1935-03-21 — Page 8

THE. HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1935.

SPECTATORS CHEER NEEDLE BADMINTON MATCH

DAVIS CUP PLAYER'S DAZZLING OVERHEAD

KHO SIN KEE GIVES VERY IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY

BEST CHINESE PLAYER EVER TO PLAY IN HONGKONG

(By "Varitas") -

Indubitably the best Chinese player yet seen on local tennis courts, Kho Sin-kee, China's national champion and Davis Cup selection yesterday delighted a huge gallery at the Hongkong Cricket Club when he appeared in exhibitions.

It was the sort of tennls which gives ono a new appreciation of the game and of the high level of skill and artistry which it can command,

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Overhead smashing fully on a par with players such as the late Jiro Satoh, Yamagishi, E. D. Androws and others constituted the outstanding feature of an im pressive display. Kho essayed his

Teddy Fincher gove Kho "killa" from all parts of the courtsplendid support. I have not seen and made them the most spectacu Teddy's backhand volley work Iar shots of the afternoon.

better for years, and when these two reached the net not even the agility and quick eye of the Rum- Jahns could stop them from win-, ning the points.

Only in one or two departments did Kho fall below the high standard established by the Japan- His cse. Davis Cup players. ground strokes, service and over- head compared favourably but his volleying was comparatively im- mature and certainly indecisive, while it was noticeable in the

singles that apart from meticulous placements there were few subtle- ties in his tactics or court-craft.

Kho's singles game is essentially that of a baseliner. From the rear of the court he can maintain a stream of easily produced and highly effective drives on both hands. Teul Wai-pul's severely chopped ackhand strokes held no terror

bim. Ho merely tightened his p and returned the balls very at and very deep.

so accurate

The Rumjahns were for once well and truly mastered; albeit the champlons improved a lot as the game wore on. They are notori ously slow starters in big matches and probably if this encounter had been the best of five sets eventually they would have worn down the opposition.

PLAYED. SECOND FIDDLE

But for two sets they were made to play second fiddle. Their best work was in volleying, although I have seen II. D. perform better In this dopartment. Overhead they were variable, both men making unexpected mistakes and the speed of Kho's drives coupled with the contrasting spin from Fincher's ground strokes com- pletely upset the champions.

game

Taul Wal-pul and Kho Sin-kee snapped before their

et the H.K.C.C. yesterday. (Photo: Ming Yuen)

Safety First In The

Oxford Boat

MR. BANKES HAS BEEN MOVED

Henley. Feb. 22. They have moved Mr. P. R. .S. (Samson) Bankes from No. 4 to No. 6 in the Oxford boat, where IL is hoped he will do less damage.

Mr. Bankes (Gft. 2in, and 148t. lib.) having already broken six oare during practice, it is felt that seven would not be a lucky num- her, especially if the break occurred on Boat Race Day.

When I talked with him in the Leander Club beat-house to-day ke was a little shy and very diffident

"If they break they break" he said, "but I must say I did hope that after snapping five my troubles would be over. "All I can hope for now is that I don't snap one in the middle of the race. I've never done this sort least not in such numbers' he add-

ko's length was ideal and his

Tsui Wai-pui played very well ho that Acing

In the first set against the 'visiter, ftorally forced Toul into errors his raking forehand from outaide by hasty stroking. Kho's first of the court confines often secur service was good, but he tended ing him spectacular points. Teut of thing before this season--at to be careless with his second de-also volleyed better than Kho, but livery. At the net from which he he was less reliable on the backed modestly.

