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"LAWN TENNIS AND HOW TO PLAY IT."

BY

SUZANNE LENGLEN.

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CHOOSING YOUR STYLE

TICE.

THE NEED FOR PRAC- CONCENTRATING ON ONE STROKE AT A TIME. THE BACKBONE OF THE GAME.

(THE FOURTH OF THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES BY MOLLE SUZANNE LANOLEN WILL APPEAR IN THE DAILY PRESS" ON THURSDAY NEXT.ALL RIGHTS DESERVED.)

TENNIS LEAGUE TABLES.

The "B" Division tabla has undergone several changes as the result of Satur- day's matches. Up-to-date details of the three Divisions are as follows:-

"A" DIVISION.

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Clubs. Indian R.C. Chinese R.C M.B.E. University Kowloon 'C.C. H.K.C.C. U.S.R.C.

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4 200 166

20 9 116 83 32

12 158 339

1 140 15.

1 102

174

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0 11 172

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210 136 2113 85

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9 ४ 3 21 178 12 3 91 9 180 137 49 29 103 203 11 141 130 11 140 157 1 3.1 905 191

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"Oh, I didn't know lawa tennis was father chote for me as the one to prac anything like this ! !

tise. Most players at that time wore Indian R.C. That is the remark which a well-known using a lot of what we call top spin, M.B.K.

Chinese F.C. twist in their strokes, but Me: 0.0.0. English lady made to me on the Erst or occasion when she W25 my guest at Wilding believed in the plain atraight University

U.S.R.C. Wimbledon. Hundreds of other people, forward stroke and if you know any-Kowloon C.C. seeing first, class tennis for the first thing about lawn tennis history you with Recreio time, have said the same thing. The know how well it repaid him. I hit C.S.C.C.

H.K, G. C. N.T.C. lawn tennis style of to-day is as different what is called a perfectly plain call froin the cld time style, as the old time in the ordinary way, without any spin, style was different from croquet. You and it has certainly served me well too.. Chinese R.C....... 6 map think that my somewhat impetuous Your. danger will be, in gelecting your Recreio tare Kowloon Co. ... nature is carrying me away, but I assure style, that you may pick on a man or C.C.C. you I mean it,

woman who gets results, but gets them H.K.C.C.

Taikoo with all sorts of mannerisms. Still you ought to be able to tell the difference! between goed style and bad. It is cer thinly striking enough when seen on the

If you think enough about my brief notes to want to make the most of them, let me beg of you, if you cannot get to Wimbledon, to go for at least one day

courts.

Choose, then, as a model, some player who, with a steady swing, with arra

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40 139 38 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND

LAST EVENING'S BILLIARDS. GUARANTEE CORPOLATION, FALKINER MAKES A HONGKONG

RECORD.

BREAK OF 500.

to a first class tournament. There are hundreds of them, and at almost all of these some, at least, of the great players watched them some things in these notes/rhythmically, with all his weight, but came of billiards of 800 up at the Hong. appear. I think that when you have at full stretch, comes on to the ball which may not be quite clear will become without any great effort, and sends it plainly and surely back over the net. Practise yourself, without a ball at first, and if you have a big mirro: there is no reason why it should not aid you in picking out your faults.

So.

It is only at the big tournaments that you will get examples of the best styles in lawn tennis and be able to try them out to see which one suits you best. This was the way that I was taught. lawn tenis when I took up the game at the early age of eleven. I never had a pro- fessional to coach me. But I had some one far better. My mother bought me my first racket and as soon as my father,

PRACTISE STROKES.

My trouble with most of the youngsters to whom I from time to time give hints is that they will play games instead of practising" strokes," "I don't hesitate to

Playing Mr. A. Leach in an exhibition kong Club last evening, Mr. Claud Fal- kiner created a new record for Hongkong, making a break of 309. In this Falkiner showed all phases of the game, including many short runs of nursery cannons and middle packet losers."

A large crowd of billiard enthusiasts was present, and were rewarded by wit nessing really fine billiards. Mr. Leash had no chance to show his ability, but ho made a nice break of 29 out of a score of

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himself a player, saw that I was giving it has been that of others. Take one some little protnise he get to work. stroke at a time and master it. If you am telling you all this because I think it will help you: it seems to me to be as near ap possible to the golden road

Buccess,

ONLY HALF A DOZEN STROKES.

to

rust play, games concentrate or this etreke until you can be sure that, by its aid, you are going to send the ball well over the net, to drop within a foot or so of your opponent's base line. That

to the table; therefore his average was exactly 100 per visit.

