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THE HONGKONG PH.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1933.

FINCHER & GOLDMAN NEARLY BEATEN

5-3 DOWN IN LAST SET

TENSE STRUG GLE AGAINST

LEE AND LUK

TACTICS LOSE GAME FOR CHINESE

(By "Veritas").

A crowd of 200 yesterday saw one of the most ab- sorbing and tensely exciting. matches of the tennis tournament to date, when E. C. Fincher and L. Goldman, last year's doubles finalists, were taken to three sets by Luk Ding-cheong and Lee Wai-tsoi, before they gained entry into the second round of the Open Doubles.

Fincher and Goldman were might almost say they were As a matter of fact I am sure a little bit of enterprise they would have won, and thus been the means of causing the first Gives this, we shall see them in the big susation in the current final. tournament.

lucky to pull the game round. that had Luk and Leo displayed onthience in their ability and strokes,

HO'S FINE GAME.

Ho Kalau gave a very definite an- Fewer games have called for reali tactics than that of yesterday when swer to the question, "Can he beat the Chinese pair led -3 in the nna Toui Yin-pui7" when ho met the set, They had assumed that im- young Chinees in their postponed portant advantage by clinging to a game yesterday. system of concentrated lobbing, Al- though it had obtained for them. this ascendancy in gansea, it had never reached the point where Fincher and Geldman were a played-out force. This, unfortunately, did not strike te and L, Wild Cinunua to in- dulge in persistent lobbing without any variation, and so allowed the

ex-finalists to recapture the

ground and eventually to finish the right side of the result.

DRIVING NEEDED.

Test

He won in straight sets, and I think it was the nest singles 'game I have see a ever play. He dis played an impenetrable defence and an equipment of strokes which was, '

RINGTAIL'S SELLECTIONS FOR SUNDAY.

1st Race.

Winchester Stag Tom Cobley Jan Stower

- 2nd Race,

Festival Evo Britannic Hall Cloudy Eve"

3rd Race.

White Stara Potor Davoy Demurrer

4th Raco. Rooslan Loch Ryan Duke of Milan

5th Race.

Christmas Bello Donnabella Chernal

6th Race. Imperial Hall The Quail Much Ado

7th Race.

Pat

Inshallah Esculado

in some respects, quite a revelation MAMAK LEAGUE TABLE

He was decidedly too good for Taui,

who, I thought, played much better

FANLING

RACE MEETING

CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS

AN EXCELLENT. PROGRAMME

A change has been made in the usual straight-out atdeple- chuse and hurdie events for the race meeting to be held at Fanling on Sunday, and three races have been include ed in the programme for pon: les of qualified hunters.

Cne of these events is for heavyweights all the pon'es rac- ing at a weight of 168 pounds, another for lightweights, with 150 pounds handicap, and the third for ladies' pon.es carrying 140 pounds.

Each of these races will be unofficial and will bo over cross counry, a dia- tance of approximately a mlies. The course will be flagged, but the Inning post will be the usual one with the competitors Onishing up the straight,

FOUR GOOD PONIES. The first race for the Hunters' Heavyweight Cup has attracted 14

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUEL ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1938 18th, 20th. 21st, 22nd and 25th,...

February, 1938,

On Saturday 18th, Monday 20th Tuesday 21st, and Wednesday 22nd, February, the first bell will be rung t 11a.m., and the first race will be rua at 11.30 am. On Saturday, the 25th February, the first bell will be rung at 1.30 pm and the rat race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

The tilin Interval will be taken after the fifth raca in the first four days.

MEMBERS'

BADGES AND ENCLOSURE.: Members are reminded that they and their ladies must wear their badges prominently displayed.

No one without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Eaclesure, Badgca admitting non-members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax or $40.00 Including tax for the Meeting (Indles $5.00 and $20.00 respectively), are obtainable through the Secretary upon introduction by a Member, such Member to be respon- sible for all chits, etc.

Badges admitting to Members' En- closure will NOT be on sale at the

Race Course.

The Secretary's' Omeo. "Ord Floor, will close at 10 am, on the first Gloucester Building. (Tel. 27794), four days, and at 13.30 pm, on the

fifth day.

A limited number of Tiffins writt be obtainable each day at the Glab House, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy. Tele phone No. 21920,

On no pretext will eltldren be por- mitted in either enclosure during the Arat four days of the Meeting..

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

than a year ago. He has curbed his Three Teams Have Points entries, including Black Maria, with Public Enclosure is $4.00 per day

on desire to hit his opponent of · thoj

court, and yesterday mixed them very cleverly.

