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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951.

WILL HE ECLIPSE EASTER HERO?.

TOP-SEEDED UNIVERSITY PAIR SURVIVES ANOTHER THREE-SET ORDEAL

By "ARGONAUT"

Top-seeded Hooi Seng-tuck and Tan Leong-hong of University sur». vived another three-sct ordeal in last night's Badminton Championship match to enter the semi-final of the Men's Junior Doubles event.

The youthful Recrelo pair of A. J. Remedios and T, E. Rodrigues, after losing the first sel, made a sparkling comeback in the second, only to fall prey to their own errors and the fine attacking game of their opponents.

In the first set, the Portuguese pair came from behind at 2-4 to take the lead at. 7-4, but a weak defence caused their failure to withstand the accurate smashes of the favourites, who took the set at 15-10.

The losers were seen at their beat in the second set,

retrieving end medius finding

se

The

Funk

Taking the offensive, they good dropshots and Rodrigues Ing. The best match at the forced the undergrads into the artillery of smashes going into night's closely contested games and with Re-full action, they led-12-1, 13-3 should be the Men's Senior his touch with and finally won the set at 15-7. | Singles encounter between After leading 2-1 In the Anat former Shanghal Champion

Recrela pair

and Hongkong's threw Bill four valuable servlevs, former Junior Champion, Ramon

opponents to Young. creep up to 9-2 and 9-3.

Young's speed, stamina and uncertain Spectacular though strokes will be pitted against Funk's experience. steadiness, and accurate though les, specta- cular strokes.

Commission Judges

Famechon Was

Hurt And Bewildered

Cincinnati, Már. 7.

away

allowing their

Fifteen scoreless services by both sides followed, with

Arst to break the undergrads deadlock by adding two more points to their score.

the

Both Remedios and Rodrigues, who had adopteil the short ser- Vice

with effective results in the second set, cracked up in their services after a few rushes from their openente and taking to the high service spelt their

The City Boxing Com-jown doom. mission on Wednesday ruled Supplied with; continuous that Ray Famechon, wasmash openings, the undergrads made full use of them in ron.p "hurt and bewildered, and home comfortably by 15-6. unknowingly quit" when he suffered a technical knockout last night.

By a three-to-two_vole

the

In the other three matches, the favourites proved too strong for the challangers.

TODAY'S GAMES The last

Commission released Famechon's round matches will be played ve quarter-final

of a: Cralgengower this even-

purse of $4,200.

Lew Bursion, American

Famechon's manager, said:

་་་

would like to thank you, gentle-

nien, for not putting a stigma GOOD ROW BY

on

of knowingly quitting."

Dr Walter Phillips, the Com- mission

physician, said it was

quite possible that the blows

which

OXFORD OVER

Famechon received FULL COURSE

caused him be confused.

NO REAL REASON

Referee Tony Warndorf told

the Commission: "There was no

London, Mar. 7. Oxford University had a

in

real reason to disqualify him good row over-the full-boat- (Famechun) because in my ruce course from Putney to opinion he was hurt and be- wildered,

today sinc unkowingly Mortlake

minutes and 26 seconds. This quit,"

Burston sald he concurred was 20 secs. faster than the with this, adding: "Mr Burgin time returned by Cambridge does not throw cream puffs."

Eddie Burgin yesterday, but much slower (Young negro caused a sensation in beating than their 18 mins. 55 secs. Famechon)-Associated Press, of last Friday.

Czechs Win The

Swaythling Cup

Young has the tendency to crack up In Championship matches and play much below his usual form and unless he tus produces his best form evening the odds are with the steadier player.

THE RESULTS Quarter-Finals

Juntor Men's Doubles: - Francis Rosario & Tony Souza beat. Dr H. F. Tai & W. N. Cheung 15-5, 15-3.

Junior Men's Doubles: - hong beat Tammy Rodrigues & Hool Seng-uick & Tan Leong-

Tony Remedios 15-10, 7-15, 15-0.

Senior Mixed Doubles: -

Low Keat-soo & Winnie Cheung

beat Billy Sonres & Gloria Silva

15-315-4.

Senlor Men's Doubles:

C. K. Lee & W, F. Foo beat M. T. Lam & K. T. Lam 15-6, 15-12.

TODAY'S GAMES

+

Arctic Gold, the brilliant six-year-old jumper, owned by the well-known American, Mr J. H. Whitney, is to attempt to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National. The same owner just missed this valuable double in 1929 with famous Easter Hero which won the Gold Cup and finished second in the National.

