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MAKE HONGKONG

-TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1936,

LEAGUE TENNIS TITLES MAY

BIG TESTS FOR RECREIO

"B" AND "C" TEAMS

ARE INVOLVED

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE

BALANCE

(By "Veritas")

If one excepts the importance of to-day's 'mixed doubles match between U.S.R.C., and C.R.C., the tit-bits of this week's teniña league programme are the fixtures of the Recreio in the “B” and “C” Divisions.

It is possible that by Saturday next, Recreio will either Enve made certain of winning, or certain 'of losing, the champion- ships of these divisions,

To-morrow, for instance, the "C" deum meets Kowloon Indian Tennis Club it a re-neranged fixture. Both are undefeated at the present with the KIT.C, enjoying divisional leadership on the strength of asta average. On Wurdday the Portuguese play South Châm, nirather as yet unkenden udes in the Division.

I Recreio can win these two matches the championship die theirs.

TWO VITAL MATCHES

vers

THE WEEK'S

TENNIS

PROGRAMME

Important Games

Pho "13" team also have two vital matches, during the next five Here is the complete league tennis days. On Wednesday they visit Crai- fixture 1st for this werk, the

PEO gigower, at one time reckoned to be game including two or three vital- the second strongest combination in ly important matches as described in the division, but who have since been in 'special article in another column. dincovored with feut of clay. Never Chiclway with the Leonard-Hachiuma partnership going strong, and the ntoh being played on Craigengower's cort, the result is by no means a foregone conclusion.

On Friday the Recruić participate in the conson's most important match. Thoy visit Causeway Bay to oppose Cliene Recreation Club first string, palvotiul, champions,

If Bocah negotiate this hurdle. ful there is a reason why they shouldn't if CR.G.-field their Vetary team-they will only have K.C.C to worry about: and the spe position from this quarter need not cause them any serious loss of aleep.

In

Of the face of iß Itecrelo'n cham- ( pionship hopes are concentrated on the outcome of Friday's match. Fact the championship is practically certain to be settled by this en- counter,

If Chinese Recreation Club win here! will be nothing to stop them from regalning tire" title which they lost to South China inst sunner, but Recreio, who have three well-balanced gairs, can come out on top, their pros pects of lifting the championship for the third time in the history of the club, are extremely rosy.

Roemio first won the "B" Division in 1917, the second year of its incep- Lion, and repeated the achievement in 1021, since when Chinese Beration Clash

The domated. Only two other clubs have won the shield since then, L.I.C. in 1822 and South Chin A.A. Jast year. CRC, wòn cetright the original trophy presented by Dr. K. H. Forsyth and in 1929 put up a shield thonaelves which they proceeded to wl until 1935,

Recreto feel, and not without reason, that they have the bent chances of all the teams to lift the "C" Division title. They have never accomplished this before, C.R.C., Chinese YM.QA., and South China A.A. boing the holdera up to date.

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The nearest Recreio west to winning i this division was in 1031 when they earned a'play-off with Chinese Recrea tion Club. But they were enpletely outplayed in this match.

A

TO-DAY'S MATCH

A considerable amount of interest in Lo day's mixed doubles match between U.S.R,C., and C.R.C. has been lost in consequence of the departure for Eng- Fand of Mrs. F. J. Kayll, former singles champion of the Colony, and the ab sonce from the Colony of Mrs.

Recreio U.S.R.C.

TO-DAY

Mixed Doubles

Y.

Y

K.C.C. (2)

C.ILC.

TUESDAY

"A" Division

C.R.C. (1)

C.R.C. (2) I.R.C.

Y.K.C.C.

".

น

U.S.R.C.

".

Recrelo.

HK.C.C. 9.C.A.A.

"C" Division

v. K.LT.C.

Recreio

WEDNESDAY

"B" Division

C.R.C. (1) C.B.A. 1.R.C. K.C.C.

v. C.R.C. (2)

H.K.U.T.C.

1.

C.S.C.C

1.

ILK.C.C.

0.0.0.

v. Recreio

THURSDAY

"C" Division

C.R.C. C.S.C.C. K.C.C. (2) A.T.C. CC.c Recreio

K.I.T.C.