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EXPERTS DAFFLED

And nobody else could offer any explanation. Experts, who remem- ber way, way back when Oxford last won a race in 1923 and even before that are baffled.

hand his weakness being exposed only occasionally operated in

when Kho pushed him beyond the the singles he volleyed rather baseline with very deep drives. tentatively seeking to place the

Four hundred people gathered ball on the baseline rather than at the Cricket Club for the ex- to scoro declsively. The strokes hibition which was played on the

"It's amazing," said Michact certainly lacked the crispness of new stand court. The court was Mosley, president of the G.U.B.C. the Japanese players, and Kho in a wonderful state and after-"I've never known of such thing will probably discover that be wards Kho paid a tribute to its before. Of course, fundamentally noods to pay attention to his fore-heat grass court on which he had the way in which he pulls the blade. condition. It was, he said, the it's Bankes's great strength and

court work.

yet played.

Still, no one can yet may exactly why they all break. I only hope Discussing the forthcoming it won't happen again." visit to America to play in the It was in the doubles that Kho Davis Cup, Kho admitted that Bryan, said: "From my position The University cox, Mr. G. C. F. revealed in what cluss he is. For neither he nor Guy Cheng were in the boat you can see that Bankes two seta he ruled the court Tike going over with any illusions.

can pull much harder than anyone à little king. He engaged the

else. Whenever he lifts his blade Rumjahna in close quarter bouts

out of the water the pool left is "of volleying from which he in

much bigger than any other." variably emerged successful and the manner in which he dealt with lobs whether good or bad had the crowd on its feet' several times.

MASTERLY DOUBLES PLAY

"We know that we have nothing to lose and can gain a lot of fine experience" he said.

Kho left for Shanghai this morning, and he expects to sail for New York at the end of March.

I followed the crew in a launch, just to see if the great man broké another. He didn't even crack one. Perhaps Dick Talboys, boatman ut the Leander Club, has at last pro duced a giantproof ear.

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UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM

AT CLUB DE RECREIO

ELIOT HALL WIN BRILLIANTLY

AND SECURE TITLE

FINEST GAME OF SEASÓN

(By "Veritas")

TO-DAY'S TENNIS

ATTRACTIVE ON STAND COURT.

DOUBLES MATCH

(By "Varitas") .

The stand court at the Cricket Club comes into to-day for the open champion- ships, the first match to be alaged there being between Paul Kong and Loo Wai-tong and the Tsui brothers for right of entering the semi-finals of the open doubles.

COMPARISONS, THEY SAY, ARE ODIOUS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE BOTH EN- LIGHTENING AND INSTRUCTIVE; THIS WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE AT THE CLUB DE RECREIO LAST EVENING, WHEN IN THE COURSE OF THE BADMINTON LEAGUE MATCH BETWEEN THE RECREIO “A” AND ELIOT HALL IN THE MEN'S SENIOR DIVI-seeing. Kong and Leo are, I think, SION ONE STARTED TO COMPARE THE EX-A little botter pair than the Taqi brothers. But, the latter have PRESSIONS OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE GAME ghting qualities and will un- THEN AND WHAT IT HAD BEEN BUT A FEW doubtedly extend Kong and Lee all way. I think a three set MONTHS BEFORE.

match will materialise and it should contain lots of bright tennis.

It was a remarkable scene. The Recreio hall was filled to overflowing with cheering, breathless, excited spectators, who applauded every point whether won or lost, and who revealed such an intelligent appreciation of the finer points of the game that one hesitates now to sit down to write a critique of the match.

The upshot of it all was that appointing last night. Hla ahort Ellot Hall gained a brilliant vic-alrots have not yet been fully tory and with it the men's doubles developed and he conceded a num- championship of the league. The ber of points through errors in better tenni won; of that there, la this respect.

advance-

the

This is going to be well worth

READING MISS BIG CHANCE

In Promotion Race

DEFEAT FOR EVERTON AND WEDNESDAY

to

London, March 20, Reading sustained a nasty. jolt

their promotion. aspirations to-day when they visited Brighton and were beaten by the only goal scored. Reading had a great chance of superseding Coventry for second place to Charlton, but in view of their defeat they remain in third position by reason of an inferior goal. average.

