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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,

MAY 23, 1936.

C. R. C. 'S

"OVER 40"

TENNIS

LEAGUE

TEAM

RECRIO

Our Daily Golf

Hint

HAVE SEVEN

When one has acquired and M. D. TEAMS

used the art of timing one

will not have to worry- much about "rhythm", for ryhthm is the little sister of big brother timing.

-Jack Redmond.

WONDERFUL TENNIS

Chilean Senorita Dazzles

DOROTHY ROUND ESCAPES

Bournemouth, Apr. 30. Two of the women's matches in the British Lawn Tennis Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth to-day excelled

all others.

Good League Prospects

(By "Varitas")

Clube de Recreio have no less than seven lady players at their disposal for the mixed doubles league this year, and in order to give them all a chance of figuring has been In the competition, it decided to form a roster, the various couples taking it in turn to play in the matches.

TO PLAY IN "B" DIVISION

AND SOME GOOD YOUNGSTERS

LAI DOUBTFUL

(By "Veritus"}

Although Chinese Recreation Club has some 48 players on the books, it is unlikely that more than 38 will be available for league tennis this summer, and the committee is a little anxious as to whether five teams can be turned out regularly.

The seven meri who will partner

A bold innovation is being attempt- them include the whole of the "A" Division team and J. J. Remedios, ed with the second string in the "13" Division. It is to be an "Over 40" captain of this "B" Division outfit.

Recreio ore fielding three very team, and will include such stalwarts sound teams in the men's divisions as Lau Fook-kai, Lau Man-ching, Porkin, Wong Ping-fan, and it is unlikely that any will lose

Cheung Wing-kul, many matches.

and Chan

A. V. Remedios has been elected captain of the "A" and Mixed Doubles

team, 3. J. Remedios enptain of the "B", Anil J. i Xavier captain of the

In the first, Miss Dorothy Round, | "C" the former Wimbledon champion, was The nominated pairs who will go nearly beaton. She certainly have been defeated but for her never

ay-die spirit which has rarely stood her in hotter stend.

Kwok

Hau-pe

FIRST CLASS FOOTBALL CLUBS FACE SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSSES

EXCHEQUER'S HEAVY DRAIN

London. dual applications which hitherto have,

been of non-elect. More than half the League This "round-robin" appeal, when Football clubs in England-fin-published should make interesting ished the season "in the red."restling of the part played by Sport in Their existence depends on the financing the nation's exper: iiture financial generosity of local for public purposes.-United Press, -enthusiasts who make good the

deficits.

As practically all of the Lengue; clubs are limited liability companies, Yasuji Miyazaki, who at 16 years this extraordinary slate of affairs is of age, won the 100 metres free-style almost unbellevable. More remark- at Los Angeles in the record time of able still is the fact that similar con-

The close-of-the-season dees, is probably going to Englandditions have existed for years past. after the World Olympics.

in London of the Football League [clubs revented the Intense gravity of the position and dluguosed the cause In three words--the Entertainment Tax.

Last Night's Derby

Lau Man-kwong Call-Over

Yuen How-fan,

Ng Stokwork. Leung Wal-book and Tam Man-ko were asked to play, but they do not feel quoague tennis.

to the responsibilities of In the scale we find a use

hat

would into action next week are as follow-ful-looking "A" (1) team, headed by

"A" DIVISION

She was opposing Mrs. Pittman, who, going all out for a strong at lacking game, forced Miss Round to make many mistakes.

After losing the first set at 1-6) Miss Round steadied herself and won the second not easily at 6-2.

Now came a tensely dramatic final Once it anore than gt in which seemed likely that Miss Round would he beaten.

Once a linesman gave a wrong de- Pision against Mrs. Pittman, and Miss Round at once called est "The balt was fu." The decision was altered and Mrs. Pittman get the point.

POSITION REVERSED

A few minutes later the position was reversed and a perfectly goutti stroko by Miss Round was given against her.

Mre. Pittman protested that it was but this time Miss Round's point, there was no alteration of the deci sion. Mrs. Pittman said to me after- wards, full dreadful about it. Misa said thing and

Hound and so there, but the

would not let me."

But, after all, should players inter

fere?

In this set Mes. Pittman led at 6-5, but she never got to match point, and Miss Round went out at 9-7. She is a good finisher but a bad starter.

BRILLIANT SENORITA The other outstanding match in the women's singles was that in which the Chilean pocket cyclone, Senorita Anita-Lizana, astounded everybody by beating Miss E. 1. larvey at

0,00.

CA. Barretto and A. V. Gosano, J. J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios.

"B" DIVISION

You Man-kit, whom poor health

6 to 1 Tafakbar (t and o)

meeting

EXCHEQUER'S HAUL

More than one-quarter million sterling was handed to the Exchequer for Entertainments Tax tust season by League clubs widle the total pro- nts of about eighty of the eighty- eight clubs was just over £100,000. On the returns available at the time

come.

