1936-02-29 — Page 30

INCREASED

MANY NEW

PLAYERS IN SINGLES

SERVICES WELL REPRESENTED

DRAW FOR BOTH TITLES

(By "Veritas")

Fifty nine players will parti- cipate in the Hongkong open lawn tennis singles champion- ship which starts next month at the H.K.C.C., while 32 couples have entered in the open doubles

Fifty-Nine Players

Want This '! ·

The trophy for the Colony open championship, 'for singles tegnie which 59 players will compats next month (Photo 9. A. Rumjahn).

championship. This is a big im South Africa

provement on last year when the| entries numbered only 46 là thè singles and 24 in the doubles,

It is interesting to note how the number of participants have fluctuated oyor the last nino year. Here are the Agures from 1929 to 1930 inclu- {rx.

Sington Doubles

64

1028

44

48

1930

80

49

1938

82

44

19118

32

1934

31

1936 1036

Notable absenteen are Ilo Ka-lau; who is temporarily In Shanghai and | G.R.M. Ricketts, last year's finalist.

Make A Shaky Start

Durban, Feb. 28.

South Africa did none too well to day when the fifth and final Test match against Australia was started under n puntesa nky.

South Africa batted first, the close of play finting! them with 199 runs on the bonet for the low of eight wickets

won the tass and

Glorrie Grimmett bowled wonder- fully well and had the batsmen al tied up. So far he has claimed seven of the eight wickeln,

Zimmern. Lee Wai-tong;

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

TENNIS

Osmund In His Best Form

FINE BILLIARDS

A. J. Osmund played brilliant brilliards at the Kowloon Cric-: ket Club last evening to beat Yan Cham-pong in the quarter- final of the Colony open bril- liard championship by 500 to 201

J

Evidently very respectful of his opponent, Osmund concentrated on a faultless game and by clever safety taeties anil excoptionally fine poxi-| tional and siroke play, ran out comfortable winner.

Ormund was continualy making: Interesting breaks, his best leng

HU, 71, G1, 33, and 33 unfalsked, the latter taking him to his poínia.

Lam, always struggling to extricate, himself from difficult positions, could chalk up only an his best break.

Drmund has now reached the semi- final, and on such form which delight- odd a big "gallery" Inst evening, seems assured of winning the title.

RAKUSAN WINS TITLE

Beats Phillips In K.C.C. Final

CHAMPIONSHIP

Fred Perry To Train With The Arsenal

Fred Perry, Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, is making a good recovery from his recent back injury and is expected to accept an offer to train with the Arsenal football players at High- bury.

He was at an Arsenal match recently, nad was afterwarin tpi that the club would be pleased to have him with them when training if he cared to avail himself of their facilition.

Ile is still undergoing treat- ment for his injury, fut will prob- ubly be able to go to the Arsenal ground to do rome running, wad light exercises in the Immediate future.

DAVIS CUP

DRAW.

COMPLETE LIST OF TIES

AND DATES FOR PLAYING

(By H. S, Scrivener)

London, Feb. 4.

BADMINTON

LUM'S LAST GAME

IN HONGKONG LEAGUE

COMFORTABLE WIN FOR C.R.C.

Gordon Lum last night play. ed what he expects will be his last badminton match in Hong- ἐσ kong before returning Shanghai next week when he and Mrs. Lum won three games. for Chinese Recreation Club against Kowloon Tong in the mixed doubles.

C.R.C., who were the visitors, "en- joyed an easy win, securing all ning games at stake. Detailed scores fol-

Jow,

P. C. Leang and Miss Anderson (Kowloon Tong) lost to Gordon Lam and Mrs. Lum 4-21; lost to S. P. Chan and Miss W. Cheung 1-21; lost to S. W. Liung and Man U. Khoo 4-21. 5. A. Gray and Miss Alison Mac- kenzie (Kowloon Tong) lost to Lum and Lum B-21; lost to Chan and Cheung 14-21; los to Liang and Khoo 12-21.

G. A. White and Miks I. Woolley (Kowloon Tong) lost to Lum and Lum 0-21;. lost to Chan and Cheung

-21; lost to Liang and Khoo 1-21,

LEAGUE TABLE

C.I.C.

Games 'P. W. L. F. A. Pts. 11 10 177 22 20

11 9 2 76 24 18

8 7 1 60 12 14

10 0 4 59 31 12 12 0.0 62 60 12

10 66 42 48 10

13 3 10 40 81

10 2 8 21 69

TWO POINTS FOR ELIOT HALL

Over a dozen players who did not

For the first time in history the compote fast year have entered for

draw for this year's Davis Cup com- Dio current tournament. They in

petition was made at the Mansion cludo N.A.IN. Mackay, Surg-Comdr.