Cheltenham started on Tuesday and the Gold Cup is to be run today. This picture shows Arctic Gold, ridden by Jerry Hamilton, head lad to the trainer, Mr Gerald Balding, during exercises on the Wiltshire Downs near Devizes.

--Central Press Photo.

14 Entries For Inter-Hong

Softball

By

Series

"GRANDSTAND” ·

an

The Inter-Hong Softball Series, organised under the auspices of the Hongkong Softball Association, is due to start this week with all-time record of 14 teams lined up for the starter's gun in the race for the San Miguel Trophy.

Civil Service, who won the Trophy last year, with a aeven game winning streak, were among the last few entries received just before the deadline, while the three Oil Companies, who have been the backbone of the League, will vie for honours again,

Seven new entries have been received as definite proof of the growing popu- larity of this sport, but with the limited time available before the official close of the season, the Management Committee will be hard put to arrange a round robin with weekly games.

0

over

Complete list of entries is as sense of the word, a Hong is a toppled powerful St. Teresa's in follows: China Light, Union In-business house, and we cannot their last appearance, and this surance, Musicians' Union, agree that our government is in hard-working out t are even At Craigengower

Stanvac. Caltex, Shell, Lowe business.

now considered favourites for Bingham's, Mercantile Bank, LADIES' JUNIOR LOOP

the minor circuil. 7.30 pm. Schoolboy Doubles: Jardines, Civil Service, Nether

The Ladies' Junior League, good job with his coaching, and

Ronnle Sequelra has done 20-Bobby Hong & C. Y. Wong vlands Trading Society, Nether-

lands Bank, Glbb Livingston's which is also due to start as Bonnie Remedios, who was for

soon as the Senior League fix-merly S. N. Ng & Y. T. Hion,

and Rediffusion.

content to toss Civil Service seem to be the tures are over, will find several marshmallow pitches, has added bet again to run away with teams shorthanded. Clovers have some speed to her deliveries. best round up a full team of active of withdrawing owing to a de- is that the Squaws' seem to be the Inter-Hong classic, as they already signified their intention

What has surprised fans most senior players from the various picted side, while the White better now with the departure Government Departments, Tho

Fangs will be without

the ser of sluggers Joyce Guest, and acceptance of Civil Service into vices of the Argulphy sisters, a3

Sheila Howard,

Could the loop has been the subject of Cecile and Marie-Louise will be possible that talent was hidden it be some comment among the con- away on holiday by that time. testants, and a murmur of dis- The Squaws were a happy content is growing. In the strlet | outfit Jast week

when they

Then, however, they had the assistance of the .ebb tide whereas Cumbridge had bad weather conditions yesterday us well as rough water through barge tralle on the river, and today the Oxford crew Vienna, Mar. 7. i encountered such rough water Czechoslovakia tonight re-at one stage that their boat was tained the world's title-for the in danger of being.swamped... bent men's table-tennis team.

Playing

battle against Hungary In the final for the Swuything Cup, Czecho- slovakia's team won the 18th World Table Tennis Champlon- ship. Associated Press.

a dogged

GOOD PERFORMANCE Considering all things, it was good performance on the part of Oxford and while compari- sions with Cambridge's time are not reliable the Oxford pro- gramme, taking into account the starting and finishing points,

Davidsson Beats presented about four and a

Budge Patty

half lengths In favour of the Dark Blues.

Oxford were juced by :chool crew at the Cairo, Mar. 7.

start and started off at Sweden's young star,

a good rate. Sven

Forced to cut their clip through the biggest Davidsson, pulled

the Egyptian Inter strongly with a last minute of upset of

the rough water, they finished national Lawn Tennis Cham- pionships today when he beat 34 and a hal strokes.

The Champion.

erew showed great

the

Wimbledon

8.00 Junior Mixed Doubles Charlie Quinn & Yolly Quinn v K. Y. Tso & Mrs W. G. Tso.

in HoSock 8.30 Junior Men's Doubles Brown & Billy Soares.

9.00 Senior Men's Singles Ramon Young v Bill Funk.

0.30 Senior Men's Doubles: Robert Tay & Y. P. Yoong V Bill Gillies & Solomon Saul.

EASY

PASSAGE FOR MALAYANS IN FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF ALL-ENGLAND TOURNAMENT

London, Mar. 7.

Eddie Choong, 20-year-old Malayan law student, began his challenge for the All-England badminton singles chompionship on Wednesday with an impressive second-round win over R. C. Evers, the Surrey County player. Choong defeated Evers 15-1, 15-4, by aggressive, accurate play. He drew a bye in the first-round,

Another Malayan, Ong Poh-lim, eliminated J. J. Fitzgibbon, the Irish Interna- tional, 15-7, 16-6.

