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LUK AND WONG IN OPEN DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS

Beat Owen Hughes And Pearce In Uninteresting Game

By Ex-Tennist"

By beating H. Owen-Hughes and T. A. Pearce in straight seis, 6-2, 6-2, Luk Ding-cheang and Wong Shal-wing qualified yesterday to meet the Rumjahn Cousins in the semi-finals of the Colony Open Tennis Doubles Championship.

The winners of this latter tie will play the Tsul Brothers, "Who are already in the final for the tide some time next week.

Yesterday's ganie was one of the with an easy lead of 4-1, dropped most uninteresting seen in the the next game, and won the next. current tournament which. In view two for set. This happened in of some of the very poor exhibl-botn stanzas. tions that have been put up. is Saying a lot.

sonte apposition.

...

WHAT OF TOMORROW?

COURAGE OF TENNIS SEASON OPENS

TOMMY FARR

GREATER THAN HIS PUNCH

WITH PROBLEMS

Shayes Probable No. 1 In

Davis Cup Singles

What gives the opening of the new lawn tennis season a special piquancy is the exciting uncertainty regarding the players who will be chosen to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup and Wight- man Cup matches, writes a Home correspondent, "

In the past four years, when Britain held the Davis Cup, the team did not require to be selected until July, and its leading mom- bors were practically a foregone conclusion.

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Now, with the exception of F. H. D. Wilde, în entirely new team falls to be selected, and’us the first round tie against, Roumania is due to be played at Harrogate very shortly, an early choice is anticip- Dated.

The Wightman Cup is competed. for only between women's teams

or the United States and Great

Great The selection of the 'team is ex-

satisfaction would be pected to follow the trials in which caused in Scotland if MacPhail also the following six players have been secured his place, Much will de- invited to take part:D. W. Butler, pend upon the trials, and on 'some The Chinese were, in any case. Their performance in this match

ET. Fuby, C. M. Jones, D. Mac-or the early tournament resulta. expected to win with something to is no criterion whatever of what

Tommy Farr has got more cour Phall R. A. Shayes, and Wide. I The outcome will be awaited with | are likely to do spare. but the Cricket Club pair. Wong and Luk was anticipated, would provide against the Rumlahn Cousins toge than anyone else I ever saw in rather fancy that Butler and keen expectancy.

the ring," says Arthur Donovan, Wilde will be reserved for the dou- Unfortunately.morrow but I think it is not im-

who refereed the British chambles, and that tho two singles however, Pearce experienced a de- probable, if they strike form right pion's fight against Maz Baer in players will be chosen from the finitely off-day and the result was away. that they will catch the New York.

other four. the Chinese Recreation Club couple Rumjahns, notoriously slow star- had everything their way.

The only bit of excitement. "napping." and take the first set. With that, I think., they will have to be content. It they can keep up the form they displayed In the first set of their match against, the Cousins there should in any case be a good game.

came at the end, when, 15-40 down

on Owen-Hughes' service, the Club pair saved the two match points and yet two more before golrig out. The run of the two sets is easily described....?

The Chinese went away

MACAO LYCEU'S HOME RACING

HOCKEY WIN Scrappy Match Our

Radio Ground »

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Probable Starters For City And Suburban

London, April 18...

The following are the probable starters for the City and Suburban

In a very scrappy match on the Stakes:- Radio Sports' Club ground, Caro-

Haring paid this tribute, Dong- van takes the sugar off the pill by waying: --

they had finish fights these days, l'are would be champion, of die world, but they don't have finish fights, and Tommy isn't champion because I don't honestly believe he can knock your hat off

THE FIRST FOOTBALLERS

GAME STARTED IN CHINA

In determining origins it is. al- ways as well to give at least a passing glance at Chinese history. which often leaves Greek and Ro- man "Innovations" at the post in the matter of precedence (writes a correspondent).

Perifox (P. Beasley); Fulisali (E. Une Hill, yesterday, the hockey Smith), Flag of Truce (Jones); Leam representing Macao Lyceu Puzzler (Rickaby); St. Magnus defeated the Combined Schools (Perryman); Rippontor (Beary)

Never Surprised (Gordon Rich- The Arst half was very evenlyards); Ban Salvo (Strett); Terror contested though the standard of (Maher); Orichalque (Simpson): ball are, as usual, surpassed by be Comaha (Weston); Reward (D. China, one of whose Emperors 'is

eleven by two goals to one.

play could by no means

Stevens),

The very early records of foot-

Pigskin (C. Richards); Intolerance 2,000 years B.C. Documentary ević- These ponies have not yet been fence, in any case, is in existence to show that the rules of the game

be described as high. The players Smith): Esquemeling (Richardson); said to have invented it more than on both sides were continually be pulled up for "sticks" and dan- gerous play though in fairness It must be added that the latter llotted riders:--Noble Turk, Lady were well established in the year was due to over-anxiousness to [ Shalott, Santayana, Elsbaa, score. Half time came with the Fedor. Apollo, score sheet blank.

(Reutes).

MACAO ONE UP

In the early part of the second half the Macao team scored through Borges but this success was short-lived and the Combined Schools soon equalised through Telok Singh.

From this stage onwards It" was all Macao and just before the anal whistle Goncelves made the issue certain for them with a fine goal. The teams were:-

MAÇAO: J. Mello; A. Basto, J. Noronha; A. Leltao, H. Rodrigues, A. Batalha; A. Siya A. Borges, A. Goncelves, G. Silva, J. Silva,

HONG KONG Ijaz Mohamed: B. Singh, M Singh; E. Singh, I. Marques, K. Singh: F. Rels, R Rocha. G. Singh, T. Singh, E. Mandosa.