House yesterday, where the Lord Fire Brigade Only A. D. Nourse faced the attack N. Rokusen won Grant, Wing-Comdr, Bitop, Lconfidently and he collected a

the Kowloon Mayor presided over the proceedings. Becreio "A" Comdr. Conway, S. Ling. A. Phil useful half century.

very Cricket Club senior billiards cham-Sir Samuel Hunre, President of the Recreio "" Imoro, Capt. Cragg, Mai Nal-kwong,

pionship yesterday when he defeated Lawn, Tennis Association, was nut St. John's F. R. Zimmern, Capt. Milne, .M.A.hour before schedule time-Reuter.

Bad light stopped play half an . P. Phillips in the final by 409 to present, and in a letter from Switzer St. Andrew's Razack, Capt: Walch, Lat Kwong-

208,

land apologizing for his absence Kowloon Tong.. taun and Wel Chun-tung.

Rakusen played very confidently wrote: My doctor wishes me to have Talkoo and quickly established a lengthy lead, a somewhat longer rest." Thus the S. and S. Home 11 0 11 18 81 9 W. C. which Phillips, by dint of consistent, draw was made with due ceremony Hung Tennie Kwok; Capt. Mine though not very big scoring, managed by the leading citizen of the capital VA, V. Gosano; A. Wan v. II. Y. to cut in half before match of the country to which the game

tile NEW DOUBLES COMBINATION Io; Taui Wai-pui v. 1. M. A. Razack; finished.

awes its origin.. Firdos Khan v. S. W. Liang; S.

S. A. Rakusen's best break was 44, but Germany, as winners last year, for akve part or are Gray v. Capt. Walch; Leong Ping- he also chalked up a 40, 37 and 31 the third time since in, antagat taking part. The former E. C. chiu, James Ilau; Paul Kong

unfinished. Phillips' break was European group, meeting amongst Fincher- Goldman combination IsG. C. Burnett; T. A. Pearce v. T. C. 25.

Senior Team Defeat others Australia in the semi-final and broken up, Fincher teaming with W. Monaghan; W. Shule v. P. Scoones: The final of the club's Junior cham- Czechoslovakis in the final, claim St. Andrew's C. Hung and Goldman with Aloc Wel Chun-tung v. R. Blyth: F. Ipionship has yet to be played, the early attention. They are in the

An interesting combination is that J. Tavares and S.. A. Rumjahn drew

Kwok v. K. Shute: D. M. MacDougall, contestants being M. Pagh and F. E. lower half of the draw and meet Ellot Hall "A", hasta to St. Spain, who have a great noset in that Andrew's "B" Inst uight in a men's of Lal Kwong-isun (Canton cham-byes.

dashing but somewhat unreliable doubics league match won all nina pion) and Paul Kong, farmer Shang- hai Interporter and erstwhile Davis

player, Maier, In the first round. draw which contains France and

regard the upper half of themes, meeting with but slight opposi-

lon.

Scores. Gapper.

F. T. Lee and P. K. Chan (Ellot Czechoslovakia, au rather the stronger Hall "A") beat A. S. Bliss and M. balf of the two; but it is

Sweden

Pearce,

OPEN DOUBLES

The Rumjahn cousins are again 'de Y. N. Tan and P. C. Lee; Lieut. E. C. Fincher and W. G. Hung v. fanding their title, and may run up Lucy and Lieut. Phillimore v. I. against serious opposition in eithor Drysdale and J. Tavares: Wong Fuk- Lai and Kong. Fircher and Hung, ornam and K. F. Lui v. iu Tak-lam and Lee Wal-tong and Luk Ding-cheung. The Lo brothers are competing again, while M. W. Lo is entered for the wingien and meets S. Ling in the first round.

I hope to write a full analysis of

the draw inter. In the meantime the draw, made yesterday, is as follows.

OPEN SINGLES

Lawrence.

GERMANY BEATS SPAIN

to Tak-cheak: T. A. Pearce and L. IN SOCCER MATCH Goldman v. Wing Commdr. Bishop and

Cant. Walch; M. W. Lo and M. K. Lo

V

P.

. B. O'M. Deane and G. E. R. Divett:

Bareclons, Feb. 23. At the second International foot-

the bounds of possibility within Weill 21-0: beat F. V. Wong and S.

the

C. O. Lea and C. F. Heng (Ellət

Hall "A") bent Bliss and Welll 21-2; bent Wong and Broadbridge 21-4; bent Kirby and Dawson 21-7.

LEAGUE TAULE

Games

will go for in the lower, and perhaps Broadbridge. 21-8; beat L. E.

Kirby and W. Dawson 21-7. give the Germins their hardest match, for they have in C. Schroeder a 22- year-old player whose recent record bas been most impressive.

