1936-02-08 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1936.

DRAMATIC DEFEAT OF TENNIS TITLE HOLDER

Mrs. Kayll's False Tactics Paves Way To

LOUIS VOTED NO. 1

OUTSTANDING MAN OF 1935

LAWSON LITTLE

SECOND

New York.

The dynamite-loaded fists of Joe Louis carried the Detroit negro from Estic oblivion to ranking as the outstanding athlete of 1935.

In one year Louis amashed from obscurity, knocked out two former hoavyweight champions and beenme the uncrowned" Ütleholder in the opinion of 98 of 185 sporting editors who participated in the annuni

·United Press poll.

Many editora, who never even beard of Jos Louis when 1935 begun, had this to say about the Detralt boy who is an odd-on favourite to becomé champion in 1930:

"Louis bocamo one of the biggest box office attractions of all time be- caude of ability rather than publicity the swoolest thing I over naw Lough

throw leather

hen

an nails, fast as Omaha and knocko the big boys colder than a fight manager's heart

the biggest

Individual big shot of the year ...

man an well as a

a level-headed

great fighter

to

Second pluce, with 60 votes, went Lawean Litle, San. Francisco golfer, who won the Amerienn and British Amateur, titles for the second Huccessive your-n feat no other mutí has performed.

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ALLISON IGNORED Editors voting for the burly Call Cornian, who was awarded the Sulll

Trophy for being 1935's out standing amateur athlete, backed the nomination by saying Little had proven his championship calibre in of the toughest of all sports. one Louls, they said, whipped a bunch of ascond-rate fighters and still has to moct a formidable opponent.

Jesso Owens, Ohio State Univer- sity's "one man track team," recolved third pince with 12 voten-all for his amazing fent laat summer in breaking three records and tieing another on ono afternoon..

C. Y. Yang, the North China goalla foll as he fisted out to clear the Korean attack during the game before the China Olympic selectors at the Shanghai Stadium, North China won 5-4 after being extended to the limit by a fierce Korean rally in the second half.

BADMINTON

FIRE BRIGADE'S FIRST DEFEAT: KOWLOON TONG'S FIRST SUCCESS

RESULTS OF LAST NIGHT'S MIXED DOUBLES

Despite a valiant effort by Mr. and Mrs. Shute, who won three games in brilliant manner, the Fire Brigado could not avert defeat

Our Daily Golf Hint

It is a good idea with a long up-hill putt or long putt on a slow green to run it up to the holo with a mid-iron.

Florace L. Harvey,

DEFAULT

when they entertained Chinese Recreation Club at Palice Head. BY ELIOT

KOWLOON TONG'S FIRST WIN

quarters last night, the visitors winning by six games to three. This match must rank as the finest played to date in the mixed doubles

this lengue

season. Only after atrenuous opposition did J. L. Ander- son and Miss Madge Griffiths yield their three games. One was "setted": which they eventually lost 10-24, while in another they scored 18 nces and in a third 16.

also offered spirited resistance and A. L. Fisher and Mrs. Kirkwood collectet 18 nees from Gordon Lum and Mrs. T. F. Lo, while they als scared double figures in the other games.

Some Indication of the closeNEAR of the contest can be gleaned from the fact that the Fire Brigade, al- though losers, aggregated more aces than the C.R.C. Fire Brigade scored 158 against the winners' 155.

This was the Fire Brigade's frat defent of the season while the result C.R.C. to link up with the

There is now no team' in the

At Expense of S. And S. Homie

their

Kowloon Tong recorded first victory of the badminton ren- son last night when in a mixed doublea match they visited and de feated Sailors and Soldiers Home hy six games to three. Up to last night neither teams had secured a Jeague point,

There were some spirited games with C. Hall and Miss Doig of the 5. and S. fully extending the visitors Mrs. Margaret White and S. A. Gray first two couples. P. C. Leung and and Miss. Alison Mackenzie won three games each for Kowloon Tong, Mrs. and constantly scoring oatright with cross-court smashes after well plac ed lobs to her opponents' backhand,

