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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JUNE

15, 1936.

Siamese Tennis Players Win In Canton

State Titlist

With the California women's state quit championship safely tucked Away. Fengy Graham, 18, Los An- geles, in readying here for a try at the national women's title this year. Playing golf enly four years. Peggy twice won, the Southern California ille,

PERHAPS YOU DID NOT KNOW

World Swimming Mark Lowered

Copenhagen, June, 14.. Miss Ragnhild Veger of Denmark to-day broke the the world's record for the 500 metres crawl stroke by swimming the distance in G minutes 45 7/10 seconds.- Reuter

SHOW GOOD FORM AT BADMINTON

Lai Well Held

(By "VERITAS")

All - conquering tennis

PRACHAUB MURANANDA .Siamese Badminton Player

combination Sanch Var. The Olympics

nankwra and

Prachaub

Murananda, who beat the Of Ancient

majority of Hongkong's

best partnerships Ist Greece

week won further laurels in Canton on Saturday when they beat Chau and Sze To, the nominated Canton Citizens Club pair in straight sets of 6-2, 6-4. Th(29

Sanch and Prachaub will return to Siam with as fine a playing record as any touring This is their impressive record since Saturday week:

Siamese Tennis tennis players to visit Hongkong.

Players

the

Kowloon Tong Garden City l Club will be hosts to Siamese tennis players this evening when the main attrac- tion of the programme will be 'n series of badminton matches in which the visitors and local players will participate. Prnchiul Murnananda, Sanok Var- mankwra and Muang Reong all play a very useful game of badminton. Last evening, after returning from Canton, they put in some practice and showed promising forin.

beat Trui Wnt-pui and Tumi Yun- mi #-6, 4-6, 4-6,

bent E. . Fincher and ti. Badiker 7-5. 1-8, 6-2.

THEY HAD ONLY

ONE REFEREE

Athens.

a

Big Features Of This Week's Tennis

Schedule And. Prospect

(By "Veritas")

htt

Our Daily Golf Hint

A

In playing from the rough grass, the fault of most: players is that they handicap themselves by mowing swath before reaching the ball. There is no need to do anything of the kind.

-E. Kay.

YESTERDAY'S LAWN BOWLS

One of the most important features of this week's league NBCOTEDENING QARIEKINSE tennis will be Kowloon Cricket Club's attempt to lower the colours of C.R.C. (1) potential champions of the "B" Division, The teams meet at Causeway Bay un Wednesday, and although the slight visitors will be allowed

chance of winning, C.R.C. are ex- pecled to win.

Two Rinks Matches

None of the players in yesterday's During Greece's golden years

Whether or not K.C.C. will make open Rink's championship of the world armistice was proclaimed by the

pair remains to be seen. Last week C. B. Robertson touched true form. three chief princes before Olympic further experiments with their third Colony match between J. J. Basio and Games competitions were held.

they Introduce l'oglase with Mackay All found the heavy green trouble- The first Olympic Games were close and the combination gave a certain some and scoring was notably slow.

Basto's rink won easily by 21 to 10. ly associated with religion and the amount of premise. But if K.C.C.

pening day of the competition always are to win they must have at least the lasers scoring singles on eight one act from their third string. It heads. The winners registered a four was devoted to holy rites.

odds the is pussible, though

are on one hand, but for the must pari them, that Burnelt and scored only twos.

The Games were regularly carried against on until the conquest of tirecce by the Ramsey and Crawford and Gray can Romans who prevented the competi-collect four sets between them." tions as a precautionary measure.

beat H. D. Rumjan and A. I.

All publie reunions were at first Madar 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

beat V, Gosano and A. V. Ite-prohibited by the Romans, medios 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

beat Taul Wai-pul and Tsui Yun- put (in ollicial exhibition) 6-1, 5-2.

heat Chan and Size To (Canton) G-2, 6-4.

The decline of the Olymple Games continued until 303 A.D.

