1936-04-13 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936.

H. D. RUMJAHN AND COLONY TENNIS TITLE

Defeats Cousin In Club Championship And Becomes Big Favourite

NAVY WANT KOTEWALL

CUP

EARN PLAY-OFF WITH ARMY

S. CHINA BEATEN

The Kotewall Cup is not yet wout By defeating South China yesterday, Navy carn the right to a replay with the Army, who had, previously beaten South China and drawn with the Senior Service.

There was a fascinating variety of fortunes in the match at Sookumpoo. and Navy deserved full marks for

their 3-2 win if only for the manner in which they twice recovered · lost ground. After a hard fought first. ball Navy Increased their pace and the Chinere could not withstand the pressure.

South China might have reversed Ursult had they

moro fait in

Tay Qua-Hung the only forward Lo worry Wolverson and really

tegier. But his scintillating first bal: dinplay evoked nn response from his enllengues, who proceeded to keep the ball on the right wing, where diminutive Young Shut-ylck received short shrift from the fast moving and : accurately tackling Navy defence.

South China took the opportunity of giving some Olympic trial players a run-out. Chun Boon-lay, Mulayan full back with an enviable reputation was on view. He played well with- out doing anything particularly note- worthy, S. D. Liang, Shanghai half back was another to be given' n practice but he was against a clever right wing and did not always show up to best advantage.

WRIDE OUTSTANDING

Nowy were exceedingly well served by Wride, who, although playing out of position at centre-half, was the cleverest and most effective

or on view,

Regler and

were a pair of staunch defenders and Rose the beat of an aggresive attack, Tay Qua-liang stood out head and shoulders above the rest of the Chin- ese forward when he was given an opportunity-but the remainder were a trilo slow and too easily, bustled off the ball.

Pau Ka-ping, together with C. Y. Choung and Chun worked very hard in defence, while Lam Tak-po was the best of an average half back line.

UP AND AT ITI-Attackers and defenders were alert when this attack was made by the Navy on South China goal during yesterday's Kotowall Cup game, and four players leapt into the air to get the ball. (Photo: Mes Chaung).

FOOTBALL CHATTER

CHAMPIONSHIP AS GOOD AS WON

Athletic Fall By Wayside

(By "Varitas")

Semi-Final Matches

This Wee

Can

Tsui Win?

(By "Veritas")

ed

The concluding stages of the ful tennis career and will almost Colony open tennis champion-ssuredly Influence Taul when they ships are heralded this week, meet. and if the programme is com- Tatti's form in the championships ploted as per schedule, every. has been second to none, but one cas thing will be ready for the not ignore the fact that he has enjoy

an easy draw and apart from Ten- singles final on Monday week nie Kwok has met nobody in his own and the doubles final on Wed-class. Nevertheless the 1934 chain-

pion nesday week.

I capable of beating Runi- Jahn, though I wouldn't eure to gamble hand money on the result,

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

These

championship matches to be played are the only two Colony this week, but there are one or two entertaining ILK.C.C Kames

ar

To-morrow, for example,

ranged. Goldman and Sullivan, old club

Though this year's tournament may not go down to posterity as producing the dust standard of tennis seos in the Colony championships, it will certainly earn the distinction of being extremely well and expedi- Liously conducted. Seven werks have been taken to reach the semi-finals, not only of the open singles and doubles championships, but the vari

rivals, meet in the semi-final of the ous Hongkong Cricket Club events Club championship. Goldman, It is which are run simultaneously. The wonther, naturally, has been favouran the match is over three sets at almost certain will win, especially ble, but a tribute is also deserving least. to the organisers, and of course to A cortain extent the players, who have this year eschewed those ir ritating postponements.

