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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936;

BASELINE DECISION AFFECTS TENNIS MATCH Tsuis Recover From A Losing Position

Scotland Defeat

Ireland

London, Apr. 22. Scotland beat. Ireland in an Amateur International foot- ball match at Belfast to-day after a high scoring match. Scotland netted five times, Ireland replying thrice. Reuter.

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Tranmere's Defeat

MOTHERWELL LOSE

London, Apr. 22. The startling defent of Tranmere by York City in the northern section of the third division was the feature of to- day's big list of English Foot- ball League matches.

Tranmere are in cunning for pro motion, but this reverse has seriously jeopardised their chances, and Ches tereld now require but three points from three matches to be certain of the Khanionship. Tranmere, with

AND WIN COLONY

DOUBLES CROWN

Fighting Finish

(By "Veritas")

Tsui Woi-pui and Teni Yun- pui brat E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hang tinh, 7-2-t, tinh t

It is hardly overstating the case to say that a base linesman's blunder led directly to the defeat of Fincher and Hang in the tremendously tense and often dramatic Colony championship final on the stand court yesterday.

Certainly the decline and fall of the losers could be traced back to that point. It cecurred in the fourth set with Fincher and lung leading by two sets to one and two games to one The Trul Bu

Wai-pui's service. the same number of games played | Wertvers had gaine point for a three- are three points in arrears of the

one lead, which at that time would leaders.

almost assuredly huve sent them out! Sunderland came a cropper at Leeds, the United winning by three winners in the fourth set. clair

Tsui brothers were at the net and exchange of lobs,

WILL HE NEVER WIN IT?

Yesterday Teddy Fincher played goals, while Chelosa gained a there Wna valuable point from Portsmouth and have made themselves safe from volleys and counter drives. The ball in his fourth Colony-doubles tennis was volleyed and plainly cleared the championship finai in five years. But clogation.

baseline by several inches. But the the tle still cludes him. Twice be-

fermline, while Rangers were held to

Hunk.

Motherwell were unexpectedly atrake was given as good, and the fore he has figured in five sot match- Banten on their own ground by Dan-suis went on to win the game, then, on both occasions enjoying advan- draw by Hearts, both results the set, and finally the match against as he did yesterday with W. C. materially helping Geltic in their quest very dispirited couple,

Hung undoubtedly allowed the in- than it upset him more cident to Ahwald, but a a temporary collapse at such a vital stage of a match is easily understandable; unfortunately with one's mental attitude to the fame so it is not so easy to vastly changed, it

for the title.

The results as cabled, by Reuter

were as follows.

Leeds

FIRST DIVISION.

Birmingham

Cihelnica

1 recover equilibrium.

J Sunderland

4 Wednesday

• Portsmouth

0

SECOND DIVISION.

Blackpool

G Newcastle

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).

Bournemouth

2. Walford

--Gillingham · 2. Queen's P.R.

Southend

• Northampton

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).

York

Accrington

Chester

Hearis

2 Tranmere

1

Katherham

A Lincoln

1 Rangers

SCOTTISH LEAGUE -

Motherwell

2 Dunfermline

0

This is not to gainsay the merit of All the Tsai brothers', 'victory. honour is due to them for their magnificent recovery at a time when they certainly had tholz tails between Fincher and lung still their legs.

had opportunities

of winning the

2 match, but it must be said that from

Z that point onwards they were made

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How City And

Suburban

Was Won

:

EASIEST VICTORY

OF ALL TIME

London, Apr. 22.

to play second fiddle.

Apart

from this

But still Teddy can't win a Colony championship, and those who believe In late say he never will. His pre- vious three gallant failures" were with L. Goldman and they were in succes- sive years 1832, 33, 34,

Yesterday was Hung's second final in succession. Last year he and Ho Ka-inu lost to the Rumjahn cousins.

So Far This Year-

point, which I, nt Tsui Wai-pul has won four tennis titles. He is now holder of the two feast, felt to be an error on the part!! of the linesman, general dissatisfac- Colony championships, and recently tion was caused by the manner in he retained the Chinese Recreation which one of the line officials gave Club singles crown and with his 2 his decisions. Several times fault brother, Tsui Yun-pui, won services were enile after the players club's doubles championship.

the

lud exchanged three and four strokes, What he most desires now is to This contributed nothing towards the figure in a winning Interport team suot functioning of the match and against Shanghof. more than once disconcerted all four players.

