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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1936,

LEAGUE TENNIS TITLES

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 tennis league programme are the fixtures of the Recreio in the "B" and "C" Divisions.

His possible that by saturday: next, Recreio will either have made certain of winning, or certain of busing, the champion- Abips of these divisions.

Tennis Both

To-norrow, for tuz, tise team merts Kowloon Ind Cikli in A te raged fixture, are undefeated at the present with the KAT.C. enjoying dividistal fendership on the strength of sets average,

thurgany the Portugome play South Chima, another as yet unbeaten side in

Division.

f

On

iwo

Recreio cau win these matches the championship is theirs,

TWO VITAL MATCHES

THE WEEK'S

TENNIS PROGRAMME

Important Games

The "" team also have two very vital matches during" the next five Here is the cumplete' league tenula

On Wednesday they visit Cruf- fixture list for this week, the pr sya. tengewer, at one time reckoned to be graname Including two or threr vital- inly importaal matches as described in the second strongest combination

TO-DAY

the division, but who have since been in speelal article in another column. dlacavored with feet of ciny. Never! thelene, with the Leannis-Hachiuma partnership « going strong, and the watch being played on Braígensowere couba, the result in by me provans a foregone conclusion.

On Friday the Recreio participato la the weason's most important match. They visit (Causeway Bay to oppose Chinese Recreation Club first string. potential champions,

If Barrel negotiate this handle an 1 there is no reason why they rldn't if C.R.G. deld their cus tomary team--they will only have K.C.C. to worry about; and the s Bonition from this quarter need nat cus them any serions

Recreio D.S.R.C.

C.R.C. (2) LR.C. B.K.C.C. S.C.A.A.

deep. Recreio

On the fare of it Rvcrvio's cham-j pianship hopes are concentrated on the watcome of Friday's match. In fast the championship is practically certain, to be settled by this on-j. enunter.

If Chinese Recreation Club win there i will be nothing ta stan tlam from; vegaining the title which they lost to South Chins last summer, but Reercio, who have three wellsbalanced! guire, can come out on top, their pron- pets of lifting the championchip, for the third time in the history of the| chub, are extremely rosy.

Recreio Bish won the "B" Division"] in 1017, the second year of its incep Bon, and 'repeated the achievement in 10121, since when Chinese Rvereation | Club bas dominated.“ Only two other clubs have won the shield since then,

• 1.R.C. in 1922 and South China, A.A. I last year. G.R.C. won outright the sriginal trophy presented by D. R. II. Forsyth and in 1928 put up a shieldi themselves which they provveded to wẫn until 1935.

Iteorcio feel, and not without reason, that bhoy have the best chances of all! the beans to lift the “C” Division title. They have never accomplished this before, C.R.C., Chinese Y.M.C.A., and South Chinn A.A. being the holders up tu dute.

The nearest Recreio went to winning! this division avas in 1937 when, they earned a play-off with Chinese Recrea

ion Club. But they were completely autplayed in this match.

TO-DAY'S MATCH

A considerable amount of interest in to day's mixed doubles match between) U.3.1.C., and C.R.C. has been lost in consequence of the departure for Eng- Band of Mr. F. J. Kaylt, former singles champion of the Colony, and the ab Sauce from the Colony of Mrs. Dowling, one of the best lady doubles

layer in Hongkong.

These circumstances have materially weakened the United Services who, at the beginning of the season were generally regarded as potential cham plens. As things are now C.1.C. up- pear to have the title in their pockets, unless U.S.R.C.. can produce some strong lady players to take the places of Mrs. Käyll and Mrà, Dowling,

Nevertheless a fairly easy win for

CRC, E CSILA. 1.R.C. K.C.C. C.CO.

Mixed Doubles

*

K.C.C. (2)

V

€..(*.

TUESDAY

"A" Division

v. K.C.C.

*

C.R.C. (1)

U.S.R.C. Recreio,.

*** Division

4. KITC

WEDNESDAY

"B" Division

1.

C.R.C. (9 II.K.UT.C. 0.8.c.6. II.K.C.C.

v. Hecrein

THURSDAY ·

"C" Division

GIC, c.s.c.C.

የ.

K.C.C. (9

A.T.C. C.C.C. Recreio

1.

RSC.

R.C.C.

A/T.C

1.R.C.

C.R.C. (1)

K.1.T.C.. H.K.U.T.C. K.T.G.C.A. K.C.C. (1)

V. IR.C.

Y. S.C.A.A.

FRIDAY

"D" Divising

V.

S.C.A.A:

V C.B.A.

