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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 9,

1935.

TACTICS OF LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS DEFENDED

CORRESPONDENT MAKES

OUT A CASE ·

COLONG CHAMPIONS_WHO HAVE

WON BY ATTACK

DEFENSIVE MEASURES SOMETIMES

STRATEGICAL NECESSITY

Mr. Justice Lindsell's comments at the An- nual Meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association, together with the article written by "Veritas' last week concerning the defensive tactics em- ployed by local tennis players has brought forth. a response from a correspondent, who is himself a prominent player. In his letter, which is published below, he refutes the allegation that local champions have won their laurels by defen- sive tennis, and argues that even in first class tennis a defensive game is very often essential from a strategical viewpoint.

Sports Editor

think more about their Lounis and improvement.

effort

Hongkong Telegraph

Another thing our 1. T, A. over. Sir:After reading yours and Mr. look to the encimiragement of tennis Lindsell' comment on the standard schools. Some sort of and tacties of the Hongkong tennis should be ande to encourage our players, i feel I should like to alter school boys. With the exception of iny point of view on Hongkong tennis. Tani Yoe-Tong all the other, Arst ten This opinion of mine probably willen in our ranking list are not! And support from most of the tennis students. The University here in dos players in the colony,

ing very little in tennis. Japan has

J host of good players and nearly every one of their first ten men ate! university students.

To say that the tennis players in Hongkong are guilty of adopting des

We spend three or more months for! fensive tactics in match play will doi injustice to nearly every one of our running the tennis leagues, the only tennis champions. Every one of the kind of inter-clubs competition. The Als in the Open Singles Champion- lenge matches serve practically na in raising the alandard of ship. was won by a player who was value

defensive tneties, singles play. We ought to adopt the adopting

Int

11. I. 1. Inncock at bis prime would Davis Cup system in the inter-clubs win his matches with his terrific nffairs as well as the present, lenguei nerves and forecourt play. H. A. divisions. Nisbet ruled the courts of "Hongkong

from 1912-14 with his offensive game.

pussessed the inest offensive forehand i

STRATEGY ALSO ESSENTIAL

S.E. Green in bis championship days; Finally I should like tennis fans and backhand drives seer on local and critics to realize that attacking courts. Ng Sze-kwong reigned the and defensive tennis is a matter of legal courts for six seasons with often conditions. It is easy to say that the nive forehand chop, angle volleys and best defence is attack but it is your

strokes which nre very round arressive and with them he is ablu to force his opponents into errors or hort returns. After playing Borotra (Continued on Page 9.),

GENE SARAZEN

RUMJAHN-

OR KONG?

To-day's Big Tennis

H.D. FAVOURED

(By "Veritas")

H. D. Rumjaha, Hongkong's. most enigmatical singles tennis player meets Paul Kong, Former Shanghai Interporter in the fourth round of the Open Singles Championship on the stand court this afternoon.

Thore is every promise that this' will be the outstanding singles match of the week.

This is Rumjahn's opportunity to show whether, his current form is good enough to over- come his, cousin, for if II. D. wins to-day he meets, Slrður In the semi-final.

Kong is still a player to be reckoned with, but I imagine Rumjahn's all-court play will turn the scales in his favour.

Ja Kumjahn's only. serious out-

Stylos: Miss McBeth, cox of the United London Women's Rowing Club (top), looked workmanlike in her shorts during the race against Oxford Women, whoan cox

a bouquet of violets,

Boom in

MAGNIFICENT PUTTING of the current tournament Women's

BY SARAZEN

SWIMMERS NOT TO VISIT PHILIPPINES

UNABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP

Amashes. T. Honda beat his oppon-pet's game which will decide COLONY CHINESE ents with his pacy forehand drives. Your procedure of play. Normally Captain O'Callaghan was the most Tilden's game is built upon sound offensive champlon in Incal tennis. He even followed his service to the net which once made it was difjet for his opponent to drive back, S. A. Ramjahn's greatness lies in his fore- court play and a counter attacking forehand. M. W. Lo was seen at his frest in 1929 when he outhit two ex- champions with his forehand drives to win the local crown. C. A. L Rumjan with the exception of his service Possesses every attacking Wal- champion. Taul atroke for a pui's backhand slices can be compared with those of Vincent Richards and it was that backhand alone that carried him to the front of local tennis.