1.

V

V.

H.K.U.T.C. K.T.G.C.A.

K.C.C. (1)

VIR:C

S.C.A.A.

FRIDAY

"D" Division

S.C.A.A.

*.'. C.B.A.

Y. C.C.C.

V. KJ.T.C.

R.S.C.

K.C.C

A.T.C. LR.C.

"B" Division

CRC. O

".. Itecreio

Germany's Fourth

Inter-Zone

Dowling, one of the best lady viables Final

players in Hongkong.

WILL PLAY NEXT SATURDAY

G. de Stefani, the ambidextrous Italian tennis player, who custed

Kho Sin-kie of China in the final of the Dutch singles championships yesterday.

300,000

GOING

TO

THE OLYMPICS

Berlin's "Colonies” of

Foreigners

THREE hundred thousand visitors, including a record number from Britain, will flock to Berlin at the end of July for the eleventh Olympic games, which begin on August 1.

In

Our Daily Golf Hint

Sportsmen and athletes from 54 different nations will find every- aling in rendiness for them. Pre- REZEKI KATARINATE: CRAN: STETTUNATININGARANTIJALARIS METRELJKOROMOORE parations have been going on for two years. The "heart of the capital": during the games will be in

a West- End suburb, the Reichsportenfeld.

Most of the visitors will be housed in private quarters. Guests of the game nationality will live "colonics," sections of the residential parts of the city being given over to English-speaking people, French speaking, people, etc.. Olymp

"village" where the mate competitors will be housed in 150

brick

buildings surrounded by Jakes.

and wood

and meadow land is. also on the verge of completion

Women competitors will have

speclul accommodation in the "house

of comradeship" on the Reich sport

feld.

IMMENSE STADIUMS

The Olympic stadium, with room for 100,000 spectators, the 'swimming stadium, scaling 18,000, the open-air

If a game is worth playing well, it is worth knowing well and knowing it well can- not mean loving it less.

-P. A. Paile.

Lawn Bowls

Championship Programmes

HALJIN

theatre, scoting 20,000, Indoor THIS AFTERNOON

and

outdoor swimming pools, hockey stadium, basket ball courty, adminis- tration buildings, gymnasio, dormi- tories, pole grounds, restaurants, parking spaces and a 25-acre assem bly field are ready.

The Beltish athletes will not reach Germany until about three days be- fore their verfour events take place. The contingent some 300 in all-will travel in teams separately.

sociation.

AND TO-MORROW

Semi-final vacancies in the Colony open lawn bowls pairs championship will be filled this afternoon, while a start will be made in the elimination of the last sixteen in the open singles..

BE

WON THIS WEEK

Frank Woolley Makes

His 1000th

Catch

F. E. Woolley (Kent) made his 1,000th catch in first-class cricket when be caught G. M. Bennett off the bowling of Ashdown, at Tonbridge Inst month.

KHO'S VAIN ATTEMPT

FOR TITLE Defeated By Stefani

IN HOLLAND

Noordwyk. July 12.

Kho Sin-kie, China's leading Davis Cup player made an unsuccessful at tempt to win the Dutch singles tennis championship to-day,

He renchel the final where he met. Ciorgio de Stefani the ambidextrous Italian.

Stefani, with a wealth of experience behind him, plus natural ability, prov- ed far too good for the young Chinese and won in straight jule.

The scorex Reuter..

were 1, 6-3, 6-4-

Stefani won this title in 1934, the same year as he appeared ninth in the Work's First Ten. The same summer also saw him beat Perry iz the French championships and Menzel in the Davis Cup, while he represented

REACHED FINAL, but fort-Kho Sin-kio, Chinese Davis Cup player, lost, to Stefani in the Dutch tennis championship final.

Italy at the Centenary Tournament at Melbourne. He has represented Italy in the Davis Cup since 1927 and is 32 years of age.