Y. C.C.C.

V. KIT.C.

"D" Division

Recreio

Germany's Fourth

Inter-Zone Final

WILL PLAY NEXT SATURDAY

coni-

MAY BE WON THIS WEEK

G. de Stefani, the ambidextrous Italian tennis player, who ousted Kho Sin-Lie of China in the final of the Dutch singles championships yesterday.

300,000 GOING TO

THE OLYMPICS

Berlin's "Colonies"

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.

Sportsmen and athletes from 4: different nations will find every- thing in readiness for them, Pre- parations have been going on for tw years. The heart of the capital"! during the games will be in a West- End suburb, the Reichsportenfield.

Most of the visitors will be housed in private, quarters. Guests of the same nationality

will five colonies, sections of the residential parts of the city being given over to English-speaking people, French- speaking people, etc.

in

The Olympic village" where the mide competitors will be housed in | 158 brick buildings surrounded by lakes, and wood and meadow land, is also on the verge of completion,

Women competitors special accommodation in the "house of comradeship", on the Reich sport Neki.

will

IMMENSE STADIUMS

REJANJIRKANMAANA PENITENCIARALDERDIGE DATILISAACHERBOULERUT

Our Daily Golf Hint

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

-P. A. Vaile,

have Lawn Bowls

The Olymple stadium, with room for 100,000 spectators, the swimming stadium, seating 18,000, the open-air theatre, scaling 20,000, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, hockey stadlum, basket ball courts, adminis tration buildings, gymnasia, dormi- tories, polo grounds, restaurants, parking spaces and a 25-acre assem- bly Held are ready.

The British athletes will not reach Germany unlll about three days be- fore their varimas events take place. The contingent-some 300 in all--will travel in teams separately,

Championship Programmes

THIS AFTERNOON

AND TO-MORROW

Semi-final, vacancies in the Colony open lawn bowls pairs championship will be filled this afternoon, while a start will be

MARLEENEZUELAAMINEN MARIN BATEBILGUERIE JIMINALJAISTENIEČIA

Frank Woolley Makes His 1000th- Catch

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

MALUCHAZERS BEAUTIKA TERENLEYTAUS TRUNNERE UNTATOR

KHO'S VAIN ATTEMPT

FOR TITLE

Defeated By Stefani

IN HOLLAND

Noonlwyk, July 12.

Klos Sin-kle, China's, leading. Davis Cup player mude' an unsuccessful at. tempt to win the Dutch singles teunís, championship to-day.

He reached the final where he met Ciorgio de Stefand the ambidextrous Halinn.

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

The scores were 6-1, 6-3, 6-4.--

Reuter.

Stefani won this title in 1934, the Are your as he appeared ninth in the World's First Ten. The sume summer also saw him, best Perry in the French championships and Menzel in the Davis Cup, while he represented

REACHED FINAL, but lost-Kha Sin-kie, Chinese Davis Cup player, lost to Stefan in the Duteli tenn championship final

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

made in the elimination of the New Timing

last sixteen in the open singles.

"We are very hopeful of Aur chances,"

said Mr. Evan Hunter, and the remaining three on Tuesday. secretary of the British Olympic As-This favoured to survive to the sociation.

quarter finals ́are A. E. Coates, II. .A.-- Of the large number of dektets Alves, W. K. Way, A. M. Omur, A sensun Hyde Lay, A. W. Grimmitt, A., M.;

Five singles will be played to-day Device Fixed

For Olympics

to Britain all the Germany has reached the Inter-ickets have been taken up. There Holland and L. A. Gutierrez. Zone final of the Davis Cup

are, however, still plenty of ordinary The programme for the two days petition for the second year in suc-tickets.

follows. According to reports, K.C.C. have cession and for the fourth time since decided to adopt a policy of giving as she participated in this tournament. enny players ad ponsible a chance of

the Chinese is indicated.

figuring in their mixed foubles second As a result of Von Cramm and KOWLOON TONG

string, and some new faces may-ap-| Henkel winning thele doubles match pear against the Recreio today. In against Yugoslavia on Saturday, their meeting at the K.C.C. a

fow

Germany qualified to play Australia

weeks ago, the teams shared the spoils at Wimbledon on July 18, 20, 21 for each aide scoring 4 points.

On that occasion the Cox's Rond the right of challenging Britain

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

the final.

