1951-08-15 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1951,

HONGKONG WINS 4-1 AGAINST ON THE RECORD

JOHNNY LEACH & HAGUENAUER

By "OBSERVER"

Hongkong's table tennis representatives further enhanced their claims to world honours in the opening night's series of exhibition matches last night featuring the English World Singles Champion, Johnny Leach, and the French top-ranking star, Michel Haguenauer.

The local boys did not only win the night's tie by four matches to one, but crowned the night's achievements with a brilliant victory by their champion, Chung Chin-sing, over the redoubtable John Leach..

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The only win for the visitors yesterday was that of Lench over the Hong-

kong No. 2, Keung Wing-ning.

Although Hangkang's feat yes, | Lenvid's strain and fatigue that Jeede the set by G-21. With a terday was not to be bella, terved him to those repeated

mus be conceded hot bathjesus,

Leach and lieguenzaer were

playing under a heavy handrap

Haguenaur, slighty (after

new bat in the fourth set, Ilaguenauer did a little better. but could not recover his ac- curacy, again" talling all the

They arrived Ka Telt yosure da Leach, and older by even way to lose by 18-21. day at about 4.10 p.m. and by years

thun the 20-year-old a slightly

the time tog had the Sun Champlon, showed ning licte, wheer they any ymorthodox style. ing it was at easy 5.30.

hat holds the

In the 1011 fashion with fingers round the handle, allow- anding a heavy wrist action in h

nckhand chop defence and in all-out strong topspin forehand drive.

He That they agreed to play with "hatine less than two hours rest after the strain of their air-journey the drying time that they had in Bangkok cf Crying :0 no here

for yesterday's in dime matches, speaks volumes, for their sportsmanship.

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his Haguenauer utilics fool 2 reach to great advantage again and is amazingly aglic,

This quality evident during the night's game?! and one particular lesson that the Hongkong players could well learn in this respect was the exemplary court etiquette of the visitors in the Doubics.

NO DAGGERS

Instead of looking dageers at

THE SCORES Singles

Johnny Leach beat Koung winging, 21-19, 21-14, 21-0 lost to Chung Chin-sing, 21-19, 10-21, 13-21, 12-21.

Michel Haguenauer

lost to

REST OF THE EVENING

Highlight of the evening was the fourth match, fenturing each and Chung Chin-sing. The first fourteen points were closely contested.

Chung then took the lead at 10-7. 11-8, 13-9, 15-13 · undi 17-15. Leach came back with a

drives succession of good reel off five points in a row and close the set at 21-18.

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The scend eel saw Leacli showing signs of eye-strain, uistiming some easy shoty otici beginning to miss a number of silters.

When Chung went on to lead by 17-8, Lesch began lobbing to

his partner and pointing bat at Keung Wing-ning, 15-21, 10-2), allow Chung to win by 21-10.

the ground after

esch

lost to error 21-15, 14-21, 0-21, 15-21.

made by his partner, as shown by one of the Hongkong players, both Leuch

and Haguenauer treated each other during the play with high respect and took every error as part and parcel of the game.

defeated by Chung Though Chin-sing yesterday

master

Doubles

Leach and Jaguenauer lost to Sit-Sui-clio and Fu Chi-fong, 22-24, 23-21, 17-21, 21-14, 15-21.

THE PLAY

of the

put Chung off his game.

Playing the sume cuol

defensive methodical

some, to 13-8,

Chung gradually led 19-9 ng Lench could do nothing right, hitting the cord and over- bitting with his drives, Chung wen by 21-13.

In the fourth at, Chung again 6-2 and 13-3. Lesch changed to lumped to a commanding lead of defensive play and managed to

In fcur After a preliminary presentas sets, 21-12, 18-21, 13-21, 12-21.tion of a banner each to Leach Johnny Leach bore the stamp and Haguenaur by Mr Won of a truly great player and Yu-kwan, Chairman was distinctly 31

of Hongkong Table Tennis Anso close up to 12-16, only to malte five criors in sucossion, to con- strokes.

clation, and short specen by cede set and match to Chung by Leach on the microphone. in 12-21. Equally strong on either the

the Hongkong forehand

and which he thanked. or backhand,

The last match of the evening, whether in defence or attack.wers of the gaine for thei

and the Hongkong played mere routine, found.

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he showed not a single weak Table Tennis Association for Haguenauer in a carefree mood point,

making the visit possible, Kewig and was quickly done wh Wing-ning and Lesch opened Keung played a more confiden: with the first singles match of game to win by 21-15, 21-10 and the evening.

Every stroke was perfectly executed with beautiful timing, footwork, body action and regular, though a comparatively slightly slower, rhythm.

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21-15.