Unfortunately he found He

I am confident that if Lak and Lee lind partially foranken their tobbing campaige after the eighth

AAMCOMMERCE KUTURAZIL

THE RESULTS

OPEN SINGLES (1ST ROUND).

Ho Kn-inu best Taul Yun-pul 6-3, 6-1

beat

OPEN DOUBLES (1ST ROUND)

Hazell and Williame Howard & Abbas 6-3, 6-4

Chan Su & W. B. Ho beat Stocker & Waring 6-4, 6-4

Goldman & Fincher beat Luk and Lee 2-6, 6-1, 7-5

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.

G.. Gamble bent D. S. Green G-0, 6-2

Deducted

Goals

on his top form-a player who treated them with clocklike regularity and Radio S. C.... 16 13 1 1 68 11 27 all shots in the name way, returning

P. W. D. L. F. A. Fts. perfectly capable of going up and Royal Signals 19 12 3 4 60 22 27 finishing a rally with an ace volley.. R. A. S. C. ... 10 11 3 5 34 24 25 On yesterday's showing llo would lat. HKS. Btry. 12 11 10 65 10 23 give anybody in Hongkong a run for Incognitos ... 11 10 1 0 31 0 21 thole money, and I certainly think we shall see him in the quarter finals, R. A. M. C. in spite of the fact that he runs up St., Androw's against either Hazell or Leonard In Police the third round,

STYLISH TSUL

Medway

Wishart

Varsity Parthian

19 6 7 8 31 27 19 20 7 6 8 26-31

12 8 2 2

10 7 2

8 0 3

12 70 5

13 6 2 0 25

Toui Yun-pu! is easily the most R. Engineers, 17 0 1 10 18 37 15 1stylish player in the Colony, but no Phoenix

11 4 3

4 20 21 11

yet he lacks experience and the with. Battery to win. The former deleney Veteran made very obvioun yesterday when his

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13 4 1 8 19 24 9

9 3 1 5 12 17 7 14 2 2 10 12 81 8 16 2 2 12 1" **

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game was compared to that of Ho K. E T. C. Ka-lau's

Nevertheless Taui hag a wonderful German Club..14 21 11 10 61 6 amount of latent tennis of the best 24th. Battery 10 12 7 8 28

R. A. O. C.

138 13 1 2 10 type in him, and perseverance in the 20th, Battery 12 11 10 3 20 2 future is bound to brine its reward.

In the above table two points His strokes are extremely good, albeit i

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Bir. Schreiber up, which is a very na cross-country runner and has had considerable hunting experience, to- gether with Duke of Normandy, which will probably be ridden by its owner.

I like the four Machine Gun Troop Donles which have been entered-Jan Stawer, Moucho, Red Leaves and Tem Cavity, and feel that out of these will come the winner and probably placed ponies.

Winchester Stag is also starting here and it has the guiding hand of Mr. Hope, an excellent c7088- country rider, its prospects cannot bo Ignored.

FESTIVAL EVE'S CHANCE.

Festival Eve will be given an ep- ita portunity of Improving upon last inglorious display when it starts in the February Hurdle race, and considering that it is only carry. ing 150 pounds, it would appear al most a certainty. This of course, is providing it does not emulate its previous feat of leaping the course, Colerity in another good entry, and he has the same tendency as his bros have been deducted from the Tamar

amongst the lesser lights aro Brit- ther to attempt drop ahots from high and Small Ships for a win, and tonic Hall, Imperial full, and Just bounding balin. They are rendered in- one point from the R.A.M.C. for Imagine. effective in that they are made obvious'a draw, against the 8th. Destroy-

Winchester. Stag hos and allow the receiver plenty of time era who have withdrawn from the entered for the Fox Hunters' Light- to get up to them.

weight event, I do not expect it to tournament.

In view of the number of post-face the starter. White Stars is a poned matches which have yet to nice little pony for this event, and it will probably have Mr. Ferguson in more whirlwind methods of at-cricket match on Sunday, the Volun- draw the attention of Clubs to sideration and the fact that Mr. To meet the Civil Service in a be re-played I have been asked to mounted. Social Mark is worth con- tack with drives and volleys, they tears will be represented by:-A.C. the fact that such matches should Schreiber is aboard Piccalili adda would have clinched the issue. Beck, A.D. Lowson, L.D. Klibce, J.E.