·FULL PROGRAMME

The Portuguese are concided a faint

TO-DAY Mixed Doubles

for

Winning rink was composed of C. M. Silva, C. H. Basto, F. X. Soares and 1. J. Basto (skip) the lasers be ing

E. S. Carter, G. S. Graver A. There is the usual full programme

R. P. Phillipe rink of F. A. arranged for the week. This after-Webster and C. B. Robertson (skip), noon two mixed doubles matches are due to be settled, K.C.C. (1) visit Broadridge, S, J. Houghton, W. Geali The first Olympic Games had one Recreio and should win, the Cox's and himself as skip completely out- he played C. Downan's four comprising referee known s the Hellandike. Road combination appearing 40

W. Greig, C. Blackburn, T. Hunter The 50th Olympiad saw the introduc-aumewhat better balanced. Kowloon MUANG HOLDS LAI

tion of a second Hellanodike, Sub Cricket Club second team receive and himself as skip by 10 shots to more U.S.R.C., and the Services must win. nine. un-sequutly the Games became

The big match. in the "A" Division Munng Resng also remained

The Kowloon Cricket Club rink Chinese At the Canton complicated and the itellanodiki be-

to-morrow is that between defeated at singles. Citizens Club on Saturday he shared came ten. two sets with Lai Kwong-taun, the. The Hellanodiki wore officint scarlet Recreation Club (1) and Recreio. scored heavily on the early heads and

"Veritas." Canton champion. Lai, playing fault. less tennis on a hard court, won the robes during the Games which lasted This will be specially reported by during the match registered five fours. first set 6, the Siamese being unable 30 days compared with the 15 days of They felt some difficulty in chung. to control his shots on a surface which competitions in the modern meetings chance of winning, but if form counts gower are bound to beat University Their sents were higher than those of for anything the Chinese will win by and 1.R.C. should be too strong for

about 6-3.

Central British

Here is the fuli programime ing their court tactics as in Siam they was foreign to him.

In the second set Muang made a the spectators.-United Preas,

According to official fixtures C.R.C.

to this week. always play with three on each side splendid recovery to win at 6-2. The

home engagements have two of the not-two to guard the fore-match was left unfinished at this court and one at the baseline. In stage as Muang was feeling the effectst be raised to an Interport status. morrow, though I don't know whether Chief impressions left by the play-they will be able to fulfil them as they : Hongkong, however, the European of his energetic week.

Maang has played four singlesjers have been their fine sporting de-have now but a limited number of style of doubles, with two players matches during the past seven days. meanour both on and off the court, the courts, owing to a section of the He first of all el S. A. Humjaho in a potentialities of Muang Heong as a ground being taken over for a lawn nside, followed.

game at the LR.C. 9-7, and 3-1, then singles player of distinction, anil the bowls green,

C.R.C. (2) are at home to South Beat A. V. Gosano of Club de Recreio skilful strategy of-Sanoh Varankwra. LIKE HIS TENNIS

6-3, 6-3, defented S. A. Rumjahn in the Hongkong can point to a host of play- China and this should provide some Sanoh's delicate shots were proto-officint exhibition on Friday 6-3, 1-6, ers whose court-craft has car-marked interesthig tennis. The teams appear of the one thinks of Ng Sze-kwong, S. E. rather fancy the chances

U.S.R.C. That in 1928 Lee Wai-type of his tennis. He also revealed 6-3, and in Canton drew with Lai 3-6, them as players of outstanding ability to be extremely well matched, but I

food overhead. Muang prefers, the G and Mrs. Vios Oratananda ac-Green, Honda, Sirlar Itemishn, Tsui King's Park outfit.

C.R.C. (1) K.C.C. should win against United tong,

captain of China's faster style of play but his shots are companied the players to Canton, who, Wai-piri and thers. But it is doubt- Olympic football team, play-t quite so well developed as those on Saturday evening were entertained ful whether any of them practised the Services and it is hard to imagine to dinner by Mr. S..C..Man, chief of subtleties of the game with greater LC. failing to beat the Cricket Club.; ed a football match in of his colleagues.

skill or better effect than Sanch.------- the Bureau of Public Works.

LOOK OUT RECREIOT from Canton sandstorm attired

Alter returning A number of prominent local league

expressed Munng Reong's stroke production

In addition to the match between themselves, well satisfied with their and use of his feet make him a most Helmet, gloves, and tigers will play matches with the yesterday, the players

Stames this evening including J. Jvisit to Hongkong and with the results attractive player to watch. When hr C.R.C. and K.C.C. In the "B" Division However, has strengthened his forehand and on Wednesday, another engagement plus-fours.

