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COLONY OPEN TENNIS

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951.

IP KOON-HONG AND GORDON LUM WIN DOUBLES FINAL IN THREE STRAIGHT SETS By ARGONAUT

Ip Koon-hong and Gordon Lum yesterday won the 1951 Colony Lawn Tennis Open Doubles championship defeating the Tsui brothers in the final by 7-5, 7-5 and 6-1.

The victory gave ip his "double" for the second year veteran Davis Cupper Gordon Lum his first Hongkong title.

in succession and

It also marked the Tsuis' second successive failure in regaining the crown which they held for three consecutive years after the war.

Sparkling tennis was seen in

the first two sets, with both

sides driving

forcefully and

axerting their killing shots in

no uncertain manner.

Mainstay of the two com-

binations were und

undoubtedly Ip

Koon-hong and the elder Tsui, Wai-pul. The lightning volley- ing and

the not

players

smashing rallies

at

between these two provided the large

crowd of spectators

the high-

lights of the afternoon.

Ip showed little sign it any

of the effects of his gruelling

mingles match

three-set

the

previous day, and taking more,

than three-quarter

gave okkr camt

the

thots that came over its side. excellent coverage to his partner, who gradually into the picture with craftily pinced services, volleys and ground shots. For cur

nee, however.

Tsui Wai- brilliance, pui claimed full, honours, power-packed drives along the middle to this opponent's services were frequent winners, and his overhead aninshes and volleys were always deadly as they were tast.

Iis

But for the handicap of a com-

pletely off-colour Tsul Yun-pui, the Tsais might have

much sterner resistance

won the match,

given a 行 not

The younger Tsui started promisingly

gradually

but his

cracked up as

to the backhand

way gave relentless attack of his opponents in that direction, forcing him into errors and defensive shots.

THE PLAY

up

The Doubles champions, Gorden Lum and Ip Koon- kong receiving their prizes from Miss Judith Collis

Aces Sports Club To

Promote Hongkong's

Cinderella Of Sports

in

of

the Cinderella Boxing

While Hongkong. sports association .football, basketball, softball, rugby and other sports enjoy a large following in the there has been little done to enhance the undeniable popularity of boxing.

result has been that the manly art of self-defence dropped lu pulling power among local sporting activities.

Wai-pui lost his opening ser-Colony, vice but the Tsuls broke through Ip's service in the next game after four deuces to even the kare,

Playing forceful stage, the Tmais tennis at this held on to 2-2 and from 3-3 forged ahead to 4-3 on Yun- pul's service. Sizzling drives to his services, forced Lum to over- volleying and giving away a Tsuis to love game lo allow the lend by 5-3. With # first-set victory in their grasp, Wal-pul and Yun-pui successively volley- ed out at 30-30 and from 4-5,

has

This

the

situation will be re- medied when plans formulated Accs newly-opened Ly

Wan Sports Club in Tung Lo Road come to fruition.

Boxing, among other sports, is high on the list of this club'e activities and a thriving boxing team is now undergoing train.. ing with a view to taking all comers in the Colony at later date.

Opened by Sir Arthur Morse week, last Sunday

of

The finalists in yesterday's Colony Open Doubles final. From left to right are Tsui Wai-pui, Tsui Yun-pul, Ip Koon-hong and Gordon Lum. Ip and Lum won 7-5, 7-5 and 6-1-China Mail Photo.

Be It Soccer Or Cricket -Selectors Pass Over The Biggest Certainties

Says HAROLD MAYES

Has the time arrived when the same committee should be respon- sible for choosing England's Soccer and cricket teams?

If you think I'm advocating such a course, forget it right away, but there seems to be such a remarkable similarity about the methods of the two selectorial bodies that one could be excused for thinking along those lines.

Australia, yet had to be sent for adter all had been lost, HOW TATTERSALL MISSED celection

Now that the Ashes victims have returned most of them feel that if "Lifeboatman Tatt" had gone as an automatic selection, the Aces always advocated, then the series would have turned the other way.

League Tennis Sports Club caters for a class of

for

| Henry Longhurst on GOLF

"GENERAL POST"

London.

It appears that women's golf in the coming season will be something in the nature of an international "general post."

In July we are to entertain for six weeks the first half-dozen American women professionals, and at the end of their stay five of our own leading players, under the cheerful captaincy of Mra John Beck, will set off for the rigours of a three-months' tour in South Africa.

