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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

DECEMBER WEDNESDAY,

4, 1935.

INFERIORITY COMPLEX CAUSES BADMINTON UPSET

Bad

V.R.C. Strike

TACTICAL ERROR

OUR FORECAST

TO BEAT THE BOOK

Patch

De At Club

Recreio

For Saturday Next

HOME:

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH

FOOTBALL

following is the

Telegraph forecast of next Saturday's English and Scottish League football programme.

(By "Robin")

Arsenal Chelsea

Manchester C. Sunderland

Doncaster

West Ham Swindon

PORTUGUESE GO TO HEAD OF TABLE

SHOW INVINCIBLE FORM

(By "Veritas"), `

Last night the V.R.C. visited the Club de Recreio and received a lesson in badminton. Whether it had the desired effect will better be seen in the future. In fact it is questionable whether picking up a shuttlecock from the ground overy half minute is very much of a lesson. It is the sort of thing which can become as dis- heartening as it is enlightening.

But the Powers have decreed that the "babies" of the men's doubles division shall be given the experience of playing the "giants," and if, as last night, that experience is confined to watching the shuttle soar into the court yards out of one's reach, and of patiently picking up the "feathers" from the floor while the score relentlessly pursues its course-0.15, 0-16, 0-17, 0-18 to the inevitable love game, who are the losers that they should complain?

Neverthelo 1 think the V.RC. were slightly disappointed with them- nelves; and I ale think they had a right to be. It was not the fact that They lost to Recreio "A" 8-1, but the manner of that defeat.

INFERIORITY COMPLEX They wont Inferiority complex which they enaid not shake off at any stage of the match.

on the court with an

Last Sunday S. A. Rumjahn and C. N. da Silva spent a long time prue tising on the Itecreio court nut in the course of several games' wiped up all the Recreio's "B" team couples. But inst night they were not in the same class,

I should say they were 100 per cent. A disheartening sturt below form. when they lost 3-21 to Carvalho und Silva knocked out of them all the will to win. This was reflected in their strokes and tactics which de preciated as the evening advanced.

Qulte a number of things were made apparent about the play of the V.I.C. pairs. They did not make hatt enough use of the site lines but kept the shuttle in the middle of the court to

of Hongkong'.

F. H. Kwok, ons leading badminton players. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

the

to win the :20-23, they proceded

next twn in Bue style and rounded off a successful evening by "scalping" the V.R.C. first string 21-18.

Oliveira and J. J. Remedios natural- ly met with no upposition. They lost alx points in the process of winning three games. Cavartho is maintain- ing a stewly improvement and over. head compares favourably with any boily in the Colony.

Complete seares were:

and A. 3. Silva' L. A: Cavarlho Recreio) beat. S. A. Rumjuhn and C. N. da Silva 21-3; bent P. B. Allum21 and E. Alves 21-6; bent M. M. de Soares and C. N. Xavier 21-0.

M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Remedioa (Recreio) beat Rumjahn and Silva and Alves 21-1; 21-2: buat Allam bent Soares and Xavier 21-3.

J. Ribeiro ami J. Xavier (Recrein) bent Humjahn and Silva 21-16; bunt Allam and Alves 21-7; lost to Soures: and Xavier 20-23...

HARD EARNED WIN

FOR SAINTS Kwok & Smith Maintain

100 Per Cent Record

Group of the Sailers and Soldiers' Home and St. John's badminton tests taken before their longue

match last night. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

CAMBRIDGE WIN

LAST RUGBY MATCH BEFORE VARSITY ENCOUNTER

London, Dec. 3. Cambridge University played their last rugby game to-day prior to the annual Inter-Varsity match on Tuesday next.

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They met and defeated J.-L.

scoring Greenwood's XV, points against five,Heater.

BADMINTON HINTS

THE GRIP AND FOREHAND

NO. 1

H.K.F.A. FACES A PROBLEM

AND WORKS OUT A NOVEL SOLUTION

The

special

Torquay

Halifax

Wrexham

Motherwell

Kilmarnock

AWAY!-

FIRST

DIVISION

Y

Middlesbro

ARSENAL Birmingham

Blackburn CHELSEA GRIMSBY Leeds

LIVERPOOL.