To Little Mary Hoerger. 11-year old Florida diror, went fourth place "Firemen" for the leadership, bath Whito playing very fine badminton with six votes. Mary amazed the teama having 10 points from nine aquatic world Jaxt summer by | games, capturing the national outdoor league with 100 per cent. record. apringboard diving title from Dorothy Paynton, an Olympic Champion. DA, surprising finisher was Wilmer. Aillson, who upset Fred Perry of England in the American tennis championships. Allison" received only

Are votes for a fout which, at the time it happened, had caused the Toxan to 「 hailed

感想

the 1936 "man of destiny". But he was forgotton as Louis and Little smashed to even greater triumpha inter in the

year.

Another surprise was that Jimmy Braddock, who scored one of 1936' greatest upsets when he whipped Max ner for the heavyweight title, did not receive a voto.-United Prosn,

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The

Gleaming

White

Rackot.

FIRE BRIGADE ▼ C.R.C.

Played at Central Pollee Hendquar

to three.

ters, the C.I.C. winning by six games

SAINTS DEFEATED

St. Andrew's, deprived of the ser- vices of Henry Kew and A. E. P Guest. proved no match for St.

E. L. Shute and Mrs. Shute (Fire John's at the Cathedral Hall and W. Cheung 21-0; bent Gordon Lum Fincher and Miss Molly Churn won Brigade) beat S. W. Liang and Mine lost seven of the nine games. E. F. and Airs, T. F. Lo 21-9: bent S. P. the Saints two games.

Chan and Mrs. G. Lum 21-8.

HALL "A"

FAIL TO MAKE- APPEARANCE

AGAINST ST. ANDREW'S

(By "Veritua”).

Strange behaviour by Eliot Hall badminton club. The club's teams competing in the men's doubles division of the badminton league are far be- hind other teams in pro- gramme and they, more than others, are faced with a con- gested fixture list and the need for doing their utmost to play off games.

Yet last night Eliot Hall "A"

· failed to turn up on their own court to meet St. Andrew's "B" in a game which had been mutually arranged by correspondence,

them.

owing to errors in the official hand- As I pointed out during the week,

Correspondence (which I have seen) book, several teams have no fixtures Frank Kwok and Miss Muriel provided. This was one of

passed between St. Andrew's

"B" fixture arranged for last night to: and Eliot Hall, outcome of which was be played at Ellot Hall.

J. I Anderson and Miss M. Smith played finely for the winners Grinths (Fire Brigade) lost to Liang and won all three encounters." and Cheung 19-24; lost to Lum and

Lo 18-21; lost to Chan and Lum S. & S. HOME KOWLOON TONG 16-21:

CHAN **** (8 pts.) **** CHAN A. L. Fisher and Mrs. R. Kirkwood (Fire Brigado) lost to Liang and Played at the Sailors and Soldiers Choung 12-21; lost to Lum and Lo Home, Kowloon Tong winning by six 18-21; lost to Chan and Lum 12-21,

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Lawn Tennis Rackets

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Among the Men & NINE OUT OF TWELVE

Among the Ladies

are users of

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MISS HANCOCK REVELS IN

EXCHANGES

PUNCHES AWAY AT THE LOSER'S BACKHAND

AND SCORES THOROUGHLY DESERVED VICTORY

(By "Veritas")

Spectators at the United Services Recreation Club yesterday saw the dethronement of a champion when Mrs. J. F. Kayll was beaten by Miss Rosamund Hancock in the semi-final of the ladies open singles. tennis cham- pionship. It was Misa Hancock's finest achievement in local competitive tennis to date and never has a success been more thoroughly merited. She won 7-5, 6-4 after running away to a 5-1 lead in the second set,

Up at the net Mrs. Kay was not completely at ease, but she did pull out some fine winning Tolleys and one felt that if she had driven cross-court and then

fol. lawed in she would have met with far more success.

