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Colony Har leourt Championships

THE CHINA

THURSDAY.

1981

CHELSEA

The Return Of Diana Cooper

SEMI-FINALISTS

The seini-finalists in the Ladies Singles of the Colony Open Hardcourt Championships' Mrg Veru Slagter, Mrg Ip Koop-hung, Mrs Mary Chow (the holder) and Airs Diana Cooper, China Mail Photo.

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Schoolboys' Seven-a-side Stanley Shield Matches Were Keenly Contested

The first games in the Junior Stanley Shield (schools) Seven-A-Side soccer competition were played on the Royal Navy ground at Causeway Bay yesterday, All the games were keenly played and provided plenty of excitement.

!

MARY CHOW GOES OUT IN 3 GRUELLING SETS OF SPARKLING TENNIS

Hard-hitting Mrs Diana Cooper of Ladies Recreation Club scored the greatest victory of the current Colony Ledige Hardcourt Tennis Cham pionships, when the eliminated the Singles holder, Mrs Mary Chow, in the semi-final yester day in three gruelling sets, 5-7, 6-3 and 6-2,

Both winner and loser gave a 95-minute sparkling exhibition of tennis, featured by prolonged hard base line rallies, and a continuous battle of wits and tactics. In the third set, when the score atout at 2-0 in Mrs Cooper's favour, Mrs Chow succumbed to the gruel. ling pace with a cramp.

Gallantly trying to continue. [devees before losing it. Mrs she was seized with' another. at- | Cooper won the next game ic tack whos Mra Cooper was lead by 2-0.

Despite Mrs Chow's disability towards the end of the third act, the LRC player fully de- served her victory yesterday.

Though conceding the ad- vantage of belter, footwork to ker opponent, Mrs Cooper made up for

this handicap by her gallant retrieving.

to

leading by 5.3 and 30-love On her own service, and Sportingly, she finished the with the score of 30-0, Mrs malch by hitting the next two Chow sustained à' mamp when

trying to reitlove

Almo services into the net.

impossible volley return by, hey opponent.

She

came back strongly after a few minutes to win the same by, 50-15,--

Service games followed until

succession paved

ved the way 42 when two cord balls in Mrs Cooper breaking through

Ars Chow's service

with a love tamo to lend by 5-2. SUPERIOR TACTICIAN

At 30-0 on Mrs Mra Chow WIS the more service, Mrs Chow had a second fluent stroker, but Mrs Cooper attack of cramps. The next twe the harder hitter Grid the services were hit into the net superior tactician.

leaving Mrs Cooper the winnet Spotting her opponent's by

by 6-7, 6-3, and 0-2. weakness in the second set, Mes In the other semi-final Mrt

with Cooper met

resounding Koon-hong's steadiness and success from then on by driv-good length drives carried her Ing deeply and constantly to through with a comfortable 6-2, Mrs. Chow's backhand comer 0-2 win over Mrs. Vera Slagter. and following up with shor. Play was actually closer than

cross shots.

the score would indicate, with Champion's the

number of deuro games. once,

forchand short cross Mrs Slagter was seen in some forceful grand point-winning forehand drives and displayed a powerful first service, but was to erratic to be a serious threat

Cond

The most interesting match ended in a goalless draw and it deadly in the first round was between was in the closing minutes of the drives that have mowed down La Salle College and Queen's second period that Ellis Kadoorie many a lesser player found a

answer in her eppon- College, which ended in a draw. scores the second goal and wonent's strong and accurato back

bdequate although two periods

of extra

well-hand counter-dened by holding Boin teams were The game balanced, but the Ellis Kadoorie Mrs time were played.

Cooper was subsequently replayed and it was during the first period of forwards were more aggressive her service game, and going on extra time in the replay that La combined better. The defence Salle scored the winning goal,ing of the Wing Wah was for

midable, During the second round, the match between Wing Wah Col- Four teams qualified for the Kadooric School Semi-inals which are to be leze and Ellis

Club exciting game.played at the was the most When time was up, the scores Happy Valley, on Sunday, Sep-at 4-3. Mrs

and one corner tember 23, were one goal each.