CONCERNING THE MATCH

Concerning the match one can say that It

was very entertaining, and boasting phases of excellent tennis. One marked feature was the absence

CRICKET BAT TREES ARE DYING

of driving and the constant volley- English Willows Ravished

ing bouts with all four, players upl at the net. There was some astonish- ingly clever volleying and equally as Effective lobbing.

By Disease

London,

In a lust effort to save from ex-

Fincher, until midway through the fourth set Way the best player tinction what was up to quite recently on view, seldom making a mis- flourishing Essex industry, the tako and constantly discovering Essex County Council have sent out The City and Suburban race to-day Kaps in the opposition with time-an 9.0.5. enlising the help of all who was, an Irish triumph, His Re-volleys down the middle of the live in the rural areas of the country For generations Essex has been the verence, an Irish horse owned Jointly court. It was after the Tauls had

the fourth set that home of the cricket bat willow grow- by his trainer and G. F. Annesicy, Fincher began to lose his touch and Ing industry. Up to last year, 00 per both Irishmen, gained one of the

needed for the caslest victories in the history of the in the final stanza was making all cent of the trees

sorbs of mistakes, in particular with manufacture of English cricket bats race at starting price of 100 to 7.

overhead amashos,

made in this

to Australia. Now Zealand and India, in fact to all parts

taken a Rad

CHANGES AHEAD

FOR SQUASH

Tests with New Ball

and Racket

Signs have not been wanting of recently that the game "squash: is still in a state-of- evolution, and that important changes in the rules and ap- paratus may be made between now and the beginning of next

season.

International problems are occupy- Ing the attention of the S.R.A. The Bath Club Cup may be decided in future on three games per match Instead of five; experiments are being made officially with a new ball and with a suitable racket for it. with a

The new ball is designed to assist. the work of the S.R.A, in bringing the rules of the U.S.A., Canada, and Great Britain into alignment, so that one country can meet another upon common ground instead of having to learn, so to speak, a different language for international matches and tours. The racket wil also assist in the solution of this problem. In fact, the progress of the S.R.A. in this con- nection has been so rapid that a meet- ing is about to be called of the Executive Committee to discuss the application of an international colo new ball and rackel, of rules and the standardisation of a

For three sets the. K.C.C. pair play-sent from Country, sets have been tribuls a great deal to the advance-

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season or two

Hi Roverence led all the way to win by three, lengths from Ladyed slightly the better tennis. They where cricket is played. Nutthall's Guinea Gap at 100 to 8 should have won the second as well and Mrs. Washington Singer's Rippon as the first set, but Hung dropped Now this industry is threatened Tor (0 to 2) which Anished third a his service at a critical stage after he with extinction in length away.

and Fincher had been within two unless the rapidly spreading ravages Highlander, who became a surpris-points of the set on Taul Wal-pul's of the watermark disease are over

However,

they rallied come. Hundreds of trees nearing ing last-minute favourite at 11 to 4. service. never showed up at any stage in the strongly in the third set and obtain maturity are badly affected, particu- race, which was run in cold, but ed an early break-through which they larly in the valleys of the Blackwater consolidated after Tsui Yun-pul had) and Cole. The losses to Essex sunny weather-Reuter.

pulled them back to 4-2, by again growers during the past year - sre winning Wal-pu's delivery,

estinated at £50,000.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

· EXUBERANT TENNIS

The cause is a microbe or bacterium.

form

AN OPPORTUNE SUGGESTION

At this opportune moment a public expression of opinion which muy con.

ment of an international code of rules, and at the same

ling of approach to the simplification of our domestle problems, has been made by Mr. S. M. Toyne, affectionately know as the "Father of Northern Squash. At the prize distribution at the North of England Women's Championship he advocated a change to the Ameri- can system of scoring, i... fifteen up and every point won to add one to a playor's score.

It will be clear why the United States did no patience with the pp-

which has been definitely isolated parently. laborlova and Illogical By this time the K.C.C. couple. What is not definitely known yet is were playing exuberant tennis and how this bacterium is carried from had the Chinese strictly on the detres to tren and investigations are Lensive. Hung

continually proceeding in an attempt to discover scoring with some timely volleys and this. very dotermined smashes. Only off the the ground illd he show any distinct Two additional matches in Hongkong Football Association in weakness. Then came the incident

Chinese Athletic To Meet' Police

the First Division have been arranged dence and brought, about such a which completely undermined his con- to be played during this week.

On Sunday, April 30, the Chinese rapid change of fortune.

...