Afterwards Mr. Falkiner played a game of snooker, and potted extremely well, making a break of 39. He also gave a display of strokes, including masse stroke, and double and baulk cannons which were well received.

UTHER FIXTURES.

Now there are only about half a dozen is what is called a good length ball. and Engineers' Institute against Mr. W

entirely different strokes in lawn tennis. but I doubt if there is one player in the world who plays them all equally puris fectly. Generally, you £nd that each has some particular pet sbet which he plays exceptionally well.

It

is the back bone of lawn tennis.

But do get the ball over the net!

ten times better to hit it out of the court than into the net. There is always a chance that it will fall somewhere within the lines if it does go over, but Take, for instance, the fore-hand drive. there is none if it is hit too low. Simple There have been some great fere-hand instruction, isn't it? But the next drivers in Eagland at one time or an- time you are on any public lawn tennis other. Mr. 8. H. mith is generally court just notice how many balls go into quoted as being the greatest of all. But the net. Then, when you are at a "first. in later years, in my opinion at all class tournament, notice how few 80 events, there has never been a fore-hand there. drive to equal that of poor Anthony Wilding, who was killed in the war on the Meniu Road.

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Don't try to skim the net. There is no necessity for that. If you get within a foot of it, when you're driving from your cyn back line, the ball will not go out of court Again if you skim it and the shot is not a hard one it will drop no further than the service line, and that, in the ordinary way, is not a good

Now I am trying to keep these articles simple as possible because I realise that although it is all enay to me it may not be so to a beginner. Still I shall have to be a little bit technical, as we call it, here. The drive about shot.

the called which

talking is I am horizontal" drive. This is because the ball is hit when it is at the top, or nearly the top, of its bound. Thus it can be

I shall have something to say about valleying in a later article, but in the meantime get it out of your head, parti cularly if you are a girl, that it is neces

hit almost straight into your opponent'ssary for you to stay at the back of the court, without any curve on the ball.

I am going into that more fully in my next article, but I am mentioning it now because it was this drive, and Mr. Wilding's way of playing it, which my

court all the time. It isn't. The next generation of tennis players will be volleyers, as a glance round your own young experts who are coming along will tell you. But more of that later.

H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Bure in his play, Honda is undoubtedly

the better and cleverer of the two

FINAL TO-DAY."

The Final of the Open Singles Cham pionship of the Cology-the most import ant match of the year-will be played, weather permitting, this afternoon, com- mencing at 4.15 p.m. The finalists are T. Honda, champion in 1994 and runner-up In 1955, and S. A. Rumjaha who has reached the final for the first time,

In reaching the final, Honda defeated the following:

Capt. H. Bloxham.. 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. R. E. Coxon 6-2, 6-1, 0-0. Cheong Tuck Wing. 8-3, 6-1, 6-1. T. Akiyama 8-3, 0-1, 80. Yew: Man' Taun 6-2, 7-5, 6-3. Rumjaha did not win his way through with ease. He best:-

Iu Tak Cheuk........ 6-2, 6-2, 7-9. R. M. Henderson... 6-3, 6-4, 6-4..

W. E. Cornaby...... 3-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. E. C. Fincher......... 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 0-3. M. W. Lo............. 2-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; 4-4, Lo retiring

Rumjan is the more forceful of the two playere and if he is in forma to-day he may be able to spring a surprise on his opponent. More unlikely things have happened. He possesses more strokes than his opponcat and plays an all round game. His principal weakness lies in inconsistency and when, he is out of form he is a particularly easy man to best. Rumjahn, however, plays tennis with youthful pleasure and delights in an exciting game and usually improves steadily the more he ia bombarded with dificult shots.

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MIXED DOUBLES FINAL.. The Final of the Mixed Doubles will be played off this afternoon and should The be productive of some fine play. two pairs are Mr. and Mrs. E. Grimble (owe 3/0) and 0. C. Womack and Mrs. E. R. Childe (owe 1/6)."

The other, events are the Club Cham- pionship, Handicap Singles "B" and Handicap Doubles, the finals of which

The concensus of opinion is that Honda will win and he will enter the court as will not be finished before to-day's dis the favourite. Sound in judgment and tribution of prizes by Miss Chapple.

To-day at 5.30, Falkiner plays at the Brown To-morrow he is at the Canton Club, and on Thursday he will play at Kowleen. It is hoped that a game may he arranged for Friday at the Soldiers Club.

Falkiner's biggest breaks last night were 79; 93; 500; 39: 13.

It may be stated that the 500 break is the biggest ever made in the Colony, the previous best being probably a break of

Mr. A. J. Osmund."