Capt. Cannon beat H. Owen Hughes 2-0, 6-2, 6-1

R. P. Newell beat L. T. Ride 6-1, 6-2

H. P. Day best R. B. Dunham 7-5, 6-2

game of the third set, and indulged:

CRICKET

As It was their lobbing, although Potter, N.A.E. Mackay, D.S. Harley,e played off as soon as possible F.S.W. Smith, R.H. Griffiths, KA. ensure the satisfactory progresu dangerous, became more and more Munro, R.B. Davies, and R. Stilliard. of the competition. collared, and it only required restraint; on the part of Fincher and Goldman, for them finally receive a lob so shert that a "kill" was made cany.

The game was won and lost on tactics, but no matter the result, It was a very fine exhibition of tennis, from which the lossera emerged with most of the credit.

EARLY SUCCESS.

The fact that they were up against last year's finalists would be sufficient lo upset most couples, but Luk and Lee, went to their task cheerfully and competently. They caught Fincher

nd Goldman on a day when con-1 fidence between the two was not at a; high point, and when their team work left much to be desired.

AUSTRALIA PILE

RUNS

FREE HITTING BY BRADMAN

BRILLIANT CATCH BY JARDINE

Brisbanz, Feb 10.

Although

considerably to this nominee's chances.

.. SENSATION EXPECTED... One of the most sensational races of the season is promised in the February

ON THE plechase, where there are eight

FOOTBALL

STAFFS ANNUAL MATCH

The following teama will take part in the annual football match between the Foreign and Chinese stairs

of

Lane, Crawfords, Ltd., on Sunday at the Kowloon Football Club, the kick of being at 9 a.m. sharp.

runners. Among them nre Loch Ryan, who has won three races out of four starts, Cloudy Eve, Country Club Duke of Normandy and Rooslan, who have all won lataly. White Heather and Devon are the remaining ponies, and although the latter has not been in the best of condition of late, it has picked up wonderfully well and may offer a definite challenge.

The price of admission to the Including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate,

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted to the Public Enclosure at $1.00 per day including tax.

Bookmakers, Tie Tar men etc. will not be permlited to operate within of The Hong Kong the precincts Jockey Club during the Race Meet- ing.

Tifins will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Public Enclosure.

SERYANTS' PASSES. Passes for Servants will be issued on application to the Secretary, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building.

Employers are requested to dis- tribute them with discrimination and

their to endorse

the

passen.

Servants are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties but their craplayers" must remain in stands.

names

on

Any persons found lottering with Servants' passes in their possession will forfeit the same and will removed from the enclosure.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 8th February, 1933. FANLING HUNT STEEPLECHASES.

SUNDAY, 12th February,

1st Race 2.15 p.m. Special Train leaves. Kowloon

1.05 p.nt. Returning 6.86 p.m.

First Class Return includes admittance to Race Course.

Incidentally Rooslan la being rid- den by that crack Shanghal jockey, Mr. V.V. Needs, who last year won Admission Public Enclosure $1.00. the Shanghai Grand National. 6o Service men in Uniform half price. look out for Rooslan!

Foreign Staff:W.C. Ogloy: RE. Chief Interest in the Fox Hunters' The Chinese took the opportunity Verity and Larwood resumed the with both hands, won the first set attack after the tea interval. Brad Skinner and B.S. Rogers: R.A. Ed- Ladies race is that it will go a long wards, S. MacNiler, and H. Burson: way to settling the popular argument, in the second, and Bnished to a blaze, was shaky in opening but lator R.H. Pickford, C.W. Balman, D.T. who fe Hongkong's best lady rider. in runaway fashion, were well held

regained confidence and helped to of glory.

put on 50 runs for the partnership Smith, H.E. Lewis and M.A. Xavier. Miss Fearon and Miss Pamela Scott Chinese Staff:-Tam Slu-chuen: Harston have been trying to decide In the early stages Luk Dingin 70 minuter. Verity was bowling Lau Kam-him, and A. Fun: Ho Wal-this for some time past, and although prominent admirably, his 10 overs including ten cheung, Ng Sum-fook, and Loung Fak-up to the moment Miss Fearon has cheong was especially

maidens for 25 runs, but he received sang: Cheng Blu-kwong, A. Kam, the better record, I rather imagine with his interceptions at the net and his general all-court work, ne asistance from the wicket and

country rider will turn the tables this whilat in the concluding rallies, Les failed to dismiss any of the batsmen, chow Ping, Wong Lou and Lo Yui-hen. Misa Harsten, who is a brilliant cross-

Bradman successively accred

time. plaved magnificently, volleying and boundaries to the off from. Hammond lobbing extremely well.

and in 241 minutes the 200 was holst- Making a bad start (they lost the ed. Then Woodfuil was clean bowled firal three games and the set at G-2), by Altchell who sent down a full Fincher and Goldmun had to force toss which disturbed the batsman's themselves to a restrained type of leg and middle stamps. The Aus- rame which ill-fitted either, although trallan captain was rocklike and it undoubtedly saved for them, the seldom attempted a forcing shot. Ho match.

was at the wickets for 244 minutes and scored acven foura,

CORRESPONDENCE.