As to the women profes-woman athlete; and the unique, sionds, in this country, as redoubtable javelin and discus- yet, there "ain't no such crea-thrower, wrestler, diver, would- ture," so our guests are to be bo boxer, Olympic runner and offered some ready-money coco jumper, and undisputed queen the of the golfing castic, Mrs auts at which to any in

Graphic" tournament Mildred Zaharlas,

the field

the rest

of

SEVERE SENSE confend for the canteens

Among her otter achieve- moet cutlery and handsome chiming ments Mr Z. wrote a clocks which are the tradi-

commonsensical, if somewhat tional reward of the unpaid, severe, book on golf. This in- Afterwards they will proceed eludes a phrase I have always to Ganton, near Scarborough, admired as crystallising 50 whero with x British men much of the game's philoso- professionals as foursome part-phy, namely "The ball won't ners they will play all-against-move till you lilt it, and all to decide the distribution there's nothing you can do for of £1,000.

it after it has gone,"

reaches

With the Americans, we may trust, will come the two young Bauer sisters, Whoso photo-

talcen graphs,

from ground ilovel with a strong yellow

OMINOUS ITEM

item An ominous me from America that the

Union Ladies' Golf

the "Ettling with joining in sponsoring the first Women's Open in Great Bri-

hero idea

tain." For "battling with,

read, I trust, battling against."

In the States women's pro- fessional golf is, for the hand- ful, a

great succeTS. They have a 7,500 dollar champion- stp and innumerable 3,000 dollar tournaments. Already, however, the moot of all evil is raising its ugly shoots and souring the ground.

ter to bring out the contracts, are so largely responsible for the American magazine pub-

How

lic's rose-coloured impression of women's golf.

long their bare legs and microsco

survive ple white sharts will the Ganton gorse and a sharp

nor' easter off Scarborough Head 13, however, another matter.

Nor will Aunt Mildred, I fancy, recommend skirts. When 1947 she donned one for the championship final, she has One girl has gone home to

recorded, "the wind which Chicago in tears, complaining came in from the pea and fan- that the amateur tournaments

nearly

ned

Gullane dicross used to be fun, but now the froze me.' So at inch time back intb her girls are so eager to get a pro- she changed fessional contract that they blue slacks, "quickly took com. other mand of the match"-and has won't even help each when off their game. "Maybo

worn the trousers ever since. observed, "but it's golf," she

isn't pleasure, and I'm go-

ing back home, where once in a while you hear words."

pleasant PONG PIU WINS

Nevertheless, it will be unmixed pleasure to see again two ex-champions over here whom we knew as amateurs— the polite, frail, raven-haired

common conception

Britain Prepares For Olympic Soccer

SNOOKER

SEMI-FINAL

aofficial billiards champion, further enhanced his reputa- tion as the Colony's leading cuoist yesterday with a con vincing four-frame win ovor Lam Cho-chal In the first somi-final of the Colony's Open Snooker championship, Displaying marked all-round superiority, and uncanny ac- curacy, the favourite for the Arst postwar snooker title was

Both seem to have such a happy knack of leaving out the greatest potential match-winner that some of the fellows whom one regards as virtual certainties for selection must be wondering just what they are expected to accomplish.

Parhaps it's just coincidence already established in return for Right now I'm thinking of Nat

from the or NCU, such as come from Bolton,

allowing their Lofthouse and Roy Tattersall. that both. Tattersall and Loft- other considerations

topped the house Last summer Roy country bowling averages with could it be that Bolton isn't a members to take part in NCU 103 wickets for 13 runs aplece. very good place to come from, track and road events.

Which could mean the RTTC whatever player's capabilities for He missed trial selection

becoming the Retired Time-Louise Suggs, so unlike the Pong Piu, the Colony's un- I'm not quarrelling with the Trials Council. may be?

of Stan Mortensen, because the way he has come back to his best after a very indifferent start this season one of Soccer's revelations, and my money, he should have been inside to Lofthouse.