TALL SCORING

In Homeside Cricket

RESULTS

London, May 22. No less than 5,130 runs were scored in the six county cricket

U.S. WOMEN championship matches which con-

GOLFERS' TESTS

PARTNERED WITH EIGHT BRITISH PLAYERS

cluded to-day, average 650 odd runs per match. A further 3,024 runs were knocked up in the three friendly games in which the Uni- versities and All-India took part no that over 8,000 rjins were seared in mine matclica.

Even so bowlers. met with some successes, such as Gover of Surrey who took ten wickets in the match against Somerset and Verity who captured seven wickets in Glamor- gan's second innings.

The results, scores and individual performances with bat and ball as cabled by Reuter are set out below.

(By Diana Fishwick)

. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP London, Apr. 30. Middlesex (468/8 der.) beat Wor- All eight members of the U.S.A. eeder (180 and 141) by an innings NO CHANGES

of the meeting It was revealed that Curtis Cup team played in a series of and 147 runs.

Yorkshire (388 and 34/0) beat over filly per cent, of the clubs had matches yesterday at the Sandy Luige

(232 and 187) by ten an excess of expenditure over in-Club with an equal number of British Glamorgan

wickets. London, May 22.

women players, There were no important changes

First Division Clubs paid appro- There was no question of inter- Surrey (521) beat Somerset (218 W. C. Hung and aided by the Tsui In the Derby betting this evening, ximately £120,000 in tax, their total national rivalry, however, because in and 172) by an innings and 122 runs. Essex (621/9 dee. and 43/3) boat H. A. Barres and F. J. Remedies brothers, In Tak-cheuk, Luk Ding- Tajakbar remaining first favourite profits were about half that anivunt, bolh foursomes and four ball matches

cheung Wong Sul-wing (formerly of followed by Pay Up and Noble King and the aggregate of the losses of American and English players were dussex (334 and 229) by seven

wickets, S.C.AA.), Paul Kong and probably

The prices which ruled, accordingle clubs "in the red exceeded partnered.

Hampshire (200 and 172/4) beat Mrs. E. 1 Vare (U.S.A.) hnd £30,000. the Lo brothers.

Bix (234 and 104) by to Reuter, were as follows.

The clubs in the Second Division nominated eight players for her teatn, Northants fared worse. Though their aggre- and Miss B. Dix-Perkin (England) wickets.

Gloucester (385 and 78/2) beat gate losses were nearly £30,000 their four American and four British for contributions to the Exchequer for her side. The latter team won on the Kent (314 and 300/6 dec.) on first taxes exceeded £70,000.

day's play by five matches to three. innings, Nineteen clubs in the Northern The trophy was a packet of tee pegs. section of the Third Division paid, which were presented by Mrs. Vare.

All Inslia (426 and 171/6 dec.) Entertainment Tax, £22,661, and

ON LOSING SIDE twelve of these nineteen hind

drow with Leicester (327 and 47/0). Oxford (368 and 200/8 dec.) drew aggregate loss on the season of over,

For once Miss Wethered was on the £10,000.

losing side la foursomes. Partnered with Lancashire 377 and 47/33,

Cambridge (424 and 28/0) drew Clubs in the Southern Section of by Miss Marion Miles she opposed this division pali nearly £40,000 in Miss Enid Wilson and the wonderful with Notts 550/8 dec.).. tax. The fortunate few of this sec-

were Patty Berg when they Miss tion made a pront £8,000, the re-beaten by 5 und 4. mainder finished "in the red" to the. Partners and opponents extent of nearly £19,000,

has kept out of the more strenuous F. v. competitive tennis such as the cham- J. J. Remedios and L Ribeiro, W. A. Reed and A. Epionships, will wield the racket en

"A (2)

Leam. Xavier, M. A. Oliveien and L. A behalf of C.n.c.

he will not have his old spar- though ring partner, Bo Ka lau. Lai Kwong- tsun is earmarked for this' team, but he is a doubtful startur as it seems he may leave Hongkong in the near fature in connection with business.

Carvalho,

"C" DIVISION

A. M. Silva and H. F. Gonsalves, A. A. Remedios and 11. A. Noronha. II. Ribeiro and 1. 1. Xavier.

MIXED DOUBLES

Miss Alda Remedios and C. A. Barretto, Mins Cissy Betelho and

As first announced in these columns this week, Taul Yun-pul will play until July, but the C.R.C. have no Cause to worry about filling his place. Several now players will make their debut in

in league tennis with the "C"

the

P. J. Remedios, Miss M. Alves and Division team including Choy Wing- I. A. Barros, Miss Olga Ribeiro and A. V. Gosano, Miss Marie Alves chiu, well known jockey and badmin- and J. J. Remedios, Miss Olga ilotelton player, who was also runner-up

this year in

junior tennis cham ho and J. J. Gonsalves and Miss

pionship of the club. Then there is Alice Rozs and A. V., Remedios.