Y. HUDDERS-

FIELD

WEDNESDAY

Y. Portsmouth

T. Brentford

T. Derby

r. Preston

MANCHESTER C. v. Aston Villa

Stoke

v. Wolres SUNDERLAND) . Bolton WEST BROMWICH v. Everton

SECOND DIVISION,

BLACKPOOL Bradford

Bury

DONCASTER

LEICESTER Norwich Notts F.

Manchester U.

V. Barnsley

FULHAM

Port Vale Hull

Newcastle"

Tottenham Reading Celtic

TO DRAW --

Huddersfield : Brentford! Charlton

TENNIS EXHIBITION

TOTTENHAM MENZEL & HECHT

SHEFFIELD U. . Plymouth

Swansea

V.

"'.

3. Crystal P. 1.uton Northampton

v. Cardin v. Orient V. Notts C. v. Gillingham

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

1. Barrow

". Chester

v. Lincoln

SOUTHAMPTON v. Bradford C. v. CHARLTON WEST HAM v. Burnley

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) (By "Veritas").

Bristol R. ALDERSHOT and

Whatever one may think about the The Probem:-Portugal

READING of constitutional action, Brighton Wales refuse to desirability

Bournemouth Southend ther of the way in which the Football BRISTOL C. play in

Association flouted such constitutional COVENTRY

EXETER International action, one must admire the delight- MILLWALL

NEWPORT Charity. Cup fully complacent way in which the

on F.A. faced and solved this problem.UEEN'S P.R. petition Chrismas Day. The action raises the question, "When SWINDON TORQUAY is a eup draw not a cup draw?" The China and Scot-

nswer seems to be. "When it is made Watferd land say they in Hongkong." will. The draw

However, everybody seems to be brings together satisfied and the Association certainly Carlisle Portugual and deserves to be congratulated on its DARLINGTON

GATESHEAD China and Scot-foresight in inserting that Rule 17.

HALIFAX land and Wales, which gives the management full

powers Lo deal with any point not Hartlepools What's to be provided for in the rest of the rules. Mansheld done?

Incidentally locul aporte writers Christmas Day or Boxing Day, Sure- Solution:-Scrap the draw. aren't at all keen on working either Put Scotland ly the Football Association will rally China round and do something about this. against and Portugal Now a nice little suspension of all WREXHAM

holiday football. But perhaps against Wales. that is neting a little too unconstitu- so that the first tionally.

Albion two can play on

Getting back for a moment to the ARBROATH Christmas

Clyde Day Problem and its Solution, it must be and the other said that the present arrangement is Dundee

HEARTS than the satisfactory more two on Boxing far

original draw. I should have hated KILMARNOCK Day.

to see Portugal and China eliminat- MOTHERWELL W. Ayr ing one another in the semi-final be- PARTICK Reactions:-Inexpres-cise I feet certain they will provide St. Johnstone

a first class final.

The great advantage of bad- minton is that it can be played The at any time of the day or even- ing. It is not a difficult game to learn, and for this reason it is worth while getting your technique right.

Choose a good racket which feels light in your hand. The correct grip Is with the end of the handle lying comfortably in your palm, your finger's wrapped round the handle and

It was touch and go at the Sailors! nal Soldiers Home where St. John's were entertained and just succeeded In winning by the odd game in nine This turned out to be one of the most! thumb overinpping the first fingur. keenly contested matches

men's division to date.

in the

the

Use the same grip for forehand and backhand sigts. The racket is

General ssible.

it

The encounter was featured by Flight that in an emergency you can II. Kwok and G. A. Smith preserving gain a little extra length by shooting their 100 per cent. record. This it forward to pick up a shuttle, hold- couple has now played three matches ing it merely with the thumb and together without losing any

two fingers; but this is only to be bine games.

