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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY;

FEBRUARY 27, 1935.

JAPANESE TENNIS STARS TO PLAY IN HONGKONG

SO

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When North met South in the international amateur football trial match at Chester, England, some fast and snappy action was produced. Here is Hill, goalie for the North, fiating clear to make A brilliant sAVO KI A Wave of South forwards sweep in on his

territory.

OUR “FORM” GUIDE

How Your Team Has Been Faring In League

GAVIA & MOON REACH FINAL

HAYASHI HAS MATCH IN

HAND BUT LOSES

THRILLING FIVE SET STRUGGLE WITH PHILIPPINES CHAMPION

Manila, Feb. 22. The last vestigo of Japan's bid-for, the 1935 All Comers tennis singles championship was swept away yesterday afternoon at the Rizal Tennis Stadium when Leonardo Gavià, Jr., defending chara- pion, defeated Shinroko Hayashi, the only remaining Nipponese competitor, in their semi-final encounter by the scores of 1-6, 6-4,: 6-8, 8-6, and 6-0. Close to 2,000 tennis fans witnessed the spec- tacular net battle between the local tennis ace and the invading Japanese star.

corner of

After trailing the Japanese to 1 in the fourth not, Gavia scored

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Gavin's endurance and buil-dogese, fully accustomed to this manner lenacity more than any thing else of play, easily devised a sound defence and launched an offensive which had defeated his opponent, The Japanese the defending champion racing from AWAY:- was well on the way to victory when | one

the the court to in the fifth and deciding set fatigue) other. overcame him. As he went on with the play his left leg began to develop a cramp and from that time on, the on his service, taking the fifth game DRAW:-- defending champion found easy nail after play was deuced three times. ing. To tire out one's opponent is He dropped the sixth game promptly, part of the game and Gavin should be scoring only one point, but captured given credit for his superb endurance the sixth' by a love score. He also annexed the succeeding two games to and for his ability to run his rival lead nt 6-4. Hayashi came back with weary. Hayashi went down to defeat a driving attack and knotted the score with flying colours. Despite his pain- at 6-all. They halved the next two, ing lega the Japanese was still able but the last two games were won by to score hard-earned pointa during Gavia to win the ret. the closing stages of the fifth and deciding set which the champlon won by love score.

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ENGLISH CUP & LEAGUE

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paca set by Gavin in the fourth set proved too much for the Japanese and on resumption of the play in the fifth and deciding set, Hayashi showed unmistakable signs of weakening. Gavin scored on his ser- The defending champion was visibly vice, permitting. Hayashi to make only The following table reveals how each team in the four divi. sions of the English league have fared to date, the results includ-off form yesterday. Whether it was one point. In the second game play was suspended for a while when over confidence or extreme nervous- Hayashi developed a cramp in the ing their last five more matches up to yesterday.

The first figure in each case, of course, is that of the team ness that caused a slump in his play left leg. The injured leg was max- only Gavia and his handlers knew, saged and Hayashi, stili suffering

The following is the special concerned.

but the fact remains that the defend from the pain, again freed the local 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-6 0-1 ing champion was not playing high net acc. He lost the second game by Telegraph forecast of the English

Lenguo and Scottish) 1-2 1-1 0-0 4-1 1-1 powered tennis. His backhand was love score, but he managed to make Cup and

Loodu Aston Villa Cholaen Middlebro Lolcenter Liverpool

FIRST DIVISION.

| Southampton. Birmingham.. 0-0 0-0 1-3 3-0 1-3 Blackpool Derby C

1-1 1-1 3-1 2-2 3-1 Plymouth 0-3 2-4 1-3 0-1 4-1 Bradford C. and 1-0 0-0 3-2 2-2 Newcastle 3-1 0-0 1-3 6-3 3-0 Sheffield U... 5-3 2-0 2-6 0-0 3-3 Nosts C. 1-0 0-6 3-6 0-2 0-2 Hull 2-1 4-2 1-1 3-1 1-7 West Bem

THIRD 1-0 1-2 0-3 0-3 2-1 4-3 2-1 0-9 0-0 2-0 Aldershot 2-2 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 Brighton

1-1 Bristol C. 2-2 1-1 CardifT

L'ortsmouth

Preston

Wednesday Sunderland

Tottenhund

West Bromwich

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Aromal

Grimaby

Stoke ...

Kladdersfield

Everton

21 Clapton V. 2-5 2-3 2-6 Coventry

ARAGON IGOES DOWN

FIGHTING

MOON'S CANNON- BALL SERVICE

Manila, Feb. 24.

The Binals of the 1985 All Com- era tennis singles champlonship will be na saternation) aumir with Aus- tralla and the Philippines battling for honours, E. F. moun, Austro- Han tennis ace, yesterday earned the right to meet Leonardo Gavla, Jr., defending champion and No. 1| ranking player of the Philippines,} when ho disposed of Francisco Aragon, No. 2 ranking player of the country, in one of the Foxt acen in local thrilling matches courts. The scores were 23-21, 0-1 and 6.0.

EXHIBITION

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

HAYASHI AND YOSHIOKA

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S. Hayashi and T. Yoshioka, the two Japaneso tennis players who have taken auch a pro- minent part in the Philippines All-Comers Championship in Manila during the last fort night, are arriving in Hong- kong en route to Japan on Fri. day, and arrangements are be- ing made to stage them in ex- -hibition's the Hongkong

Cricket Club.