Pang Di-lam, who won the junior championships as well as Ma Siu- leung and Wai nominated by the committee for the various teams.

KHO SIN-KIE BRILLIANT

Great

Display Against Jean Barotra

Paris. May 29. In the third round of the mixed doubles of the French tennis cham plonships Jean Borolra and Mile. tribarne beat Kho Sin-kie and Mins Terwindt (Holland) 6-4, 12-10.

Kho Sin-kie, who was one of the heroes of the day, gave an astonish ing display in the second set, when: he frequently outvolleyed Borotra, had set point at and three times

several The Chinese player fell

Miss Harvey is one of the stead eat players In England, and has won many honours. Yet in his match 7-0. she was awept off the court by the new sweetheart of the lawn tennis ties in making desperate efforts to world.

return Borotra's shots,-Reuter.

17 points-10 in the mess.

The Senorita took only 25 minutes to win her match, and in doing so she dropped only

Her second service is slow and a hard hier first set al geven in the second. It high bounding, and

for in- was a really brilliant feat, and so like Miss Kay Stammers, vasily accomplished.

stance, would be likely to take full The Senorita has only one weak-toll.

SLAZENGER

Craftsmanship: For You!

WC at present

"A" DIVISION (1)

W. C. Hung. Wong Sui-wing. Iu Tak-cheuk, Luk Ding-cheung, Tsui Wal-pui. Taul Yun-pul, Paul Kong, M. W. and M.,K. Lo.

DITTO (2)

Kwok Hing-sum, Liang Sal-wah, Leo Wing-kun, Yew Man-kit, Lai Kwong-tsun (doubtful) and Cheung Wing-min.

"B" DIVISION (1)

Lee Yun-wing, Ng_Kam-cheung, Tool Ping-fan, Iu Tak-lam. Luk Chun-cheong, Chang Chung-nin and Hon Lun-fang,

DITTO (2)

Lau Fook-kal, Lau Man-kwong, Chan Hay-ne, Cheng Wing-kui,

(Continued on Pape 13.)

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13 to 1 Boswell (t and e) 190 to 7 Balajissar (t and o) 100 to 6 Mahmoud (t and o)

20 to 1 Abler (t and )

20 to 1 Carioca (o) 22 to 1 (t) 28 to 1 Thankerton (0) 30 to 1

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Barry Star (t and o) 33 to I Mid-stream (t and o) 40 to 1 His Grace (t and o)

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ANOTHER FOSTER

in

on

In

changed over for the afternoon.four- ball encounters. Mrs. Vare paired with Miss Wilson, Miss Wethered with Mrs. Goldthwaite in the first match.

OTHER MATCHES

were

BATTING Jiland (All-India)

cester

Lei-

113

F. I. Brown (Surrey) T.

119 Someract Shelbeid (Essex) v. Sussex 108 O'Conner (Essex) v. Sussex 127

.. 102. Penrco (Essex) v. BuBsEx

100%

08

136

110

Mrs. Vare was putting beautifully and all was even at the turn.desplie Miss Wethered's contribution of a twe at the eighth. She had another two at the tenth and yet another at the fifteenth, No wonder her side won.

LAST GREEN WIN

Fine Display By "P. G." clubs by accepting reduced wages. Mrs. Maureen Crews contributed

men's match.

UNFAIR BURDEN CLAIM The meeting made.a strong point of the fact that a sport which had to be privately subsidised to the ex- tent of £80,000 had to find the gov- emment quarter of a million. all cases where a loss was faced, lovern of the game had to meet the deficit. In some cases even the players had come to the ald of their

Football clubs,-und cricket clubs; some fine golf to our foursomes win P. G. Foster, 'member of the also claim the Entertainment Tax from Mrs. Vare and Miss Courlay in them. the morning. Mrs. Cheney and I in famous Foster family of Malvern and imposes unfair burdens on

do not suggest that the tax be the afternoon met Miss Glutting and Worcestershire, upheld tradition at They Oxford, when he gave a splendid ex- abolished, but do claim that inequit- Miss Tearsen in a four ball, and only hibition of stroke play in the Fresh-able treatment had been meted out won by a putt on the last green.

to them.

