stopped it, but not Nottingham a local interest, Ryan soon enough, in my opinion. He being a Lancashire-Trishman from

seemed to be leaving it to the Manchester, the arena was packed to capacity (8,000), and the crowd corner" to throw in the towel, saw a thrilling, if somewhat one- while the towel-flappers were ap- way, battle.

parenty expecting the referee to Against Paterson's abnormally act. The result was that poor heavy punching, Ryan was tight-Ryan took at least 50 blows when ing a hopeless cause from the

in no condition to offer any worth- early stages, but his grand spirit while resistance. and gallantry in the face of the [stiffest punishment electrified on-

lookers.

There is no doubt that Paterson is a great fighter. Completely un-. orthodox with his right-foot-for- Ryan was actually punched out ward stance, his keenest admirer of the ring in the sixth round. He could not call him a clever boxer, was int on the jaw by a swinging (but he is hard and tough. Ryan's right that lifted him over the top best blows might have been slaps tope and deposited him in a heap for all the effect they had. Pater- dead in front of any ringside seat on is also a terrifically fast work-

er and how he can hit!

A Game Boxer

There is a knock-out in either hand, which [s Something one I watched him, unable to help rarely finds in a flyweight. This for fear of getting him disquali

win has given him a serund claim lied, shake himself bark to Inter

the current Lonsdale belt, wipe the blood from his mouth, which looks like passing perman- and chub back for more, beating lently into his keeping in rapid

time.

Y. Pani M. Young 154. the count only by a split second

He was beaten then, but the

Paterson is also well fancied on KW Choy and K B Low beat plucky fellow refused to admit this form to beat Little Dado, Chew's Brilliance in the first game, when the Chun- Patrick B Wong and C Au thold and not only continued to trade champion of America, if present

"Y" pastarted a spectaculu jers) 17 15, 15 7.

punches with Paterson, but stayed plans to bring him here succeed. Featured by the brilliance of rally, when Wong struck cham-

with the champion till the eighth Teliviously Paterson cannot go to Chess at vital moments, # F prom: hp form but for the most, A 1 Fisher and P. Wynter-round, in spite of a further right- |New York for a world champion- Chew and P. K Hoos beat the part his serving was weak and Blyth beat J. L. Anderson and W

hand blow which knocked himshup. Besides, he is engaged on Yoong brothers in straight games, his smashing never decisive.

Ghes 18. 13, 18 -16.

sitting for a count of nine.

the war shipbuilding programme. Whereas Y. P. Young, a left- Au was apt to attempt 100! hander, settled down fairly quick many trick shots. In the first ly. his more brilliant brother was game he met with some obviously completely out of touch with clever angle drops it in and made numemus bad mistakes. the Course

the match his

succes

On the other skle of the net Hooi | failure to effect these shots far was undergoing a similar experi- | outnumbered their successful ex- ence and showed little of the form ¦ecution.

that won hire three lit es the year before last. Result was, lengthy rallies were few and far between, although the action was i exceptionally fast.

The Yoongs, whatever the Etate of the game, played with refreshing vigour and it was their speed and dash, rather than any clever technical ability that enabled them to meet with such success as came their way. Particularly impressa ve WIS Their attack of servier, which soon reduced Hooi's service I such impotency that on occasions, for a

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On his showing last night Choy.

If it is possible, is now an even

he

firmer favourite for the singles title thán he

was before. On the occasions that was engaged in duela with Wong, he showed himself to be by far the better player. with the added attribute ol having a confidence that now appears to be lacking In the current title holder.

Poor Understanding

The junker men's doubles mat a highly skilul affair Fiber and Wynter-Blyth

Was

of his reputation, It WIN pathetic.

Chew played a end, elever gotne, far note diption than the seunt Uspehung in neal placements at would SUPROSÍ Andersen The net and effective half-court Glhes shonest httle under athl shots, up the side me that threw org and appeare | to be at san The opposing combination out of disagreement as to the titerpreta- Kean. In the latter part of the ton of the side-by-side per. first game Chew's form reached play.

ehet

its peak, and 1 don't think it is. The comparative steadiness. any overstatement of the case in Wynter-Blyth WIN the saying he won the game of his factor in the success of the wine; own racket.

ners, as Fisher hat commderajte

In the second game with M. P. difficulty in keeping his balaner, Yoong showing considerable im- his confidence suffering much provement and Chew falling away, consequence, the Yoong brothers took compieté command and swept on to u lead of 10--4. Worried, Hooi anci Chew tightened up, concentrated

FRIENDLY BILLIARDS

Ladies' Doubles

The ladies' doubles matches were interesting if nol very clever. Miss M. Xavier and Miss M. Silva were too

steady for Mrs. Silva and Miss Ribeiro, while the hard-hitting and ac- curate serving of Mrs. Torrible, well supported by Mrs. Zimmern, proved too much for Mrs. Castro and Miss Gonzalez. The latter Club de Recreio beat Kowloon pair would have done better if Cricket Club by four matches to Mrs. Castro, who played an ex- two in a billiards and contest last night,

BILLIARDS

snooker traordinarily casual game, had concentrated more on pace-she can hit very hard and deep - und less on her very inaccurate short game.

J. O. Remedios 170 (34) beat F. Zimmern 147 (35).

L. M. Soares 150 (31) bent J. H. S. Duncan 31.

J. C. Remedios 150 beat E. Cur- tis 83.

SNOOKER

C. Cunha 80 lost to J. R. Luke 97 (22).

GF. Rozario 73 (24) lost to C. Pope 145 (15).

A. F. Noronha 117 (25) bent E. C. Fincher 03,

It was announced before the last game of the final match that an autographed shuttle would be auctioned for the Bomber Fund but, the crowd showing little en- thusiasm, this did nor materialise

RESULTS

Following were yesterday's Bad- 'minton Champ ›nship results;

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