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Then on Thursday, the stand court will be taken over by Taga and either Goldman or Sullivan, for the club In every respect officials have done lopt from comparative obscurity to championship final. Pagh who has their utmost to afford the best play- position of importance in H.K.C.C. ing conditions for the competitors tennis, w stand quite a reasonable and the most suitable accommodation chance of winning, that is if he plays for spectators. In the early rounds as steadily as he has so far in the the No. 9, No. b and No. 4 courts, tournament. A which Ringed

the majority of the more important games,

wero invart

Unfortunateleague tennis will be ably roved off and helped to avoid deprived of his presence, as he leaves in Rome measure Intrusion on the on furlough at the end of this month. court confines by anger onlookers. The complete programme, as a Cutting back the trees which en-present arranged for this week It should be noted that the another happy action on the semi-final matches in the open cham next best was

part of the club. It made an amar- pionship start at 4:30 pm. ing differenes to

the light and general playing conditions on these courts.

now seems certain that the NLESS Athletic.lone to Police and Recreio as well as South China only football competition of the season which the Chinese they should finish the season occupy-

ing second berth. (represented either by South China "A" or the C.N.A.A.F.)

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me, probably stand

will not win is the Kotowall CLUB, facing a fairly easy program-croached on the Chater Road courts follows. Cup. They already possess chance. one handle of the first division

the

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TUESDAY

Open Doubles (Semi-Finali Taul Waispul and Toul Yan-pul v. Lee Wal long and Tak Ding-chrong (Stana Court).

Club Singles {Hemi-Final)

L. folkman . A. T. Sullivan. Club Handicap Blogles

(Fourth Round).

ន league cup and are groping T second division championship

other. confidently for

was to all intents and purposes Methinks it will be theirs lead the rest of the division with 44 won on Saturday, Navy, who naw

IS IT "HD". YEARS? within the next day or two. points from 24 matches, need but

We have now reached that stage one point from two games to make of the championships when every- the title a certainty. Only team body who has followed the tourna

can hope to challenge them ment with any Interest had arrived (875)- which

and it is the most "circumstantial" challenge imaginable) is the Fasiliers. at his own conclusion as to the win- Popular opinion appears to They can obtain 44 points but as

that the singles tle will Navy already possess this number agree and have two matches outstanding, either be retained by S. A. Humjahn, Court there is not likely to be any argument or stoler from him by 11. D. Rum-

jahn or sul Wni-pul," about the championship.

South China went ahend in the first tainute when Chouk Shek-kam shook the rigging with a terrific drive from ten yards range, but Navy were soon WHAT looked likely to be a thrill- an level terms as a result of a bril-

ing climax to the league con- ant drive from Write, the force of teet has been severely hit on the head which was too much for Pati Ka-ping, by Club's defeat of Chinese Athletic, who allowed the ball to allp out of his only serious contenders with the hands and over the goal line. Once champions for the title. That two- again South China gained the leal nil reverse on Saturday has made a when Lai Shui-wing completed a duz- world of difference. In short South zling movement by Tay, but before China "A" require but four points half time the Navy had drawn level from their remaining three matches unce more, Chua deflecting a free kick by Crawford into the goal. Navy to win the championship. wore on top most of the second half. the winning goal coming when Ingo shot through a crowd of players

PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL

The Latest Results

New York, April 12. The following are the Intesi re- bults in the Pacific Coast baseball league.

Bentle

Harramento...

Han

reclam

Fan Blego

Portland

Oakland

Los Angeles

Loc

TL

1

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-United Press.

CORINTHIANS' LOSE

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le! It seems obvious,

NOT

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ners.

A. C. I. Bowker (Ser) v 1. J, Armathung

WEDNESDAY

Open Aing (Hemi-Final) 11. D. Rumisha Lal Kwong-taun (Stand

Club Handleap__Doubles (Third Boundi G. B. and J. Rodger (JE) ▼ A. C. I Bowker and A. K. Mackonale (Scr.). or H. R. Hutter and B. Karlougal (4/6) D. O'M. Deane and G. E; I Dirett (o]() A. D. Humphreys and Cl. R. Hayer (-676)

G. W. Sewell

I Armstrong

His many admirers are convinced that this is II, D. Runifuhn's year, 'and there is a lot to be anld in favour or

THURSDAY.

Coort) Club Handleap Bingles (Fearth Round) A. C. I. Bowker (Ser.) or 11. 3. Armatrong (-6/6) v M. aah (-18.2).

(Semi-Final) W. A. B. Grat (~15.2) * W. P. Luen

FAST Lancashires have already won

the third division honours, of this view. Apart from his play(10-2). that by the end of this week chlef In the tournament to date, perhaps AND they have to play the Athie-Interest in Colony football win have the most significant factor in 11. b.