Remedios and M. A. Oliveira of Club of their tennis matches.

named Bre who the drop, and some spin strokes, he Service, a very useful team, entertain He revented this recently in an in- de Recreio, S. A. Humjahn of V.R.C.they feel they have played enough developed subsidiary shots such us of some importance is scheduled. Civil

Kowloon Tong tennis for some little time.

as a very fine player. At Club de Recreis, terview with the Singapore Sunday and S. A. Gray of

DESERVE INTERPORT STATUS:preant he has excellent physique, is among the "Possibles" for this sen-

nowerful in his strokes and knows son's title. Tribune, ulding that the canditions The ladies who will share in mixed

Nevertheless Recreio will have to There is no doubt that Hongkong how to make the best use of the court. were such that whenever the ball was doubles games are Miss A. Mackenzie

in the be on their best behaviour to over- generally was taken by surprise when

Prachaul's performances kicked high, the wlad would sent the fof Kowloon Tong, Miss C. Silva, Miss

0. Ribeiro

ON their Own the visitors last week, continued to their own M. Sva and Miss ball backwards towards

show such consistently good form.doubles matches have been extremely come the Civil Servants, who

courts, goal All shota hud to be ground shots Recreio,

They quickly dispelled all ideas that creditable, particularly his finishing particularly useful

The remaimler of the programme aid Lev, adding too the Interesting The matches start

and Colony tennis was vastly, if at all, shots from the net, Ranong's game) information that the forwards could

should beat the Cricket Club, Craigen- not distinguish their own defenders include men's doubles and mixed superior to the best in Siam, and has olearly benefitted from the ex-

there is now no reason why any fu-perience of playing against many.of suggests obvious results. C.R.C. (2) ture visits from Siamese trains should the Colony's leading exponents. through the swirling sand.

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"GIVE YOUTH A CHANCE" CRICKET PLEA CAN BE OVERDONE: WHERE ARE THE PLAYERS?

THERE has seldom been a time in first-class cricket as is the vice; some had not the faith to fight against a few failures; others, possi ense to-day. On the one hand we hear the lament that the bly more numerous, have stood still On the other hand for the reason that as soon as they younger players are not coming forward. there is the cry, "Drop the old men and give the youngsters a made a few big scores, and secured chance" writes "Watchman" in the Sunday Observer.

No

la place in county sile, they ima- jined that they knew cricket from A.

a player should to . whereas they only knew it from one will deny that there lay the age at which

considerably A to B. They got no farther because, justice as well as policy behind the have arrived," have "Give Youth a Chance" plea. But it altered. The greatest players haul with a self-satisfied smile they closed must always be borne in mind that established themselves as "England" the book and declined to open it again. of recent seasons youth has frequent-men. by the time they were half way These are some of the causes why the jy let its advocates down. It is one through the twenties. Nowadays it game contains so many half-way crie- thing to say that men of over forty is common to hear a batsman who is koters, the mark-time brigade, the

CONFLICTING COACHING should be placed on the compulsory approaching the thirties spoken of as men rich in promise without fulment. To-day there stand among us many retired list. It is another thing to "promising." There is much talk of And the younger men, capable to fill with muro experience." And in eer- their places,

tain cases players who are of obvious young men who, in the natural course Already

we should have lost a accomplishment, and who have al- of events, should reach the heights. great deal of pleasure this season if ready "como of age," have been kopt There must be something in a bats- can take a hundrod off the Hendren, now in his forty-eighth back from the county sides because man who, fresh from his school ele-

Yet when F. ven, year, had been exiled to the oater they are "too young." durkness of umpiring or coaching. In S. Jackson scored a century against Gloucestershire bowlers na W. Mur- his opening game against Yorkshire Australla in a Test match as a Cam-ray-Wood did for Oxford. And on ho made over 70 runs when batsmen, bridge Blue the people of a day did the county ground staffs, as well as who by this time in their careers not imagine that a miracle had hap at the schools and the universities, should have eclipsud him, were fail-paned; nor did those of a later period there are numbers of players who ing hopelessly. In the next match regard J. W, Hearne as a phenomenon demonstrate clearly that England has against Surrey be was concerned, in when he troubled the Australian bew-not ceaned to breed the best kind of a long stand with the young player lers for 114 at Melbourne as Eng cricket physique, the fine qualities Edrich, who last year proved himself land's "number three" batsman some of eye which marked other genera good enough to

century weeks before. his twenty-first birth-tions, the cricket mind, and the kept out of first-class matches be the veteran who showed the plied. stroke quickness, the mastery, the A dismal side of England's cricket cause of the necessity to earn bread power of attack, the young man who history since the war has been pro and butter in other fields. That is found himself compelled to walt, for vided by the number of players who wiory. familiar through the years. the rank had ball before he could in their carly acason showed signs It is probable, too, that all coaches score. And on the same lay the of potential greatness, but who sud-and county committees have not ye ancient Mead, fifty, next birthday, only ceased to progress. Some, per-sufficient oniightenment to see the was discovered making by far the haps, lacked the head to support their folly of stifling a bateman's natural physical attributes; some changed game because it is possible to get out

(Continued on Page 0.) most runs for Hampshire.