START BOWLS

in

Official Opening Yesterday

Last year Gernung opposed United zie who figures in the senior outfit. Sintes in the Inter-Zone final and

Thin time they may have an entirely lost by four matches to one after a Brilliant wenther favoured the different combination. Happily for "scene on the No. 1 court on the official--though informal-opening of the club Guest appears to have re-first day when angry spectators the lawn bowls green at Kowloon covered sufficiently from his indispost threw cushions onto the court after Tong Garden City Association yester- tion to be available, and presumably he it had been announced that piny thay afternoon, and the thirty odd lawn will play to-day. Whether Watson and would be impossible owing to the bowlers who gathered to participate Olark will also figure in the team in wet state of the court.

in the event were loud in their praise not known at the time of writing, but

for the excellence of the green,

I understand it is highly improbable

Germany Arst reached the penul

that Watson will play. In which case timate xture of the Davis Cup in presumably either Burnett, Ramsey or 1930 when she lost to United States Gray will be introduced.

Many prominent lawn bowla league players participated including MesarS.

AA.

C. H. Basto,

L. Guy, J. Watson, J. G. Meyer, five-love. Two years inter the sanie Remedios, T. Logan, A. W. Grimmitt, It is very unlikely that Recreio will nations contested the Inter-Zone final A. Nissin, W. II. B. Muskett, F. X. 3-2. In S Field, G. Lee, E. C. Fincher, make changes unless, they have to when the Americans, wan

Remedios because of exceptional circumstances. 1934 Gormany wa knocked out in the W. At least is pretty certain that A. V. second round by France, but last year A. E. Silestone, J. M. Jack, D. E Remedios, A., V. Gasano and Barros returned one of the chief con Lopez, C. Roe, W. Gittina, will turn out and win for the tenders for the Cup which Dritain Dusto, R. F. Phillips, Portuguese looks fairly safe.

has held since 1932.

Gutierrez and A: II. Banto.

TO-DAY

Open Pairs.

J. S. Landoit and D. Rumjahn, v. S. Bright and J. E. Henson (Kow, Toon Bock Green).

R. Duncan and S. Randle v. M. A. H. Soura and W. F. V. Field (Club} de Recreio Green).

Open Singles

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

B. A. Alves v. G. N. Mitchell (K.C.C. Green)..

K. Way

J. Stepher W. (C.S.C.C. Green), 7***

A. M. Omar V. A. E. Carey (Tal ked fireen).

“A. Hyde Lay v. H. F. Rezario (Kowloon Dock Green).

TUESDAY

Open Singles

PERFECT TIMING

OF RACES

Berlin, July 7.

A novel device consisting of two Alm cameras, and a chronometer coupled with a starter's pistol w!! ensure absolutely correct timing för the conteals at the Berllo Olympic Grones.

"The, new apparatus has been can- structed by the Physicotechnleat Reichs Institute in co-operation with the Zeiss-ikon-Agfa photographic con- cern and has been thoroughly tested before being accepted by the Olymple Games authorities.

The scenes at the Antali of cach race will be clearly visible on a Alm, which will show even the most minute details plastically, while an electric clock synchronised with the film will exact time when the winning athlete touches the tape at the nishing Jing.

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 namo was mentioned-it generally enters now whenever cricket is discussed-and somehody 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-¡ feldsmen had been placed in curious erous parrot cry frequently beard, positions, he replied, "Well, where is even in offciat circles. There is no the skipper to put 'em when even the more over-worked word in cricket's bowler doesn't know what the "next vocabulary than "Experience," and in ball is going to be Hee?" its train comes a hundred fallacies.

In a reerut match Philip Mead at is the natural aptitude for the

age of forty-nine, scored a cen gaine, the inborn attitude of mind to- In a little over two hours, which

Lury wards batting and bowling, which was at least un, hour quicker than his counts, not the number of times a normal rate of progress when he was man walls out of the Lore

Lord's pavillon, twenty years younger. Has he de- Just an Charles Dickens was able to veloped more attacking strokes with write Pick

"Pickwick Papers" at an age the passing summers? Have his eyes, when most young people have still by

phenomenon of nature,

kome

everything to learn of life, so ure grown quicker and surer than they there some cricketers who show a were in his youth? as some now mature judgment in their first season, spirit of enterprise entered into his whereas others are making the same mental equipment with the arrival of DR of it. The oid mistakes and falling into the same veteranhood? Not

old traps after they have been in their reason for his increased pace of run- county teams, a dozen years..

is that he is now presented far and away more balls of bad length that can be hit with safety than was the case in his prime.

