1934-02-06 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

1934.

CASSUMBHOY EXTENDED ALL THE WAY BY S. W. LIANG

TWO UNCOMFORTABLE

SETS IN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OPENING

LIANG'S STOLID DEFENCE

NEARLY WINS MATCH

NEW FIRST CLASS PLAYER TO ADD. COLOUR TO TOURNAMENT

PROMISE OF. G.R.M. RICKETTS

(By "Verlias").

After two

very anxious sets, . J. A. Cassumbhoy, last year's finalist in the open singles championship, yesterday survived the first round of the current tournament, beating S. W. Liang, prominent C. R. C. league player 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

Cassumbhoy. went very near to defeat, and the spectators lining the No. 9 court were very nearly treat ed to a sensational first day's result.

hand

Liang, playing stolld, but stylish tennis, went to a 5-3, lead in the first set, only lose grip when it appeared that he had matters well in Cassumbhoy produced some fero clous drivce in the subsequent four games to break through and capture the set.

the first round without the loss

sí a gume, a rare occurence in

he local championships.

G. Gamble gave Lleut. Hoare a food run for his money, worry's

ng the naval officer with a spen- did narvice which captured for the majority of his nine There were several unusual fen-aim tures about the match, chief of games in a couple of sets. Hoare which was the loss of services was stead or off the ground and in the opening stanza. It was not found the corners with wel until the seventh game that a ser- Jirected drives on both hands to vico game was won, and Gassumbwin 8-6, 6-3. hey did not win on his deliverica until the 10th game.

PLAYERS TO BLAME,

For this, the players were en tirely to blame, Cassumbhey in particular. The IRC. exponent served powerfully enough to war rant a net attack, but he clung to the baseline and was often beaten by the speed of the return shot. He should have followed up to the not oven after his second delivery, which was good enough to open up a net attack.

Cassumbhoy only became danger- ous to Llang when he rushed the ct. From the baseline, the C.R.C. player was perfectly at ease, and producing a rhythmic backhand drive, and a heavily topped fore- hand, invariably sustained the rallica long enough to lure Tassumbhoy into errors.

overcome

THE RUGBY INTERPORT TRIAL

IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT HAMMETTWILL USE HIS BETTER NATURE WHEN TACKLING AT SHANGHAI.

THE CONVERTING BY THE" TEAM WAS QUITE GOOD, AS

THE BALL

WAS NEVER MORE THAN, 50 YARDS AWAY FROM ITS

MARK.

-BY

"ALTO".

HAD THE GAME LASTED JUST

TEN MINUTES LONGER, WE

FEEL CERTAIN THAT THE

•REE, WOULD

HAVE BEEN DISFIG= URED FOR

FEET

WHY DID THE TEAM LOSE? BECAUSE THEY DISREGARDED THE SPECTATORS WHISPERED

ADVICE

IF A FEW OF THE FORWARDS COULD TURN OUT LIKE THIS,

WE FEEL SURE

UFE:7

THAT MOST OF OUR LOYAL SUPPORTERS, WOULD NOT BE FEELING LIKE THIS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Meeting in a rugby Interport trial at Happy Valley last Saturday, the Probables were beaten by the '

Kass by 7 points to G. This 14 how our artist leis about the whole thing.

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WHO PLAYS WHICH AND WHY?

in

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,

Harry Owen-Hughes did well to

Wong Fuk-nam straight sets, and with the logs of but six games. The cricket interport skipper made the utmost of his long reach and height a. the net, and in this phase had one too many tricks for Wong.

One disappointment was the non-appearance of M. W. Lo, who is I understand, sick. A the time of writing it is not known whether he intende to go through with the champion- ship, or to concede a walk over In the first round.

RICKETTS THE FORMIDABLE

If he should scratch, It will give G. R. M. Ricketts an almost certain entry into the semi-final. Little has been heard of Ricketts. I myself have been rather ignorant of his prowess, although vagus -But when Cassumbhoy-approach- rumours have reached-me-But ed the net he was fautless t 'recently watched him in action, and scored

majority of and there is no denying that he the his points from this position.knows the game and is easily one Whilst taking into considera- of the best stroke-equipped play- tion that it was his first outers in the Colony to-day, ing in the tournament, It cannot fairly be claimed that Cassumbhoy played up to the standard of a finalist. He had difficulty in con- trolling his ground shots, this be ing especially noticeable on the backhand. His punishing forehand drives did not.operate very auc- erasfully until late in the first set, and then he suffered another lapse In the second, and had to wait until the fourth game in the final stanza

Yesterday I learnt that he met Taui Wal-pul in Swatow last summer and beat our No. 2 ranking player in two sets. Hts height is a tremendous neget the net, and his ground strokes are extremely well produced, being both powerful and accurate,

at

Even if Lo does decide to carry before he could utilise, his ford-on I think he will have a very

he when severe task any

Ricketts in the second round.