LOCAL YACHTING

Athlotio Ansociation will meet the It was the Tsuis' turn to take the

A team race held yesterday bo Hongkong Police at Carolino El at initiative and they merit full marks 6pm. The referee will be Mr. W. for the manner in which they seized tween the Royal Artillery and the RA Reynolds.

the opportunity, Twel Yun-pal, who Royal Engineers was won by the On Wednesday, April 20, the Hong- had been playing steadily through farmer by three points. kong Police will meet 9t, Joseph's on out (much more so than his brother) The course, over a distance of eight the Kowloon football ground, at 6.15 was galvanised Into assertive action, miles

follows: Channel Tho refores will be: Mr. D. scoring time and again with nont locks (P), Rumsey Shoal (P), N.; Komick,

(Continued on Pape`0) mark on line (P), twice round.

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method of having to waste a point to obtain "hand in." They havo no veneration for rackets proper, from which this method has descended to us. In that game, its chief purpose is to obviate the winning of games on nur- vice, or at least to make it more diff. eult. In aquosh it is much more difficult, to put it mildly, to score sar- nces as in rackets. Moreover, as squash, in form, following and prae- tico, continués more violently to re- pudiate its ancestor, and as rackets players mostly regard it as nothing but a heretical offshoot of their game, there seems no reason to perpetuato such a method on sentimental grounds. DUAL PURPOSE

VICO

So much for the negative side of the "hand in" and "hand out" sys-.

tem and now for the positive side of interna- Mr. Toyne's suggestion. tionally, it would enable a big advance to be made in one stride towards universality: domestically, it might go a long way towards solv ing the problem raised by the

the Bath Club Cup players-that the game has

to make become too strenuous either a wise means to exercise an enjoyable pastime. It is therefore worthy of the most careful considera- tion by all followers of the game.

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is to general advantage make the change the international side of the question can be taken as those settled. It is not one of changes that can be dismissed the grounds that it would sacrifice the British game to the transient be- an encounter requirements of

and U.S.A. or tween this country Canada. It appears, on the surface, at least, to have the merit of shorten- ing the

game and restricting it to essentials.

No one wishes to see squash re- duced to the category of a parlour

Badminton.

League Tables

Our Daily Golf Hint

It is especially important to the beginner's peace of mind that he should make himself conversant with the etiquette of the game.

FOOTBALL

-iturry Fulford.

TWO LEAGUE MATCHES

RECREIO HELD

TO A DRAW

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WELL CONTESTED

GAMES

Two first division league football matches were played yesterday, both resulting in a draw with an aggre- gate of four goals.

Kowloon performed exceptionally well to take point from Club do Recreio. They owed a great deal to Boyes who played a superb game in goal. It was therefore a pity that.

launderstanding between Boyes and Everest should have led directly to Recreio a equaliser, Everest tap- ped the ball back to the goalkeeper, bat he was unprepared and the ball scraped by the upright for a corner. From the place kick Bernie Gosano scored with a first time shot.

This was in the closing stages. Earlier on both goals has experienced narrow excapes. Forward lines were enterprising in midfield, but were apt

Before loae confidence

goal. Recreio were the more pollated team, but Kowloon played with rare spirit and fully held their own.

to

Gosane among the forwards and

FINAL STANDINGS Beltrao nt centre-half shone for the

Portugese, while Kowloon were very

The following are the league tables well served by G. White in the at in the men's doubles and mixed tack, Bliss as pivot and Boyes in goal. doubles division' of the badminton A goalless first half was a fair league. With the season now official- reflection of the exchanges, but it ly closed, final standings are recorded came as some surprise when G. White.

In these tables,

MEN'S DOUBLES

broke away for Kowloon and get elean through for goal. But he was tripped in the penalty area, and, tak- PWLF A Pising the kick himself, put Kowloon 1 128 10 42 ahead. The equaliser came late in the

game, but it was deserved.

Eliot Hall "A" 22 21

Recreio "A"

C.R.C.

St. Andrew's

5 123 61 34'

22 21

1 146 25 42

22 17

22 16 6 113 84 32

Hail "B" 21 13 8 90 54 26

St. John's...

07 101 10

Recreio "g"

21 12 9 83 61

22.11 11

83 66 22

Fire Brigade

12

8 14

V.R.C.

22

17

56 98 10

12

3 19

-19 104 6

Kowloon Tong St. Andrew's

S, and S. Home 22

3 19 39 106 6 1 21 37 154 2

N.B. Taikon R.C. withdrew halfway through the season and their record up to that time has been expunged

MIXED DOUBLES

Recreio "A" C.R.C.

Fire Brigade

Games

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SOLDIERS PLAY A DRAW

Royal Ulsters And East Lancs.