It sen't for that Teason alone, however, that I was taking Scot- Everyone realises that people mostly ignored in the

ubmissed the boat because Brian land as clear winners again last Hongkong world of sports clubs

Saturday, Emphasis in the the white-collar works have close had been chos coll-spinners chosen England eleven was on couldn't carry two attack, and no one objects to hundred or so of these lads have now got together and, entirely

There were two Yorkshiremen self-managed, they want to find in the side. um outlet for their talents Aponsoring boxing-a sport little on the Selection Committee, and it has been generally supposed they voted Close in. Yet I'm League tennis

Plans are now under way to assured that the reverse was the this year begin on Monday.

dage a popular tournament in case.

the Be that as it may, I don't local pretend to be able

to tell you This was decided at a meet- June under the aegis of -Each-held his service in the

the Hongkong Lawn Club. Many popular. second set until 3-3, when Yun-ing of

Association at the fighters will come along and land which of the FA International Selection Committee members pul lost his without scoring Tennis

their prowess with the gloves to any point. A series of receiver's HKCC yesterday. games followed until 0-5, when Leonard presided, and attending the Club and some good, clean voted for or against Nat Loft- whom bad games for England were the League secretaries of bouts will be seen under Inter-house as England's leader for the are non-existent, must be think-

vital International championing Ip after being extended douce served through the game and second set at 7-6,

the

Begins On

Ip and Lum brought up April 30

score to 7-5 for the first set as Yun-pul supplied them with a number of defensive lobs and errors,

to

The third set saw a complete breakdown of Yun-pul in the Teul combination and despite a gallant display by the elder Tsui eruled in a run-away victory for Ip and Lam by 6-1,

April 30.

various clubs,

"C" Division.

matches will

Mr J.-W.

heard of here.

in

he

And

London, Apr. 17.

CX-

never seriously extended cept in, the third frame of the mutch. The scores were 48-34,

Britain is already discussing preparations for her that, unless there's too much of quest of soccer honours at next year's Olympic Games at of this Johnston-Forggatt-Wright Helsinki, it in the half-back line. combination, that's my conten- Lion.

Truc, Harry Johnston's return had been too long delayed, but It that Billy are we to take under any circumstances? That's Wright had to go into the ekle

Jimmy Dickinson,

It is certain that she will not enter the competitions 88-hander Lam was a good

they'll never learn.

for

have

short

an afternoon at High- November when the

Rio. Forget It. It looks as if

very

WILLIAMS' SPEED.

CHALLENGET Challenger for

Yesterday's meeting allotted at Club are open to the country by ovENSEDS.

HAP

50-49 and 47-30.

this time under such a short-termed policy of prepara

luser and contributed his share tions as she did when she was host for the last Games.

of the night's bright billiards In 1948

Britain's which Great

was completed in the amateur" footballers were rapid time of two and a half- fore the Games opened. Many inaccurate control of his cucball of them had not even seen cach were his conspicuous, defects, other before, far less played but showed superior cut shots with each other as a concerted to his

The highest opponent's. unit.

break of 20 for the match was dered ty. Lam towards the end of the last frame.

TONIGHT'S SEMI-FINAL

Chellang, prominent Shanghai player and conqueror

RASC III Win mustered scarcely a month bo-hours. Lack of accuracy and

LEP Table

Tennis Final

nere.

Capt J. Hillary, D.C. 56 Coy players in the four home coun- recent win over Porter to

which

national Amateur rules with the

ship match against Scotland at

And someone once said from referee in the ring. Fixtures were drawn, but will

Some highly desirable awards Wembley last Saturday. But 1

But the lessons have boen learned from the humiliation of not be available until the pair-for winners and losers will be do suggest that those who were high places that England had

learned and duly noted. provided and the whole tourna- responsible for giving big Na ings have been worked out.

who are con- Just as those go-by Two new clubs have entered ment will be staged by men with the

cerned with Britain's showing One long experience in the boxing memories,

-RAS.C. I emerged cham- In the field and track events this year's tournaments,

rocall

pions of the L.E.P. Table are evolving 4 is the Hongkong Urban Counc!! game.

programme of Later, if the popularity of the bury last Nov, mentre tort sand, Staff Recreation Club with a

speedway's Tennis Championship yesterday training and practical prepara- "Spotty" Pereira will be secu it. Burnden

in action town in the men's "A" and tvo first tournament warrants

again tonight in his are those who are I by 11

semi-final match against H. J. to be responsible for At the conclusion of the in the "D", the other is the nighters from Singapore, Manila single-handed-or should I say match-race title held by West at the Union Jack Club, by tens o

going

Soeby

by of Royal Naval Dockyard, Office Recreation Club and other places will be seen in single-footed and single-headed Ham's Australian Test are. Aub beating RAMC.

who ended Jack Points to 10. match, Mr H. Owen Hughes, Post

Britain's soccer challenge, look-

Chee went easily through his Prosilent of the Hongkong which has entered the Men's bouts with the pick of Heng-provented England plumbing Lawson,

deeper-than-Rio depths.