None of the S. and S. used as a last resource. Hame

tu reach couples managed double figures against them.

Wrist work is important, for The turning point of the match was the defeat of L. A. Gibbons and A. Edwards,

the S. and S. second string by Roland Koh and Norman Smith. Was highly entertaining and thrilling game with only three aces separating the pairs when the win ning point was

made.

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Scores:-

Yang Clan and W. Sprague (5. and S. Home), lost of F. 11. Kwok and G. A. Smith 8-21; beat Roland Koh and Norman Smith 21-10; bont F. Tyson and J. Bonnitt 21-18.

of satisfaction the evident

gamo In the short opposition. they wore far too straightforward and rarely succeeded in obtaining the acute angles so necessary to make this type of play successful,

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Not once did I see brought into use the 'drop abort from a high lob which is one of the most effective strokes in the game.

L. A. Gibbons and A. Edanrds (S. and S. Ilome), lost to Kwolk and Smith -21; lost to Koh and Smith 18-21; beat Tyeots and Bennitt 21-8.

D. Waylen and J..Winfield (S. and S. Home), lont to Kwok and Smith 9-21; lost to Koh and Smith 18-21; beat Tyson and Bennitt 21-11.

Two Men's Doubles Games This Evening

S. AND S. GET A REST

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

Shamshuipo Camp

governs the direction and speed of Police "A" Team Visit the shuttle. Keep your wrist flexible.

Footwork is also immensely in portaat, and since every stroke volley the ability to get off the mark and change direction quickly is of great value. Keep on your toes when waiting for the shot, changing your weight from one foot to the other.

Travelling to Shamshuipo yester day afternoon, the Police "A" did not play the Lincolns at hockey as was at first arranged, but met the "B" Company of that regiment instead.

The visitors were superior in al-

In playing a forehand stroke the left foot should be a little in advance most every department, but the Lin- of the right. Have your weight on colos defence played a hard rumo in A 2-1 lead at the in- your right foot as you swing your the first half and kept the keepers racket back, and bring it forward on of the law to to the left foot at the moment of terval.

At the resumption, however, the continually striking, thus giving force to the shot.

Police were

attacking Hit the shuttle with a straight arm and scored three more goals, the score This means Julging your distance carefully. If you are caught so close at the final whistle being 5-1 in their to the shuttle that you must hit with favour.

a bent elbow, remember that you can give yourself more room by swaying your body to the side,

MATCH CANCELLED

The ornament

ago

v. Southport

1. New Brighton Y. CHESTER-

FIELD

ACCRINGTON

Oldham

Y

Rotherham TRANMERE WALSALL

Y. Stockport

v. Rochdale

York

T. Crewe

SCOTTISH

LEAGUE

Third Lanark

V. HAMILTON V. Hibernian

V. --ABERDEEN-

*

Airdrie Queen's Park

1. Queen 'Sth

1. Dunfermline

Y. RANGERS

V CELTIC

Leonardo Gavia Defeats Khoo Hooi-Hye

IN THREE EXHAUSTING SETS

Manila, Nov. 29.

TO-MORROW

PLAY TO START AT 3.30

(By "Voritus").

What was at first a slender possibility has become a cer. tainty concerning the appear. ance in Hongkong of Menzel and Hecht the international tennis players. They have not only agreed by cable to play, but thanks to the earlier ar rival of the Terukuni Maru, they will have the whole of to- their morrow afternoon, at disposal,

In view of this the L.T.A. has gone to arrangements ahead and male stage the players at the Hongkong Cricket Club where they will be view at one doline per neat and 50 cents standing.

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It is expected that they will start at 3.30. The players are first being Invited to an official tifin party..

get been The programme has not arranged as it is not known whether Menzel and Hocht will feel like singles or whether they will prefer to play nothing but doubles.

Hongkong would dearly like to see the Davis Cup men opposed to each other in a singles, and I believe the L.T.A. Interid to try and persuade

ur visitors to do this.

In any case it will be an entertain. ing afternoon, requiring only tine weather to ensure its success.

