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-H. K, C. C. TENNIS
TOURNAMENT
DISAPPOINTING OPEN SINGLES MATCHES
IMPORTANT MATCH TO-DAY
any
(BY SALADİN.)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933.
LADIES RECREATION
CLUB
:
Annual Meeting Business
SATISFACTORY REPORT FOR 1932
This Annual General Meeting of the Ladies Recreation Club was beld in the Helena May Institute. on Friday, Feb. 24, Mrs. R. E. Tottenham presidid.
MRS. TOTTENHAM'S ADDRESS.
Mra. Tottenham speaking from the chair said:
Those who turned up at the Hong, form a capital match ought to be Kong Cricket Club ground yester-seen. Tho ax-champion starta day to watch the two Open Singles slightly favourite, and I fancy him Matches went away very disap- to win. He is not so easy to beat pointed. On the principal court,
as many people think, and although Ho Ka Lav made short work of not impressive he scores points in Hazell, disposing of his opponent avatcinatic way, while possessing a The Committee hope you will in twelve straight games! The loser great deal of resiliency in defence.ngres that the Club has had a most! failed to put up
sort of
His superior courteraft may prove successful financial year. struggle. In the other match E. C to be the deciding factor to-day, During 1832, court 1 was rodur- faced and painted, 5 and 6 were Fincher proved too good for 8. “W. Liang, and won in straight sets. Tam has, however, two creditable painted, wire netting was entirely tournament victories in his favour, renewed around two parts, and Yesterday's winners mest in the
and can enter the court with con fourth wound, for which the follow-fidence despite the fact that he
extensive repairs were carried out Around other courts. Several ing have qualified to struggle for faces a better opponent than either serenes nets and net posts were pur- semi-final places, their pairings be- Yow Man Kit or L. Goldman. The chased, and in spite of the heavy Hanoi finalist possesses many fine expense entailed there is a balance characteristics. He is not nervous, of $1,000.79 to our credit As we does not play to the gallery nor is have now sufficient funds accumu be affected by the crowd. He is a lated, the Committee have author- game fighter with good stamina,ised the resurfacing and painting of and above all does not take risks courts 2, 3 and 4-at an estimated unnecessarily, preferring to remain cost of $1,500-when this work is at the baseline alt the time and em- completed all the ploying his forehand and backhand should be in excellent order. fol-drives to the best advantage. He will have to produce his best form to be able to win to-day.
ing:
Tsui Wai Pui r. S. A. Rumjahn. T. O. Fincher . Ho Ka Lau. M. W. Lo i. Tani Yoe Fong. J. A. Casaumbhoy. Iu Tak
Chouk,
RESULTS
Several club matches were also decided the results of which low:-
Open Singles.
E. C. Fincher beat. S. W. Liang -3, B-1.
Ho Ka Lau beat Hazell 6-0, D-0.
Olub Championship.
L. Goldman 'beat Waite 6-3, 0-4. Wild boat Hyde. 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, Day beat Armstrong 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, S. E. Green beat W. M. Morgan 7-5, 9-7.-
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
+
Open Singles, Tam Yoc Fong . M. W. Lo. Open Doubles.
EXHIBITION MATCHES
JAPANESE DAVIS OUP PLAY- ERS PASSING THROUGH.
hard courts
Some years ago 8500 was put vo fixed deposit, to meet any damage which might be caused to the courts by typhoon. So far the Club has been fortunate and has not had to draw on this fund. (The Club House is insured against typhoon), The Committee now feel it would be judicious to place a further $250 on deposit as nucleus of a building fund, as when funds permit renova bions are needed to the kitchen and in the future to the Club House itself.
The Grass Court.
The grass court was not returfed this year and in consequence was not in very good condition so at the request of the Committee and with the sanction of the LT.A., the
SPRING CLASSICS BETTING
ALLUVIAL FAVOURITE FOR LINCOLN
CALL OVER FIGURES
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY,1
London, Feb. 97.' At the first call-over for the Lin- colnshire Handicap, to be run on March 22, the following prices were recorded:--
100/0 Alluvial o. 100/8 taken. 100/6 Totaig..
18/1 Solenoid,
20/1 Winster t & o. 20/1 Dorigen o
:
29/1 Knight Error o. 25/1 taken. 25/1 Wraxhall t & o.
OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL LETTER
ATale of Dainty Cannibals. Olley of Imperial Airways : George III's Grandson: In Memory of Lord Melchett: The Order of Merit: Dame Clara Butt: Parliament's Custodians: Lord Oxford's Old Home: Mr. :::.
Thomas and the M.C.C.
London, Feb. 7.-Since the war, so habited, and so also, of course, notices on the front windows of were the several M.F.H.s of the West-end shops to the effect that party. **Ici on parle francais," "Se Sir Augustus is the third son of habla espanol," and "Hier spricht the late Duke of Cambridge, and man deutsch" have become fairly is thus a grandson of George III. common, but I must confess that the He received his knighthood from legend, English spoken," on the King Edward when, on the death front of
Knightsbridge shop, of his father; he waited on his made me stare.
Majesty to return the insignia borne by the Duke.
The shop was a modiste's, with one of those fluffy French-names-of the sort ending in elle or etto. If had always imagined that the "Frenchness" of modistes names was one of those pleasant conven- totions like the American accents of English jazz-band players or the Italian names of opera singers.
But here, apparently, was genuine Parisian touch..
25/1 Young-Native-t-o. 25/1 Link Boy o. 33/1 taken. 25/1 Amoya o. 33/1 Heavensent o. 40/1 taken.
Grand National. Call-over figures for this race, be run. March 24, were:-
100/7 Golden Miller o. 15/1 taken.
18/1 Gregalach. 20/1 Heartbreak Hill. 20/1 Kellsboro Jack. 22/1. Coolinolagh; Remus, Pélo-
rus Jack, Ballasport, o. 25/1 Destiny Bay o. 31/1 taken. 25/1 Lond Engle o 28/1 Forbra o. 33/1 taken.
CRICKET
CLUB TEAMS: MARRIED
SINGLE
the
Cannibaliám a la Fourchette...... A Missionary just returned from one of the wilder parts of Africa was asked if he had succeeded int inducing the natives to give up cannibalism.
He replied: "No, not yet, but I have got as far as teaching them to eat their victims with a knife and fork."
The Archdales'-Record.— Sir Edward Archdale, Minister of Agriculture in Northern Ire land, who has just celebrated his 80th birthday, is the "grand old man" of the Ulster Parliament.
He entered the Navy in the six- ties, and retired in 1680, since when he has devoted himself to politics and agriculture.
without a break.
The Late Lord Melchett.
Eurydice. Su pressed was he by her singing that he tendered his personal congratulations, and spoke of her to Queen Victoria. Within a few days the name of Clara Butt was on every lip.
When
Double Guarded.'
Parliament reassembles next week inembers will find the now uniformed custodians on duty and fawer policemen in evidence. The custodians, most of whom are ex- police constables, are in the service of the authorities of the House, and...
The have no powers of arrest... constables and the custodians are co-operating in an organised sys- tem of guardianship, but neither will have authority over the other. The reduction of the police force and the introduction of civilian watchmen constitute the greatest domestic change in the Houses of Parliament for many years.
The Now AliBNE. Incidentally a Fleet Street office boy, who had occasion to visit, the House of Commons recently, eles trified his editorial seniors upon his return by exclaiming
"The new policemen at Westminster aren't British at all! They're cus- todians!?!
Royalty as a Tonic.
The reappearance of the King and Queen on the London scene they will be amongst us once more next The Archdales have the distinc-week-is having a stimulating effect
many tion of having fepresented their trade in advance. I hear of so
bookings for lunches, recep county in Parliament for 150 years tions, and balls that the hopes of a definitely active period seem like- ly to be realised. So sharp has The memory of the late Lord been the slump that the presence of Melchett is to be perpetuated by the Court makes a great deal of endowing the Commercial-road (E.) difference to the West-End setting. Talmud Torah, an institution with Trades-people tell me that the effect which he was identified.. It is hop is to fructify the whole range of
retail business. The Commercial-road Talmudmeral of the Rev. E.. Foster. Torah provides religious education- The Rev Henry Foster, aged al facilities, clothing and boots, eighty-eight, father of the famous and free food daily for necessitous Foster brothera, of Worcestershire children: More than 16,000 lads cricket, Eame, and who for close
Lord Buxton, president of thed to raise £10,000. Africa Society, told this story yes The following teams will play interday at the Imperial Institute when presiding at a lecture 00 the Married Single match on Saturday, March on the Hong Witchcraft in Africa," given. by Kong Cricket Club ground:~
Married: A. W. Hayward (Capt.), E. J. R. Mitchell, P. E. Baskett, C. W. E. Bishop, G. E. B. Divett, E. R. Duckitt, H. R. B. cock, H. J. D. Lowe, H. Owen Hughes, J. P. Whitham, R. E. Wood,
Arrangements have been complet- ed by the Lawn Tennis Association and the Hong Kong Cricket Club to accommodate Jiro Satoh and E. Nunoi on the Stand Court on
Single A. C. Book (Capt.), R. Friday in a serics of exhibition matches. The full programme has U.S.R.C. very kindly held the Davies, D. S. Harley, L. D not been definitely drawn up, and Ladies Colony Singles at their Klee, A. D. Lowson, O. B. O will be announced later, but it is Club this year.
