1934-11-29 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934.

CHILDON COLLIERY AND BLYTH OUT OF THE CUP

CHARLTON TO-NIGHT'S

ALSO BEATEN

Big Scoring Feature

NEW BRIGHTON DRAW

WITH SOUTHPORT

London, Nov. 28. Two of the so-called "Rabbits" were eliminated from the English Cup to-day, when Shildon Colliery were outplayed by

Lincoln on the latter's en- | closure, and Blyth Spartans paid an abortive visit to Stock- port.

Lincoln rattled on four goals without replay against the miners, and the Spartans, although plore-] ing the Stockport defence once, had. to concede four goals,

BIG BADMINTON

K.C.C. TO MEET

RECREIO “A”

ST. ANDREW'S EXPERIMENT

(By "Varitas").

With Miss Phyllis Woolley under doctor's orders, the Kowloon Cricket Club have been forced to make one change in their team to meet the Recreio "A" in the ladies division of the badminton league. At the moment it has not been decided who shall come in as substitute.

As their hall is not available A London team fell by the way-

this evening, St. Andrew's, have postponed their match with Recreio aldo, when Chariton went to Exctor until to-morrow night. The for their replay, and were well Saints have made. no changes in and truly beaten by five goals to the personnel of the team which lost to the Recreio first string last week. but alterations have been made in the pairing.

two.

Four Northern Section teams clashed in replays, and one ended! in a draw necessity another match

Miss Margaret Woolley and Miss New Brighton, although at home, Molly Churn remain together as could not make full use of this first string, but Miss G. A. White advantage against Southport, and

to the second

although extra time was played, been elevated

pair. and will partner Miss P.

the teams finished al Jaquare with agoni apiece,

Hartlepools, however, made no mistake on their own pastures: against Halifax, and won con- clusively by two clear goals.

The results as cable by Reuter

were:

*New Brighton 1 Southport

Lincoln

Exeter

Stockport

Hartlepools

算

Shildon Col.

0 {

5 Charlton

4

Blyth Sp. Unlifax

* after extra time. As a result of these matches, the] revised draw for the second round of the Cup is as follows:

Stockport v Darlington Swindon y Lincoln Yeovil & Pet, v Exeter Hartlepool v Coventry

KENT & SURREY BEATEN

Giltins, Miss J. Wong and Miss Latviet consitute the third pair.

TO-NIGHT'S ENCOUNTER

Enormous interest is expected to centre on the match at the Club de Iterreio is evening, where the

K.C.C. ure visitors to the Portugu-

ese first team. It is generally felt

that the championship resta between 2

these teams, and although they of neet

twice, victory to-night wilt mearf a big advantage.

Once again the K.C.C, will do. pend entirely on two pairs, need a very strong combination to It will upset Mira Griffiths and Mrs. Palli, and the visitors are looking to Miss Mackenzie and Miss Bry- son to nunex a couple of games to turn the match in their favour.

TEAMS

matches

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The Royal Army Pay Corps tennis team, this year's winners of the Hongkngg Area Tennis League,

photographed with their trophy. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

NULLIFYING CANNON-BALL SERVICE

ALTERATING SERVICE COURT MEASUREMENTS

A SUGGESTED METHOD

DOUBTFUL BENEFITS: ORDINARY PLAYER'S GAME WOULD BE RUINED

Just as in the days before torpedoes and bombing aircraft the

AS IT SEE IT

BY "VERITAS"

BADMINTON SINGLES IN HONGKONG

COMPETITION EXTRAORDINARY

MUST TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP

FORM

FEATURE OF LADIES TENNIS IN HONGKONG.