Parker's monopoly of the crown

Colonel HE.M. Cotton, 1/C ing ahead.

"ONE SCHEME

first three rounds of the journa→ Cricket Club, congratulated the

kong's boxers.

That cherished record of never and cash bonus towards the end

Administration HQLF, pre-

three- The Club stresses the fact that,

convincing One scheme and runners-up in the winners

being aving been beaton in their own of last season, is now

already mosted met by sented the awards to the win- time, the premises of the having been

Is that the leading amateur straight-frame victories and his Colony and Club tournaments.

invaders considered. Aces Sports

places Why

Obvious He said that Ip Koon-hung, who Monday to Men's "B" and

considered?

tries shall be invited to taice a

him to a strong had gained considerable ex- Ladies" "B" games, Tuesdays to general publle of Hongkong to would have gone by the board

And if Nat hadn't sneaked a couple choice is world champion Freddy RASC, accepted, on behalf of

Pong Pin in the final Choo Is perience when he played at Men "C" and Mixed Doubles see the lads in training.

Williams. The Welshman, of the winning team, the "Major speciel

summer course this there are some likely fighters of goals to earn a draw.

expooled to win tonight's match, in between seasons. His reward was to be passed course, would not be able to Saper Challenge Cup" Wimbledon Inst your bud de- "B" Thursdays to men's "D"

champion Tactics could be studied and but the Dockyard monstrated that he was the in-and Mixed Doubles "A" and down there!

bo in devastating. Fridays to Men's "A" and Ladies

Announcements of the venue, lover without disputable Colony champloo

and then put to prac- Soeby, can the Locally Enlisted fighters and officials will be bonourable mention among the race before Wembley, his home among Mia Judith Collis then dis-

tical tost track opens in the middle of

Personnel. announced later in the press.

Such boll

a got going tributed the prizes, as follows:

Following were the results ball season opens. Will the Speaway Control

course would also be an ideal EXHIBITION MATCH introduction

An exhibition match will be for the amateurs Board, therefore, decide not to with RASC first:

Bigion-Mok Lun lost to Lam t

demands held tomorrow at the badmin- stage the first match-race until chuon koor Loung Chuen beat Lo to the unaccustomed

Cintu

bost of Tip-kan

and ton next month?

hall of the professional training That is my guess, shek-kwats;

Kowloon Cricket Club between "Sporty" Chipcho: Wong Leo-chers bent

Both without

world champion the W

Kwan Koo." would be a hollow affair.

Ines and Double-Mak

Lang prises that await an amateur are reputed for their bright Chien-kose Although the Road Time- Well boat Lakes

footballer when he is suddenly snooker and spectacular shots. Loung bek-way;

will be best of As it is Government's intention to build a Sports Trinis Council may be happy at Law duen 100% to immersed in the routine of pro- The match HKCC HKU: HK Urban Council Stadium on the Causeway Bay Reclamation, Government the moment about their asub to Kwa-koo and Wong, bio-cheme, fessional technique and planned seven frames,

training Club Singles Championship.

of Racing is not in a position to state whether financial assistance by the National Cyclists Union and

It i iau "break" that cannot M. Heenan, winter: Dr G . B. (3 teams). Smart, runner-up. ·

Cyclists they refused negotia Men's Singles Handicapereto; Kowloon Tong Garden City way of a loan can be given to the South China Athletic the British Leagie

Association KCC CC; USRC: Association to construct grandstands.

tions on road racing unity-they RUGGER_RESULTS .K. C. A. Ball, winner; R. M. Lic; CCC).

This information is contained in a letter from the may not be so happy if they Man's "CCRC; MC; LRC:

London, Apr. 17. MacPherson, runner-up.

CCC: Recreation Men's Doubles Handicap Club Recreio: Kewloon Tons Colonial Secretary which was read at the monthly Coun- continue to bury their heads in

who are in the running for the select the Root team to doud and I. agafarull, fece licor Rowoon in Tenncil Meeting of the Hongkong Football Association yeater-gather that the other two of rugger gumos played today:

Club; USRC.

Men's "D CRC (2): Recreio: day. G. E. P. Pritchard, runners-up, Kowloon Docks; KCC, Inc. LRC: Mixed Doubles Handicap. Urban Council RC (2): BCAA;

60 much as an ride the second leg of a match denotes table tennis suprennes, plamic when the new foot-form when his spectacular show

Colony Singles Championship.

It was agreed that it matches would, were postponed they wherever possible, be played on

postponement.

reserves.