EXTRA TIME

Two periods of extra time were played. The first perlot

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

STANLEY

SHIELD

(SCHOOLS)

ground,

Semi-Gralists are:-Wah Yan Col. lege. Tommy Lun, Ng Tat-man, John Ngan Chan Chuer-kok, Lew Sung-kit, Ng Shu-sun and Ng Lucu- fook.

Ip

to the title favourite.

THE RESULTS

FULHAM AT STAMFORD BRIDGE

THE SPORTSMAN'S DIARY

Bedser IS The World's

Best Bowler Today

"The world's best bowler," was my recent description of Alec Bedser, big of body and heart, cheerful, hard-working and very much more. Now I am in trouble for so labelling him.

"Come, come, this won't do, you know," writes Mr P. A. Wetherall, from Lime Grove, Eastconte, Ruislip. He says I am biased, asks how many Tests Bedser has Ladies Handicap Singles is played against Australia and how many have we won? P. Gibbs beat Miss P. Scale (8-6; 0-2): Mrs ... beat Mrs H. W. E. Heath (6-1; Q-4).

Macher

to least 3-D before Mrs Chow began to put greater length to her shots and catch her opponent on the run with follow-up short cross drives.

Four games in a row went to

Ladies Singles-Mrs Colony is Chow to give her the lead

Cooper rallied K.H. Tp beat Mrs WJ. Slagter

(0-2any's 6-2). book to break through her

Handicap

Men's i opponent's service and level up at 4-4, but was unable to hold Doubles A.S. Cutcher and $ Ewing beat E. Zulauf and E her service.

Stutz (0-2; 6-1); A. Murlin and A.W. Cutcher beat J.B. Kile and N.E. Artby (7-6; 9-3).

Club Mixed Doubles Cham- plonships-Dr. G. B. Smart and Mrs AD; Scholes best Mr and Mrs KM. Geiz 0-3;6-3.

AT CRO

Three erros by Mr Chow

St Josepii's College-Chan Chi and two good shots by Mr hang, Cinn Kung-lam, Yeung Yee-1 Cooper enabled the latter to win hung. Cheung Ching-wah. By the 10th: gamo by a love score. Kam-wing, Chan Ping-leung and Mrs Cooper, however, -again Conrad Channing.

lost her service, and Mrs Chow set by 7-5 on closed the fest her service by 50-15.

La Salle College--Tang On-hol, Law Yuk-lim, Le Kal-pit, Leg Shui- chung, Tong Hung-yu, Blephen Xavier and Paul Wong.

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1st Round

E.K.P.M.

King George

2

V

··La-Salle-

Queen's

College

1

College

Junior Tech

King's

School

7

College

0

St Joseph's

3

Yaumati

Govt

с

. Clementi Govt,

College

Wah Yan PM

(won by 1 comer)

. Wah Yan AM

E.K.P.M.

Wali Xan

$ Kowloon

2nd Round

La Salle (won by 3 corners)

St Joseph's I

2 Ying Wah

Wah Yan AM 1

Eilis Kadoorie School-Mohamed Yu Twit-kuan, lp Daltung, Shamsuddin. Gurchurn Singh, Tang -Shiu-k),- and - Ng-Chun-loh,

TODAY'S SPORT

TENNIS

:

Chinese Recreation Club Cham plonships, commencing 5.30 p.m.- 115.W. Wang and T.C. y Bzeto Bick and C.C. Kơ: L.C. Kolewall 1 and J.C. Fenton v Chan Yeli ind

Junior Tech,

Wah Yan PA O St Stephen's 4

to

HONG

Z.L. Sto Y.T. Chung and T.K. Choy v N. Lo and D. Lo.

HOCKEY

saw

Mrs

of

SECOND SET

The following are the results The second set

matches played in the Chinese Cooper again matching an early. Recreation Club Open Hank lead of 1-0 with her service, court Championships yesterday: K. C. Dao beat W. K. Chung Jn a prolonged second gamc, which went to two deuceo, Mrs 6-3, 6-3; Chung Yue-to lost to Lee 6-0, 6-1; Cheung Chow. Chow drew level to 1-1 after T being 15-40 down.