In the other semi-final rock. which acted as a curtain- raiser to the more important drama, Mrs. Nora Wilson, playing faultless and effortless tennis, swept Mrs. Dowling off the court in the space of 30 minutes to win 6-1, 6-0, end- ing the match with a sequence of nine winning games.

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Mrs. Kayll has always experi- enced difficulty in disguising weak backhand, and hitherto she has done it successfully because she has usually met right handed players and has been able to con- centrate on their backhands with her awkward dipping drives. But yesterday she was confronted with a left hander, whose whole strength lay in her forehand cross-court drive which sent the ball insistently to Mrs. Kayll's backhand.

That this would prove her down. fall if she did not discover some menna of denying Miss Hancock her favourite stroke was early evident, yet to the dismay of her friends and the astonishment of the specta- tors, generally, Mrs. Kayll proceed- ed to pamper to her opponent's forehand, with dire results.

Mrs. Kayll's poor backhand WAS only surpassed by her tactics which were suicidal to say the least.

RHYTHMICAL STROKES

Even so Miss Hancock stroked better throughout the game. Early "on she caught a rhythm to her ground strokes which Mrs. Kayl

full-blooded yet well controlled strove fruitlessly throughout to obtain. Her running drives were

Miss Hancock fall below standard, and only when she raided the net -even on really good shots--did

It must be recorded that she did not make a single winning volley. due either to bad timing or incor- rect positioning.

across harbour and up to wind-swept The Saints made the long journey

Nevertheless when it came to "Badminton Lane," only to discover Hall players were having an evening because the displayed such they were not expected and that Eliot, tactics Miss Hancock had nothing to learn from the holder. It was

off.

in-

Naturally St. Andrew's are contemtelligence in this direction that plating claiming points. Whole thing,

anyway, is going before Badminton Association.

This is the second match this week EHot Hall has failed to play. On; Wednesday the two teams were Wednesday the "A" and "B" were postpone the match.

This sort of behaviour is doing nothing to help along a season ready overcrowded with fixtures, and the Association will do well to take serious note of Eliot. Hall's lax at. titude to the position.

INTERPORTERS

ON VIEW

HOCKEY TEAM TO AARPLAY REST

In order to give Hongkong hockey enthusiasts an opportunity of seeing the victorious Colony Interport team in action a match has been arranged for Tuesday next between, the Inter- port eloven and the Rest of the Colony,

It will be played at Sookunnoo, bully-off at 6 pm. sharp, The Rest combination has not yet boen finally determined.

RIFLE SHOOTING OFF

Week-End Practice Cancelled

Owing to the Naval Rangs at Stonecutters being in use throughout the week-end, no Spoon or Practice Shoot will be held by the Hongkong

· Ride-Association.

WILL MEET IN THE FINAL

Mrs. Nora Wilson and Mira Rosamund Hancock, who will meat in the final of the Indies singles tennis champlonship.

she was able to dictate terms. Shu crowded on pacy drives to Mrs. Kayll's backhand and simply waited for the inevitable mistake. On her other hand Miss Hancock was re- llable rather than aggressive, al- though now and then she flashed out a very pretty backhand drive down the lines.

The loser was much below form. Her strokes wors jerky and tenta- tive. By pushing her backhand she was always lifting tho ball weakly into the air and anything to bo takon on the run usually loft lor helpless. Her forehand was more reliable but she made the orror of not cross-court driving. She searched the tramlines with shots which did not carry onough speed, to outwit player whose own fonchiand was as steady as n

But on the day's game she was fairly and aquarely beaten, and her regrets at playing somewhat below form must be tempered by the knowledge that Misa Hancock; pulled out her best stuff for the occasion.

A fighting first set, with Mrs. Kayll always endeavouring to ob-f tain a lend which did not come her way was followed by a runaway on the part of Miss Hancock who took five games in a row to come within, two points of the match. Then Mrs. Kayll showed that she was a fighter by winning the next three games. Following this she saved three match points on her own service and actually bad game! point for five-all before losing.

WINTER OLYMPIAD

Great Britain Wins At Ice-Hockey

Garmisch, Feb. 7.