TONIGHT'S GAMES

Keung surprisingly played a mere aggresive game than was

Bp. Hongkong will be re- All his shots are consistently wont, but showed signs of

the opening presented by Chow Chan-kau pitcher well back to the base-stage fright in

stager, line, lightly

After holding Leach to rad Li Ping in the Singles and chopped out the backhand. and with u topspin 15-3, le gratially fell behind Keung Wing-ning in Chung

"against-thch's accurate drives Ting-chau in the Doubles..

46 11-17 and 14-19 in the first

en the forehand.

Slowly Krung erept up to 18-19 and again to 19-20 before Leach took the sit with forchand smash no 21-19.

ATTACKING STROKES - set, His two main attacking stroken are a deeply angled forehand drive from his forehand to the opposing forehand corner and a lightning backhand sideline -drive.

Keung again held Leech to 4-4 in the second set when play was

THURSDAY

An extra programme has been added to the originally scheduled three-night series. On Thursday, Leach and Haguenauer will play against the Macro interport team of Lou Sek-fong, and Wong Sele- tim in the Singles and Lob Kam-

One spectacular and effective | Interrupted for about half an san and Lok Ngan-woo in the smash-retrieving stroke exhibited hour. Rain dripped on to the Doubles.

by the champion is a lightning table, and when the bracket of

snap return on the forchand lights was lowered to allow o with the bali talten on the rise cover to be put over it, the con- end within one step of the table,

necting wire gave way to emit

small glow at Ss. swapped end. SADDLER AND

When play resumed, Keung took the Champion to 8-8 before Leach forged ahead to 14-8, 16-9 and eventually set at 21-14. Leach was seen at his best in the

Specially evident in his excel- lent courtcraft was his readiness and fine positioning In his follow- ups after an attacking shot, and his particularly strong point of scoring repeated winners to a third set, sweeping Keung off his poor drop return.

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fees with a beautifully executed all-round offence lo win comfort. | nbly by 21-9.

A GREAT GAME Fresh from his récent ́triumph) -' over the Far Eastern Champion, St Sui-cho In the current Hongkong Open Singles Cham- plonchip, Chung Chin-sing played Treat

game yeater

day.

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Ploying o puroly defensive game, his necurate heavily cut put underspin. strokes

THE DOUBLES

PEP AGREE

TO TERMS

New York, Aug. 14. Featherweight Champion! Sandy Saddler and Willie

Pep agreed to terms today for a 16-round title match

The recond match of the on September 26 at evening which brought Leach Polo Grounds. and Haguenaur against the Far

the

Eastern Champion, Sit Sul-cho, Soddler will get-311⁄21⁄2 per cent and runner-up, Fu Chi-fong, In of the gate and Pep 22 per cent.

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Haguenauer on the defensive With all the four, participant: and these, together with his cceping up amazing ability to retrieve drive, forced his opponent into repented errors.

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a doubles encounter was the although they received on a 30-30 most thing of the night. basis for a February fight, that

did not come, off. continuous This will be the fourth cham- ajattacking game," "ivery. Ifast plorship bout between these two

pace was maintained through- 120-pounders who first met ont. The loentje ployersen- October 20, 1948, when Saddler joyed tho Sedvantage, of greater scored an upset by knocking/sut mobility and speed and though Pep in four rounds. It was the playing by fits and starts, being | first time the Hartford, Connec:1- priiliant and erratic in-turns, cut, fighter had bren stopped., came out deserving winners by

Pep gained bla tute

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decision but lost & co Saddler on September 8, 1950, when he dis- located his shoulder and won' unable to come back for the eighth round-Associated Press.

In attack, however, Chung was woefully weak, missing some" easy "put-way" shots at the net.

In lils match against Chung 24-22, 21-23, 47-21; 21-1 and February 11, 1940, on a 15-round

however, Leach showed evident signs of strain and fatigue, mis“ |- timing his returns and appearing to be unable to see the ball well,

21-15.

FEROCIOUS DRIVES

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In the third match of the Time and again his smashes evening, Haguenaur and Chung were stopped by the net-cord, Chin-sing kept up neck and and bouncing out. Practically neck struggle up to. 12-12 In the nine-tenths at Chung's points frst set, which Roguenaur went came from errors by Leach and ahead with ferocious forehand at least half of "them from drives to 13-12, '10-14 and set of erfors to almost suro "ellis 21-18.

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FRED REES DIES

London, Aug. 1. Against Chung, Haguchauer, Falling more often into errors Fred Rees, formerly Britain's had the misfortune of disabling with his drives in the second coding steeplechase rider, died his bat as well at the end of the sel, Haguenaur trailed all the today at Lower, Sussex, second set and could do nothing way, 146-10, 1244,13-17, was 67. Rees won the Grand right after that. It will be losing by 14-214

National In 1921 on Shaun Saferesting to Have, particularly.