Marton, K. A. Munro, T. A. hoped that the two Davis Cup This event has formerly always Pearce, J. E. Potter C. B. R. players will give a singles exhibi- been organized by the L.R.C. though Sargent, A. P. Hall Thompson, ition match against each other, while in 169, 30 and 31 the finals were F. N. Wong and Ho Hing Kang local players will engage them in a played at the U.S.R.O. Now Miss was represented by Mrs. Totten v. Leonard and Hachium
couple of doubles exhibitions.
Enid Lo has won the Challenge Cup ham, Mrs Stafford-Smith, Mrs.
Mnckie and Mrs. C. C. Stark. outright.
-
Chun So and Ho Wai Hing v Hazell and Williams.
Club Championship.
FN. Waring. . Wood.'
Handicap Singles “* A.*
Wright, Gamble: Dunham v. Armstrong. Newell v. Traill.
D. S. Green . Penn.
Struggle for Semi-Finals, The struggle for semi-final pusi tions begins to-day, when Tam Yoc Fong meeta M. W. Lo in the open match on the Stand Court. Great interest is being centred on the match, and if both produce good!
TEST MATCH SCORE:
(Vontinued from Page 1.)
Fall of wickets:-1 for 0; 2 for 59; 3 for 64; 4 for 163; 5: for 244; 6 for 328; 7 for 385; 8 for 414; for 430; 10 for 435.
Bowling Analysis:
O. M. R. W. 32.210
So the new Committee will have to decide before next autumn whether our one grase court is worthy of the LRC retaining the Ladies' Singles Championship
Some fing and clever tennis in expected, as the visitors rank pretty high among the leading players of the world. Satoh has the distine tion of beating Vines, the champion event of the world, on two occasions last
Miss E. Lo is to be congratn- year, while Nunoi beat this comiated not only on winning the Cham patriot in the final of the Japanese pionship three times in succession Championship last November, so but also on being the only lady who that a singles exhibition between has won the three open champion them will be a treat well worth ship events in the same year
Singles, Mixed doubles, and Ladies' doubles.
watching,
Admission to all seats is 81.10 gach, and tickets can be booked at Moutrie's from noon on Wednesday, March 1,
CLUB
HOCKEY
ST. ANDREWS
The following will represent the 1st XI of the Hong Kong Hockey Club against the St. Andrews Hockey Club on Wednesday next at 5 p.m. on the U.S.R.C. groind:
C. L. Gregory, J. Rodger, E. V. Reed, W. A. Reed, HJ. D. Lowe,
Tournaments Not Well Supported tournaments and Club American It was regrettable that the Club tournaments received oo little srp port. The open American tourna ment held in the autumn in aid of the M.C.L was however a great success as it produced a profit of $159.
I do not think there is any other item in the accounts which calls for comment and I now propose that the report and accounts as prosent. od be adopted. When this nae been secondral I shall be pleased to an swer to the best of my ability any questions which meinbers may wish to ask.
Committees,
The following Committees were
J. L. Tetley, H. Owen-Hughes, Welected for 1933- E. Williams, G. E. R. Divett, A. T.. Loy, C. C. Francis,
0
D. G. Bradman, b Verity... 71 LP. O'Brien, o Verity, b
Voce
Larwood
98
4
Voce
24
4 80
I
Allen
1 128
Verity
17 3 62
31
Hammond
8 0 32.
