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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22.

1932.

SPEED UP TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

HONGKONG TOURNAMENT NEEDS

RE-ORGANISING

BROADCAST SUGGESTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY L.T.A.

MAKE IT A REAL "OPEN". EVENT

By "VERITAS" ›

ONE OF THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE, and, allow-

ing for certain eventualities, the most practical, ideas put forward on behalf of local tennis, was contained in the tentative suggestion made to the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association by Mr. Denis Hazell when he gave his broadcast talk on Monday evening.

PROLIFIC SCORER

CRICKET

ANDREW SANDHAM, the Sur.

up

roy batsman, who not ony hit 215 against Somerset, but assisted Hobbi in putting on 264 run for the first wicket.

There is without doubt a great need for the local tennis championships to become more "open" in charac- ter: not only is new blood required, but it should also, if possible, offer a definitely higher standard of play than is to be found among our present leaders of tennis HOW in Hongkong. To be assured of this it is necessary that!

the best players from Shanghai, Malaya, Indo-Chine SARAZEN and the Philippines should take part in the champion- ships.

Unfortunately the

THE REMEDY.

courts, 1

of the

WON

Sandwich, June 10, Playing consistent and superh golf, Gene Sarazen. the #1-year- jold tato-American, won the Bri-, tish open golf championship with

CENTURIES GALORE

BATSMEN SCORE AT WILL IN MANY DRAWN GAMES

London, June 22. Huge aggregates and num- bers of splendid individual -scores were registered in homesido cricket during the past three.days. Only a few encounters finished with definite result, Kent figuring the teams who Among secured the full complement of points.

&

Hobbs scored his third successive century, and Sandham hit up 215 against

E. D. ANDREWS TO PAY RETURN VISIT.

Prominent Tennis Player Due Here In September,

E. D. Andrews, the British International Club'player and ex-singles champion of New Zealand, who visited Hong- kong last year and gave ex- hibition matches, is returning on another business trip to the Far East this autumn.

He is due to arrive in Hong- Long in early September, and will probably remain in the Colony for some little time. Andrews WAR so impressed with his first visit, that there

is small doubt of him again playing exhibition tennis," al- though he will he denied the opportunity of taking his revenge on C.AL. Rumjahn. who last year sensationally defented the New Zealander.

Somerset. Three centuries were made in the Test Trial, efforts only reaped a partial re where the South had the ward, Notts having to rest con better of a drawn game.

INVILH met Gloucester, but his

CHAMPIONSHIP.

Gloucester

Naits beat

innings ot liristof.

Eteni with Best innings points. Staples scored 121 in the Notts |innings, which closed at 387, and this up by dismissing first followed on

Gloucester with the aid of Sam Arthur Staples Staples for 207. took five wickets for 95 runs and his brother 5 for 68.

Kent beat Hampshire nt Portsmouth

by 90 runs,

Surrey bent Somerset.

first

Dacre played a magnificent fore- ing innings for Gloucester scoring

Inning at Taunton. Warwick bent Glamorgan on first! Leicester beat Derbyshire on first! 109.

inninge at Birmingham,

inning at Chesterfield,

TEST TRIAL.

chester.

FRIENDLIES.

at Man

Notts batsmen assumes the jascendancy a second time, and the closure was applied at 183 for one ¡wicket, but Gloucester played out

time scuring 161 for 2 wickets.

D.R. WILCOX 112

Oxford bent Essex by 2 wickets ut

Leyton. Sussex dres with Cambridge nt,

Hove.

!

Century for Cambridgè” Against Sussex at Hove

:

D.R. Wilcox scored a

century

AR Indin bent Worcester by for Cambridge against Sussex

wickets at Worcester,

HONOURS LIST.

