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H. D. RUMJAHN GIVEN A FRIGHT TENNIS STARS" VISIT

OWEN HUGHES, the luterport cricketor in action against E. C. Fincher in the Tennis Champion- ship yesterday. (Photo J. C. M. Grenham).

MAMAK FIXTURES FOR FEBRUARY

FULLY EXTENDED BY

A. E. P. GUEST

KEEN TENNIS

SIGNALS START

OF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

TEDDY FINCHER WINS COMFORTABLY FROM OWEN HUGHES

W. C. HUNG surprisingLY BEATEN

(By "Veritas").

THROW up the stay sheets, measure the net, the ball boys are waiting, the umpire is ready, and so are the players! Roll up the curtain! The 1933 Tennis Championships have started. Let's Go!

This was the mental picture one conjured up at the Hongkong Cricket Club ground yesterday afternoon, when the first series of matches in connexion with the Open Singles tournament were played.

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H. D. RUMJAHN affecting backhand chop against A. E P. Guest, whom he beat yesterday. (Photo J. C. M. Grenham).

DELAYED

Japanese Davis Cup Team Due Here in March

The visit of the Japanese Davis Cup team to Hongkong has been delayed, and tho players will not be seen here until early in March.

First advices of the Japanese LTA, atated that Jiro Satoh, Nunol and Ito, who were travelling to Europe to participate in the International tennis tournament this year, would pass through Hongkong on February 16.

Yesterday the local Tennis Ae- sociation received a cable stat- Ing that the team would be leaving Kobo by the s.s. Fushimi Maru on February 20, and they would arrive In Hongkong about March

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Arrangements are still in band regarding their reception here and in exhibition their appearanco Imatches.

FOLEY TO FIGHT JUDGE

The programme and the play provided a good start THIS MONTH to the event, and although the sensation-seekers were Thirteen Matches Now to disappointed, the tennis was sufficiently interesting to

be Played

The following are the Mamak tournament Axtures for February:

FEBRUARY STIL

Tamar K. 1. T. C.

(King's Park, 4.15 p.m.) University Phoenix

(King's Park, 4.15 p.m.) FEBRUARY 13TH. Police Veteran

(Naval ground. 4 p.m.) R.E. 12th Battery

(Sookunpoo, 4 p.m.) FEBRUARY 15TH.

Signala v Germans

(Marina, 4.30 p.m.) FEBRUARY 19TH. Radio y St. Andrews.

Hold the attention of a large number of spectators. FOR HEAVYWEIGHT

The beginning gr 11 new championship always brings back YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

flood of memories and remini- scences, and of course one is OPEN SINGLES (IST ROUND) {

watchful for any improvement or loss of ferm in the old favorites.

If the supporters of H. D. Rum jahn are going to take his display yesterday as a serious criterion of his present form, then they are probably resigned to his defeat in the text round.

WILLFUL NEGLECT. H. D. certainly did not play extraordinarily well. In fact t times he was heart-breaking. But frankly I am convinced that he was not seen anywhere near his true self at any period against A. E. P. Guest.

E. S. Howard, beat H. R Todd, w.o.

I. M. A. Razack beat F. H. Kwok 7-5, 6-4.

Lee Yule-wing beat C. Sloan 6-2, 6-0.

S. W. Llang beat Ng Kum- chuen 6-4, 6-3,

H. D. Humjahn beat A. E. P. Guest 9-7, 6-4.

E. C. Fincher beat II. Owen Hughes 6-2, 6-1.

1. J. Armstrong heat W. C. Hung 6-4, 2-6, 6-4,

Perhaps one of the most uning 5-3. Guest, driving well and (Marina, 9 a.m.) expected features of Ramjahn's secking the left hand corners game was his willful neglect of with unerring accuracy pushed his tactics, or rather, the manner in way up to 5-nl and cetually led which he blinded himself to the at the eleventh game, obvious.

FEBRUARY 21ST.

.

Parthian v 12 Battery

(Naval ground, 4.15 p.m.) FEBRUARY ZZND.

Whishart v R. A. S. C.

(Sookunpoo. 4 p.m.) Veteran v K. L. T. C.

(Naval ground, 4 p.m.) FEBRUARY 24TH.

Signals v Veteran

(Marina, 4.15 p.m.)

FEBRUARY 25TH.

Police v Radio

(U.S.R.C., 4.15 p.m.) FEBRUARY 27TH.

Polico v Wishart

(Naval ground, 4 p.m), FEBRUARY 28TH.