0
Wyatt 20. 12
0.
b Larwood
England-lat Innings.
Sutcliffe, e Richardson, b
O'Reilly
50
D. R. Jardine, o Oldfield, b
O'Reilly
18
S. J. McCabe, a Jardine, b
Voce
Hammond, 1.b.w., b Lee
101
Larwood; e. Ironmonger, b
Le
08
L Darling, Wyatt, b
Verity...
Leyland, run out
42
RES. Wyatt, e Iron-
WA, Oldfield, o Wyatt, b
Verity
monger, b O'Reilly.
B1
P. K. Lee, b Allen'
16
Ames, run out
Paynter, b Leb.
G. O. Allen,
Lee
o Bradman, b
48
W. J. O'Reilly, b Verity ... T H. Alexander, 1b.w, b
Verity
0
ander
H. Ironmonger, not out
Extras
0
7
Verity, e Oldfield, b Alex-
Voce, not out ........
Extrae
Total
Fall of wickets for 31; 2 for..156; 3 for 245; 4 for 910;
3 for 230; for 349; 7. for 374
8 for 418 9 for 435; 10 for 464.
- Bowling" Añalysis, g
0. M. R. W.
35 1 120
Alexander MoCahe...
Darling
Bradman
12
Total 18
Fall of wickets-1 for 0; 2 for 115; 3 for 135; 4 for 130, 5 for 1400 for 101; 7 for 177 38 to 78; 9 for 179; 10 for 182.
Bowling Analysi
Larwood" Allen Hammond Voce Verity
O M. R. W.
11.4 542
340 100..
and Innings.
Innings OOR. E. B. Wyatt, not out
bend (Som no wits.)
CLOSE OF PLAY.
on next Co
Bryan, Mrs. Fasken, Mrs. Johnson, General Committee.-Mrs. Lewis Ms. Martin, Mra Mathieson, Mr. Penison, Mrs. Stafford Smith................ Balloting Committee-The Gen- Bral Committee and Mrs. Church, Mrs. Digby, Mrs, Fischer and Miss VAL. Thomas.
At a subsequent Committee meet ing. Mrs. N. Mathieson was elected
President, and undertook to act as Hoa. Secretary for the time being Mrs. Lewis Bryan was elected Hof, Tennis Secretary.
THE REPORT.:
The Committet in their Report for the year 1932 `stated:
In the course of the year, Mrs. Mackie resigned from the General Committee and ber place was taken. by Mrs. Lissaman. The vacancy thus caused on the Balloting Com mitten was filled by Mrs Fischer while Miss Orme took the place of Miss Locker and Mas: Paarop was -opted. Mr. Hill resigned from the Grounds Committee and his place was taken by Mr. Owen. The Rev. N. Evans kindly undertook the supervision of the flower in the Club grounds.
Championships, etc.
Men's Singles (Club).-Holder, Mr.-A. D. Humphreys. Entries 7. Winner, Captain Cannon; runner
up, Rov.-N. Evans.
Mixed Doubles (Semi-open). Holdern, Mrs. Keary and Mr. H. J. Armstrong. Entries 5. Winners, Mies, V. L. Thomas and Mr. V. R. Gordon: runners-up, Miss A. Orme and Mr. G. Gamble.
Ladies'
Entrica B.
Doubles (Handicap).- Winners, Mrs. C. C. Stark and Mrs James; runners-up, Mra, Wood, and Miss A. Orme.
Mxed Doubles (Handicap).-En- tries B. Winnera, Capt. and Mrs. Cannon runners-up, Mrs. Mackie and Mr.. C. C. Clarke.
Club Upkeep,
During the year Courts No. 1, 6 and 6 were painted and the wizo petting around. Courts, No. 2 and 3 was entirely renewed. Sundry screens and nete were purchased. The exterior of the Club House was colour washed and the windows, etc., varnished while new coveri were purchased for the furniture in the Ladies' Room Sufficient. funds having been accumulated the Committee authorised the resurfac 3 and 4 a5 na estimated coat of ing and painting of Courte. No. 2,
81,500 and this work is now in hard courts should be in good con- hand. When it is completed all the
dition.