It will be a case of Rumjahn's favour in his recent Final Club Singles Champlonably (Stand team completing their outstanding success against S. A. Rumjahn in matches in the quickest time possible, Or even a draw can help

the thereby enabling us to forget about the Indian Recreation Club cham- Athletic to any extent. If they the big ball game for a few months. plonskip. share the points with South China And very few of us, I imagine, will on Wednesday, the title holders can be frightfully sorry for the respite, still afford to drop two points from their other two matches. The odds are that South China will beat the Athletle and decido the whole ques- tion there and then.

SOUTH China negotiated what was

considered to be one of their

CRICKET MATCH

chief obstacles when they handsomely RUINED

beat Fusiliers on Saturday. This has left them a nice safety margin. Even if the Ulster Riffes upset them, St. Joseph's can't hope to. There seems to be no doubt that Wednesday' match will decide things one way or the other unleas Athletic lose to-day, After that it would be a case of scrapping it out for the runners-up position.

THIS is likely to prove a more en- during and more absorbing contest than that for the title. Five teams can be said to hold interests of vary- ing value. Athletic hold the position at the moment, but Pelles, South China "", Fusiliers and Club are chasing them hot-foot. Club played so well on Saturday that they looked

DISMAL ENDING AT K.C.C.

(By R. Abbit)

FRIDAY

Oven Bingles (Semi-Final).

B. A. Rumlahn Toul Wal-pul

Club Handicap Doubles (Semi-Final) G. S. and J. Rodger (~4/5) or A. C Howker and A. K. Mackeliste (Sr.) v. Manechan and E. J. Mellollen (-3/8) W. P. Lacy and R. A. Phillmore (~3/8).

The cousins met laat week in the semi-final when "H.D." won by three-/6), Acts to one, the scores being 6—9, 0—–—1, 1—6, 7—6. It was an easy win, but it deserves considera- tion when reviewing prospects for the Colony title. H.D. walked away with the first two sets as the scores indicate, but Sirdar came back vory strongly in the third and fourth. I believe (subject to memory) that he was leading 6-3 In the fourth set. Then H.D. tightened up his play, keeping errors down to the minimum

allowed him which

to run out a worthy winner.

II. D. Rumjahn has negotiated his championship hurdica so quietly and easily this year that one has been in danger of falling to appreciate his potentialties. Yet surely no better

MONDAY, APRIL 20

Pinal, Open Bing (Stand Court) Final, Handicap Doubles TUESDAY, APRIL 21

Final, Club Handleep Singles WEDNESDAY, APRIL ZZ

or

MR. HORNSBY WRIGHT

Death Of

Cambridge Tennis Blue

We greatly regret to record the death of Alan Homsby Wright, captain of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club, which occurred in Cambridge nursing home last week, following injuries received in a motor acoldent near Newmarket on February 1, observes Lawn Tennis and Bad- minton

He was a third-year undergraduate at Trinity Hall and won his Jawn tennis Blue last summer when he as- sisted the 'Varsity in recording their 26th victory over Oxford University in the 51st match of the series. Ho was afterwards elected captain of the club for the current year. During the long vacation he was a member of the Oxford and Cambridge team which met the Harvard and Yale Univer- sities for the Prentice Cup and when the score stood at 10-0 in the visitors" favour he took part in what proved to be the key-rubber with C. R. Fawcus against Stevens and Mans- hold. This rubber lasted for three. hours and ran to 63 games, Fawcus and Hornsby Wright holding four _mutch-points in the third set before. losing. In October Hornsby Wright assisted Kent county the Inter enunty hard court championships. He Brst attracted. notice at the Folkestone tournament where, he won the first clans handicap with 15.6 in 1933, and again in 1934 from the scratch mark, when there was only one handicap (scale 2).

"A GREAT LOSS"

Only quite recently we received a letter from him in which he outlined some of the plans he was making for the Varsity's lawn tennis, nudd it was evident that as captain he was taking, his duties in a conscientious and pains- taking manner.