Tamar v St. Andrews

(Happy Valley, 4.15 p.m.);

To-

MEDWAY AGAIN LOSE. H.M.S. Medway had another verze in the Blamak tournament yesterday when they wero defeated by four goals to one at Caroline H by the University. The score would indicate a rather one-alded; match but the naval men had a fair share of the exchanges.

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He played into Guest's hands and very nearly paid the price. It was fouch and go whether he

E. C. FINCHER DRIVES,

would be forced to a third set, for

Up to the interval there was no at one time in the second, he was score, but after the change over the 16-40 and 4-2 down. Only then Varsity netted on four occasions did he take his courage into his through S.A. Reed and A.M. Rod-hands and adopt the game which rigues, each player acoring twice. he should have done from the Tho Medway replied with a single. beginning.

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The Royal Engineers gained further Maniak League points yesterday, when

goals to 1.

Rumjahn made the mistake of indulging in baseline tactics, and when, after 20 minutes play, it was

SAFETY PLAY. Hia own errors more than

CHAMPIONSHIP

FIRST TOURNEY OF SEASON

AT LEE THEATRE

A.B. Foley, a fleet cham-

pion of H.M.S. Ber- wick, and A.B. Judge, China Fleet title holder of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, will meet in a bout for the Heavyweight Champion- ship of Hongkong at the Lee Theatre on Wednes. day, February 15.

A. B. JUDGE.

Local Players Invited to Shanghai,

LAU MAU & S. Y. LI.

This was announced at a meet- ing of the Hongkong Boxing As- sociation last night, when it was FOOTBALL RUMOUR. decided definitely to stage the Rumjahn's brillianey lost him the first tournament of the season on twelfth, and the struggle, with Wednesday week.

The Foley Judge scrap will bo tennis becoming poorer and poor the main item of the programme, er as safety tactics were more and and the remainder of the bouts more employed on both sides, con- have not yet been finally settled. tinued until the sixteenth game, when Rumjahn broke through to BOTH TITLE HOLDERS. capture the first set.

Local boxing fans will welcome

A report emanating from Shanghai Guest, not in the least bit per- the opportunity of seeing a fight has it that two of Hongkong's Chinese turbed by this, and with his eye for a Colony title, and as both footballers are being engaged by the well in and his strokes coming Foley and Judge are extremely Three Cultures, who, it will be ro with perfect freedom, proceeded capablo contenders; the event membered, recently secured the sor- to outplay Rumjahn in the uccond should be something out of the vices of Suen Kam-ahun, the versatile Interporter, and Wong, Shiu-wah, stanza, and went away to a 4-2 ordinary. lead. He jumped away to 40-15 Foley has just arrived in Hong-both Chinese Athletic players. in the seventh game and it ap-kong with a brilliant reputation poared certain that a third set was and an equally impressive record the South China A. A., is stated to have accepted an offer to play for the to be seen, when Rumjahn sudden He has fought at the Crystal Three Cultures in Shanghai, but as ly galvanized himself into action. Palace for the heavyweight title yet it is not definitely known whother and has already claimed a Fleet Lau Mau will leave Hongkong. Mr. Mok, ing, manager of the South championship. He adopted the initiative,

Only last month, Judge walked China footballers, stated yesterday added pace to his strokes, varied away with the China Fiest heavy- that he did not think Lau Mau would his length and direction, sought weight laurels, when, boxing with for his net openings and then infinite skill, he beat Marine went up to take them. He was Lewis on a technical knock out. quickly on level terms and from then on the end was obvious, although Guest had a magnifi- cent cliance of saving the tenth game when he had H. D. right) out of position and all the court into which to hit the ball; he tamely put it into the net.

GALVANIZED,

E. C. Fincher. pleased with the manner in which he went through his first encounter. In stroke play, speed and court-craft, he was Immensuably superior to

Owen

LUONTO TO-DAY'S MATCHES

FIERCE HITTING.

By Ames and Allen in Brisbane Match.

M.C.C. EIGHT FOR 303,

Lau Mau, the. brilliant left back of

the off

It will be remembered that Lau Mau was selected to represent Hongkong

when S. Strange was injured. The Chinese player, who was reservo in November last, played a sound game in defence and gave able assistance to Allen, the Royal Artillery back, who was his partner.