BOWLS. CHAMPIONSHIP:

The draw in connection with the Colony's Bowls Championship competi tion, which was originally fixed for last evening has been postponed. It will take place either this evening or to-morrow evening.

{THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.] FRANCO-AMERICAN TENNIS. AMERICA SUCCESSFUL IN TOURNAMENT.

PARIS, May 30th. In the Franco-American tennis tour- nament, Kinsey beat Feret 6-4, 6-7, &4; and Miss Helen Wills beat Madame Mathieu 6-3, 6-4. Miss Ryan and Miss Brown, beat Mile. Cousin and Mile. Charnelet 6-1, 6-2.

The United States eventually won the contest by eight matches to three.

THE DAVIS CUP.

́ITALY ELIMINATED BY BRITAIN,

ROME, May 30th. Britain eliminated, Italy from the Davis Cup.

In the doubles. Crole Recs and Kingsly beat De Morpurgo and Serventi 3-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

In the singles, Turnbull heat Serventi 3-0, 6-1, 01, 82

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Britain won by three matches to two Wheatley retiring when the score was at 6-2, 6-3, 32 in favour of De Morpurgo.

THE DERBY,

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LONDON, May 31st. The latest Derby betting is as under :— Colorado 13/8 £ and 0. Caronach. 6/5 t.. and o. Swift and Sure 10/1 t..and o.- Lex 10/1 t. and o.

Apple Sammy 100/0 of

Finglas 22/1 o..

Harpagon 23/1 o. Cimiez 28/1 offered, 1 taken. Macanudo 40/1 t. and o. Comedy King 40/1 0.

BALLOON RACE.

SEVENTEEN COMPETITORS IN

GORDON BENNETT EVENT..

ANTWERP, May 30th. Seventeen balloons; representing seven nations, started for the Gordon Bennett race this afternoon, Conditions are likely to force the balloons in the direction of the North Hea,

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INTERPORT CRICKET, THE MALAYA TEẨM, ·

According to the Singapore papers the following were invited to represent Malaya in the match against Hongkong:

Captain E. 14 Armitage (S.C.C.), A. J. Bestock-Hill (N.S.), V. Q, Charlesworth (S.C,C.). C. H. G. Clarke (S,C.C.), N. J. A. Foster (N.S.) (captain), R. N. Hamilton (S.C.C.), 8. C. A. Maartansz (Selangur), A. P. Penman (Selangor), V. E. H. Rhodes (N.S.); Lieut. H. C. Taylor (S.C.C.), and E. C. de Vitre

(N.S.).

H C. Mustard, the Selangor skipper, who was to have captained the Malaya team, was unable to play.

50'S

25'S AT LAWN TENNIS. FAMOUS VETERANS WHO MAY MEET YOUTHS.

CAN AGE, PREVAIL?"

Wimbledon's jubilee year of lawn tennis promises to include a competition between the 50's and the 25's, for Mr. A. W. Gore, the former champion, who first competed at Wimbledon in 1888, is arranging for a veterans' doubles match with youth.

Among those, to be approached with a view to playing are Commander G. W. Hillyard, Mr. M. J. G. Ritchie, Mr. C. P. Dixon, Mr. A. D. Prebble and Mr. H. Roper Barrett, whose aggregate years. with those of Mr. Gore, approach 350.

"I have no doubt that such a team as is suggested will hold the young men." said Mr. Gore. In fact I think, person- ally, that we shall prevail. The older men may have less wind, but sometimes they play with more head...

"A GREAT LABE."

Mr. H. Roper Barrett, who played with Mr. Gore on many occasions, notably when they won the Doubles Championship in 1000, entered into the spirit of the sug gcation, saying-

"It will be a great lark, and, if the match comes off I hope to play. I do not think for one moment that we old ones will wir, but we may be gives an opportu- " nity of showing that all our tengis has not left. us."

THE PRIME TIME.

Mr. C. P. Dixon, who at 53 years of age has won several successes this season, also expressed his willingness to play. He remarked:-

"I think, we hould have a very good" chance of success. We could not beat, of courte, the best team of men under 25; on the other hand, we should equal the average young men's team, for lawn' tennis is not a game that can be played time." by youth only. Forty is the prime

Of the younger generation under 25, the most noteworthy are Mr. Nigel Sharp, Mr. H. K Lester, Mr. NH. Latchford, and Mr. J. C. Gregory, and the youthful- wonder, Mr. Austin.

WEATHER REPÓRT.

Last night's weather report, forecast and remarks by the Royal Observatory said:-

The anti-cyclone is now general near Shanghai.

Local forecast:-East winds, fresh to moderate generally, cloudy.