MORE ENCOURAGEMENT NEEDED

Hamilton's Challenge To Celtic

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

WINS HIM GOLF TOURNEY

when he met lu Tak-chouk, the Indian was not highly impressive. his ground strokes showing an unusual lack of stability. His supporters will need to look for an! Improvement in this direction if they wish to see him survive to- day's contest.

'KONG'S RECORD

Billiards

By FRANK POXON

ware

DEAD-HEAT

IN- BOAT RACE

Oxford Girls Tie With London

Oxford, Mar. 14. Oxford to-day succeeded in not losing a race. True they did not win one, but they achieved a dead-beat.

The women's crew for "the other boat race" against Cambridge, which is to take place on the Thames at Chiswick, on Saturday, dead-hented with the London Uni- versity Eight in a contest on tho Isis, near Oxford this afternoon.

Both crews covered the course, over half a mile, in 2min. 49sec. followed on the tow-path by an enthusiastic crowd of women, and men too. They followed the race on bicycles, on horses, on scooters.- or on foot,

EXPERT WOMAN COACH

Miss Gwen Francombe, who has rowed against Cambridge, is this. years coach. Her father W88 captain of Oxford City Boat Club and she knows us much about row- ing us most Oxford "Blues."

"I must say that both eights rowed splendidly," she said after The race. "London, who were less nervous than our girls, rowed a longer and custer stroke in sejaence."

con-

·CIGARETTES BANNED

"The girls have been in Atricl

Three training for

weeks-no cigarettes, early to bad, and not even one glass of sherry," she told

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The Oxford crew were a sturdy After the good spade work of the looking lot of girls: There was a past two or three years, women's tactful silence on the question of

Paul Kong is no stranger to the billiards is coming into its own, weights, though Mr. P. R. S. BRILLIANT GAME local championship. So far as my Miss Joyce Gardner. ex-amateur Bankes (of the men's crew) had n counterpart in the tall, fair-haired records go his first appearance champion and finalist in the recentPolish girl, Miss Kuizette de Leni- IN PLAY-OFF

was in 1930, following upon his professional championship, told me picka, who rowed No. 5 with great visit here with the Shanghal

recently. Augusta, Georgia, Apr. 8.

Interport team. In that year he Continuing to display the went through to the forth round

The cox, small, cheerful, and with "I have been touring all over the! featured the early rounds, Gene the Japanese No. 2 player in the impressed with the rapidly-growing bunches of violets during the race. same magnificent form which heating en route, Akiyama, then country," she said, “and have been a resonant voles, instead of a megaphone, carried three Inrge Sarazen to-day brilliantly won Colony in straight sets, Chiu Chun-

game,

the Masters Golf Tournament chiu, also in straight sets, but enthusiasm of in the play-off tie with Craig lest to ilonda 6-2, 6-2, 8-G, Wood, aggregating 144 for the 36 holes.

In

women for the

Manila, Apr. 5. The Hongkong Chinese Ama- teur Athletic Federation is not

the following year Kong] "Hall proprietors are organising sending a team for the bi- Craig Wood required five more turned away R. W. Lee and Joe afternoon play for women and the annual swimming meet be-strokes, although he too played Leonard before bowing to Ng Sze- response is splendid. Manchester tween Formosa and the Philip-very well but could never equal kwong in straight sets.

and Birmingham arc specially pinies which will take place here Sarazen's amazing consistency.

This year Kong has only played strong centres, next month. The local federa-

two matches, beating R. Whinney

Sarazen averaged fours

The winner

while

determination.

LEAGUE SOCCER

"second"

after-

Artillery Team To Play Engineers tion has been advised to that ef- Crats Wood went round in five in the second round 6-2, 6-0, and Miss Gardiner has just come back

The Royal Artillery and Royal feet in a cablegram received over-fours--

Beach Thomas in the third C-2, from the desvinted-South Wales Engineers meet in from Ko Sik-wai, secretary

showed vaster | 0-2.

valleys, where she has been playing division league football match at the green and

In miners' institutes and clubs. Happy Valley to-morrow of the Hongkong Chinese Ama-superiority an

putted better than ever before. teur Athletic Federation.