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Approximately 2,090 tennis fans witnessed what was, considered the most spectacular tennis duel of the entire series. Two thousand souls

It is possible that Guy Cheng, cheered Aragon who fought like a Trojan to stave off defeat. Aragon China's Davis Cup player and went down in defeat with Blying 1932 Interporter is returning colours after playing sensational ten

seen. in.

nis against the invader. In Moon, he from Manila by the same boat, met a better man.

and he may also be With Manuel Barredo acting as action. referee, Moon and Aragon proceeded to stage the longest tennis duel on (Continued on Page 9)

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2-1 0-3 0-1 1-4 3-1 specially erratic, and he was con- three points in the third game which Longue programmes for Saturday. Joins Boston

enught a cramp. Play was again sus. the first setpended for two or three minutes, but

ENGLISH CUP

1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 sistently defeated nt the net by Gavin also won. Gavin's soft balls 3-1 3-0 0-2 0-1 3-0 Hayashi. The Japanese outclassed in the fourth game forced him to 2-1 2-1 1-1-5-1 1-0 him in every department of the game run around and his right leg also 1-5 3-1 3-2 0-2 0-1 except in endurance. 1-0 5-0 1-2 1-2 2-1 0-3 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-3 Hayashi captured

quickly at 6-1. The Japanese is was resumed later when Hayashi was EVERTON DIVISION (SOUTH)

7-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-6 carded all preliminaries and im- put back into condition, Despite his West Brom. 5-1 0-3 2-2 0-1 3-1 mediately cut loose his fastest drives painful legs, Hayashi fought back Wednesday 2-1 0-3 4-3 1-1 0-1 to overwhelm Gavin, Taken abgek by doggedly and still was able to force BURNLEY 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-3 1-3 Hayashi's scintillating tennis, the de deuced play in the sixth game. Ite

0-1 1-1 3-3 9-3 2-1 fending champion experienced dif- lost this set at 6-0 and with it the 5-0 0-2 1-1 3-1 1-1 ficulty in controlling his balls, his match.

06 20 30 20 0-2 returns either going out of bounds 3-1-1-3 5-0 0-2 1-0 or banging into the net.

2-2 0-3 3-1 1-0 6-1

out The defending champion set 0-1 2-1 2-2 0-1 0-2 to win the second net which ho did 2-2 1-0 8-5 1-2 1-1 after much difficulty at 4-6. Gavla 2-1 0-2 6-3 0-2 1-4 displayed sparks of his old time form 1-1 3-1 2-3 4-1 2-1 in this set and although harassed by 20 2-0 3-1 2-1 3-1 Hayashi's parallel Ing drives which 2-1-3-1.1-4. 3-2-2-0 dropped-beautifully-along-the court 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-borders, ho succeeded in taking this 1-2 0-0 3-3 0-5 0-2 set and tieing the count. 1-1 3-0 1-3 2-0 0-1

3-0 2-2 3-1 1-3 3-3 Exeter 3-0 4-1 0-3.1-1 2-6 Gingham

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41-13-1 3-2 3-0 Crystal P. 1-11-15-2 2-2 0-3 Bristol R

Watford Manchester C. 0–0 0–2 0–3 6–2 1–1,

Charlton SECOND DIVISION.

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1-3 4-1 1-0 3-1 1-2 With the score one set all, Gavla's) 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-3 1-2) numerous cohorts snt down pretty and were expectantly waiting for

1-3 2-4 3-0 4-2 1-5 their favourite to win the next set. 2-1 2-1 0-3 4-1 3-7 But what they witnessed in the third: 0-0 0-2 3-0 1-1 1,0 not was a spectacular tennis duel 2-1 1-2 3-2 2-3 2-4 featured by long and beautiful rallice 1-1 3-2 1-2 0-5 4-3 by each player and with Hayashi Z-2 2-3 0-1 1-3 coming out triumphant, 8-8. 1-1 3-1 5-0 3-3 2-0

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Len Harvey has issued a challenge of £1,000 to Marcel Thil, the French holder of the world's middleweight title.

Gavla took the first game, but lost

Each man has a victory over the the next three in rapid succession. other, and Harvey is determined to CHARLTON He scored only one point in the force a "rubber" match. Harvey beat CRYSTAL P. second and third games and made two Thil on points over 18 rounds at the Luton Now Brighton 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-7 1-1 points in the fourth. The fifth game Ring, London, five years ago, and QUEEN'S P. R.

at the SOUTHEND 5-1 2-0 2-1 7-1 3-1 went to Gavla, but he lost the sixth Thil reversed the decision 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-3 7-3 after it was deuced twice. After White City, in 1932, when they met AWINDON 1-1 0-4 2-2 1-1 1-3 taking a two point lead in the seventh for the world's middle-weight cham-Torquay 4-2 0-0 3-2 3-2 1-1 gamo Gavia slowed up his pace and plonship.

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The eleventh game went to Japanese, but in the twelfth game ho was outstendied by Gavia and again the score was deadlocked at 0-all, At this point the Japanese made a spectacular rally and after dropping the first point in the thirteenth game he proceeded to win four points to take the game and lead at 7-0. The fourteenth gamo was bitterly fought. Hayashi made three points in a row, but

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The performances of the Japanese players have been followed with no ittle interest in Hongkong, and our columns to-day reveal that Hayashi reached the semi-annt of the singles, only to lose to Leonardo Gavia after a terse struggle. Hay ashi was completely on top for the better part of four sete; and should have won the match in the fourth stanza after lending two sets to one.

ENVIABLE SUCCESSES

Hayashi scored several enviable successes in the recent Japanese national championships, ellrainating "Babe" Ruth, most Jiro Fujikura, 1934 Davis Cupper famous of all American in the first round, beating Hyotaro In Satoh, former Davis Cup player baseball players, has

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