Batting.

existingį stage, were arranged and allowed methods on which the champion to be played

on other ships are run practically rule out Neutral courts could doubtless be

enforced in SPLENDID GOLF IN any hopes of "outside" compeli- | obtained, strictness

to the playing tion. To ask a player from any respret

BRITISH "OPEN" of the northern de euthera parts match on the scheduled dale, and to forsake his business for three a rule imposed that all esults of of the months just for the privelege of matches played outside

Cricket Club to playing tennis is quité beyond the preciputs of the founds of practirability; and it is he handed in at the clubhouse not bera participation in our local later than the following morning hampionship has involved this AN ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE.

five strokes to spare and so carries North and South dres nerid, in the past that we have An additional advantage to be back to America the chief British from this I never enjoyed the presence of such derived

system golf title for the ninth year in exponents us Aragon from the ot iver eliminating Tourna-

Sarazen'a wonderful; succession. Philippines, Lin Bong-gon, Roy ment

thes Wond

The encourute- itafal of 283 strokes is two better Saith. from Singapore. Gordon ment il offers to 1 young than the figures of the remarks brie! Lum and Tawara from Shanghai, ambitious and progressive player. Bobby Jones at St. Andrews in and many other notable players. who, although probably quite a 1927. The American was amazing- useful exponest, has, through they consistent with his iron shots, of conducting His brilliant But there does appear to be a existing methods

play attracted an remedy for this in Mr. Hazell's the championship, every chance of enormous gallery of 5,000 specta- suggestion. As he very rightly, running up against one of the tors for the final round. and rather significantly, pointed leading players and of having his !

Sambam (Surrey) v. Somerset 215 out, from the 82 entrants f the hopes squashed in the first rounst.

130 championships ins February it Success breeds confidence and if;

Hammend (South) v. North.... would be difficult to selert a dozen a player knows he is liable to bid for the. British title, but until K. S. Duleepsinkj) (South) v.

He remotest meet, in the early rounds, players to-day he was unsuccessful. Santall (Warwick) v. Glamorgan 127 chance of figuring in the final of his own calibre, with definite likes the Prince's course, for it Hobby (Surrey) . Somerset Actually it can be reduced to six chances of advancing to a later suits the powerful game he plays Akers-Doughs (Kent) Y.

It is sometimes called the most dif-| at the pulside: they are, S. A. Intage bi the competiting. he is tournament

(Notis) v. Gloucester 121 Rumjahn. E. C. Fincher, Honda, going to enter the M. W. La, Tsui Wai-pu, LA.E.4more effectively armed tax is dealt courses in Europe, a egure A. Cassumbboy and H. D. Rumjahn. he knew, with the presence of the which, with prevailing high winds, Croom (Warwick) y, tilamorgan 115 Assisted by such a fact it does first grade players, his "life" in a premium on long iron play. Armstrong (Leicester) v. Derby 113

This year, in America, Shrazen D. R. Wilcox (Cambridge) v.

Sussex wem fairly divious that the only the championship was going to be was said to be playing the best golf way in which to make the tournn-limited to a couple of rounds at ment additionally interesting is to the outside. stage an eleminating contest, and! confine the championship proper The 1. T. A. is still without its Hercules" for he hits the ball ter- to, at the must, 32 players. This, "home," and indications are that rifienfly hard. It is interesting to as was indicated on Monday even-it will remain so for some consiste that he remains one of the|Putne (Warwick) v Glamar- in, would allow the championshipderable time. This means that

very few big golfers in the world to be Gnished within a fortnight, the organisation of the champion!- (who still use the old-fashioned Amar Singh (All-India) Rad would, undoubtedly, make pas-ships Men's singles and doubles) interlocking grip.

b. participation by the leading will remain in the hands of the

The only Englishman who came Tate (South) v. North

and adayer of the North and South. Hongkong Cricket

The within striking distance of the

Geary (Leicester) v. Derby In addition. I am confident, it Club has heretofore, formulated remarkable figures of Sarazen was

skire

who

the would have

1. T. A. MUST ACT,

BEST GOLF OF CAREER. Saruzen has made a continuous

North

of his career and during the last Sutcliffe (North). South....

Dacre (Gloucester) v. Notts

128

when these teams played a drawn match at Hove. Sussex put on 316 in their first knock to which | Cambridge replied with 305.

The country team declared their second innings at 265 for 6, und Cambridge, batting strongly finished up with 182 rụns on the bourd for the loss of wickets.

AMAR SINGH'S BOWLING

124

All India Beat Worcester by Three Wickets

three days he has confirmed it. A. Ingle (Somerset) v. Surrey 102 He has been called the "pocket|

* Signifies not out.

gan ..

-Worcester

Dowling.