Ho Gosano and A. V. Remedies: F. H. Spain, played this afternoon at th

F. McCabe and I. Carey v. A. V ball match between Germany

won the Peris covered courtj K. S. Llew and K. F. Lee (Ellot and Christmas tournament, beating Hall "A") beat Bllan and Weill 21-14; Kwok and S. W. Liang v. I. M. A. Montjuich Stadium, Germany on Landry, Feret, and Hoursus (now bont Kirby and Dawson 21-9.

others, amongst Razack and A. K. Suffiad: E. Bathurst by 2-1, thus avenging her defeat the ranked No. 1 in France) as well as

Frenchmen beat Wong and Broadbridge 21-3; and A, T. Lay. Paul Kong and La! Germany lost May when Kwong-tsun: Capt. Milne and Lieut. score was exactly reversed. The vast Stedman, the New Zealander; whilst First RoundTaut Yun-put and Petch Y. Lee Waltong-and-Luk stadium-which-holds- about 70,000 in the covered court championships B. Pagh, byo; N. A. E. Mackay v. Ding-cheung: P. Scoones and A. I spectators, was sold

of his own country, which he also out entirely. K. T. Kwlk; Surg, Lieut. Grant v. Sullivan v. J. W. Leonard and Y. Enthusiasm of the spectatorn ran won, he beat Boroitn. He has also Howard: Wing Commdr, Bishop v Hachiuma from the

10 10 0 70 11 20 G. 9. Gamble and T. C. followed the swift play. Both goals It may, however, be inferred that he Recreio "A"

14.10 4 80 37 20 Luk Chun-cheang: C. l. Uno degan on Chand Br. Fury site left. Fath, the smallest man in not quite so formidable "outside.""

far Germany were kicked by the cuts at his best on a cavered court and Ellot Hall "B" B. Choa Y, Lieut. Comind and Lieut. Commer, Conway Lati

Ellot Hall “A”

0 77 4 18 G. Lal and G. M. Conway; Lal Kwong-trun

St. Andrew's “A” 12 0 3 71 00 18 Hachiuma: 8, Ling Y. M. W. Lo: Burnett and A. W. Ramsay: W.

G. C. the German team.

THE AMERICAN GROUP Recreio "B"

... 10 8 2 58 32 10 J. W. Leonard v. A. L. Bullvan: M. Shute and K. Shuto v, Taui Wal-pui

St. John's..... 14 7 7 63 03 14 Drysdalo v. Wong Fuk-nam; E. C. and Tau! Yun-pul; Lee Hua-ngak and

Australia this year have sought the Fire Brigade... 16 7 8 64 60 14 Fincher

Oxford beat Cambridge by 4-5 in comparative seclusion of the Ameri- V.R.C.

13 3 10 88 79, 6 A. Crawford: Lieut. Tannie Kwok v. II. A, Barros and Incrosso in the annual inter-varsity can group and In so doing, have man- St. Andrew's "B" 14 Phillimoro. Capt. Cragg: Lee Hon-J. Gonsalves J. A. Bendall and I., match, but Cambridge beat Oxford by aged to steer clear of the United Kowloon Tong.. 14

30 88 4 ugak . A. E. P. Guest: H. Owen Agafuroff v. H. D. Rumjahn and 3. A. 778 points to 770 in the miniature States, whom they will meet, bar S. and S. Home Hughes Y. Ma Nal-kwong; F. R. RunJahn...

18 22,116 2 rifle match.--Renter's Bulletin. accidents, In the final of a draw which

only contains four entries.

Y.

The Gloaming

Whito Racket.

Y.

Slazengers

London, Feb. 28.

Great Britain scores through being

already in the challenge round. The Americans and Australians aro not badly off in having only three matches to play in order to get there. Nations of renown who are not in the lists

this year are Japan and South Africa,

1936.

ENTRIES

TOMMY FARR BEATS LOUGHRAN

Tommy, Farr, hard-punching British heavyweight boxer, is having trouble landing with any regularity upon the torso of Tommy Loughran, polished American boxer and former light-heavyweight champion of the world. Loughran, though againg, is still one of the ring's cloverast boxers, and used all his cunning to hold Farr off. Farr was given the decision In the bout fought in Albert Hall, London..