Everton and Wednesday, who are not completely out of the run-

auffored reverses which affect

The Open doubles is to bo con- cluded next week in view of ning in the first division also Captain Manners' departure from the Colony. He and Fincher meot their prospects, while Liverpool and Dorby both benefitted the third round winners in the and are now in challenging posi frat semi-final on Monday. The

tiona. second semi-final is on Tuesday and the final on Wednesday,

of stand court matches for the The following is the full programma

current week:

To-day

To-morrow

no argument; but it was touch On the other hand Rodrigues!

go. For two rounds the has made tremendous and teams remained on level terms, ment and boasts a really sound Open Doubles (Third Round); the final round opening with them all-court game. I liked the way Paul Kong and Leo Wai-tong v. Tout at three-all. Then a smart win in which he used the court to Wai-pul and Taul Yun-pui, by the Lee combination put the work up to a position for the visitors ahend, and, despite a final "kill." These two went very gallant effort by Eddie Sousa and Alves, who actually led 12-5 at one stage, Goon and Liew, Ellot Hall first string drew away and finally clinched the match, win- ning 21-12.

Once this necessary fifth game had been won and loat consider able interest went out of the match, yet the Recreio, true to form as fighters, won that last game, thus ending the match on its starting note of good, clean, hard fighting and sporting bad- minton.

near to beating Goon and Llew

Open Singles (Quarter Finals),— and were fairly easy winners in Ho Ka-inu - Taui Wal-pui. their other two games.

THE MATCH SUMMED UP

Monday

Open Doubles (Semi-anal-E.

Doubles

Tuesday.

Som! Sund (bottom- Wednesday

Open Bingles (Quarter final).-H. D. Humjahn v. Paul Kong.

-Thursday

Open Doubles final.

The standard of play was, con-Fincher and Capt. E. Manners v. sidering the importance of the winners of third round tie. occasion and the tense atmosphere created by the enthusiastic specta. tors, extremely high. The Recreio appeared to be the team to suffer bracket) from "nerves", whereas I thought Eliot Hall were also lured some- what from their normal game.

Certainly the Varsity players HONGKONG'S, LEADING PLAYER adopted quite a different style to Individually there were several that which had previously featured their exhibitions. They utilised outstanding performances. With- out doubt K. L. Goon, who recently the baseline very much more and graduated and is shortly leaving comparatively speaking neglected the Colony, is the best player in their famous shots. This was the Hongkong to-day. He cemented most noticeable reactionary effect this impression with a wizardly on all the players. There were display. His deft, but sure strokes bouts of short net shots, but this from the rear of the court saw phase of the game effective shot was seen throughout Both teams preferred the high the evening than his half-drive deep lobbing game succeeded by half-drop shot from the baseline, the smash, which, with its acute angle made

But if the match satisfied as to the shuttle drop sharply over the the improvement made by Colony net into the tramlines.

players, it doubly convinced oné - (Continued on Page 8.)

was not CX-

Gosano And

Remedios

this player at his best. No more ploited to the extent anticipated. Crack Up

matches and as a pair they stand Wong and Liew won all three

on their own in local badminton. I thought K. Y. Lee also gave two magaificent performances; his overhead "kill" of service were incomparable and he cover- ed the court very finely.

K. F. Wong revealed a useful backhand, but Chan his partner was rather committed to mistim- ing and made a lot of errors. Their

best performance Was against Remedios and Carvalho whom they beat 21-7.

Remedios and Carvalho were the disappointing Portuguese couple, the former completely losing his touch. Carvalho tried desperately hard to play a two-men game and often carned rounds of op- plause for his clever recoveries and some real finishing shots.

From Net Star To Film Star

H. K. VISITOR'S

NEW JOB

(By "Veritas")

A former notable French rank- half-blue, who is slightly known Eddie Sousa's wristy "kills" in Hongkong by reason of his of anything short of three quar-visit here last year on the Em- ter court lobbing provided a press of Britain and his con- feature of the evening, yet it sequent appearance at the Indian was Alves, his partner who ac- Recreation Club, has become a complished the most effective film star. work.