Hon. Treasurer's Report. The chief thing to be noticed is that the Account disclose a profit of 9845.81 on the year's working 45 against a loss of 81,193,08 inqurred in 1931. This is due mainly to the higher subscription now charged and to the decreased expenditure, of 81,610 on Repairs and Maintenance, which itent arise from year to year according to the amount of work which hatto be, done. Cash-in hand amounts to 81,000.79;: exclu- sive deposit. The Committee enga gest adding 850 of the cash in hand to the amount on fixed deposit-us the nucleus of a Building, Reserva Fund to provide for heavy expendi ture which is bound to ocong in the future. With the remainder, addad to the exoem they anticipate for 1633 they propose to carry out renova tions as noted in the Hon. Beore- tary's report. Entrance, fees have not been credited to Income and Expenditure but have been carried straight to the Balance Bheet, where they are shown as Fund,
It should be noted that the "Rế serve Fund now amounts to 81,339.34, which is made up of the 1932 Entrazion fees and the Balance of the Income and Expenditure Account.
Thanks.
Members... Eighty-eight new members joined during the year and there were 50 resignations. At the end of Decem [ber 1932 there were 339 members on the Roll, of whom, 86 were ab sont, Ladies, Inter-Club Challenge. Shield The annual competition for this Shield was held on the courts of the UBRO an February 25 between the Pink Club, the U.8.1.C., and the LR U. (holdere), and the result and Mr. G. Maündér, A OA, Was a victory for the LBC which and Mr. F-Lobel for auditing the
The Committee wish to thank Meners Palmer & Turner for their services as Honorary Architecta, the members of the Grounds Committee and the Rev. N. Evans for work in connection with the Courts, etc
Mr. F. H. Melland.
Air Line Veteram,
First of Imperial Airways pilots to pass an aggregate flying time of 10,000 hours is Mr. G. P. Olley, who, a week ago, had exceeded 10,080 hours carefully recorded time in the afr.
have passed through the institution,
upon half a century was associated The Order of Merit.
with Malvern College, was buried yesterday at Malvern. Representa- Mr. Galsworthy's death reduces tives of the College, its Council, the number of literary men in the past and present staff, and pres Order of Merit to five. These are fects representing the boys attend- Barrie, Sir James ed. The mourners included his six Sir James Frazer, the distinguished Chin- surviving sons, H.K., W., Basil bridge scholar; Sir George Grier- 8., K.N., M.N., and N.J.A. Foster.
Death of Famous Dancer. He is in charge of the special son, who is one of the greatest
Madame. Espinosa, one of charter department, and has car-living authorities on Oriental lan- ried out many remarkable missions guages and literature; the Rav
The Prince of Wales, many other Montague Rhodes James, the clas- most famous, of Victorian dancers, princes, and numerous Presidents sical scholar who has been Provost died at Ashford, Middlesex, early She was eighty-four and Ministers have been his pas of Eton College,since 1918; and yesterday. sengers. Altogether, he has carried Professor G. M. Travelyan, the his- year old.
over 12,000 passengers.
George III's Grandson,
torian,
the
Known to the theatre-goers of generations ago, Madame Espinosa was in her prime at the latter ond of the last century, and when King Edward was the Prince of Wales be personally congratulated her on her fine dancing.
The Order is limited to twenty four member, and, now includes sixteen British members representa No one at the Hunt Ball, held attiva of science, philosophy, litera Romano's in aid of the Royal
*Discovered" by a Prince. Veterinary College, seemed to en-, art, medicine, and politics joy himself more thoroughly than
She made her first stage appear Sir Augustus FitzGeorge. Despite The late King Edward used to ance when only twelve years old at his nearly 68 years he was fox-trot claim that he discovered" Dame Drury Lane. Three years later she ting with the best, and gave some Clara Butt, the famous singer, went to Paris and appeared at the young men a quarter his age an whose 60th birthday "finds her re Forte St. Martin Theatre, where object lesson in the rhythm of the covering from serious operation. As she met her future husband, Mon- derice.
Prince of Wales he attended sieur Espinosa, who was the ballet The majority of the men were Royal College of Music perform- master.
circumstance ance of "Orfeo" at the Lyceum in hunting pink, a which gave an unusual and welcome Theatre, London, in which a tall, note of colour to a London restaur- dark, young girl made her first ant. Sir Augustus was among those public appearance in the role of
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