Lawn Bowls Week.

To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Ma Fearon will ride Donatella. and Misa Haraton will guide Chris- mas Belle.

DIFFICULT TO FORECAST.

BOXING

LEE THEATRE Wednesday, 15th Fob., 1933

at 9.15 p.m.

Pronostication regarding the MAIN EVENT

brunry Flat race in not easy, but I think Imperial Hull stands a good chance, especially with Mr. Johnny Heard up, whilst other enticing on- tries are African Evo at 155 pounds, Sunning and Much Ado. The latter won a race at the last Macao meeting. In a field of nino I find it almost

M.G.T. February Dash over half a impossible to pick a winner for the mile, and am resorting to making

STEADY FINCHER.

After he had been at the wickets Teddy Fincher was wonderfully re- for 88 minutes Bradman sent up his

Bir,-Any of your readers who are Hablo, although

lofty which included eight fours. unconfident. found the light bad, and the dirty balls Allen went on in the place of Lariaterested in lawn bowls may care MeCabo cut the third to know that several matches are have never seo tennis balls get wood at 229. dirty so quickly as those in the tourna ball of his over hurd and Jardine took being arranged for Hongkong bowlers ment this year) proved a great hinda miraculous left-handed catch in the who will be an leave from the Colony rance to his timing and control of gully, the batsman having scored this year.

twenty, The third wicket fell at shots. But his placements were as artistle as ever, and the quiet manner 20. McCabe had been at the wickets Mr. Maughan, who was selected as preference by the riders on the var captain in charge of selection of lous ponies. As a result I feel that in which he tackled the job was the for 28 minutes and hit four fours; turning factor in the game.

At the close of play the total was players and arrangements at our lant Pat. Boston and The Curlew may

fix help us out of a dilemma. 251 for three Bradman having taken mooting, in endeavouring to Goldman WEB apasmodic. He his store to 71 while Ponsford hat pulled out some of his best shots, meda elght, and some of his worst. Hin net The fall scores follow: work was very ordinary, 'mato

Australia-1st. - Inns. winners being missed. Yet lig also W. M. Woodfull, b Mitchell... shone in this phase, although the V. Y. Richardson, at Ames, b shafts of light were similar to those Hammend of a lighthouse—they came only at intervals,

The current form of these two is not to be Anally judged en vnsterday's display. They can, and will, I am sure, do much better in the succeeding rounds. Their ch'of need is a more complete understanding and increased

very near to defeat, and one.

D. G. Bradman, not out

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matches with clubs in or near London, with the idea of having a bowling week for our team. He is leaving for Home to-morrow (February 11) 67 and I shall be glad to rocalve names and Home addresses of members able

S. J. McCabo, e Jardine, b Allen 20 W. II. Ponsford, not out

Extras

and willing to take part in any or all

of the games.

These will be forwarded to Mr. Maughan, and all players who have

THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.

PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS for the Spring Race Meet- Ing to be held in Macao. on Sunday, 12th March, 1933, may be obtained at the Sports Club,

2 cent in their names will be duly not! Hongkong Jockey Club Stables, or Bed by him of the dates and venues at the Offices of Mosers. Perty Total (for 8 wkt.) 251 f matches. A reply should be sent to Smith, Beth & Fleming, 0, Des Fall of wickets-1 (Richardson) | him as soon as possible after receipt Voeux Road, Central, for 183; 2 (Wandfull) for 200; 3 of the notification. (McCaba) for 233.

~Router.

C. J. TACCHI,

Hon. Sea, II.K.LABA,

ENTRIES, close at 4 р.м. оп Friday, 17th February, 1933,

Heavyweight Championship of the Colony A. B. FOLEY H.M.S: Borwick

voraus

A. B. JUDGE H.M.S. Whitahed

and five other contests. Booking at MOUTRIE'S for Members of the Hongkong Boxing Association on Monday, 15th February. General Publle: Tuesday 14th and Wednesday, 15th February. Ringalde Seats 35.50; others $3.80 and $1,10. (Including. Amusement Tax).