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EXCITING RECOVERY

I doubt if anything more excit ing has been scen In league badminton this season than the

recovery made by Sousa and Alves

in their first game against Wong and Chan. The Ellot Hall players work leading 16-5 when

the Portuguese started to pull them- selves together. Scoring .consia-

off their

eir own services and killing the visitors de

Baron Paul de Ricou, a 1982 ranking player, has recently sigued a contract with Warner Brothers according to a report in the current "Screen" magazine,

Baron Kilcou not only played in Hongkong with the Rumlahn cou while on the famous Empress of sins during his brief stay, but Britain dally entertained the pas sengers by practicing with E. D. Andrews, the New Zealand Davis Cuppor, and himself a popular

105, Sonar and Alves draw and woll known figure in Hong-

kong.

level and then took the load at 17-16, The visitors scored, an When I met Baron Rilcou last other point, but the Portuguese your he affirmed that the Empress were not to be denied, and they of Britain's wood surface court went on to a magnificent win. was the finest he had played on Rodrigues was easily the bot-outside of Queen's Club, London, ter performer in the Recreio's and when he and Andrews landed third pair. Oliveira, who in his in America last year American carller, association with the game Lawn Tennis gave, a long and in- used to be one of the most dash- terosting account of their practice Ing and spectacular players in the games on the "Britala" during the Colony has now reached that voyage across the Pacific. Al- stage when he is toying with the though in Hollywood, Baron subtleties of the game and at the Rilcou is still strongly attached to Immediate moment his badminton his tennis and it may be that wo is suffering. Which, I am cor- shall see him in an instructional tain, Is why Oliveira was so dia-l film nt some later date.

AGAINST HO AND

W. C. HUNG

three.

Derby wiped the floor with the Wednesday scoring four times beat Everton by the odd goal in without reply, while Liverpool

Results as cabled by Reuter!—'

FIRST DIVISION

Liverpool Derby

Arsenal

2 Everton

4. Wednesday

League Tablo

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pte. 33 18 0 4 03 37 45 Sunderland .. 33 10 11 0 72 40 43 Manchester C. 33 18 0 9 60 47 Wednesday.. 34 15 9 10 56.65. Derby

Everton

83 15 8 10 60 50

4 14 0 11 72 06 87 Liverpool .33 10 6 12 69 68 37

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Brighton

Chariton

Coventry

Reading Lutou Watford

+ Reading'

League Tablo

P. V. D. L. F. A. PU 33 32

80 41 49

32 17 7 8 73 39 41

12 10

22 10 8 8 71 43′40

32 16 7 0 61 34 39

Crystal Pal, 33 15 0.004 43 89

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Hamilton Rangers

2 Partick 1 Clyde WEST BROMWICH DEFEATS

BOLTON IN REPLAY •

London, Mar. 20.

In the re-play of the semi-Anal- round of the English Football Cup Competition, at Stake, West Brom- wich defeated Belton by two goala to nil West Bromwich will now meet Sbémold Wednesday in the Final-Reuter.

After leading 5-2 in the second set, Remedios and A. V. Gosano yesterday lost in in the end bath were playing well straight sets to Ho Ka-lau and below form. Willie Hung in the second round of the open

doubles championship.

Ho Ka-lau's steadiness was a very important factor in the turn of the game. Hung was not aò The Portuguese pair were playing steady as usual, but when called Ane tennis until their sudden upon for an extra effort was able collapse. If the second set had to give it.

gone in their favour the Chinaso There were some very bright couple would have been hard put rallies. Remedios again impress to avoid defeat.

ed with bis crisp volleying and (overhead, and more will be heard Gosano was the first to crack of this player in the future Tho up when he and his partner held scores were 6-2, 7-5, and the a winning lead, and gradually winners now meet the lu brothers Remedios too lost confidence and for the semi-final.

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