BY the end of next week, league lonship events for ladies and men,

badminton will have been fairly launched will make efforts to organise such.

in Hongkong and there is no reason to doubt...

that the Badminton Association on its long programme of men's, tournaments. Albeit, it in an well. ladies'. and mixed doubles matches. Surely nothing could game is not played a great deal to bear in mind that the singles be more stimulating than in the in the Calany. This is partly year of its inception, the league of necessity and partly because should attract an entry of 23 quite a number of players are not teams, necessitating the divid- too keen on this type of gamo. ing of the men's division into The chief reason for its auppress- two parts? But the league prou ordinary practice nights, sing- ion in the clubs, however, is that vides for the doubles game only, les restricts the number of games and very shortly the Badminton played by the attending members. Association will have to enquire Doubles ensures that four players into the possibilities of develop ing competitive singles, DOUBLES THE MOST POPULAR,

the standard of play is the

are obtaining a game at the same time, and all pinyers therefore have better chances of enjoying several games, instead of possibly only one or two in the course of an evening in which singles are allowed to intrude.

LADIES' TENNIS PUZZLE.

A week ago a correspondent in these columus complained that in concentrating on the doubles game, the Association had missed the mark in its effort to improve A somewhat curious. feature of Co tennis among the ladies In Hong- tony. Quite apart from the fact kong, is an aversion to singles. that the writer was in error when Here again this can be traced he assumed the sole, or even main very largely to the exigencies of idea of the league is to raise the club courts at their disposal, which standard, of play. his contention in so many cases are so restricted that a singles league is preferable that it is essential to make water. The majority of badmin- got in a game during an after- ton players would, I Am sure, noon. Nevertheless it is rather cross swords with the writer in unfortunate that singles should superior to doubles. Badminton be seen in this year's entry for doubles requires far wider the ladles singles championship. technique and certainly an equal The total numbers seven, which technical akill to singles.

up

struggle existed between projectile and armour-plating in naval FRIENDLY BADMINTON to doubles lengue, cannot hold parties if all the players are to

warfare; each in turn improving itself until it had temporarily got the better of the other, so was (and continues to be) the fight| between the server and the receiver at lawn tennis.

argin of

tho

It is some years since a really new the

cannon-ball's variety of service was invented for elliency would be a considerably re- the discomfiture of the receiver; but| duced as to render it practically harm- When first introduced the varieties of less. This suggestion has, in fact, the American service, os exemplified | recently been put forward.

DOUBTFUL BENEFITS

Fire Brigade Defeated his claim that the singles game is be so neglected. Its reflection can

By Recreio

by MeLoughlin, proved to be devasta- first by Beals Wright, and defeloped

Club de Recreio were hosts to the Hongkong Fire Brigade Club, ring in their effects, until the proper

in a friendly badminton match on counter to them, discovered by Parke To carry it into effect would un- and Wilding, robbed them of much doubtedly deprive the "non-ball day in which the hosts won Detailed scores of their terror. The possession of n

server of nearly all his present ad- by 6 games to 2. breaking service in, nowadays, by no vantage, but would it in.prove the were as follows:

M. Olivera and Miss O. Ribeiro means a guarantee of victory, but the game in the first place, it would inventivenes of the young Amersican accenaltate an alteration of the rules lost to Mr. and Mrs. Shute 15/6, of the 8/15, 16/1, beat Mr. Greenwood brain, assisted by the length of the overning the measurements young American body and arms, has court-rules which over alnco the and Mrs, Sousa 15/6, 15/5. developed the "canon-ball" service,game began about seventy years ago A. Rodrigues and which, like the "amnab, quite fre. have proved both acceptable nad D'Almada lost to Mr. and Mrs. quently scores a point outright from t

Next, it would be legislating with Shute 16/9, 5/15, 16/7, beat Mr. its sheer pace.

regard to the very few players whose Smith, and Mrs. Sousa 15/9, 15/8, the To deal with this variety of service service counts for anything vital at by standing right in to it and taking the expense

L. Carvalho and Miss M. Silva of all the rest of the best Mr. and Mrs. Dalziel 15/2, it almost on the half-volley-the millions who play the game all over 15/1, heat Mr. and Mrs. Blair 15/1, method which proved effective in the the world. The ordinary player finds 15/1. beyand the power of ninety-nine men within the limitations of the service bent Mr. and Mrs. Dalziel 16/12, case of the "breaking" service is it hard enough to keep his service Silvo and Miss A. Noronha out of a hundred. Consequently, the court as it at present exists: take