New

Five singles will be played to-day Device

"We are very hopeful of our chances," said Mr. Evan Hunter, and the remaining three on Tuesday. secretary of the British Olympie As-Those favoured to survive to the quarter finals are A. E. Conten, H. .A. Of the large number of lekets Alves. W. K. May, A. M. Omar, A Germany has reached the Inter tickets have been taken up. There Jolland and L. A. Gutierrez,

allotted to Britain ull the seison Hyde Lay, A N. Grimmitt, A. M., petition for the second year in que-tickets. Zane final of the Davis Cup com are, however, still plenty of ordinary The programme.for the two days

follows. cession and for the fourth time since

These circumstances have materially weakened the United Services who, at the beginning of the season, were generally regarded as potential cham pions. As things are how G.R.C. ap pear to have the title in their pockets, itless U.S.R.C. can produce gome strong

Indy playera to take the places of Mrs. Kayll and Mrs. Dowling

Nevertheless a fairly easy win for the Chinese Is indlested.

According to reports, K.C.C. have decided to adopt a policy of giving as any players as possible-a chance of figuring in their mixed doubles second As a result of Von Craum und KOWLOON TONG string, and some new faces Jay up Henkel winning their doubles match pear against the Recreio today. In against Yugoslavia on their meeting at the K.C.C, a few

Saturday, Germany qualified to play Australia

she participated in this tournament.

weeks ago, the teams shared the spoils at Wimbledon on July 18, 20, 21 Tor each aldo scoring 4% points.

On that ocasion the Cox's Road the right of challenging Britain ir

club turned out about their strongest! team possible, including Miss Macken-

the final.

Last year Germany opposed United States in the Inter-Zone Anal and

Germany first reached the penul

START BOWLS

Official Opening Yesterday

Brilliant weather favoured

the

zib who figures'in bho'äeniór outfit.

This time they may have an entirely lost by four matches to one after a different combination. Happily for "scene on the No. 1 court on the official-though informal opening of the club Guest appears to have to first day when angry spectators the lawn bowls green at Kowloon cavored aufficiently from his indiapoal threw cushions onto the court after Tong Garden City Association yester tion to be available, and presumably ho it had been aimouneed that will play to-day. Whether Watson and would be impossible owing to

piny day afternoon, and the thirty odd Inwn f Clark will also figuro in the team is wet state of the court.

he bowlers who gathered to participate in the event were loud in their praise not known at the time of writing, but.

for the excellence of the green. understand is highly improbable that Watson will play. In which case timate stage of the Davis Cup in players participated including Messrs. Many prominent lawn bowls league piesumably either Burnett, Ramsey or 1930, when she lost to United States! L. Guy, J. Watson, J. G. Meyer, Gray will be introduced.

five-love. Two years later the same Remedies, J. Logan, A. W. Grimmitt, It is very unlikely that Roerolo will nations cantested the Inter-Zone Bnal A. Nissim, W. . B. Muskett, F. X. nake changes unfoss they have to when the Americans won

3-2. In Field, G. Lee, E. C. Fincher. A. A. Remedios, C. H. Basto, because of exceptional circumstances. 1934 Germany was knocked out in the W At least it is pretty oorlab that A. V. second round by France, but last year A. E. Silkestono, J. M. Jack, D. F. Remedion, A. V. Gosano end Barros returned as one of the chief con- Lopez, will turn out, and a win for

C. HOD, W. Gitting the tenders for the Cup which Britain B. Basto, R. P. Phillips, Portuguese looks fairly safe..

bas held since 1982,

Gutierrez and A. II. Basto,

L

Ai

TO-DAY

Open l'airs,

J. S. Landult and ɓ. Rumjahn v.. S. Bright and J. E.. Henson (Kaw- Joon Dock Green)..

R. Duncan and S. Randle v. M. A. Rt. Souza and W. F. V. Field (Club) de Recreio Green).

Open Singles -

A. E. Coales. P. E. Knight (H.K.F.C. Green).

H. A. Alres v. G. N. Mehell (K.C.C. Green).

J. Shepherd v. (C.S.C.C. Green).

W.. K. Way

A. M. Omar v. A. E. Carey (Tai- kuo Green).

A. Hyde Loy . H. F. Rozario (Kowloon Dock Green).

TUESDAY

Open Singles

A. W. Grimmitt v. J. V. Ramsey | (II.K.F.C. Green).

14. M. Holon) v.. J. E. Neronia

(Kowloon Dock. Green).