The Men's Singles, currently held by Malayan Wong Peng-soon, will be a tremendous tussle between Malayan and Danish players. One Dane to score an early win was Ole Jensen, who eliminated J. R. Best, of England, 15-11, 15–3.

A Swede, Knut Malgrem, de- | Knut Malgrem (Sweden) de-left-handed Kirsten Thonrndahl, Budge Patty of the United strength and made full use of feated L. T. Le of Malaya, feates R. Mulvaney (England), who defeated Mrs A. M. Horner States, 6-1, 12-10, 0-2 in the he stretchers. Cambridge, 16-12, in the first round.

15-1, 15-6.

of Scotland, 11-8, 11-3, and quarter-final.

meanwhile, had two outings of Wong Peng-soon, the Cham- Ole Jensen (Denmark) de- Miss Annete Frill who elimin. In the

duration, other quarter-final short

Oxford ex-plon, moved into the third round feated F. 5. Lau (Malaya), 15-4,ated Mrs Henderson (England), match. Felicisimo Ampon

to try their new of Fect

boat of the Men's Singles with a 15-7.

11-3, 7-11, 11-3. tomorrow while Cambridge ex- hard-to-get victory over Robert the Philippines boat2.5, 7.5, pect theirs early next werk. Swedish champion, Inge Blom-defeated H. E. Chan (England), Danish star, after getting a bye

Arve Lossman (Denmark)

H:uter.

berg, 10

18-13. 16-4,

15-12, 15-0, The toll Swede put up strong resistance in the second same defen Hock-leng (Malaya) in the first

6-1, 6-2.--United Press.

Wales Beats Ireland 2-1

In Soccer International

Miss Aase Jacobson, another

round moved into Stellan Mobin the third round by default,—

Associated Press. in which he led 11-8, 13-11. (Sweden), 15-9, 15-7. Wong thon produced some of

Nils Johnson (Sweden) de-

doubles.

Norman Radford (England) Japanese To Run In

Boston Marathon

defeated O. Wahlberg (Sweden), 15-3, 15-12.

THIRD ROUND

all this while?

The lon

long-awaited St. Joseph's v South China playoff for the Playoffs is slated for this Sun- day at 11.00 a.m. when a record crowd of fans will be out al King's Park watching this final scufle between two rival teams with all the chips laid-on the.

Line

WEEK-END PROGRAMME

The week end programme with umpires and scorers is:

SATURDAY

Junier League 2.00 p.m. Blackhawks v Rexes (Playoff)

(Charlie Figueiredo, Tony Rey, Terry Lucido, Bimby Abicng).

3.30 p.m. Aces v Mustangs

(Rennie

Barretto, Miskin Samy, A. Tipe: Samet Samy).

BUNDAY

Juntor League 9.30 am. Dragons v Delawares (Steven Xavier, L. Castro, G. Pang: Hal Winglee).

Benior League 11.00 a.m. St Joseph's v South China (Playoff)

thers

(Don Robbins, Tiger Hus- sain. Bob Lo; Irene Botelho), 12.30 p.m. Si Teresa's v Pan-

(Tony Kwok, Carlos Yvanovich, Tony Osmund; R. Nunes).

2.00 pm. Overseas v Braves

(Hal Winglec, Chev Tsol, P. K. Lau; F. Diesta). 3.30 p.m. Madcaps v Jaguars

(Frank Ewins, Ed Lawrence, A. Wright; Ren Barretto). HOW THEY STAND SENIOR LEAGUE

Won Lost Pelg

his best shots and overcame feated J. Nygaard (Denmark), cartier inaccurate hitting to 15-0, 15-13. win seven points in a row.

Beotherly love, and partly a Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar. 7.

physical injury, induced David

Blues: Wales beat Ireland in a soccer international here to his brother Eddle in the third Choong of Malaya to scratch to

Tokyo, Mar. 7. Braves Japan has named a four-man Canadians day by two goals to one and so relegated the Irishmen round of the singles. David, Wong Pang-soon (Malayal team to run in the gruelling, 20-Pandas to the bottom place in the international table,

who has cartilege, trouble, de defeated F. W. Heard (Ireland). mile Marathon at Boston, Mas- Overseas

Golds: sachusetts, on April 10. Ireland have lost all three of their internationals this cided to reserve himself for the 15-3, 15-1.