hand ground atrokes with degree of confidenoo,

meets

R. H. Wild made short work PATCHY CASSUMBHOY

of A. Crawford, winning in His display, in fact, was patchy, straight sets, but as anticipated, brightened mostly by sound volley- the Horace Lo-Iu Tak-cheuk en- Ing in which ho was seldom at counter went the full distance, fault.

with Lo capturing the first sot but losing the match, Iu's com Liang Justifled my prognostiga. tions offered last Saturday. He is placent and persistent sustaining a tremendously improved player, of the rallies eventually broke especially in defence, which at times down Lo, who played very enter- suggested impregnability. A back-prising tonals in the first set.

hand drive, made with the flat The average standard of play Tacket, and therefore rather more in the various matches was, on the effective than his heavily topped whole. quite fair, although some, forehand which offered no difficul-thing brighter can be expected ties, was a chief weapon of attack, this afternoon when W. A, H art time and again it sought out Duff and Taul Yun-pui meet on Cassumbhoy's weakness, particu- the main, court.

lafly in the second set,

Unhappily, for him, he had not

AN OLD PROBLEM.

Yesterday's results in detali

were:

R. H. Wild beat A. Craw- ford 6-3, 6-3.

Iu Tak-cheuk beat H. Lo 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

J. Barrow, beat Henry Ung 6-0, 6-0.

G.

R. R. G. Hoard bent Gamble 8-6, 6-3.

H. Owen Hughes bent Wong Fuk-nm 6-2, 6-3.

1. MA. Razack beat Ng Wal-lum:6-1, 6-1.

J. A. Cassumbhoy beat S, W. Llang 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. ‚ ́TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The programine for to-day, which includes the W. A, II.

follows:

P. K. Lieng ♥ Firdos Khan. A. E. P. Guest v H. B. Day. D. C. Dunham v W. C. Hung. D. S. Green v Ng Kam Cheun. P. S. Cannon v H. J. Armstrong F. II. Kwok v. A. L. Sullivan. 'Tsui Yun Pal v W. A. H. Duff.

Curious Error in Tennis Championship

WRONG COMPETITORS BRACKETED IN

THE SECOND ROUND

(By "Veritas"),

BIG CLASH IN SENIOR SHIELD

S. CHINA & ST. JOSEPH'S IN SEMI-FINAL

BORDERERS PROSPECTS VERY ROSY

ARTILLERY'S GOOD DRAW IN

JUNIOR TOURNEY

(By "Varitas").

Having evaded South China and St. Joseph's in the semi-final draw, the Borderers are almost certain to reach the last round of the Senior Shield, whilst their prospects of carrying off the trophy are distinctly rosy.

St. Joseph's and South China, whom many people considered would have figured in the final had they escaped each other in the next round, will be clashing on February 24 in what can expected to be one of the most thrilling games of the season.

The Club's chances against the

Borderers are very slight. They

It was mentioned in the latter that

will be without Bickford, and pro-for first place.

ably Skinner, thus losing two im- the following programme had boon portant men in both defence and drawn up:

attack.

The Borderers will also be affected to the extent of Wallace and Harris, who leave the Colony by the Neuralla during that week- and, but they will not be faced with the same difficulty in finding suit. able substitutes..

The Club will be peculiarly placed, for to draw from the se- sond eleven means robbing them of the chance of figuring in the Junior Shield final."

MY TIP.

The Royal Artillery have been favoured by the draw in the junior competition, and are 0 fairly safe bet for the final Readers will recollect that when the Shie'd tourney started I quietly tipped the Gunners to

win it.

Wednesday, Feb 14, Shanghai v. Hongkong.

Thursday,

Feb. 15, Tientsin v

Shanghal."

Saturday, Feb, 17, Hongkong Y Tientsin.

Sunday, Feb. 18, Combined Inter- port Teams v. Combined Chinese of Shanghai.

A VISIT TO MACAO..

permission to the Club de Recro.e to visit Macao during the holidays_and...! play the Portuguese Colony on Wed- nesday, Feb. 14.

The Council gave the necessary

LEADERS LOSE FIRST LEAGUE POINT

The Club, who have, with all Orpheus Held To Draw

due respects, beon somewhat lucky

to reach the last four, must face the Navy, holters of the Shield. A big proposition this.

From this distance I would nama South China and the Bor- Musing over the printed draw of the singles cham-derers for the final of the Senior pionship in the club house of the H.K.C.C. yesterday, I Shield and Navy and Artillery discovered a strange thing. The second round, as it for the Junior, but the forecas

is subject to amendment in view stands to-day is completely wrong. All of the players, of the team changes which appear with the exception of the four who have drawn byes, to the inevitable. have been incorrectly bracketed.

CURIOUS POSITION.