Kong's strength is in his ground

noon at 445, wher the following He completed the first 18 holes in strokes: his weakness in the fore-

"What grand fellows those un-will reapresent the Gunners: The inability of the Hongkong 71, as gainst Craig Wood's 75 court. If he can entice Rumjahn employed miners are! she ex.

Hancock; Hall, and Sargent; London, April 8. sports officials to send a team here while they did the next nine holes into baseline rallies he may curry claimed..

Gardner, Nash, and Fisher; Hamilton to-day jumped three for the meat, the cable states, is in 30 and 40 respectively. Sarazen' the day, but it is not easy to

"From what I saw and heard it is Brookes. Floor, Reece, Latham, the Far East. In 1933, L. Gavin of places in the first division Scot-due to the preparations being made second half score was 73, bis dietate terms to Rumjahn, and I

for the China national athletic worst nine boles being the last. Imagine the Indian's virile net sport which is keeping their hearts Brookes. Reserves: Leslie and Manila was a very promising player tish League table and are and Teui Wai-pui, our future hope, strongly challenging Celtic for championships which will take which cost him 37 strokes. Craig attack will weaken his opponent. and heads up,"

place in Shanghal in October.

Personally I think the champions of Hongkong given more encouragement and tournament play will be able to hoid their own against players of

FOOTBALL

played him on love! terms. The second position. Phillipine Association took care of

Gavia and to-day he was able to des

Journeying to Queen's Park,

feat even F. II. Moon of Australia, Hamilton scored a nent victory by while our Taui Wai-pul stayed in the odd gont in seven, this being Hongkong with very little first class their 18th win in 35 matches. play ami to-day Tsui is about two classes below L. Gavia.

Intenalve tournament play is the anly way for improvement for a ten- nia player after he has graduated

The revised records of the first six clubs in the league now read: LEAGUE TABLE

from the "rabbit" class. With one Rangers .... 34 21 4 0.90 40 52

annual open championship in a twelve Celtic months season in Hongkong, we can- Hamilton not expect to produce players of very learts high calibre. Give our players half Aberdeen dozen or more open events, they will St. Johnston.

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INTERPORT TRAINING

The cable also mentioned the fact that Hongkong is also pre- paring to take part in the interport athletic ment to be held in Canton | in August and in the month of September, the Hongkong pro- vinelal meet will be held. Mr. Ko. however, thanked the oficials of the local athletic federation for inviting Hongkong to participate in the Formosa-Philippines swimfest.)

Wood required 74 strokes for the final 18 holes, one stroke better than his first round.-Reuter.

DEVONPORT

SERVICES BEATEN

Bridgend's Rugby Achievement

London, April 8. Devonport Services paid an un-

The P. I. swimming association successful visit to Bridgend in in charge of making the selection Rugby Union match today, losing of Filipino swimmers for the For- mosa-Philippines dual swimfest, is to the homesters by nine points to making preparations to conduct swimming try out which will be

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held probably next week at the The try outs will also give officials Rizal Memorial Natatorium. These of the swimming association a line try outa will last at least two works on probable candidates for the ofter which the members of tho team which will be sent to the F. I. team for the swimming meet world's olympic games in Berlin will be selected.

Inext year.

The Last Of "Bodyline"

WORLD-SHAKING DISPUTE NOW

PEACEFULLY

London, Mar: 22.

The great "Bodyline" dia- pute, which involved Notts County Cricket Club, the other counties, and the Australiana, and shook cricket throughout the world, has at last "been peacefully settled.

SETTLED

the Advisory County Cricket Committee (representing all the counties) that Notts stand by the resolutions of 1934 con-i demning "direct-attack”. bowl- ing was given unanimously.

The famous "No-confidence" vote on the committee passed by the Netts members on Jan. 16 was rescinded by a large major- Ity.

This last stage was reached yesterday at the annual meeting of the Notts Club, whose two famous players, Larwood and Voce, have been held as being the cause] titude

As Notts thus defined their at- towards "direct-attack"

of the beginning of the dispute. bowling, and declared their futuro Here are the points of the settle-policy, no reason now exists for mont, arrived at by a meeting any further action by the M.C.C. Mr. McCraith (who, presented which numbered over 2,000, In- cluded 200 women, and was at the committee's report at the no- times somewhat lively:

confidence" meeting) anid that at The assurance naked for by. (Continued on Page-8.)-

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