England's Best Tennis Players

RANKING LIST. ISSUED

The follow-through in a continuation the Army to be played at King'a i Chinese 'star gain Khoo's tricky 7-all for the last time and determined- Austin (2); 3, G. P. Hughes (3); 4,

of the swing of the racket. Do not curtail it in the forehand stroke.

(More hints on badminton will appear next week.)

game

0, N. Sharpe (4); 7, H.

In a gruelling battle during which the score sce-sawed un- certainly in each set, Leonardo Gavia, Jr., National "and All- Comers champion, defeated Khoo Hooi Hye, Shanghai ace, in three sels yesterday afternoon at the Rizal Stadium, 10-8, 7-5 and 9-7. In the second game of the evening Juanito Gavia, the local tennis champion's youthful brother, bowed. in defeat to a more experienced opponent, V. T. Wong, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5 and 4-6. The match between Gavia and Khoo the local champlon evened up. Gavia with was thrilling, the local ace meeting bad victory within his grasp

of the way. the set at 5-4 and the next game

London, Nov. 14. apposition every foot Gavin's victory yesterday served as almost his. The Chinese tennis aco

The Lawn Tennis Associa- a revenge for his defeat at the hands deuced the game, however, and after of Khoo

tion issued yesterday, the of in Shanghai three years the score for the game see-sawed for sometime, he won the game to the

ficial ranking lists for 1935, Ιδια The match arranged between the Khoo started strong in the first the score at 5-all. Khoo won

giving him the lead and

singles only, for the period Aim at hitting the shuttle while Radio Indians and the Police Indians set and was leading 6-2. The Bento next game,

Tomus ace, however, got into

April 1 to Oct. 5, 1935. his a chance to win the set and work

These are as follow. The figures tride and tied the score at b-all for two-nels all. He was getting it is still in advance of you that is, for yesterday was cancelled. nearer, the net. Use your left arm.

tournament hockey From this point on, the score sce- tired, however, and once he stopped in parentheses denote the positions freely to help your balance.

last year. first Gavin match between the Royal Navy and awed,

and then the to rest from a cramped_foot. the upper hand. Khoo tled the score for the set at Men-1, F. J. Perry (1); 2, H. W. Park to-day will commence at 2.30 Early in the pm. instead of 4.p.m. as previously placements caught Gavia flat-footed ly strove to get the upper hand. C. R. D. Tuckey (19); 5, R. K. Tink arranged. This is the Services' first time and again, but as the set pro- However, with victory within his ler meeting in the tourney, and a good gressed the latter played a more grasp, Gavin ranged all over his side G.

3. E. R. Avory (0) heady game and puzzled his opponent of the court, forcing the fast tiring 0, 10

Collins B. L.G.C game should entuc.

(-): 10, C. M. Jones with chops and fobs.

visitor to extend himself. Gavia won(); 11, F. H. D. Wildo (8); 12, The end of the first set began after the next two games to clinch the set G. Freshwater

(10) the score, had been tied, at eight and the match.

Women 1. Miss D. E. Round. (1) The following will represent the

SHANGHAI WIN DOUBLES games all. Gavia, took the ninth

and Miss K. E. Stammare (8); d, Club v Radly after the game was deuced time and

Whittingstall

(8)

4, Mrs. E Hongkong Hockey

Manila, Nov. 30, Sports Club at King's Park át 5 pan.again, and then won the tenth in easy

Khoo Hoo Hye and V. T. Wong. Miss M. C. Scriven (2): 6, Miss S. Cashion to olinch the act, 10-8, to-day:

representing Shanghai, defeated Noel (12); B, Mra. 3. B. Pittman Leonardo Gavin, Jr., and Alfreds (9); 7, Miss N. M. Lylo (0): 8, MITH

N

· FORTUNE VARIES

Diy, local national tennis doubles M. R. King (4): 8, Miss E. M. Dear-

10, Miss A. (10): five closely an in Early in the second set, Khos again champion combination,

(); 11,

Miss took an early lead, winning the first contested and grueling sets yester two games. Gavin won the next two day afternoon at the Rizal Memorial R. M. Hardwick (11),

the whole On to even up the score, and then it was Tennis Stadium, to take the lead, Prague, Dec. 9. a nip and tuck affair again as victory 2 matches to 1 in the dual net meet (comments. Frank Poxon), but

The rather flattittingstall has been Miss Zdenka Koubkova, famous seemed to favour first one player and between Santa Tomas University and think Mrs.