OBJECTIONS TO SINGLES

abrence of Mrs.

is highly disappointing when one considera the number of ladies who play regularly several times a week. Such an entry There are numerous objections o

cha by nicans be described to organising a singles league in representative of Indles tennis preference to a doubles. Firstly in Hongkong. Of

course there it would be asking too much of are

other

reasons why c'er- the players to adopt the

same tain well known players are not method of match play as exista competing this year. The tourn here in the doubles league, and ament is the poorer by the G. If the alternative of playing no- unavoidable Miss

minated players against each Litton, Mrs Tottenham, Mrs. F.K. other were used, this then raises Lo, and Mrs. Janes

objection that the lesser

STUPID REASONING lights would never have the op- portunity of meeting the "big

At the same time if the champ- noises". Furthermore, of course, touships are to be regarded as a singles leagues are so rare that barometer of the development of to prove the rule that a doubles Colony, one is forced to the con they can be regarded as exceptions the game among the ladies in the lengue is the accepted form of cluaton that tennis is on the dee competition in nearly all countries.line. The unhappiest feature of element is concerned, an agitation is either be reduced to a dismally soft

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS championship is that they strike springing up to deal with it by other service, or present his opponent with

terror into the hearts of club methods. It has been laid down, with a luxuriant crop of "doubles."

that the expenditure of energy noces- But these objections do not rid players, who develop an inferiority probable truth, that the area of the

Carrying this suggestion into effect, sary to produce the "cannon-ball" may the Association of the responsibil-complex, and argue that it service court available for the therefore, would ruin the game from very well tend to the defent of Its ity of catering for the singles wasting their time to compete as successful use of the cannon-ball the ardinary player's point of view; user in a long match, as has been game, and as soon as the league they do not stand a chance. Such service la only the last eight inches and it is the ordinary player, not the evident at Wimbledon оп of the court's depth. That is, that champion or the would-be champion, occasione, when the winner of per consideration of this matter will to explain, but it plays a quite con several programme in well under way, a process of reasoning.is dificult Kent 4 Middlesex 18

every acu-winning service successful by who ought to be considered. At haps, neven or night service nèes in pace alone pitches somewhere along present, the reliable defence against each of the first four sets of a match be desirable. The most apsiderable part in the small entries OTHER MATCHES Portsmouth Services 11

the width of the service line within the cannon-bal service is only in had taken so much out of himself propriate way of encouraging for the ladies open champion- eight inches of the line itself. It does process of being discovered: that it that he was completely exhausted in singles is by championship tourn-ships. It would be a happy day Guy's Hospital 30 not require any vast ingenuity to will be found, the history of the the fifth. This problem, like othors aments. The New Year will be for tennis in the Colony If this Aldershot Services 5

suggest that if the service line were development of the game shows us in the game, ought to be left to work an excellent time to explore the rather stupid idea were abandoned Bristol, 13 brought it inches. nearer the net, And it must always be remembered Continued on Page 9.) possibilities of conducting champ-by a large number of players.

Teams for this week's ladies' are:- K.C.C. :-Misa M. COUNTY RUGBY Grimths and Mrs. Polit, Miss, A. Mackenzie and Miss M. Bryson, Miss I. Woolley and A. N. Other, Iteereis "A-Mrs. Souza anci Miss A. Remedios, Miss O. Ribeiro and Mins G. D'almada, Misses M. and B. Sys.

Recreto "B:--Mrs. A. Noronha London, Nov. 28. And Miss A. Noronha. Miss A. Surrey and Kent were beaten | Ribetro atul Miss

matches to-day: Kent enter Basto, tained Middlesex at Blackheath, and after a magnificent game lost by four points. Eastern Countries were far too good for Surrey.

S. Remedios, defence against it being, apparently, away nearly a thousand square inches 15/9, bent. Mr. and Mrs. in County Rugby Championship Miss M. Xavier 15/8-16/12.--

Guy's Hospital ran riot against Portsmouth Services, piling on 301 paints, while Aldershot Services dowed before Bristol.

Scores as cabled by Reuter were:

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Eastern Counties 19 Surrey

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