RACE TIPS FOR TEN EVENTS

DAILY DOUBLE

· SOME GOOD. SPORT PROMISED

(Dy "Captain Foster")

There are ten races down for to day's meeting and my selections for the programmes aro as follows:

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SUGAR LOAF HANDICAP

Laughing Girl

Royal Highness Mirnele

COOLGARDIE HANDICAP

Australian Boy

Racing Heart

Violet Queen

BOA VISTA HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)

Mountain View'

Seventeenth of September

Cupper Idol

EASTER STAKES

Liberty Bay

King's Warden,

Dlana Bay

MORRISON HILL HANDICAP

King's Bounty

Pontiac Bay

Bright View

KELLETT HANDICAP

(FIRST SECTION)

Royal Consort

High Speed

Mayflower

BOA VISTA HANDICAP

(FIRST SECTION)

Night View

Boxing Eve

Yihan

BROKEN HILL HANDICAP

Electron

Shooting Star

Strathroy

KELLETT HANDICAP

(SECOND SECTION)

King's Sceptre

Donovan

Flybynight

POKFULAM HANDICAP

Stopwatch

Gold Sovereign Rugby Star

DAILY DOUBLE King's Hounty and Night View.

BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL

Opens Next Tuesday

New York, Apr. 11. The bandball trumpets blare next Tuesday for opening of the 1036 big league race. Detroit Tigers will win their third straight pennant and the St. Louis Cardinals will stage a close battle for the National League flag in the opinion of most experts.— United Press.

SENATORS HAPPY

Washington, Apr. 11. The Washington Sonators, ready

to open the big league baseball season

Hornsby Wright was the elder son on Tuesday, were hanpy today. They of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hornsby found their batting eyes while Wright, of 14, Hyde Park Gate, 5.W.walloping the Phillies by eleven to (tate of Folkestone). He was educat-three yesterday United Press. ed at Chillon, Switzerland.

of the Cambridge University LT.C., The inquest was opened by the writes as follows: Final Open Doubles and presentation of Cambridge Borough Coroner

Mr. Alon Hornsby Wright's death February 7, and after evidence of has naturally been a great loss to the identification was adjourned untilCambridge Univerally lawn tennis April 17. It was stated that A. R. Porter, of Trinity College, the driver flcult to All. He was a very promis

team, and his place will be very dif- of the car in which Hornsby Wrighting young player with an excellent passenger, would not be able to style and would, I am sure, given give evidence for at least eight weeks. time, have risen to great heights In

Mr. Raymond Oliver, hon, secretary the lawn tennis world.

prize.

Although the sun made a gallant pointer to his form could have been OXFORD RUGBY TOUR effort to come aut about ten o'clock given than by the effecient way he

on Saturday morning, the weatherstod Tsuf Yun-pul, after turned gray and beastly again and young

that

man had aroused the on-

it was raining quite a lot when the thusiasm of the pundits with clever K.C.C.-United Bervices game was displays against Pagh and lu Tak- resumed at twenty minutes eleven. Garthwalle did enforce

chouk

· HELD UP

Aid Visit To America

wus

themed drivale oil hat autores, Jumlahn may not bot Lot Ewang Film Star Offers A For One Dead, 20 Injured,

TOURING GERMANY DURING EASTER HOLIDAYS

London, Apr. 11. The Corinthians, famous English soccer team, who are touring Ger- many during Easter, played the first of three matches with the Hamburg the second best team in the Colony. Sports Club and lost by two goals to Their big snag is that whereas the onc.

other teams have points in the bag. Twelve thousand spectators watch-Club have yet to secure them. They and a single apiece was scored. Leg ed the match, which was played in have games in hand, which, at this cold and unfavourable weather stage of the season, is certainly more Reuter's Bulletin Service.

of a handicap than an advantage.

ALS COST HIM £500|

the follow on, and Williame and tsun in straight sets this Wednesday Pershe opened.

has

Efforts are being made in England and America to obtain funds to permit Oxford University Rugby Football Club, to tour California.