พร

the

A splendid bowling feat 112 accomplished by Amar Singh 110ainst Worcester, when he cup- 100 tured seven wickets for 78 runs. The county team compiled 294 at the first time of asking Nawab of Pataudi contributing 83. The indinis topped thisby three runs, Nazir Ali (56) and 7 for 65

Lal Singh (52) doing the scoring. 7 for 78 Worcester's second knock realis- 4 for ed only 210, and with Naidu (G1) 3 for 1 and Nazir All (56) batting well, the Indians secured the necessary 6 for 40 runs with ease.

Club.

would help to eliminate one or two its own bye-laws to govern the Arthur Havers, the only British S. Staples (Notts) v. Glou-

5 far 08:

rester

5 for, 69

5 for 95 5 for 108

TOURNAMENT TAKES TOO

LONG.

was

Tendencies which tend rather to rub eompetition, and, sennty as they contender to carry off the open) the championships of their all have been, they have apparently title since 1921. Havers was 46 Freeman (Kent)' v. "Hamp-

the proved sufficient to meet glamour and appeal.

refor two rounds

shire and to-day hef quirements of the tournament. broke the course record with a A. Staples (Notts) v. Glou-.

The position to-day however, is truly

cester magnificent 68, which Although the tournaments this somewhat different to that of. brought him within four strokes Voco (North) v. South your were completed in almost say, three years ago. There now of the American. Sarazen record time, yet I do not hesitate exists a properly recognised Lawn first round this afternoon and re- Ho assert that they covered to Tennis Association, whose objects, turned n. 74, thus leaving Havers long a period. Whilst taking full the control and maintenance of all the almost impossible task of get- cognisance of pecular local condi- local championships, competitions. ting a 69 after his record-breaking are fea-Interport and exhibition tennis GR." Ilovers failed to do it and tions. I feel that there tures in the organisation of the matches. have been accepted by

(Continued on Page 9.) Men's Championships in Hong-its affiliated members, which in-

which compare very uncludes kong

Hongkong Cricket favourably with any open tourna Club. ment in England.

I would seem then, that al- In the first place they ars, held at though the Association must re- ander obligation to the the wrong time of the year, inviting main

the

as they do at present, disturbance Cricket Club for the maintenance and returdance through wet wea-of the Men's championships, in so ther. Surely the autumn is the far that the Club's ground is the ileal time of the year for the only one available and suitable

The championship

players, for such an event, it has the power through participation in league to set up rules to govern such a tennis during the summer would competition, and there seems no be in good practice, and in addition reason why the L.T.A,, should not, would NOL be enllesl upon toif so desires, introduce a new enter straightway into competisystem for conducting the tourna tive tennis after somo four months ment on the lines set out above, absence from the courts,

or in any other manner thought; Secondly the early rounds take fit by the Association, for too long to complete. In

ONUS OF INITIATIVE. England where there are entry I am not suggesting the As80-1 Hists of anything up to 150 to 200 ciation acts in an arbitrarily way players, a tournament consisting regarding this. The Association of four open events and probably and the Cricket Club have worked four to six handicap events, is amicably together over the cham- finished within six days. The pionships for the last two years, fact that play is continuous from and there is no reason why 11 a.m. to sunset dally does not changes of any sort should cause greatly alter the local position, a rift in the lute.

BIGGER DAILY PROGRAMMES. Nevertheless the onus to take It in fairly obvious to anyone the initiative in a matter such as familiar with the organisation of this is upon the Lawn Tennis As- the Hongkong championships that sociation, na the governing body Ita the absolute maximum numbers of for the game in Hongkong. matches at present played during rulings in all matters affecting one day la mine. Generally local competitive tennis, if carry- apoaking it is six or seven. Surelying with them the majority opinion these is plenty of means of im- of the Council, must be accepted, proving upon this? The Hong-and If the Association feels that

Cricket Club, round the whose thore is room for some sort of havo in change in the organlantion of the the phat been

do not

Colony, attempt to

gates"

for Championships in the

it is now in the correct posi- matches in the first three rounds.tion to affect those alterations, They would therefore be losing The very least which can be nothing if, during this porled, said for Mr. Hazell's suggestion is additional matches to those which that it is worthy of offcial ex- the Cricket Club ground could ploration.

Копя

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Scores a Century and Takes Five Cheap Wickets. Arthur Staples was in great form with the bat and ball when

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