The other niuyer whose services are stated to have been accured by the Shanghai club Li Shok-you, the loft winger of the Tsung Tola Association. On several occasions he has figured In Combined Chinese teams on the left wing, and it was hoped that ho would sign registration forms for South China to appear for them in the Senlor Shield matches. He has not Brisbane, Fob. G. Three thousand people saw the yet been transferred from his old M.C.C. tourists lose three wickets for Association to South China, and it la 80 runs this morning on a good wicket stated that he has accepted the and in fine weather. H, W. Sutcliito invitation from Shanghai to join the effort to extricate themselves from land, two. D. R. Jardine was 17 not their position at the bottom of the out at lunch.

they defeated the 24th Battery by aabylons that his ground strokes on OPEN SINGLES (1ST ROUND) scored 35, II. Verfty 21 and M1. Le-Three Cultures, who are making every

the backhand were as weak as water, he persisted in this game, I for one thought he was going to

CANTON SPORT commit suicide.

COMPETITION BY W. R. FLOTILLA

CONFIDENCE AND PATIENCE.

Guest is not a stylist-that is judged by the modern method of otroke production, but he has any amount of confidence in his ground strokes, which are made very late and with a perfectly flat racket, and in addition possesses the patience to main- tain a rally until his opponent does something rash,

Lee Hau-Ngak v N. A. E. Mackay.

Firdos Khan v J. W. Leo nord.

Luk Ding-cheong F. IL Wong.

Yew Man-kit v G. Laf. L. Goldman v 8. A. Gray. Ilo Ka-inu v Tuul Yun-pui. D. Hazell v Tsol Ping-fan

Shamoon, Feb. 6. The annual sports of the West) River Flotilla were held on Friday and Saturday on the Shameen

Hughes, whose two strokes-Ber« vico and forehand drive-were tennis courts. The winning boat,

never good enough to upset the was the Scamew, which gained

The best method of overcoming well-equipped Teddy. 80% points, Clenia second with

Flacher also appeared to find 68, Tarantula third with 29, him is from the net, and with Moorhen fourth with 26.

The visitors' race was won by

.

The M.C.C. had scored 303 for league. eight wickets at the close of play, Jardine and Wyatt knocking up 34

and 40 respectively, Sutcliffe 35, Ham- ONLY THREE FINISH. mond 27, Ames 44 not out including five fours, and Allen 60, including 101 four

Ames and Allen by flerco hitting added 70 runs in 48 minutes for the! eighth wicket-Bouter,

SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

Retained by New South Wales: S.A. Beaten.

Yesterday's Yacht Racing

at North Point.

Only three of the 18 yachts that contested the Ninth Ladies' Cham

at North nionship yachting event Point yesterday, finished within the time limit. The lucky three "I" Class yachts.

Details:

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"I" Clan Started at 8 p.m.

F.T. C.T. Pan. Pts Total

1. 37 K.67.68 6.57.58 3

(Mrs. T. P. K. Hemble)

6.60.28 6.54.51

"H. D.'s" powerful volleying it was the slow court to his king and

Reli Sydney, Feb. 0. naturally expected that he would got any amount of "work" on the

Now South Wales has retained Mr. Stirling, with Bir., Huber carry out his attack from that part halls. Incidentally, not for a long second, the ladies' race by Mrs. of the court. He did so only in time have I seen the Club courts so the Shaffald Shield, defeating Dinn Kleek, with Mrs. Rond second, and the closing stages and met with lifeless, and the previous night's South Australia by 98 to-day. the children's race by Mary Wolcott, with Daphne Harrison second.

instant success,

Guest was admirably restrained And not without a working knowledge of court-craft and In spite of the cold weather tactics, He quickly found Tum- there was a good. gathering Jahn's weakness and pumelled the especially on Saturday, and the Indlan's backhand in the first set sports ware as usual a great to such an extent that Rumjahn success. Our Own Correspondent. temporarily collapsed after lead-

possible.

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(Miss A Blake) N. S. W. batted first for 118, and Dorothen 6.68.51.6.63.43 10 28

(Mrs. H. M. Knill) rain appeared to affect them more

Colleen

D.N.S.

11 than one would have imagined South Australia replied with 114.

upu nyn &“ng" Classes Started at Thanks to Bradman (97), MoCabe (67), and Brown (79), N. 8. W. 8.5 p.m.Allan, Why Wonder, Blue compiled 350 in the second innings jacket, Speedwell, Cael, Eunice. Did and then dismissed South Austra not Gnish in time.

"A" Class started at 5.10 [p.m lla for 257, of which Nitschke

finlah In time. Reuters Specisi. scored 105 and Richardson 85 Wasp 11, La Linda, Joss. Did Not

AFFECTED BY COURTS, I think possibly H. D. Rumlahn was affected through this and I am certain Hazack, who bant Kwok in (Continued on Page 9.).

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