Royal Ulsters and East Lancashires shared the spoils in a fast and enter- talning match on the Chatham Road ground. The Uisters faced a gos! deficit at half time, but they rallied strongly and were full-marks -for- their equaliser whaih came minutes after the restart.

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There were some surprises in the P W L FA Pts East Lancs' line-up, Stecle, usually 19 15 1.OR 19 30 left back, figuring at Inside left. The experiment was not a tremendous success. Positional changes were also made throughout the game, Ridings being the only man to retain his normal position.

16 14 2 115 10 13 3 107 37 26 Recreio "B" .. 15 8 7 70 41 16 15 7.8 66.76 14 St. John's

St. Andrew's.. 16 7 9 56 87 14 Kowloon Tong 15 3 13 49 93 0

13 Taikoo .........

211 22 05 A S. and S. Honie 15 0 15 21 114 0

ARE NEW SWIMMING RULES NEEDED?

Sandford was easily the pick of the forwards and Lawton the outstanding half back. Gorman has played much better games, but it must be con fessed that he was out of positions Irwin and Doherty constituted amart right wing for the Rifles and. most of the attacks came from this fank. Coyle was a lively half back, though rather severe in his tackling,

Sandford

Lancs

game, but the Bath Club Cup Players Japanese Minister's Ideas first half lead, but Ulster Rina Cam

complaint is only the echo of a wider (Continued on Page 9) LEAVITT'S PLANS Touring The World With Montano

Makaland. April 22. The promoter Leo Leavitt said that he plans to depart next week accom- panied by Montano to spend probably a month in Honolulu. He will accept the beat offers that appear. from rival promoters there."

Thence he will go to Manila, where Montano will meet "Little". Dado. Next he will go to London to meet the European champion Lynch, world title holder, and afterwards back to go to New Yark. Later he will Havana to meet Escobar the Bantam champion-United Preas.

LOS ANGELES FIGHT

Los Angeles, April 22.. Fredle Encinas of Manila, 122 lbs., and Frankle Martin of Los Angeles, 127 s, drow in a four round con test-United Press.

INDIAN CRICKETERS

ENTERTAINED BY ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY

Meet With Approval

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back strongly and Ferguson recorded the equaliser with a smart hender from Irwin's ideal centre,

LEAGUE TABLE

Goals

W. D. L. F. A. P S. China "A" 26 19. 2 670 XT TO

.22 11 7 4 573 Chinese Ath. .20 14 8 3 40 26

K. Police R.W. Fusillera 23 11. 7 5 67 30 China "3" 24 10. D5 44 37 4.9.52.29 HI.K.F.C......21 12

Tokyo, Apr, 20. In addition to being known as the sharped-tongued spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office, Mr. Eij! Amau to-day loomed as a potential reformer of the rules in aquatie In a modern version of competition. the old adage that a prophet often goes unnoticed among his own peo- pie, Mr. Amau to-day found that he Royal Navy 23 14 0 9 63 49 Enst Lancs. 1.21 9 3 0 44 40 had been catapulted into the head-.U. Rifles .24 8.9 7 46 36 7 5 11 34 40 lines of American sports magazines, Club de Rec. 23 when the same idea,

and Kowloon F.C. 2449 15 37 62 15 printed by a Japanese publication R.A. Lyeman 23 22 10 36 79 under his name, had failed to aroung RA, S'cutters 25 1 3 1 16 104 even the mildest interest.

written

The story goes back to the inva- sion of Japan by American swimmers last year Mr. Aminu, who in his more limber daya was an adept fol lower of the Kwankai School of Japanese switaming, went and watch ed the contests. It struck him, so ko says in his article, that the tall advantage Americans were at an when competing against his short, stocky countrymen both at the start; and at the turns in the tanks.

MENZEL CHANGES. HIS MIND

Plays In Another Championship

Prague, April 22, suggested that Thereupon, ho

Roderick Menzel, Czechoslovakian future swimming races should start giant and famous International tennis with the competitors in the water, player, who announced on April 5 away from walls that enable them that he had retired from first class to sprint into action, and that turns tennis to devote his time to writing, should be made around buoys, again has changed. isis mind. ́ ́ away from the sides of the tank so

-London, April 22. The Royal Empire Society, gave a luncheon to-day to the Indian cricket team, which has arrived to tour Eng-American magazines indicate, has in the semi-final. But Menzel was 110 land this summor.-Routers Special met with the approval of experts in match for Hecht being beaten 6-2,

the United States.

7-5, 6-2,-Router. Service.

that the present practice of pushing He decided to play in the Czecho against the walls with their feet slovakian national championships, and would be eliminated. The Idea, to-day mat his countryman, L. Hocht

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