FALSE COUNTS TO

VANISH FROM

THE RING

By New Timing Device

Sacramento, Cal.

the fight as the referee gives the Long counts will vanish from starting signal. A little revolving the prize fight ring if every the bell sounds the end of the round. timer operates for three minutes, then club and atena adopts an auto- The timer continues to

acconds, a

matic timing device which has the rest period. At 50 during been perfected by two Sacra-buzzer waras the seconds to leave the mento men.

ring. At 60 seconds, the ball rings to start the next round. The instrument not only times thei The entire device is compact and unds and rest periods and rings easily carried about. It was invented the gong at the start and finish of by A, N, Walsh and II. A. Lain. sich round, but automatically records the seconds in light when a re- feree tells off the knockdown count. The official timer may operate the instrument by means of a button and need.net-Lako-his-cyon-off-the-fight

P. W. L. F. A. Pts.to keep than glued on a stopwatch.

TIMER PRESS BUTTON

14 11 8 00 30 22

JAPAN HAS A RIVAL

IN FINLAND

tlo the only

United Prent

PROFESSOR HEADS

OLYMPIC-SPORTS- SCHOOL

A push button operating knockdown indicator is

Champaign, Ill., Feb. 23, Prof. Saward C. Staley, of tho manual control in the three-piece University of Illinois Department of device. The knockdown timer is driven by A synchronous moter

Physical Education, will conduct an similar to the type used in fine alec International Sports Education Con- tric clocks. The button connects aferance In Gormany this summor mechanism that lights a series of during the Olympic Games, numbers from one to 10 at one-second Intervals.

Staley was selected as the head of the conference upon the recommenda- When a fighter is knocked down, tion of the American Physical Educa- the oficial timekeeper needs only to tion Society. press the button and hold it town Professional physical education until the fighter rises. For each students will tako part in the con" second the fighter is down, a number ference. Approximately 30 persons is illuminated in an upright sign from each of the 25 nations competing placed near the ring so that all in in the games will attend, Staley wald. the arena may see it. If 10 seconds The American party will sali July lapse, the number 10 flasher red, 15, with the American Olympic team, automatically stops, thus giving the at the German border. The assembled. ixact timo the fight ended".

conference then will proceed to Berlin, where study will begin.

Germany is bearing the expense of the entire conference and its parti- cipants.

whilst it is worth noting that Czecho: Venue of 1940 Olympic denoting a knockout, and the timer meeting delegations of other countries

slovakia and Yugoslavia have drawn (Continued on Page 9.)

Manila Plans

Lawn Tennis Rackets Horse Racing

Next June

British Ranking Lists, 1935. EIGHT OUT OF TWELVE

Among the Men & NINE OUT OF TWELVE Among the Ladies

are users of

SLAZENGER RACKETS

Games is Disputed

absence from the university, where Staley has been granted' a leave

LIGHTS TELL STORY Tokyo, Feb. 28.

Should the fighter rise to his feel Finland is Japan's chief rly for before 10 seconds have been tolled, the venue of the 1934 Olympiád, ac- the timekeeper releases the button, enrding to a report received to-day By and the lighted numbers go out. the Japan Olympic Committee, The The timer in another synchronous he had been scheduled to be in charge. Helsingfors authorities, the resort motor that records rounds and rest of the summer school work in Physical added, have already secured strong periods. A bell sounds the start of education,United Press support among small powers, which

I cannot afford to expend large sums for the transportation of their teams: Manlia, Fob. 24. to Japan, should Tokyo be chosen as A $500,000 corporation has been the site of the Games. formed under the name of the Philip- Omcinis of the Japanese orgenlen-, pine Racing Club to promote horse-Lion said that they would try to per-" racing in the Philippines. Purchase suade Count Baillet Latour, President of a large tract of land for the new of the International Olympic Commit track has been negotiated by the toe, who will arrive in Japan on a club's organisers, who include some visit next month, of the advisability of Manila's most prominent Americanf awarding the 1940 Olympiad to business men. The site of the track Tokyo. will be just outside Manila, in Rizal province, along the banks of the mitteo which will take charge of The first meeting of the special com- Pasig River, in San Pedro Makati dianetivities aiming at bringing the Gaines to this country will be held Actual operation by June is the early next month, when it will receive goal of the corporation which at pres-reports of its various sub-committees. ent is engaged in letting contracts for The final decision on the venue filling, track bullding erection of the Games will be made in July, when grandstands, ele. Flans call for the the International Olymple Committee construction of a strictly modern meata in Berlin. track, including a grandstand of reln-|

trict.

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Sole Agents:-JOHN D, HUTCHISON & CO., King's Building.

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K.L.T.C. HOCKEY

TEAM

Di

Tracks in other Far Eastern coun- tries, including China, Japan, the Federated Malay States and Java, The following will represent the have been studied in making plans Kowloan Indian Tennis Club Ina for the new track. The San Lazaro Mamak League hockey match against Hippodrome, located in the city itself, tha Police to-morrow at 8 o'clock. al present is the only race track in Ramzan Karnail Singh (Captain)- Manila and vicinity. Races are held and Kishen Singh J. Noronha, Tara here on the first Sunday of each Singh and Pereira: D. Noronha, A month and on all legal holidays. Khan, Awter Singh, Pinto and Bouza,

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STOP

THAT

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