Arvo

Lossman (Denmark)

Sports experts here predict st Joseph's

Jaguars season, while Wales were beaten twice before today.

David is two years older than defeated H. Brandhurst (Eng-victory for the Japanese, since South China England and Scotland, who each beat Ireland and Wales, Eddie, but since they have been land), 18-7, 7-15, 15-7, have yet to meet to decide the Home International Cham-playing in England Eddie has feated Slow Watt-soon (Malaya), winner, Han R Yong, was fol- Dragons Korea le not competing because Badteps Ong Poh-lum (Malaya) de- of the war. Last year's Korean JUNIOR LEAGUE plonship.

beaten David

on each of the 15-10, 18-2.

Delawares threo occasions they have met

lowed home by two of his WOMEN'S SINGLES

Taxes in singles play,

countrymen.-Associated Press. Blackhawks Mrs Tony Ahm, the Danish ¡holder of the women's singles crown, opened the defence of hor ille with a comfortable 5. Mohlin (Sweden) defeated | second-round win over Mrs C. B. Brownice

of Scotland, 11-44, (South Africa), M, Mackay. 15-17. 15-3,

11-3.

Two other J. Nygaard (Denmark) de

second-round rated . Rodford (England), Danish victories were scored by 15-9, 18-19.

1

Conditions today were bad, Attacks at both ends were with play beginning in drizzling beaten off by good defensive rain and a bad light. Ireland moves, though Kinsey, of Wales, were the first to attack after once hit the post

following a winning the 'toss but Wales went free kick by Burgess from the ahead after eight minutes when age of the penalty area, Clarke scored after a, defensive minutes ticked away but with A draw seemed certain as the blunder.

four minutes left Clarke netted They led by, that score at a deciding goal with a first-time half-time but had survived one shot after receiving from Ford, or two dangerous ralds by, the who

was always doing good home Eldo.

OTHER RESULTS

CARRIED ON

|work.—Roster..

THE RESULTS

MEN'S SINGLES

First Round

Cheong Hock-leng (Malaya)

15-2, 15-8.

The following word 'The re- *||-10, 15-0,

sults of other football matches

Hinton, Ireland's goalkeeper, played today: dislocatada Enger when in 12 collision. Just before the. Inter-

defeated 1. Glepon: (Denmark), OPTIMISTS? XI

Nils Jonson (Sweden), de-

Optimists XI against the Army ▼W. Bhute (England), 18-

fr First Division Cricket BECOND ROUND

League match

on Saturday, First Division...

Eddie Choong (Malaya) de- March 10, at Chator Road, com Huddersfield Town 9, Sunder fented D.-B. Green (Ireland), mencing 145 pm, will be N./E.

···16-18.-

Arthy the trainer and he carried on poned from February. 24).

D. Kliboo, L

Q. T. Rowe, in goal, but

Slow Third Division:" (Northern) defeated W. C. Rogure (Eng Macpherson, N. H. Oliver, G, H Boven minutes after the inter- Tranmere Rovers 2, Manshiaki lond), 16-3, 11-10,515-3. P. Pritchard, R. Thawen-Erickr, valryland were lovely Simpson Town 1 (The matchwa Paul Holm (Denmark) de- L. Whillo, Au Le Enaith and 7 hakding in a perfect goal from postponed from February 27)festedImmall Om Marjun Thorps (rométwo), Graham's centre..

(Malaya)};14617, 20+7) 10-10,5

Mod Lawin. (Umpire).

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB NOTICE TO MEMBERS

EASTER RACE MEETING

Saturday 24th & Monday 26th March, 1951 The First Bell will be rung at 11.30 a.m. ad the first race will be run at 12.00 Noon, each day. The tin interval is after the fourth race (1.30 p.m.).

There are twelve races each day (24 in all).

Through Tickets at $48.00 each may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st floor, Telephone House, Biso tickets at $2.00 each for the Special Cash Sweep on the last race of the

"Hong Kong Ding as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the

Derby" scheduled to be run on Saturday, 12th May. Through Tickets reserved for this Meeting but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 23rd March, will be sold and the re servation cancelled for future meetings.

To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep'ilckets at the Club's Branch Offees a

5, D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong

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382, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

SETS OF MEMBERS AND LADIES' BADGES WHICH WERE ISSUED FOR THE 1950 RACING SEASON ARE VALID FOR THIS MEETING. THE NEW. SETS OF BADGES WILL NOT BE VALID UNTIL 1ST APRIL 1951.

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST

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NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

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