L. Sa 6-1, 6-2 Peter Another long game of three. Ne lost to V. T. Wang 0-0, 6-0; deuces went to Mrs Chow, who Lee Wai-tops conceded in favour then lapset into a series of of Au. Kam-moan with the errors to lose her own service score in the first set standing of

15-50.

|Beall owing to illness,

by

cross

The fifth game went to three deuces before going to Mrs Cooper, who stretched, her lead to 4-2 with a pries of grond forehand

and sidella Hongkong Hockey Club practice drives in the sixth game. at Sookumpoo, 8.30 p.m.

The Champlin made gallant bid to stem the tide

the 7th En

game.

BRAATHENS

the SAFE

beat

申

LEAGUE TENNIS

"Exaggerated" Reports

Sydney, Sept. 19.

The Australian Davis Cup player, Frank Sedg-- man, returned from the United States today. He and reports that he was considering offer to turn profes sional were "hopelessly. exaggerated."United

Press.

an

easily of "The best bowler 1950 was Tattersall'and this year Appleyard-not Bedser who has no terrora for English batsmen,"

Hasn't he? You ask some of them.

HIS 64 WICKETS

cheerful hitter of an occasional century and a large number of useful stores, and once shared in a last-wicket partnership of 218.

μ business Smith has Chelmsford to look after,

League cricket may tempt him,. but only an engagement of the "one day a week" order.

in

Black, the Fulham goalkeeper saves a shot from Campbell, the Chel- sca 'Inside-right and Cap- tain who is seen on ground, (right) after colliding with Pavilt, the Fulham⠀⠀⠀ ́right - back (centre on ground). The player about to fall over Campbell is E. Lowe, the Fulham left-half

a n'd standing is Taylor, the Fulham centre-half."

Chelsea won 2-1.

Indians 15-2 Triumph Over

The Red Sox

A

New York, Sept. 19. Cleveland Indians scored 15-2 triumph over Red

Sox in Boston while Yan- kees scored a three-hit 5-3 victory over Chicago today.

the

Here are Bedser's wickets and averages against Australia:

1940-7 in Australia-10-54.75,

CROSS-COUNTRY HOPE 1948 in England-18-38.22. 1050-51 in Australia-30,—

With athletes like Len Eyre and 10.00:

Walter Hesketh unlikely to be It is tres that of all these running over the country this matches England has won only winter, new men will be needed

The Yankee victory came on is not Bedser's to one, but that

three-run

· margin of a retain the cross-country fault.

by Mickey Mantic. supremacy England gained last homer Tattersall háð wonderful season in the International field. Another bases emply blast by season in 1950, but not quite so Akely prospect is W. Book three percentage points ahead Gul McDougald left. New York good a record in 1951: Appleyard (Elswick Harriers, Newcase-

leaped Into the on-Tyne) who finished second to of Cleveland, but Red Sox certainly has front rank of bowlers may in Dr Frank Anton in the English dropped 3 pts of the time succcct! Bedser as our best, National Championships

Just Page March.

WYNN'S TII Ramdhin, the West Indian, has, a right to consideration in Book, who is the reigning

Flicher Early Wyon breezed But N. E. assessing the best bowler.

Counties cross-country taking performances since the clamplon, gained his first inter- hus 20th victory in Boston. war, it is entirely reasonable to national vest in the International Bobby Avila hit home runs for Ray Boona, Lauko Enster and call Bedser the world's best. I race at Cheriçon.

Though he Cleveland, am unrepentant.

McKenley Loses though he is of a different type.

To British International

Motapur Park, Surrey,

Sept. 19.

SHARP SHOOTERS · This is the story of a pair of Playing away at Chater Road, Herbert McKenley, of football books. Their owner is—-- Club de Recreio yesterday beat Jamaica, the world quarter-or was Frank Hill. old Arsenal the HKCC in a postponed mile record holder, was half-back and now manager. of Division League (qunis match

ley, playing the Spurs. by 6-4.

beaten by inches here to-urey

wearer is Billy Morris, JW. Sperpe and JV. Sellers night by Terence Higgins, Burnley maide-right her opponent to four, deces of and 23-year-old British Interna- For the first time for 10 years

6-3, brat G. Gagano, and 1. before losing it.