A strong point is made of the fact that when, in 1931, the tax was in- creased to meet a national emergey the League clubs did

not pass the extra impost on to their publle. On these grounds therefore, they hope

some relief may be afforded. is realised of course, that the £75,000 GROUND AT Entertainment Tax is a very lucrative course of revenue to the State and is!

to the collected without any expense,

In

Bombay, Apr. 20. government beyond that entailed the sending of a formal rece

Work will shortly begin on the con- receipt for

of a clubhouse for the the money. There is therefore little struction likelihood of the Chancellor of the Cricket Clubs of India, which in se Exchequer being prepared to sacri- commodation will be the equal of Lord's. It will, in fact, generally be fice this most useful contributlun.

as "India's Lord's." Efforts are to be made, however, referred

an will estimated cost is £75,000. to obtain such concessions place the sport on a self-supporting basis. A concerted appeal, it is felt, might be more effective than indivi-

Opening the innings with D. M. Matthews for A. P. Singleton's side Foster batted faultlessly for an hour before retiring after scoring 57.

It

Matthews, a powerfully built left bander, also drove hard, and so com-that pletely did the pair master the bow ing that they put on a hundred in less than an hour. Faster retired al 110 and Matthews (03) did likewise 25 runs later.

The bowling of N. S. Mitchell Innes'a side did not look very deadly, although Murray-Wood (right-hand slow spinner) sent down come good deliveries. He dismissed D. E. .C. Steel and M. H. Bell cheaply, but then C. L. Edgson, who has played for Leicestershire, and J. D. Egger again put the batting side on top.

JAPANESE OLYMPIC SWIMMERS

MAY VISIT ENGLAND

Races A Foregone Conclusion, But Of

Great Educational Value

(By W. J. Howcroft)

are well advanced for a visit of the Japanese NEGOTIATIONS

awimming team to England after they have fulfilled their Olympic commitments at Berlitz in August. A warm welcome awaits the little Orientals and if the project materialises public support will, I am suro, be more than strong enough to put the risk of financial loss almost out of the question.

THE SAME CRAWL

There is, unfortunately, a preval-

As a sporting test the Japanese value to the rank and file of swim- visit would inaka fitllo appeal. mers of seeing the Japanese in action There is not a man in the British would amply justify the trip. Isles with any hope of success in any Individual swimming event against them, and tear races would be fore- for them. Wo conclusions gone co might

put up

a show in the diving ent opinion abroad that the Japanese tests, but even here there is a doubt. have evolved a distinctive crawl The Japanese registered high scores stroke. Those who incline to this in the diving at Los Angeles without view have never seen the Japanese actually taking a place. Their move-swim. Besides being especially pro- ments were correct technically but ficient in the crawl, the Japanese are smoothness of execution was miss outstanding breast and back crawl ing. Since the last Games, however, exponents. They use a similar act- the Japanese have been conched by lon to that in evidence in all parts

of the Harold Smith, who spent a summer

and they all season with them in 1993, and it is alike, world. No two swim exactly possible their divers have now faults and idiosyncraales exactly the acquired the polish they lacked in same as other races. Their pre- dominance is due to the fact that 1032

The great value of the Japanese they are distance and stroke special- visit rests in its utilisation as an edus,iats who have been caught young cational medium. This would prob- and reached their present high pitch ably yield for swimming a result by years of Intensive training. The similar to that which benefited div-pooner this point of view. is accepted ing after the Morning Post sponsored in this country the better it will be Pete Desjardins' tour in 1931. The for swimming,

INDIA TO HAVE A LORD'S

BOMBAY

The

A large area of land on the edge off the elty, known as the Back Bay Reclamation, a portion of the largo tracts recovered from the sea by the reclamation scheme sponsored by Lord Lloyd, has been acquired. Besides the playing pitch for cricket, tennis courts, a swimming pool-con- forming to Olympic regulations-and four up-to-date squash courts will be bullt inside the stadium.

GOING

Pethecary (Hants) v. Nor

thrat Todd (Kent). Gloucester

FORE (Kent) : Gloucester (Gloucester) v. Kent

PAR

Grover (Oxford) v. Lancashire 119 Kimpton (Oxford) v. Lanca

ahiro

102

Hopwood (Lancashire) v. Ox-

ford

Jehangir Khan (Cambridge)

Y. Notts

111

133 Harris (Noits) v. Cambridge 102 Staples (Notts). Cambridge 153" Hart (Middlesex) v. Wor-

cester

82

G. 9. Allen (Middlesex)

137

Hulmo (Middlesex) r. Wor

cester

101

Turnbull (Glamorgan)

Yorkshire

134

Turner (Yorks) v. Glamorgan 84

Worcester..........

Wood (York) v. Glamorgan 70

Indicates not out.

ROWLING

G. O. Allen (Middlesex)`v

Worcester

R. W. V. Robina (Middle-

sex) v. Worcester Jacques (Yorkshire)

Glamorgan

(Yorks)

Verity

Glamorgan

5 for 58

5 for 45

5 for 67

7 for 65

5 for 47

G for 44

T.

5 for 39

G for 67

Gever (Surrey) v. Somer-

act and

Stephenson (Essex)

Sussex

Herman (Hants) v. Nor

thants

Dinfield (Gloucester)

Kent

5 for 98

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