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But the printed draw shows Barrow receiving a bye into the hird round, Owen Hughes and Cavsumbhoy in opposition, Razuck f he wins, against Wild, Hoare

wins, against Lo, if he Ricketts, if he gets through, op posed to Iu Tak-chouk,

It was obvious, after closer (the Razack-Ng Wai-lam encounter, Duff_v_Toul Yun-puf tic, Ja asinspection, that the error_lay and M. W. Lo, if he wins, should

not in the draw, but in the ppose Ricketts if he surviveR actual bracketing of the com- potitors in the second round.

According to the printed draw to-day, there are three players occupying the one bracket at the top of the list, and three in the ane bracket at the bottom. Curious iy enough, although at the bottom, the three players-C. A. Wright, K. M. Wong and the winner of the Tam Yoc-fong v J. C. Haigh en- ounter-are actually bracketed, at he other end, the draw allows J. . Barrow, who won his first round Je yesterday, to receive a bye in-

HOW OUR · INTERPORTERS PLAYED

GAMES IN HANOI DESCRIBED

RECOVERY IN DOUBLES

In crediting Hongkong with two wins and one defeat, I attributed

o the third round, there, apparent y to meet either Taul Wai-pui or Chiu Chun-chiu.

onc

What has nuppened is that the brackets have been lowered

layer, so that the present draw inds the wrong players in oppost ion in the second round.

Barrow should be meeting Owen Jughes, Cassumbhoy the winner of

GAMES DESCRIBED. Ho Ka-lou, the Hongkong cup-

sume, and found the corners so regularly that Ho Ka-lau was aventually run off his feet. second and brought off many low volleys, which allowed him to go to a 4-2 load,

the wherewithni to adopt a net at- Incidentally the big chimney one of the victories to Ho Ka-lau. Ho stormed the net in the| tack, and this disadvantage made stack at the Naval Yard is causing and Taul Wal-pul and the other to itself apparent as the game pro- the old, old problem. After the an unfinished match between Tsui geksed. Many times ho had rst four games, the balls wore Wal-pul and Duong.

Actually the results of the Cassumbhoy on thò run and cor- dirt black, gathered from the roctly cornored to go up to the smuts carried to the courts by matches played at Haiphong were middle of the court, but on every the wind from the Yard.

as follows:- coalon he was forced to stund back, hug the baseline and allow hief opponent to extricate himself.

Had Liang been equipped with volley and an overhead, he sfould assuredly have beaten Chanumbhoy.

When added to this, the light falls as it did yesterday, the lot of a tonnis player in a championship match on the H.K.C.C. is cer- tainly not a happy one,"

1

and

one,

The position is n curious but everything points to the ne- essity of a new draw sheet being

Here is the complete draw:

SENIOR SHIELD.

S. China v. St. Joseph's

(Club Ground)

Borderers v. Club

(Kowloon Ground)

By Pandora

SUBMARINE LEAGUE

FOOTBALL

Two matches were played during the week-end by the Orpheus, leaders of the Sub mar.nes Football League in the course of which they con- ceded their first point of the season, H.M.S. Pandora spring- ing a big surprise,

On Sunday the Orpheus easily defeated the Osiris by four clear

These two matches will kick off goals, this making their sixth suc- at-4.15 p.m.

JUNIOR SHIELD,

Club v. Navy

(Kowloon Ground)

5. China "B" v. R. Artillery,

(Club Ground),

These two matches will kick off at 2.15 p.m.

printed with the bracketing cor. WONG MEE SHUN SUSPENSION.

ected, otherwise

Wo

get

the

cessive win of the season. The winnera acore should have been much bigger, Osiris being no match for them,

Yesterday, Orpheus met the Pandora and were held to a draw of two goals each. The Pandora led by the odd goal until late in the second half, when the leaders snatched an equaliser.

FAILED TO APPEAR.

Owing to a misunderstanding.

nomalous position of a player During the meeting the chairman actually competing in the first read the minutes of the meeting of the Pandora falled to put in an round and drawing a bye in the the Appeals Board which considered

econd, and three other players an appeal against the decision of the appearance at Causeway Bay on rying to fight for the one position. Council upholding a previous decl- Saturday when they were due to Perhaps wo, who are so often sion made by the Emergency Commont the Parthian in a league en- mittes. The Appeals Board upheld counter. It is not yet known he butt of sparkling wit, often the decision of the Council. can, without any hard feelings- point out that printer's errors are: not only to be found in news- papers

KEEN DOUBLES.

CHARITY FOOTBALL.

It was announced that a sum of $600 would be paid to the children's, Playgrounds Committee as profit from the recent charity match

BI-

whether the points will be award- ed to the Parthian, who, with the referee, walted on the ground until 5.80.

SUBMARINE LEAGUE. League Table.