Timing Device Fixed For Olympics

PERFECT TIMING

OF RACES

Berlin, July 7. A novel device consisting of two film cameras and chronometer coupled with a starter's pistol will ensure absolutely correct ilming for the contests at the Berlin Olympic Games.

The new apparatus has been con- 'siructed by the Physleotechnical the Zelss-kan-Agta photographic con- Relchs Institute in co-operation with cern and has been thoroughly tested before being accepted by the Olymple Games authorities.

The scenes at the finish of each race will be clearly visible on a film, which will show even the most minute details plastically, while an electrio clock synchronised with the film will⋅ show to the fraction of a second tho exact time when the witning athlete touches the tape at the Onishing lino.

The new apparatus will be greatly appreciated, by competitors as well as Judges, since even at the last Olymple A. 8. Gomes. L.A. Gutierrez Games, pictures taken of some of the (C.8.C.C. Green).

events showed certain divergencies...

Dangerous Parrot Cry. Is A Cricket

Fallacy

CHARACTER BEFORE YEARS:

MEN WHO MADE GOOD:

(By "Watchman.”)

On a recent wet day, when cricket seemed to belong to a better world and we were forced to talk of it because we could not watch it, I was concerned in a conversation about our young players and the approaching tour in Australia, Gimblett's name was mentioned-it generally enters now whenever cricket is discussed and somebody said, "I hope they won't send him out there this time. He hasn't had enough experience. Those Aus- tralian bowlers would be too clever for him, and if he were a bad failure it would probably break his heart. More experience- That's what he wants."

Unfortunately here we have a dan-eldsmen had been placed in curious gerous parrot cry frequently heard, positions, he replied, "Well, where Is even in metal circles. There is no the skipper to put 'em when even tho more over-worked word in cricket's bowler doesn't know what the next vocabulary than "Experience," and in ball is going to be like?" its train comes a hundred failncies.

In a recent match Philip Mead at

cen-

It is the natural aptitude for the the age of forty-nine, scored gaine, the inborn attitude of mind. to-tury in a little over two hours, which wards Batting wond bowling. which was t

at least im hour. counts, not the number of times a normal rate of progress when he was hour quicker than his man walks out of the Lord's pavilion.

Has he de- years younger. twenty Just as Charles Dickens was able to veloped more attacking strokes with write "Pickwick Papers" at an age the passing summers? Have his eyes, when most young people have sull by everything

by some phenomenon of nature. to learn of life, su are grown quicker and surer line they there se cricketers who show a were in his youth? Hos some new mature judgment in their first season; spirit of enterprise entered into his whereas others are making the same mental equipment with the arrival of old mistakes and falling into the same veteranhood? Not a bit of it. The old traps after they have been in their reason for his increased pace of run- counly teams a dozen years,

getting is that he is now presented The Australians are not victims of with far and away more balls of bad the "Experience" fetish. They Judge length that can be hit with safety a man by his ability, not by his birth than was the case in his prime. certificate, When Bradman first play- It is strange but true that the older ed Test cricket he was a year younger men are far more accurate' than the than Gimblett is now. Clement Hill younger. Tate, at the age of forty- came to England with a representa- one, is more consistently accurate tive Australian team when he was than bowlers similar in pace and only nineteen. So did A. G. Chipper-| style who should be at the height of field. S. J. McCabe came at twenty. their form. No one expects every Victor Trumper sampled Test match bowler to be able to pitch on a three- bowling on our grounds at the age of penny bit, for the excellent reason twenty-one. And these are only that no one ever could pltch on a few names jotted down almost at threepenny bit, or even on shilling's randon.

worth of three-penny bits, those won- derful stories about Alfred Shaw and Attewell notwithstanding; but it is

100

WHEN YOUTH REIGNED The "Experience" fetish has not much to ask that bowlers, except, always been a millstone led to the erhaps, the exceptionally fast and neck of England's young cricketers able to send down five balls out of the googler on an off-day, should be J. W. Hearne, scored a Test matchsix in the direction Intended, Even hundred at Sydney before he was artifice becomes useless if it is not venty-one, F. R. Foster helped to supported by perfect control over the skittle out Australia on their own ball. wickets at twenty-two.. And this list also could be widely extended.