Spadah, but his greatest feat Leach and Chung play a return Changing to, mother bat; was in 1024, when he rode on it can be judged Haguenauer was completely off winners out of 255 mounts. He morgonen erstaune farà set, constantly wetters out of 15 mounts, Ho

Chungja:Lapin shots or overdriving and netting to con3 | years ago-Beuterat

In action, Michel Haguenauer (left) and Jolinĥy Leach (right).

Johnny Leuch in action against Chung Chin-sing...

TENSE MOMENT

Boy Scouts and everybody else had an opportunity. for public service at the Southorn Playground Stadium last night when a wire blazed merrily away with a flame about the size of a hand, slowly climbing up to the roof. The man on top of this ladder, on top of the table on which Johany Leach played, swiped away at it with a long pole and deftly extinguished it two strokes.. The effort, the most public-serving of the evening, did not get the cheer it deserved. However, everyone felt deserving of a cheer, for there wasn't the i - trace of panic.-- China Mall FA

-China Mail Photos.

Tomorrow's

Gala At

The VRC

Cynthia Eager, whose name has been submitted as a candi”. date to represent Hongkong at the Olymple Games at Helsinki next year, will be seen in action at the Victoria Recreation Club verous Ching Wing Swimming Union 'swimming contest to be held ut the VRC, Poolto- morrow, commencing 5.45 p.m. Miss Eager will be taking

part in the women's 100-yard free-style Invitation race. V. Giles, mother up-and-coming swimmer, will also be seen in this race.

The following is the full pro- gramme:

1. 60 yards free-style Junior boya inter-club).--Tong hwun,

weung.

Ng Koon-cheung (China Wing): 31. Gutierrez. R.M. Clems (VRC).

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2. 50 yards bread-stroke (Junior giris inter-club),-Wu Mo-tak, Kauk Kam-ping (Ching Wing): Ent Roza-Pereira, Guida Olavier. (VRC).

3. 109 yards back-stroke flunlar Days infer-chib),~Chot Lee-ening. Chol Hou-fat (Ching Wing): Peter Thompson, M. Gullerrez (VRC).

4. Women's 100 yards-free-alyle (invilation race),--V. · Giles, Chan Ching-mui; : Cyrihla Esger, Joan Eager, Kwok Ngan-hung.

B. 100 yards breast-stroke (Junior hoys inter-club).-Chan Chun-man, Yeung Shut-ling (Ching Wing); R. Xavier, H. Pires (VAC),

50 yards fren-style Junior girls inter-club-Chan

Lee-kuen. Wond Cho-wan (Chin Wink Shiella Collace, Guida Xavier (VAC).

* Diving exhibition..

B... Women's 4 x 50 yards free- stylo relay (Invitation race).--Euro- DEAL YMCA.. vhc..

Tsun

Union.

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9. 100 yards free-style funfor hove inter-club).—Wang Ping-chun, tại Kampo (Chứng ) 0. Noranija, M. Güllerrez (VRC),

10, 63 yards - back-stroke flunkor girls - inter-club).—Shek Ling-mut. Wong Cho-wan (Ching -Wing); Shell. Collado. Gulda Xavier (VRC),

14. 3. X.50 yards medley relay (funfor Boys Inter-club).-Chǝk Hau-zat., NE Koon-Cheung, "Tong Cheung-haun (Ching Wing): M Gutierrez, P. Thomson. R, Kavier

MEMORIA),

12, 3 % 10 yards medley`, relay (Junior giria inter-club) --Wong

kuen. (Ching Wingh] -8, .... Callaco, Ens RoPereira,

Ribeiro (VIC).

The Mans 24 × 109: fards · free- style coluy (invitation, sak) MACHINE Wing Union, Europ YMCA Chung Stang Lai :Taun Union and Fortur

When Johnny Was Half Asleep

Few of the more than 2,000 | Frenchman, now ranked eighth praple ut the Southern Play- in the world, is almost in what ground sindłum Juz' lant could be called the veteran could possibly have imagined | clars. Table tenis playCTS that Johnny Lear was half continue into their forlles, but usleep. Iis partner on

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the the vast proportion of those in Are table tennis tour that. international competition

bas brought them to Hongkong, not yet twenty or not much Michel Haguenauer, was more wide awake.

not aver.

Michel is impatient," salt Jotuny, as the tall Frencanan smashed une more ball wide of the table. "He has played A

me that lasted 71⁄2 hours,** The

two.

the one

World Champion and the other the French Champion, lost four of five games against the local team. They were playing on time borrowed from dreamland.

On Friday night they had played the list of 30 exhibitions (two day) in Ferlir when they barded a plune on these way to longlong. The next ive hours sleen day they had in Darwin.

In Shapore Cicy slept fo Eve hours, in Bangkok for four.