Club, Czechoslovak holder of the women's then the other. Gavin had the upper Shanghal

Miss Scrivit in the men's list is

The only The Police Reserves won by 792 world 800 metres record, established hand but drove into the net time and scores were: 7-5, 6-7,7-0, 0-2, 8-0.

The lone match of the day whe last year at the World Games in Lon-again, allowing Khoo to even up. points to 338.

Zdenek The end of the second set came when featured by cool and heady play on that Nigel Sharpe has been placed as don, will shortly become Mr.

of the Shanghal stars. It low sixth. Surely Sharpo is n The following were the SCOTES:

the part Koubka. Doctors have informed Miss with the scoro at 6-5 against him, Koubkova that she has the option of Khon failed to return a low one, the was interesting throughout with both better singles player than R. K.

Indeed, Sharpe would have an odds.... either sox. Sho has decided to sub error coating him the game and the teams taking the load alternately Tinklar, who is ranked fifth.

Although Leonardo Gavia played topi Bommit to a minor operation to become act. 5-7.

for a man. This is the second operationThe third set was as thrilling and notch tennis, Alfredo Diy's erratic on chance of beating either G. P. the Hughes or. GR. D. Tuckey, ranked

even fatther above him. since the sex of Miss Koubkova was closely contested as the first. Khoo playing proved costly. doubled.

REVOLVER SHOOT

Police Easily Beat Naval Team.

CLUB'S SENOR TEAM

H. S. Shields; J. E. Potter (Capt) and G. Sommer; J. G. Cotesworth; W. A. Reed and J. LA Tetley; N. A. E. A revolver shooting match between Mackay; S. A. Fowler; G. E. R. members of the Hongkong Divett; D. Carey and D. J. Nooy.

They did "kill" well, and indivi

court in dually they covered the splendid style. But more than once thero was a hint of misunderstanding

Two matches in the men's doubles division of the badminton league will with two pinyers covering the same

Kowloon bo played this evening. part of the court at the same time.

Against less powerful opposition Tong are hosts to the Fire Brigade these points may not have appeared! and Recrelo "D" entertain Talkoo.

Kowloon Tong are turning out the they stood out obvious, but illuminated under the dazzling light anme team which lost to St. Andrew's some

last week, namely, S.

S. A. Gray Police Reserve Emergency Unit and of the Recreio's skilled court-craft and G. A. White, W. Le and A. Chan, place at Kennedy Road Range on

P. Leung and J. M.

..the Hongkong Naval Volunteers took and wide repertory of strokes.

Pons and Brigado expect to be at Sunday. UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS

full strength and it is unlikely that the homesters will succeel in winning Recreio were without the services

more than two games. of Dick Alves, whom, I am, toll, is under doctor's orders and has been advised against playing for another month. Eddie Sousa was also absent and the homesters brought in a pair whom, 1-bollave, have not even play Aed. In the "E" team. But they

emerged triumphantly from the or ideal. After losing their first game

Tho

Taikoo must resign themselves to defeat at the Recreio, who are so well off with players that they can afford to put in new pairs almost

every match-night is the only

Incidentally night thin wook that the Sailors and Solders Tomo have no match!

Patles Return Tandley Veu de Lois Bimmoos Nipple

Maress

Naval Volunteers 141 Kellanl

124 Ford 115 l'arry

114 Woodward

P8 Block-

100 Murali..:

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took the first two games, but again Tomasites,

Tennia

D.G

ag

8

M. Yorke

F.

■ James (5); 12, Miss

It is sound ranking

in being put above

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