Down

to test the

BAD INFLUENCE ON BATSMEN

of

БОС

with the "Experience" fetish Let us show faith in our It is not good for batsmen to be youngsters and our youngsters will presented with too many gifts in the And faith in themselves; and although way of long hops and full tosses. faith cannot move mountains it can that way their art is restricted and help

checked. The to score runs and to capture ir development wickets.

essence of good batsmanship is the The time has not yet arrived, how-making of opportunities. But while players are given enough bad balls youth is sufflelently to enable them to keep the score.mov ever, when powernil-to-elbow-veteranhood-coming at a respectable pace without any pletely into the background. Indeed, call

foree

OWNL their if the North and South match, which open them to

ich openings they will never

the begins at Lord's next Saturday. Is necessity to learn the principles of to be a thorough trial of ability, some aggressive footwork or evolve a way of the older men must be included in to collect runs from anything that newcomers. It is not transparently over-pitched or would be a sound policy from this invitingly under-pitched. There are "testing" point of view, not with any many players lo-day who have the iden of

playing him later for Eng reputation land, to give Woolley a place in the even hitters, who become completely

being rapid

scorers, South team. He is better armed than tied his juniors to prove to bowlers that confirmed stonewailers, when they up with trouble, or restricted as bad length is a sin which deserves meet, bowlers who keep the kind of heavy punishment, a lesson of which length that was once common in the so many are in need. For Inaccu-land. And if sustained accuracy does racy is now the besetting sin of the enter to surprise them, the batsmen majority of those whose job it is to take wickets. Anyone who is able culties which are born of their own blame the wicket for dim- promptly to recall the bowling, of the past can- ineptitude. not help being concerned at

at the way The call for length consisten! good length bowling has has been loudly sounded, unavailing

not new. It declined. A quality once regarded as ly, for years. If it be cried out per- of fist Importance now take

Swerve and break are conches nod county committees will cultivated before accuracy is obtained, laten to it and induce young bowlers which means that young players try to practice and practice until they ob- to run before they can walk. When tain accuracy before they strive after someone remarked the other day to a the. "funny stuff." Then, and not till member of a team who had just then, English cricket will be worthy ished a long leather hunt that the gain of its great traditions.

care of

Mitchell of Yorkshire Has "Australia" Value

ROBINS IS OUR MOST LIKELY LEG BREAK BOWLER

(By R. C. Robertson-Glasgow)

WAS

The match entitled North v. It struck me that he sometimes made South, which is, in essence, a too much fuse over these blows. Test Trial, was played at easily the most distinguished of the

(iv) Hardstaff's

Innings Lord's recoritly.

day. He has balance and delicacy of The object of the Trial was in touch, and, like, true batsmen, seems directly, yet somehow primarily, to to catch an early sight of the ball. And something more than

young men who must form (v) Allen was not lucky in bowl- Band of Hope Ing, but he bowled too often into the. against the Australians in the next batsmen from the off. When he let M.C.C. tour in Australio.

loose a fast one, it rose sharply, but From the first day's cricket the was generally too wide on the off, following points arose:

(1) Gover bowled well and the "stock" bowler, and his aciding,

and so left alone,

(vi) Stephenson

Grand lessly; he directed the ball at the wickets always an Important thing especially in the gully, was superb. -and sometimes made ft.uft and run (vif) The earller batsmen had the away from the batsman to the off, dimcult time, the ball varying in (11) Mitchell, of Yorkshire, avaid helght and speed from the pitelt. ed "frills; but showed that he has (viii) Copson, in the quarter of "Australia" value.

from the

in

may see sccut over an hour at the end of the day, bowled

days with venom and i.... Prověď.

there of him..

Nursery end, Ha CH) Wyatt batted correctly and unexpectedly useful. stubbornly; he was often hit on legs (ix) Robins is our most likely and body-moro often than a bata-leg-break bowler. He man" of quicker feet would be hit mechanical nor monotonous.

is neither

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