In Hongkong it was al- most airfield to arena.

There

On this trip Johnny thought it was an excellent opportunity

learn French froth Michel, The result, raki Johnny, wat that Michel mado excellent use of him as a walking "Brush Up Your English" course,

Haguenauer

a ranking French tennis ulnyer, though not in international class in the game. Leach calls his. awn ten tennis "fair". H favourite game, curiously, is golf. He has a hatullcap of 18 and played more of it in New Zealandh han he had ever done at home. "Telug a sort of celebrity." he said, "The professionals around there would take me

about their game and tell me and how to play it,".-

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LIT Johnny Leach has been

table English International in were guffawa from the crow feants now for five years. He શક Leach and

started to play in 1941 when Haguenauer knocked up and gave an initint in the Royal Air Force. Ho has

xhibition of

the type me played in tournaments all over

from begin- normally, expects

Europe, including that part of

behind the Cuntain. 12

table tennis The biggest crowd took to Lench and Haguenauer and crowds in the world are those All Wembley, when which screamed thorough approval of c

Ti present.

nore.

Later

the

the meetles of their play. The there may be more than 10,000 tribute was well deserved. was a case of "the show must go on" and the two big mon of table termin behaved like

Table tennis tourna- menta are not a match-a-day Affair. Besides the various doubles events there is normal-

Iwo ¡roupers who couldn't ly a team championship going

on at the same time. oubly hold against anyone the slightest greuse,

While competing for the world Singles title, a player has also to

Johnny Leach was the pe-o through the Swaything Cup Ivet Ambasador of British series, three players from each sport. His was no poker-faced nation playing against teams of three from other natons on a approach and he kept

running end-robin system. There may be as many as six games a day game that

tournament.

up

throughout

commentary

the on

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required no words. His gestures for each player throughout the

to the crowd registered his per-

*onal reaction to every brilliant return from his opponent, his

chagrin or his disgust when his lar with

manoeuvre fell through.

There was

On the pen holder grip popu- the Chinese "playera Leach's comment here,

was, one return from Nobody has ever got very for

his Chinese opponent that sur-

prised Leach. The bat in his on it. It isn't new. It may date. hand swiped through the air back to 1002

three times heights-Uree

or further back

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at three different than that. It leaves the player motions in a vulnerable on his. backhand and

demands muscular

twinkling of an eye. It brought that are strained and

the house down,

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and Johnny Leach 1s 28, Michel Haguenauer is 35. The

THE CHANNEL

CONTINUES REBELLIOUS

Cap Gris Nez,. Aug. 14... The international cross- channel swimming race from Cap Gris Nez to Dover has been again postponed for 24 hours following a prolonged conference of weather ex- perts here today.

The swimmers, 13 men and seven women from 10 different countries, who have waited im- pallently at their hotel near Cap Gris Nez for the last four days, reveived the decision with glum faces.

CONFERENCE

All werd keyed up for an early start at 5.30 am. GMT tô- morrow and had been practis-

The or ing hard in readiness, ganisers of the race sat in cons ference for three hours here this afternoon discussing the conflicting weather reports from the North Sca, the Atlantic and different parts of the Channel. "We are hoping for better

Acmorrow.

said

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reports

Jeffery Truby, the chief organiser

for

the sponsors of the cortest; the Londen Daily Mail.

A further decision on the race is expected to be taken tomorrow. If favourable, the race would begin fran

ran Cap Gris Nez at 5.39 á.m. GMT on Thursday,

"We are very sorry for the swimmers. But we have to be sure conditions are right for them. They will continue do be our guests at the hotel until the race begins. We shall walk f neccesary urstil August - 29,****

OUT OF CASH Some of the swimmers are running out of cìsh” for 'their personal needs.

Big Sam Rockett, the train- ing

ald that he supervisor, would take the swimmers for a trial race in Boulogne: Harbour

" tomorrow. am doing my best to

#pirits," Itéep up their Rockett told Reuter. They are resting as much as posible, ent- ing lots of good food and doing o moderate amount of practice."

Reuter

TODAY'S SPORT

TABLE TENNIS ^^. Exhibition Table Tenala "featuring Jahmay Lesob World Champio "and 1.60eha?? Haguenauer-

Bingles Champion, as the. Houlihom Playgrounds" Wandba)"

Points for Inter-Club ravents WR DE LAWN BOTIES": bu anda bazie ̈pt 424

#Kówloon Pook: Chub

Whire!

On algning autographs, "I must- have signed millions of them.

On the local standard of play: "They are undoubledly

Un sound." Their defence is very

Food

Would any of our players tank in the first ten in the world? "Good Lord, nai 1 would hardly think so. Perhaps in the first

hrmy Leash then let go with. ene of the longest and most hencat yawns in history. IL would have been wicked to cen- tinue the interview......

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