THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
1935.
JAPANESE TENNIS STARS TO PLAY IN HONGKONG
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GAVIA & MOON
HAYASHI HAS MATCH IN
HAND BUT LOSES
STRUGGLE WITH PHILIPPINES CHAMPION
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Manila, Feb. 22. The last vestige of Japan's bid for the 1935 All Comers tennis singles championship was swept away yesterday afternoon at the Rizal Tennis Stadium when Leonardo Gavia, Jr., defending chain- pion, defeated Shinroko Hayashi, the only remaining Nipponesa 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.
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Gavia's endurance and bill-dog ese, fully accustomed to this manner tenneity more than any thing else of play, easily devised a sound defence defeated his opponent. The Japanese and launched an offensive which Lad
the defending champion racing from AWAY-
the was well on the way to victory when one
corner of 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 defending champion found easy sail ing. To tire out one's opponent is part of the game and Gavia should be given credit for his superb endurance and for his ability to run his rival weary. Hayashi went down to defeat with flying colours. Despite his pain ing leg the Japanese was still able to score hard-earned points during the closing stages of the fifth and deciding set which the champion wan by love score.
GAVIA OFF FORM
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After trailing the Japanese to 1 in the fourth set, Gavin scored on his service, taking the fifth game DRAW--- after play was deuced three times. He dropped the sixth game promptly, scoring only one point, but captured the sixth by a love score. He also anexed the succeeding two games to lead at 5.4. Hayashi came back with a driving attack and knotted the score at b-all. They halved the next two, but the last two games were won by Gavin to win the set.
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pace set by Gavia in the fourth set proved too much for the Japanese end on resumption of the play in the fifth and deciding set, Hayashi showed unmistakable signs of weakening, Gavis scored on his ser- The defending champion was visibly vice, permitting Hayashi to make only a while when one point. In the second game play. aver confidence or extreme nervous was suspended for
Hayashi developed a cramp in the only Gavin and his handlers knew, saged and Hayashi, still
Buffering
The following Is the special) but the fact remains that the defend from the palu, again faced the local 1-2 3-3 1-1 1-6 6-1ing champion was not playing high net acc. He lost the second game by Telegraph forecast of the English 1-2 1-1 0-0 4-1 1-1 powered tele, His backhand was love score, but he managed to make Cup and League and Scottish
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 ing their last five more matches up to yesterday.
The first figure in each case, of course, in that of the team neas that caused a slump in his play left leg. The injured leg was mas- concerned.
| Sonthampton. FIRST DIVISION. Birmingham .. 0-0 0-0 1-3 3-0 1-3 Blackpool ... Derby. C.....
1-11-13-12-2 3-1 Plymouth Out 2-4 13 0-1 4-1 Bradford C 5-6 1-0 0-0 3-2 2-2 Newcastle 3-1 0-0 1-3 0-3 3-0 Sheffield U. 6-3-2-0 2-6 0-0 3-3 Notts C. 1:9 0-5 3-6 0-2 0-2 Hull
Aston Villa
Chilson. Middlesbro Kelcenter Liverpool Portmouth
Proton Wednesday Sunderland *Tottenham Went Bromwich BVolres
Backburn
Arsenal Grimsby
Stoke
Huddersfiel..
Everton
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MOON'S CANNON- BALL SERVICE
Manila, Feb. 24.
The finals of the 1935 All Com- ers tennis singles championship will be an international annie with Aug- tralia and the Phlippines battling for honours. E. . ioon, Austra- lian tenais ace, yesterday earned the right to meet Leonardo Gavin, 3r., defending champion and No. 1 ranking player of the Philippines, when disposed Francisco Aragon, No. 2 ranking player of the country, in one of the most thrilling
matches seen in local courts. The scores were 23-21, 6-1 and 6-0.
EXHIBITION FRIDAY AFTERNOON
HAYASHI AND YOSHIOKA
GUY .CHENG MAY ALSO APPEAR
(By "Verita")..