-ID Koon-hung, winner: K. C. the first Wednesday following GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO

Dao, runner-up.

Colony Doubles Champion. ship.-Ip Koon-hung and Gor- don Lum, winners; Teal Wal pui and Taul Yan-pul, runners.

:up

'winner; K. C. A. Ball and

Mr A. Tamworth and J. A. Aah, winnero; Mrs W. J. Slag- ter and T. J. Goul, runners- up.

League Hockey Postponed

The Longue hockey match between Army and Argonauts "A" which was to have been

All postponements must be Association's referred to the Secretary.

Entries follow:

Men's "A"-CNC; Rocralo; KCC;

Staff Recreation Club, Bouth China Mən "B"-SCAA; CRC (1); Re-

CCC.

BUILD SPORTS STADIUM

May

May

for, nitor all, the first "match" Men Chuen; Leung Wah beat Taut realises the initial sur Pereira and K. C. Hoo.

pared

bodies are likely to reach agroO- ment fairly soon, and that the The letter was in response to about what was going to happen BLRC will probably be pre

to confine their · future Ladies Doubles KCC: cnc:a petition to Government rein the meantime. For this reason,

questing a loan of $1,500,000 to it was decided to seek an inter-programme to events they have USRC; LRC SCAA.

Ladies "LRC; CCC; Recreio wards expenses for the construc-view with the Colonial Socretary (2); KCC USRC.

stadium at Caroline on the subject as originally in-

tended. Mixed Doubles "A".—SCAA; enc;tion n KCC: CC; LRC.

***"-bcaa; ccc; Mixed Doubles Heereto; KCC; UBRC; IKU,

HOME SOCCER RESULTS

Torlon, Apr. 17. Following are the results of played to-day will now take football matches played today:

LEAGUE III (NORTHERN) Alexandra 2.

Oldtiam Athletic 0, Crewe

at Bookunpoo on Friday,

20. bully-off 6.30 p.

monauts "A" beam.

be chosen from the followings. Lall Singh, Hewson, 78. Dillon, C. Sequeira, Bhagat 1; Singh,

Karan-

Walker/19erwell, Bingh." U..."

Bull

dow

Rochdale Southport

Táncot City 05 1, Halifax Town

In his letter, the Colonial Se- cretary said that the matter had Gov- been considered by the ernor-in-Council and that Gov- ornment. Ilsall intended to build a stadium on the Causeway Bay Reclamation.

While Government was not 1

A letter from the Singapore Football Association submitting draft rules for, the "Aw Hoo Cup Interports was also read and referred to the Interport Sub-Committee.

A Sub-Committoo.comprising a position to state whether Anan Messrs JC. Guingam, JJ. Enni clal assistance by way of loan and Henry Fung was appointed could be given for the construc to make recommendations as to tion of grandstands. It would the disposal of funds derived be prepared to consider

any from the International Charity medined proposals, which might Cup Competition. be made in the matter.

Mr. Skinner, Chairman of An application by the Kwong the HEPA wald that it would Wah Football Club, for permi he some five years hence before sion to play games in Macro on mamares e 15latibooks the stadium on the Caveswaz April 28 #ud dari 30 ats the in- LETRAS FANS Reclamation would be wiation of the Macro Football FISTY, LEAGUE, KAYAK sonder was

Pawgoletion, who had alio

THE

Chuen

The following were the results

RUGBY UNION: Exeter O, Aberivon 8.

HOT LEAGUE: Liverpon Sumley 12, Belle Vue Rangers 8-cuter.

GAMBOLS

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JOR DEAR / WILL, HE NEVEJ

GET HOME I HOPE [NOTHINGN -· · HAPPENED TO

and admission

will be free of charge.

|

resulte

'ara

be undertaken too precipitiously

to bo

-Ladios-Match-Off-

that

-justify the ne

to

Post

take such a course this summer

The fipal trini - match might mean that some of these

of the Loxion Olymple soccer honours would the Champions have to sacrifice their annual Hockey League which won holidays.

Britain has never arranged to be played at Re- ground fo-lay nt 5.15 been short of athletes who were crele

p.m., has now been cancelled, willing to do this-Reiter.

AU KEQE HE IS-AT LMT

Barry Appleby

FGEORGE DARUNG ? - YOU ARG LATE".- I'VE OPEN WAITING. FOR YOU BACK!" A LONG TIME NANTREYOU TO RUN DOWN. SHOPS AND GUY. A LOAF