It

The Australians are not victims of the "Experience" fish. They judge a man by his ability, not by his birth

is strange but true that the older certilete. When Bradmen first play- ed Test cricket he was a year younger men are far more accurate than the Clement Hill younger, Tate, at the age of forly- than Ghimblet is now. Clement

more consistently accurate came to England with a representa-one, is 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 fiel. 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 And there are only a that no one ever could pitch on a twenty-one.

shilling's few names jotted down almost at threepenny bit, or even on

worth of three-penny bits, those won- derful stories about Alfred Shaw and it is not

random.

་

Attewell notwithstalere, except,

Too much to ask that

WHEN YOUTH REIGNED The "Experience" fetish has not perhaps, the exceptionally fast and always been a millstone tied to the the googler on an off-day, should be neek of England's young cricketers. able to send down five balls out of J. W. Hearne scored a Test match six in the direction intended. Even hundred at Sydney before he was artifice becomes useless if it is not twenty-one, P. R. Foster helped to yupported by perfect control over the sitittle out Australia 4211 their own ball. wickets at twenty-two, And this list also could be, widely extended.

"Experience"

BAD INFLUENCE ON BATSMEN

Down with the

It is not goud for batsmen to be fetish! Let us show faith in our 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. In faith cannot move mountains it can that was their art is restricted and

their development

The checked.. help to store runs and to capture

Sunce of gund halsuship is the wickets.

of maish

But while opportunities. The time has not yet arrived, how-players are given enough bad balls ever, when youth is sumclently to enable them to keep the score mov- powerful to elbow veteranhood.com- ing at a respectable pace without any pletely into the background. Indeed, cart upon them to force their own if the North and South match, which openings they will never see the begins at Lord's next Saturday, is to be

be n

therough trial of ability, some to learn the principles of aggressive footwork or evolve a way of the older men must be

in to included in collect from anything that to test the newcomers.

over-pitched or

order

It

I would be a sound policy from this ans

runs

transed. Ther

"testing" point of view, not with any many players to-day who have

ave the idea of

playing him later for Eng rept

reputation of bving repld scorera, land, to give Woolley a place in the even hitters, who become completely Fouth team. He is better armed than tied up with trouble, or restricted as This juniors to prove to bowlers that confirmed stonewallers, when they bad length is a sin which deserves meet, bowlers who keep the kind of heavy punishment, lesson of which length that was once common in the so many are in need. For, Inaccu-and. 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 promptly blame the wicket for diffi- Like wickets, Anyone who is able culties which are born of their own to recall the bowling of the past can ineptitude. not help being concerned at the way! The call for length is not new. It consistent good length bowling has has been loudly sounded, unavailing- declined: A quality once regarded as ly, for years. If it be cried out per- of Orsi.importanet is now left to take sistently enough some day, perhaps,. care of self. Swerve and break are coaches and county committees will cultivated before accuracy is obtained, listen to it and induce young bowlers which incans that young players try to practice and practice until they ob- to run before they can walk, When tein 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 fin- then, English cricket wit be worthy ished a long leather bunt that the again of its great traditions.

Mitchell of Yorkshire. Has

"Australia" Value

ROBINS IS OUR MOST LIKELY LEG. BREAK BOWLER

(By R. C. Robertson-Glasgow)

The match entitled North v. It struck me that he sometimes made. South, which is, in essence, a too much fuss over these blown, Test Trial, was played at easily the most distinguished of the (lv) Hardisinff's innings was Lord's recently,

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

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

and no left alune, (i) Cover bowled well and tire

19 (vi) Stephenson lessly; he directed the ball at the "stock" bowler, and his Belding, grand

show to the fraction of a second the Kets-ulways "an. important thing especially in the gully, was superb.

A. W. Grimmitt v. J. V. Ramsey] (1.K.F.C. Green),

The now apparatus will be greatly A. M. Holland v. J. E. Noronha appreciated by competitors as well as (Kowloon Dock Green),

judges, since even at the last Olympic A. 8. Gomes V. LA... Gutierrez-Gaines, pletures taken of soma of thu (C.B.C.C. Green).

{ events-showed certain divergencies.

scmetlines made it lift and run (vil) The earlier batamen had the (1) Mitchell, of Yorkshire, avoid-height and speed from the pitch. away from the Batsman to the off. dimcult time, the bull varying in

ed "frills" but showed that he has . (vlil). Copson,

on, in the quarter of "Australia" value. Spectators over an hour at the end of the day, howled there may see two consecutive days with venom and accuracy from the of him.

Nursery end. His batting proved (1) Wyatt battled correctly and unexpectedly useful. stubbornly; he was often hit on legs

(ix) Robins is our most likely and body more often than bas-leg-break bowler Beis neither man of quicker feet would be hit, mechanical nor monotonous...