S. Hayashi and T. Yoshioka, the two Japanese tennis players who have taken such a pró- minent part in the Philippines All-Corners. Championship in Manila during the last fort- night, are arriving in Hong- hong en route to Japan on Fri- day, and arrangements are be- ing made to stage them in ex- hibitions at the Hongkong. Cricket Club.
Approximately 2,000 tennis fans witnessed what was considered tho anost spoctacular tennia 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 flying 1932 Interporter is returning colours after playing sensational ten-
nfs against the invader. In Moon he from Manila by the same boat, met a better an
and he may
With Manuel Barredo acting sa 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 gamo which League programmes for Saturday. Joins Boston
1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 sistently defeated at the net by Gavia also won. Gavin's soft balls 3-1-3-0 0-2 5-1 3-0 Hayaahl. The Japanese outclassed in the fourth game forced him to 2-1 2-1 1-1 6-1 1-0 him in every department of the game, run around and his right leg also 1-0 3-1 3-2 0-2 0-1 except in endurance.
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set pended for two or three minutes, but
EVERTON Hayashi captured the first quickly at 6-1. The Japanese dis-was resumed later when Hayoshi was
im-put back into condition. Despite his West Brom. 3-0 0-0 1-1 1-6 1-6 carded all preliminaries and 5-1 0-3 2-2 6-1 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 Gavia. Taken aback by doggedly and still was able to force BURNLEY 1-1 -2 1-1 1-3 1-3 Hayashi's scintillating tennis, the de-a douced play in the sixth game, He
0-1 1-1 3-3 0-3 2-1 fending champion experienced dit-on this set at 6-0 and with it the 5-0 0-2 1-1 3-1 1-1 Beulty in controlling his balls, his match,
0-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 0-2 returns either going out of bounds 3-11-30-0 0-2 1-0 or banging into the not.
2-2 0-3 3-1 1-0 6-1
The defonding champion set out 0-3 2-1 2-2 0-1 0-2 to win the second set which he did 1-0 3-5 1-2 1-1 after much diMculty at 4-8, Govia 5-3 0-2 1-0 displayed sparks of his old time form 1-1 2-1 in this set and although harassed by 3-1 Hayashi's parallel line drives which 2-0 dropped beautifully along the court -2-0 borders, he succeeded-in-taking this 0-5-0-2 Bet and tieing the count, 1-3 2-0 0-1 0-3 0-1 2-0 0-2 2-0
HAYASHI STILL ON TOP
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2-1 2-4 1-3 1-3 1-2 numerous cohorta sat down pretty THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) and were expectantly waiting for) Accrington 1-5 2-4 3-0 4-2 1-5 their favourite to win the next net. 2-1 2-1 0-3 4-1 3-7 But what they witnessed in the third Crewe ... Darlington
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At this juncture Gavia tight- 1-0 2-0 3-1 Rame. 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 and up his playing and captured in the last round of the White City ACCRINGTON
fight," said Harvey "I have pressed. 2-14 1-6 0-3 1-2, three games in
The tenth Tail for another fight, but he has CREWE
| DARLINGTON 1-2 4-1 0-3 3-1 4-1 game was bitterly contested. With avoided me.
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The performances of the Japanese players have been followed with no little interest in Hongkong, and our columns to-day reveal that Hayashi reached the semi-final of the singles, only to lose to Leonardo. Gavin after a tense struggle. Hay- ashi was completely on top for the better part of four sets, and should have won the match in the fourth stanza after leading two sets to one. ENVIADLE SUCCESSES
Hayashi scored several, enviablo successen in the recent Japanese New York, Feb. 26.
national championships, eliminating "Babe Ruth, mostro Fujikura, 1934 Davis Cupper
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imposing, but both players are American League Ruth ranked high in the 1934 National will hold the joint position Lists. The fact that they reached of
Vice-President, and the final of the Philippines All- Comers Doubles Championship in a Assistant Manager. very, strong field, testifies to their prowess-as-a-doubles combination, This was, the outcome of a and a special treat is promised local conference held earlier to-day tennis enthusiasts on Friday after- between Ruth, Colonel Rupert, noon.
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