The majority of the players were to

at Rugby International

One man collapsed and died and 20 people were injured when : thousands of people stormied the gates of Cardiff Arms Park for the Rugby international between Wales and Ireland.

beat Lai Kwong-

when they rentest the aomi-final, but Smith bowled from the Pavillon endi i confidently expect to see him win, went on at the other end, and bowled and it will be surprising if more in a sweater! This shows what the than four sets are needed. day was like! Persse cut him beauti-

TSUI OR SIRDAR? fully to third man and then took a single to mid wicket. Next over With much less confidence does one Porsse managed to get Smith three approach the task of prophesying have sailed last month, but almost at FIREMEN TURN HOSES ON CROWD times to the leg boundary although the outcome of the. Tsui Wai-pui v. the last hour they were advised not to there wore three men out there. The S. A.. Rumjahn match. They are to no. ball was obviously greasy and also very, very ovenly matched. Toul This was because of the disappear what wind there was flew against Wal-pul

certainly struck a streak unce of Mr. John V. Walte, a British Smith who should have been saved, I think, until a chance could be found to of brilliance, whereas Rumjahn president of Hollywood, give him a show down wind. He lo pears to be somewhat laboured. He official of the Southern California

Hundreds of people who had quoued sombled # feld dressing-station. so slow naturally that bowling against has had two frightening experiences Rugby Union."

in the current tournament against the wind gives him little chance

up for hours could not get into the Doctors and ambulance mon attended players who' I would not be expected

ground, and eventually the fire injured as fast as they could. Leo bowled another over and ther to boat Tsui Wal-pul, and, with a

It is estimated that 70,000 people Mr. Waite was responsible for de- brigade had to turn hoses on them to

from wrecking the gained admission to the ground, which Smith carried on with yet one more certain amount of reservation, one man on the leg boundary, Lee had can say that Rumjaha has been a poslting 12,000 with a Los Angeles Prevent them

has a capacity of 55,000.. now removed his aweater and was little lucky to reach the semi-final. bank as a guarantee of the expenses

Many forced their way through bowling very well. But it was wet Tavares had him cold at one stage that would be incurred,

The man who collapsed and died after the gates were cloud. and dark and beastly. Other words of their second round match, while A development in England was that was identified as Mr. Lewis, of Tony It was not until police reinforce- that sugrost themselves have been Kong had him decidedly worried in Mr. Boris Karloff, the film actor, who pandy. He was about 60 years, of ments arrived that the situation was editorially deleted,

in making a picture in London, re- age.

got under control. Many people were the quarter-final onequnter.

a "cable asking him to sós if colved Peraso managed to got another four

Carlously enough, the knowledge it were possible for the necessary for Injuries at the Cardiff-Royal In

About 20 other people were trentod trampled under foot. past the outer ring of leg fielders and

Before the game began, and - twice Last year Sheffield Wednesday won the Cup. Now Sheffield folk are then a single from Smith's next over, of thete, narrow escapes is more money to be raised in England.

Armary, among them a number of while it was in progress, the specta- Mrs. Karloff said making: Is it United's turn this year?"

but Williams was 1.b.w. in trying to likely to stimulate Rumfahn to better

husband was women. One man, Charles Green, of tors encroached so dangerously

Newport Monmouth-to the field of play that the referee Arsenal, the favourites, made sure that London would be reprosented at hook. It hit him fairly high up but tennis rather than to depress him one of the original guarantors, others High-street,

was so slow it seemed to me that it He is a fighter of the first order, who subscribed included Mr. Herbert ahire, was detained with severe con- Mr. C. H. Gadacy (England), and the Wembley by their 1-0 victory over gallant Grimsby Town.

would have dropped on to the wicket, and it his capacity for struggling out Marshall, Mr. Hugh Walpole, Mr, cassion.

Welsh captain, J. I. Russ, had to;ap-:

(Continued on Pape. 9)

"the pavilion at Cardiff Arms Park re»' play to proceed.

£500.

Two goals scored against Fulham in the F.A. Cup semi-final at Wolverhampton cont Mr. Jack Peart, the Fulham team's manager, Mr. Peart had been promised this gift by Mr. John Dean. the Fulham chairman, If the club reached the Final. But Mr. Poart was more upset at his team's defeat by Sheffield United than by his own personal loss.

Sheffold United, in winnlag through to Wembley, played their 22nd con- scentive game without defeat feat which equals à club record.

The receipts at Huddersfield (£5,200), and at Wolverhampton (£1,780)

were both rocards for the grounds."

HOLLYWOOD SUPPORT

hor

game,

J

40-1--13. The over was finished and which has given him such a success Bruce.

of apparently hopeless positions' Cazil B. do Mlllo, and Mr. Nigel For a time the dressing-rooms in peal to them to leave enough room for