Rodrigues 6-3, beat Bibelm Mra Cooper repeatedly over and D. Rodrigues 6-2 drove in the next game in her

P Holrnen and M. Mac eagerness to force the

Issue Pherson lost to Gonsalves and but managed to hold her next

inh

set by G-9.

extending

4-0, beat to

Ribeiro

tlopal,

the side scared six goals--ogalnat They were running at the West Bromwich Albion, Morris

four of them. got Jamaica Hurricane Rellet Fund

"Iliko these boots" Morris meeting.

told his manager. "So far I've McKenley, who was running scored five, with them. I'm for a team organised by the sticking to them.""

the Jamaican Anthur Wint,

··· DISAPPOINTED MILLS

} service Egnią to win the accond Rodrigues TD. Mackle Olymple 400 Metres Champion, }

**THIRD SET

and D.

D.T. Nolan and

Gonsalves and Reed 1-0 against a team selected by: Jack Igst jo The third set opened with lost to Cosano and T. Rodrigues Crump, of the British Amateur Tall slightly built, elevar Mrs Chow serving through 3-7, lost to Ribeiro and D. Athletic Association, said that inside forward from Rotherham another guiling came of four Rodrigues 4-0.

ap

ho had done.

way Don Milla is a disappointed training for no

He fill trains at month, as permission to run in young man. Englund and on the continent Shepherd's Bush and lives in n Queen's Park Rangers' house, arrived only today.

because. Crediff. City Who: paid Higgins won by an electric burst near the tape. Both were

Rangers about £10,000 for dra end 200 with a time of 49.8

have not yot provided him with house, and have given him only LCCE.

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Barton's only runs.

was not a scoring member of the

cam, his running was impressive came in the seventh when Walt

Dropo And gave promise of better Yankees trailed' · 2-1 · things to come.

(London Express Berulcé).

GOLF MATCH POSTPONED

The golf match" between”-

· Royal Hongkang Golf Club and the Services; oririmmily 'arranged to take, plion 'on,

Sunday, September 23, has. been unavoidably postponed.

Walked

∙hit a two-whet

McDouglas hit tris homer to the the count in the third. In the following inning Lou. Kreticw batters with two Wantie: out and antie blasted his three-run homer, In the ninth inning Gus Niarhon homered for. Chicago

Athletics rallied behind the four-hit pitching of. Bobby Shantz to SCOLD An 8-1 victory over Detroit Tigers?

...Murry. Dickson won his 19th. game for the last place Pitta- burgh Pirates, pitching a seven- hit 7-3 victory over Boston Braved as: Gus. Bell and rookie Diclo Cole hit, homers. Earl Torgeson hit a two-run ninth.

Amateur Billiards inning homer off Dlukson,

Championship

Bubbi Church of the Phils defented Chicago Cubs, giving up only seven shits, in a 5-1 London, Sept. 10. victory. Wille · Jones NILANG *Tom Cleary of Austraila, Philly hamer.- United Press. beat. Edmund Haslem, of Northern Ireland by 2,136 WORLD SERIES TICKETS points to 890 in their match 'In the world amateur billiards of their pinyers, but are not championship at Burroughes

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LADIES' HOCKEY

AMEETING

manager

"Dave

WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD

Why dogs Pater, Smith, relire from isaox cricköt - when he is mill fit and effective, even though"

It's better to go now than done on he told me in

to face the

inevitable Bo

distination

European Volleyball Championships

Parle, Sept. 19.

The results on the fifth day of

of our World announcement Series Hekel pianaleratze

(The American League Cham- plonship may not be decided until

Associated Press.

the anal days: September Bu

the European Volleyball Cham Tennis Play plonships here were

Flosl. poof (man)po

Hulgaria" - best: Belgium 15-2,