There is no doubt that our ideas of their game because of misguided ad-

Roercin K.C.C. (2)

K.C.C. (1) Y. U.S.I.C.

TO-MORROW

"A" Division

V. K.C.C.

Recreio C.ILC. (2) V. B.C.A.A. I.R.C.

V. .K.C.C. WEDNESDAY

"I" Division

C.R.C. (2) C.8.C.C ICK.U.T.C.

C.R.C. (1) CHA

K.C.C. (2) AT.C. C.C.C. Recreio S.C.A.A.

J.R.C..

R.S.C. C.B.A. B.C.A.A. A.T.C.

5. H.K.C.C.

Recreio

·C.C.C.

K.C.C. v. LR.C THURSDAY

"Division

v. K.LT.C. v. C.S.C.C.

V. C.R.C.

v.

H.R.U.T.C.

Y. K.T.G.C.A.

Y. K.C.C. (1)

FRIDAY

**** Division

1, C.C.C.

Y. K.I.T.C.

Y. P.R.C.

Y. L.R.C.

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TO-DAY'S LAWN BOWIS MATCHES

In Open Pairs Championship.

Ten matches in the lawn bowls pair championship of the Colony will be nettled this afternoon if the wenther remains fine,

The full programmie follows.

OPEN PAIRS

C. Roza-Pereira and C. G. Silva Y. A Steven and J. A. R. Selby (BG.& Green)

F. X. Machado and H. F. Razarlo v. J. MacDonald and A. M. Holland (Kowloon Dock Green)

M. I. Walker and 11. II. Rose Y. M. A. R. Souza and W. V. Field (ILK.F.C. Green),

T. Coleman and G. N. Mitchell v. F. el Arcull and D. Rumjahn

(K.C.C. Green)

J. Hollidge and P. E. Knight v. C. J. Taechi and R. Baxa (Talkoo H. C. Green)

N. J. ebbington and A. Hyde- Lay v. A. M. Omar and U. M. Omar (Recreio Green)

A. E. Coutes and J. Cavanagh v. S. M. Rumlahn and A. M. Wahab (l'ollee R. C. Green)

J. Orem and J. S. Riddell v. W. Greig and, W. Mair (J.IL.C. Green)

A. R. Minu and S. 0. Bux v. I Glendinning and J. S. Shepherd (C.C.C. Green)

. M. Khan and M. R. Abbak v.; II. E. Strange and R. R. Wood (UK. Electric Green)

All matches are due to start at I o'clock.

HOME CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

London, June 13. Rain throughout, the country pre- vented many of to-day's county cricket matches from being started. There was no play in the following ¡fixtures:

Surrey v. Essex, Derbyshire v. Yorkshire, Lancashire v. Middlesex, Worcestershire v. Northamptonshire, Oxford Leicestershire, Cambridge v. Free Foresters, Nottinghamshire v. All India, and the Test Trial between the North and South of England at Lord's.

against Gloucestershire, - playing Glamorgan, scored 16 rum for one wicket when rain stopped further. play

Somerset put up 169 runs against Kent, Freeman taking six for 00, ud Kent replied with a score of 22 for one wicket.

In the match between Sussex and Warwickshire, the former made 109 for four wickets--Reuter.

CHAMPIONSHIP TADLE

1st Inn No 1 Pts WLW Les Pone Obt Per

120 101 4.LT 74 1 H21 1-

Kent

Derby

Bíddirnex.. Hurrey... 11ampshire

Notts

Yorkshir

Warwick

Lancashire

Lolcester

Suneex

Gloucester.. Worcester Boneret Glamorzan

105 502.SG

120 48 58.07.

160

74 48,33

Do

.49 47.78

2105 43 46,72

70 43 40.9%

10 39 20.10

135

43 13.83

Los 25 73.53

100

46 20.07

185

41 20.37

130

103 23 21.90

105 13 12.38

Northampton

120 10 6.00

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