Playing on the Dockyard ground before a large number of specta (By "Verilas").

tors, the Submarine Spare Crow ournament matches with two de-set against Ho Ka-lau, but im-ranged for the specific purpose.

defeated H.M.S. Herald

by five proved later. His heavy toɔ spin

REVISION OF RULES. goals to two yesterday. Unfortunately, in the fina' cats.

drives made Ho play on the de-

Rather against the run of the edition of the Telegraph

fensivo throughout the first two The question of the revision of

play, the Herald led by yesterday, I gave a false, im- pression of the results of the tain, has submitted some interest-et, but in the final act, Ho Ka- rules was mentioned and during the pond' in three at half time the old

lau Adopted a net attack with discussion Mr. F. T. James sought the second half, the

experience tennis matchca played be-ng notes to me on the matches at effect, and won fairly easily.

to eliminate the present system of Hanoi. In the match In which he tween the Hongkong trio and test to Duong, Ho-states that his mistakes, angle volleying, and kill the Courell: The Council accepted a apparent, and tour toturvals. From here, Ho made very few appeals against decisions made by of the Spare Crew made itself the Indo-Chine players at opponent played his usual forcefuling with accuracy.

suggestion that appeals against deel- goals, scoring at regular Haiphong.

Furking (8), Hodgkinson and sions of the League Management Committee or the Emergency Com Burrows netted for the winners, niitten could be made either to the and Williams scored both of the In the doubles match between Counell or to the Appeals Board, Herald's goale,

whichever the appealing party desir Ho and Taul and Duong and what at the decision of either Gine, the Indo-Chine couple the Council or the Appeals Board started forcefully with_drives was final. and occasional loba. Ho and

Capt. C. F. Elliot-Heywood aug. In the final set Ho Ka-lau was Taul missed many volleys at the vested that the present rule allowing too exhausted to play his net net and were too erratic over to four service players to represent a Orpheus. game, and Duong's consistent hope to save the first set, Civil Club in any match be ̈altered Perseus driving won him the match

The sugges Phoenix to ong 'servica player. after establishing a 4-1 lead.

In the second the Hongkong pair tion, however, was not accepted by Proteus. Improved, and won the majority of the major portion of the members Olympus Duong was

again in fine driving their points from the net. Going present.

Oswald form against Teul Wai-pui, but heŝto a 4-2 load they walted for ser- It was decided that the revised Odin lacked variation, and it was in vice to capture the set at 6-8. ruics be submitted to an extraordin- Rainbow this phase that Tauí oventually Playing at the top of their form, ary, general meeting of members of Pandora won. Teul lost the first four the visitors took the first three the Association on Thursday, March Parthian games of the opening sot and rames of the final set, and then 15, at the Bports Club, at 5.30 p.m. tus finally the set at 6-3. He was allowed themselves to be caught,

THE INTERPORT. aguin 3-love down in the second and lost four games in n row. Ho

A letter from Shanghai was read set, and then wisely adopted the Ka-lau bacame prominent at this

Madras, Feb. Bang initiative. Serving well and raid-stage, and volleving extraordinari- concerning the forthcoming Inter

port.

The letter stated; "that, the The Marylebone touring eleven to......... ing the not wth confidence, Taui ly well saved the eighth game, northernors were in agreement with day defeated Madrag by an Inninge wiped off the arrears, and from Teut Wai-put served strongly in the Hongkong anggestion that the Madras: scored only 15, to which that point was completo master, the ninth which was won, and present holdes of the Cup should re Johnstone contributed 69,- Marriott capturing five games In a row, Duong's Borvice was broken tain possession of the trophy in the took five wickets for 48 rang, kuelug-

event of two or more teams tieinging the "hat

Trick Saumont was erratio in the first through at the tenth...

Tam Yoc-fong beat J. Saumont 6-0, 6-2: lost to Tran-Van-Duong 6-4, 1-0, 1-6.

Furthermore, in the Round Robin series, distinct from the It was a strange trick on the official Interport although it in part of the Clerk of the Weather, cluded the Intorport results, Tam MAIDEN SETS.

that after a week of perfect con- Yoc-fong at Hanol defeated Edel ditions in the afternoon, the sky 6-0, 6-3, 6-2, and Ho Ka-tau won The rest of the programme yesterday should be clouded over his match by default, went pretty well to expectations, and radiate that curious and dis- At Haiphong, exhibition doubles J. Barrow, loading Civil Ser-turbing reddish hue. which were given by Teul Wai-pul and vica Cricket Club player, had a renders sight of a white ball He Ka-lau and Tam's one set ridiculously easy passage against d'cult, let alone a black one. victory against Duong was also an Henry Ung, whose norvousness The handicap under which the exhibstlon." provonted him from showing his playors turned out could not but The final resulta showed the real ability. Barrow survived the materially affect their efforts; Hongkong trio having won seven

Osiris

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