FANLING GOLF

L. Goldman 18) and Mrs. Wood- ward (25) beat LR. Andrewes (4) and Mrs. Whyte Smith (17) by 4 and 2 in the final tie of the Mixed Foursomes Competition at Faniing during the week-end.

Sporting

Fixtures

200 B.C., when a handbook of foot- Mythicalras ball was printed.

HOME FOOTBALL

RESULTS

7 London, April 16. The following are the results of football matches in the English

eague, played today:

TODAY BADMINTON, YMCA Ladies'

Section 'Badminton. BRIDGE-Wörld Bridge Olympic.

at the Chinese Club, B. Des Voeux. Road Central, 8 pm. FOOTBALL-Second Division; Eu-, ropean-Sappers Royal-Scots- (Sookumpoo), 4.45. pm... Chinese Sappers v., 5th Bde. RA (800- kunpoo), 3.15 p.

and

MEETING. Victoria Recreation Club Annual Meeting. in the Club House, 6 p.m. RAZ SHOOTING, Hong Kong Rifle As-

sociation Weekly; Spoon Fractice Shoot, Army Ranges, Kowloon City, 2 p.m. SWIMMING -Swimming Meeting. in European YMCA Pool, 6.15

TENNIS Open Singles Semi-final: Tsuf Tin-put v. H/D Rumjann ((HROC), 430 pmama bard

FIRST DIVISION, Bolton, 2, Manchester C. 1. Brentford 3, Arsenal 0. Charlton 4. Blackpool.1. Derby 0, Huddersfiela 4. Leicester 1. Wolves 1. Liverpool 1..Middlesbro 1. "Portsmouth 3, Grimsby 0. Preston N.E, 0: Chelsea 0. Stoke 0. Leeds 1.

Sunderland 2. Everton 0. West Brom. 4. Birmingham 3. · SECOND DIVISION

Barnsley 1, Coventry 1. Blackburn 1, Shefeld W. 0. Bradford 3, Chesterfield 2. Luton 2. Notts 'F. 2. Manchester V.'4, Burnley. 0. ' Norwich 1, Newcastle 1. Plymouth 2. West Ham 1. Shefeld U. 1. Tottenham 1. Southampton 4, Fulham 0. Stockport 0, Bury 1

Swaneas 2; Aston Villa 1.

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Bristol R. 2," Cardiff 1.′′ Exeter 0, Reading 2. Ollingham 2: Crystal Pal. 4. Mansfield 3. Bournemouth 2. Newport 0, Bristol C. 0. Northampton 1, Walsall 1: Notts 0-1-Watford 25 Queen's P.R. 3, Clapton 0. 2. Southend 4, Aldershot 1, Swindon 1, Millwall-2- Torquay 0, Brighton 1. —THIRD DIVISIÓN (NORTHY

Barrow 0. Hartlepools o

*Carlisle 0, Rochdale 1. Darlington 1, New Brighton 0. Gateshead 0; Oldham 0. Halifax 0, Doncaster 1. Hull 0; Port Vale 0.

Lincoln' 3, Crewe 2. "Rotherham 1'Accrington

Trafimero 7, Southport 2, Wrexham 3, Chester 1. *Kicked off at 6.15 p.m.”

* SCOTTISH LEAGUE * FIRST DIVISION":"" Celtic des Partier 1, Rangers 1

'TWENTY FEET POSTS

The Chinese game, naturally, waz not run on exactly the same liries as our F.A. Cup-tte matches. The ball was a bag of leather stuffed with hair The goalposts were two long bamboos, twenty or thirty feet high, with a silken net stretched across, over which the ball had to be kicked. Points decided the game, which, as may be seen, had ecrtain affinities with Rugger.

LOSING CAPTAIN BEATEN, The players were barefooted and were permitted to kick the ball in seventy

Their different ways, starice, as described in the book of rules. was that "the body should be as straight as a pencil, the hands hanging down as though carrying janings: there should be great elasti-. cityof movement and the feet should be as though jumping ori skipping."."

The winning team received prizes of fruit and flowers, while the cap tain of the unfortunate losers was severely beaten. Nothing seems to be said about a referee/

BASEBALL STARTS

U.S. President.Throws First Ball Of Game

[^; New- York, April 18. The 1938 Baseball season in the United States opened today with a surprise result, the New York Yan- kees, World Series winners last. year, being humbled in their first game by the Boston Red Sox."

President Roosevelt threw the first bail: in the game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washington Benatom. Gd.

The Yankees collected four runs from six hits, but the Red Sox sent eight men across the home' plate from 11 hits. Chapman hit a home run for the Boston outat

No fewer than 20 runs were scoréa this encounter, the Senators claiming 12 and the Athletics eight: Lewis and Bonure hit for the circuit for the Senators (Renter),

"SCOT'S CLAIM

Britain,

WIGHTMAN CUP This year's match will he played When Shayes played for Eng- land against Scotland in the in-at Wimbledon on June 16 and 11. ternational match at Poliakshields I cannot recall any year in which last year, I was very much im- the United States was represented pressed by his vigorous style. Re by, so powerful a alde as this year's reminded me of Ferry. As he has selection-Mrs Wills Moody, Miss been playing "successfully in the Marble, Miss Jacobs, Miss Riviera tournaments this year, it Bundy, and Mrs. Fabyan, with Miss will not surprise me if he is the G. Wheeler as reserve. No. 1 singles man.

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