HOLDER VANQUISHED

Mrs. Kayll, beaton yesterday by Miss Hancock.

Dazzling Display By Mrs. Wilson

WITHERING SHOTS PUTS HER INTO THE FINAL

(By "Veritas"),

I am told that the finest game of tennis Mrs. Nora Wilson has played since coming to the Far East was in her singles match during the Interport at Shang- hai last year. But I should Imagine that her display yes. terday against Mrs. Dowling came very close to challenging that claim.

Mra. Dowling, a player of excel. lent stroke equipment was left standing by a stream of wonderful anots which Mra. Wilson unremit- In the Winter Olympled ice-hockey tingly directed to all parts of the Lournament here today the American court. This was certainly Mrs. and Canadians both gained full Wilson's finest "display"In Hong- marks. United States beat Germany kong and on such form there is by one to nothing while Canadians not another player in the Colony beat Poland 8-1,

who could hope to beat hor.

Great Britain had a stern struggle with Sweden before winning by the only goal scored.-Reuter.

yesterday

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THE ONLY ANSWERS.

To watch Mra. Wilson bring up the chalk with tramline drives on A United Press message from both hands which landed the ball Garmisch states that Austrin beat Poland by two goals to within a few inches of the court

to recall the per nl in the lce-hockey confentition base was while Hungary beat France by three formances of Mrs. Wills-Moody and gonls to nil.

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Colony Tennis Championship Entries Close Feb. 20

LIST OF EVENTS AND CONDITIONS.

With the closing dute fixed fort February 20, intending participants

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP All rounds best of B-sets, except in the annual Hongkong Lawn Tennis Semi-Finals and Final, best of G Bots. Championships are advised, to send in The number their entries as early as possible. in this event will be limited to 32 competitors playing Below will be found the events to be If the number of entries exceeds that conducted by the HK.C.C. and the figure the Committee reservo conditions governing the champion right to reject any entry. ships.

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES

the

Handicap Bingles “A”- Handicap Singles "B" The Committee reserve the right to make one class of Events 4, and 5 and to put any player in either avent. Handicap Doubles

Open to any player readers in the Colony who fa a member of a Club allated to the ILKLTA

Challenge Cup kindly presented by the late Sir C. P. Chater, to be held make two classes of Event 0 if there.

The Committee reserve the right to

for one year and won outright won ars a large number of entries, by the same player three years in succession. (Holder Mr. 8. A, Rum- jahn), All rounds best of 3 sets, ex- capt Semi-Finals and Final, best of 5 sets.

Mixed Handicap Doubles Entries close on Thursday, 20th February, 1936 at 6 p.m.

Holders of Challenge Cups wishing Ito take part, must enter and play

from commencement

No Entry Drawn if Fees are Un-

The number of competitors playing| in this event will be limited to 64. paid, If the number of entries exceeds that figure tho Committee reserve the right to reject any entry,

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Open to any player resident in the Colony who in a member of a Club piliated to the H.K.L.T.A.

Non Playing Members may enter for Events 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. upon pay- ment. of $1.00 extra entrance fee for each avant..

Ladies, whose husbands are not Members or Subscribers of the Cric ket Club, or who, unmarried, are not living with some relative who is n Member or Subscriber, cannot enter Two Perpetual Challenge Cups pro- for Event No. 7 unless the Committee- sented by the Hongkong Cricket Club. glvo special permission. (Holders S. A. and H. D. Rumjakn). The Committee reserve the right to All rounds best af 3 acte, except make any by-laws, conditions Semi-Finals and Final, best of 5 sets. regulations in respect of the Tourna

and The number of competitors playing mont

in this event will be limited to 32 The Ground will be availabló för pairs. If the number of entries ex matches on such days as it is not re- ceods that figure the Committee re- quired for Cricket, dus noties' of such serve the right to reject any entry. dates will be given

The following Events are open to The balls used throughout the Members and Subscribers of the Club Tournament will be only.

stitchless..

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